{"id":338344,"date":"2025-10-19T08:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338344"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:09:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Copenhagen rally on October 17, 2025, commemorates the 1981 uprising and Zahedan\u2019s Bloody Friday, condemning executions in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: 02:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran Executes Over 1,000 in 2023; Death Row Inmates on Hunger Strike<\/h3>\n

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The Islamic Republic of Iran has faced significant international criticism for its alarming rise in executions in 2023. According to the United Nations\u2019 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Iran has carried out over 1,000 executions this year alone. This unprecedented execution spree translates to an average of nine executions daily, with individuals primarily accused of murder and drug-related offenses.<\/p>\n

In October, around 1,500 Iranian death row prisoners, including 17 members of the dissident organization Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), initiated a hunger strike at Ghezel Hesar Prison to draw attention to their plight. This protest began on October 13 and has since spread to other prison wards, including the notorious Evin Prison.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 09:00 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

PMOI Resistance Units Escalate Struggle Amidst Record Wave of Executions in Iran<\/h3>\n

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While the Iranian regime, under the direct order of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, unleashes an unprecedented wave of executions to terrorize the public and stifle dissent, its strategy is facing a powerful and organized backlash. Across the country, the PMOI Resistance Units are intensifying their activities, proving that the regime\u2019s brutality is only hardening the people\u2019s resolve to achieve freedom. Recent courageous actions in Zahedan exemplify this growing defiance, sending an unmistakable message that the Iranian people will not be silenced by the gallows and are more determined than ever to overthrow the ruling theocracy.<\/p>\n

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Tehran\u2019s Morality Police Unveil Misogynistic Plan to Deploy 80,000 \u201cVirtue Enforcers\u201d<\/h3>\n

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In a new display of moral policing, Tehran\u2019s so-called \u201cVirtue Headquarters\u201d has announced plans to mobilize tens of thousands of enforcers to tighten control over women and the internet. As Iranian society simmers with anger and discontent, and the regime faces mounting internal and external crises, state-run media reported on October 17 that Rouhollah Momen-Nasab, secretary of Tehran\u2019s so-called \u201cHeadquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,\u201d announced sweeping new enforcement plans. \u201cThe main priority of the headquarters is to train, organize, and deploy more than 80,000 \u2018enforcers of virtue\u2019 and 4,575 instructors and judicial officers,\u201d he declared. \u201cBy activating these 80,000 trained forces, we can bring about a major transformation in the province.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Death of Hassan Saedi Under Torture in Ahvaz Intelligence Detention Center<\/h3>\n

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Only one day after his arrest, Hassan Saedi, a 34-year-old cultural activist from the Malashieh district of Ahvaz, died under torture at the detention center of the Ministry of Intelligence in Ahvaz. Officials claimed the cause of death was \u201ccardiac arrest,\u201d but the family and people close to him confirmed that he was in perfect physical and mental health prior to his arrest and had no medical conditions whatsoever. In the early hours of Tuesday, October 13, security forces raided Saedi\u2019s home in the Malashieh area of Ahvaz and severely beat him during arrest. Officers confiscated the family\u2019s mobile phones to prevent news from spreading. Twenty-four hours later, the family was summoned to the Intelligence Office\u2014known locally as \u201cNews Unit 113\u201d\u2014and told to collect his body. Despite several days passing since his death, the authorities have refused to release the body to the family and have threatened them with prosecution if they speak to media outlets or human rights organizations about the case.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Seasonal Migration of Baloch Children to Other Cities for Agricultural Work<\/h3>\n

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\u201cDelkh\u0101h\u201d still doesn\u2019t know that her two sons, \u201cOsman\u201d and \u201cAmir-Ali,\u201d have died. She doesn\u2019t know that her other two children, \u201cOmar\u201d and \u201cFarahn\u0101z,\u201d are in the ICU fighting for their lives and in critical condition. She is unaware that the bones of both her legs are so badly shattered that she will need several surgeries and may never again wake up at five in the morning, call her children to go to the tomato and saffron fields so they won\u2019t go hungry; even if she ever can, they will no longer be her two Baloch children working the land. On Sunday morning earlier this week (October 12, 2025), \u201cDelkh\u0101h\u201d and \u201cHashem\u201d got up early as usual; called the children and, together with five other workers, got into the truck of one of their colleagues and set off to pick tomatoes\u2014until, in a month or two when saffron season arrives. But before they reached the Mashhad-Baghche toll station on the Farim\u0101n road, the truck hit chunks of concrete left on the road.<\/p>\n

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MEK Supporters Rally in Copenhagen: Defiant Stand for Ghezel Hesar\u2019s Striking Prisoners<\/h3>\n
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MEK Supporters Rally in Copenhagen: Defiant Stand for Qezel Hesar's Striking Prisoners\u2013Oct 17\u2013 Vid 1<\/div><\/div>
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