{"id":211340,"date":"2019-08-15T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211340-iran-news-in-brief-august-15-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:13","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-15-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-15-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_j-fjjodhO0Y\" 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%2Fj-fjjodhO0Y%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-fjjodhO0Y\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-15T08:50:50Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_j-fjjodhO0Y\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fj-fjjodhO0Y%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 15, 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\/j-fjjodhO0Y\" 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%2Fj-fjjodhO0Y%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 15, 2019 European Mission in Strait of Hormuz Likely to Be Discussed in Finland German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she believed the idea of a European naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz would be discussed again at informal meetings of European foreign and defense ministers in Finland later this month. Last month Iran\u2019s regime illegally seized a UK-flagged tanker in international waters in the strait. Merkel said: &quot;I think the question of a European mission will be discussed there again because this discussion has not yet taken place everywhere and so I believe that the Finnish presidency will play a coordinating role on that&quot;. Workers Prosecuted in Iran for Continuing Protests Fourteen workers of the Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Industrial complex in Iran\u2019s Khuzestan province stood trial on Wednesday. The workers are being prosecuted for attending a one-hour protest gathering on May 9, demanding their rights, according to local labor rights activists. At the court, the fourteen responded to their charges by demanding their two-months overdue wages, a solution to the problems related to labor contracts, and the implementation of a plan for jobs classification. Earlier, seven more of the complex&#039;s workers were tried and sentenced. According to the Haft Tapeh workers\u2019 social media channel, the judge sentenced each of the accused to an eight-month suspended prison sentence, and thirty lashes. The judge has also ordered the accused to apologize to the owner of the industrial complex. UAE Says Houthis Should Be Designated an \u2018Iranian Proxy\u2019 The Houthi militia in Yemen are a proxy for Iran\u2019s regime and should be designated as such, the UAE\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday. He said in a tweet: \u201cHouthi relations with Iran, for long in search for proper designation, is clearer following their leadership\u2019s meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei\u201d. \u201cStated in black &amp; white in their statement of fealty the Houthis are a proxy and that is the correct terminology,\u201d he added. Dual Citizen Is Under Pressure for Forced Confession Ahmad Reza Jalali, a dual citizen who has been sentenced to death, is under pressure for a forced confession for a new case and was threatened to be executed earlier if he chose not to cooperate. His wife has said: \u201cWe do not know how and to where he was transferred. He contacted his family and said that he was threatened to have a forced confession otherwise he will be executed\u201d. 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According to the Haft Tapeh workers\u2019 social media channel, the judge sentenced each of the accused to an eight-month suspended prison sentence, and thirty lashes.The judge has also ordered the accused to apologize to the owner of the industrial complex.UAE Says Houthis Should Be Designated an \u2018Iranian Proxy\u2019The Houthi militia in Yemen are a proxy for Iran\u2019s regime and should be designated as such, the UAE\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday.He said in a tweet: \u201cHouthi relations with Iran, for long in search for proper designation, is clearer following their leadership\u2019s meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei\u201d.\u201cStated in black &amp; white in their statement of fealty the Houthis are a proxy and that is the correct terminology,\u201d he added.Dual Citizen Is Under Pressure for Forced ConfessionAhmad Reza Jalali, a dual citizen who has been sentenced to death, is under pressure for a forced confession for a new case and was threatened to be executed earlier if he chose not to cooperate. 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According to the Haft Tapeh workers\u2019 social media channel, the judge sentenced each of the accused to an eight-month suspended prison sentence, and thirty lashes.The judge has also ordered the accused to apologize to the owner of the industrial complex.UAE Says Houthis Should Be Designated an \u2018Iranian Proxy\u2019The Houthi militia in Yemen are a proxy for Iran\u2019s regime and should be designated as such, the UAE\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday.He said in a tweet: \u201cHouthi relations with Iran, for long in search for proper designation, is clearer following their leadership\u2019s meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei\u201d.\u201cStated in black &amp; white in their statement of fealty the Houthis are a proxy and that is the correct terminology,\u201d he added.Dual Citizen Is Under Pressure for Forced ConfessionAhmad Reza Jalali, a dual citizen who has been sentenced to death, is under pressure for a forced confession for a new case and was threatened to be executed earlier if he chose not to cooperate. His wife has said: \u201cWe do not know how and to where he was transferred. He contacted his family and said that he was threatened to have a forced confession otherwise he will be executed\u201d. 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