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Iran news in brief, January 18, 2019



Iran news in brief, January 18, 2019

1- Iran 'Shooting Itself in the Foot' With Spying, German Diplomat Warns
Iran is harming Europe's efforts to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear accord with actions such as the case of suspected espionage involving a member of the German military, veteran German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger said on Thursday.
"The foreign ministry addressed the case unmistakably with the manager of the Iranian embassy on Jan. 15 and expressed our grave concern about the suspected intelligence activities," a ministry source said.
"Iran should be smart enough to realize that is shooting itself in the foot because it is harming the political mood surrounding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA)

2- Lebanese political prisoner in Iran was transferred to IRGC prison
A detained Lebanese citizen, Nazar Zaka, who was held in solitary confinement for 11 days, has been transferred from Evin prison to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Detention Center. He is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and paying 200 thousand dollars fines on espionage-related charges.

3- Corruption by state-run Iranian vehicle manufacturers trigger more protests
On Wednesday, more than 200 customers of state-run Iran Khodro vehicle manufacturer held demonstrations in front of the offices of the Ministry of Industry. The demonstrators, who had registered in advance to purchase vehicles at discount prices, are protesting against unfair practices and the increase of prices against commitments made by the manufacturer.
According to the protesters, the state-run vehicle manufacturer has raised the price of its vehicles by as much as 50 percent. The protesters were chanting slogans against the managers of the company and were calling for judicial actions against them.

4- Unpaid wages continue to trigger labor protests in Iranian cities
On Wednesday, the workers of the Ahvaz Urban Train project held a demonstration in front of the headquarters of the organization in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, and continued their protests to unpaid wages.
The workers of the railway project have been regularly protesting against poor working conditions and low and unpaid salaries. Their latest round of demonstrations started on Sunday.

According to the workers, they haven’t received their salaries for more than 19 months. The train project is being implemented by Kayson Inc., one of the largest and wealthiest contractors of construction projects. 5- Iran intel figure: People rallied in 160 cities.

5- Iran intel figure: People rallied in 160 cities
Ali Rabie, a Deputy Intelligence Minister of the Iranian regime and a former labor minister, made startling remarks in an interview signaling how people in 160 cities across the country held protest rallies during a nationwide uprising that began at the end of 2017. These protests may be repeated, he added.
In this interview with the state-run ISNA news agency, Rabie time and again referred to the powder keg nature of Iran’s society.
“I consider the Dec/Jan 2018 incident was a very important event in the past 40 years and I believe it was an unprecedented experience in social unrests we had not seen before in the past four decades,” he explained.
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