{"id":211117,"date":"2019-01-12T09:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211117-iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:42","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_e_hCd6r3-VU\" 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%2Fe_hCd6r3-VU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_hCd6r3-VU\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-06T20:24:06Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_e_hCd6r3-VU\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fe_hCd6r3-VU%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 6, 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\/e_hCd6r3-VU\" 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%2Fe_hCd6r3-VU%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019 1- Tortured Worker Challenges the Minister of Intelligence to a Debate Esmail Bakhshi, one of the protesting workers of Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company who was arrested and heavily tortured in prison, has challenged the minister of Intelligence to answer his questions on a live TV program. On his Instagram page, Bakhshi says: \u201cAfter 25 days of arrest, I am now forced to use psychoactive medication.\u201d Bakhshi says: \u201cThey beat me up so hard that I could not move in my cell for 72 hours, and even sleeping was painful. Today, after almost two months since that day, I still feel pain in my broken ribs, kidneys, left ear, and testicles. The interesting thing was that the torturers called themselves the Anonymous Soldiers of the Messiah.\u201d Bakhshi also asks the minister of intelligence: \u201cAs someone who is a cleric, I ask you, what is the moral, humanitarian, and Islamic verdict of torturing a prisoner? Is it OK? How much of it? Esmail Bakhshi was arrested along with 17 other Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company workers. He was released on a bail of 4 billion rials. 2- Baha\u2019i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned from University in Iran Yekta Fahandej Sa\u2019di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha\u2019i religious beliefs by a preliminary court in the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran on December 30, 2018. The sentence, which Sa\u2019di will be appealing, was issued by Branch 2 of the local Revolutionary Court for the charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for her faith. Baha\u2019is are routinely denied the right to higher education in Iran, either by being banned from enrolling in a university or being expelled without a proper explanation once enrolled in the school. 3- US Families Sue Banks From Lebanon and Iran Families from around the globe have filed suit in Brooklyn federal court \u201cagainst several banks they say funded terrorism that killed their loved ones,\u201d according to New York Post. Three separate lawsuits filed Tuesday and Wednesday claim banks from Lebanon and Palestine \u201cmaintained accounts for various branches of terrorist organizations\u201d the report added. The lawsuits, which accuse the banks of \u201caiding and abetting a terrorist organization, are suing for unspecified damages.\u201d Also, Hezbollah organization is being sued by a group of 22 U.S. citizens \u201cfor damages \u2026 during the 2006 Second Lebanon War\u201d according to Jewishpress. The site added that at Brooklyn federal court, the group also filed a lawsuit against Bank Saderat and Bank Saderat Iran. The banks were accused of providing Hezbollah with material support needed to carry out attacks. 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Today, after almost two months since that day, I still feel pain in my broken ribs, kidneys, left ear, and testicles. The interesting thing was that the torturers called themselves the Anonymous Soldiers of the Messiah.\u201dBakhshi also asks the minister of intelligence: \u201cAs someone who is a cleric, I ask you, what is the moral, humanitarian, and Islamic verdict of torturing a prisoner? Is it OK? How much of it?Esmail Bakhshi was arrested along with 17 other Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company workers. He was released on a bail of 4 billion rials.2- Baha\u2019i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned from University in IranYekta Fahandej Sa\u2019di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha\u2019i religious beliefs by a preliminary court in the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran on December 30, 2018.The sentence, which Sa\u2019di will be appealing, was issued by Branch 2 of the local Revolutionary Court for the charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for her faith.Baha\u2019is are routinely denied the right to higher education in Iran, either by being banned from enrolling in a university or being expelled without a proper explanation once enrolled in the school.3- US Families Sue Banks From Lebanon and IranFamilies from around the globe have filed suit in Brooklyn federal court \u201cagainst several banks they say funded terrorism that killed their loved ones,\u201d according to New York Post.Three separate lawsuits filed Tuesday and Wednesday claim banks from Lebanon and Palestine \u201cmaintained accounts for various branches of terrorist organizations\u201d the report added.The lawsuits, which accuse the banks of \u201caiding and abetting a terrorist organization, are suing for unspecified damages.\u201dAlso, Hezbollah organization is being sued by a group of 22 U.S. citizens \u201cfor damages \u2026 during the 2006 Second Lebanon War\u201d according to Jewishpress.The site added that at Brooklyn federal court, the group also filed a lawsuit against Bank Saderat and Bank Saderat Iran.The banks were accused of providing Hezbollah with material support needed to carry out attacks.It said that Hezbollah and the banks are being sued for a total of $50 million.\" \/>\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-6-2019\/\" \/>\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 6, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 6, 20191- Tortured Worker Challenges the Minister of Intelligence to a Debate Esmail Bakhshi, one of the protesting workers of Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company who was arrested and heavily tortured in prison, has challenged the minister of Intelligence to answer his questions on a live TV program.On his Instagram page, Bakhshi says: \u201cAfter 25 days of arrest, I am now forced to use psychoactive medication.\u201dBakhshi says: \u201cThey beat me up so hard that I could not move in my cell for 72 hours, and even sleeping was painful. Today, after almost two months since that day, I still feel pain in my broken ribs, kidneys, left ear, and testicles. The interesting thing was that the torturers called themselves the Anonymous Soldiers of the Messiah.\u201dBakhshi also asks the minister of intelligence: \u201cAs someone who is a cleric, I ask you, what is the moral, humanitarian, and Islamic verdict of torturing a prisoner? Is it OK? How much of it?Esmail Bakhshi was arrested along with 17 other Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company workers. 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He was released on a bail of 4 billion rials.2- Baha\u2019i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned from University in IranYekta Fahandej Sa\u2019di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha\u2019i religious beliefs by a preliminary court in the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran on December 30, 2018.The sentence, which Sa\u2019di will be appealing, was issued by Branch 2 of the local Revolutionary Court for the charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for her faith.Baha\u2019is are routinely denied the right to higher education in Iran, either by being banned from enrolling in a university or being expelled without a proper explanation once enrolled in the school.3- US Families Sue Banks From Lebanon and IranFamilies from around the globe have filed suit in Brooklyn federal court \u201cagainst several banks they say funded terrorism that killed their loved ones,\u201d according to New York Post.Three separate lawsuits filed Tuesday and Wednesday claim banks from Lebanon and Palestine \u201cmaintained accounts for various branches of terrorist organizations\u201d the report added.The lawsuits, which accuse the banks of \u201caiding and abetting a terrorist organization, are suing for unspecified damages.\u201dAlso, Hezbollah organization is being sued by a group of 22 U.S. citizens \u201cfor damages \u2026 during the 2006 Second Lebanon War\u201d according to Jewishpress.The site added that at Brooklyn federal court, the group also filed a lawsuit against Bank Saderat and Bank Saderat Iran.The banks were accused of providing Hezbollah with material support needed to carry out attacks.It said that Hezbollah and the banks are being sued for a total of $50 million.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, January 6, 20191- Tortured Worker Challenges the Minister of Intelligence to a Debate Esmail Bakhshi, one of the protesting workers of Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company who was arrested and heavily tortured in prison, has challenged the minister of Intelligence to answer his questions on a live TV program.On his Instagram page, Bakhshi says: \u201cAfter 25 days of arrest, I am now forced to use psychoactive medication.\u201dBakhshi says: \u201cThey beat me up so hard that I could not move in my cell for 72 hours, and even sleeping was painful. Today, after almost two months since that day, I still feel pain in my broken ribs, kidneys, left ear, and testicles. The interesting thing was that the torturers called themselves the Anonymous Soldiers of the Messiah.\u201dBakhshi also asks the minister of intelligence: \u201cAs someone who is a cleric, I ask you, what is the moral, humanitarian, and Islamic verdict of torturing a prisoner? Is it OK? How much of it?Esmail Bakhshi was arrested along with 17 other Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company workers. He was released on a bail of 4 billion rials.2- Baha\u2019i Woman Sentenced to 11.9 Years in Prison, Banned from University in IranYekta Fahandej Sa\u2019di was sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for her Baha\u2019i religious beliefs by a preliminary court in the city of Shiraz in south-central Iran on December 30, 2018.The sentence, which Sa\u2019di will be appealing, was issued by Branch 2 of the local Revolutionary Court for the charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for her faith.Baha\u2019is are routinely denied the right to higher education in Iran, either by being banned from enrolling in a university or being expelled without a proper explanation once enrolled in the school.3- US Families Sue Banks From Lebanon and IranFamilies from around the globe have filed suit in Brooklyn federal court \u201cagainst several banks they say funded terrorism that killed their loved ones,\u201d according to New York Post.Three separate lawsuits filed Tuesday and Wednesday claim banks from Lebanon and Palestine \u201cmaintained accounts for various branches of terrorist organizations\u201d the report added.The lawsuits, which accuse the banks of \u201caiding and abetting a terrorist organization, are suing for unspecified damages.\u201dAlso, Hezbollah organization is being sued by a group of 22 U.S. citizens \u201cfor damages \u2026 during the 2006 Second Lebanon War\u201d according to Jewishpress.The site added that at Brooklyn federal court, the group also filed a lawsuit against Bank Saderat and Bank Saderat Iran.The banks were accused of providing Hezbollah with material support needed to carry out attacks.It said that Hezbollah and the banks are being sued for a total of $50 million.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-01-12T09:12:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:47:42+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-6-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019","datePublished":"2019-01-12T09:12:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019\/"},"wordCount":17,"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-6-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-6-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, January 6, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-12T09:12:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:42+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, January 6, 20191- Tortured Worker Challenges the Minister of Intelligence to a Debate Esmail Bakhshi, one of the protesting workers of Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Company who was arrested and heavily tortured in prison, has challenged the minister of Intelligence to answer his questions on a live TV program.On his Instagram page, Bakhshi says: \u201cAfter 25 days of arrest, I am now forced to use psychoactive medication.\u201dBakhshi says: \u201cThey beat me up so hard that I could not move in my cell for 72 hours, and even sleeping was painful. Today, after almost two months since that day, I still feel pain in my broken ribs, kidneys, left ear, and testicles. The interesting thing was that the torturers called themselves the Anonymous Soldiers of the Messiah.\u201dBakhshi also asks the minister of intelligence: \u201cAs someone who is a cleric, I ask you, what is the moral, humanitarian, and Islamic verdict of torturing a prisoner? Is it OK? How much of it?Esmail Bakhshi was arrested along with 17 other Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane company workers. 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