{"id":210899,"date":"2018-08-15T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210899-iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:04:23","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_rtATeaoeQuQ\" 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%2FrtATeaoeQuQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtATeaoeQuQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-08-14T09:45:56Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_rtATeaoeQuQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrtATeaoeQuQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 14, 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\/rtATeaoeQuQ\" 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%2FrtATeaoeQuQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018 After several weeks of silence, Iran regime\u2019s supreme leader remarks showed that he has no way out of his current deadly deadlock After several weeks of silence in the face of growing popular uprising and the sharp fall of Iranian currency (Rial), Khamenei\u2019s speech on Monday, August 13th showed that he has no solution to and way out of the deadly deadlock that has fully engulfed his regime. Trying to avoid expansion of frustration throughout his regime, Khamenei said, \u201cThey are propagating viciously that the country has reached a deadlock and it has no way out other than to seek refuge from this Satan or Great Satan. Whoever states that we have reached a deadlock, he is either ignorant or his words are treacherous.\u201d Khamenei, who himself guided the nuclear talks in details, said: &quot;I made a mistake in the subject of negotiations and upon the insistence of the gentlemen (Rouhani and Zarif) I allowed them to experience, who, of course, passed our defined red lines.&quot; Khamenei, inevitably, broke his silence in the face of the new wave of uprisings and described them as &quot;the events of August, which despite the many financial and political expenditures by enemies, were so limited.&quot; The anti-government protests that lasted about a week in many of Iran&#039;s cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan, Mashhad, with the slogan &quot;Death to Khamenei&quot;, &quot;Death to the Dictator&quot;, once again demonstrated the will of the Iranian people to overthrow this regime. Admitting that his regime is in a very weak and fragile state, Khamenei said, \u201cwe shall not negotiate\u201d with the United States, adding that &quot;we can enter a dangerous game of negotiating with the United States only when we have reached our favorite economic and political and cultural strength ... but the negotiations are definitely to our detriment at this juncture and it is forbidden ... Even if we were, under an impossible assumption, to negotiate with Americans, we would certainly not negotiate with the current (US) administration.\u201d This way, Khamenei showed again that changing behavior for his regime would lead to a regime change. Iran Protests-Shoe makers&#039; uprisings spread to Mashhad Store makers in the religious city of Mashhad shopping centers took to the streets today, protesting skyrocketing prices. Protesters in Monday\u2019s demonstration are seen chanting: \u201cDeath to high prices\u201d &quot;Death to the Dictator&quot; \u201cEveryone has risen; cowards are still home\u201d These brave protesters in the streets were seen encouraging their colleagues to join their ranks and close their shops. The Mashhad bazaar strike follows two days of similar protests in Tehran. Iran unveils next generation missile, vows to increase capabilities Iran\u2019s defense minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran\u2019s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim. \u201cAs promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country and we will certainly increase our missile power every day,\u201d the minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, said. He described the new version of the Fateh Mobin as \u201c100-percent domestically made... agile, stealth, tactical (and) precision-guided.\u201d Iran\u2019s missile program is a major bone of contention with world powers, particularly the United States. 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Trying to avoid expansion of frustration throughout his regime, Khamenei said, \u201cThey are propagating viciously that the country has reached a deadlock and it has no way out other than to seek refuge from this Satan or Great Satan. Whoever states that we have reached a deadlock, he is either ignorant or his words are treacherous.\u201dKhamenei, who himself guided the nuclear talks in details, said: &quot;I made a mistake in the subject of negotiations and upon the insistence of the gentlemen (Rouhani and Zarif) I allowed them to experience, who, of course, passed our defined red lines.&quot;Khamenei, inevitably, broke his silence in the face of the new wave of uprisings and described them as &quot;the events of August, which despite the many financial and political expenditures by enemies, were so limited.&quot; The anti-government protests that lasted about a week in many of Iran&#039;s cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan, Mashhad, with the slogan &quot;Death to Khamenei&quot;, &quot;Death to the Dictator&quot;, once again demonstrated the will of the Iranian people to overthrow this regime. Admitting that his regime is in a very weak and fragile state, Khamenei said, \u201cwe shall not negotiate\u201d with the United States, adding that &quot;we can enter a dangerous game of negotiating with the United States only when we have reached our favorite economic and political and cultural strength... but the negotiations are definitely to our detriment at this juncture and it is forbidden... Even if we were, under an impossible assumption, to negotiate with Americans, we would certainly not negotiate with the current (US) administration.\u201d This way, Khamenei showed again that changing behavior for his regime would lead to a regime change.Iran Protests-Shoe makers&#039; uprisings spread to MashhadStore makers in the religious city of Mashhad shopping centers took to the streets today, protesting skyrocketing prices.Protesters in Monday\u2019s demonstration are seen chanting:\u201cDeath to high prices\u201d&quot;Death to the Dictator&quot;\u201cEveryone has risen; cowards are still home\u201dThese brave protesters in the streets were seen encouraging their colleagues to join their ranks and close their shops.The Mashhad bazaar strike follows two days of similar protests in Tehran.Iran unveils next generation missile, vows to increase capabilitiesIran\u2019s defense minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran\u2019s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim.\u201cAs promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country and we will certainly increase our missile power every day,\u201d the minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, said.He described the new version of the Fateh Mobin as \u201c100-percent domestically made... agile, stealth, tactical (and) precision-guided.\u201dIran\u2019s missile program is a major bone of contention with world powers, particularly the United States.President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and world powers in May, has called for a new agreement that restricts Iran&#039;s missile capabilities and regional interventions.\" \/>\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-14-2018\/\" \/>\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 14, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018After several weeks of silence, Iran regime\u2019s supreme leader remarks showed that he has no way out of his current deadly deadlock After several weeks of silence in the face of growing popular uprising and the sharp fall of Iranian currency (Rial), Khamenei\u2019s speech on Monday, August 13th showed that he has no solution to and way out of the deadly deadlock that has fully engulfed his regime. 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Admitting that his regime is in a very weak and fragile state, Khamenei said, \u201cwe shall not negotiate\u201d with the United States, adding that &quot;we can enter a dangerous game of negotiating with the United States only when we have reached our favorite economic and political and cultural strength... but the negotiations are definitely to our detriment at this juncture and it is forbidden... Even if we were, under an impossible assumption, to negotiate with Americans, we would certainly not negotiate with the current (US) administration.\u201d This way, Khamenei showed again that changing behavior for his regime would lead to a regime change.Iran Protests-Shoe makers&#039; uprisings spread to MashhadStore makers in the religious city of Mashhad shopping centers took to the streets today, protesting skyrocketing prices.Protesters in Monday\u2019s demonstration are seen chanting:\u201cDeath to high prices\u201d&quot;Death to the Dictator&quot;\u201cEveryone has risen; cowards are still home\u201dThese brave protesters in the streets were seen encouraging their colleagues to join their ranks and close their shops.The Mashhad bazaar strike follows two days of similar protests in Tehran.Iran unveils next generation missile, vows to increase capabilitiesIran\u2019s defense minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran\u2019s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim.\u201cAs promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country and we will certainly increase our missile power every day,\u201d the minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, said.He described the new version of the Fateh Mobin as \u201c100-percent domestically made... agile, stealth, tactical (and) precision-guided.\u201dIran\u2019s missile program is a major bone of contention with world powers, particularly the United States.President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and world powers in May, has called for a new agreement that restricts Iran&#039;s missile capabilities and regional interventions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-15T16:52:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T18:04:23+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-14-2018\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-15T16:52:41+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-14-2018\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":14,\"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-14-2018\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-15T16:52:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T18:04:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018After several weeks of silence, Iran regime\u2019s supreme leader remarks showed that he has no way out of his current deadly deadlock After several weeks of silence in the face of growing popular uprising and the sharp fall of Iranian currency (Rial), Khamenei\u2019s speech on Monday, August 13th showed that he has no solution to and way out of the deadly deadlock that has fully engulfed his regime. 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Trying to avoid expansion of frustration throughout his regime, Khamenei said, \u201cThey are propagating viciously that the country has reached a deadlock and it has no way out other than to seek refuge from this Satan or Great Satan. Whoever states that we have reached a deadlock, he is either ignorant or his words are treacherous.\u201dKhamenei, who himself guided the nuclear talks in details, said: \"I made a mistake in the subject of negotiations and upon the insistence of the gentlemen (Rouhani and Zarif) I allowed them to experience, who, of course, passed our defined red lines.\"Khamenei, inevitably, broke his silence in the face of the new wave of uprisings and described them as \"the events of August, which despite the many financial and political expenditures by enemies, were so limited.\" The anti-government protests that lasted about a week in many of Iran's cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan, Mashhad, with the slogan \"Death to Khamenei\", \"Death to the Dictator\", once again demonstrated the will of the Iranian people to overthrow this regime. Admitting that his regime is in a very weak and fragile state, Khamenei said, \u201cwe shall not negotiate\u201d with the United States, adding that \"we can enter a dangerous game of negotiating with the United States only when we have reached our favorite economic and political and cultural strength... but the negotiations are definitely to our detriment at this juncture and it is forbidden... Even if we were, under an impossible assumption, to negotiate with Americans, we would certainly not negotiate with the current (US) administration.\u201d This way, Khamenei showed again that changing behavior for his regime would lead to a regime change.Iran Protests-Shoe makers' uprisings spread to MashhadStore makers in the religious city of Mashhad shopping centers took to the streets today, protesting skyrocketing prices.Protesters in Monday\u2019s demonstration are seen chanting:\u201cDeath to high prices\u201d\"Death to the Dictator\"\u201cEveryone has risen; cowards are still home\u201dThese brave protesters in the streets were seen encouraging their colleagues to join their ranks and close their shops.The Mashhad bazaar strike follows two days of similar protests in Tehran.Iran unveils next generation missile, vows to increase capabilitiesIran\u2019s defense minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran\u2019s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim.\u201cAs promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country and we will certainly increase our missile power every day,\u201d the minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, said.He described the new version of the Fateh Mobin as \u201c100-percent domestically made... agile, stealth, tactical (and) precision-guided.\u201dIran\u2019s missile program is a major bone of contention with world powers, particularly the United States.President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and world powers in May, has called for a new agreement that restricts Iran's missile capabilities and regional interventions.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-08-15T16:52:41+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-14-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018","datePublished":"2018-08-15T16:52:41+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-14-2018\/"},"wordCount":14,"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-14-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-08-15T16:52:41+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:04:23+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, August 14, 2018After several weeks of silence, Iran regime\u2019s supreme leader remarks showed that he has no way out of his current deadly deadlock After several weeks of silence in the face of growing popular uprising and the sharp fall of Iranian currency (Rial), Khamenei\u2019s speech on Monday, August 13th showed that he has no solution to and way out of the deadly deadlock that has fully engulfed his regime. Trying to avoid expansion of frustration throughout his regime, Khamenei said, \u201cThey are propagating viciously that the country has reached a deadlock and it has no way out other than to seek refuge from this Satan or Great Satan. Whoever states that we have reached a deadlock, he is either ignorant or his words are treacherous.\u201dKhamenei, who himself guided the nuclear talks in details, said: \"I made a mistake in the subject of negotiations and upon the insistence of the gentlemen (Rouhani and Zarif) I allowed them to experience, who, of course, passed our defined red lines.\"Khamenei, inevitably, broke his silence in the face of the new wave of uprisings and described them as \"the events of August, which despite the many financial and political expenditures by enemies, were so limited.\" The anti-government protests that lasted about a week in many of Iran's cities, including Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan, Mashhad, with the slogan \"Death to Khamenei\", \"Death to the Dictator\", once again demonstrated the will of the Iranian people to overthrow this regime. Admitting that his regime is in a very weak and fragile state, Khamenei said, \u201cwe shall not negotiate\u201d with the United States, adding that \"we can enter a dangerous game of negotiating with the United States only when we have reached our favorite economic and political and cultural strength... but the negotiations are definitely to our detriment at this juncture and it is forbidden... Even if we were, under an impossible assumption, to negotiate with Americans, we would certainly not negotiate with the current (US) administration.\u201d This way, Khamenei showed again that changing behavior for his regime would lead to a regime change.Iran Protests-Shoe makers' uprisings spread to MashhadStore makers in the religious city of Mashhad shopping centers took to the streets today, protesting skyrocketing prices.Protesters in Monday\u2019s demonstration are seen chanting:\u201cDeath to high prices\u201d\"Death to the Dictator\"\u201cEveryone has risen; cowards are still home\u201dThese brave protesters in the streets were seen encouraging their colleagues to join their ranks and close their shops.The Mashhad bazaar strike follows two days of similar protests in Tehran.Iran unveils next generation missile, vows to increase capabilitiesIran\u2019s defense minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran\u2019s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim.\u201cAs promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country and we will certainly increase our missile power every day,\u201d the minister, Brigadier General Amir Hatami, said.He described the new version of the Fateh Mobin as \u201c100-percent domestically made... agile, stealth, tactical (and) precision-guided.\u201dIran\u2019s missile program is a major bone of contention with world powers, particularly the United States.President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and world powers in May, has called for a new agreement that restricts Iran's missile capabilities and regional interventions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-14-2018\/#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 14, 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\/210899","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=210899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}