According to received reports, political prisoner Saeed Massouri was removed from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj by agents of Iran’s terrorist intelligence apparatus on Wednesday, July 16, and transferred to an unknown location. This abduction was carried out without informing his family or lawyers, causing serious concern. In response, a number of political prisoners held […]| Iran Focus
Iran’s economy, long plagued by structural inflation, is now facing an alarming crisis as food price inflation outpaces general inflation. This phenomenon has had severe repercussions for low- and middle-income households, pushing the country to the brink of widespread hunger. According to official data from the Iranian Statistical Center, point-to-point inflation in January 2025 reached 31.8%. […]| Iran Focus
As Iran’s energy crisis intensifies, officials of the Iranian regime are shifting responsibility onto the public, urging citizens to “conserve” and warning of the critical state of dam water reserves. On Sunday, July 20, the Tehran Water and Wastewater Company announced that the droughts of the past five years, combined with the sharp decline in […]| Iran Focus
With decreasing rainfall in Iran and the absence of a proper system for protecting water resources, media reports indicate that water rationing is imminent in the country. According to reports, water reserves behind Iran’s dams are in a critical state, and in the coming months, the water supply crisis will add to the country’s existing […]| Iran Focus
Residents of Sabzevar, a city in eastern Iran, took to the streets for the second consecutive night. They gathered in front of the Sabzevar Governor’s Office, chanting slogans such as “Our rights are only earned in the streets” and “Water, electricity, life are our basic rights” in protest against frequent power outages in the region. […]| Iran Focus
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), fearing the possible activation of the snapback mechanism, has called for “psychological preparation of society” instead of “hope-building.” As speculation increases over the potential activation of the snapback mechanism by the three European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s state-run media have simultaneously warned of […]| Iran Focus
On the morning of Saturday, June 21, Israeli Air Force targeted an apartment in a building in the Salarieh neighborhood of Qom. Reports indicate that the strike left at least two people dead. A few hours later, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed that the target of the attack was Mohammad Saeed Izadi, commander of […]| Iran Focus
The air in several cities of Khuzestan Province has reached the red alert level, meaning it is unhealthy for all groups. In Isfahan and Mashhad, air quality is reported to be at an orange level, unhealthy for sensitive groups. According to air quality monitoring data on Friday, October 24, the city of Hoveyzeh, with an […]| Iran Focus
LONDON, October 11, 2025 — At Church House Westminster, lawmakers, human rights advocates, and international dignitaries convened for a major conference marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The event, organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), focused on Iran’s alarming execution record and amplified support for the democratic vision of […]| Iran Focus
The 92nd week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign continues in 54 prisons across Iran. With the prisons of Ilam and Borujerd joining the campaign last week, the number of prisons participating in the hunger strike of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” movement has reached 54. In this week’s statement of the “No to […]| Iran Focus
Amnesty International announced that since the beginning of 2025, more than 1,000 executions have been reported in Iran and called for their immediate halt. The international human rights organization reported that executions in Iran are carried out after unfair trials and with the aim of suppressing protests and minorities. Hussein Baoumi, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director […]| Iran Focus
The 90th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign was held in 52 prisons across Iran, with participating prisoners going on a hunger strike. A part of the statement referring to the World Day Against the Death Penalty reads: “Coinciding with the World Day Against the Death Penalty, prisoners participating in the ‘No to […]| Iran Focus
Ghasem Abutalebi, head of Iran’s regime Nurse Council, announced that the country is facing a shortage of 165,000 nurses. At the same time, Abbas Ebadi, the regime’s deputy minister of nursing at the Ministry of Health, attributed the delay in paying nurses’ arrears to two main reasons: the failure to allocate budget bonds and the […]| Iran Focus
Mohammad Sharifi-Moghaddam, secretary-general of the Nurses’ Association of Iran, reported that “around 60,000 to 70,000” unemployed nurses in Iran are unwilling to return to work. Speaking to the state-run Ham-Mihan daily on Saturday, October 18, Sharifi-Moghaddam said, “A salary below 200 million rials (approximately 180$) for a woman with two children only covers childcare expenses, […]| Iran Focus
Mohammad Reza Raiszadeh, head of Iran’s regime Medical Council, warned about the growing crisis of specialist shortages, stating that “in a few years,” even Iran’s major cities will face a shortage of pediatricians. On Sunday, October 12, Raiszadeh said: “We have a shortage of pediatric specialists in Iran, and we must ask why our general […]| Iran Focus
Last week, the United States sanctioned a transnational network for its involvement in a multi-year scheme aimed at supplying spare helicopter parts—and even a complete U.S.-made helicopter—to the armed forces of Iran’s regime. In 2024, the U.S. government had also targeted several individuals involved in the same scheme through a civil forfeiture case. Since then, […]| Iran Focus
Amnesty International announced that more than 1,300 people have been executed in Iran during 2025 and called on the international community to take immediate action to “stop this horror.” In a statement on Friday, October 24, the organization described the execution of over 1,300 people in the current year as “the highest figure recorded in […]| Iran Focus
According to media reports, air quality in the provinces of Khuzestan, Isfahan, and Razavi Khorasan has reached a red-level warning. Isfahan has been deprived of clean air for the twentieth consecutive day, and 17 cities in Khuzestan are experiencing unhealthy air. In all urban areas of Mashhad, air quality has been reported as unhealthy for […]| Iran Focus
Eighteen prisoners, including one woman, were executed in prisons across Iran between Tuesday, October 21, and Sunday, October 26, 2025. The executions took place in the prisons of Shiraz, Zahedan, Aligudarz, Arak, Esfarayen, Khorramabad, Dezful, Qom, Shahroud, Rasht, Tabriz, Ghezel Hesar (Karaj), Yazd, and Borujerd. Execution of 3 prisoners in Adel Abad Prison of Shiraz […]| Iran Focus
As the sharp increase in executions continues in Iran, 16 prisoners held in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj were transferred to solitary confinement for execution. At the same time, a number of inmates refused to receive their food rations in protest against the wave of executions. On Monday, October 13, the Iran Human Rights Society […]| Iran Focus
On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Iran expressed grave concern over the shocking surge in executions, announcing that, according to reliable information, Iran’s regime has executed more than 1,000 people since the beginning of 2025. In a statement the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced […]| Iran Focus
Hossein Raghfar, a pro-regime economist, reacted to the recent crisis involving Iran’s Ayandeh Bank, saying that with its tens of trillions of tomans of debt to the Central Bank, at least 120 specialized hospitals could be built in Iran. On Saturday, October 25, Raghfar said in an interview that Ayandeh Bank has losses of 4.5 […]| Iran Focus
As the Iranian regime continues to fail in addressing retirees’ demands, a group of retired oil industry workers held a protest in front of the Ministry of Oil building in Tehran. At the same time, groups of retired steel industry workers in Isfahan and Social Security retirees in several other cities also staged demonstrations. On […]| Iran Focus
Carrying goods across the western borders of Iran — known as kolbari — is an old phenomenon, but in recent years, with rising unemployment and poverty in border regions, it has become the only means of survival for thousands. There are no official statistics on the number of porters (kolbars), but human rights organizations estimate […]| Iran Focus
The U.S. government sanctioned more than 20 companies in China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, including several subsidiaries of an American semiconductor manufacturer, for “illegally supporting” Iran’s regime military forces and its proxy groups. On October 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that two subsidiaries of the American company Arrow Electronics, based in […]| Iran Focus
The president of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, in a meeting with Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s regime Supreme National Security Council, called for Tehran not to interfere in his country’s internal affairs. Arab media reported that Joseph Aoun, the president of Lebanon, in his meeting with Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s regime Supreme National Security […]| Iran Focus
On the morning of Sunday, July 27, Saeed Masouri—the longest-held political prisoner in Iran’s regime prisons—was suddenly exiled from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj to Zahedan Prison, one of the most deprived and dangerous facilities in the country, without any legal warrant. His family has described the move as “punitive and deliberate” and voiced grave […]| Iran Focus
One day after the heroic resistance of political prisoners in Qezelhesar Prison successfully thwarted an attempt by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence agents to abduct the nation’s longest-serving political prisoner, Saeed Masouri, and forcibly transfer him to an unknown location, Masouri managed to smuggle out a powerful letter. July 17, 2025, the letter not only details […]| Iran Focus
On Sunday, July 27, retirees from the Social Security and Education sectors took to the streets once again in various cities across Iran—from Tehran to Rasht, Arak, and Kermanshah—to raise their voices in protest against poverty, corruption, and the injustice of the regime. Tehran: Retired Educators Rally in Front of Education Ministry On Sunday morning, […]| Iran Focus
In recent years, Iran’s economy has faced complex crises, any one of which could destabilize an entire economic system. From energy imbalances and international sanctions to unstable domestic policies and stagflation, all these challenges have severely disrupted the supply chain, production, and foreign trade. Energy Imbalance and Production Shutdowns Energy imbalance is one of the […]| Iran Focus
Amid a severe water crisis in Iran and growing public complaints over water cuts, Massoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian regime’s president, visited several dams in Alborz province, including Karaj Dam and Taleqan Dam. On the evening of Thursday, July 24, following his visit to the Taleqan Dam water transfer project to Tehran, Pezeshkian told reporters: “As […]| Iran Focus
With the ongoing heatwave and severe shortages of water and electricity across Iran, officials of Iran’s regime have implemented widespread shutdowns or reduced working hours for government offices in various provinces. As the heatwave continues and water and electricity shortages become more critical in Iran, officials of the Iranian regime have resorted to implementing full-scale […]| Iran Focus
Amid growing warnings about water shortages and the Iranian regime’s failure to manage the drought crisis, Abbas Aliabadi, Iran’s Minister of Energy, stated that importing water from neighboring countries is on the agenda and that negotiations have already taken place with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. On Tuesday, July 15, Aliabadi noted that Iran has […]| Iran Focus
Global Condemnation of the Brutal Execution of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani Political prisoners and members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, were executed by Iran’s regime at dawn on Sunday, July 27. The execution of these two political prisoners triggered a wave of international condemnation. Political figures […]| Iran Focus
In recent days, as environmental, livelihood, and infrastructure crises—especially water shortages—have intensified across the country, a wave of popular protests has swept through Iran. The failure to address people’s most basic needs has once again turned the streets into scenes of angry outcries. On Wednesday, July 25, residents of the village of Barzanun near Nishapur […]| Iran Focus
Three hundred prominent political and legal figures, along with Nobel Prize laureates, have called for global efforts to prevent a repeat of the 1988 massacre in Iran. These 301 international figures include: Former world leaders, heads of state, ministers, and ambassadors, former UN officials and rapporteurs, and distinguished legal experts, lawmakers and leading human rights advocates, […]| Iran Focus
Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, the judiciary chief of Iran’s regime, announced on the evening of Tuesday, July 22, that approximately 2,000 people had been arrested during what was described as the “12-day war between Iran and Israel.” He stated in a televised interview that the arrests continued even after Israel’s attack. While he claimed that “many” of […]| Iran Focus
On Wednesday, July 16, Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner detained since January 2025, informed his mother during a brief phone call—his first in 12 days of total silence—that he had been transferred to one of the Intelligence Ministry’s safe houses in the city of Qom. This was his first communication since his suspicious transfer from […]| Iran Focus
The human rights website HRANA reported on the occasion of “World Day for Safety and Health at Work,” that between May 2, 2024, and April 27, 2025, at least 2,079 workers in Iran lost their lives due to unsafe work environments or hazardous working conditions, and at least 16,273 others were injured. Additionally, a total […]| Iran Focus
Around 12 noon on Saturday, April 26, coinciding with the third round of Tehran-Washington talks in Muscat, a massive explosion occurred at Rajaei Port in the city of Bandar Abbas. The blast shook the ground within at least a 50-kilometer radius and shattered windows of buildings. Four days after the incident, videos circulating on social […]| Iran Focus
New statistics from Iran’s Central Bank show that under Ebrahim Raisi’s administration, the government’s debt to the banking system surged by 148%. Additionally, liquidity surpassed 90 quadrillion rials (approximately $139.86 billion), more than double the amount when Raisi’s government took office in 2021. The latest Central Bank report indicates that by August of this year, […]| Iran Focus
Despite Iran’s immense potential in hydrocarbon resources and renewable energy, the country remains heavily dependent on natural gas to meet its electricity needs. Nuclear energy, despite massive investment, does not play a significant role in Iran’s energy security. The Iranian regime, under its long-term strategy, has planned to increase its nuclear power generation capacity to […]| Iran Focus
The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign has entered its 65th week. In a statement, prisoners protesting death sentences in Iran condemned the criminal execution of political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou. Political prisoners also described the issuance of death sentences for fellow political prisoner Pejman Soltani and others as a reflection of the regime’s fear of […]| Iran Focus
Amid continued warnings about water shortages and the drought crisis in Iran, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the National Center for Climate and Drought Crisis Management at Iran’s Meteorological Organization, said the country has turned into a “sieve” due to numerous illegal wells and excessive extraction from legal wells. Speaking to ISNA, a regime-affiliated news agency, […]| Iran Focus
Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, April 21, the deputy prosecutor of West Azerbaijan province informed the family of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, that he had been transferred to Tehran and executed earlier that same Saturday. The family of this Kurdish citizen, whose execution has been confirmed by judiciary officials […]| Iran Focus
On the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025, a massive explosion occurred at Rajaei Wharf, one of the strategic docks of Bandar Abbas, causing extensive damage. Numerous videos circulated showing the state of the dock after the explosion, including damage to vehicles, infrastructure, and the spread of fire. However, according to provincial and security officials, […]| Iran Focus
In yet another attempt by Iran’s regime to mask its crimes against political activists under a legal pretense, a recent report submitted by the judiciary to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reveals yet another layer of the systematic and nationwide crackdown on freedom-seekers. This time, the justification centers around the execution sentences […]| Iran Focus
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a statement on April 25, 2025, regarding political prisoner Kamran Rezaeifar. The statement reads: “The henchmen of Khamenei are preventing the transfer of political prisoner Kamran Rezaei-Far, who is suffering from malignant stomach cancer to a hospital and blocking his hospitalization. Hedayat Farzadi, the criminal head […]| Iran Focus
With the explosion on April 26, 2025, at Rajaei Port and the subsequent halt of operations there, approximately 57 percent of Iran’s nominal cargo handling capacity has been taken out of service. This port does not play a major role in the trade of essential goods but holds a special position in the oil products […]| Iran Focus
On Saturday, April 25, a powerful explosion at the facilities of Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas caused heavy tremors across the city and surrounding areas. According to state-controlled media, the intensity of the explosion was such that the sound was heard for several kilometers and the ground shook. According to the regime’s Director General of […]| Iran Focus
Political prisoner Hamid Haj Jafar Kashani was tortured for chanting against Khamenei. This former political prisoner was arrested for the third time on Sunday, April 27, 2025, on North Kargar Street in Tehran and is currently under beating and torture. According to a video that circulated widely on social media on Sunday, Hamid Kashani, a […]| Iran Focus
In the 64th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, female prisoners in Zahedan prison and Ezbaram prison in Lahijan also joined this protest movement. With this development, the number of prisons participating in the campaign has reached 40. The hunger strike by political prisoners continues while a new wave of executions in Iran […]| Iran Focus
Ali-Asghar Ahaniha, a representative of employers in Iran’s Supreme Labor Council, stated that “50 percent capacity” of industrial parks in Iran has ceased operations due to recurring power outages. These comments come following persistent power outages in some industrial units caused by energy shortages in Iran and increased electricity and gas consumption during the cold […]| Iran Focus
Amnesty International has condemned Iran’s mandatory Hijab and Chastity Law, set to take effect on December 13, as “shameful.” Amnesty International stated that the Hijab and Chastity Law, passed by the Iranian regime’s parliament, further erases the rights of women and girls under the Iranian regime and “intensifies” their oppression. In a statement on Tuesday, […]| Iran Focus
In continuation of the medicine crisis in Iran, Mohammad Jamalian, a member of the Health and Treatment Commission in the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), announced that in the “coming months,” medicine shortages will be seen with “greater intensity.” Jamalian issued this warning in an interview with the state-run ILNA news agency, which was published on […]| Iran Focus
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A month after the establishment of the commercial foreign exchange market, the exchange rate allocated for the import of non-essential goods has reached approximately 664,000 rials per dollar. These changes, due to the rising cost of imports, have caused a 5% to 20% increase in the prices of household appliances. Meanwhile, the dollar’s price in […]| Iran Focus
The import of rice from March 21 to December 21, 2024, has decreased by approximately 20%, while the Ministry of Agriculture has claimed that with the production of 2.7 million tons of rice this year, the country’s need for imports has reduced. According to the state-run Tasnim News Agency, Shayegan Adibi, introduced as an agricultural […]| Iran Focus
The chaotic state of banks in Iran is one of the main causes of the country’s economic crisis. Instead of playing a supportive role in production, they have become tools serving the ruling establishment. This shift has led to an increase in debt and inflation. The latest list of major bank debtors, dated mid-December 2024, […]| Iran Focus
Gas and electricity outages in Iran’s industries are one of the serious economic issues that have affected production and employment in recent years. Manufacturing industries require continuous access to energy to maintain production stability. However, in practice, frequent electricity and gas outages have halted production lines and reduced efficiency. This issue has imposed heavy costs […]| Iran Focus
Reports from Iranian domestic media indicate that almost every day, some goods or services become more expensive, and in some cases, such as dairy products, official price hikes have occurred several times a year. Many analysts believe that due to its direct impact on people’s lives and well-being, surviving in Iran is gradually becoming a […]| Iran Focus
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Alireza Kazemi, the Iranian regime’s Minister of Education reported that 750,000 students are out of school, noting that “approximately 150,000” of these are in primary education, while the rest are in middle school. Kazemi stated that the issue of out-of-school students is unrelated to the Ministry of Education, claiming that those dropping out at the […]| Iran Focus
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A report from Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) Research Center shows that, with the poverty rate stabilized above 30.1%, one-third of the nation’s citizens are unable to meet their basic needs. According to the report, Iran’s poverty rate reached 30.1% of the population in 2023, and projections from the Majlis Research Center indicate this rate will remain […]| Iran Focus
Before the imposition of strict U.S. sanctions in May 2011, Iran exported approximately three million barrels of oil daily. With the onset of the Obama administration’s sanctions, this figure dropped below one million barrels by February 2012. Following the implementation of the nuclear agreement in 2015, Iran’s oil exports rose to around three million barrels […]| Iran Focus
Reza Sepah Vand, a member of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament) Energy Commission, highlighted various issues resulting from mismanagement, warning that the imbalance between natural gas production and consumption in Iran “is continuously increasing.” On Thursday, October 24, in an interview with ILNA news agency, Sepah Vand announced that “the pressure in the South Pars […]| Iran Focus
The share of Iran’s armed forces from the revenues of “oil and gas exports in the government’s general budget” will be 51%, according to the details of the 2025 budget bill. According to the budget bill submitted to parliament by Iranian regime President Massoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, October 22, the government’s share of total oil […]| Iran Focus
