Iran Summary – April 2025

Executive Summary: Throughout April, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of Omani-mediated indirect talks on a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal. On April 26, an explosion at Iran’s Bandar Abbas commercial port killed dozens of people and injured 1,000 others. The Houthis carried out a series of attacks on Israel and U.S. targets in the Middle East, including shooting down multiple U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones. According to the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), as of May 1, the Islamic Republic had executed 342 people through the first four months of 2025.

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