{"id":210626,"date":"2018-05-31T09:48:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T09:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210626-iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:08:12","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-24-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 24, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 24, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_8asTVXUyeew\" 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%2F8asTVXUyeew%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8asTVXUyeew\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-05-24T09:28:19Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_8asTVXUyeew\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8asTVXUyeew%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 24, 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\/8asTVXUyeew\" 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%2F8asTVXUyeew%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 24, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 24, 2018 Second Day Of Nationwide Strike By Truck Drivers In Various Cities Across Iran As Other Cities Join In On Wednesday, May 23, 2018, following theTuesday\u2019s strike in more than 70 cities in 24 provinces Heavy vehicle owners and drivers began their second day of nationwide strike across Iran, in 93 cities and 25 provinces to protest against increasing costs of road tolls and spare parts the deterioration of their livelihoods, low freight, high cost of logistic and vehicle installment costs while their incomes remain stagnant. Funeral ceremony of three martyrs of Kazerun protest In the afternoon of Tuesday, May 22, the funeral ceremony of the three martyrs of Kazerun uprising, Omid Reza Yousefian, Ali Mohammadian Azad and Hadi (Mehdi) Jahantab, was held with the participation of a large crowd of people in the city. These martyrs were buried in Behesht-e Zahra cemetery and another cemetery known as Seyyed Mohammad in Kazerun. While intelligence, police, and plainclothes agents were trying to prevent the anti-government slogans, participants from all over Kazerun, despite these efforts, expressed their anger and hatred of the mullahs\u2019 regime by chanting slogans: Oh my martyred brother, we shall continue your path; My imprisoned brother must be freed; Oh my martyred brother, I shall take revenge; Death to the Dictator. Women participate in protests in Tehran and Rasht Women actively participated in protest gatherings of students and plundered people in Tehran and Rasht, capital of Gilan Province, in northern Iran. On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, women and men plundered by fraudulent financial institutes gathered in protest in front of Majlis, the mullahs\u2019 parliament but the State Security forces raided the gathering, brutalizing and arresting the protesters even women. On the same day, women and men plundered by the IRGC-backed Caspian Credit Institute in Rasht gathered outside the Sarparasti branch and set fire to the effigy of Valliollah Saif, President of the Central Bank of Iran. They pelted eggs and rotten tomatoes at the building. 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They pelted eggs and rotten tomatoes at the building.Former MEP Struan Stevenson backs Pompeo\u2019s 12-article Iran conditionsMay 23, 2018 - Struan Stevenson, the coordinator for the \u201cCampaign for Change in Iran,\u201d sent a message expressing his support for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s twelve conditions placed before the Iranian regime.\u201cBrilliant speech by Mike Pompeo setting out 12 tough conditions that Iran must meet. 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They pelted eggs and rotten tomatoes at the building.Former MEP Struan Stevenson backs Pompeo\u2019s 12-article Iran conditionsMay 23, 2018 - Struan Stevenson, the coordinator for the \u201cCampaign for Change in Iran,\u201d sent a message expressing his support for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s twelve conditions placed before the Iranian regime.\u201cBrilliant speech by Mike Pompeo setting out 12 tough conditions that Iran must meet. 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They pelted eggs and rotten tomatoes at the building.Former MEP Struan Stevenson backs Pompeo\u2019s 12-article Iran conditionsMay 23, 2018 - Struan Stevenson, the coordinator for the \u201cCampaign for Change in Iran,\u201d sent a message expressing his support for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s twelve conditions placed before the Iranian regime.\u201cBrilliant speech by Mike Pompeo setting out 12 tough conditions that Iran must meet. 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