{"id":338566,"date":"2025-10-26T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338566"},"modified":"2025-10-26T07:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:35:04","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 October 26, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran\u2019s Resistance Units Defy Execution Wave, Vowing to End All Forms of Dictatorship<\/h3>\n

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Despite an unprecedented wave of state-sanctioned violence by the Iranian regime, PMOI Resistance Units in Zahedan are escalating their activities across the country. The brave youths took to the streets on October 24, sending a clear and defiant message that repression will only be met with more organized resistance. Their actions prove that the Iranian people\u2019s quest for a democratic republic cannot be silenced by the gallows.<\/p>\n

On October 24 in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province, Resistance Units held placards with powerful slogans that directly confront the regime\u2019s machinery of death and intimidation. Their messages underscore a profound courage in the face of overwhelming brutality, turning the regime\u2019s weapons of fear back on itself. Placards boldly declared, \u201cThe real answer to execution and repression is not compromise or fear, but uprising and resistance,\u201d and \u201cThe mullahs tried to define our fate with hangings, but we rose up in rebellion.\u201d These actions are not just symbolic; they are a direct challenge to the regime\u2019s authority and a beacon of hope for a population suffocating under tyranny.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds Condemn Iran\u2019s Brutal Rise in Executions<\/h3>\n

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Hundreds of Iranian activists condemned Tehran\u2019s\u00a0alarming use of the death penalty<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 after a coalition of dissident groups reported the hangings of 280 people, including children, in October alone.<\/p>\n

The record number is twice as many as the same period in 2024, and\u00a0a death toll not seen<\/a>\u00a0in three decades. Among those hanged in October were 36 women and six children, the National Council of Resistance of Iran noted \u2014 and in the seven months from March to October of this year, a record 1,135 people were executed by Tehran.<\/p>\n

The Islamic Republic is \u201cturning executions into a tool of control and repression with unprecedented intensity,\u201d read a statement released by 800 Iranian activists Friday, including political prisoners.<\/p>\n

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Iran: Political Prisoner Shahin Zoughitabar Sends Message from Evin Prison<\/h3>\n
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Simay Azadi Exclusive: Political Prisoner Shahin Zoughitabar Speaks from Iran's Evin Prison<\/div><\/div>
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