{"id":211075,"date":"2018-12-07T18:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211075-iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_SHuqj2B4yOg\" 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%2FSHuqj2B4yOg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SHuqj2B4yOg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-04T16:48:39Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_SHuqj2B4yOg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FSHuqj2B4yOg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 4, 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\/SHuqj2B4yOg\" 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%2FSHuqj2B4yOg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018 Iran: 25th Day of Strike by Steel Workers Today the 25th day of huge demonstration and strike by the workers of the National Industrial Alloyed Steel group of Ahvaz started in the city center, workers carry placards reading: Workers are Aware and Disgusted of the Exploitation. And: the worker will die but will tolerate no humiliation. And: Our country is a thieves\u2019 bunker, well known in the world. One worker stated; we will recapture our rights and Mafia (regime\u2019s officials) will be destroyed. US Ambassador to UN Calls on Iran to Release Political Prisoners U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is demanding that Iran release its political prisoners following the publication of a joint letter written by families of those detained in Iran. &quot;Our hearts hurt for the families around the world whose loved ones have become political prisoners in Iran,&quot; Haley said Monday. Haley said &quot;Iran invented reasons to throw these innocent people in jail and keeps them there with no end in sight and no fair judicial process for them to pursue.&quot; U.S. Urges Europe to Impose Sanctions on Iran Over Missiles The Trump administration is urging Europe to impose tough new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program. The call comes as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to meet European officials in Brussels this week and after the U.S. and others condemned an Iranian missile launch over the weekend. U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook rejected Iran&#039;s insistence that its missile program is defensive. &quot;It is a grave and escalating threat, and nations around the world, not just Europe, need to do everything they can to be targeting Iran&#039;s missile program,&quot; Hook said. France Says Iran Ballistic Test Provocative and Destabilizing Iran&#039;s test of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads is a provocative and destabilizing act, France&#039;s foreign ministry said on Monday. &quot;France is concerned about Iran&#039;s mid-range ballistic missile test last Saturday. It condemns this provocative and destabilizing action,&quot; Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll said in a statement. She said the test did not comply with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 and called on Tehran to immediately stop all its ballistic missile-related activities designed to carry nuclear weapons. UN Security Council to Meet on Iran Missile Test The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday at the request of France and Britain after they accused Iran of test-firing a medium-range missile at the weekend, diplomats said. The United States said the missile launch on Saturday was a violation of a UN resolution that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which Washington has withdrawn. That resolution calls on Iran to refrain from testing missiles capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. Iran Regime Faces &#039;Chronic Challenges&#039; Beyond US Sanctions The influential parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday.: Iran is facing &quot;chronic challenges&quot; that existed long before US sanctions were reimposed. Larijani said at a press conference: &quot;External factors do affect our economy, but there are problems persisting from before,&quot; He listed a number of challenges, including &quot;big, costly government&quot;, high interest rates that &quot;disrupt production&quot;, cash-strapped pension funds and a water crisis.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018Iran: 25th Day of Strike by Steel WorkersToday the 25th day of huge demonstration and strike by the workers of the National Industrial Alloyed [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-211075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-iran-news-in-brief","tag-save"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018Iran: 25th Day of Strike by Steel WorkersToday the 25th day of huge demonstration and strike by the workers of the National Industrial Alloyed Steel group of Ahvaz started in the city center, workers carry placards reading: Workers are Aware and Disgusted of the Exploitation. And: the worker will die but will tolerate no humiliation. And: Our country is a thieves\u2019 bunker, well known in the world. One worker stated; we will recapture our rights and Mafia (regime\u2019s officials) will be destroyed. US Ambassador to UN Calls on Iran to Release Political PrisonersU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is demanding that Iran release its political prisoners following the publication of a joint letter written by families of those detained in Iran.&quot;Our hearts hurt for the families around the world whose loved ones have become political prisoners in Iran,&quot; Haley said Monday.Haley said &quot;Iran invented reasons to throw these innocent people in jail and keeps them there with no end in sight and no fair judicial process for them to pursue.&quot;U.S. Urges Europe to Impose Sanctions on Iran Over MissilesThe Trump administration is urging Europe to impose tough new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program.The call comes as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to meet European officials in Brussels this week and after the U.S. and others condemned an Iranian missile launch over the weekend.U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook rejected Iran&#039;s insistence that its missile program is defensive.&quot;It is a grave and escalating threat, and nations around the world, not just Europe, need to do everything they can to be targeting Iran&#039;s missile program,&quot; Hook said.France Says Iran Ballistic Test Provocative and DestabilizingIran&#039;s test of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads is a provocative and destabilizing act, France&#039;s foreign ministry said on Monday. &quot;France is concerned about Iran&#039;s mid-range ballistic missile test last Saturday. 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And: the worker will die but will tolerate no humiliation. And: Our country is a thieves\u2019 bunker, well known in the world. One worker stated; we will recapture our rights and Mafia (regime\u2019s officials) will be destroyed. 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US Ambassador to UN Calls on Iran to Release Political PrisonersU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is demanding that Iran release its political prisoners following the publication of a joint letter written by families of those detained in Iran.\"Our hearts hurt for the families around the world whose loved ones have become political prisoners in Iran,\" Haley said Monday.Haley said \"Iran invented reasons to throw these innocent people in jail and keeps them there with no end in sight and no fair judicial process for them to pursue.\"U.S. Urges Europe to Impose Sanctions on Iran Over MissilesThe Trump administration is urging Europe to impose tough new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program.The call comes as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to meet European officials in Brussels this week and after the U.S. and others condemned an Iranian missile launch over the weekend.U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook rejected Iran's insistence that its missile program is defensive.\"It is a grave and escalating threat, and nations around the world, not just Europe, need to do everything they can to be targeting Iran's missile program,\" Hook said.France Says Iran Ballistic Test Provocative and DestabilizingIran's test of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads is a provocative and destabilizing act, France's foreign ministry said on Monday. \"France is concerned about Iran's mid-range ballistic missile test last Saturday. It condemns this provocative and destabilizing action,\" Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll said in a statement.She said the test did not comply with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 and called on Tehran to immediately stop all its ballistic missile-related activities designed to carry nuclear weapons.UN Security Council to Meet on Iran Missile TestThe UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday at the request of France and Britain after they accused Iran of test-firing a medium-range missile at the weekend, diplomats said.The United States said the missile launch on Saturday was a violation of a UN resolution that endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which Washington has withdrawn.That resolution calls on Iran to refrain from testing missiles capable of carrying a nuclear weapon.Iran Regime Faces 'Chronic Challenges' Beyond US SanctionsThe influential parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday.: Iran is facing \"chronic challenges\" that existed long before US sanctions were reimposed.Larijani said at a press conference: \"External factors do affect our economy, but there are problems persisting from before,\" He listed a number of challenges, including \"big, costly government\", high interest rates that \"disrupt production\", cash-strapped pension funds and a water crisis.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-12-07T18:23:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:48:33+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-december-4-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018","datePublished":"2018-12-07T18:23:37+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018\/"},"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-december-4-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-4-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-12-07T18:23:37+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:33+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, December 4, 2018Iran: 25th Day of Strike by Steel WorkersToday the 25th day of huge demonstration and strike by the workers of the National Industrial Alloyed Steel group of Ahvaz started in the city center, workers carry placards reading: Workers are Aware and Disgusted of the Exploitation. And: the worker will die but will tolerate no humiliation. And: Our country is a thieves\u2019 bunker, well known in the world. One worker stated; we will recapture our rights and Mafia (regime\u2019s officials) will be destroyed. US Ambassador to UN Calls on Iran to Release Political PrisonersU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is demanding that Iran release its political prisoners following the publication of a joint letter written by families of those detained in Iran.\"Our hearts hurt for the families around the world whose loved ones have become political prisoners in Iran,\" Haley said Monday.Haley said \"Iran invented reasons to throw these innocent people in jail and keeps them there with no end in sight and no fair judicial process for them to pursue.\"U.S. Urges Europe to Impose Sanctions on Iran Over MissilesThe Trump administration is urging Europe to impose tough new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program.The call comes as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to meet European officials in Brussels this week and after the U.S. and others condemned an Iranian missile launch over the weekend.U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook rejected Iran's insistence that its missile program is defensive.\"It is a grave and escalating threat, and nations around the world, not just Europe, need to do everything they can to be targeting Iran's missile program,\" Hook said.France Says Iran Ballistic Test Provocative and DestabilizingIran's test of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads is a provocative and destabilizing act, France's foreign ministry said on Monday. \"France is concerned about Iran's mid-range ballistic missile test last Saturday. It condemns this provocative and destabilizing action,\" Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll said in a statement.She said the test did not comply with U.N. 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