{"id":210461,"date":"2018-04-04T09:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210461-iran-news-in-brief-march-17-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-17-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-17-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_EasophwtL2k\" 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%2FEasophwtL2k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EasophwtL2k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-03-17T07:56:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_EasophwtL2k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FEasophwtL2k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, March 17, 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\/EasophwtL2k\" 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%2FEasophwtL2k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018 Demonstration of Thousands of Farmers Chanting: &quot;We Fight, We Die, We Get Back Our Water Share&quot; The protests of thousands of desperate farmers from cities of Varzaneh, Sarshiadoran, Ejiyeh ... With the support of the people of Isfahan became more widespread on Friday. A massive crowd gathered along the Khaju Bridge in protest to the regime&#039;s refusal to grant farmers the right to water and catastrophic livelihoods of farmers and ranchers. They went on to march on the streets of the city with the slogans of: \u201cToday is the day of mourning, the life of the worker is in peril today; Protesters attended the Friday&#039;s prayer show in the city during their march. In response to the nonsense talks of the speaker of the Friday prayers, they turned their back to him and heckled him, chanting, &quot;First clear our situation then the Friday prayers can begin,&quot; and interrupted his speech. Demonstrators were chanting at the time of their gathering in front of the regime&#039;s radio and television: &quot;Our disgrace is our TV and Radio\u201d. Mattis: Iran Is Meddling in Iraq&#039;s Elections - The US Secretary of Defence has accused Iran of funnelling money into Iraq to influence the outcome of its upcoming elections, as part of Iran&#039;s overall campaign to destabilise the Middle East. On Thursday, James Mattis said that the Iranian Regime is sending a \u201cnot [insignificant] amount of money\u201d into Iraq to sway votes. He said: \u201cWe have worrisome evidence that Iran is trying to influence \u2014 using money \u2014 the Iraqi elections. That money is being used to sway candidates, to sway votes \u2014 not an insignificant amount of money, we believe, and it\u2019s highly unhelpful. We know that they are doing what they can to impact the elections, and we don\u2019t like it.\u201d UN chief demands end to Hezbollah meddling in Syria United Nations chief Antonio Guteres urged all Lebanese parties to stop meddling in the Syrian conflict, in a report naming the Lebanon-based and Iran-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah. &quot;The presence of unauthorized weapons in the hands of Hezbollah remains of serious concern and warrants condemnation,&quot; the secretary-general said in a quarterly report distributed to the 15 Security Council members ahead of a debate set for Tuesday. Washington, which is involved in a major diplomatic offensive to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East, is expected to reprise the accusations against Hezbollah. Iran: Women\u2019s condition deplorable four months after the quake Four months past the earthquake, many families are still living in tents and using the bathroom in a park. One of the residents of Sarpole Zahab said, \u201cThe situation is particularly bad for women. 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With the support of the people of Isfahan became more widespread on Friday. A massive crowd gathered along the Khaju Bridge in protest to the regime&#039;s refusal to grant farmers the right to water and catastrophic livelihoods of farmers and ranchers. They went on to march on the streets of the city with the slogans of: \u201cToday is the day of mourning, the life of the worker is in peril today;Protesters attended the Friday&#039;s prayer show in the city during their march. In response to the nonsense talks of the speaker of the Friday prayers, they turned their back to him and heckled him, chanting, &quot;First clear our situation then the Friday prayers can begin,&quot; and interrupted his speech. Demonstrators were chanting at the time of their gathering in front of the regime&#039;s radio and television: &quot;Our disgrace is our TV and Radio\u201d.Mattis: Iran Is Meddling in Iraq&#039;s Elections- The US Secretary of Defence has accused Iran of funnelling money into Iraq to influence the outcome of its upcoming elections, as part of Iran&#039;s overall campaign to destabilise the Middle East.On Thursday, James Mattis said that the Iranian Regime is sending a \u201cnot amount of money\u201d into Iraq to sway votes.He said: \u201cWe have worrisome evidence that Iran is trying to influence \u2014 using money \u2014 the Iraqi elections. That money is being used to sway candidates, to sway votes \u2014 not an insignificant amount of money, we believe, and it\u2019s highly unhelpful. 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With the support of the people of Isfahan became more widespread on Friday. A massive crowd gathered along the Khaju Bridge in protest to the regime&#039;s refusal to grant farmers the right to water and catastrophic livelihoods of farmers and ranchers. They went on to march on the streets of the city with the slogans of: \u201cToday is the day of mourning, the life of the worker is in peril today;Protesters attended the Friday&#039;s prayer show in the city during their march. In response to the nonsense talks of the speaker of the Friday prayers, they turned their back to him and heckled him, chanting, &quot;First clear our situation then the Friday prayers can begin,&quot; and interrupted his speech. Demonstrators were chanting at the time of their gathering in front of the regime&#039;s radio and television: &quot;Our disgrace is our TV and Radio\u201d.Mattis: Iran Is Meddling in Iraq&#039;s Elections- The US Secretary of Defence has accused Iran of funnelling money into Iraq to influence the outcome of its upcoming elections, as part of Iran&#039;s overall campaign to destabilise the Middle East.On Thursday, James Mattis said that the Iranian Regime is sending a \u201cnot amount of money\u201d into Iraq to sway votes.He said: \u201cWe have worrisome evidence that Iran is trying to influence \u2014 using money \u2014 the Iraqi elections. That money is being used to sway candidates, to sway votes \u2014 not an insignificant amount of money, we believe, and it\u2019s highly unhelpful. We know that they are doing what they can to impact the elections, and we don\u2019t like it.\u201dUN chief demands end to Hezbollah meddling in SyriaUnited Nations chief Antonio Guteres urged all Lebanese parties to stop meddling in the Syrian conflict, in a report naming the Lebanon-based and Iran-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah.&quot;The presence of unauthorized weapons in the hands of Hezbollah remains of serious concern and warrants condemnation,&quot; the secretary-general said in a quarterly report distributed to the 15 Security Council members ahead of a debate set for Tuesday.Washington, which is involved in a major diplomatic offensive to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East, is expected to reprise the accusations against Hezbollah.Iran: Women\u2019s condition deplorable four months after the quakeFour months past the earthquake, many families are still living in tents and using the bathroom in a park.One of the residents of Sarpole Zahab said, \u201cThe situation is particularly bad for women. 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Demonstrators were chanting at the time of their gathering in front of the regime's radio and television: \"Our disgrace is our TV and Radio\u201d.Mattis: Iran Is Meddling in Iraq's Elections- The US Secretary of Defence has accused Iran of funnelling money into Iraq to influence the outcome of its upcoming elections, as part of Iran's overall campaign to destabilise the Middle East.On Thursday, James Mattis said that the Iranian Regime is sending a \u201cnot amount of money\u201d into Iraq to sway votes.He said: \u201cWe have worrisome evidence that Iran is trying to influence \u2014 using money \u2014 the Iraqi elections. That money is being used to sway candidates, to sway votes \u2014 not an insignificant amount of money, we believe, and it\u2019s highly unhelpful. We know that they are doing what they can to impact the elections, and we don\u2019t like it.\u201dUN chief demands end to Hezbollah meddling in SyriaUnited Nations chief Antonio Guteres urged all Lebanese parties to stop meddling in the Syrian conflict, in a report naming the Lebanon-based and Iran-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah.\"The presence of unauthorized weapons in the hands of Hezbollah remains of serious concern and warrants condemnation,\" the secretary-general said in a quarterly report distributed to the 15 Security Council members ahead of a debate set for Tuesday.Washington, which is involved in a major diplomatic offensive to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East, is expected to reprise the accusations against Hezbollah.Iran: Women\u2019s condition deplorable four months after the quakeFour months past the earthquake, many families are still living in tents and using the bathroom in a park.One of the residents of Sarpole Zahab said, \u201cThe situation is particularly bad for women. Many have suffered miscarriages and pregnant women are living in difficult conditions in tents.\u201dA recent survey indicates that stress and depression is high among residents of this area, but higher in women in comparison to men.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-17-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-04-04T09:21:50+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-17-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-17-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018","datePublished":"2018-04-04T09:21:50+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-17-2018\/"},"wordCount":15,"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-17-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-17-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-04T09:21:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-14T21:58:42+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, March 17, 2018Demonstration of Thousands of Farmers Chanting: \"We Fight, We Die, We Get Back Our Water Share\"The protests of thousands of desperate farmers from cities of Varzaneh, Sarshiadoran, Ejiyeh... With the support of the people of Isfahan became more widespread on Friday. A massive crowd gathered along the Khaju Bridge in protest to the regime's refusal to grant farmers the right to water and catastrophic livelihoods of farmers and ranchers. They went on to march on the streets of the city with the slogans of: \u201cToday is the day of mourning, the life of the worker is in peril today;Protesters attended the Friday's prayer show in the city during their march. In response to the nonsense talks of the speaker of the Friday prayers, they turned their back to him and heckled him, chanting, \"First clear our situation then the Friday prayers can begin,\" and interrupted his speech. Demonstrators were chanting at the time of their gathering in front of the regime's radio and television: \"Our disgrace is our TV and Radio\u201d.Mattis: Iran Is Meddling in Iraq's Elections- The US Secretary of Defence has accused Iran of funnelling money into Iraq to influence the outcome of its upcoming elections, as part of Iran's overall campaign to destabilise the Middle East.On Thursday, James Mattis said that the Iranian Regime is sending a \u201cnot amount of money\u201d into Iraq to sway votes.He said: \u201cWe have worrisome evidence that Iran is trying to influence \u2014 using money \u2014 the Iraqi elections. That money is being used to sway candidates, to sway votes \u2014 not an insignificant amount of money, we believe, and it\u2019s highly unhelpful. We know that they are doing what they can to impact the elections, and we don\u2019t like it.\u201dUN chief demands end to Hezbollah meddling in SyriaUnited Nations chief Antonio Guteres urged all Lebanese parties to stop meddling in the Syrian conflict, in a report naming the Lebanon-based and Iran-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah.\"The presence of unauthorized weapons in the hands of Hezbollah remains of serious concern and warrants condemnation,\" the secretary-general said in a quarterly report distributed to the 15 Security Council members ahead of a debate set for Tuesday.Washington, which is involved in a major diplomatic offensive to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East, is expected to reprise the accusations against Hezbollah.Iran: Women\u2019s condition deplorable four months after the quakeFour months past the earthquake, many families are still living in tents and using the bathroom in a park.One of the residents of Sarpole Zahab said, \u201cThe situation is particularly bad for women. 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