{"id":338063,"date":"2025-10-10T07:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T06:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338063"},"modified":"2025-10-10T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:16:08","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-10-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-10-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 10, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance held a rally in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 8, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Treasury Dismantles Key Elements of Iran\u2019s Energy Export Machine<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u2014Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is intensifying its efforts against Iran\u2019s petroleum and petrochemical exports by sanctioning over 50 individuals, entities, and vessels that facilitate Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales and shipments from Iran. \u00a0These actors have collectively enabled the export of billions of dollars\u2019 worth of petroleum and petroleum products, providing critical revenue to the Iranian regime and its support for terrorist groups that threaten the United States.<\/p>\n

This action targets a network moving hundreds of millions of dollars\u2019 worth of Iranian LPG, along with nearly two dozen shadow fleet vessels, a China-based crude oil terminal, and an independent \u201cteapot\u201d refinery, which are key to Iran\u2019s ability to export petroleum and petroleum products to generate significant revenue.<\/p>\n

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Why One Woman\u2019s Fight for Justice in Iran Should Matter to Americans<\/h3>\n

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When Americans think of Iran\u2014if they do so at all\u2014it is usually because of Iran\u2019s support for terrorist movements around the world and its efforts to build its own nuclear arsenal.\u00a0 But despite successful U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran\u2019s nuclear program inside Iran, the killing of many of Iran\u2019s proxies in Hezbollah and Hamas, and the removal of the Iranian regime in Syria, 92 million Iranians remain hostage to a murderous dictatorship.\u00a0 Many of them face execution\u2014a sober reminder as we commemorate World Day Against the Death Penalty.<\/p>\n

Iran executes more people than any other nation. In 2024 alone, Iran hanged over 1,000 prisoners.\u00a0 In the first 9 months of 2025, the regime has already exceeded that number. These were not violent criminals\u2014but political prisoners whose major crime was speaking out against human rights abuses in Iran. But not all the thousands of political prisoners will die by hanging\u2014many will die by medical neglect.<\/p>\n

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How Iran Became the World’s WORST Executioner of Women<\/h3>\n

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Tears wouldn’t stop falling from Naghmeh Rajabi’s face as she spoke of her aunt.<\/p>\n

Engineering student Asfaneh Rajabi was just 22 when faceless grunts of\u00a0Iran<\/a>‘s Ayatollah regime raised their guns and shot her dead in 1981.<\/p>\n

She was murdered for daring to challenge the political and religious orthodoxy that has plagued the nation since the Iranian revolution, her niece told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Though Asfaneh was initially arrested by the forces of\u00a0Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran’s Supreme Leader, she managed to escape before she was eventually re-captured and executed.<\/p>\n

But before this, her family saw she had been horrifically tortured,\u00a0Naghmeh said.<\/p>\n

The programme manager and activist said: ‘My older sister says she remembers seeing her torture wounds after her spell in prison. She told me about everything Asfaneh went through.<\/p>\n

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Iran-Linked Group Claims Killing of Pakistani Journalist Who Visited Israel<\/h3>\n

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A Pakistan-based terrorist group linked to Iran has claimed responsibility for the killing of journalist Imtiaz Mir, who had recently traveled to Israel.<\/p>\n

Mir was shot last week by two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles near his home in Karachi. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died several days later. Intelligence sources said that Lashkar-e-Tharallah, an Iran-backed group, later claimed the attack through encrypted online channels, citing Mir\u2019s Israel visit as the reason for the assassination.<\/p>\n

This marks the group\u2019s first known operation inside Pakistan. The organization\u2019s name, which translates as \u201cArmy of the Avenger of God,\u201d draws from terminology used in Shia Islamic tradition. Security officials say the group is of Iranian origin and operates with Tehran-aligned ideology.<\/p>\n

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Treasury Takes Aim at Iran-Backed Militia Groups Threatening the Safety of Americans<\/h3>\n

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WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action against individuals and companies that assist the Iranian regime in evading U.S. sanctions, smuggling weapons, and engaging in widespread corruption in Iraq.\u00a0 The Iranian regime relies on various Iraqi militia proxies, including U.S.-sanctioned foreign terrorist organization Kata\u2019ib Hizballah, to penetrate Iraq\u2019s security forces and economy.<\/p>\n

These Iran-backed groups are not only responsible for the deaths of U.S. personnel but also conduct attacks against U.S. interests and those of our allies across the Middle East.\u00a0 The militias actively undermine the Iraqi economy, monopolizing resources through graft and corruption, and hinder the formation of a functioning Iraqi government that would make the region safer.<\/p>\n

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International Outcry Erupts Imminent Execution of Iranian Boxing Champion and Political Prisoner<\/h3>\n

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A wave of international condemnation has erupted following the decision by the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence for political prisoner and boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani. Human rights organizations, lawmakers, and activists are urgently calling for international intervention to halt what they describe as a politically motivated execution designed to terrorize a restive society and crush organized opposition.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0statement<\/a>, the British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) has warned that the regime\u2019s targeted killings and political executions suggest the regime may be \u201cpreparing another series of mass executions reminiscent of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Female Political Prisoners Transferred from Qarchak to Evin Prison Amid Tight Security<\/h3>\n

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In the early hours of Thursday, October 9, 2025, a group of female political prisoners were transferred from\u00a0Qarchak Prison<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Varamin<\/a>\u00a0to Evin Prison in Tehran under heavy security measures.<\/p>\n

The transfer took place at around 6 a.m., involving a large security presence and several buses escorted by security forces. Eyewitnesses described a long convoy of vehicles along the route from Qarchak to Evin and the deployment of special guard units around Evin Prison during the transfer.<\/p>\n

Sources confirmed that extraordinary security measures were in place, including multiple inspection stages at Evin\u2019s entrances. Guards reportedly conducted strict body and baggage searches as the prisoners were brought into the facility.<\/p>\n

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UN Human Rights Council: NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Condemns Appointment of Mullahs\u2019 Operative to the Advisory Committee<\/h3>\n

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The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee strongly condemns the appointment of Afsaneh Nadipour,\u00a0a long-time operative<\/a> of the misogynist clerical regime in Iran, to the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council.\u00a0According to the state-run media in Iran, Nadipour\u2014former ambassador of the mullahs\u2019 regime to Denmark\u2014has for three decades served as a collaborator and apologist for the crimes of the misogynist dictatorship ruling Iran.<\/p>\n

It is deeply regrettable that the\u00a0Human Rights Council<\/a>\u00a0has accepted into its Advisory Committee a representative of a regime notorious for executions and known as the godfather of terrorism. This regime has been condemned in at least 71 United Nations resolutions for systematic and grave violations of human rights, and its leaders must be brought to justice for crimes against humanity and genocide.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Execution Crisis: The Regime\u2019s Tool of Survival Amid Mounting Collapse<\/h3>\n

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October 10, the World Day Against the Death Penalty, serves as a reminder of one of humanity\u2019s most urgent human rights challenges. While most nations have abandoned capital punishment, Iran continues to wield it as an instrument of state terror \u2014 a means to preserve the rule of a repressive regime.\u00a0As this global day approaches, Iran draws worldwide attention with an unprecedented surge in executions. According to Amnesty International, by the end of 2024, more than 145 countries had abolished or ceased the use of the death penalty. Yet, in the same year, Iran alone carried out over 60% of all recorded executions worldwide \u2014 a staggering reversal of global trends toward abolition.<\/p>\n

While most of the world is moving toward life, Iran\u2019s rulers have chosen the path of death, fear, and tyranny.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Soaring Food Prices: When Even Beans Become a Luxury<\/h3>\n

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In today\u2019s Iran, even the most ordinary meal has become a symbol of economic despair. What once served as a modest substitute for meat \u2014 beans and lentils \u2014 is now out of reach for most Iranian households.\u00a0At major retail chains in Tehran, a kilogram of pinto beans has soared to 660,000 tomans. For a family of four, a simple meal of beans each day would cost more than 19 million tomans per month \u2014 more than many workers\u2019 entire salaries. Even if a laborer were to spend his full monthly income on beans alone, he still could not feed his family for a full month.<\/p>\n

This is the new reality in Iran\u2019s kitchen: a nation where the price of beans tells the story of national collapse.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Education System in Ruins: The Collapse of a Generation Under the Rule of Velayat-e Faqih<\/h3>\n

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When the Iranian regime\u2019s own officials sound the alarm, it\u2019s often because the collapse can no longer be hidden. On October 7, the state-run ISNA news agency quoted Education Minister Alireza Kazemi acknowledging a 0.43% decline in national high school exam scores \u2014 a figure seemingly small but symbolically immense. The regime blamed the drop on school closures due to air pollution and energy shortages, but that explanation barely scratches the surface. What lies beneath is a system hollowed out by four decades of ideological indoctrination, corruption, and neglect \u2014 an education model designed not to develop minds, but to mold obedience.<\/p>\n

Under the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih (absolute clerical rule), Iran\u2019s education system has been stripped of its human and developmental mission. Instead, schools have become extensions of the regime\u2019s propaganda apparatus \u2014 training grounds for ideological conformity rather than centers of learning.<\/p>\n

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Head Of Tehran Chamber of Guilds: 70% Of People\u2019s Livelihoods Are Unaffected by International Events<\/h3>\n

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The head of the Tehran Chamber of Guilds criticized the silence of regime leaders over rising prices, saying that up to 70% of the production and supply of goods, essential commodities, and people\u2019s livelihoods \u201chave nothing to do with international events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamidreza Rastgar, speaking on Monday, October 6, to the state-run ILNA news agency, emphasized that these events \u201caffect only 30% of goods,\u201d and sometimes this effect \u201cmay be significant, moderate, or even negligible.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cFor example, whether or not the dollar affects the import of luxury goods has no impact on the lives of the middle class. Only a small percentage of our society, due to their economic capability, use luxury goods.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iranian Workers\u2019 Wages Have Fallen By 261% In Less Than Ten Years<\/h3>\n

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The state-run ILNA news agency reported that Iranian workers\u2019 wages have experienced an unprecedented 261% decline in less than ten years.<\/p>\n

In its report on Tuesday, October 7, ILNA wrote: \u201cThe base wage of $238 in 2016 has dropped to $91. In other words, the real wage this year is only 0.38 of what workers received in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to ILNA, in March 2016, the U.S. dollar traded at around 3,400 tomans on the open market, and the minimum monthly wage for workers covered by the labor law (excluding benefits such as seniority pay, child allowance, and food subsidies) was 812,000 tomans.<\/p>\n

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Building Owned by Iranian Regime Oil Company Seized in London<\/h3>\n

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Iranian media have reported that the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) lost its appeal in court and failed to prevent the transfer of a high-value building in central London as part of a $2.4 billion arbitration award owed to the Emirati company Crescent Petroleum.<\/p>\n

According to these reports, the British Court of Appeal upheld a previous ruling that the property had been unlawfully transferred to a trust to keep it out of the reach of creditors.<\/p>\n

So far, Crescent Petroleum has managed to recover part of the damages related to the Crescent contract through foreign court rulings.<\/p>\n

On April 18, 2024, a British court ordered the seizure of this NIOC-owned building, valued at \u00a3100 million ($125 million), located in central London.<\/p>\n

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Preliminary Israel\u2013Hamas Ceasefire Agreement in Gaza Within Trump\u2019s 20-Point Peace Plan<\/h3>\n

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On\u00a0October 8, 2025, Israel and Hamas reportedly reached a\u00a0preliminary ceasefire agreement\u00a0under the framework of\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point Gaza peace plan, according to\u00a0Reuters.<\/p>\n

Trump announced on\u00a0Truth Social: \u201cI am proud to declare that both sides have signed the first phase of our peace initiative.\u201d He added that\u00a0all hostages would be released imminently, and that\u00a0Israeli forces would withdraw from designated areas in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Hamas quickly confirmed the deal, calling it an\u00a0\u201cagreement to end the war.\u201d\u00a0In an interview with\u00a0Fox News, Trump asserted that such an accord would never have been possible if his administration had allowed Iran to gain nuclear weapons. He called the agreement \u201ca great day for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel, and the United States,\u201d and expressed gratitude to\u00a0Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey\u00a0for their mediation. Following the announcement,\u00a0thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and other cities marched in celebration, waving flags and chanting for peace.<\/p>\n

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MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Mark 89th Week of \u2018No to Execution Tuesdays\u2019 Campaign<\/h3>\n
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