{"id":334385,"date":"2025-07-19T07:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334385"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:13:36","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-july-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_334386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334386\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-334386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Mannheim, Germany, held a bookstand on July 18, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025-757x420.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mannheim-iranian-resistance-activism-18072025-696x386.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-334386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Mannheim, Germany, held a bookstand on July 18, 2025<\/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: 10:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Warnings Mount Over New Wave of Executions in Iran \u2013 The World Must Act<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-319688 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/yorkshire-bylines-logo-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The international community stands at a critical juncture. The Islamic Republic of Iran is once again invoking the darkest chapters of its history to justify a new wave of political executions. The echoes of the 1988 massacre \u2013 when over 30,000 political prisoners (mostly members and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran-PMOI\/MEK) were summarily executed \u2013 are no longer distant memories but chilling warnings of what may come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 7 July 2025, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency published a brazen editorial titled\u00a0\u2018Why the 1988 Executions Should Be Repeated\u2019.\u00a0The piece glorified the 1988 massacre as a \u201csuccessful historical experience\u201d and advocated for its replication against today\u2019s political detainees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It framed dissent as terrorism and praised the mass killings as a \u201ccommendable judicial act\u201d, even invoking religious justifications to normalize state-sponsored murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkshirebylines.co.uk\/news\/world\/warnings-mount-over-new-wave-of-executions-in-iran-the-world-must-act\/\" 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;\">Iranian Youth Set Fire to Regime Symbols in Response to Rising Bread Prices<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Protesters torch entrance of IRGC Basij base in Urmia | Iran protests\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2bwF82AQ1dU\" 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%2F2bwF82AQ1dU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2bwF82AQ1dU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-07-17T12:07:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2bwF82AQ1dU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2bwF82AQ1dU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Protesters torch entrance of IRGC Basij base in Urmia | Iran protests<\/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\/2bwF82AQ1dU\" 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%2F2bwF82AQ1dU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters torch entrance of IRGC Basij base in Urmia | Iran protests\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"*** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">In response to the rising price of bread, the staple food of the Iranian people, rebellious youth across Iran set fire to the posters, billboards, and banners of regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his gang of criminals ruling the country. The rebellious youth, saluting the hardworking bakers and the army of the hungry, and emphasizing that the plundered bread and water of the enchained people must be turned into fire to bring down the regime, attacked the symbols of looting and suppression as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iranian-youth-set-fire-to-regime-symbols-in-response-to-rising-bread-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Female Relatives of Political Prisoners Subjected to Abusive Searches Before Visits at the Greater Tehran Penitentiary<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-299295 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/State-Penitentiary-in-Isfahan-Province1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"State Penitentiary in Isfahan Province-prison\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/State-Penitentiary-in-Isfahan-Province1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/State-Penitentiary-in-Isfahan-Province1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/State-Penitentiary-in-Isfahan-Province1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/State-Penitentiary-in-Isfahan-Province1-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/State-Penitentiary-in-Isfahan-Province1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Female relatives of political prisoners held in Greater Tehran Penitentiary (a.k.a. Fashafuyeh) say they are being subjected to \u201cdegrading, abusive and unlawful\u201d strip\u2011searches before visits, prompting collective protests inside the facility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to families and inmates who spoke with independent outlets, the victims include mothers, wives, sisters and even under\u2011age daughters of political prisoners. They describe the searches as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Body_cavity_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intrusive, humiliating<\/a>\u00a0and inconsistent with any basic standard of human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an audio message smuggled from the prison, jailed dissident Mohammad\u202fNourizad recounted an incident in which officers forced a 13\u2011year\u2011old girl to remove all her clothing before she was permitted to see her father. \u201cShe wept through the entire visit and was too traumatized to speak,\u201d Nourizad said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/07\/18\/female-relatives-of-political-prisoners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Economic Alarm Bells Ring Louder as Iran\u2019s Leaders Hold Crisis Meetings<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-257803 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618-696x410.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iran-tabriz-grand-market-e1649921691618.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"429\">In a significant sign of mounting economic distress, the regular meetings of Iran\u2019s three government branches\u2014now joined by Hamid Pourmohammadi, head of the Planning and Budget Organization\u2014have reignited debate over the country\u2019s deepening economic crisis.\u00a0Images released from the meeting show Pourmohammadi presenting charts and data to the heads of state, raising suspicions that the regime is increasingly anxious about the economy\u2019s resilience. Economic analysts suggest the meetings are more than symbolic\u2014they represent a last-ditch effort to prepare top decision-makers for the potential collapse of an already strained economic structure. While the roots of the current situation predate the recent regional war, analysts believe that the conflict has pushed the economy into a new phase of crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/economy\/economic-alarm-bells-ring-louder-as-irans-leaders-hold-crisis-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Iran Escalates Anti-West Rhetoric and Threatens Retaliation as Nuclear Deadline Looms<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-253781 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UNSC-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"United Nations Security Council voting\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UNSC-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UNSC-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UNSC-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UNSC-696x372.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UNSC.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">As international pressure intensifies over Iran\u2019s nuclear program, the Iranian regime has adopted a sharply confrontational stance against the West, particularly the United States, signaling a breakdown in diplomacy and a possible return to full-scale confrontation. A new statement from the Iranian Parliament, issued on July 16, reflects Tehran\u2019s hardened position: negotiations, if they occur at all, must now be preceded by strict preconditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"1245\">In its latest declaration, the Iranian Parliament emphasized that \u201cnegotiation cannot proceed as before\u201d and that the Islamic Republic must impose \u201cpreconditions\u201d before engaging in any new talks. The statement doubled down on the regime\u2019s long-standing slogan \u201cDeath to America,\u201d clarifying that it is aimed at U.S. leadership\u2014especially US President Donald Trump and the ruling elite\u2014not the American people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/nuclear\/iran-escalates-anti-west-rhetoric-and-threatens-retaliation-as-nuclear-deadline-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Khamenei\u2019s War Propaganda and Executions Reveal a Regime in Panic, Not Power<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-332902 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"The Iranian regime's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addresses his forces on June 9, 2025\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025-720x420.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025-696x406.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iran-ali-khamenei-90062025.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"606\">The Iranian regime\u2019s aggressive regional posture and war rhetoric are not rooted in a calculated geopolitical strategy. Rather, they are the desperate tools of a ruling elite scrambling to suppress growing domestic unrest and salvage its eroding legitimacy. For Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, war has become a propaganda weapon aimed inward, not outward.\u00a0Following its political and military failures in the recent regional conflict, Tehran has opened new fronts of intervention beyond its borders. But this is not to project strength\u2014it is an attempt to manufacture a state of emergency, contain a volatile society on the brink of explosion, and justify an intensifying wave of domestic repression.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/khameneis-war-propaganda-and-executions-reveal-a-regime-in-panic-not-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Iran\u2019s Nursing Crisis Deepens: Shortages, Migration, and Systemic Failure Threaten Public Health<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44930 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/nursing-students.jpg\" alt=\"nursing-students\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"639\">Iran\u2019s healthcare system is spiraling into one of its most serious crises in decades, as a severe shortage of nurses and medical staff threatens both the quality and stability of medical services nationwide. What was once a manageable shortfall has now grown into a systemic emergency\u2014undermining Iran\u2019s ability to provide even basic care in many regions. On July 12,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"721\">Ahmad Nejatian<\/strong>, head of Iran\u2019s Nursing Organization, revealed that the country is facing a\u00a0<strong data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"835\">shortage of nearly 100,000 nurses<\/strong>. He added that\u00a0<strong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"919\">approximately 5,000 nurses exit the healthcare system every year<\/strong>, citing reasons such as:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"976\">Desire to\u00a0<strong data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"976\">migrate abroad<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"999\"><strong data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"999\">Early retirement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1040\">Severe\u00a0<strong data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1040\">physical and mental burnout<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1086\"><strong data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1059\">Low salaries<\/strong>\u00a0compared to their workload<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/irans-nursing-crisis-deepens-shortages-migration-and-systemic-failure-threaten-public-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Families of Political Prisoners Subjected to Humiliating Searches at Greater Tehran Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-327210 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A prison in Tehran, Iran's capital\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iran-prison-tehran.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As human rights organizations warn of escalating repression in Iran, reports indicate that families of political prisoners at Greater Tehran Prison were subjected to degrading treatment and unusual body searches during visitations. Some prisoners protested against this conduct.\u00a0On Thursday, July 17, prison agents in some cases forced family members of political prisoners visiting their loved ones at Greater Tehran Prison to strip completely naked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Informed sources stated that the visitation process involved aggressive treatment and extensive body searches, which provoked strong protests from the families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/human-rights\/54812-families-of-political-prisoners-subjected-to-humiliating-searches-at-greater-tehran-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Family of Lennart Monterlos Demands Clarity on His Whereabouts and Reasons for Detention in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-334107 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lennart-Monterlos-French-German-Tourist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lennart-Monterlos-French-German-Tourist.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Lennart-Monterlos-French-German-Tourist-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family and friends of Lennart Monterlos, a 19-year-old German-French dual national who has been detained in Iran, issued a statement demanding information about his whereabouts and the reasons for his arrest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the statement released on Thursday, July 17, the family and friends of Lennart Monterlos stated that, despite one month having passed since his arrest, they have not received any official information regarding the reasons for his detention or where he is being held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Monterlos family emphasized that they are relying on French diplomacy to secure the swift release of their very young son, whom they insist is completely innocent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also stated that they are in ongoing contact with the German Foreign Ministry and have called on Iranian regime authorities to recognize their son\u2019s legal rights, including access to an independent Iranian lawyer and consular visitation rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/terrorism\/54810-family-of-lennart-monterlos-demands-clarity-on-his-whereabouts-and-reasons-for-detention-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Judiciary Under the Microscope of Justice \u2013 Part 5<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-261964 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-judiciary-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iran-judiciary\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-judiciary-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-judiciary-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iran-judiciary.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a regime whose constitution institutionalizes male guardianship over women and whose judiciary is rooted in patriarchal jurisprudence, being a woman is not a privilege\u2014it is a\u00a0<strong>perpetual crime<\/strong>. Since the early days after the 1979 revolution, women\u2014especially political activists, students, writers, and even the mothers and wives of political prisoners\u2014have been subjected to systematic abuse, sexual humiliation, and physical and psychological torture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The misogynistic laws of the judiciary, combined with corruption and authoritarianism, have criminalized womanhood. Women accused of \u201cillicit relations,\u201d \u201cimproper hijab,\u201d or even defending women\u2019s rights have faced:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Stoning<\/li>\n<li>Execution, often for allegedly murdering abusive husbands<\/li>\n<li>Long-term imprisonment for civic activism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/07\/18\/judiciary-under-the-microscope-of-justice-part-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Iran Police Chief Radan Discusses Public Unrest and Internal Threats<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-268743 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Radan-Khamenei-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Radan-Khamenei\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Radan-Khamenei-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Radan-Khamenei-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Radan-Khamenei-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Radan-Khamenei-696x438.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Radan-Khamenei.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On July 15, 2025,\u00a0<em>Radan, commander of the Iranian regime\u2019s police force<\/em>\u00a0and one of the most important enforcers in Khamenei\u2019s apparatus, gave an interview to the state-affiliated Daneshjoo News Agency. His remarks, laced with threats, deflection, toward the Iranian people, once again revealed the deep anxiety gripping the regime of the Supreme Leader. Far from projecting strength, Radan\u2019s statements reflected the regime\u2019s inability to contain the growing anger simmering across society\u2014an anger that signals the nearness of the regime\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the interview, Radan, commander of Iran\u2019s police force, stated that \u201cspies and traitors are under close surveillance, and the remaining ones will soon be dealt with.\u201d He emphasized the importance of national security and monitoring internal threats. While officials often attribute leaks of sensitive information to foreign interference, some analysts and critics suggest that internal corruption and factional rivalries within state institutions\u2014such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence\u2014may also play a role in such breaches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a style=\"color: #4db2ec; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/radan-commander-of-irans-police-force-gripped-by\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Supporters of the Iranian Resistance Hold Awareness Event on Ut\u00f8ya Against Executions in Iran<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"622\">On July 17, 2025, members of the\u00a0<em data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"245\">Young Norwegian-Iranians for Democracy (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNID_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNID<\/a>)<\/em>\u2014supporters of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian Resistance<\/a>\u2014held an awareness event on the island of Ut\u00f8ya, Norway. The event aimed to highlight the Iranian regime\u2019s escalating use of executions and brutal repression to silence dissent. Organized with the support of\u00a0<em data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"529\">Socialist Youth (Sosialistisk Ungdom)<\/em>, the event featured an information stand and a photo exhibition to raise public awareness among Norwegians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Supporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranianResistance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranianResistance<\/a> Hold Awareness Event on Ut\u00f8ya Against Executions 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:\/\/t.co\/FPfMaREzNJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/FPfMaREzNJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4FreedominIran\/status\/1946302233861046734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 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;\" data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"1029\">Among the images displayed were those of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/07\/saeed-masouris-resistance-irans-crackdown-on-political-prisoners-exposed\/76314\/\" rel=\"\">Saeed Masouri<\/a>\u2014one of Iran\u2019s longest-imprisoned political prisoners and a steadfast supporter of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>). His fate remains unknown after Iranian security forces violently stormed Ghezel Hesar Prison on July 16, 2025, in a brutal assault believed to have targeted him. Also displayed were photos of political prisoners\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/news\/2025\/04\/amnesty-international-warns-of-imminent-execution-of-iranian-political-prisoners-behrouz-ehsani-and-mehdi-hassani\/72770\/\" rel=\"\">Mehdi Hassani and Behrouz Ehsani<\/a>, both sentenced to death and at serious risk of imminent execution, alongside many other prisoners facing similar threats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a style=\"color: #4db2ec; text-decoration-line: underline; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/07\/supporters-of-the-iranian-resistance-hold-awareness-event-on-utoya-against-executions-in-iran\/76346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\">Paris Exhibition Reveals Iran Regime\u2019s Plot to Massacre Political Prisoners, Urges Global Action<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Paris Exhibition Reveals Iran Regime&rsquo;s Plot to Massacre Political Prisoners, Urges Global Action\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jQrQzFE0KPo\" 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%2FjQrQzFE0KPo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQrQzFE0KPo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-07-18T15:20:13Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_jQrQzFE0KPo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FjQrQzFE0KPo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Paris Exhibition Reveals Iran Regime\u2019s Plot to Massacre Political Prisoners, Urges Global Action<\/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\/jQrQzFE0KPo\" 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%2FjQrQzFE0KPo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Paris Exhibition Reveals Iran Regime&rsquo;s Plot to Massacre Political Prisoners, Urges Global Action\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Paris, France \u2013 July 16-17, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) organized an exhibition to denounce the Iranian regime\u2019s escalating human rights violations, with a particular focus on the grave threat facing political prisoners. According to recent reports, including the case of political prisoner Saeed Masouri, the clerical regime has orchestrated a plot to carry out a large-scale massacre of political prisoners, aiming to silence dissent through mass executions. The exhibition issued an urgent international appeal, calling on human rights organizations, the United Nations, and democratic governments worldwide to take immediate action to stop this planned atrocity and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"1057\"><strong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"336\">Paris, France \u2013 July 16-17, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) organized an exhibition to denounce the Iranian regime\u2019s escalating human rights violations, with a particular focus on the grave threat facing political prisoners. According to recent reports, including the case of political prisoner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2025\/07\/saeed-masouris-resistance-irans-crackdown-on-political-prisoners-exposed\/76314\/\" rel=\"\">Saeed Masouri<\/a>, the clerical regime has orchestrated a plot to carry out a large-scale massacre of political prisoners, aiming to silence dissent through mass executions. The exhibition issued an urgent international appeal, calling on human rights organizations, the United Nations, and democratic governments worldwide to take immediate action to stop this planned atrocity and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a style=\"color: #4db2ec; text-decoration-line: underline; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/07\/paris-exhibition-reveals-iran-regimes-plot-to-massacre-political-prisoners-urges-global-action\/76322\/\" 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-18-2025\/\"><strong>Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 July 18<\/strong><strong>, 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 10:00 AM CEST Warnings Mount Over New Wave of Executions in Iran &ndash; The World Must Act The international community [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":334386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-334385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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