Qom criminal court sentences woman to 50 lashes for kissing a man in a café
Branch 119 of Qom's Criminal Court Two has sentenced a woman to 50 discretionary lashes for kissing and hugging a man in a café, on the basis of a video.
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Chicken and egg prices multiply; both are disappearing from household tables
Chicken and egg prices have multiplied with the rial's collapse and the end of the preferential exchange rate; a tray of eggs has risen from about 150,000 to 480,000 tomans and household consumption has fallen.
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US naval blockade: Islamic Republic sent jet fuel to Myanmar's military
Satellite images show the Islamic Republic sent jet fuel to Myanmar and eight cargoes of liquefied gas to Asian waters despite the US naval blockade.
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declares Pezeshkian government's terror-financing regulation unlawful
In a letter to Masoud Pezeshkian, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared part of the regulation on combating terrorist financing unlawful, a new knot in the FATF file.
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Johannes Natland, Foxtrot network hitman, sentenced to 20 years in Britain
Johannes Natland, a 19-year-old Norwegian who came to Britain to kill someone for the Foxtrot network, a criminal gang linked to the Islamic Republic, was sentenced to 20 years.
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Killings of women in Iran: 18 women killed between 23 September and 13 October 2026
At least 84 women have been killed in Iran since 21 March 2026, 18 of them between 23 September and 13 October; most killers were the victim's husband, partner or relative.
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Iran Prosperity Project completes move from NUFDI to a new organisation
Prince Reza Pahlavi's press office announced that the Iran Prosperity Project has completed its move from NUFDI and will continue its transition-readiness work in a new organisation.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit Tehran on Monday, 19 October
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that Sergei Lavrov will travel to Tehran on Monday, 19 October, for talks on the situation in the Middle East.
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US Congress: bipartisan bill to break internet censorship in Iran
Claudia Tenney and Yassamin Ansari introduced the bipartisan "IRAN Act" in Congress to expand Iranians' access to the free internet and counter the Islamic Republic's censorship.
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Peyman Ghadiri, Dey uprising protester, dies after nine months in a coma
Peyman Ghadiri, a 45-year-old Dey uprising protester in Qarchak who was shot in the head at close range by regime agents on 9 January, has died after about nine months in a coma.
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South Korea weighs extending its naval mission to the Gulf of Oman
South Korea's government is considering extending the Cheonghae anti-piracy unit's mission from the Gulf of Aden to the Gulf of Oman; Seoul's defence ministry says no decision has been made yet.
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Sanctions on Islamic Republic airlines: Tehran–Dubai trip now takes 18 hours and costs $1,000
Three weeks after the sanctions on 27 Islamic Republic airlines, about 20 percent of foreign flights have stopped, and a trip from Tehran to Dubai takes up to 18 hours and costs more than $1,000.
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Bahman Mohasses: the sculpture commissioned by Empress Farah shown in London after 46 years
A copy of Bahman Mohasses's sculpture "Musician Faun", which Empress Farah Pahlavi commissioned for Tehran's City Theatre, has gone on show in London after 46 years.
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Abdolnaser Hemmati at IMF meeting: Iran's economic collapse is an illusion
Abdolnaser Hemmati, head of the Islamic Republic's central bank, called the collapse of Iran's economy an "illusion" in Bangkok; the IMF forecasts the economy will shrink by 7.6 percent.
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Empress Farah Pahlavi: I hope the victory of light over darkness ends Iran's decline
In a message, Empress Farah Pahlavi thanked Iranians for their good wishes on her 88th birthday and expressed hope for Iran's return to an era of reconstruction and pride.
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Shahed drone in Alabuga: two US think tanks report forced labor
A joint report by CSIS and the George W. Bush Institute shows the Islamic Republic's Shahed drone is being produced at Russia's Alabuga plant using the labor of teenagers and deceived workers.
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CENTCOM rejects three IRGC claims about the Strait of Hormuz and US deaths
On Thursday 15 October, US Central Command called three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims false: control of the Strait of Hormuz, the sinking of a container ship and the killing of American troops.
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Donald Trump rules out nuclear strike on Islamic Republic; silent on MOAB bomb
In an interview with Newsmax, Donald Trump ruled out using a nuclear weapon against the Islamic Republic, but neither confirmed nor denied a plan to use the MOAB bomb.
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Evin prison: respiratory illness with COVID-like symptoms spreads in women's ward
Reports speak of a respiratory illness with COVID-like symptoms spreading in the women's ward of Evin prison; almost all the women prisoners are said to be infected.
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Criminalizing insult to the flag: the Islamic Republic's fear of the Lion and Sun emblem
The Islamic Republic's judiciary is drafting a bill to criminalize insulting the government's flag, as Iranians' embrace of the Lion and Sun flag keeps growing.
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