{"id":210772,"date":"2018-07-03T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210772-iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:05:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:05:58","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_mxjp_iNZBPw\" 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%2Fmxjp_iNZBPw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mxjp_iNZBPw\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-06-27T18:22:45Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_mxjp_iNZBPw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fmxjp_iNZBPw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, June 27, 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\/mxjp_iNZBPw\" 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%2Fmxjp_iNZBPw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"1- US pushes allies to halt Iran oil imports, waivers unlikely The United States has told countries to cut all imports of Iranian oil from November and is unlikely to offer any exemptions, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on allies to cut off funding to Iran. \u201cYes, we are asking them to go to zero,\u201d the official said when asked if the United States was pushing allies, including China and India, to cut oil imports to zero by November. \u201cWe\u2019re going to isolate streams of Iranian funding and looking to highlight the totality of Iran\u2019s malign behavior across the region,\u201d the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters. The official said a US delegation was headed to the Middle East next week to urge Gulf producers to ensure global oil supplies as Iran is cut out of the market starting on Nov. 4 when US sanctions are re-imposed. Officials have yet to hold talks with China and India, among the largest importers of Iran\u2019s oil, as well as Turkey and Iraq. 2- Iran: 3rd Day of Strike and Uprising in Tehran; Protests Spread to Various Cities Protests against rising prices and chaos at foreign exchange rates continued in Tehran on June 26 for the third consecutive day. Protests have also spread to markets in several other Iranian cities, local media reported. Judiciary officials say \u201ca large number\u201d of demonstrators have been arrested, while Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani has threatened that \u201cdisrupting economic activities may entail death sentence\u201d for perpetrators. Protests have reportedly spread far and wide from Tabriz in the north to the markets in Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, agency reports from Tehran say. In Tehran, public transport officials announced the closure of some metro stations near the Grand Bazaar. 3- Two women hunger strikers are in peril Two women hunger strikers, Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi and Dr. Nazilla Noori, are in peril of death after 10 days of hunger strike in Qarchak Prison of Varamin. On Monday, June 25, 2018, it was reported that Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi is suffering from severe GI infection, dizziness, heavy weight loss and low blood pressure. Her cellmate, Dr. Nazilla Noori, has also become extremely weak, lost a lot of weight and suffers from a very low blood pressure. The two women hunger strikers were among 11 Gonabadi women dervishes who have been imprisoned in Qarchak Prison since February 20, 2018, when they were arrested in a bloody crackdown on the peaceful protest of Gonabadi Dervishes in Tehran. It is estimated that at least 300 dervishes were arrested on that night. 4- Drop out of girl students exceeds 151,000 this year Drop out of girl students has exceeded 151,000 in this academic year. Abbas Soltanian, deputy for mid-level education in the Ministry of Education, announced this. 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Her cellmate, Dr. Nazilla Noori, has also become extremely weak, lost a lot of weight and suffers from a very low blood pressure.The two women hunger strikers were among 11 Gonabadi women dervishes who have been imprisoned in Qarchak Prison since February 20, 2018, when they were arrested in a bloody crackdown on the peaceful protest of Gonabadi Dervishes in Tehran. 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Protests have also spread to markets in several other Iranian cities, local media reported.Judiciary officials say \u201ca large number\u201d of demonstrators have been arrested, while Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani has threatened that \u201cdisrupting economic activities may entail death sentence\u201d for perpetrators.Protests have reportedly spread far and wide from Tabriz in the north to the markets in Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, agency reports from Tehran say.In Tehran, public transport officials announced the closure of some metro stations near the Grand Bazaar.3- Two women hunger strikers are in perilTwo women hunger strikers, Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi and Dr. Nazilla Noori, are in peril of death after 10 days of hunger strike in Qarchak Prison of Varamin.On Monday, June 25, 2018, it was reported that Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi is suffering from severe GI infection, dizziness, heavy weight loss and low blood pressure. Her cellmate, Dr. Nazilla Noori, has also become extremely weak, lost a lot of weight and suffers from a very low blood pressure.The two women hunger strikers were among 11 Gonabadi women dervishes who have been imprisoned in Qarchak Prison since February 20, 2018, when they were arrested in a bloody crackdown on the peaceful protest of Gonabadi Dervishes in Tehran. It is estimated that at least 300 dervishes were arrested on that night.4- Drop out of girl students exceeds 151,000 this yearDrop out of girl students has exceeded 151,000 in this academic year.Abbas Soltanian, deputy for mid-level education in the Ministry of Education, announced this.Referring to the data on the drop out of girl students in schools across the country, he noted, &quot;This academic year, from October 2017 until June 2018, there have been 151,046 girl students who did not register in any schools, their names were not registered anywhere, and were not considered students at all.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-03T13:23:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T18:05:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@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-27-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-03T13:23:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T18:05:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":15,\"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-27-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-03T13:23:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T18:05:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"1- US pushes allies to halt Iran oil imports, waivers unlikelyThe United States has told countries to cut all imports of Iranian oil from November and is unlikely to offer any exemptions, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on allies to cut off funding to Iran. \u201cYes, we are asking them to go to zero,\u201d the official said when asked if the United States was pushing allies, including China and India, to cut oil imports to zero by November.\u201cWe\u2019re going to isolate streams of Iranian funding and looking to highlight the totality of Iran\u2019s malign behavior across the region,\u201d the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters.The official said a US delegation was headed to the Middle East next week to urge Gulf producers to ensure global oil supplies as Iran is cut out of the market starting on Nov. 4 when US sanctions are re-imposed.Officials have yet to hold talks with China and India, among the largest importers of Iran\u2019s oil, as well as Turkey and Iraq.2- Iran: 3rd Day of Strike and Uprising in Tehran; Protests Spread to Various CitiesProtests against rising prices and chaos at foreign exchange rates continued in Tehran on June 26 for the third consecutive day. 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Protests have also spread to markets in several other Iranian cities, local media reported.Judiciary officials say \u201ca large number\u201d of demonstrators have been arrested, while Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani has threatened that \u201cdisrupting economic activities may entail death sentence\u201d for perpetrators.Protests have reportedly spread far and wide from Tabriz in the north to the markets in Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, agency reports from Tehran say.In Tehran, public transport officials announced the closure of some metro stations near the Grand Bazaar.3- Two women hunger strikers are in perilTwo women hunger strikers, Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi and Dr. Nazilla Noori, are in peril of death after 10 days of hunger strike in Qarchak Prison of Varamin.On Monday, June 25, 2018, it was reported that Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi is suffering from severe GI infection, dizziness, heavy weight loss and low blood pressure. Her cellmate, Dr. Nazilla Noori, has also become extremely weak, lost a lot of weight and suffers from a very low blood pressure.The two women hunger strikers were among 11 Gonabadi women dervishes who have been imprisoned in Qarchak Prison since February 20, 2018, when they were arrested in a bloody crackdown on the peaceful protest of Gonabadi Dervishes in Tehran. It is estimated that at least 300 dervishes were arrested on that night.4- Drop out of girl students exceeds 151,000 this yearDrop out of girl students has exceeded 151,000 in this academic year.Abbas Soltanian, deputy for mid-level education in the Ministry of Education, announced this.Referring to the data on the drop out of girl students in schools across the country, he noted, \"This academic year, from October 2017 until June 2018, there have been 151,046 girl students who did not register in any schools, their names were not registered anywhere, and were not considered students at all.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-07-03T13:23:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:05:58+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-27-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018","datePublished":"2018-07-03T13:23:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:05:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\/"},"wordCount":15,"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-27-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-june-27-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, June 27, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-07-03T13:23:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:05:58+00:00","description":"1- US pushes allies to halt Iran oil imports, waivers unlikelyThe United States has told countries to cut all imports of Iranian oil from November and is unlikely to offer any exemptions, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on allies to cut off funding to Iran. \u201cYes, we are asking them to go to zero,\u201d the official said when asked if the United States was pushing allies, including China and India, to cut oil imports to zero by November.\u201cWe\u2019re going to isolate streams of Iranian funding and looking to highlight the totality of Iran\u2019s malign behavior across the region,\u201d the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters.The official said a US delegation was headed to the Middle East next week to urge Gulf producers to ensure global oil supplies as Iran is cut out of the market starting on Nov. 4 when US sanctions are re-imposed.Officials have yet to hold talks with China and India, among the largest importers of Iran\u2019s oil, as well as Turkey and Iraq.2- Iran: 3rd Day of Strike and Uprising in Tehran; Protests Spread to Various CitiesProtests against rising prices and chaos at foreign exchange rates continued in Tehran on June 26 for the third consecutive day. Protests have also spread to markets in several other Iranian cities, local media reported.Judiciary officials say \u201ca large number\u201d of demonstrators have been arrested, while Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani has threatened that \u201cdisrupting economic activities may entail death sentence\u201d for perpetrators.Protests have reportedly spread far and wide from Tabriz in the north to the markets in Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, agency reports from Tehran say.In Tehran, public transport officials announced the closure of some metro stations near the Grand Bazaar.3- Two women hunger strikers are in perilTwo women hunger strikers, Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi and Dr. Nazilla Noori, are in peril of death after 10 days of hunger strike in Qarchak Prison of Varamin.On Monday, June 25, 2018, it was reported that Ms. Shokoufeh Yadollahi is suffering from severe GI infection, dizziness, heavy weight loss and low blood pressure. 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