{"id":211193,"date":"2019-03-29T09:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T09:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211193-iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:45:17","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_fW1I44Ne0Co\" 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%2FfW1I44Ne0Co%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fW1I44Ne0Co\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-03-19T18:13:48Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_fW1I44Ne0Co\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfW1I44Ne0Co%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, March 19, 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\/fW1I44Ne0Co\" 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%2FfW1I44Ne0Co%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019 Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says the Iranian People Want Jobs Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, has responded to Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani who told the Iranian people \u201cto put a curse\u201d on those who caused the current economic crisis in Iran. Tweeting in Persian, Hook said: \u201cIn response to the paralyzed economy, Rouhani asked the Iranian people to put a curse on United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia! By resorting to curses and magic he is after blaming others for his economic record.\u201d : \u201cRouhani asked Iranians to \u2018put all your curses\u2019 on the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia in response to a crumbling economy. By resorting to curses and witchcraft, he\u2019s shifting blame for problems of his own making. Iranians are interested in jobs, not curses.\u201d Iran Regime Hints at Using Foreign Militias in Domestic Crackdown An influential Iranian cleric says Iran might bring Shiite militias to the country from other parts of the Middle East to fight threats to the government. Musa Ghazanfarabadi, head of the Tehran Islamic Revolution Courts, told religious students in Qom this month that his government could use foreign fighters to crack down on potential popular uprisings in Iran. Ghazanfarabadi was referring to Shiite militias from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen that have been formed by Iran&#039;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ghazanfarabadi&#039;s comments have triggered negative reactions inside Iran and abroad. Iran: The Official Verdict Against Nasrin Sotoudeh Iranian authorities have published and confirmed the most recent verdict against human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh. The official verdict states that she will serve 26 years and a total of 148 lashes. This has been added on to five years she is already serving for espionage. It is the second of two verdicts against her. \u201cShe said she wouldn&#039;t want to appeal, and the reason is that the judicial process is unfair and such protests will do no good,&quot; Sotoudeh\u2019s husband Reza Khandan told Agence France Presse in a telephone interview. &quot;She does not want to undertake any judicial action since she does not agree with the judicial process. Nothing will be done along these lines.&quot; Iran: 600 People Poisoned by Spoiled Frozen Meat In the past two days, the number of people poisoned in the city of Ghorveh in eastern Kurdistan, reached 600, according to local papers. After examining the patients, doctors at the Ghorveh Hospital confirmed that all have been poisoned from consumption of frozen meat. IRGC Commander Highlights Regime&#039;s Meddling in Region The head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the organization tasked with protecting the regime at all costs, had \u201corganized around 100,000 popular forces\u201d in Syria and Iraq, adding that this and Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cmissile capabilities\u201d were just some of the \u201cunrivaled success of the Islamic Revolution\u201d. Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iranians were also sent to neighboring countries to \u201cshare their experience\u201d with the regime\u2019s forces there. Recently, the State Department\u2019s special representative on Iran, Brian Hook, once again warned the regime against its involvement in Iraq and Syria. \u201cSince 1979 they have sought to undermine various states, and they want to replace their national identity with a sectarian identity,\u201d Hook told Alhurra television on March 15, adding that this had created instability in the Middle East and contributed to violence and bloodshed.\"><\/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, March 19, 2019Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says the Iranian People Want Jobs Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, has responded to Iran&rsquo;s President Hassan Rouhani [&#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":["post-211193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-iran-news-in-brief","tag-save"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says the Iranian People Want Jobs Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, has responded to Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani who told the Iranian people \u201cto put a curse\u201d on those who caused the current economic crisis in Iran.Tweeting in Persian, Hook said: \u201cIn response to the paralyzed economy, Rouhani asked the Iranian people to put a curse on United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia! By resorting to curses and magic he is after blaming others for his economic record.\u201d: \u201cRouhani asked Iranians to \u2018put all your curses\u2019 on the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia in response to a crumbling economy. By resorting to curses and witchcraft, he\u2019s shifting blame for problems of his own making. Iranians are interested in jobs, not curses.\u201dIran Regime Hints at Using Foreign Militias in Domestic CrackdownAn influential Iranian cleric says Iran might bring Shiite militias to the country from other parts of the Middle East to fight threats to the government.Musa Ghazanfarabadi, head of the Tehran Islamic Revolution Courts, told religious students in Qom this month that his government could use foreign fighters to crack down on potential popular uprisings in Iran. Ghazanfarabadi was referring to Shiite militias from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen that have been formed by Iran&#039;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ghazanfarabadi&#039;s comments have triggered negative reactions inside Iran and abroad.Iran: The Official Verdict Against Nasrin SotoudehIranian authorities have published and confirmed the most recent verdict against human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.The official verdict states that she will serve 26 years and a total of 148 lashes. This has been added on to five years she is already serving for espionage. It is the second of two verdicts against her.\u201cShe said she wouldn&#039;t want to appeal, and the reason is that the judicial process is unfair and such protests will do no good,&quot; Sotoudeh\u2019s husband Reza Khandan told Agence France Presse in a telephone interview. &quot;She does not want to undertake any judicial action since she does not agree with the judicial process. Nothing will be done along these lines.&quot; Iran: 600 People Poisoned by Spoiled Frozen MeatIn the past two days, the number of people poisoned in the city of Ghorveh in eastern Kurdistan, reached 600, according to local papers.After examining the patients, doctors at the Ghorveh Hospital confirmed that all have been poisoned from consumption of frozen meat.IRGC Commander Highlights Regime&#039;s Meddling in RegionThe head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the organization tasked with protecting the regime at all costs, had \u201corganized around 100,000 popular forces\u201d in Syria and Iraq, adding that this and Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cmissile capabilities\u201d were just some of the \u201cunrivaled success of the Islamic Revolution\u201d.Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iranians were also sent to neighboring countries to \u201cshare their experience\u201d with the regime\u2019s forces there.Recently, the State Department\u2019s special representative on Iran, Brian Hook, once again warned the regime against its involvement in Iraq and Syria.\u201cSince 1979 they have sought to undermine various states, and they want to replace their national identity with a sectarian identity,\u201d Hook told Alhurra television on March 15, adding that this had created instability in the Middle East and contributed to violence and bloodshed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says the Iranian People Want Jobs Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, has responded to Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani who told the Iranian people \u201cto put a curse\u201d on those who caused the current economic crisis in Iran.Tweeting in Persian, Hook said: \u201cIn response to the paralyzed economy, Rouhani asked the Iranian people to put a curse on United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia! 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Ghazanfarabadi&#039;s comments have triggered negative reactions inside Iran and abroad.Iran: The Official Verdict Against Nasrin SotoudehIranian authorities have published and confirmed the most recent verdict against human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.The official verdict states that she will serve 26 years and a total of 148 lashes. This has been added on to five years she is already serving for espionage. It is the second of two verdicts against her.\u201cShe said she wouldn&#039;t want to appeal, and the reason is that the judicial process is unfair and such protests will do no good,&quot; Sotoudeh\u2019s husband Reza Khandan told Agence France Presse in a telephone interview. &quot;She does not want to undertake any judicial action since she does not agree with the judicial process. Nothing will be done along these lines.&quot; Iran: 600 People Poisoned by Spoiled Frozen MeatIn the past two days, the number of people poisoned in the city of Ghorveh in eastern Kurdistan, reached 600, according to local papers.After examining the patients, doctors at the Ghorveh Hospital confirmed that all have been poisoned from consumption of frozen meat.IRGC Commander Highlights Regime&#039;s Meddling in RegionThe head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the organization tasked with protecting the regime at all costs, had \u201corganized around 100,000 popular forces\u201d in Syria and Iraq, adding that this and Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cmissile capabilities\u201d were just some of the \u201cunrivaled success of the Islamic Revolution\u201d.Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iranians were also sent to neighboring countries to \u201cshare their experience\u201d with the regime\u2019s forces there.Recently, the State Department\u2019s special representative on Iran, Brian Hook, once again warned the regime against its involvement in Iraq and Syria.\u201cSince 1979 they have sought to undermine various states, and they want to replace their national identity with a sectarian identity,\u201d Hook told Alhurra television on March 15, adding that this had created instability in the Middle East and contributed to violence and bloodshed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-29T09:44:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T17:45:17+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-march-19-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-29T09:44:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:45:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":17,\"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-march-19-2019\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-29T09:44:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:45:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says the Iranian People Want Jobs Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, has responded to Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani who told the Iranian people \u201cto put a curse\u201d on those who caused the current economic crisis in Iran.Tweeting in Persian, Hook said: \u201cIn response to the paralyzed economy, Rouhani asked the Iranian people to put a curse on United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia! 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By resorting to curses and magic he is after blaming others for his economic record.\u201d: \u201cRouhani asked Iranians to \u2018put all your curses\u2019 on the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia in response to a crumbling economy. By resorting to curses and witchcraft, he\u2019s shifting blame for problems of his own making. Iranians are interested in jobs, not curses.\u201dIran Regime Hints at Using Foreign Militias in Domestic CrackdownAn influential Iranian cleric says Iran might bring Shiite militias to the country from other parts of the Middle East to fight threats to the government.Musa Ghazanfarabadi, head of the Tehran Islamic Revolution Courts, told religious students in Qom this month that his government could use foreign fighters to crack down on potential popular uprisings in Iran. Ghazanfarabadi was referring to Shiite militias from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen that have been formed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ghazanfarabadi's comments have triggered negative reactions inside Iran and abroad.Iran: The Official Verdict Against Nasrin SotoudehIranian authorities have published and confirmed the most recent verdict against human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.The official verdict states that she will serve 26 years and a total of 148 lashes. This has been added on to five years she is already serving for espionage. It is the second of two verdicts against her.\u201cShe said she wouldn't want to appeal, and the reason is that the judicial process is unfair and such protests will do no good,\" Sotoudeh\u2019s husband Reza Khandan told Agence France Presse in a telephone interview. \"She does not want to undertake any judicial action since she does not agree with the judicial process. Nothing will be done along these lines.\" Iran: 600 People Poisoned by Spoiled Frozen MeatIn the past two days, the number of people poisoned in the city of Ghorveh in eastern Kurdistan, reached 600, according to local papers.After examining the patients, doctors at the Ghorveh Hospital confirmed that all have been poisoned from consumption of frozen meat.IRGC Commander Highlights Regime's Meddling in RegionThe head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the organization tasked with protecting the regime at all costs, had \u201corganized around 100,000 popular forces\u201d in Syria and Iraq, adding that this and Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cmissile capabilities\u201d were just some of the \u201cunrivaled success of the Islamic Revolution\u201d.Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iranians were also sent to neighboring countries to \u201cshare their experience\u201d with the regime\u2019s forces there.Recently, the State Department\u2019s special representative on Iran, Brian Hook, once again warned the regime against its involvement in Iraq and Syria.\u201cSince 1979 they have sought to undermine various states, and they want to replace their national identity with a sectarian identity,\u201d Hook told Alhurra television on March 15, adding that this had created instability in the Middle East and contributed to violence and bloodshed.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-03-29T09:44:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:45:17+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-march-19-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019","datePublished":"2019-03-29T09:44:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/"},"wordCount":17,"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-march-19-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-03-29T09:44:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:45:17+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, March 19, 2019Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says the Iranian People Want Jobs Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran, has responded to Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani who told the Iranian people \u201cto put a curse\u201d on those who caused the current economic crisis in Iran.Tweeting in Persian, Hook said: \u201cIn response to the paralyzed economy, Rouhani asked the Iranian people to put a curse on United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia! By resorting to curses and magic he is after blaming others for his economic record.\u201d: \u201cRouhani asked Iranians to \u2018put all your curses\u2019 on the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia in response to a crumbling economy. By resorting to curses and witchcraft, he\u2019s shifting blame for problems of his own making. Iranians are interested in jobs, not curses.\u201dIran Regime Hints at Using Foreign Militias in Domestic CrackdownAn influential Iranian cleric says Iran might bring Shiite militias to the country from other parts of the Middle East to fight threats to the government.Musa Ghazanfarabadi, head of the Tehran Islamic Revolution Courts, told religious students in Qom this month that his government could use foreign fighters to crack down on potential popular uprisings in Iran. Ghazanfarabadi was referring to Shiite militias from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen that have been formed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Ghazanfarabadi's comments have triggered negative reactions inside Iran and abroad.Iran: The Official Verdict Against Nasrin SotoudehIranian authorities have published and confirmed the most recent verdict against human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.The official verdict states that she will serve 26 years and a total of 148 lashes. This has been added on to five years she is already serving for espionage. It is the second of two verdicts against her.\u201cShe said she wouldn't want to appeal, and the reason is that the judicial process is unfair and such protests will do no good,\" Sotoudeh\u2019s husband Reza Khandan told Agence France Presse in a telephone interview. \"She does not want to undertake any judicial action since she does not agree with the judicial process. Nothing will be done along these lines.\" Iran: 600 People Poisoned by Spoiled Frozen MeatIn the past two days, the number of people poisoned in the city of Ghorveh in eastern Kurdistan, reached 600, according to local papers.After examining the patients, doctors at the Ghorveh Hospital confirmed that all have been poisoned from consumption of frozen meat.IRGC Commander Highlights Regime's Meddling in RegionThe head of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the organization tasked with protecting the regime at all costs, had \u201corganized around 100,000 popular forces\u201d in Syria and Iraq, adding that this and Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cmissile capabilities\u201d were just some of the \u201cunrivaled success of the Islamic Revolution\u201d.Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that Iranians were also sent to neighboring countries to \u201cshare their experience\u201d with the regime\u2019s forces there.Recently, the State Department\u2019s special representative on Iran, Brian Hook, once again warned the regime against its involvement in Iraq and Syria.\u201cSince 1979 they have sought to undermine various states, and they want to replace their national identity with a sectarian identity,\u201d Hook told Alhurra television on March 15, adding that this had created instability in the Middle East and contributed to violence and bloodshed.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-march-19-2019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, March 19, 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\/211193","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=211193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}