{"id":210549,"date":"2018-05-01T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210549-iran-news-in-brief-april-30-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:26","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-30-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-30-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 30, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 30, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_YPFj4WKIip8\" 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%2FYPFj4WKIip8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YPFj4WKIip8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-30T09:05:57Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_YPFj4WKIip8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYPFj4WKIip8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 30, 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\/YPFj4WKIip8\" 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%2FYPFj4WKIip8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 30, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 30, 2018 Iranian Kurdistan: Bazar shop owners&#039; strike enters its 3rd week in the city of Baneh Shop owners and Bazar merchants in the city of Baneh, near the western borders of Iran, again closed their shops on Sunday for the 15th day in the row.This general strike in the city of Babeh, which has expanded to 3 major western provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah and west Azerbaijan, started on April 15th in protest to the closer of border crossings between Iran and Iraq and also against the sudden increase of tariffs on imported merchandize. U.S. Secretary of State in Middle East, Pushes Hard Line On Iranian Regime U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is pushing the international community during his Middle East trip to impose new sanctions on people or entities that aid Iran\u2019s missile program, a senior official has said. &quot;We are urging nations around the world to sanction any individuals and entities associated with Iran&#039;s missile program, and it has also been a big part of discussions with Europeans,&quot; Brian Hook, a senior policy adviser traveling with Pompeo, said on April 28 in Saudi Arabia. Iranian American businessmen arrested for selling auto parts to Iran SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Three San Francisco Bay Area-based businessmen have been arrested on charges of allegedly selling auto parts to Iran by violating U.S. trade sanctions against Tehran, a local media report said Saturday.Sadr Emad-Vaez, Pouran Aazad and Hassan Ali Moshir-Fatemi, who are listed as executives for a Tehran-based manufacturing operation, were accused of being engaged in transactions involving the illegal export of goods and services to Iran, the report said, quoting sources with the U.S. Attorney&#039;s Office of the Northern California District. Iran regime releases Mullah-approved messaging app to replace banned Telegram with emoji featuring women in hijabs carrying &#039;Death to America&#039; placards, Iranian regime has released a new home-made messenger app that includes emojis featuring women in hijabs carrying &#039;Death to America&#039; placards. \u2018Soroush\u2019 has a set of emojis that display veiled women holding political text. 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