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English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-18 July 2025-No23   Senator Jim Risch, Chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, emphasised that “the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme has suffered serious damage and poses no immediate threat to the United States.” He warned, however, that “if there is another attempt to build a bomb, the same scenario will be repeated.” Before the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal), the regime held a strong card in its hand: accelerating uranium enrichment. …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-18 July 2025-No23   Reuters reported that Argentina’s monthly inflation in June is expected to reach 1.9%, up from 1.5% in May—the lowest monthly consumer price increase since 2020. Right-wing analysts gleefully claim that this is the result of strict austerity policies and structural reforms implemented in recent months. It’s now easier to understand that lowering inflation is not about public welfare. On the contrary, the Argentine right-wing government imposed severe economic hardship …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-18 July 2025-No23   On Sunday, 12 July, Iran’s Islamic Parliament passed a law stipulating the death penalty and asset seizure for “any intelligence activity, espionage, or operational action” on behalf of “hostile governments and groups.” The bill specifies that, aside from the United States and Israel (explicitly listed as hostile states), the National Security Council will determine others. Another offence includes sending videos or information to “hostile or foreign networks” if it …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-18 July 2025-No23   In a video timestamped 3:55 p.m., a man reports that in 55°C heat in Ahvaz, the Islamic Republic has cut off water and electricity. This is Iran—the place that, according to religious lore, God reserves for disobedient sinners. Those who defy divine authority and fail in devotion are said to face hellfire. For them, Ahvaz is a glimpse of divine punishment. God, to execute His commands, appointed prophets. Prophets …

PDF-English Journal-13 July 2025-No22 Following widespread protests in Tehran over shockingly high utility bills, Tehran Province’s Water and Wastewater Company has claimed that, due to “security conditions” in the aftermath of the war, bills have been issued based on average past consumption. A statement from the company reads: “To observe security considerations and prevent potential exploitation by Israeli infiltrators, the process of meter reading and dispatching field agents has been suspended.” We have long urged people to refuse to pay …

PDF-English Journal-13 July 2025-No22 On the morning of Saturday, July 12, a planned visit by Heshmatollah Hayat al-Ghaib, head of Tehran Province’s prison organisation, to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary was cut short after inmates erupted in protest, chanting “Death to the dictator”. Political prisoners, decrying the dire and worsening conditions inside the prison, forced the regime official and his entourage to retreat from Hall 9 of Section 2. Through the Islamic Republic’s propaganda lens, it might appear that the regime …

PDF-English Journal-13 July 2025-No22 Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former senior judiciary official, declared: “Europeans will no longer be able to walk freely in their own countries. Soon, perhaps five drones will strike a European city.” Terror, chaos, and fear have long served as weapons for Islamic extremists across Europe. The Islamic Republic, alongside affiliated terrorist movements—from Hezbollah to al-Qaeda to ISIS—has repeatedly used assassination and intimidation as tools of extortion against European governments and citizens. Yet this marks the first time …

PDF-English Journal-13 July 2025-No22 Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former senior judiciary official, declared: “Europeans will no longer be able to walk freely in their own countries. Soon, perhaps five drones will strike a European city.” Terror, chaos, and fear have long served as weapons for Islamic extremists across Europe. The Islamic Republic, alongside affiliated terrorist movements—from Hezbollah to al-Qaeda to ISIS—has repeatedly used assassination and intimidation as tools of extortion against European governments and citizens. Yet this marks the first time …

PDF-English Journal-11 July 2025-No21 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, Supreme Leader Khamenei’s representative in Iran’s Markazi Province, commented on the recent 12-day war between Israel and the Islamic Republic: “This is neither war nor a ceasefire; only the bombings have stopped.” Let us not forget Dorri-Najafabadi’s record: he served as Minister of Intelligence during President Khatami’s administration. He resigned in February 1999, following the exposure of the so-called Chain Murders – the killings of several dissidents, writers and intellectuals by the security service. …

PDF-English Journal-11 July 2025-No21 A surge of reports about the imminent execution of three Arab political prisoners has dominated social media and satellite TV channels. Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, has warned that Ali Mojadam, Moein Khanafri, and Mohammadreza Moghadam are facing execution on charges of “waging war against God,” based on confessions extracted under torture. Executions have long been one of the Islamic Republic’s primary tools of repression—a government that …