{"id":211256,"date":"2019-05-31T09:31:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211256-iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:42:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_nCIMRchsmWQ\" 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%2FnCIMRchsmWQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCIMRchsmWQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M15S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-05-30T11:26:12Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_nCIMRchsmWQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FnCIMRchsmWQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, May 30, 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\/nCIMRchsmWQ\" 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%2FnCIMRchsmWQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019 MEK Supporters Rally Against Iran Regime&#039;s Terrorism Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization held demonstrations and gatherings in Canada, Norway, Austria, Sweden, and the Netherlands, protesting the Iranian regime\u2019s support for terrorism and unbridled crackdown inside Iran. In Ottawa, Iranians voiced their compatriots\u2019 desire to overthrow the religious fascism ruling Iran. They called on the Canadian government to designate the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards and Ministry of Intelligence as terrorist organizations. In Oslo, MEK supporters called on the Norwegian government to sanction the regime and blacklist the IRGC and MOIS. In Stockholm, MEK supporters expressed their support for NCRI President Maryam Rajavi. They emphasized their determination to continue this struggle to bring about democratic regime change in Iran. Acting Pentagon Chief Says Iran Still a Threat to U.S. Forces Iran\u2019s regime and its regional proxies remain an active threat to American forces in the Middle East, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Wednesday. Mr. Shanahan said: \u201cI don\u2019t see a change in any behavior\u201d. \u201cI think the situation \u2026 still remains tense. It\u2019s a high-threat environment.\u201d \u201cThe Iranian threat to our forces in the region remains\u201d. Friday Prayers Imam in Southern Iran Stabbed to Death The regime\u2019s Friday Prayers Imam of the city of Kazeroun has been stabbed to death, the police announced on Wednesday. A police spokesman said, &quot;Mohammad Khorsand was stabbed an hour ago in front of his residence. He was taken to the city&#039;s hospital but died of deep injuries.&quot; Iran&#039;s Oil Exports in May Down to a Fraction of Last Year Various industry sources and news agency reports say that Iran&#039;s oil exports in May have mostly stopped. Reuters news agency says Iranian crude exports have fallen sharply in May to around 400,000 (barrels per day), according to tanker data. The U.S. administration has vowed to cut Iran&#039;s oil exports down to zero and all indications are that this is practically working. Yemen&#039;s Houthis Use Radio Platform to Solicit Donations for Hezbollah A Yemeni radio station supporting the Iranian-backed Houthi militias has launched a fundraising drive for Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, using the platform to solicit donations from listeners. The radio station, Sam FM 99.1, said the donations from supporters are being accepted through the radio station\u2019s \u201cofficial account in all Yemeni post offices.\u201d Iran-backed Hezbollah is facing financial challenges after the U.S. introduced new restrictions on trade with Iran\u2019s regime last year. U.S. State Deptartment Says Iran Pulling Hezbollah From Syria The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that Iran is withdrawing Hezbollah forces from Syria because of Washington\u2019s pressure campaign against Tehran, including sanctions and military deployments. Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said: &quot;We will continue to put maximum pressure on the Iranian regime to deny it the means to conduct its destructive foreign policy.&quot; Ortagus cited reports that American sanctions on Iran\u2019s regime have curbed Tehran\u2019s ability to fully fund proxy groups across the Middle East, including Hezbollah.\"><\/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 30, 2019MEK Supporters Rally Against Iran Regime&#8217;s Terrorism Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization held demonstrations and gatherings in Canada, Norway, Austria, [&#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-211256","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 30, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019MEK Supporters Rally Against Iran Regime&#039;s Terrorism Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization held demonstrations and gatherings in Canada, Norway, Austria, Sweden, and the Netherlands, protesting the Iranian regime\u2019s support for terrorism and unbridled crackdown inside Iran.In Ottawa, Iranians voiced their compatriots\u2019 desire to overthrow the religious fascism ruling Iran. 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They called on the Canadian government to designate the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards and Ministry of Intelligence as terrorist organizations.In Oslo, MEK supporters called on the Norwegian government to sanction the regime and blacklist the IRGC and MOIS.In Stockholm, MEK supporters expressed their support for NCRI President Maryam Rajavi. They emphasized their determination to continue this struggle to bring about democratic regime change in Iran.Acting Pentagon Chief Says Iran Still a Threat to U.S. ForcesIran\u2019s regime and its regional proxies remain an active threat to American forces in the Middle East, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Wednesday.Mr. Shanahan said: \u201cI don\u2019t see a change in any behavior\u201d. \u201cI think the situation \u2026 still remains tense. It\u2019s a high-threat environment.\u201d\u201cThe Iranian threat to our forces in the region remains\u201d.Friday Prayers Imam in Southern Iran Stabbed to DeathThe regime\u2019s Friday Prayers Imam of the city of Kazeroun has been stabbed to death, the police announced on Wednesday.A police spokesman said, \"Mohammad Khorsand was stabbed an hour ago in front of his residence. He was taken to the city's hospital but died of deep injuries.\"Iran's Oil Exports in May Down to a Fraction of Last YearVarious industry sources and news agency reports say that Iran's oil exports in May have mostly stopped.Reuters news agency says Iranian crude exports have fallen sharply in May to around 400,000 (barrels per day), according to tanker data.The U.S. administration has vowed to cut Iran's oil exports down to zero and all indications are that this is practically working.Yemen's Houthis Use Radio Platform to Solicit Donations for HezbollahA Yemeni radio station supporting the Iranian-backed Houthi militias has launched a fundraising drive for Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, using the platform to solicit donations from listeners.The radio station, Sam FM 99.1, said the donations from supporters are being accepted through the radio station\u2019s \u201cofficial account in all Yemeni post offices.\u201dIran-backed Hezbollah is facing financial challenges after the U.S. introduced new restrictions on trade with Iran\u2019s regime last year.U.S. State Deptartment Says Iran Pulling Hezbollah From SyriaThe U.S. State Department said Wednesday that Iran is withdrawing Hezbollah forces from Syria because of Washington\u2019s pressure campaign against Tehran, including sanctions and military deployments.Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said: \"We will continue to put maximum pressure on the Iranian regime to deny it the means to conduct its destructive foreign policy.\"Ortagus cited reports that American sanctions on Iran\u2019s regime have curbed Tehran\u2019s ability to fully fund proxy groups across the Middle East, including Hezbollah.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-05-31T09:31:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:42:22+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-30-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019","datePublished":"2019-05-31T09:31:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:42:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019\/"},"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-30-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-may-30-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-05-31T09:31:35+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:42:22+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, May 30, 2019MEK Supporters Rally Against Iran Regime's Terrorism Supporters of the Iranian opposition group People's Mojahedin Organization held demonstrations and gatherings in Canada, Norway, Austria, Sweden, and the Netherlands, protesting the Iranian regime\u2019s support for terrorism and unbridled crackdown inside Iran.In Ottawa, Iranians voiced their compatriots\u2019 desire to overthrow the religious fascism ruling Iran. 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