Six executions hardly qualify as 'mass executions' as I quoted in a previous report. My apologies for the hyperbolic headline in that report.
Islamic Republic of Iran: Security forces arrest at least 700 people for alleged ties to Israel
This is a pretext for the Islamic Republic to be able to round up all manner of dissidents.
Iran arrests at least 700 nationals for alleged ties to Israel – report
Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2025:
Iran has arrested at least 700 people since Operation Rising Lion began due to alleged ties with Israel, the Iranian exiled women’s organization Association Femme Azadi reported on Thursday night.
“Reports confirm the arrest of rabbis and religious leaders in Tehran and Shiraz, accused, without evidence, of ties to Israel,” the organization wrote on its social media.
Six additional people have been executed on suspicion of collaborating with Mossad, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN News noted.
JPost VideosIran has executed nine individuals accused of espionage so far in 2025, KAN added….
Editor’s note: The headline of an earlier version of this report said that 700 Jews were arrested, instead of 700 people. This mistake has since been corrected.
Wave of arrests among Iranian Jews – despite loyalty to regime
by Nitzan Kedar, Israel National News, June 27, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Jewish and international sources report a marked increase in pressure and alleged persecution of Iran’s Jewish community following Operation Rising Lion, despite public expressions of loyalty to the regime by Jewish leaders in the country.
According to Iran International, security forces recently raided the homes of Jewish families in Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan. During these operations, authorities confiscated mobile phones, computers, and other personal belongings. Individuals with any digital ties to relatives in Israel were reportedly detained for questioning, with some held for extended periods. In several cases, past travel to Israel was cited as grounds for arrest — a serious allegation under Iranian law.
The number of detainees remains unclear, though the names of dozens have been published. Jewish community sources describe an atmosphere of fear, with reports of entire families being taken into custody.
Today, Iran’s Jewish population is estimated at around 10,000, down from 80,000 before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Most live in the same cities where these incidents have been reported.
In a statement this week, Dr. Younes, the Jewish representative in Iran’s parliament, acknowledged the community has faced difficulties, saying, “Air Force attacks in Iran have created many problems for the Jewish community,” including damage to homes. He emphasized that Iranian Jews remain committed to the Islamic Republic and its ideals….
If that's true, then you probably deserve everything you get. You are not in God's grace.
IAEA chief: Iran could resume uranium enrichment
‘in matter of months’
The Islamic Republic of Iran remains a grave threat, given the latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency. For years, Grossi has been sounding the alarm about Iran’s uranium enrichment, which proved to be accurate. Should his threat be ignored, and should a Democrat government follow the Trump administration, it’s obvious what will happen.
There’s no negotiating with Iran; such talks only serve to buy the Islamic regime more time. Israel was correct to continue its attacks before Trump intervened.
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘matter of months,’ IAEA chief says
AFP, June 29, 2025:
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months,” despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday.
Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on June 13, saying it was aimed at keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Then, last Sunday, the United States subsequently bombed three key facilities used for Tehran’s atomic program.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the extent of the damage to the nuclear sites is “serious,” but the details are unknown, while US President Donald Trump insisted Iran’s nuclear program had been set back “decades.”
Trump's declaration of total destruction of the nuclear program was way too premature.
In Israel, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effi Defrin said Israel thinks Iran’s nuclear program had been set back years by the war, but that it was “still too early” to tell.
But Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said “some is still standing.”
“They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that,” Grossi said Friday, according to a transcript of the interview released Saturday….
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Iran: Khamenei-linked newspaper calls for arrest and execution of IAEA chief
The gloves are finally off with Iran after years of its manipulation of Western leftists in negotiations. Obama and Biden poured billions into its coffers in sham nuclear deals. International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Rafael Grossi has been sounding the alarm for years about Iran’s uranium enrichment, warning since 2021 that only countries making bombs are enriching uranium at Iran’s level. Iran already has a record of arbitrarily detaining, imprisoning and executing those inside its own country who oppose it. Since the Israeli and American destruction of its nuclear capabilities, not to mention humiliation, its Khamenei-linked Kayhan newspaper is now resorting to threatening whoever crosses its path, even if they are outside Iran.
Condemnation from the UK, France and Germany will fall on deaf ears among leaders of the Islamic regime and its loyalists.
UK, France, Germany condemn threats against IAEA head after Iran newspaper calls for his arrest
Reuters, June 30, 2025:
DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) – Britain, France and Germany denounced threats against the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday, after a hardline Iranian newspaper said IAEA boss Rafael Grossi should be tried and executed as an Israeli agent.
“France, Germany and the United Kingdom condemn threats against the Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi and reiterate our full support to the Agency and the DG in carrying out their mandate,” said a statement from the three countries’ foreign ministries.
“We call on Iranian authorities to refrain from any steps to cease cooperation with the IAEA. We urge Iran to immediately resume full cooperation in line with its legally binding obligations, and to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of IAEA personnel,” they added.
The statement did not specify what threats had been made against Grossi, but it follows an article in Iran’s hardline Kayhan newspaper, closely associated with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which accused Grossi of ties to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Should Grossi enter Iran, he should be tried and sentenced to death, it said.
Grossi has not directly responded to the newspaper’s allegations. He has said his top priority is ensuring IAEA inspectors can return to nuclear sites in Iran as soon as possible….
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