English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-27 September 2025-No31 When the United States refused to issue a visa for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, to attend the annual UN General Assembly, the organisation allowed him to deliver his speech remotely, by video. In his address, Abbas pressed for a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel while condemning Hamas’s terrorism and its attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. He stressed that Hamas would have no place in a …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-27 September 2025-No31 Somayeh Rashidi, a 42-year-old political prisoner, died on Thursday. She lost her life because she was denied medical care in Qarchak prison. Rashidi, one of those detained during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, threw herself back into activism against the Islamic Republic after her release, only to be arrested again for writing slogans against the regime. She suffered from epilepsy, yet her illness did not deter her to fight against …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-27 September 2025-No31 These days we hear much about the “snapback” mechanism. Will the three European governments pull the trigger? Will the Islamic Republic bow to their demands and those of the US, and raise the white flag? If Khamenei insists on continuing uranium enrichment, how far will the economic devastation inside Iran go? And if a deal is struck, what benefit will it bring to ordinary Iranians? Undoubtedly, any retreat by the …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-27 September 2025-No31 On Wednesday, 25 September, defence lawyer Ramin Safarnia wrote on X that the death sentence against Mr Farahavar had been upheld by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court after his appeal was rejected, and that a petition for retrial would be submitted. According to the human rights news agency HRANA, Peyman Farahavar was arrested in September 2024 and charged with baghi (armed rebellion) and moharebeh (waging war against God). A …