Iran Update, December 22, 2025

[1] https://www.kebnanews dot ir/news/505392; https://nournews dot ir/fa/news/250551

[2] https://apnews.com/article/iran-missiles-planetary-mixers-israel-war-527bd871b691898b20eee98294dcda64

[3] https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/middleeast/iran-rebuilding-ballistic-weapons-program-intl

[4] https://apnews.com/article/iran-missiles-planetary-mixers-israel-war-527bd871b691898b20eee98294dcda64

[5] https://www.ynetnews dot com/article/h1bncknm11l; https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/bm-planetary-mixer.htm#:~:text=For%20mixing%20the%20equipment%20mainly,plant%20of%20conventional%20helical%20structure ; https://www.axios.com/2024/10/26/israel-strike-iran-missile-production

[6] https://www.kebnanews dot ir/news/505392; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trj_0JJkl3g; https://nournews dot ir/fa/news/250551 ;
https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-october-20-2025/

[7] https://nournews dot ir/fa/news/248481

[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trj_0JJkl3g

[9] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-october-28-2025/

[10] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/netanyahu-plans-brief-trump-possible-new-iran-strikes-rcna250112

[11] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/netanyahu-plans-brief-trump-possible-new-iran-strikes-rcna250112

[12] https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/israel-iran-missile-drill-trump-warning

[13] https://www.jpost dot com/middle-east/article-880931

[14] https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-running-low-on-defensive-interceptors-official-says-fd64163d?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeBhyI-O89pYDZB0jiqv2Oxh6QLFXFBlYa3tXFJtdEIssR4VHk1Zc76&gaa_ts=6949aad9&gaa_sig=IaUpgnAE-npcgUgP6MB2pG2VN60OBu6s1oz5SVxs_9dE3NekyxiI_CbsNJ1Hdw9NlOGYoRjPjow2D1OjabanUA%3D%3

[15] https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-running-low-on-defensive-interceptors-official-says-fd64163d?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeBhyI-O89pYDZB0jiqv2Oxh6QLFXFBlYa3tXFJtdEIssR4VHk1Zc76&gaa_ts=6949aad9&gaa_sig=IaUpgnAE-npcgUgP6MB2pG2VN60OBu6s1oz5SVxs_9dE3NekyxiI_CbsNJ1Hdw9NlOGYoRjPjow2D1OjabanUA%3D%3D

[16] https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/missile-and-interceptor-cost-estimates-during-the-u-s-israel-iran-war/

[17] https://farsnews dot ir/M_r7726/1766404424519783770

[18] https://farsnews dot ir/M_r7726/1766404424519783770

[19] https://farsnews dot ir/M_r7726/1766404424519783770

[20] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-june-18-2025-evening-edition/; https://t.me/moriahdoron/23179

[21] https://www.iranintl.com/en/202512207170

[22] https://en.mehrnews dot com/news/240068

[23] https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/israel-iran-missile-drill-trump-warning

[24] https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/israel-iran-missile-drill-trump-warning

[25] https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2003159472097956173?s=20

[26] https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/israel-iran-missile-drill-trump-warning

[27] https://t.me/moriahdoron/27646

[28] https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-forces-raid-ship-seize-cargo-headed-to-iran-from-china-35a1e2ac

[29] https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/middleeast/iran-rebuilding-ballistic-weapons-program-intl#:~:text=European%20intelligence%20sources%20say%20several%20shipments%20of,the%20production%20of%20the%20solid%20propellant%20that

[30] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tankers.html

[31] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tankers.html

[32] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tankers.html

[33] https://defapress dot ir/fa/news/784716; https://defapress dot ir/fa/news/784429/;; https://defapress dot ir/fa/news/784716; https://defapress dot ir/fa/news/784429/

[34] https://www.presstv dot ir/Detail/2025/12/04/760015/IRGC-navy-launches-major-Persian-Gulf-drill-with-warnings-to-US-ships; https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/israel-iran-missile-drill-trump-warning

[35]

https://www.presstv dot ir/Detail/2025/12/04/760015/IRGC-navy-launches-major-Persian-Gulf-drill-with-warnings-to-US-ships; https://news.usni.org/2016/06/30/seizure-u-s-sailors-blames-chain-failures

[36] https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/after-snapback-washington-needs-prepare-iranian-escalation-gulf ; https://defapress dot ir/fa/news/783269 ;https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-mulls-plan-disrupt-irans-oil-by-halting-vessels-sea-2025-03-06/ ; https://www.stimson.org/2025/irans-oil-exports-resilience-amid-sanctions-and-snapback/#:~:text=UN%20sanctions%20target%20the%20financial,they%20lower%20per%2Dbarrel%20income

[37] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/789109/%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a/

[38] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/789109/%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a/

[39] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/789109/%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a/ ; https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/high-level-turkish-team-visit-damascus-monday-talks-sdf-integration-2025-12-22/

[40] https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-kurdish-forces-race-save-integration-deal-ahead-deadline-2025-12-18/

[41] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-october-23-2025-2/ ; https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/sectarian-violence-risks-dividing-syria-despite-sharaas-diplomacy-2025-09-15

[42] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/788778/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b3%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b9%d9%84-%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%87%d9%88-%d8%b6%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a5%d8%b0-%d8%b1%d9%81/

[43] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-18-2025/ ; https://english.aawsat dot com/arab-world/5220300-fidan-barrack-discuss-merging-sdf-syrian-army-erdogan-warns-israeli-violations ; https://youtu.be/l3n-wWWZgrQ?t=753

[44] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/789109/%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%8a/

[45] https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-kurdish-forces-race-save-integration-deal-ahead-deadline-2025-12-18/

[46] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/788769/%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%b3%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b6%d8%af-%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88/ ; https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/2002309457108242900 ; https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/2002309457108242900

[47] https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4365803/centcom-launches-operation-hawkeye-strike-against-isis-in-syria/ ; https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-15-2025/ ; https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/2002333204523495760

[48] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/politics/us-islamic-state-strikes-syria.html

[49] https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4365803/centcom-launches-operation-hawkeye-strike-against-isis-in-syria/ ; https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/world/middleeast/as-us-escalates-air-war-on-isis-allies-slip-away.html?_r=0

[50] https://www.nbcnews.com/world/syria/us-forces-launch-strike-isis-syria-retaliation-attack-killed-3-america-rcna250163

[51] https://www.nbcnews.com/world/syria/us-forces-launch-strike-isis-syria-retaliation-attack-killed-3-america-rcna250163

[52] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/788947/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%81%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%83-%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88/ ; https://t.me/syrianmoi/27789 ; https://t.me/syrianmoi/27797 ; https://t.me/syrianmoi/27780

[53] https://www.enabbaladi dot net/788947/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%81%d9%83%d9%8a%d9%83-%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88/

[54] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-3-2025/ ; https://www.enabbaladi dot net/786788/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%81%d8%b0-%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b6%d8%af-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7/

[55] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-17-2025/ ; https://t.me/syrianmoi/27719?single ; https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-rising-threat-of-non-state-actor-commercial-drone-use-emerging-capabilities-and-threats/  

[56] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-15-2025/   

[57] https://www.shafaq dot com/ar/سیاسة/نزع-السلاح-ي-جج-الخلافات-داخل-المقاومة-ودعوة-لاجتماع-عاجل

[58] https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/harakat-al-nujaba-identifies-iraqi-resistance-coordination-committee

[59] https://x.com/LawkGhafuri/status/1986855752368005355

[60] https://x.com/alzaidyshibl/status/2001748150617276757/photo/1 ; https://x.com/Haider_Gharawi/status/2002095869471146231

[61] https://www.alahad dot iq/?page=article&itemId=244148

[62] https://www.shafaq dot com/ar/سیاسة/عصا-ب-هل-الحق-لا-لتسليم-السلاح-و-التنازل-عن-المقاومة ; https://964media dot com/635401

[63] https://ultrairaq.ultrasawt dot com/خاص-كتائب-سيد-الشهداء-لا-نحتاج-أنّ-ندعو-إلى-حصر-السلاح-سلاحنا-بداخل-الدولة-وبيدها/فريق-التحرير

[64] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/the-leadership-and-purpose-of-iraqs-popular-mobilization-forces/

[65] https://t.me/centerkaf/5339 ; https://t.me/abd_alqadeer/277

[66] https://t.me/centerkaf/5339

[67] https://t.me/abd_alqadeer/277

[68] https://apnews.com/article/iraq-islamic-state-sudani-us-military-advisers-2180dbaf3ea209bd6af32b43c266603d ; https://2021-2025.state.gov/joint-statement-announcing-the-timeline-for-the-end-of-the-military-mission-of-the-global-coalition-to-defeat-isis-in-iraq ; https://www.reuters.com/world/us-iraq-deal-would-see-hundreds-troops-withdraw-first-year-sources-say-2024-09-06/

[69] https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/profile-harakat-hezbollah-al-nujaba ; https://t.me/centerkaf/5272 ; https://t.me/abualaskary/135

[70] https://x.com/defenseliney/status/2003095645683318793?s=20

[71] https://en.stcaden dot com/posts/12587

[72] https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-15-2025/

[73] https://x.com/defenseliney/status/2003095645683318793?s=20

[74] https://english.iswnews dot com/39354/latest-updates-from-the-eastern-and-southern-fronts-of-yemen-december-17-2025-map/

[75] https://lb.usembassy.gov/pentalateral-members-convene-for-15th-meeting-security-and-economic-tracks-advance-in-parallel/

[76] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/hezbollah-lebanon-israel.html

[77] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/hezbollah-lebanon-israel.html

[78] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/hezbollah-lebanon-israel.html

[79] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/15/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-airstrikes-escalation/ ;

[80] https://www.naharnet dot com/stories/en/317301-rubio-says-us-hopeful-lebanon-israel-talks-will-lead-to-deal

[81] https://t.me/MTVLebanoNews/47846

[82] https://x.com/LBpresidency/status/2001988972034032069