and more pies you than mahmoud ahmadinejad and more of a -- has more allegiance than mahmoud ahmadinejad has shown in the last three or four years. did these distinctions strike you as important? >> not terribly, fareed. i preface my comments by saying iranian presidential elections tend to be unfair and unpredictable. this time it is more predictable than the past. it is increasingly looking like it is one man, one vote and the man is -- the supreme leader. i think what he has done this time around is rig the candidates in advance. eight candidates. it is like having an election in them united states where only tea party members can participate. there is diversity among the candidates and competition and that all of them want to be president. none of the fundamental issues in ie rain have been raised. why are we supporting assad in syria? why are we spending billions of dollars in syria when we could spend money at home? why are we myrrh suing this program that cost over $100 billion in economic sanctions and lost foreign investment when we could be pursuing a more conciliatory global a

still mahmoud ahmadinejad is surrounded by controversy. it seems the speaker of mp'sament and several have filed an official complaint with the judiciary. it is interesting to note that the speaker of parliament's -- the speakers rather is the head of the judiciary. the judiciary has summoned mahmoud ahmadinejad to come to court on november 26 regarding these complaints. the nature of the complaints are unknown at this stage. it could be from a wide range of things. hisnted and shot -- conduct in parliament, that was a complaint from the speaker. of speaker has accused him subverting parliament, passing laws and introducing them. he has some policies without the approval of parliament, according to many mp's, is illegal. there is also the issue of mahmoud ahmadinejad accusing the brothers of corruption. the list of why he could be facing court or will be facing court in about six months time is a very long one. as soonll come back to as possible ronnie speaks lies. -- hassan rowhani speaks lies. >> united states will appoint a lawyer to ov

he mahmoud ahmadinejad a leg has asked for support during his term. hassan rouhani has asked for support during his term. spa -- caredtaksim inice cleared taksim square his temple. protesters say they will return in the coming hours. the condition of nelson mandela continues to improve. he has been receiving treatment for a long infection. he has beenold -- receiving treatment for a lung infection. is in ther-old hospital. there are high rates of hiv infection in schools and communities. >> this 16 year old texture pills every day. she is hiv-positive. the man who infected her his more than twice her age. she was 13 when they started having sex. he was her sugar daddy, the name used to describe older men who date younger girls. >> i did not know i would get sick. a mother is poor. we did not have enough money for food. he promised to buy food and help pay my school fees. it did not feel bad at the time because he was looking after me. >> in post-apartheid south africa, young people enjoy freedoms their parents did not have. that band, black people wer

mahmoud ahmadinejad. his presidency characterized right brinksmanship and endless tirades against israel. he has not just aggravated western powers. most recently, he fell out of favor with the ayatollah kemeny. they determine who can stand for election. the guardian council whittled down from almost 700 to eight. >> they are all hand-picked candidates who are very part of the islamist republic establishment. they are well connected within of the clerics. none of the candidates have a strong power base in parliament. that is how the ayatollah wants it. he wanted president he can keep on a tight leash. >> the televised debates offered a new controversy. the difference between the all- male candidates were hard to discern. they shared the same basic views. among the best-known are the former foreign minister and the chief nuclear negotiator. what are the chances of a new president bringing a shift in foreign-policy? >> not much will change. the iranians will insist on their right to enrich uranium and they

mahmoud ahmadinejad is not able to stand again, having already served two terms. six candidates are running for the position. five of them are conservatives, in line with the ruling elite. one is more moderate. soraya lennie reports. >> some of the eligible voters casting their ballots around iran. >> whoever deserves -- i hope whoever deserves to win will be elected. >> it is a race between five conservative and just one moderate. that is this man, hassan getani, who is likely to support from reformist voters who want a softened approach on international affairs and domestic issues. to destroyome extremism, and when i see these extremists are worried about my presence and vote, i am very happy. it means that with the help of the people we can instill the appropriate islamic savior in the country. >> rouhani was directing his comments at the hard-line candidate, the country's nuclear negotiator and the mayor of tehran, both promising a tough line politically. they do have support inside and outside the capital. >> the most opulent candidate is mr. jalili, a man wh

gooded bye to president mahmoud ahmadinejad -- ahmad-na-na. - never wearing a tie with a suit. evidently they don't have father's day over there. my rivalry with m achltahmoud when i was promised the cover of in the newsweek" magazine and the axis of stubble over here evidently got wind that have so he starts developing nukes just to get himself on the cover and push me up to the golden corner. seven years later he's gone "newsweek" is gone and look who is still here. >> david letterman takes on vladimir putin for possibly pocking a super bowl ring back in 2005. >> are you aware of the fact that vladimir putin stole a super bowl ring from the owner of the boston patriots. here's what else he's been up to. take a look at this? violence. we are continuing to strengthen our cooperation on this issue include ing including we welcome the winter olympics. >> well actually i really do think that vladimir putin clipped robert kraft's super bowl ring. i really do think he grabbed it. next the godfather meets reality. remember robert duval's character? he played tom hagen, a lawyer for t

say good-bye to mahmoud ahmadinejad, the iranian president who has taunted america for eight years. over the weekend, iranians elected a new kind of president and we asked elizabeth palmer to fill us in. >> reporter: by the time he cast his own ballot, hassan rouhani knew he was on a roll. during the final days of his campaign, his rallies were drawing vast crowds of young people convinced he could bring reform. over the past eight years under hard line president mahmoud ahmadinejad iran has refused to open its nuclear program to international scrutiny and the resulting sanctions have crippled the economy. today rouhani signaled a new more open approach. "we are ready to show more transparency to the world" he said. rouhani is 64 years old, a cleric with a law degree from scotland. he's also known as a bridge builder who was once iran's chief nuclear negotiator. in 2003, he put that program on pause to pave the way for talks with the west. sir richard dalton, back then britain's ambassador to iran, said rouhani could steer the way to talks again. >> provided by the united states and

it appears mahmoud ahmadinejad will still be in the spotlight even after he leaves office. al jazeera, tehran. >> you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories. the war in syria is dominating most of the talks in the g-8 summit in northern ireland. vladimir putin and barack obama have met but are struggling to agree on a way to end the violence. the british government meanwhile has been accused of spying on foreign leaders in the g-20 summit in 2009. the accusations include tapping phones and setting up internet cafes. they've been outraged by the revelations. in brazil they're demonstrating the government for rising costs of transport and the 2014 world cup. the biggest demonstrations yet. the summit in g-8 are dominated by the syrian conflict and the fighting in aleppo is intensifying. fighters from the front claim they killed up to 60 syrian soldiers in this attack. over the past 48 hours, government troops backed by hezbollah fighters have been up against rebels. state media is calling aleppo most major battle after the battle from last week. the syrian pres

security tight across iran as people head to the polls to choose a successor to mahmoud ahmadinejad who is ending his second and final term i was don't expect much change in the country's political spectrum mainly because all the candidates say they are loyal to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei or he's worried if an ocean has more from tehran. iran supreme leader even on the parents photos today the country chooses its next president i hope you have been to see high telecom and he has just constance ballot you know who is no no one. who he voted for you can see many journalists are here who've been foreign reporters many have come to iran to cover the event and most of them are reporting on the show today with the supreme leader has cost over the country's politics and today's events my colleagues and that's going to go through offering a choice for days vote will unlikely to bring in their radical change to the country all together the rustics candidates in today's race but of course no one can say a fixed point who's likely to win opinion polls predict iran off but as it sat

the winner will succeed the conservative mahmoud ahmadinejad who's been in office since 2005. so many people showed up at polling station, officials extended the voting by five hours. six candidatesner the running, three are hard-liners close to supreme leader aya toll la khamenei. they include tehran mayor o mohammed-bagher galley baf and saeed jalili. reformists who want better relations with western countries are supporting a single candidate hassan rohani. he was a negotiator under pro-reform president mohammad khata khatami. the moderate rohani closed the gap in final stages. election officials will release the results later in the day. if no candidate scores a majority, the top two will face each other in a runoff vote in a week. >>> u.s. president barack obama is changing his approach to the civil war in syria. his administration hat concluded that troops loyal to president bashar al assad have used chemical weapons. so a white house official says obama has decided to provide military support to opposition fighters. >> our intelligence community assesses that the assad

term limits in iran prevented president mahmoud ahmadinejad again and iran elected a new man, a more of a moderate. question is, how much change will he bring to iran and the relationship with the u.s.? our nbc news tehran chief ali alouzi put the question to him today, in a news conference carried on state tv. >> reporter: the new president of iran and perhaps a new beginning. hasan rouhani, a moderate, won more than half the vote against five more conservative candidates to replace mahmoud ahmadinejad who is as unpopular here as he is in the west. thousands of iranians took to the street to celebrate. many people here want change, more social freedom, a better economy and an end to international sanctions. in a news conference, rouhani offered greater transparency, but said uranium enrichment will continue. my question about u.s. relations drew a revealing answer. would you be willing to engage in direct dialog in the united states? rouhani, who speaks english and understood the question, said it was complicated. he called the u.s./iran relationship a wound that has not healed and

he voters have a choice among six to replace mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> none is seen as challenging the islamic republic's system of clerical rule. >> polls across iran opened at 8:00 in the morning. from early on, lines formed outside many polling stations like is one in tehran. >> it's the first time my friend and i are eligible to vote. we've been looking forward to coming and seeing the elections and having a say in managing our >> the election has been widely criticized in the west as a rands guardian council strictly controls which candidates are able to run -- iran's guardian council. that ensures only establishment figures can contend. iran's supreme leader hit back at u.s. criticism in particular. >> recently, i heard that someone from america's national security council said "we do not consider iran's elections to be valid." well, we don't give a dam. -- damn. leading candidates include a former prime minister and iran's one candidate is seen as slightly more moderate. he advocates a less confrontational policy towards the west. he has also promised media reforms and the relea

say good-bye to mahmoud ahmadinejad, the iranian president who has taunted america for eight years. over the weekend, iranians elected a new kind of president and we asked elizabeth palmer to fill us in. >> reporter: by the time he cast his own ballot, hassan rouhani knew he was on a roll. during the final days of his campaign, his rallies were drawing vast crowds of young people convinced he could bring reform. over the past eight years under hard line president mahmoud ahmadinejad iran has refused to open its nuclear program to international scrutiny and the resulting sanctions have crippled the economy. today rouhani signaled a new more open approach. "we are ready to show more transparency to the world" he said. rouhani is 64 years old, a cleric with a law degree from scotland. sc's also known as a bridge builder who was once iran's chief nuclear negotiator. in 2003, he put that program on pause to pave the way for talks with the west. sir richard dalton, back then britain's ambassador to iran, said rouhani could steer the way to talks again. >> provided by the united states and

the presidential election to choose a successor to president mahmoud ahmadinejad. six candidates are in the race. one reformist and five conservatives. spoke to people in tehran about the issues they want the next leader to tackle. >> contemplating an iran without the incumbent president mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> i want the next president to fix relations with foreign countries. the other issues are social, making the situation better for unemployment, education, and the economy. >> each of the candidates has been approved by the guardian cowens -- council. of the six in the race, most are conservative. only hasan rowani is moderate and likely to be the one many reformist voters back in the polls. he's already said he wants to ease tensions with the international community. and many iranians agree. >> i think the reformists are more interested with making peace with the world. and i think we should vote for somebody who can make this business his first priority. >> the economy is one of the main concerns for iranians. goly has s muamar been making promises of economi

ahmadinejad. two pm in moscow i met reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour washington is giving the green light for arming syrian rebels to prop up the opposition this after the u.s. administration concluded assad's forces had used chemical weapons quote on a small scale artie's report now has the details. this is quite a game changer being announced by the obama administration what we know is that the u.s. has decided that it will provide military support to syrian rebels but u.s. officials would not specify what that support will involve the national security council that the pfizer ben rhodes says that the new assistance to the syrian rebels will be different from the non-lethal communications type of quitman that the us has given before this of course leads many to believe that the united states will now be arming the syrian opposition now these decisions are being made after the u.s. intelligence community has independently concluded that the syrian government has u

ahmadinejad. six pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us our top story washington will put lethal weapons in the hands of syrian rebels it's concluded that bashar al assad's regime has used chemical weapons o.b.'s on a small scale and so will offer a more help to those fighting him marty's marina porton i as much. this is quite a game changer being announced by the obama administration what we know is that the u.s. has decided that it will provide military support to syrian rebels but u.s. officials would not specify what that support will involve the national security council that the pfizer ben rhodes says that the new assistance to the syrian rebels will be different from the non-lethal communications type of quitman that the u.s. has given before and this of course leads many to believe that the united states will now be arming the syrian opposition now these decisions are being made after the u.s. intelligence community has independently concluded that the syrian government has us

iranians have voted to replace the outgoing hardline president mahmoud ahmadinejad with a program for most moderate assad rouhani took more than fifty percent of the vote after promising among other things to open dialogue with the west sardi's marie if a notion explained some of the most sensitive issues will be out of his reach them . people have taken to the streets of tehran to celebrate the victory all of us on the hot hand that is. that hot victory has provoked mixed feelings a man who ran into this is known as a reformist and so carries the hope of many specially in terms of greater freedoms boiron and surrounds diplomatic isolation the country has been under the top sanctions for years now over a spencer version of the nuclear program during his campaign rouhani has promised to prepare a civil rights job to respond to the economy and to improve your relations with the west his criticize let him use as many times making remarks that cost the country its privileges but at the same time assertively value here and there on realize that what the iranian system works with major powe

ahmadinejad's eightieth presidency provokes mixed feelings every controversial leader here was equally hated the worship in iran has been made when the president and the pope defend their running policy today if iraq is hopeless but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. race nationality technorati iran. now a couple of other world headlines for you in brief barack obama has chosen a high powered washington lawyer as the special envoy tossed with closing the prison at guantanamo bay reportedly clifford sloan has been picked to head the project will be responsible for transferring detainees to the home countries sloan has served in the past in senior positions in both democratic and republican administrations. for a man said to be shiites have been killed in an ambush in lebanon is because really they were traveling in a truck that was hit by a rocket propelled grenade the civil war just a few miles across the border in syria has inflame tensions and a sunni muslim support the uprising against bashar assad all shiites that the syrian president. well coming up o

and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eightieth presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally hated in iran has been a mainstay. didn't send him both public defender and in policy from today his iraq is hopeless but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. our team take iran iran. from on the verge of a let's go to professor of international relations at a so runs a university muhammad has done condi mr condit what would you say to criticism that these elections don't really give much of a choice to iranians. that's not the case i mean today today's presidential election in your wall is surely a very significant day not only for you one on the iranian people but to afford us or two for for many reasons for your opinion because on another step towards constructing a building to work in democracy and to turn out for a win showed that you are in your win and people are still hopeful and optimistic. the results are gets to be counted but what we saw today you want the streets to crowded all stations indicates that the turnout is going

and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eight year presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally. in iran has been most. didn't send a boat home to friends around in policy but today his hearing is over but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. tehran iran. remains you can find a most of us stories a dot com including questionable confession young bad tells police in buffer a he was a hired as says and but only after being tortured into owning up according to human rights activists. and the cause of the plane crash that killed a huge garrett not the first man in space is revealed to the public for the first time log on to r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. today violent games flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule today. activists in london's financial district stage a protest ahead of the upcoming g. eight summit in northern ireland they accuse corporations of creating poverty to make profit artie's party boy has the details. and here austerity

ahmadinejad. is a pm here in the russian capital you live with us on our t.v. with me to bomb would say it's good to have your company with us let's take a look at what we have for you five washington will put lethal weapons in the hands of syria's rebels it's concluded that bashar assad's regime has a use chemical weapons be it on a small scale and so will also more help to those fighting him artie's marina has the details. this is quite a game changer being announced by the obama administration what we know is that the u.s. has decided that it will provide military support to syrian rebels but u.s. officials would not specify what that support will involve the national security council that the pfizer ben rhodes says that the new assistance to the syrian rebels will be different from the non-lethal communications type of quitman that the u.s. has given before and this of course leads many to believe that the united states will now be arming the syrian opposition now these decisions are being mad

did mahmoud ahmadinejad really win the election? a lot of people didn't believe he did. >> the reason being they went out and voted. there is always two sides to every story going into that. you have again this young generation and what we're seeing play out in the iran which you mentioned earlier on before we started the segment was this cat and mouse internet censorship media game at play where you have a young subgroup that wants information to get out and they want to get the word out and know and interact with the surrounding environment, right? at the same time the government looks at it and this is according to i talked to many analysts saying it is better to be proactive. they want to be proactive. it forces them if they don't on the tail end to be reactive when situations happen. >> all right. we'll be watching. this is going to be fascinating. >> absolutely. >> thank you as always. a new president essentially change the game in iran? that's the question. erin burnett is covering the election and actually gauging the mood o

have chosen a pro reformist moderates president to take the place of the outgoing hardline president mahmoud ahmadinejad's son rouhani received over fifty one percent of the vote after promising to open dialogue with the west but some of the most important issues may be out of his reach as roof a national explains. people have taken to the streets of tehran to celebrate the victory all of us on the honeymoon and that is there right now. that's the heart of the experience has provoked mixed feelings a man iran's mistaken said is known as a reformist and carries the hope of many specially in terms of greater freedoms boy around and still runs diplomatic isolation the country has been funded top section spoke of years now over a spencer version of nuclear program during his campaign rouhani has promised to prepare the civil rights structure restrung the economy and complaisance with the west his criticize let him use us many times making remarks that cost the country its privileges but at the same time. there is the run realize that the iranian system works with major power held by an elected s

mahmoud ahmadinejad. he's known around the world for defending iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and denying the holocaust and hugging hugo chavez's mom. controversially hugging hugo chavez's mom. the hard liners at home were not happy about that hugging. the last time ahmadinejad was re-elected there were giant protests for months. a widespread belief that the only way ahmadinejad got re-elected was by rigging that vote. but rigged or not, ahmadinejad stayed president. he has been infuriating the west as iran's president for the past eight years. but this week we get a new one. iran holds elections to pick a new president at the end of this week. and yes, everything having to do with iran is very geostrategically important and very serious and it matters who they pick. but honestly, the sheer politics of this election they're having are amaze balls. the debates, three so far, that itself is not weird. obama and romney had three debates too. but every one of the iranian debates has lasted more than four h

a moderate cleric looks likely to succeed mahmoud ahmadinejad as iran counts as votes in a high turnout presidential race. two pm in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's government vehemently denied u.s. claims its army resorted to chemical weapons describing u.s. accusations as quote a caravan of lies washington weighing in a no fly zone over syria and gearing up for arming anti assad militias there after it claimed it had evidence of the use of illegal agents by damascus more from artie's guy named jackie a new washington. the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used chemical weapons to mask denies the allegations washington cites its own intelligence community as well as french and british intelligence a u.s. official who declined to be identified told the media here that according to a cia report. fired blood urine and hair samples from two syrian rebels one dead and one wounded and according to the cia report those two rebels were exposed to nerve agent sarin brian beck

and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eight here presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally pagan worship here in iran has been lazy . as it is in the book called defender running. day is over but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. now time around iran remember you can always find more at r.t. dot com including this question of old fashion a young man tells police in bahrain he was a hired hit man but only after being tortured into saying it according to a human rights group. because of the plane crash that killed yuri gagarin the first man in space revealed to the public for the first time clip at r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. turning now to some other world headlines violent clashes erupt in brazil's largest city as people take to the streets. angry at a public transport price hike police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds detaining at least forty demonstrators more than a thousand activists also protested in the country's capital. two people dead after a ferry sank off the philippi

to be a force in the region and therefore will remain the fool in the side of the us and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eightieth presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally hated the issue here in iran has been lazy many lessons in the focal defender and in policy people today if iraq is hopeless but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. race nationality to hear on iran. well we have more stories few online including a join the military or go to prison some young israelis are choosing to spend time behind bars rather than serving the country's military to r.t. dot com for more nuts. plus our team wins top prize for best twenty four hour news program on the monte carlo television festival online revealed the eye catching coverage that caught the attention of the jury from. a man who's been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in the u.k. city of birmingham after four people were stabbed the local mosque thirty two year old reportedly attacked a worshiper with a machete on policeman was also injured once trying to arrest the

he's kind of the anti-mahmoud ahmadinejad. i think it's a new leave for iran. i think we're out of the ideology and back to the realm of of the real world. now, how much power he has how far he can take iran is a different question. >> ifill: i'm curious, he's uniform mallly been called a moderate, what is what by our standards. >> we were having this conversation ten years ago, roman knee would have been described as a conservative but given the right ward shift of iranian politics, he was really the lone moderate choice that people had in this election. if you look at iran over the last decade, this is a nation which has been suffocating under political pressure, economic mismanagement and tremendous external economic pressure, i think for iranian people this is the meteorological equivalent of light rain after eight years of drought. >> ifill: if you were to draw some sort of -- between the two, is he in the middle somewhere? >> he is in the middle somewhere. but i think -- >> ifill: not a reformer. >> that's what's very important for everyone to understand.

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replace the controversial mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> the new president of iran will be hassan rouhani. >> this is a candidate who has come in and injected some optimism and hope. >> he spoke of reform. >> and he promised greater personal freedoms. >> stephen: yes, iran has elected a moderate, which means instead of calling for israelis to be driven into the sea, they'll be nudged into a lake. sounds refreshing. how u.s. relations with the new iranian leaders will play out only time will tell, folks, but the bigger story is that after eight years, we're finally saying good-bye to president mahmoud ahma-na-naaa-na-na-na-naaa-hey-e yyy-nejaad. mahmoud, of course, is known for a number of questionable choices, threatening to wipe israel off the map, denying the holocaust happened, and most offensively, never wearing a tie with a suit. evidently, they don't have father's day over there. of course, my rivalry with mahmoud goes all the way back to 2006 when i was promised the cover of "newsweek" magazine and the axis of stubble oa over here got wind of that so he starts developing nukes just to

and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eight year presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally. in iran has been most going to be president of both poles different over any policy but today he's iraq is over but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. tehran iran. remember you can find most of us stories over at our dot com by including questionable confessions young men tells of police in he was a hired assassin but only after being tortured into ending up according to human rights activists. and the true cause of the plane crash that killed you to go gary medel for his men in space is why they live revealed to the public to r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. to. the news today violence flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. activists in london's financial district to have staged a protest ahead of the upcoming g. eight summit in northern ireland they accuse corporations of creating poverty to make profit artie's plenty boyko has the de

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hassan rouhani took over half a vote to succeed mahmoud ahmadinejad. the 64-year-old campaigning on personal rights, gender equality and artistic freedom. >>> the obama administration is expected to put a washington lawyer in charge of shutting down the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay. officials say cliff sloan also a confidante to secretary of state john kerry will be a new diplomatic envoy. >>> a defense lawyer for george zimmerman said a jury could be seated as soon as this week. the second week of jury selection begins today in a trial where zimmerman is facing second degree murder charges in the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty citing self-defense. >>> a former top irs official admitted early involvement with as many as 30 applications for tax exempt status. some of those requests went more than a year without action. however, the past provided no evidence that senior evidence officials ordered agents to target certain groups. >>> and the chinese dissident who fled to beijing last year said new york university is kicking him

ahmadinejad's eightieth presidency provokes mixed feelings every controversial leader he was equally hated that he or she here in iran has been to ninety one the president and them both defend the iranian policy probably today if iraq is hopeless but his legacy will cost a shadow over the next president some time. race nationality tech around iran. some other world news in brief barack obama has reportedly chosen a high powered washington noir as the special envoy tossed with a closing the prison at guantanamo bay if it slowly is believed to have been picked to head the project be responsible for transferring detainees to their home countries cloner served in the past in senior positions of both democratic and republican administrations. for men said to be sure lights have been killed in an ambush in lebanon's bekaa valley they were traveling in a truck that was hit by a rocket propelled grenade civil war just a few miles across the border in syria as inflame tensions in the area are sunni muslims support the uprising against bashar assad all shites that the syrian president. czech p

ahmadinejad's after winning the presidential election that was there with more than fifty percent of the vote some western politicians have already expressed hope that the country will become more flexible under the new moderate leader. reports on what the world could expect to come from tehran. people have taken to the streets of tehran to celebrate the victory all of us on the hot. that's hot his victory has provoked mixed feelings the man who ran into this is known as a reformist and so carries the many specially in terms of greater freedoms boiron still runs diplomatic isolation the country has been on the top sanctions for years now over a spencer version of the nuclear program during his campaign rouhani has promised to prepare the civil rights structure re strong economy and improve your relations with the west his criticize us many times for making remarks that cost the country a pretty ability but at the same time assertively value here and there on realize that the iranian system works with major power held by the supreme leader of the president can do little to change thin