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Tehran – crowds gather at a city intersection as protests continue, with residents confronting authorities and demanding justice amid growing unrest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: 09:30 PM CET<\/strong><\/p>\n

How the Iranian Regime Threatens Opposition Figures in Germany<\/h3>\n

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Iran\u2019s intelligence services terrorize opposition members and their families inside Iran, but even in Europe, critics of the regime cannot feel safe. The regime is now under pressure as rarely before, which likely makes it even more dangerous.<\/p>\n

When Samira calls her parents in Iran a few months ago, she immediately understands what is going on. During the video call, her mother is sitting in front of the camera wearing a headscarf. \u201cDo you have visitors?\u201d Samira asks. Her mother shakes her head emphatically. Samira knows she has to lie. Someone from the domestic intelligence service is almost certainly sitting outside the camera\u2019s view. \u201cAt home, my mother only wears a headscarf when there are visitors,\u201d Samira tells the Frankfurter Rundschau<\/em>. She wants to describe what the Iranian mullah regime is doing to her family.<\/p>\n

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Iran’s Largest Opposition Group Predicts Win for Protesters<\/h3>\n

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As demonstrations against Iran’s theocratic dictatorship entered their fifth day \u2014 with over a dozen dead Thursday night \u2014 the leader of the nation’s largest anti-regime opposition group came out in favor of the growing group of primarily 20-something insurgents.<\/p>\n

“The four-day uprising by merchants, students, and other sectors of society signals the Iranian people’s determination to be free from religious tyranny,” Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Newsmax via email from her Paris headquarters, Rajavi went on to predict that what she called “this wretched regime” of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “is doomed to be overthrown by the risen populace and rebellious youth.”<\/p>\n

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

Live Report: Iran\u2019s Nationwide Uprising Enters Day 5, Strikes at Tehran\u2019s Major Markets, Regime Raids Universities<\/h3>\n

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The nationwide uprising in Iran, fueled by a catastrophic economic collapse and decades of systemic corruption, entered its fifth consecutive day on January 1, 2026. What began on December 28 as a protest by Tehran\u2019s Grand Bazaar merchants against the freefall of the national currency has now evolved into a broad-based challenge to the clerical regime\u2019s survival. The movement has seen a historic shift as all sectors of society have turned against the regime. On the fourth day of the uprising, December 31, 2025, the situation reached a boiling point. Strikes paralyzed markets in dozens of cities, including Isfahan, Shiraz, and Kermanshah.<\/p>\n

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Female Students Arrested at Melli University and University of Tehran; Protesting Women Pepper Sprayed in Isfahan<\/h3>\n

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On the fourth day of the nationwide protests in Iran, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, the uprising entered a new phase, significantly featured by the growing convergence between popular demonstrations and the student movement. This convergence caused security forces to raid the dormitory of female students at the Melli University (Beheshti) and to arrest a large group of student activists. According to reports, at 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday night, December 31, plainclothes agents and security forces raided the women\u2019s dormitory of Melli University in Tehran (Beheshti) and arrested at least three female students.<\/p>\n

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Iran HRM Monthly Report \u2013 December 2025<\/h3>\n

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The month of December 2025 witnessed a severe and escalating wave of human rights violations across Iran, characterized by an alarming number of executions, continued suppression of political dissidents, and inhumane prison conditions. Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) documented at least 376 executions, including 10 women, during this period. The regime\u2019s judiciary intensified its use of the death penalty as a tool of political repression, particularly against individuals accused of affiliations with opposition groups, notably the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). The total number of executions recorded for December 2025 reached a shocking 376, including 10 women. This alarming figure underscores the regime\u2019s reliance on capital punishment to instill fear and suppress widespread dissent. The wave of executions continued unabated throughout the month, with numerous individuals being sent to the gallows across various prisons and cities.<\/p>\n

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Thirty-Eight Percent of Iran\u2019s Oil Revenue Did Not Return to the Country from March to November<\/h3>\n

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Gholamreza Tajgardoun, head of the Budget Consolidation Commission of the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament (Majlis), announced that over eight months in the current year (from March to November), about eight billion dollars, equivalent to 38% of Iran\u2019s oil sales revenue, did not return to the country. Tajgardoun said on Wednesday, December 31, referring to the significant gap between oil sales and collected revenues, that Iran\u2019s regime sold about 21 billion dollars\u2019 worth of oil over eight months, but only 13 billion dollars of that amount was actually received. He also addressed the decline in the regime\u2019s oil revenues under current conditions and added: \u201cThe government\u2019s share of oil revenues in the 2026 budget bill has decreased from 12 billion dollars to eight billion dollars, which is considered one of the serious challenges facing the budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s Protests Demand Ending Dictatorship<\/h3>\n

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As Iran entered the fourth day of a rapidly intensifying uprising on December 31, protests that first erupted in Tehran\u2019s historic Grand Bazaar had spread nationwide. What began as a strike by merchants furious over currency collapse and crippling inflation quickly escalated into open political defiance against the ruling theocracy. During these protests, demonstrators chanted powerful anti-regime slogans. In various parts of Tehran, cries of \u201cDeath to the dictator\u201d echoed, and similar chants were heard at universities and cities across the country. The PMOI Resistance Units played a crucial role in spreading the protests across Tehran and other cities. To unify demonstrators, they emphasized slogans rejecting the regime in its entirety, such as \u201cDown with the dictator\u201d and calls for \u201cFreedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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