{"id":211346,"date":"2019-08-27T19:02:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/211346-iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:41:08","slug":"iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_RsqiJhdFIEI\" 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%2FRsqiJhdFIEI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RsqiJhdFIEI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-08-21T08:40:55Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_RsqiJhdFIEI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FRsqiJhdFIEI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran news in brief, August 21, 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\/RsqiJhdFIEI\" 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%2FRsqiJhdFIEI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019 Watchdog Warns Airlines of Military Threats by Iran&#039;s Regime The U.S. government on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution while flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman due to threats by the Iranian regime. The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday released new guidance to U.S. airlines and other commercial-flight operators, saying \u201cthere is an increasing inadvertent risk\u201d to flights in that area. \u201cIran has publicly made threats to U.S. military operations in the Gulf region,\u201d the FAA said in a notice. &quot;There is also the potential for Iran to increase their use of Global Positioning System jammers and other communication jamming capabilities, which may affect U.S. civil aviation operating in overwater airspace over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,&quot; the FAA added. Nasrin Javadi, Labor Activist Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison, 74 Lashes Nasrin Javadi, a female labor activist who was arrested on International Labor Day in Tehran, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 74 lashes. Her trial was held at the regime&#039;s Revolutionary Court in Tehran on August 6. According to the verdict, Ms. Javadi was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of \u201cassociation and collusion against national security\u201d, one year in prison on charges of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d, and one year in prison, 74 lashes, and a ban on the use of smartphones and activities in political and social parties and groups on charges of &quot;disrupting public order&quot;. Ms. Nasrin Javadi is a former employee of the Medical Distribution Company and the retiree of the Social Security Organization. She was among the 15 women arrested on International Labor Day. She was beaten by security forces while being taken into detention. U.S. Removed Almost 2.7 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil From Market The U.S. has removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil from global markets by reimposing sanctions on all purchases of the Iranian regime\u2019s crude, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. In an interview with MSNBC, Secretary Pompeo said the U.S. government was confident it could continue with its strategy. Iran&#039;s regime exported about 100,000 bpd of crude in July. Pompeo said: \u201cWe have managed to take almost 2.7 million barrels of crude oil off of the market, denying Iran the wealth to create their terror campaign around the world, and we have managed to keep the oil markets fully supplied.\u201d Concerns as Iran Regime &#039;Restricts Family Contact&#039; Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran, is being given less access to her family, her husband says. Richard Ratcliffe said new rules mean she cannot make international calls to him in London - and can only see their five-year-old daughter once a month. The UK government says it &quot;remains extremely concerned&quot; about her welfare. 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According to the verdict, Ms. Javadi was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of \u201cassociation and collusion against national security\u201d, one year in prison on charges of \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d, and one year in prison, 74 lashes, and a ban on the use of smartphones and activities in political and social parties and groups on charges of &quot;disrupting public order&quot;.Ms. Nasrin Javadi is a former employee of the Medical Distribution Company and the retiree of the Social Security Organization.She was among the 15 women arrested on International Labor Day. She was beaten by security forces while being taken into detention.U.S. Removed Almost 2.7 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil From MarketThe U.S. has removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil from global markets by reimposing sanctions on all purchases of the Iranian regime\u2019s crude, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.In an interview with MSNBC, Secretary Pompeo said the U.S. government was confident it could continue with its strategy.Iran&#039;s regime exported about 100,000 bpd of crude in July.Pompeo said: \u201cWe have managed to take almost 2.7 million barrels of crude oil off of the market, denying Iran the wealth to create their terror campaign around the world, and we have managed to keep the oil markets fully supplied.\u201dConcerns as Iran Regime &#039;Restricts Family Contact&#039;Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran, is being given less access to her family, her husband says.Richard Ratcliffe said new rules mean she cannot make international calls to him in London - and can only see their five-year-old daughter once a month.The UK government says it &quot;remains extremely concerned&quot; about her welfare.Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.\" \/>\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-21-2019\/\" \/>\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 21, 2019 - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019Watchdog Warns Airlines of Military Threats by Iran&#039;s Regime The U.S. government on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution while flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman due to threats by the Iranian regime.The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday released new guidance to U.S. airlines and other commercial-flight operators, saying \u201cthere is an increasing inadvertent risk\u201d to flights in that area.\u201cIran has publicly made threats to U.S. military operations in the Gulf region,\u201d the FAA said in a notice. &quot;There is also the potential for Iran to increase their use of Global Positioning System jammers and other communication jamming capabilities, which may affect U.S. civil aviation operating in overwater airspace over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,&quot; the FAA added.Nasrin Javadi, Labor Activist Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison, 74 LashesNasrin Javadi, a female labor activist who was arrested on International Labor Day in Tehran, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 74 lashes.Her trial was held at the regime&#039;s Revolutionary Court in Tehran on August 6. 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She was beaten by security forces while being taken into detention.U.S. Removed Almost 2.7 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil From MarketThe U.S. has removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil from global markets by reimposing sanctions on all purchases of the Iranian regime\u2019s crude, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.In an interview with MSNBC, Secretary Pompeo said the U.S. government was confident it could continue with its strategy.Iran&#039;s regime exported about 100,000 bpd of crude in July.Pompeo said: \u201cWe have managed to take almost 2.7 million barrels of crude oil off of the market, denying Iran the wealth to create their terror campaign around the world, and we have managed to keep the oil markets fully supplied.\u201dConcerns as Iran Regime &#039;Restricts Family Contact&#039;Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran, is being given less access to her family, her husband says.Richard Ratcliffe said new rules mean she cannot make international calls to him in London - and can only see their five-year-old daughter once a month.The UK government says it &quot;remains extremely concerned&quot; about her welfare.Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-27T19:02:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-24T17:41:08+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-21-2019\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-27T19:02:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:41:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019\\\/\"},\"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-21-2019\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/multimedia\\\/iran-news-in-brief\\\/iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019 - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-27T19:02:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-24T17:41:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019Watchdog Warns Airlines of Military Threats by Iran's Regime The U.S. government on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution while flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman due to threats by the Iranian regime.The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday released new guidance to U.S. airlines and other commercial-flight operators, saying \u201cthere is an increasing inadvertent risk\u201d to flights in that area.\u201cIran has publicly made threats to U.S. military operations in the Gulf region,\u201d the FAA said in a notice. \\\"There is also the potential for Iran to increase their use of Global Positioning System jammers and other communication jamming capabilities, which may affect U.S. civil aviation operating in overwater airspace over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,\\\" the FAA added.Nasrin Javadi, Labor Activist Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison, 74 LashesNasrin Javadi, a female labor activist who was arrested on International Labor Day in Tehran, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 74 lashes.Her trial was held at the regime's Revolutionary Court in Tehran on August 6. 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She was beaten by security forces while being taken into detention.U.S. Removed Almost 2.7 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil From MarketThe U.S. has removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil from global markets by reimposing sanctions on all purchases of the Iranian regime\u2019s crude, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.In an interview with MSNBC, Secretary Pompeo said the U.S. government was confident it could continue with its strategy.Iran's regime exported about 100,000 bpd of crude in July.Pompeo said: \u201cWe have managed to take almost 2.7 million barrels of crude oil off of the market, denying Iran the wealth to create their terror campaign around the world, and we have managed to keep the oil markets fully supplied.\u201dConcerns as Iran Regime 'Restricts Family Contact'Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran, is being given less access to her family, her husband says.Richard Ratcliffe said new rules mean she cannot make international calls to him in London - and can only see their five-year-old daughter once a month.The UK government says it \"remains extremely concerned\" about her welfare.Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/multimedia\/iran-news-in-brief\/iran-news-in-brief-august-21-2019\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019 - NCRI","og_description":"Iran news in brief, August 21, 2019Watchdog Warns Airlines of Military Threats by Iran's Regime The U.S. government on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution while flying over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman due to threats by the Iranian regime.The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday released new guidance to U.S. airlines and other commercial-flight operators, saying \u201cthere is an increasing inadvertent risk\u201d to flights in that area.\u201cIran has publicly made threats to U.S. military operations in the Gulf region,\u201d the FAA said in a notice. \"There is also the potential for Iran to increase their use of Global Positioning System jammers and other communication jamming capabilities, which may affect U.S. civil aviation operating in overwater airspace over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,\" the FAA added.Nasrin Javadi, Labor Activist Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison, 74 LashesNasrin Javadi, a female labor activist who was arrested on International Labor Day in Tehran, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 74 lashes.Her trial was held at the regime's Revolutionary Court in Tehran on August 6. 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