{"id":340003,"date":"2025-12-02T07:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T06:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340003"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:37:02","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 2, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Cologne, Germany, held a rally and photo exhibition on October 11, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Australia lists Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a State Sponsor of Terrorism<\/h3>\n

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Australia has formally designated Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a\u00a0state sponsor of terrorism<\/em>, marking the first listing under the country\u2019s newly established legal framework targeting foreign state-linked terrorist activity.<\/p>\n

The Albanese Government\u2019s decision follows an ASIO assessment that the IRGC orchestrated two antisemitic attacks against Australia\u2019s Jewish community in 2024 \u2014 an arson attack on Lewis\u2019 Continental Kitchen in Sydney in October and another on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December. Officials say the attacks were intended to intimidate Jewish Australians and sow division within the nation\u2019s multicultural society.<\/p>\n

In response to these findings, Parliament passed the\u00a0Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025<\/em>, creating a new mechanism that allows Australia for the first time to list foreign state entities involved in terrorism.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Hidden Network: Front Companies and Nuclear Clean-Up Operations<\/h3>\n

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The smoke bellowing from Iran\u2019s vast nuclear complex in the Isfahan desert dissipated quickly, but the wreckage left behind by the \u201cTwelve-Day War\u201d remains visible reminder of a battle that, as it seems, did not fully eradicated Tehran\u2019s atomic ambitions. A new investigation published this week by the Financial Times reveals that Iran\u2019s covert procurement arm, Imen Gostar Raman Kish, is still operating aggressively. It even audaciously claimed to have had access to US and British technologies used by Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Meanwhile, satellite images revealed signs of \u201cclean-up\u201d activities at sites tied to Iran\u2019s weapons development. According to the investigation, Imen Gostar Raman Kish functions as a commercial front for the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND). The organization is an affiliate of Iran\u2019s ministry of defense and has for long been identified by western intelligence agencies as overseeing Iran\u2019s \u201cnuclear weapons program\u201d prior to 2003.<\/p>\n

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Pacific Island Office Enabling Sanctions-Busting ‘Shadow Fleets’<\/h3>\n

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Nestled next to a pizza shop in the far-flung Cook Islands is the modest headquarters of one of the fastest-growing shipping registries in the world.<\/p>\n

Without ever setting foot in the palm-fringed microstate, foreign ship owners can pay Maritime Cook Islands to sail under its star-studded flag.<\/p>\n

United States sanctions data identifies 20 tankers registered in the Cook Islands suspected of smuggling Russian and Iranian fuel between 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

A further 14 Cook Islands-flagged tankers are blacklisted on a separate database of British sanctions covering the same period.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Rebellious Youth Give Fiery Response to Unprecedented Wave of Executions and Oppression<\/h3>\n
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