Milad Darvishi, 31, father of a four-year-old girl, was executed in Arak prison on Wednesday, 14 October, on drug-related charges; the authorities did not announce the execution.
On Saturday, 17 October, the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry called the halt in border exchanges with Pakistan "temporary"; exporters report banking problems caused by sanctions.
Two IRGC drones targeted the Komala group's base in Balisan, in Erbil province of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, on the evening of Saturday, 17 October; the attack caused no casualties.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba rejected the Islamic Republic's offer to mediate, saying Tehran stands on one side of the war against Yemenis and cannot be a mediator.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Islamic Republic will soon have to choose between giving up its nuclear program at the negotiating table or facing US military action.
An ammunition depot at the Hashd al-Shaabi headquarters in eastern Baghdad exploded on Saturday, 17 October; Hashd al-Shaabi blamed decayed munitions, and reports on casualties conflict.
At the Baghdad summit, with Abbas Araghchi present, the secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation called the Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia "criminal" and condemned them.
The left lung of Hamid Ghareh-Hassanlou, a physician and political prisoner in Yazd prison, has failed, yet he is denied medical leave and is under pressure to write a "letter of repentance".
Filmmaker Mohsen Amiryousefi dedicated his unlicensed film "The Curse of the Ban" to those killed in the Dey uprising and to Iran's banned films, ahead of its world premiere at the London Film Festival.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi asked parliament to meet in an emergency session and authorise him to answer any Saudi request for defensive help against the Houthis.
European officials say the Islamic Republic has used small submarines to deliver weapons to the Houthis in Yemen after its usual sea routes were disrupted.
Prince Reza Pahlavi will speak on the Middle East to officers and generals at Belgium's Royal Military Academy on Friday, 6 November, at the invitation of Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken.
Kazem Alinezhad Baranlou, a political prisoner in Evin prison, has gone on a dry hunger strike to protest being denied treatment and essential heart and kidney medication.
Masoumeh Nassaji, a 64-year-old political prisoner in the women's ward of Evin prison, remains behind bars even though Forensic Medicine has confirmed she cannot withstand imprisonment.
Ilam's Intelligence Department announced the arrest of 11 people in Malekshahi over a role in the January uprising; in Rudsar, a protesting student was also sentenced to prison and 20 lashes.
The triple-urgency "resistance economy" bill in the Islamic Republic's parliament, with inflation near 90 percent, calls for fixing the dollar, abolishing the currency market and cutting cash subsidies for most deciles.
Satellite images from 7 October show the tunnel entrances of Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz are still blocked with earth; centrifuges are said to have been moved to the site.
On Saturday, 17 October, after its claim that a supertanker hit a mine, the IRGC Navy declared the Strait of Hormuz "closed"; CENTCOM says the strait remains open.
The family of Alireza Raeisi, a Dey uprising protester executed on 5 October in Isfahan's Dastgerd prison, were able to visit his grave for the first time after 12 days.
New information on the crackdown on the Dey uprising in Semnan shows snipers fired at protesters from the roofs of the Friday prayer leader's office, state TV and a women's dormitory.
