{"id":211125,"date":"2019-01-15T22:39:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211125-iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:39","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_VuQh1Gfp3j4\" 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%2FVuQh1Gfp3j4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VuQh1Gfp3j4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-13T21:33:34Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_VuQh1Gfp3j4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FVuQh1Gfp3j4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2<\/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\/VuQh1Gfp3j4\" 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%2FVuQh1Gfp3j4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2 1- Pompeo Talks Iran and Regional Stability In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined Washington\u2019s three main priorities in the Middle East which include countering Iran, destroying ISIS and ensuring regional stability. The US Secretary of State had harsh words for the Iranian Regime, saying that \u201ccountering Iran, the threat from the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terror \u2013 the Islamic Republic of Iran, is something President Trump has identified as one of his top priorities. We are determined to do that; we will do it with our partners in the Middle East. This is a mission for the world. It\u2019s incredibly important and we are determined to do it,\u201d he said. 2- US Envoy Brian Hook on Iran Says: We Are Just Getting Started,&#039; Sanctions The United States is aiming at driving down Iranian oil exports through further sanctions. \u201cWe are just getting started,\u201d said Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State. \u201cThere will be more sanctions to come,\u201d said hook during an exclusive interview on Saturday with Al Arabiya English in Abu Dhabi. To a query on whether the sanctions have weakened the Iran regime, Hook answered: \u201cYes, our sanctions are weakening the regime, we have denied them billions of dollars of revenue through the loss of oil exports. And there will be billions more that they will be losing. 3- Iranian Political Prisoner Under Torture Reza Malek, a political prisoner in the Evin prison, has been denied medical care for his severe backache. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for \u2018disrupting the public mind\u2019, \u2018insulting the Supreme Leader\u2019, and \u2018propaganda against the state\u2019. 4- Top US Diplomat: No US Assistance on Syria Reconstruction Until Iran Is Out Doubling down on the Trump\u2019s administration\u2019s anti-Iran message, the senior policy advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook, vowed no U.S. reconstruction assistance to the war-torn country until Iranian forces and its proxies are completely driven out. \u201cWe think that if working with everybody in the region, and if we construct our diplomacy the way we want to, that we will be able to get rid of all forces under Iranian control,\u201d Hook told CNBC\u2019s Hadley Gamble in Abu Dhabi. \u201cWe are not going to permit them do in Syria what they did in Lebanon, and we will be withholding reconstruction assistance, we have a number of tools at our disposal to help accomplish that objective.\u201d 5- Rouhani&#039;s Advisor Says Iran&#039;s Street Protests Will Continue An adviser to Iran\u2019s President Rouhani said that there was still potential for Iran protests because the cause of the protests still existed. In a video interview with the state-run ISNA news agency which was published on their website on Friday, Hesamodin Ashna said that the economic context of the December 2017 protests were similar to those held in the 90\u2019s, adding that they differed in the social context and that last year\u2019s protests had \u201cmuch more depth\u201d.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 21- Pompeo Talks Iran and Regional Stability In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-211125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-news-in-brief","7":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 21- Pompeo Talks Iran and Regional Stability In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined Washington\u2019s three main priorities in the Middle East which include countering Iran, destroying ISIS and ensuring regional stability.The US Secretary of State had harsh words for the Iranian Regime, saying that \u201ccountering Iran, the threat from the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terror \u2013 the Islamic Republic of Iran, is something President Trump has identified as one of his top priorities. We are determined to do that; we will do it with our partners in the Middle East. This is a mission for the world. It\u2019s incredibly important and we are determined to do it,\u201d he said.2- US Envoy Brian Hook on Iran Says: We Are Just Getting Started,&#039; SanctionsThe United States is aiming at driving down Iranian oil exports through further sanctions. \u201cWe are just getting started,\u201d said Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State.\u201cThere will be more sanctions to come,\u201d said hook during an exclusive interview on Saturday with Al Arabiya English in Abu Dhabi.To a query on whether the sanctions have weakened the Iran regime, Hook answered: \u201cYes, our sanctions are weakening the regime, we have denied them billions of dollars of revenue through the loss of oil exports. And there will be billions more that they will be losing.3- Iranian Political Prisoner Under TortureReza Malek, a political prisoner in the Evin prison, has been denied medical care for his severe backache. 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And there will be billions more that they will be losing.3- Iranian Political Prisoner Under TortureReza Malek, a political prisoner in the Evin prison, has been denied medical care for his severe backache. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for \u2018disrupting the public mind\u2019, \u2018insulting the Supreme Leader\u2019, and \u2018propaganda against the state\u2019.4- Top US Diplomat: No US Assistance on Syria Reconstruction Until Iran Is Out Doubling down on the Trump\u2019s administration\u2019s anti-Iran message, the senior policy advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook, vowed no U.S. reconstruction assistance to the war-torn country until Iranian forces and its proxies are completely driven out.\u201cWe think that if working with everybody in the region, and if we construct our diplomacy the way we want to, that we will be able to get rid of all forces under Iranian control,\u201d Hook told CNBC\u2019s Hadley Gamble in Abu Dhabi. \u201cWe are not going to permit them do in Syria what they did in Lebanon, and we will be withholding reconstruction assistance, we have a number of tools at our disposal to help accomplish that objective.\u201d5- Rouhani&#039;s Advisor Says Iran&#039;s Street Protests Will ContinueAn adviser to Iran\u2019s President Rouhani said that there was still potential for Iran protests because the cause of the protests still existed.In a video interview with the state-run ISNA news agency which was published on their website on Friday, Hesamodin Ashna said that the economic context of the December 2017 protests were similar to those held in the 90\u2019s, adding that they differed in the social context and that last year\u2019s protests had \u201cmuch more depth\u201d.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-15T22:39:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T17:47:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@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-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 2\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-15T22:39:44+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-2\\\/\"},\"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-13-2019-part-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-15T22:39:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:47:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 21- Pompeo Talks Iran and Regional Stability In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined Washington\u2019s three main priorities in the Middle East which include countering Iran, destroying ISIS and ensuring regional stability.The US Secretary of State had harsh words for the Iranian Regime, saying that \u201ccountering Iran, the threat from the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terror \u2013 the Islamic Republic of Iran, is something President Trump has identified as one of his top priorities. 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We are determined to do that; we will do it with our partners in the Middle East. This is a mission for the world. It\u2019s incredibly important and we are determined to do it,\u201d he said.2- US Envoy Brian Hook on Iran Says: We Are Just Getting Started,' SanctionsThe United States is aiming at driving down Iranian oil exports through further sanctions. \u201cWe are just getting started,\u201d said Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State.\u201cThere will be more sanctions to come,\u201d said hook during an exclusive interview on Saturday with Al Arabiya English in Abu Dhabi.To a query on whether the sanctions have weakened the Iran regime, Hook answered: \u201cYes, our sanctions are weakening the regime, we have denied them billions of dollars of revenue through the loss of oil exports. And there will be billions more that they will be losing.3- Iranian Political Prisoner Under TortureReza Malek, a political prisoner in the Evin prison, has been denied medical care for his severe backache. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for \u2018disrupting the public mind\u2019, \u2018insulting the Supreme Leader\u2019, and \u2018propaganda against the state\u2019.4- Top US Diplomat: No US Assistance on Syria Reconstruction Until Iran Is Out Doubling down on the Trump\u2019s administration\u2019s anti-Iran message, the senior policy advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook, vowed no U.S. reconstruction assistance to the war-torn country until Iranian forces and its proxies are completely driven out.\u201cWe think that if working with everybody in the region, and if we construct our diplomacy the way we want to, that we will be able to get rid of all forces under Iranian control,\u201d Hook told CNBC\u2019s Hadley Gamble in Abu Dhabi. \u201cWe are not going to permit them do in Syria what they did in Lebanon, and we will be withholding reconstruction assistance, we have a number of tools at our disposal to help accomplish that objective.\u201d5- Rouhani's Advisor Says Iran's Street Protests Will ContinueAn adviser to Iran\u2019s President Rouhani said that there was still potential for Iran protests because the cause of the protests still existed.In a video interview with the state-run ISNA news agency which was published on their website on Friday, Hesamodin Ashna said that the economic context of the December 2017 protests were similar to those held in the 90\u2019s, adding that they differed in the social context and that last year\u2019s protests had \u201cmuch more depth\u201d.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-01-15T22:39:44+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-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 2","datePublished":"2019-01-15T22:39:44+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-2\/"},"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-13-2019-part-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/","name":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 2 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-15T22:39:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:47:39+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 - Part 21- Pompeo Talks Iran and Regional Stability In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined Washington\u2019s three main priorities in the Middle East which include countering Iran, destroying ISIS and ensuring regional stability.The US Secretary of State had harsh words for the Iranian Regime, saying that \u201ccountering Iran, the threat from the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terror \u2013 the Islamic Republic of Iran, is something President Trump has identified as one of his top priorities. We are determined to do that; we will do it with our partners in the Middle East. This is a mission for the world. It\u2019s incredibly important and we are determined to do it,\u201d he said.2- US Envoy Brian Hook on Iran Says: We Are Just Getting Started,' SanctionsThe United States is aiming at driving down Iranian oil exports through further sanctions. \u201cWe are just getting started,\u201d said Brian Hook, the US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State.\u201cThere will be more sanctions to come,\u201d said hook during an exclusive interview on Saturday with Al Arabiya English in Abu Dhabi.To a query on whether the sanctions have weakened the Iran regime, Hook answered: \u201cYes, our sanctions are weakening the regime, we have denied them billions of dollars of revenue through the loss of oil exports. And there will be billions more that they will be losing.3- Iranian Political Prisoner Under TortureReza Malek, a political prisoner in the Evin prison, has been denied medical care for his severe backache. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for \u2018disrupting the public mind\u2019, \u2018insulting the Supreme Leader\u2019, and \u2018propaganda against the state\u2019.4- Top US Diplomat: No US Assistance on Syria Reconstruction Until Iran Is Out Doubling down on the Trump\u2019s administration\u2019s anti-Iran message, the senior policy advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook, vowed no U.S. reconstruction assistance to the war-torn country until Iranian forces and its proxies are completely driven out.\u201cWe think that if working with everybody in the region, and if we construct our diplomacy the way we want to, that we will be able to get rid of all forces under Iranian control,\u201d Hook told CNBC\u2019s Hadley Gamble in Abu Dhabi. \u201cWe are not going to permit them do in Syria what they did in Lebanon, and we will be withholding reconstruction assistance, we have a number of tools at our disposal to help accomplish that objective.\u201d5- Rouhani's Advisor Says Iran's Street Protests Will ContinueAn adviser to Iran\u2019s President Rouhani said that there was still potential for Iran protests because the cause of the protests still existed.In a video interview with the state-run ISNA news agency which was published on their website on Friday, Hesamodin Ashna said that the economic context of the December 2017 protests were similar to those held in the 90\u2019s, adding that they differed in the social context and that last year\u2019s protests had \u201cmuch more depth\u201d.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-13-2019-part-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, January 13, 2019 &#8211; Part 2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}