{"id":210964,"date":"2018-09-25T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T09:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210964-iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:31","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_QFslSqA95QE\" 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%2FQFslSqA95QE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFslSqA95QE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M21S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-09-24T09:54:26Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_QFslSqA95QE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQFslSqA95QE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, September 24, 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\/QFslSqA95QE\" 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%2FQFslSqA95QE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018 Maryam Rajavi Message to NYC Summit- Onward to a Free and Democratic Iran The Iranian-American communities in the U.S. held a conference in New York on Saturday, September 22, 2018. A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201d In a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: &quot;This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory. ... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. And the inhuman enemy has no solutions or options to escape from it.&quot; Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says Sanctions Will Eventually Bring Down Iranian Government Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, says U.S. sanctions are causing economic pain on Iran that will eventually lead to the downfall of the Tehran government. &quot;I don&#039;t know when we&#039;re going to overthrow them,&quot; Giuliani said at an Iran Uprising Summit held by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities in New York on September 22. &quot;It could be in a few days, months, a couple of years. But it&#039;s going to happen,&quot; Giuliani told the group, which opposes the government in Tehran. 31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 Days On Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed nine prisoners collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the &quot;Justice&quot; of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those who disturb the order and security of the society. Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31, most of them young individuals. Nine of them were Kurdish and Balouch political prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh for the fabricated charge of &quot;Moharebeh&quot; [waging war against God] and disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, eight other prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Marvdasht. \u2018Look at the mirror,\u2019 Haley tells Iran on blame over parade attack US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday dismissed Iran\u2019s assertion that Washington and its allies were to blame for a deadly parade attack and said Tehran should look closer to home. Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric. \u201cHe\u2019s got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cHe can blame us all he wants. The thing he\u2019s got to do is look at the mirror.\u201d Truckers\u2019 expand strike to over 110 cities From early Sunday morning truck drivers in 112 cities across Iran launched a nationwide and coordinated strike after similar measures the day before. This protest is in response to previous calls for such pre-planned measures. According to eyewitness reports, most of the loading stations are empty in numerous cities and the truck drivers have not shown up for new deliveries. The Amir Kabir and Shapur Jadid terminals in Isfahan, similar sites in Bandar Abbas, Khomeini Shahr and Zanjan are among these locations that are reporting strikes and are completely closed down. Truckers in various cities including Ardakan, Hamedan, Arak, Nahavand, Saveh, Shahrud, Neka, Borujerd, Kermanshah, Bardsir, Sirjan, Shahr-e Babak, Sanandaj, Kerman, Qom, Qazvin, Shiraz, Marvdasht, Abadeh, Kazerun, Zahedan, Chabahar, Kashmar, Taybad, Sabzevar, Neyshabur, Mashhad, Garmeh, Nehbandan, Lordegan, Shahr-e Kord, Tehran, Bushehr, Ilam, Semirom, Shahreza, Isfahan, Najaf Abad, Shahin Shahr, Zarrin Shahr, Mobarakeh, Ardabil, Urmia, Tabriz and many more are currently on strike. 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A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201dIn a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: &quot;This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory.... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. And the inhuman enemy has no solutions or options to escape from it.&quot;Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says Sanctions Will Eventually Bring Down Iranian GovernmentRudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, says U.S. sanctions are causing economic pain on Iran that will eventually lead to the downfall of the Tehran government.&quot;I don&#039;t know when we&#039;re going to overthrow them,&quot; Giuliani said at an Iran Uprising Summit held by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities in New York on September 22.&quot;It could be in a few days, months, a couple of years. But it&#039;s going to happen,&quot; Giuliani told the group, which opposes the government in Tehran.31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 DaysOn Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed nine prisoners collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the &quot;Justice&quot; of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those who disturb the order and security of the society.Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31, most of them young individuals. Nine of them were Kurdish and Balouch political prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh for the fabricated charge of &quot;Moharebeh&quot; and disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, eight other prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Marvdasht.\u2018Look at the mirror,\u2019 Haley tells Iran on blame over parade attackUS Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday dismissed Iran\u2019s assertion that Washington and its allies were to blame for a deadly parade attack and said Tehran should look closer to home.Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric.\u201cHe\u2019s got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d\u201cHe can blame us all he wants. The thing he\u2019s got to do is look at the mirror.\u201d Truckers\u2019 expand strike to over 110 citiesFrom early Sunday morning truck drivers in 112 cities across Iran launched a nationwide and coordinated strike after similar measures the day before. This protest is in response to previous calls for such pre-planned measures.According to eyewitness reports, most of the loading stations are empty in numerous cities and the truck drivers have not shown up for new deliveries. The Amir Kabir and Shapur Jadid terminals in Isfahan, similar sites in Bandar Abbas, Khomeini Shahr and Zanjan are among these locations that are reporting strikes and are completely closed down.Truckers in various cities including Ardakan, Hamedan, Arak, Nahavand, Saveh, Shahrud, Neka, Borujerd, Kermanshah, Bardsir, Sirjan, Shahr-e Babak, Sanandaj, Kerman, Qom, Qazvin, Shiraz, Marvdasht, Abadeh, Kazerun, Zahedan, Chabahar, Kashmar, Taybad, Sabzevar, Neyshabur, Mashhad, Garmeh, Nehbandan, Lordegan, Shahr-e Kord, Tehran, Bushehr, Ilam, Semirom, Shahreza, Isfahan, Najaf Abad, Shahin Shahr, Zarrin Shahr, Mobarakeh, Ardabil, Urmia, Tabriz and many more are currently on strike. 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A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201dIn a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: &quot;This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory.... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. And the inhuman enemy has no solutions or options to escape from it.&quot;Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says Sanctions Will Eventually Bring Down Iranian GovernmentRudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, says U.S. sanctions are causing economic pain on Iran that will eventually lead to the downfall of the Tehran government.&quot;I don&#039;t know when we&#039;re going to overthrow them,&quot; Giuliani said at an Iran Uprising Summit held by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities in New York on September 22.&quot;It could be in a few days, months, a couple of years. But it&#039;s going to happen,&quot; Giuliani told the group, which opposes the government in Tehran.31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 DaysOn Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed nine prisoners collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the &quot;Justice&quot; of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those who disturb the order and security of the society.Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31, most of them young individuals. Nine of them were Kurdish and Balouch political prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh for the fabricated charge of &quot;Moharebeh&quot; and disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, eight other prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Marvdasht.\u2018Look at the mirror,\u2019 Haley tells Iran on blame over parade attackUS Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday dismissed Iran\u2019s assertion that Washington and its allies were to blame for a deadly parade attack and said Tehran should look closer to home.Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric.\u201cHe\u2019s got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d\u201cHe can blame us all he wants. The thing he\u2019s got to do is look at the mirror.\u201d Truckers\u2019 expand strike to over 110 citiesFrom early Sunday morning truck drivers in 112 cities across Iran launched a nationwide and coordinated strike after similar measures the day before. 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A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201dIn a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: \\\"This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory.... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. 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A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201dIn a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: \"This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory.... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. And the inhuman enemy has no solutions or options to escape from it.\"Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says Sanctions Will Eventually Bring Down Iranian GovernmentRudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, says U.S. sanctions are causing economic pain on Iran that will eventually lead to the downfall of the Tehran government.\"I don't know when we're going to overthrow them,\" Giuliani said at an Iran Uprising Summit held by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities in New York on September 22.\"It could be in a few days, months, a couple of years. But it's going to happen,\" Giuliani told the group, which opposes the government in Tehran.31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 DaysOn Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed nine prisoners collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the \"Justice\" of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those who disturb the order and security of the society.Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31, most of them young individuals. Nine of them were Kurdish and Balouch political prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh for the fabricated charge of \"Moharebeh\" and disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, eight other prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Marvdasht.\u2018Look at the mirror,\u2019 Haley tells Iran on blame over parade attackUS Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday dismissed Iran\u2019s assertion that Washington and its allies were to blame for a deadly parade attack and said Tehran should look closer to home.Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric.\u201cHe\u2019s got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d\u201cHe can blame us all he wants. The thing he\u2019s got to do is look at the mirror.\u201d Truckers\u2019 expand strike to over 110 citiesFrom early Sunday morning truck drivers in 112 cities across Iran launched a nationwide and coordinated strike after similar measures the day before. This protest is in response to previous calls for such pre-planned measures.According to eyewitness reports, most of the loading stations are empty in numerous cities and the truck drivers have not shown up for new deliveries. The Amir Kabir and Shapur Jadid terminals in Isfahan, similar sites in Bandar Abbas, Khomeini Shahr and Zanjan are among these locations that are reporting strikes and are completely closed down.Truckers in various cities including Ardakan, Hamedan, Arak, Nahavand, Saveh, Shahrud, Neka, Borujerd, Kermanshah, Bardsir, Sirjan, Shahr-e Babak, Sanandaj, Kerman, Qom, Qazvin, Shiraz, Marvdasht, Abadeh, Kazerun, Zahedan, Chabahar, Kashmar, Taybad, Sabzevar, Neyshabur, Mashhad, Garmeh, Nehbandan, Lordegan, Shahr-e Kord, Tehran, Bushehr, Ilam, Semirom, Shahreza, Isfahan, Najaf Abad, Shahin Shahr, Zarrin Shahr, Mobarakeh, Ardabil, Urmia, Tabriz and many more are currently on strike. Signs indicate other cities will join the strike in the upcoming days.","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-24-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018Maryam Rajavi Message to NYC Summit- Onward to a Free and Democratic Iran The Iranian-American communities in the U.S. held a conference in New York on Saturday, September 22, 2018. A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201dIn a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: \"This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory.... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. And the inhuman enemy has no solutions or options to escape from it.\"Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says Sanctions Will Eventually Bring Down Iranian GovernmentRudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, says U.S. sanctions are causing economic pain on Iran that will eventually lead to the downfall of the Tehran government.\"I don't know when we're going to overthrow them,\" Giuliani said at an Iran Uprising Summit held by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities in New York on September 22.\"It could be in a few days, months, a couple of years. But it's going to happen,\" Giuliani told the group, which opposes the government in Tehran.31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 DaysOn Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed nine prisoners collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the \"Justice\" of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those who disturb the order and security of the society.Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31, most of them young individuals. Nine of them were Kurdish and Balouch political prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh for the fabricated charge of \"Moharebeh\" and disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, eight other prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Marvdasht.\u2018Look at the mirror,\u2019 Haley tells Iran on blame over parade attackUS Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday dismissed Iran\u2019s assertion that Washington and its allies were to blame for a deadly parade attack and said Tehran should look closer to home.Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric.\u201cHe\u2019s got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d\u201cHe can blame us all he wants. The thing he\u2019s got to do is look at the mirror.\u201d Truckers\u2019 expand strike to over 110 citiesFrom early Sunday morning truck drivers in 112 cities across Iran launched a nationwide and coordinated strike after similar measures the day before. This protest is in response to previous calls for such pre-planned measures.According to eyewitness reports, most of the loading stations are empty in numerous cities and the truck drivers have not shown up for new deliveries. The Amir Kabir and Shapur Jadid terminals in Isfahan, similar sites in Bandar Abbas, Khomeini Shahr and Zanjan are among these locations that are reporting strikes and are completely closed down.Truckers in various cities including Ardakan, Hamedan, Arak, Nahavand, Saveh, Shahrud, Neka, Borujerd, Kermanshah, Bardsir, Sirjan, Shahr-e Babak, Sanandaj, Kerman, Qom, Qazvin, Shiraz, Marvdasht, Abadeh, Kazerun, Zahedan, Chabahar, Kashmar, Taybad, Sabzevar, Neyshabur, Mashhad, Garmeh, Nehbandan, Lordegan, Shahr-e Kord, Tehran, Bushehr, Ilam, Semirom, Shahreza, Isfahan, Najaf Abad, Shahin Shahr, Zarrin Shahr, Mobarakeh, Ardabil, Urmia, Tabriz and many more are currently on strike. Signs indicate other cities will join the strike in the upcoming days.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-09-25T09:49:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:49:31+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-september-24-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018","datePublished":"2018-09-25T09:49:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/"},"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-september-24-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-09-25T09:49:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:31+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 2018Maryam Rajavi Message to NYC Summit- Onward to a Free and Democratic Iran The Iranian-American communities in the U.S. held a conference in New York on Saturday, September 22, 2018. A number of political dignitaries from the United States and Europe attended and addressed the conference called, \u201cThe Path to Freedom \u2013 The Alternative.\u201dIn a video message to this meeting, Maryam Rajavi elaborated on the rapid developments in Iran, with the looming prospect of a secular country free from religious tyranny. she said: Accelerating developments in Iran enhance the prospects of an Iran free of religious tyranny. Since the uprising of December 2017, Iranian society has essentially not stopped marching and protesting. In August, at least 27 cities in Iran rose up once again. The regime arrested over 1,000 protestors, but failed to stop the protest movements across Iran. As the Iranian Resistance\u2019s Leader Massoud Rajavi has said: \"This is an uprising until overthrow and until victory.... It will persist, it will spread, and it will deepen. It is linked with, and relies on, the organized resistance. And the inhuman enemy has no solutions or options to escape from it.\"Trump Lawyer Giuliani Says Sanctions Will Eventually Bring Down Iranian GovernmentRudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, says U.S. sanctions are causing economic pain on Iran that will eventually lead to the downfall of the Tehran government.\"I don't know when we're going to overthrow them,\" Giuliani said at an Iran Uprising Summit held by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities in New York on September 22.\"It could be in a few days, months, a couple of years. But it's going to happen,\" Giuliani told the group, which opposes the government in Tehran.31 Executions Including 9 Political Prisoners Within 20 DaysOn Saturday, September 22, the falling regime of mullahs executed nine prisoners collectively in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. The criminal head of the \"Justice\" of Fars province had already reiterated that he will deal seriously with those who disturb the order and security of the society.Thus, the number of executions in the past 20 days amounted to at least 31, most of them young individuals. Nine of them were Kurdish and Balouch political prisoners who were hanged in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, Zahedan and Orumieh for the fabricated charge of \"Moharebeh\" and disturbing the security of the regime. In Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, eight other prisoners were executed collectively on September 5. One prisoner was hanged publicly in Marvdasht.\u2018Look at the mirror,\u2019 Haley tells Iran on blame over parade attackUS Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday dismissed Iran\u2019s assertion that Washington and its allies were to blame for a deadly parade attack and said Tehran should look closer to home.Haley dismissed his comments as rhetoric.\u201cHe\u2019s got the Iranian people are protesting, every ounce of money that goes into Iran goes into his military, he has oppressed his people for a long time and he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that\u2019s coming from,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d\u201cHe can blame us all he wants. The thing he\u2019s got to do is look at the mirror.\u201d Truckers\u2019 expand strike to over 110 citiesFrom early Sunday morning truck drivers in 112 cities across Iran launched a nationwide and coordinated strike after similar measures the day before. This protest is in response to previous calls for such pre-planned measures.According to eyewitness reports, most of the loading stations are empty in numerous cities and the truck drivers have not shown up for new deliveries. The Amir Kabir and Shapur Jadid terminals in Isfahan, similar sites in Bandar Abbas, Khomeini Shahr and Zanjan are among these locations that are reporting strikes and are completely closed down.Truckers in various cities including Ardakan, Hamedan, Arak, Nahavand, Saveh, Shahrud, Neka, Borujerd, Kermanshah, Bardsir, Sirjan, Shahr-e Babak, Sanandaj, Kerman, Qom, Qazvin, Shiraz, Marvdasht, Abadeh, Kazerun, Zahedan, Chabahar, Kashmar, Taybad, Sabzevar, Neyshabur, Mashhad, Garmeh, Nehbandan, Lordegan, Shahr-e Kord, Tehran, Bushehr, Ilam, Semirom, Shahreza, Isfahan, Najaf Abad, Shahin Shahr, Zarrin Shahr, Mobarakeh, Ardabil, Urmia, Tabriz and many more are currently on strike. Signs indicate other cities will join the strike in the upcoming days.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-24-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, September 24, 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\/210964","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=210964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}