{"id":210999,"date":"2018-11-01T20:11:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/210999-iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_UMxVwHYM69o\" 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%2FUMxVwHYM69o%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UMxVwHYM69o\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-26T14:17:14Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_UMxVwHYM69o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FUMxVwHYM69o%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 26, 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\/UMxVwHYM69o\" 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%2FUMxVwHYM69o%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018 Police crackdown in Tehran in supposed show of power On October 23, a wide array of Iranian state news agencies quoted the Tehran Chief of Police as saying that \u201c255 operations were carried out in Tehran\u201d, in which 240 people including 45 juveniles were arrested. Hossein Rahimi said that the detainees were accused of \u201ctroublemaking, destroying public property and instigating public opinion on the internet\u201d among other things. \u201c255 operations were carried out in the past 48 hours in contaminated sites and 210 shops including caf\u00e9\u2019s, gyms and 67 parks and other centers were cleared out,\u201d the Chief of Police said. The Tehran Chief of Police also said that those who sold and published banned books were arrested. Poverty forces more people to dig through garbage in Iran Garbage searching in Iran and looking for food to eat has become one of the growing means of survival for a wide range of Iranian people. The streets of Tehran are full of disturbing images of children who search through the garbage looking for anything they can eat. Users of Iranian cyberspace make and share photos and videos from many of these horrible scenes, images that are only a glimpse of the depth of the catastrophe that is happening in Iran. The latest example is the image of a man who died on October 21 near the trash bins due to the use of rotten materials from the garbage. Agricultural Lands Around Tehran Contaminated with Heavy Metals Only 20% of Tehran&#039;s sewage is properly treated and the rest is contaminating underground water reservoirs and agricultural lands, a member of the Iranian parliament has warned. Based on tests carried out at vegetable and fruit markets, traces of heavy and illegal toxic metals in root vegetables, including carrots, potatoes and onions are much more than admissible levels, said the spokesman of parliament&#039;s Agriculture Commission, Ali-Mohammad Shaeri. Trump Says More Sanctions Will Come for Iran Speaking on the 35th anniversary of the attack in Beirut that killed 241 Marines, President Donald Trump announced that more sanctions might follow the full reimposition of previous sanctions in November. &quot;On November 5th, all U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted by the nuclear deal will be back in full force...And they will be followed up with even more sanctions to address the full range of Iran\u2019s malign conduct. We will not allow the world\u2019s leading sponsor of terror to develop the world\u2019s deadliest weapons. Will not happen.&quot; UN Investigating Whether Iran Supplied Weapons Seized by U.S. Navy Near Yemen UN inspectors are examining more than 2,500 AK-47 rifles and other guns seized by the crew of a U.S. destroyer off the coast of Yemen to determine whether the weapons originated in Iran or Somalia. U.S. authorities said they invited the UN inspectors on board on October 25 to determine whether the weapons provide proof that Iran is smuggling arms to allied Shi&#039;ite Huthi rebels that are battling the Yemeni government in a four-year civil war. 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Users of Iranian cyberspace make and share photos and videos from many of these horrible scenes, images that are only a glimpse of the depth of the catastrophe that is happening in Iran.The latest example is the image of a man who died on October 21 near the trash bins due to the use of rotten materials from the garbage.Agricultural Lands Around Tehran Contaminated with Heavy MetalsOnly 20% of Tehran&#039;s sewage is properly treated and the rest is contaminating underground water reservoirs and agricultural lands, a member of the Iranian parliament has warned.Based on tests carried out at vegetable and fruit markets, traces of heavy and illegal toxic metals in root vegetables, including carrots, potatoes and onions are much more than admissible levels, said the spokesman of parliament&#039;s Agriculture Commission, Ali-Mohammad Shaeri.Trump Says More Sanctions Will Come for IranSpeaking on the 35th anniversary of the attack in Beirut that killed 241 Marines, President Donald Trump announced that more sanctions might follow the full reimposition of previous sanctions in November.&quot;On November 5th, all U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted by the nuclear deal will be back in full force...And they will be followed up with even more sanctions to address the full range of Iran\u2019s malign conduct. We will not allow the world\u2019s leading sponsor of terror to develop the world\u2019s deadliest weapons. Will not happen.&quot;UN Investigating Whether Iran Supplied Weapons Seized by U.S. Navy Near YemenUN inspectors are examining more than 2,500 AK-47 rifles and other guns seized by the crew of a U.S. destroyer off the coast of Yemen to determine whether the weapons originated in Iran or Somalia.U.S. authorities said they invited the UN inspectors on board on October 25 to determine whether the weapons provide proof that Iran is smuggling arms to allied Shi&#039;ite Huthi rebels that are battling the Yemeni government in a four-year civil war. 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Users of Iranian cyberspace make and share photos and videos from many of these horrible scenes, images that are only a glimpse of the depth of the catastrophe that is happening in Iran.The latest example is the image of a man who died on October 21 near the trash bins due to the use of rotten materials from the garbage.Agricultural Lands Around Tehran Contaminated with Heavy MetalsOnly 20% of Tehran&#039;s sewage is properly treated and the rest is contaminating underground water reservoirs and agricultural lands, a member of the Iranian parliament has warned.Based on tests carried out at vegetable and fruit markets, traces of heavy and illegal toxic metals in root vegetables, including carrots, potatoes and onions are much more than admissible levels, said the spokesman of parliament&#039;s Agriculture Commission, Ali-Mohammad Shaeri.Trump Says More Sanctions Will Come for IranSpeaking on the 35th anniversary of the attack in Beirut that killed 241 Marines, President Donald Trump announced that more sanctions might follow the full reimposition of previous sanctions in November.&quot;On November 5th, all U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted by the nuclear deal will be back in full force...And they will be followed up with even more sanctions to address the full range of Iran\u2019s malign conduct. 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Users of Iranian cyberspace make and share photos and videos from many of these horrible scenes, images that are only a glimpse of the depth of the catastrophe that is happening in Iran.The latest example is the image of a man who died on October 21 near the trash bins due to the use of rotten materials from the garbage.Agricultural Lands Around Tehran Contaminated with Heavy MetalsOnly 20% of Tehran's sewage is properly treated and the rest is contaminating underground water reservoirs and agricultural lands, a member of the Iranian parliament has warned.Based on tests carried out at vegetable and fruit markets, traces of heavy and illegal toxic metals in root vegetables, including carrots, potatoes and onions are much more than admissible levels, said the spokesman of parliament's Agriculture Commission, Ali-Mohammad Shaeri.Trump Says More Sanctions Will Come for IranSpeaking on the 35th anniversary of the attack in Beirut that killed 241 Marines, President Donald Trump announced that more sanctions might follow the full reimposition of previous sanctions in November.\"On November 5th, all U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted by the nuclear deal will be back in full force...And they will be followed up with even more sanctions to address the full range of Iran\u2019s malign conduct. We will not allow the world\u2019s leading sponsor of terror to develop the world\u2019s deadliest weapons. Will not happen.\"UN Investigating Whether Iran Supplied Weapons Seized by U.S. Navy Near YemenUN inspectors are examining more than 2,500 AK-47 rifles and other guns seized by the crew of a U.S. destroyer off the coast of Yemen to determine whether the weapons originated in Iran or Somalia.U.S. authorities said they invited the UN inspectors on board on October 25 to determine whether the weapons provide proof that Iran is smuggling arms to allied Shi'ite Huthi rebels that are battling the Yemeni government in a four-year civil war. Iran has denied providing weapons to the Huthis.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-01T20:11:20+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-26-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:11:20+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-26-2018\/"},"wordCount":15,"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-26-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-26-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:11:20+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:49:13+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, October 26, 2018Police crackdown in Tehran in supposed show of power On October 23, a wide array of Iranian state news agencies quoted the Tehran Chief of Police as saying that \u201c255 operations were carried out in Tehran\u201d, in which 240 people including 45 juveniles were arrested.Hossein Rahimi said that the detainees were accused of \u201ctroublemaking, destroying public property and instigating public opinion on the internet\u201d among other things. \u201c255 operations were carried out in the past 48 hours in contaminated sites and 210 shops including caf\u00e9\u2019s, gyms and 67 parks and other centers were cleared out,\u201d the Chief of Police said.The Tehran Chief of Police also said that those who sold and published banned books were arrested.Poverty forces more people to dig through garbage in IranGarbage searching in Iran and looking for food to eat has become one of the growing means of survival for a wide range of Iranian people.The streets of Tehran are full of disturbing images of children who search through the garbage looking for anything they can eat. Users of Iranian cyberspace make and share photos and videos from many of these horrible scenes, images that are only a glimpse of the depth of the catastrophe that is happening in Iran.The latest example is the image of a man who died on October 21 near the trash bins due to the use of rotten materials from the garbage.Agricultural Lands Around Tehran Contaminated with Heavy MetalsOnly 20% of Tehran's sewage is properly treated and the rest is contaminating underground water reservoirs and agricultural lands, a member of the Iranian parliament has warned.Based on tests carried out at vegetable and fruit markets, traces of heavy and illegal toxic metals in root vegetables, including carrots, potatoes and onions are much more than admissible levels, said the spokesman of parliament's Agriculture Commission, Ali-Mohammad Shaeri.Trump Says More Sanctions Will Come for IranSpeaking on the 35th anniversary of the attack in Beirut that killed 241 Marines, President Donald Trump announced that more sanctions might follow the full reimposition of previous sanctions in November.\"On November 5th, all U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted by the nuclear deal will be back in full force...And they will be followed up with even more sanctions to address the full range of Iran\u2019s malign conduct. We will not allow the world\u2019s leading sponsor of terror to develop the world\u2019s deadliest weapons. Will not happen.\"UN Investigating Whether Iran Supplied Weapons Seized by U.S. Navy Near YemenUN inspectors are examining more than 2,500 AK-47 rifles and other guns seized by the crew of a U.S. destroyer off the coast of Yemen to determine whether the weapons originated in Iran or Somalia.U.S. authorities said they invited the UN inspectors on board on October 25 to determine whether the weapons provide proof that Iran is smuggling arms to allied Shi'ite Huthi rebels that are battling the Yemeni government in a four-year civil war. 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