{"id":210576,"date":"2018-05-11T17:06:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T17:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210576-iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_oYW-xUuTeuk\" 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%2FoYW-xUuTeuk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oYW-xUuTeuk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M34S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-05-09T14:45:55Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_oYW-xUuTeuk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FoYW-xUuTeuk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 9, 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\/oYW-xUuTeuk\" 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%2FoYW-xUuTeuk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018 Trump Has Announced That The US Is Leaving The Iran Nuclear Deal President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, allowing sanctions against the country to resume. &quot;It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement,&quot; Trump said, standing in the White House. &quot;The Iran deal is defective at its core.&quot; Maryam Rajavi: Eradicating The Clerical Regime\u2019s Nuclear and Terrorism Threats Means Getting Rid of the Regime in Its Entirety Following the declaration of U.S. president on ending the participation of U.S. in Iran Deal, Mrs Maryam Rajavi the president elect of the Iranian Resistance issued a statement which reads in part: \u201cAs the nationwide uprising in December and January demonstrated, the Iranian people want to be liberated from religious oppression and despotism. Democratic change in Iran is inevitable and a free Iran is within reach. The end of religious dictatorship in Iran is a requisite for regional peace, democracy, security, and stability. This is the only way to end war and crisis in the region and avert a larger war.\u201d U.S. Treasury Department declares new sanctions policy against Iran Following U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with the Iranian regime, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed the sanctions in a statement: \u201cPresident Trump has been consistent and clear that this Administration is resolved to addressing the totality of Iran\u2019s destabilizing activities. We will continue to work with our allies to build an agreement that is truly in the best interest of our long-term national security. The United States will cut off the IRGC\u2019s access to capital to fund Iranian malign activity, including its status as the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terror, its use of ballistic missiles against our allies, its support for the brutal Assad regime in Syria, its human rights violations against its own people, and its abuses of the international financial system.\u201d Arab countries welcome the U.S.\u2019s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal Several Arab countries welcomed the United State government\u2019s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal and to re-impose sanctions on the Iranian regime. Saudi Arabia: The Iranian regime used the economic benefits resulting from the lifting of sanctions to further destabilize the region. United Arabic Emirates also welcomed the U.S. decision to step away from the deal. According to Al-Akhbariah news agency: The UAE approved the U.S. president\u2019s decision to exit the nuclear deal with the Iranian regime. 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According to Al-Akhbariah news agency: The UAE approved the U.S. president\u2019s decision to exit the nuclear deal with the Iranian regime.The government of Bahrain, in a statement, declared its full support for the decision made by the U.S. government to exit the nuclear deal and to put an end to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies pertaining to the export of terrorism in the region.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-05-11T17:06:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:08:22+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-may-9-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018","datePublished":"2018-05-11T17:06:45+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:08:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018\/"},"wordCount":12,"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-may-9-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-9-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-05-11T17:06:45+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:08:22+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, May 9, 2018Trump Has Announced That The US Is Leaving The Iran Nuclear DealPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday he would withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, allowing sanctions against the country to resume. \"It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement,\" Trump said, standing in the White House. \"The Iran deal is defective at its core.\"Maryam Rajavi: Eradicating The Clerical Regime\u2019s Nuclear and Terrorism Threats Means Getting Rid of the Regime in Its EntiretyFollowing the declaration of U.S. president on ending the participation of U.S. in Iran Deal, Mrs Maryam Rajavi the president elect of the Iranian Resistance issued a statement which reads in part: \u201cAs the nationwide uprising in December and January demonstrated, the Iranian people want to be liberated from religious oppression and despotism. Democratic change in Iran is inevitable and a free Iran is within reach. The end of religious dictatorship in Iran is a requisite for regional peace, democracy, security, and stability. This is the only way to end war and crisis in the region and avert a larger war.\u201dU.S. Treasury Department declares new sanctions policy against IranFollowing U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with the Iranian regime, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed the sanctions in a statement:\u201cPresident Trump has been consistent and clear that this Administration is resolved to addressing the totality of Iran\u2019s destabilizing activities. We will continue to work with our allies to build an agreement that is truly in the best interest of our long-term national security. The United States will cut off the IRGC\u2019s access to capital to fund Iranian malign activity, including its status as the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terror, its use of ballistic missiles against our allies, its support for the brutal Assad regime in Syria, its human rights violations against its own people, and its abuses of the international financial system.\u201dArab countries welcome the U.S.\u2019s decision to exit the Iran nuclear dealSeveral Arab countries welcomed the United State government\u2019s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal and to re-impose sanctions on the Iranian regime.Saudi Arabia: The Iranian regime used the economic benefits resulting from the lifting of sanctions to further destabilize the region.United Arabic Emirates also welcomed the U.S. decision to step away from the deal. 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