Islamic Republic banks in Britain: essential payments licence ends
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.
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Top posts of Thursday, 22 October 2026
The top posts of each day, ordered by votes.
Top posts of Thursday, 22 October 2026
Zohreh Ghadimi, mother of Abolfazl Joghtaei, held 52 days in Mashhad prison
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.
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Cyrus in Islamic Republic propaganda: a heritage the regime denied until yesterday
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.
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Diaspora journalists thank Naumann Foundation for Prince Reza Pahlavi's freedom prize
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.
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The Islamic Republic's warmongering and the silence of the monarchists' critics
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.
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Intimidating the January protesters: a path that hastens the Islamic Republic's fall
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.
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Aramco evacuates Dhahran headquarters after Houthi attacks
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.
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The MEK and the campaign against inviting Prince Reza Pahlavi to Belgium
DIAR analysis: Opposition from the Rajavi camp to inviting Prince Reza Pahlavi to Belgium comes from an organisation that itself has a record of controlling its members' personal lives.
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Rents up to triple; tenants from Tehran to Ahvaz under pressure
Rents and housing deposits in Tehran, Karaj, Ahvaz, Shiraz and Mashhad have risen up to threefold; tenants say several family members work just to pay the rent.
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Yashar Soltani: Hossein Shamkhani received $30 billion in oil cargoes
Yashar Soltani, a journalist covering corruption, says Hossein Shamkhani received more than $30 billion in oil cargoes in 478 shipments up to May 2026, despite heavy debts.
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Benjamin Netanyahu: I have ordered the army and Mossad to topple the Islamic Republic
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, 22 October, that he has ordered the army and Mossad to regard the overthrow of the Islamic Republic as the only solution, and that he will not ask Trump for a green light to attack.
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Greece says it enforces Islamic Republic sanctions after Karnakis designation
Greece's finance ministry said on Thursday, 22 October, a day after the US sanctioned the Karnakis law firm, that it enforces sanctions linked to the Islamic Republic.
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Benjamin Netanyahu denies report that Trump halted a strike on the Islamic Republic
Benjamin Netanyahu called a Financial Times report that Israel's attack on the Islamic Republic was halted over Donald Trump's objection "incorrect and biased".
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Islamic Republic's LPG exports collapse under naval blockade
The Islamic Republic's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exports have fallen to less than a seventh of last year's since the US naval blockade began in July, leaving millions of tonnes stuck in the country.
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King Fahd Airport in Dammam: death toll from attack rises to two
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said on Thursday, 22 October, that the death toll from the attack on King Fahd Airport in Dammam has risen to two; eight people were also wounded.
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Donald Trump: we are not negotiating with the Islamic Republic; it will be over soon
Donald Trump said on Wednesday, 21 October, that the United States is not negotiating with the Islamic Republic and that the matter will be resolved "one way or another" fairly soon.
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Dollar hits 272,000 tomans; a home-cooked ghormeh sabzi in Tehran costs up to 2 million
The US dollar reached 272,000 tomans on the Tehran market on Thursday, 22 October; a home-cooked ghormeh sabzi for four now costs up to 2.3 million tomans.
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The Islamic Republic under siege: why the regime has run out of cards to survive
DIAR analysis: closed borders with Iraq and Pakistan, the naval blockade and helplessness in the air have left the Islamic Republic without mediation cards and without a social base.
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Germany to liquidate the Islamic Republic's Bank Saderat branch in Hamburg
Germany's financial regulator said on Thursday 22 October that the Hamburg branch of the Islamic Republic's Bank Saderat no longer has a banking licence and must be wound up; it had operated since 1962.
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Freedom House: Iran sinks to the bottom of the global internet freedom ranking
Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2026 report cut Iran's score from 13 to 9, the world's steepest drop after the Islamic Republic shut down the internet nationwide for 88 days.
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IRGC claims attacks on seven ships in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz
The IRGC Navy claimed on Thursday 22 October that four oil vessels were hit in the northern Persian Gulf and three other ships struck mines west of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Islamic Republic drags out US talks to hurt Trump
Three senior Islamic Republic officials say Tehran has deliberately prolonged negotiations with the United States to weaken Donald Trump before the 3 November midterm elections.
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Islamic Republic's floating oil in Asian waters runs out; sales to China halted
Kpler analysts say the Islamic Republic's floating oil reserves in Asian waters ran out by mid-October, and the US naval blockade has closed off any way to replace them.
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Donald Trump: US operation against the Islamic Republic will end soon
Donald Trump said on the evening of Wednesday, 21 October, in South Carolina that the US operation against the Islamic Republic will end soon and that the government will not obtain a nuclear weapon.
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US and Israel prepare new attack plan against Islamic Republic
The US and Israeli militaries have prepared plans for new strikes on the Islamic Republic after the US midterm elections; the final decision rests with Donald Trump.
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King Fahd airport in Dammam attacked; one killed, eight injured
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam on the evening of Wednesday 21 October left one dead and eight injured.
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Sirik, Hormozgan: citizens report second strike on IRGC missile launcher
Residents of Sirik reported a second strike on an IRGC missile launcher early on Thursday 22 October; Israel's Channel 12 said the US hit an anti-ship missile launcher.
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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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