{"id":345308,"date":"2026-05-24T08:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345308"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:38:37","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-news-in-brief-news\/iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News in Brief \u2013 May 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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May 21, 2026 \u2013 Supporters of the NCRI in Paris, France, organized an exhibition to protest the execution of political prisoners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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UPDATE: 11:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ivanka Trump Targeted for Assassination By IRGC Terrorist<\/h3>\n

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First Daughter Ivanka Trump was targeted for assassination by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) trained terrorist in a twisted plot to avenge the president taking out his mentor, The Post has learned.\u00a0Recently captured Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, made a \u201cpledge\u201d to kill Ivanka and even had a blueprint of her Florida home, sources claimed.\u00a0The Iraqi national was allegedly targeting President Donald Trump\u2019s family in response to the killing of Iranian military chief\u00a0Qasem Soleimani\u00a0<\/a>in a US drone strike in Baghdad six years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Qasem was killed, he [Al-Saadi] went around telling people \u2018we need to kill Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump the way he burned down our house,’\u201d Entifadh Qanbar, a former deputy military attach\u00e9 in the Iraqi embassy in Washington told The Post.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Unbroken Spirit of Zahedan: How 54 Years of Sacrifice Defies the Mullahs\u2019 Execution Machine<\/h3>\n

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In southeast Iran, PMOI\/MEK Resistance Units in Zahedan continued their weekly activities on May 22, fiercely defying the regime\u2019s relentless wave of executions. As the regime desperately attempts to maintain its grip on power through the gallows, these activists reiterated their rejection of all forms of dictatorship and their steadfast commitment to establishing a democratic republic.<\/p>\n

Taking to the streets in public places, they held placards with messages of defiance, such as, \u201cSalutation to death-row prisoners, who with their steadfastness and strength inspire the youth of Iran to fight against the regime.\u201d In a direct warning to the ruling clerics, another placard read, \u201cThe regime\u2019s executioners must know that this ruthless bloodshed will not go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Resistance Units made it clear that their struggle is a fight against any form of tyranny, blocking any attempt to hijack the Iranian revolution. In public spaces across Zahedan, activists displayed signs reading, \u201cA dictator is a dictator, whether with a turban or a crown,\u201d and \u201cNo to shah no to mullahs. The people of Iran desire a democratic republic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran: MP Calls for Public Floggings and Executions as Hangings Continue<\/h3>\n

\"\"In remarks on May 21, Hamid Rasaei, a member of Iran parliament, in a state-staged rally, urged Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje\u2019i to establish wartime-style courts and accelerate punishments, including public executions and floggings.<\/p>\n

Addressing Eje\u2019i, Rasaei said: \u201cMr. Mohseni-Eje\u2019i, your launcher must fire!\u201d<\/p>\n

He called for what he described as\u00a0\u201cfield courts\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0to bypass normal judicial procedures and argued that punishments should be carried out rapidly and publicly in city squares.<\/p>\n

\u201cBring your courts here to the fields, here in public. Tell the people what the stage of the case is\u2026. If the outcome is flogging, do it, if it is hanging, do it right there. Mr. Mohseni-Eje\u2019i, your launcher must fire! It means you should do\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments mark one of the most explicit recent calls by a serving official for visible and accelerated punishment, but they follow months of increasingly hardline rhetoric by senior judiciary, police, and parliamentary figures.<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s \u201c6,500 Arrests\u201d Are Not Security Measures \u2014 They Are a Blueprint for Repression<\/h3>\n

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The Iranian regime is no longer attempting to hide the scale of its domestic crackdown. In recent months \u2014 particularly under the shadow of war rhetoric and heightened security tensions \u2014 authorities have intensified a policy of widespread and arbitrary arrests. What was once framed as targeted action against specific individuals has evolved into a coordinated campaign designed to spread fear, criminalize dissent, and fuse political opposition with accusations of espionage, treason, and collaboration with foreign enemies.<\/p>\n

The clearest confirmation came from\u00a0Ahmadreza Radan<\/span><\/span>, the commander of the regime\u2019s police force. Radan publicly declared that security forces had arrested more than 6,500 people since the beginning of the recent wartime climate, describing them as \u201ctraitors\u201d and \u201cspies.\u201d He further claimed that 567 of those detained were linked to what he called \u201chypocrisy,\u201d \u201cthugs,\u201d and \u201ccounter-revolutionary groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

The significance of these statements extends far beyond the number itself. The language used by senior regime officials reveals the real objective of the crackdown. Thousands of detainees are being branded as spies, traitors, or enemies of the state before any transparent judicial process has taken place. In practical terms, this means the regime is attempting to remove political dissent and public protest from the realm of legitimate civic activity and redefine them as national security threats.<\/p>\n

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US Prepares for Another War with the Iranian Regime<\/h3>\n

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Images released from the U.S. Navy\u2019s Carrier Strike Group 11, led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, show that the strike group has been deployed in the Persian Gulf, a move that comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n

Axios news website and CBS reported that U.S. President Donald Trump held a confidential meeting on Friday, May 22, with his closest advisers in the Oval Office at the White House.<\/p>\n

Axios, citing sources who have been in direct contact with Trump, wrote that the U.S. president is seriously considering the option of new attacks against Iran\u2019s regime unless progress is achieved in negotiations at the last moment.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the meeting reviewed the latest status of talks with Iran and possible scenarios in the event that negotiations fail.<\/p>\n

CBS also reported, citing several informed sources, that a number of members of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies have canceled their vacation plans, a move that according to these sources could be related to preparations for possible new operations.<\/p>\n

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40 Million Iranians Below Poverty Line<\/h3>\n

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Iran\u2019s economy entered the year 2026 while many economists and regime-affiliated research institutions warned that the country has entered an unprecedented stage of livelihood crisis, chronic inflation, and expanding poverty. According to experts, this situation would not be easily controlled even if conflict were to stop and external pressure were to decrease.<\/p>\n

At the \u201cIran Economy Outlook 2026\u201d conference, reported by the state-run daily Donya-e-Eqtesad, economists presented a bleak picture of the country\u2019s economic future, in which recession, inflation, unemployment, and the collapse of household purchasing power have reached a dangerous level.<\/p>\n

Masoud Nili, a regime-affiliated economist and former government economic advisor, warned that Iran\u2019s economy has moved beyond chronic crisis and has now entered a stage where crises are openly emerging. Citing official data from the Statistical Center of Iran, he said inflation in some sectors has exceeded 100%, and even if conflicts end and political tensions ease, Iran\u2019s economy will not return to normal conditions any time soon.<\/p>\n

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Telecommunications Employees in Tehran Protest Four Years of Unpaid Claims<\/h3>\n

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Four years of non-payment of overdue telecommunications wages have pushed employees\u2019 livelihoods to the brink of collapse. According to a report by the state-run ILNA news agency on May 21, the Tehran Province Telecommunications Workers\u2019 Association, in a letter addressed to the CEO of the Telecommunications Company of Iran, requested payment of the frozen monthly and annual welfare benefit differences from the past four years and their full, unconditional payment based on personnel employment regulation 89\/24 from the beginning of the year. Continuing the wave of labor protests across various worker and service sectors, telecommunications employees in Tehran Province demanded payment of overdue claims and the full implementation of employment regulations.<\/p>\n

The issue of overdue telecommunications wages has repeatedly become one of the main subjects of protests by the company\u2019s employees in recent years. Workers say that part of their legal compensation has not been paid over the past four years, and company management has not provided a clear answer regarding when these claims will be settled.<\/p>\n

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Why the Venezuela Scenario Won\u2019t Repeat in Iran: The Psychology of Loyalty and National Survival<\/h3>\n

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Why Iran is not Venezuela cannot be understood through conventional regime-collapse models alone. The country\u2019s political structure, historical memory, and psychology of loyalty have created dynamics fundamentally different from those seen in Latin America.<\/p>\n

Any major policy built without an accurate understanding of realities on the ground is ultimately doomed to fail. For years, Western analysts have viewed the Middle East through their own traditional frameworks, applying formulas that worked elsewhere directly to Iran.\u00a0One of the most common analytical mistakes has been comparing the structure of the Islamic Republic to countries like Venezuela or to earlier classical authoritarian regimes. To understand why the Venezuelan model does not function in Iran \u2014 and why external pressure on a government does not automatically produce a popular uprising \u2014 the dynamics of power must be dissected through the lenses of social psychology, political sociology, and the logic of economic survival.<\/p>\n

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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance in Melbourne Condemn Executions and Call for Global Action<\/h3>\n

On\u00a0May 22, 2026<\/strong>, supporters of the\u00a0Iranian Resistance<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Melbourne, Australia<\/strong>, organized a book stall and photo exhibition to protest the execution of political prisoners linked to the\u00a0PMOI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and demonstrators detained during the January 2026 uprising. The event voiced support for the nationwide \u201cNo to Execution<\/span><\/a>\u201d campaign, urged immediate international action against the regime\u2019s continuing human rights abuses, and called for the unconditional release of all political prisoners.<\/p>\n

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