{"id":210982,"date":"2018-11-01T20:03:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210982-iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:14","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_g3Se0tPkpFY\" 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%2Fg3Se0tPkpFY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g3Se0tPkpFY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-15T09:56:20Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_g3Se0tPkpFY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fg3Se0tPkpFY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 15, 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\/g3Se0tPkpFY\" 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%2Fg3Se0tPkpFY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018 Maryam Rajavi saluted the striking teachers across the country On Sunday, October 14, noble teachers across the country went on strike and refused to go to classrooms throughout the country to protest their dire livelihood conditions, repression and security atmosphere in schools, and to achieve their trampled on rights. Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, saluted the noble teachers who have staged sit-ins against the tyranny of the clerical regime, saying: &quot;The catastrophic situation of the employed and retired teachers is the result of the repressive policies of the anti-cultural regime of the mullahs, and as long as this regime is in power, it will even get worse.\u201d Tehran University students rally during Rouhani\u2019s speech Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani delivered a speech in Tehran University on Sunday while students were holding a rally on campus and chanting college students are ready to die, but will not accept to live in shame. The protesting college students were seen protesting near the building where Rouhani was delivering his remarks. \u201cHigh prices, unemployment, Rouhani must provide answers.\u201d Gravely concerned of Tehran University students using this opportunity to hold anti-regime protests, Iranian regime authorities had previously made arrangements to prevent the students from entering the conference halls. When Rouhani was in the Tehran University conference hall one female college student was seen shouting: \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you provide permission for the students to enter the hall?\u201d Merchant Arrested Amid Rumors of Impending Market Strike Security forces in Tabriz arrested Azerbaijani activist Mohammad Abdolmohammad-Zadeh Namrour on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, and transferred him to an undisclosed location. Namrour, a manufacturer in the Tabriz shoe market, was arrested in anticipation of the shoe market\u2019s upcoming strike. This connection has yet to be confirmed. Urban bazaars across Iran are the site of increasingly frequent strikes among merchants fed up with the symptoms of the current recession, including an unstable currency exchange, rising prices, and inflation. 1.8 million people lose jobs in Iran over past five years Over the past five years, 1,808,400 people have been left without jobs in Iran, Mehr News Agency reported. The main reason for losing the job is temporary workplace. According to the workforce statistics, unemployed people who have been employed over the past five years have lost their jobs for 13 reasons. There are five major causes of unemployment. The first reason is that 451,557 people lost their jobs because of temporary employment. The second reason is low salary. Thus, 294,190 people are left without jobs because of low salaries. The third reason is the staff reduction. Thus, 252,955 people have been left without jobs due to the staff reduction over the last five years. 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This connection has yet to be confirmed.Urban bazaars across Iran are the site of increasingly frequent strikes among merchants fed up with the symptoms of the current recession, including an unstable currency exchange, rising prices, and inflation.1.8 million people lose jobs in Iran over past five yearsOver the past five years, 1,808,400 people have been left without jobs in Iran, Mehr News Agency reported.The main reason for losing the job is temporary workplace.According to the workforce statistics, unemployed people who have been employed over the past five years have lost their jobs for 13 reasons. There are five major causes of unemployment.The first reason is that 451,557 people lost their jobs because of temporary employment.The second reason is low salary. Thus, 294,190 people are left without jobs because of low salaries.The third reason is the staff reduction. Thus, 252,955 people have been left without jobs due to the staff reduction over the last five years.The fourth reason is that a company or a firm completely ceased its activity. Thus, 126,986 people stopped to work for this reason.The fifth reason is that 97,758 people have lost jobs because of seasonal work.Among other reasons are workplace change, education, family issues, migration, retirement, seniority, illness, and so on.According to the statistics, over the past five years only 64,364 jobless people use unemployment benefits, while 1,744,883 people do not get unemployment benefits.South Korea imports zero oil from Iran in SeptemberSouth Korea imported zero crude oil from Iran in September for the first time in six years, ahead of US sanctions taking effect in November, preliminary data from Korea Customs Service showed on Monday.The world\u2019s fifth-largest crude buyer imported 10.8 million tons of crude last month against 12.3 million tons imported a year ago, the data showed.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-01T20:03:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:49:14+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-october-15-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:03:40+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018\/"},"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-october-15-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-15-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:03:40+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:14+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, October 15, 2018Maryam Rajavi saluted the striking teachers across the country On Sunday, October 14, noble teachers across the country went on strike and refused to go to classrooms throughout the country to protest their dire livelihood conditions, repression and security atmosphere in schools, and to achieve their trampled on rights.Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, saluted the noble teachers who have staged sit-ins against the tyranny of the clerical regime, saying: \"The catastrophic situation of the employed and retired teachers is the result of the repressive policies of the anti-cultural regime of the mullahs, and as long as this regime is in power, it will even get worse.\u201dTehran University students rally during Rouhani\u2019s speechIranian regime President Hassan Rouhani delivered a speech in Tehran University on Sunday while students were holding a rally on campus and chanting college students are ready to die, but will not accept to live in shame.The protesting college students were seen protesting near the building where Rouhani was delivering his remarks. \u201cHigh prices, unemployment, Rouhani must provide answers.\u201dGravely concerned of Tehran University students using this opportunity to hold anti-regime protests, Iranian regime authorities had previously made arrangements to prevent the students from entering the conference halls.When Rouhani was in the Tehran University conference hall one female college student was seen shouting: \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you provide permission for the students to enter the hall?\u201dMerchant Arrested Amid Rumors of Impending Market StrikeSecurity forces in Tabriz arrested Azerbaijani activist Mohammad Abdolmohammad-Zadeh Namrour on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, and transferred him to an undisclosed location.Namrour, a manufacturer in the Tabriz shoe market, was arrested in anticipation of the shoe market\u2019s upcoming strike. This connection has yet to be confirmed.Urban bazaars across Iran are the site of increasingly frequent strikes among merchants fed up with the symptoms of the current recession, including an unstable currency exchange, rising prices, and inflation.1.8 million people lose jobs in Iran over past five yearsOver the past five years, 1,808,400 people have been left without jobs in Iran, Mehr News Agency reported.The main reason for losing the job is temporary workplace.According to the workforce statistics, unemployed people who have been employed over the past five years have lost their jobs for 13 reasons. There are five major causes of unemployment.The first reason is that 451,557 people lost their jobs because of temporary employment.The second reason is low salary. Thus, 294,190 people are left without jobs because of low salaries.The third reason is the staff reduction. 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