Brief Notes Energy Industry, Healthcare Personnel Go on Strike: Thousands of workers at the critical South Pars gas field in southern Iran are staging demonstrations and have announced a weekly work stoppage over “longstanding grievances” at the site. Concurrently, videos posted to social media...
Brief Notes French Think Tank Says Regime Has ‘Infiltrated’ France: French think tank France2050, in its inaugural report, said the Islamic Republic’s embassy in Paris acts as “the European anchor of the Revolutionary Guards’ influence operations,” working to recruit journalists, academics, and...
Brief Notes Assassination of Israeli Ambassador Foiled by Mexican Authorities: U.S. and Israeli officials say Mexico’s security services foiled an Islamic Republic plot to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz-Neiger, last summer. The plan was allegedly orchestrated by Unit 11000...
Brief Notes FM Says Missile ‘Weaknesses Have Been Remedied’ Since 12-Day War: In a speech to university students in Hamadan Province this morning, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, “Our strength lay in our powerful missiles, which took control of the Zionist regime’s airspace…. For the first...
Brief Notes FM Says Military Strength Regained Following 12-Day War, ‘Enemy’ Seeking to Sow Division: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi today said, “The Armed Forces have employed all their capabilities for this, and our missile firepower is now significantly stronger than it was during the 12-Day...
Brief Notes Minsk–Tehran Military Cooperation Continues: An Islamic Republic Air Force delegation led by Air Force commander Hamid Vahedi is on a working visit to Belarus to discuss “further ways of deepening cooperation in the field of air forces and air defense,” according to the Belarusian...
Brief Notes Iranian Dissident’s Death Sparks Anti-Regime Protests: On Saturday, the deceased body of Omid Sarlak, a young Iranian man, was reportedly discovered in Aligudarz, Lorestan Province, hours after he posted a video of himself burning a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Authorities...
Brief Notes Deputy FM Says Talks With U.S. are ‘Meaningless’: Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the U.S. has “shown no readiness to negotiate on an equal footing” with the Islamic Republic, calling any talks with predetermined outcomes “meaningless.” Speaking to reporters in Muscat...
The Birth of the Iranian Folk Congress A New Chapter in Iran’s United Fight for Freedom For at least the last fifteen centuries, the Iranian nation has consisted of a diverse collection of tribes, ethnicities, languages, and cultures. From Azeris, Kurds, and Baluch to Arabs, Lors, Gilaks, Mazanis,...
Brief Notes United Kingdom Sanctions IRGC Financier: The UK has announced new sanctions against Ali Akbar Ansari, an Iranian banker and businessman known domestically for his connections to the Supreme Leader’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei. The designation’s Statement of Reason reads, “Ansari has...