{"id":211114,"date":"2019-01-05T09:59:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T09:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211114-iran-news-in-brief-january-2-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:45","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 2, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 2, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_AXLD38gm4wE\" 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%2FAXLD38gm4wE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AXLD38gm4wE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT5M2S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-02T18:45:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_AXLD38gm4wE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FAXLD38gm4wE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 2, 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\/AXLD38gm4wE\" 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%2FAXLD38gm4wE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 2, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"1- Retirees and Farmers Protest for Their Share of State Money Iranian government retirees in Tehran and farmers in Isfahan held protests on Wednesday, demanding money they believe is due to them from the state. Retirees gathered in front of parliament demanding to see separate appropriation in next year\u2019s budget for higher pensions, to address rising prices. Iran\u2019s economy is in the grip of double-digit inflation, reaching as high as 35 percent and prices for essential goods have skyrocketed. In the central city of Isfahan farmers gathered to demand payouts in lieu of water the government has diverted to another province, depriving regions to the east of the city of their traditional share of water for irrigation. Many farmers have not cultivated their lands for the past few years. The government had promised Isfahan farmers to pay damages but farmers have not received any money yet and are demanding payouts without delay. 2- Bus in Fatal University Accident &#039;Had No Technical Inspection A member of the Iranian regime parliament\u2019s education commission says that a bus which crashed on December 25, killing 9 university students and injuring 28 others did not have technical inspection and was a salvage vehicle. The bus crashed happened on the sprawling hilly campus of Tehran&#039;s Azad university. In the wake of the accident students held consecutive days of protests demanding the resignation of university&#039;s top officials., including the head of its board of trustees, who is a top advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Some protests still continue. 3- Isfahan Water Diversion Infects More Than 900 According to the head of the Varzaneh Islamic Council, as a result of the drying out of the Gavhouni wetlands due to water diversion in the central province of Isfahan, a severe disease, has infected hundreds of people in the town of Varzaneh. The disease, which leaves large lesions on its victims\u2019 faces and bodies, is caused by the bite of a kind of sand fly. \u201cDespite health officials announcing that there are at most 900 infected people, we think that the numbers are much higher,\u201d the Varzaneh official Hossein Azhari said in an interview with the ILNA state-run news agency. This is just one of the dire consequences of the Isfahan water diversion, which has taken its toll on the livelihood of farmers in Varzaneh. 4- Iranians Demonstrate in Commemoration of Last Year&#039;s Uprising Iranians and the supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran held a demonstration in Amsterdam \u2013 Netherlands to commemorate the anniversary of last years\u2019 uprising in Iran. They chanted; we will fight; we will die but will accept no humiliation. And we will fight, we will die and regain our homeland. 5- Iran Banking Reform Blocked for Second Time by Clerical Council - Iran\u2019s Guardian Council, a top political chamber of clerics and lawyers, has rejected for a second time an anti-terrorism financing bill aimed at bringing the lending sector closer to international standards, the semi-official Tasnim News agency reported. Opponents of the proposed legislation say demands by international bodies such as the Paris-based Financially Action Task Force would require Iran to abandon support of groups such as Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. 6- Iran Regime Parliament&#039;s Think Tank: Forex Subsidy Policy Impractical The Majlis Research Center, Iran Regime parliament\u2019s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill. It refers to the allocation of &#36;14 billion from oil export revenue mentioned in the proposed budget to import essential goods at the heavily subsidized rate of 42,000 rials to the USD. Following volatility in the forex market that sent the rial to unprecedented lows, the government decided to unify the US dollar rate in April. 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And we will fight, we will die and regain our homeland.5- Iran Banking Reform Blocked for Second Time by Clerical Council- Iran\u2019s Guardian Council, a top political chamber of clerics and lawyers, has rejected for a second time an anti-terrorism financing bill aimed at bringing the lending sector closer to international standards, the semi-official Tasnim News agency reported.Opponents of the proposed legislation say demands by international bodies such as the Paris-based Financially Action Task Force would require Iran to abandon support of groups such as Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.6- Iran Regime Parliament&#039;s Think Tank: Forex Subsidy Policy ImpracticalThe Majlis Research Center, Iran Regime parliament\u2019s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill. 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They chanted; we will fight; we will die but will accept no humiliation. And we will fight, we will die and regain our homeland.5- Iran Banking Reform Blocked for Second Time by Clerical Council- Iran\u2019s Guardian Council, a top political chamber of clerics and lawyers, has rejected for a second time an anti-terrorism financing bill aimed at bringing the lending sector closer to international standards, the semi-official Tasnim News agency reported.Opponents of the proposed legislation say demands by international bodies such as the Paris-based Financially Action Task Force would require Iran to abandon support of groups such as Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.6- Iran Regime Parliament&#039;s Think Tank: Forex Subsidy Policy ImpracticalThe Majlis Research Center, Iran Regime parliament\u2019s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill. 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It refers to the allocation of $14 billion from oil export revenue mentioned in the proposed budget to import essential goods at the heavily subsidized rate of 42,000 rials to the USD. Following volatility in the forex market that sent the rial to unprecedented lows, the government decided to unify the US dollar rate in April. 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Retirees gathered in front of parliament demanding to see separate appropriation in next year\u2019s budget for higher pensions, to address rising prices.Iran\u2019s economy is in the grip of double-digit inflation, reaching as high as 35 percent and prices for essential goods have skyrocketed.In the central city of Isfahan farmers gathered to demand payouts in lieu of water the government has diverted to another province, depriving regions to the east of the city of their traditional share of water for irrigation. Many farmers have not cultivated their lands for the past few years.The government had promised Isfahan farmers to pay damages but farmers have not received any money yet and are demanding payouts without delay.2- Bus in Fatal University Accident 'Had No Technical InspectionA member of the Iranian regime parliament\u2019s education commission says that a bus which crashed on December 25, killing 9 university students and injuring 28 others did not have technical inspection and was a salvage vehicle.The bus crashed happened on the sprawling hilly campus of Tehran's Azad university.In the wake of the accident students held consecutive days of protests demanding the resignation of university's top officials., including the head of its board of trustees, who is a top advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Some protests still continue.3- Isfahan Water Diversion Infects More Than 900According to the head of the Varzaneh Islamic Council, as a result of the drying out of the Gavhouni wetlands due to water diversion in the central province of Isfahan, a severe disease, has infected hundreds of people in the town of Varzaneh.The disease, which leaves large lesions on its victims\u2019 faces and bodies, is caused by the bite of a kind of sand fly.\u201cDespite health officials announcing that there are at most 900 infected people, we think that the numbers are much higher,\u201d the Varzaneh official Hossein Azhari said in an interview with the ILNA state-run news agency.This is just one of the dire consequences of the Isfahan water diversion, which has taken its toll on the livelihood of farmers in Varzaneh.4- Iranians Demonstrate in Commemoration of Last Year's UprisingIranians and the supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran held a demonstration in Amsterdam \u2013 Netherlands to commemorate the anniversary of last years\u2019 uprising in Iran. They chanted; we will fight; we will die but will accept no humiliation. And we will fight, we will die and regain our homeland.5- Iran Banking Reform Blocked for Second Time by Clerical Council- Iran\u2019s Guardian Council, a top political chamber of clerics and lawyers, has rejected for a second time an anti-terrorism financing bill aimed at bringing the lending sector closer to international standards, the semi-official Tasnim News agency reported.Opponents of the proposed legislation say demands by international bodies such as the Paris-based Financially Action Task Force would require Iran to abandon support of groups such as Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.6- Iran Regime Parliament's Think Tank: Forex Subsidy Policy ImpracticalThe Majlis Research Center, Iran Regime parliament\u2019s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill. It refers to the allocation of $14 billion from oil export revenue mentioned in the proposed budget to import essential goods at the heavily subsidized rate of 42,000 rials to the USD. Following volatility in the forex market that sent the rial to unprecedented lows, the government decided to unify the US dollar rate in April. This created a wider gap between rates in the open market and the prescribed rates mandated by the Central Bank of Iran.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-2-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-01-05T09:59:16+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-2-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-2-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, January 2, 2019","datePublished":"2019-01-05T09:59:16+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-2-2019\/"},"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-january-2-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-2-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, January 2, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-05T09:59:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:45+00:00","description":"1- Retirees and Farmers Protest for Their Share of State MoneyIranian government retirees in Tehran and farmers in Isfahan held protests on Wednesday, demanding money they believe is due to them from the state. Retirees gathered in front of parliament demanding to see separate appropriation in next year\u2019s budget for higher pensions, to address rising prices.Iran\u2019s economy is in the grip of double-digit inflation, reaching as high as 35 percent and prices for essential goods have skyrocketed.In the central city of Isfahan farmers gathered to demand payouts in lieu of water the government has diverted to another province, depriving regions to the east of the city of their traditional share of water for irrigation. 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Some protests still continue.3- Isfahan Water Diversion Infects More Than 900According to the head of the Varzaneh Islamic Council, as a result of the drying out of the Gavhouni wetlands due to water diversion in the central province of Isfahan, a severe disease, has infected hundreds of people in the town of Varzaneh.The disease, which leaves large lesions on its victims\u2019 faces and bodies, is caused by the bite of a kind of sand fly.\u201cDespite health officials announcing that there are at most 900 infected people, we think that the numbers are much higher,\u201d the Varzaneh official Hossein Azhari said in an interview with the ILNA state-run news agency.This is just one of the dire consequences of the Isfahan water diversion, which has taken its toll on the livelihood of farmers in Varzaneh.4- Iranians Demonstrate in Commemoration of Last Year's UprisingIranians and the supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran held a demonstration in Amsterdam \u2013 Netherlands to commemorate the anniversary of last years\u2019 uprising in Iran. They chanted; we will fight; we will die but will accept no humiliation. And we will fight, we will die and regain our homeland.5- Iran Banking Reform Blocked for Second Time by Clerical Council- Iran\u2019s Guardian Council, a top political chamber of clerics and lawyers, has rejected for a second time an anti-terrorism financing bill aimed at bringing the lending sector closer to international standards, the semi-official Tasnim News agency reported.Opponents of the proposed legislation say demands by international bodies such as the Paris-based Financially Action Task Force would require Iran to abandon support of groups such as Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.6- Iran Regime Parliament's Think Tank: Forex Subsidy Policy ImpracticalThe Majlis Research Center, Iran Regime parliament\u2019s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill. It refers to the allocation of $14 billion from oil export revenue mentioned in the proposed budget to import essential goods at the heavily subsidized rate of 42,000 rials to the USD. Following volatility in the forex market that sent the rial to unprecedented lows, the government decided to unify the US dollar rate in April. 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