{"id":335289,"date":"2025-08-07T07:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335289"},"modified":"2025-08-07T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:15:05","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-7-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 7, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August 5, 2025 \u2013 Gothenburg: Protesters mark the 80th week of the \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d campaign with a rally against executions in Iran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Treasury Targets Iranian Network Evading Sanctions and Enabling Oppression<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 18 entities and individuals that play pivotal roles in the Iranian regime\u2019s efforts to generate revenue and circumvent U.S. sanctions. \u00a0Facing severe financial constraints due to international isolation, Iran has engineered sophisticated banking schemes and alternate payment messaging systems specifically designed to bypass sanctions and protect its ability to collect export revenues, particularly from illicit petroleum sales.\u00a0 These systems also enable the regime\u2019s continued funding of its proxies and oppression of the Iranian people.\u00a0 Additionally, financial and information technology firms designated today have provided the regime with advanced\u00a0surveillance technologies that Iran\u2019s security services deploy to restrict internet access and to target women who violate the regime\u2019s mandatory hijab restrictions.<\/p>\n

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

Iran\u2019s Nuclear Deception: The World Must Stop Playing Along<\/h3>\n

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As expected, the latest round of E3 talks with Tehran in Istanbul yielded no tangible results. Once again, both sides agreed to meet again\u2014continuing a familiar cycle that has defined more than two decades of negotiations between the Iranian regime and its foreign interlocutors. But beyond the diplomatic theater lies a deeper, more troubling reality: the Iranian regime\u2019s long and deliberate pattern of lies\u2014not only about its nuclear ambitions but also about its repeated violations of commitments made during negotiations with Europe and under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s speak plainly.<\/p>\n

For over thirty years, the Iranian regime has operated on three pillars: denial, deception, and duplicity. This isn\u2019t just about centrifuges and uranium enrichment. It\u2019s about a regime that has weaponized dishonesty as a strategic tool\u2014one it uses not only to advance its nuclear program but to manipulate the international community.<\/p>\n

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The Path to a Free Iran: Why the World Needs to Hear Maryam Rajavi<\/h3>\n

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Imagine growing up in a country where speaking your mind or seeking justice can land you not only in prison, but can lead to torture and execution. A country where half the population are treated as second-class citizens and are systematically suppressed.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, for millions of Iranian youth, this is not a farfetched sci-fi movie\u2014it\u2019s their reality. But from day one, the Iranian people have never given in and there\u2019s a growing movement pushing back, and at its heart stands a woman who has dedicated her life to freedom, equality, and justice: Maryam Rajavi.<\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi is the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a democratic coalition that envisions a secular, pluralistic, free Iran. For over four decades, the NCRI and its core member organization, the People\u2019s Mojahedin (PMOI\/MEK), have led the fight against Iran\u2019s brutal theocracy. And they\u2019ve paid dearly. Thousands have been executed, tortured, or imprisoned by the regime, in the quest for freedom and standing for the principles of this resistance. But what keeps this movement alive\u2014what gives it its power\u2014is a vision of a secular democratic republic in Iran and putting an end to tyrannical rule in Iran, be it crowned or turbaned.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

We Buried Them Without a Grave. Now More Iranians Are Disappearing<\/h3>\n

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Here in Connecticut, many of us in the Iranian-American community carry a pain that never really goes away. Some of us lost parents. Others lost siblings. I lost my childhood friend. She was only in her 20s and pregnant when she was executed in an Iranian prison. Her crime? Believing in a free Iran.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t ancient history. It was 1988. That summer, more than 30,000 political prisoners were killed across Iran. Most were young. Many were already serving time. The regime called them in, one by one, and asked if they still supported the opposition. The majority were supporters of Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). If they said yes, they were sent to the gallows. Families were never told where their loved ones were buried.<\/p>\n

The reason was simple: self-preservation. The regime feared it was losing its grip on power and responded the only way it knew how, by eliminating those it saw as a threat.<\/p>\n

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Lebanon Plans to Disarm Hezbollah by Year End<\/h3>\n

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The thorny decision follows heavy US pressure and comes as part of implementing a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and militant group Hezbollah including two months of all-out war.<\/p>\n

The cabinet held a nearly six-hour cabinet session on Tuesday headed by President Joseph Aoun on disarming the group, which emerged badly weakened from the latest war, with its arsenal pummeled and its senior leadership decimated.\u00a0The Iran-backed group is the only faction that kept its weapons after Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, doing so in the name of “resistance” against Israel, which occupied the country’s south until 2000.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the government “tasked the Lebanese army with setting an implementation plan to restrict weapons” to the army and other state forces “before the end of this year”.<\/p>\n

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

Iran\u2019s Regime Pushes Millions to the Brink as Bread, The People\u2019s Last Sustenance, Becomes A Luxury<\/h3>\n

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In a move that strikes at the heart of every Iranian family\u2019s dinner table, the Iranian regime has officially imposed a staggering increase in the price of bread in Tehran and other major cities. The price of Taftoon bread has skyrocketed by 52%, Lavash by 39%, and Barbari by 31%, turning the most basic food staple into an unaffordable luxury for millions. This is not a simple economic adjustment; it is a calculated assault on a populace already crushed by hyperinflation and a desperate attempt by a bankrupt regime to plunder the people to fund its survival. By targeting the last affordable food item on their tables, the mullahs are stoking the embers of a nationwide uprising born of hunger and despair.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Children\u2019s Rights Advocate Sahar Soltani Arrested and Transferred to Rasht Prison<\/h3>\n

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Sahar Soltani, an Iranian children\u2019s rights advocate and education researcher, was arrested on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the northern city of Bandar Anzali by security forces. She has since been transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht.
\nAccording to sources close to the family, Sahar Soltani\u2019s brother was allowed a brief visit with her, but details of the meeting\u2014as well as the circumstances of her arrest and her current condition\u2014remain unclear.<\/p>\n

Sahar Soltani holds a PhD in the philosophy of education from Kharazmi University and has been involved in non-formal education, children\u2019s literature, philosophy for children (P4C), and the empowerment of both children and parents through dialogue and critical thinking.<\/p>\n

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Gothenburg: Rally Against Executions in Iran, Marking 80th Week of \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d Campaign<\/h3>\n
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