{"id":211005,"date":"2018-11-01T20:13:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T20:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211005-iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:49","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_-8T0JjkamvQ\" 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%2F-8T0JjkamvQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8T0JjkamvQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M58S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-10-31T09:52:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_-8T0JjkamvQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F-8T0JjkamvQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, October 31, 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\/-8T0JjkamvQ\" 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%2F-8T0JjkamvQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018 Denmark Declares: Iran Regime Plotted &#039;Attack&#039;, Recalls Ambassador - Calls for New Sanctions Denmark also recalled its ambassador to Iran Danish intelligence head Finn Borch Andersen had earlier on Tuesday told journalists that a man with a Norwegian passport and an Iranian background is being held after he was arrested on October 21 in neighboring Sweden. According to Andersen, an assassination plot against a Denmark resident was behind the large-scale police action. He said, \u201cThis is a case that entails an Iranian intelligence operation in Denmark. In our view, it was an Iranian intelligence agency\u2019s plan to assassinate a person who lives in Denmark.\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Denmark in a tweet for uncovering the plot and said that for 40 years Iran has made Europe a target of terror attacks. \u201cIt is totally unacceptable that Iran or any other foreign state plans assassinations on Danish soil. Further actions against Iran will be discussed in the EU,\u201d Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said in a tweet. US Weighs Sanctions Relief for Some Countries That Cut Iran Oil Imports: State Department Washington \u2014 The US is in the process of considering potential sanctions relief for some countries that significantly cut their Iranian oil imports, the State Department said Tuesday. US sanctions on Iran&#039;s oil buyers snap back Monday, forcing key importing countries like China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan to either make major cuts and seek waivers, or risk getting blocked from the US financial system. &quot;Our goal remains to get to zero oil imports from Iran as quickly as possible,&quot; the State Department spokeswoman added. &quot;We are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis.&quot; U.S. Calls on Iran to Follow Example of Cyrus the Great U.S. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert has called on the Iranian regime to show tolerance towards religious minorities. She tweeted on October 29, which is Cyrus Day, asking the Iranian Regime to follow the example of the first Achaemenid king, who is known to have protected the religious freedom of numerous groups and nationalities in his vast empire, around 500 BC. The Iranian Regime has been regularly condemned in the past three decades by international organizations and Western governments for its violations of human rights, including persecution of religious minorities. In Iran, Four Conservation Scientists Face Espionage Charges That Carry the Death Penalty Prosecutors in Iran have charged four conservationists with \u201csowing corruption on Earth\u201d\u2014a crime punishable by death. The environmentalists, who work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, were arrested in January on suspicion of espionage. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards accused them of using camera traps\u2014intended for monitoring rare Asiatic cheetahs and other wildlife\u2014to eavesdrop on the nation\u2019s ballistic missile program. 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According to Andersen, an assassination plot against a Denmark resident was behind the large-scale police action. He said, \u201cThis is a case that entails an Iranian intelligence operation in Denmark. In our view, it was an Iranian intelligence agency\u2019s plan to assassinate a person who lives in Denmark.\u201dU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Denmark in a tweet for uncovering the plot and said that for 40 years Iran has made Europe a target of terror attacks.\u201cIt is totally unacceptable that Iran or any other foreign state plans assassinations on Danish soil. Further actions against Iran will be discussed in the EU,\u201d Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said in a tweet. US Weighs Sanctions Relief for Some Countries That Cut Iran Oil Imports: State DepartmentWashington \u2014 The US is in the process of considering potential sanctions relief for some countries that significantly cut their Iranian oil imports, the State Department said Tuesday. US sanctions on Iran&#039;s oil buyers snap back Monday, forcing key importing countries like China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan to either make major cuts and seek waivers, or risk getting blocked from the US financial system.&quot;Our goal remains to get to zero oil imports from Iran as quickly as possible,&quot; the State Department spokeswoman added. &quot;We are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis.&quot;U.S. Calls on Iran to Follow Example of Cyrus the GreatU.S. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert has called on the Iranian regime to show tolerance towards religious minorities.She tweeted on October 29, which is Cyrus Day, asking the Iranian Regime to follow the example of the first Achaemenid king, who is known to have protected the religious freedom of numerous groups and nationalities in his vast empire, around 500 BC.The Iranian Regime has been regularly condemned in the past three decades by international organizations and Western governments for its violations of human rights, including persecution of religious minorities.In Iran, Four Conservation Scientists Face Espionage Charges That Carry the Death PenaltyProsecutors in Iran have charged four conservationists with \u201csowing corruption on Earth\u201d\u2014a crime punishable by death.The environmentalists, who work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, were arrested in January on suspicion of espionage. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards accused them of using camera traps\u2014intended for monitoring rare Asiatic cheetahs and other wildlife\u2014to eavesdrop on the nation\u2019s ballistic missile program. 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US sanctions on Iran&#039;s oil buyers snap back Monday, forcing key importing countries like China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan to either make major cuts and seek waivers, or risk getting blocked from the US financial system.&quot;Our goal remains to get to zero oil imports from Iran as quickly as possible,&quot; the State Department spokeswoman added. &quot;We are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis.&quot;U.S. Calls on Iran to Follow Example of Cyrus the GreatU.S. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert has called on the Iranian regime to show tolerance towards religious minorities.She tweeted on October 29, which is Cyrus Day, asking the Iranian Regime to follow the example of the first Achaemenid king, who is known to have protected the religious freedom of numerous groups and nationalities in his vast empire, around 500 BC.The Iranian Regime has been regularly condemned in the past three decades by international organizations and Western governments for its violations of human rights, including persecution of religious minorities.In Iran, Four Conservation Scientists Face Espionage Charges That Carry the Death PenaltyProsecutors in Iran have charged four conservationists with \u201csowing corruption on Earth\u201d\u2014a crime punishable by death.The environmentalists, who work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, were arrested in January on suspicion of espionage. 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US sanctions on Iran's oil buyers snap back Monday, forcing key importing countries like China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan to either make major cuts and seek waivers, or risk getting blocked from the US financial system.\"Our goal remains to get to zero oil imports from Iran as quickly as possible,\" the State Department spokeswoman added. \"We are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis.\"U.S. Calls on Iran to Follow Example of Cyrus the GreatU.S. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert has called on the Iranian regime to show tolerance towards religious minorities.She tweeted on October 29, which is Cyrus Day, asking the Iranian Regime to follow the example of the first Achaemenid king, who is known to have protected the religious freedom of numerous groups and nationalities in his vast empire, around 500 BC.The Iranian Regime has been regularly condemned in the past three decades by international organizations and Western governments for its violations of human rights, including persecution of religious minorities.In Iran, Four Conservation Scientists Face Espionage Charges That Carry the Death PenaltyProsecutors in Iran have charged four conservationists with \u201csowing corruption on Earth\u201d\u2014a crime punishable by death.The environmentalists, who work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, were arrested in January on suspicion of espionage. 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US sanctions on Iran's oil buyers snap back Monday, forcing key importing countries like China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan to either make major cuts and seek waivers, or risk getting blocked from the US financial system.\"Our goal remains to get to zero oil imports from Iran as quickly as possible,\" the State Department spokeswoman added. \"We are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis.\"U.S. Calls on Iran to Follow Example of Cyrus the GreatU.S. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert has called on the Iranian regime to show tolerance towards religious minorities.She tweeted on October 29, which is Cyrus Day, asking the Iranian Regime to follow the example of the first Achaemenid king, who is known to have protected the religious freedom of numerous groups and nationalities in his vast empire, around 500 BC.The Iranian Regime has been regularly condemned in the past three decades by international organizations and Western governments for its violations of human rights, including persecution of religious minorities.In Iran, Four Conservation Scientists Face Espionage Charges That Carry the Death PenaltyProsecutors in Iran have charged four conservationists with \u201csowing corruption on Earth\u201d\u2014a crime punishable by death.The environmentalists, who work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, were arrested in January on suspicion of espionage. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards accused them of using camera traps\u2014intended for monitoring rare Asiatic cheetahs and other wildlife\u2014to eavesdrop on the nation\u2019s ballistic missile program. Many observers view the detainees as pawns in a power struggle between the Revolutionary Guards and Iranian Regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani\u2019s administration, which in a review last spring determined that the spying accusation is baseless...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-01T20:13:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:48:49+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-31-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:13:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018\/"},"wordCount":16,"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-31-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-october-31-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-01T20:13:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:49+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, October 31, 2018Denmark Declares: Iran Regime Plotted 'Attack', Recalls Ambassador - Calls for New Sanctions Denmark also recalled its ambassador to IranDanish intelligence head Finn Borch Andersen had earlier on Tuesday told journalists that a man with a Norwegian passport and an Iranian background is being held after he was arrested on October 21 in neighboring Sweden. According to Andersen, an assassination plot against a Denmark resident was behind the large-scale police action. He said, \u201cThis is a case that entails an Iranian intelligence operation in Denmark. In our view, it was an Iranian intelligence agency\u2019s plan to assassinate a person who lives in Denmark.\u201dU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Denmark in a tweet for uncovering the plot and said that for 40 years Iran has made Europe a target of terror attacks.\u201cIt is totally unacceptable that Iran or any other foreign state plans assassinations on Danish soil. Further actions against Iran will be discussed in the EU,\u201d Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said in a tweet. US Weighs Sanctions Relief for Some Countries That Cut Iran Oil Imports: State DepartmentWashington \u2014 The US is in the process of considering potential sanctions relief for some countries that significantly cut their Iranian oil imports, the State Department said Tuesday. US sanctions on Iran's oil buyers snap back Monday, forcing key importing countries like China, India, Turkey, South Korea and Japan to either make major cuts and seek waivers, or risk getting blocked from the US financial system.\"Our goal remains to get to zero oil imports from Iran as quickly as possible,\" the State Department spokeswoman added. \"We are prepared to work with countries that are reducing their imports on a case-by-case basis.\"U.S. Calls on Iran to Follow Example of Cyrus the GreatU.S. State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert has called on the Iranian regime to show tolerance towards religious minorities.She tweeted on October 29, which is Cyrus Day, asking the Iranian Regime to follow the example of the first Achaemenid king, who is known to have protected the religious freedom of numerous groups and nationalities in his vast empire, around 500 BC.The Iranian Regime has been regularly condemned in the past three decades by international organizations and Western governments for its violations of human rights, including persecution of religious minorities.In Iran, Four Conservation Scientists Face Espionage Charges That Carry the Death PenaltyProsecutors in Iran have charged four conservationists with \u201csowing corruption on Earth\u201d\u2014a crime punishable by death.The environmentalists, who work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, were arrested in January on suspicion of espionage. 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