{"id":335575,"date":"2025-08-14T06:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335575"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:17:31","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 14, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gothenburg, Sweden \u2013 August 12, 2025: Rally marking the 81st week of the \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d campaign against executions in Iran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rep. Steube Introduces Limiting Extremist Travel to the U.N. Act<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) introduced today\u00a0the\u00a0Limiting Extremist Travel to the United Nations Act.<\/em>\u00a0This bill codifies travel restrictions and requirements for foreign officials affiliated with certain\u00a0hostile countries, terrorist organizations, and U.N. organizations when attending official meetings of the U.N. at its headquarters in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo person who chants \u2018Death to America\u2019 should be allowed free rein when visiting the United States for U.N. meetings in New York.\u00a0Not only does their presence pose a serious risk to our national security, but it sends the wrong message to the world,\u201d\u00a0said Rep. Steube<\/strong>. \u201cMy bill makes sure only American allies and good faith partners in the international community are permitted full freedom of movement within the U.S.\u00a0when attending official proceedings of the U.N.\u201d<\/p>\n

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No Armed Groups Allowed in Lebanon, President Tells Hezbollah’s Ally Iran<\/h3>\n

BEIRUT, Aug 13 (Reuters) – No group in Lebanon is permitted to bear arms or rely on foreign backing, its president told a visiting senior Iranian official on Wednesday after the cabinet\u00a0approved the goals<\/a>\u00a0of a U.S.-backed roadmap\u00a0to disarm<\/a>\u00a0the Iran-aligned Hezbollah group.<\/p>\n

During a meeting in Beirut with\u00a0Ali Larijani<\/a>, secretary of Iran’s top security body, Joseph Aoun warned against foreign interference in Lebanon’s internal affairs, saying the country was open to cooperation with Iran but only within the bounds of national sovereignty and mutual respect.<\/p>\n

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No\u2026 Larijani Persona Non Grata<\/h3>\n

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A diplomatic storm preceded the visit of Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Lebanon today, Wednesday.\u00a0Larijani\u2019s visit comes amid political discontent expressed by sovereignty-minded forces, who see it as a blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty, interference in Lebanon\u2019s internal affairs, and a treatment of the Lebanese state as if it were still part of the Iranian axis \u2014 with Lebanon cast as one of its arms.<\/p>\n

The objections escalated to the point where voices were raised calling for the Iranian official not to be received. Normally, diplomatic visits are carried out by a foreign minister, whereas Larijani\u2019s position in the Supreme National Security Council<\/em> carries a distinctly security-oriented character, raising questions about the true purpose of his trip.<\/p>\n

Two days ago, he landed in Iraq to address primarily the security file of the \u201cPopular Mobilization Forces\u201d (PMF<\/em>), in light of the widespread anger and objections to the PMF\u2019s role. Therefore, if the Beirut leg of his trip is also security-related and aimed at pressuring the government over the \u201cexclusive possession of arms,\u201d it becomes incumbent upon Lebanon\u2019s ruling authorities to block him \u2014 and, in accordance with diplomatic tradition, to consider him persona non grata<\/em> (an unwelcome person).<\/p>\n

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“Negotiating with Iran or Going to War? There Is a Third Option”<\/h3>\n

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U.S. top diplomat Robert G. Joseph was the architect of the 2003 Libyan disarmament deal. Today, he warns: Iran will never voluntarily give up nuclear weapons. In an interview with WELT<\/em>, he explains what the goal of the West\u2019s strategy toward Tehran must be.<\/p>\n

Under President George W. Bush, Robert G. Joseph was a key figure in American security policy. In his role as U.S. Special Envoy, he played a central part in the secret negotiations with Libya that in 2003 led to the complete dismantling of its nuclear, chemical, and ballistic missile programs. Joseph was among the highest-ranking diplomats to negotiate with the regime of dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi over the country\u2019s reintegration into the international community.<\/p>\n

Today, the former diplomat is one of the staunchest critics of the Islamic Republic. In the WELT<\/em> interview, he warns against relying on negotiations with Tehran \u2014 arguing that they have failed in the past and, in his view, will not succeed in the future.<\/p>\n

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Iran Faces Renewed Sanctions If Nuclear Talks Don\u2019t Resume ASAP<\/h3>\n

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PARIS \u2014 Iran has less than three weeks to resume talks on its nuclear program or face the reimposition of sanctions, France, Germany and the U.K. said in a joint letter sent to the United Nations.\u00a0The so-called E3 countries said they would trigger the \u201csnapback mechanism should no satisfactory solution be reached by the end of August 2025,\u201d in a letter sent last week and shared by French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Snapback mechanisms were included in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal \u2014 which the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from three years later under Donald Trump\u2019s first presidency. They allow for crippling sanctions against Tehran \u2014 which were lifted as part of the agreement \u2014 to be automatically reinstated if Iran violates key nuclear commitments.<\/p>\n

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A Dictator\u2019s Playbook: Iran Regime\u2019s Denial of Political Prisoners Is a Carbon Copy of The Shah\u2019s Tyranny<\/h3>\n

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In a move that reeks of desperation and historical irony, the Iranian regime is doubling down on a lie as old as its predecessor\u2019s tyranny: the complete denial of the existence of political prisoners. On Sunday, August 10, the judiciary chief, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje\u2019i, brazenly declared, \u201cWe have absolutely no political prisoners\u2026 whatever there is, is security-related.\u201d To make the farce even more absurd, an aide to regime president Masoud Pezeshkian, Elyas Hazrati, added that after asking journalists and intellectuals for names, they could only identify a total of five.<\/p>\n

This claim comes amidst a fresh wave of savage repression. The regime recently executed political prisoners and PMOI members\u00a0Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani<\/a>, and reports have emerged of the brutal\u00a0beating and transfer of other political prisoners<\/a>\u00a0from Evin and Fashafuyeh to Ghezel Hesar prison, including five who are currently on death row. For the people of Iran, this sinister tactic of denying reality while inflicting it is all too familiar, a stark reminder of why their chants echo with, \u201cTheocracy, Monarchy; One Hundred Years of Crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Political Prisoner Raheleh Rahemipour Admitted to Intensive Care<\/h3>\n

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On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, political prisoner Raheleh Rahemipour, a member of the 1980s justice-seeking families, was transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to hospital after collapsing in prison. Doctors, suspecting internal bleeding, ordered her immediate transfer from Mofatteh Hospital in Varamin to Pakdasht Hospital, where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Rahemipour had suffered repeated fainting spells. According to her family, these episodes began sporadically but had intensified in recent months, sometimes occurring several times a week. Prison and judicial authorities took no action to provide her with treatment, insisting instead that she could only be taken to hospital if shackled in handcuffs and leg irons\u2014a degrading and inhumane condition that caused dangerous delays in her emergency care.<\/p>\n

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Gothenburg: Rally Against Executions in Iran, Marking 81st Week of \u201cNo to Execution Tuesdays\u201d Campaign<\/h3>\n
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