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Iran news in brief, May 16, 2019



Iran news in brief, May 16, 2019

Clients Demand Their Money Back From IRGC-Linked Credit Firm
Clients of the Caspian credit firm, linked to the Iranian Regime’s Revolutionary Guards, held a protest on Wednesday outside the mullahs’ Central Bank demanding their stolen money and savings returned.
The protesters held signs reading:
“State media is controlled by thieves; We can only voice our demands on the streets.”
The protesters chanted:
“Only our country has such massive cases of embezzlement”
“Only in our country, the wealth is being plundered on a national scale”
“Only in our country cruelty is actually supported”
“Neither the judges, nor the state care about the people”

Iran's Regime Detains at Least 10 Sugar Factory Workers After Strike
At least 10 workers at a major Iranian sugar factory have been detained following new strikes in protest against mismanagement, the semiofficial ILNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
The Haft Tappeh Sugarcane factory employees were summoned and arrested on Tuesday following the strikes last week.
According to fellow workers, this brought the combined number of arrests over the May 9 strikes to more than 14, four of whom have been released on bail.

UAE Says It Will Show 'Restraint' While UN Expresses Concern After Attacks
The United Arab Emirates will show restraint after attacks on oil tankers off its coast and is committed to de-escalation during a "difficult situation" caused by Iranian behavior in the region, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said he would not speculate about who was behind Sunday's sabotage acts on four vessels near Fujairah port while an investigation was underway and due to be completed within days.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks on commercial vessels and the drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, in a statement from his spokesman on Wednesday.
U.S. intelligence believe agents of the Iranian regime were responsible for the attacks.

U.S. Orders Non-Emergency Embassy Staff to Leave Iraq
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Erbil, as tensions mount between the United States and Iraq's neighbor Iran.
Washington has ramped up pressure on Tehran in recent days, accusing the regime of planning "imminent" attacks in the region, and bolstering the American military presence in the Gulf.

Senator Thom Tillis: Iran Funnels Hundreds of Millions Into Terrorist Organizations
United States Senator Thom Tillis on Wednesday defended recent action taken by President Trump in response to "credible threats" from the Iranian regime and spoke out against the mullahs’ state-sponsored terrorism.
During an appearance on "America's Newsroom," Tillis said: "They spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year and they channel them into terrorist organizations throughout the world".
Tillis said President Trump “doesn't want to provoke a war but doesn't want to let a state-sponsored terrorist like Iran go unchecked".

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