{"id":337178,"date":"2025-09-20T06:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T05:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337178"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:27:39","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-september-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 September 20, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exposing Iran’s \u2018Narco-Terrorism\u2019: Global Crime Network Outsourced by Tehran<\/h3>\n

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Iranian intelligence services are systematically outsourcing terrorist attacks to international criminal organizations, using drug cartels, biker gangs, and local criminals as proxies to target Jewish communities, Israeli interests, and Iranian dissidents worldwide, according to intelligence reports, government documents, and The Press Service of Israel\u2019s interviews.<\/p>\n

The strategy reflects a deliberate shift by Tehran to maintain plausible deniability while expanding its shadow war against Israel and Jewish communities. Recent arrests and foiled plots from North America to Germany to Australia reveal how the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence recruit criminals-for-hire to carry out surveillance, assassinations, and terror attacks.<\/p>\n

Australia expelled Iran\u2019s ambassador in August 2025 after confirming that the IRGC had ordered arson attacks on Jewish institutions in Sydney and Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Americans in Atlanta Are Fighting for Democracy in Iran and the U.S.<\/h3>\n

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There are between 1.2 million and 2 million Iranians or Iranian Americans living in the United States, according to EBSCO Research Starters<\/a>, with around 11,000 residing in the Atlanta metropolitan area.\u00a0Generally, this community has achieved professional and financial success, taking full advantage of the opportunities America offers.<\/p>\n

Those of us who made this country our home began to work, started our families, and tried to raise bicultural and bilingual children, blending Iranian heritage with American values.<\/p>\n

However, as we established our lives, many of us realized that something vital was missing.<\/p>\n

Living in a democracy granted us freedoms that our relatives and friends in Iran still long for. With that came a sense of responsibility \u2014 to be a voice for those suffering under the oppressive Iranian regime.<\/p>\n

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Iraq Fails to Win US Approval to Import Turkmen Gas Via Iran<\/h3>\n

DUBAI\/BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Iraq’s attempt to ease its chronic power shortage with gas from Turkmenistan routed through neighbouring Iran has failed under U.S. pressure, leaving Baghdad scrambling for alternatives to keep the lights on.<\/p>\n

Oil-rich Iraq has struggled to provide its citizens with power since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, forcing many to rely on expensive private generators, causing economic hardship and sparking social unrest.<\/p>\n

Hussain Saad, a 43-year-old owner of a butcher shop in the Kasra neighbourhood of Baghdad, is struggling to protect his livelihood and keep his meat from spoiling in the scorching heat.<\/p>\n

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Cruz Seeks to Bar Sanctioned Iranian Officials from US Ahead of UN Assembly<\/h3>\n

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is seeking to bar\u00a0sanctioned Iranian officials<\/a>\u00a0from entering the U.S. ahead of the United Nations\u00a0General Assembly<\/a>\u00a0debate slated for next week.<\/p>\n

Cruz introduced the Strengthening Entry Visa Enforcement and Restrictions (SEVER) Act on Thursday, which would prohibit Iranian officials from entering the U.S. as representatives to the U.N. if they are sanctioned for backing or were\u00a0appointed by the office<\/a>\u00a0of the Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranian regime and the corrupt officials who run it are responsible for the murder, injury, and kidnapping of thousands of Americans,\u201d Cruz said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cThe Ayatollah means it when he chants \u2018Death to America,\u2019 and the United States has developed and imposed sanctions to counter the threats posed by him and those directly around him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Sinking Cities: How IRGC Corruption and Regime Negligence Are Engineering a National Catastrophe<\/h3>\n

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While the clerical regime in Tehran distracts the world with its foreign policy and domestic repression, the very ground beneath Iran\u2019s cities is collapsing. In Isfahan, a jewel of Iranian civilization, the crisis has become so acute that one of the regime\u2019s own officials has declared it is no longer a \u201csilent earthquake\u201d but an \u201cerupted volcano\u201d that is \u201cswallowing a civilization.\u201d This is not a natural disaster. It is a man-made catastrophe, meticulously engineered by the greed of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the criminal negligence of a regime that has proven it will sacrifice the nation\u2019s future for its own survival and profit.<\/p>\n

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Somayyeh Rashidi Nears Death After Months-long Delay in Hospital Transfer<\/h3>\n

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Somayyeh Rashidi, a 42-year-old political prisoner held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was transferred on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to Mofatteh Hospital following severe seizures and a critical deterioration in her condition. Her transfer took place after several months of delay, and her health is now described as life-threatening. Doctors have stated that her level of consciousness has dropped to five, and they have lost hope of saving her. Somayyeh Rashidi has long struggled with physical health problems and periodic psychological disorders while in prison. However, instead of providing appropriate medical care, prison authorities have accused her of malingering, prescribing only sedatives and psychiatric drugs. This neglect has further worsened her condition.<\/p>\n

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Hamburg, Sept 17, 2025: Iranians Rally on 3rd Anniversary of 2022 Uprising<\/h3>\n
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