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PDF-English Journal-11 July 2025-No21 Reza Asheri, a member of Rasht City Council, recently posted a photo of Masoud Pezeshkian on Instagram and “begged” Israel to “do us the favour” of elevating Mr Pezeshkian to “martyrdom,” just as they had done with Ebrahim Raisi.  This story is not trivial. It lays bare the internal state of the Islamic regime and the outsized role that Israel now plays in its internal dynamics. In the wake of the recent war, the Islamic Republic …

PDF-English Journal-10 July 2025-No20 During a recent dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump stated that three key nuclear targets in Iran had been completely destroyed in the latest American strikes. Trump added he would consider lifting crippling sanctions at the right moment—if the Islamic Republic chooses a peaceful path. Netanyahu declared: “Israel knows the approximate location of buried uranium stockpiles,” warning that joint Israeli-American strikes on nuclear facilities could be repeated. The devastating blows struck over 12 days have effectively …

PDF-English Journal-10 July 2025-No20 Abdollah Ganji, editor-in-chief of Hamshahri newspaper and advisor to Tehran’s mayor, posted on X that following the “12-day war” between Israel and the Islamic Republic, “several pieces of paper with talismans bearing Jewish symbols” were found scattered in Tehran’s streets. He added: “Years ago, the Supreme Leader claimed that hostile nations and Western and Hebrew intelligence services use occult sciences and jinn creatures for espionage purposes.” At first glance, this might seem unrelated to politics—perhaps a …

PDF-English Journal-10 July 2025-No20 Sources told Reuters that Netanyahu is displeased with Washington’s decision to resume nuclear talks with Iran, viewing any political or economic opening as a strategic threat. He sees the current moment as a rare opportunity—one in which Iran must be hit hard before it regains strength. Recent headlines have been dominated by political and strategic rifts between the US and Israel, as well as divisions within their respective ruling coalitions. Meanwhile, confusion reigns among the leaders …

PDF-English Journal-10 July 2025-No20 What we hear from Iran: “My child’s vocational school is demanding seven million tomans [~120 US Dollars] just to issue their final report card—and they’re even refusing to confirm the student has passed. I have no money. What am I supposed to do?” The vast majority of employees and workers in Iran earn incomes several times below the poverty line. A working-class family of four, if subsisting only on bread and eggs, would spend nearly half …

PDF-English Journal-8 July 2025-No19 The Kurdistan Human Rights Network has reported the death of Khaled Mohammadi, a 23-year-old kulbar from Baneh, who was fatally shot by Iranian border forces in the mountainous frontier areas of the city. On Tuesday, 7 July, in the Shabdin border zone, a group of kulbars came under close-range fire from border guards. Khaled Mohammadi was killed on the spot. Khaled did not die under foreign fire. He was killed by an enemy “from within”. According …

PDF-English Journal-8 July 2025-No19 Fars News Agency—aligned with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—has openly called for a return to the mass executions of the 1980s. It declared: “Given that certain mercenary elements have provided intelligence to the enemy with backing from Israel and Western spy agencies, they deserve to be executed in the same manner as in 1988.” And then there’s this: the Guardian Council has sent back a parliamentary bill titled “Intensifying Punishment for Espionage and Cooperation with Hostile …

PDF-English Journal-8 July 2025-No19 Jamil Alizadeh Shayiq, secretary of the national rice association, recently stated: “In our country, prices rise in a chain reaction. When one egg costs 6,000 tomans*—or even more—producers of rice, saffron, and other crops also raise their prices accordingly.” And the regime’s solution? Let the Supreme Leader sit while his court preacher sings a patriotic anthem. Never mind if the lyrics awkwardly stitch together Ali, Islam, and the “precious soil” of Iran in a desperate attempt …

PDF-English Journal-8 July 2025-No19 Hamish Falconer, the UK’s Deputy Foreign Minister for the Middle East, has said Britain will hold the Islamic Republic accountable for its malign activities. Emphasising the need to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, he stated that the UK is actively considering the activation of the “trigger mechanism” against Tehran. “The trigger mechanism is an important tool,” he said. A memorable scene in the classic film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly shows a man …

PDF-English Journal-7 July 2025-No18 The Islamic regime’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, responding to a question from American host Tucker Carlson regarding the possibility of U.S. investments in Iran, stated: “In my conversation with the Supreme Leader, he explicitly affirmed that there are no restrictions on American investors entering Iran—even under current conditions.” Let that statement sink in—before we turn to the words of Mohyeddin Taheri, Secretary of the Society of Combatant Clergy in Shiraz, who says: “Shedding the blood of infidels,” …