{"id":211077,"date":"2018-12-07T18:24:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211077-iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_oYhpIph3HeY\" 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%2FoYhpIph3HeY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oYhpIph3HeY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M24S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-05T09:56:35Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_oYhpIph3HeY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FoYhpIph3HeY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 5, 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\/oYhpIph3HeY\" 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%2FoYhpIph3HeY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018 Iran: Students, Plundered Investors Holding Numerous Protest Rallies A large number of students at Tehran\u2019s Amirkabir University of Technology held a rally on Tuesday morning in solidarity with protesting and jailed workers, and students and teachers who are currently held behind bars. The students, forming a long chain, were holding a variety of signs and chanting slogans: \u201cCannons, tanks, guns, they are no longer effective\u201d, \u201cWorkers, students, unite, unite\u201d, \u201cJailed workers, students &amp; teachers must be released\u201d, \u201cVictory is close. Down with this deceptive government.\u201d The Mullahs\u2019 regime, deeply concerned of the expanding college students\u2019 protests and the number of protesters in this rally, dispatched its repressive and plainclothes agents to the campus to hold an anti-rally. Scenes posted on the internet show a large number of college students holding their lines and the regime\u2019s Basij agents failing to encircle and\/or silence them. Students of Nooshirvani University in Babol, north of Iran, protested the regime\u2019s repressive measures on their campus. They were holding signs reading: \u201cUniversities are alive\u201d, \u201cStop the crackdown against students\u201d, \u201cStudents will not live in shame\u201d In other reports, students of Sahand Industrial College in Tabriz, northwest Iran, also held a protest rally. 26th Day of Protests and Demonstrations by the Workers of Ahvaz Steel Company On Wednesday Dec 5, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group started their demonstration in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, where the steel factory is located. This is the 26th consecutive day of strikes and demonstrations by the steelworkers of Ahvaz, who have been demanding job security and their overdue wages for months. The workers, who were marching in front of government institutions, were holding banners that read, \u201cWorkers are awake and fed up with being exploited.\u201d The workers were also chanting: Neither ruler nor government care about people If our problems are not solved Ahvaz will face the doomsday We will not surrender to humiliation. Iran \u201cHuman Rights\u201d Chief Says Recent Protests Are Sedition and Have to Be Crushed In a recent exclusive interview with Mizan state-run website, Iran\u2019s Secretary of the High Council for Human rights compared the recent protests to the economic situation in Iran with the 2009 protests that shook Iran calling them both \u201cseditions.\u201d \u201cWe currently have an economic sedition that is similar to the 2009 sedition,\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in the interview that was published on Monday. US to Iran\u2019s Rouhani: We Will Ensure Freedom of Navigation in Strait of Hormuz After its repeated threats of disrupting other countries\u2019 oil shipment through the Gulf, if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil export, the US administration responded on Tuesday to Iran, where it dismissed any possibility of disruption in the navigation movement and rejected Tehran\u2019s provocations in the region. Brian Hook, the US representative for Iran policy, dismissed Rouhani\u2019s threat, noting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. US Urges UN to Condemn Iran Missile Test The United States on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Iran\u2019s ballistic missile test, which it described as \u201cdangerous and concerning\u201d and a violation of a UN resolution. \u201cIran\u2019s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,\u201d US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement. 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The students, forming a long chain, were holding a variety of signs and chanting slogans:\u201cCannons, tanks, guns, they are no longer effective\u201d, \u201cWorkers, students, unite, unite\u201d, \u201cJailed workers, students &amp; teachers must be released\u201d, \u201cVictory is close. Down with this deceptive government.\u201dThe Mullahs\u2019 regime, deeply concerned of the expanding college students\u2019 protests and the number of protesters in this rally, dispatched its repressive and plainclothes agents to the campus to hold an anti-rally. Scenes posted on the internet show a large number of college students holding their lines and the regime\u2019s Basij agents failing to encircle and\/or silence them.Students of Nooshirvani University in Babol, north of Iran, protested the regime\u2019s repressive measures on their campus. They were holding signs reading: \u201cUniversities are alive\u201d, \u201cStop the crackdown against students\u201d, \u201cStudents will not live in shame\u201dIn other reports, students of Sahand Industrial College in Tabriz, northwest Iran, also held a protest rally.26th Day of Protests and Demonstrations by the Workers of Ahvaz Steel CompanyOn Wednesday Dec 5, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group started their demonstration in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, where the steel factory is located. This is the 26th consecutive day of strikes and demonstrations by the steelworkers of Ahvaz, who have been demanding job security and their overdue wages for months.The workers, who were marching in front of government institutions, were holding banners that read, \u201cWorkers are awake and fed up with being exploited.\u201dThe workers were also chanting:Neither ruler nor government care about peopleIf our problems are not solved Ahvaz will face the doomsdayWe will not surrender to humiliation.Iran \u201cHuman Rights\u201d Chief Says Recent Protests Are Sedition and Have to Be CrushedIn a recent exclusive interview with Mizan state-run website, Iran\u2019s Secretary of the High Council for Human rights compared the recent protests to the economic situation in Iran with the 2009 protests that shook Iran calling them both \u201cseditions.\u201d\u201cWe currently have an economic sedition that is similar to the 2009 sedition,\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in the interview that was published on Monday.US to Iran\u2019s Rouhani: We Will Ensure Freedom of Navigation in Strait of HormuzAfter its repeated threats of disrupting other countries\u2019 oil shipment through the Gulf, if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil export, the US administration responded on Tuesday to Iran, where it dismissed any possibility of disruption in the navigation movement and rejected Tehran\u2019s provocations in the region.Brian Hook, the US representative for Iran policy, dismissed Rouhani\u2019s threat, noting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.US Urges UN to Condemn Iran Missile TestThe United States on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Iran\u2019s ballistic missile test, which it described as \u201cdangerous and concerning\u201d and a violation of a UN resolution. \u201cIran\u2019s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,\u201d US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement.Young Man and Woman Sentenced to 99 Lashes for \u201cIllegitimate Relationship\u201d They DenyIranian state media have reported that a young man and woman were each sentenced to 99 lashes for going out with each other despite the women\u2019s marital status; charges they both denied but were sentenced to lashes anyway.The judges sentenced each of them to 99 lashes which was confirmed by the 29th Branch of the Supreme Court.\" \/>\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-december-5-2018\/\" \/>\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, December 5, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018Iran: Students, Plundered Investors Holding Numerous Protest Rallies A large number of students at Tehran\u2019s Amirkabir University of Technology held a rally on Tuesday morning in solidarity with protesting and jailed workers, and students and teachers who are currently held behind bars. 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This is the 26th consecutive day of strikes and demonstrations by the steelworkers of Ahvaz, who have been demanding job security and their overdue wages for months.The workers, who were marching in front of government institutions, were holding banners that read, \u201cWorkers are awake and fed up with being exploited.\u201dThe workers were also chanting:Neither ruler nor government care about peopleIf our problems are not solved Ahvaz will face the doomsdayWe will not surrender to humiliation.Iran \u201cHuman Rights\u201d Chief Says Recent Protests Are Sedition and Have to Be CrushedIn a recent exclusive interview with Mizan state-run website, Iran\u2019s Secretary of the High Council for Human rights compared the recent protests to the economic situation in Iran with the 2009 protests that shook Iran calling them both \u201cseditions.\u201d\u201cWe currently have an economic sedition that is similar to the 2009 sedition,\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in the interview that was published on Monday.US to Iran\u2019s Rouhani: We Will Ensure Freedom of Navigation in Strait of HormuzAfter its repeated threats of disrupting other countries\u2019 oil shipment through the Gulf, if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil export, the US administration responded on Tuesday to Iran, where it dismissed any possibility of disruption in the navigation movement and rejected Tehran\u2019s provocations in the region.Brian Hook, the US representative for Iran policy, dismissed Rouhani\u2019s threat, noting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.US Urges UN to Condemn Iran Missile TestThe United States on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Iran\u2019s ballistic missile test, which it described as \u201cdangerous and concerning\u201d and a violation of a UN resolution. \u201cIran\u2019s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,\u201d US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement.Young Man and Woman Sentenced to 99 Lashes for \u201cIllegitimate Relationship\u201d They DenyIranian state media have reported that a young man and woman were each sentenced to 99 lashes for going out with each other despite the women\u2019s marital status; 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They were holding signs reading: \u201cUniversities are alive\u201d, \u201cStop the crackdown against students\u201d, \u201cStudents will not live in shame\u201dIn other reports, students of Sahand Industrial College in Tabriz, northwest Iran, also held a protest rally.26th Day of Protests and Demonstrations by the Workers of Ahvaz Steel CompanyOn Wednesday Dec 5, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group started their demonstration in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, where the steel factory is located. This is the 26th consecutive day of strikes and demonstrations by the steelworkers of Ahvaz, who have been demanding job security and their overdue wages for months.The workers, who were marching in front of government institutions, were holding banners that read, \u201cWorkers are awake and fed up with being exploited.\u201dThe workers were also chanting:Neither ruler nor government care about peopleIf our problems are not solved Ahvaz will face the doomsdayWe will not surrender to humiliation.Iran \u201cHuman Rights\u201d Chief Says Recent Protests Are Sedition and Have to Be CrushedIn a recent exclusive interview with Mizan state-run website, Iran\u2019s Secretary of the High Council for Human rights compared the recent protests to the economic situation in Iran with the 2009 protests that shook Iran calling them both \u201cseditions.\u201d\u201cWe currently have an economic sedition that is similar to the 2009 sedition,\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in the interview that was published on Monday.US to Iran\u2019s Rouhani: We Will Ensure Freedom of Navigation in Strait of HormuzAfter its repeated threats of disrupting other countries\u2019 oil shipment through the Gulf, if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil export, the US administration responded on Tuesday to Iran, where it dismissed any possibility of disruption in the navigation movement and rejected Tehran\u2019s provocations in the region.Brian Hook, the US representative for Iran policy, dismissed Rouhani\u2019s threat, noting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.US Urges UN to Condemn Iran Missile TestThe United States on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Iran\u2019s ballistic missile test, which it described as \u201cdangerous and concerning\u201d and a violation of a UN resolution. \u201cIran\u2019s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,\u201d US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement.Young Man and Woman Sentenced to 99 Lashes for \u201cIllegitimate Relationship\u201d They DenyIranian state media have reported that a young man and woman were each sentenced to 99 lashes for going out with each other despite the women\u2019s marital status; charges they both denied but were sentenced to lashes anyway.The judges sentenced each of them to 99 lashes which was confirmed by the 29th Branch of the Supreme Court.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018Iran: Students, Plundered Investors Holding Numerous Protest Rallies A large number of students at Tehran\u2019s Amirkabir University of Technology held a rally on Tuesday morning in solidarity with protesting and jailed workers, and students and teachers who are currently held behind bars. The students, forming a long chain, were holding a variety of signs and chanting slogans:\u201cCannons, tanks, guns, they are no longer effective\u201d, \u201cWorkers, students, unite, unite\u201d, \u201cJailed workers, students &amp; teachers must be released\u201d, \u201cVictory is close. Down with this deceptive government.\u201dThe Mullahs\u2019 regime, deeply concerned of the expanding college students\u2019 protests and the number of protesters in this rally, dispatched its repressive and plainclothes agents to the campus to hold an anti-rally. Scenes posted on the internet show a large number of college students holding their lines and the regime\u2019s Basij agents failing to encircle and\/or silence them.Students of Nooshirvani University in Babol, north of Iran, protested the regime\u2019s repressive measures on their campus. They were holding signs reading: \u201cUniversities are alive\u201d, \u201cStop the crackdown against students\u201d, \u201cStudents will not live in shame\u201dIn other reports, students of Sahand Industrial College in Tabriz, northwest Iran, also held a protest rally.26th Day of Protests and Demonstrations by the Workers of Ahvaz Steel CompanyOn Wednesday Dec 5, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group started their demonstration in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, where the steel factory is located. This is the 26th consecutive day of strikes and demonstrations by the steelworkers of Ahvaz, who have been demanding job security and their overdue wages for months.The workers, who were marching in front of government institutions, were holding banners that read, \u201cWorkers are awake and fed up with being exploited.\u201dThe workers were also chanting:Neither ruler nor government care about peopleIf our problems are not solved Ahvaz will face the doomsdayWe will not surrender to humiliation.Iran \u201cHuman Rights\u201d Chief Says Recent Protests Are Sedition and Have to Be CrushedIn a recent exclusive interview with Mizan state-run website, Iran\u2019s Secretary of the High Council for Human rights compared the recent protests to the economic situation in Iran with the 2009 protests that shook Iran calling them both \u201cseditions.\u201d\u201cWe currently have an economic sedition that is similar to the 2009 sedition,\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in the interview that was published on Monday.US to Iran\u2019s Rouhani: We Will Ensure Freedom of Navigation in Strait of HormuzAfter its repeated threats of disrupting other countries\u2019 oil shipment through the Gulf, if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil export, the US administration responded on Tuesday to Iran, where it dismissed any possibility of disruption in the navigation movement and rejected Tehran\u2019s provocations in the region.Brian Hook, the US representative for Iran policy, dismissed Rouhani\u2019s threat, noting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.US Urges UN to Condemn Iran Missile TestThe United States on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Iran\u2019s ballistic missile test, which it described as \u201cdangerous and concerning\u201d and a violation of a UN resolution. \u201cIran\u2019s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,\u201d US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement.Young Man and Woman Sentenced to 99 Lashes for \u201cIllegitimate Relationship\u201d They DenyIranian state media have reported that a young man and woman were each sentenced to 99 lashes for going out with each other despite the women\u2019s marital status; charges they both denied but were sentenced to lashes anyway.The judges sentenced each of them to 99 lashes which was confirmed by the 29th Branch of the Supreme Court.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-12-07T18:24:28+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-5-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018","datePublished":"2018-12-07T18:24:28+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-5-2018\/"},"wordCount":15,"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-5-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-5-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-12-07T18:24:28+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:48:33+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, December 5, 2018Iran: Students, Plundered Investors Holding Numerous Protest Rallies A large number of students at Tehran\u2019s Amirkabir University of Technology held a rally on Tuesday morning in solidarity with protesting and jailed workers, and students and teachers who are currently held behind bars. The students, forming a long chain, were holding a variety of signs and chanting slogans:\u201cCannons, tanks, guns, they are no longer effective\u201d, \u201cWorkers, students, unite, unite\u201d, \u201cJailed workers, students &amp; teachers must be released\u201d, \u201cVictory is close. Down with this deceptive government.\u201dThe Mullahs\u2019 regime, deeply concerned of the expanding college students\u2019 protests and the number of protesters in this rally, dispatched its repressive and plainclothes agents to the campus to hold an anti-rally. Scenes posted on the internet show a large number of college students holding their lines and the regime\u2019s Basij agents failing to encircle and\/or silence them.Students of Nooshirvani University in Babol, north of Iran, protested the regime\u2019s repressive measures on their campus. They were holding signs reading: \u201cUniversities are alive\u201d, \u201cStop the crackdown against students\u201d, \u201cStudents will not live in shame\u201dIn other reports, students of Sahand Industrial College in Tabriz, northwest Iran, also held a protest rally.26th Day of Protests and Demonstrations by the Workers of Ahvaz Steel CompanyOn Wednesday Dec 5, the workers of Iran National Steel Industrial Group started their demonstration in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, where the steel factory is located. This is the 26th consecutive day of strikes and demonstrations by the steelworkers of Ahvaz, who have been demanding job security and their overdue wages for months.The workers, who were marching in front of government institutions, were holding banners that read, \u201cWorkers are awake and fed up with being exploited.\u201dThe workers were also chanting:Neither ruler nor government care about peopleIf our problems are not solved Ahvaz will face the doomsdayWe will not surrender to humiliation.Iran \u201cHuman Rights\u201d Chief Says Recent Protests Are Sedition and Have to Be CrushedIn a recent exclusive interview with Mizan state-run website, Iran\u2019s Secretary of the High Council for Human rights compared the recent protests to the economic situation in Iran with the 2009 protests that shook Iran calling them both \u201cseditions.\u201d\u201cWe currently have an economic sedition that is similar to the 2009 sedition,\u201d Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in the interview that was published on Monday.US to Iran\u2019s Rouhani: We Will Ensure Freedom of Navigation in Strait of HormuzAfter its repeated threats of disrupting other countries\u2019 oil shipment through the Gulf, if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iranian oil export, the US administration responded on Tuesday to Iran, where it dismissed any possibility of disruption in the navigation movement and rejected Tehran\u2019s provocations in the region.Brian Hook, the US representative for Iran policy, dismissed Rouhani\u2019s threat, noting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.US Urges UN to Condemn Iran Missile TestThe United States on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Iran\u2019s ballistic missile test, which it described as \u201cdangerous and concerning\u201d and a violation of a UN resolution. \u201cIran\u2019s recent ballistic missile test was dangerous and concerning, but not surprising,\u201d US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement.Young Man and Woman Sentenced to 99 Lashes for \u201cIllegitimate Relationship\u201d They DenyIranian state media have reported that a young man and woman were each sentenced to 99 lashes for going out with each other despite the women\u2019s marital status; 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