{"id":210975,"date":"2018-11-01T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210975-iran-news-in-brief-october-1-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:15","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 1, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 1, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_cdLanSlc0Rc\" 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%2FcdLanSlc0Rc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdLanSlc0Rc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-01T09:38:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_cdLanSlc0Rc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FcdLanSlc0Rc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 1, 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\/cdLanSlc0Rc\" 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%2FcdLanSlc0Rc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 1, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 1, 2018 Iran Regime sentences three businessmen to death on \u2018economic crimes\u2019 Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death in Iran, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed US sanctions and a public outcry against profiteering and corruption. A judiciary official also warned truck drivers holding a nationwide strike over pay and high prices of \u201charsh penalties\u201d if they continue their protests, state media said. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, quoted by state TV, said the courts handed down out death sentences to three defendants after convicting them of \u201cspreading corruption on earth\u201d, a capital offence under Iran\u2019s Islamic laws. Housing Cost in Tehran Skyrockets as People Measure Value in US Dollars The average house price in Tehran has had a 74 percent jump during just one year since September 2017, the Central Bank of Iran announced. Just over the past Iranian month (August 21-September 21) the rise in residential unit prices was 9.4 percent. The price increase has coincided with a huge drop in sales. Only 10,300 units were sold in Tehran during the past year. Within the past month house sales dropped by almost 14 percent. Every U.S. dollar was traded for around 30,000 rials in February. In late September the rate of exchange rose to higher than 180,000 rial per dollar. UAE foreign minister condemns Iran\u2019s meddling in the Arab region Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, the United Arab Emirates\u2019 Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said: \u201cSaudi Arabia is threatened by Iranian missiles through the Houthi militias in Yemen who are intransigent on all peace initiatives as evidenced by their recent absence from the recent talks in Geneva,\u201d The Emirati foreign minister reiterated the need for Iran to stop tampering with the region and interfering in the internal affairs of countries. Bahrain: Iran threatens security in Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb \u201cIran is threatening security in the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb,\u201d the Bahraini foreign minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, adding that \u201cthe Iranian regime supports Yemen\u2019s Houthi militias in threatening neighboring countries\u201d. Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa told the UN that the regime in Iran is adopting a policy of sabotage and supporting terrorism in the region and that achieving lasting security requires a strategic alliance between the countries of the region. US Pushes Forward with Plans for Anti-Iran Arab Alliance The Trump administration pressed ahead Friday with plans to create an &quot;Arab NATO&quot; that would unite U.S. partners in the Middle East in an anti-Iran alliance, but Qatar said the crisis among Gulf countries must be solved first. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met in New York with foreign ministers from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to advance the project. 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