170 Iranian Christian clergy and activists, in a letter to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, backed entrusting the 2026 Freedom Prize to Prince Reza Pahlavi.
Why it matters: The support of Iran's Christian community shows that Prince Reza Pahlavi's leadership has backing that goes beyond religious boundaries.
Today, 26 October, marks the birthday of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1919 and his and Shahbanu Farah's coronation at Golestan Palace in 1967; 107 years since his birth.
Why it matters: For Iranians living under the Islamic Republic's repression, the memory of the Pahlavi era and the 26 October coronation is a benchmark of a prosperous, independent Iran.
Prince Reza Pahlavi called the return of María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, after ten months in exile an inspiration to all those fighting for democracy around the world.
Why it matters: The bond between Iran's movement and Venezuela's freedom-seekers shows that the Islamic Republic's allies are collapsing one by one while their opponents join hands.
DIAR analysis: A new case filed under pseudonyms in a Washington court by a reformist journalist and her daughter shows that the Iranian nation's assets are being divided up behind closed doors.
Why it matters: Compensation rulings issued today under pseudonyms will be paid tomorrow from the assets of the Iranian nation and the budget of a free Iran.
Supporters of Prince Reza Pahlavi have called on Iranians in Europe to rally in Frankfurt on 7 November, the day the Freedom Prize 2026 is presented to the people of Iran, and on Iranians on other continents to hold rallies as well.
Why it matters: The global rally of 7 November, coinciding with the Freedom Prize in the name of the people of Iran, puts worldwide support for Prince Reza Pahlavi's leadership on display.
Donald Trump told a campaign rally in Mississippi on Monday, 26 October, that the brief ceasefire with the Islamic Republic was a waste of time and that the regime has been at war with America since 1979.
DIAR analysis: the charges that Prince Reza Pahlavi has "compromised" with the IRGC, the US and Israel contradict one another; the Islamic Republic's own courts answer these claims.
The head of the Homa retirees' association says two retirees of the airline abandoned treatment and died in the past three weeks because they could not pay hospital bills.
An explosion hit the fourth floor of a residential building on Ayat Street in Tehran's Narmak on Monday, 26 October; residents said they heard a drone beforehand.
People close to the family of Alireza Raisi, an executed protester of the Dey uprising in Isfahan, say five knives from the poultry shop where he worked were used in court as evidence of "moharebeh".
Two US officials say US forces in the Middle East are ready to launch a major operation against the Islamic Republic within 96 hours of an order from Donald Trump.
Fars News Agency, affiliated with the IRGC, denied a death sentence for Melika Azizi, an 18-year-old Dey uprising protester in Masal, and claimed she was sentenced to six months in prison.
In the indictment over the 2023 attack on Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Spain's National Court prosecutors call it a covert Islamic Republic intelligence operation and seek up to 27 years in prison.
A forced-confession video of detained blogger Ehsan Arbab, his hands cuffed, was posted on his own Instagram page; he has been held by the Islamic Republic since 24 September.
On Sunday, 25 October, the IRGC Intelligence Organisation arrested a number of Hormozgan residents for sending photos and videos to free media and aired their confessions.
Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani army chief Asim Munir and Turkey's intelligence chief meet Islamic Republic officials in Tehran on Monday 26 October.
Donald Trump said on Sunday 25 October that there would be no attack on the Islamic Republic today, and hours later urged Israelis to vote for Netanyahu to finish the unfinished job.
Residents of Hormozgan reported a drone strike on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps missile launch pad in Sirik in the early hours of Monday, 26 October; the United States and the Islamic Republic have not yet responded.
DIAR analysis: Anonymous lawsuits seeking compensation from the Islamic Republic in US courts are drawing the frozen assets of the Iranian people into compensation payments without any transparency.
Standing beside an Arrow air-defence battery on Sunday, 25 October, Benjamin Netanyahu said there are intelligence signs the Islamic Republic and its proxies may attack before Israel's election.
In an op-ed in Le Figaro on the anniversary of the Drakkar bombing in Beirut, Prince Reza Pahlavi asked French presidential candidates for four commitments to support the people of Iran.
Domestically produced super petrol has been priced at 103,000 tomans a litre and will be sold at 50 stations, nearly 69 times the 1,500-toman rationed petrol.
Kpler says the Islamic Republic's floating oil stock outside the US naval blockade has fallen to zero, and seaborne crude revenue will be cut off by mid-December.
The Islamic Republic's judiciary said on Sunday 25 October it had indicted satirist and voice actor Saeed Shakiba for "supporting Pahlavi" and "endorsing Israel".
Iran's national judo team lost the chance to compete in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and earn Olympic ranking points after the United Arab Emirates did not issue visas.
