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IranWatch Daily: December 10, 2025IranWatch
Dec 10, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 10, 2025

NUFDI Launches IranWatch Podcast NUFDI has relaunched its podcast series! In the newly-rebranded IranWatch podcast’s first episode, listen to Senior Policy Analyst Andrew Ghalili and Senior Research Analyst Khosro Isfahani unpack the myth that the Islamic Republic’s enforcement of mandatory hijab...

IranWatch Daily: December 9, 2025IranWatch
Dec 9, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 9, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Says U.S. ‘Copying’ of Shahed Drones is an ‘Admission’ of Tehran’s Military ‘Superiority’: Spokesperson and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Abolfazl Shekarchi said that the “copying” of the Shahed-136 drone by “superpowers like the United States” serves as a “practical...

IranWatch Daily: December 8, 2025IranWatch
Dec 8, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 8, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Claims Israel Hiding Impact of 12-Day War: Islamic Republic Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi asserted that the regime was transparent regarding damage it took during the 12-Day War, while alleging Israel blocked the disclosure of what he called “very, very heavy” losses...

IranWatch Daily: December 5, 2025IranWatch
Dec 5, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 5, 2025

Brief Notes IRGC Navy Conducts Long-Range Ballistic Missile Tests Amid Persian Gulf Island Tensions: In the second day of the IRGC Navy’s Persian Gulf exercise, extensive naval and missile drills were conducted, launching Qadr-110, Qadr-380, and “303” type ballistic missiles at practice targets in...

IranWatch Daily: December 4, 2025IranWatch
Dec 4, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 4, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Derides Putin–Witkoff Talks as ‘Fruitless,’ Says Europe ‘Sidelined’: Islamic Republic media cast the December 2 meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff as “fruitless” and emblematic of a broader breakdown in Western unity, with outlets across...

IranWatch Daily: December 3, 2025IranWatch
Dec 3, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 3, 2025

Brief Notes Regime Outlets Use Arrest of Former EU Official to Mock Engagement With West: State-run outlets in Iran used reports of former EU foreign representative Federica Mogherini’s arrest in a European fraud probe to ridicule domestic figures who favor diplomatic engagement with the West. Some...

IranWatch Daily: December 2, 2025IranWatch
Dec 2, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 2, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Reservoir Levels Continue to Fall: Satellite imagery reviewed by BBC Verify shows sharp drops in water levels across the reservoirs supplying Tehran, deepening fears of an impending water crisis. Authorities recently warned that rationing water may be unavoidable after the city’s...

IranWatch Daily: December 1, 2025IranWatch
Dec 1, 2025

IranWatch Daily: December 1, 2025

NUFDI Releases Video Messages to Mark Bloody November Six years ago, the Islamic Republic, facing a quickly growing nationwide uprising, feared it was closer to collapse than it had ever been before. To silence the Iranian people’s calls for the end of the Islamic Republic, the regime shut down the...

IranWatch Daily: November 26, 2025IranWatch
Nov 26, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 26, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Says Hezbollah ‘More Necessary for Lebanon Than Bread’: Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said that the Islamic Republic will continue backing Hezbollah, accusing Israel of violating the November 2024 ceasefire and saying Hezbollah is justified in...

IranWatch Daily: November 25, 2025IranWatch
Nov 25, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 25, 2025

19-Year-Old Iranian Activist Still Missing On November 13, security forces of the Islamic Republic abducted Bita Shafiei, a 19-year-old activist, from her family home, just three days after the arrest of her mother, Maryam Abbasi Nikoo. A video shared by Bita’s father after the raid shows extensive...

A Blood-Soaked Legacy: Profiling the Islamic Republic's Top Military Brass Killed in the 12-Day WarReports
Nov 25, 2025

A Blood-Soaked Legacy: Profiling the Islamic Republic's Top Military Brass Killed in the 12-Day War

Executive Summary A Blood-Soaked Legacy: Profiling the Islamic Republic’s Top Military Brass Killed During the 12-Day War examines twelve senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who...

IranWatch Daily: November 24, 2025IranWatch
Nov 24, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 24, 2025

Brief Notes Intel Minister Warns of ‘Enemy Plots’ Against Supreme Leader’s Life: Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said the Islamic Republic’s “enemies” are seeking to target Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, citing “assassination plots to hostile campaigns” allegedly aligned with U.S. and Israeli...