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Inside Tehran’s Threat Assessment: Why Organization at Home Alarms the Regime

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Four-minute read For anyone trying to identify the vulnerabilities of Iran’s clerical regime, its own security vocabulary is unusually instructive. Officials routinely blame foreign powers for Iran’s crises, but when they describe how unrest might become genuinely dangerous, the same words keep surfacing: network, organization, recruitment, neighborhoods, universities. Increasingly, those warnings intersect with another recurring […] The post Inside Tehran’s Threat Assessment: Why Organization at Home Alarms the Regime appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-resistance/inside-tehrans-threat-assessment-why-organization-at-home-alarms-the-regime/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Deadly Armed Incidents Hit Zahedan and Rask as Officials Warn Economy Is “Considerably Worse”

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Three-minute read Iran’s southeastern security crisis intensified again on October 1, when a joint IRGC-police operation outside Zahedan left six people dead, followed hours later by an armed attack on a police checkpoint in Rask that killed an officer. The IRGC’s Quds regional headquarters said security forces raided a house in Manzel-Ab, about 13 kilometers […] The post Deadly Armed Incidents Hit Zahedan and Rask as Officials Warn Economy Is “Considerably Worse” appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/deadly-armed-incidents-hit-zahedan-and-rask-as-officials-warn-economy-is-considerably-worse/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Iran: At Least 10 Prisoners Executed on September 30; Four Others, including a Woman, Executed on September 28

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Juvenile Offender Executed After 21 Years in Prison On Wednesday, September 30, the executioners of Iran’s ruling religious fascism sent at least 10 prisoners to the gallows in a brutal crime. In addition to the courageous rebels Ali Hemmati and Majid Nik-Andish, Ali Alizehi and Abdolhamid Shiheki, two Baluch compatriots, were executed in Kerman; Abbas […] The post Iran: At Least 10 Prisoners Executed on September 30; Four Others, including a Woman, Executed on September 28 appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/statement-human-rights/at-least-14-prisoners-executed-in-iran-sept-28-30-including-a-woman-and-juvenile-offender/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Iran News in Brief – September 30, 2026

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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST Report: Crude Oil Exports from the Gulf Reach Prewar Levels Despite threats from Iran, oil exports from Arab producers in the Persian Gulf have been on the rise for some time. According to data provider Kpler, a “shuttle fleet” in the Strait […] The post Iran News in Brief – September 30, 2026 appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-news-in-brief-september-30-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Heavy Armed Clash in IranShahr as Rial Breaks 250,000 and Domestic Strains Widen

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Three-minute read A prolonged armed confrontation shook IranShahr in Sistan and Baluchestan on September 29, 2026, with sustained gunfire heard for hours in the Gharibabad district. Videos circulated by local media recorded heavy firing, while local sources reported the use of RPGs and said dozens of security vehicles, a tank and drones were deployed as […] The post Heavy Armed Clash in IranShahr as Rial Breaks 250,000 and Domestic Strains Widen appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/heavy-armed-clash-in-iranshahr-as-rial-breaks-250000-and-domestic-strains-widen/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Tehran’s Infighting Tests Mojtaba Khamenei’s Authority as Hardliners Turn on His Negotiators

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Three-minute read  For a system built around the fiction of a single, unquestioned political center, the quarrel over Abbas Araghchi’s New York contact with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff has become unusually revealing. State television acknowledged the encounter. More importantly, Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior military adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei, said the leader had given the […] The post Tehran’s Infighting Tests Mojtaba Khamenei’s Authority as Hardliners Turn on His Negotiators appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/iranian-regime-infighting/tehrans-infighting-tests-mojtaba-khameneis-authority-as-hardliners-turn-on-his-negotiators/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Iran’s Anti-execution Campaign Reaches Week 140 as Hunger Strikes Expand to 66 Prisons

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The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign issued its latest statement on September 29, 2026, marking its 140th consecutive week of protest. Organizers announced that the movement has expanded to 66 prisons across Iran following the joining of inmates in Darreh Shahr Prison in Ilam province and Meshgin Shahr Prison in Ardebil province. Timed with the […] The post Iran’s Anti-execution Campaign Reaches Week 140 as Hunger Strikes Expand to 66 Prisons appeared first on NCRI. https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/human-rights/iran-anti-execution-campaign-reaches-week-140-as-hunger-strikes-expand-to-66-prisons/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger