{"id":336017,"date":"2025-08-26T06:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=336017"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:28:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-august-26-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 26, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_336018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336018\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-336018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4.jpg\" alt=\"Vancouver \u2013 August 23, 2025: MEK Supporters Honor PMOI\u2019s 60th Anniversary and Urge Freedom for Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4-871x420.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vancouver-Aug-23-pic-4-696x335.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vancouver \u2013 August 23, 2025: MEK Supporters Honor PMOI\u2019s 60th Anniversary and Urge Freedom for 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: 8:30 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Response To Iranian Attacks<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-299363 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/australian-foreign-ministry-penny-young.jpg\" alt=\"australian foreign ministry penny young\" width=\"285\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/australian-foreign-ministry-penny-young.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/australian-foreign-ministry-penny-young-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/australian-foreign-ministry-penny-young-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Joint media release with:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia<\/li>\n<li>The Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">26 August 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the terrible events of October 7, 2023 we have witnessed a number of appalling antisemitic attacks against Australia\u2019s Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Albanese Government asked ASIO and the Australian Federal Police to investigate these incidents as a priority because they have no place in Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enough credible intelligence has now been gathered to reach the deeply disturbing conclusion that the Iranian Government has directed at least two of these attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignminister.gov.au\/minister\/penny-wong\/media-release\/response-iranian-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 11:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Is the IRGC And Why Is the Government Listing It as a Terrorist Organisation?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-305758 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBSNews-2018-1-300x106.png\" alt=\"SBSNews 2018 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBSNews-2018-1-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBSNews-2018-1-150x53.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBSNews-2018-1.png 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran&#8217;s ambassador to Australia has been expelled, and Australia&#8217;s embassy in Tehran shut down after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) provided &#8220;credible intelligence&#8221; that Iran was behind two recent antisemitic attacks in Australia.\u00a0The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directed attacks against Melbourne&#8217;s Adass Israel Synagogue and Sydney&#8217;s Lewis&#8217; Continental Kitchen, according to ASIO intelligence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday labelled the finding as &#8220;extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil&#8221; and said: &#8220;an attack on our social cohesion is an attack on Australia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/article\/what-is-the-irgc-and-why-is-the-government-listing-it-as-a-terrorist-organisation\/lfoeqd85l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Naim Qassem and Hezbollah do not represent the Lebanese people,&#8217; Ortagus says from Beirut<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-310415 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lorient-today-1-e1754658336817-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"l'orient today (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arriving in Beirut on Monday evening, ahead of a new round of meetings with Lebanese officials, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus said Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem and his party &#8220;do not represent the Lebanese people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They represent foreign forces. They represent Iran,&#8221; Ortagus told reporters Monday. She added that &#8220;the United States is trying to strengthen the Lebanese state, its government, its public institutions and its army.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We want what President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam want \u2014 even what Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri wants: a strong, sovereign and independent Lebanon,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1474961\/naim-qassem-and-hezbollah-do-not-represent-the-lebanese-people-ortagus-says-from-beirut.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASIO Says Iran Behind Australian Antisemitic Attacks, Diplomatic Ties Cut<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-296935 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"abc news og data 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792-696x374.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/abc-news-og-data-1-e1674651827792.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil, ASIO believes, prompting the Australian government to all but sever diplomatic ties with the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appearing in the prime minister&#8217;s courtyard on Tuesday, the spy agency&#8217;s director-general, Mike Burgess, said Melbourne&#8217;s Adass Israel Synagogue attack from last December and Sydney&#8217;s Lewis&#8217; Continental Kitchen attack from last October were ordered by Iran and believed the country was behind further attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;They put lives at risk, they terrified the community and they tore at our social fabric. Iran and its proxies literally and figuratively lit the matches and fanned the flames,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Iran was responsible for &#8220;extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression&#8221; and attempts to &#8220;undermine Australian cohesion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-08-26\/iran-behind-antisemitic-attacks-asio-says\/105697762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 9:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Every Evangelical American Should Care about Iran and Support Its Democratic Opposition<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336038 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/washingtonstand.com-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/washingtonstand.com-logo.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/washingtonstand.com-logo-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most important rights we enjoy in the United States is the freedom to practice our faith. Sadly, this is not a reality for hundreds of millions around the world. As evangelical Christians, we believe this right is not merely granted by governments but is given by God. It should transcend borders, which is why evangelical Americans should care deeply about Iran and support its secular democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On its World Watch List 2025, Open Doors International ranked the Islamic Republic of Iran as the ninth-worst country for Christian persecution. Global Christian Relief also placed Iran in the same position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Iran\u2019s theocracy nominally recognizes the rights of Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians, public expressions of faith are routinely suppressed through both official and unofficial means.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/article\/why-every-evangelical-american-should-care-about-iran-and-support-its-democratic-opposition\" 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;\">In Memory of Dr. Anna Z\u00e1borsk\u00e1, Member of the National Council from Slovakia<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-336020 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1-700x420.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/in-memory-Anna-Zaborska1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With deep sorrow, I extend my condolences on the passing of Dr. Anna Z\u00e1borsk\u00e1, Member of the National Council from Slovakia and former MEP, to her family, friends, and colleagues in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was a dedicated physician, a courageous and tireless advocate for human rights and women\u2019s rights, who always stood with the people of Iran, the Iranian Resistance, and the residents of Ashraf in difficult times. In the face of the misogynist clerical regime, she amplified the rightful voice of Iranian women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As she herself once said: \u201cThe most important moments of my life are connected with the activities of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which has continued for nearly thirty years. Every day I met with the men and women of the Iranian Resistance in the European Parliament. Tirelessly, they spoke with Members, gathered signatures, and organized meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/in-memory-anna-zaborska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why Tehran fears the graves of PMOI martyrs<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-335965 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Section-41-of-Behesht-e-Zahra-cemetery-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Section-41-of-Behesht-e-Zahra-cemetery-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Section-41-of-Behesht-e-Zahra-cemetery-672x420.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Section-41-of-Behesht-e-Zahra-cemetery-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Section-41-of-Behesht-e-Zahra-cemetery.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime is engaged in a ghoulish and systematic campaign to destroy the graves of its political victims. This is not random vandalism but a state-sanctioned strategy to erase history and conceal its crimes. From a legal standpoint, the destruction of the graves of victims of political executions is a continuation of a crime against humanity. By bulldozing these final resting places, the regime in Tehran reveals not its strength, but its profound and unshakable fear of its main opposition, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), and the enduring legacy of its martyrs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/why-tehran-fears-the-graves-of-pmoi-martyrs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How the IRGC\u2019s corruption drained Iran\u2019s dams and fuels nationwide dissent<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-263081 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Dry\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry-696x424.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran-Dry.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Iran endures the sweltering heat of August 2025, a devastating water crisis is pushing the nation to its breaking point. While the clerical regime points to the sky and blames a lack of rain, the drying riverbeds and empty reservoirs tell a different story: this is not a natural disaster, but a man-made catastrophe engineered by decades of corruption and catastrophic mismanagement.\u00a0The scale of the crisis is staggering. In August, official reports confirmed that three major dams\u2014Shamil and Nian in Hormozgan province and Roudbal Darab in Fars province\u2014have run completely dry. Twelve other dams are on the verge of emptiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"994\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/how-the-irgcs-corruption-drained-irans-dams-and-fuels-nationwide-dissent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soghra Khodadadi, the Butcher of Qarchak Prison<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336036 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NCRI-Women-Soghra-Khodadadi-min-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NCRI-Women-Soghra-Khodadadi-min-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NCRI-Women-Soghra-Khodadadi-min-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soghra Khodadadi\u2019s Dark Record at Qarchak Prison: From Beatings and Forced Veiling to Medical Deprivation and International Sanctions<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison in Varamin, originally built as an abandoned poultry farm, has become one of the most notorious detention centers for women in Iran. Overcrowding, inhumane conditions, lack of medical care, and the violent conduct of prison authorities have turned it into a symbol of the systemic violation of women\u2019s rights. At the center of this machinery of repression stands the name of Soghra Khodadadi, the prison\u2019s director, who has gained infamy for her role in the abuse and mistreatment of political female detainees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in 1971, Soghra Khodadadi graduated from the Applied Science Training Center of Iran\u2019s Prisons Organization in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isfahan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isfahan<\/a>\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2025\/08\/25\/soghra-khodadadi-qarchak-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prominent Figures Unite in Support of Brussels Free Iran Rally on September 6, 2025<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336035 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prominent-Figures-Unite-to-Support-Brussels-Free-Iran-Rally-On-Sept.-6-2025-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prominent-Figures-Unite-to-Support-Brussels-Free-Iran-Rally-On-Sept.-6-2025-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prominent-Figures-Unite-to-Support-Brussels-Free-Iran-Rally-On-Sept.-6-2025-1-150x131.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Brussels Free Iran Rally on September 6, 2025, has garnered widespread support from prominent international figures across multiple continents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Ecuadorian President Rosalia Arteaga has voiced strong support for the rally, urging the international community to address Iran\u2019s crises, including water, energy, and labor issues, while endorsing Maryam Rajavi\u2019s 10-point plan for a democratic Iran. Former MEP Struan Stevenson stands firmly with the upcoming rally, condemning the Iranian regime\u2019s execution of over 1,500 people since July 2024 under President Pezeshkian. He emphasizes that Iranians reject both monarchy and theocracy, demanding democracy, freedom, gender equality, and an end to executions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/supports\/2025\/08\/prominent-figures-unite-in-support-of-brussels-free-iran-rally-on-september-6-2025\/77746\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stockholm, Sweden \u2013 August 23, 2025: MEK Supporters Honor the 60th Anniversary of PMOI<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Stockholm, Sweden - August 23, 2025: MEK supporters honor the 60th anniversary of PMOI.\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_F40EsVJkOrg\" 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%2FF40EsVJkOrg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F40EsVJkOrg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M1S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-24T10:19:40Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_F40EsVJkOrg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FF40EsVJkOrg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Stockholm, Sweden - August 23, 2025: MEK supporters honor the 60th anniversary of PMOI.<\/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\/F40EsVJkOrg\" 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%2FF40EsVJkOrg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Stockholm, Sweden - August 23, 2025: MEK supporters honor the 60th anniversary of PMOI.\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Stockholm, Sweden - August 23, 2025: MEK supporters honor the 60th anniversary of PMOI, remembering its founders &amp; martyrs. They protest the regime&#039;s attempt to erase history by turning 1980s mass graves into a parking lot.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stockholm, Sweden \u2013 August 23, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) gathered in front of the Swedish Parliament to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the organization\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/08\/stockholm-sweden-august-23-2025-mek-supporters-honor-the-60th-anniversary-of-pmoi\/77789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Honor 1988 Massacre Victims and Back Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Honor 1988 Massacre Victims &amp;amp; Back Maryam Rajavi&rsquo;s Third Option&ndash;Aug 23\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_2nkU2tFtQjo\" 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%2F2nkU2tFtQjo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2nkU2tFtQjo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-24T16:25:49Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_2nkU2tFtQjo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F2nkU2tFtQjo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Honor 1988 Massacre Victims &amp; Back Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option\u2013Aug 23<\/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\/2nkU2tFtQjo\" 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%2F2nkU2tFtQjo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Honor 1988 Massacre Victims &amp;amp; Back Maryam Rajavi&rsquo;s Third Option&ndash;Aug 23\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gothenburg, Sweden \u2013 August 23, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) organized and held a rally in Gothenburg to reaffirm their backing for Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), presenting it as a democratic alternative to Iran\u2019s theocratic regime. Participants voiced concern over the imminent execution of five political prisoners and urged the abolition of the death penalty, the release of all political prisoners, and international recognition of the Iranian people\u2019s right to resist tyranny. Iranians in Gothenburg also commemorated the memory of more than 30,000 political prisoners executed on Khomeini\u2019s fatwa during the 1988 massacre, which marks its anniversary these days, and emphasized the need to hold all perpetrators and masterminds of this crime against humanity accountable.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gothenburg, Sweden \u2013 August 23, 2025 \u2013 Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) organized and held a rally in Gothenburg to reaffirm their backing for Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Third Option and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), presenting it as a democratic alternative to Iran\u2019s theocratic regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/08\/mek-supporters-in-gothenburg-honor-1988-massacre-victims-and-back-maryam-rajavis-third-option\/77761\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Manchester Exhibition Urges Action to Save Iranian Political Prisoners Facing Execution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Manchester Exhibition Urges Action to Save Iranian Political Prisoners Facing Execution - Aug 21 - 1\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_OFVD7-jQV0k\" 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%2FOFVD7-jQV0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFVD7-jQV0k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT48S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-24T16:02:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_OFVD7-jQV0k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FOFVD7-jQV0k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Manchester Exhibition Urges Action to Save Iranian Political Prisoners Facing Execution - Aug 21 - 1<\/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\/OFVD7-jQV0k\" 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%2FOFVD7-jQV0k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester Exhibition Urges Action to Save Iranian Political Prisoners Facing Execution - Aug 21 - 1\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Manchester, UK \u2013 August 21, 2025 \u2013 The Academics in Exile Association, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), organized an exhibition and bookstall in Manchester to denounce the Iranian regime\u2019s execution of political prisoners. The event aimed to draw attention to the looming execution of five political prisoners in Iran. These prisoners have been transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison, a notorious site for executions, putting their lives at imminent risk.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Manchester, UK \u2013 August 21, 2025 \u2013 The Academics in Exile Association, supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), organized an exhibition and bookstall in Manchester to denounce the Iranian regime\u2019s execution of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/08\/manchester-exhibition-urges-action-to-save-iranian-political-prisoners-facing-execution\/77755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qarchak Prison \u2013 The Slaughterhouse of Human Dignity and Forgotten Justice \u2013 Part 1<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336034 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IranHRM-Qarchak-women-prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IranHRM-Qarchak-women-prisoners.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IranHRM-Qarchak-women-prisoners-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In August 2025, Qarchak Prison in Varamin once again drew international attention for grave human rights abuses. Around 60 women political prisoners are trapped in inhumane conditions amid the outbreak of an unidentified illness, causing physical weakness, infection, shortness of breath, and severe oxygen deficiency. This situation constitutes clear evidence of torture, cruel treatment, and a blatant violation of Iran\u2019s international obligations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the past three weeks, an unknown virus has spread among women prisoners in Qarchak. Symptoms such as severe bone pain, loss of voice, throat infections, physical weakness, and lack of oxygen have pushed the health of prisoners to a dangerous brink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/08\/25\/qarchak-prison-the-slaughterhouse-of-human-dignity-and-forgotten-justice-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran: Khamenei Rejects Negotiations with the United States<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-335983 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks during a closed-door gathering in Tehran \u2014 August 24, 2025\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iran-khamenei-speech-24082025.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 24, 2025, after 26 days of absence, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reappeared and stated: \u201cThose who ask why we do not hold direct negotiations with the United States to resolve the issues are superficial. The reality is different and given America\u2019s real objectives in its hostility toward Iran, these problems are unsolvable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \u201cThose who call for negotiations with the United States are either na\u00efve or acting with ill intent, moving along the enemy\u2019s path. They easily ignore national interests and justify betraying the homeland under the pretext of \u2018freedom\u2019 or \u2018reform.\u2019 Even when America and its agents attack Iran, instead of defending their own country, they rejoice and see this aggression as a step toward so-called freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/iran-khamenei-rejects-negotiations-with-the-unite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mass Exodus: Iranians Queue Overnight at Chinese Embassy Amid Regime\u2019s Failures<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-313287 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Irans Migration Trend Continues to Rise\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-696x396.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-738x420.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently published images of overnight lines outside the Chinese Embassy in Tehran once again drew public attention to one of the most pressing realities of today\u2019s Iran: the widespread desire to leave the country. Hossein Selahvarzi, former head of Iran regime\u2019s Chamber of Commerce, called the scenes \u201ca source of shame,\u201d criticizing the situation by stating: \u201cA nation whose imports from China account for more than 70 percent should not have its citizens sleeping on the streets just to get permission to travel.\u201d He urged regime president Masoud Pezeshkian to order the dispersal of these \u201chumiliating queues\u201d before his planned trip to Beijing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/mass-exodus-iranians-queue-overnight-at-chinese-embassy-amid-regimes-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian Regime\u2019s Environmental Catastrophe: Toxic Fuel Burning Exposes Failure and Lies<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-232594 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/air-pollution-in-Tehran-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"air-pollution-in-Tehran\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/air-pollution-in-Tehran-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/air-pollution-in-Tehran-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/air-pollution-in-Tehran-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/air-pollution-in-Tehran-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/air-pollution-in-Tehran.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian regime\u2019s top environmental official has openly admitted the government\u2019s failure to implement the Clean Air Act, blaming political conditions, sanctions, and limitations. Shina Ansari, head of the Environment Organization, attempted to defend the government of Masoud Pezeshkian by claiming that last year \u201clow-sulfur mazut\u201d was burned at the Shazand power plant in Arak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ansari, speaking on Sunday, August 24, insisted that Pezeshkian\u2019s government has \u201cnot hidden problems\u201d and admitted that if mazut burning is ongoing, \u201cwe must say it directly.\u201d This admission comes after repeated denials and false promises from regime officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/general\/iranian-regimes-environmental-catastrophe-toxic-fuel-burning-exposes-failure-and-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian MP Admits Regime Clerics Ordered Execution of Their Own Children After 1979 Revolution<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-336033 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cleric-Alireza-Salimi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cleric-Alireza-Salimi.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cleric-Alireza-Salimi-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alireza Salimi, a member of the presidium of the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament, has made a stunning admission that sheds light on the regime\u2019s brutal origins and methods of repression. Speaking about the early years following the 1979 revolution, Salimi revealed that some children of top clerics\u2014figures deeply entrenched in the regime\u2019s ruling hierarchy\u2014joined opposition forces. In response, senior religious leaders allegedly issued execution orders against their own children as proof of absolute loyalty to the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1164\">Salimi specifically named hardline clerics such as Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani and Ahmad Jannati, asserting that they quickly and publicly distanced themselves from opposition groups by approving the killing of their own relatives. He disturbingly described this act as a \u201csign of greatness,\u201d stating:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/infightings\/iranian-mp-admits-regime-clerics-ordered-execution-of-their-own-children-after-1979-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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-august-25-2025\/\"><strong>Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 August 25, 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST Response To Iranian Attacks Joint media release with: The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":336018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-336017","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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