{"id":211082,"date":"2018-12-07T18:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211082-iran-news-in-brief-december-7-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:48:32","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-7-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-7-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_B1l5btOc84Q\" 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%2FB1l5btOc84Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1l5btOc84Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M34S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-07T17:57:49Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_B1l5btOc84Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FB1l5btOc84Q%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 7, 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\/B1l5btOc84Q\" 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%2FB1l5btOc84Q%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018 A Delegation From Albanian Parliament Met With Maryam Rajavi A delegation from the Parliament of Albania, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Edi Paloka, met and held talks in Albania with Maryam Rajavi on Tuesday evening, December 4, 2018. Deputy Chairman Edi Paloka said in this meeting, \u201cNo only we in the parliament but all the people of Albania are happy with the presence of the PMOI in this country.\u201d Edmond Spaho, MP, stated, \u201cYour courage, resolve and perseverance is an historical example and this is why the international support for your resistance grows by the day.\u201d Maryam Rajavi extended her appreciation to members and leaders of the Parliament of Albania for their support and expressed her wishes that with the victory of the Iranian people and Resistance, the region and the world would be relieved of the mullahs\u2019 belligerence and terrorism, and a new season would start in the relations between Iran and Albania. Iran: Mass Execution of 12 Inmates in Kerman Central Prison Iran on Thursday executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them convicted of drug charges. According to witnesses, the bodies of 12 people executed today were handed over to their families. More recently, on November 21, the Iranian authorities, hanged three prisoners collectively in public in Shiraz on charge of moharebeh (fighting with God). In yet another case on November 14, Iran carried out a mass execution of 10 prisoners in in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj. National Council of Resistance of Iran in November called on all international human rights advocates, in particular the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and the Working Group on arbitrary death penalty, to condemn these executions. Trump: Would Not Allow Iran Obtain Nuclear Weapons United States President Donald Trump has vowed not to allow Iran acquire nuclear weapons. &quot;We cannot let the world&#039;s leading sponsor of terror, a regime that chants death to America and threatens Israel all the time with annihilation and constantly screams out death to Israel, to possess the deadliest weapon on earth. We will not allow that to happen,&quot; the US President told on Thursday at the White House. Trump said: &quot;left the horrible Iran nuclear&quot; deal. he Add: &quot;It was a horrible, horrible deal. Should have never been made and imposed the toughest-ever sanction. We sanctioned Iran like I guess few have ever been sanctioned before. We must never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon or a nuclear bomb.&quot; Unpaid Wages of Ahvaz Steel Factory Workers Force Them to Sell Homes According to ILNA state run news agency, the workers of the Ahvaz steel factory based in Iran\u2019s southwest province of Khuzestan, face severe economic hardships due to fluctuations in receiving their salaries. A large number of steel workers who have not been able to pay their mortgage, have been forced to sell their homes. Most workers are tenants and cannot pay for their minimum needs including bank loans, utility bills, rent, their children\u2019s education expenses and their medical bills. Ahvaz steel factory workers marched for the 26th consecutive day yesterday on the streets of Ahvaz. More Than 700,000 Afghans Leave Iran as Economy Slows More than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran this year as the Iranian economy tightens, with a knock-on effect on the Afghan economy, according to data from the UN\u2019s migration agency. \u201cUndocumented returns from Iran in particular are seeing a massive increase over previous years, largely driven by recent political and economic issues in Iran including massive currency devaluation,\u201d the IOM report said.\"><\/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 7, 2018A Delegation From Albanian Parliament Met With Maryam Rajavi A delegation from the Parliament of Albania, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Edi [&#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-211082","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 7, 2018 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018A Delegation From Albanian Parliament Met With Maryam Rajavi A delegation from the Parliament of Albania, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Edi Paloka, met and held talks in Albania with Maryam Rajavi on Tuesday evening, December 4, 2018.Deputy Chairman Edi Paloka said in this meeting, \u201cNo only we in the parliament but all the people of Albania are happy with the presence of the PMOI in this country.\u201dEdmond Spaho, MP, stated, \u201cYour courage, resolve and perseverance is an historical example and this is why the international support for your resistance grows by the day.\u201dMaryam Rajavi extended her appreciation to members and leaders of the Parliament of Albania for their support and expressed her wishes that with the victory of the Iranian people and Resistance, the region and the world would be relieved of the mullahs\u2019 belligerence and terrorism, and a new season would start in the relations between Iran and Albania.Iran: Mass Execution of 12 Inmates in Kerman Central PrisonIran on Thursday executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them convicted of drug charges.According to witnesses, the bodies of 12 people executed today were handed over to their families.More recently, on November 21, the Iranian authorities, hanged three prisoners collectively in public in Shiraz on charge of moharebeh (fighting with God).In yet another case on November 14, Iran carried out a mass execution of 10 prisoners in in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj.National Council of Resistance of Iran in November called on all international human rights advocates, in particular the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and the Working Group on arbitrary death penalty, to condemn these executions.Trump: Would Not Allow Iran Obtain Nuclear Weapons United States President Donald Trump has vowed not to allow Iran acquire nuclear weapons.&quot;We cannot let the world&#039;s leading sponsor of terror, a regime that chants death to America and threatens Israel all the time with annihilation and constantly screams out death to Israel, to possess the deadliest weapon on earth. We will not allow that to happen,&quot; the US President told on Thursday at the White House.Trump said: &quot;left the horrible Iran nuclear&quot; deal. he Add: &quot;It was a horrible, horrible deal. Should have never been made and imposed the toughest-ever sanction. We sanctioned Iran like I guess few have ever been sanctioned before. We must never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon or a nuclear bomb.&quot;Unpaid Wages of Ahvaz Steel Factory Workers Force Them to Sell HomesAccording to ILNA state run news agency, the workers of the Ahvaz steel factory based in Iran\u2019s southwest province of Khuzestan, face severe economic hardships due to fluctuations in receiving their salaries. A large number of steel workers who have not been able to pay their mortgage, have been forced to sell their homes.Most workers are tenants and cannot pay for their minimum needs including bank loans, utility bills, rent, their children\u2019s education expenses and their medical bills.Ahvaz steel factory workers marched for the 26th consecutive day yesterday on the streets of Ahvaz.More Than 700,000 Afghans Leave Iran as Economy SlowsMore than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran this year as the Iranian economy tightens, with a knock-on effect on the Afghan economy, according to data from the UN\u2019s migration agency. \u201cUndocumented returns from Iran in particular are seeing a massive increase over previous years, largely driven by recent political and economic issues in Iran including massive currency devaluation,\u201d the IOM report said.\" \/>\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-7-2018\/\" \/>\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 7, 2018 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018A Delegation From Albanian Parliament Met With Maryam Rajavi A delegation from the Parliament of Albania, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Edi Paloka, met and held talks in Albania with Maryam Rajavi on Tuesday evening, December 4, 2018.Deputy Chairman Edi Paloka said in this meeting, \u201cNo only we in the parliament but all the people of Albania are happy with the presence of the PMOI in this country.\u201dEdmond Spaho, MP, stated, \u201cYour courage, resolve and perseverance is an historical example and this is why the international support for your resistance grows by the day.\u201dMaryam Rajavi extended her appreciation to members and leaders of the Parliament of Albania for their support and expressed her wishes that with the victory of the Iranian people and Resistance, the region and the world would be relieved of the mullahs\u2019 belligerence and terrorism, and a new season would start in the relations between Iran and Albania.Iran: Mass Execution of 12 Inmates in Kerman Central PrisonIran on Thursday executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them convicted of drug charges.According to witnesses, the bodies of 12 people executed today were handed over to their families.More recently, on November 21, the Iranian authorities, hanged three prisoners collectively in public in Shiraz on charge of moharebeh (fighting with God).In yet another case on November 14, Iran carried out a mass execution of 10 prisoners in in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj.National Council of Resistance of Iran in November called on all international human rights advocates, in particular the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and the Working Group on arbitrary death penalty, to condemn these executions.Trump: Would Not Allow Iran Obtain Nuclear Weapons United States President Donald Trump has vowed not to allow Iran acquire nuclear weapons.&quot;We cannot let the world&#039;s leading sponsor of terror, a regime that chants death to America and threatens Israel all the time with annihilation and constantly screams out death to Israel, to possess the deadliest weapon on earth. 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A large number of steel workers who have not been able to pay their mortgage, have been forced to sell their homes.Most workers are tenants and cannot pay for their minimum needs including bank loans, utility bills, rent, their children\u2019s education expenses and their medical bills.Ahvaz steel factory workers marched for the 26th consecutive day yesterday on the streets of Ahvaz.More Than 700,000 Afghans Leave Iran as Economy SlowsMore than 700,000 undocumented Afghans have returned from Iran this year as the Iranian economy tightens, with a knock-on effect on the Afghan economy, according to data from the UN\u2019s migration agency. \u201cUndocumented returns from Iran in particular are seeing a massive increase over previous years, largely driven by recent political and economic issues in Iran including massive currency devaluation,\u201d the IOM report said.","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-7-2018\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, December 7, 2018A Delegation From Albanian Parliament Met With Maryam Rajavi A delegation from the Parliament of Albania, headed by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Edi Paloka, met and held talks in Albania with Maryam Rajavi on Tuesday evening, December 4, 2018.Deputy Chairman Edi Paloka said in this meeting, \u201cNo only we in the parliament but all the people of Albania are happy with the presence of the PMOI in this country.\u201dEdmond Spaho, MP, stated, \u201cYour courage, resolve and perseverance is an historical example and this is why the international support for your resistance grows by the day.\u201dMaryam Rajavi extended her appreciation to members and leaders of the Parliament of Albania for their support and expressed her wishes that with the victory of the Iranian people and Resistance, the region and the world would be relieved of the mullahs\u2019 belligerence and terrorism, and a new season would start in the relations between Iran and Albania.Iran: Mass Execution of 12 Inmates in Kerman Central PrisonIran on Thursday executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them convicted of drug charges.According to witnesses, the bodies of 12 people executed today were handed over to their families.More recently, on November 21, the Iranian authorities, hanged three prisoners collectively in public in Shiraz on charge of moharebeh (fighting with God).In yet another case on November 14, Iran carried out a mass execution of 10 prisoners in in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj.National Council of Resistance of Iran in November called on all international human rights advocates, in particular the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and the Working Group on arbitrary death penalty, to condemn these executions.Trump: Would Not Allow Iran Obtain Nuclear Weapons United States President Donald Trump has vowed not to allow Iran acquire nuclear weapons.\"We cannot let the world's leading sponsor of terror, a regime that chants death to America and threatens Israel all the time with annihilation and constantly screams out death to Israel, to possess the deadliest weapon on earth. We will not allow that to happen,\" the US President told on Thursday at the White House.Trump said: \"left the horrible Iran nuclear\" deal. he Add: \"It was a horrible, horrible deal. Should have never been made and imposed the toughest-ever sanction. We sanctioned Iran like I guess few have ever been sanctioned before. We must never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon or a nuclear bomb.\"Unpaid Wages of Ahvaz Steel Factory Workers Force Them to Sell HomesAccording to ILNA state run news agency, the workers of the Ahvaz steel factory based in Iran\u2019s southwest province of Khuzestan, face severe economic hardships due to fluctuations in receiving their salaries. 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