{"id":211301,"date":"2019-07-13T11:48:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T11:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211301-iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:33","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_QsnTYcBLH3c\" 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%2FQsnTYcBLH3c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QsnTYcBLH3c\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M45S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-11T09:46:02Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_QsnTYcBLH3c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQsnTYcBLH3c%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 11, 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\/QsnTYcBLH3c\" 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%2FQsnTYcBLH3c%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019 Iranian Boats Attempted to Seize British Tanker in the Gulf Britain says three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait of Hormuz. The British government said in a statement Thursday that the Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving \u201cverbal warnings\u201d from a UK navy vessel accompanying the commercial vessel British Heritage. The statement says \u201cwe are concerned by this action and continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region.\u201d Earlier on Thursday, two US officials told Reuters news agency that five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards were involved in the incident on Wednesday. Trump Says US Will &#039;Substantially&#039; Increase Iran Sanctions US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would soon &quot;substantially&quot; increase economic sanctions against the Iranian regime, even as the U.S. accused Tehran of &quot;nuclear extortion&quot; by breaching the 2015 international pact aimed at curtailing its nuclear weapons development. On Twitter, Trump contended that &quot;Iran has long been secretly &#039;enriching,&#039; in total violation&quot; of what he called &quot;the terrible 150 Billion Dollar deal made by (former U.S. Secretary of State) John Kerry and the Obama Administration&quot;. &quot;Remember, that deal was to expire in a short number of years. Sanctions will soon be increased, substantially!&quot; Trump declared. UN Experts: Urgent Medical Treatment Needed for Detainees With Life-Threatening Conditions in Iran United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed serious concern that the Iranian regime continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. \u201cOver several months we have communicated to the Iranian Government our deep concerns about the physical and mental integrity of detainees,\u201d the experts said in a statement. \u201cDespite Government assurances, we are frustrated to still receive reports of denial of medical treatment, including in life-threatening situations. These no longer appear to be isolated incidents, but a consistent pattern.\u201d \u201cWe urge the Iranian Government to immediately and unconditionally provide all the concerned individuals access to the appropriate medical treatment and care, as well as to other detainees who are in need of appropriate healthcare,\u201d the experts said. \u201cWe reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals who have been found to be arbitrarily detained, as well as for the release of all others in Iranian detention facilities who are currently held arbitrarily,\u201d the experts said. US Ambassador: Iranian Regime Uses Various Militias to \u2018Fight Their Fight\u2019 The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid said that the Iranian regime meddles in nearly every country in the region via \u201cvarious militias that are under Iranian control.\u201d \u201cThe Iranians are always ready to have somebody else fight their fight. You see it with Hezbollah in Lebanon, you see it with the various militias that are under Iranian control in Iraq, you see it with the Houthis, unfortunately, in Yemen,\u201d Abizaid told Al Arabiya. He added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it adds strength to the Iranian position. At the end of the day, sowing difficulty, causing terrorism, building opportunity to damage places, only detracts from the greatness of a country. Our problem is not with the Iranian people, our problem is with these policies that bring terrorism to places that don\u2019t need to have terrorism, that don\u2019t allow us to move towards a better future, that don\u2019t allow there to be a peaceful understanding between nations\u201d. Former Political Prisoner Beaten by Guidance Patrol Officer Fatemeh Mohammadi, a former Iranian political prisoner, was beaten by a Guidance Patrol officer in Tehran on Tuesday, July 9, and subsequently arrested by the police. A female Guidance Patrol agent harassed Fatemeh and several other women on the pretext of enforcing the hijab. Fatemeh\u2019s face was injured in the beating. 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The British government said in a statement Thursday that the Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving \u201cverbal warnings\u201d from a UK navy vessel accompanying the commercial vessel British Heritage.The statement says \u201cwe are concerned by this action and continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region.\u201dEarlier on Thursday, two US officials told Reuters news agency that five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards were involved in the incident on Wednesday.Trump Says US Will &#039;Substantially&#039; Increase Iran Sanctions US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would soon &quot;substantially&quot; increase economic sanctions against the Iranian regime, even as the U.S. accused Tehran of &quot;nuclear extortion&quot; by breaching the 2015 international pact aimed at curtailing its nuclear weapons development.On Twitter, Trump contended that &quot;Iran has long been secretly &#039;enriching,&#039; in total violation&quot; of what he called &quot;the terrible 150 Billion Dollar deal made by (former U.S. Secretary of State) John Kerry and the Obama Administration&quot;.&quot;Remember, that deal was to expire in a short number of years. Sanctions will soon be increased, substantially!&quot; Trump declared.UN Experts: Urgent Medical Treatment Needed for Detainees With Life-Threatening Conditions in IranUnited Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed serious concern that the Iranian regime continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls.\u201cOver several months we have communicated to the Iranian Government our deep concerns about the physical and mental integrity of detainees,\u201d the experts said in a statement. \u201cDespite Government assurances, we are frustrated to still receive reports of denial of medical treatment, including in life-threatening situations. These no longer appear to be isolated incidents, but a consistent pattern.\u201d\u201cWe urge the Iranian Government to immediately and unconditionally provide all the concerned individuals access to the appropriate medical treatment and care, as well as to other detainees who are in need of appropriate healthcare,\u201d the experts said.\u201cWe reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals who have been found to be arbitrarily detained, as well as for the release of all others in Iranian detention facilities who are currently held arbitrarily,\u201d the experts said.US Ambassador: Iranian Regime Uses Various Militias to \u2018Fight Their Fight\u2019The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid said that the Iranian regime meddles in nearly every country in the region via \u201cvarious militias that are under Iranian control.\u201d\u201cThe Iranians are always ready to have somebody else fight their fight. You see it with Hezbollah in Lebanon, you see it with the various militias that are under Iranian control in Iraq, you see it with the Houthis, unfortunately, in Yemen,\u201d Abizaid told Al Arabiya.He added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it adds strength to the Iranian position. At the end of the day, sowing difficulty, causing terrorism, building opportunity to damage places, only detracts from the greatness of a country. Our problem is not with the Iranian people, our problem is with these policies that bring terrorism to places that don\u2019t need to have terrorism, that don\u2019t allow us to move towards a better future, that don\u2019t allow there to be a peaceful understanding between nations\u201d.Former Political Prisoner Beaten by Guidance Patrol OfficerFatemeh Mohammadi, a former Iranian political prisoner, was beaten by a Guidance Patrol officer in Tehran on Tuesday, July 9, and subsequently arrested by the police.A female Guidance Patrol agent harassed Fatemeh and several other women on the pretext of enforcing the hijab. Fatemeh\u2019s face was injured in the beating. 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The British government said in a statement Thursday that the Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving \u201cverbal warnings\u201d from a UK navy vessel accompanying the commercial vessel British Heritage.The statement says \u201cwe are concerned by this action and continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region.\u201dEarlier on Thursday, two US officials told Reuters news agency that five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards were involved in the incident on Wednesday.Trump Says US Will &#039;Substantially&#039; Increase Iran Sanctions US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would soon &quot;substantially&quot; increase economic sanctions against the Iranian regime, even as the U.S. accused Tehran of &quot;nuclear extortion&quot; by breaching the 2015 international pact aimed at curtailing its nuclear weapons development.On Twitter, Trump contended that &quot;Iran has long been secretly &#039;enriching,&#039; in total violation&quot; of what he called &quot;the terrible 150 Billion Dollar deal made by (former U.S. Secretary of State) John Kerry and the Obama Administration&quot;.&quot;Remember, that deal was to expire in a short number of years. Sanctions will soon be increased, substantially!&quot; Trump declared.UN Experts: Urgent Medical Treatment Needed for Detainees With Life-Threatening Conditions in IranUnited Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed serious concern that the Iranian regime continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls.\u201cOver several months we have communicated to the Iranian Government our deep concerns about the physical and mental integrity of detainees,\u201d the experts said in a statement. \u201cDespite Government assurances, we are frustrated to still receive reports of denial of medical treatment, including in life-threatening situations. These no longer appear to be isolated incidents, but a consistent pattern.\u201d\u201cWe urge the Iranian Government to immediately and unconditionally provide all the concerned individuals access to the appropriate medical treatment and care, as well as to other detainees who are in need of appropriate healthcare,\u201d the experts said.\u201cWe reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals who have been found to be arbitrarily detained, as well as for the release of all others in Iranian detention facilities who are currently held arbitrarily,\u201d the experts said.US Ambassador: Iranian Regime Uses Various Militias to \u2018Fight Their Fight\u2019The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid said that the Iranian regime meddles in nearly every country in the region via \u201cvarious militias that are under Iranian control.\u201d\u201cThe Iranians are always ready to have somebody else fight their fight. You see it with Hezbollah in Lebanon, you see it with the various militias that are under Iranian control in Iraq, you see it with the Houthis, unfortunately, in Yemen,\u201d Abizaid told Al Arabiya.He added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it adds strength to the Iranian position. At the end of the day, sowing difficulty, causing terrorism, building opportunity to damage places, only detracts from the greatness of a country. 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Our problem is not with the Iranian people, our problem is with these policies that bring terrorism to places that don\u2019t need to have terrorism, that don\u2019t allow us to move towards a better future, that don\u2019t allow there to be a peaceful understanding between nations\u201d.Former Political Prisoner Beaten by Guidance Patrol OfficerFatemeh Mohammadi, a former Iranian political prisoner, was beaten by a Guidance Patrol officer in Tehran on Tuesday, July 9, and subsequently arrested by the police.A female Guidance Patrol agent harassed Fatemeh and several other women on the pretext of enforcing the hijab. Fatemeh\u2019s face was injured in the beating. When she approached a Police Station to complain about the incident, instead of receiving a response to her complaint, she was arrested.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019Iranian Boats Attempted to Seize British Tanker in the GulfBritain says three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait of Hormuz. The British government said in a statement Thursday that the Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving \u201cverbal warnings\u201d from a UK navy vessel accompanying the commercial vessel British Heritage.The statement says \u201cwe are concerned by this action and continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region.\u201dEarlier on Thursday, two US officials told Reuters news agency that five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards were involved in the incident on Wednesday.Trump Says US Will 'Substantially' Increase Iran Sanctions US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would soon \"substantially\" increase economic sanctions against the Iranian regime, even as the U.S. accused Tehran of \"nuclear extortion\" by breaching the 2015 international pact aimed at curtailing its nuclear weapons development.On Twitter, Trump contended that \"Iran has long been secretly 'enriching,' in total violation\" of what he called \"the terrible 150 Billion Dollar deal made by (former U.S. Secretary of State) John Kerry and the Obama Administration\".\"Remember, that deal was to expire in a short number of years. Sanctions will soon be increased, substantially!\" Trump declared.UN Experts: Urgent Medical Treatment Needed for Detainees With Life-Threatening Conditions in IranUnited Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed serious concern that the Iranian regime continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls.\u201cOver several months we have communicated to the Iranian Government our deep concerns about the physical and mental integrity of detainees,\u201d the experts said in a statement. \u201cDespite Government assurances, we are frustrated to still receive reports of denial of medical treatment, including in life-threatening situations. These no longer appear to be isolated incidents, but a consistent pattern.\u201d\u201cWe urge the Iranian Government to immediately and unconditionally provide all the concerned individuals access to the appropriate medical treatment and care, as well as to other detainees who are in need of appropriate healthcare,\u201d the experts said.\u201cWe reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals who have been found to be arbitrarily detained, as well as for the release of all others in Iranian detention facilities who are currently held arbitrarily,\u201d the experts said.US Ambassador: Iranian Regime Uses Various Militias to \u2018Fight Their Fight\u2019The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid said that the Iranian regime meddles in nearly every country in the region via \u201cvarious militias that are under Iranian control.\u201d\u201cThe Iranians are always ready to have somebody else fight their fight. You see it with Hezbollah in Lebanon, you see it with the various militias that are under Iranian control in Iraq, you see it with the Houthis, unfortunately, in Yemen,\u201d Abizaid told Al Arabiya.He added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it adds strength to the Iranian position. At the end of the day, sowing difficulty, causing terrorism, building opportunity to damage places, only detracts from the greatness of a country. Our problem is not with the Iranian people, our problem is with these policies that bring terrorism to places that don\u2019t need to have terrorism, that don\u2019t allow us to move towards a better future, that don\u2019t allow there to be a peaceful understanding between nations\u201d.Former Political Prisoner Beaten by Guidance Patrol OfficerFatemeh Mohammadi, a former Iranian political prisoner, was beaten by a Guidance Patrol officer in Tehran on Tuesday, July 9, and subsequently arrested by the police.A female Guidance Patrol agent harassed Fatemeh and several other women on the pretext of enforcing the hijab. Fatemeh\u2019s face was injured in the beating. When she approached a Police Station to complain about the incident, instead of receiving a response to her complaint, she was arrested.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-07-13T11:48:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:41:33+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-july-11-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019","datePublished":"2019-07-13T11:48:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019\/"},"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-july-11-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-11-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-13T11:48:46+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:33+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, July 11, 2019Iranian Boats Attempted to Seize British Tanker in the GulfBritain says three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to impede the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait of Hormuz. The British government said in a statement Thursday that the Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving \u201cverbal warnings\u201d from a UK navy vessel accompanying the commercial vessel British Heritage.The statement says \u201cwe are concerned by this action and continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region.\u201dEarlier on Thursday, two US officials told Reuters news agency that five boats believed to belong to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards were involved in the incident on Wednesday.Trump Says US Will 'Substantially' Increase Iran Sanctions US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would soon \"substantially\" increase economic sanctions against the Iranian regime, even as the U.S. accused Tehran of \"nuclear extortion\" by breaching the 2015 international pact aimed at curtailing its nuclear weapons development.On Twitter, Trump contended that \"Iran has long been secretly 'enriching,' in total violation\" of what he called \"the terrible 150 Billion Dollar deal made by (former U.S. Secretary of State) John Kerry and the Obama Administration\".\"Remember, that deal was to expire in a short number of years. Sanctions will soon be increased, substantially!\" Trump declared.UN Experts: Urgent Medical Treatment Needed for Detainees With Life-Threatening Conditions in IranUnited Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed serious concern that the Iranian regime continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls.\u201cOver several months we have communicated to the Iranian Government our deep concerns about the physical and mental integrity of detainees,\u201d the experts said in a statement. \u201cDespite Government assurances, we are frustrated to still receive reports of denial of medical treatment, including in life-threatening situations. These no longer appear to be isolated incidents, but a consistent pattern.\u201d\u201cWe urge the Iranian Government to immediately and unconditionally provide all the concerned individuals access to the appropriate medical treatment and care, as well as to other detainees who are in need of appropriate healthcare,\u201d the experts said.\u201cWe reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals who have been found to be arbitrarily detained, as well as for the release of all others in Iranian detention facilities who are currently held arbitrarily,\u201d the experts said.US Ambassador: Iranian Regime Uses Various Militias to \u2018Fight Their Fight\u2019The US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Abizaid said that the Iranian regime meddles in nearly every country in the region via \u201cvarious militias that are under Iranian control.\u201d\u201cThe Iranians are always ready to have somebody else fight their fight. You see it with Hezbollah in Lebanon, you see it with the various militias that are under Iranian control in Iraq, you see it with the Houthis, unfortunately, in Yemen,\u201d Abizaid told Al Arabiya.He added: \u201cI don\u2019t think it adds strength to the Iranian position. At the end of the day, sowing difficulty, causing terrorism, building opportunity to damage places, only detracts from the greatness of a country. 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