so the iranian influence the land bridge is there. iranian officers are nearby the goal line within seven kilometers of the israeli so the israeli can do nothing at this stage let's see what's going to happen at the end of the day sky collation is there but i don't think they will escalate and if it. so you're not israeli diplomat sees working out through that magic and all the russian also up to now we didn't see any i mean you know look concerned that this point ok went missing mr bradley policy so far in syria has been the following they would only interfere when they saw or with a get intelligence that the iranians are trying to send some game changing what and systems to hizbollah. we're seeing a new pattern which is basically going after what the israelis consider to be a growing iranian military presence in syria is this an indication of that in the near future what we're going to see is basically a new showdown between the iranians and the israelis well that's correct israel has made its red lines in syria clear for a number o

so the iranian influence the land bridge is there. iranian officers are nearby the goal line within seven kilometers of the israeli so the israeli can do nothing at this stage let's see what's going to happen at the end of the day sky collation is there but i don't think they will escalate and if it. so you're not israeli diplomacy's working out through that magic and all the russian also up to now we didn't see any i mean you know look concerned that i see a point. when mrs. bradley policy so far in syria has been the following there would only interfere with a solo or with a get intelligence that the iranians are trying to send some game changing what systems to hizbollah. we're seeing a new pattern which is basically going after what the israelis consider to be a growing iranian military presence in syria is this an indication of that in the near future what we're going to see is basically a new showdown between the iranians and the israelis well that's correct israel has made its red lines in syria clear for a number of years now

iranian citizen. you are a canadian-iranian citizen and you were imprisoned during the so-called green revolution. describe why you were taken in and what political underpinnings there were? >> well, i was arrested because of my work as a journalist and the government of iran wanted to teach a lesson to a group of journalists and documentary filmmakers and because of that i was arrested. i was tortured, interrogated and forced to confess on television, and you have to understand that the iranian government regards iranian dual nationals as commodity. so they want something in return when they release them. in my case it was different because it was in the beginning. they didn't know what to do, but since -- especially since 2016 when they released four iranian american prisoners and hostages and in january, 2017 when they released iranian american hostages when they released them and they received millions of dollars they realized that they can use this commodity to their advantage and because of that

and israeli war plane crashes while targeting iranian drone launch sites in syria. there are live from doha also coming up our entry mody makes president mahmoud abbas in the first visit by an indian prime minister to palestine. come to north korea the sister of leader kim jong il invites the south korean president. we're in brazil for the country's most traditional carnival but it's not in rio. there is some breaking news an israeli fighter jet has crashed after an iranian drone was shot down near the border with syria syria says it was responding to an israeli act of aggression state television is reporting explosions from what it says israeli attacks near damascus well both f. sixteen pilots ejected and parachuted safely into northern israel they were targeting a military base inside syria suspected of launching an iranian drone which flew towards the golan heights the israeli army says it struck twelve uranium targets including an air defense system. well in a few moments will join us live from beirut but first let's cross to western going to talk to him and. so

and israeli fighter jets is done after a raid targeting iranian assets inside syria. lol come on peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up talks on the sidelines of the winter olympics south korea's leader is invited to visit the north. breaking barriers in sri lanka a record number of women campaigning to be elected. thousands march against racism in the italian city where african migrants were shot. ok your top story the downing of an israeli fighter jet by syrian forces has raised tensions across the region the israeli f. sixteen was on a mission inside syria targeting what israel says are iranian bases there the aircraft wreckage and pilots landed in israeli territory it all began when israel says it intercepted an iranian drone flying in its airspace israel says the drone came down from syria it responded with a major air raid inside syrian territory targeting what it claims are iranian bases on the way back from that mission israeli jets came under syrian anti-aircraft fire and that's when the f. sixteen was hi

so the iranian influence the land bridge is there. iranian officers are nearby the goal line within seven kilometers of the israeli so the israeli can do nothing at this stage let's see what's going to happen at the end of the day sky collation is there but i don't think they will escalate and if it. so you're not israeli diplomats he's working out through that magic and all the russian also up to now we didn't see any i mean you know look concern at this point ok and misses the policy so far in syria has been the following they would only interfere with a solo or with a get intelligence that the iranians are trying to send some game changing what and systems to hizbollah. we're seeing a new pattern which is basically going after what the israelis consider to be a growing iranian military presence in syria is this an indication of that in the near future what we're going to see is basically a new showdown between the iranians and the israelis well that's correct israel has made its red lines in syria clear for a number of years now in

interest as well as the iranian interest as well as our interests. but i wanted to -- but through the technical issue that i've -- i want to go back to you, and i want to start is request drk i used to be attesting engine i worked in high. and -- topic is putting iran nuclear program in perspective the united states loosely speaking the united states missile 30 to 40 times before it declares it operational under really conditions and you watch the iranian missile program much closely than i do, and i have to say i don't think iranian subject themselves to those conditions. >> i would -- >> i relate it to the next question an you mentioned the -- the possibly cult and one provision under the conduct is notification of any -- so this also which means this also provides me an opportunity to technically look at this program and also politically an opportunity if you want to iran program international framework. you'll see this. because the reason i draw this is -- my own region where work they have a bilot rile agreement amongst them under a prenotificat

so the in iranian influence the land bridge is there. iranian officers are nearby the goal line within seven kilometers of the israeli so the israeli can do nothing at this stage to see what's going to happen at the end of days collation is there but i don't think they will escalate and if it. so you're not israeli diplomacy's working out through that magic and all the russian also up to now we didn't see any i mean you know look concerned that i see a point. and misses these rarely policy so far in syria has been the following there would only interfere when they saw war with a get intelligence that the iranians are trying to send some game changing what and systems to hizbollah. we're seeing a new pattern which is basically going after what the israelis consider to be a growing iranian military presence in syria is this an indication of that in the near future what we're going to see is basically a new showdown between the iranians and the israelis well that's correct israel has made its red lines in syria clear for a number of years n

the iranians hav business in yemen. w know that yemen is important for saudi arabia and we never want to stab saudi arabia in the back.t' >> 's another destroyed building there. >>shen elephants fight, it' the grass that suffers there's been over a million ecasualties in the middleast over the last decade. they've been syrian.e they'vbeen iraqi. they've been yemeni. >> where did the missile hit? >> iranian and saudi citizens aren't the ones that are suffering. >> narrator: next time, a dangerous rivalry and its tragic consequences. >> gto pbs.org/frontline to learn more about the making of "bitter rals". >> what brings you here today? >> read the interview with ambassador ryan crocker and others about the rivalry between iran and saudi arabia. >> abdullah, in particular, felt that we were actively working against saudi national security interests. >> to destabilize the onighborhood... >> connect to the ine community on facebook and twitter, and if stories like this matter to you, then sign up for our newsletter at pbs.o

the israelis are squarely blaming the iranians for this they have gone off what they say are iranian targets inside of syria they say they destroyed a command and control center for the unmanned aerial vehicle the drawings that flew over. really taking a look at where what they should do next now we are hearing that a cabinet meeting the government is going to formulate a cabinet meeting to discuss what to do next narendra modi's making the first visit by an indian prime minister to the palestinian territories the trip to the occupied west bank is part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east you get a wreath on the tomb of yasser arafat the former palestinian leader modi is expected to meet palestinian president mahmoud abbas later on saturday north korea's leader kim jong il has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president moon jay and to visit pyongyang the two countries have been holding talks on the sidelines of the winter olympics in china. donald trump has blocked the release of a democratic party rebuttal to a republican memo on russian meddl

it takes courage for iranians to speak out. many have been jailed for opposing the government. >> one of the sight that we are going to see on the 22hen imam khomeini has his lecture... >> my guide is sassan. usually sassan works with tourists, but he has been t assignedme by a media agencyon that operates behalf of the government. >> smith: sassan? >> yes, sir? >> smith: you tell me again, who is this man we're going to see?t his gentleman? >> smithyes, tell me. we've given them a list of people we hope to meet. but it's not clear whohe government will actually approve. >> mr. rafighdoost is one of the living historians of the iranian revolution. and me as an iranian, this ise thrst time i'm going to see him from the very close in. person he wants to... >> smith: the man we're going to visit today, mohsen rafighdoost, is a founder of iran's powerfuls mic revolutionary guard corps, the irgc. today, as a result of his connections, he is one of the wealthiest men in iran, with stakes in hundreds of companies. in the late '70s, he

and israeli fighter jets is a raid targeting iranian assets in syria. well again i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the talks on the sidelines of the winter olympics south korea's leader is invited to visit the north. results in the sri lankan elections for the record number of women expected to take civil government. as a huge street party where people can figure out their economic and political woes were in brazil with the country's carnival is in full swing. the u.n. secretary general and tony good terrorists has called for an immediate and unconditional deescalation in syria after a series of cross border air raids by israel targeting iranian and syrian government forces is believed to be israel's most significant attack against syria since one thousand nine hundred two it all began when israel says it intercepted an iranian drone flying in its airspace israel alleges the drone came from syria it responded with a major air raid in syrian territory targeting what it claims were iranian bases on the way back from the missi

an israeli fighter jet is shot down by syrian anti-aircraft fire as israel attacks what it says are iranian targets. you know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up clears and then picks or continues with an invitation to the south korean leader to visit pyongyang. a warm welcome for india's prime minister on the historic visit to the palestinian territories. and brazil and colombia tight border controls with venezuela why economic crisis has led hundreds of thousands. or we begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and iran in years involving the shooting down of an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria but landed in israeli territory it all started when israel says it supported a drone flying in its aspace and then intercepted it israel says the drone originated from syria and it launched major air raids in syrian territory in response to this targeting syrian and iranian bases syria then responds with a. fire which brought down the f. sixteen jets israel launched a second wave

the iranians, on the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the iranians aren't going to give ground on that, they've made that quite plain. they are not interested in giving new assurances on permanent restrictions on uranium enrichment. so there's really no wriggle room here and donald trump has put himself in the position where he says he won't certify the deal again. he has basically asked the europeans to do the impossible and if they can't do the impossible, ijust wonder, are you clear, is the united states clear, come may, sanctions will be reintroduced and as far as the us is concerned, the deal is over? again, there's a couple of different areas that we're working on. a third one is the sunset clause, right? i think there's broad agreement that it's concerning that some of these safeguards begin to be lost after years eight, ten and so forth. i will say, with the europeans, that there has been great interest in working to strengthen elements of the deal. the president has said, as you know, he's not going to waive sanctions again, he wants a follow on agreement with the e3. and

and israeli find to jet is down during a raid in syria part of a bigger offer it should against iranian targets well turkey loses a military helicopter it was shot down during an operation against kurdish militia in syria's north. of them chilling words all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up another handshake a friendly lunch and a rare in the taishan south korea's leader is asked to visit. a new round of hugging diplomacy india's prime minister wraps up a historic visit to palestine just weeks after he hosted the president of israel. in a local election that could stress upon the ruling coalition. would begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and iran in years that said with the downing of an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet well the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria but it landed then israeli territory it all began when israel says it spotted a drone flying in its airspace and intercepted it israel says the drone originated from syria and it launched a major air raid in syrian territory in response with its warplanes

while they do not necessarily want to tear down their country's government most iranians we spoke to said they just want their leaders to do a little more to solve their problems as. people or important figures in history many of them died for the revolution but our demand is that current government should care about the nation all different classes of people from the rich to those who don't have a good economic situation. behind she's recanted the base thing that could happen in a society is the equality between a man and a woman the more we work for this the base of society will have when making policy iran's government often looks to the past for much of its inspiration iranian people it seems want them to look more to the future zain. lots also to come here and al-jazeera including workers at one of britain's largest charities are accused of inappropriate behavior while helping the vulnerable plus. i am retiring after. the war with islam moving forward irish political partition fame begins a nuclear war and stay with us. hello there we've got yet more snow on its way towards japa

well in a few moments same bus ravi will join us live from the iranian capital tehran but first let's cross to him and khan in west jerusalem imran so what do we expect to see out of israel today. well what we expect to see all two very significant meetings now one of them is actually a scheduled meeting is the meeting of the cabinets but the focus clearly will be on what to do about the situation in syria and likely to try and get of sw very strong message to the russians about the iranian involvement with in syria often that we're likely to see a security cabinet meeting now that's going to be also very crucial because that's will decide the strategy what to do next now all sides are trying to avoid a massive escalation all of this conflict we spoke to the israeli army in the last hour we also them what was going on with the operation how many targets inside syria but they hit they declined to comment however lots of people on social media form a soldiers form of senior military officials are saying that this is the largest operation to get syrian air defense targets since the leban

shot down near the occupied golan heights on saturday it all began when israel said it intercepted an iranian drone that flew into its airspace from syria israel replied with airstrikes targeting what it says were iranian bases in southern syria near the capital damascus the u.n. secretary general meanwhile is calling for an immediate and unconditional deescalation and russia's president vladimir putin is warning israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu against raising tensions. well imran khan joins us live now from west jerusalem him and so what do you expect to come out of israel today. well a cabinet meeting is taking place right now now that's likely where they're going to formulate any kind of political response to what's going on and what will the political response likely to be what's going to be a message clearly to the russians we've seen that kind of language already take place in the last twenty four hours they warn the russians that the iranian presence in the region is a threat so it's likely that that's where the political strategy will come from there's also been a letter wr

saying that iran is a big problem for the israelis and these be dealt with very quickly now to the iranians have actually reacted to issued a statement it says shooting down the israeli jet is a clear message the days of carrying out attacks inside syria a go on any new attack will be confronted iran stands by syria against any foolish move by israel so there's a lot of strong reaction coming out from iran there's been a battle to one hundred israeli airstrikes inside syria against various targets including hezbollah convoys and the like what we saw in the last four few a few hours today is attacks against what they call the iranian targets and against syrian defense batteries twelve in total well as in my mentioned it's not the first time israel has hit targets inside syria iran assent military advisers and the edge of the thousands of its revolutionary guards to help the syrian government and that build up their way in assets has been increasingly worried israel in a holder explains. this is the golan heights territory israel captured from syria in one nine hundred sixty seven the war in

the crush full at the shooting down of the drug israeli army video shows what it says is an iranian drone fly. towards the northern golan heights before it was downed in retaliation of the violation of serenity the israeli air force it twelve targets in syria including the suspected drone command center iranian targets and syrian air defense syria launched surface to air missiles during the israeli raid and says it shot down the f. sixteen both pilots ejected and parachuted to the israeli side of the border one's critically injured these really army spokesman blamed iran for launching the drone it's not known if it was armed iran can't al-jazeera western slope. well it's not the first time israel hit targets inside syria iran a set military advisors allegedly thousands of its revolutionary guards to help the syrian government and the build up of the reigning in assets is that increasingly worrying for israel said a harder explains. this is the golan heights territory israel captured from syria in one nine hundred sixty seven the war in syria has brought iran and its allies like the lebane

almost immediately after the incident the reaction from the iranian foreign ministry was very clear the foreign ministry spokesman said that the assertion that iran would fly a drone into israeli airspace is clearly a lie that is so ridiculous it's not even worth a response now that was from the foreign ministry and for all the specific details in the early part of the day the iranian government deferred to the syrians they see this as an incident that happened between the israeli military and the syrian military yes iran is present to help support the government of bashar al assad but they see this is a specific incident that israel is trying to use to bring more criticism against iran once again and so we saw them very clearly letting syria and the syrian government take the lead in terms of responding. to the issue of the drone syria for its part said that it was a surveillance drone being used to monitor islamic state targets in the area but the very fact that iran deferred to them is very clear indication that they completely deny the allegation by the israeli government that the d

is in the iranian capital tehran he joins us now so zain tell us about the iranian reaction to israel's explanation for developments in syria today well almost immediately after the incident the reaction from the iranian foreign ministry was very clear the foreign ministry spokesman said that the assertion that iran would fly a drone into israeli airspace is clearly a lie that is so ridiculous it's not even worth a response now that was from the foreign ministry and for all the specific details in the early part of the day the iranian government deferred to the syrians they see this is an incident that happened between the israeli military and the syrian military yes iran is present to help support the government of bashar al assad but they see this is a specific incident that israel is trying to use to bring more criticism against iran once again and so we saw them very clearly letting syria and the syrian government take the lead in terms of responding. to the issue of the drone syria for its part said that it was a surveillance drone being used to monitor islamic state targets in the

are very much actually interested mainly in targeting iranian. position. in syria and this is something also that the russians has has mentioned many times if you want to target the iranian leadership that's absolutely fine when that is actually. a threat to national security but try to be a syrian regime forces because this is very important that our shows are trying to rebuild the forces of the syrian regime but this is very important what i believe as long as this war is going on in syria the russians will continue depending on the iranians and iranian backed militias if this water stops i think here we'll be seeing more from fragmentation we'll see more cracks between the russians and the iranians here actually the russians might be a more active role in limiting the influence of the iranians but that will not be without a price you talked about but it's almost getting to the brink on saturday how can how can we how can we walk away from that how can the situation can it be deescalated from here well i think if that russia actually stops they don't car

israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying the us this morning iran brazenly violated israel sovereignty israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security. allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism open but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this case

his use of chemical weapons against iranian and iraq the civilians and soldiers. from the wars. to evict him from kuwait. to the wars to remove him altogether. from first supporting al qaida against soviet union and talabani against us too then waging a war to remove them from upon us them from supporting the same brand of terrorists and extremists in syria in the form of dives and a nose for bringing syria to loons. to dangerously occupying today parts of syria under the guise of fighting the organisations that they finance arm and support. from israel's invasion and subsequent aggressions on their been on it's eagle occupation of palestine and it's almost they'd be illegal incursions into syrian air space to attempt to create cartoonish images. to blame others for his own strategic blunders or maybe to evade the domestic crisis that tracie. banned from bombing german with question supplied arms what have these acts brought to the world. the us and its local clients in our region are suffering from the consequences of their own wrong choices. but they use this and other fora. t

the iranians, on the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the iranians aren't going to give ground on that, they've made that quite plain. they are not interested in giving new assurances on permanent restrictions on uranium enrichment. so there's really no wriggle room here and donald trump has put himself in the position where he says he won't certify the deal again. he has basically asked the europeans to do the impossible and if they can't do the impossible, ijust wonder, are you clear, is the united states clear, come may, sanctions will be reintroduced and as far as the us is concerned, the deal is over? again, there's a couple of different areas that we're working on. a third one is the sunset clause, right? i think there's broad agreement that it's concerning that some of these safeguards begin to be lost after years eight, ten and so forth. i will say, with the europeans, that there has been great interest in working to strengthen elements of the deal. the president has said, as you know, he's not going to waive sanctions again — he wants a follow—on agreement with the e3

the iranians, on the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the iranians aren't going to give ground on that — they've made that quite plain. they are not interested in giving new assurances on permanent restrictions on uranium enrichment. so there's really no wriggle room here and donald trump has put himself in the position where he says he won't certify the deal again. he has basically asked the europeans to do the impossible and if they can't do the impossible, ijust wonder, are you clear — is the united states clear — that come may, sanctions will be reintroduced and, as far as the us is concerned, the deal is over? again, there's a couple of different areas that we're working on. a third one is the sunset clause, right? i think there's broad agreement that it's concerning that some of these safeguards begin to be lost after years eight, ten and so forth. i will say, with the europeans, that there has been great interest in working to strengthen elements of the deal. the president has said, as you note, he's not going to waive sanctions again — he wants a follow—on agreem

this is clear evidence of sophisticated iranian involvement. the firing on the israeli plaints could have been by iranian military forces. you have to ask the question whether russian military forces were standing next to them when they did it. but the russian-iranian axis is a serious matter, particularly in syria and across the middle east. this is the behavior from iran that we get now almost three years after the nuclear deal that was supposed to bring them into the civilized community of nations. not working out so well. eric: now they flew a drone through israeli territory. been get * has met with vladimir putin. he has gone to moscow to warn russia of the increasing iranian threat on its borders. will that work? >> i don't see any evidence that it has. netanyahu is right to try it. russia and iran are in an effective alliance. what netanyahu is worried about are the sophisticated air defense systems being able to prevent israel from striking iran's nuclear weapons program as it has twice before struck nuclear weapons programs in the hand

and iranian passenger plane crashes with all sixty six people on board reportedly killed. and i'm jane doesn't this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up two palestinians found dead after israeli shelling that followed an explosion along the gaza border that injured four of its soldiers. in the city if you can so until we hear the facts everything else is just blow. russia dismisses the u.s. indictment accusing it of interfering with america's twenty sixteen presidential election plus. every politician who is taking donations on the out are a shame on you i students from the florida school with seventeen people were killed last shot at the u.s. congress for the lack of gun control legislation. first breaking news at least sixty six people are feared dead after a plane crash in iran the passenger aircraft disappeared from radar after leaving the capital tehran it was traveling to yes in the southwest. emergency services have been deployed to the mountain this is for han province is bring in david lemons he's an aviation safety specialist former pilot and consulting ed

we begin with a dramatic confrontation in syria's war an israeli warplane has crashed after an iranian drone was shot down near the border with syria the syrian state t.v. is reporting explosions and what it says israeli attacks near the capital damascus so here's how events have played out israeli media says an iranian drone was launched from a syrian base in the homs desert and shot down near its border syria denies the drone and israeli air space well shortly after that an israeli f. sixteen war plane crashed in northern israel the jet had been targeting the military base in homs the israeli army says it encountered fire with syria says it shot down the jet in response to an israeli act of aggression both pilots ejected and parachute is safely into northern israel one was severely injured while in a few moments in a hot air will join us live from beirut but first let's cross to western talk to. some confusion as to whether or not these rainy operation is finished what more can you tell us about this jet being shot down. well can tell you that the israeli army have confirmed that the

incident began with the downing of what israel says was an iranian drone launched from syria that had crossed into israeli airspace iran continues to deny the charge the secretary of the national security council saying the allegations by zionists that they hit iranian bases in syria is a lie we are in syria as consultants we don't have the kind of military presence for them to make this an occasion for years israel's government has been talking about a mounting iranian threat on its northern borders i don't think we we thought we were not to vulnerable but we certainly didn't expect it to happen this quickly so that's why i'm saying it's a wake up call for the future the army knows how to respond. in a way to want to create an escalation. the only way it will create installations the other side wants in the schoolies and israeli politicians have been praising what they've called a calm public reaction to this incident but they're also aware that it highlights increasingly complex and difficult relationship with russia and its role inside syria israel struck targets close to where rus

israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use a syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying the us this morning iran brazenly violated israel's sovereignty israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security the allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism obama putting neighboring countries than it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in t

you've got iranians there fighting on the side of the syrians. you've also got american troops in with syriean rls. you've also now got turkish troops inside syria. so the situation is not oity one whereb extremely complicated, but it's also very dangerous because all of these multifaceted layers and various militaries that are present there are continaglly bumping up nst one another. and increasingly so, asi iss' territory has shrunk down to barely any. that territory is what they're now fighting over. >> sreenivasan: does thest ss that's happening inside the israeli government right now and the tension that prime minister netanyahu is facing inside his own government, does that play to any ofs? t >> it certainly would put him under pressure. there's a pressure to make sure that there is there isn't seen to be any building iranian presence on israel's borders. we know whenver the fighter t was shot down today, that the sirens sounded across the goland heights and in northern israel. it certainly adds a lot of tension inside israel where israelis

israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use a syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying just this morning iran brazenly violated israel solvent israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security. allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism open but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this fashion b

while they do not necessarily want to tear down their country's government most iranians we spoke to said they just want their leaders to do a little more to solve their problems as. people or important figures in history many of them died for the revolution but our demand is that current government should care about the nation all different classes of people from the rich to those who don't have a good economic situation. behind she's a kid the best thing that could happen in a society is the equality between a man and a woman the more we work for this the base of society will have when making policy iran's government often looks to the past for much of its inspiration iranian people it seems want them to look more to the future zain. polls have closed in sri lanka where voters the choosing representatives from more than three hundred local elections the president and prime minister campaign. trying to push their respective parties forward more than seventeen thousand women of vying to be elected to change in the law now requires women to fill a quarter of all seats. and animal righ

incident began with the downing of what israel says was an iranian drone launched from syria that had crossed into israeli airspace iran continues to deny the charge the secretary of the national security council saying the allegations by zionists that they hit iranian bases in syria is a lie we are in syria as consultants we don't have the kind of military presence for them to make this on occasion the years israel's government has been talking about a mounting iranian threat on its northern borders i don't think we we thought we were not to vulnerable but we certainly didn't expect it to happen this quickly so that's why i'm saying it's a wake up call for the future the army knows how to respond. in a way or want to create an escalation. the only way it will cripple solutions the other side wants in the schoolies and israeli politicians have been praising what they've called a current public reaction to this incident but they're also aware that it highlights increasingly complex and difficult relationship with russia and its role inside syria israel struck targets close to where rus

what are the main pictures of iranian architecture what are the main types of iranian architectures and then we made all these diagrams to understand the hierarchy's and structure of the iranian architecture in comparison. to the western architecture the main idea was guarded and i think one needs this open space because everything in one is all so small and get together. and really moves it's. in recent decades tehran has been witnessing unchecked modernization urban planners are hoping one thousand new town developments under construction across the country will ease congestion like coast care to eighty kilometers from the capital the station is still a work in progress the theater is already finished. up to one hundred twenty thousand people will be able to live here. in germany is providing urban planning support. a top priority is sustainable use of water and energy. all. germans have a lot of experience in the fields of architecture and open planning and especially sustainable use of resources including technology for recycling wastewater. if germans put his know how to disposal i

here's a piece of that iranian drone or what's left of it after we shot it girl. i brought it here so you can see for yourself. mr zarif. do you recognize this. you should it's yours you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of her own. do not test israel's resolve. the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif wasn't in the room during netanyahu remarks but he will be addressing the conference in about half an hour's time we'll be bringing you live coverage of that speech just as soon as that stuff. for some reaction to the day's events of our own chief political editor mccaleb has been speaking to former israeli foreign minister tzipi livni she's now a member of israel's parliament for the opposition zionist union. mrs levy we just heard a clear message from the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu basically not to test the resolve of israel great concern there and condemnation of iran as a player in the region what do you make of the message that came out of this speech by being a minister now when it comes to the run and there is no position

putting on a very tough face tough rhetoric coming from the iranians. from beirut and the russian government says it's concerned by the latest developments in syria moscow is calling on all sides to exercise restraint and respect syria's sovereignty rejecting any involvement in dismissing claims it sent a drone into israel is ridiculous and says iran only provides military advice to syria meanwhile the iran back lebanese group has explained warning any aggression towards the syrian government will be met with force the u.n. human rights office says syria and russian air strikes have killed two hundred thirty people in some of the walls worst violence over this past week the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says some of those strikes may constitute war crimes as a brother of the same says his office has received toxic agents may be used last sunday in the rebel held town of. province. there under modi has ramped up the first official visit by an indian prime minister to the palestinian territory he's met palestinian president mahmoud abbas a trip

to iranian iranian born architect based in hamburg drafted a design for a new stock exchange in tehran based on state of the art green principles. he lamented there are two elements to this design one of them is the wind catcher integrated into the building and the other is the water features on the ground floor. comes out through the ground floor the wind catcher flows through the building and out through the terrace. the building is ventilated in a completely natural way one that's been used for hundreds of years you see this system in the town of yes. there are lots of wind catchers in use there. we've reinterpreted them for the modern era. however how to tehran is design only came in second the winning design is a relatively conventional skyscraper it's not bad but it doesn't have the same green credentials. the problem was financing. that's hard to believe in iran a country with such extensive oil reserves there were other issues to the scene one isn't there to lift up the weekend storms to cons of the various forms of economic sanctions against iraq. to some extent it's not possi

an israeli fighter jet is downed after a raid targeting iranian assets in syria. richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at talks on the sidelines of the winter olympics south korea's leader is invited to visit the north. and northern syria turkish helicopter shot down as anchor his offensive against kurdish forces continues and breaking barriers in sri lanka a record number of women campaign to be elected. and the downing of an israeli fighter jet by syrian forces has raised tensions across the region the israeli f. sixteen was on a mission inside syria targeting what israel says are iranian bases there the plane's wreckage in the pilot's land it in israeli territory so this all began when israel says it spotted an iranian drone flying into its airspace and perceptive it israel says the drone the originator that it is from syria it responded with a major air raid in syrian territory with its air force targeting alleged iranian bases israeli jets then came under syrian anti-aircraft fire and that's when that f. sixteen was hit. israel then

israel says the jet attacked iranian targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace. prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel seeks peace but will defend itself against any attack or it's him by iran to establish itself in syria. iran seeks to use a syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying the us this morning iran brazenly violated israel sovereignty israel holds iraq and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security the allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet it if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism obama but in neighboring countries then it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in t

of the russian ambassador has said on saturday iranian backed hezbollah units and ship militia rebel should be immediately withdrawn from syria's deescalation zone so that's a real message to the russians get rid of iran from our borders the russians haven't responded yet clearly they control the airspace over syrian territory so it's a real message now to the russians look we don't want iran on the sides of the israelis we want iran away from our border we want don't want them to have a role in syria and so they're appealing to the russians but where this will go is going to be very difficult for the russians clearly the iranians will you know have been very successful particular when they backed hezbollah in fighting the syrian rebels so they're a key fighting force within the syrian conflict itself and the russians their priority is to keep. all right let's thank him rama let's continue the discussion is brings in the whole the into the picture now of course hezbollah is one of the main actors there in syria we understand their forces may have been part of the targets for the isra

it has all the markings of being iranian. when i asked what they thought when the houthis say they are not getting aid, they said, they are lying. >> martin smith, we look forward to the documentary on frontline. thank you for joining us. martin's documentary airs on pbs tuesday and again next week the second part. that's it for our program tonight. thanks for watching "amanpour on pbs." see you again tomorrow night. >> "amanpour on pbs" was made possible by the generous support of rosalyn p. walter. >> you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. the survivors of the florida school shooting are demanding change. president trump moves a little. he said he is open to tighter background checks. but is that enough to encourage congress to act? [chanting] >> enough is enough! enough is enough! >> a student-staged process. we'll hear from one of the survivors of the florida shoot whowho has this message for the president. >> we're not gonna back down, no matter what. we're not gonna stop until changes happen. >> the f.b.i. is too foc

what are the main pictures of iranian architecture what are the main types of iranian architecture is and then we made all these diagrams to understand the hierarchy's and structure of the iranian architecture in comparison. to the western architecture the main idea of project was guarded and i think one leaves this big open space because everything in one is all so small and get together. it really means it's. in recent decades tehran has been witnessing unchecked modernization urban planners are hoping one thousand new town developments under construction across the country will ease congestion. eighty kilometers from the capital the station is still a work in progress the theatre is already finished. up to one hundred twenty thousand people will be able to live here in. germany is providing urban planning support. a top priority is sustainable use of water and energy. all. germans have a lot of experience in the fields of architecture and been planning and especially sustainable use of resources including technology for recycling wastewater. if germans put this know how to disposal

that flew into it says space from syria israel replied with airstrikes targeting what it says were iranian bases in southern syria and near the capital damascus meanwhile the u.n. secretary general is told him for an immediate and unconditional deescalation and russia's president vladimir putin is warning israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu against raising tensions well in a few moments same bus driver will join us live from the iranian capital tehran but let's first cross to west jerusalem and talk to him and. so what do you expect to see out of israel today. well let me just bring you up to date with the latest fuss i've spoken to the israeli army in the last five minutes i also very bluntly whether the operation was still continuing and what targets they hit in syria overnight they declined to comment on both of those questions but what we're hearing from retired israeli generals or briefing local media is that this is the biggest operation launched against syrian air defenses units since one thousand nine hundred eighty two so clearly a very significant operation that's going on

drone came into its airspace and that is that it is hit iranian targets inside syria the iranian leadership is speaking in one voice saying that those are nothing but lies being concocted by the israeli government as an effort to distort the ground reality and sway global public opinion against iran and this is just part of an ongoing campaign to do that and they take every opportunity that they can and that's sort of the perspective of the iranian leadership. ok we're up to date from teheran as well then both probably thank you for that. this story was the topic of the most recent edition of inside story well the most recent until today's episode which will air in a couple of hours hashemite hold our lead this panel discussion on as i say there are a new flashpoint between israel syria and iran in-depth discussion on what was an intriguing development in the middle east inside story it is in the show use section at al-jazeera dot com. do you get in touch with us won't you contact details coming up for you on screen right now i have had a few messages in people watching on facebook live fro

what are the main pictures of iranian architecture what are the main types of iranian architectures and then we made all these diagrams to understand the hierarchies and structure of the iranian architecture in comparison. to the western architecture the main idea of the project was guarded and i think one needs this open space because everything in one is all so small and get together. and willing it's. in recent decades tehran has been witnessing unchecked modernization urban planners are hoping nineteen new town developments under construction across the country will ease congestion like coast care to eighty kilometers from the capital this station is still a work in progress a theater is already finished. up to one hundred twenty thousand people will be able to live here. germany is providing urban planning support. a top priority is sustainable use of water and energy. all. germans have a lot of experience in the fields of architecture and been planning and especially sustainable use of resources including technology for recycling wastewater. if germans put these know how to dispos

here's a piece of that iranian drone or what's left of it after we shot it down. i brought it here so you can see for yourself mr zarif. do you recognize this. you should it's yours. you can take back to do a message to the car and soldier on. do not. use rules resolve. ok let's cross live now to munich where i did have you chief political editor. is standing by for us some. you were in the plenary when benjamin netanyahu was addressing it should give us an idea of the mood in the reception that his speech received. well to one degree there was no real surprise kitty israel is visibly angered but people did hold their breath when he held up this piece of drone that iran still continues to deny its own that it knows this drone into the air space really the message that came through here is not just that iran is seen as a threat seen as a power that tries to extend its power base now into syria something that benjamin netanyahu was adamant he simply would not let happen but there was also a scathing condemnation of the iranian nuclear deal with john kerry the former