{"id":210978,"date":"2018-11-01T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210978-iran-news-in-brief-october-3-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:15","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-3-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-3-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 3, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 3, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PePcHM3_u_c\" 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%2FPePcHM3_u_c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PePcHM3_u_c\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M52S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-03T11:49:03Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_PePcHM3_u_c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPePcHM3_u_c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 3, 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\/PePcHM3_u_c\" 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%2FPePcHM3_u_c%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 3, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 3, 2018 White House Hails French Move Against Alleged Iranian Bomb Plot The White House is applauding France&#039;s move against alleged Iranian intelligence operatives who are accused of planning a bomb attack in Paris. &quot;France taking strong action against failed Iranian terrorist plot in Paris -- Tehran needs to know this outrageous behavior will not be tolerated,&quot; said a tweet from the White House National Security Council late on October 2. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters the incident illustrates the U.S. belief that Iran is &quot;the world&#039;s top sponsor of terrorism.&quot; French officials said on October 2 that they were freezing the assets of two suspected Iranian intelligence operatives over an alleged plot to bomb a rally in Paris three months ago. NCRI: France\u2019s Response Was Necessary to Deal with the MOIS Terrorist Acts of Extreme Gravity To prevent mullahs\u2019 terrorism, the April 29, 1997 EU declaration on the MOIS personnel and agents must be enforced Reacting to the October 2 joint statement by France\u2019s interior, foreign and economy ministers, the NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi called it \u201can appropriate and necessary response\u201d to the terrorist acts of \u201cextreme gravity\u201d by the Iranian Regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) on the French soil. To prevent the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorism in European countries, the EU declaration of April 29, 1997, must be enforced in dealing with the MOIS intelligence personnel and agents. - the suspension of official bilateral Ministerial visits to or from Iran under the present circumstances; - confirmation of the established policy of European Union Member States not to supply arms to Iran; - cooperation to ensure that visas are not granted to Iranians with intelligence and security functions; - concertation in excluding Iranian intelligence personnel from European Union Member States. Iranian Authorities Execute Three Prisoners, Slate Four More for Gallows State-run news agencies in Iran have yet to confirm the executions of three prisoners On October 2nd, in Urmia: Salman Khan Alilou, Hassan Hajilou, and Zeinab Sekaanvand. Sekaanvand was executed for a crime she had allegedly committed as a minor. Amnesty International released a statement expressing concern about Sekaanvand\u2019s transfer to a solitary confinement cell, the protocol for prisoners whose death sentence is imminent. \u201cThe authorities must immediately quash Zeinab Sekaanvand\u2019s conviction and grant her a fair retrial without recourse to the death penalty, and in accordance with principles of juvenile justice,\u201d the statement read. Soheil Arabi Sentenced to More Prison Time Pursuant to a new case brought against him by Judge Ahmadzadeh of Tehran Revolutionary Court Branch 26, Soheil Arabi, a prisoner of conscience in Great Tehran Penitentiary, was sentenced September 22nd to three years in prison, three years in exile, and a fine of approximately 40 million IRR [approximately &#36;400 USD] on charges of \u201cpropaganda against the regime\u201d and \u201cdisturbing the public mind.\u201d His lawyer did not learn of the verdict until eight days later. 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