Iran Update: February 23–25, 2026 – OpEd
I. Attack on the Headquarters of Ali Khamenei
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced that it has submitted the names and identification details of 16 individuals arrested during the attack on Ali Khamenei’s headquarters on Monday, February 23, to the United Nations Special Rapporteurs and to international human rights organizations, so that they may inquire into their situation.
The website Rouydad 24, which is close to the regime, wrote: “What makes the case (the attack on Khamenei’s headquarters) even more complex is what Bulletin News, a media outlet close to the Revolutionary Guards, published this morning. The outlet confirmed in a report ‘nighttime explosions on Pasteur Street’ and wrote: ‘This question is not that of an external critic, but a painful cry from within.’”The author addressed officials in these terms: “Gentlemen, have you asked yourselves where the enemy’s audacity comes from?”
The same Rouydad 24 website recalled: “The most important and decisive moment that........
