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4 December

Iraq to correct asset-freeze list that included Hezbollah and Houthis, citing publication

alarabiya – Iraq will correct a list of groups whose funding it has frozen, the state news agency reported on Thursday, after Iran-backed Hezbollah and the Houthis were included in an earlier government publication. The justice ministry’s official gazette last month published a list of groups and entities whose funds would be blocked, naming both Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis, …

4 December

Iranian government pins inflation on unbacked money printing

iranintl – Iran’s government said inflation stems from unfunded promises financed by unbacked money printing and bank credit, adding it has capped budget growth at about 2% and halted most other outlays in a bid to curb price pressures. “The moment we print money without backing, inflation rises and people pay the price,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a visit …

4 December

Iran’s top judge signals tougher line on hijab

iranintl – Iran’s judiciary chief said the current approach to hijab will not continue, outlining coordinated steps with police, prosecutors and regulators to curb what authorities call social disorders. Part of today’s social disorder, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said, stemmed from conduct related to hijab. “This situation should not continue, and none of us can be indifferent toward what the law …

4 December

Iran boosts gas exports to Turkey despite deepening domestic shortages

iranintl – Despite facing a growing domestic gas deficit and widespread use of highly polluting fuel oil, Iran’s gas deliveries to Turkey have continued to surge according to official Turkish energy statistics. Newly released data from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA), affiliated with the Ministry of Energy show that Iran supplied more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey …

4 December

Where Iranians dare to speak to each other without fear

iranintl – In Iran today, the riskiest act is neither protest nor journalism. It’s conversation. Around eleven o’clock on a winter Thursday night in Tehran, when smog hangs low and the city braces for yet another morning of inflation, something improbable happens. People lift their phones and dial into a live call-in program that invites them to do what the …

4 December

Iran Water Crisis: Millions Face Daily Cutoffs as Drought Worsens

iranwire – Rahil cradles her six-month-old baby in one arm while checking her phone with the other, waiting for a text from a friend. Not about politics or family gossip, but about something more urgent: whether their household water tank still has enough to wash a load of infant clothes. “God knows, some days for six hours, sometimes up to …

4 December

Taliban Reports 10 Afghans Killed by Iranian Border Forces

iranwire – Afghanistan’s Taliban government says at least 10 Afghan citizens were killed in a shooting by Iranian border forces, with two others missing. Nasim Badri, spokesman for the Taliban’s central command in Farah province, announced the deaths in a statement posted on X. He said the individuals were attempting to illegally enter Iran through the Abunasr Farahi border crossing. …

4 December

Iranian Intelligence Agents Arrest Baha’i Man in Gorgan

iranwire – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence agents have arrested a Baha’i resident of northern Gorgan and transferred him to an unknown location, according to a human rights organization. Kambiz Teimouri Moqaddam was detained at his home on Tuesday. Security agents searched Teimouri Moqaddam’s residence during the arrest and confiscated several digital devices and religious books. Teimouri Moqaddam suffers from high …

4 December

Khamenei Warns Iranian Media Against Repeating ‘Western’ Views on Hijab

iranwire – The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader has warned domestic media against repeating Western rhetoric about women’s hijab and dress. Ali Khamenei told a gathering of women that “when hijab and women’s dress and cooperation between men and women is discussed, domestic media should not repeat and highlight what Westerners say.” He said the media should promote “Islam’s deep and …

4 December

Iranian Border Guards Shoot Two Kurdish Kolbars

iranwire – Iranian Border Guard forces shot and wounded two Kurdish kolbars in separate shootings along the country’s western border. Siavash Javani, 30, from Saqqez, was shot on Monday in the Bashtam border area of Saqqez, sustaining serious injuries to his waist and thigh. During the shooting, border guards opened fire on a group of kolbars, killing four pack horses …

4 December

Iran Bans Online Streaming of World Cup Draw After US Visa Denials

iranwire – Iran’s media regulator banned live streaming of the 2026 World Cup draw on Tuesday after the United States refused to issue visas to several Iranian football officials seeking to attend the ceremony. The Organization for Regulating Audio-Visual Media in Cyberspace, known as SATRA, prohibited video platforms from broadcasting the draw scheduled for Friday in Washington. The U.S. State …

4 December

Iranian Guitarist Held in Solitary Confinement

Iranwire – An Iranian musician and guitarist has been held in solitary confinement for eight days after being arrested at his home by intelligence agents. Meysam Beyg Mohammadi was detained at night at his home in Abbas Abad, a city in northern Mazandaran province, by agents from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organization. He was alone at the time …

4 December

Iranian Grammy Winner Hajipour Sparks Controversy With State-Sanctioned Album

RFL/RE – Shervin Hajipour, the Iranian Grammy Award winner whose hit song became the anthem of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, has announced the release of his state-sanctioned debut album — a move that has sparked criticism from some of his supporters. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter was sentenced to prison and later pardoned for his 2022 song, Beraye (For), about the …

4 December

At Least 7 Men Including 2 Iraqi Nationals Hanged in Isfahan

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least seven men including two Kurdish-Iraqi nationals and a Baluch minority were executed in Isfahan Central Prison. Abdollah Barahouyi, Mehrdad Aspid, Shomal Mohammad Rashid, Ardalan Hossein Ali, Shahab Mokhtari, Abolfazl Ghaderzadeh and Meisam Panahi were all on death row for drug-related offences. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were hanged …

4 December

Continued Hunger Strike of Parisa Kamali in Yazd Prison

Iran-HRM – Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Central Prison, has entered the tenth day of her hunger strike. She began a wet hunger strike on 24 November 2025 (3 Azar 1404) in protest against the “disappearance of her case file,” the suspension of judicial proceedings, and the denial of essential medical treatment. According to informed sources, Kamali …

4 December

Death Judges in Iran – Part Nine

Iran-HRM – Seyed Hadi Mansouri, the head judge of Branch 4 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court, is one of the central judicial figures in the repression apparatus in Razavi Khorasan Province. In recent years—especially during the 2022 nationwide protests—he has been at the core of grave violations of fair-trial standards, issuing heavy sentences, rushed executions, and severe punitive measures against …

3 December

Prices soar, basics scarce: Iranians struggle to fill the cart

iranintl – Iranians report rising prices and sporadic shortages of everyday goods and groceries, making it harder to cover basic needs and put food on the table, according to messages sent to Iran International. Iran International asked ordinary shoppers in Iran to share their experiences of price hikes, the falling value of money, and the daily affordability challenges they face. …

3 December

New quotas spur Chinese pickup of discounted Iranian oil – BBG

iranintl – China’s independent refiners are stepping up purchases of Iranian crude held in bonded storage and on tankers idling offshore after Beijing issued a fresh round of import quotas late last month, Bloomberg reported. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report said the new allowances follow a fourth-quarter slowdown linked to exhausted permits and sanctions-related frictions that curbed …

3 December

US offers reward for information on two Iran linked cyber actors

iranintl – The US State Department said Rewards for Justice is offering up to 10 million dollars for information that helps identify or locate two Iran linked cyber actors tied to operations against US critical infrastructure. The program said Mohammad Bagher Shirinkar oversees the Shahid Shushtari cyber group and that Fatemeh Sedighian Kashi is a long time employee who works …

3 December

UN experts urge Iran to halt execution of child marriage victim

iranintl – UN human rights experts urged Iran to halt the execution of a 25-year-old victim of child marriage whose death sentence is scheduled to be carried out this month after allegedly killing her abusive husband during a domestic dispute. According to the experts, which include Mai Sato, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Goli Kouhkan …

3 December

New Canadian rule mandates reporting of all Iran transactions

iranintl – Every transaction linked to Iran — no matter how small — must now be treated as high-risk under newly tightened regulations introduced by Canada last week, a move experts warn could fall hardest on ordinary Iranians. The previous $10,000 reporting threshold has been eliminated in favor of a zero-dollar threshold for any financial transaction to or from Iran. …

3 December

Trump admin’s green card review sparks fears of collective punishment

iranintl – A plan to reassess green cards for nationals from 19 countries including Iran after a DC shooting risks collective punishment, legal experts and members of the affected communities warn, as the move plunges thousands of vetted immigrants into limbo. The announcement came after an Afghan national opened fire on West Virginia National Guard on the day before Thanksgiving …

3 December

Trump says Iraq more friendly after US attacks on Iran

iranintl – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June curbed Tehran’s regional dominance and rendered Iraq more friendly to the United States. “Iraq has been a much different place since we hit them with those B-2 bombers and knocked out and obliterated Iran’s nuclear capability,” Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting in …

3 December

Iran Rapidly Expands Surveillance Camera Network Across Cities

iranwire – The cameras appeared gradually at first. A few new lenses on bridges. Some updated systems on street corners. But over the past year, the proliferation of surveillance equipment across Iranian cities has accelerated at an unprecedented pace, transforming urban landscapes into an open-air monitoring system. From Tehran’s streets to trains across the country, from government offices to private …

3 December

Iranian Blogger Ordered to Prison on Charges of ‘Pro-Israel Propaganda’

iranwire – An Iranian blogger has been ordered to report to prison to serve a three-and-a-half-year sentence for propaganda against the state, she said in social media posts. Donya Hosseini said she was summoned on November 30 to the judicial enforcement branch to begin serving the sentence. She received a travel ban notice on December 1. Hosseini was convicted of …

3 December

Iran Executes Man Convicted of Wife’s Murder in Public

iranwire – A man convicted of murdering his wife was publicly hanged on Tuesday morning in Semnan province, the provincial judiciary chief announced. Mohammad Sadegh Akbari, head of the Semnan provincial judiciary, said the man was convicted of the premeditated murder of his wife. The case began in 2020 when a medical center reported her death, prompting police and prosecutors …

3 December

Iran Plans to Brief Football Players on Potential War with Israel Before World Cup

iranwire – Iranian officials are planning meetings to brief national football team players on how to respond if military conflict with Israel erupts during the 2026 World Cup, IranWire has learned. The meetings would include football federation managers, coaches, and players, along with representatives from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization and other intelligence agencies. Iran’s team will compete …

3 December

Iran Executes 260 People in November, Highest Monthly Total in Two Decades

iranwire – At least 260 prisoners were executed across Iran in November, the highest monthly execution figure recorded in the country in 20 years, according to a human rights organization. The executions represent a 106 per cent increase from November 2024, when 126 prisoners were put to death, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported. The group verified the identities of 257 of those executed …

3 December

China-Russia–Led Bloc Launches Anti-Terror Drills In Iran: How Big A Deal Is It For Tehran?

RFL/RE – Iran’s first Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) counterterrorism drill is less about joint military strength and more about sending a signal: Tehran wants the world to see it as strategically relevant, even if the exercise itself demonstrates little real multilateral capability. The five-day “Sahand 2025” drill under the SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) began on December 1 at the …

2 December

Lawmakers accuse Iran’s judiciary of inaction on hijab enforcement

iranintl – More than 150 Iranian lawmakers have accused the judiciary of failing to act against growing public defiance of the hijab, saying inaction has fueled what they called lawlessness in society, state media reported on Tuesday. In a letter addressed to Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, 155 members of parliament said the judiciary had become passive in applying regulations …

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