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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, 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...

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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, 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, 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, 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...

Australia Expels Islamic Republic Ambassador, Plans to Designate IRGC

The Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has come to the “deeply disturbing conclusion” that the Islamic Republic in Iran directed at least two antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and ...

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...

IranWatch Daily: August 22, 2025

Brief Notes Saber-Rattling to Mark National Defense Industry Day: IRGC chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour today said that any “miscalculation” by adversaries would be met with a “decisive, rapid, and regret-inducing response.” Artesh (conventional/“regular” armed forces) chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami...

IranWatch Daily: August 21, 2025

Brief Notes Tehran Again Warns Adversaries Against ‘Adventurism’: The Islamic Republic’s Defense Ministry today marked “Defense Industry Day” with a statement, which read: “Iran’s enemies have realized they will receive a very harsh slap from the country's armed forces in response to any...