{"id":210844,"date":"2018-08-04T18:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210844-iran-news-in-brief-july-28-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:04:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:04:34","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_urULeU2zGiU\" 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%2FurULeU2zGiU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/urULeU2zGiU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M2S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-07-29T19:01:10Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_urULeU2zGiU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FurULeU2zGiU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 28, 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\/urULeU2zGiU\" 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%2FurULeU2zGiU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018 Senators Warn Europe Against Flouting U.S. Iran Sanctions A group of Republican senators on Thursday warned European nations not to try to flout U.S. sanctions on Iran that will soon be re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear accord. The 10 senators, all of whom opposed the 2015 agreement, said in a letter to the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany that they would be &quot;particularly troubled&quot; by any efforts to evade or undermine the sanctions. They said attempts to do so could be met by congressional action. A first set of U.S. sanctions lifted by the Obama administration under the terms of the nuclear deal is to be restored on Aug. 4. A second set will be re-imposed on Nov. 4. Domestic Threats More Serious Than Those from Abroad, Says IRGC Commander The head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Ali Jafari, says, &quot;Weaknesses and threats originating from inside Iran are more serious than threats from abroad.&quot; Speaking on July 27, Jafari called U.S. threats against Iran &quot;absurd and hollow,&quot; warning that such talk would be &quot;costly for America\u201d and would &quot;disrupt America&#039;s soft war game,&quot; the IRGC-linked Fars news agency quoted him as saying. SAUDI WARNING: Militias \u2018armed to teeth by Iran\u2019 could DEVASTATE global economy The Saudis announced they were \u201ctemporarily halting\u201d all oil shipments passing along the route in the wake of the attacks. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih confirmed the Yemeni-based rebels \u2013 who have close ties with Tehran \u2013 had attacked two Saudi Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) in the Red Sea on Wednesday morning, one of which sustained minimal damage, with no reports of casualties. Fifth Day of Truck Drivers\u2019 Strike in Various Cities of Iran On Friday, July 27, 2018, truck drivers continued their fifth day of strike in protest over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands. The new round of strike, which began on Monday, July 23rd, was followed by the inaction of the promises of parliamentarians, head of the social security organization, and government representatives to drivers. Workers of Petrochemical Company in Kermanshah, Iran Stop Work and Go On Strike On Friday, July 27, 2018, Kermanshah\u2019s petrochemical workers stopped working and went on strike in protest to the Iranian authorities\u2019 failure to meet their demands. It is noteworthy that the Kermanshah Petrochemical Company was registered in 1996 and in 2000 a wide acceptance of recruitment was undertaken by the Kermanshah Petrochemical Company. Youth of Mashhad Chant Slogans in Stadium, Protesting Lack of Water in Iran The youth of Mashhad at the Imam Reza Stadium in the football match between the two teams of Persepolis Tehran and Padideh Mashhad, by chanting slogans, launched a protest against shortage and cut of water. 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A second set will be re-imposed on Nov. 4.Domestic Threats More Serious Than Those from Abroad, Says IRGC CommanderThe head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Ali Jafari, says, &quot;Weaknesses and threats originating from inside Iran are more serious than threats from abroad.&quot;Speaking on July 27, Jafari called U.S. threats against Iran &quot;absurd and hollow,&quot; warning that such talk would be &quot;costly for America\u201d and would &quot;disrupt America&#039;s soft war game,&quot; the IRGC-linked Fars news agency quoted him as saying.SAUDI WARNING: Militias \u2018armed to teeth by Iran\u2019 could DEVASTATE global economyThe Saudis announced they were \u201ctemporarily halting\u201d all oil shipments passing along the route in the wake of the attacks.Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih confirmed the Yemeni-based rebels \u2013 who have close ties with Tehran \u2013 had attacked two Saudi Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) in the Red Sea on Wednesday morning, one of which sustained minimal damage, with no reports of casualties.Fifth Day of Truck Drivers\u2019 Strike in Various Cities of IranOn Friday, July 27, 2018, truck drivers continued their fifth day of strike in protest over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands.The new round of strike, which began on Monday, July 23rd, was followed by the inaction of the promises of parliamentarians, head of the social security organization, and government representatives to drivers.Workers of Petrochemical Company in Kermanshah, Iran Stop Work and Go On StrikeOn Friday, July 27, 2018, Kermanshah\u2019s petrochemical workers stopped working and went on strike in protest to the Iranian authorities\u2019 failure to meet their demands.It is noteworthy that the Kermanshah Petrochemical Company was registered in 1996 and in 2000 a wide acceptance of recruitment was undertaken by the Kermanshah Petrochemical Company.Youth of Mashhad Chant Slogans in Stadium, Protesting Lack of Water in IranThe youth of Mashhad at the Imam Reza Stadium in the football match between the two teams of Persepolis Tehran and Padideh Mashhad, by chanting slogans, launched a protest against shortage and cut of water.On Thursday night, July 26, 2018, at 20:45 pm local time, during a football match between two teams of Tehran\u2019s Persepolis and Mashhad\u2019s Padideh at Imam Reza Stadium in Mashhad, Iran, the youth chanted slogans calling for water and staged a protest.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-28-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018Senators Warn Europe Against Flouting U.S. Iran Sanctions A group of Republican senators on Thursday warned European nations not to try to flout U.S. sanctions on Iran that will soon be re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear accord.The 10 senators, all of whom opposed the 2015 agreement, said in a letter to the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany that they would be &quot;particularly troubled&quot; by any efforts to evade or undermine the sanctions. 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A second set will be re-imposed on Nov. 4.Domestic Threats More Serious Than Those from Abroad, Says IRGC CommanderThe head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Ali Jafari, says, \"Weaknesses and threats originating from inside Iran are more serious than threats from abroad.\"Speaking on July 27, Jafari called U.S. threats against Iran \"absurd and hollow,\" warning that such talk would be \"costly for America\u201d and would \"disrupt America's soft war game,\" the IRGC-linked Fars news agency quoted him as saying.SAUDI WARNING: Militias \u2018armed to teeth by Iran\u2019 could DEVASTATE global economyThe Saudis announced they were \u201ctemporarily halting\u201d all oil shipments passing along the route in the wake of the attacks.Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih confirmed the Yemeni-based rebels \u2013 who have close ties with Tehran \u2013 had attacked two Saudi Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) in the Red Sea on Wednesday morning, one of which sustained minimal damage, with no reports of casualties.Fifth Day of Truck Drivers\u2019 Strike in Various Cities of IranOn Friday, July 27, 2018, truck drivers continued their fifth day of strike in protest over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands.The new round of strike, which began on Monday, July 23rd, was followed by the inaction of the promises of parliamentarians, head of the social security organization, and government representatives to drivers.Workers of Petrochemical Company in Kermanshah, Iran Stop Work and Go On StrikeOn Friday, July 27, 2018, Kermanshah\u2019s petrochemical workers stopped working and went on strike in protest to the Iranian authorities\u2019 failure to meet their demands.It is noteworthy that the Kermanshah Petrochemical Company was registered in 1996 and in 2000 a wide acceptance of recruitment was undertaken by the Kermanshah Petrochemical Company.Youth of Mashhad Chant Slogans in Stadium, Protesting Lack of Water in IranThe youth of Mashhad at the Imam Reza Stadium in the football match between the two teams of Persepolis Tehran and Padideh Mashhad, by chanting slogans, launched a protest against shortage and cut of water.On Thursday night, July 26, 2018, at 20:45 pm local time, during a football match between two teams of Tehran\u2019s Persepolis and Mashhad\u2019s Padideh at Imam Reza Stadium in Mashhad, Iran, the youth chanted slogans calling for water and staged a protest.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-28-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, July 28, 2018Senators Warn Europe Against Flouting U.S. Iran Sanctions A group of Republican senators on Thursday warned European nations not to try to flout U.S. sanctions on Iran that will soon be re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear accord.The 10 senators, all of whom opposed the 2015 agreement, said in a letter to the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany that they would be \"particularly troubled\" by any efforts to evade or undermine the sanctions. 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