{"id":210510,"date":"2018-04-13T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210510-iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-42KzHFZH-k\" 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%2F-42KzHFZH-k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-42KzHFZH-k\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M26S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-12T17:10:06Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_-42KzHFZH-k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-42KzHFZH-k%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 12, 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\/-42KzHFZH-k\" 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%2F-42KzHFZH-k%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018 Looted investors of the Caspian financial institution gathered in front of the Iranian Parliament Iran, April 10, 2018 - Looted investors of the Caspian financial institution who had gathered in front of the Iranian Parliament, on Monday, April 10, 2018, resisted assaults by Iranian security forces and police. Despite several arrests, the demonstrators continued their protest. The demonstrators yelled at the oppressive forces, as much as you beat us and create a tense atmosphere, we will come back and will not back off until we get our money back. Risks remain for those considering doing business with Iran regime The U.S. on Tuesday welcomed reports that the European Union was considering new sanctions on Iran&#039;s regime and said risks remained for those who were pondering doing business with Tehran. &quot;There continue to be ongoing risks with doing business there because the Iranians have not reformed their system,&quot; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said. Speaking in London, he added that Iran&#039;s regime was using money to support Hezbollah, Hamas and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. She said there was no transparency in the Iranian banking system. Dozens of MEPs condemn Iran regime\u2019s misinformation campaign against the PMOI (MEK) Dozens of Members of the European Parliament from various political groups from all over Europe in a joint statement on Monday strongly condemned the stepped up campaign by the Iranian regime against the democratic opposition, namely the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), specifically the members of the organization who are now resident in Albania. In a letter to Antonio Tajani, the President of the Parliament, the signatories, including a Vice President of the parliament, underscored that the statement pertains to a meeting organized by Ana Gomes, a pro-Iran Portuguese MEP, against the Iranian opposition at the European Parliament on April 10, EU Reporter wrote. Iran regime MPs call on Central Bank governor to resign as rial plummets Iranian regime&#039;s President Hassan Rouhani and Central Bank Gov. 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The demonstrators yelled at the oppressive forces, as much as you beat us and create a tense atmosphere, we will come back and will not back off until we get our money back. Risks remain for those considering doing business with Iran regimeThe U.S. on Tuesday welcomed reports that the European Union was considering new sanctions on Iran&#039;s regime and said risks remained for those who were pondering doing business with Tehran.&quot;There continue to be ongoing risks with doing business there because the Iranians have not reformed their system,&quot; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said.Speaking in London, he added that Iran&#039;s regime was using money to support Hezbollah, Hamas and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. 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The demonstrators yelled at the oppressive forces, as much as you beat us and create a tense atmosphere, we will come back and will not back off until we get our money back. Risks remain for those considering doing business with Iran regimeThe U.S. on Tuesday welcomed reports that the European Union was considering new sanctions on Iran&#039;s regime and said risks remained for those who were pondering doing business with Tehran.&quot;There continue to be ongoing risks with doing business there because the Iranians have not reformed their system,&quot; Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said.Speaking in London, he added that Iran&#039;s regime was using money to support Hezbollah, Hamas and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. 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Valiollah Seif have come under heavy fire over the sudden devaluation of the rial.As the Iranian rial hit a record low, trading above 60,000 against the US dollar on April 9, criticism against President Hassan Rouhani and Central Bank Gov. Valiollah Seif has intensified.The rial has dropped in value over the last few months and reached a nadir in the past two weeks, jumping from 50,000 against the dollar on March 26 to 60,000 on April 9.France Agrees On The Need To Tackle Iranian ExpansionismFrance and Saudi Arabia agree on the pressing need to curb Iranian \u2018expansionism\u2019 according to French president Emmanuel Macron at the end of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s three-day visit to France.Macron noted that although the two countries still didn\u2019t see eye to eye on the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which France wants to preserve, they definitely agreed on the need to \"limit Iran's ballistic activity and regional expansionism\".","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-04-13T21:42:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-14T21:58:41+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-april-12-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018","datePublished":"2018-04-13T21:42:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-14T21:58:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018\/"},"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-april-12-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-12-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-13T21:42:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-14T21:58:41+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, April 12, 2018Looted investors of the Caspian financial institution gathered in front of the Iranian Parliament Iran, April 10, 2018 - Looted investors of the Caspian financial institution who had gathered in front of the Iranian Parliament, on Monday, April 10, 2018, resisted assaults by Iranian security forces and police.Despite several arrests, the demonstrators continued their protest. The demonstrators yelled at the oppressive forces, as much as you beat us and create a tense atmosphere, we will come back and will not back off until we get our money back. Risks remain for those considering doing business with Iran regimeThe U.S. on Tuesday welcomed reports that the European Union was considering new sanctions on Iran's regime and said risks remained for those who were pondering doing business with Tehran.\"There continue to be ongoing risks with doing business there because the Iranians have not reformed their system,\" Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said.Speaking in London, he added that Iran's regime was using money to support Hezbollah, Hamas and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. She said there was no transparency in the Iranian banking system.Dozens of MEPs condemn Iran regime\u2019s misinformation campaign against the PMOI (MEK)Dozens of Members of the European Parliament from various political groups from all over Europe in a joint statement on Monday strongly condemned the stepped up campaign by the Iranian regime against the democratic opposition, namely the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), specifically the members of the organization who are now resident in Albania. In a letter to Antonio Tajani, the President of the Parliament, the signatories, including a Vice President of the parliament, underscored that the statement pertains to a meeting organized by Ana Gomes, a pro-Iran Portuguese MEP, against the Iranian opposition at the European Parliament on April 10, EU Reporter wrote.Iran regime MPs call on Central Bank governor to resign as rial plummetsIranian regime's President Hassan Rouhani and Central Bank Gov. Valiollah Seif have come under heavy fire over the sudden devaluation of the rial.As the Iranian rial hit a record low, trading above 60,000 against the US dollar on April 9, criticism against President Hassan Rouhani and Central Bank Gov. 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