Maxime Prévot: the decision on Iran's leadership rests only with Iranians
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot rejected a call to recognise Prince Reza Pahlavi, saying the decision on Iran's leadership rests only with the Iranian people.
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Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot rejected a call to recognise Prince Reza Pahlavi, saying the decision on Iran's leadership rests only with the Iranian people.
Prince Reza Pahlavi's media office released a video of the birthday celebration of Akbar Hamzeh-Hosseini, an athlete shot dead in Fardis during the Dey uprising.
Prince Reza Pahlavi's media office on Friday 23 October released a video of Javidan Guard members writing slogans and messages in Iran's streets with the slogan "Long live the Shah".
DIAR analysis: reports of Iraqi militias taking part in crushing the Dey uprising show the Islamic Republic's proxy network is used against Iranians as much as in the region.
Reza Amiri Moghadam, the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Pakistan, said Tehran has signalled via Islamabad it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its naval blockade.
Iraqi officials suspect Israel hit two depots of Chinese shoulder-fired air defence systems that the Islamic Republic had recently handed to Iraqi militias.
Islamic Republic media reported a meeting between Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei and Mojtaba Khamenei, but again no photo, video or audio of the Islamic Republic's leader was released.
With the Taftan and Rimdan crossings still closed, Pakistan said it abides by all sanctions; Iraq and Turkey have also restricted the flow of goods across Iran's land borders.
US officials say Donald Trump is leaning toward resuming military operations against the Islamic Republic; strikes on nuclear sites and seizing islands are among the options.
The uncle of Ilya Benrashid, the protester from Shahin Shahr sentenced to death, says IRGC Intelligence built the case after he was released on bail and that he was denied the right to choose his own lawyer.
After the US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic, the US government asked SpaceX to activate Starlink in Iran so that protesters would have access to the internet.
In a message to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, which is awarding the 2026 Freedom Prize, activists inside Iran said Prince Reza Pahlavi is the voice of the people of Iran.
China's representative at the UN General Assembly, citing the expiry of Resolution 2231, called for an end to the review of the Islamic Republic's nuclear file at the Security Council and the IAEA.
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Arabian Sea has received new long-range missiles and bunker-buster bombs and is preparing for a possible escalation of the war with the Islamic Republic.
The US State Department has updated its travel advisories for six Middle East countries, highlighting the risk of missile and drone attacks by the Islamic Republic and the Houthis on US interests.
In a statement marking the days of Aban, 171 monarchist political activists and prisoners inside Iran declared their support for Prince Reza Pahlavi's leadership.
Maryam Abdollahi, Rashid Mazaheri's wife, says the former national team goalkeeper was moved to solitary confinement in Urmia prison after protesting an insult to Ferdowsi.
DIAR analysis: the alignment of some self-styled constitutionalists with the MEK's line and their praise for the IRGC is a rift that serves the Islamic Republic and harms Iran's national revolution.
The US Director of National Intelligence warned Marco Rubio that Islamic Republic plots to assassinate US officials are at an advanced stage; four embassies are cutting staff.
Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, said on Friday 23 October that a US strike on the Islamic Republic is possible this weekend; Donald Trump said he knew of no such plan.
Residents of Bandar Lengeh and Bandar Kong in Hormozgan reported loud explosions and fighter jets over Bandar Abbas and Bandar Lengeh early on Saturday 24 October.
The IRGC Navy claims two supertankers hit mines in the southern Strait of Hormuz; a claim with no ship names and no witnesses, made and denied before.
The Islamic Republic has tied powers of attorney of Iranians abroad to prosecutors' security vetting; a grantor who opposes the regime faces prosecution and seizure of assets.
Donald Trump told a Florida rally on Friday 23 October that the US may carry out another military operation against the Islamic Republic unless Tehran agrees to a deal.
On the 43rd anniversary of the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut, the White House said the Islamic Republic directed, funded and commanded the attack.
Abbas Araghchi said on Friday 23 October that Masoud Pezeshkian will meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, a trip that follows Sergei Lavrov's visit to Tehran.
Hakan Fidan said after the Istanbul meeting that eight countries oppose a new attack on the Islamic Republic; Germany urged Tehran to stop attacking ships and neighbours.
Two Islamic Republic security officials say Tehran has a detailed plan to attack the Persian Gulf's undersea communication cables if the war resumes.
Mehdi Ketabchi, water coordinator of the Iran Prosperity Project, says this year's better rainfall has not ended Iran's water crisis, whose root is water governance.
The Coordinated Front of Iranian Fighters, with 39 groups, wrote to Maxime Prévot asking that the cancellation of Belgium's parliament invitation to Prince Reza Pahlavi be reconsidered.