{"id":338128,"date":"2025-10-12T07:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338128"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:00:00","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rally in Berlin urges end to Iran\u2019s executions and freedom for political prisoners\u2014October 10, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran’s Killing Machine: 1,200 Executions This Year Alone as Chilling Letter Warns Regime Is Erasing Victims<\/h3>\n

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A coalition of former ambassadors, MPs and senior religious leaders have issued a stark warning over what they describe as a ‘massacre unfolding in plain sight’ in\u00a0Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a strongly worded letter, the signatories accuse the Iranian regime of ramping up executions as a brutal method of silencing dissent\u2014with a staggering 1,200 people put to death so far this year, including 200 in September alone,\u00a0marking the bloodiest month since the notorious 1988 prison killings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are more than 50 political prisoners on death row, including three women.<\/p>\n

The letter urges the\u00a0United Nations<\/a>\u00a0and democratic nations to intervene immediately, warning that inaction could pave the way for a chilling repeat of the mass executions that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives nearly four decades ago.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though Decades Removed from His Execution, a Free Iran Will Be My Father\u2019s Legacy<\/h3>\n

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As this Friday is World Day Against the Death Penalty, I have been thinking a lot lately about an audio recording I made with my father when I was only six years old. In it, he said to me: \u201cYour heart is your country and currently your country is one big prison. But there will come a day when you see paradise, and that is when Iran will be free.\u201d The recording is precious to me because those were among the last words my father uttered in my presence. Only months later, the Iranian regime hanged him as punishment for his activism and membership in the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), which was and remains the country\u2019s leading pro-democracy opposition group.<\/p>\n

My father was only 33 years old at the time, and I was only six \u2013 too young to understand the full context or significance of the words he was leaving behind for me. But as I reached adolescence and then adulthood, I grew to appreciate those sentiments more deeply each time I listened back to them, and soon I found them fueling my own activism as I sought to follow in my father\u2019s noble footsteps. With each passing year, I feel a greater sense of hope that the inspiration my father left behind will indeed help the Iranian people to win their freedom.<\/p>\n

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

World Day Against the Death Penalty: Urgent Campaign to Stop Executions in Iran<\/h3>\n

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On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, I pay tribute to all those who were executed for their struggle for freedom. On this day, the world\u2019s outrage and revulsion are directed at the religious tyranny ruling Iran, a regime of executions and massacres, a monster of death, and a symbol of destruction. Yet, the Iranian people and Resistance continue to stand firm against this regime through acts of heroic sacrifice. The mullahs sought to shape our destiny with the gallows, but we rose in defiance and forged a new path, one that guarantees freedom. Our Resistance carries the radiant promise that the inevitable overthrow of this regime will not only be a victory for the people of Iran, but also a great triumph for human rights across the world.<\/p>\n

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Defying The Gallows: Iran\u2019s Resistance Units Escalate Activities as Regime\u2019s Execution Spree Hits Record High<\/h3>\n

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As the clerical regime in Iran desperately attempts to quell dissent through an unprecedented wave of executions, its primary opposition, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), is meeting this brutality with unwavering defiance. Across the country, PMOI Resistance Units are escalating their activities, sending a clear message that the spirit of resistance cannot be extinguished by the gallows. Recent actions in Zahedan, the heart of Sistan and Baluchestan province, highlight a courageous counter-offensive against the regime\u2019s campaign of terror.<\/p>\n

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Manijeh Hassani-Fard and Fariba Khorramabadi Detained Arbitrarily in Fardis Prison<\/h3>\n

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In yet another wave of arbitrary arrests targeting women in Iran, two political prisoners, Manijeh Hassani-Fard and Fariba Khorramabadi, remain in detention under unclear circumstances and without due legal process at Fardis Prison (Kachouii) in Karaj. Manijeh Hassani-Fard, a 62-year-old resident of Karaj originally from Tabriz, has been held in custody since August 2025. The mother of two was arrested by security forces in Karaj without the presentation of any judicial warrant and transferred directly to Fardis Prison.<\/p>\n

More than two months after her arrest, no judicial or security institution has taken responsibility for her detention. There is still no information regarding the reasons for her arrest, the authority overseeing her case, or her current health condition.<\/p>\n

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Rally in Brussels: Iranians Demand End to Executions and Support a Free Iran<\/h3>\n
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Rally in Brussels: Iranians Call for an End to Executions in Iran \u2013 October 10, 2025<\/div><\/div>
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