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Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush returns to the Arabian Sea
US Central Command said the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has returned to the Arabian Sea after a stop in Thailand and is supporting CENTCOM operations.
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Top posts of Thursday, 15 October 2026
The top posts of each day, ordered by votes.
Top posts of Thursday, 15 October 2026
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Riyadh airport: 17 killed in 20 Houthi attacks as Saudi Arabia blames the Islamic Republic
The Saudi-led coalition said 20 Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport since 1 October have killed at least 17 people and that the escalation is encouraged by the Islamic Republic.
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Iman Rahmatpanah, a Baha'i citizen of Shiraz: five-year prison sentence enforced with an electronic ankle monitor
The five-year prison sentence of Iman Rahmatpanah, a Baha'i citizen living in Shiraz, has been enforced through an electronic ankle monitor and a ban on moving beyond a 1,000-metre radius of his home.
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Masoud Pezeshkian: If we had money, we would put staff salaries ahead of petrol imports
Masoud Pezeshkian said that only 2 to 3 billion dollars of the 12 billion dollars' worth of petrol needed has been bought, and that with the money available, paying staff salaries takes precedence over importing petrol.
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Elen Bastakian: Employees and soldiers will join the people tomorrow if they see a clear picture of the future
Elen Bastakian, an adviser to the Iran Prosperity Project, says fear of the future is the main obstacle to employees and soldiers joining the people, and that the transition plan reduces this fear.
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Israel Katz asks to extend Israel's state of emergency until 3 November
Israel Katz, Israel's defense minister, has asked to extend the home front state of emergency until 3 November; the security assessment says the likelihood of an attack by the Islamic Republic remains high.
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Yasuj prison: Salar Rashidzadeh's mother dies at final visit and her son is executed
The mother of Salar Rashidzadeh, a death-row prisoner in Yasuj Central Prison, suffered a heart attack and died at the final visit; her son was executed eight days later.
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António Guterres: unprecedented repression in Iran; executions must stop immediately
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in his new report, spoke of the unprecedented repression of protests in Iran and called for an immediate halt to executions and for constitutional reform.
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How the complaint in the Sabeti case targets Prince Reza Pahlavi
A review of the complaint in the Parviz Sabeti case shows that the plaintiffs invoke a claimed link between Prince Reza Pahlavi and the IRGC to keep their identities hidden.
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Tehran's Shariat Razavi hospital: main building shut, treatment moved to the courtyard
The main building of Tehran's Shariat Razavi Hospital, one of the Social Security hospitals, has been closed and medical services moved to a cramped space in its courtyard.
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Gholamhossein Karbaschi: the Islamic Republic cannot bring America to its knees
Gholamhossein Karbaschi, former mayor of Tehran, said on state television that the Islamic Republic cannot bring America to its knees and that its own losses in the war have been far greater.
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Islamic Republic's attacks on Persian Gulf water and power facilities were deliberate
A Reuters investigation shows that attacks by the Islamic Republic and its proxy groups on desalination plants, refineries and power stations in the Persian Gulf were targeted, not interceptor shrapnel.
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Amirhossein Mousavi, political prisoner in Evin: 14 prisoners and political activists warn of the danger of his execution
Fourteen prisoners and political activists have warned of the danger of a death sentence for Amirhossein Mousavi, a critical user of the X network who faces a charge of "moharebeh" (waging war against God) in the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
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IRGC rejects the claim that Masoud Pezeshkian knew nothing of the attack on three oil tankers
Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the attack on three oil tankers this summer was not unauthorised and was carried out in coordination with higher-ups, an account that does not square with Pezeshkian's remarks.
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Abbas Akhoundi, former roads minister, targeted in failed assassination attempt after critical speech
The Reform Front announced that an armed man who intended to assassinate Abbas Akhoundi, the former minister of roads and urban development, after his critical speech has been arrested.
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Saudi-led coalition says cruise missile intercepted over Medina; Houthis deny firing it
The Saudi-led coalition reported on Thursday, 15 October, the interception of a cruise missile over the Medina region; the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, denied any attack on Medina.
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Tehran's Keshvari sports complex bans women from the open-air athletics track from 23 October
The management of Tehran's Keshvari sports complex announced that from 23 October 2026 women may train only in the indoor athletics hall; female and male runners protested against the gender segregation.
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Hamburg court sentences two IRGC Quds Force spies to 8.5 and 4.5 years in prison
Hamburg's Higher Regional Court convicted two men living in Denmark of spying for the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and of attempting to take part in a murder and to set fire to a Jewish shop.
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The Parviz Sabeti case: how a $225 million lawsuit becomes a political tool
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.
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Political prisoner Azad Peykarifar freed from Evin prison after nearly three years
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.
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Brent crude falls to $104 as US weighs easing sanctions on shadow fleet tankers
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.
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IMF: continued war will deal a harsher economic shock to the Middle East
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.
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Houthis use Chinese parts to build missiles resembling the Islamic Republic's Khorramshahr
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.
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Hojjat Abdolmaleki, former labour minister: the economy has no problem except high prices and inflation
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.
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US Space Force: we disrupted the Islamic Republic's satellite communications during the war
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.
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Hezbollah to give displaced families up to $14,000; report cites $200 million from the Islamic Republic
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.
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MOAB bomb in new US plans to strike the Islamic Republic; Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz on the list
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.
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Georges-Louis Bouchez calls for Prince Reza Pahlavi to be invited to the Belgian parliament
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.
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Strait of Hormuz: bulk carrier Cape Dao sinks, the third ship lost since the war began
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.
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X suspends more than 13,000 accounts in influence operations by the Islamic Republic, Russia and China
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.
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