Freight rates from Turkey to Iran rise more than fivefold in under two months
Freight rates from Turkish ports to Iran rose in under two months from about $1,500 to $8,000; the US naval blockade has pushed imports onto land borders.
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CENTCOM disables Panama-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman
CENTCOM said US forces on Saturday, 10 October, disabled the cargo ship Ocean Molika, which had left an Iranian port and was trying to break the naval blockade.
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Milad Balsini held for more than 50 days over contacts with free media
Milad Balsini, a Turkic civil activist from Tabriz, has been detained for more than 50 days on a charge of cooperating with free Persian-language media, Voice of America reports.
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Maariv: US asked Israel to strike the Islamic Republic alone; officials deny it
Two US officials and one Israeli official denied Maariv's report that the US asked Israel to carry out a unilateral strike on the Islamic Republic before the elections.
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Kayhan accuses Mohammad Javad Zarif of helping America and undermining national security
The newspaper Kayhan, whose editor Ali Khamenei appoints, accused Mohammad Javad Zarif of helping America over a video about ambassadors and the Quds Force.
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Zhila Movaghen, mother of Sarir Movaghen, arrested: two Baha'i women from Isfahan now in Dolatabad prison
Zhila Sadeghi (Movaghen), a Baha'i citizen of Isfahan, was arrested six weeks after her daughter Sarir Movaghen and taken to solitary confinement in Isfahan's Dolatabad prison.
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Lawyer in Isfahan's Alikhani Square case: A murder charge was never in the sentence of those executed
Shahrzad Shahbazi, a lawyer for the defendants in the Isfahan Alikhani Square case, rejected the claims of state media, saying the charge of killing officers was never in the sentence handed down.
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Ali Zakani, a 19-year-old protester from Qazvin, at risk of execution; torture reported during interrogation
Ali Zakani, a 19-year-old protester from Mahmudabad, Qazvin, arrested after the January uprising, has been sentenced to death and forced to confess under torture, according to human rights sources.
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Pentagon raises official toll of US troops killed in war with the Islamic Republic to 21
By adding two non-combat deaths, the Pentagon raised the official toll of US troops killed in the war with the Islamic Republic from 19 to 21; more than 860 service members have also been wounded.
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Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei booed at a performance of “Arash” in Tehran
Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry, was booed by the audience on Friday evening as he spoke on stage at the orchestral production “Arash” in Tehran.
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Satellite images: Minzadehei nuclear site being rebuilt after Israeli strike
Satellite images show the Islamic Republic is rebuilding the Minzadehei nuclear site in north-east Tehran, which Israel bombed in March.
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Lida Aleksani, a Christian citizen of Tehran, summoned to serve an eight-year prison sentence
Lida Aleksani, a Christian resident of Tehran, has been summoned to the sentence enforcement office of the Tehran Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office to serve an eight-year prison sentence and has three days to report.
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Kpler: Islamic Republic's oil export revenue to hit zero by mid-December
According to Homayoun Falakshahi, senior analyst at Kpler, if the US naval blockade continues, the Islamic Republic's oil export revenue will fall to zero by mid-December.
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Mostafa Mehrayin, sociologist critical of Khamenei, arrested to serve five-year prison sentence
Mostafa Mehrayin, a sociologist and author of critical letters to Ali Khamenei, has been arrested and taken to prison to serve his sentence.
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19 Iranian tankers stranded near Sri Lanka short of water, food and fuel
19 Iranian tankers stuck near Sri Lanka because of the US naval blockade are running short of water and food; Colombo has no plans to help for now.
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Drone attack on Khabat headquarters in Erbil after threat from Islamic Republic consul
Two explosive drones struck the headquarters of the Khabat Organization of Iranian Kurdistan near Erbil on Thursday night, hours after a threat from the Islamic Republic's consul.
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Kremlin: Putin passed Pezeshkian's plan to end the war with America on to Trump
The Kremlin said that in a phone call with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin relayed the Islamic Republic's view on ending the war, in coordination with Masoud Pezeshkian.
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Isfahan University of Technology: disciplinary sentences for 30 students over the winter protests
According to HRANA, the disciplinary council of Isfahan University of Technology has issued disciplinary sentences for about 30 students for taking part in the protests of February and March 2026.
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Iran's economy shrank by more than 12% in spring 2026; negative growth continued in Tir
The Islamic Republic's central bank says Iran's economy contracted by about 12.1% in spring 2026, and that economic growth in the month of Tir (late June to July) was negative 5.6%.
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Hamidreza Taraghi's claim: an order for pre-emptive action against an Israeli nuclear attack has been issued
Hamidreza Taraghi, a member of the central council of the Islamic Coalition Party, told Euronews that the Islamic Republic has ordered pre-emptive action against a possible Israeli nuclear attack.
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