{"id":333803,"date":"2025-07-05T06:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=333803"},"modified":"2025-07-05T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:17:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-5-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-election-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-5-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333804\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333804 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Rally Urges Support for Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option and Democratic Change in Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2-759x420.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sydney-July-1-pic-2-696x385.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney rally urges support for Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option and democratic change in 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: 1:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada Needs a new Iran Policy \u2013\u00a0Both abroad and at Home<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333824 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Open_Canada_NewLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Open_Canada_NewLogo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Open_Canada_NewLogo-150x41.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decision last month by the United States (US) to join Israel in striking Iran\u2019s nuclear program \u2013 potentially leading to a wider regional conflict \u2013 marks a pivotal moment for Canada to rethink both its foreign policy toward Iran and its domestic approach to individuals living here that support the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For decades, Iran has been the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, providing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/country-reports-on-terrorism-2023\/\">financial and material support<\/a>\u00a0to militant groups such as Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. The regime has also backed armed militias in Iraq and propped up the former Assad government in Syria, which was responsible for the deaths of more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/snhr.org\/blog\/2024\/12\/20\/summary-of-the-assad-regimes-crimes-against-the-syrian-people-over-the-last-14-years\/\">200,000 civilians<\/a>. Together, Iran\u2019s proxies and allies have sown chaos across the Middle East as part of a calculated strategy to project power (both internally and regionally) while simultaneously deterring its adversaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/opencanada.org\/canada-needs-a-new-iran-policy-both-abroad-and-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN Experts Urge Iran to Choose Protection over Repression after Ceasefire<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-257507 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/united-nations-logo.png\" alt=\"united-nations-logo\" width=\"282\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/united-nations-logo.png 282w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/united-nations-logo-150x77.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GENEVA<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 UN experts* today expressed alarm over the crackdown in the Islamic Republic of Iran since hostilities began on 13 June 2025 and the subsequent ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPost-conflict situations must not be used as an opportunity to suppress dissent and increase repression,\u201d the experts said. Acknowledging the impact of unlawful military attacks by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/06\/un-experts-condemn-israeli-attack-iran-and-urge-end-hostilities\"><strong>Israel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/06\/un-experts-condemn-united-states-attack-iran-and-demand-permanent-end\"><strong>United States of America<\/strong><\/a>, the experts nevertheless expressed concern over reports of executions, enforced disappearaces, and mass arrests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press release: Post-conflict situations must not be used as an opportunity to increase repression against ethnic and religious minorities or suppress dissent. I am alarmed by reports of executions, mass arrests, particularly against  of minorities, notwithstanding the impact of\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mai Sato (@drmaisato.bsky.social) (@drmaisato) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drmaisato\/status\/1941137681414508717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 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;\">Since 13 June 2025, at least six individuals have reportedly been executed on charges of \u201cespionage for Israel\u201d, including three Kurdish men. Hundreds of individuals, including social media users, journalists, human rights defenders, foreign nationals\u2014particularly Afghans\u2014and members of ethnic and religious minorities such as Baha&#8217;is, Kurds, Balouchis and Ahwazi Arabs, have been detained on accusations of \u201ccollaboration\u201d or \u201cespionage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/07\/un-experts-urge-iran-choose-protection-over-repression-after-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 8:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defiant Protests in Hamedan and Khash Signal a Regime on the Brink<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-333760 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025-300x169.webp\" alt=\"The people of Hamedan, central Iran, protested on July 3, 2025\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025-746x420.webp 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025-696x392.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/iran-hamedan-protests-03072025.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first week of July, Iran\u2019s regime has unleashed a new wave of lethal violence against people of Iran. From the western city of Hamedan to the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, the regime\u2019s security forces have murdered and assaulted defenseless citizens. Yet, far from instilling fear, this brutality has ignited a firestorm of organized public defiance, proving that the Iranian people will not be silenced and their only demand is regime change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These events expose the lie behind the new administration of Masoud Pezeshkian, demonstrating that no matter the face in the president\u2019s office, the regime\u2019s only answer to the public\u2019s legitimate grievances is the bullet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/defiant-protests-in-hamedan-and-khash-signal-a-regime-on-the-brink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Urgent Call to Save Arghavan Fallahi and Other Political Prisoners Under Torture<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328187 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arghavan-Fallahi-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arghavan-Fallahi-Iran.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arghavan-Fallahi-Iran-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian Resistance has obtained new information on the whereabouts of Arghavan Fallahi, a 25-year-old woman, and three other political prisoners affiliated with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), who are currently being tortured to extract forced and fabricated confessions related to the assassinations of the clerical regime\u2019s executioners, the notorious judges, Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini, on January 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arghavan Fallahi,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/07\/01\/arghavan-fallahi-held-in-solitary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the only woman<\/a>\u00a0among the four detainees, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/01\/31\/arghavan-fallahi-former-political-prisoner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0on January 25, 2025, at her home in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parand<\/a>\u00a0(Tehran) and taken to Ward 241 of Evin Prison, run by the Judiciary\u2019s Intelligence Protection Unit. After enduring nearly five months in solitary confinement, she was transferred to a solitary cell in Fashafouyeh Prison (a.k.a. The Greater Tehran Penitentiary) following the bombing and evacuation of Evin. She remains isolated and under intense psychological and physical pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/07\/04\/urgent-call-to-save-arghavan-fallahi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Narges Mansouri Launches Hunger Strike in Qarchak Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333820 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Narges-Mansouri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Narges-Mansouri.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Narges-Mansouri-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Narges Mansouri, a political prisoner currently held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, has gone on a hunger strike following her punitive transfer to solitary confinement.<br \/>\nHer health has severely deteriorated, and she is experiencing intense heart palpitations \u2014 a development that has raised serious concern among her family and supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Narges Mansouri, who was transferred to Qarchak prison along with dozens of other inmates after the destruction of sections of Evin Prison, is protesting the inhumane conditions in Qarchak, including the lack of access to basic necessities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, prison authorities subjected her to disciplinary measures, including solitary confinement.\u00a0Her treatment \u2014 particularly the authorities\u2019 disregard for her health \u2014 is a clear violation of the fundamental rights of political prisoners, especially women, under the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"994\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/07\/04\/narges-mansouri-hunger-strike-qarchak-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lali Bameri, 40, Dies Three Days after IRGC Raid on Her Village<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333818 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCRI-Women-Lali-Bameri-AI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCRI-Women-Lali-Bameri-AI.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCRI-Women-Lali-Bameri-AI-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lali Bameri, a 40-year-old Baluch woman and one of the victims of a deadly assault by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on the village of Gonich in Khash County, died in the early hours of Friday, July 4, 2025, in the hospital due to the severity of her injuries.\u00a0Lali Bameri (full name: Lal-Bibi Bameri), a mother of several children, succumbed to her wounds after three days in the intensive care unit of Khomeini Hospital in Khash.\u00a0She had been critically wounded by gunfire during the IRGC raid and was kept alive only with the help of dialysis machines, as both her kidneys had failed due to direct bullet impact. Medical staff had described her condition as \u201ccritical and beyond recovery\u201d from the outset.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lali Bameri was shot on Tuesday, July 1, during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/07\/01\/bloody-gonich-village-1-baluch-woman-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an IRGC raid<\/a>\u00a0on their village. In the same attack, another Baluch woman, Khan-Bibi Bameri, was killed by gunfire to the kidney, and at least eleven other women were injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/07\/04\/lali-bameri-40-dies-three-days-after-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris Exhibition Brings Attention to Iran\u2019s Human Rights Crisis and Democratic Aspirations<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Paris Exhibition Brings Attention to Iran&rsquo;s Human Rights Crisis and Democratic Aspirations - July 3\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ee9dpZoe3Po\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fee9dpZoe3Po%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ee9dpZoe3Po\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT24S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-07-04T05:55:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ee9dpZoe3Po\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fee9dpZoe3Po%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Paris Exhibition Brings Attention to Iran\u2019s Human Rights Crisis and Democratic Aspirations - July 3<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ee9dpZoe3Po\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fee9dpZoe3Po%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Paris Exhibition Brings Attention to Iran&rsquo;s Human Rights Crisis and Democratic Aspirations - July 3\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"France, July 3, 2025: Paris Exhibition Brings Attention to Iran\u2019s Human Rights Crisis and Democratic Aspirations.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris, France \u2013 July 3, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) organized an exhibition to condemn the Iranian regime\u2019s worsening human rights violations, focusing particularly on the recent rise in executions throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibition displayed powerful photographs and comprehensive documentation that revealed the regime\u2019s intensified repression of dissent. It brought attention to the increasing number of political prisoners\u2014many connected to the PMOI\u2014who are facing execution. Eyewitness accounts exposed the regime\u2019s systematic use of arbitrary arrests, torture, and death sentences as tools of oppression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/07\/paris-exhibition-brings-attention-to-irans-human-rights-crisis-and-democratic-aspirations\/75779\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zurich Exhibition Condemns Iran Regime\u2019s Executions and Human Rights Violations<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"July 3, 2025 - Zurich Exhibition Condemns Iran Regime&rsquo;s Executions and Human Rights Violations- 16,9\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_X73h3veQVnU\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FX73h3veQVnU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X73h3veQVnU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M2S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-07-04T06:34:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_X73h3veQVnU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FX73h3veQVnU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">July 3, 2025 - Zurich Exhibition Condemns Iran Regime\u2019s Executions and Human Rights Violations- 16,9<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X73h3veQVnU\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FX73h3veQVnU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"July 3, 2025 - Zurich Exhibition Condemns Iran Regime&rsquo;s Executions and Human Rights Violations- 16,9\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Switzerland, July 3, 2025 - Zurich Exhibition Condemns Iran Regime\u2019s Executions and Human Rights Violations - 16,9\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zurich, Switzerland \u2013 July 3, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) organized an exhibition to protest the Iranian regime\u2019s escalating human rights abuses, with a special focus on the recent surge in executions across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrators demanded the immediate abolition of these death sentences and the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Iran. They condemned the regime\u2019s ongoing human rights violations and expressed solidarity with the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for democratic change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/07\/zurich-exhibition-condemns-iran-regimes-executions-and-human-rights-violations\/75790\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">France Demands Immediate Release of French Couple Held in Iran for Three Years<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">July 3 (Reuters) &#8211; France on Thursday demanded the immediate release of two of its citizens held in Iran for more than three years, saying Tehran&#8217;s case against them was unfounded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The French government has accused the Islamic Republic of detaining\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/france-says-it-will-file-court-complaint-against-iran-over-citizens-detention-2025-05-15\/\">Cecile Kohler and partner Jacques Paris<\/a>\u00a0arbitrarily, keeping them in conditions akin to torture in Tehran&#8217;s Evin security prison and barring proper consular protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">French President Emmanuel Macron said he would call the president of Iran over the matter, adding that he had not ruled out taking retaliatory measures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a provocation against France and an unacceptable choice of aggression. It&#8217;s unacceptable for France,&#8221; Macron told reporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/france-demands-immediate-release-french-couple-held-iran-2025-07-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s War with Israel: A Catastrophe Rooted in 46 Years of Misjudgment<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333817 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-Israel-war-56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-Israel-war-56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-Israel-war-56-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How Four Decades of Ideological Ambition and Strategic Miscalculation Led Iran into an Unnecessary and Devastating War with Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recent war between Iran and Israel was not an unavoidable tragedy. Rather, it was the direct result of a long chain of miscalculations made by Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)\u2014decisions that have proven catastrophic for the country and its 87 million citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"891\">This conflict could have been entirely avoided had the regime not been driven by ideological delusion and a dangerous overestimation of its own strength. The belief that no foreign power would dare strike Iran was not just naive\u2014it was reckless. The assumption that Iran\u2019s military capabilities alone could deter any foreign intervention was completely unfounded. These fatal misjudgments are now defining the fate of an entire nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/irans-war-with-israel-a-catastrophe-rooted-in-46-years-of-misjudgment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Renewed Crackdown on Iranian Writers Sparks Outcry Over Free Expression After War<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333821 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-Pen-America.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-Pen-America.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-Pen-America-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">PEN America warns of escalating repression in Iran as the regime detains writers and artists in the wake of the Iran-Israel war, using national security as a pretext to silence dissent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Iran emerges from a brief but intense military conflict with Israel, the regime is turning its focus inward, launching a renewed wave of repression targeting writers, artists, and civil society figures. According to a July 3 statement by PEN America, a leading literary and human rights organization, this post-war crackdown is a stark reminder of how governments use the cover of conflict to silence dissenting voices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"843\">PEN America, which monitors threats to freedom of expression around the world, has condemned the arrests of multiple Iranian writers and public intellectuals, calling for their immediate release and urging the regime to cease its intimidation campaign against those who exercise peaceful speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/human-rights\/renewed-crackdown-on-iranian-writers-sparks-outcry-over-free-expression-after-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. State Department Cracks Down on Illicit Iranian Oil Trade in Renewed Maximum Pressure Campaign<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333819 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-sanctions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-sanctions.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iran-sanctions-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a bold move to tighten the economic noose on the Iranian regime, the U.S. Department of State announced a new round of sanctions targeting companies and vessels engaged in Iran\u2019s illicit petroleum and petrochemical trade. The designations are part of the ongoing implementation of National Security Presidential Memorandum-2, which mandates the application of maximum economic pressure on Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newly announced sanctions are aimed at curbing Iran\u2019s ability to generate revenue used to fund regional conflicts, destabilize international trade, and support terrorist and proxy groups throughout the Middle East. According to the State Department, the regime continues to exploit international maritime trade channels to secretly export oil and petrochemicals, in direct defiance of U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/sanctions\/u-s-state-department-cracks-down-on-illicit-iranian-oil-trade-in-renewed-maximum-pressure-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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-july-4-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 4<\/strong><strong>, 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 1:00 PM CEST Canada Needs a new Iran Policy &ndash;&nbsp;Both abroad and at Home The decision last month by the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":333804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[501],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-333803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-election-brief","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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