{"id":211208,"date":"2019-04-10T08:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211208-iran-news-in-brief-april-9-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:44:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 9, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 9, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_GvS7hoaDK5c\" 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%2FGvS7hoaDK5c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvS7hoaDK5c\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M48S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-04-09T15:44:53Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_GvS7hoaDK5c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGvS7hoaDK5c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 9, 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\/GvS7hoaDK5c\" 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%2FGvS7hoaDK5c%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 9, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 9, 2019 U.S. Designates Iran Regime&#039;s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist Organization The United States designated Iran Regime&#039;s Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, President Donald Trump said on April 8. Washington will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on Iran &quot;for its support of terrorist activity,&quot; Trump said in a statement. The United States has already blacklisted tens of entities and people for affiliations with the IRGC, but not the organization as a whole. Trump said: &quot;This designation will be the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as an FTO,&quot;. &quot;It underscores the fact that Iran\u2019s actions are fundamentally different from those of other governments.&quot; Maryam Rajavi: Terrorist Designation of IRGC Is Imperative for Regional Peace and Stability Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, described the inclusion of the suppressive Revolutionary Guards in the State Department\u2019s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations as a long-standing and righteous demand of the Iranian Resistance, an imperative for Middle East security, peace, and stability, and an urgent and necessary step to end war and terrorism throughout the region and the world. Pompeo Warns All Banks, Businesses to End Dealings With the IRGC Pompeo warns all banks, businesses to end dealings with the IRGC US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned all banks and businesses against dealing with Iran&#039;s Revolutionary Guards after Washington designated the group as a terrorist organization. During the press conference, Pompeo said the designation would come into effect in one week. &#039;No Commercial Reason&#039; for Iran&#039;s Mahan Air Flights to Venezuela: White House Official A White House official said on Monday: The United States views private Iranian airline Mahan Air\u2019s launch of a direct flight from Tehran to Caracas as a \u201cpolitically motivated gesture\u201d with \u201cno commercial reason,\u201d. A White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity: \u201cFrom our standpoint, there\u2019s clearly no commercial reason to establish this flight at this time,\u201d. The official said: \u201cThis is a politically motivated gesture that is unhelpful to the Venezuelan people because it doesn\u2019t accelerate the change that we\u2019re looking for,\u201d. Iranian Currency Drops 7.5 Percent After U.S. Designates Guards as Terror Organization Reports from Iran indicate that in the wake of the U.S. decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a foreign terror organization the Iranian currency took a nosedive at the end of the trading day on Monday. The rial fell 7.5 percent to 144,000 rials to the dollar. On Sunday, April 7 the Iranian currency was trading at 134,000 to the dollar. The head of Iran Regime\u2019s central bank on Sunday tried to talk up the rial, anticipating the U.S. announcement, but it did not help on Monday once Washington designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization. The IRGC controls a large share of the economy in the country and a tight economic noose around its business interests and a bigger chance of military escalation creates uncertainty for businesses and the people in Iran.\"><\/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, April 9, 2019U.S. Designates Iran Regime&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist Organization The United States designated Iran Regime&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, President Donald [&#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-211208","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, April 9, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 9, 2019U.S. Designates Iran Regime&#039;s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist Organization The United States designated Iran Regime&#039;s Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, President Donald Trump said on April 8.Washington will continue to increase financial pressure and raise the costs on Iran &quot;for its support of terrorist activity,&quot; Trump said in a statement.The United States has already blacklisted tens of entities and people for affiliations with the IRGC, but not the organization as a whole.Trump said: &quot;This designation will be the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as an FTO,&quot;.&quot;It underscores the fact that Iran\u2019s actions are fundamentally different from those of other governments.&quot;Maryam Rajavi: Terrorist Designation of IRGC Is Imperative for Regional Peace and StabilityMrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, described the inclusion of the suppressive Revolutionary Guards in the State Department\u2019s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations as a long-standing and righteous demand of the Iranian Resistance, an imperative for Middle East security, peace, and stability, and an urgent and necessary step to end war and terrorism throughout the region and the world.Pompeo Warns All Banks, Businesses to End Dealings With the IRGCPompeo warns all banks, businesses to end dealings with the IRGCUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned all banks and businesses against dealing with Iran&#039;s Revolutionary Guards after Washington designated the group as a terrorist organization.During the press conference, Pompeo said the designation would come into effect in one week.&#039;No Commercial Reason&#039; for Iran&#039;s Mahan Air Flights to Venezuela: White House OfficialA White House official said on Monday: The United States views private Iranian airline Mahan Air\u2019s launch of a direct flight from Tehran to Caracas as a \u201cpolitically motivated gesture\u201d with \u201cno commercial reason,\u201d.A White House official said, speaking on condition of anonymity: \u201cFrom our standpoint, there\u2019s clearly no commercial reason to establish this flight at this time,\u201d.The official said: \u201cThis is a politically motivated gesture that is unhelpful to the Venezuelan people because it doesn\u2019t accelerate the change that we\u2019re looking for,\u201d.Iranian Currency Drops 7.5 Percent After U.S. Designates Guards as Terror OrganizationReports from Iran indicate that in the wake of the U.S. decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a foreign terror organization the Iranian currency took a nosedive at the end of the trading day on Monday.The rial fell 7.5 percent to 144,000 rials to the dollar. 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