{"id":211174,"date":"2019-03-05T19:33:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211174-iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_thfh3grtKtI\" 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%2Fthfh3grtKtI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/thfh3grtKtI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-27T11:25:35Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_thfh3grtKtI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fthfh3grtKtI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 27, 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\/thfh3grtKtI\" 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%2Fthfh3grtKtI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019 Rally in Front of UN Headquarters in Geneva Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran As the United Nations Human Rights Council convenes to hold its 40th session at the international body\u2019s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, a large crowd of Iranian dissidents gathered to protest flagrant human rights violations and terrorism of the Iranian regime. The demonstration, held at the Place des Nations, calls for the ouster of the Iranian regime from the United Nations and the recognition of the Iranian Resistance, symbolized in the National Council of Resistance of Iran, as the legitimate representative and voice of the Iranian people. Iran: Retirees Rallying Outside the Mullahs&#039; Majlis (Parliament) Retired government employees, along with retired military personnel, rallied on Tuesday outside the regime\u2019s Majlis in Tehran, the capital of Iran, protesting poor living conditions, discrimination and the violation of their rights. These retirees have long been demanding the mullahs\u2019 regime provide the pensions they are entitled to under law. The protesting retirees were holding signs reading: \u201cEnough with cruelty, we have nothing to eat\u201d They were also heard chanting: \u201cOur paychecks are in rials, our expenses are in dollars\u201d, \u201cNo nation has witnessed such injustice\u201d, \u201cOur pain is your pain; people, join us and unite\u201d. Iranian Official: Livestock Meat Exports to Neighboring Countries Have Increased by 300% Hossein Raghfar, an economist with close ties to the Iranian regime acknowledged that while the people of Iran are struggling with their most basic needs, regime officials and institutions are making profits in questionable ways. \u201cThe president boasts about a 300-percent increase in meat exports in one month while it is the basic needs of the people like meat and livestock that are being exported to other countries,\u201d Raghfar said. Raghfar added: \u201cProducts that were imported remained in warehouses because the people\u2019s purchasing power has diminished. Now they\u2019re being exported to other countries at higher prices.\u201d Raghfar also alluded to the corruption of regime officials by saying, \u201cThe state mafia, especially the members of the Chamber of Commerce of Tehran have sold these products to other countries under the label of exports.\u201d Iran Bans Newspaper Over Article on Assad Trip Iran on Tuesday banned reformist newspaper Ghanoon for publishing an article about a meeting between Iran&#039;s supreme leader and visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. &quot;Ghanoon daily has received notification and its publication has been halted due to its (front page) headline on Tuesday,&quot; ISNA said. 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The protesting retirees were holding signs reading: \u201cEnough with cruelty, we have nothing to eat\u201dThey were also heard chanting: \u201cOur paychecks are in rials, our expenses are in dollars\u201d, \u201cNo nation has witnessed such injustice\u201d, \u201cOur pain is your pain; people, join us and unite\u201d.Iranian Official: Livestock Meat Exports to Neighboring Countries Have Increased by 300%Hossein Raghfar, an economist with close ties to the Iranian regime acknowledged that while the people of Iran are struggling with their most basic needs, regime officials and institutions are making profits in questionable ways.\u201cThe president boasts about a 300-percent increase in meat exports in one month while it is the basic needs of the people like meat and livestock that are being exported to other countries,\u201d Raghfar said.Raghfar added: \u201cProducts that were imported remained in warehouses because the people\u2019s purchasing power has diminished. 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Now they\u2019re being exported to other countries at higher prices.\u201dRaghfar also alluded to the corruption of regime officials by saying, \u201cThe state mafia, especially the members of the Chamber of Commerce of Tehran have sold these products to other countries under the label of exports.\u201dIran Bans Newspaper Over Article on Assad TripIran on Tuesday banned reformist newspaper Ghanoon for publishing an article about a meeting between Iran's supreme leader and visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.\"Ghanoon daily has received notification and its publication has been halted due to its (front page) headline on Tuesday,\" ISNA said.The order stating that Ghanoon would be \"temporarily banned\" was delivered to the paper's management by Tehran's culture and media court, it added, without saying how long the ban would remain in place.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-03-05T19:33:12+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-27-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019","datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:33:12+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-27-2019\/"},"wordCount":13,"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-27-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-27-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:33:12+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, February 27, 2019Rally in Front of UN Headquarters in Geneva Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran As the United Nations Human Rights Council convenes to hold its 40th session at the international body\u2019s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, a large crowd of Iranian dissidents gathered to protest flagrant human rights violations and terrorism of the Iranian regime.The demonstration, held at the Place des Nations, calls for the ouster of the Iranian regime from the United Nations and the recognition of the Iranian Resistance, symbolized in the National Council of Resistance of Iran, as the legitimate representative and voice of the Iranian people.Iran: Retirees Rallying Outside the Mullahs' Majlis (Parliament)Retired government employees, along with retired military personnel, rallied on Tuesday outside the regime\u2019s Majlis in Tehran, the capital of Iran, protesting poor living conditions, discrimination and the violation of their rights. These retirees have long been demanding the mullahs\u2019 regime provide the pensions they are entitled to under law. The protesting retirees were holding signs reading: \u201cEnough with cruelty, we have nothing to eat\u201dThey were also heard chanting: \u201cOur paychecks are in rials, our expenses are in dollars\u201d, \u201cNo nation has witnessed such injustice\u201d, \u201cOur pain is your pain; people, join us and unite\u201d.Iranian Official: Livestock Meat Exports to Neighboring Countries Have Increased by 300%Hossein Raghfar, an economist with close ties to the Iranian regime acknowledged that while the people of Iran are struggling with their most basic needs, regime officials and institutions are making profits in questionable ways.\u201cThe president boasts about a 300-percent increase in meat exports in one month while it is the basic needs of the people like meat and livestock that are being exported to other countries,\u201d Raghfar said.Raghfar added: \u201cProducts that were imported remained in warehouses because the people\u2019s purchasing power has diminished. 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