{"id":210993,"date":"2018-11-01T20:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210993-iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_S7yGu1GNh60\" 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%2FS7yGu1GNh60%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7yGu1GNh60\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M12S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-23T08:43:42Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_S7yGu1GNh60\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FS7yGu1GNh60%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 23, 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\/S7yGu1GNh60\" 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%2FS7yGu1GNh60%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018 Protesters demand Iran\u2019s intelligence ministry be placed on EU terror black list The Iranian community in Brussels protested on Monday calling for Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence to be placed on the European Union\u2019s terror black list four months after a plot by Tehran to attack an opposition rally in Paris. Firouz Mahvi, Member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said: \u201cWe expect EU today to break the silence. We want EU to be active and to be on the side of Iranian people,\u201d. The protesters gathered to condemn what they say is the European Union\u2019s silence to mass executions, human rights violations and repression of women in Iran. The protest took place almost four months after the foiled plot that targeted the massive opposition rally led by the NCRI in Paris on June 30. In the beginning of October, French officials stressed that there was \u201cno doubt\u201d that Iranian Ministry of Intelligence was behind the plot to attack the rally. Paulo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament said: \u201cI was among the people who were there on June 30, So I can say that, even personally, I have a case here to the European External Action Service (EEAS) and there has not been a single word from the EEAS on the issue. Mnuchin: Washington Will Insist On at Least 20% Iran Oil Import Cuts U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned this weekend that countries importing Iranian crude that want to continue importing it will need to reduce their intake of Iranian crude by more than 20 percent to win a sanction waiver. In an interview with Reuters, Mnuchin also said \u201cOil prices have already gone up, so my expectation is that the oil market has anticipated what\u2019s going on in the reductions. I believe the information is already reflected in the price of oil.\u201d The official also said he was confident of the success of the zero-import policy pursued by the Trump administration. \u201cI don\u2019t expect we will get to zero in November but I do expect we will eventually get to zero,\u201d he told Reuters. \u201cThere have been already very significant reductions in advance of this date.\u201d Five Detained Environmentalists Face New Charge Carrying the Death Penalty The charge against five detained environmentalists has been changed from &quot;espionage&quot; to &quot;Corruption on Earth&quot; after the examining magistrate received a letter from the Iranian Army, one of the former lawyers of the accused cited Tehran Prosecutor-General as saying. Speaking to Radio Farda on Sunday, October 21, veteran lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said that he has found out by chance that the army letter came via the Islamic Republic&#039;s Supreme National Security Council. Based on the Iran Regime Penal Code, corruption on earth is punishable by death. The clause has been dismissed by several legal experts and attorneys as &quot;unfair&quot; and &quot;against the country&#039;s Constitution&quot;. Iran: Protests by students in Tehran, farmers in Isfahan A group of PhD students in Tehran rallied on Monday outside the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament protesting the difficulty to find jobs. Students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran also rallied on Monday, protesting the college officials\u2019 incompetence. These students also on this day rallied in another location, protesting a decision to cancel exams. 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We want EU to be active and to be on the side of Iranian people,\u201d.The protesters gathered to condemn what they say is the European Union\u2019s silence to mass executions, human rights violations and repression of women in Iran.The protest took place almost four months after the foiled plot that targeted the massive opposition rally led by the NCRI in Paris on June 30. In the beginning of October, French officials stressed that there was \u201cno doubt\u201d that Iranian Ministry of Intelligence was behind the plot to attack the rally.Paulo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament said: \u201cI was among the people who were there on June 30, So I can say that, even personally, I have a case here to the European External Action Service (EEAS) and there has not been a single word from the EEAS on the issue.Mnuchin: Washington Will Insist On at Least 20% Iran Oil Import CutsU.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned this weekend that countries importing Iranian crude that want to continue importing it will need to reduce their intake of Iranian crude by more than 20 percent to win a sanction waiver. In an interview with Reuters, Mnuchin also said \u201cOil prices have already gone up, so my expectation is that the oil market has anticipated what\u2019s going on in the reductions. 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In the beginning of October, French officials stressed that there was \u201cno doubt\u201d that Iranian Ministry of Intelligence was behind the plot to attack the rally.Paulo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament said: \u201cI was among the people who were there on June 30, So I can say that, even personally, I have a case here to the European External Action Service (EEAS) and there has not been a single word from the EEAS on the issue.Mnuchin: Washington Will Insist On at Least 20% Iran Oil Import CutsU.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned this weekend that countries importing Iranian crude that want to continue importing it will need to reduce their intake of Iranian crude by more than 20 percent to win a sanction waiver. In an interview with Reuters, Mnuchin also said \u201cOil prices have already gone up, so my expectation is that the oil market has anticipated what\u2019s going on in the reductions. I believe the information is already reflected in the price of oil.\u201dThe official also said he was confident of the success of the zero-import policy pursued by the Trump administration. \u201cI don\u2019t expect we will get to zero in November but I do expect we will eventually get to zero,\u201d he told Reuters. \u201cThere have been already very significant reductions in advance of this date.\u201dFive Detained Environmentalists Face New Charge Carrying the Death PenaltyThe charge against five detained environmentalists has been changed from \"espionage\" to \"Corruption on Earth\" after the examining magistrate received a letter from the Iranian Army, one of the former lawyers of the accused cited Tehran Prosecutor-General as saying.Speaking to Radio Farda on Sunday, October 21, veteran lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said that he has found out by chance that the army letter came via the Islamic Republic's Supreme National Security Council.Based on the Iran Regime Penal Code, corruption on earth is punishable by death.The clause has been dismissed by several legal experts and attorneys as \"unfair\" and \"against the country's Constitution\".Iran: Protests by students in Tehran, farmers in IsfahanA group of PhD students in Tehran rallied on Monday outside the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament protesting the difficulty to find jobs.Students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran also rallied on Monday, protesting the college officials\u2019 incompetence. These students also on this day rallied in another location, protesting a decision to cancel exams.Hardworking farmers of Isfahan held a rally protesting the Iranian regime\u2019s plundering policies and not receiving their share of water for their lands.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-01T20:08:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+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-23-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:08:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018\/"},"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-23-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-23-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:08:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, October 23, 2018Protesters demand Iran\u2019s intelligence ministry be placed on EU terror black list The Iranian community in Brussels protested on Monday calling for Iran\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence to be placed on the European Union\u2019s terror black list four months after a plot by Tehran to attack an opposition rally in Paris.Firouz Mahvi, Member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said: \u201cWe expect EU today to break the silence. We want EU to be active and to be on the side of Iranian people,\u201d.The protesters gathered to condemn what they say is the European Union\u2019s silence to mass executions, human rights violations and repression of women in Iran.The protest took place almost four months after the foiled plot that targeted the massive opposition rally led by the NCRI in Paris on June 30. In the beginning of October, French officials stressed that there was \u201cno doubt\u201d that Iranian Ministry of Intelligence was behind the plot to attack the rally.Paulo Casaca, a former member of the European Parliament said: \u201cI was among the people who were there on June 30, So I can say that, even personally, I have a case here to the European External Action Service (EEAS) and there has not been a single word from the EEAS on the issue.Mnuchin: Washington Will Insist On at Least 20% Iran Oil Import CutsU.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned this weekend that countries importing Iranian crude that want to continue importing it will need to reduce their intake of Iranian crude by more than 20 percent to win a sanction waiver. In an interview with Reuters, Mnuchin also said \u201cOil prices have already gone up, so my expectation is that the oil market has anticipated what\u2019s going on in the reductions. I believe the information is already reflected in the price of oil.\u201dThe official also said he was confident of the success of the zero-import policy pursued by the Trump administration. \u201cI don\u2019t expect we will get to zero in November but I do expect we will eventually get to zero,\u201d he told Reuters. \u201cThere have been already very significant reductions in advance of this date.\u201dFive Detained Environmentalists Face New Charge Carrying the Death PenaltyThe charge against five detained environmentalists has been changed from \"espionage\" to \"Corruption on Earth\" after the examining magistrate received a letter from the Iranian Army, one of the former lawyers of the accused cited Tehran Prosecutor-General as saying.Speaking to Radio Farda on Sunday, October 21, veteran lawyer, Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said that he has found out by chance that the army letter came via the Islamic Republic's Supreme National Security Council.Based on the Iran Regime Penal Code, corruption on earth is punishable by death.The clause has been dismissed by several legal experts and attorneys as \"unfair\" and \"against the country's Constitution\".Iran: Protests by students in Tehran, farmers in IsfahanA group of PhD students in Tehran rallied on Monday outside the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament protesting the difficulty to find jobs.Students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran also rallied on Monday, protesting the college officials\u2019 incompetence. 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