{"id":211249,"date":"2019-05-23T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T08:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211249-iran-news-in-brief-may-22-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:42:24","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-22-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-22-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 22, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 22, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_ss408HGe-B0\" 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%2Fss408HGe-B0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ss408HGe-B0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M4S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-05-22T20:47:59Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ss408HGe-B0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fss408HGe-B0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 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\/ss408HGe-B0\" 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%2Fss408HGe-B0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 22, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 22, 2019 Pompeo Says &#039;Quite Possible&#039; Iran Behind Gulf Incidents U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday it was &quot;quite possible&quot; Iran was responsible for sabotage of Gulf oil interests as he prepared to brief lawmakers on rising tensions. Pompeo cautioned that the United States has not made &quot;a definitive conclusion&quot; that can be presented publicly over mysterious sabotage incidents of oil tankers off the United Arab Emirates or drone strikes on a crude pipeline in Saudi Arabia but &quot;given all the regional conflicts that we have seen over the past decade and the shape of these attacks, it seems like it&#039;s quite possible that Iran was behind these&quot;. Saudi Cabinet Calls on International Community to Stand Firm Against Iran&#039;s Regime Saudi Arabia\u2019s Council of Ministers called on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities by taking a firm stand against the Iranian regime to stop and prevent it from spreading destruction and chaos. A statement from Saudi Minister of Media Turki al-Shabanah read: \u201cIran and its agents need to move away from its reckless behavior and spare the region the risks and not push them to undesirable consequences\u201d. U.S. Defense Chief Says Iranian Threats &#039;Put on Hold&#039; Potential attacks by the Iranian regime have been &quot;put on hold&quot; by US countermeasures, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday. Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon: &quot;I think our steps were very prudent and we&#039;ve put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans and that is what is extremely important. The U.S. has in recent weeks deployed additional warships and military jets to the Gulf, on Iran&#039;s southern coast. Swindled Investors of the Caspian Credit Firm Protest in Tehran Swindled investors of the Caspian credit firm, affiliated to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, held a rally on Tuesday outside the office of the mullahs\u2019 President Hassan Rouhani demanding their stolen savings be returned. The protesters chanted: \u201cWhere is our money?\u201d \u201cEnough with promises; we have nothing to eat!\u201d \u201cWe trusted you with our money; you betrayed us!\u201d Retired Iranian Teachers Protest in Tehran A group of retired Iranian teachers gathered on Tuesday in Tehran outside the Ministry of Education in protest to their economic woes. Pensioners held banners and placards which read, \u201cThe result of 30 years of hard work should be provided for all at once. We will no longer tolerate any more delays.\u201d Retired teachers have in the past year held a number of protest rallies since none of their demands have been met. 900 Iranian Writers Condemn Recent Harsh Sentences More than 900 writers, poets, essayists, and journalists in Iran have condemned the recent harsh verdicts against three prominent members of the Iranian Writers Association as an \u201cunjustified,\u201d and \u201csevere damage to the fundamental rights of all Iranians\u201d that \u201ckills freedom.\u201d The statement published on Sunday, May 19 calls upon the Iranian regime\u2019s judiciary to immediately and unconditionally exonerate Baktash Abtin, Kayvan Bajan and Reza Khandan Mahabadi. 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