{"id":211290,"date":"2019-07-02T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T14:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211290-iran-news-in-brief-july-2-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:42:07","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 2, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 2, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_CM8dLEqOFA4\" 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%2FCM8dLEqOFA4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CM8dLEqOFA4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M59S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-02T10:12:26Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_CM8dLEqOFA4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCM8dLEqOFA4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 2, 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\/CM8dLEqOFA4\" 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%2FCM8dLEqOFA4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 2, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 2, 2019 US Secretary of State Calls on International Community to Ban Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Activities The US government is calling on the international community to immediately impose and enforce a total ban on all Iran activities involving the enrichment of nuclear materials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday. &quot;The Trump administration calls on the international community to restore the longstanding nonproliferation standard of no enrichment for Iran&#039;s nuclear program,&quot; the statement said. &quot;No nuclear deal should ever allow the Iranian regime to enrich uranium at any level.&quot; Trump Says Iran Regime Is &#039;Playing With Fire&#039; After Exceeding Nuclear Deal Limit U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the Iranian regime was playing with fire after Tehran said it had exceeded its limit for low-enriched uranium allowed under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Asked at a White House event if he had a message for Tehran, Trump said he did not have a message, but the regime knew what it was doing and was \u201cplaying with fire.\u201d Saudi Arabia Uges G20 to Confront Iranian Regime Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told leaders he met at the G20 summit that Riyadh does not seek a war with Iran, according to Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir. Al-Jubeir added that the Crown Prince stressed on the need to prevent the Iranian regime from continuing its aggressive policies and that the international community must take a strong stance towards the regime or \u201celse it will continue to escalate.\u201d No Political Prisoners in Iran, Claims Judiciary Spokesman A spokesman for the Iranian Regime\u2019s Judiciary says there are no political prisoners in Iran. Gholamhossein Esmaili made the claim at a live televised program, after being asked about the recent death of a political prisoner murdered in Tehran\u2019s notorious Fashafuyeh Prison and why political prisoners were not separated from ordinary criminals. \u201cThose who sometimes claim (to be political prisoners) are those who have committed crimes against security,\u201d Esmaili said. He also referred to political prisoners affiliated with the main opposition group People\u2019s Mojahedin \u2013 or MEK - adding that these dissident groups were working against \u201cthe system and the revolution\u201d and thus are not classified by the regime as political prisoners. Other officials of the Iranian regime have also denied the existence of political prisoners in Iran time and again. 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