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Thursday’s Iran Mini Report – July 5, 2018

Thursday's Iran Mini Report - July 5, 2018

• Iran regime diplomat arrested in Germany will be sent to Belgium

July 4, 2018 – The Iranian diplomat arrested in the German state of Bavaria will be transferred to Belgium, according to Deutsche Welle Persian citing the prosecutor’s office in Germany’s Bamberg state. This entity is not permitted to provide more information on this developing subject, according to the Bamberg prosecutor’s office public relations desk.

Asdollah Assadi, 47, is an Iranian diplomat at Tehran’s embassy in Vienna, according to the Brussels prosecutor’s office, and will be transferred to Belgium following his recent arrest in Germany.

• Iran’s Guards threatens to block oil shipments in Gulf

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that Tehran will block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if the United States bans Iranian oil sales.

“If they want to stop Iranian oil exports, we will not allow any oil shipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” Ismail Kowsari was quoted as saying by the Young Journalists Club.

• Four women dervishes each sentenced to five years in prison

Four women dervishes detained in Qarchak (a.k.a. Shahr-e Ray) Prison in Varamin have been sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of “association and complicity to disrupt national security.” The Revolutionary Court sentenced Nazilla Noori, Avisha Jalaleddin, Sima Entessari and Shima Entessari, each to five years in prison.

• Women gynecologists held a protest in Tehran

Women gynecologists held a protest in Tehran on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Participants had come together from various Iranian cities. On the same day, students applying for studying as assistant doctors or dentists also held a protest.

In Tehran, more than 200 women gynecologists held a protest in Tehran against the unscientific, mandatory promotion of natural delivery. The protest took place outside the Medical System Building in North Kargar Ave. in Tehran.

• The water crisis in Iran

Iran, July 4, 2018 – Economy experts are describing the severe water shortage crisis in Iran as one of this country’s super challenges, highlighting the scope and importance of this subject.

Among 116 countries Iran is ranked 14th in the water crisis.

Kerman Province in the south-central region of Iran is known for its pistachio farms, especially in the cities of Kerman, Rafsanjan, and Sirjan. Pistachio production has dropped by more than 50 percent while this province used to provide more than 80 percent of Iran’s pistachios. Estimates indicate pistachio farming in Kerman Province will fall to zero in the next decade.

The regime’s own Mehr news agency reports less than 40 percent of Iran’s 66 large dams to have water these days. Furthermore, more than 80 percent of the country’s wetlands have dried, now becoming fountains of enormous dust storms across the country.