{"id":210543,"date":"2018-04-27T12:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T12:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210543-iran-news-in-brief-april-25-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_zr4PEIh2QAM\" 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%2Fzr4PEIh2QAM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zr4PEIh2QAM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M32S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-25T14:28:06Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_zr4PEIh2QAM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fzr4PEIh2QAM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 25, 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\/zr4PEIh2QAM\" 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%2Fzr4PEIh2QAM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018 Trump warns Iranian regime that if it threatens USA &#039;will pay price like few ever paid&#039; U.S. president, issued a firm warning to Iranian regime leaders that they will \u201cpay a price like few other countries have ever paid\u201d if the U.S. is threatened in any way. Speaking during a joint meeting with Emmanuel Macron the US leader warned Iranian regime that a new nuclear deal will need \u201csolid foundations\u201d. Trump continued his warning toward the nuclear deal, calling it terrible, ridiculous and insane and reminded Iranian regime with repercussions should it restart its nuclear program. President Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to keep the US in the agreement and is under strong European pressure to remain in it, Iran: 19 Executions In One Week Iranian regime sent 19 prisoners to the gallows in cities of Gohardasht, Urmia, Hamedan,Tabriz, Kermanshah and Ilam prisons. Eight of the executed were hanged collectively in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj on April 18th. On the same day, Bahman Varmazyar, a young prisoner who was a sports coach, was executed in Hamadan Prison. A day before, a prisoner was executed in Tabriz&#039;s central prison. On April 23, nine prisoners were sent to the gallows. Five of them were hanged collectively in Urmia prison, three prisoners in Keramanshah, and on prisoner in Ilam. Municipality Workers Protest against 8 Months Wage Arrears On Monday, April 23, a group of Hamidiyeh Municipality workers (located in Khuzestan province) stopped working and demanded their legal rights in protest against the non-payment of their eight month salaries. The municipality workers began their protest on Sunday, April 22 and continued their gathering for the second day in a row on Monday. These protest assemblies were held during a sand storm, while it was difficult for any-one to breathe. &quot;The Americans have little information about Iran&#039;s naval power and they understand our real power when ei-ther their vessels are sunken or entangled in a terrible situation,&quot; Fadawi was quoted as saying by FNA. Notorious Iranian prosecutor to begin serving prison sentence Former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, who was behind some of the most notorious prison deaths in Iran the last decade, was apprehended April 22 and transferred to Evin prison, where he will serve a two-year sen-tence for being an accessory to murder in 2009. 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These protest assemblies were held during a sand storm, while it was difficult for any-one to breathe.&quot;The Americans have little information about Iran&#039;s naval power and they understand our real power when ei-ther their vessels are sunken or entangled in a terrible situation,&quot; Fadawi was quoted as saying by FNA.Notorious Iranian prosecutor to begin serving prison sentenceFormer Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, who was behind some of the most notorious prison deaths in Iran the last decade, was apprehended April 22 and transferred to Evin prison, where he will serve a two-year sen-tence for being an accessory to murder in 2009.On April 12, a spokesman for Iran\u2019s judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, when asked about Mortazavi\u2019s longstanding case, said, \u201cHis verdict has been issued, but unfortunately we haven\u2019t been able to find him.\u201dMohseni-Ejei\u2019s comments instantly went viral, with Iranians mockingly posting \u201cWanted\u201d pictures of Mortazavi on social media and reiterating that the whole thing is white washing Mortazvi\u2019s years of criminal records.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-25-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018Trump warns Iranian regime that if it threatens USA &#039;will pay price like few ever paid&#039; U.S. president, issued a firm warning to Iranian regime leaders that they will \u201cpay a price like few other countries have ever paid\u201d if the U.S. is threatened in any way.Speaking during a joint meeting with Emmanuel Macron the US leader warned Iranian regime that a new nuclear deal will need \u201csolid foundations\u201d.Trump continued his warning toward the nuclear deal, calling it terrible, ridiculous and insane and reminded Iranian regime with repercussions should it restart its nuclear program.President Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to keep the US in the agreement and is under strong European pressure to remain in it, Iran: 19 Executions In One WeekIranian regime sent 19 prisoners to the gallows in cities of Gohardasht, Urmia, Hamedan,Tabriz, Kermanshah and Ilam prisons. 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These protest assemblies were held during a sand storm, while it was difficult for any-one to breathe.\"The Americans have little information about Iran's naval power and they understand our real power when ei-ther their vessels are sunken or entangled in a terrible situation,\" Fadawi was quoted as saying by FNA.Notorious Iranian prosecutor to begin serving prison sentenceFormer Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, who was behind some of the most notorious prison deaths in Iran the last decade, was apprehended April 22 and transferred to Evin prison, where he will serve a two-year sen-tence for being an accessory to murder in 2009.On April 12, a spokesman for Iran\u2019s judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, when asked about Mortazavi\u2019s longstanding case, said, \u201cHis verdict has been issued, but unfortunately we haven\u2019t been able to find him.\u201dMohseni-Ejei\u2019s comments instantly went viral, with Iranians mockingly posting \u201cWanted\u201d pictures of Mortazavi on social media and reiterating that the whole thing is white washing Mortazvi\u2019s years of criminal records.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-25-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, April 25, 2018Trump warns Iranian regime that if it threatens USA 'will pay price like few ever paid' U.S. president, issued a firm warning to Iranian regime leaders that they will \u201cpay a price like few other countries have ever paid\u201d if the U.S. is threatened in any way.Speaking during a joint meeting with Emmanuel Macron the US leader warned Iranian regime that a new nuclear deal will need \u201csolid foundations\u201d.Trump continued his warning toward the nuclear deal, calling it terrible, ridiculous and insane and reminded Iranian regime with repercussions should it restart its nuclear program.President Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to keep the US in the agreement and is under strong European pressure to remain in it, Iran: 19 Executions In One WeekIranian regime sent 19 prisoners to the gallows in cities of Gohardasht, Urmia, Hamedan,Tabriz, Kermanshah and Ilam prisons. 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