{"id":211105,"date":"2018-12-28T18:15:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211105-iran-news-in-brief-december-27-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, December 27, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 27, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_6QOK16D7zJU\" 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%2F6QOK16D7zJU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6QOK16D7zJU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-27T08:53:01Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_6QOK16D7zJU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F6QOK16D7zJU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 27, 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\/6QOK16D7zJU\" 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%2F6QOK16D7zJU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 27, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 27, 2018 1- Iranian Azerbaijani Poet Flogged 74 Times For &quot;Spreading Propaganda&quot; An Iranian Azerbaijani poet and satirist was flogged 76 times Sunday, in a court in the city of Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province. Branch 103 of the Criminal Court of Khoy had earlier sentenced Mohammad Hossein Sodagar to 76 lashes for \u201cspreading propaganda.\u201d Four days before the verdict was carried out, the city\u2019s \u2018implementation of verdicts office\u2019 contacted Mr. Sodagar, asking him to go to the court. When Sodagar denied to do so, the state security forces arrested him in his home and took him to the court where he received 76 lashes. 2- Official ASays 30 Million Iranians Had Shortage of Drinking Water Last Summer An official of Iran Regime\u2019s energy ministry says that more than 30 million Iranians faced drinking water shortages last summer. Iran has a population of 82 million and this figure would constitute more than 30 percent of all inhabitants. As Iran suffers from years of drought, the government has also been accused of lack of water management, leading to abuse of underground reserves for agricultural needs. Farmers in Iran held many noisy protests in Iran in 2018, as scarce water is often redirected from one region to another. 3- Rouhani Submitting Budget Says Internal Unrest Emboldened the U.S. In his speech to parliament on Tuesday, Rouhani ascribed President Donald Trump\u2019s tough policies towards Iran to internal popular protests. He said that unrest in Iran last December and January convinced Washington to adopt a new, tougher position against the Islamic Republic. President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran on May 8 and reimposed crippling economic sanctions. 4- Senior Iranian Mullah Who Was Responsible for 2,000 Executions Dies On Monday, Iranian state-run media reported that Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, a senior Iranian cleric, had died of illness. Shahroudi, 70, was the chairman of the Expediency Council, a body that resolves disputes between the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament and the Guardian Council. 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He said that unrest in Iran last December and January convinced Washington to adopt a new, tougher position against the Islamic Republic.President Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran on May 8 and reimposed crippling economic sanctions.4- Senior Iranian Mullah Who Was Responsible for 2,000 Executions DiesOn Monday, Iranian state-run media reported that Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, a senior Iranian cleric, had died of illness. Shahroudi, 70, was the chairman of the Expediency Council, a body that resolves disputes between the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament and the Guardian Council.Shahroudi previously served as the chief of the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary for 10 years. During his tenure as the head of the judiciary, Shahroudi played a major role in the execution and torture of thousands of political prisoners and members of ethnic and religious minorities. 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