{"id":211329,"date":"2019-08-05T06:33:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211329-iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:17","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"54lszc4o7MY\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_54lszc4o7MY\" 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%2F54lszc4o7MY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54lszc4o7MY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-04T15:36:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_54lszc4o7MY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F54lszc4o7MY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 3, 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\/54lszc4o7MY\" 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%2F54lszc4o7MY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019 Trump Says Iran Regime &#039;Wants to Negotiate a Deal so Badly&#039; U.S. President Donald Trump referring to his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has said the Iranian regime wants to negotiate a deal \u201cso badly\u201d. In a campaign rally speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump said it was to protect American security that he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as the nuclear accord is known. \u201cIran is a much different country than 2 \u00bd years ago when I took over. It was all over\u2026 Now\u2026Now they just want to negotiate a deal so badly\u201d, Trump told the audience attending the rally. Trump also drew attention to cash deliveries to Tehran in the last months of the Obama administration to settle monetary disputes, which remained unresolved for decades. \u201cWe gave Iran &#36;1.8 billion in cash, planeloads of cash. I wonder what they thought when those planes landed. I wonder what happened to the cash. Can you believe it? &#36;1.8 billion we gave them in cash\u201d, Trump said. NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Urges Dispatch of an International Delegation to Inspect Iranian Prisons and Visit Political Prisoners The Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemned the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Monday, July 29, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition. The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee drew the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women\u2019s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release. Iran: Four Prisoners Hanged in Two Cities According to reports from inside Iran, four prisoners have been hanged in Gohardasht Prison, in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, and in Mashhad Prison, northeast of Iran. In other news, a man was sentenced to public hanging for the alleged charges of killing two agents of the repressive regime. The regime ruling Iran, with an atrocious human rights record, has the highest number of executions per capita. Mike Pence Demands Iran Release Christian Woman United States Vice President Mike Pence is defending the religious freedom of a Christian woman in Iran. This week in Iran a revolutionary court judge sentenced 65-year-old Mahrokh Kanbara to prison for &quot;acting against national security&quot; and engaging in &quot;propaganda against the system.&quot; International Christian Concern reports Kanbara was arrested last December. Local police raided her home, incarcerated her, and interrogated her for ten days On Friday, Pence took to social media to voice his concern. He tweeted &quot;Iran must free Mahrockh Kanbari today. Whether Sunni, Sufi, Bahai&#039;i, Jewish, or Christian, America will stand up for people of faith in Iran like Marokh and Pastor Bet Tamrz whose persecutions are an affront to religious freedom.&quot; In a second tweet, the vice president wrote, &quot;I am appalled to hear reports that Iran&#039;s despotic rulers have punished yet another Christian woman for exercising her freedom to worship.&quot;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019Trump Says Iran Regime &#8216;Wants to Negotiate a Deal so Badly&#8217;U.S. President Donald Trump referring to his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[178],"class_list":{"0":"post-211329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-news-in-brief","7":"tag-save"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019 - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019Trump Says Iran Regime &#039;Wants to Negotiate a Deal so Badly&#039;U.S. President Donald Trump referring to his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has said the Iranian regime wants to negotiate a deal \u201cso badly\u201d. In a campaign rally speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump said it was to protect American security that he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as the nuclear accord is known.\u201cIran is a much different country than 2 \u00bd years ago when I took over. It was all over\u2026 Now\u2026Now they just want to negotiate a deal so badly\u201d, Trump told the audience attending the rally.Trump also drew attention to cash deliveries to Tehran in the last months of the Obama administration to settle monetary disputes, which remained unresolved for decades.\u201cWe gave Iran $1.8 billion in cash, planeloads of cash. I wonder what they thought when those planes landed. I wonder what happened to the cash. Can you believe it? $1.8 billion we gave them in cash\u201d, Trump said.NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Urges Dispatch of an International Delegation to Inspect Iranian Prisons and Visit Political PrisonersThe Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemned the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin.Monday, July 29, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition.The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee drew the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women\u2019s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release.Iran: Four Prisoners Hanged in Two CitiesAccording to reports from inside Iran, four prisoners have been hanged in Gohardasht Prison, in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, and in Mashhad Prison, northeast of Iran.In other news, a man was sentenced to public hanging for the alleged charges of killing two agents of the repressive regime.The regime ruling Iran, with an atrocious human rights record, has the highest number of executions per capita.Mike Pence Demands Iran Release Christian WomanUnited States Vice President Mike Pence is defending the religious freedom of a Christian woman in Iran.This week in Iran a revolutionary court judge sentenced 65-year-old Mahrokh Kanbara to prison for &quot;acting against national security&quot; and engaging in &quot;propaganda against the system.&quot;International Christian Concern reports Kanbara was arrested last December. Local police raided her home, incarcerated her, and interrogated her for ten days On Friday, Pence took to social media to voice his concern. He tweeted &quot;Iran must free Mahrockh Kanbari today. Whether Sunni, Sufi, Bahai&#039;i, Jewish, or Christian, America will stand up for people of faith in Iran like Marokh and Pastor Bet Tamrz whose persecutions are an affront to religious freedom.&quot;In a second tweet, the vice president wrote, &quot;I am appalled to hear reports that Iran&#039;s despotic rulers have punished yet another Christian woman for exercising her freedom to worship.&quot;\" \/>\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-august-3-2019\/\" \/>\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, August 3, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019Trump Says Iran Regime &#039;Wants to Negotiate a Deal so Badly&#039;U.S. President Donald Trump referring to his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has said the Iranian regime wants to negotiate a deal \u201cso badly\u201d. In a campaign rally speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump said it was to protect American security that he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as the nuclear accord is known.\u201cIran is a much different country than 2 \u00bd years ago when I took over. It was all over\u2026 Now\u2026Now they just want to negotiate a deal so badly\u201d, Trump told the audience attending the rally.Trump also drew attention to cash deliveries to Tehran in the last months of the Obama administration to settle monetary disputes, which remained unresolved for decades.\u201cWe gave Iran $1.8 billion in cash, planeloads of cash. I wonder what they thought when those planes landed. I wonder what happened to the cash. Can you believe it? $1.8 billion we gave them in cash\u201d, Trump said.NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Urges Dispatch of an International Delegation to Inspect Iranian Prisons and Visit Political PrisonersThe Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemned the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin.Monday, July 29, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition.The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee drew the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women\u2019s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release.Iran: Four Prisoners Hanged in Two CitiesAccording to reports from inside Iran, four prisoners have been hanged in Gohardasht Prison, in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, and in Mashhad Prison, northeast of Iran.In other news, a man was sentenced to public hanging for the alleged charges of killing two agents of the repressive regime.The regime ruling Iran, with an atrocious human rights record, has the highest number of executions per capita.Mike Pence Demands Iran Release Christian WomanUnited States Vice President Mike Pence is defending the religious freedom of a Christian woman in Iran.This week in Iran a revolutionary court judge sentenced 65-year-old Mahrokh Kanbara to prison for &quot;acting against national security&quot; and engaging in &quot;propaganda against the system.&quot;International Christian Concern reports Kanbara was arrested last December. Local police raided her home, incarcerated her, and interrogated her for ten days On Friday, Pence took to social media to voice his concern. He tweeted &quot;Iran must free Mahrockh Kanbari today. Whether Sunni, Sufi, Bahai&#039;i, Jewish, or Christian, America will stand up for people of faith in Iran like Marokh and Pastor Bet Tamrz whose persecutions are an affront to religious freedom.&quot;In a second tweet, the vice president wrote, &quot;I am appalled to hear reports that Iran&#039;s despotic rulers have punished yet another Christian woman for exercising her freedom to worship.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-05T06:33:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T17:41:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-05T06:33:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:41:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":19,\"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-august-3-2019\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-05T06:33:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:41:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019Trump Says Iran Regime 'Wants to Negotiate a Deal so Badly'U.S. President Donald Trump referring to his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has said the Iranian regime wants to negotiate a deal \u201cso badly\u201d. 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In a campaign rally speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump said it was to protect American security that he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as the nuclear accord is known.\u201cIran is a much different country than 2 \u00bd years ago when I took over. It was all over\u2026 Now\u2026Now they just want to negotiate a deal so badly\u201d, Trump told the audience attending the rally.Trump also drew attention to cash deliveries to Tehran in the last months of the Obama administration to settle monetary disputes, which remained unresolved for decades.\u201cWe gave Iran $1.8 billion in cash, planeloads of cash. I wonder what they thought when those planes landed. I wonder what happened to the cash. 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In a campaign rally speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump said it was to protect American security that he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as the nuclear accord is known.\u201cIran is a much different country than 2 \u00bd years ago when I took over. It was all over\u2026 Now\u2026Now they just want to negotiate a deal so badly\u201d, Trump told the audience attending the rally.Trump also drew attention to cash deliveries to Tehran in the last months of the Obama administration to settle monetary disputes, which remained unresolved for decades.\u201cWe gave Iran $1.8 billion in cash, planeloads of cash. I wonder what they thought when those planes landed. I wonder what happened to the cash. Can you believe it? $1.8 billion we gave them in cash\u201d, Trump said.NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Urges Dispatch of an International Delegation to Inspect Iranian Prisons and Visit Political PrisonersThe Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemned the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin.Monday, July 29, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition.The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee drew the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women\u2019s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release.Iran: Four Prisoners Hanged in Two CitiesAccording to reports from inside Iran, four prisoners have been hanged in Gohardasht Prison, in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, and in Mashhad Prison, northeast of Iran.In other news, a man was sentenced to public hanging for the alleged charges of killing two agents of the repressive regime.The regime ruling Iran, with an atrocious human rights record, has the highest number of executions per capita.Mike Pence Demands Iran Release Christian WomanUnited States Vice President Mike Pence is defending the religious freedom of a Christian woman in Iran.This week in Iran a revolutionary court judge sentenced 65-year-old Mahrokh Kanbara to prison for \"acting against national security\" and engaging in \"propaganda against the system.\"International Christian Concern reports Kanbara was arrested last December. Local police raided her home, incarcerated her, and interrogated her for ten days On Friday, Pence took to social media to voice his concern. He tweeted \"Iran must free Mahrockh Kanbari today. Whether Sunni, Sufi, Bahai'i, Jewish, or Christian, America will stand up for people of faith in Iran like Marokh and Pastor Bet Tamrz whose persecutions are an affront to religious freedom.\"In a second tweet, the vice president wrote, \"I am appalled to hear reports that Iran's despotic rulers have punished yet another Christian woman for exercising her freedom to worship.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-08-05T06:33:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:41:17+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-august-3-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019","datePublished":"2019-08-05T06:33:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\/"},"wordCount":19,"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-august-3-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-3-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-05T06:33:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:17+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, August 3, 2019Trump Says Iran Regime 'Wants to Negotiate a Deal so Badly'U.S. President Donald Trump referring to his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement has said the Iranian regime wants to negotiate a deal \u201cso badly\u201d. In a campaign rally speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump said it was to protect American security that he withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, as the nuclear accord is known.\u201cIran is a much different country than 2 \u00bd years ago when I took over. It was all over\u2026 Now\u2026Now they just want to negotiate a deal so badly\u201d, Trump told the audience attending the rally.Trump also drew attention to cash deliveries to Tehran in the last months of the Obama administration to settle monetary disputes, which remained unresolved for decades.\u201cWe gave Iran $1.8 billion in cash, planeloads of cash. I wonder what they thought when those planes landed. I wonder what happened to the cash. Can you believe it? $1.8 billion we gave them in cash\u201d, Trump said.NCRI Women\u2019s Committee Urges Dispatch of an International Delegation to Inspect Iranian Prisons and Visit Political PrisonersThe Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemned the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin.Monday, July 29, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition.The NCRI Women\u2019s Committee drew the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women\u2019s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release.Iran: Four Prisoners Hanged in Two CitiesAccording to reports from inside Iran, four prisoners have been hanged in Gohardasht Prison, in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, and in Mashhad Prison, northeast of Iran.In other news, a man was sentenced to public hanging for the alleged charges of killing two agents of the repressive regime.The regime ruling Iran, with an atrocious human rights record, has the highest number of executions per capita.Mike Pence Demands Iran Release Christian WomanUnited States Vice President Mike Pence is defending the religious freedom of a Christian woman in Iran.This week in Iran a revolutionary court judge sentenced 65-year-old Mahrokh Kanbara to prison for \"acting against national security\" and engaging in \"propaganda against the system.\"International Christian Concern reports Kanbara was arrested last December. 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