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Supporters of the Iranian Resistance held a rally in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 8, 2025
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Iran-Linked Group Claims Killing of Pakistani Journalist Who Visited Israel
A Pakistan-based terrorist group linked to Iran has claimed responsibility for the killing of journalist Imtiaz Mir, who had recently traveled to Israel.
Mir was shot last week by two unidentified gunmen on motorcycles near his home in Karachi. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died several days later. Intelligence sources said that Lashkar-e-Tharallah, an Iran-backed group, later claimed the attack through encrypted online channels, citing Mir’s Israel visit as the reason for the assassination.
This marks the group’s first known operation inside Pakistan. The organization’s name, which translates as “Army of the Avenger of God,” draws from terminology used in Shia Islamic tradition. Security officials say the group is of Iranian origin and operates with Tehran-aligned ideology.
Treasury Takes Aim at Iran-Backed Militia Groups Threatening the Safety of Americans
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action against individuals and companies that assist the Iranian regime in evading U.S. sanctions, smuggling weapons, and engaging in widespread corruption in Iraq. The Iranian regime relies on various Iraqi militia proxies, including U.S.-sanctioned foreign terrorist organization Kata’ib Hizballah, to penetrate Iraq’s security forces and economy.
These Iran-backed groups are not only responsible for the deaths of U.S. personnel but also conduct attacks against U.S. interests and those of our allies across the Middle East. The militias actively undermine the Iraqi economy, monopolizing resources through graft and corruption, and hinder the formation of a functioning Iraqi government that would make the region safer.
International Outcry Erupts Imminent Execution of Iranian Boxing Champion and Political Prisoner
A wave of international condemnation has erupted following the decision by the Iranian regime’s Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence for political prisoner and boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani. Human rights organizations, lawmakers, and activists are urgently calling for international intervention to halt what they describe as a politically motivated execution designed to terrorize a restive society and crush organized opposition.
In a statement, the British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF) has warned that the regime’s targeted killings and political executions suggest the regime may be “preparing another series of mass executions reminiscent of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners.”
Female Political Prisoners Transferred from Qarchak to Evin Prison Amid Tight Security
In the early hours of Thursday, October 9, 2025, a group of female political prisoners were transferred from Qarchak Prison in Varamin to Evin Prison in Tehran under heavy security measures.
The transfer took place at around 6 a.m., involving a large security presence and several buses escorted by security forces. Eyewitnesses described a long convoy of vehicles along the route from Qarchak to Evin and the deployment of special guard units around Evin Prison during the transfer.
Sources confirmed that extraordinary security measures were in place, including multiple inspection stages at Evin’s entrances. Guards reportedly conducted strict body and baggage searches as the prisoners were brought into the facility.
UN Human Rights Council: NCRI Women’s Committee Condemns Appointment of Mullahs’ Operative to the Advisory Committee
The NCRI Women’s Committee strongly condemns the appointment of Afsaneh Nadipour, a long-time operative of the misogynist clerical regime in Iran, to the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council. According to the state-run media in Iran, Nadipour—former ambassador of the mullahs’ regime to Denmark—has for three decades served as a collaborator and apologist for the crimes of the misogynist dictatorship ruling Iran.
It is deeply regrettable that the Human Rights Council has accepted into its Advisory Committee a representative of a regime notorious for executions and known as the godfather of terrorism. This regime has been condemned in at least 71 United Nations resolutions for systematic and grave violations of human rights, and its leaders must be brought to justice for crimes against humanity and genocide.
Iran’s Execution Crisis: The Regime’s Tool of Survival Amid Mounting Collapse
October 10, the World Day Against the Death Penalty, serves as a reminder of one of humanity’s most urgent human rights challenges. While most nations have abandoned capital punishment, Iran continues to wield it as an instrument of state terror — a means to preserve the rule of a repressive regime. As this global day approaches, Iran draws worldwide attention with an unprecedented surge in executions. According to Amnesty International, by the end of 2024, more than 145 countries had abolished or ceased the use of the death penalty. Yet, in the same year, Iran alone carried out over 60% of all recorded executions worldwide — a staggering reversal of global trends toward abolition.
While most of the world is moving toward life, Iran’s rulers have chosen the path of death, fear, and tyranny.
Iran’s Soaring Food Prices: When Even Beans Become a Luxury
In today’s Iran, even the most ordinary meal has become a symbol of economic despair. What once served as a modest substitute for meat — beans and lentils — is now out of reach for most Iranian households. At major retail chains in Tehran, a kilogram of pinto beans has soared to 660,000 tomans. For a family of four, a simple meal of beans each day would cost more than 19 million tomans per month — more than many workers’ entire salaries. Even if a laborer were to spend his full monthly income on beans alone, he still could not feed his family for a full month.
This is the new reality in Iran’s kitchen: a nation where the price of beans tells the story of national collapse.
Iran’s Education System in Ruins: The Collapse of a Generation Under the Rule of Velayat-e Faqih
When the Iranian regime’s own officials sound the alarm, it’s often because the collapse can no longer be hidden. On October 7, the state-run ISNA news agency quoted Education Minister Alireza Kazemi acknowledging a 0.43% decline in national high school exam scores — a figure seemingly small but symbolically immense. The regime blamed the drop on school closures due to air pollution and energy shortages, but that explanation barely scratches the surface. What lies beneath is a system hollowed out by four decades of ideological indoctrination, corruption, and neglect — an education model designed not to develop minds, but to mold obedience.
Under the doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih (absolute clerical rule), Iran’s education system has been stripped of its human and developmental mission. Instead, schools have become extensions of the regime’s propaganda apparatus — training grounds for ideological conformity rather than centers of learning.
Head Of Tehran Chamber of Guilds: 70% Of People’s Livelihoods Are Unaffected by International Events
The head of the Tehran Chamber of Guilds criticized the silence of regime leaders over rising prices, saying that up to 70% of the production and supply of goods, essential commodities, and people’s livelihoods “have nothing to do with international events.”
Hamidreza Rastgar, speaking on Monday, October 6, to the state-run ILNA news agency, emphasized that these events “affect only 30% of goods,” and sometimes this effect “may be significant, moderate, or even negligible.”
He said: “For example, whether or not the dollar affects the import of luxury goods has no impact on the lives of the middle class. Only a small percentage of our society, due to their economic capability, use luxury goods.”
Iranian Workers’ Wages Have Fallen By 261% In Less Than Ten Years
The state-run ILNA news agency reported that Iranian workers’ wages have experienced an unprecedented 261% decline in less than ten years.
In its report on Tuesday, October 7, ILNA wrote: “The base wage of $238 in 2016 has dropped to $91. In other words, the real wage this year is only 0.38 of what workers received in 2016.”
According to ILNA, in March 2016, the U.S. dollar traded at around 3,400 tomans on the open market, and the minimum monthly wage for workers covered by the labor law (excluding benefits such as seniority pay, child allowance, and food subsidies) was 812,000 tomans.
Building Owned by Iranian Regime Oil Company Seized in London
Iranian media have reported that the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) lost its appeal in court and failed to prevent the transfer of a high-value building in central London as part of a $2.4 billion arbitration award owed to the Emirati company Crescent Petroleum.
According to these reports, the British Court of Appeal upheld a previous ruling that the property had been unlawfully transferred to a trust to keep it out of the reach of creditors.
So far, Crescent Petroleum has managed to recover part of the damages related to the Crescent contract through foreign court rulings.
On April 18, 2024, a British court ordered the seizure of this NIOC-owned building, valued at £100 million ($125 million), located in central London.
Preliminary Israel–Hamas Ceasefire Agreement in Gaza Within Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan
On October 8, 2025, Israel and Hamas reportedly reached a preliminary ceasefire agreement under the framework of Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, according to Reuters.
Trump announced on Truth Social: “I am proud to declare that both sides have signed the first phase of our peace initiative.” He added that all hostages would be released imminently, and that Israeli forces would withdraw from designated areas in Gaza.
Hamas quickly confirmed the deal, calling it an “agreement to end the war.” In an interview with Fox News, Trump asserted that such an accord would never have been possible if his administration had allowed Iran to gain nuclear weapons. He called the agreement “a great day for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel, and the United States,” and expressed gratitude to Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey for their mediation. Following the announcement, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and other cities marched in celebration, waving flags and chanting for peace.
MEK Supporters in Gothenburg Mark 89th Week of ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ Campaign
Gothenburg, Sweden – October 7, 2025 – Supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) gathered in Gothenburg to mark the 54th consecutive week of local participation in the global “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. The movement protests the Iranian regime’s escalating wave of executions and systematic repression.
Three-Day Sit-In in Geneva Urges End to Executions and Freedom for Iranian Political Prisoners
The protesters are demanding the immediate abolition of the death penalty in Iran and the unconditional release of all political prisoners, especially those facing imminent execution. Among them is MEK supporter Mohammad Javad Vafaei-Sani, whose life is in grave danger due to politically motivated death sentences.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – October 9, 2025