{"id":332781,"date":"2025-06-10T06:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332781"},"modified":"2025-06-10T20:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:05:25","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-10-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-june-10-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 June 10, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran Using Desert Sites to Test Nuclear Weapons Components in Rush to Bomb: Resistance Group<\/h3>\n

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An Iranian resistance group said Tuesday that the Iranian regime is using clandestine desert sites to test nuclear weapons components in a “dash” to develop a bomb as President Trump expresses frustration with negotiations.\u00a0The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a press conference that the Islamic Regime is rushing to develop a nuclear weapon under a covert nuclear weapons project called the Kavir Plan with several secret sites in a largely desert province west of the Iranian capital of Tehran.<\/p>\n

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From Fuel to Freedom: Iranian Truckers Lead Wave of Labor Strikes in Islamic\u00a0Republic<\/h3>\n

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While global attention has remained fixed on Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions and the threat they pose to international peace, a nationwide strike by tens of thousands of Iranian truck drivers \u2014 launched around May 21, 2025 \u2014 has signaled deeper unrest brewing inside the country.\u00a0Far from faltering under the weight of violent reprisals, judicial intimidation, and empty promises from the clerical regime, the protests swelled, spreading to 140 cities across 30 provinces and inspiring solidarity across diverse sectors. This burgeoning unrest, now encompassing bakers, retirees, teachers, oil workers, nurses, women, and activists, signals a profound challenge to the Islamic Republic\u2019s authority. With its echoes of past uprisings and its potential to galvanize a broader pro-democracy movement, the current wave of labor protests demands urgent international attention and support to amplify the Iranian people\u2019s aspirations for a free and representative government.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 6:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Satellite Photos Reveal Iran\u2019s New \u2018Desert Plan\u2019 Nuke Program With Underground Blast Sites, Vanishing Roads & AI Drones<\/h3>\n

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CHILLING new details of Iran’s secret project to develop powerful nuclear warheads for missiles capable of firing over 2,000 miles have been revealed.<\/p>\n

Satellite images and new information about the clandestine programme – codenamed the “Desert Plan” – have been uncovered by\u00a0Iranian resistance networks<\/a>.\u00a0They warned that the tyrannical regime’s\u00a0dash to obtain deadly nukes<\/a>\u00a0had “intensified”.<\/p>\n

Seven hidden sites in the Semnan province of northern\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u00a0have been identified including an underground base used for\u00a0nuclear explosion tests<\/a>.\u00a0In a bid to keep the programme under wraps, regime leaders have even deleted roads leading to bases from official maps.<\/p>\n

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

More Iranian Ships Inbound with Ballistic Missile Propellant<\/h3>\n

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Iran is reportedly procuring a further consignment of sodium perchlorate from Chinese manufacturers, as feedstock to produce ammonium perchlorate used to fuel Iran\u2019s solid-fueled ballistic missiles, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper was unspecific about the source of the information, other than it was provided by \u201cofficials\u201d in Washington – which does not necessarily mean that the leak originated from US government sources.<\/p>\n

Sodium perchlorate when further refined in Iran into ammonium perchlorate makes up 70 percent of the standard fuel load of most of Iran\u2019s solid-fueled ballistic missiles. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) inventory of solid fuel ballistic missiles contains both longer range missiles such as the Khybar-Shikan and Fattah, used in Iran\u2019s True Promise attacks against Israel. But it also includes shorter range missiles such as Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar systems exported to Russia for its war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Smuggling Trial Sheds Light on Iranian Arms Trafficking<\/h3>\n

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In a jury trial at the United States Federal Courthouse in Richmond (Virginia), the Pakistani captain of a dhow has been found guilty of a series of charges related to the supply of advanced conventional weaponry to Houthi rebels in Yemen, and of providing material support to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Muhammad Pahlawan was also found guilty of threatening his own crew in an attempt to confuse the naval boarding party that intercepted his dhow.<\/p>\n

The interception was carried out in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Somalia on January 11, 2024, and was executed by US Navy and Coast Guard personnel from the USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3). Two SEALS who were part of the boarding party lost their lives when the captain of the dhow attempted to carry out evasive maneuvers.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Panicked Speech, Senior Cleric Reveals Regime\u2019s Fear of PMOI\u2019s Resistance Units<\/h3>\n

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In a stunning admission that peels back the Iranian regime\u2019s facade of control, a senior cleric has publicly confirmed the effectiveness and organizational capacity of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)\u2019s Resistance Units. During a speech riddled with fear and paranoia, Ahmad Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts and Guardian Council, inadvertently detailed the tactics of the resistance network, revealing the regime\u2019s profound anxiety over a \u201cswift overthrow\u201d orchestrated from within.<\/p>\n

His remarks, delivered to a group of Basij paramilitary members in Varamin on June 5, represent a dramatic departure from the regime\u2019s long-standing narrative that dismisses internal dissent as sporadic, unorganized rioting. Instead, Khatami\u2019s words paint a picture of a theocracy haunted by a disciplined and effective opposition network that is fully organized and is successfully breaking the climate of fear.<\/p>\n

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Political Prisoner Shiva Esmaeli Denied Contact with Her Imprisoned Sons<\/h3>\n

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In a continued campaign of intensified pressure on political prisoners in Iran, political prisoner Shiva Esmaeli, held in the women\u2019s ward of Evin Prison, has been denied the right to make phone calls to her sons by direct order of the prison warden. This punitive measure comes in response to her support for the protest campaign \u201cNo to Executions Tuesdays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Esmaeli\u2019s two sons, Seyed Mehdi and Seyed Alireza Vafaee Sani, are also incarcerated in Evin Prison\u2019s Ward 8 due to their political activities. Seyed Mehdi is serving a six-year sentence, while Seyed Alireza is serving five years. In addition to enduring her prison sentence, Shiva Esmaeili is now deprived of one of her most basic human rights \u2014 contact with her children.<\/p>\n

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Masoumeh Karbakhsh Executed in Shahab Prison, Kerman<\/h3>\n

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In the early hours of Sunday, June 1, 2025, Masoumeh Karbakhsh, a prisoner convicted of drug-related charges, was executed in Shahab Prison in Kerman. Masoumeh Karbakhsh, 39, was married and the mother of two daughters, aged 7 and 14. She was arrested four years ago and, following judicial proceedings, was sentenced to death on drug-related charges. With the execution of Masoumeh Karbakhsh, the number of women executed in Iran in 2025 has risen to 21.<\/p>\n

Iran holds the grim record for the highest number of women executed globally. According to\u00a0data compiled<\/a> by the Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), at least 284 women have been executed in Iran since 2007.\u00a0Many of the women executed by the Iranian regime are themselves victims of domestic violence and discriminatory family laws. A significant number have acted in self-defense.<\/p>\n

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Germany, June 7, 2025: MEK Supporters Rally in Cologne Against Iran\u2019s Human Rights Violations<\/h3>\n
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