{"id":211315,"date":"2019-07-23T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211315-iran-news-in-brief-july-23-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:23","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-23-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-23-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 23, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 23, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4eHy-CfnO8M\" 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%2F4eHy-CfnO8M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4eHy-CfnO8M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-23T13:23:52Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_4eHy-CfnO8M\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F4eHy-CfnO8M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 23, 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\/4eHy-CfnO8M\" 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%2F4eHy-CfnO8M%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 23, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 23, 2019 U.S. Sanctions Chinese Company for Importing Iranian Oil The United States has imposed sanctions on a Chinese company for transporting Iranian oil, a move that violates U.S. sanctions on Iran\u2019s regime. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on July 22 that Chinese company Zhuhai Zhenrong and one of its executives knowingly violated U.S. sanctions banning the import of Iranian oil. &quot;As part of that maximum pressure campaign, I am announcing that the United States is imposing sanctions on the Chinese entity Zhuhai Zhenrong and its chief executive Youmin Li,&quot; Pompeo said in a speech in the U.S. city of Orlando on July 22. &quot;They violated U.S. law by accepting crude oil.&quot; Donald Trump: Iran Regime Making It &#039;Harder for Me to Want to Make a Deal&#039; U.S. President Donald Trump blasted the Iranian regime\u2019s aggressions in the Persian Gulf Monday and said it\u2019s increasingly difficult for him to consider negotiations with Tehran. President Trump said Iran&#039;s regime is disrespecting the U.S. through its aggressive actions in key shipping channels and \u201cpropaganda.\u201d \u201cFrankly, it\u2019s getting harder for me to want to make a deal with Iran,\u201d President Trump said from the White House. \u201cIt could go either way, very easily.\u201d President Trump said Iran&#039;s regime was lying when it claimed to have captured U.S. spies. Britain Calls for European Naval Mission to Counter Iran Regime&#039;s &quot;Piracy&quot; Britain called on Monday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran\u2019s regime seized a British-flagged tanker in what London described as an act of &quot;state piracy&quot;. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlined the plans to parliament after a meeting of COBRA, the government&#039;s emergency committee, which discussed London&#039;s response to Friday&#039;s capture of the Stena Impero tanker by Iranian regime commandos at sea. &quot;Under international law Iran had no right to obstruct the ship&#039;s passage - let alone board her. It was therefore an act of state piracy,&quot; Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told parliament. &quot;We will now seek to put together a European-led maritime protection mission to support safe passage of both crew and cargo in this vital region,&quot; Hunt said. Florida Man Accused of Conspiring to Violate Iran Embargo A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida businessman on allegations of conspiring to violate the U.S. embargo against Iran\u2019s regime. The five-count indictment against the Pensacola entrepreneur, James P. Meharg, came after a joint investigation between the FBI and the U.S. Department of Commerce looking into the sale of a power-generating turbine to a client in Iran. The indictment announced Monday by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in the Northern District of Florida asserts that the 59-year-old chief executive of Turbine Resources International conspired with contacts in the United Kingdom and Iran in the alleged transaction. Federal law forbids Americans and U.S. firms from doing business with the Iranian regime because of economic sanctions dating back to 1979. Mother of Political Prisoner Arrested and Taken to Unknown Location Farangis Mazloumi who is the mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi has been arrested and taken to an unknown location by intelligence agents in Iran. Eight intelligence agents raided the residence of the sister of Farangis Mazloumi on Monday, July 22, and arrested her. They confiscated Farangis and her sister\u2019s cellphones and then took her away to an unknown location. Soheil Arabi, 32, who is married and has a young daughter, is a blogger who has been imprisoned for putting posts on Facebook critical of the clerical regime. Mr. Arabi spent 4 and a half years in Evin Prison and was subsequently transferred to the Greater Tehran\u2019s Penitentiary in February 2018, where he is being detained under harsh conditions. 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Meharg, came after a joint investigation between the FBI and the U.S. Department of Commerce looking into the sale of a power-generating turbine to a client in Iran.The indictment announced Monday by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in the Northern District of Florida asserts that the 59-year-old chief executive of Turbine Resources International conspired with contacts in the United Kingdom and Iran in the alleged transaction.Federal law forbids Americans and U.S. firms from doing business with the Iranian regime because of economic sanctions dating back to 1979.Mother of Political Prisoner Arrested and Taken to Unknown LocationFarangis Mazloumi who is the mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi has been arrested and taken to an unknown location by intelligence agents in Iran.Eight intelligence agents raided the residence of the sister of Farangis Mazloumi on Monday, July 22, and arrested her. 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