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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Speaking in Arizona on Wednesday, 14 October, Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic asked him to stop killing its leaders and that he agreed; he said it is unclear whom he should negotiate with.
The bulk carrier Cape Dao, hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on 23 September, is sinking after a failed rescue attempt — the second ship in under 24 hours.
CENTCOM said US forces destroyed on 6 October a dhow linked to the Islamic Republic that was tracking and targeting US warships in the Gulf of Oman.
Yadollah Javani, the IRGC's political deputy, on Wednesday 14 October compared the Islamic Republic's war with the United States to the two world wars in its consequences and spoke of readiness to respond.
Singapore's maritime authority confirmed that the container ship GFS Pride sank after being hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz; its 21 crew members were evacuated safely.
US Central Command rejected Ali Azmayi's claim that the Revolutionary Guards control the Strait of Hormuz, saying the US and its regional partners hold full control of the strait.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre confirmed attacks on two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz and reported 15 attacks on ships between 6 and 14 October.
In Mehrestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Afsaneh Aqila, a Basij women's commander, was killed; police also named the officer killed in the attack on a police vehicle.
Tommy Pigott, the US State Department spokesman, said Washington has destroyed the Islamic Republic's ability to send money and equipment to proxy groups, including Hezbollah.
