{"id":340284,"date":"2025-12-09T07:42:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340284"},"modified":"2025-12-09T09:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:04:11","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-december-9-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 9, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Oslo \u2013 December 6, 2025, supporters of the MEK gathered to mark Iran’s Student Day (December 7, 1953) \u2014 a reminder that the fight for knowledge and freedom is never silent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

UPDATE: 09:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharron Davies Calls Iran\u2019s Bid to Hang Boxing Champ A \u2018Triumph of Evil\u2019<\/h3>\n

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Sharron Davies today called the transfer of a champion boxer facing the death penalty in Iran to a notorious \u2018hanging prison\u2019 a \u201ctriumph of evil\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Olympic swimmer and women\u2019s rights campaigner has battled to save the life of political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Thani, who is facing the noose for his alleged opposition to the rule of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n

But this weekend the boxer was moved to solitary confinement in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, a place infamous for its mass hangings.<\/p>\n

He is at imminent risk of execution. All communication between the prison and the outside world has also been disconnected.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Paradox: Mountains of Gold, Empty Dinner Tables<\/h3>\n

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The Iranian regime\u2019s own Statistical Center has once again laid bare the economic catastrophe it has inflicted upon the people. The latest report on inflation, released in late November 2025, is not merely a set of figures but a damning indictment of a system built on plunder. According to the regime\u2019s doctored statistics, the consumer price index has surged by nearly 49 percent compared to the previous year, with annual inflation hovering above 41 percent. For millions of Iranian families, this means the cost of basic survival has become nearly impossible to bear.<\/p>\n

This crisis is thrown into stark relief by the regime\u2019s own announcements. Just days before these grim statistics were published, on December 3, 2025, state media boasted about the discovery of a massive new gold reserve in South Khorasan province. The cruel paradox could not be clearer: in a nation sitting on mountains of gold, oil, and gas, the people\u2019s dinner tables are empty. This is not a story of economic misfortune; it is the calculated result of a corrupt kleptocracy that loots the nation\u2019s wealth while its citizens starve.<\/p>\n

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From Death Row, Iranian Student\u2019s Defiant Message on Student Day Ignites Hope for a Free Iran<\/h3>\n

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On Iran\u2019s Student Day, a day seared into the nation\u2019s collective memory as a symbol of the struggle against dictatorship, a powerful message of defiance has emerged from the depths of the clerical regime\u2019s dungeons. Ehsan Faridi, a student activist sentenced to death and held in Tabriz Central Prison, has sent a statement that serves not as a plea for his life, but as a resounding call to resistance for the youth of Iran. His message affirms that true freedom will not be handed down by foreign powers but will be forged by the unbreakable will of the Iranian people themselves. Faridi\u2019s voice from behind bars is a testament to the regime\u2019s complete failure to extinguish the spirit of resistance that defines Iran\u2019s future leaders.<\/p>\n

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Forough Taghipour: Student Day Message from Evin Prison<\/h3>\n

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Forough Taghipour, a political prisoner currently held in Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison, has issued a message on the occasion of Student Day, underscoring the historic and ongoing role of Iran\u2019s student movement in the struggle for freedom and justice. \u201cOn December 7, 1953, while colonial powers, reactionary forces, and their eternal allies were celebrating the overthrow of the national government and preparing to welcome U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon to Iran, students at the University of Tehran rose up in protest. Following the Shah\u2019s direct order to open fire, three young students were killed at the Faculty of Engineering. With their blood spilled in the classroom, they announced to the world that the university is not only a bastion of knowledge, but a fortress of resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ayda Najaflou: Christian Prisoner at Risk of Spinal Cord Severance in Evin Prison<\/h3>\n

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The health condition of Ayda Najaflou, an imprisoned Christian convert and prisoner of conscience in Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison, has reached a critical stage, with doctors warning of the imminent risk of spinal cord damage that could lead to permanent paralysis. Her condition deteriorated significantly after falling from her bunk bed and undergoing emergency spinal surgery. Following the procedure at a hospital in Tajrish, Ayda Najaflou was transferred back to Evin Prison without recovery. However, the lack of sanitary conditions and the absence of proper medical facilities led to a severe infection at the surgical site, forcing another emergency transfer to the hospital.<\/p>\n

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The Corruption Network in the Mullahs\u2019 Regime in Iran: Structure and Hidden Functions of Power<\/h3>\n

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December 9, the International Anti-Corruption Day, is a reminder that corruption is not merely an economic offense; it is a direct threat to human rights, justice, and human development. On this day, the United Nations emphasizes that when corruption takes root at the heart of governance, it leads to poverty, repression, discrimination, and the systematic violation of citizens\u2019 rights. In recent years, Iran has consistently ranked among the lowest countries on global corruption indexes. Yet the real issue is not the ranking; it is the architecture of corruption itself. In Iran, corruption is not an anomaly but a mode of governance, a tightly interwoven network in which the government, parliament, security institutions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the judiciary, economic conglomerates under the Supreme Leader\u2019s authority, and a series of extra-legal structures operate as components of a single system.<\/p>\n

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Stocks of Hundreds of Medicines in Iran Have Fallen Below Three Months<\/h3>\n

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Iranian pharmaceutical officials, warning of an escalating medicine shortage crisis, have stated that stocks of hundreds of medicines in the country have fallen to below one to three months. At the same time, the director-general of drugs and controlled substances at the regime\u2019s Food and Drug Organization announced that the country\u2019s pharmaceutical system is in \u201cthe worst possible condition\u201d in terms of foreign currency and rial funding. Akbar Abdollahi-Asl, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting held on Sunday, December 7, with the Association of Pharmaceutical Distribution Companies, said that out of roughly three thousand medicines on the country\u2019s official list, 195 have less than one month of stock, 360 have less than two months, and 270 have less than three months.<\/p>\n

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Iran Regime\u2019s Leaders Show the World How Not to Run an Economy<\/h3>\n

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The Iranian regime is widely known for exporting terrorism and instability across the Middle East. But its leadership also provides a striking example of how a modern economy should not be managed. Nowhere is this clearer than in the regime\u2019s decades-long experiment with ideological industrial policy\u2014an experiment that has drained the country\u2019s resources and pushed its society toward a crisis with irreversible consequences. From the earliest days of the 1979 revolution, the clerical establishment imposed a dogma of economic self-sufficiency. Rejecting what it called \u201cWestern ideas\u201d such as globalization and market integration, the regime announced its intention to produce everything domestically, including all food needed for a country of more than 90 million people.<\/p>\n

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Also, read Iran News in Brief \u2013 December 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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