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IranWatch Daily: September 12, 2025IranWatch
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...

IranWatch Daily: September 11, 2025IranWatch
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 Daily: September 8, 2025IranWatch
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...

IranWatch Daily: September 5, 2025IranWatch
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...

IranWatch Daily: September 4, 2025IranWatch
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...

IranWatch Daily: September 3, 2025IranWatch
Sep 3, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 3, 2025

Brief Notes IAEA Pushes Inspection Agreement: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said talks with the Islamic Republic on resuming nuclear inspections “cannot go on for months on end.” Grossi added, “We are trying to have another meeting, perhaps within a few days now, here in Vienna, to conclude...

IranWatch Daily: September 2, 2025IranWatch
Sep 2, 2025

IranWatch Daily: September 2, 2025

Brief Notes New U.S. Sanctions on Islamic Republic Oil Network: The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions today targeting a network accused of smuggling Islamic Republic oil through Iraq. The State Department’s announcement names Waleed al-Samarra’i, a dual citizen of Iraq and Saint Kitts...

IranWatch Daily: August 29, 2025IranWatch
Aug 29, 2025

IranWatch Daily: August 29, 2025

Brief Notes Germany Advises Citizens to Leave Iran: Germany has urged its citizens to leave Iran and to avoid travel there due to the potential for retaliatory action from the Islamic Republic following the E3 (Germany, France, and the UK) triggering of UNSCR 2231’s snapback mechanism yesterday....

IranWatch Daily: August 28, 2025IranWatch
Aug 28, 2025

IranWatch Daily: August 28, 2025

Brief Notes Evidence of Cleanup at North Tehran Nuclear Site: Evidence has emerged of rapid cleanup operations at the Mojdeh nuclear site in Lavizan, north Tehran, which was recently targeted by Israeli airstrikes, potentially eliminating evidence of weapons-related nuclear work. Satellite images...

IranWatch Daily: August 27, 2025IranWatch
Aug 27, 2025

IranWatch Daily: August 27, 2025

Brief Notes New Clashes With Militants in Iran’s Southeast: The IRGC announced today that it killed at least 13 militants and arrested several others during three separate operations in the Sistan-Baluchestan Province cities of Iranshahr, Khash, and Saravan. An IRGC commander, Hassan Mortazavi,...

IranWatch Daily: August 26, 2025IranWatch
Aug 26, 2025

IranWatch Daily: August 26, 2025

Brief Notes MP Indicted for Remarks Deemed ‘Against National Security’: The Tehran Prosecutor’s Office has indicted a sitting member of the Majles (Parliament) for remarks deemed to be “against national security and causing public concern.” Although the MP was not named in today’s report from...

IranWatch Daily: August 25, 2025IranWatch
Aug 25, 2025

IranWatch Daily: August 25, 2025

Brief Notes IRGC General Says Hezbollah ‘Will Never be Disarmed’: Brig. Gen. Iraj Masjedi, the deputy coordination commander of the IRGC Quds Force, today said, “Hezbollah will never be disarmed… Neither the people of Lebanon nor the Hezbollah resistance force will accept this American-Zionist...