{"id":211021,"date":"2018-11-24T07:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T07:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211021-iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_m9I26Wv_T2A\" 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%2Fm9I26Wv_T2A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m9I26Wv_T2A\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-11-08T18:36:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_m9I26Wv_T2A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fm9I26Wv_T2A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, November 8, 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\/m9I26Wv_T2A\" 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%2Fm9I26Wv_T2A%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018 U.S. Warns Iranian Oil Tankers May Be Courting &#039;Environmental Disaster&#039; The United States is warning other countries not to allow Iranian oil tankers into their ports, saying the tankers not only could incur penalties under U.S. sanctions but may be courting &quot;environmental disaster.&quot; The State Department warned the global shipping and insurance industries on November 7 that as part of Washington&#039;s&quot;maximum pressure campaign&quot; to get Iran to change its behavior, insuring Iranian tankers will now incur penalties under the sanctions reinstated this week. Brian Hook, the special U.S. representative for Iran, said that as major insurers withdraw coverage from Iranian vessels, Iran will likely turn to domestic insurance companies that will not be able to cover losses for maritime accidents that could run into the billions of dollars. China Says It Will Not Sell Passenger Planes to Iran A Chinese state firm on Wednesday ruled out selling passenger planes to Iran to help the Islamic Republic revive fleet renewal plans, while a Russian executive suggested Moscow would be wary of putting its own programs at risk of US retaliation. asked whether Iran had shown interest in buying Chinese airplanes, Zhao Yuerang, general manager of manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), told Reuters: \u201cNo, we cannot sell to Iran. Iran is off the table.\u201d US Will Push Back at Iran Activities in Region, Says US Envoy to Syria Washington will focus on pressuring Iran financially and contesting its activities in Syria, Iraq and Yemen where the Persian nation enjoys broad influence, the U.S. envoy to Syria said Wednesday, adding that Tehran should eventually withdraw all Iran-commanded forces from Syria. Ambassador James Jeffrey told a group of journalists via a telephone conference that Iran\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that President Donald Trump pulled America out of in May had a bad effect on Iran\u2019s behavior that \u201caccelerated its activities.\u201d Iran enjoys influence in several countries in the region where it backs well-armed militias that are deployed in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Speaking about Iran&#039;s future in Syria, Jeffrey said: &quot;Iranians are part of the problem not part of the solution.&quot; US Iran Envoy Aims to End Iran Oil Exports Without Price Spike The United States is determined to push Iranian oil exports to zero, U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook said on Wednesday, through a &#039;calibrated&#039; approach using maximum economic pressure without lifting oil prices. Hook declined to give details of the confidential bilateral deals with the countries, which include China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Greece, Italy and Turkey. &quot;We have been very careful about applying maximum economic pressure (on Iran) without lifting the price of oil and we have done that successfully,&quot; Hook told reporters. &quot;We are going to be continuing our path to zero,&quot; Hook said. &quot;We do want to achieve maximum pressure without harming friends or allies and we don&#039;t want to lift the price of oil. ... 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Iran is off the table.\u201dUS Will Push Back at Iran Activities in Region, Says US Envoy to SyriaWashington will focus on pressuring Iran financially and contesting its activities in Syria, Iraq and Yemen where the Persian nation enjoys broad influence, the U.S. envoy to Syria said Wednesday, adding that Tehran should eventually withdraw all Iran-commanded forces from Syria.Ambassador James Jeffrey told a group of journalists via a telephone conference that Iran\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that President Donald Trump pulled America out of in May had a bad effect on Iran\u2019s behavior that \u201caccelerated its activities.\u201dIran enjoys influence in several countries in the region where it backs well-armed militias that are deployed in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. 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Iran is off the table.\u201dUS Will Push Back at Iran Activities in Region, Says US Envoy to SyriaWashington will focus on pressuring Iran financially and contesting its activities in Syria, Iraq and Yemen where the Persian nation enjoys broad influence, the U.S. envoy to Syria said Wednesday, adding that Tehran should eventually withdraw all Iran-commanded forces from Syria.Ambassador James Jeffrey told a group of journalists via a telephone conference that Iran\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that President Donald Trump pulled America out of in May had a bad effect on Iran\u2019s behavior that \u201caccelerated its activities.\u201dIran enjoys influence in several countries in the region where it backs well-armed militias that are deployed in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Speaking about Iran's future in Syria, Jeffrey said: \"Iranians are part of the problem not part of the solution.\"US Iran Envoy Aims to End Iran Oil Exports Without Price SpikeThe United States is determined to push Iranian oil exports to zero, U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook said on Wednesday, through a 'calibrated' approach using maximum economic pressure without lifting oil prices.Hook declined to give details of the confidential bilateral deals with the countries, which include China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Greece, Italy and Turkey.\"We have been very careful about applying maximum economic pressure (on Iran) without lifting the price of oil and we have done that successfully,\" Hook told reporters.\"We are going to be continuing our path to zero,\" Hook said. \"We do want to achieve maximum pressure without harming friends or allies and we don't want to lift the price of oil.... We have calibrated this very well.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-24T07:17:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:48:41+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-november-8-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-24T07:17:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018\/"},"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-november-8-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-8-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-24T07:17:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:41+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, November 8, 2018U.S. Warns Iranian Oil Tankers May Be Courting 'Environmental Disaster' The United States is warning other countries not to allow Iranian oil tankers into their ports, saying the tankers not only could incur penalties under U.S. sanctions but may be courting \"environmental disaster.\"The State Department warned the global shipping and insurance industries on November 7 that as part of Washington's\"maximum pressure campaign\" to get Iran to change its behavior, insuring Iranian tankers will now incur penalties under the sanctions reinstated this week.Brian Hook, the special U.S. representative for Iran, said that as major insurers withdraw coverage from Iranian vessels, Iran will likely turn to domestic insurance companies that will not be able to cover losses for maritime accidents that could run into the billions of dollars.China Says It Will Not Sell Passenger Planes to IranA Chinese state firm on Wednesday ruled out selling passenger planes to Iran to help the Islamic Republic revive fleet renewal plans, while a Russian executive suggested Moscow would be wary of putting its own programs at risk of US retaliation.asked whether Iran had shown interest in buying Chinese airplanes, Zhao Yuerang, general manager of manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), told Reuters: \u201cNo, we cannot sell to Iran. Iran is off the table.\u201dUS Will Push Back at Iran Activities in Region, Says US Envoy to SyriaWashington will focus on pressuring Iran financially and contesting its activities in Syria, Iraq and Yemen where the Persian nation enjoys broad influence, the U.S. envoy to Syria said Wednesday, adding that Tehran should eventually withdraw all Iran-commanded forces from Syria.Ambassador James Jeffrey told a group of journalists via a telephone conference that Iran\u2019s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers that President Donald Trump pulled America out of in May had a bad effect on Iran\u2019s behavior that \u201caccelerated its activities.\u201dIran enjoys influence in several countries in the region where it backs well-armed militias that are deployed in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. 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