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Mohammad Naderi, a 45-year-old political prisoner sentenced to death on a charge of "espionage", was transferred without prior notice from Greater Tehran Prison to Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj on Monday, 5 October.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, 5 October, that the economic pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic has paid off and the rial has fallen to its lowest level in history.
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey agreed in Riyadh on Monday, 5 October, to implement the Mecca defence pact and rapidly deploy military forces in Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Islamic Republic’s president, said on Monday, 5 October, in a meeting with Armenia’s foreign minister that negotiating with the US is meaningless and that Washington’s aim is to topple the regime.
According to HRANA, Branch 1 of the Bojnord Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mani Partani, one of those detained during the January uprising, to a total of eight years in prison on charges including propaganda activity against the system and insulting the leadership.
Agents of the Islamic Republic's Intelligence Ministry arrested Aida Ghaderi, a swimming coach, and Rojan Ebrahimi, a mixed martial arts athlete, in Saqqez on Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 October. According to human rights groups, there is no information on the charges against them or where they are being held.
After the execution of two Dey uprising protesters in Isfahan, the office of Prince Reza Pahlavi said these state killings will not go unanswered and that all those responsible, from those who ordered them to the judges and executioners, will be tried in fair courts. In response, Mizan news agency called his account a "lie".
On Monday, 5 October 2026, Masoud Pezeshkian put forward Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi to parliament as defence minister. Akhlaghi, a former head of the Defence Ministry's Aerospace Industries Organisation, is on US, EU and UN sanctions lists for his role in the ballistic missile programme.
The head of FARAJA's economic security police said on Monday, 5 October, that under a directive from the Tehran prosecutor, websites that in his words publish "false" exchange rates will face judicial and police action from that day; meanwhile the dollar hit a new record on the open market.
Iran Human Rights reported that the Islamic Republic executed at least 70 people in September and that the number of executions recorded in the first nine months of 2026 has reached 604, including 33 protesters.
Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri, secretary of the Islamic Republic's Supreme Council of Cyberspace, said that if satellite internet is used as a tool of war, its infrastructure is a legitimate military target, and claimed the authorities disabled Starlink terminals during the January uprising.
Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of the Islamic Republic's armed forces, warned on Monday, 5 October, that the fire of any new war against Iran would engulf everyone; meanwhile the newspaper Israel Hayom reported that the Israeli military is preparing for an operation against the Islamic Republic independent of the United States.
Gunmen attacked a police patrol on the Bampur–Iranshahr road in Sistan and Baluchestan on Monday morning, 5 October; two officers were killed and one person was wounded. A group called the "Popular Fighters Front" has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre said on Monday, 5 October, that the IRGC had contacted a tanker entering the Strait of Hormuz and threatened that it would be targeted if it did not turn back; the tanker's captain complied with the order.
The human rights news agency HRANA reported on World Teachers' Day that at least 47 teachers in 19 Iranian provinces are imprisoned, detained or in internal exile, and that some face sentences ranging from long prison terms and flogging to death.
The spokesman for the Pharmacists' Association reported a worsening shortage of essential psychiatric drugs due to disruptions in raw-material imports, and the spokesman for parliament's health committee said patients have been identified who sell the medicine they receive to make ends meet.
According to The New York Times, public- and private-sector employees in Iran, including nurses and teachers, are announcing on social media that they are quitting because their pay is inadequate; meanwhile Mohsen Rezaei admitted in a meeting of the government's economic headquarters that the situation is unprecedentedly difficult.
The Islamic Republic's judiciary executed Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi, two people detained during the January uprising in Isfahan, at dawn on Monday, 5 October 2026. According to people close to the families, government agents did not allow them to be buried where they lived.
According to Reuters, citing Kpler data, Middle East crude exports reached 19.5 to 22.5 million barrels per day on four days of the last week of September, exceeding the pre-war average; at the same time, attacks on tankers have intensified.
Donald Trump said on Monday, 5 October, that he personally holds the Islamic Republic responsible for the attack on the flydubai flight, while JD Vance and Israeli officials say there is no conclusive evidence.
The Islamic Republic's foreign ministry on Sunday 4 October summoned Norway's ambassador in Tehran and handed him a formal protest note because Oslo has not stopped Starlink satellite internet transmissions in Iran.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, 4 October, that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz and that the Islamic Republic will never obtain a nuclear weapon. At the same time, Ali Fadavi, an IRGC commander, claimed that no US vessel remains in the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Oman.
On 6 October, UK counter-terrorism police arrested a 22-year-old man in London in the case of RAF Fairford, the air base that US bombers have left.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) said on Sunday, 4 October, that a tanker about 60 nautical miles south of the port of Mocha in Yemen had reported several explosions nearby; at the same time, the Yemeni government has launched a large-scale operation against the Houthis.
In a directive to banks, the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic has said that granting any direct or indirect credit, even through digital platforms, for buying gold, foreign currency or cryptocurrency is prohibited, and that managers who break the rule will be referred to the judiciary.
According to human rights sources, psychotherapist Shohreh Mohammadi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over several Instagram stories, and teacher Farzaneh Kamkar to two years on charges of giving three masks to protesters during the December–January uprising. In Dehdasht, a young man with a disability was also arrested.
Residents of Qeshm Island and Sirik county heard several explosions from the direction of the sea on Sunday evening, 4 October. No official cause has been given. Meanwhile, the UK Maritime Trade Operations centre reported that an unidentified projectile had struck the engine room of a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Sarina Zaeri, Barbod Sepehri and Arshia Jaberi, three young Baha'is arrested in Shiraz on 14 September, are still denied access to a lawyer and phone calls with their families after 21 days, according to Iran International. Behzad Yazdani has also been in prison for more than 180 days without trial.
