{"id":210596,"date":"2018-05-16T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T17:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210596-iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:20","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_JGGSRnf9GH8\" 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%2FJGGSRnf9GH8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGGSRnf9GH8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-05-15T08:52:52Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_JGGSRnf9GH8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJGGSRnf9GH8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 15, 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\/JGGSRnf9GH8\" 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%2FJGGSRnf9GH8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2018 Iran foreign minister scrambles to China and Russia to save nuclear deal Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he hoped for a \u201cclear future design\u201d of the deal as he began a series of diplomatic tours aimed at rescuing the agreement. He will also meet with the foreign ministers of Germany, France and the UK in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the future of the deal. Iranian Official: Telegram\u2019s Filtering Is Permanent An Iranian official defended the decision of the country\u2019s judiciary to block the popular messaging application Telegram and said that the measure will be in effect permanently. Abdussamad Khorramabadi, the chairman of the committee for Internet Crimes, a task force under the supervision of Iran\u2019 judiciary said on Saturday May 12: \u201cDo not pay attention to the rumors that say filtering of Telegram is temporarily. It is final and permanent.\u201d Workers Of Arak\u2019s HEPCO Company Block Railroads On Their Second Day Of Protest On Monday, May 14, 2018, the workers of Arak\u2019s Hepco Company started their second day of protest demanding Iranian authorities to address their claims and rights. In protest to the transfer of HEPCO\u2019s corporation and the failure to pay their wages, the workers blocked the railways in Arak, Iran. Bakers Hold Protest Rally In Front Of Provincial Governorate In Semnan, Iran On Monday, May 14, 2018, a group of bakers hold protest rally in Semnan, Iran, against the Iranian authorities issuing of disorderly licenses for bakeries and a six-year standstill of their wages. Women partake in protests of teachers, retired education staff A large number of women were among the teachers and retired Education Ministry staff who had converged from around the country outside the Education Ministry in Tehran, on Sunday, May 13, 2018. They demanded their bonuses and rewards after 30 years of service. Iran: Women\u2019s rights abused for their faith Three women were summoned to court and transferred to the Prison of Ahwaz on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Neda Sabeti, Forough Farzaneh and Nooshin Afshar who had been earlier freed from the detention center of the Intelligence Department of Ahwaz on Saturday, May 12, 2018, were re-arrested and place in jail. All three women are followers of the Baha\u2019i faith. 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It is final and permanent.\u201dWorkers Of Arak\u2019s HEPCO Company Block Railroads On Their Second Day Of ProtestOn Monday, May 14, 2018, the workers of Arak\u2019s Hepco Company started their second day of protest demanding Iranian authorities to address their claims and rights.In protest to the transfer of HEPCO\u2019s corporation and the failure to pay their wages, the workers blocked the railways in Arak, Iran.Bakers Hold Protest Rally In Front Of Provincial Governorate In Semnan, IranOn Monday, May 14, 2018, a group of bakers hold protest rally in Semnan, Iran, against the Iranian authorities issuing of disorderly licenses for bakeries and a six-year standstill of their wages.Women partake in protests of teachers, retired education staffA large number of women were among the teachers and retired Education Ministry staff who had converged from around the country outside the Education Ministry in Tehran, on Sunday, May 13, 2018. They demanded their bonuses and rewards after 30 years of service. Iran: Women\u2019s rights abused for their faithThree women were summoned to court and transferred to the Prison of Ahwaz on Sunday, May 13, 2018.Neda Sabeti, Forough Farzaneh and Nooshin Afshar who had been earlier freed from the detention center of the Intelligence Department of Ahwaz on Saturday, May 12, 2018, were re-arrested and place in jail. All three women are followers of the Baha\u2019i faith.Iran: Women\u2019s futsal championship was not broadcastWith the victory of the Iranian women's futsal team over Japan's in the final game of the 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the state television's failure to broadcast the final game has turned into a political challenge for the Iranian regime.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-15-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, May 15, 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}