{"id":211175,"date":"2019-03-05T19:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211175-iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:45:27","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_tKyh9do6FGo\" 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%2FtKyh9do6FGo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKyh9do6FGo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-02-28T16:47:03Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tKyh9do6FGo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtKyh9do6FGo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, February 28, 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\/tKyh9do6FGo\" 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%2FtKyh9do6FGo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019 European Lawmakers Call for Release of Iran Environmentalists In a letter to Iranian Regime President Hassan Rouhani, 26 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed their &quot;strong concern&quot; over the prolonged detention of eight Iranian environmentalists accused of spying. Calling on Rouhani to ensure the release of the environmentalists, the MEPs said the activists\u2019 closed-door trial, which began January 30, \u201cfalls seriously short of fair trial standards.\u201d The MEPs noted that the hardline judge presiding over the case, Abdolghassem Salavati of Branch 15 of Teheran\u2019s Revolutionary Court, reportedly prevented a defendant from appearing in court with a lawyer of his own choosing, and later one of the defendants told the court she had been tortured in detention. Marriage of Girls in One Iranian Province Escalates 900 in Just One Year A women\u2019s affairs adviser in Iran announced that the rate of marriage of girls between the ages of 10-14 is 914 in Golestan Province. Naemeh Bani Kamali, a women\u2019s affairs adviser to the Golestan Province Education Department, announced at a news conference that the number of girls between the ages of 10 to 14 who were married in 2017 was 914 in this province alone. Citing the statistics for children left out of school in 2017, Bani Kamali said that in Golestan Province, 12,826 children have dropped out of school, out of which 6,294 were girls. She added that the economic problem is the most important factor contributing to school dropouts. According to the government official, half of the children dropping out of school are girls. On Wednesday, Series of Protests Reported Across Iran In Karaj, west of Tehran, rail workers rallied to express their protests over not being paid for several months and strongly criticizing officials\u2019 hollow promises. The protests are happening in parallel to similar protests by railway workers in different cities. In Tehran, students of Sharif Industrial University were seen protesting in some of the largest dormitories of this campus, demanding measures to provide security in and around the campus and bus transfer services from dormitories to the college campus. Youths in Dezful, southwest Iran, held a rally outside mayor\u2019s office and raising a variety of issues in their protests. In Neyshabur, northeast Iran, a group of clients of the Caspian credit firm, associated directly to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) rallied outside the city\u2019s provincial governor office to protest delays in answers to their demands. In Borujerd, western Iran, municipality workers rallied for the third time outside the city\u2019s Central Town Hall building, protesting not receiving their paychecks for the past eight months and even their New Year bonuses that was due last March. 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According to the government official, half of the children dropping out of school are girls. On Wednesday, Series of Protests Reported Across IranIn Karaj, west of Tehran, rail workers rallied to express their protests over not being paid for several months and strongly criticizing officials\u2019 hollow promises. The protests are happening in parallel to similar protests by railway workers in different cities.In Tehran, students of Sharif Industrial University were seen protesting in some of the largest dormitories of this campus, demanding measures to provide security in and around the campus and bus transfer services from dormitories to the college campus.Youths in Dezful, southwest Iran, held a rally outside mayor\u2019s office and raising a variety of issues in their protests.In Neyshabur, northeast Iran, a group of clients of the Caspian credit firm, associated directly to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) rallied outside the city\u2019s provincial governor office to protest delays in answers to their demands.In Borujerd, western Iran, municipality workers rallied for the third time outside the city\u2019s Central Town Hall building, protesting not receiving their paychecks for the past eight months and even their New Year bonuses that was due last March. In Shush, southwest Iran, family members of jailed labor activists Esmaeel Bakhshi and Sepideh Gholian, along with a number of Haft Tapeh sugarcane mill workers, rallied outside the city\u2019s courthouse seeking answers about the two\u2019s circumstances.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-03-05T19:33:36+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-28-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019","datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:33:36+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-28-2019\/"},"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-28-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-february-28-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-05T19:33:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:27+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, February 28, 2019European Lawmakers Call for Release of Iran Environmentalists In a letter to Iranian Regime President Hassan Rouhani, 26 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed their \"strong concern\" over the prolonged detention of eight Iranian environmentalists accused of spying.Calling on Rouhani to ensure the release of the environmentalists, the MEPs said the activists\u2019 closed-door trial, which began January 30, \u201cfalls seriously short of fair trial standards.\u201dThe MEPs noted that the hardline judge presiding over the case, Abdolghassem Salavati of Branch 15 of Teheran\u2019s Revolutionary Court, reportedly prevented a defendant from appearing in court with a lawyer of his own choosing, and later one of the defendants told the court she had been tortured in detention.Marriage of Girls in One Iranian Province Escalates 900 in Just One YearA women\u2019s affairs adviser in Iran announced that the rate of marriage of girls between the ages of 10-14 is 914 in Golestan Province.Naemeh Bani Kamali, a women\u2019s affairs adviser to the Golestan Province Education Department, announced at a news conference that the number of girls between the ages of 10 to 14 who were married in 2017 was 914 in this province alone.Citing the statistics for children left out of school in 2017, Bani Kamali said that in Golestan Province, 12,826 children have dropped out of school, out of which 6,294 were girls.She added that the economic problem is the most important factor contributing to school dropouts. According to the government official, half of the children dropping out of school are girls. On Wednesday, Series of Protests Reported Across IranIn Karaj, west of Tehran, rail workers rallied to express their protests over not being paid for several months and strongly criticizing officials\u2019 hollow promises. 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