{"id":210799,"date":"2018-07-06T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210799-iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:05:53","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_VlEah-c3pl0\" 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%2FVlEah-c3pl0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VlEah-c3pl0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-07-06T15:30:43Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_VlEah-c3pl0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FVlEah-c3pl0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 6, 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\/VlEah-c3pl0\" 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%2FVlEah-c3pl0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018 Hezbollah role in Syrian south exposes limits of U.S. policy Hezbollah is helping to lead a Russian-backed offensive in southern Syria, pro-Damascus sources said, exposing the limits of U.S. policy that hopes Moscow can get Iran and groups it backs out of the country. \u201cHezbollah is a fundamental participant in planning and directing this battle,\u201d a commander in the regional alliance that backs Damascus told Reuters. \u201cEveryone knows this - the Israeli enemy, friends, and even the Russians.\u201d Israel Ex-Minister Goes On Trial On Charges of Spying for Iran A former Israeli government minister went on trial on Thursday on charges of spying for arch-foe Iran in a case which has been kept under tight wraps on security grounds. Gonen Segev, who served as energy and infrastructure minister from 1995 to 1996, is charged with &quot;espionage against the state of Israel, assisting the enemy in time of war and passing information with the intention of harming state security.&quot; Journalists were excluded from the hearing, which was held behind closed doors, an AFP correspondent reported. Most of the detailed charge sheet has been redacted in its published version. A woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Orumieh A woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Orumieh. The execution of this woman took place at dawn on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, along with two other male prisoners. The identity of the executed woman has not been made available, yet. 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The identity of the executed woman has not been made available, yet.With this execution, the number of women executed during Hassan Rouhani\u2019s presidency amounts to 83.\u201cRouhani didn\u2019t mean closing the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d says Iranian regime MPJune 5, 2018 - Merely two days after hollow threats made by the Iranian Regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani of closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to United States oil sanctions, Heshmat Falahatpisheh, chair of the Security Commission in the regime\u2019s parliament says Rouhani didn\u2019t mean to actually close the strait.On July 2nd and during his visit to Switzerland, Rouhani made interesting remarks in his meeting with a number of Iranian regime operatives, referring to positions expressed by American officials over zeroing Iran\u2019s oil exports.UN panel \u2018ignoring Iran-funded terror\u2019A TOP UN body has been accused of turning a blind eye to Iran-funded terrorism and violence in Bahrain while being critical of the kingdom\u2019s rights record.Members of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) also did not reach out to Bahrain-based civil societies to verify claims of \u201cgaps\u201d on the kingdom\u2019s political and civil fronts, it was alleged.The HRC reviewed Bahrain\u2019s first-ever International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) report in Geneva last week.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-07-06T21:40:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:05:53+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-july-6-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018","datePublished":"2018-07-06T21:40:55+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:05:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018\/"},"wordCount":13,"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-july-6-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-6-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-07-06T21:40:55+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:05:53+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, July 6, 2018Hezbollah role in Syrian south exposes limits of U.S. policy Hezbollah is helping to lead a Russian-backed offensive in southern Syria, pro-Damascus sources said, exposing the limits of U.S. policy that hopes Moscow can get Iran and groups it backs out of the country.\u201cHezbollah is a fundamental participant in planning and directing this battle,\u201d a commander in the regional alliance that backs Damascus told Reuters. \u201cEveryone knows this - the Israeli enemy, friends, and even the Russians.\u201dIsrael Ex-Minister Goes On Trial On Charges of Spying for IranA former Israeli government minister went on trial on Thursday on charges of spying for arch-foe Iran in a case which has been kept under tight wraps on security grounds.Gonen Segev, who served as energy and infrastructure minister from 1995 to 1996, is charged with \"espionage against the state of Israel, assisting the enemy in time of war and passing information with the intention of harming state security.\"Journalists were excluded from the hearing, which was held behind closed doors, an AFP correspondent reported. Most of the detailed charge sheet has been redacted in its published version.A woman was hanged in the Central Prison of OrumiehA woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Orumieh. The execution of this woman took place at dawn on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, along with two other male prisoners. 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