{"id":211236,"date":"2019-05-07T13:45:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211236-iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:44:09","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_U4RT0DKcZl0\" 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%2FU4RT0DKcZl0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U4RT0DKcZl0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-05-07T10:52:45Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_U4RT0DKcZl0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU4RT0DKcZl0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 7, 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\/U4RT0DKcZl0\" 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%2FU4RT0DKcZl0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019 U.S. Acting Defense Chief Accuses Iran, Says Aircraft Carrier Deploying to Middle East The acting U.S. defense chief has vowed to hold Iran &quot;accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,&quot; as Washington stepped up its rhetoric and said it was deploying an aircraft carrier battle group to waters near Iran. In a post to Twitter on May 6, Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of defense, also accused Tehran of provocations. He wrote:&quot;We call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,&quot;. New Iran Air Director Is on U.S. Sanctions List The newly appointed managing director of the Iranian Regime Airline is on the U.S. sanctions list. Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh replaced state-owned Iran Air\u2019s first female director Farzaneh Sharafbafi on Sunday May 5. Previously, Mr. Zanganeh was the CEO of Meraj Airline which was established in 2010. The airline and its manager were sanctioned by the United States in 2018. Pompeo: US Sees Activity Indicating Possible &#039;Escalation&#039; From Iran US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible \u201cescalation,\u201d one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a \u201ccredible threat by Iranian regime forces.\u201d he said: \u201cWe call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on US forces or our interests,\u201d. Iran: Clients of Regime Credit Firms Protest, Demand Plundered Money Returned Clients of the Caspian credit firm rallied on Monday demanding their stolen savings returned by this regime-linked entity. Holding their gathering outside the regime\u2019s general prosecutor\u2019s office in Tehran, the protesters have time and again demanded this firm \u2013 linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards \u2013 to return their stolen life savings. Authorities quickly dispatched the repressive state security forces to the scene to prevent the rally from expanding, and bystanders from joining their ranks. In the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, clients of another regime-linked credit firm, the \u201cNahal Neshan Development\u201d rallied outside the regime\u2019s Bank Keshavarzi demanding their looted savings returned. One in Four Iranians Suffer From Mental Disorders According to new figures released by Iran\u2019s Ministry of Health, 21 million Iranians suffer from mental disorders which means that one in four Iranians are affected. Young people suffer the most from mental illnesses in Iran and new generations are most likely to be affected. the report said: \u201cIn general, the atmosphere of the community, including the economic crises, cultural issues, livelihood conditions, and the social and political challenges in Iran are all factors that affect people\u2019s mental health,\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 7, 2019U.S. Acting Defense Chief Accuses Iran, Says Aircraft Carrier Deploying to Middle East The acting U.S. defense chief has vowed to hold Iran &#8220;accountable [&#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-211236","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 7, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019U.S. Acting Defense Chief Accuses Iran, Says Aircraft Carrier Deploying to Middle East The acting U.S. defense chief has vowed to hold Iran &quot;accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,&quot; as Washington stepped up its rhetoric and said it was deploying an aircraft carrier battle group to waters near Iran.In a post to Twitter on May 6, Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of defense, also accused Tehran of provocations.He wrote:&quot;We call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,&quot;.New Iran Air Director Is on U.S. Sanctions ListThe newly appointed managing director of the Iranian Regime Airline is on the U.S. sanctions list.Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh replaced state-owned Iran Air\u2019s first female director Farzaneh Sharafbafi on Sunday May 5.Previously, Mr. Zanganeh was the CEO of Meraj Airline which was established in 2010. The airline and its manager were sanctioned by the United States in 2018.Pompeo: US Sees Activity Indicating Possible &#039;Escalation&#039; From IranUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible \u201cescalation,\u201d one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a \u201ccredible threat by Iranian regime forces.\u201dhe said: \u201cWe call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. 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We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on US forces or our interests,\u201d.Iran: Clients of Regime Credit Firms Protest, Demand Plundered Money ReturnedClients of the Caspian credit firm rallied on Monday demanding their stolen savings returned by this regime-linked entity. Holding their gathering outside the regime\u2019s general prosecutor\u2019s office in Tehran, the protesters have time and again demanded this firm \u2013 linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards \u2013 to return their stolen life savings.Authorities quickly dispatched the repressive state security forces to the scene to prevent the rally from expanding, and bystanders from joining their ranks.In the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, clients of another regime-linked credit firm, the \u201cNahal Neshan Development\u201d rallied outside the regime\u2019s Bank Keshavarzi demanding their looted savings returned. 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We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,\".New Iran Air Director Is on U.S. Sanctions ListThe newly appointed managing director of the Iranian Regime Airline is on the U.S. sanctions list.Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh replaced state-owned Iran Air\u2019s first female director Farzaneh Sharafbafi on Sunday May 5.Previously, Mr. Zanganeh was the CEO of Meraj Airline which was established in 2010. The airline and its manager were sanctioned by the United States in 2018.Pompeo: US Sees Activity Indicating Possible 'Escalation' From IranUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible \u201cescalation,\u201d one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a \u201ccredible threat by Iranian regime forces.\u201dhe said: \u201cWe call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on US forces or our interests,\u201d.Iran: Clients of Regime Credit Firms Protest, Demand Plundered Money ReturnedClients of the Caspian credit firm rallied on Monday demanding their stolen savings returned by this regime-linked entity. Holding their gathering outside the regime\u2019s general prosecutor\u2019s office in Tehran, the protesters have time and again demanded this firm \u2013 linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards \u2013 to return their stolen life savings.Authorities quickly dispatched the repressive state security forces to the scene to prevent the rally from expanding, and bystanders from joining their ranks.In the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, clients of another regime-linked credit firm, the \u201cNahal Neshan Development\u201d rallied outside the regime\u2019s Bank Keshavarzi demanding their looted savings returned. One in Four Iranians Suffer From Mental DisordersAccording to new figures released by Iran\u2019s Ministry of Health, 21 million Iranians suffer from mental disorders which means that one in four Iranians are affected.Young people suffer the most from mental illnesses in Iran and new generations are most likely to be affected.the report said: \u201cIn general, the atmosphere of the community, including the economic crises, cultural issues, livelihood conditions, and the social and political challenges in Iran are all factors that affect people\u2019s mental health,\u201d.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-05-07T13:45:47+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-7-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019","datePublished":"2019-05-07T13:45:47+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-7-2019\/"},"wordCount":14,"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-7-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-7-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-05-07T13:45:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:44:09+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, May 7, 2019U.S. Acting Defense Chief Accuses Iran, Says Aircraft Carrier Deploying to Middle East The acting U.S. defense chief has vowed to hold Iran \"accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,\" as Washington stepped up its rhetoric and said it was deploying an aircraft carrier battle group to waters near Iran.In a post to Twitter on May 6, Patrick Shanahan, the acting secretary of defense, also accused Tehran of provocations.He wrote:\"We call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on U.S. forces or our interests,\".New Iran Air Director Is on U.S. Sanctions ListThe newly appointed managing director of the Iranian Regime Airline is on the U.S. sanctions list.Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh replaced state-owned Iran Air\u2019s first female director Farzaneh Sharafbafi on Sunday May 5.Previously, Mr. Zanganeh was the CEO of Meraj Airline which was established in 2010. The airline and its manager were sanctioned by the United States in 2018.Pompeo: US Sees Activity Indicating Possible 'Escalation' From IranUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible \u201cescalation,\u201d one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a \u201ccredible threat by Iranian regime forces.\u201dhe said: \u201cWe call on the Iranian regime to cease all provocation. We will hold the Iranian regime accountable for any attack on US forces or our interests,\u201d.Iran: Clients of Regime Credit Firms Protest, Demand Plundered Money ReturnedClients of the Caspian credit firm rallied on Monday demanding their stolen savings returned by this regime-linked entity. Holding their gathering outside the regime\u2019s general prosecutor\u2019s office in Tehran, the protesters have time and again demanded this firm \u2013 linked to the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards \u2013 to return their stolen life savings.Authorities quickly dispatched the repressive state security forces to the scene to prevent the rally from expanding, and bystanders from joining their ranks.In the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, clients of another regime-linked credit firm, the \u201cNahal Neshan Development\u201d rallied outside the regime\u2019s Bank Keshavarzi demanding their looted savings returned. 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