{"id":211119,"date":"2019-01-12T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211119-iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:41","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-8-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_AHphJ5cI9FA\" 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%2FAHphJ5cI9FA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AHphJ5cI9FA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M49S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-08T17:07:52Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_AHphJ5cI9FA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FAHphJ5cI9FA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 8, 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\/AHphJ5cI9FA\" 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%2FAHphJ5cI9FA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 8, 2019 1- Pompeo: US Pullout From Syria Doesn&#039;t Change &#039;Counter-Iran Strategy&#039; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the planned US withdrawal of troops from Syria won\u2019t change the mission of destroying the Daesh terror group and stopping Iran from influencing the region. Pompeo said that the withdrawal is a \u201cchange of tactics\u201d and will not interfere with the US commitment \u201cto the defeat of the caliphate or of ISIS globally,\u201d CNBC reported. Pompeo added: &quot;There&#039;s no change in our counter-Iran strategy,\u201d. 2- Fourth Public Flogging Sentence Carried out in One Month in Southeast Iran The public flogging sentence for a man was carried out On Sunday in southeastern Iran. The man was identified as Esmail Arbabi and was flogged for the second time in Iranshahr on charges of robbery. According to human right groups, this is the fourth public flogging sentence in one month in Iranshahr, in the impoverished province of Sistan and Baluchestan. According to eye witnesses, the lashing was so violent that the victim passed out and was taken to the hospital unconscious. He was also sentenced to two years of prison. Before this, a man identified as Hamed Karamzehi was sentenced to 74 lashes in public and 10 months of prison for armed robbery in this town. Iran Regime does not consider flogging as torture or an inhumane punishment and uses it to \u201cset an example\u201d. 3- Iran Regime Threatens Labor Activist to Retract Torture Claims Iranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi is under pressure by Iran\u2019s security system to take back his statement on being tortured \u201cto the brink of death\u201d while in prison. Various sources, including the lawyer of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane workers\u2019 representative, have confirmed that Bakhshi and his family are under pressure. \u201cAfter the torture was brought up, pressure against Esmail Bakhshi intensified and there is evidence that suggests that my client is under pressure and that there is a psychological environment against him to deny the torture,\u201d his lawyer Farzaneh Zilani said today in an interview with an Iranian website. 4- Iranian Journalist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Without Lawyer Political journalist Hamed Aynehvand has been sentenced to six years in prison without the presence of his lawyer on the basis of charges brought by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019. Aynehvand, who was arrested after criticizing state policies in his writings, was convicted without due process or a chance to present his defense because the court wouldn\u2019t allow him to choose his own lawyer, telling him to instead pick one from a list approved by the judiciary. 5- Iraq Has Stopped Issuing Work Visas for Iranians The number of Iranians working in Iraq has dropped from 20,000 to 5,000 since Baghdad stopped issuing work visas for the citizens of the Islamic Republic, says the Governor General of Kurdistan province, western Iran. Last week, the chairman of Iranian parliament&#039;s influential Commission of National Security and Foreign Policy, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh had cautioned against Iran losing its economic position in Iraq and being replaced by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. 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He was also sentenced to two years of prison.Before this, a man identified as Hamed Karamzehi was sentenced to 74 lashes in public and 10 months of prison for armed robbery in this town.Iran Regime does not consider flogging as torture or an inhumane punishment and uses it to \u201cset an example\u201d.3- Iran Regime Threatens Labor Activist to Retract Torture ClaimsIranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi is under pressure by Iran\u2019s security system to take back his statement on being tortured \u201cto the brink of death\u201d while in prison.Various sources, including the lawyer of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane workers\u2019 representative, have confirmed that Bakhshi and his family are under pressure.\u201cAfter the torture was brought up, pressure against Esmail Bakhshi intensified and there is evidence that suggests that my client is under pressure and that there is a psychological environment against him to deny the torture,\u201d his lawyer Farzaneh Zilani said today in an interview with an Iranian website.4- Iranian Journalist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Without LawyerPolitical journalist Hamed Aynehvand has been sentenced to six years in prison without the presence of his lawyer on the basis of charges brought by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019. 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He was also sentenced to two years of prison.Before this, a man identified as Hamed Karamzehi was sentenced to 74 lashes in public and 10 months of prison for armed robbery in this town.Iran Regime does not consider flogging as torture or an inhumane punishment and uses it to \u201cset an example\u201d.3- Iran Regime Threatens Labor Activist to Retract Torture ClaimsIranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi is under pressure by Iran\u2019s security system to take back his statement on being tortured \u201cto the brink of death\u201d while in prison.Various sources, including the lawyer of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane workers\u2019 representative, have confirmed that Bakhshi and his family are under pressure.\u201cAfter the torture was brought up, pressure against Esmail Bakhshi intensified and there is evidence that suggests that my client is under pressure and that there is a psychological environment against him to deny the torture,\u201d his lawyer Farzaneh Zilani said today in an interview with an Iranian website.4- Iranian Journalist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Without LawyerPolitical journalist Hamed Aynehvand has been sentenced to six years in prison without the presence of his lawyer on the basis of charges brought by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019. 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He was also sentenced to two years of prison.Before this, a man identified as Hamed Karamzehi was sentenced to 74 lashes in public and 10 months of prison for armed robbery in this town.Iran Regime does not consider flogging as torture or an inhumane punishment and uses it to \u201cset an example\u201d.3- Iran Regime Threatens Labor Activist to Retract Torture ClaimsIranian labor activist Esmail Bakhshi is under pressure by Iran\u2019s security system to take back his statement on being tortured \u201cto the brink of death\u201d while in prison.Various sources, including the lawyer of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane workers\u2019 representative, have confirmed that Bakhshi and his family are under pressure.\u201cAfter the torture was brought up, pressure against Esmail Bakhshi intensified and there is evidence that suggests that my client is under pressure and that there is a psychological environment against him to deny the torture,\u201d his lawyer Farzaneh Zilani said today in an interview with an Iranian website.4- Iranian Journalist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison Without LawyerPolitical journalist Hamed Aynehvand has been sentenced to six years in prison without the presence of his lawyer on the basis of charges brought by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019. 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