{"id":211173,"date":"2019-03-05T19:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211173-iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jwv6np5qGgo\" 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%2Fjwv6np5qGgo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwv6np5qGgo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M5S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-26T19:11:35Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_jwv6np5qGgo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fjwv6np5qGgo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 26, 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\/jwv6np5qGgo\" 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%2Fjwv6np5qGgo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019 Iran Executes Prisoner in Public Iranian regime executed two prisoners on February 23 and 24, according to the state media. The first man was executed on February 23, in Shirvan Prison in North Khorasan Province, the state-run Fars news agency reported reported. According to the same media, another man was hanged in public on February 24 in northern city of Aqqala, in Golestan Province. Iranian Political Prisoners Under Harsh Conditions Two weeks ago, Iranian regime authorities transferred political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz to solitary confinement in the Central Prison of Karaj. Since then, Farahi Shandiz has been deprived of calls and meetings with family members, and there&#039;s no news of him, which has raised concerns about his conditions and health. On February 11, the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, Farahi Shandiz had chanted slogans of \u201cdown with dictator\u201d and \u201cdown with Khamenei\u201d in protest to 40 years of torture and executions under the tyrannical rule of the mullahs. After Farahi Shandiz\u2019s demonstration, prison guards attacked him in his cell and violently transferred him to solitary confinement while beating him. Pompeo on Iranian Foreign Minister&#039;s Resignation: We&#039;ll See If It Sticks Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is one of the \u201cfront men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said Monday following his surprise resignation. Pompeo wrote on Twitter: \u201cWe note JZarif\u2019s resignation. We\u2019ll see if it sticks,\u201d. Pompeo wrote, referring to the country\u2019s president: \u201cEither way, he and Hassan Rouhani are just front men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d. he said of Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: \u201cWe know khamenei makes all final decisions. Our policy is unchanged -- the regime must behave like a normal country and respect its people,\u201d. Zarif, 59, announced his resignation on Instagram, but it can only take effect once Rouhani accepts it. UK Makes Move to Ban Membership in Hezbollah The British government said Monday it plans to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist group, accusing the Iran-backed organization of destabilizing the Middle East. A draft order laid in the U.K. Parliament will ban Hezbollah and two other groups. Subject to Parliament&#039;s approval, the order will go into effect Friday and being a member of, or inviting support for, Hezbollah will be a criminal offense, carrying a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Until now the military wing of the Lebanon-based group has been outlawed in Britain, but not its political arm. Iraq: Ex-Nineveh Governor Calls for Help to Rid Mosul of Iran Former Governor of Nineveh Province Atheel Al-Nujaifi has called on the international community to intervene and help rid the northern city of Mosul of the influence of Iranian-backed militias who seized the city from Daesh in 2017. Al-Nujaifi said in an exclusive interview with Khaleej Online news site: \u201cThe conflict of regional interests in Iraq in general and the city of Mosul in particular has disturbed social peace in the city and turned its components against each other,\u201d. he added: \u201cIranian-backed militias have controlled the city\u2019s capabilities since its liberation from Daesh with the aim of achieving financial and political gains by exploiting the security imbalance and their influence in state institutions,\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, February 26, 2019Iran Executes Prisoner in Public Iranian regime executed two prisoners on February 23 and 24, according to the state media.The first man was executed [&#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-211173","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, February 26, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019Iran Executes Prisoner in Public Iranian regime executed two prisoners on February 23 and 24, according to the state media.The first man was executed on February 23, in Shirvan Prison in North Khorasan Province, the state-run Fars news agency reported reported.According to the same media, another man was hanged in public on February 24 in northern city of Aqqala, in Golestan Province.Iranian Political Prisoners Under Harsh ConditionsTwo weeks ago, Iranian regime authorities transferred political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz to solitary confinement in the Central Prison of Karaj. Since then, Farahi Shandiz has been deprived of calls and meetings with family members, and there&#039;s no news of him, which has raised concerns about his conditions and health.On February 11, the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, Farahi Shandiz had chanted slogans of \u201cdown with dictator\u201d and \u201cdown with Khamenei\u201d in protest to 40 years of torture and executions under the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.After Farahi Shandiz\u2019s demonstration, prison guards attacked him in his cell and violently transferred him to solitary confinement while beating him.Pompeo on Iranian Foreign Minister&#039;s Resignation: We&#039;ll See If It SticksIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is one of the \u201cfront men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said Monday following his surprise resignation.Pompeo wrote on Twitter: \u201cWe note JZarif\u2019s resignation. 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Since then, Farahi Shandiz has been deprived of calls and meetings with family members, and there&#039;s no news of him, which has raised concerns about his conditions and health.On February 11, the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, Farahi Shandiz had chanted slogans of \u201cdown with dictator\u201d and \u201cdown with Khamenei\u201d in protest to 40 years of torture and executions under the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.After Farahi Shandiz\u2019s demonstration, prison guards attacked him in his cell and violently transferred him to solitary confinement while beating him.Pompeo on Iranian Foreign Minister&#039;s Resignation: We&#039;ll See If It SticksIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is one of the \u201cfront men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said Monday following his surprise resignation.Pompeo wrote on Twitter: \u201cWe note JZarif\u2019s resignation. 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Since then, Farahi Shandiz has been deprived of calls and meetings with family members, and there's no news of him, which has raised concerns about his conditions and health.On February 11, the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, Farahi Shandiz had chanted slogans of \u201cdown with dictator\u201d and \u201cdown with Khamenei\u201d in protest to 40 years of torture and executions under the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.After Farahi Shandiz\u2019s demonstration, prison guards attacked him in his cell and violently transferred him to solitary confinement while beating him.Pompeo on Iranian Foreign Minister's Resignation: We'll See If It SticksIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is one of the \u201cfront men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said Monday following his surprise resignation.Pompeo wrote on Twitter: \u201cWe note JZarif\u2019s resignation. We\u2019ll see if it sticks,\u201d.Pompeo wrote, referring to the country\u2019s president: \u201cEither way, he and Hassan Rouhani are just front men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d.he said of Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: \u201cWe know khamenei makes all final decisions. Our policy is unchanged -- the regime must behave like a normal country and respect its people,\u201d. Zarif, 59, announced his resignation on Instagram, but it can only take effect once Rouhani accepts it.UK Makes Move to Ban Membership in HezbollahThe British government said Monday it plans to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist group, accusing the Iran-backed organization of destabilizing the Middle East.A draft order laid in the U.K. Parliament will ban Hezbollah and two other groups. Subject to Parliament's approval, the order will go into effect Friday and being a member of, or inviting support for, Hezbollah will be a criminal offense, carrying a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Until now the military wing of the Lebanon-based group has been outlawed in Britain, but not its political arm.Iraq: Ex-Nineveh Governor Calls for Help to Rid Mosul of IranFormer Governor of Nineveh Province Atheel Al-Nujaifi has called on the international community to intervene and help rid the northern city of Mosul of the influence of Iranian-backed militias who seized the city from Daesh in 2017.Al-Nujaifi said in an exclusive interview with Khaleej Online news site: \u201cThe conflict of regional interests in Iraq in general and the city of Mosul in particular has disturbed social peace in the city and turned its components against each other,\u201d.he added: \u201cIranian-backed militias have controlled the city\u2019s capabilities since its liberation from Daesh with the aim of achieving financial and political gains by exploiting the security imbalance and their influence in state institutions,\u201d.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-03-05T19:32:50+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-26-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019","datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:32:50+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-26-2019\/"},"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-26-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:32:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, February 26, 2019Iran Executes Prisoner in Public Iranian regime executed two prisoners on February 23 and 24, according to the state media.The first man was executed on February 23, in Shirvan Prison in North Khorasan Province, the state-run Fars news agency reported reported.According to the same media, another man was hanged in public on February 24 in northern city of Aqqala, in Golestan Province.Iranian Political Prisoners Under Harsh ConditionsTwo weeks ago, Iranian regime authorities transferred political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz to solitary confinement in the Central Prison of Karaj. Since then, Farahi Shandiz has been deprived of calls and meetings with family members, and there's no news of him, which has raised concerns about his conditions and health.On February 11, the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, Farahi Shandiz had chanted slogans of \u201cdown with dictator\u201d and \u201cdown with Khamenei\u201d in protest to 40 years of torture and executions under the tyrannical rule of the mullahs.After Farahi Shandiz\u2019s demonstration, prison guards attacked him in his cell and violently transferred him to solitary confinement while beating him.Pompeo on Iranian Foreign Minister's Resignation: We'll See If It SticksIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is one of the \u201cfront men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said Monday following his surprise resignation.Pompeo wrote on Twitter: \u201cWe note JZarif\u2019s resignation. We\u2019ll see if it sticks,\u201d.Pompeo wrote, referring to the country\u2019s president: \u201cEither way, he and Hassan Rouhani are just front men for a corrupt religious mafia,\u201d.he said of Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: \u201cWe know khamenei makes all final decisions. Our policy is unchanged -- the regime must behave like a normal country and respect its people,\u201d. Zarif, 59, announced his resignation on Instagram, but it can only take effect once Rouhani accepts it.UK Makes Move to Ban Membership in HezbollahThe British government said Monday it plans to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist group, accusing the Iran-backed organization of destabilizing the Middle East.A draft order laid in the U.K. Parliament will ban Hezbollah and two other groups. Subject to Parliament's approval, the order will go into effect Friday and being a member of, or inviting support for, Hezbollah will be a criminal offense, carrying a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Until now the military wing of the Lebanon-based group has been outlawed in Britain, but not its political arm.Iraq: Ex-Nineveh Governor Calls for Help to Rid Mosul of IranFormer Governor of Nineveh Province Atheel Al-Nujaifi has called on the international community to intervene and help rid the northern city of Mosul of the influence of Iranian-backed militias who seized the city from Daesh in 2017.Al-Nujaifi said in an exclusive interview with Khaleej Online news site: \u201cThe conflict of regional interests in Iraq in general and the city of Mosul in particular has disturbed social peace in the city and turned its components against each other,\u201d.he added: \u201cIranian-backed militias have controlled the city\u2019s capabilities since its liberation from Daesh with the aim of achieving financial and political gains by exploiting the security imbalance and their influence in state institutions,\u201d.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-26-2019\/#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 26, 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\/211173","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=211173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}