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English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 A group of blind patients can now read again after receiving a transformative implant behind the eye. The surgeon who placed these micro-chips in five patients at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital described the international trial’s results as “astonishing”. The technology targets geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. Behind closed eyelids, a faint light of hope stirs anew. Sheila, a seventy-year-old woman long lost to darkness, …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 The Guardian recently reported: “Analysts say that following US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and, earlier, the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s distrust of Washington is at its highest level, with the risk of renewed military confrontation.” Amid this, Kamal Kharrazi, head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said that while Tehran is open to talks with the US, the Revolutionary Guards’ regional activities and missile programme are “non-negotiable”. …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 On Friday, 17 October 2025, Prince Andrew returned his royal titles following allegations of sexual assault. As everyone keeps stressing, he did so voluntarily; in reality however, he had little choice. The royal family and the media alike now strive to portray this as an act of noble sacrifice for which ordinary people should be grateful. All this pageantry aims to deflect attention from Andrew’s links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 On Thursday, 23 October, in an unprecedented event, King Charles III of Britain – who serves as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England – joined Pope Leo in a prayer ceremony at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was the first time in roughly five centuries, since King Henry VIII’s break with Rome, that the leaders of the two churches have prayed together. Charles III’s visit to …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 A hunger strike by 1,500 prisoners in Ghezel Hesar lasting six days; bakers’ protests entering their sixth day and spilling into the streets; a surging wave of unveiled women rocking the Islamic Republic’s worn-out vessel – workers’ protests unceasing. The volcano of social unrest spews new molten sparks each day. The regime’s defensive structures are cracking. Senior officials openly expose each other’s scandals, ready to turn their guns on one …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 From Africa to South America, a wave of Generation Z protests – by those aged roughly 13 to 28 – is sweeping the world. Using social media, this generation has brought its discontent over corruption, government failure, discrimination and injustice into the streets. In Madagascar, protests over water and power cuts toppled the government; in Nepal, demonstrations against corruption led to the prime minister’s resignation; in Kenya, young people demanded …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 According to a Reuters report, “Hamas forces have intensified their repression of Palestinians and have executed at least 33 people accused of collaborating with Israel.” In one of the videos released, armed and masked Hamas militants drag seven men into a public square in Gaza, force them to their knees, and shoot them dead. Public executions—this is Hamas’ first ‘gift’ to the people of Gaza at the beginning of what …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced two French nationals, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to over 30 years each—۶۳ years in total—on charges of “espionage” and “intelligence cooperation with Israel.” Both have been in detention since March 2023. The French government has called the accusations “baseless.” The verdicts are preliminary and subject to appeal at the Supreme Court within 20 days. Officials of the Islamic Republic have hinted that the case …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 The secretary of the ‘Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil’ headquarters in Tehran Province has announced the formation of a ‘Chastity Situation Room,’ saying: “With the activation of 80,000 trained personnel, a major transformation can be achieved in the province.” He added: “Through this Situation Room for Chastity and Hijab, enemy actions will be monitored and analysed, and cultural, media and legal strategies will be designed and communicated to relevant institutions.” …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 A group of Social Security retirees in Gilan gathered on Saturday, 11 October, in front of the organisation’s provincial headquarters in Rasht, chanting slogans including “No to executions.” In recent months, at protests held by retirees across the country, demonstrators have explicitly opposed the death penalty and called for the release of those sentenced to death, including Sharifeh Mohammadi. The retirees have stressed that threats and executions will no longer …