CENTCOM: IRGC can no longer afford to pay its forces
CENTCOM said the economic pressure of the naval blockade has reached the point where the IRGC is not paying its forces' salaries and proxy groups are sending money back to the IRGC.
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Elnaz Ghorbani, a Christian convert, summoned to Qarchak prison to serve a five-year sentence
Elnaz Ghorbani, a Christian convert, has been summoned to serve a five-year prison sentence handed down by the Varamin Revolutionary Court and must report to Qarchak prison within five days.
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Brad Cooper: US has blocked $25 billion in Islamic Republic oil exports
CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said the US naval blockade has stopped at least $25 billion in Islamic Republic oil exports and that $350 million of its cryptocurrency has been frozen.
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Oshnavieh: Sediq Eini's father summoned over his son's political activity abroad
The Oshnavieh intelligence office summoned Khalil Eini, father of Sediq Eini, a former political prisoner living abroad, several times and threatened that the family will pay for their son's activity.
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Esmaeil Baghaei denies the Islamic Republic's role in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry, rejected Saudi Arabia's accusation about Tehran's role in the Houthi attacks and offered to mediate.
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UN opposes death sentence for Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old student
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, said the Secretary-General opposes the death sentence for Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old student held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad.
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One day's record of the Islamic Republic: why normalising crime is impossible
DIAR analysis: shots at fuel porters, the death of a political prisoner, jail for activists and a wave of executions in a single day show that repression in the Islamic Republic is not the exception but the routine.
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Iran Prosperity Project: stablecoin or Bitcoin, which can replace the rial?
Prince Reza Pahlavi's media office has released a video by Burgan Nezami, one of the authors of the Iran Prosperity Project, on the difference between Bitcoin and stablecoins.
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Brent crude tops $109 on new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude rose above $109 on Friday, 16 October, after new attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and US crude reached $100 for the first time since early September.
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Golders Green memorial wall fire: the target was a photo of Prince Reza Pahlavi
Ali Falahi, a 46-year-old Iranian-British citizen, admitted at Harrow court in London that the fire beside the memorial wall for the fallen had been aimed at a photo of Prince Reza Pahlavi.
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Iranshahr: fuel carrier Hassan Maksaei killed by unwarned shot
Hassan Maksaei, a fuel carrier from Kahnuj and father of four, was shot without warning on the Iranshahr road on Tuesday, 13 October, and died in hospital.
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Yazd Baha'is: 34 security and judicial actions in under seven months
HRANA recorded 34 security and judicial actions against Baha'is in Yazd between 28 March and 15 October 2026, from house searches and summonses to prison sentences.
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Babak Moradifar summoned to prison; 30-month sentence for backing the Dey uprising
Babak Moradifar, a political activist and law graduate, has been summoned to the sentence enforcement office of the Tehran Security Prosecutor's Office to serve a 30-month prison sentence.
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Johann Wadephul: Germany will not tolerate the Islamic Republic's hostile actions in Europe
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in Berlin on Friday that Europe is in the Islamic Republic's crosshairs and that Berlin will not tolerate its hostile actions.
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Political prisoner Behzad Rezvanmehr dies in Karaj Central Prison
Behzad Rezvanmehr, a political prisoner in Karaj Central Prison, died in his ward in the early hours of Thursday 15 October after months in solitary confinement and being denied treatment for a widespread infection.
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2026 Freedom Prize for the Iranian people: 306 associations campaign against Prince Reza Pahlavi
A letter from 306 associations opposing the Friedrich Naumann Foundation's decision to entrust the Freedom Prize to Prince Reza Pahlavi has been met by the support of 1,700 doctors and 133 political prisoners.
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Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, researcher of Iran's borders and islands, dies at 80
Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, a professor of political geography and researcher of the borders and islands of Iran in the Persian Gulf, died on Thursday 15 October in London at the age of 80 after a period of illness.
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Zhina Ahmadi, Marivan artist and founder of "Zhilemo", left in limbo in Sanandaj prison
Zhina Ahmadi, an artist from Marivan and founder of the "Zhilemo" children's music house, has been held in Sanandaj prison since 5 October with no clear charge and no lawyer.
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Gulf of Oman: Islamic Republic's army reports another tanker on fire
The navy of the Islamic Republic's army has reported another tanker on fire in the Gulf of Oman, the second similar claim in three days, with no ship named and no independent confirmation.
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Yazd Revolutionary Court sentences Baha'i couple Flora Samadani and Ahmad Jafari Naeimi to prison
Branch 1 of the Yazd Revolutionary Court has sentenced Flora Samadani and her husband Ahmad Jafari Naeimi, Baha'i citizens, to a combined three years, six months and two days in prison.
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