{"id":211087,"date":"2018-12-12T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211087-iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:54","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_I9zMt9PhgSM\" 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%2FI9zMt9PhgSM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I9zMt9PhgSM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-11T11:08:38Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_I9zMt9PhgSM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FI9zMt9PhgSM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 11, 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\/I9zMt9PhgSM\" 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%2FI9zMt9PhgSM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018 Ahvaz Steel Workers Hold 31st Day of Protests Over Unpaid Wages and Other Demands Workers at Iran\u2019s Ahwaz steel factory took to the streets on Monday to protest while wearing Islamic burial clothes in a symbolic gesture of their worsening financial and psychological conditions. Media reports said protestors also chanted against the deteriorating situation of the steel company and against not receiving their wages for several months. Iran: An Execution in in the Northwest of the Country In the morning of December 10, 2018, a prisoner in Urmia prison was executed.Younes Azizi was transferred to a solitary confinement earlier. He was from Naqadeh a city in West Azerbaijan and was accused with drug crimes. Iranian Lawyers Sentenced to Prison by Notorious Judge Iranian lawyers Arash Keykhosravi and Qasem Sholeh Sa\u2019di who had been arrested on August 18 for taking part a protest rally in front of regime\u2019s parliament, have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail. According to Amnesty International the arrests of lawyers and other activists are \u201cpart of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran\u2019s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear.\u201d Iran Can Expand Range of Ballistic Missiles- Guards Commander Iran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards called Hajizadeh said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency. Last month, Hajizadeh said that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles. US State Department Slams Iran&#039;s Khamenei on Anti-Corruption Day The US State Department on Sunday criticized the rampant corruption in Iran saying the Iranian government was \u201cfull of corrupt hypocrites.\u201d \u201cToday is #AntiCorruptionDay. Sadly, for the Iranian people, their government is full of corrupt hypocrites. Take Ayatollah Khamenei, who has a tax-free hedge fund worth billions. This so-called holy man devours property from religious minorities, then funnels the cash to IRGC,\u201d the US State Department said on Twitter marking International Anti-Corruption Day which fell on Sunday. Al-Abadi: Iran&#039;s Intervention Prevented Me From Getting a Second Term Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday blamed Iran for meddling in Iraq\u2019s political structure, which he claims prevented him from winning a second term. In a televised statement on al-Sharqiya he says,\u201d I believe that Iran impeded my chance of a second term because of my commitment to the US sanctions on Tehran\u201d. Al-Abadi added that, \u201cthe Iranians had started to feel threatened by me at this point, hence their support towards the current prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi\u201d. 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Media reports said protestors also chanted against the deteriorating situation of the steel company and against not receiving their wages for several months.Iran: An Execution in in the Northwest of the CountryIn the morning of December 10, 2018, a prisoner in Urmia prison was executed.Younes Azizi was transferred to a solitary confinement earlier. He was from Naqadeh a city in West Azerbaijan and was accused with drug crimes.Iranian Lawyers Sentenced to Prison by Notorious JudgeIranian lawyers Arash Keykhosravi and Qasem Sholeh Sa\u2019di who had been arrested on August 18 for taking part a protest rally in front of regime\u2019s parliament, have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail.According to Amnesty International the arrests of lawyers and other activists are \u201cpart of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran\u2019s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear.\u201dIran Can Expand Range of Ballistic Missiles- Guards CommanderIran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards called Hajizadeh said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.Last month, Hajizadeh said that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles.US State Department Slams Iran&#039;s Khamenei on Anti-Corruption DayThe US State Department on Sunday criticized the rampant corruption in Iran saying the Iranian government was \u201cfull of corrupt hypocrites.\u201d\u201cToday is #AntiCorruptionDay. Sadly, for the Iranian people, their government is full of corrupt hypocrites. Take Ayatollah Khamenei, who has a tax-free hedge fund worth billions. This so-called holy man devours property from religious minorities, then funnels the cash to IRGC,\u201d the US State Department said on Twitter marking International Anti-Corruption Day which fell on Sunday.Al-Abadi: Iran&#039;s Intervention Prevented Me From Getting a Second TermFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday blamed Iran for meddling in Iraq\u2019s political structure, which he claims prevented him from winning a second term.In a televised statement on al-Sharqiya he says,\u201d I believe that Iran impeded my chance of a second term because of my commitment to the US sanctions on Tehran\u201d. 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He was from Naqadeh a city in West Azerbaijan and was accused with drug crimes.Iranian Lawyers Sentenced to Prison by Notorious JudgeIranian lawyers Arash Keykhosravi and Qasem Sholeh Sa\u2019di who had been arrested on August 18 for taking part a protest rally in front of regime\u2019s parliament, have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail.According to Amnesty International the arrests of lawyers and other activists are \u201cpart of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran\u2019s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear.\u201dIran Can Expand Range of Ballistic Missiles- Guards CommanderIran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards called Hajizadeh said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.Last month, Hajizadeh said that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles.US State Department Slams Iran&#039;s Khamenei on Anti-Corruption DayThe US State Department on Sunday criticized the rampant corruption in Iran saying the Iranian government was \u201cfull of corrupt hypocrites.\u201d\u201cToday is #AntiCorruptionDay. Sadly, for the Iranian people, their government is full of corrupt hypocrites. Take Ayatollah Khamenei, who has a tax-free hedge fund worth billions. This so-called holy man devours property from religious minorities, then funnels the cash to IRGC,\u201d the US State Department said on Twitter marking International Anti-Corruption Day which fell on Sunday.Al-Abadi: Iran&#039;s Intervention Prevented Me From Getting a Second TermFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday blamed Iran for meddling in Iraq\u2019s political structure, which he claims prevented him from winning a second term.In a televised statement on al-Sharqiya he says,\u201d I believe that Iran impeded my chance of a second term because of my commitment to the US sanctions on Tehran\u201d. 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He was from Naqadeh a city in West Azerbaijan and was accused with drug crimes.Iranian Lawyers Sentenced to Prison by Notorious JudgeIranian lawyers Arash Keykhosravi and Qasem Sholeh Sa\u2019di who had been arrested on August 18 for taking part a protest rally in front of regime\u2019s parliament, have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail.According to Amnesty International the arrests of lawyers and other activists are \u201cpart of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran\u2019s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear.\u201dIran Can Expand Range of Ballistic Missiles- Guards CommanderIran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards called Hajizadeh said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.Last month, Hajizadeh said that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles.US State Department Slams Iran's Khamenei on Anti-Corruption DayThe US State Department on Sunday criticized the rampant corruption in Iran saying the Iranian government was \u201cfull of corrupt hypocrites.\u201d\u201cToday is #AntiCorruptionDay. Sadly, for the Iranian people, their government is full of corrupt hypocrites. Take Ayatollah Khamenei, who has a tax-free hedge fund worth billions. This so-called holy man devours property from religious minorities, then funnels the cash to IRGC,\u201d the US State Department said on Twitter marking International Anti-Corruption Day which fell on Sunday.Al-Abadi: Iran's Intervention Prevented Me From Getting a Second TermFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday blamed Iran for meddling in Iraq\u2019s political structure, which he claims prevented him from winning a second term.In a televised statement on al-Sharqiya he says,\u201d I believe that Iran impeded my chance of a second term because of my commitment to the US sanctions on Tehran\u201d. Al-Abadi added that, \u201cthe Iranians had started to feel threatened by me at this point, hence their support towards the current prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi\u201d.Al- Abadi explains that his stance against Iran in terms of US sanctions was very clear but, at the same time, he would never expose his country to danger.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2018-12-12T17:36:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:47:54+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-11-2018\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018","datePublished":"2018-12-12T17:36:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018\/"},"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-11-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-11-2018\/","name":"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-12-12T17:36:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:54+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, December 11, 2018Ahvaz Steel Workers Hold 31st Day of Protests Over Unpaid Wages and Other Demands Workers at Iran\u2019s Ahwaz steel factory took to the streets on Monday to protest while wearing Islamic burial clothes in a symbolic gesture of their worsening financial and psychological conditions. Media reports said protestors also chanted against the deteriorating situation of the steel company and against not receiving their wages for several months.Iran: An Execution in in the Northwest of the CountryIn the morning of December 10, 2018, a prisoner in Urmia prison was executed.Younes Azizi was transferred to a solitary confinement earlier. He was from Naqadeh a city in West Azerbaijan and was accused with drug crimes.Iranian Lawyers Sentenced to Prison by Notorious JudgeIranian lawyers Arash Keykhosravi and Qasem Sholeh Sa\u2019di who had been arrested on August 18 for taking part a protest rally in front of regime\u2019s parliament, have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in jail.According to Amnesty International the arrests of lawyers and other activists are \u201cpart of an escalating crackdown to quash Iran\u2019s civil society completely and leave human rights defenders in a suffocating climate of fear.\u201dIran Can Expand Range of Ballistic Missiles- Guards CommanderIran has the ability to build ballistic missiles with a broader range, a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards called Hajizadeh said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars News agency.Last month, Hajizadeh said that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles.US State Department Slams Iran's Khamenei on Anti-Corruption DayThe US State Department on Sunday criticized the rampant corruption in Iran saying the Iranian government was \u201cfull of corrupt hypocrites.\u201d\u201cToday is #AntiCorruptionDay. Sadly, for the Iranian people, their government is full of corrupt hypocrites. Take Ayatollah Khamenei, who has a tax-free hedge fund worth billions. This so-called holy man devours property from religious minorities, then funnels the cash to IRGC,\u201d the US State Department said on Twitter marking International Anti-Corruption Day which fell on Sunday.Al-Abadi: Iran's Intervention Prevented Me From Getting a Second TermFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday blamed Iran for meddling in Iraq\u2019s political structure, which he claims prevented him from winning a second term.In a televised statement on al-Sharqiya he says,\u201d I believe that Iran impeded my chance of a second term because of my commitment to the US sanctions on Tehran\u201d. 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