{"id":338504,"date":"2025-10-24T06:09:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T05:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338504"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:35:02","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-24-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MEK supporters in Gothenburg, Sweden, mark 91st week of \u2018No to Execution Tuesdays\u2019 campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: 04:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yemen Cracks Down on Iran-Backed Smuggling Networks<\/h3>\n

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Yemeni government forces dealt another blow to Iran-backed smuggling networks this week, intercepting two shipments and announcing death sentences against six Iranian traffickers, as international efforts continue to counter illicit activities in the Arabian Sea.\u00a0According to Yemeni security media, a joint security task force in the Al-Madhariba and Ras Al-Ara district of Lahj Governorate, west of Aden, intercepted an Iranian vessel near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The ship, en route to Houthi-controlled territory, was carrying weapons, military equipment, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods of Iranian origin. Its crew of eight sailors was arrested.<\/p>\n

A security source from the task force said Wednesday that the operation followed \u201cclose monitoring and precise tracking of the vessel\u2019s movements as it attempted to infiltrate Yemeni territorial waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran’s Muddywater Wades Into 100+ Government Networks In Latest Spying Spree<\/h3>\n

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Iran’s favorite muddy-footed cyberespionage crew is at it again, this time breaching more than 100 government entities across the Middle East and North Africa, according to researchers at Group-IB.\u00a0The\u00a0campaign<\/a>, which began in August, used a compromised enterprise mailbox to sling convincing phishing emails at embassies, ministries, and telecom outfits. The attackers, tracked as MuddyWater (also known as Seedworm, APT34, OilRig, and TA450), were able to send malicious messages from a legitimate address accessed through the NordVPN service.<\/p>\n

Each message carried a weaponized Word attachment that asked users to “Enable Content.” Anyone who did set off a macro that unpacked a loader nicknamed “FakeUpdate,” which then installed an updated version of the crew’s custom backdoor, “Phoenix.” Once installed, the malware allowed the operators to poke around infected systems, lift credentials, upload or download files, and maintain persistence.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Silent Massacre: Regime Admits 130,000 Annual Deaths from Malnutrition as Uprising Looms<\/h3>\n

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In a stunning confession of failure, the Iranian regime\u2019s Ministry of Health has admitted that a staggering 35% of all annual deaths in the country are linked to poor nutrition. This amounts to a silent massacre of nearly 130,000 people every year, a catastrophe engineered by the corrupt and incompetent policies of a clerical dictatorship that has plundered the nation\u2019s wealth for over four decades. The grim statistics, published by the regime\u2019s official news agency, IRNA, on October 20, reveal a nation being systematically starved. This is not an unfortunate economic downturn but a predictable and deliberate outcome of a system that prioritizes its own survival and sponsorship of terrorism over the basic needs of its people.<\/p>\n

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Saeedeh Khodadadi, 40, Executed in the Central Prison of Isfahan<\/h3>\n

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At dawn on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, the death sentence of Saeedeh Khodadadi, a 40-year-old woman from Isfahan, was carried out in the city\u2019s central prison, also known as Dastgerd. Saeedeh Khodadadi had been arrested four years ago on charges of murdering her husband and, after what is described as an unfair judicial process, was sentenced to death by the Iranian regime\u2019s courts. With the execution of Saeedeh Khodadadi, the number of women executed in Iran since the beginning of 2025 has reached 43, marking an unprecedented record in the execution of women in Iran. In the entire 2024, 34 women were executed across the country.<\/p>\n

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56 Executions, Including Two Women and a Juvenile, in One Week<\/h3>\n

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In the final week of Mehr (seventh month of Persian calendar (October 15\u201321, 2025), the ruling regime in Iran launched a new wave of executions. Within just seven days, at least 56 prisoners were executed across the country \u2014 a shocking rate equivalent to one execution every three hours. Among those executed were two women and a juvenile offender. This latest surge in executions comes amid repeated warnings by human rights organizations over the unprecedented rise in death penalties across Iran. According to domestic reports, the month of Mehr (September 23 to October 22 2025 in the Gregorian calendar) has become the bloodiest month for prisoners in four decades \u2014 since the 1988 massacre \u2014 with at least 252 executions carried out nationwide.<\/p>\n

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Hashem Khastar: The Teacher Who Continues to Teach Freedom Behind Bars<\/h3>\n

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Hashem Khastar, a 72-year-old retired educator and a leading voice in Iran\u2019s teachers\u2019 movement, has been held for more than eight years in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad under harsh and isolating conditions. Known as the \u201crepresentative of Iran\u2019s teachers,\u201d he has been sentenced to over 18 years in prison and exile for peacefully defending teachers\u2019 rights and writing open letters calling for justice and freedom. Hashem Khastar was born on 23 May 1953 in Birjand, northeastern Iran. He graduated in Agricultural Engineering from Urmia University and spent decades teaching at agricultural schools in Mashhad and Torbat Jam. As one of the founders of the Teachers\u2019 Association of Khorasan, he became a leading advocate for the rights of Iranian educators. Khastar has long believed that education is the cornerstone of freedom. As he once said: \u201cEducation is the path to awareness and liberty; if teachers fall silent, generations will die voiceless.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Healthcare System Faces Shortage Of 165,000 Nurses<\/h3>\n

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Ghasem Abutalebi, head of Iran\u2019s regime Nurse Council, announced that the country is facing a shortage of 165,000 nurses. At the same time, Abbas Ebadi, the regime\u2019s deputy minister of nursing at the Ministry of Health, attributed the delay in paying nurses\u2019 arrears to two main reasons: the failure to allocate budget bonds and the delay of insurance companies in fulfilling their financial obligations. On Wednesday, October 22, during Nurses\u2019 Day ceremonies in Shiraz, Abutalebi said: \u201cThe nurse-to-hospital-bed ratio in Iran is 0.9, while it was supposed to reach 1.8 by the end of the Sixth Development Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Regime Trapped Between Mounting Domestic Pressures and External Isolation<\/h3>\n

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The political and social landscape in Iran has reached an explosive stage where monitoring daily developments has become a necessity \u2014 not just for observers, but for the regime itself. The clerical establishment faces a deeply volatile and multi-layered crisis, one that pushes it to resort to constant diversions and propaganda tactics in an attempt to mask the growing fragility of its rule. At the heart of this turbulence lies an unprecedented convergence of domestic and international pressures. Internally, the regime faces widespread political and social demands that it can no longer suppress through its traditional machinery of repression. Externally, Iran\u2019s isolation is deepening as its expansionist and destabilizing policies across the region face mounting resistance. For the first time in four decades, the regime\u2019s twin pillars \u2014 domestic repression and regional adventurism \u2014 have turned into daily political earthquakes shaking the foundations of its authority.<\/p>\n

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MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Mark 91st Week of \u2018No to Execution Tuesdays\u2019 Campaign<\/h3>\n
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