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IranWatch

Sep 23, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 23, 2025

Brief Notes Pezeshkian Signals No UNGA Meeting With United States, Trump: Islamic Republic President Masoud Pezeshkian, in comments made from Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport prior to his departure for New York City today, said no talks were possible with a “bully seeking to coerce,” likely referring to...

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Sep 22, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 22, 2025

Brief Notes President Pezeshkian Arriving in NYC Tomorrow: President Masoud Pezeshkian is expected to arrive in the U.S. tomorrow for the UN General Assembly in New York City. According to the Office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Pezeshkian met with Khamenei today to present a report on the plans...

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Sep 19, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 19, 2025

Brief Notes Official Confirms Missile Test: IRGC-linked Tasnim News yesterday reported that a Semnan Province official confirmed: “People in the provinces of Golestan, Semnan, western Razavi Khorasan, northern Isfahan, and parts of South Khorasan witnessed a bright light in the sky, which was...

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Sep 18, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 18, 2025

Brief Notes U.S. Adversaries Fuel Charlie Kirk Murder Conspiracies: The Islamic Republic, along with China and Russia, has referenced Charlie Kirk’s murder more than 6,000 times over the past week. Numerous regime-affiliated news agencies, including state-run IRNA, and pro-regime social media...

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Sep 17, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 17, 2025

Brief Notes Islamic Republic Hangs Another ‘Israeli Spy’: The Islamic Republic executed Babak Shahbazi, convicted of “spying” for Israel’s Mossad. The Judiciary’s Mizan News Agency reported that Shahbazi, arrested in January 2024, admitted to cooperating with Mossad for financial gain and the...

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Sep 16, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 16, 2025

Brief Notes Sporadic Protests Mark Third Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death: Sporadic protests erupted in Tehran, Karaj, and Arak, among other cities in Iran, with people wearing black in mourning and chanting, “Death to the dictator!” In one incident in Tehran, plainclothes security forces...

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Sep 15, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 15, 2025

Brief Notes U.S. State Department Statement on Mahsa Amini: On the occasion of the three-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s murder by the Islamic Republic, the U.S. State Department today published a press release: “…Mahsa’s name will never be forgotten. Her murder, along with so many others, is a...

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Sep 12, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 12, 2025

Brief Notes IRGC, Hamas Members Flee Sudan: Hours after Israel struck Hamas leaders in Doha on September 9, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hamas, who were stationed at a military base in the Sudanese city of Omdurman, Khartoum State, left for Eritrea due to fear of an...

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Sep 11, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 11, 2025

Honoring the Memory of Those Killed on 9/11 Today we honor the memory of those murdered on September 11, 2001, and recommit to the courage, unity, and moral clarity that overcame that day. Iranians are intimately familiar with the dangers of radical Islam, having endured its violence at home and...

IranWatch

Sep 8, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 8, 2025

Brief Notes Pezeshkian Says BRICS Must Combat U.S. ‘Unilateralism’: Speaking at a virtual BRICS summit convened by Brazil to discuss U.S. trade policy, President Masoud Pezeshkian called on member nations to combat the “alarming trend of unilateralism.” In his speech, Pezeshkian said, “One of the...

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Sep 5, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 5, 2025

NUFDI’s Latest Publications Iran's diplomatic feints come up short as economy flashes red (Iran International) Brief Notes IAEA–Tehran Negotiations in Vienna: Reza Najafi, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador and permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said, “Another round...

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Sep 4, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 4, 2025

Brief Notes Fire Near Isfahan Nuclear Facility: Mansour Shisheforoush, Director General of Crisis Management in the Isfahan Governorate’s Office, said smoke seen near Isfahan nuclear facilities today came from an unrelated fire caused by hot weather at a nearby waste facility. The incident sparked...