{"id":210518,"date":"2018-04-17T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210518-iran-news-in-brief-april-13-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-14T21:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:58:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-13-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-13-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 13, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 13, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tnMLWPgQYVM\" 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%2FtnMLWPgQYVM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tnMLWPgQYVM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M26S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-16T06:49:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tnMLWPgQYVM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtnMLWPgQYVM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 13, 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\/tnMLWPgQYVM\" 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%2FtnMLWPgQYVM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 13, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 13, 2018 Saudi Air Defenses Intercept 3 Iran-backed Houthi Ballistic Missiles Saudi air defenses intercepted on Wednesday three ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen. 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Anti-regime Protest in Ziar, Central Iran, on Wednesday New anti-regime protests took place on Wednesday in Ziar, central Iran, after a local resident identified only as Ismail was arrested by the regime during a farmers&#039; protest in nearby Isfahan. Protests have been ongoing for weeks over the drying up of Zayanderud River due to the regime&#039;s ecological policies. The protesters in Ziar lit tires in the middle of the streets and chanted slogans including &quot;Farmers&#039; rights have been betrayed for 18 years.&quot; Top Iranian Khamenei adviser in Ghouta with Assad military official Iranian media outlets reported that Velayati visited a military site in eastern Ghouta and spoke to military officers about the operations that took place there. According to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, received Velayati on Wednesday morning and they discussed the political developments in the country. Velayat confirmed Iran\u2019s support for the Assad regime during the discussion, the news agency reported. 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Mnuchin, testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee, said there will be \u201cprimary and secondary sanctions\u201d against Iran&#039;s regime, referring to penalties for Tehran and entities that do business with it..Anti-regime Protest in Ziar, Central Iran, on WednesdayNew anti-regime protests took place on Wednesday in Ziar, central Iran, after a local resident identified only as Ismail was arrested by the regime during a farmers&#039; protest in nearby Isfahan. Protests have been ongoing for weeks over the drying up of Zayanderud River due to the regime&#039;s ecological policies. The protesters in Ziar lit tires in the middle of the streets and chanted slogans including &quot;Farmers&#039; rights have been betrayed for 18 years.&quot;Top Iranian Khamenei adviser in Ghouta with Assad military officialIranian media outlets reported that Velayati visited a military site in eastern Ghouta and spoke to military officers about the operations that took place there.According to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, received Velayati on Wednesday morning and they discussed the political developments in the country. 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Mnuchin, testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee, said there will be \u201cprimary and secondary sanctions\u201d against Iran&#039;s regime, referring to penalties for Tehran and entities that do business with it..Anti-regime Protest in Ziar, Central Iran, on WednesdayNew anti-regime protests took place on Wednesday in Ziar, central Iran, after a local resident identified only as Ismail was arrested by the regime during a farmers&#039; protest in nearby Isfahan. Protests have been ongoing for weeks over the drying up of Zayanderud River due to the regime&#039;s ecological policies. The protesters in Ziar lit tires in the middle of the streets and chanted slogans including &quot;Farmers&#039; rights have been betrayed for 18 years.&quot;Top Iranian Khamenei adviser in Ghouta with Assad military officialIranian media outlets reported that Velayati visited a military site in eastern Ghouta and spoke to military officers about the operations that took place there.According to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, received Velayati on Wednesday morning and they discussed the political developments in the country. 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Mnuchin, testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee, said there will be \u201cprimary and secondary sanctions\u201d against Iran's regime, referring to penalties for Tehran and entities that do business with it..Anti-regime Protest in Ziar, Central Iran, on WednesdayNew anti-regime protests took place on Wednesday in Ziar, central Iran, after a local resident identified only as Ismail was arrested by the regime during a farmers' protest in nearby Isfahan. Protests have been ongoing for weeks over the drying up of Zayanderud River due to the regime's ecological policies. The protesters in Ziar lit tires in the middle of the streets and chanted slogans including \"Farmers' rights have been betrayed for 18 years.\"Top Iranian Khamenei adviser in Ghouta with Assad military officialIranian media outlets reported that Velayati visited a military site in eastern Ghouta and spoke to military officers about the operations that took place there.According to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Muallem, received Velayati on Wednesday morning and they discussed the political developments in the country. Velayat confirmed Iran\u2019s support for the Assad regime during the discussion, the news agency reported.Shiraz University Students Protest Against Expulsion Of Professor In IranOn Thursday, April 12th, a group of Shiraz University students gathered to protest against the dismissal and expulsion of a university professor by government agents.a group of students at Shiraz University formed a human chain in front of the university in support of the three elite professors at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who were banned and expelled from Shiraz University.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-13-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-13-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-13-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, April 13, 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}