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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...

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...

IranWatch Daily: November 21, 2025IranWatch
Nov 21, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 21, 2025

Brief Notes Friday Prayer Leader Calls Saudi Arabia ‘America’s Milk Cow’: Leading Tehran’s Friday Prayers today, Mohammad Javad Haj Aliakbari attacked the UN and several Arab states for backing President Donald Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan, calling it a “worthless plan presented by the gambler...

IranWatch Daily: November 20, 2025IranWatch
Nov 20, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 20, 2025

Brief Notes State Media Cast Epstein Vote as ‘Political Defeat’ for Trump: State media claimed the 427-1 U.S. House of Representatives vote directing the Department of Justice to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein was a “heavy political defeat” for President Trump, dubiously suggesting it...

IranWatch Daily: November 19, 2025IranWatch
Nov 19, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 19, 2025

Brief Notes FM Says Regime Will ‘Never Yield to Zero Enrichment’: Islamic Republic Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview today that Tehran would “never yield to zero enrichment,” calling any agreement that eliminates enrichment “treasonous” and insisting the nuclear program is a...