{"id":211328,"date":"2019-08-04T08:07:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T08:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211328-iran-news-in-brief-august-2-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:18","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 2, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 2, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_WKLikCc5hVM\" 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%2FWKLikCc5hVM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKLikCc5hVM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-02T20:32:59Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_WKLikCc5hVM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FWKLikCc5hVM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 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\/WKLikCc5hVM\" 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%2FWKLikCc5hVM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 2, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 2, 2019 Iran Sanctions Effective, \u201cWe Will Enforce Them\u201d Everywhere, Says Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said Washington would continue to enforce sanctions against Iran\u2019s regime. The sanctions on the regime have been effective and \u201cwe will enforce them\u201d everywhere, he said. Pompeo was speaking at a regional youth leadership program in Bangkok. Tehran Moves Swedish-Iranian Scientist Sentenced to Death to Solitary Confinement A Swedish-Iranian medical doctor and researcher who has been in jail in Iran since 2016 on charges of &quot;espionage&quot; with a death sentence, has been moved to an unidentified place. Human rights groups have protested Ahmad Reza Jalaii&#039;s death sentence which has been confirmed by the regime\u2019s Supreme Court. In 2017, Jalali told his family that he was sentenced to death after he refused to cooperate with the regime\u2019s Intelligence organization and spy on Iranian scientists abroad. 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The sanctions on the regime have been effective and \u201cwe will enforce them\u201d everywhere, he said.Pompeo was speaking at a regional youth leadership program in Bangkok.Tehran Moves Swedish-Iranian Scientist Sentenced to Death to Solitary ConfinementA Swedish-Iranian medical doctor and researcher who has been in jail in Iran since 2016 on charges of \"espionage\" with a death sentence, has been moved to an unidentified place.Human rights groups have protested Ahmad Reza Jalaii's death sentence which has been confirmed by the regime\u2019s Supreme Court.In 2017, Jalali told his family that he was sentenced to death after he refused to cooperate with the regime\u2019s Intelligence organization and spy on Iranian scientists abroad.Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 30 Years and 111 LashesThe regime\u2019s Revolutionary Court in Tehran has upheld a 30-year prison sentence against Amirsalar Davoudi, a human rights lawyer and defender of several political activists.Davoudi\u2019s lawyer announced on Wednesday that a 30-year prison sentence with 111 lashes against his client has been finalized.\u201cFifteen years of the sentence is obligatory and implementable,\u201d he said.Davoudi was initially sentenced in June on charges of \u201cinsulting officials\u201d, \u201cinsulting the Supreme Leader\u201d and \u201cspreading propaganda against the system.\u201dWomen\u2019s Rights Activists Sentenced to 55 Years for Protesting Forced HijabThree women\u2019s rights activists held in Qarchak Prison have been sentenced to a total of 55 years in prison for removing their hijabs in public.The Revolutionary Court of Tehran informed Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi, and Mojgan Keshavar of their sentences in the absence of their lawyers on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.Iran to Establish at Least 3 Factories in Syria Amid Economic CrisisMasan Nahas, head of the Iran \u2013 Syria Chamber of Commerce has told the Al-Vatan newspaper that Iran\u2019s regime has agreed to open three factories in Syria before August 12.In repeated mass demonstrations in Iran since 2017, protesters have voiced their anger at the regime\u2019s policy of devoting money and resources for regional allies, such as Assad and the Lebanese Hezbollah.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-2-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-2-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-2-2019\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran news in brief, August 2, 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