{"id":210902,"date":"2018-08-19T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T19:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210902-iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:04:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:04:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Rm0saOdOfEw\" 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%2FRm0saOdOfEw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rm0saOdOfEw\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M1S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-08-17T09:49:48Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_Rm0saOdOfEw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FRm0saOdOfEw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 17, 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\/Rm0saOdOfEw\" 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%2FRm0saOdOfEw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Names Special Representative for Iran U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday named senior policy adviser Brian Hook as special representative for Iran. The move came as the administration prepared to increase economic pressure on Iran by restoring sanctions to force Tehran to end its nuclear weapons program and support for militant groups in the Middle East. Hook will lead a newly established Iran Action Group to coordinate the State Department&#039;s pressure campaign on Iran, Pompeo told a news conference. The announcement was not a surprise. Hook, who has pushed for tough action against Iran and has worked with national security adviser John Bolton, has been leading the department&#039;s talks with allies in Europe and Asia to persuade them to support U.S. sanctions and cut off Iran&#039;s oil supplies as of November. &quot;The Iran Action Group will be responsible for directing, reviewing and coordinating all aspects of the State Department&#039;s Iran-related activity, and will report directly to me,&quot; Pompeo said. &quot;We are committed to a whole-of-government effort to change the Iranian regime\u2019s behavior, and the Iran Action Group will ensure that the Department of State remains closely synchronized with our interagency partners,&quot; he added. German Rail Operator, Deutsche Telekom End Iran Projects German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom are ending projects in Iran after Washington imposed new sanctions against Tehran and said firms doing business with Iran would be barred from doing business with the United States. State-owned Deutsche Bahn is involved in two projects in Iran via its subsidiary DB Engineering&amp;Consulting, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. &quot;Both projects will be ended in August and September 2018 respectively,&quot; she said. &quot;Due to the altered banking practice we have sought to bring the contract to an amicable and timely conclusion.&quot; Separately, Detecon, a subsidiary of T-Systems - Deutsche Telekom&#039;s IT services arm - has terminated its business in Iran, a spokesman said. Detecon offers consulting services to companies in the telecommunications industry. he said: &quot;Given the sensitivity in relations with Iran worldwide, Detecon ended its business in Iran with immediate effect in mid-May 2018.&quot; The ending of Telekom&#039;s involvement in Iran followed soon after the announcement that its U.S. unit, T-Mobile, would buy Sprint Corp in a &#36;26 billion deal that remains subject to the approval of U.S. regulators. U.S. Expresses Concern Over Persecutions in Iran The United States says it is &quot;closely monitoring&quot; reports of human rights abuses in Iran, the State Department confirmed Wednesday, August 15. &quot;We are closely monitoring reports of numerous human rights defenders and members of minority groups, such as the Gonabadi Dervishes, who were unlawfully or arbitrarily incarcerated in Iranian regime prisons,&quot; the State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters Wednesday. Tehran\u2019s Revolution Court on Wednesday condemned a prominent Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Abdi, to more than 26-year prison. Abdi was one of the admins in charge of a website exclusively reflecting news related to the Gonabadi dervishes. Seven other dervishes were sentenced to 59 years in total by the same court. The US also raised concerns about the detention of Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two who was recently sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for peacefully advocating human rights reforms. Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian town There have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one town in Markazi Province in central Iran. An expert in charge of the Health Center of Markazi Province announced that the town of Khondab has special conditions for early marriages of girl children compared to other towns in the province, with 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls being reported. In a meeting on early marriages in Markazi Province, Akram Hamzeh-Loiyan noted: \u201cIn this province, 35 cases of early marriages of girl children between 10 and 13 have been recorded. 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The announcement was not a surprise.Hook, who has pushed for tough action against Iran and has worked with national security adviser John Bolton, has been leading the department&#039;s talks with allies in Europe and Asia to persuade them to support U.S. sanctions and cut off Iran&#039;s oil supplies as of November.&quot;The Iran Action Group will be responsible for directing, reviewing and coordinating all aspects of the State Department&#039;s Iran-related activity, and will report directly to me,&quot; Pompeo said.&quot;We are committed to a whole-of-government effort to change the Iranian regime\u2019s behavior, and the Iran Action Group will ensure that the Department of State remains closely synchronized with our interagency partners,&quot; he added.German Rail Operator, Deutsche Telekom End Iran ProjectsGerman rail operator Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom are ending projects in Iran after Washington imposed new sanctions against Tehran and said firms doing business with Iran would be barred from doing business with the United States.State-owned Deutsche Bahn is involved in two projects in Iran via its subsidiary DB Engineering&amp;Consulting, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.&quot;Both projects will be ended in August and September 2018 respectively,&quot; she said. &quot;Due to the altered banking practice we have sought to bring the contract to an amicable and timely conclusion.&quot;Separately, Detecon, a subsidiary of T-Systems - Deutsche Telekom&#039;s IT services arm - has terminated its business in Iran, a spokesman said. Detecon offers consulting services to companies in the telecommunications industry.he said: &quot;Given the sensitivity in relations with Iran worldwide, Detecon ended its business in Iran with immediate effect in mid-May 2018.&quot;The ending of Telekom&#039;s involvement in Iran followed soon after the announcement that its U.S. unit, T-Mobile, would buy Sprint Corp in a $26 billion deal that remains subject to the approval of U.S. regulators.U.S. Expresses Concern Over Persecutions in IranThe United States says it is &quot;closely monitoring&quot; reports of human rights abuses in Iran, the State Department confirmed Wednesday, August 15.&quot;We are closely monitoring reports of numerous human rights defenders and members of minority groups, such as the Gonabadi Dervishes, who were unlawfully or arbitrarily incarcerated in Iranian regime prisons,&quot; the State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters Wednesday.Tehran\u2019s Revolution Court on Wednesday condemned a prominent Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Abdi, to more than 26-year prison. Abdi was one of the admins in charge of a website exclusively reflecting news related to the Gonabadi dervishes. Seven other dervishes were sentenced to 59 years in total by the same court.The US also raised concerns about the detention of Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two who was recently sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for peacefully advocating human rights reforms.Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian townThere have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one town in Markazi Province in central Iran.An expert in charge of the Health Center of Markazi Province announced that the town of Khondab has special conditions for early marriages of girl children compared to other towns in the province, with 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls being reported.In a meeting on early marriages in Markazi Province, Akram Hamzeh-Loiyan noted: \u201cIn this province, 35 cases of early marriages of girl children between 10 and 13 have been recorded. 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The announcement was not a surprise.Hook, who has pushed for tough action against Iran and has worked with national security adviser John Bolton, has been leading the department&#039;s talks with allies in Europe and Asia to persuade them to support U.S. sanctions and cut off Iran&#039;s oil supplies as of November.&quot;The Iran Action Group will be responsible for directing, reviewing and coordinating all aspects of the State Department&#039;s Iran-related activity, and will report directly to me,&quot; Pompeo said.&quot;We are committed to a whole-of-government effort to change the Iranian regime\u2019s behavior, and the Iran Action Group will ensure that the Department of State remains closely synchronized with our interagency partners,&quot; he added.German Rail Operator, Deutsche Telekom End Iran ProjectsGerman rail operator Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom are ending projects in Iran after Washington imposed new sanctions against Tehran and said firms doing business with Iran would be barred from doing business with the United States.State-owned Deutsche Bahn is involved in two projects in Iran via its subsidiary DB Engineering&amp;Consulting, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.&quot;Both projects will be ended in August and September 2018 respectively,&quot; she said. &quot;Due to the altered banking practice we have sought to bring the contract to an amicable and timely conclusion.&quot;Separately, Detecon, a subsidiary of T-Systems - Deutsche Telekom&#039;s IT services arm - has terminated its business in Iran, a spokesman said. Detecon offers consulting services to companies in the telecommunications industry.he said: &quot;Given the sensitivity in relations with Iran worldwide, Detecon ended its business in Iran with immediate effect in mid-May 2018.&quot;The ending of Telekom&#039;s involvement in Iran followed soon after the announcement that its U.S. unit, T-Mobile, would buy Sprint Corp in a $26 billion deal that remains subject to the approval of U.S. regulators.U.S. Expresses Concern Over Persecutions in IranThe United States says it is &quot;closely monitoring&quot; reports of human rights abuses in Iran, the State Department confirmed Wednesday, August 15.&quot;We are closely monitoring reports of numerous human rights defenders and members of minority groups, such as the Gonabadi Dervishes, who were unlawfully or arbitrarily incarcerated in Iranian regime prisons,&quot; the State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters Wednesday.Tehran\u2019s Revolution Court on Wednesday condemned a prominent Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Abdi, to more than 26-year prison. Abdi was one of the admins in charge of a website exclusively reflecting news related to the Gonabadi dervishes. Seven other dervishes were sentenced to 59 years in total by the same court.The US also raised concerns about the detention of Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two who was recently sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for peacefully advocating human rights reforms.Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian townThere have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one town in Markazi Province in central Iran.An expert in charge of the Health Center of Markazi Province announced that the town of Khondab has special conditions for early marriages of girl children compared to other towns in the province, with 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls being reported.In a meeting on early marriages in Markazi Province, Akram Hamzeh-Loiyan noted: \u201cIn this province, 35 cases of early marriages of girl children between 10 and 13 have been recorded. 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Seven other dervishes were sentenced to 59 years in total by the same court.The US also raised concerns about the detention of Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two who was recently sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for peacefully advocating human rights reforms.Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian townThere have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one town in Markazi Province in central Iran.An expert in charge of the Health Center of Markazi Province announced that the town of Khondab has special conditions for early marriages of girl children compared to other towns in the province, with 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls being reported.In a meeting on early marriages in Markazi Province, Akram Hamzeh-Loiyan noted: \u201cIn this province, 35 cases of early marriages of girl children between 10 and 13 have been recorded. 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The announcement was not a surprise.Hook, who has pushed for tough action against Iran and has worked with national security adviser John Bolton, has been leading the department's talks with allies in Europe and Asia to persuade them to support U.S. sanctions and cut off Iran's oil supplies as of November.\"The Iran Action Group will be responsible for directing, reviewing and coordinating all aspects of the State Department's Iran-related activity, and will report directly to me,\" Pompeo said.\"We are committed to a whole-of-government effort to change the Iranian regime\u2019s behavior, and the Iran Action Group will ensure that the Department of State remains closely synchronized with our interagency partners,\" he added.German Rail Operator, Deutsche Telekom End Iran ProjectsGerman rail operator Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom are ending projects in Iran after Washington imposed new sanctions against Tehran and said firms doing business with Iran would be barred from doing business with the United States.State-owned Deutsche Bahn is involved in two projects in Iran via its subsidiary DB Engineering&amp;Consulting, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.\"Both projects will be ended in August and September 2018 respectively,\" she said. \"Due to the altered banking practice we have sought to bring the contract to an amicable and timely conclusion.\"Separately, Detecon, a subsidiary of T-Systems - Deutsche Telekom's IT services arm - has terminated its business in Iran, a spokesman said. Detecon offers consulting services to companies in the telecommunications industry.he said: \"Given the sensitivity in relations with Iran worldwide, Detecon ended its business in Iran with immediate effect in mid-May 2018.\"The ending of Telekom's involvement in Iran followed soon after the announcement that its U.S. unit, T-Mobile, would buy Sprint Corp in a $26 billion deal that remains subject to the approval of U.S. regulators.U.S. Expresses Concern Over Persecutions in IranThe United States says it is \"closely monitoring\" reports of human rights abuses in Iran, the State Department confirmed Wednesday, August 15.\"We are closely monitoring reports of numerous human rights defenders and members of minority groups, such as the Gonabadi Dervishes, who were unlawfully or arbitrarily incarcerated in Iranian regime prisons,\" the State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters Wednesday.Tehran\u2019s Revolution Court on Wednesday condemned a prominent Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Abdi, to more than 26-year prison. Abdi was one of the admins in charge of a website exclusively reflecting news related to the Gonabadi dervishes. Seven other dervishes were sentenced to 59 years in total by the same court.The US also raised concerns about the detention of Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two who was recently sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for peacefully advocating human rights reforms.Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian townThere have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one town in Markazi Province in central Iran.An expert in charge of the Health Center of Markazi Province announced that the town of Khondab has special conditions for early marriages of girl children compared to other towns in the province, with 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls being reported.In a meeting on early marriages in Markazi Province, Akram Hamzeh-Loiyan noted: \u201cIn this province, 35 cases of early marriages of girl children between 10 and 13 have been recorded. If there is no quick intervention in this regard, we will witness consequences such as running away from home or child divorces under the age of 15.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-08-19T19:36:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T18:04:22+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-17-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018","datePublished":"2018-08-19T19:36:42+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:04:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018\/"},"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-17-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-17-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-08-19T19:36:42+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T18:04:22+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, August 17, 2018U.S. Secretary of State Names Special Representative for Iran U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday named senior policy adviser Brian Hook as special representative for Iran.The move came as the administration prepared to increase economic pressure on Iran by restoring sanctions to force Tehran to end its nuclear weapons program and support for militant groups in the Middle East.Hook will lead a newly established Iran Action Group to coordinate the State Department's pressure campaign on Iran, Pompeo told a news conference. The announcement was not a surprise.Hook, who has pushed for tough action against Iran and has worked with national security adviser John Bolton, has been leading the department's talks with allies in Europe and Asia to persuade them to support U.S. sanctions and cut off Iran's oil supplies as of November.\"The Iran Action Group will be responsible for directing, reviewing and coordinating all aspects of the State Department's Iran-related activity, and will report directly to me,\" Pompeo said.\"We are committed to a whole-of-government effort to change the Iranian regime\u2019s behavior, and the Iran Action Group will ensure that the Department of State remains closely synchronized with our interagency partners,\" he added.German Rail Operator, Deutsche Telekom End Iran ProjectsGerman rail operator Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom are ending projects in Iran after Washington imposed new sanctions against Tehran and said firms doing business with Iran would be barred from doing business with the United States.State-owned Deutsche Bahn is involved in two projects in Iran via its subsidiary DB Engineering&amp;Consulting, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.\"Both projects will be ended in August and September 2018 respectively,\" she said. \"Due to the altered banking practice we have sought to bring the contract to an amicable and timely conclusion.\"Separately, Detecon, a subsidiary of T-Systems - Deutsche Telekom's IT services arm - has terminated its business in Iran, a spokesman said. Detecon offers consulting services to companies in the telecommunications industry.he said: \"Given the sensitivity in relations with Iran worldwide, Detecon ended its business in Iran with immediate effect in mid-May 2018.\"The ending of Telekom's involvement in Iran followed soon after the announcement that its U.S. unit, T-Mobile, would buy Sprint Corp in a $26 billion deal that remains subject to the approval of U.S. regulators.U.S. Expresses Concern Over Persecutions in IranThe United States says it is \"closely monitoring\" reports of human rights abuses in Iran, the State Department confirmed Wednesday, August 15.\"We are closely monitoring reports of numerous human rights defenders and members of minority groups, such as the Gonabadi Dervishes, who were unlawfully or arbitrarily incarcerated in Iranian regime prisons,\" the State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters Wednesday.Tehran\u2019s Revolution Court on Wednesday condemned a prominent Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Abdi, to more than 26-year prison. Abdi was one of the admins in charge of a website exclusively reflecting news related to the Gonabadi dervishes. Seven other dervishes were sentenced to 59 years in total by the same court.The US also raised concerns about the detention of Narges Mohammadi, a mother of two who was recently sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison for peacefully advocating human rights reforms.Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian townThere have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one town in Markazi Province in central Iran.An expert in charge of the Health Center of Markazi Province announced that the town of Khondab has special conditions for early marriages of girl children compared to other towns in the province, with 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls being reported.In a meeting on early marriages in Markazi Province, Akram Hamzeh-Loiyan noted: \u201cIn this province, 35 cases of early marriages of girl children between 10 and 13 have been recorded. 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