{"id":211235,"date":"2019-05-07T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211235-iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:44:09","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_DHRdb07VKUI\" 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%2FDHRdb07VKUI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DHRdb07VKUI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-05-06T13:45:57Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DHRdb07VKUI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDHRdb07VKUI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 6, 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\/DHRdb07VKUI\" 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%2FDHRdb07VKUI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019 White House: US Carrier Deployment &#039;Unmistakable Message to Iran&#039; The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East in response to what National Security Adviser John Bolton said are &quot;a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings&quot; linked to Iran. In a statement late Sunday, Bolton said the moves are being made to &quot;send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. He added that the United states &quot;is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.&quot; Israel Says It Has Killed a Man Who Transferred &#039;Millions&#039; From Iran to Gaza Palestinian media reports said that Hudri was killed by a direct Israeli Air Force airstrike on a vehicle in which he was travelling. The IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit reported that Hudri, 34, a resident of Gaza, would bring large disbursements of Iranian cash into Gaza and distribute it among the various groups that enjoy Iranian backing: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other smaller groups. He used to money-change businesses he owned and money changers and tradesmen abroad to help launder the Iranian funds. Iran&#039;s Rial Loses More Value Against Major Currencies Iran\u2019s battered currency took another significant dive on Sunday against major currencies, breaching the 150,000 rial to the dollar threshold. The currency was trading at around 138,000 to the dollar in the past two weeks. The rial gained back some ground later in the day, but usually devaluations in Iran happen first with thresholds being broken and then more long-lasting lows taking hold. Iran\u2019s currency has lost value almost fourfold in the past 15 months, as the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement and began reimposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Besides the sanctions, Iran\u2019s economy also suffers from serious structural issues and corruption. Iran: Families of Workers, Teachers Demand Loved Ones&#039; Release A group of families of workers and teachers arrested in Tehran by the regime\u2019s repressive state security forces during Labor Day Protest and Iran\u2019s Teachers Day gathered on Saturday in front of the capital\u2019s notorious Evin Prison to demand the release of their loved ones. They sought information on the whereabouts of the detainees. However, the response from the prison authorities was muted, keeping the protesters outside the prison in dark. Internal Feuds Over Telegram, Instagram in Iran Following an upsurge in the internal infighting inside the factions of Iran\u2019s regime over censorship measures against social media platforms Telegram and Instagram, Mohammad Montazeri, the regime\u2019s attorney general lashed out at the Minister of Communications saying administrative authorities must pay attention to the scope of internet crimes. \u201cIf we decide to publish these crimes, it would be shameful. The cyberspace issue is left without checks and brings shame to the country,\u201d Montazeri said. \u201cThis damn network of Telegram and Instagram, which is filled with whatever people outside Iran want, is known to all of us.\u201d The mullahs\u2019 attorney general insisted on internet censorship, terrorism and internet repression, describing such measures as the \u201cfight against internet crimes.\u201d\"><\/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, May 6, 2019White House: US Carrier Deployment &#8216;Unmistakable Message to Iran&#8217; The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to [&#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-211235","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, May 6, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019White House: US Carrier Deployment &#039;Unmistakable Message to Iran&#039; The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East in response to what National Security Adviser John Bolton said are &quot;a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings&quot; linked to Iran.In a statement late Sunday, Bolton said the moves are being made to &quot;send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.He added that the United states &quot;is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.&quot;Israel Says It Has Killed a Man Who Transferred &#039;Millions&#039; From Iran to GazaPalestinian media reports said that Hudri was killed by a direct Israeli Air Force airstrike on a vehicle in which he was travelling. The IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit reported that Hudri, 34, a resident of Gaza, would bring large disbursements of Iranian cash into Gaza and distribute it among the various groups that enjoy Iranian backing: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other smaller groups. He used to money-change businesses he owned and money changers and tradesmen abroad to help launder the Iranian funds.Iran&#039;s Rial Loses More Value Against Major CurrenciesIran\u2019s battered currency took another significant dive on Sunday against major currencies, breaching the 150,000 rial to the dollar threshold. 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The cyberspace issue is left without checks and brings shame to the country,\u201d Montazeri said. \u201cThis damn network of Telegram and Instagram, which is filled with whatever people outside Iran want, is known to all of us.\u201dThe mullahs\u2019 attorney general insisted on internet censorship, terrorism and internet repression, describing such measures as the \u201cfight against internet crimes.\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-may-6-2019\/\" \/>\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, May 6, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019White House: US Carrier Deployment &#039;Unmistakable Message to Iran&#039; The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East in response to what National Security Adviser John Bolton said are &quot;a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings&quot; linked to Iran.In a statement late Sunday, Bolton said the moves are being made to &quot;send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.He added that the United states &quot;is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.&quot;Israel Says It Has Killed a Man Who Transferred &#039;Millions&#039; From Iran to GazaPalestinian media reports said that Hudri was killed by a direct Israeli Air Force airstrike on a vehicle in which he was travelling. The IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit reported that Hudri, 34, a resident of Gaza, would bring large disbursements of Iranian cash into Gaza and distribute it among the various groups that enjoy Iranian backing: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other smaller groups. He used to money-change businesses he owned and money changers and tradesmen abroad to help launder the Iranian funds.Iran&#039;s Rial Loses More Value Against Major CurrenciesIran\u2019s battered currency took another significant dive on Sunday against major currencies, breaching the 150,000 rial to the dollar threshold. 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The cyberspace issue is left without checks and brings shame to the country,\u201d Montazeri said. \u201cThis damn network of Telegram and Instagram, which is filled with whatever people outside Iran want, is known to all of us.\u201dThe mullahs\u2019 attorney general insisted on internet censorship, terrorism and internet repression, describing such measures as the \u201cfight against internet crimes.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-07T13:45:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T17:44:09+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-may-6-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-07T13:45:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:44:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\\\/\"},\"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-may-6-2019\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-07T13:45:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:44:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019White House: US Carrier Deployment 'Unmistakable Message to Iran' The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East in response to what National Security Adviser John Bolton said are \\\"a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings\\\" linked to Iran.In a statement late Sunday, Bolton said the moves are being made to \\\"send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.He added that the United states \\\"is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.\\\"Israel Says It Has Killed a Man Who Transferred 'Millions' From Iran to GazaPalestinian media reports said that Hudri was killed by a direct Israeli Air Force airstrike on a vehicle in which he was travelling. 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The currency was trading at around 138,000 to the dollar in the past two weeks.The rial gained back some ground later in the day, but usually devaluations in Iran happen first with thresholds being broken and then more long-lasting lows taking hold.Iran\u2019s currency has lost value almost fourfold in the past 15 months, as the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement and began reimposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Besides the sanctions, Iran\u2019s economy also suffers from serious structural issues and corruption.Iran: Families of Workers, Teachers Demand Loved Ones' ReleaseA group of families of workers and teachers arrested in Tehran by the regime\u2019s repressive state security forces during Labor Day Protest and Iran\u2019s Teachers Day gathered on Saturday in front of the capital\u2019s notorious Evin Prison to demand the release of their loved ones. They sought information on the whereabouts of the detainees. However, the response from the prison authorities was muted, keeping the protesters outside the prison in dark.Internal Feuds Over Telegram, Instagram in IranFollowing an upsurge in the internal infighting inside the factions of Iran\u2019s regime over censorship measures against social media platforms Telegram and Instagram, Mohammad Montazeri, the regime\u2019s attorney general lashed out at the Minister of Communications saying administrative authorities must pay attention to the scope of internet crimes.\u201cIf we decide to publish these crimes, it would be shameful. The cyberspace issue is left without checks and brings shame to the country,\u201d Montazeri said. \u201cThis damn network of Telegram and Instagram, which is filled with whatever people outside Iran want, is known to all of us.\u201dThe mullahs\u2019 attorney general insisted on internet censorship, terrorism and internet repression, describing such measures as the \u201cfight against internet crimes.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-05-07T13:45:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:44:09+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-may-6-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019","datePublished":"2019-05-07T13:45:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:44:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\/"},"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-may-6-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-6-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-05-07T13:45:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:44:09+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, May 6, 2019White House: US Carrier Deployment 'Unmistakable Message to Iran' The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber task force to the Middle East in response to what National Security Adviser John Bolton said are \"a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings\" linked to Iran.In a statement late Sunday, Bolton said the moves are being made to \"send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.He added that the United states \"is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.\"Israel Says It Has Killed a Man Who Transferred 'Millions' From Iran to GazaPalestinian media reports said that Hudri was killed by a direct Israeli Air Force airstrike on a vehicle in which he was travelling. The IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit reported that Hudri, 34, a resident of Gaza, would bring large disbursements of Iranian cash into Gaza and distribute it among the various groups that enjoy Iranian backing: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and other smaller groups. He used to money-change businesses he owned and money changers and tradesmen abroad to help launder the Iranian funds.Iran's Rial Loses More Value Against Major CurrenciesIran\u2019s battered currency took another significant dive on Sunday against major currencies, breaching the 150,000 rial to the dollar threshold. The currency was trading at around 138,000 to the dollar in the past two weeks.The rial gained back some ground later in the day, but usually devaluations in Iran happen first with thresholds being broken and then more long-lasting lows taking hold.Iran\u2019s currency has lost value almost fourfold in the past 15 months, as the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement and began reimposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Besides the sanctions, Iran\u2019s economy also suffers from serious structural issues and corruption.Iran: Families of Workers, Teachers Demand Loved Ones' ReleaseA group of families of workers and teachers arrested in Tehran by the regime\u2019s repressive state security forces during Labor Day Protest and Iran\u2019s Teachers Day gathered on Saturday in front of the capital\u2019s notorious Evin Prison to demand the release of their loved ones. They sought information on the whereabouts of the detainees. 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