{"id":210938,"date":"2018-09-10T17:39:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210938-iran-news-in-brief-september-8-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:39","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-8-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-8-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_wH0dAecyem8\" 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%2FwH0dAecyem8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wH0dAecyem8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M15S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-09-09T18:49:40Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_wH0dAecyem8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwH0dAecyem8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, September 8, 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\/wH0dAecyem8\" 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%2FwH0dAecyem8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2018 Iran Left with Less Than a Handful of Friends, Says Ultraconservative Cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, an ultraconservative cleric and the spiritual father of the hard-line Paydari (Steadfastness) Party in Iran, says, &quot;Iran has only less than a handful of real friends in the world.&quot; Speaking to a group of conservative university lecturers on September 5, Mesbah-Yazdi said, &quot;I do not want to make disparaging comments, but most of the nations of the world are thirsty for our blood, and a few others are simply indifferent to us. They might speak softly, but they are our enemies.&quot; Protesters storm Iranian consulate in Iraq\u2019s Basra, take down flag Protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in Iraq\u2019s southern oil hub Basra on Friday, local security sources said. The consulate is in the upscale neighborhood of al-Barda\u2019iya, southeast of the city center. Demonstrators have targeted local government buildings and political party offices since protests intensified on Monday. Iraqi protesters chant \u2018out Iran, Basra remains free\u2019 Iraqi protesters shouted slogans like \u201cOut, out Iran, Basra remains free\u201d on Friday night as they set fire to the Iranian Consulate building in Basra. 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They might speak softly, but they are our enemies.\"Protesters storm Iranian consulate in Iraq\u2019s Basra, take down flagProtesters stormed the Iranian consulate in Iraq\u2019s southern oil hub Basra on Friday, local security sources said.The consulate is in the upscale neighborhood of al-Barda\u2019iya, southeast of the city center.Demonstrators have targeted local government buildings and political party offices since protests intensified on Monday.Iraqi protesters chant \u2018out Iran, Basra remains free\u2019Iraqi protesters shouted slogans like \u201cOut, out Iran, Basra remains free\u201d on Friday night as they set fire to the Iranian Consulate building in Basra.Demonstrators also chanted slogans calling on Iran to refrain from interfering in Iraq\u2019s internal and domestic affairs.1 Killed in Magnitude 5.6 Quake in IranA 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southeastern Iran on Friday, killing at least one person and damaging houses in several villages, Iranian state media reported.Arrests of women activists continues in IranArrests of women activists continues in Iran as another women\u2019s rights activist, Rezvaneh Mohammadi was arrested by Iran\u2019s security agents.A close friend of Ms. Mohammadi said she had been arrested by security forces on Monday, September 3, 2018, for unknown reasons.On the morning of September 1, 2018, Hoda Amid, a lawyer, and Najmeh Vahedi, a women\u2019s rights activist, also were arrested in their homes in Tehran by the Iranian intelligence services.Currently, there is no information available on the reasons for the arrests of women activists and the current situation of the female lawyer and women's rights activist after their arrests.","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-september-8-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, September 8, 2018Iran Left with Less Than a Handful of Friends, Says Ultraconservative Cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, an ultraconservative cleric and the spiritual father of the hard-line Paydari (Steadfastness) Party in Iran, says, \"Iran has only less than a handful of real friends in the world.\"Speaking to a group of conservative university lecturers on September 5, Mesbah-Yazdi said, \"I do not want to make disparaging comments, but most of the nations of the world are thirsty for our blood, and a few others are simply indifferent to us. 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