{"id":340168,"date":"2025-12-06T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340168"},"modified":"2025-12-06T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:05:11","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Copenhagen, Denmark \u2013 NCRI supporters held a rally in very cold and rainy weather to mark Student Day. 5 December 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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

Lebanese Leader to Newsmax: Iran Still ‘the Big Problem’ in Mideast<\/h3>\n

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The U.S. and Israeli bombings of Iran earlier this year were devastating to its theocratic dictatorship and were key to helping destabilize its proxy force in Lebanon known as Hezbollah. But the goal of a truly free and safe Lebanon will remain elusive so long as the Iranian regime remains in power, according to one of the key Lebanese political leaders. Samy Gemayel, chairman of the nationalist Kataeb Party, told\u00a0Newsmax<\/a>\u00a0in a recent interview, “The head of the snake is Iran. Iran is still the problem [for Lebanon].”<\/p>\n

“Iran is destabilizing and standing in the way of Middle Eastern peace,” said Gemayel, whose grandfather Pierre founded Kataeb in 1936. “So I think that so long as the regime is what it is in Iran, it will continue to destabilize the region \u2014 through Hezbollah, through Hezbollah in Iraq, through Hamas [in Gaza], and through the Houthis in Yemen.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 11:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Standard Chartered Settles \u00a31.5 Billion Iranian Sanction Suit in London<\/h3>\n

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Standard Chartered Plc has settled an investor lawsuit worth \u00a31.5 billion ($2 billion) over allegations it systematically breached sanctions against Iran to win new business.\u00a0In a London Court of Appeal ruling over disclosure published on Friday, the judge acknowledged the settlement with more hundreds of investors. \u201cAfter a draft of this judgment was circulated to the parties, they reached a settlement of the entire action,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe settlement is not material to the group\u2019s operating results or financial position,\u201d Standard Chartered said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The bank was being sued by more than 200 investors over claims of widespread misconduct, which has so far cost the bank more than $1.7 billion in penalties. The lender told regulators that it processed hundreds of millions of dollars in clearing transactions between 2008 and 2014 through its Dubai offices on behalf of Iranian entities.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 10:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

PMOI Resistance Units Vow to Turn Iran\u2019s Universities Into \u2018Centers of Rebellion\u2019<\/h3>\n

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On the cusp of Student Day, celebrated annually on December 7, Resistance Units, the network of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) inside the country, has launched a nationwide campaign of anti-regime activities. These Resistance Units are reaffirming the student movement\u2019s historic commitment to freedom and sending a clear message: the struggle to overthrow the clerical regime is intensifying, with universities at the very forefront of the battle for a democratic Iran.<\/p>\n

The significance of Student Day is rooted in the murder of three student activists by the Shah\u2019s regime at Tehran University on December 7, 1953. That event, which occurred just months after a coup against the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mossadegh, became an enduring symbol of resistance.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Digital Apartheid: How The Regime Profits from the Very Censorship It Imposes<\/h3>\n

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A recent transparency feature on the social media platform X has inadvertently torn the mask off the Iranian regime\u2019s two-faced internet policy, exposing a system of \u201cdigital apartheid\u201d that grants the ruling elite unrestricted access to a free and open internet while the Iranian people are suppressed behind a wall of censorship. This hypocrisy, however, is merely the public face of a much larger criminal enterprise. Internet censorship in Iran is not just a tool for political repression; it is a deliberately engineered, multi-billion-rial black market controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and institutions under the direct command of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

The scandal revolves around \u201cWhite SIM cards,\u201d exclusive cards that grant users unrestricted access to the global internet, bypassing all state-imposed censors. While ordinary Iranians struggle with a heavily censored internet, these SIM cards are provided to regime officials and insiders. Marketed at exorbitant prices ranging from 100 million to 900 million rials, they are a symbol of the deep chasm between the rulers and the ruled.<\/p>\n

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Rana Faraj Oghli, 24, A Child Marriage Victim, Executed in the Central Prison of Tabriz<\/h3>\n

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Rana Faraj Oghli, 24 years old Turk woman and victim of child marriage, was executed at dawn on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, in the Central Prison of\u00a0Tabriz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rana Faraj Oghli was arrested two years ago on charges of allegedly killing her husband and was sentenced to death following a judicial process that lacked basic guarantees of a fair trial, according to Iran\u2019s judicial system\u2019s own records.<\/p>\n

Forced into marriage at the age of 16 to a man 19 years her senior under family pressure, she endured years of domestic violence and relentless coercion.<\/p>\n

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55% of Child Abuse Cases in Iran Involve Young Girls<\/h3>\n

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A largely overlooked aspect of systemic violence in Iran is the growing trend of child abuse, especially against young girls.<\/p>\n

Available reports show that child abuse is rapidly increasing in Iran and now ranks\u00a0among the most urgent social crises<\/a>.\u00a0Even the regime\u2019s own media and officials at the Welfare Organization (Behzisti) admitted in 2024 and 2025 that the trend is rising at an alarming pace.<\/p>\n

Hassan Mousavi Chalak, deputy head of the Welfare Organization, acknowledged in an interview with\u00a0Khabar Online<\/em>\u00a0that public sensitivity and reaction to social harms, particularly child abuse, have risen sharply. His admission highlights how the real scale of these crimes far exceeds what the misogynistic clerical regime hides in its official statistics.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Expanding Wave of Public Protests in November: A Nation Pushed to the Brink by Crisis and Repression<\/h3>\n

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As economic collapse deepens and social despair spreads, protests across Iran surge, reflecting a society increasingly unwilling to tolerate the regime\u2019s failures.<\/p>\n

Amid an escalating political crisis at the top of the Iranian regime and the total paralysis of its governing structures, public protests have entered a new phase of intensity. As the regime\u2019s president Masoud Pezeshkian begins the second year of his presidency, the pillars of Iran\u2019s economy have nearly ground to a halt.<\/p>\n

Poverty, unemployment, and hunger continue to rise, eroding the social fabric and fueling a nationwide movement of defiance. The regime, aware of the depth of the crisis, is visibly preparing for what it fears will be an inevitable confrontation with the public. Against this backdrop, the streets of Iran saw a remarkable surge in collective action throughout November.<\/p>\n

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Goli Kouhkan: A Child Bride Turned Domestic Violence Survivor Now Facing Execution in Iran<\/h3>\n

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Goli Kouhkan was born into the scorching and neglected lands of Baluchistan\u2014one of the poorest and most marginalized regions under the Iranian regime. She entered the world with no birth certificate, no legal identity, and no protection. Before she could read or write, the machinery of injustice had already consumed her life.\u00a0At just 12 years old, when most children are still holding crayons, Goli was forced into marriage with a cousin significantly older than her. No one asked her consent. No one cared for her childhood dreams. The State that should have protected her did not even acknowledge her existence.<\/p>\n

By 13, she gave birth alone in a mud house, without medical care or emotional support. Violence became the only constant in her life\u2014beatings, humiliation, and the daily terror of living with an abusive husband. Goli was illiterate, undocumented, and trapped.<\/p>\n

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Iran Regime Launches New Wave of Crackdown to Restore Mandatory Hijab<\/h3>\n

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Amid deepening public resistance led by Iranian women, the regime has activated a coordinated security and political campaign to reimpose compulsory hijab through intensified policing, closures, and expanded surveillance.<\/em><\/p>\n

The sustained resistance of Iranian women to compulsory hijab, especially since the uprising of autumn 2022, has become one of the most enduring social movements of the past four decades.<\/p>\n

This ongoing defiance has now triggered a fresh phase of repression as senior officials of the Iranian regime signal a coordinated effort to restore the same coercive machinery that briefly retreated under public pressure.<\/p>\n

In a speech in Yazd on December 4, Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei delivered his most explicit remarks in months, insisting that existing laws allow authorities to \u201ccontrol up to 75 percent of violations\u201d and declaring that the current social atmosphere on the streets \u201cmust not continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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US Stresses Need to Curb Iranian Regime-Backed Militias in Iraq<\/h3>\n

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Following talks between Michael Rigas, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, and Fuad Hussein, Iraq\u2019s foreign minister, Washington once again emphasized the necessity of dismantling militias affiliated with Iran\u2019s regime in Iraq.<\/p>\n

The Persian-language account of the U.S. State Department published images of the meeting and referred to earlier remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, writing that the United States \u201cwill continue to speak clearly about the need to dismantle Iran-backed militias that undermine Iraq\u2019s sovereignty, threaten Americans and Iraqis, and loot Iraq\u2019s resources for Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

These positions are being reiterated at a time when Iraq\u2019s political developments and broader regional security concerns carry significant implications for the future of the Baghdad government and the balance of power in the Middle East. A few weeks ago, on November 11, Iraq held its parliamentary elections, but various factions have still not reached an agreement on forming the next government.<\/p>\n

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Rising Number of Incarcerated Women for Financial Debt in Iran<\/h3>\n

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Recent data from prisons across Iran offers a stark picture of the unprecedented rise in women imprisoned for financial debt; women detained not for committing crimes but due to overwhelming economic pressure and the erosion of financial security. Reports indicate that this growing wave of debt; related incarceration, especially among mothers and female heads of household, has reached an alarming level with profound consequences for thousands of families across Iran.<\/p>\n

Findings show that in recent years\u2014amid soaring inflation, the sharp devaluation of the national currency, and a widespread employment crisis; the number of women imprisoned for failing to repay small personal debts has steadily increased. These debts typically include guarantees undertaken for relatives, medical expenses, rent, or minor loans. However, in the current economic collapse, such small obligations have rapidly turned into unmanageable liabilities.<\/p>\n

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New Memoir by Massoumeh Raouf Basharidoust Chronicles Daring Escape from Iranian Prison<\/h3>\n

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A powerful new memoir by former Iranian political prisoner and journalist\u00a0Massoumeh Raouf Basharidoust\u00a0has been released, detailing her 1982 incarceration and dramatic escape from a high-security prison in northern Iran.\u00a0Escape from the Prison of Iran<\/em>\u00a0offers a firsthand account of her months inside Rasht prison, where she was held under the supervision of Revolutionary Guard forces.<\/p>\n

Raouf, a sympathizer of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), describes the harsh conditions she endured and the personal losses she suffered during the political turmoil of the early 1980s. In the book, she reflects on the psychological toll of imprisonment and the fate of many fellow detainees who did not survive.<\/p>\n

Born in 1961, Raouf was arrested in 1981 and sentenced to 20 years in prison but managed to escape after eight months. Her memoir also addresses the\u00a01988 mass executions<\/a>\u00a0of political prisoners in Iran, during which her younger brother was killed. Since then, she has dedicated her life in exile to documenting abuses against political prisoners and advocating for justice for the victims of the 1988 events.<\/p>\n

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