{"id":211221,"date":"2019-04-22T18:24:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211221-iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:44:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:44:16","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_30zYMVli15M\" 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%2F30zYMVli15M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/30zYMVli15M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-04-22T16:44:48Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_30zYMVli15M\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F30zYMVli15M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, April 22, 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\/30zYMVli15M\" 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%2F30zYMVli15M%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019 Google Disables YouTube Account of Iran&#039;s &quot;PressTV&quot; Following a series of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards accounts being closed down by Instagram after the U.S. State Department\u2019s decision to designate this entity as a \u201cForeign Terrorist Organization\u201d YouTube is taking action and has disabled the channel affiliated to the regime\u2019s Press TV. Press TV is considered Tehran\u2019s main English language mouthpiece. The Fars news agency, affiliated to the IRGC, wired a report complaining that Google had issued no prior warnings. This disabling measure also covers the mullahs\u2019 \u201cHispanTV\u201d channel on YouTube. Iran, south Korea Trade at Record Low Since 2015 Iran&#039;s imports from South Korea has dramatically dropped during the past two years according to figures released by the joint Iran-Korea chamber of commerce. Meanwhile, Iran&#039;s export to South Korea has dropped from &#36;4386 in 2017 million to &#36;1806 million during the first 11 months of 2018. This is a record low since 2015 when Iran and the West made a nuclear agreement to limit Iran&#039;s nuclear program and lift international sanctions on Iran in return. Pouya Firouzi, the secretary general of Iran and South Korea&#039;s joint chamber of commerce has told Fars news agency on Saturday April 20 that problems in the areas of transportation and insurance have led to a decline in trade between Iran and South Korea. Iran: Protest Rally by Farmers in Isfahan A group of farmers from the town of Khorasgan, east of the central city of Isfahan, rallied on Friday, protesting the local government\u2019s new pipeline construction project. The regime\u2019s steel company is installing new pipelines to transfer water from a local lake. One farmer complained and said they opened the gates to the dams to let the water drain for 90 days. They wanted to see how much water they could take. Steel company authorities in Isfahan started to install the new water pipeline on Thursday to direct water from Zayandeh-Rud River to their mill. Local farmers and people from Isfahan protested the decision and said it goes against environmental codes. They considered this move illegal and are trying to stop the initiative altogether. Amnesty International: Stop Crackdown on Women&#039;s Rights Defenders Amnesty International issued a statement urging the Iranian regime to stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women\u2019s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran\u2019s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws. Amnesty International also reiterated in its statement, \u201cIran\u2019s intelligence and security bodies have also subjected several other women\u2019s rights defenders to threatening telephone calls, warning them that they will be arrested if they continue to campaign against forced veiling. Some have been summoned for questioning and fear imminent arrest.\u201d Iran Sentences Rights Defender Jail and Lashes for &#039;Anti-State Propaganda&#039; Human rights defender Nader Afshari has been sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes after being convicted of \u201cdisrupting public order\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state.\u201d The activist had also been sentenced to four months in prison in February 2019 for spreading anti-state propaganda. 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The Fars news agency, affiliated to the IRGC, wired a report complaining that Google had issued no prior warnings. This disabling measure also covers the mullahs\u2019 \u201cHispanTV\u201d channel on YouTube.Iran, south Korea Trade at Record Low Since 2015Iran&#039;s imports from South Korea has dramatically dropped during the past two years according to figures released by the joint Iran-Korea chamber of commerce.Meanwhile, Iran&#039;s export to South Korea has dropped from $4386 in 2017 million to $1806 million during the first 11 months of 2018.This is a record low since 2015 when Iran and the West made a nuclear agreement to limit Iran&#039;s nuclear program and lift international sanctions on Iran in return.Pouya Firouzi, the secretary general of Iran and South Korea&#039;s joint chamber of commerce has told Fars news agency on Saturday April 20 that problems in the areas of transportation and insurance have led to a decline in trade between Iran and South Korea.Iran: Protest Rally by Farmers in IsfahanA group of farmers from the town of Khorasgan, east of the central city of Isfahan, rallied on Friday, protesting the local government\u2019s new pipeline construction project. The regime\u2019s steel company is installing new pipelines to transfer water from a local lake. One farmer complained and said they opened the gates to the dams to let the water drain for 90 days. They wanted to see how much water they could take.Steel company authorities in Isfahan started to install the new water pipeline on Thursday to direct water from Zayandeh-Rud River to their mill. Local farmers and people from Isfahan protested the decision and said it goes against environmental codes.They considered this move illegal and are trying to stop the initiative altogether.Amnesty International: Stop Crackdown on Women&#039;s Rights DefendersAmnesty International issued a statement urging the Iranian regime to stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women\u2019s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran\u2019s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws.Amnesty International also reiterated in its statement, \u201cIran\u2019s intelligence and security bodies have also subjected several other women\u2019s rights defenders to threatening telephone calls, warning them that they will be arrested if they continue to campaign against forced veiling. Some have been summoned for questioning and fear imminent arrest.\u201dIran Sentences Rights Defender Jail and Lashes for &#039;Anti-State Propaganda&#039;Human rights defender Nader Afshari has been sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes after being convicted of \u201cdisrupting public order\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state.\u201dThe activist had also been sentenced to four months in prison in February 2019 for spreading anti-state propaganda.Prior to his sentencing he was facing charge of \u201cspeaking out in the media and reporting about Iranian political prisoners.\u201d\" \/>\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-april-22-2019\/\" \/>\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, April 22, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019Google Disables YouTube Account of Iran&#039;s &quot;PressTV&quot; Following a series of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards accounts being closed down by Instagram after the U.S. State Department\u2019s decision to designate this entity as a \u201cForeign Terrorist Organization\u201d YouTube is taking action and has disabled the channel affiliated to the regime\u2019s Press TV.Press TV is considered Tehran\u2019s main English language mouthpiece. The Fars news agency, affiliated to the IRGC, wired a report complaining that Google had issued no prior warnings. This disabling measure also covers the mullahs\u2019 \u201cHispanTV\u201d channel on YouTube.Iran, south Korea Trade at Record Low Since 2015Iran&#039;s imports from South Korea has dramatically dropped during the past two years according to figures released by the joint Iran-Korea chamber of commerce.Meanwhile, Iran&#039;s export to South Korea has dropped from $4386 in 2017 million to $1806 million during the first 11 months of 2018.This is a record low since 2015 when Iran and the West made a nuclear agreement to limit Iran&#039;s nuclear program and lift international sanctions on Iran in return.Pouya Firouzi, the secretary general of Iran and South Korea&#039;s joint chamber of commerce has told Fars news agency on Saturday April 20 that problems in the areas of transportation and insurance have led to a decline in trade between Iran and South Korea.Iran: Protest Rally by Farmers in IsfahanA group of farmers from the town of Khorasgan, east of the central city of Isfahan, rallied on Friday, protesting the local government\u2019s new pipeline construction project. The regime\u2019s steel company is installing new pipelines to transfer water from a local lake. One farmer complained and said they opened the gates to the dams to let the water drain for 90 days. They wanted to see how much water they could take.Steel company authorities in Isfahan started to install the new water pipeline on Thursday to direct water from Zayandeh-Rud River to their mill. Local farmers and people from Isfahan protested the decision and said it goes against environmental codes.They considered this move illegal and are trying to stop the initiative altogether.Amnesty International: Stop Crackdown on Women&#039;s Rights DefendersAmnesty International issued a statement urging the Iranian regime to stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women\u2019s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran\u2019s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws.Amnesty International also reiterated in its statement, \u201cIran\u2019s intelligence and security bodies have also subjected several other women\u2019s rights defenders to threatening telephone calls, warning them that they will be arrested if they continue to campaign against forced veiling. 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The Fars news agency, affiliated to the IRGC, wired a report complaining that Google had issued no prior warnings. This disabling measure also covers the mullahs\u2019 \u201cHispanTV\u201d channel on YouTube.Iran, south Korea Trade at Record Low Since 2015Iran's imports from South Korea has dramatically dropped during the past two years according to figures released by the joint Iran-Korea chamber of commerce.Meanwhile, Iran's export to South Korea has dropped from $4386 in 2017 million to $1806 million during the first 11 months of 2018.This is a record low since 2015 when Iran and the West made a nuclear agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program and lift international sanctions on Iran in return.Pouya Firouzi, the secretary general of Iran and South Korea's joint chamber of commerce has told Fars news agency on Saturday April 20 that problems in the areas of transportation and insurance have led to a decline in trade between Iran and South Korea.Iran: Protest Rally by Farmers in IsfahanA group of farmers from the town of Khorasgan, east of the central city of Isfahan, rallied on Friday, protesting the local government\u2019s new pipeline construction project. The regime\u2019s steel company is installing new pipelines to transfer water from a local lake. One farmer complained and said they opened the gates to the dams to let the water drain for 90 days. They wanted to see how much water they could take.Steel company authorities in Isfahan started to install the new water pipeline on Thursday to direct water from Zayandeh-Rud River to their mill. Local farmers and people from Isfahan protested the decision and said it goes against environmental codes.They considered this move illegal and are trying to stop the initiative altogether.Amnesty International: Stop Crackdown on Women's Rights DefendersAmnesty International issued a statement urging the Iranian regime to stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women\u2019s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran\u2019s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws.Amnesty International also reiterated in its statement, \u201cIran\u2019s intelligence and security bodies have also subjected several other women\u2019s rights defenders to threatening telephone calls, warning them that they will be arrested if they continue to campaign against forced veiling. Some have been summoned for questioning and fear imminent arrest.\u201dIran Sentences Rights Defender Jail and Lashes for 'Anti-State Propaganda'Human rights defender Nader Afshari has been sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes after being convicted of \u201cdisrupting public order\u201d and \u201cpropaganda against the state.\u201dThe activist had also been sentenced to four months in prison in February 2019 for spreading anti-state propaganda.Prior to his sentencing he was facing charge of \u201cspeaking out in the media and reporting about Iranian political prisoners.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-04-22T18:24:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:44:16+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-april-22-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019","datePublished":"2019-04-22T18:24:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:44:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019\/"},"wordCount":15,"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-april-22-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-april-22-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-04-22T18:24:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:44:16+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, April 22, 2019Google Disables YouTube Account of Iran's \"PressTV\" Following a series of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards accounts being closed down by Instagram after the U.S. State Department\u2019s decision to designate this entity as a \u201cForeign Terrorist Organization\u201d YouTube is taking action and has disabled the channel affiliated to the regime\u2019s Press TV.Press TV is considered Tehran\u2019s main English language mouthpiece. The Fars news agency, affiliated to the IRGC, wired a report complaining that Google had issued no prior warnings. This disabling measure also covers the mullahs\u2019 \u201cHispanTV\u201d channel on YouTube.Iran, south Korea Trade at Record Low Since 2015Iran's imports from South Korea has dramatically dropped during the past two years according to figures released by the joint Iran-Korea chamber of commerce.Meanwhile, Iran's export to South Korea has dropped from $4386 in 2017 million to $1806 million during the first 11 months of 2018.This is a record low since 2015 when Iran and the West made a nuclear agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program and lift international sanctions on Iran in return.Pouya Firouzi, the secretary general of Iran and South Korea's joint chamber of commerce has told Fars news agency on Saturday April 20 that problems in the areas of transportation and insurance have led to a decline in trade between Iran and South Korea.Iran: Protest Rally by Farmers in IsfahanA group of farmers from the town of Khorasgan, east of the central city of Isfahan, rallied on Friday, protesting the local government\u2019s new pipeline construction project. The regime\u2019s steel company is installing new pipelines to transfer water from a local lake. One farmer complained and said they opened the gates to the dams to let the water drain for 90 days. They wanted to see how much water they could take.Steel company authorities in Isfahan started to install the new water pipeline on Thursday to direct water from Zayandeh-Rud River to their mill. Local farmers and people from Isfahan protested the decision and said it goes against environmental codes.They considered this move illegal and are trying to stop the initiative altogether.Amnesty International: Stop Crackdown on Women's Rights DefendersAmnesty International issued a statement urging the Iranian regime to stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women\u2019s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran\u2019s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws.Amnesty International also reiterated in its statement, \u201cIran\u2019s intelligence and security bodies have also subjected several other women\u2019s rights defenders to threatening telephone calls, warning them that they will be arrested if they continue to campaign against forced veiling. 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