{"id":210924,"date":"2018-09-05T19:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210924-iran-news-in-brief-august-31-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:04:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-31-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-31-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 31, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 31, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_qXLmbZpkZEU\" 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%2FqXLmbZpkZEU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qXLmbZpkZEU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-09-01T22:20:23Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_qXLmbZpkZEU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqXLmbZpkZEU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 31, 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\/qXLmbZpkZEU\" 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%2FqXLmbZpkZEU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 31, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 31, 2018 Trump Says Iranian Regime May Collapse Because of His Policies President Donald Trump said the Iranian regime may collapse because of his administration\u2019s policies, including leaving the international nuclear agreement with Tehran negotiated by his predecessor. \u201cWhen I came into here, it was a question of when would they take over the Middle East,\u201d Trump said Thursday in an Oval Office interview with Bloomberg News. \u201cNow it\u2019s a question of will they survive. It\u2019s a big difference in one and a half years.\u201d Suffering from Cancer: Arash Sadeghi\u2019s Medical Report in Rajai Shahr Prison Last week, Arash Sadeghi, civil rights activist detained in Rajai Shahr Prison, was transferred to a hospital to undergo medical testing after he was recently diagnosed with a bone tumor. in a statement, Amnesty International demanded immediate action be taken to provide medical attention for Arash Sadeghi as he was diagnosed with a potentially malignant tumor in his elbow. Iran official calls upset citizen \u2018ignorant\u2019 for bringing up economic decline A video posted by former Iranian MP Hamid Rasaee on Twitter showed a frustrated citizen criticizing Iranian Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ali Motahari who, while visiting Golpayegan County, in the Isfahan Province, delivered religious lectures at a time when the country is witnessing deteriorating living conditions and people are suffering due to high prices and a decline in the economy. 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We came here to talk about religion.\u201dThis incident happened as popular protests continue across different areas due to a spike in prices, unemployment and decline of the local currency which has reached 110,000 rial for each US dollar.Chamber of commerce warns: We are on the brink of a tsunami of bankruptciesOn August 27, state-run news agency ISNA quoted Mahmoud Eslamian, deputy chief of the Chamber of Commerce in Isfahan saying that due to some unscientific decisions in the field of economy, we will soon witness a tsunami of manufacturing units going bankrupt and the causing unemployment.The deputy chief of the chamber of commerce in Isfahan continues: \u201cThe economic situation in the country is alarming and the private sector needs to take a stand against incorrect and unreasonable decisions more actively than before.\u201dAbout the unscientific decisions of the government, Esmalian said: \u201cThe dry out of Zahanderud is one of the results of such decisions. 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It\u2019s a big difference in one and a half years.\u201dSuffering from Cancer: Arash Sadeghi\u2019s Medical Report in Rajai Shahr PrisonLast week, Arash Sadeghi, civil rights activist detained in Rajai Shahr Prison, was transferred to a hospital to undergo medical testing after he was recently diagnosed with a bone tumor. in a statement, Amnesty International demanded immediate action be taken to provide medical attention for Arash Sadeghi as he was diagnosed with a potentially malignant tumor in his elbow.Iran official calls upset citizen \u2018ignorant\u2019 for bringing up economic declineA video posted by former Iranian MP Hamid Rasaee on Twitter showed a frustrated citizen criticizing Iranian Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ali Motahari who, while visiting Golpayegan County, in the Isfahan Province, delivered religious lectures at a time when the country is witnessing deteriorating living conditions and people are suffering due to high prices and a decline in the economy.While the citizen explained how people are suffering as a result of the deteriorating economy, saying that the price of the local Pride car has reached 45 million Toman (a superunit of the Iranian rial), Motahari replied: \u201cYou are foolish and ignorant. We came here to talk about religion.\u201dThis incident happened as popular protests continue across different areas due to a spike in prices, unemployment and decline of the local currency which has reached 110,000 rial for each US dollar.Chamber of commerce warns: We are on the brink of a tsunami of bankruptciesOn August 27, state-run news agency ISNA quoted Mahmoud Eslamian, deputy chief of the Chamber of Commerce in Isfahan saying that due to some unscientific decisions in the field of economy, we will soon witness a tsunami of manufacturing units going bankrupt and the causing unemployment.The deputy chief of the chamber of commerce in Isfahan continues: \u201cThe economic situation in the country is alarming and the private sector needs to take a stand against incorrect and unreasonable decisions more actively than before.\u201dAbout the unscientific decisions of the government, Esmalian said: \u201cThe dry out of Zahanderud is one of the results of such decisions. 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