{"id":211318,"date":"2019-07-25T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211318-iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:22","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_u9cuiuKBzWo\" 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%2Fu9cuiuKBzWo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u9cuiuKBzWo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-25T09:01:53Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_u9cuiuKBzWo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fu9cuiuKBzWo%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 25, 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\/u9cuiuKBzWo\" 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%2Fu9cuiuKBzWo%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019 Twitter Shuts Down Account Run by Iran\u2019s Regime for Spreading Fake News Against the MEK The Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency, affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, announced on Monday that Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi had visited Israel on July 17, and was supposed to meet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli authorities. The agency cited as its source a series of tweets by the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Pierre Cochard. Screenshots of Mr. Cochard\u2019s presumed twitter account accompanied the dispatch, as is normal with the mullahs\u2019 lies and fake news. Mrs. Rajavi affirmed in a tweet: \u201cLies by IRGC News Agency regarding my illusionary visit to Israel shows regime\u2019s desperation and need for fake news against Iranian resistance\u201d. \u201cIranians in protests inside Iran and recent rallies in Stockholm, Berlin, Washington D.C., and Brussels demanded overthrow of the religious fascism and a free Iran. The regime is in deadlock and very troubled by the huge international support for our five-day events in Ashraf 3 in Albania,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi concluded. Soon afterwards a reporter tweeted that the said account, ostensibly run by Pierre Cochard, was fake, and the French Consul General had no such account on twitter. The French consulate in Jerusalem also put out a statement that the account in the name of Pierre Cochard was fake, leading twitter to close the account. Pentagon Chief AIMS to Ensure Safe Passage in Persian Gulf The U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday. The aim of the U.S. naval and air presence in the Gulf area is to deter Iran\u2019s regime from threatening to stop or seize any American commercial ship, Mark Esper told reporters on his first full day as Pentagon chief. British Legislator Says Johnson Will Withdraw UK From Iran Nuclear Deal British legislator Matthew Offord suggested on Tuesday that new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will withdraw the United Kingdom from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in May 2018, reimposing sanctions lifted under it alongside enacting new financial penalties against the regime. \u201cWe\u2019ve now got to face that the nuclear deal is all but dead,\u201d Offord told i24 News after Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership race, which also made him prime minister with his party in the majority. Jailed Civic Activist Goes on Hunger Strike in Iran to Protest Cruelty An Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment and that of his family at the hands of security agencies. Sepideh Qolian who was supporting last year\u2019s labor strikes in the oil-rich Khuzestan province was arrested twice; once in November 2018 and again in January on vague security-related charges and has been transferred from prison to prison several times. 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Screenshots of Mr. Cochard\u2019s presumed twitter account accompanied the dispatch, as is normal with the mullahs\u2019 lies and fake news.Mrs. Rajavi affirmed in a tweet: \u201cLies by IRGC News Agency regarding my illusionary visit to Israel shows regime\u2019s desperation and need for fake news against Iranian resistance\u201d.\u201cIranians in protests inside Iran and recent rallies in Stockholm, Berlin, Washington D.C., and Brussels demanded overthrow of the religious fascism and a free Iran. The regime is in deadlock and very troubled by the huge international support for our five-day events in Ashraf 3 in Albania,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi concluded.Soon afterwards a reporter tweeted that the said account, ostensibly run by Pierre Cochard, was fake, and the French Consul General had no such account on twitter.The French consulate in Jerusalem also put out a statement that the account in the name of Pierre Cochard was fake, leading twitter to close the account.Pentagon Chief AIMS to Ensure Safe Passage in Persian GulfThe U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday.The aim of the U.S. naval and air presence in the Gulf area is to deter Iran\u2019s regime from threatening to stop or seize any American commercial ship, Mark Esper told reporters on his first full day as Pentagon chief.British Legislator Says Johnson Will Withdraw UK From Iran Nuclear DealBritish legislator Matthew Offord suggested on Tuesday that new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will withdraw the United Kingdom from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in May 2018, reimposing sanctions lifted under it alongside enacting new financial penalties against the regime.\u201cWe\u2019ve now got to face that the nuclear deal is all but dead,\u201d Offord told i24 News after Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership race, which also made him prime minister with his party in the majority.Jailed Civic Activist Goes on Hunger Strike in Iran to Protest CrueltyAn Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment and that of his family at the hands of security agencies.Sepideh Qolian who was supporting last year\u2019s labor strikes in the oil-rich Khuzestan province was arrested twice; once in November 2018 and again in January on vague security-related charges and has been transferred from prison to prison several times.Her brother Mehdi Qolian announced on his Instagram page that she went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, July 23 to protest her own cruel treatment and \u201cinsults\u201d to her parents.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019Twitter Shuts Down Account Run by Iran\u2019s Regime for Spreading Fake News Against the MEK The Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency, affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, announced on Monday that Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi had visited Israel on July 17, and was supposed to meet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli authorities.The agency cited as its source a series of tweets by the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Pierre Cochard. Screenshots of Mr. Cochard\u2019s presumed twitter account accompanied the dispatch, as is normal with the mullahs\u2019 lies and fake news.Mrs. Rajavi affirmed in a tweet: \u201cLies by IRGC News Agency regarding my illusionary visit to Israel shows regime\u2019s desperation and need for fake news against Iranian resistance\u201d.\u201cIranians in protests inside Iran and recent rallies in Stockholm, Berlin, Washington D.C., and Brussels demanded overthrow of the religious fascism and a free Iran. The regime is in deadlock and very troubled by the huge international support for our five-day events in Ashraf 3 in Albania,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi concluded.Soon afterwards a reporter tweeted that the said account, ostensibly run by Pierre Cochard, was fake, and the French Consul General had no such account on twitter.The French consulate in Jerusalem also put out a statement that the account in the name of Pierre Cochard was fake, leading twitter to close the account.Pentagon Chief AIMS to Ensure Safe Passage in Persian GulfThe U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday.The aim of the U.S. naval and air presence in the Gulf area is to deter Iran\u2019s regime from threatening to stop or seize any American commercial ship, Mark Esper told reporters on his first full day as Pentagon chief.British Legislator Says Johnson Will Withdraw UK From Iran Nuclear DealBritish legislator Matthew Offord suggested on Tuesday that new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will withdraw the United Kingdom from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in May 2018, reimposing sanctions lifted under it alongside enacting new financial penalties against the regime.\u201cWe\u2019ve now got to face that the nuclear deal is all but dead,\u201d Offord told i24 News after Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership race, which also made him prime minister with his party in the majority.Jailed Civic Activist Goes on Hunger Strike in Iran to Protest CrueltyAn Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment and that of his family at the hands of security agencies.Sepideh Qolian who was supporting last year\u2019s labor strikes in the oil-rich Khuzestan province was arrested twice; 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The regime is in deadlock and very troubled by the huge international support for our five-day events in Ashraf 3 in Albania,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi concluded.Soon afterwards a reporter tweeted that the said account, ostensibly run by Pierre Cochard, was fake, and the French Consul General had no such account on twitter.The French consulate in Jerusalem also put out a statement that the account in the name of Pierre Cochard was fake, leading twitter to close the account.Pentagon Chief AIMS to Ensure Safe Passage in Persian GulfThe U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday.The aim of the U.S. naval and air presence in the Gulf area is to deter Iran\u2019s regime from threatening to stop or seize any American commercial ship, Mark Esper told reporters on his first full day as Pentagon chief.British Legislator Says Johnson Will Withdraw UK From Iran Nuclear DealBritish legislator Matthew Offord suggested on Tuesday that new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will withdraw the United Kingdom from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in May 2018, reimposing sanctions lifted under it alongside enacting new financial penalties against the regime.\u201cWe\u2019ve now got to face that the nuclear deal is all but dead,\u201d Offord told i24 News after Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership race, which also made him prime minister with his party in the majority.Jailed Civic Activist Goes on Hunger Strike in Iran to Protest CrueltyAn Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment and that of his family at the hands of security agencies.Sepideh Qolian who was supporting last year\u2019s labor strikes in the oil-rich Khuzestan province was arrested twice; once in November 2018 and again in January on vague security-related charges and has been transferred from prison to prison several times.Her brother Mehdi Qolian announced on his Instagram page that she went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, July 23 to protest her own cruel treatment and \u201cinsults\u201d to her parents.","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-25-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019Twitter Shuts Down Account Run by Iran\u2019s Regime for Spreading Fake News Against the MEK The Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency, affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, announced on Monday that Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi had visited Israel on July 17, and was supposed to meet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli authorities.The agency cited as its source a series of tweets by the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Pierre Cochard. 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The regime is in deadlock and very troubled by the huge international support for our five-day events in Ashraf 3 in Albania,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi concluded.Soon afterwards a reporter tweeted that the said account, ostensibly run by Pierre Cochard, was fake, and the French Consul General had no such account on twitter.The French consulate in Jerusalem also put out a statement that the account in the name of Pierre Cochard was fake, leading twitter to close the account.Pentagon Chief AIMS to Ensure Safe Passage in Persian GulfThe U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday.The aim of the U.S. naval and air presence in the Gulf area is to deter Iran\u2019s regime from threatening to stop or seize any American commercial ship, Mark Esper told reporters on his first full day as Pentagon chief.British Legislator Says Johnson Will Withdraw UK From Iran Nuclear DealBritish legislator Matthew Offord suggested on Tuesday that new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will withdraw the United Kingdom from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the United States left in May 2018, reimposing sanctions lifted under it alongside enacting new financial penalties against the regime.\u201cWe\u2019ve now got to face that the nuclear deal is all but dead,\u201d Offord told i24 News after Johnson won the Conservative Party leadership race, which also made him prime minister with his party in the majority.Jailed Civic Activist Goes on Hunger Strike in Iran to Protest CrueltyAn Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment and that of his family at the hands of security agencies.Sepideh Qolian who was supporting last year\u2019s labor strikes in the oil-rich Khuzestan province was arrested twice; once in November 2018 and again in January on vague security-related charges and has been transferred from prison to prison several times.Her brother Mehdi Qolian announced on his Instagram page that she went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, July 23 to protest her own cruel treatment and \u201cinsults\u201d to her parents.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-07-25T14:08:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:41:22+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-july-25-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019","datePublished":"2019-07-25T14:08:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019\/"},"wordCount":13,"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-25-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-25-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-25T14:08:44+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:22+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, July 25, 2019Twitter Shuts Down Account Run by Iran\u2019s Regime for Spreading Fake News Against the MEK The Iranian regime\u2019s Fars news agency, affiliated to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, announced on Monday that Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi had visited Israel on July 17, and was supposed to meet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli authorities.The agency cited as its source a series of tweets by the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Pierre Cochard. 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