{"id":211335,"date":"2019-08-09T19:53:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211335-iran-news-in-brief-august-9-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:15","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 9, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XRfNwR53vok\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 9, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_XRfNwR53vok\" 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%2FXRfNwR53vok%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XRfNwR53vok\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M39S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-09T14:10:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XRfNwR53vok\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXRfNwR53vok%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 9, 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\/XRfNwR53vok\" 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%2FXRfNwR53vok%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 9, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 9, 2019 Iran Cleric Complains Financial Hardship Has Reduced Budget for Religious Schools A top Iranian hardliner mullah has expressed concern over the decline in the budget allocated to religious institutions, as U.S. sanctions have affected the regime\u2019s ability to fund ideological centers meant to strengthen its influence in society. Mullah Nasser Makarem Shirazi said on Thursday that many seminaries had to fire some of the &quot;scholars&quot;. He complained that the regime has refused to allocate the budget it used to give to seminaries. Bahrain Says Iran Regime Must Stop Making \u2018Irresponsible Statements\u2019 and \u2018Empty Threats\u2019 Iran\u2019s regime must stop making \u201cirresponsible statements\u201d and \u201cempty threats\u201d in an attempt to create tension in the region, Bahrain\u2019s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The Bahraini foreign ministry said in a statement that the Iranian regime\u2019s remarks about a Gulf maritime security conference in Bahrain reflect the regime\u2019s destabilizing approach to regional security and its determination to stop all efforts and initiatives that are aimed at enforcing security, stability, and freedom in the Gulf. 46 Executions in Iran in Five Weeks The inhuman mullahs\u2019 regime in desperate need of suppressing the popular uprisings has resorted to more executions. The mullahs\u2019 agents hanged 39 prisoners only in July. Four were women, and there was one public hanging. In the past few days, the regime hanged seven other prisoners. The Iranian Resistance called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Council and the EU to condemn the new wave of executions in Iran. The Iranian Resistance also called for binding decisions to stop the barbaric and systematic executions by the regime in Iran. Iranian Journalist Sentenced to 4.5 Years in Prison On Wednesday, the Iranian Regime\u2019s Appeals Court in Tehran sentenced Massoud Kazemi, a dissident journalist, to 4-and-a-half years in prison. Kazemi was sentenced by Branch 36 of the Appeals Court in Tehran to two years in prison for insulting the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, two years in prison for ostensibly \u2018publishing lies,\u2019 and six months for insulting other officials of the regime. Prominent Writer in Iran Sentenced to Prison - Female Journalist Arrested The Iranian Regime\u2019s Appeals Court has upheld an eight-month sentence for an Iranian author and poet. Revolutionary Guards intelligence agents first detained Nima Saffar in November 2015, in the city of Gorgan. 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