{"id":210752,"date":"2018-07-03T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T13:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210752-iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:06:00","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_sNDijTKjlS0\" 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%2FsNDijTKjlS0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNDijTKjlS0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-06-26T07:25:35Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_sNDijTKjlS0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FsNDijTKjlS0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 26, 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\/sNDijTKjlS0\" 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%2FsNDijTKjlS0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018 Iran protests spread to Tehran\u2019s strategic bazaar Iran, June 25, 2018 - Developing story, Protests continue in different parts of Tehran: This morning various sections of the bazaar, including the textile stores, gold retailers, Pachenaz, the shoe-makers, the main section of the bazaar and many other branches witnessed store-owners going on strike and calling on their colleagues to join their ranks. All these merchants are protesting the climbing price of various currency and the nosedive of Iran\u2019s currency, the rial. The protesters, with more store-owners joining their ranks as the demonstration continues, are reported to be chanting: \u201cLet go of Syria, think about us\u201d \u201cProud merchants, support us\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t want US dollars at 100,000 rials\u201d The Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency reported, \u201cProtesting the market\u2019s recession, skyrocketing currency prices and the lack of customers, store owners have been closing their shops.\u201d Iran threatens to fire 1,000 MISSILES at Saudi Arabia as war fears rage in Middle East The bickering powers are also essentially fighting a proxy war in Yemen, with the Saudis backing the ousted government, and the rebels backed by Iran. Tehran has now issued a new fiery threat that it will launch 1,000 missiles at the Saudicapital Riyadh.Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi made the fiery threat as he addressed a gathering of Iran\u2019s military on Sunday. He said: &quot;Saudi Arabia knows it well that if it acts like a fool and invade Iran, the Islamic Republic will fire 1,000 missiles at the Saudis palaces in Riyadh on the first day of the invasion.\u201d General Rahim-Safavi, a senior military advisor to the Ayatollah, was a former commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Women&#039;s protests in Tehran and Ardebil Women&#039;s protests continued on Sunday, June 24, 2018, with the gatherings of female teachers and students. Simultaneous with the strikes of Bazaar merchants and extensive protest demonstrations in Tehran which has continued into Monday evening, women&#039;s protests were held in Tehran and Ardabil by teachers and the staff of the Education Ministry. 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All these merchants are protesting the climbing price of various currency and the nosedive of Iran\u2019s currency, the rial. 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The protesters, with more store-owners joining their ranks as the demonstration continues, are reported to be chanting:\u201cLet go of Syria, think about us\u201d\u201cProud merchants, support us\u201d\u201cWe don\u2019t want US dollars at 100,000 rials\u201dThe Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency reported, \u201cProtesting the market\u2019s recession, skyrocketing currency prices and the lack of customers, store owners have been closing their shops.\u201dIran threatens to fire 1,000 MISSILES at Saudi Arabia as war fears rage in Middle EastThe bickering powers are also essentially fighting a proxy war in Yemen, with the Saudis backing the ousted government, and the rebels backed by Iran.Tehran has now issued a new fiery threat that it will launch 1,000 missiles at the Saudicapital Riyadh.Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi made the fiery threat as he addressed a gathering of Iran\u2019s military on Sunday.He said: \"Saudi Arabia knows it well that if it acts like a fool and invade Iran, the Islamic Republic will fire 1,000 missiles at the Saudis palaces in Riyadh on the first day of the invasion.\u201dGeneral Rahim-Safavi, a senior military advisor to the Ayatollah, was a former commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.Women's protests in Tehran and ArdebilWomen's protests continued on Sunday, June 24, 2018, with the gatherings of female teachers and students.Simultaneous with the strikes of Bazaar merchants and extensive protest demonstrations in Tehran which has continued into Monday evening, women's protests were held in Tehran and Ardabil by teachers and the staff of the Education Ministry.In Ardabil, capital of Ardabil Province in northwestern Iran, a large number of teachers gathered outside the Department of Education in this city and demanded the ministry to determine their employment status. In a symbolic act, the protesters who were mostly women spread empty tablecloths across the floor to express their discontent over their deplorable living conditions.15-year-old girl student became handicapped in explosion15-year-old girl student Fatemeh Rezaii lost her limbs in an explosion in one of the high schools of Kuhdasht.The 15-year-old girl student had picked up a metal object from the floor to hammer a nail into the board. The object exploded at the fourth hit at the nail. The explosion threw her to the ceiling of the classroom and she fell down on the floor while drenched in blood.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-07-03T13:15:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:06:00+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-june-26-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018","datePublished":"2018-07-03T13:15:14+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:06:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018\/"},"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-june-26-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-26-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-07-03T13:15:14+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:06:00+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, June 26, 2018Iran protests spread to Tehran\u2019s strategic bazaarIran, June 25, 2018 - Developing story, Protests continue in different parts of Tehran: This morning various sections of the bazaar, including the textile stores, gold retailers, Pachenaz, the shoe-makers, the main section of the bazaar and many other branches witnessed store-owners going on strike and calling on their colleagues to join their ranks. All these merchants are protesting the climbing price of various currency and the nosedive of Iran\u2019s currency, the rial. The protesters, with more store-owners joining their ranks as the demonstration continues, are reported to be chanting:\u201cLet go of Syria, think about us\u201d\u201cProud merchants, support us\u201d\u201cWe don\u2019t want US dollars at 100,000 rials\u201dThe Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency reported, \u201cProtesting the market\u2019s recession, skyrocketing currency prices and the lack of customers, store owners have been closing their shops.\u201dIran threatens to fire 1,000 MISSILES at Saudi Arabia as war fears rage in Middle EastThe bickering powers are also essentially fighting a proxy war in Yemen, with the Saudis backing the ousted government, and the rebels backed by Iran.Tehran has now issued a new fiery threat that it will launch 1,000 missiles at the Saudicapital Riyadh.Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi made the fiery threat as he addressed a gathering of Iran\u2019s military on Sunday.He said: \"Saudi Arabia knows it well that if it acts like a fool and invade Iran, the Islamic Republic will fire 1,000 missiles at the Saudis palaces in Riyadh on the first day of the invasion.\u201dGeneral Rahim-Safavi, a senior military advisor to the Ayatollah, was a former commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.Women's protests in Tehran and ArdebilWomen's protests continued on Sunday, June 24, 2018, with the gatherings of female teachers and students.Simultaneous with the strikes of Bazaar merchants and extensive protest demonstrations in Tehran which has continued into Monday evening, women's protests were held in Tehran and Ardabil by teachers and the staff of the Education Ministry.In Ardabil, capital of Ardabil Province in northwestern Iran, a large number of teachers gathered outside the Department of Education in this city and demanded the ministry to determine their employment status. In a symbolic act, the protesters who were mostly women spread empty tablecloths across the floor to express their discontent over their deplorable living conditions.15-year-old girl student became handicapped in explosion15-year-old girl student Fatemeh Rezaii lost her limbs in an explosion in one of the high schools of Kuhdasht.The 15-year-old girl student had picked up a metal object from the floor to hammer a nail into the board. The object exploded at the fourth hit at the nail. 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