{"id":211326,"date":"2019-07-31T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211326-iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:19","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_EQwcuIj_xn4\" 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%2FEQwcuIj_xn4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EQwcuIj_xn4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-31T14:17:36Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_EQwcuIj_xn4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FEQwcuIj_xn4%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, July 31, 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\/EQwcuIj_xn4\" 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%2FEQwcuIj_xn4%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019 Amnesty International Derides Shocking Statements by Senior Official Highlight Impunity for Iran\u2019s 1988 Prison Massacres Amnesty International said on Tuesday that recent statements by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, advisor to Iran\u2019s head of the judiciary and a former minister of justice, defending the mass extrajudicial executions of 1988 provide shocking confirmation of the authorities\u2019 wilful flouting of international human rights law both at the time and now and a stark reminder of the sense of impunity that senior officials linked to the killings enjoy. The organization is particularly concerned about comments by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi accusing those advocating for truth and accountability of \u201cterrorism\u201d and \u201ccollusion\u201d with Iran\u2019s geopolitical enemies, and warning that they shall face prosecution. These comments, coupled with the appointment, in March 2019, of Ebrahim Raisi, who, like Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, was involved with the 1988 massacre, to the position of the head of the judiciary, put survivors, family members of those executed and human rights defenders at increased risk of harassment and persecution simply for seeking truth and justice. Pompeo Says U.S. Will Keep Strait of Hormuz Open U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with Iran\u2019s regime. Pompeo called on other countries to assist the U.S. in protecting shipping in the region. Asked whether U.S. sanctions against the Iranian regime have a chance to achieve their aim, Pompeo reiterated that the sanctions are part of a broader Middle East policy and the administration decided to \u201ctake a 180 degree turn\u201d from the Obama policies, which gave \u201copportunities to Iran\u201d. The Trump policy is to reduce the Iranian regime\u2019s resources to hinder its interventionist regional activities. Pompeo underscored that sanctions have been effective and reminded his host that many in Washington were saying unilateral American sanction won\u2019t work. \u201cWell they have worked\u201d, Pompeo quipped. Hit by Sanctions and Rising Tensions, Iran Regime&#039;s Oil Exports Slide in July The Iranian regime\u2019s oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain, according to an industry source and tanker data, deepening global supply losses. Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments at a similar rate and at 120,000 bpd if condensate, a light oil, is included. Singapore Detained Two Ships Carrying Iranian Lpg in Violation of US Sanctions Two vessels carrying Iranian LPG or liquid gas involved in Iran-China deliveries were detained in Singapore on July 22 and 24, a ship-tracking source has said. The ships belong to Kunlun Shipping, a private Hong Kong company with a fleet of LPG vessels carrying Iranian-sourced cargoes. The detention of the vessels is related to U.S. sanctions banning export of Iranian oil and gas and a direct result of a court order. Tehran University Student Activist Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence University of Tehran anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. Tehran Province\u2019s Appeals Court upheld a 2-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a two-year ban on traveling abroad against Hosseinzadeh on June 24. Hosseinzadeh was the secretary of Tehran University students\u2019 central council who was arrested during the nationwide uprisings in the 2018 uprising, but was later released on bail. Branch 36 of Tehran Appeals Court informed her that she has been sentenced to 30 months\u2019 imprisonment on the charge of \u201cassociation and collusion against national security\u201d and another one year for \u201cpropaganda against the state.\u201d Kurdish Political Prisoner Denied Hospital Treatment Kurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, held at Urmia Prison, has been denied hospitalization to receive tests for a tumor in his stomach, according to his lawyer. Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said that after getting an MRI and some tests in a hospital a month and a half ago, the doctor discovered a tumor in his stomach. 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These comments, coupled with the appointment, in March 2019, of Ebrahim Raisi, who, like Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, was involved with the 1988 massacre, to the position of the head of the judiciary, put survivors, family members of those executed and human rights defenders at increased risk of harassment and persecution simply for seeking truth and justice.Pompeo Says U.S. Will Keep Strait of Hormuz OpenU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with Iran\u2019s regime.Pompeo called on other countries to assist the U.S. in protecting shipping in the region.Asked whether U.S. sanctions against the Iranian regime have a chance to achieve their aim, Pompeo reiterated that the sanctions are part of a broader Middle East policy and the administration decided to \u201ctake a 180 degree turn\u201d from the Obama policies, which gave \u201copportunities to Iran\u201d. The Trump policy is to reduce the Iranian regime\u2019s resources to hinder its interventionist regional activities.Pompeo underscored that sanctions have been effective and reminded his host that many in Washington were saying unilateral American sanction won\u2019t work. \u201cWell they have worked\u201d, Pompeo quipped.Hit by Sanctions and Rising Tensions, Iran Regime&#039;s Oil Exports Slide in JulyThe Iranian regime\u2019s oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain, according to an industry source and tanker data, deepening global supply losses.Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments at a similar rate and at 120,000 bpd if condensate, a light oil, is included.Singapore Detained Two Ships Carrying Iranian Lpg in Violation of US SanctionsTwo vessels carrying Iranian LPG or liquid gas involved in Iran-China deliveries were detained in Singapore on July 22 and 24, a ship-tracking source has said.The ships belong to Kunlun Shipping, a private Hong Kong company with a fleet of LPG vessels carrying Iranian-sourced cargoes.The detention of the vessels is related to U.S. sanctions banning export of Iranian oil and gas and a direct result of a court order. 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These comments, coupled with the appointment, in March 2019, of Ebrahim Raisi, who, like Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, was involved with the 1988 massacre, to the position of the head of the judiciary, put survivors, family members of those executed and human rights defenders at increased risk of harassment and persecution simply for seeking truth and justice.Pompeo Says U.S. Will Keep Strait of Hormuz OpenU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with Iran\u2019s regime.Pompeo called on other countries to assist the U.S. in protecting shipping in the region.Asked whether U.S. sanctions against the Iranian regime have a chance to achieve their aim, Pompeo reiterated that the sanctions are part of a broader Middle East policy and the administration decided to \u201ctake a 180 degree turn\u201d from the Obama policies, which gave \u201copportunities to Iran\u201d. The Trump policy is to reduce the Iranian regime\u2019s resources to hinder its interventionist regional activities.Pompeo underscored that sanctions have been effective and reminded his host that many in Washington were saying unilateral American sanction won\u2019t work. \u201cWell they have worked\u201d, Pompeo quipped.Hit by Sanctions and Rising Tensions, Iran Regime's Oil Exports Slide in JulyThe Iranian regime\u2019s oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain, according to an industry source and tanker data, deepening global supply losses.Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments at a similar rate and at 120,000 bpd if condensate, a light oil, is included.Singapore Detained Two Ships Carrying Iranian Lpg in Violation of US SanctionsTwo vessels carrying Iranian LPG or liquid gas involved in Iran-China deliveries were detained in Singapore on July 22 and 24, a ship-tracking source has said.The ships belong to Kunlun Shipping, a private Hong Kong company with a fleet of LPG vessels carrying Iranian-sourced cargoes.The detention of the vessels is related to U.S. sanctions banning export of Iranian oil and gas and a direct result of a court order. Tehran University Student Activist Arrested to Serve Prison SentenceUniversity of Tehran anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence.Tehran Province\u2019s Appeals Court upheld a 2-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a two-year ban on traveling abroad against Hosseinzadeh on June 24.Hosseinzadeh was the secretary of Tehran University students\u2019 central council who was arrested during the nationwide uprisings in the 2018 uprising, but was later released on bail.Branch 36 of Tehran Appeals Court informed her that she has been sentenced to 30 months\u2019 imprisonment on the charge of \u201cassociation and collusion against national security\u201d and another one year for \u201cpropaganda against the state.\u201dKurdish Political Prisoner Denied Hospital TreatmentKurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, held at Urmia Prison, has been denied hospitalization to receive tests for a tumor in his stomach, according to his lawyer.Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said that after getting an MRI and some tests in a hospital a month and a half ago, the doctor discovered a tumor in his stomach. He should be admitted for treatment that day, but the agents who were accompanying him said they had to return him to prison unless a judge grants him permission.He was scheduled to go back to the hospital on July 18, but so far this has not happened.","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-31-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019Amnesty International Derides Shocking Statements by Senior Official Highlight Impunity for Iran\u2019s 1988 Prison Massacres Amnesty International said on Tuesday that recent statements by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, advisor to Iran\u2019s head of the judiciary and a former minister of justice, defending the mass extrajudicial executions of 1988 provide shocking confirmation of the authorities\u2019 wilful flouting of international human rights law both at the time and now and a stark reminder of the sense of impunity that senior officials linked to the killings enjoy.The organization is particularly concerned about comments by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi accusing those advocating for truth and accountability of \u201cterrorism\u201d and \u201ccollusion\u201d with Iran\u2019s geopolitical enemies, and warning that they shall face prosecution. These comments, coupled with the appointment, in March 2019, of Ebrahim Raisi, who, like Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, was involved with the 1988 massacre, to the position of the head of the judiciary, put survivors, family members of those executed and human rights defenders at increased risk of harassment and persecution simply for seeking truth and justice.Pompeo Says U.S. Will Keep Strait of Hormuz OpenU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with Iran\u2019s regime.Pompeo called on other countries to assist the U.S. in protecting shipping in the region.Asked whether U.S. sanctions against the Iranian regime have a chance to achieve their aim, Pompeo reiterated that the sanctions are part of a broader Middle East policy and the administration decided to \u201ctake a 180 degree turn\u201d from the Obama policies, which gave \u201copportunities to Iran\u201d. The Trump policy is to reduce the Iranian regime\u2019s resources to hinder its interventionist regional activities.Pompeo underscored that sanctions have been effective and reminded his host that many in Washington were saying unilateral American sanction won\u2019t work. \u201cWell they have worked\u201d, Pompeo quipped.Hit by Sanctions and Rising Tensions, Iran Regime's Oil Exports Slide in JulyThe Iranian regime\u2019s oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain, according to an industry source and tanker data, deepening global supply losses.Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments at a similar rate and at 120,000 bpd if condensate, a light oil, is included.Singapore Detained Two Ships Carrying Iranian Lpg in Violation of US SanctionsTwo vessels carrying Iranian LPG or liquid gas involved in Iran-China deliveries were detained in Singapore on July 22 and 24, a ship-tracking source has said.The ships belong to Kunlun Shipping, a private Hong Kong company with a fleet of LPG vessels carrying Iranian-sourced cargoes.The detention of the vessels is related to U.S. sanctions banning export of Iranian oil and gas and a direct result of a court order. Tehran University Student Activist Arrested to Serve Prison SentenceUniversity of Tehran anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence.Tehran Province\u2019s Appeals Court upheld a 2-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a two-year ban on traveling abroad against Hosseinzadeh on June 24.Hosseinzadeh was the secretary of Tehran University students\u2019 central council who was arrested during the nationwide uprisings in the 2018 uprising, but was later released on bail.Branch 36 of Tehran Appeals Court informed her that she has been sentenced to 30 months\u2019 imprisonment on the charge of \u201cassociation and collusion against national security\u201d and another one year for \u201cpropaganda against the state.\u201dKurdish Political Prisoner Denied Hospital TreatmentKurdish political prisoner Mohammad Nazari, held at Urmia Prison, has been denied hospitalization to receive tests for a tumor in his stomach, according to his lawyer.Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said that after getting an MRI and some tests in a hospital a month and a half ago, the doctor discovered a tumor in his stomach. He should be admitted for treatment that day, but the agents who were accompanying him said they had to return him to prison unless a judge grants him permission.He was scheduled to go back to the hospital on July 18, but so far this has not happened.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-07-31T17:28:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:41:19+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-31-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019","datePublished":"2019-07-31T17:28:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019\/"},"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-31-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-july-31-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-31T17:28:08+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:19+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, July 31, 2019Amnesty International Derides Shocking Statements by Senior Official Highlight Impunity for Iran\u2019s 1988 Prison Massacres Amnesty International said on Tuesday that recent statements by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, advisor to Iran\u2019s head of the judiciary and a former minister of justice, defending the mass extrajudicial executions of 1988 provide shocking confirmation of the authorities\u2019 wilful flouting of international human rights law both at the time and now and a stark reminder of the sense of impunity that senior officials linked to the killings enjoy.The organization is particularly concerned about comments by Mostafa Pour Mohammadi accusing those advocating for truth and accountability of \u201cterrorism\u201d and \u201ccollusion\u201d with Iran\u2019s geopolitical enemies, and warning that they shall face prosecution. 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The Trump policy is to reduce the Iranian regime\u2019s resources to hinder its interventionist regional activities.Pompeo underscored that sanctions have been effective and reminded his host that many in Washington were saying unilateral American sanction won\u2019t work. \u201cWell they have worked\u201d, Pompeo quipped.Hit by Sanctions and Rising Tensions, Iran Regime's Oil Exports Slide in JulyThe Iranian regime\u2019s oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain, according to an industry source and tanker data, deepening global supply losses.Data from Refinitiv Eikon put crude shipments at a similar rate and at 120,000 bpd if condensate, a light oil, is included.Singapore Detained Two Ships Carrying Iranian Lpg in Violation of US SanctionsTwo vessels carrying Iranian LPG or liquid gas involved in Iran-China deliveries were detained in Singapore on July 22 and 24, a ship-tracking source has said.The ships belong to Kunlun Shipping, a private Hong Kong company with a fleet of LPG vessels carrying Iranian-sourced cargoes.The detention of the vessels is related to U.S. sanctions banning export of Iranian oil and gas and a direct result of a court order. 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