{"id":210609,"date":"2018-05-22T14:09:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210609-iran-news-in-brief-may-19-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:17","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 19, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 19, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fgOMBT_RR_U\" 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%2FfgOMBT_RR_U%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgOMBT_RR_U\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M48S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-05-20T22:00:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fgOMBT_RR_U\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfgOMBT_RR_U%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 19, 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\/fgOMBT_RR_U\" 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%2FfgOMBT_RR_U%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 19, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 19, 2018 Germany&#039;s DZ Bank to halt Iran transactions in July 2 lender DZ Bank said on Friday it will suspend financial transactions with Iran in July following U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s pullout from the nuclear deal with Tehran. \u201cWe will completely suspend our foreign payment transactions related to Iran starting July 1st,\u201d said a spokesman for Frankfurt-based DZ Bank, which is the umbrella organization of German cooperative bank chain Raiffeisen-Volksbanken. Pompeo to lay out Plan B for Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver a speech Monday at the Heritage Foundation that lays out a \u201ccomprehensive strategy\u201d for what the United States, European countries and others can do to rein in Iran\u2019s nuclear and non-nuclear activities, officials said. \u201cWe need a new framework that\u2019s going to address the totality of Iran\u2019s threats,\u201dBrian Hook, a senior adviser to Pompeo told reporters in a conference call Friday. \u201cWe see an opportunity to counter and address Iran\u2019s nuclear and proliferation threats and to create a better nonproliferation and deterrence architecture for Iran and the regio Protest of Workers and Contractors of Iran\u2019s Tehran Metro Line 3 against Wage Arrears On Thursday, May 17, 2018, Tehran Metro workers and contractors held a protest rally demanding their delayed salaries. Tehran Metro Line 3, the longest subway line in the Middle East, is 37 miles long. It facilitates the transportation of 14 million Tehran Metropolis citizens. Kazerun in Turmoil On Third Day Of Protests According to the news from inside Kazerun, the protests and clashed lasted until 2:30 pm local time on Friday, May 18, 2018, leaving Kazerun in turmoil and in a war-zone like situation. The youth in Kazerun attacked the security forces from 10 pm (Thursday night), and sent them fleeing from the scene of protests. Iran: Women are present everywhere as nationwide protests continue Protests by all social strata continue all across Iran and women are present in every scene. The residents of Kazeroun took to the streets again on Thursday, May 17, 2018, to protest against the atrocities of security forces the night before. And again they were attacked. Clashes spread throughout the city and the city\u2019s atmosphere was tense all day. 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