{"id":210974,"date":"2018-11-01T20:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210974-iran-news-in-brief-september-29-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:15","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-september-29-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-29-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, September 29, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, September 29, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DPr4TY3ACLs\" 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%2FDPr4TY3ACLs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPr4TY3ACLs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M7S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-09-29T09:33:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DPr4TY3ACLs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDPr4TY3ACLs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, September 29, 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\/DPr4TY3ACLs\" 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%2FDPr4TY3ACLs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, September 29, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, September 29, 2018 U.S. Pulls Diplomats from Iraqi City, Citing Threats from Iran Regime The United States announced on Friday it will effectively close its consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and relocate diplomatic personnel assigned there following increasing threats from Iran Regime and Iran-backed militia, including rocket fire. 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Basra is Iraq\u2019s main port and one of its largest cities.Pompeo, as he explained the move, renewed a warning that the United States would hold Iran directly responsible for attacks on Americans and US diplomatic facilities.Pompeo calls for a \u2018Middle East\u2019 alliance to stop Iran\u2019s malicious activityIn a meeting with his counterparts in the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, and Jordan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for an end to Iran\u2019s malicious activity in the region, stressing the importance of defeating ISIS and other terrorist organizations and achieving peace and stability in Syria and Yemen.State Department spokeswoman Heather Neuert said on Friday that the meeting discussed the establishment of a \"Middle East strategic alliance\u201d to promote security and stability in the region.Esfahan Farmers ProtestOn Friday September 27, Isfahan farmers protest against deteriorating agriculture conditions. Right outside the great fruit market in Khorasgan their tractors put on a scene. A big banner is hung to the vehicle that reads, dying with dignity is far better than living with humility!Khorasgan is east of Isfahan Province, where the farmers set their gathering. These farmers work on the fruit and vegetable fields. Since water problems grew they\u2019ve not been able to sell off products. Commercial farming has turned into a disaster and what used to be the pride of these farmers is vanishing.Saudi FM Jubeir in UN speech: Kingdom\u2019s sovereignty is a \u2018red line\u2019Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Friday that the sovereignty of Saudi Arabia is a \u201cred line,\u201d adding that the kingdom does not and will not accept foreign interference in its internal affairs.He also affirmed Saudi support for the US strategy in confronting Iran, noting that Tehran's terrorist activities continue to destabilize the region.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-29-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-29-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-september-29-2018\/#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 29, 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\/210974","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=210974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}