{"id":332696,"date":"2025-06-08T07:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T06:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332696"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:32:40","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332697\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332697 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gothenburg Rally Backs Maryam Rajavi\u2019s 10-Point Plan for a Democratic Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-May-24-pic-1-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gothenburg rally backs Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan for a democratic Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Barbaric Brutality Is Spiraling Out of Control \u2013 Regime Is Powder Keg with One Way Out, Says Resistance Fighter<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-307483 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Sun-300x130.png\" alt=\"The Sun\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">THERE is &#8220;no doubt&#8221; Iran would use a nuclear bomb on its enemies, a female activist has revealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IT researcher Fereshteh, from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/tehran\/\">Tehran<\/a>, warned the &#8220;crisis-stricken regime&#8221; is clinging on to power by forcing its people to live in extreme poverty and ramping up executions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to The Sun, Fereshteh, 35, revealed that she joined a resistance unit of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran after the regime tortured and executed her beloved sister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of resistance units have been set up all over the country &#8211; aimed at undermining the regime&#8217;s authority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members organise and lead protests, destroying statues and images of regime leaders and documenting human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35092337\/iranian-resistance-sister-revenge-nuke-threat\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How Regime Corruption Fuels Nationwide Protests across Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-332609 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Gothenburg, Sweden \u2013 June 3, 2025: Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the No to Executions Tuesdays Campaign,\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gothenburg-June-3-pic-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime is facing a \u201ctsunami of internal crisis,\u201d driven by a collapsing economy, widespread public discontent, and deepening social challenges that have turned the Iranian people\u2019s daily lives into a struggle for survival, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), declared in her speech at the second day of the Free Iran 2025 Conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not a temporary downturn but a systemic failure engineered by a corrupt clerical dictatorship that prioritizes its nuclear ambitions and regional warmongering over the welfare of its people. This growing chasm between the rulers and the ruled was starkly illustrated by the popular boycott of the regime\u2019s sham elections following the death of former regime president Ebrahim Raisi, where more than 90% of the population refused to participate, signaling a nationwide rejection of the ruling establishment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/how-regime-corruption-fuels-nationwide-protests-across-iran\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exhibition in Paris Exposes Surge in Executions and Human Rights Abuses in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris, France \u2013 June 6, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held an exhibition in Paris to condemn the Iranian regime\u2019s escalating human rights abuses, with a particular focus on the sharp rise in executions across the country. The exhibition featured striking photographs and detailed documentation of the regime\u2019s intensified crackdown on dissent, including the growing number of political prisoners\u2014many affiliated with the PMOI \u2014facing execution. Firsthand testimonies exposed the use of arbitrary arrests, torture, and death sentences as instruments of state repression.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exhibition in Paris Exposes Surge in Executions and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRights<\/a> Abuses in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePoliticalPrisoners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePoliticalPrisoners<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dmo2qtUgdh\">https:\/\/t.co\/dmo2qtUgdh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1931271171724759517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organizers called for urgent international attention to the worsening human rights crisis in Iran. They urged democratic governments to speak out and hold the regime accountable for its systematic violations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/06\/exhibition-in-paris-exposes-surge-in-executions-and-human-rights-abuses-in-iran\/74646\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump: Iran Will Not Enrich Uranium; Otherwise, I Will Do Something I Don\u2019t Like<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-328389 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025-696x393.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/US-President-Donald-Trump-03022025.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters about the Iranian regime\u2019s nuclear issue saying: \u201cThey won\u2019t be enriching. If they enrich then we\u2019re going to have to do it other way and I don\u2019t really want to do it the other way but we\u2019re going to have to. There is not going to be enrichment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that after the end of his first presidential term, there were no problems. There were no wars, ISIS was 100% defeated, Iran was bankrupt, there was no issue with Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel had not been attacked, the Russia-Ukraine war had not happened, and there was no inflation in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"994\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/nuclear\/54449-trump-iran-will-not-enrich-uranium-otherwise-i-will-do-something-i-dont-like\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Warning Resolution by IAEA Board of Governors: Tehran Has Violated Its Safeguards Commitments<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-245995 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-IAEA-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-IAEA-flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-IAEA-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-IAEA-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-IAEA-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-IAEA-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iran-IAEA.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a new and escalating development in the Iranian regime\u2019s nuclear case, four Western countries \u2014 the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany \u2014 have submitted a draft resolution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, accusing Tehran of \u201cviolating its safeguards commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Associated Press, this draft resolution, which was shared with the Board members on Thursday, June 5, stresses that since 2019, the Iranian regime has repeatedly refused to fully and promptly cooperate with IAEA inspectors regarding undeclared nuclear material and suspicious activities at hidden sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/nuclear\/54452-warning-resolution-by-iaea-board-of-governors-tehran-has-violated-its-safeguards-commitments\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Treasury Targets Iranian Shadow Banking Network Laundering Billions for Regime<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-221216 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Treasury-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Slaps new sanctions on Iran regime\u2019s Metal Industry\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Treasury-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Treasury-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Treasury-696x500.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Treasury-584x420.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/US-Treasury.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">June 6, 2025 \u2013 Washington, D.C. \u2014 In a major escalation of its pressure campaign against the Iranian regime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced sweeping sanctions on more than 30 individuals and entities tied to a sprawling shadow banking network run by three Iranian brothers \u2014 Mansour, Nasser, and Fazlolah Zarringhalam. The network has laundered billions of dollars through global financial channels to fund Iran\u2019s oil exports, nuclear and missile programs, and terrorist proxies, despite international sanctions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"953\">Simultaneously, the Treasury\u2019s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an updated advisory to help financial institutions detect and report suspicious activity linked to Iran\u2019s illicit financial operations, including oil smuggling, shadow banking, and weapons procurement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sanctions\/u-s-treasury-targets-iranian-shadow-banking-network-laundering-billions-for-regime\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iran Regime\u2019s Growing Threat: Espionage, Intimidation, and Violence on British Soil<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331701 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UK-police.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UK-police.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UK-police-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The British government\u2019s top adviser on state threats has issued a stark warning about the Iranian regime\u2019s growing use of criminal networks to carry out espionage, intimidation, and acts of violence within the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a recent New York Times report published on June 6, Jonathan Hall\u2014who serves as the current Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and Independent Reviewer of State Threats Legislation\u2014has labeled the current threat level from hostile actions by Tehran as \u201cextraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"872\">Unlike terrorism, which often shocks the public with large-scale destruction, Hall emphasized that state threats tend to operate in the shadows. These covert operations are less visible but no less dangerous, involving a complex web of surveillance, infiltration, and targeted aggression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/the-iran-regimes-growing-threat-espionage-intimidation-and-violence-on-british-soil\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran in Deadlock: Protests Surge Across the Country Amid Deepening Crises<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-325326 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iran-protests-26102024.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the Iranian regime grapples with suffocating internal and external crises, public unrest has reached new heights. Nearly a year after Masoud Pezeshkian assumed the presidency, it has become evident that his government remains paralyzed\u2014unable to offer solutions to the mounting political, economic, and social challenges facing the country.\u00a0Ongoing nuclear negotiations with the United States, once a focal point of the regime\u2019s strategy, have failed to address or ease these problems. In this climate of stagnation and uncertainty, protests across various sectors of Iranian society have surged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/insider\/iran-in-deadlock-protests-surge-across-the-country-amid-deepening-crises\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-7-2025\/\"><strong>Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 7<\/strong><strong>, 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST Iran&rsquo;s Barbaric Brutality Is Spiraling Out of Control &ndash; Regime Is Powder Keg with One Way Out, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":332697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-332696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran-news-in-brief-news","tag-iran-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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