{"id":335620,"date":"2025-08-15T06:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335620"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:10:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Munich, Germany, held a photo exhibition on August 9, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Iraqi State Bank Accused of Processing Payments for Houthi Terrorists Who Disrupt Red Sea Commerce<\/h3>\n

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The Iraqi state-owned bank Rafidain faces accusations that it processed payments for the U.S.-designated Yemen-based Houthi terrorist movement at its branch in Yemen\u2019s capital city, Sanna.\u00a0FOX Business obtained exclusive information from an Iraqi official about an April 29 meeting between Dr. Michael Faulkender, a deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, and Iraq\u2019s foreign minister, Fuad Hussein, who also serves as deputy prime minister. Iraq\u2019s ambassador to the U.S., Nazar Al Khirullah, was also at the meeting.<\/p>\n

According to minutes of the April 29 meeting, which was held in Washington at the U.S. Treasury Department, Treasury officials warned Hussein that\u00a0the Iraqi state-controlled bank Rafidain<\/a>\u00a0needs to stop conducting business with the Iranian regime-backed Houthi organization. The U.S. also asked that the Rafidain branch relocate to the Yemen city of Aden, where the internationally recognized government of Yemen resides. The Iranian-backed proxy Houthi movement has plunged Yemen into a civil war and caused one of this century\u2019s worst humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n

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

Stop the Executions in Iran<\/h3>\n

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Five political prisoners in Iran are in imminent danger of being executed. Norway must act immediately \u2013 before the regime carries out another massacre like the one in 1988. The political prisoners \u2013 Vahid Bani Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Shahrokh Daneshvarkar, Babak Alipour, and Mohammad Taghavi \u2013 have been transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison, a notorious execution site. All have been sentenced to death for affiliation with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), the country\u2019s leading opposition movement, and have been subjected to brutal torture. Their lives are in immediate danger, which has triggered reactions from both the UN and Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

In connection with Arendalsuka, prominent Norwegian politicians from a wide range of parties have signed a declaration demanding that the government intervene to save these political prisoners. Among the signatories are one of the vice presidents of the Storting, former party leaders, as well as leaders and members of key committees such as the Justice Committee and the Energy and Environment Committee. They represent parties including the Conservative Party (H\u00f8yre), Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), Centre Party (Senterpartiet), Liberal Party (Venstre), and the Green Party (Milj\u00f8partiet De Gr\u00f8nne).<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 7:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why Iran\u2019s Regime Is Desperate to Erase Its History of Massacres<\/h3>\n

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In a move that reeks of desperation, the Iranian regime has dispatched heavy machinery to Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran\u2019s largest cemetery. But this is no urban development project. On the direct orders of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, bulldozers are working to completely\u00a0level Section 41<\/a>, the hallowed resting place of thousands of members of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) who were systematically executed in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

This is not an act of strength by a confident government. It is the frantic work of a criminal cabal terrified of its past, haunted by its victims, and desperate to bulldoze the evidence of its crimes against humanity before its inevitable day of reckoning arrives.<\/p>\n

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Tehran in Turmoil as European Deadline Exposes Deep Divisions over Nuclear Program<\/h3>\n

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In a letter, the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have issued an ultimatum to the Iranian regime regarding its nuclear program: return to the diplomatic table by the end of August 2025 or face the full reimposition of United Nations sanctions. The\u00a0joint letter<\/a>, delivered to the UN Security Council on August 13, formally declared the E3\u2019s readiness to trigger the \u201csnapback\u201d mechanism, a provision of the 2015 nuclear deal that would restore all international sanctions against Iran.<\/p>\n

This declaration has cornered the crisis-ridden regime, trapping it in its ultimate dilemma: a choice between suicide or death. It can either capitulate and accept a humiliating diplomatic retreat\u2014a move it equates with political suicide\u2014or it can continue its defiant pursuit of a nuclear weapon, which will inevitably trigger the snapback mechanism and the fatal consequences of complete international isolation.<\/p>\n

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Simay Azadi\u2019s Interview with Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp on Iran\u2019s Situation<\/h3>\n
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Amb. Stephen J. Rapp: \u201cMassacres in Plain Sight\u201d in Iran | Justice for 1988 Massacre Victims<\/div><\/div>
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