{"id":211031,"date":"2018-11-24T07:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T07:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211031-iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_7-vE-x-9HrE\" 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%2F7-vE-x-9HrE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-vE-x-9HrE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-11-15T10:57:03Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_7-vE-x-9HrE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F7-vE-x-9HrE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, November 15, 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\/7-vE-x-9HrE\" 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%2F7-vE-x-9HrE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018 Iran: Ahvaz Steel Workers on Strike for 5th Day Employees of the Ahvaz Steel Company continued their strike on Wednesday, holding a protest rally outside the Khuzestan Province governor\u2019s office, demanding their delayed paychecks and protesting poor working conditions at their worksite. The workers were chanting:\u201cWorkers of Khuzestan, unite, unite\u201d On Tuesday, a group of these workers held a gathering outside the governor\u2019s office and the entrance of the Ahvaz Sports Complex. They were blocking the path for the convoy of Iranian regime vice president Eshagh Jahangiri and voicing their protests. Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi tweeted her message of support for the various protests and strikes by people from all walks of life across Iran. Iran\u2019s Poorly Paid Teachers on Nationwide Strike for 2nd Day Iranian teachers have gone on a nationwide strike for a second consecutive day to demand better working conditions for their poorly paid profession, one month after their last mass protest. Photos posted on the Telegram channel of the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates in Iran (CCTSI) showed elementary and high school teachers staging sit-ins and holding protest signs in and outside their offices in at least 27 Iranian cities Wednesday. In a statement published on Telegram, CCTSI said it was staging its \u201csecond round\u201d of strikes since October to pressure the government to carry out educational reforms and end mismanagement. It said teachers also were protesting low wages and perceived violations of the educational rights of students and minorities. Iran Sugarcane Workers Protest Unpaid Wages on 10th Day of Strike Workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company in southern Iran have been on strike for 10 consecutive days in protest to not receiving their wages and the privatization of the company. The workers started their strike on November 5. This is the second day that they have gathered outside the Shush Governor\u2019s Office. In videos circulating on social media, the workers could be heard chanting \u201cdown with tyrants, long live workers\u201d and \u201cpeople of Shush support us\u201d. US Envoy: Fight Against Isis in Syria May End Soon, Iran Still a Threat The Trump administration hopes that the US-backed fight against ISIS in its last foothold in northeastern Syria will end within months but American forces will remain to ensure the \u201cenduring defeat\u201d of the militant group, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday. Ambassador James Jeffrey, the US special representative for Syria engagement, said Washington also wants the withdrawal of Iranian military forces from Syria once the underlying causes of the conflict have been resolved, noting that Iran&#039;s continued military presence would represent a threat to US partners in the region. Hiking Requires Husband or Father\u2019s Permission for Women Married women must have their husbands\u2019 permission, and single women as well as young women under 20 years must have their fathers\u2019 permission before they can participate in any hiking or nature tours. This instruction was issued by the Hiking Board of Razavi Khorasan Province to all clubs in the province. The official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, that the directive had been issued on November 4, 2018, to hiking clubs. 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They were blocking the path for the convoy of Iranian regime vice president Eshagh Jahangiri and voicing their protests.Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi tweeted her message of support for the various protests and strikes by people from all walks of life across Iran.Iran\u2019s Poorly Paid Teachers on Nationwide Strike for 2nd DayIranian teachers have gone on a nationwide strike for a second consecutive day to demand better working conditions for their poorly paid profession, one month after their last mass protest.Photos posted on the Telegram channel of the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates in Iran (CCTSI) showed elementary and high school teachers staging sit-ins and holding protest signs in and outside their offices in at least 27 Iranian cities Wednesday.In a statement published on Telegram, CCTSI said it was staging its \u201csecond round\u201d of strikes since October to pressure the government to carry out educational reforms and end mismanagement. It said teachers also were protesting low wages and perceived violations of the educational rights of students and minorities.Iran Sugarcane Workers Protest Unpaid Wages on 10th Day of StrikeWorkers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company in southern Iran have been on strike for 10 consecutive days in protest to not receiving their wages and the privatization of the company. The workers started their strike on November 5.This is the second day that they have gathered outside the Shush Governor\u2019s Office. In videos circulating on social media, the workers could be heard chanting \u201cdown with tyrants, long live workers\u201d and \u201cpeople of Shush support us\u201d.US Envoy: Fight Against Isis in Syria May End Soon, Iran Still a ThreatThe Trump administration hopes that the US-backed fight against ISIS in its last foothold in northeastern Syria will end within months but American forces will remain to ensure the \u201cenduring defeat\u201d of the militant group, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday.Ambassador James Jeffrey, the US special representative for Syria engagement, said Washington also wants the withdrawal of Iranian military forces from Syria once the underlying causes of the conflict have been resolved, noting that Iran&#039;s continued military presence would represent a threat to US partners in the region.Hiking Requires Husband or Father\u2019s Permission for WomenMarried women must have their husbands\u2019 permission, and single women as well as young women under 20 years must have their fathers\u2019 permission before they can participate in any hiking or nature tours. This instruction was issued by the Hiking Board of Razavi Khorasan Province to all clubs in the province.The official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, that the directive had been issued on November 4, 2018, to hiking clubs.The directive reads in part, \u201cThe so-called sports activities which are increasingly spreading under the pretext of nature tours, hiking, etc. in mixed-gender groups and are planned as illegitimate sources of income promote moral promiscuity, unveiling of women, spread of shamelessness and liberalism, and lead to immoral and illicit relations among women and men, targeting the genuine culture and roots of Iran, Islam and the foundations of the family.\u201dThe news met with widespread negative reactions in Iranian society.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018Iran: Ahvaz Steel Workers on Strike for 5th Day Employees of the Ahvaz Steel Company continued their strike on Wednesday, holding a protest rally outside the Khuzestan Province governor\u2019s office, demanding their delayed paychecks and protesting poor working conditions at their worksite.The workers were chanting:\u201cWorkers of Khuzestan, unite, unite\u201dOn Tuesday, a group of these workers held a gathering outside the governor\u2019s office and the entrance of the Ahvaz Sports Complex. 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It said teachers also were protesting low wages and perceived violations of the educational rights of students and minorities.Iran Sugarcane Workers Protest Unpaid Wages on 10th Day of StrikeWorkers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company in southern Iran have been on strike for 10 consecutive days in protest to not receiving their wages and the privatization of the company. The workers started their strike on November 5.This is the second day that they have gathered outside the Shush Governor\u2019s Office. 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It said teachers also were protesting low wages and perceived violations of the educational rights of students and minorities.Iran Sugarcane Workers Protest Unpaid Wages on 10th Day of StrikeWorkers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company in southern Iran have been on strike for 10 consecutive days in protest to not receiving their wages and the privatization of the company. The workers started their strike on November 5.This is the second day that they have gathered outside the Shush Governor\u2019s Office. In videos circulating on social media, the workers could be heard chanting \u201cdown with tyrants, long live workers\u201d and \u201cpeople of Shush support us\u201d.US Envoy: Fight Against Isis in Syria May End Soon, Iran Still a ThreatThe Trump administration hopes that the US-backed fight against ISIS in its last foothold in northeastern Syria will end within months but American forces will remain to ensure the \u201cenduring defeat\u201d of the militant group, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday.Ambassador James Jeffrey, the US special representative for Syria engagement, said Washington also wants the withdrawal of Iranian military forces from Syria once the underlying causes of the conflict have been resolved, noting that Iran's continued military presence would represent a threat to US partners in the region.Hiking Requires Husband or Father\u2019s Permission for WomenMarried women must have their husbands\u2019 permission, and single women as well as young women under 20 years must have their fathers\u2019 permission before they can participate in any hiking or nature tours. This instruction was issued by the Hiking Board of Razavi Khorasan Province to all clubs in the province.The official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, that the directive had been issued on November 4, 2018, to hiking clubs.The directive reads in part, \u201cThe so-called sports activities which are increasingly spreading under the pretext of nature tours, hiking, etc. in mixed-gender groups and are planned as illegitimate sources of income promote moral promiscuity, unveiling of women, spread of shamelessness and liberalism, and lead to immoral and illicit relations among women and men, targeting the genuine culture and roots of Iran, Islam and the foundations of the family.\u201dThe news met with widespread negative reactions in Iranian society.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-11-24T07:22:29+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-15-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-24T07:22:29+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-15-2018\/"},"wordCount":13,"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-15-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-november-15-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-24T07:22:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:41+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, November 15, 2018Iran: Ahvaz Steel Workers on Strike for 5th Day Employees of the Ahvaz Steel Company continued their strike on Wednesday, holding a protest rally outside the Khuzestan Province governor\u2019s office, demanding their delayed paychecks and protesting poor working conditions at their worksite.The workers were chanting:\u201cWorkers of Khuzestan, unite, unite\u201dOn Tuesday, a group of these workers held a gathering outside the governor\u2019s office and the entrance of the Ahvaz Sports Complex. They were blocking the path for the convoy of Iranian regime vice president Eshagh Jahangiri and voicing their protests.Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi tweeted her message of support for the various protests and strikes by people from all walks of life across Iran.Iran\u2019s Poorly Paid Teachers on Nationwide Strike for 2nd DayIranian teachers have gone on a nationwide strike for a second consecutive day to demand better working conditions for their poorly paid profession, one month after their last mass protest.Photos posted on the Telegram channel of the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates in Iran (CCTSI) showed elementary and high school teachers staging sit-ins and holding protest signs in and outside their offices in at least 27 Iranian cities Wednesday.In a statement published on Telegram, CCTSI said it was staging its \u201csecond round\u201d of strikes since October to pressure the government to carry out educational reforms and end mismanagement. It said teachers also were protesting low wages and perceived violations of the educational rights of students and minorities.Iran Sugarcane Workers Protest Unpaid Wages on 10th Day of StrikeWorkers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Company in southern Iran have been on strike for 10 consecutive days in protest to not receiving their wages and the privatization of the company. The workers started their strike on November 5.This is the second day that they have gathered outside the Shush Governor\u2019s Office. In videos circulating on social media, the workers could be heard chanting \u201cdown with tyrants, long live workers\u201d and \u201cpeople of Shush support us\u201d.US Envoy: Fight Against Isis in Syria May End Soon, Iran Still a ThreatThe Trump administration hopes that the US-backed fight against ISIS in its last foothold in northeastern Syria will end within months but American forces will remain to ensure the \u201cenduring defeat\u201d of the militant group, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday.Ambassador James Jeffrey, the US special representative for Syria engagement, said Washington also wants the withdrawal of Iranian military forces from Syria once the underlying causes of the conflict have been resolved, noting that Iran's continued military presence would represent a threat to US partners in the region.Hiking Requires Husband or Father\u2019s Permission for WomenMarried women must have their husbands\u2019 permission, and single women as well as young women under 20 years must have their fathers\u2019 permission before they can participate in any hiking or nature tours. 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