DIAR analysis: the $225 million lawsuit brought in Florida by three anonymous plaintiffs against Parviz Sabeti has become a tool for equating the Pahlavi era with the Islamic Republic.
Azad Peykarifar, a political prisoner from Tehran who was arrested in November 2023 and sentenced to six years in prison, was released from Evin prison on Wednesday, 14 October.
Brent crude fell to $104 on Thursday, 15 October, despite Islamic Republic attacks in the Strait of Hormuz; the US is weighing easing sanctions on some shadow fleet tankers.
The IMF warned that a prolonged war and fresh energy disruptions would hit the Middle East with a harsher shock; the Fund forecasts Iran's economy will shrink by 7.6 percent.
New research shows the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, are using Chinese components to build a ballistic missile resembling the Khorramshahr, which could reach Israel and all of Saudi Arabia.
Hojjat Abdolmaleki, labour minister in Ebrahim Raisi's government, said on state television that Iran's economy has no problem except high prices and inflation; point-to-point inflation has reached 89.8 percent.
For the first time, the US Space Force has revealed details of how it used its electronic warfare systems in operations against the Islamic Republic and Venezuela.
Lebanon's Hezbollah has announced a plan to pay displaced families up to $14,000; reports point to $200 million from the Islamic Republic for the programme.
The US military has drawn up new plans to strike the Islamic Republic that include the possible use of the MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb, against energy and nuclear facilities.
Georges-Louis Bouchez, leader of the liberal MR party, raised the invitation of Prince Reza Pahlavi to the Belgian parliament at the Conference of Presidents; the Foreign Ministry's opinion has been requested.
International Maritime Organization data shows the bulk carrier Cape Dao, hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on 23 September, has sunk; the second ship lost in one day.
The social network X announced on Wednesday, 14 October, that it had suspended more than 13,000 fake accounts in three influence operations linked to the Islamic Republic, Russia and China.
Speaking in Arizona on Wednesday, 14 October, Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic asked him to stop killing its leaders and that he agreed; he said it is unclear whom he should negotiate with.
Tehran's prosecutor's office opened a case against Saeed Shakiba, a voice-over artist and satirist, over a video imitating Ali Khamenei's voice, and blocked his Instagram page.
Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur, went on hunger strike on Tuesday 13 October in solidarity with Iran's political prisoners and their "No to Execution Tuesdays" campaign.
Amnesty International has shown that, through its firearms law, military courts and hand-picked committees, the Islamic Republic has shielded from punishment the agents who killed protesters in the 2022 uprising.
The bulk carrier Cape Dao, hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on 23 September, is sinking after a failed rescue attempt — the second ship in under 24 hours.
In an interview with Kan, Benjamin Netanyahu said the Islamic Republic must go and the war with it is "us or them", but he does not consider its fall before the 27 October election realistic.
CENTCOM said US forces destroyed on 6 October a dhow linked to the Islamic Republic that was tracking and targeting US warships in the Gulf of Oman.
By sharing a mountaineering video of Ali-Sina Mostafavi, the executed political prisoner, Princess Noor Pahlavi rejected the Islamic Republic's "terrorist" label for him with the picture of his life.
