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English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 On Monday, 13 October, all twenty surviving Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released. In exchange, the Israeli government freed 1,970 Palestinian prisoners. The ceasefire has allowed Israeli forces to withdraw from parts of Gaza and has opened the way for water and food to reach a starving and parched population. In recent days, tens of thousands of displaced Gazans—by any means available, many on foot—have begun returning home, carrying …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 According to a report in Shargh newspaper, “While domestic violence in Iran has increased, safe houses for abused women are now facing security threats.” Zahra Eftekharzadeh, founder of the Atina Safe House, pointed to the lack of official statistics and the weakness of deterrent laws. Fatemeh Babakhani spoke of women’s growing awareness of their rights, but emphasised that the absence of legal, economic and cultural support prevents effective resistance to …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No34 Marziyeh and Morteza are the names of two soft, plastic anti-stress toys, shaped like a gorilla and a pig, that have recently become popular in Iran and are sold on online marketplaces. Yet these two toys have now become a headache for their makers and sellers—and, unexpectedly, a fresh threat to the Islamic Republic itself. On Monday, 13 October, Tehran’s prosecutor’s office announced that it had instructed judiciary agents to …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-10 October 2025-No33 On Monday, 6 October, the Association of Families of Israeli Hostages sent a letter to the Nobel Committee in Norway, calling for the Peace Prize to be awarded to Donald Trump for his “efforts to free the hostages and end the Gaza war.” Although the association’s demand may seem shocking, even unacceptable, to many, it is understandable on an emotional level. Families whose loved ones are held captive by Hamas …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-10 October 2025-No33 The execution of seven political prisoners — Ali Mojdam, Moein Khanfari, Seyed Salem Mousavi, Mohammadreza Moghaddam, Adnan Al-Boushoukeh (Ghabishavi), Habib Deris in Ahvaz’s Sepidar prison, and Saman Mohammadi Khayareh in Ghezel Hesar prison — on Saturday, 4th of October, is a chilling alarm for us all. These executions, though carried out from weakness and desperation, expose a regime that, despite its decay, refuses to retreat from killing — unless forced …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-10 October 2025-No33 Mohammad-Mehdi Mandegari, a ‘seminary scholar,’ recently justified compulsory hijab by saying: “The eye sees, the heart desires, the hand cannot reach — this is frustration. Reason supports hijab, and the Qur’an confirms it.” This statement reeks of a sexually diseased mind — the mentality of a predator who, upon seeing a woman, instantly translates desire into imagined assault. The entire patriarchal, gender-obsessed framework of Islam turns women into beings who …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-03 October 2025-No32 In a meeting in Hormozgan province, Pezeshkian told officials from the education ministry: “Imagine we were not here – what would you do for your children’s education and the improvement of your city? ” If you were not there, everything would fall into place. The problem is only you. The very first step would be to confiscate the wealth amassed over decades by ayatollahs, their children, and the billionaire elite …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-03 October 2025-No32 Trump and Netanyahu suddenly announced Trump’s 20-point “peace plan” to decide the fate of devastated Gaza and its people—an announcement that drew the world’s media attention. We live in strange times. In such times, it is the direct perpetrators of genocide and child killings in Gaza—Netanyahu, with his chief backer Trump—who suddenly declare a “peace plan” for the very people they had sought to erase. The same Trump who once …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-03 October 2025-No32 On Monday, 29 September, five UN special rapporteurs on human rights issued a joint statement warning: “The scale of executions in Iran is shocking and shows a grave violation of the right to life.” They noted that half of the recorded executions were linked to drug-related offences, and in recent weeks several executions have been taking place each day. The UN experts stressed that the international community cannot remain silent …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-03 October 2025-No32 On 26 September 2025, the Islamic Republic began its day with a bitter defeat and deep in isolation. On this day, the “snapback” mechanism was triggered by the UN Security Council. The regime had refused to accept the conditions of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Khamenei, in a post attributed to his X account, declared: “We did not yield to pressure in this matter, and we never will in any …