{"id":210663,"date":"2018-06-05T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210663-iran-news-in-brief-june-5-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:07:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-5-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-5-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, June 5, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 5, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_8LQQw-WGkwE\" 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%2F8LQQw-WGkwE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8LQQw-WGkwE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-06-05T10:23:39Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_8LQQw-WGkwE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8LQQw-WGkwE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 5, 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\/8LQQw-WGkwE\" 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%2F8LQQw-WGkwE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 5, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, June 5, 2018 Supreme Leader in Iran orders to be ready to increase uranium enrichment Iran regime\u2019s Supreme Leader said Monday that Iran will not relent to U.S. pressures on its nuclear program, ordering Iranian scientists to get ready to increase uranium enrichment capabilities if necessary and vowing that Iran won&#039;t give up its missile program. &quot;Today the young generation has made Iran the No. 1 missile power of the region,&quot; Khamenei tweeted. &quot;Our enemies know that if they hit us with one missile, they will be hit by 10 of them! Missiles are for security, they&#039;re a source of power.&quot; Peugeot owner PSA begins to suspend Iran joint ventures The French carmaker said it had begun to suspend its joint ventures in Iran and will look for a waiver protecting it from US sanctions after the Trump administration pulled out of the nuclear deal. Following the US withdrawal, PSA \u201cbegan the process of suspending the activities of its JVs, in order to comply with US law by August 6, 2018. Sanctions hit &#36;5.6bn worth of Korean refinery projects in Iran Korean contractor Daelim has cancelled a &#36;2bn contract to modernise a refinery in the Iranian city of Esfahan, and a similar fate may befall a &#36;3.6bn deal with Hyundai. Sanctions are also expected to hit a &#36;3.6bn deal between Iran, Hyundai and Japan\u2019s Chiyoda Corporation to construct the Siraf Refining Park in the southeastern coastal province of Bushehr. Iran protests report from numerous cities -June 4, 2018 - Despite reports and claims promoted by the Iranian regime and state media, protests are spreading throughout the country with people from all walks of life voicing increasing demands and going on strike in their efforts to have their demands realized. -A group of medical exam students rallied for the second consecutive day in the cities of Tehran, Rasht, Mashhad, Shiraz and Isfahan. -Employees of the Varena Milk Factory in Varamin, southeast of Tehran, the capital of Iran, held a protest rally on Sunday. -Employees of a petrochemical company, along with their family members, rallied in Mahshahr, southwest Iran. -For the second consecutive day employees of the Ahvaz National Drilling Company held a protest rally outside the governor\u2019s office. -Employees of the Bandar Abbas Shipping Yard went on strike today, protesting not receiving their paychecks for the past few months. 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