{"id":211111,"date":"2019-01-05T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211111-iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:45","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief,  January 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 1, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_qkZ42DUnYbk\" 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%2FqkZ42DUnYbk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkZ42DUnYbk\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M2S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-01T19:38:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_qkZ42DUnYbk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqkZ42DUnYbk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 1, 2019<\/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\/qkZ42DUnYbk\" 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%2FqkZ42DUnYbk%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 1, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"1- Tehran Official Vows &quot;Force&quot; Against Tehran&#039;s Street Peddlers A Tehran Municipality official said that they would use force against Tehran\u2019s street peddlers. Hamid Reza Tahsili, the head of the Tehran Industrial and Occupation Management Company affiliated with the Tehran Municipality said that he believed that some of Tehran\u2019s street peddlers were mafias and had to be dealt with in an interview with the state-run ILNA news agency.it is noteworthy that due to Iran regime\u2019s corrupt and bankrupt economy and wasting money on supporting terrorist proxies in the region many people have been forced to peddling to make their ends meet. 2- Iran Declares Telegram Crypto Aspirations an Act Against National Security The Iranian government has taken further steps against Telegram\u2019s cryptocurrency development, the Tehran Times reports Dec. 31. Secretary of the Criminal Content Definition Task Force Javad Javidnia has declared that any cooperation with the encrypted messaging app to launch its Gram token will be considered an act against national security and a disruption to the national economy. Javidnia stated: \u201cOne of the most important factors in banning Telegram was a sense of serious economic threat from its activities, which was unfortunately marginalized and neglected due to the fuss in the political atmosphere of the country.\u201d Iran first banned the app in April when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that government agencies would no longer use the app. The country\u2019s judiciary subsequently forbade its use altogether. In December 2017, Iran temporarily blocked Telegram and photo-sharing app Instagram in order to \u201cmaintain peace\u201d amid widespread protests. 3- Iran Security Forces Clash With Students at Bus Crash Protest Security forces clashed with students in Iran on Monday in the third day of protests over a deadly bus crash, online videos showed, adding to officials\u2019 fears that rising public unrest could threaten national security. A video on Twitter showed students at a campus in Tehran chanting slogans and demanding the resignation of the chairman of the university\u2019s board of trustees, Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In recent months, Iran has experienced demonstrations in different cities as factory workers, teachers, truck drivers and farmers protested against economic hardship and corruption. Sadeq Larijani, the chief of Iran Regime\u2019s hardline judiciary, warned on Monday of a possible repeat of the 2009 protests, Iran\u2019s biggest unrest in the last two decades. \u201cThe workers and students have legitimate demands ... but they should be vigilant not to advance the enemies\u2019 goals,\u201d 4- Farmers of Varzaneh, Isfahan, Continue Their Protests Over Water Shortages On Monday, the farmers of Varzaneh, Isfahan province, returned to the streets to resume their protests over water shortages and government corruption in managing water sources. 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Hamid Reza Tahsili, the head of the Tehran Industrial and Occupation Management Company affiliated with the Tehran Municipality said that he believed that some of Tehran\u2019s street peddlers were mafias and had to be dealt with in an interview with the state-run ILNA news agency.it is noteworthy that due to Iran regime\u2019s corrupt and bankrupt economy and wasting money on supporting terrorist proxies in the region many people have been forced to peddling to make their ends meet.2- Iran Declares Telegram Crypto Aspirations an Act Against National SecurityThe Iranian government has taken further steps against Telegram\u2019s cryptocurrency development, the Tehran Times reports Dec. 31.Secretary of the Criminal Content Definition Task Force Javad Javidnia has declared that any cooperation with the encrypted messaging app to launch its Gram token will be considered an act against national security and a disruption to the national economy. Javidnia stated:\u201cOne of the most important factors in banning Telegram was a sense of serious economic threat from its activities, which was unfortunately marginalized and neglected due to the fuss in the political atmosphere of the country.\u201dIran first banned the app in April when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that government agencies would no longer use the app. The country\u2019s judiciary subsequently forbade its use altogether. 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In recent months, Iran has experienced demonstrations in different cities as factory workers, teachers, truck drivers and farmers protested against economic hardship and corruption.Sadeq Larijani, the chief of Iran Regime\u2019s hardline judiciary, warned on Monday of a possible repeat of the 2009 protests, Iran\u2019s biggest unrest in the last two decades. \u201cThe workers and students have legitimate demands... but they should be vigilant not to advance the enemies\u2019 goals,\u201d4- Farmers of Varzaneh, Isfahan, Continue Their Protests Over Water ShortagesOn Monday, the farmers of Varzaneh, Isfahan province, returned to the streets to resume their protests over water shortages and government corruption in managing water sources.The protesting farmers were chanting, \u201cRouhani you liar, what happened to our Zayandeh Rud\u201d, \u201cWe will fight, we will die and we will take back our rights.\u201d\" \/>\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-january-1-2019\/\" \/>\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, January 1, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1- Tehran Official Vows &quot;Force&quot; Against Tehran&#039;s Street PeddlersA Tehran Municipality official said that they would use force against Tehran\u2019s street peddlers. 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Javidnia stated:\u201cOne of the most important factors in banning Telegram was a sense of serious economic threat from its activities, which was unfortunately marginalized and neglected due to the fuss in the political atmosphere of the country.\u201dIran first banned the app in April when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that government agencies would no longer use the app. The country\u2019s judiciary subsequently forbade its use altogether. 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Javidnia stated:\u201cOne of the most important factors in banning Telegram was a sense of serious economic threat from its activities, which was unfortunately marginalized and neglected due to the fuss in the political atmosphere of the country.\u201dIran first banned the app in April when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that government agencies would no longer use the app. The country\u2019s judiciary subsequently forbade its use altogether. In December 2017, Iran temporarily blocked Telegram and photo-sharing app Instagram in order to \u201cmaintain peace\u201d amid widespread protests.3- Iran Security Forces Clash With Students at Bus Crash ProtestSecurity forces clashed with students in Iran on Monday in the third day of protests over a deadly bus crash, online videos showed, adding to officials\u2019 fears that rising public unrest could threaten national security.A video on Twitter showed students at a campus in Tehran chanting slogans and demanding the resignation of the chairman of the university\u2019s board of trustees, Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In recent months, Iran has experienced demonstrations in different cities as factory workers, teachers, truck drivers and farmers protested against economic hardship and corruption.Sadeq Larijani, the chief of Iran Regime\u2019s hardline judiciary, warned on Monday of a possible repeat of the 2009 protests, Iran\u2019s biggest unrest in the last two decades. \u201cThe workers and students have legitimate demands... but they should be vigilant not to advance the enemies\u2019 goals,\u201d4- Farmers of Varzaneh, Isfahan, Continue Their Protests Over Water ShortagesOn Monday, the farmers of Varzaneh, Isfahan province, returned to the streets to resume their protests over water shortages and government corruption in managing water sources.The protesting farmers were chanting, \u201cRouhani you liar, what happened to our Zayandeh Rud\u201d, \u201cWe will fight, we will die and we will take back our rights.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-01-05T09:58:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:47:45+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-january-1-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, January 1, 2019","datePublished":"2019-01-05T09:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019\/"},"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-january-1-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-1-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, January 1, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-05T09:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:45+00:00","description":"1- Tehran Official Vows \"Force\" Against Tehran's Street PeddlersA Tehran Municipality official said that they would use force against Tehran\u2019s street peddlers. Hamid Reza Tahsili, the head of the Tehran Industrial and Occupation Management Company affiliated with the Tehran Municipality said that he believed that some of Tehran\u2019s street peddlers were mafias and had to be dealt with in an interview with the state-run ILNA news agency.it is noteworthy that due to Iran regime\u2019s corrupt and bankrupt economy and wasting money on supporting terrorist proxies in the region many people have been forced to peddling to make their ends meet.2- Iran Declares Telegram Crypto Aspirations an Act Against National SecurityThe Iranian government has taken further steps against Telegram\u2019s cryptocurrency development, the Tehran Times reports Dec. 31.Secretary of the Criminal Content Definition Task Force Javad Javidnia has declared that any cooperation with the encrypted messaging app to launch its Gram token will be considered an act against national security and a disruption to the national economy. Javidnia stated:\u201cOne of the most important factors in banning Telegram was a sense of serious economic threat from its activities, which was unfortunately marginalized and neglected due to the fuss in the political atmosphere of the country.\u201dIran first banned the app in April when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that government agencies would no longer use the app. The country\u2019s judiciary subsequently forbade its use altogether. 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