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August 26, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 27, 2025
Brief Notes New Clashes With Militants in Iran’s Southeast: The IRGC today that it killed at least 13 militants and arrested several others during three separate operations in the…
August 25, 2025Australia 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 iranian attacks at least two…
August 25, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 26, 2025
Brief Notes MP Indicted for Remarks Deemed ‘Against National Security’: The Tehran Prosecutor’s Office has a sitting member of the Majles Parliament for remarks deemed to be…
August 24, 2025IranWatch 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 , “Hezbollah will never…
August 21, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 22, 2025
Brief Notes Saber Rattling to Mark National Defense Industry Day: IRGC chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour today that any “miscalculation” by adversaries would be met with a…
August 20, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 21, 2025
Brief Notes Tehran Again Warns Adversaries Against ‘Adventurism’: The Islamic Republic’s Defense Ministry today “Defense Industry Day” with a statement, which read: “Iran’s…
August 19, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 20, 2025
Brief Notes Navy Missile Exercise Set to Begin in Indian Ocean: The Islamic Republic’s Artesh conventional, non IRGC Navy will a two day military exercise, entitled Eghtedar…
August 18, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 19, 2025
Brief Notes Islamic Republic to Expel Two Million Afghans: Interior Minister Eskand Momeni up to two million undocumented Afghan nationals will be deported to Afghanistan by March…
August 17, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 18, 2025
Brief Notes Perplexing Fires, Explosions Continue: Two major fires in Tehran yesterday, with both described as accidents, one at a waste depot, and the as a “privately owned oil…
August 14, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 15, 2025
Latest NUFDI Publications Outside Publication: Policy Brief: prepared to trigger snapback by end of august/ Blog Post: execution republic in iran gearing up for mass murder/ Brief…
August 14, 2025The Execution Republic in Iran Gearing Up for Mass Murder
When the Islamic Republic faces a crisis, whether domestic dissent or foreign conflict, it does not respond with reform or reconciliation. It turns inward, directing its fiercest…
August 13, 2025E3 Prepared to Trigger Snapback by End of August
As the end of August draws near, the foreign ministers of Germany, France, and the UK, also known as the E3, have moved from signaling to formal notice. In an August 8 letter…
August 13, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 14, 2025
Brief Notes Islamic Republic Claims Preparedness for War: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi today , “at present, as an international relations expert, I do not see war as imminent.”…
August 12, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 13, 2025
Brief Notes E3 Reaffirms Snapback Ultimatum: The foreign ministers of France, the UK, and Germany have france germany uk iaea nuclear weapons/7eb454b4 7840 11f0 a013…
August 11, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 12, 2025
NUFDI’s Latest Publications Mapping a Shadow War: Since the 12 Day War, explosions and fires have been occurring across Iran. NUFDI and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies…
August 5, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 6, 2025
NUFDI’s Latest Publications Iran's security shakeup is more rebrand than reboot Brief Notes Renewed Shutdowns Amid Water, Energy Crisis: Public offices in 28 of Iran’s 31…
August 4, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 5, 2025
Brief Notes Amid Security Concerns, Islamic Republic Begins Turning on Its Own: Hassan Younesi, a licensed attorney in Iran and the son of former six year intelligence minister…
August 3, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 4, 2025
Brief Notes IAEA Official to Visit Tehran Soon: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei today that a senior IAEA official will visit Tehran within the next 10 days. However…
July 31, 2025Iranian Opposition Unites Around Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi
On Saturday, July 26, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi hosted the Convention of National Cooperation to Save Iran. The convention, held in Munich, included over 500 invited attendees…
July 31, 2025IranWatch Daily: August 1, 2025
Brief Notes U.S. Sanctions Tehran’s Drone Tech Procurement Network: The U.S. Treasury has releases/sb0217 five entities and one individual across Iran, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and…
July 30, 2025IranWatch Daily: July 31, 2025
Brief Notes Tehran Nearing Water ‘Day Zero’: Tehran is iran water crisis day zero “day zero,” when much of the city could lose access to water amid severe drought, record heat…
July 29, 2025IranWatch Daily: July 30, 2025
Brief Notes President Promises ‘Crushing Response’ to Any Potential Strike: President Masoud Pezeshkian that any renewed Israeli strike in Iran would be met with a “decisive and…
July 28, 2025IranWatch Daily: July 29, 2025
Brief Notes State Department Says Iranians Deserve Better: The official Persian language X account of the U.S. State Department today : “Days without water in the scorching heat…
July 27, 2025IranWatch Daily: July 28, 2025
Brief Notes IAEA Officials Set to Visit Iran in Two Weeks: Islamic Republic Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei today that IAEA officials are scheduled to visit Iran in two…