{"id":211124,"date":"2019-01-15T22:38:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211124-iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:39","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 1\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_WR5ftXpXUkY\" 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%2FWR5ftXpXUkY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WR5ftXpXUkY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M15S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-13T10:10:08Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_WR5ftXpXUkY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWR5ftXpXUkY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 1<\/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\/WR5ftXpXUkY\" 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%2FWR5ftXpXUkY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 1\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 1 1- Iranian Kurdistan: 69 Kurdish Citizens Executed in Iranian Prisons in 2018 At least 69 Kurdish citizens were executed in prisons in Iran in 2018 alone, a decrease of 38% compared with 2017, which had 112 cases of execution. Regardless of the decrease in executions, capital punishments have also occurred. According to the report released by the centre of Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights, the charges included that of political activity, religious activities, and sexual harassment. Furthermore, among the executed people were a minor, three women and two senescent citizens. Additionally, in 2018 Iran\u2019s Judiciary has sentenced ten religious activists, three political activists and three Kurdish minors to capital punishment. 2- Rouhani&#039;s Advisor: Potential of Civil Protests Is Still There The Iranian regime president\u2019s advisor says there is still potential for civil protests in Iran since the causes are not met. The social backdrops of last years\u2019 protests in Iran were totally different and deeper than from the protests in 90s although the economical causes are the same, stated Hesamodin Ashna the advisor to Iran regime\u2019s president. 3- France Tells Iran to Stop Ballistic Missile Work for Nuclear Weapons France on Friday called on Iran to immediately stop all activities linked to ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons after Tehran said it could put two satellites into orbit in the coming weeks. &quot;France recalls that the Iranian missile program is not conformity with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231,&quot; Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll told reporters in a daily briefing. &quot;It calls on Iran to immediately cease all ballistic missile-related activities designed to carry nuclear weapons, including tests using ballistic missile technology.&quot; The deputy speaker of U.S. foreign ministry welcomed France position. In his tweet on Friday January 11th. Robert palladino called France position a \u201cPowerful Statement\u201d 4- Tehran&#039;s Fear of Activities Led by Iranian Resistance Units Shohadaye Iran, a state-run news website, recently ran an article titled &quot;[PMOI\/MEK] write graffiti in Behesht-e Zahra,&quot; in which it revealed the Iranian regime\u2019s fear of the activities led by Iranian resistance units, groups of organized activists supporting the PMOI. \u201cWriting slogans [on walls and floors] by PMOI is not an uncommon sight,\u201d Shohada writes. \u201cHowever, the fact that the writing haven\u2019t been erased after several days might indicate that [officials] have become negligent in preserving the values of the Revolution.\u201d 5- U.S. Official Says Not to Grant More Waivers on Iran Oil Sanctions ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Saturday Washington was not looking to grant any more waivers for Iranian oil after the reimposition of U.S. sanctions. 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Security Council Resolution 2231,\" Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll told reporters in a daily briefing.\"It calls on Iran to immediately cease all ballistic missile-related activities designed to carry nuclear weapons, including tests using ballistic missile technology.\"The deputy speaker of U.S. foreign ministry welcomed France position.In his tweet on Friday January 11th. Robert palladino called France position a \u201cPowerful Statement\u201d 4- Tehran's Fear of Activities Led by Iranian Resistance UnitsShohadaye Iran, a state-run news website, recently ran an article titled \" write graffiti in Behesht-e Zahra,\" in which it revealed the Iranian regime\u2019s fear of the activities led by Iranian resistance units, groups of organized activists supporting the PMOI. \u201cWriting slogans by PMOI is not an uncommon sight,\u201d Shohada writes.\u201cHowever, the fact that the writing haven\u2019t been erased after several days might indicate that have become negligent in preserving the values of the Revolution.\u201d5- U.S. Official Says Not to Grant More Waivers on Iran Oil SanctionsABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Saturday Washington was not looking to grant any more waivers for Iranian oil after the reimposition of U.S. sanctions.Washington gave waivers to eight traditional Iranian oil buyers - including China, India, Japan and South Korea \u2014 after reimposing sanctions on Iranian oil in November.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-01-15T22:38:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:47:39+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-13-2019-part-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 1","datePublished":"2019-01-15T22:38:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1\/"},"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-13-2019-part-1\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-1\/","name":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 1 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-15T22:38:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:39+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 11- Iranian Kurdistan: 69 Kurdish Citizens Executed in Iranian Prisons in 2018 At least 69 Kurdish citizens were executed in prisons in Iran in 2018 alone, a decrease of 38% compared with 2017, which had 112 cases of execution. Regardless of the decrease in executions, capital punishments have also occurred.According to the report released by the centre of Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights, the charges included that of political activity, religious activities, and sexual harassment. Furthermore, among the executed people were a minor, three women and two senescent citizens. Additionally, in 2018 Iran\u2019s Judiciary has sentenced ten religious activists, three political activists and three Kurdish minors to capital punishment.2- Rouhani's Advisor: Potential of Civil Protests Is Still ThereThe Iranian regime president\u2019s advisor says there is still potential for civil protests in Iran since the causes are not met.The social backdrops of last years\u2019 protests in Iran were totally different and deeper than from the protests in 90s although the economical causes are the same, stated Hesamodin Ashna the advisor to Iran regime\u2019s president.3- France Tells Iran to Stop Ballistic Missile Work for Nuclear WeaponsFrance on Friday called on Iran to immediately stop all activities linked to ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons after Tehran said it could put two satellites into orbit in the coming weeks.\"France recalls that the Iranian missile program is not conformity with U.N. 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