{"id":331525,"date":"2025-05-15T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331525"},"modified":"2025-05-15T20:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:12:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gothenburg, Sweden \u2013 May 13, 2025: Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the No to Executions Tuesdays Campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Treasury Disrupts Financial Facilitation Network Supporting Hizballah Terrorists<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong>Today, the Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is targeting two senior Hizballah officials and two financial facilitators for their roles in coordinating financial transfers for Hizballah.\u00a0 These individuals, based in Lebanon and Iran, work closely with Hizballah leadership to send money to the group from overseas donors. \u00a0These donations are a significant portion of the terrorist group\u2019s overall budget.\u00a0 In addition to managing and processing funding for Hizballah within Lebanon, one of these individuals is responsible for overseeing financial activity for Hizballah-aligned groups around the world.<\/p>\n

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Treasury Targets Iran\u2019s Efforts to Domestically Manufacture Key Ballistic Missile Components<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating six individuals and 12 entities for their involvement in efforts to help the Iranian regime domestically source the manufacturing of critical materials needed for Tehran\u2019s ballistic missile program.\u00a0 Those sanctioned support the various Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sub-organizations that oversee the effort to help Iran domestically develop carbon fiber materials needed to manufacture intercontinental ballistic missiles.\u00a0 Today\u2019s action is being taken in furtherance of\u00a0National Security Presidential Memorandum-2<\/a>, which directs that Iran be denied intercontinental ballistic missiles and that the IRGC and its surrogates be disrupted, degraded, or denied access to the resources that sustain their destabilizing activities.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Cuneo, the Bipartisan Call for a Free and Democratic Iran<\/h3>\n

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It\u2019s possible that the name Maryam Rajavi means little to most of us, caught up in the Trump-centered whirlwind where every important news story \u2014 from the election of the new Pope to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, to international economic issues \u2014 inevitably revolves around the orange-haired occupant of the White House.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow\u2019s event, at 6 PM in the honorary hall of the Cuneo City Hall, is therefore an opportunity not to be missed to broaden our perspective beyond the exclusively Western viewpoint that current events tend to impose on us. There will be a performance aimed at remembering Maryam Rajavi\u2019s call against executions in Iran and reviving the ten points for the future of her homeland, which the president of the Iranian resistance, designated by the \u201cNational Council of Resistance,\u201d has proposed to offer a hopeful outlook for her country.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 2:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ricketts Leads Letter Backing President Trump\u2019s Call for Full Dismantlement of Iran\u2019s Nuclear Program<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) led a letter to President Donald Trump regarding the administration\u2019s ongoing negotiations with Iran. The letter calls on the Trump administration to secure a deal that results in the full dismantlement of the Iranian nuclear program, including permanently ending the regime\u2019s capacity to enrich uranium. The letter was signed by 52 Senate Republicans. The letter states:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe write to express our strong support for your efforts to secure a deal with Iran that dismantles its nuclear program, and to reinforce the explicit warnings that you and officials in your administration have issued that the regime must permanently give up any capacity for enrichment.<\/p>\n

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Trump Calls Iran’s Regime \u201cMost Destructive Force of Chaos\u201d at\u00a0 Summit, Warns Against Nuclear Ambitions<\/h3>\n

During his high-profile visit to the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump participated in the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, a significant event aimed at strengthening economic ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The forum brought together leading business and government leaders to discuss investment opportunities and promote economic growth in the region.<\/p>\n

At the forum, President Trump underscored the importance of a stable and secure Middle East for global prosperity. He sharply criticized the regime in Iran, labeling it as \u201cthe most destructive force of chaos\u201d in the region. Trump condemned Tehran\u2019s extensive support for militant groups across Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, and Yemen, highlighting how the Iranian regime siphons off national wealth to fund terrorism and suppress its own people.<\/p>\n

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