{"id":210885,"date":"2018-08-07T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210885-iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:04:28","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_82TzOygZu_g\" 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%2F82TzOygZu_g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82TzOygZu_g\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-08-06T14:10:09Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_82TzOygZu_g\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F82TzOygZu_g%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 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\/82TzOygZu_g\" 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%2F82TzOygZu_g%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018 1. Iran protests continued on Sunday in more cities Protests renewed in Tehran and several Iranian cities on Sunday evening, marking the sixth consecutive day of protests against the regime\u2019s policies while some violent clashes erupted between protestors and security forces in some cities. Protestors in Enghelab Street, in the center of Tehran, were chanting \u201cDeath to the Dictator.\u201d A video showed security forces attack protestors while some young men burnt trash bins to obstruct the security forces\u2019 advance. Violent clashes also erupted between protestors and riot police in the park of Tehran\u2019s theatre, and according to some reports, there were violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Qom and Karaj. Activists said the government shut down cellular services and cut off the internet in both cities, Qom and Karaj, to prevent citizens from publishing photos of protests and clashes. Meanwhile, in Kazerun, in the Fars Province, hundreds of people protested in the city centre and chanted anti-regime slogans. 2. Pompeo: Sanctions to be enforced until Iran \u2018behaves like a normal country\u2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the United States would &quot;enforce the sanctions&quot; it is reimposing after President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear pact. As of 0401 GMT Tuesday, the Iran government can no longer buy US banknotes and broad sanctions will be slapped on Iranian industries, including its rug exports. 3. Karaj, Iran: Repressive forces kill a young man; arrest a number of protesters On Friday, August 3, a young man from Karaj, Reza Otadi, was shot dead by regime forces during the demonstrations in the city, a large number of protesters were also arrested. On Saturday night, August 4, the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Fars News Agency said: \u201cDuring last night riots in Karaj, one person was shot dead by unknown individuals, and 20 others were arrested. According to field observations of Fars news reporters, leaders of the riot were mostly selected from women this time.\u201d 4. Fourteenth Day of Strike by Truck Drivers in Cities Across Iran The second round of strikes by truck drivers which began on July 23rd in different cities of Iran, continued on its fourteenth day today on Sunday, August 5, 2018. The nationwide truck drivers\u2019 strike resumed its initial strike as drivers refused to load cargo in order to protest the government\u2019s failure to handle their demands over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands. 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Iran protests continued on Sunday in more cities Protests renewed in Tehran and several Iranian cities on Sunday evening, marking the sixth consecutive day of protests against the regime\u2019s policies while some violent clashes erupted between protestors and security forces in some cities.Protestors in Enghelab Street, in the center of Tehran, were chanting \u201cDeath to the Dictator.\u201d A video showed security forces attack protestors while some young men burnt trash bins to obstruct the security forces\u2019 advance.Violent clashes also erupted between protestors and riot police in the park of Tehran\u2019s theatre, and according to some reports, there were violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Qom and Karaj.Activists said the government shut down cellular services and cut off the internet in both cities, Qom and Karaj, to prevent citizens from publishing photos of protests and clashes.Meanwhile, in Kazerun, in the Fars Province, hundreds of people protested in the city centre and chanted anti-regime slogans.2. Pompeo: Sanctions to be enforced until Iran \u2018behaves like a normal country\u2019US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the United States would &quot;enforce the sanctions&quot; it is reimposing after President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear pact.As of 0401 GMT Tuesday, the Iran government can no longer buy US banknotes and broad sanctions will be slapped on Iranian industries, including its rug exports.3. Karaj, Iran: Repressive forces kill a young man; arrest a number of protestersOn Friday, August 3, a young man from Karaj, Reza Otadi, was shot dead by regime forces during the demonstrations in the city, a large number of protesters were also arrested.On Saturday night, August 4, the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Fars News Agency said: \u201cDuring last night riots in Karaj, one person was shot dead by unknown individuals, and 20 others were arrested. According to field observations of Fars news reporters, leaders of the riot were mostly selected from women this time.\u201d4. Fourteenth Day of Strike by Truck Drivers in Cities Across IranThe second round of strikes by truck drivers which began on July 23rd in different cities of Iran, continued on its fourteenth day today on Sunday, August 5, 2018.The nationwide truck drivers\u2019 strike resumed its initial strike as drivers refused to load cargo in order to protest the government\u2019s failure to handle their demands over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands.The strike of truck drivers, which began on July 23rd, has spread to more than 140 cities and 31 provinces of Iran.\" \/>\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-august-6-2018\/\" \/>\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, August 6, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 20181. Iran protests continued on Sunday in more cities Protests renewed in Tehran and several Iranian cities on Sunday evening, marking the sixth consecutive day of protests against the regime\u2019s policies while some violent clashes erupted between protestors and security forces in some cities.Protestors in Enghelab Street, in the center of Tehran, were chanting \u201cDeath to the Dictator.\u201d A video showed security forces attack protestors while some young men burnt trash bins to obstruct the security forces\u2019 advance.Violent clashes also erupted between protestors and riot police in the park of Tehran\u2019s theatre, and according to some reports, there were violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Qom and Karaj.Activists said the government shut down cellular services and cut off the internet in both cities, Qom and Karaj, to prevent citizens from publishing photos of protests and clashes.Meanwhile, in Kazerun, in the Fars Province, hundreds of people protested in the city centre and chanted anti-regime slogans.2. Pompeo: Sanctions to be enforced until Iran \u2018behaves like a normal country\u2019US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the United States would &quot;enforce the sanctions&quot; it is reimposing after President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear pact.As of 0401 GMT Tuesday, the Iran government can no longer buy US banknotes and broad sanctions will be slapped on Iranian industries, including its rug exports.3. Karaj, Iran: Repressive forces kill a young man; arrest a number of protestersOn Friday, August 3, a young man from Karaj, Reza Otadi, was shot dead by regime forces during the demonstrations in the city, a large number of protesters were also arrested.On Saturday night, August 4, the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Fars News Agency said: \u201cDuring last night riots in Karaj, one person was shot dead by unknown individuals, and 20 others were arrested. According to field observations of Fars news reporters, leaders of the riot were mostly selected from women this time.\u201d4. Fourteenth Day of Strike by Truck Drivers in Cities Across IranThe second round of strikes by truck drivers which began on July 23rd in different cities of Iran, continued on its fourteenth day today on Sunday, August 5, 2018.The nationwide truck drivers\u2019 strike resumed its initial strike as drivers refused to load cargo in order to protest the government\u2019s failure to handle their demands over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands.The strike of truck drivers, which began on July 23rd, has spread to more than 140 cities and 31 provinces of Iran.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-07T17:42:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T18:04:28+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-august-6-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-07T17:42:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T18:04:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\\\/\"},\"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-august-6-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-07T17:42:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T18:04:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, August 6, 20181. Iran protests continued on Sunday in more cities Protests renewed in Tehran and several Iranian cities on Sunday evening, marking the sixth consecutive day of protests against the regime\u2019s policies while some violent clashes erupted between protestors and security forces in some cities.Protestors in Enghelab Street, in the center of Tehran, were chanting \u201cDeath to the Dictator.\u201d A video showed security forces attack protestors while some young men burnt trash bins to obstruct the security forces\u2019 advance.Violent clashes also erupted between protestors and riot police in the park of Tehran\u2019s theatre, and according to some reports, there were violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Qom and Karaj.Activists said the government shut down cellular services and cut off the internet in both cities, Qom and Karaj, to prevent citizens from publishing photos of protests and clashes.Meanwhile, in Kazerun, in the Fars Province, hundreds of people protested in the city centre and chanted anti-regime slogans.2. 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Iran protests continued on Sunday in more cities Protests renewed in Tehran and several Iranian cities on Sunday evening, marking the sixth consecutive day of protests against the regime\u2019s policies while some violent clashes erupted between protestors and security forces in some cities.Protestors in Enghelab Street, in the center of Tehran, were chanting \u201cDeath to the Dictator.\u201d A video showed security forces attack protestors while some young men burnt trash bins to obstruct the security forces\u2019 advance.Violent clashes also erupted between protestors and riot police in the park of Tehran\u2019s theatre, and according to some reports, there were violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Qom and Karaj.Activists said the government shut down cellular services and cut off the internet in both cities, Qom and Karaj, to prevent citizens from publishing photos of protests and clashes.Meanwhile, in Kazerun, in the Fars Province, hundreds of people protested in the city centre and chanted anti-regime slogans.2. Pompeo: Sanctions to be enforced until Iran \u2018behaves like a normal country\u2019US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the United States would \"enforce the sanctions\" it is reimposing after President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear pact.As of 0401 GMT Tuesday, the Iran government can no longer buy US banknotes and broad sanctions will be slapped on Iranian industries, including its rug exports.3. Karaj, Iran: Repressive forces kill a young man; arrest a number of protestersOn Friday, August 3, a young man from Karaj, Reza Otadi, was shot dead by regime forces during the demonstrations in the city, a large number of protesters were also arrested.On Saturday night, August 4, the Revolutionary Guards\u2019 Fars News Agency said: \u201cDuring last night riots in Karaj, one person was shot dead by unknown individuals, and 20 others were arrested. According to field observations of Fars news reporters, leaders of the riot were mostly selected from women this time.\u201d4. Fourteenth Day of Strike by Truck Drivers in Cities Across IranThe second round of strikes by truck drivers which began on July 23rd in different cities of Iran, continued on its fourteenth day today on Sunday, August 5, 2018.The nationwide truck drivers\u2019 strike resumed its initial strike as drivers refused to load cargo in order to protest the government\u2019s failure to handle their demands over high costs of spare parts, retirement insurance, high commission fees and other demands.The strike of truck drivers, which began on July 23rd, has spread to more than 140 cities and 31 provinces of Iran.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-6-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, August 6, 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}