Media linked to the Islamic Republic's leader published an image of the Dimona reactor on Friday, 23 October, calling the Israeli nuclear site a target if the war resumes.
Citizens in 14 Iranian cities report Basij checkpoints, security deployments, new surveillance cameras and very slow internet ahead of the anniversary of November 2019.
DIAR analysis: those who made Iranians pay for the Palestinian flag for four decades now call Iranians who carry the Israeli flag traitors; a double standard.
In an article in Le Figaro, Prince Reza Pahlavi asked the candidates in France's presidential election to commit to four pledges for the freedom of the Iranian people.
Abdolnaser Hemmati, governor of the Islamic Republic's central bank, says he has curbed inflation's surge; yet annual inflation has hit 73.6% and the rial has lost 35% of its value since late June.
The Islamic Republic-linked hacking group Infy resumed spying on Iranian dissidents this year using a command server on US soil, stealing 1,800 files from one victim.
The Islamic Republic has warned Persian Gulf states that if US and Israeli strikes resume, it will hit their airports, pipelines and other civilian targets.
DIAR analysis: the successive elimination of senior IRGC commanders opened Mohsen Rezaei's way to the top of security decision-making; a figure who puts war in place of politics.
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Britain, France and Germany meet in Istanbul on Friday 23 October to discuss the Iran war and Hormuz security.
The European Parliament awarded the 2026 Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court; Taraneh and Romina Rahimi, Dey protesters from Isfahan, were among the three finalists.
Citizens and flight-tracking accounts reported early on Friday, 23 October, that several Russian transport planes landed in Bushehr; their cargo and purpose remain unclear.
In a Persian-language message on Instagram, Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Iranians for their messages of support and said he defends the freedom and rights of the people of Iran against the Islamic Republic.
Eyal Zamir, Israel's army chief of staff, told a closed-door meeting he sees no sign of an operational need to strike the Islamic Republic before Israel's 27 October election.
Britain's general licence for essential payments by five sanctioned Islamic Republic banks, including Bank Sepah and Melli Bank, expired unrenewed on Thursday 22 October.
Zohreh Ghadimi, mother of environmental blogger Abolfazl Joghtaei, has spent 52 days in Mashhad prison, accused of visiting the graves of the Dey fallen and following the Prince's call.
DIAR analysis: the Islamic Republic, which scorned Cyrus and Persepolis for four decades, now takes refuge in ancient names amid the war crisis; a staged turn with nothing behind it.
A group of writers, journalists and managers of Persian-language media abroad thanked the Naumann Foundation for awarding its 2026 Freedom Prize to Prince Reza Pahlavi.
DIAR analysis: those who accused monarchists of warmongering have fallen silent in the face of the Islamic Republic's own threats and pro-war rallies.
DIAR analysis: a wave of death sentences, floggings and internal exile against those detained in the January uprising, and pressure on justice-seeking families, show that the Islamic Republic has entrusted its survival to intimidation.
Oil company Aramco on Thursday, 22 October, ordered staff at its headquarters in Dhahran to evacuate and work from home, a day after a deadly Houthi attack on Dammam airport.
