{"id":211002,"date":"2018-11-01T20:12:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211002-iran-news-in-brief-october-29-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:49:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:49:12","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-29-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-29-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 29, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 29, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_XqlmEX9S8pc\" 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%2FXqlmEX9S8pc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XqlmEX9S8pc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-29T10:27:48Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XqlmEX9S8pc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXqlmEX9S8pc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 29, 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\/XqlmEX9S8pc\" 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%2FXqlmEX9S8pc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 29, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 29, 2018 Iran: 15 Hepco Workers Sentenced to Flogging for Protesting Fifteen workers of the Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO), were sentenced to prison and flogging in Iran. ILNA state-run News Agency said that a preliminary ruling by the 106th Branch of the Arak Penal Court sentenced each HEPCO worker to one to two years of prison and 74 lashes for \u201cdisrupting public order\u201d and \u201cinstigating workers via the internet to demonstrate and riot\u201d. The workers had protested their unpaid wages and the uncertain fate of the company in May. Iran\u2019s Free Trade Union reported on its Telegram channel that \u201c8,000 workers used to work at the HEPCO industrial complex before its privatization. Now, only 1,000 of them are left.\u201d Activist Maharam Kamrani Arrested in East Azerbaijan Province Azerbaijani activist and medical doctor Maharam Kamrani was arrested Thursday, October 25th at his workplace in East Azerbaijan Province\u2019s Ahar county. Kamrani\u2019s medical practice was raided by security forces who seized his computer, laptop, books, and other personal belongings. He was then sent home under tight security controls and interrogated for three hours in front of his children. Neighbors were reportedly assaulted when they protested the presence of plainclothes and security agents around the perimeter of Kamrani\u2019s house. After the interrogation, Kamrani was sent to an undisclosed location. His whereabouts and the charges against him have yet to be confirmed. Trump Faces Congress Complaints That New Iran Sanctions \u2018Not Tough Enough\u2019 A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president&#039;s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early next month won&#039;t be tough enough. As President Donald Trump prepares to re-impose a second batch of Iran sanctions that had been eased under the 2015 nuclear deal, conservative lawmakers and outside advisers have become worried the administration may break a promise to exert &quot;maximum pressure&quot; on Iran. They are angered by suggestions that measures to be announced Nov. 5 won&#039;t include a provision cutting Iran off from a key component of the global financial system. Iran\u2019s Khamenei Calls for Fight Against Enemy \u2018Infiltration\u2019 Amid Cyber Worries Iranian Regime\u2019s Leader Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy \u201cinfiltration\u201d in a speech to officials in charge of cyber defense, state television reported. \u201cIn the face of the enemy\u2019s complex practices, our civil defense should ... confront infiltration through scientific, accurate, and up-to-date ... action,\u201d Khamenei told civil defense officials, who are in charge of areas including cyber defense. The television report did not give details of the \u201cinfiltration\u201d Khamenei was referring to. 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