{"id":210897,"date":"2018-08-15T16:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210897-iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:04:23","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9R8o_xUe9NM\" 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%2F9R8o_xUe9NM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9R8o_xUe9NM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M6S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-08-13T09:56:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_9R8o_xUe9NM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9R8o_xUe9NM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 13, 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\/9R8o_xUe9NM\" 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%2F9R8o_xUe9NM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018 Second day of strikes and demonstrations in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar The strikes and protests of the merchants of Tehran\u2019s shoe bazaar entered their second day on Sunday. The protesters, who started their strike due to high prices and lack of access to the basic goods necessary for their line of work, chanted \u201cDeath to high prices\u201d and \u201cDeath to the dictator,\u201d targeting the regime in its entirety. According to reports obtained by the MEK network, security forces are threatening merchants and trying to force them into opening their shops. But the strikers continue to refuse to open for business and their numbers continue to grow. Last week, protests erupted in several cities, with slogans being chanted against the highest authorities of the regime. Clashes ensued between protesters and security forces. US general: Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani at heart of \u2018malign activity\u2019 in Mideast General Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, has said Iran is central to an \u201cexpensive and expansive campaign of malign activity\u201d in the Middle East. In tweets on Sunday, General Votel said: \u201cIt is clear to me that Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC Quds Force is at the heart of an expensive and expansive campaign of malign activity in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen. \u201cThose malign and destabilizing activities threaten regional security and stability and are not in the best interest of the Iranian people,\u201d he added. Iraqi PM Abadi cancels visit to Iran amid backlash on US sanctions Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said on Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran. Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but has scrapped the Iran leg of the trip \u201cbecause of his busy schedule\u201d, his office said. An Iraqi official had said on Saturday that Abadi would visit both neighboring Turkey and Iran to discuss economic issues. According to Iraqi political sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, Iran initially agreed to the visit but changed its mind because it was unhappy about Abadi\u2019s remarks. The premier said last Tuesday that Iraq- which relies on neighboring Iran as a source of cheap imports -- would reluctantly comply with US sanctions against Tehran that took effect the same day. Death Penalty Not the Answer to Iran&#039;s Economic Woes, HRW Says Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Iranian officials are trying to head off a looming economic crisis with threats of &quot;new rights-abusing policies,&quot; including applying the death penalty for economic crimes. &quot;Executions, an inhumane and inherently irreversible punishment, are never the answer, and in this case can only distract from other causes of this economic turmoil,&quot; the New York-based rights watchdog said in an August 10 statement. &quot;Today, officials increasingly talk about the need to combat corruption at every level,&quot; HRW said. &quot;Yet to do so requires an independent judiciary that ensures due process rights for all those accused.&quot; The group added that the Iranian judiciary&#039;s &quot;long record of violating detainees&#039; rights and wanton application of the death penalty raises grave concerns.&quot;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018Second day of strikes and demonstrations in Tehran&rsquo;s Bazaar The strikes and protests of the merchants of Tehran&rsquo;s shoe bazaar entered their second day [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-210897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-news-in-brief","7":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018Second day of strikes and demonstrations in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar The strikes and protests of the merchants of Tehran\u2019s shoe bazaar entered their second day on Sunday. 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Clashes ensued between protesters and security forces.US general: Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani at heart of \u2018malign activity\u2019 in MideastGeneral Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, has said Iran is central to an \u201cexpensive and expansive campaign of malign activity\u201d in the Middle East.In tweets on Sunday, General Votel said: \u201cIt is clear to me that Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC Quds Force is at the heart of an expensive and expansive campaign of malign activity in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen.\u201cThose malign and destabilizing activities threaten regional security and stability and are not in the best interest of the Iranian people,\u201d he added.Iraqi PM Abadi cancels visit to Iran amid backlash on US sanctionsIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said on Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran.Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but has scrapped the Iran leg of the trip \u201cbecause of his busy schedule\u201d, his office said.An Iraqi official had said on Saturday that Abadi would visit both neighboring Turkey and Iran to discuss economic issues.According to Iraqi political sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, Iran initially agreed to the visit but changed its mind because it was unhappy about Abadi\u2019s remarks.The premier said last Tuesday that Iraq- which relies on neighboring Iran as a source of cheap imports -- would reluctantly comply with US sanctions against Tehran that took effect the same day.Death Penalty Not the Answer to Iran&#039;s Economic Woes, HRW SaysHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Iranian officials are trying to head off a looming economic crisis with threats of &quot;new rights-abusing policies,&quot; including applying the death penalty for economic crimes.&quot;Executions, an inhumane and inherently irreversible punishment, are never the answer, and in this case can only distract from other causes of this economic turmoil,&quot; the New York-based rights watchdog said in an August 10 statement.&quot;Today, officials increasingly talk about the need to combat corruption at every level,&quot; HRW said. &quot;Yet to do so requires an independent judiciary that ensures due process rights for all those accused.&quot;The group added that the Iranian judiciary&#039;s &quot;long record of violating detainees&#039; rights and wanton application of the death penalty raises grave concerns.&quot;\" \/>\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-13-2018\/\" \/>\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 13, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018Second day of strikes and demonstrations in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar The strikes and protests of the merchants of Tehran\u2019s shoe bazaar entered their second day on Sunday. 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Clashes ensued between protesters and security forces.US general: Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani at heart of \u2018malign activity\u2019 in MideastGeneral Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, has said Iran is central to an \u201cexpensive and expansive campaign of malign activity\u201d in the Middle East.In tweets on Sunday, General Votel said: \u201cIt is clear to me that Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC Quds Force is at the heart of an expensive and expansive campaign of malign activity in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen.\u201cThose malign and destabilizing activities threaten regional security and stability and are not in the best interest of the Iranian people,\u201d he added.Iraqi PM Abadi cancels visit to Iran amid backlash on US sanctionsIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said on Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran.Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but has scrapped the Iran leg of the trip \u201cbecause of his busy schedule\u201d, his office said.An Iraqi official had said on Saturday that Abadi would visit both neighboring Turkey and Iran to discuss economic issues.According to Iraqi political sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, Iran initially agreed to the visit but changed its mind because it was unhappy about Abadi\u2019s remarks.The premier said last Tuesday that Iraq- which relies on neighboring Iran as a source of cheap imports -- would reluctantly comply with US sanctions against Tehran that took effect the same day.Death Penalty Not the Answer to Iran&#039;s Economic Woes, HRW SaysHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Iranian officials are trying to head off a looming economic crisis with threats of &quot;new rights-abusing policies,&quot; 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Clashes ensued between protesters and security forces.US general: Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani at heart of \u2018malign activity\u2019 in MideastGeneral Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, has said Iran is central to an \u201cexpensive and expansive campaign of malign activity\u201d in the Middle East.In tweets on Sunday, General Votel said: \u201cIt is clear to me that Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC Quds Force is at the heart of an expensive and expansive campaign of malign activity in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen.\u201cThose malign and destabilizing activities threaten regional security and stability and are not in the best interest of the Iranian people,\u201d he added.Iraqi PM Abadi cancels visit to Iran amid backlash on US sanctionsIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said on Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran.Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but has scrapped the Iran leg of the trip \u201cbecause of his busy schedule\u201d, his office said.An Iraqi official had said on Saturday that Abadi would visit both neighboring Turkey and Iran to discuss economic issues.According to Iraqi political sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, Iran initially agreed to the visit but changed its mind because it was unhappy about Abadi\u2019s remarks.The premier said last Tuesday that Iraq- which relies on neighboring Iran as a source of cheap imports -- would reluctantly comply with US sanctions against Tehran that took effect the same day.Death Penalty Not the Answer to Iran's Economic Woes, HRW SaysHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Iranian officials are trying to head off a looming economic crisis with threats of \"new rights-abusing policies,\" including applying the death penalty for economic crimes.\"Executions, an inhumane and inherently irreversible punishment, are never the answer, and in this case can only distract from other causes of this economic turmoil,\" the New York-based rights watchdog said in an August 10 statement.\"Today, officials increasingly talk about the need to combat corruption at every level,\" HRW said. \"Yet to do so requires an independent judiciary that ensures due process rights for all those accused.\"The group added that the Iranian judiciary's \"long record of violating detainees' rights and wanton application of the death penalty raises grave concerns.\"","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-august-13-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018Second day of strikes and demonstrations in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar The strikes and protests of the merchants of Tehran\u2019s shoe bazaar entered their second day on Sunday. The protesters, who started their strike due to high prices and lack of access to the basic goods necessary for their line of work, chanted \u201cDeath to high prices\u201d and \u201cDeath to the dictator,\u201d targeting the regime in its entirety.According to reports obtained by the MEK network, security forces are threatening merchants and trying to force them into opening their shops. But the strikers continue to refuse to open for business and their numbers continue to grow.Last week, protests erupted in several cities, with slogans being chanted against the highest authorities of the regime. Clashes ensued between protesters and security forces.US general: Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani at heart of \u2018malign activity\u2019 in MideastGeneral Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, has said Iran is central to an \u201cexpensive and expansive campaign of malign activity\u201d in the Middle East.In tweets on Sunday, General Votel said: \u201cIt is clear to me that Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC Quds Force is at the heart of an expensive and expansive campaign of malign activity in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen.\u201cThose malign and destabilizing activities threaten regional security and stability and are not in the best interest of the Iranian people,\u201d he added.Iraqi PM Abadi cancels visit to Iran amid backlash on US sanctionsIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said on Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran.Abadi will still go ahead with a planned visit to Turkey on Tuesday but has scrapped the Iran leg of the trip \u201cbecause of his busy schedule\u201d, his office said.An Iraqi official had said on Saturday that Abadi would visit both neighboring Turkey and Iran to discuss economic issues.According to Iraqi political sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, Iran initially agreed to the visit but changed its mind because it was unhappy about Abadi\u2019s remarks.The premier said last Tuesday that Iraq- which relies on neighboring Iran as a source of cheap imports -- would reluctantly comply with US sanctions against Tehran that took effect the same day.Death Penalty Not the Answer to Iran's Economic Woes, HRW SaysHuman Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Iranian officials are trying to head off a looming economic crisis with threats of \"new rights-abusing policies,\" including applying the death penalty for economic crimes.\"Executions, an inhumane and inherently irreversible punishment, are never the answer, and in this case can only distract from other causes of this economic turmoil,\" the New York-based rights watchdog said in an August 10 statement.\"Today, officials increasingly talk about the need to combat corruption at every level,\" HRW said. \"Yet to do so requires an independent judiciary that ensures due process rights for all those accused.\"The group added that the Iranian judiciary's \"long record of violating detainees' rights and wanton application of the death penalty raises grave concerns.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-08-15T16:51:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:04:23+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-august-13-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018","datePublished":"2018-08-15T16:51:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:04:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018\/"},"wordCount":17,"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-13-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-13-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-08-15T16:51:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:04:23+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, August 13, 2018Second day of strikes and demonstrations in Tehran\u2019s Bazaar The strikes and protests of the merchants of Tehran\u2019s shoe bazaar entered their second day on Sunday. The protesters, who started their strike due to high prices and lack of access to the basic goods necessary for their line of work, chanted \u201cDeath to high prices\u201d and \u201cDeath to the dictator,\u201d targeting the regime in its entirety.According to reports obtained by the MEK network, security forces are threatening merchants and trying to force them into opening their shops. But the strikers continue to refuse to open for business and their numbers continue to grow.Last week, protests erupted in several cities, with slogans being chanted against the highest authorities of the regime. Clashes ensued between protesters and security forces.US general: Iran\u2019s Qasem Soleimani at heart of \u2018malign activity\u2019 in MideastGeneral Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command, has said Iran is central to an \u201cexpensive and expansive campaign of malign activity\u201d in the Middle East.In tweets on Sunday, General Votel said: \u201cIt is clear to me that Qasem Soleimani and the IRGC Quds Force is at the heart of an expensive and expansive campaign of malign activity in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen.\u201cThose malign and destabilizing activities threaten regional security and stability and are not in the best interest of the Iranian people,\u201d he added.Iraqi PM Abadi cancels visit to Iran amid backlash on US sanctionsIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has cancelled a visit to Iran, his press office said on Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against 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