{"id":210485,"date":"2018-04-04T09:36:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210485-iran-news-in-brief-april-02-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-02-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-02-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 02, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 02, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_XiHH4jLFwZM\" 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%2FXiHH4jLFwZM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XiHH4jLFwZM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-02T21:56:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XiHH4jLFwZM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXiHH4jLFwZM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 02, 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\/XiHH4jLFwZM\" 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%2FXiHH4jLFwZM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 02, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 02, 2018 Increasing Internet Restrictions And Blocking The Telegram By Iran Regime Iranian regime aims to prevent the flames and the spread of popular uprisings and protests that are taking place every day in different parts of the country, with the intensification of Internet restrictions and the blocking of social networks such as the Telegram. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the regime\u2019s Parliament, said on March 31 that the telegram would be shut down by April 20 at the latest, ant &quot;it will be replaced by a similar national platform.&quot; By explicitly referring to Khamenei, he said \u201cThis is a decision that was made at the highest level.\u201d Lebanese Interior Minister: Beirut\u2019s Identity is Threatened by Iranian Agenda Beirut - Asharq Al-Awsat, 2 April, 2018 - Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq warned on Sunday that the identity of Beirut was being threatened by the Iranian agenda. This is the first time since 1943 that its Arabism is coming under danger, he said before a delegation of Beirut families. He stressed that the policy of disassociation from regional crises that has been adopted by Prime Minister Saad Hariri since 2010 has achieved stability and security for the whole of Lebanon, especially Beirut. Iran: Arrest of 20 protesting Hafttappeh sugar cane factory workers Iran, April 1, 2018 - The Mullahs&#039; regime today (Sunday) arrested those workers who had been summoned to the judiciary courthouse in Shush, southwest of Iran. Despite an announcement by the court officer of the end of the court session, the security forces took the matter in their own hand overriding the court&#039;s order and issued their own verdict to arrest all the workers and took them into custody. 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Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the regime\u2019s Parliament, said on March 31 that the telegram would be shut down by April 20 at the latest, ant \"it will be replaced by a similar national platform.\" By explicitly referring to Khamenei, he said \u201cThis is a decision that was made at the highest level.\u201dLebanese Interior Minister: Beirut\u2019s Identity is Threatened by Iranian AgendaBeirut - Asharq Al-Awsat, 2 April, 2018 - Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq warned on Sunday that the identity of Beirut was being threatened by the Iranian agenda.This is the first time since 1943 that its Arabism is coming under danger, he said before a delegation of Beirut families.He stressed that the policy of disassociation from regional crises that has been adopted by Prime Minister Saad Hariri since 2010 has achieved stability and security for the whole of Lebanon, especially Beirut.Iran: Arrest of 20 protesting Hafttappeh sugar cane factory workersIran, April 1, 2018 - The Mullahs' regime today (Sunday) arrested those workers who had been summoned to the judiciary courthouse in Shush, southwest of Iran. 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