{"id":210418,"date":"2018-04-04T08:50:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210418-iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Wxqol5ypSqo\"><div id=\"lyte_Wxqol5ypSqo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWxqol5ypSqo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wxqol5ypSqo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWxqol5ypSqo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018France says Iran ballistic missile program a major concernFrance&rsquo;s foreign ministry said on Sunday that Iran&rsquo;s ballistic missile program was a major concern, a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-210418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-news-in-brief","7":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018France says Iran ballistic missile program a major concernFrance\u2019s foreign ministry said on Sunday that Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program was a major concern, a day before foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to visit Tehran. He added that that the country needed to address concerns over its ballistic missile program or risk new sanctions.\u201cThere are ballistic programs of missiles that can reach several thousand kilometers which are not compatible with UN Security Council resolutions and exceed the sole need of defending Iran\u2019s borders,\u201d Jean-Yves Le Drian told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.Iran: A Detained Protester Killed Under TortureIranian regime\u2019s henchmen Killed Ghobad Azami, under torture, he was from Javanroud (Kermanshah province), and was arrested on February 28th. The mullahs\u2019 intelligence service shockingly informed his family two days after his arrest, on March 2, that he had committed suicide with poison. 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He attended the Tehran derby between Esteghlal and Persepolis, which was played at Azadi Stadium, where at least 35 women got arrested for trying to enter the ground.At the same time, Zohreh Haratian, FIFA representative in Iran and head of IFMARC (Iran Football Medical assessment and Rehabilitation Center) was not invited to the ceremonies featuring FIFA President.Iran: A young woman threw herself off a bridge in ZanjanA young woman threw herself off a bridge in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, on March 1, 2018.The woman who had committed suicide due to family problems was transferred to hospital.Forced marriage and numerous obstacles for employment, education and social activities of women has led to widespread depression among women and high rate of suicide.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018France says Iran ballistic missile program a major concernFrance\u2019s foreign ministry said on Sunday that Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program was a major concern, a day before foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to visit Tehran. 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Such absurd and blatant claims do not deceive anyone, and only inflames the anger and hatred of the Iranian people towards the regime and increases their will to overthrow this regime.With the martyrdom of Ghobad Azami, the number of political prisoners who have been martyred under torture reached at least 14 people.Iran: Plundered women and men stage protest outside the parliamentA large protest was staged on Saturday, March 3, 2018 outside the Iranian parliament in Tehran by women and men plundered by financial institutes affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) including Caspian, Alborz-e Iranian and Samen-ol Hojaj.They subsequently marched in the streets and protested against government\u2019s failure to account for the fraud. Women were actively engaged in this demonstration of protest.Angry protesters chanted slogans against the clerical regime\u2019s President, Hassan Rouhani, and Speaker of the Parliament, Ali Larijani.Iran: FIFA woman rep was absent in meetings with InfantinoGianni Infantino, FIFA president, took part in a ceremony to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Iran's football federation in Iran. He attended the Tehran derby between Esteghlal and Persepolis, which was played at Azadi Stadium, where at least 35 women got arrested for trying to enter the ground.At the same time, Zohreh Haratian, FIFA representative in Iran and head of IFMARC (Iran Football Medical assessment and Rehabilitation Center) was not invited to the ceremonies featuring FIFA President.Iran: A young woman threw herself off a bridge in ZanjanA young woman threw herself off a bridge in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, on March 1, 2018.The woman who had committed suicide due to family problems was transferred to hospital.Forced marriage and numerous obstacles for employment, education and social activities of women has led to widespread depression among women and high rate of suicide.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-5-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, March 5, 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}