{"id":210546,"date":"2018-04-29T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210546-iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_xoeVzxq67YQ\" 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%2FxoeVzxq67YQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xoeVzxq67YQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-27T14:11:47Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xoeVzxq67YQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxoeVzxq67YQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 27, 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\/xoeVzxq67YQ\" 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%2FxoeVzxq67YQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018 Macron: Trump will likely scrap Iran deal The Hill, 26 April 2018 - French President Emmanuel Macron said he believes President Trump will drop out of the Iran nuclear deal, BuzzFeed News reported. \u201cMy view \u2014 I don\u2019t know what your president will decide \u2014 is that he will get rid of this deal on his own, for domestic reasons,\u201d Macron told reporters on Wednesday. Workers of Qazvin Foolad (Steel) Company Stage Protest Against Lack Of Rights On Wednesday, April 25, after neglecting the rights and demands of Qazvin Foolad (Steel) Company workers from Takestan, laborers took their protests and gatherings to Qazvin and the workers gathered in front of Qazvin governorate. Approximately 100 of the 200 employees of the Qazvin steel factory, after meeting in front of the Qazvin Governorate building, went to the Qazvin Judiciary and expressed their protests and demands there. Merchants In Baneh Start Eleventh Day Of Strike On Wednesday, April 25, the bazaar shopkeepers and merchants in Baneh, western Iran, entered their 11th day of a strike to protest the closure of the borders and increase in customs rates. The Iranian regime has completely closed the border crossings of Baneh, Marivan, Piranhasar and Sardasht in recent months. The closure of the borders, and especially the porters\u2019 pathway borders, has led to a sharp rise in unemployment. protest gathering in Rasht, Ilam Iran, April 25, 2018 - Local workers of the Ilam Petrochemical Company, in western Iran, gathered in protest against a breach in their contract and the layoff of workers by the state-affiliated company. In Rasht, northern Iran, workers of the Ashimashi Company, staged a protest in front of the Labor Office to show their objection to work conditions. US Not Seeking To Reopen Iran Nuclear Deal, Envoy Says The United States is not seeking to reopen or renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal but hopes to stay in it to fix its flaws with a supplementary agreement, U.S. non-proliferation envoy Christopher Ford said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran\u2019s regime, but Trump refrained from committing to staying in the 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retaliation if it restarted its nuclear program. Lacking Media Rights Defenders, Iran Deemed Unsafe for Journalists Media rights group Reporters Without Borders says Iran has remained one of the world\u2019s most unsafe countries for journalists in part because there is no Iranian association to defend them. In its annual World Press Freedom Index published on Wednesday, the Paris-based group gave Iran a ranking of 164 out of 180 countries. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index ranks countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists. 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The closure of the borders, and especially the porters\u2019 pathway borders, has led to a sharp rise in unemployment.protest gathering in Rasht, IlamIran, April 25, 2018 - Local workers of the Ilam Petrochemical Company, in western Iran, gathered in protest against a breach in their contract and the layoff of workers by the state-affiliated company.In Rasht, northern Iran, workers of the Ashimashi Company, staged a protest in front of the Labor Office to show their objection to work conditions.US Not Seeking To Reopen Iran Nuclear Deal, Envoy SaysThe United States is not seeking to reopen or renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal but hopes to stay in it to fix its flaws with a supplementary agreement, U.S. non-proliferation envoy Christopher Ford said on Wednesday.U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran\u2019s regime, but Trump refrained from committing to staying in the 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retaliation if it restarted its nuclear program.Lacking Media Rights Defenders, Iran Deemed Unsafe for JournalistsMedia rights group Reporters Without Borders says Iran has remained one of the world\u2019s most unsafe countries for journalists in part because there is no Iranian association to defend them.In its annual World Press Freedom Index published on Wednesday, the Paris-based group gave Iran a ranking of 164 out of 180 countries. 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The closure of the borders, and especially the porters\u2019 pathway borders, has led to a sharp rise in unemployment.protest gathering in Rasht, IlamIran, April 25, 2018 - Local workers of the Ilam Petrochemical Company, in western Iran, gathered in protest against a breach in their contract and the layoff of workers by the state-affiliated company.In Rasht, northern Iran, workers of the Ashimashi Company, staged a protest in front of the Labor Office to show their objection to work conditions.US Not Seeking To Reopen Iran Nuclear Deal, Envoy SaysThe United States is not seeking to reopen or renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal but hopes to stay in it to fix its flaws with a supplementary agreement, U.S. non-proliferation envoy Christopher Ford said on Wednesday.U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran\u2019s regime, but Trump refrained from committing to staying in the 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retaliation if it restarted its nuclear program.Lacking Media Rights Defenders, Iran Deemed Unsafe for JournalistsMedia rights group Reporters Without Borders says Iran has remained one of the world\u2019s most unsafe countries for journalists in part because there is no Iranian association to defend them.In its annual World Press Freedom Index published on Wednesday, the Paris-based group gave Iran a ranking of 164 out of 180 countries. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index ranks countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists. Iran has been stuck near the end of the list since RSF began issuing the rankings more than 20 years ago.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-04-29T19:14:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:08:27+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-27-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018","datePublished":"2018-04-29T19:14:11+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:08:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018\/"},"wordCount":15,"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-27-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-27-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-04-29T19:14:11+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:08:27+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, April 27, 2018 Macron: Trump will likely scrap Iran dealThe Hill, 26 April 2018 - French President Emmanuel Macron said he believes President Trump will drop out of the Iran nuclear deal, BuzzFeed News reported. \u201cMy view \u2014 I don\u2019t know what your president will decide \u2014 is that he will get rid of this deal on his own, for domestic reasons,\u201d Macron told reporters on Wednesday.Workers of Qazvin Foolad (Steel) Company Stage Protest Against Lack Of RightsOn Wednesday, April 25, after neglecting the rights and demands of Qazvin Foolad (Steel) Company workers from Takestan, laborers took their protests and gatherings to Qazvin and the workers gathered in front of Qazvin governorate.Approximately 100 of the 200 employees of the Qazvin steel factory, after meeting in front of the Qazvin Governorate building, went to the Qazvin Judiciary and expressed their protests and demands there.Merchants In Baneh Start Eleventh Day Of StrikeOn Wednesday, April 25, the bazaar shopkeepers and merchants in Baneh, western Iran, entered their 11th day of a strike to protest the closure of the borders and increase in customs rates.The Iranian regime has completely closed the border crossings of Baneh, Marivan, Piranhasar and Sardasht in recent months. The closure of the borders, and especially the porters\u2019 pathway borders, has led to a sharp rise in unemployment.protest gathering in Rasht, IlamIran, April 25, 2018 - Local workers of the Ilam Petrochemical Company, in western Iran, gathered in protest against a breach in their contract and the layoff of workers by the state-affiliated company.In Rasht, northern Iran, workers of the Ashimashi Company, staged a protest in front of the Labor Office to show their objection to work conditions.US Not Seeking To Reopen Iran Nuclear Deal, Envoy SaysThe United States is not seeking to reopen or renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal but hopes to stay in it to fix its flaws with a supplementary agreement, U.S. non-proliferation envoy Christopher Ford said on Wednesday.U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran\u2019s regime, but Trump refrained from committing to staying in the 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retaliation if it restarted its nuclear program.Lacking Media Rights Defenders, Iran Deemed Unsafe for JournalistsMedia rights group Reporters Without Borders says Iran has remained one of the world\u2019s most unsafe countries for journalists in part because there is no Iranian association to defend them.In its annual World Press Freedom Index published on Wednesday, the Paris-based group gave Iran a ranking of 164 out of 180 countries. 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