{"id":211106,"date":"2018-12-28T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211106-iran-news-in-brief-december-28-2018"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:48","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-december-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-december-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2018\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_y8YM4zXwOjI\" 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%2Fy8YM4zXwOjI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8YM4zXwOjI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-12-28T10:43:49Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_y8YM4zXwOjI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fy8YM4zXwOjI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, December 28, 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\/y8YM4zXwOjI\" 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%2Fy8YM4zXwOjI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2018\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, December 28, 2018 \u2022 Isfahan: Security Forces Attack Teachers&#039; Gathering With Tear Gas On Thursday Dec. 27 The Free Union of Iranian Workers announced the arrest of a number of employed and retired educators who were staging a protest gathering in front of the Isfahan education administration office, teachers were protesting against their low salaries and high costs of livelihood. \u2022 Former MP: Iran Regime Is Already Collapsed Faezeh Hashemi former MP and daughter of Iran regime&#039;s powerful clergy and former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, in an interview with &quot;Mostaghel&quot; newspaper stated: I believe Iran regime is already collapsed in content and it is just the matter of time that it happens substantially. This former MP believes the regime has kept itself sustained only through intimidation and suppression. \u2022 Satellite Images Reveal Iranian Facility Destroyed in Syria Strike An intelligence report issued by the satellite imaging company ImageSat International (ISI) on Thursday revealed the aftermath of the recent airstrikes in Syria. According to reports, the target of the airstrikes was an Iranian weapons depot near Damascus. The satellite images unveiled Thursday showed extensive damage to the targeted site. A caption on the satellite imagery indicates that the site was \u201ccompletely destroyed.\u201d \u2022 Charity Worker Imprisoned in Iran &#039;Needs Medical Help&#039; The husband of a British Iranian woman detained in Iran on spying charges is calling for her release. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran airport in April 2016 and was later sentenced to five years. 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