{"id":211171,"date":"2019-03-05T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211171-iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_TlU3CvcJs6E\" 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%2FTlU3CvcJs6E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TlU3CvcJs6E\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M51S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-24T21:05:22Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_TlU3CvcJs6E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTlU3CvcJs6E%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 23, 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\/TlU3CvcJs6E\" 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%2FTlU3CvcJs6E%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019 Amnesty Calls on Iran to Halt &#039;Imminent&#039; Execution of Three Child Offenders Amnesty International has called on Iran to immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18. The London-based rights group said on February 22 it had learned that Mohammad Kalhori, Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, and Shayan Saeedpour -- all convicted for separate crimes that took place while they were minors -- are at risk of &quot;imminent&quot; execution. &quot;The Iranian authorities must act quickly to save these young men&#039;s lives. Failing to stop their execution would be another abhorrent assault on children&#039;s rights by Iran,&quot; Saleh Higazi, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Amnesty International, said in statement. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Allegedly Behind Cyber-Attack on Australia Iranian hackers launched a cyber-attack against the Australian parliament with the intention to harm the Five Eyes Alliance [FVEY], the secret service alliance between five English speaking countries: the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Maariv reported on Friday. The attack was connected to a technology firm called Mabna Institute, which is related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said Charles Yoo, president of the US Security company Resecurity, reported The Sydney Morning Harold. Australian media reported that the attack &quot;was sophisticated&quot; and that all passwords in parliament computers were changed for safety. Global Watchdog Gives Iran Till June to Comply With Anti-Money Laundering Rules Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its banks, a global watchdog said on Friday. 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Failing to stop their execution would be another abhorrent assault on children&#039;s rights by Iran,&quot; Saleh Higazi, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Amnesty International, said in statement.Iranian Revolutionary Guard Allegedly Behind Cyber-Attack on AustraliaIranian hackers launched a cyber-attack against the Australian parliament with the intention to harm the Five Eyes Alliance , the secret service alliance between five English speaking countries: the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Maariv reported on Friday. The attack was connected to a technology firm called Mabna Institute, which is related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said Charles Yoo, president of the US Security company Resecurity, reported The Sydney Morning Harold. Australian media reported that the attack &quot;was sophisticated&quot; and that all passwords in parliament computers were changed for safety. 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Failing to stop their execution would be another abhorrent assault on children&#039;s rights by Iran,&quot; Saleh Higazi, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Amnesty International, said in statement.Iranian Revolutionary Guard Allegedly Behind Cyber-Attack on AustraliaIranian hackers launched a cyber-attack against the Australian parliament with the intention to harm the Five Eyes Alliance , the secret service alliance between five English speaking countries: the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Maariv reported on Friday. The attack was connected to a technology firm called Mabna Institute, which is related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said Charles Yoo, president of the US Security company Resecurity, reported The Sydney Morning Harold. Australian media reported that the attack &quot;was sophisticated&quot; and that all passwords in parliament computers were changed for safety. Global Watchdog Gives Iran Till June to Comply With Anti-Money Laundering Rules Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its banks, a global watchdog said on Friday.Foreign businesses say Iran\u2019s compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) rules is key if it wants to attract investors, especially after the United States re-imposed sanctions on Iran last year.\u201cThat is a significant indication from the FATF that time has expired, the action plan is overdue and we expect it to be implemented without delay,\u201d Billingslea told journalists.FATF members worldwide would be required to step up supervision of Iranian bank branches on their territory, including on-site inspections, Billinglsea said.White House Now Says 400 &#039;Peacekeepers&#039; to Remain in Syria, up From 200The White House has clarified its plans for U.S. forces in Syria, now saying it will leave 400 troops in the war-torn country a day after saying the number of \u201cpeacekeepers\u201d would be 200.A White House official on February 22 confirmed the revised number and said they will be based as part of the Tanf garrison in northeastern Syria.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on February 21 had said that a \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d group of about 200 troops would remain in Syria for a &quot;period of time.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-05T19:31:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T17:45:27+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-february-23-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-05T19:31:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\\\/\"},\"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-february-23-2019\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-05T19:31:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019Amnesty Calls on Iran to Halt 'Imminent' Execution of Three Child Offenders Amnesty International has called on Iran to immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18.The London-based rights group said on February 22 it had learned that Mohammad Kalhori, Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, and Shayan Saeedpour -- all convicted for separate crimes that took place while they were minors -- are at risk of \\\"imminent\\\" execution.\\\"The Iranian authorities must act quickly to save these young men's lives. 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Global Watchdog Gives Iran Till June to Comply With Anti-Money Laundering Rules Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its banks, a global watchdog said on Friday.Foreign businesses say Iran\u2019s compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) rules is key if it wants to attract investors, especially after the United States re-imposed sanctions on Iran last year.\u201cThat is a significant indication from the FATF that time has expired, the action plan is overdue and we expect it to be implemented without delay,\u201d Billingslea told journalists.FATF members worldwide would be required to step up supervision of Iranian bank branches on their territory, including on-site inspections, Billinglsea said.White House Now Says 400 'Peacekeepers' to Remain in Syria, up From 200The White House has clarified its plans for U.S. forces in Syria, now saying it will leave 400 troops in the war-torn country a day after saying the number of \u201cpeacekeepers\u201d would be 200.A White House official on February 22 confirmed the revised number and said they will be based as part of the Tanf garrison in northeastern Syria.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on February 21 had said that a \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d group of about 200 troops would remain in Syria for a \"period of time.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-03-05T19:31:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:45:27+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-february-23-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019","datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:31:54+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/"},"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-february-23-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:31:54+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019Amnesty Calls on Iran to Halt 'Imminent' Execution of Three Child Offenders Amnesty International has called on Iran to immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18.The London-based rights group said on February 22 it had learned that Mohammad Kalhori, Barzan Nasrollahzadeh, and Shayan Saeedpour -- all convicted for separate crimes that took place while they were minors -- are at risk of \"imminent\" execution.\"The Iranian authorities must act quickly to save these young men's lives. Failing to stop their execution would be another abhorrent assault on children's rights by Iran,\" Saleh Higazi, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Amnesty International, said in statement.Iranian Revolutionary Guard Allegedly Behind Cyber-Attack on AustraliaIranian hackers launched a cyber-attack against the Australian parliament with the intention to harm the Five Eyes Alliance , the secret service alliance between five English speaking countries: the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Maariv reported on Friday. The attack was connected to a technology firm called Mabna Institute, which is related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said Charles Yoo, president of the US Security company Resecurity, reported The Sydney Morning Harold. Australian media reported that the attack \"was sophisticated\" and that all passwords in parliament computers were changed for safety. Global Watchdog Gives Iran Till June to Comply With Anti-Money Laundering Rules Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its banks, a global watchdog said on Friday.Foreign businesses say Iran\u2019s compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) rules is key if it wants to attract investors, especially after the United States re-imposed sanctions on Iran last year.\u201cThat is a significant indication from the FATF that time has expired, the action plan is overdue and we expect it to be implemented without delay,\u201d Billingslea told journalists.FATF members worldwide would be required to step up supervision of Iranian bank branches on their territory, including on-site inspections, Billinglsea said.White House Now Says 400 'Peacekeepers' to Remain in Syria, up From 200The White House has clarified its plans for U.S. forces in Syria, now saying it will leave 400 troops in the war-torn country a day after saying the number of \u201cpeacekeepers\u201d would be 200.A White House official on February 22 confirmed the revised number and said they will be based as part of the Tanf garrison in northeastern Syria.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on February 21 had said that a \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d group of about 200 troops would remain in Syria for a \"period of time.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-23-2019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, February 23, 2019"}]},{"@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\/211171","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=211171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}