this little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment. impinge on the card i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia das and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home iran's supreme leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing iran's enemies of responsibility. for said the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate to look at the recent events. all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the isla

this little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment i mean john a call i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia dance that there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home iran's supreme leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing iran's enemies of responsibility montazeri if the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate to look at the recent events. all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the

we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first they must ravi spoke to people on the streets of tehran and sent this report. nearly two and a half years after the nuclear deal was signed many iranians say they haven't seen any real benefits and the president hassan rouhani promised more than he could deliver to jordan bunkhouses nagesh that then you could house the martinique no impact at all of my life for the price of rice has doubled expensive to millions and around meanwhile the children of official see that the people don't exist money goes my pockets out of the pocket of the woman selling things on the street which people but some are still willing to stand by their president coming as an intelligent woman is doing his best of course there are some problems in the country son. since pressure from abroad naturally impacts livelihoods and the economic situation but if we just blame the president and say he is the one who has to do something of course he cannot we should stand next to him cooperate with him and tolerate the situation the nuclear deal had some success the lifting of

this little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment. jonna called i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia dance that there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and some both at school the high prices that really put me under pressure at home iran's supreme leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing iran's enemies of responsibility montazeri it for said the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate because the recent events. all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems f

correspondent eric randolph who is joining us with the latest from tehran and eric as we've heard iranian state television reporting nine more people killed overnight more than one hundred protesters arrested what are we to make of the authorities response to the unrest and how big of a threat are these protests to the regime well this is the biggest test the regime has faced since there were mass demonstrations back in two thousand and nine the difference this time is that they. consider the more although it is very difficult to confirm the reports we're hearing for problems says she's restrictions on trying . to know the six protesters that showed us what on store the station is. several other people were killed in various schools and cities over the country recent days. well there is a start of crackdown was just been told that four hundred fifty people have been arrested in tehran the last three days with protests that's a good road to this move and we don't know how many you're being arrested in other parts of the country and we understand that among these protesters there are host o

this little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment i mean john a call i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia dance that there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home iran's supreme leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing iran's enemies of responsibility montazeri it for said the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate because the recent events. all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems fo

correspondent eric randolph was joining us with the latest from tehran and eric as we've heard iranian state television reporting nine more people killed overnight more than one hundred protesters arrested what are we to make of the authorities response to the unrest and how big of a threat are these protests to the regime. well this is the biggest test the regime has faced since there were mass demonstrations back in two thousand and nine the difference this time is that they could be considerably more violent though it is very difficult to confirm the reports we're hearing for problems it is due to restrictions on travel. to know the six protesters the job last night walked on store the station. several other people were killed in various small towns and cities. all over the country in recent days the stories he's the star of the crackdown was just been told the four hundred fifty people who've been arrested in tehran the last three days were protests actually that rose at least moved we don't know how many are being arrested in other parts of the country and we understand that among

are going round in several major cities not yet in tehran that's coming from but it. does appear that go to sort of the top. yet and when we look at the causes for example of these anti-government protests we know that for example the uprising has been the biggest since two thousand and nine but that crackdown underway as you mentioned and hundreds already arrested how strong would you say is the will for those protesters to continue and how big a threat are they posing to the regime at this point. we're better than two thousand and nine these protests have been much smaller really don't how can i do the figures we're talking in the silence wrote them in the hundreds of thousands which you saw back in two thousand not. the fact that they were fighting the fight for their attacks on government buildings. setting fire to places and so on time off quite a few people talking to terrorize in the street a lot of people don't like that kind of violence and they worry about and they worry about a crackdown that's not to say that there isn't a genuine sense of frustration over

well let's take a closer look at the iran deal it's a landmark agreement signed between tehran and six global powers the u.s. u.k. germany france russia and china iran agreed to reduce its enrichment of uranium eliminate enriched uranium stockpiles and modify our water facilities so it can produce material suitable for a nuclear bomb in return decades of international and u.s. sanctions have been suspended and the u.s. president has to sign a waiver every one hundred twenty days to keep suspending the american side of those sanctions trump is now demanding the deal include other weapons programs and tougher sanctions he also wants to remove a clause that allows iran to enrich uranium after the year twenty twenty five well turning to our guests now and joining us from terra sayat mustafa a political commentator and specialist on iran in domestic affairs in london ellie jeremiah a policy fellow with the european council on foreign relations and offer of the book in gauging with iran a european agenda and in washington d.c. alley vias a senior iran analyst with the international crisis gr

we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first they must ravi spoke to people on the streets of tehran and sent this report. nearly two and a half years after the nuclear deal was signed many iranians say they haven't seen any real benefits and the president hassan rouhani promised more than he could deliver good jordan bunkhouses nagesh that then you could house the money neatly no impact at all of my life for the price of rice is doubles expensive to millions and run and meanwhile the children of official see that the people don't exist money goes my pockets or to the pocket of the woman selling things on the street which people but some are still willing to stand by their president communism and pollution is going to me is doing his best of course there are some problems in the country son. since pressure from abroad naturally impacts the livelihoods and the economic situation but if we just blame the president and say he is the one who has to do something of course he cannot we should stand next to him cooperate with him and tolerate the situation the nuclear deal had some success

coming up a government crackdown puts an apparent and to protests in iran but for how long we will go to tehran to hear whether the country is now in dangerously divided territory. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump has launched a scathing attack on his former treat chief strategist steve ban and ahead of the release of an unflattering new book by journalist michael wolff the president saying that steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency but he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. the president disavowed bannon after it emerged that he had attack attacked donald trump jr for a twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians in the book banning is quoted as saying the following even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad well to say stuff and i happen to think that it is all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately u.s. media say the trumps lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to ben and accusing him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by speaking to walls and e

well let's take a closer look at the iran deal it's a landmark agreement signed between tehran and six global powers the u.s. u.k. germany france russia and china iran agreed to reduce its enrichment of uranium eliminate enriched uranium stockpiles and modify a water facilities so it can produce material suitable for a nuclear bomb in return decades of international and u.s. sanctions have been suspended and the u.s. president has to sign a waiver every one hundred twenty days to keep suspending the american side of those sanctions trump is now demanding the deal include other weapons programs and tougher sanctions he also wants to remove a clause that allows iran to enrich uranium after the year twenty twenty five well turning to our guests now and joining us from tara sayat mustafa a political commentator and specialist on iran in domestic affairs in london ellie jeremiah a policy fellow with the european council on foreign relations and offer of the book in gauging with iran a european agenda and in washington d.c. alley vias a senior iran analyst with the international crisis group

phil: eric randolph in tehran, thank you. in a sign of thawing tensions, north korea has reopened a suspended hotline to south korea. north korean leader kim jong-un ordered a reconnection of the phone line with the country's border. north and south have been making over chores about -- making overtures about improving ties since new year's eve since kim jong-un said he wanted to see north korean athletes at next month's winter olympics in the south. one of the more contentious issues in coalition talks between germany's hopeful ruling parties is likely to be reuniting refugees with their families. the process is politically charged, complicated, and expensive. and even if german authorities approve family reunions, other -- red tape in other countries can prolong the wait. so what does it mean for people caught up in the middle who often see themselves as victims of broken promises? reporter: this man and his younger brother like living in cologne, their new home, but they say they can only be truly content when the rest of

but well will it for the very latest from tehran let's bring in the correspondent eric randolph eric we're getting reports of dozens or scores of arrests where you are in tehran nine people killed overnight what's the latest. yeah there were just recently after all some states. region including six protesters tried to stall a police station as well as a police burn in another town in a row which got another town most of these protests focused out in the provinces this isn't sporadic presence or on last night but almost always go elsewhere and we do have reports of hundreds of people being arrested in various parts of the country over the last few days now if these protests continue in the way they have so far to date are we likely to see a crackdown by authorities could we see the republican guards stepping in suddenly protests grow seriousness government has closed ranks and record that there are legitimate grievances and house try to take a relatively salt. you've got have been waiting in the wings though these things do start off early how to fish was talking about seditionist ele

problems eric runoffs thanks so much for that from tehran. north korea says it will reopen a suspended communications line with south korea and what could be a sign of thawing tensions north korean leader kim jong un ordered the reconnecting of the hotline at the country's border to korea's have been making overtures to improving ties since new years that's when kim signaled that he wants to see north korean athletes crossing the border to join next month's winter olympics in south korea. for more on the story we're joined now by josh smith he's covering this for us in seoul josh what's behind this surprise announcement to reopen this important skill line of communication well this is something of a hope for at least development in the wake of cames new year's day speech in which he did signal a willingness to send north korean. north korean athletes to the upcoming winter games what remains to be seen however is whether the two sides will be able to agree on all the potential issues surrounding that kind of participation which is obviously h

after days of unrest targeting its regime tens of thousands hit the streets in a show of force for tehran but elsewhere the anti-government protests have continued amid reports that iran is clamping down on the demonstrators we will go live to tehran. also coming up a further step toward dialogue in the korean peninsula north korea reopens a key line of communication to the south following overtures toward better relations from both sides plus u.s. president trump hits twitter with a flurry of warnings to america's adversaries we will look ahead to what could be another turbulent year for the white house at home and beyond. and iceland moved to close the pay gap between men and women the new year brings a new law making it illegal to pay women less for the same work. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us we begin in iran where authorities are trying to turn the tide against anti-government protests that have swept the country pro-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in several cities across the country according to this phone. which aired on iran's sta

west tells to run to respect right to protest —— tehran. this has been going on for nearly seven days now and the death toll is going up. as ever it is very complicated. it is very complicated. you've got what's going on in tehran and there were protesters, it started with protest against the economy and people not feeling as well off as they ought to or they were led to believe they would be and now maybe others have taken advantage. and there has been violence unfortunately. now you've got other countries waiting in, telling tehran what to do or what not to do and of course that doesn't necessarily help or hinder, but i suppose it's a dance of international. the west, canada and other countries, feeling a need to say something, but whether that will have any impact and the risk is that it will go the other way and irritate. it is quite interesting, i was listening to the peace earlier, that president obama didn't take sides when this was happening under his presidency and donald trump has waded in pretty much immediately to say this needs

we had a terrorist attack in tehran. if these countries had fallen, the situation in iran would be dramatically worse. so it is not only for the sake of security in the region that iran helped fight in these countries, but also for iran's national security. professor, thank you. professor mohammad marandi, who does have links to the iranian government and so can speak about what happens in tehran. it is worth pointing out how differently the 0bama and trump situations have handled the iran situation. injune 2009, a series of protests erupted in tehran over the election results. president 0bama stayed pretty quiet and was criticised for not strongly supporting the demonstrators. a week on, facing criticism that his response was weak, 0bama issued a white house statement which included the retort: "the iranian government must understand that the world is watching." fast forward to 2017 and protests break out once again — not dissimilar to those of eight years ago. and within one day, donald trump posts this on twitter: "

and speaking of lacking the focus i wanted to ask you because you live there in tehran how widespread would you say the discontent is i mean how deep is this in iranian society at the moment is bear a deep support for the protests generally speaking. talking to ronnie's yesterday. and a lot of people are very uncomfortable with the violence that they've seen group the way some of these protests being conducted but there is a deep well of sympathy and understanding for all the grievances the economic problems of driving everybody knows young person who is highly educated on top or who struggle with the costs with high rates of inflation and with a general sense that the government is not responding to them honest it's not responsive in general. so i think. people are people who recognize that there are deep seated problems with the economy and simply want action they want action and they have been protesting for the past six days in order to get it eric randolph at the very latest from tehran thank you so much for your reporting. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that h

let's go straight to tehran now and a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph eric the head of the revolutionary guards has said that the anti-government protests have been defeated what are you hearing. well it's very hard to get information on any. protests if there are any coming from the provinces it was definitely a commentary on last night so with a heavy police presence this does seem like the protests do seem to be over and we're just getting reports now we're just seeing images coming and of another series of major rallies very large very impressive in ten different cities around the country including a stop ok now i know when you talk about these are pro-government rallies doesn't then seem that the regime is actually turning the tide against the anti-government protesters well i think it's important to remember the protests will never end all this revolutionary guard say there were fifty thousand people involved nationwide even if the number was a bit bigger than that it's certainly nowhere near the hundreds of thousands o

and speaking of lacking the focus i wanted to ask you because you live there in tehran how widespread would you say the discontent is i mean how deep is this in iranian society at the moment is bear a deep support for the protests generally speaking. talking to ronnie's yesterday. and a lot of people are very uncomfortable with the violence that they've seen group the way some of these protests being conducted but there is a well of sympathy and understanding for grievances the economic problems of driving everybody knows young person who's highly educated on top or who struggle with filing costs with high rates of inflation with a general sense that the government is not responding to them honest it's not responsive in general. so i think. people are people who recognize that there are deep seated problems with the economy and simply want action. they want action and they have been protesting for the past six days in order to get it eric wound up at the very latest from tehran thank you so much for your reporting. well the protests have drawn some opponents of the country's latest st

phil: eric randolph in tehran, thank you. in a sign of thawing tensions, north korea has reopened a suspended hotline to south korea. north korean leader kim jong-un ordered a reconnection of the phone line with the country's border. north and soututh haveve been mamaking over r chores about -- making overtures about impmprovg ties since new year's eve since kim jong-un said he wanted to see north korean athletes at next month's winter olympics in the south. one of the more contentious issues in coalition talks between germany's hopeful ruling parties is likely to be reuniting refugees with their families. the process is politically charged, complicated, and expensive. and even if german authorities approve family reunions, other -- red tape in other countries can prolong the wait. so what does it mean for people caught up in the middle who often see themselves as victims of broken promises? reporter: this man and his younger brother like l living in cologne,heheir new homome, but theyey say they can only be trty content when

so tehran will cry foul but it will be up tehran will cry foul but it will be up to the europeans and international organisations to adjudicate between tehran and washington. and given the current climate i suppose mr trump is not going to lose any votes in the united states by being as he sees it tough on iran. likely not, much of the response the president is considering notjust to the nuclear deal but to the protests in iran are conditioned by the failures of the past administration to put america's strategy and values in concert with the protests in tehran. thank you very much indeed. pakistan has suspended military and intelligence cooperation with the united states, following washington's decision to freeze more than $1 billion worth of security assistance to islamabad. washington wants pakistan to take more action against islamist militant groups. this is what pakistan's ambassador to the us told us earlier. well, we are disappointed and we are surprised. disappointed because the language used is an affront to all that pakistan had done, all the contributions that we had made t

west tells to run to respect right to protest —— tehran. this has been going on for nearly seven days now and the death toll is going up. as ever it is very complicated. it is very complicated. you've got what's going on in tehran and there were protesters, it started with protest against the economy and people not feeling as well off as they ought to 01’ feeling as well off as they ought to or they were led to believe they would be and now maybe others have

correspondent eric randolph in tehran eric protests have been going on for four days now what's happening today. where the protests overnight were a little smaller than previous nights sporadic reports of. government buildings clerical buildings in the northwest and if you know country towns. people were out of the season and crashing a fire engine reportedly but verifying any of this is tough because of the restrictions on social mobile it now authorities have threatened to come down hard on protesters i mean what do they mean by that any is there any sign that that's happening. no so far the police have taken a very softly softly approach we did have a couple of people who showed a couple of nights ago in a small town very hard to get any information on that but they've been keen not to come from to strongly but everyone knows that if it gets out of the revolutionary guards in the waiting in the wings to crack down as they have done in the past where the protests go from here and they have to support of most sections of iranian society. but it's notable that in the wealth and middle cla

and that ought to worry tehran, the government and the clerical leadership in tehran a great deal. >> congressman, thank you for your time tonight. >> my pleasure. >>> next, president trump congratulating himself for planes not crashing. does he deserve the credit? well, we have a fact check. >>> and then, trouble in the russia investigation on capitol hill. we have some new reporting just in to cnn. we'll be back. ♪ { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. >>> president trump takes credit for a lot of things, as you know, and am of the claims are fair. others aren't. take today's tweet. quote, since taking office, i have been very strict on commercial aviation. good news. it was just reported that there were zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on rec

it was mainly the infrastructure was in the big cities and especially in tehran. that's one thing i think we'll see investment in the coming years. when i talk about the version of resources from regional defense and power projection to intro security, that's what i think they will have to focus on, they have this infrastructure those built in the big cities because of 99 and 2009, now that has to come also in small towns and medium-sized to small cities. >> we had a question over here. >> hello, russian embassy. it was interesting to witness this very thoughtful discussion. i just have a few small minor remarks with regard to russia and its stance i on what's goig on in iran. we never said it was inspired from outside. what he said was to avoid military ration for some speculation what's going on, and it goes with the principle of interference. we viewed as an integral matter, and so the government and during people decide. they are doing things. they of course are finding remedies, solutions to it. secondly, why it is so except for it is the international law th

correspondent eric randolph in tehran eric protests have been going on for four days now what's happening today. where the protests overnight were a little smaller than previous nights sporadic reports of government buildings are clerical buildings in the northwest and then a few different towns. caught the people were out of the season and crushing a fire engine reportedly but verifying any of this is tough because of the restrictions on social mobile it now authorities have threatened to come down hard on protesters i mean what do they mean by that any is there any sign that that's happening. no so far the police are taking about a softly softly approach we did have a couple of people who showed a couple of nights ago in a small town very hard to get any information on that but they've been keen not to come from to strongly but everyone knows that if it gets out of the revolutionary guards in the waiting in the wings to crack down as they have done in the past where the protests go from here and they have to support of most sections of iranian society. but it's notable that in the wealt

correspondent eric randolph in tehran eric protests have been going on for four days now what's happening today. where the protests overnight were a little smaller than previous nights sporadic reports of government buildings clerical buildings in the northwest and then a few different towns. caught the people out of the seizing and crashing a fire engine reportedly but verifying any of this is tough because of the restrictions on social mobile it now authorities have threatened to come down hard on protesters i mean what do they mean by that any is there any sign that that's happening. no so far the police are taking a very softly softly approach we did have a couple of people who showed a couple of nights ago in a small town very hard to get any information on that but they've been keen not to come from to strongly but everyone knows that if it gets out of the revolutionary guards in the waiting in the wings to crack down as they have done in the past where the protests go from here and they have to support of most sections of iranian society but it's notable that in the wealth and midd

with police posts attacked in the past several days there have been four hundred fifty arrests in tehran alone the top administration meanwhile has threatened to impose sanctions if iran fails to respond to be unrest in a way washington deems appropriate. don't get ahead of sanctions but that is one tool kit we are watching reports very carefully of any potential human rights abuses of these protesters who are protesting peacefully we are now seeing an organic popular uprising organized organized by brave iranian citizens on the largest scale since two thousand and nine the united states supports the iranian people and we call on the regime to respect its citizens basic right to peacefully express their desire for change so that's the view of washington officials and politicians but we asked people in tehran for their thoughts on the protests on the encouragement coming from abroad. but. i feel that if people's economic problems were addressed these accidents would never happen again if someone from the government came and spoke to them these incidents would not escalate. the cost of liv

correspondent eric roundoff who is standing by with the latest from tehran welcome to you eric we know that the head of the revolutionary guard has said that the anti-government protests have essentially been defeated or or wiped out so to speak what are you hearing. yeah it's been pretty quiet there are. very few protests last night a very heavy police presence including really good revolutionary guards on the streets very hard for us to verify information we're getting from the problems but the fact that there are far fewer videos posted on social media suggests that they have indeed died down to considerable extent. more broadly speaking but do you think that the protests over the last week reveal about iran's leadership are we for example seeing cracks between hardliners and moderates in the regime does these kind of just off to the budget announced by the president passed on i mean she made some pretty on the talk of those territories measures cuts to welfare raising fuel prices not hard line is it's a really been attacking him on those issues finding that is the best way to under

president's donald trump is expected to decide on friday whether to reimpose sanctions against tehran. the winter olympics are just four weeks away and some athletes still don't know if they'll be going to the games and john chang while one of those looking to compete is nicola chang garage he competed in five alpine skiing events in the last olympics in sochi but this time around he's hoping to try his hand at a more adventurous discipline. the winter olympics are just around the corner and preparation time is running out before the games begin in february. oh garia nikolai chum got over hopes to compete at misty cross he's still got some work to do to secure his place but the former alpine ski has been training hard. john got afraid to move to speak cross as he believes the discipline better suits his rock and roll style but a part time musician couldn't get official backing for his new adventure so he turned to crowdfunding instead he hasn't yet reached his goal but he's sure that he'll be able to hold his own if he qualifies for people trying like. started to get into shape and i'

is in tehran a and said the subject. from the early morning hours people from. gathering here in the center of capital tehran in an under government protest accusing the government of links to the organized crime and calling for his resignation the opposition has been preparing for today's protests for a month blaming the government also for the lack of economic development which according to them is the main the reason why so many old binion's are leaving the country on the other hand will be a new prime minister has told for decided not to respond to opposition that legations political analysts here in tehran are say that there is no evidence that the prime minister is involved in organized crime. or you that the binion's have many reasons to protest the protest is also considered a test of support for the main opposition democrats who suffered a landslide lost in the last two years parliamentary elections. in the political scene could make old been years road to european union more difficult when you was granted e.u. candidate status in two thousand and fourt

earlier, water cannons were used against protesters in tehran. and finally, the new year's celebrations in brazil. over two million people gathered on copacabana beach to watch a magnificent 17—minute firework display, with many of the revellers wearing white, the traditional colour to usher in the new year. 2.5 hours earlier, it was the uk's turn to ring in the new year, with a spectacular fireworks display in london and edinburgh. among the highlights, more than 100,000 ticket holders watched the display from the banks of the river thames. big ben chiming 2008 —— 2018 in. happy new year's from us here. good morning, and a happy new year to you. before we leap ahead into 2018 and what the weather has in store for the week ahead, let's just take a quick look back at what 2017 brought us. for ennerdale, in cumbria, on the 15th of may, over six inches of rain in 2a hours. it was a hot day though at heathrow, on the 21st ofjune. 3a degrees. the hottest day of the year. in terms of wintriest weather, well, that was sennybridge, in the brecon be

between tehran and washington. and, given the current climate, i suppose mr trump is not going to lose any votes in the united states by being, as he sees it, tough on iran. likely not. much of the response the president is considering, notjust to the nuclear deal, but to the protests in iran, are conditioned by the failures of the past administration to put america's strategy and values in concert with the protests in tehran. in pakistan, police have offered a ten million rupee reward for information leading to the killer of six—year—old zainab ansari. the discovery of the young girl's body has lead to violent protests in the city of kasur, where around a dozen other children have been killed in the past two years. secunder kermani reports from kasur. more anger on the streets of kasur. police and protesters clashed after the funerals of two men killed in the unrest. residents of the city have reacted with fury to the murder and sexual assault of six—year—old zainab ansari. she went missing last thursday,

thomas edwin joins us on skype from tehran. here with me in new york is a top expert on iran, a senior fellow at the carnegie for peace. thomas, let me ask you first, can you tell us anything about the news that mahammad has been arrested and has been fuelling the protests and does that suggest there is a skism within the regime? >> thank you fareed. look, there has been a report that he's been arrested and of course one of iran's stop generals, general jafari has implicitly accused president -- former president ajad of being involved in the protests. but i don't know if this points at the real involvement into this protest. of course there is skism in the regime. the protests have to do with the upcoming -- with the succession issue for supreme leader and also plays into the ongoing debate here between hard liners and performers and why is that so? because the president released a publicized part of a budget, that gave out very sensitive information that insighted many people that said that religious institutes were getting lo

correspondent eric ran off we're standing by with the latest from tehran welcome to you eric we know that the head of the revolutionary guard has said that the anti-government protests have essentially been defeated or or wiped out so to speak what are you hearing. it's been pretty fired several. very. protests last night a very heavy police presence including many of the revolutionary guards on the streets very hard for us to verify the information we're getting from the problems . imposed on social media suggests that they have indeed died down considerably. more broadly speaking what do you think that the protests over the last week reveal about iran's leadership are we for example seeing cracks between hardliners and moderates in the regime. does these kind of just talk to the budget announced by the president passed. in which he made some pretty unpopular austerity measures cuts to welfare raising fuel prices not hard line is it's a really been attacking him on those issues funding does the best way to undermine his leadership. and try to rally the coal particular against it. an

we're talking to people in tehran which is actually seeing. protests. a lot of people don't like the violence which is rather. an alternate route but they do definitely sympathize with the economic grievances that were initially tried. everybody has stories of family members who are unemployed struggling with our living costs and the general frustration of the government not responding quickly out of really enough and that's something that show across society quite conservative parts of. you recognize that something needs to be done whether or not the government has the means to deal with those grievances even if they can control the protests is something that remains to be seen in the coming weeks now carrick what about the reports from authorities that military bases and police stations have been overrun is there any way to verify that. i think iran is probably overstating it but very hard to get reports you know that have been attacks on this full goering's on the symbols of the regime. during selling to the clergy and things like that and i doubt it

president's donald trump is expected to decide on friday whether to reimpose sanctions against tehran. officials here in germany have launched an investigation into a senior iranian cleric who has been receiving treatment at a hospital in this country my mood. today is the former head of iran's justice ministry after discovering he was in germany the local kurdish community and human rights groups file charges against surety accusing him of crimes against humanity well german authorities say they're continuing to investigate the claims despite reports that the cleric flew back to iran earlier today all right i'm joined now by max zander he is at hamburg airport where shruti is believed to have flown from max good to see you what do you hearing on the ground can you confirm these reports that mr surety has left the country. well yes there have been reports that it's not maturity it's convoy from hannover where he was under medical treatment arrived here at the airport at around one o'clock this afternoon and i was during that time i was here on the flight terrorists there's visitors te

several of them failed in november and we saw street protests in tehran. the first time we saw chants of death to khamenei. if the institution fails, you lose your money. there is no insurance. if the institution fails, you the banks are not in much better shape. they are desperate for liquidity. they have been borrowing from credit institutions. the central bank of iran has put a cap on the amount that institutions can pay in interest. 90% of the institutions have violated that cap. the central bank has been trying to get iran's banks to report under iran's generally accepted accounting practices, not international generally accepted accounting practices. the few banks that have done that have gone from reporting profits to massive losses. the government has spent two years dithering about the situation. there has been no action or proposals to modify the central bank law to allow it to regulate credit institutions. this is a classic recipe for disaster. if you think that i am exaggerating, let me quote from rouhani's speech. he said 25% of the money mark

there have been more than a50 arrests in tehran province. and messaging apps like telegram are being restricted. here's the tech commentator mahsa alimardani on that decision. this platform is for communicating between family members, friends, getting information from thy aspera persian media or from getting information from thy aspera persian media orfrom local media, and just getting everyday updates like traffic and whether it is very centralised to this one platform, so when the block occurred there has been a rush to, you know, get on to connect to this device that you previously didn't have to. if you want to read more about the role social media is playing in iran right now, there's a piece by mahsa on the politico website now. next, to bbc persian‘sjiyar gol. for a sense of the government response. in sensitive areas they have placed those security forces, but despite all of this we have received footage that shows gatherings of people, but those apps where people were communicating and sending messages, and footage to us has been

joining me now on the phone from inside tehran is ramin of "the los angeles times." he's been there for three days of these protests. ramin, tell us about this protester who shot at police with the hunting gun. you watched it on state tv, is that right? >> yes. the state tv and other media says that in a provincial town in the center of iran, a man who was called as a person who collected disturbances shot at the police and killed one police and three other wounded. >> now as we're seeing more action in iran moving from some of the more remote areas, when you have iran's president saying that essentially that iran has dealt with protests like these before, that these are nothing. do you believe that that is accurate? >> i think no. at the same time i can say the number of protesters comparing to the previous, ten or more years ago, the number of protesters are much, much less, but they seem that the protesters are more than before and they're more agile and the age is between 19 to 28 or 29 so the number is less, but the determination is higher than before. >> very i

president donald trump is expected to decide yes or no to reimpose saying sions on tehran of sanctions would violate the nuclear agreement and that is not what the european union wants that was made crystal clear today when iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif visited brussels. for the iranian delegation brussels was of reassurance couldn't come at a better time the foreign ministers of britain germany and france as well as the e.u.'s foreign policy chief reaffirmed their support for the iran nuclear deal which u.s. presidents donald trump has threatened to lead to the deal is working it is they're leaving on its main goal which remains the thing the iranian nuclear program in check and. the surveillance mogilny played an important role in crafting the landmark nuclear accord in the summer of two thousand and fifteen she has lobbied hard to convince washington to keep the nuclear issue separate from other contentious issues with tehran such as its ballistic missile program what the nuclear deal could however facilitate is talking about these issues something all ministers empha

all the feel safe to go from tehran by car and thatjourney. all the lives that have been lost but also all of the fears, whether it's kidnapping, intimidation, if anyone else tried to make a similar route. that says something that they control, the iranian revolutionary guard, threw themselves or proxies, the militias they support that they can clear the roads for them. it is very worrying. we talk about the importance of nation and government. if you have a leader of the armed wing in iran saying they can traipse through these arab countries with very little push back it is hugely concerning. this idea of a corridor from iran all the way to the borders of israel were things that people would talk about five or six years ago, nonsense, conspiracy theorists of the arab world, but they have made that happen. partly because of the fight against isis, which was important. the defeat of isis was very important for the people who suffered under them and also for the world to move forward. but at what cost in terms of what comes in its place? the vac

slogans but i'm in washington for the rest of it reports from tehran. another day of pro-government rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy police presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the islamic republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state at friday prayers in the capital to her on a senior cleric reminded people of iran's real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country let's say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u.s. did the planning it was coordinated from u.s. control very names and have gotten weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan but he also sympathized with public demands for better economic conditions it had all thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and it's not too long protest for them people are saying death to hig

hostages held in tehran for 440 days when the embassy was taken over. we appreciate your expertise on this matter. what do you see as the driving force behind these protests in iran? what is going on there? >> john, it's diffuse. according to everything that i have read, it seems this started off as an internal squabble and an attempt by one faction to go after rouhani and to embarrass him and things got out of control so you had grievances, political and economic grievances, and protests about corruption, and all coming together, a kind of simmering resentment that had been there for a long time, and by starting off they opened up a pandora's box of troubles and what is remarkable is how widespread this is, and look at places -- these are small towns. we did not see this at all back in 2009. >> that was largely upper middle class demonstrations on the streets of tehran, thousands and thousands of people but not as geographically dispersed as we seeing right now. the iranian regime is how the president began his statement this morning. what is your take

that was a peak correspondent eric randolph in tehran speaking to us earlier to sports now the second round of the tour to ski is one of the most prestigious cross-country skiing events in the world and it took place on sunday in lends a high to switzerland in the women's ten kilometer classic norwegian. posted the best time beating out her compatriot heidi vang and saviors cent of the united states meanwhile in the men's fifteen kilometer classic colonia set the fastest time ahead of alexey pole to run in kazakhstan and the region martin fruits and be . tennis fans know that the new year brings the first major tournament of the season the australian open and germany's angerly kerber won that tournament in twenty sixteen but her star has fallen dramatically since then here in germany newcomer you legere guess has taken over the number one spot in the country and she nearly broke into the world top ten this year alexander's verite is already there on the men's side and he has his sights set on his first grand slam title here is more on the stars of german tennis. it was a year to forge

going to iran threatening sanctions against tehran if it attempts to suppress a peaceful protests. after meeting that muslims across in the middle east over jerusalem's status the u.s. president considers cutting aid to palestinians and accuses them of not wanting to talk peace. and pressing each other's buttons donald trump and the north korean leader trade barbs over the size and power of their nuclear arsenal. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow as these are two international sean thomas glad to have you with us now seven days of unrest and you ron have now been brought to an end of that according to the chief elude the military force the revolutionary guards but it has come at a high cost as at least twenty one people have died there in clashes over the past week the demonstrations are thoughts to have been triggered by widespread economic hardship and the prospect of a fuel price hike they could do the same political in nature with protesters calling for the deaths of the country's leaders in violence then erupted in several towns with police posts attacked in the

slogans blaming washington for the rest and reports from tehran. another day of pro-government rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy police presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the islamic republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state at friday prayers in the capital to her own a senior cleric reminded people of iran's real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country it's say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u.s. did the planning it was coordinated from u.s. control very means and have gotten weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan but he also sympathized with public demands for better economic conditions it had all thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and it's not too long protest for them people are saying death to hig

thirteen people killed in demonstrations as the government threatens a new crackdown we'll go live to tehran also coming up. south korea proposes high level talks with the north the suggestion coming a day after north korean leader kim jong un offered a rare all of branch to the south and new threats to the u.s. . and it has been a long time coming but america's most populous state california has legalized cannabis for recreational use. and what is it about new year's day that makes people want to go jump into really cold water we'll take a look at that and some of the other things people get up to around the world on the first day of the news. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us on protests have erupted for a fifth consecutive day in tehran and around iran amidst reports of growing violence. shorty's say demonstrators tried to overrun a number of military bases and police stations and total at least thirteen people have now lost their lives protests initially broke out against economic conditions in the country but they've also been drawing opponents of the country's religious