{"id":210460,"date":"2018-04-04T09:21:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210460-iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_gtlFDcD4Hs8\" 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%2FgtlFDcD4Hs8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gtlFDcD4Hs8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M7S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-03-16T12:28:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_gtlFDcD4Hs8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FgtlFDcD4Hs8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, March 16, 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\/gtlFDcD4Hs8\" 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%2FgtlFDcD4Hs8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018 Two Prisoners Died on the Eve of Nowruz (Iranian New Year) Due to Deprivation of Medical Treatment Abdul Rauf Pahang, a 30-year-old prisoner in Saravan Prison, who was infected with TB, died on the eve of Nowruz and the Iranian New Year on Tuesday morning, March 14, because the torturers denied him medical treatment. Three days earlier, in the night of March 11, Mohsen Ali Madadi, 50, a prisoner in the prison of Greater Tehran (Fashafouyeh), suffered a heart attack but the prison guards refused to send him to the hospital for medical treatment that led to his death. Prior to him, Hossein Aflatouni, a 43-year-old prisoner, went blind from diabetes due to lack of treatment, and died after a while. Trump: Iran is \u2018behind every problem\u2019 in the Middle East During a speech at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13, President Trump said Iran is \u201cbehind every problem\u201d in the Middle East. Trump said: &#039;We are still working with allies and partners to block Iran&#039;s pass to nuclear weapon and confront sponsorship of terror and bloodshed all around the world. Everywhere we go in the Middle East, it is Iran, Iran, Iran. Behind every problem is Iran. We are dealing with these in a very serious fashion. One of the worst deals I\u2019ve ever seen was the Iran deal. &#36;150 billion we gave them for what?&#039;. Iran: 889 Arrested in 22 Cities During Fire Festival The Mullahs\u2019 regime resorted to widespread arrests across Iran to confront the popular uprisings and protests on Fire Festival celebration (March 13th). According to repressive police officials, 889 people were arrested in only 22 cities of the country. Iran Regime\u2019s Former President stated: Senior Judiciary Officials Are Number One Corrupts In a reaction to implementation of 15 years imprisonment for his deputy, The Iranian regime\u2019s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a letter calling senior judiciary officials \u201cnumber one accused of corruptions\u201d. Ahmadinejad said that Sadeq Larijani, head of the judiciary, \u201clacks legal competence\u201d and added that in the judiciary under his control \u201cthe independence of the judges has practically been eliminated\u201d. US-Iranian man gets 25 years prison for trying to buy missiles for Iran A dual citizen of Iran and the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to buy surface-to-air missiles and aircraft components for the government of Iran in violation of US sanctions. Reza Olangian, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan. The sentence is the minimum allowed under federal law. Protest Rally Of Workers In Healthy City (Salem) Company In Kerman Municipality, Iran On Thursday, March 15, the workers of the Healthy (Salem ) City Company of the city of Kerman gathered in protest against the claims and benefits of the Eid (Iran New Years) in front of the Kerman City Council.\"><\/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 16, 2018Two Prisoners Died on the Eve of Nowruz (Iranian New Year) Due to Deprivation of Medical TreatmentAbdul Rauf Pahang, a 30-year-old prisoner in Saravan [&#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":["post-210460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-iran-news-in-brief","tag-save"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018Two Prisoners Died on the Eve of Nowruz (Iranian New Year) Due to Deprivation of Medical TreatmentAbdul Rauf Pahang, a 30-year-old prisoner in Saravan Prison, who was infected with TB, died on the eve of Nowruz and the Iranian New Year on Tuesday morning, March 14, because the torturers denied him medical treatment. Three days earlier, in the night of March 11, Mohsen Ali Madadi, 50, a prisoner in the prison of Greater Tehran (Fashafouyeh), suffered a heart attack but the prison guards refused to send him to the hospital for medical treatment that led to his death.Prior to him, Hossein Aflatouni, a 43-year-old prisoner, went blind from diabetes due to lack of treatment, and died after a while.Trump: Iran is \u2018behind every problem\u2019 in the Middle EastDuring a speech at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13, President Trump said Iran is \u201cbehind every problem\u201d in the Middle East.Trump said: &#039;We are still working with allies and partners to block Iran&#039;s pass to nuclear weapon and confront sponsorship of terror and bloodshed all around the world. Everywhere we go in the Middle East, it is Iran, Iran, Iran. Behind every problem is Iran. We are dealing with these in a very serious fashion. One of the worst deals I\u2019ve ever seen was the Iran deal. $150 billion we gave them for what?&#039;.Iran: 889 Arrested in 22 Cities During Fire FestivalThe Mullahs\u2019 regime resorted to widespread arrests across Iran to confront the popular uprisings and protests on Fire Festival celebration (March 13th). According to repressive police officials, 889 people were arrested in only 22 cities of the country.Iran Regime\u2019s Former President stated: Senior Judiciary Officials Are Number One CorruptsIn a reaction to implementation of 15 years imprisonment for his deputy, The Iranian regime\u2019s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a letter calling senior judiciary officials \u201cnumber one accused of corruptions\u201d.Ahmadinejad said that Sadeq Larijani, head of the judiciary, \u201clacks legal competence\u201d and added that in the judiciary under his control \u201cthe independence of the judges has practically been eliminated\u201d.US-Iranian man gets 25 years prison for trying to buy missiles for IranA dual citizen of Iran and the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to buy surface-to-air missiles and aircraft components for the government of Iran in violation of US sanctions.Reza Olangian, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan. 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Three days earlier, in the night of March 11, Mohsen Ali Madadi, 50, a prisoner in the prison of Greater Tehran (Fashafouyeh), suffered a heart attack but the prison guards refused to send him to the hospital for medical treatment that led to his death.Prior to him, Hossein Aflatouni, a 43-year-old prisoner, went blind from diabetes due to lack of treatment, and died after a while.Trump: Iran is \u2018behind every problem\u2019 in the Middle EastDuring a speech at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13, President Trump said Iran is \u201cbehind every problem\u201d in the Middle East.Trump said: &#039;We are still working with allies and partners to block Iran&#039;s pass to nuclear weapon and confront sponsorship of terror and bloodshed all around the world. Everywhere we go in the Middle East, it is Iran, Iran, Iran. Behind every problem is Iran. We are dealing with these in a very serious fashion. One of the worst deals I\u2019ve ever seen was the Iran deal. $150 billion we gave them for what?&#039;.Iran: 889 Arrested in 22 Cities During Fire FestivalThe Mullahs\u2019 regime resorted to widespread arrests across Iran to confront the popular uprisings and protests on Fire Festival celebration (March 13th). According to repressive police officials, 889 people were arrested in only 22 cities of the country.Iran Regime\u2019s Former President stated: Senior Judiciary Officials Are Number One CorruptsIn a reaction to implementation of 15 years imprisonment for his deputy, The Iranian regime\u2019s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a letter calling senior judiciary officials \u201cnumber one accused of corruptions\u201d.Ahmadinejad said that Sadeq Larijani, head of the judiciary, \u201clacks legal competence\u201d and added that in the judiciary under his control \u201cthe independence of the judges has practically been eliminated\u201d.US-Iranian man gets 25 years prison for trying to buy missiles for IranA dual citizen of Iran and the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to buy surface-to-air missiles and aircraft components for the government of Iran in violation of US sanctions.Reza Olangian, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan. 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One of the worst deals I\u2019ve ever seen was the Iran deal. $150 billion we gave them for what?'.Iran: 889 Arrested in 22 Cities During Fire FestivalThe Mullahs\u2019 regime resorted to widespread arrests across Iran to confront the popular uprisings and protests on Fire Festival celebration (March 13th). According to repressive police officials, 889 people were arrested in only 22 cities of the country.Iran Regime\u2019s Former President stated: Senior Judiciary Officials Are Number One CorruptsIn a reaction to implementation of 15 years imprisonment for his deputy, The Iranian regime\u2019s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a letter calling senior judiciary officials \u201cnumber one accused of corruptions\u201d.Ahmadinejad said that Sadeq Larijani, head of the judiciary, \u201clacks legal competence\u201d and added that in the judiciary under his control \u201cthe independence of the judges has practically been eliminated\u201d.US-Iranian man gets 25 years prison for trying to buy missiles for IranA dual citizen of Iran and the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to buy surface-to-air missiles and aircraft components for the government of Iran in violation of US sanctions.Reza Olangian, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan. The sentence is the minimum allowed under federal law.Protest Rally Of Workers In Healthy City (Salem) Company In Kerman Municipality, IranOn Thursday, March 15, the workers of the Healthy (Salem ) City Company of the city of Kerman gathered in protest against the claims and benefits of the Eid (Iran New Years) in front of the Kerman City Council.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-04-04T09:21:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-14T21:58:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":402,"height":100,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018","datePublished":"2018-04-04T09:21:12+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/"},"wordCount":13,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"keywords":["save"],"articleSection":["Multimedia: Iran news in brief"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-16-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-04T09:21:12+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, March 16, 2018Two Prisoners Died on the Eve of Nowruz (Iranian New Year) Due to Deprivation of Medical TreatmentAbdul Rauf Pahang, a 30-year-old prisoner in Saravan Prison, who was infected with TB, died on the eve of Nowruz and the Iranian New Year on Tuesday morning, March 14, because the torturers denied him medical treatment. Three days earlier, in the night of March 11, Mohsen Ali Madadi, 50, a prisoner in the prison of Greater Tehran (Fashafouyeh), suffered a heart attack but the prison guards refused to send him to the hospital for medical treatment that led to his death.Prior to him, Hossein Aflatouni, a 43-year-old prisoner, went blind from diabetes due to lack of treatment, and died after a while.Trump: Iran is \u2018behind every problem\u2019 in the Middle EastDuring a speech at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13, President Trump said Iran is \u201cbehind every problem\u201d in the Middle East.Trump said: 'We are still working with allies and partners to block Iran's pass to nuclear weapon and confront sponsorship of terror and bloodshed all around the world. Everywhere we go in the Middle East, it is Iran, Iran, Iran. Behind every problem is Iran. We are dealing with these in a very serious fashion. One of the worst deals I\u2019ve ever seen was the Iran deal. $150 billion we gave them for what?'.Iran: 889 Arrested in 22 Cities During Fire FestivalThe Mullahs\u2019 regime resorted to widespread arrests across Iran to confront the popular uprisings and protests on Fire Festival celebration (March 13th). According to repressive police officials, 889 people were arrested in only 22 cities of the country.Iran Regime\u2019s Former President stated: Senior Judiciary Officials Are Number One CorruptsIn a reaction to implementation of 15 years imprisonment for his deputy, The Iranian regime\u2019s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a letter calling senior judiciary officials \u201cnumber one accused of corruptions\u201d.Ahmadinejad said that Sadeq Larijani, head of the judiciary, \u201clacks legal competence\u201d and added that in the judiciary under his control \u201cthe independence of the judges has practically been eliminated\u201d.US-Iranian man gets 25 years prison for trying to buy missiles for IranA dual citizen of Iran and the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to buy surface-to-air missiles and aircraft components for the government of Iran in violation of US sanctions.Reza Olangian, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan. 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