{"id":211342,"date":"2019-08-27T18:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211342-iran-news-in-brief-august-19-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:09","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-19-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-19-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 19, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 19, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_klK-DOwePP0\" 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%2FklK-DOwePP0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/klK-DOwePP0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-19T09:58:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_klK-DOwePP0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FklK-DOwePP0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 19, 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\/klK-DOwePP0\" 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%2FklK-DOwePP0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 19, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 19, 2019 Javad Zarif\u2019s Trip to Northern Europe Must Be Condemned, Cancelled According to the Iranian regime\u2019s state-run news agencies, the mullahs\u2019 Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit Finland, Sweden and Norway beginning August 19. The NCRI strongly condemned the visit by the regime\u2019s top diplomat-terrorist as it will embolden the regime to continue and step up the flagrant and systematic violations of human right and the export of terrorism and warmongering. The NCRI said in a statement that this trip only arouses the Iranian people\u2019s anger and abhorrence and must be cancelled. UN Expert: Executions in Iran Among the World\u2019s Highest The UN expert on human rights in Iran says last year saw increasing restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and continuing violations of the right to life, liberty and a fair trial in Iran, including 253 reported executions of adults and children. Javaid Rehman expressed concern that Iran\u2019s regime has more than 80 offenses punishable by the death penalty, including, the bogus charge of \u201cwaging war against God, corruption on Earth, blasphemy and insult of the Prophet\u201d. He said many of the offenses are not considered serious crimes under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Among the seven child offenders reported to have been executed in 2018 were two 17-year-olds in April, Rehman said. \u201cThe two were reportedly forced to confess under torture.\u201d Rehman reiterated UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet\u2019s statement that the execution of child offenders \u201cis absolutely prohibited and must end immediately.\u201d Germany Charges Man With Spying for Iran\u2019s Regime Prosecutors in Germany say they have indicted an army employee with spying for an Iranian intelligence service. The federal prosecutor\u2019s office said in a statement that the German-Afghan dual citizen is charged with \u201ca particularly serious case\u201d of treason and of breaching official secrecy laws in 18 cases. The suspect, identified only as Abdul Hamid S. in line with German privacy rules, had worked as a translator and adviser to the German army for several years. He was arrested Jan. 15 and has been detained since. Ten Detained Activists Go on Hunger Strike in Iran 10 Iranian activists arrested on August 10 in front of a courthouse in the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran have gone on hunger strike, reports say. 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The NCRI said in a statement that this trip only arouses the Iranian people\u2019s anger and abhorrence and must be cancelled.UN Expert: Executions in Iran Among the World\u2019s HighestThe UN expert on human rights in Iran says last year saw increasing restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and continuing violations of the right to life, liberty and a fair trial in Iran, including 253 reported executions of adults and children.Javaid Rehman expressed concern that Iran\u2019s regime has more than 80 offenses punishable by the death penalty, including, the bogus charge of \u201cwaging war against God, corruption on Earth, blasphemy and insult of the Prophet\u201d. 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He said many of the offenses are not considered serious crimes under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.Among the seven child offenders reported to have been executed in 2018 were two 17-year-olds in April, Rehman said. \u201cThe two were reportedly forced to confess under torture.\u201dRehman reiterated UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet\u2019s statement that the execution of child offenders \u201cis absolutely prohibited and must end immediately.\u201dGermany Charges Man With Spying for Iran\u2019s RegimeProsecutors in Germany say they have indicted an army employee with spying for an Iranian intelligence service. The federal prosecutor\u2019s office said in a statement that the German-Afghan dual citizen is charged with \u201ca particularly serious case\u201d of treason and of breaching official secrecy laws in 18 cases. The suspect, identified only as Abdul Hamid S. in line with German privacy rules, had worked as a translator and adviser to the German army for several years. He was arrested Jan. 15 and has been detained since.Ten Detained Activists Go on Hunger Strike in Iran10 Iranian activists arrested on August 10 in front of a courthouse in the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran have gone on hunger strike, reports say.The activists had gathered at the courthouse to protest a 13-year jail term for an associate when they were also arrested.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-19-2019\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-19-2019\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-19-2019\/#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 19, 2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}