{"id":338181,"date":"2025-10-14T06:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338181"},"modified":"2025-10-14T21:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:29:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 14, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Paris, France, held a rally and photo exhibition on October 11, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Trump Announces First Phase of Gaza Peace Deal, While Iranian Regime Faces Complete Isolation Before the Will for Peace<\/h3>\n

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In what has been described as a historic step, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his platform Truth Social<\/em> on October 9, 2025, that Israel and Hamas have signed the first phase of the U.S. peace plan, which stipulates the release of all hostages soon and the withdrawal of Israeli forces to agreed lines, paving the way for what he called a \u201cstrong, sustainable, and lasting peace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump emphasized in his post that this was \u201ca great day for the Arab and Islamic world, for Israel, for neighboring countries, and for the United States,\u201d<\/em> thanking Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey for their mediation in achieving what he called a \u201chistoric and unprecedented event.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This major development, widely welcomed internationally, has made it abundantly clear who the sole party rejecting peace and investing in war and destruction is: the theocratic regime in Tehran, led by Ali Khamenei, which views any form of regional rapprochement or stability as a direct threat to its dominance and expansionist agenda.<\/p>\n

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Tehran\u2019s Nuclear Quagmire: Infighting And Contradictions Expose the Regime\u2019s Desperation<\/h3>\n

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The recent wave of international sanctions against Iran\u2019s regime has ignited a fierce internal crisis, pushing the ruling factions into what can only be described as a nuclear quagmire. In a desperate and chaotic scramble, regime officials are now publicly attacking one another over failed attempts to negotiate with the United States, exposing a level of weakness and duplicity that reveals the utter failure of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s policies. The regime\u2019s contradictory statements and panicked denials paint a clear picture of a system in disarray, lashing out at itself as external pressure mounts.<\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s primary strategy has been to project an image of unyielding defiance to its domestic base while secretly begging for negotiations. This two-faced policy has collapsed into a humiliating public spectacle.<\/p>\n

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Zeynab Khodabandeh Executed by Hanging in Isfahan\u2019s Dastgerd Prison<\/h3>\n

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In the early hours of Monday, October 13, 2025, a woman named Zeynab Khodabandeh was hanged in\u00a0Isfahan<\/a>\u2019s Dastgerd Prison alongside four men.<\/p>\n

Khodabandeh had previously been sentenced to death on charges related to drug offenses.\u00a0No further details have been released, and as of the time of this report, her execution has not been officially announced by prison authorities or relevant state institutions.<\/p>\n

With the execution of Zeynab Khodabandeh, the number of women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025 has reached 40, setting an unprecedented record for female executions in the country. Last year, a total of 34 women were executed in Iran.<\/p>\n

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Yalda Emamdoust, Iranian Athlete and Mother of Two, Missing for Over Two Months After Arrest in Isfahan<\/h3>\n

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Yalda Emamdoust, an athlete and mother of two, has been held in detention for more than two months. Security forces arrested her in early August 2025 at her home in\u00a0Isfahan<\/a> and took her to an undisclosed location without presenting any judicial warrant.\u00a0More than 60 days after her arrest, there is still no information about her whereabouts or condition despite her family\u2019s repeated inquiries. None of the judicial or security bodies in Iran have accepted responsibility for her detention.<\/p>\n

Born in 1975 in\u00a0Ilam<\/a>\u00a0and residing in Isfahan, Yalda Emamdoust is a well-known long-distance marathon runner who has competed in several provincial competitions, earning championship titles.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Deepening Legitimacy Crisis Exposed by Regime Media and Officials<\/h3>\n

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Even regime-affiliated media admit that 91% of Iranians are dissatisfied with the ruling system, as decades of repression and failed reforms leave the clerical regime without legitimacy or public support.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of 2025, Iran\u2019s ruling regime has been facing an even deeper legitimacy crisis than before\u2014one now openly acknowledged by its own officials and media outlets.<\/p>\n

Over the past three presidential elections, the Iranian people have demonstrated their rejection of this system by boycotting the regime\u2019s sham electoral process. The entire structure of this sovereignty is illegitimate, unlawful, and represents nothing more than a dictatorial and occupying authority.<\/p>\n

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Why Iran Regime\u2019s Strategy of Executions Must Be Defeated<\/h3>\n

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For decades the Islamic Republic has relied on the death penalty not only as a tool of punishment but as a political instrument: to terrorize society, to silence dissent, to legitimize rule by fear, and to channel wealth and power into a ruling elite. Over the past two years that strategy has intensified, producing a staggering rise in executions and a renewed urgency for mass resistance. A broad, sustained movement anchored in the slogan \u201cNo to Executions\u201d can expose and dismantle the machinery that keeps the regime alive.<\/p>\n

Executions in Iran are not isolated acts of criminal justice. They function as the regime\u2019s blood economy \u2014 a method of political and social control that supplies oxygen to ailing institutions. When the judiciary becomes an arm of the supreme leadership, the gallows transform into a policy instrument: deterrence for the population, reward for clientele, and a spectacle that normalizes state violence. The effect is cumulative: each execution deepens fear, depletes civic life, and signals to the international market that the state remains willing to crush internal opposition to stay in power.<\/p>\n

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Missiles or Diplomacy? Tehran\u2019s Media War Exposes Deep Regime Divide<\/h3>\n

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As tensions rise over a possible confrontation with Israel, Iranian state media have turned against each other in a rare display of open division. On Sunday, October 12, newspapers aligned with rival factions of the ruling establishment waged a propaganda battle over whether Iran should rely on missiles or diplomacy to navigate its growing isolation.\u00a0On one side stand the hardline outlets echoing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), rejecting any form of negotiation under the slogan \u201cMissiles, not dialogue.\u201d On the other, pro-government dailies sympathetic to President Masoud Pezeshkian\u2019s administration argue that diplomacy remains essential to prevent war and economic collapse.<\/p>\n

This sharp contrast underscores the regime\u2019s deep strategic confusion \u2014 a leadership unable to decide whether to escalate or de-escalate at a moment of extreme vulnerability.<\/p>\n

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Over 100 Nobel Laureates Condemn Iran\u2019s Human Rights Abuses and Support Democratic Resistance<\/h3>\n

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More than 100 Nobel Laureates have issued a strong condemnation of Iran\u2019s human rights violations and declared their support for the country\u2019s democratic resistance.<\/p>\n

In an open letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and signed in July 2025, the Laureates urged urgent international action to confront what they described as a \u201cgrave and escalating human rights crisis in Iran.\u201d The letter denounces widespread executions, systemic repression, and Tehran\u2019s destabilizing activities across the region.<\/p>\n

The signatories condemned the regime\u2019s reliance on mass executions as a tool of fear and control. According to the letter, at least 1,000 people \u2014 including 34 women \u2014 were executed in 2024 alone. Iran remains the world\u2019s top executioner per capita, with an estimated 1,275 executions carried out within just the first ten months of the current presidency.<\/p>\n

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There Will be No Pediatricians Left in Iran in a Few Years<\/h3>\n

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Mohammad Reza Raiszadeh, head of Iran\u2019s regime Medical Council, warned about the growing crisis of specialist shortages, stating that \u201cin a few years,\u201d even Iran\u2019s major cities will face a shortage of pediatricians.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, October 12, Raiszadeh said: \u201cWe have a shortage of pediatric specialists in Iran, and we must ask why our general practitioners are not interested in specializing in pediatrics.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that many general practitioners in Iran are turning to the beauty industry but show little interest in pursuing pediatrics as a specialty.<\/p>\n

As extreme beauty standards spread across social media, specialized cosmetic clinics have experienced a sharp increase in the number of surgeries performed.<\/p>\n

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Air Pollution Emergency in Three Iranian Provinces<\/h3>\n

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According to media reports, air quality in the provinces of Khuzestan, Isfahan, and Razavi Khorasan has reached a red-level warning. Isfahan has been deprived of clean air for the twentieth consecutive day, and 17 cities in Khuzestan are experiencing unhealthy air. In all urban areas of Mashhad, air quality has been reported as unhealthy for all population groups.\u00a0Official sources announced that on Sunday, October 12, air quality in more than 20 cities across Iran reached purple, red, and orange alert levels \u2014 classified as hazardous, unhealthy for all groups, or unhealthy for sensitive groups. The reports attributed most of the pollution to dust particles and fine particulate matter.<\/p>\n

Air quality in at least 17 cities in Khuzestan province has been reported as unhealthy. According to data from Iran\u2019s National Air Quality Monitoring System, the pollution index in Dasht-e Azadegan reached the purple range, meaning \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d for all age groups.<\/p>\n

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Environmental and Human Rights Crisis in Iran under the Mullahs\u2019 Regime<\/h3>\n

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October 13 marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, established by the United Nations to promote a global culture of prevention and preparedness. According to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015\u20132030), governments are obliged to prevent new crisis, reduce existing ones, and ensure community participation. Under the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran, the situation is the opposite. Drying rivers and lakes, land subsidence, nationwide water shortages, recurring blackouts, and the militarization of disaster management show that the ruling regime has not only failed to reduce risk \u2014 it has become the primary producer of risk itself.<\/p>\n

Official Iranian sources paint a clear picture of collapse:<\/p>\n

\u2013 According to IRNA News Agency (October 2025), 19 major dams across Iran are near total depletion, with three reservoirs already dry.
\n\u2013 The spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Water Industry reported that water reserves feeding Tehran\u2019s dams have fallen to 258 million cubic meters \u2014 less than one-third of the capital\u2019s annual needs \u2014 placing the city at real risk of \u201cDay Zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rally in Malm\u00f6 Urges End to Iran\u2019s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners<\/h3>\n
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October 11, 2025: Rally in Malm\u00f6 Urges End to Iran\u2019s Executions and Freedom for Political Prisoners<\/div><\/div>
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