{"id":210563,"date":"2018-05-04T18:28:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210563-iran-news-in-brief-may-3-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:24","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-3-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-3-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 3, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 3, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_BtON503MTNI\" 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%2FBtON503MTNI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtON503MTNI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M34S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-05-03T13:08:15Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_BtON503MTNI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FBtON503MTNI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 3, 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\/BtON503MTNI\" 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%2FBtON503MTNI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 3, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"1- Iranian regime arrests second British-Iranian national since mid-April Human Rights sources reported on Wednesday, Iran has detained a British-Iranian dual national who works as a security analyst, this is the second such arrest since mid-April. 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Report said it had received word of the arrest of Mahan Abedin in the past week, quoting an unidentified source in the capital Tehran. It did not spell out when or where Abedin was arrested or where he lived, but its report indicated that he was visiting Iran when taken into custody.Asked about Abedin\u2019s arrest, Britain\u2019s Foreign Office said: \u201cWe are urgently seeking information from the Iranian authorities following reports of the arrest of a British-Iranian dual national.\u201d2- Protest Gatherings On International Labour Day in Various Cities Of Iran Saghez \u2013 A group of Saqez workers in the province of Kurdistan rallied on the occasion of the International Labor\u2019s Day in the Workers Square of Chan Valikhan.- Tehran \u2013 During a ceremony held by the government on the occasion of International Labor Day in Tehran, the participants chanted slogans against the Worker House.Yazd \u2013 Hundreds of hard-working workers in Yazd launched protest rallies. Workers at the Prayer Square \u2013 Modarres Blvd of this city were marching as they chanted: The worker is awake, they are against exploitation3- Security forces use tear gas on protesters demanding their savingsInvestors of the Alborz Credit Institute in Karaj, west of Tehran in Iran rallied outside the \u201cMellat House\u201d in this city demanding their savings.State security forces resorted to tear gas in an attempt to disperse the growing crowd. Protesters stood up to these measures and chanted: \u201cShame on you, shame on you\u201d4- 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattles southern IranTEHRAN, Iran \u2014 A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck a remote, mountainous region in southern Iran on Wednesday, injuring at least 31 people and disrupting power and communication lines, state media reported.The temblor rocked the town of Sisakht, some 700 kilometers (430 miles) south of Tehran, causing people to rush out into the streets. The town has a population of 10,000. 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