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IranWatch Daily: November 7, 2025IranWatch
Nov 7, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 7, 2025

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...

IranWatch Daily: November 6, 2025IranWatch
Nov 6, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 6, 2025

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...

IranWatch Daily: November 5, 2025IranWatch
Nov 5, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 5, 2025

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...

Iran’s hijab announcement is a decoyOp-Eds
Nov 4, 2025

Iran’s hijab announcement is a decoy

Read the full op-ed in The Washington Times. Foreign coverage of Iran often collapses a national struggle for liberation into a single symbol: the mandatory hijab. A few clips from Tehran show unve...

IranWatch Daily: November 4, 2025IranWatch
Nov 4, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 4, 2025

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...

IranWatch Daily: November 3, 2025IranWatch
Nov 3, 2025

IranWatch Daily: November 3, 2025

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...

IranWatch Daily: October 31, 2025IranWatch
Oct 31, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 31, 2025

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 CongressIranWatch
Oct 31, 2025

The Birth of the Iranian Folk Congress

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,...

Mamdani’s Coalition of Socialists and Islamists Could, Like Tehran’s ‘Red and Black’ Alliance in 1979, Boomerang on LeftistsOp-Eds
Oct 30, 2025

Mamdani’s Coalition of Socialists and Islamists Could, Like Tehran’s ‘Red and Black’ Alliance in 1979, Boomerang on Leftists

Read the full article in The New York Sun Modern Iranian history flashes a bright caution sign as America’s far left and Islamist movements converge in our cities and universities. Iranians have se...

IranWatch Daily: October 30, 2025IranWatch
Oct 30, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 30, 2025

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...

IranWatch Daily: October 29, 2025IranWatch
Oct 29, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 29, 2025

Brief Notes Iranian Oil Selling for Record Low Prices: Discounts on Iranian oil sales to China have grown to their highest level in over a year, as tightened sanctions on both Russia and the Islamic Republic disrupt logistics and heighten buyer anxiety. According to one benchmark, offers for...

IranWatch Daily: October 28, 2025IranWatch
Oct 28, 2025

IranWatch Daily: October 28, 2025

Brief Notes British Hostages in Iran are ‘Losing Hope’: In January of this year, the Islamic Republic detained British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman as they rode their motorcycles through Iran, later charging them with “espionage,” which they deny. On Thursday last week, Mrs. Foreman was allowed...