{"id":210436,"date":"2018-04-04T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210436-iran-news-in-brief-march-8-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-8-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-8-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, March 8, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 8, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Q-48ULXRJmM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQ-48ULXRJmM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-48ULXRJmM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-03-08T08:34:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Q-48ULXRJmM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQ-48ULXRJmM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, March 8, 2018<\/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\/Q-48ULXRJmM\" 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%2FQ-48ULXRJmM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, March 8, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 8, 2018 Assassination of Qadir Qadiri From the Kurdistan Democratic Party, by the Mullahs&#039; Regime in Iraqi Kurdistan Qadir Qadiri the veteran cadre and commander of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, has been assassinated in Ranya district, by Iranian regime\u2019s mercenaries. The Kurdistan Democratic Party announced on Tuesday night March 6th 2018. The Democratic Party stressed: we consider the Islamic Republic of Iran and its\u2019 hirelings as perpetrators in the assassination of this combatant of our Parry. European Politicians Ask EU and UN to Tackle Iran Regime on Human Rights Abuses A seminar on the human rights situation in Iran following the uprising last December was held in Geneva on Tuesday, attended by many prominent figures from the worlds of politics and human rights, including the coordinator of the Change Campaign in Iran, Struan Stevenson. Stevenson, a former member of the European Parliament, explained that the anti-regime protests across 142 Iranian cities were being painted by the Regime as the work of outside forces, including the Paris-based opposition group, the People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). This led to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani calling French President Emmanuel Macron to ask him to take action against the MEK, but luckily Macron did not. Dry Hunger Strike of Political Prisoner Soheil Arabi In a message from prison, addressing the regime and its judiciary this political prisoner said: \u201cYou violated my rights. At least let me donate my body organs. I doubt that I will remain alive for one or two more days. I do not eat food or drink water and I do not even allow injecting serum. I should have been freed on August 29 according to the law but I am still in prison and I ,like many other political prisoners, am incarcerated in the ward of ordinary prisoners who often incited to harass us. Our crime is that we do not remain silent in the face of oppression. 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The Kurdistan Democratic Party announced on Tuesday night March 6th 2018. The Democratic Party stressed: we consider the Islamic Republic of Iran and its\u2019 hirelings as perpetrators in the assassination of this combatant of our Parry. European Politicians Ask EU and UN to Tackle Iran Regime on Human Rights AbusesA seminar on the human rights situation in Iran following the uprising last December was held in Geneva on Tuesday, attended by many prominent figures from the worlds of politics and human rights, including the coordinator of the Change Campaign in Iran, Struan Stevenson.Stevenson, a former member of the European Parliament, explained that the anti-regime protests across 142 Iranian cities were being painted by the Regime as the work of outside forces, including the Paris-based opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). This led to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani calling French President Emmanuel Macron to ask him to take action against the MEK, but luckily Macron did not.Dry Hunger Strike of Political Prisoner Soheil ArabiIn a message from prison, addressing the regime and its judiciary this political prisoner said: \u201cYou violated my rights. At least let me donate my body organs. I doubt that I will remain alive for one or two more days. I do not eat food or drink water and I do not even allow injecting serum.I should have been freed on August 29 according to the law but I am still in prison and I ,like many other political prisoners, am incarcerated in the ward of ordinary prisoners who often incited to harass us. Our crime is that we do not remain silent in the face of oppression.May, Mohammed bin Salman agree to counter Iran\u2019s destabilizing acts in regionUK Prime Minister Theresa May and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday agreed on the importance of working together to counter Iran\u2019s destabilizing regional activity, according to the UK Prime Minister\u2018s office.May and Mohammed bin Salman also agreed that a political solution was the only way to end conflict and the humanitarian suffering in Yemen.Explosions at military base in western Iran cause fear among peopleDezful, March 8, -Explosion of an ammunition depot at a military base in the western city of Dezful has caused panic among local people.The outbreak of fire and its spread to the ammunition depot caused a series of explosions. The people residing inside the military unit have been evacuated.Fire fighters and rescue teams dispatched to the base have not managed to approach the main site of the incident due to heavy flames. 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