{"id":211128,"date":"2019-01-21T17:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211128-iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:47:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:47:36","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-january-16-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_JmNKB6SkbJc\" 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%2FJmNKB6SkbJc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JmNKB6SkbJc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-01-16T19:27:35Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_JmNKB6SkbJc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJmNKB6SkbJc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, January 16, 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\/JmNKB6SkbJc\" 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%2FJmNKB6SkbJc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, January 16, 2019 1- Germany Arrests German-Afghan Army Adviser For &#039;Spying For Iran&#039; Germany on Tuesday detained a German-Afghan man on suspicion he was spying for Iran while working for the German army as a linguistic and cultural adviser. The 50-year-old identified as Abdul Hamid S. was arrested in western Germany, federal prosecutors said in a statement. According to Spiegel Online, he is suspected of working for Iranian secret services for several years. While working for the German army, he had access to highly sensitive information including on troop deployment in Afghanistan, the report added. 2- U.S. police arrest journalist working for Iran&#039;s state TV U.S. police have arrested an American-born journalist working for Iran\u2019s English-language Press TV on unspecified charges, the state-run broadcaster reported on Wednesday. Press TV said Marziyeh Hashemi was arrested at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and was sent to custody in Washington DC, but no formal charges have been made against her. According to Press TV, Hashemi was born as Melanie Franklin in the United States, and changed her name after converting to Islam. 3- Iran Publicly Hangs Man in Isfahan, Video Emerges A man was hanged in public in Isfahan, central Iran, on Tuesday, the judiciary\u2019s website Mizan reported. The man identified as Mohammad Javad Shams. The execution was carried out in Falavarjan, in Isfahan, bringing the number of those publicly executed in January to five. The state-run websites shared a video showing the brutal execution of Mohammad Javad Shams, surrounded by his hangmen on a crane. 4- U.S. Says Satellite Attempt Shows Iran Threat U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of posing a missile threat after Tehran defied his warnings and tried to put a satellite into orbit, albeit unsuccessfully. he wrote: &quot;In defiance of the international community &amp; UNSCR 2231, Iran&#039;s regime fired off a space launch vehicle today,&quot; Pompeo tweeted.&quot;The launch yet again shows that Iran is pursuing enhanced missile capabilities that threaten Europe and the Middle East,&quot;. 5- CPJ Denounces Iranian Journalist\u2019s &#039;Sham Trial, Harsh Sentence&#039; The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the prison sentence recently imposed on Iranian journalist Hamed Aynehvand and urged the country\u2019s authorities to \u201cstop persecuting the media for doing their job.\u201d Aynehvand&#039;s \u201csham trial and harsh sentence demonstrate the flawed nature of the Iranian justice system,&quot; Sherif Mansour, Middle East and North Africa program coordinator at the New York-based media rights watchdog, said in a statement on January 14. Agents of Iran&#039;s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps&#039; intelligence unit arrested him in Tehran in June last year and kept him in solitary confinement at Evin prison for a month and a half, CHRI said. 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had access to highly sensitive information including on troop deployment in Afghanistan, the report added.2- U.S. police arrest journalist working for Iran's state TVU.S. police have arrested an American-born journalist working for Iran\u2019s English-language Press TV on unspecified charges, the state-run broadcaster reported on Wednesday.Press TV said Marziyeh Hashemi was arrested at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and was sent to custody in Washington DC, but no formal charges have been made against her.According to Press TV, Hashemi was born as Melanie Franklin in the United States, and changed her name after converting to Islam.3- Iran Publicly Hangs Man in Isfahan, Video EmergesA man was hanged in public in Isfahan, central Iran, on Tuesday, the judiciary\u2019s website Mizan reported.The man identified as Mohammad Javad Shams.The execution was carried out in Falavarjan, in Isfahan, bringing the number of those publicly executed in January to five.The state-run websites shared a video showing the brutal execution of Mohammad Javad Shams, surrounded by his hangmen on a crane.4- U.S. Says Satellite Attempt Shows Iran ThreatU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of posing a missile threat after Tehran defied his warnings and tried to put a satellite into orbit, albeit unsuccessfully.he wrote: \"In defiance of the international community &amp; UNSCR 2231, Iran's regime fired off a space launch vehicle today,\" Pompeo tweeted.\"The launch yet again shows that Iran is pursuing enhanced missile capabilities that threaten Europe and the Middle East,\".5- CPJ Denounces Iranian Journalist\u2019s 'Sham Trial, Harsh Sentence'The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the prison sentence recently imposed on Iranian journalist Hamed Aynehvand and urged the country\u2019s authorities to \u201cstop persecuting the media for doing their job.\u201dAynehvand's \u201csham trial and harsh sentence demonstrate the flawed nature 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