{"id":211343,"date":"2019-08-27T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211343-iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:09","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_TEhhxTjSqdg\" 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%2FTEhhxTjSqdg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TEhhxTjSqdg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-20T12:54:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_TEhhxTjSqdg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FTEhhxTjSqdg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 20, 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\/TEhhxTjSqdg\" 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%2FTEhhxTjSqdg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019 U.S. Has Conveyed Its &#039;Strong Position&#039; to Greece About Iranian Tanker The United States has conveyed its \u201cstrong position\u201d to the Greek government about an Iranian tanker that sailed for Greece on Monday after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar and Washington says is carrying oil to Syria. A State Department official said any efforts to assist the tanker could be considered as providing material support to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, a foreign terrorist organization, which has immigration and potential criminal consequences. The Grace 1, renamed the Adrian Darya 1, left anchorage off Gibraltar late on Sunday. Ship tracking data showed on Monday that the vessel was heading to Greece and was scheduled to arrive next Sunday. Iran Regime Sentences 40 People to Flogging A judicial official in the northwestern province of Ardabil said that 40 people were sentenced to flogging, most of them on charges of \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d. According to the Fars state-run News Agency, the head of the Ardabil Judiciary said that three people charged with \u201cfinancial crimes\u201d in addition to other crimes were sentenced to flogging. Naser Atabati also said that 37 other people who were tried for taking part in fights and \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d were sentenced to flogging in addition to fines and prison terms. The Iranian regime does not consider flogging as torture and routinely issues flogging sentences for a wide range of so-called \u201ccrimes\u201d. Political Prisoner Describes \u201cLegal\u201d Corruption in Evin Prison Letter Political prisoner Soheil Arabi wrote an open letter from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison describing what he called \u201clegitimate and legal corruption\u201d. In the letter dated August 15, the jailed blogger said that with the transfer of the head of Evin Prison, new limitations were enforced including restrictions on prisoners for contacting the outside world. He wrote: \u201cIt has been more than two months that telephone cards are only available in the prison\u2019s black market and are sold at five times the normal price\u201d. He said that this had made it impossible for most prisoners to purchase these cards, especially the many prisoners detained for not being able to pay their loans. \u201cThe motivation behind this move by officials is to prevent information from leaving the prison,\u201d Arabi wrote. CEO of Major Automaker Arrested in Iran Days after accusations of large-scale corruption in Iran\u2019s car industry, the CEO of Iran Khodro was arrested in his office after being fired hours earlier. Iran Khodro is one of the biggest vehicle manufacturers in Iran partnering with the France&#039;s Peugeot Citroen. Hashem Yekke Zare had led the state-run company for the past seven years and at the same time was chairman of Parsyan Bank&#039;s board of directors. This was the second case in recent days when managers of government entities are arrested right after they are fired from their jobs. The head of Iran\u2019s Privatization Organization met the same fate on August 14. 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Ship tracking data showed on Monday that the vessel was heading to Greece and was scheduled to arrive next Sunday.Iran Regime Sentences 40 People to FloggingA judicial official in the northwestern province of Ardabil said that 40 people were sentenced to flogging, most of them on charges of \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d.According to the Fars state-run News Agency, the head of the Ardabil Judiciary said that three people charged with \u201cfinancial crimes\u201d in addition to other crimes were sentenced to flogging.Naser Atabati also said that 37 other people who were tried for taking part in fights and \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d were sentenced to flogging in addition to fines and prison terms.The Iranian regime does not consider flogging as torture and routinely issues flogging sentences for a wide range of so-called \u201ccrimes\u201d.Political Prisoner Describes \u201cLegal\u201d Corruption in Evin Prison LetterPolitical prisoner Soheil Arabi wrote an open letter from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison describing what he called \u201clegitimate and legal corruption\u201d.In the letter dated August 15, the jailed blogger said that with the transfer of the head of Evin Prison, new limitations were enforced including restrictions on prisoners for contacting the outside world.He wrote: \u201cIt has been more than two months that telephone cards are only available in the prison\u2019s black market and are sold at five times the normal price\u201d.He said that this had made it impossible for most prisoners to purchase these cards, especially the many prisoners detained for not being able to pay their loans.\u201cThe motivation behind this move by officials is to prevent information from leaving the prison,\u201d Arabi wrote.CEO of Major Automaker Arrested in IranDays after accusations of large-scale corruption in Iran\u2019s car industry, the CEO of Iran Khodro was arrested in his office after being fired hours earlier.Iran Khodro is one of the biggest vehicle manufacturers in Iran partnering with the France&#039;s Peugeot Citroen. 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Ship tracking data showed on Monday that the vessel was heading to Greece and was scheduled to arrive next Sunday.Iran Regime Sentences 40 People to FloggingA judicial official in the northwestern province of Ardabil said that 40 people were sentenced to flogging, most of them on charges of \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d.According to the Fars state-run News Agency, the head of the Ardabil Judiciary said that three people charged with \u201cfinancial crimes\u201d in addition to other crimes were sentenced to flogging.Naser Atabati also said that 37 other people who were tried for taking part in fights and \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d were sentenced to flogging in addition to fines and prison terms.The Iranian regime does not consider flogging as torture and routinely issues flogging sentences for a wide range of so-called \u201ccrimes\u201d.Political Prisoner Describes \u201cLegal\u201d Corruption in Evin Prison LetterPolitical prisoner Soheil Arabi wrote an open letter from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison describing what he called \u201clegitimate and legal corruption\u201d.In the letter dated August 15, the jailed blogger said that with the transfer of the head of Evin Prison, new limitations were enforced including restrictions on prisoners for contacting the outside world.He wrote: \u201cIt has been more than two months that telephone cards are only available in the prison\u2019s black market and are sold at five times the normal price\u201d.He said that this had made it impossible for most prisoners to purchase these cards, especially the many prisoners detained for not being able to pay their loans.\u201cThe motivation behind this move by officials is to prevent information from leaving the prison,\u201d Arabi wrote.CEO of Major Automaker Arrested in IranDays after accusations of large-scale corruption in Iran\u2019s car industry, the CEO of Iran Khodro was arrested in his office after being fired hours earlier.Iran Khodro is one of the biggest vehicle manufacturers in Iran partnering with the France's Peugeot Citroen. Hashem Yekke Zare had led the state-run company for the past seven years and at the same time was chairman of Parsyan Bank's board of directors.This was the second case in recent days when managers of government entities are arrested right after they are fired from their jobs. The head of Iran\u2019s Privatization Organization met the same fate on August 14. Reports say two other Iran Khodro managers have also been arrested in recent days.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2019-08-27T18:44:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-24T17:41:09+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-20-2019\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019","datePublished":"2019-08-27T18:44:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019\/"},"wordCount":12,"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-20-2019\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-20-2019\/","name":"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019 - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-27T18:44:01+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-24T17:41:09+00:00","description":"Iran news in brief, August 20, 2019U.S. Has Conveyed Its 'Strong Position' to Greece About Iranian Tanker The United States has conveyed its \u201cstrong position\u201d to the Greek government about an Iranian tanker that sailed for Greece on Monday after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar and Washington says is carrying oil to Syria.A State Department official said any efforts to assist the tanker could be considered as providing material support to the Iranian Regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, a foreign terrorist organization, which has immigration and potential criminal consequences.The Grace 1, renamed the Adrian Darya 1, left anchorage off Gibraltar late on Sunday. Ship tracking data showed on Monday that the vessel was heading to Greece and was scheduled to arrive next Sunday.Iran Regime Sentences 40 People to FloggingA judicial official in the northwestern province of Ardabil said that 40 people were sentenced to flogging, most of them on charges of \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d.According to the Fars state-run News Agency, the head of the Ardabil Judiciary said that three people charged with \u201cfinancial crimes\u201d in addition to other crimes were sentenced to flogging.Naser Atabati also said that 37 other people who were tried for taking part in fights and \u201cdisturbing public order\u201d were sentenced to flogging in addition to fines and prison terms.The Iranian regime does not consider flogging as torture and routinely issues flogging sentences for a wide range of so-called \u201ccrimes\u201d.Political Prisoner Describes \u201cLegal\u201d Corruption in Evin Prison LetterPolitical prisoner Soheil Arabi wrote an open letter from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison describing what he called \u201clegitimate and legal corruption\u201d.In the letter dated August 15, the jailed blogger said that with the transfer of the head of Evin Prison, new limitations were enforced including restrictions on prisoners for contacting the outside world.He wrote: \u201cIt has been more than two months that telephone cards are only available in the prison\u2019s black market and are sold at five times the normal price\u201d.He said that this had made it impossible for most prisoners to purchase these cards, especially the many prisoners detained for not being able to pay their loans.\u201cThe motivation behind this move by officials is to prevent information from leaving the prison,\u201d Arabi wrote.CEO of Major Automaker Arrested in IranDays after accusations of large-scale corruption in Iran\u2019s car industry, the CEO of Iran Khodro was arrested in his office after being fired hours earlier.Iran Khodro is one of the biggest vehicle manufacturers in Iran partnering with the France's Peugeot Citroen. Hashem Yekke Zare had led the state-run company for the past seven years and at the same time was chairman of Parsyan Bank's board of directors.This was the second case in recent days when managers of government entities are arrested right after they are fired from their jobs. The head of Iran\u2019s Privatization Organization met the same fate on August 14. 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