IRGC sends military convoys to Sanandaj, Kamyaran and Marivan
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network says the IRGC has sent hundreds of troops and convoys with heavy weapons to Sanandaj, Kamyaran, Sarvabad, Marivan and Baneh.
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Haaretz: White House has shifted towards a pre-emptive strike on the Islamic Republic
White House sources told Haaretz that the US position has swung towards a pre-emptive strike on the Islamic Republic after Pete Hegseth's report on his meeting with Netanyahu.
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Prince Reza Pahlavi and the Naumann Freedom Prize: republicans' support
Eleven Iranian republican organisations, in a letter to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, backed Prince Reza Pahlavi receiving the 2026 Freedom Prize on behalf of the Iranian nation.
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US orders non-essential staff out of Saudi Arabia after Shaybah attack
The US State Department on Wednesday 21 October ordered non-essential staff to leave Saudi Arabia; a drone that attacked the Shaybah oil field killed two workers.
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IRGC says the Islamic Republic has dropped its defensive doctrine
The IRGC said on Wednesday 21 October that the Islamic Republic's defensive doctrine has given way to attack; military officials also spoke of readiness for "all-out war".
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US presses Iraq to close border crossings with the Islamic Republic
Two Iraqi political sources say Washington is pressing Baghdad to close its border crossings with the Islamic Republic, leaving only two crossings open.
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US officials: Israeli jets flew to Iran's border to provoke Tehran
US officials suspect that dozens of Israeli fighter jets and tankers that flew close to Iran's border were trying to draw fire from the Islamic Republic's air defences.
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Abbas Araghchi: Islamic Republic wants naval blockade lifted for diplomacy
In a Financial Times article, Abbas Araghchi tied a return to diplomacy to signs of US sincerity and the lifting of the naval blockade of the Islamic Republic's ports.
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Italian MP urges European pressure to save Najmeh Amini
Italian MP Alessia Ambrosi, in a video message, urged Europe to press the Islamic Republic to overturn the death sentence of Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old woman from Mashhad.
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University of Tehran: students summoned, motorbike hijab patrols on campuses
University of Tehran security, with an Intelligence Ministry agent present, is summoning and threatening students; at least six Tehran universities have stepped up compulsory hijab pressure.
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Mojtaba Khamenei still unseen: Ghalibaf's claimed meeting and a missing will
An IRGC-affiliated news agency reported a meeting between Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Mojtaba Khamenei, but no image was released; an Assembly of Experts member said Ali Khamenei's will is missing.
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US sanctions Greek-Panamanian law firm behind Islamic Republic's shadow fleet
The US Treasury on Wednesday 21 October sanctioned the law firm Karnakis & Karnakis, five individuals, four entities and nine vessels of the Islamic Republic's shadow fleet.
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Iliya Ben-Rashid, 22-year-old Shahinshahr protester, sentenced to death
Isfahan's Revolutionary Court sentenced Iliya Ben-Rashid, a 22-year-old Shahinshahr protester detained in the Dey uprising, to death for "moharebeh" and to over four years in prison.
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"Long live the Shah" graffiti on Iran's streets with a message from the Javidan Guard
Prince Reza Pahlavi's media office on Wednesday, 21 October, released a video of "Long live the Shah" graffiti on Iran's streets and a message from members of the Javidan Guard.
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Mostafa Sepahvand in London court: I met an IRGC agent at the Islamic Republic's embassy
Mostafa Sepahvand, accused of spying on Iran International journalists, told a London court he met a man he calls an IRGC colleague at the Islamic Republic's embassy.
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Mojtaba Khamenei has moved toward nuclear weapons again
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, 21 October, that the Islamic Republic under Mojtaba Khamenei is again seeking nuclear weapons and that the only way is to topple this regime.
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Father of Sepehr Shokri, killed in the Dey uprising, demands accountability for the killings of 8 and 9 January
Esmail Shokri, father of Sepehr Shokri, who was killed in the Dey uprising, asked Islamic Republic officials in a new video what they did to protesters on the nights of 8 and 9 January.
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Bank Shahr and an Islamic Republic network's attempt to buy a German bank
Documents of Germany's financial regulator show that a network of intermediary companies linked to the Islamic Republic sought to buy a controlling stake in a Bavarian bank for Bank Shahr.
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Masoud Pezeshkian: Islamic Republic stuck in worst state of no war, no peace
Masoud Pezeshkian, head of the Islamic Republic's government, said on Wednesday, 21 October, that the country is trapped in the "worst" state of no war, no peace and that talks with the US had failed.
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Hooman Shayani held nearly 10 months without trial in Nurabad Mamasani prison
Hooman Shayani, a 33-year-old political prisoner, has been held in limbo in Nurabad Mamasani prison for nearly 10 months since his arrest, without trial and without a lawyer.
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