{"id":210972,"date":"2018-11-01T19:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210972-iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DgiLIFMBjHM\" 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%2FDgiLIFMBjHM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DgiLIFMBjHM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M7S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-09-28T09:11:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DgiLIFMBjHM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDgiLIFMBjHM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, September 28, 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\/DgiLIFMBjHM\" 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%2FDgiLIFMBjHM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018 Truckers continuing nationwide strike on the 5th day Truck drives across Iran continued their nationwide strike on Thursday, the fifth consecutive day, reaching to over 200 cities in all of the country\u2019s 31 provinces, meanwhile almost 40 people were arrested in the provinces of Fars and Qazvin and the city of Pakdasht, their crime is said to be stopping the strike-breakers. Bus passenger companies such as Iran Peyma, Hamsafar, TBT and Royal Safar in Ahvaz, Abadan, Khorramshahr, Mahshahr, Izzeh and other cities of Khuzestan Province closed their ticket stores and branches in solidarity with the truck drivers\u2019 protests. A number of transportation companies have also closed down in solidarity with the truckers\u2019 nationwide strike. Truck drivers in the city of Sirjan blocked a road on drivers who loaded goods despite the strike spreading throughout the country. In Zahedan, fruit trucks emptied their loads in the city\u2019s Sarallah Boulevard and joined this strike. They have also announced their support for the truck drivers. A group of bazaar owners in Tehran issued a statement in support of the truck drivers\u2019 strike. Iran removes missile strike video threatening UAE, Saudi Arabia before UN speech An Iranian media outlet close to the hardline Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening missile attacks on the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The video, in a tweet by the semi-official Fars news agency that was later deleted, comes as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for the attack in the city of Ahwaz on Saturday, which killed at least 24 people and wounded over 60. The Fars video showed file footage of previous ballistic missiles launched by the Guard, then a graphic of a sniper rifle scope trained on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Fars did not say why it took the video down. However, it came just before President Hassan Rouhani was to address the UN General Assembly later in the day. US says to stay in Syria as long as Iran, but maybe not militarily The United States will stay in Syria as long as rival Iran maintains its presence, but the US role will not necessarily involve troops, a senior official said Thursday. James Jeffrey, the US special representative on Syria, was clarifying recent comments by senior officials who appeared to suggest that troops would stay indefinitely to counter Iran. Asked if President Donald Trump was making US withdrawal contingent on the removal of Iranian forces, Jeffrey told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations: \u201cThe president wants us in Syria until that and the other conditions are met. But he added: \u201c\u2018This is not necessarily American boots on the ground.\u201d Mehrnaz Haghighi, MD, taken to jail to serve her sentence Mehrnaz Haghighi, 49 and a medical doctor from Bandar Abbas, was transferred Saturday, September 22, 2018, to the Prison of Bandar Abbas to serve her six-month prison sentence. 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They have also announced their support for the truck drivers.A group of bazaar owners in Tehran issued a statement in support of the truck drivers\u2019 strike.Iran removes missile strike video threatening UAE, Saudi Arabia before UN speechAn Iranian media outlet close to the hardline Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening missile attacks on the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.The video, in a tweet by the semi-official Fars news agency that was later deleted, comes as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for the attack in the city of Ahwaz on Saturday, which killed at least 24 people and wounded over 60. The Fars video showed file footage of previous ballistic missiles launched by the Guard, then a graphic of a sniper rifle scope trained on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Fars did not say why it took the video down. However, it came just before President Hassan Rouhani was to address the UN General Assembly later in the day.US says to stay in Syria as long as Iran, but maybe not militarilyThe United States will stay in Syria as long as rival Iran maintains its presence, but the US role will not necessarily involve troops, a senior official said Thursday.James Jeffrey, the US special representative on Syria, was clarifying recent comments by senior officials who appeared to suggest that troops would stay indefinitely to counter Iran.Asked if President Donald Trump was making US withdrawal contingent on the removal of Iranian forces, Jeffrey told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations: \u201cThe president wants us in Syria until that and the other conditions are met.But he added: \u201c\u2018This is not necessarily American boots on the ground.\u201dMehrnaz Haghighi, MD, taken to jail to serve her sentenceMehrnaz Haghighi, 49 and a medical doctor from Bandar Abbas, was transferred Saturday, September 22, 2018, to the Prison of Bandar Abbas to serve her six-month prison sentence.Mehrnaz Haghighi was exonerated from the preliminary charges of disseminating lies, insulting the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader, and acting against national security. 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They have also announced their support for the truck drivers.A group of bazaar owners in Tehran issued a statement in support of the truck drivers\u2019 strike.Iran removes missile strike video threatening UAE, Saudi Arabia before UN speechAn Iranian media outlet close to the hardline Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening missile attacks on the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.The video, in a tweet by the semi-official Fars news agency that was later deleted, comes as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for the attack in the city of Ahwaz on Saturday, which killed at least 24 people and wounded over 60. The Fars video showed file footage of previous ballistic missiles launched by the Guard, then a graphic of a sniper rifle scope trained on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Fars did not say why it took the video down. However, it came just before President Hassan Rouhani was to address the UN General Assembly later in the day.US says to stay in Syria as long as Iran, but maybe not militarilyThe United States will stay in Syria as long as rival Iran maintains its presence, but the US role will not necessarily involve troops, a senior official said Thursday.James Jeffrey, the US special representative on Syria, was clarifying recent comments by senior officials who appeared to suggest that troops would stay indefinitely to counter Iran.Asked if President Donald Trump was making US withdrawal contingent on the removal of Iranian forces, Jeffrey told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations: \u201cThe president wants us in Syria until that and the other conditions are met.But he added: \u201c\u2018This is not necessarily American boots on the ground.\u201dMehrnaz Haghighi, MD, taken to jail to serve her sentenceMehrnaz Haghighi, 49 and a medical doctor from Bandar Abbas, was transferred Saturday, September 22, 2018, to the Prison of Bandar Abbas to serve her six-month prison sentence.Mehrnaz Haghighi was exonerated from the preliminary charges of disseminating lies, insulting the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader, and acting against national security. 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They have also announced their support for the truck drivers.A group of bazaar owners in Tehran issued a statement in support of the truck drivers\u2019 strike.Iran removes missile strike video threatening UAE, Saudi Arabia before UN speechAn Iranian media outlet close to the hardline Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening missile attacks on the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.The video, in a tweet by the semi-official Fars news agency that was later deleted, comes as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for the attack in the city of Ahwaz on Saturday, which killed at least 24 people and wounded over 60. The Fars video showed file footage of previous ballistic missiles launched by the Guard, then a graphic of a sniper rifle scope trained on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Fars did not say why it took the video down. However, it came just before President Hassan Rouhani was to address the UN General Assembly later in the day.US says to stay in Syria as long as Iran, but maybe not militarilyThe United States will stay in Syria as long as rival Iran maintains its presence, but the US role will not necessarily involve troops, a senior official said Thursday.James Jeffrey, the US special representative on Syria, was clarifying recent comments by senior officials who appeared to suggest that troops would stay indefinitely to counter Iran.Asked if President Donald Trump was making US withdrawal contingent on the removal of Iranian forces, Jeffrey told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations: \u201cThe president wants us in Syria until that and the other conditions are met.But he added: \u201c\u2018This is not necessarily American boots on the ground.\u201dMehrnaz Haghighi, MD, taken to jail to serve her sentenceMehrnaz Haghighi, 49 and a medical doctor from Bandar Abbas, was transferred Saturday, September 22, 2018, to the Prison of Bandar Abbas to serve her six-month prison sentence.Mehrnaz Haghighi was exonerated from the preliminary charges of disseminating lies, insulting the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader, and acting against national security. The Prosecutor, however, brought two new charges against her accusing her of \u201cmembership in the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI)\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state and in favor of opponents.\u201dThis medical doctor and civil rights activist denied the charge of membership in the PMOI","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-01T19:59:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:49:16+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-28-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-01T19:59:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018\/"},"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-september-28-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-28-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-01T19:59:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:16+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, September 28, 2018Truckers continuing nationwide strike on the 5th day Truck drives across Iran continued their nationwide strike on Thursday, the fifth consecutive day, reaching to over 200 cities in all of the country\u2019s 31 provinces, meanwhile almost 40 people were arrested in the provinces of Fars and Qazvin and the city of Pakdasht, their crime is said to be stopping the strike-breakers.Bus passenger companies such as Iran Peyma, Hamsafar, TBT and Royal Safar in Ahvaz, Abadan, Khorramshahr, Mahshahr, Izzeh and other cities of Khuzestan Province closed their ticket stores and branches in solidarity with the truck drivers\u2019 protests.A number of transportation companies have also closed down in solidarity with the truckers\u2019 nationwide strike.Truck drivers in the city of Sirjan blocked a road on drivers who loaded goods despite the strike spreading throughout the country.In Zahedan, fruit trucks emptied their loads in the city\u2019s Sarallah Boulevard and joined this strike. They have also announced their support for the truck drivers.A group of bazaar owners in Tehran issued a statement in support of the truck drivers\u2019 strike.Iran removes missile strike video threatening UAE, Saudi Arabia before UN speechAn Iranian media outlet close to the hardline Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening missile attacks on the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.The video, in a tweet by the semi-official Fars news agency that was later deleted, comes as Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for the attack in the city of Ahwaz on Saturday, which killed at least 24 people and wounded over 60. The Fars video showed file footage of previous ballistic missiles launched by the Guard, then a graphic of a sniper rifle scope trained on Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Fars did not say why it took the video down. However, it came just before President Hassan Rouhani was to address the UN General Assembly later in the day.US says to stay in Syria as long as Iran, but maybe not militarilyThe United States will stay in Syria as long as rival Iran maintains its presence, but the US role will not necessarily involve troops, a senior official said Thursday.James Jeffrey, the US special representative on Syria, was clarifying recent comments by senior officials who appeared to suggest that troops would stay indefinitely to counter Iran.Asked if President Donald Trump was making US withdrawal contingent on the removal of Iranian forces, Jeffrey told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations: \u201cThe president wants us in Syria until that and the other conditions are met.But he added: \u201c\u2018This is not necessarily American boots on the ground.\u201dMehrnaz Haghighi, MD, taken to jail to serve her sentenceMehrnaz Haghighi, 49 and a medical doctor from Bandar Abbas, was transferred Saturday, September 22, 2018, to the Prison of Bandar Abbas to serve her six-month prison sentence.Mehrnaz Haghighi was exonerated from the preliminary charges of disseminating lies, insulting the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader, and acting against national security. 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