{"id":210539,"date":"2018-04-27T12:38:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T12:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210539-iran-news-in-brief-april-24-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-24-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 24, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 24, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_pZWCfr4filk\" 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%2FpZWCfr4filk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pZWCfr4filk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-24T19:55:45Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_pZWCfr4filk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FpZWCfr4filk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 24, 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\/pZWCfr4filk\" 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%2FpZWCfr4filk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 24, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 24, 2018 Woman in Tabriz attacked with acid According to local reports, a 37-year-old woman in Tabriz \u060c Norhwestern Iran, was attacked with acid yesterday in the city\u2019s Fahmideh square. 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Workers Protest over Expulsion Of Colleagues On Sunday, April 22nd, more than 200 workers from the Qazvin Foolad (Steel) Company gathered in front of the Takestan Governorate in Qazvin Province, Iran, in protest to the expulsion of their colleagues. One of the Qazvin Steel protesting workers said: \u201cSince yesterday morning, factory managers refuse to pay at least three months of wage and salary due to shortages of funds and prevented about 100 of our colleagues to enter their workplace. Retired Laborers Stage Protest Demanding Retirement Claims On Sunday, April 22, 2018, a group of retired workers of Western Alborz Coal Mine located in Gilan Province gathered in front of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization Building (IMIDRO) in Tehran, Iran. The retired workers also gathered yesterday in front of the Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company (IMPASCO). They demanded the authorities to meet their unfulfilled retirement claims. 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The attacker, who has not been yet identified, threw acid on the face and legs of the victim. In previous years, bassij and other paramilitary groups with ties to the regime have staged similar attacks against young women in various cities of Iran. Strikes continue in Baneh, joined by public protestsOn Monday, April 23, the strikes that started in Iran\u2019s western border provinces over increased restrictions on imports continued in various cities. In Baneh, Kurdistan, which was among the first cities where the strikes started, shop owners and merchants continue to refuse opening for business.Afraid of growing tensions and the possible eruption of widespread protests, the Iranian regime has tried to frighten and intimidate merchants and force them to reopen their shops. Workers Protest over Expulsion Of Colleagues On Sunday, April 22nd, more than 200 workers from the Qazvin Foolad (Steel) Company gathered in front of the Takestan Governorate in Qazvin Province, Iran, in protest to the expulsion of their colleagues. One of the Qazvin Steel protesting workers said: \u201cSince yesterday morning, factory managers refuse to pay at least three months of wage and salary due to shortages of funds and prevented about 100 of our colleagues to enter their workplace.Retired Laborers Stage Protest Demanding Retirement ClaimsOn Sunday, April 22, 2018, a group of retired workers of Western Alborz Coal Mine located in Gilan Province gathered in front of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization Building (IMIDRO) in Tehran, Iran.The retired workers also gathered yesterday in front of the Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company (IMPASCO). They demanded the authorities to meet their unfulfilled retirement claims.Iranian regime officially bans use of cryptocurrenciesAn Iranian newspaper says the country's Central Bank has officially banned the use of cryptocurrencies in financial transactions in order to \"prevent crimes such as money laundering and terrorism.\"The move is seen as part of Tehran's efforts to control the currency market after the rial hit an all-time low earlier this month.Monday's report by the Donya-e Eqtesad daily says the ban applies to \"all monetary and financial centers of the country,\" including banks, financial institutes and currency exchange offices.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-24-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-24-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-24-2018\/#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 24, 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\/210539","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=210539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}