{"id":340239,"date":"2025-12-08T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340239"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:45:54","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_340248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340248\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-340248 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day.jpg\" alt=\"PMOI Resistance Units vow to turn Iran\u2019s universities into \u2018centers of rebellion\u2019\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Activities-by-PMOI-Rebellious-Youth-on-Student-Day-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PMOI Resistance Units vow to turn Iran\u2019s universities into \u2018centers of rebellion\u2019 \u2014 December 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 05:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;It&#8217;s All Over&#8217;: How Iran Abandoned Assad to His Fate Days Before Fall<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-230393 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FRANCE24-logo-30112020-e1743674265334-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"FRANCE24-logo-30112020\" width=\"239\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Syria&#8217;s civil war, which erupted in 2011 following the government&#8217;s brutal repression of pro-democracy protests, Iran was one of Damascus&#8217;s biggest backers, sending Assad military advisers and forces from its Revolutionary Guards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian and allied regional fighters &#8212; mainly from Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah, but also from Iraq and Afghanistan &#8212; had held key locations and helped prop up Assad, only to melt away in the face of Islamist-led forces&#8217; headlong rush towards the capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Syrian officers and soldiers served under the Iranian Guards, whose influence grew during the conflict as Assad&#8217;s power waned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former Syrian officer assigned to one of the Guards&#8217; security headquarters in Damascus said that on December 5 last year, his Iranian superior summoned him to an operations centre in the Mazzeh district the following day to discuss an &#8220;important matter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20251207-it-s-all-over-how-iran-abandoned-assad-to-his-fate-days-before-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\u2019s Rebellious Youth Carry Out Fourth Round of Operations in Response to Regime\u2019s Execution Spree<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Protesters set fire to regime propaganda poster in Ardabil | Iran protests\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PI7VBhDQpRc\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPI7VBhDQpRc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PI7VBhDQpRc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-12-05T14:01:41Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_PI7VBhDQpRc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPI7VBhDQpRc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Protesters set fire to regime propaganda poster in Ardabil | Iran protests<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PI7VBhDQpRc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPI7VBhDQpRc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters set fire to regime propaganda poster in Ardabil | Iran protests\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"*** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to 335 executions by the Iranian regime in November, Iran\u2019s rebellious youth carried out a series of daring operations, setting fire to headquarters of the Basij militia and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as centers of suppression and crime belonging to the regime\u2019s repressive institutions, in Tehran and ten other cities across the occupied homeland\u2019s south, north, east, and west.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/irans-rebellious-youth-carry-out-fourth-round-of-operations-in-response-to-regimes-execution-spree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Copenhagen Rally Marks Student Day and Condemns Executions in Iran<\/h3>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Copenhagen Rally Marks Student Day and Condemns Executions in Iran - December 5, 2025- Video 2\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tqGYX6e5pPM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtqGYX6e5pPM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqGYX6e5pPM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT59S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-12-06T14:58:28Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tqGYX6e5pPM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtqGYX6e5pPM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Copenhagen Rally Marks Student Day and Condemns Executions in Iran - December 5, 2025- Video 2<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tqGYX6e5pPM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtqGYX6e5pPM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Copenhagen Rally Marks Student Day and Condemns Executions in Iran - December 5, 2025- Video 2\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Copenhagen, Denmark \u2013 December 5, 2025: Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in Copenhagen to commemorate Student Day and to condemn the surge in executions carried out by the ruling regime in Iran. Freedom-loving Iranians also protested the regime\u2019s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners, and the event voiced strong support for the growing \u201cNo to Execution\u201d campaign.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Copenhagen, Denmark \u2013 December 5, 2025: Supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) held a rally in Copenhagen to commemorate Student Day and to condemn the surge in executions carried out by the ruling regime in Iran. Freedom-loving Iranians also protested the regime\u2019s escalating use of the death penalty, particularly against political prisoners, and the event voiced strong support for the growing \u201cNo to Execution\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iranian-assemblies\/2025\/12\/copenhagen-rally-marks-student-day-and-condemns-executions-in-iran\/81429\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lakan Prison in Rasht: Alarming Health Deterioration of Three Political Prisoners<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-340242 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IranHRM-Nader-Sasan-Jameshourani-750x375-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports from Lakan Prison in Rasht indicate a serious decline in the health of three political prisoners\u2014Manouchehr Fallah, Peyman Farahavar, and Yaghoub Derakhshan. According to informed sources inside the prison, all three prisoners are experiencing escalating pain and worsening medical symptoms. Despite repeated warnings from fellow inmates and medical staff, authorities continue to prevent their transfer to specialized medical centers, reflecting a systematic pattern of medical neglect targeting political detainees. According to multiple accounts, Manouchehr Fallah suffers from severe and persistent stomach pain that wakes him at night and disrupts his daily functioning. Although he has repeatedly sought help from the prison infirmary, the facility lacks the equipment necessary to diagnose or treat his condition. Prison doctors have stated that diagnostic procedures\u2014such as endoscopy\u2014can only be carried out in a hospital outside the prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2025\/12\/07\/lakan-prison-in-rasht-alarming-health-deterioration-of-three-political-prisoners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Study Reveals Over 70% of Iranian Students Abroad Have No Plans to Return<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-313287 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Irans Migration Trend Continues to Rise\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-696x396.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise-738x420.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Irans-Migration-Trend-Continues-to-Rise.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent days, social media platforms have been filled with striking images showing groups of high-achieving graduates from prominent Iranian universities\u2014such as the University of Tehran, Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir University of Technology, and various medical sciences universities\u2014standing together in airports in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Turkey. They appear in graduation gowns, holding their diplomas, with signs behind them reading \u201cWelcome to Canada\u201d or \u201cWelcome to Germany.\u201d Each of these images is more than a collective \u201cselfie.\u201d They document an ongoing national phenomenon that has spanned decades and is now accelerating at an unprecedented pace: a sustained and organized migration of Iranian professionals and high-skilled individuals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewswire.org\/study-reveals-over-70-of-iranian-students-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Message by Imprisoned Iranian Student Ehsan Faridi: Freedom cannot be imposed from outside<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338108 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iranian-political-prisoner-Ehsan-Faridi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iranian-political-prisoner-Ehsan-Faridi-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Iranian-political-prisoner-Ehsan-Faridi-1-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ehsan Faridi, a twenty-two-year-old student of Manufacturing Engineering at the Technical Faculty of the University of Tabriz \u2014 who has been sentenced to death on charges of \u201cwaging war against God\u201d and \u201ccorruption on earth\u201d \u2014 called on students to stand firm and resist in a statement issued from Tabriz Central Prison on the occasion of Student Day. He emphasized that freedom arises only from the inner will and conviction of Iran\u2019s young generation, not from foreign interference or external imposition. In this statement, which was released today, December 7, coinciding with Student Day, Faridi honored the memory of the victims of December 7, 1953 \u2014 the day three students were killed by security forces under the monarchy during protests at the University of Tehran \u2014 and wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/iran\/56262-message-by-imprisoned-iranian-student-ehsan-faridi-freedom-cannot-be-imposed-from-outside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran Regime\u2019s Covert Networks in Chad Exposed: A New Chapter in African Destabilization<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-252398 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-africa-influence2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iran-africa-influence2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-africa-influence2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-africa-influence2-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/iran-africa-influence2.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arrests in Chad reveal Tehran\u2019s structured operations to recruit, train, and manipulate African actors to target Western interests. Recent arrests in Chad have uncovered two networks linked to the Iran regime, exposing a broader strategy by Tehran to expand its influence and destabilize African nations. Based on confessions from detainees, the operations involved recruiting, training, and organizing individuals to execute attacks against Western targets, while promising logistical, military, and political support for actions against local governments. Argentinian outlet Infobae reported that Chadian security forces revealed the arrests of several members of \u201ctwo terrorist networks\u201d connected to the Iran regime. The confessions shed light on the activities of the IRGC Quds Force and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which have sought to establish structures for espionage, sabotage, and insurgency across Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/terrorism\/iran-regimes-covert-networks-in-chad-exposed-a-new-chapter-in-african-destabilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-7-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 05:30 PM CET &lsquo;It&rsquo;s All Over&rsquo;: How Iran Abandoned Assad to His Fate Days Before Fall During Syria&rsquo;s civil war, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":340248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[277],"class_list":{"0":"post-340239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-news-in-brief-news","8":"tag-iran-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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