iran. is not doing anything against european security we've got verse some good relation of it some european countries but it is unfortunate that european countries have their own problems with the united states and mr trump is putting a lot of pressure on european countries in fact united against the existence of european union is trying to space that would be established the european union as an entity and therefore they have their own problems with the united is the case and if you sit with them and talk to them you can find that any individual country indeed a european countries have problems with the policies of the united states so far iran has said that's it is willing to stay in the nuclear deal should iran stay in the deal in your opinion. you have decided to is the stay in the deal but me you know there was some end to it if we find that there is no benefit out of it till you know we signed a deal to have benefits over three and been of his in terms of tourism business and normal

wasn't defeated in the iran iraq war by the time rumsfeld was helping tony blair destroy iraq iran is role in the region was significantly strengthened with allies in the international nonaligned movement the most recently sent emergency supplies to save the people of one of the richest pick up in nations on earth as it was blockaded by british backed saudi arabia today though it is backed by the international community iran is again normally collision course with the usa on the dollar trump had ministration has acted decisively to confront the world's leading state sponsor of terror the radical regime in iran it is a radical regime well joining me now via skype from alter is homages salvia professor of political science at the university of tehran and thanks so much for coming on i know you were in sabbatical usually in tehran take us back forty years why did students and workers really think they could overthrow a u.s. u.k. back dictator who had run that country for decades and since the coup. yes so our mohammad reza pahlavi commonly known as the uranian shar was a dictator but als

iran. is not doing anything against european security we got verse some good relation of it some european countries. but it is unfortunate that european countries have their own problems with the united states and mrs trump is putting a lot of pressure on european countries in fact united against the existence of european union is trying to space food be a step in lies the european union as an entity and therefore they have their own problems or do you and i see this face and if you sit with them and talk to them you can find that any individual country in european countries have problem beat the policies of the united states so far iran has said that's it is willing to stay in the nuclear deal should iran stay in the deal in your opinion. yes we have decided to is. a stay in the deal but that may be you know who some enter it if we find that there is no benefit out of the deal you know we signed a deal to have benefits over time and benefits in terms of terms and business and a lot of rela

process with iran making it ok for americans to speak with iran showing that we can do deals with iran could help over time change iran's foreign policy as opposed to always just containing iran and being against iran where you're. in the declarations made by the supreme leader and other senior figures. there was this idea that if the nuclear deal work correctly applied and everyone respected their commitments and promises then it would bring concrete results and you know. it would be possible to enter into other negotiations on other issues on the basis of the success or two ish bit is. from here on iran hope to normalize its relations with the west but the country was then confronted with the syria and iran crises which would give it the opportunity to use other methods than diplomacy to once again become a major player in the middle east. behest as a ha cemetery in tehran is the biggest in the country. the man on this post was named. day he was an officer in the revolutionary guard who was killed in september two thousand and sixteen in syria. the revolutionary guard corps created i

the new american initiative to destabilize iran or to attack iran well let me ask you a little more about that kind of restructuring of power in the middle east as american influence is appearing to weigh in is russia trying to step into that void absolutely i think in so many ways as i said despite the many challenges president putin with a stroke of brilliance understood that this was the best time to bring turkey and iran together back in two thousand and seventeen because turkey needed some new alliance of sorts because it was alienated from nato so bringing turkey and iran in moscow in order to find out what could be the future of syria is a stroke of a brilliant imperial architecture for a post-war effort something that the united states used to be good at but it's no longer a especially since the end of the cold war so what we have now is the united states being a spoiler in more so and a spoiler in israel palestine a spoiler in the gulf the united states not able to be the architect it used to be once especially under president trump what has been the person putin that basically l

as iran's economy continues to plummet, as the people of iran take to the streets, freedom-loving nations must stand together. to hold the iranian regime accountable for the evil and violence we've inflicted on its people on the region and the wider world. so to all of you gathered here, who share this vision for peace and security across the middle east, i make you a promise. on behalf of the president of the united states and the american people, if you stand with us in this noble cause, we will stand with you. together we will embrace a shared future. building on the best traditions of the past. it's remarkable to think that nearly 4,000 years ago, a man in called to leave his home e u -- in ur of the chadeans and make his way home he wore no crown, commanded no armies, perform nod miracles, delivered no prof fis is -- prophecies. yet to him was promised descendants numerous as the stars in the sky. today, jews, christian, -- christians, animus limbs, more than half the population of the earth and nearly all the people of the middle east claim abraham as their forefather in faith and s

from exile in france and he declared iran's millennia of monarchs over iran in the world have not been the same since the hate the mistrust towards the west the shells of death to america have not decreased neither have the predictions in the us of the islamic republic's impending implosion trepidation continues to triumph over attempts at rebuilding trust see almost trump in the iran nuclear deal and on the streets of tehran the truth that you would like to hear is still determined by whose ears are listening. death to america death to israel and death to england a slogan frequently chanted by the many people out on the streets of tehran today it's a display of strength by the supporters of the islamic revolution in economy like atmosphere. has come here with his wife and it's not among those joining in but he still believes in the islamic republic as a political system come paris into you know either countries in the region like saudi arabia and other countries that. accompanied dictators who actually owe money because i think you know in this region having. democratic country and go

iran to export it would essentially chalky iran's economy then it would be not viable for iran to continue in the deal in of course we are going to see responses by iran as well what their political economical or even military is especially if there is a provocation on the side of the americans and the israelis if this happens however this is going to be terrible for the region and i think it's going to be bad both for iran and the united states perhaps the only party that is going to benefit from this is the israelis or as a member of the everything very much of a reg when the bankers he's going to find out as others face famine is beyond the development banks we'll ask a former u.n. economic commission all of them are coming over by two of going on the ground. the swarms of them so much. good news who was before. much of those who heard the food you must never see him with. who were going to. move. move with a thief. who showed you this new beautiful little. good looker a good. move just like most of these girls will give you phones for good girls. the british will say look but to assume

from iran. no, it is not prohibited with the involvement of a u.s. person, it may be subject to secondary sanctions, knowing that nuances important, but what is clear is the messaging from the administration that has been, if it is subject to secondary sanctions, do not do it. but compare that to the implementation of the russia sanctions. sanctionable to facilitate we have notion, but seen any significant implementation of that provision. we have seen inconsistent does that mean that the foreign company should be avoiding it entirely -- we know that there is a risk of itondary sanction, certainly is not perceived by foreign companies at the same level of risk as dealing and iranian, crude exports for example. that lack of consistency means that the next sanctions regime, it will come out and companies will say, well, how do we treat this one? is this a russia like program, iran like program, and companies will look more to the president's press conferences and a will to the actual law. theink t

well of course not iran is part of this region we all know that all while iran has been a responsible party that has been called to syria in iraq to help the two governments fight the terrorists the same terrorists that have been killing people in europe and the by extension in the united states we do remember isolette attacks in nice in london met three then elsewhere and iran has been the party alongside russia and syria and iraq that have been hunting down eisel that's why after three four years they have put an end almost put an end to the military capabilities of this you know terrorist an extremist group but the united states has failed to do so after nearly two decades of presence in this region and waging wars on two nations so what the united states has done based on the come factions and acknowledgments made by former u.s. officials and many experts in your all is that the united states has proved to be the party who has strategies have led to the chaos and the war directly or indirectly and iran because it's living in the same region alongside russia syria and iraq they hav

withdrew from the iran nuclear agreement last year and imposed sanctions on iran of zero same bus ravi reports now from the iranian capital. any time iran unveils a weapon of this magnitude it is militarily significant it is technically an escalation of of the military capability in the middle east and it stands to reason that that raises tensions but at the same time we have to remember that iran does much of its military activity most of its operations both inside the country and abroad in allied countries the forces that it has deployed are conventional military forces and it does most of its military operations it conducts those operations with conventional military arsenals so it's important to this is really one of those stories it's important to stand that it's as significant what didn't happen this was not a launch this was an unveiling i think iranian strategists are aware that a launch would escalate tensions and send the wrong message and this unveiling is very much about messaging the messages to both allies and enemies to allies in europe who have criticized the missile pr

a desperate anti-iran circus. tomorrow the vice president delivers a tough speech against iran. lester? >> andrea mitchell in poland, thank you. >>> there's breaking news tonight. terrifying moments on a delta connection flight from southern california to seattle as the plane hit severe turbulence, sending a food cart flying through the aisle. several passengers were injured. the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to reno where the plane landed safely. >>> here in washington, president trump still won't commit to signing that deal to avert another shutdown, saying he's looking for land mines in the agreement. with more on that, here's peter alexander. >> reporter: president trump leaving himself wiggle room on that bipartisan border deal. >> we haven't gotten it yet. we'll be getting it, we'll be looking for land mines. >> reporter: the agreement funds 55 miles of new border fencing but at less an $1.4 billion falls far short of the president's demands. still, mr. trump is looking to avoid a repeat of the l

iran is trade and they want iran's oil but not only that there are billions of dollars of let's say euros now worth of business to be done in iran with with european companies for starters it's airline industry is in urgent need of spare parts and new airplanes in fact even boeing had a huge multi thirty billion dollars deal with iran signed during the obama administration which had to be cancelled once president trump threatened to pull out and then eventually pulled out of the j.c. v.o.a. so an airbus had to cancel their thirty billion dollar deal as well so that is the most striking example of what euro needs but we're talking refineries infrastructure there are at least forty years of sanctions from the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution of worth of equipment and upgrades and infrastructure that iran needs and would benefit so european companies can't wait to do business with iran so longer though as the united states puts pressure on. the e.u. including the this new. mechanism to deal to trade oil in euros i don't know how far that will go european companies are still goi

and iran a trade verbal blows as the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister bahama job ads are brief condense u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination and this comes after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe we'll go live to munich also coming up. the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. thanks for joining us i'm marian epstein iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and accuse the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influence on the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and mike pence also advanced opposing visions on the iran and the direction of thei

so it was separated from iran by the regime. so you see that during the several decades at the time of the kings, 2/3 of iran was separated from the country. so this means that the past regimes, in addition to affecting the people's culture, welfare, religion, they have been traitors concerning people's culture, religion and welfare, and at the same time they were traitors considering the territorial integrity. many people can remember that 100 years ago, if they have studied history they can remember that at the time of world war i, they can remember how iran's north, west and south were occupied by three powers and 77 years ago, at the time of the first, at the time of world war ii, despite iran's impartiality, the country was divided into north and south and the forces -- the allied forces dominated the country and they ordered the shah to leave the country and he accepted all conditions set by the allied forces, provided that his son would be appointed as iran's shah. so this has been a clear act of treason by the kings and

they want to contain iran they think and have an issue with iran is it's harmful to them but of course every country is right to look at this on its as they're looking at their own interests we should look at our own interests as well so i think it countries compete towards achieving their interests and we should compete with others to achieve our interests. but when you look at it on the other hand do you think iraq actually benefits from this tensions between iran and the west from a situation where everyone is interested in buying influence i mean those subsidies will come in handy at some point one day who is well i'm not sure about this i know competition is good but conflicts are bads conflicts will lead to the loss of your own resources look at what country it was at each it was developed look what the previous regime has done has involved us into wars into regional conflicts and we lost a lot of that our wealth was close enough to try to our own wealth was a story our own country we don't believe in conflicts we we believe in competition competition is healthy and good if is th

the iran threat is self-explanatory. they pose a threat to our allies in the region, particularly israel, but ultimately to the united states. the terror threat is one that reminds us of how quickly we as a nation have a tendency to forget things. no one has forgotten september 11 of 2001. but sometimes we fail to remember is what made it possible in the first place. what made september 11, 2001 possible in the first place is that a terrorist organization -- al qaeda -- led by bin laden. al qaeda didn't run. that was the taliban. but the taliban allowed them to have a safe haven in afghanistan. and from that safe haven they were able to plot terrorist attacks against america and ultimately strike us here in the homeland. it was possible because they had a place that allowed them to do this. it is in fact the key to any terrorist organization that would like to conduct external attacks, that would like to attack america. they have to have a place to operate from. and it cannot be a place where they are being followed, whe

and iran trade verbal blows at the munich security conference draws to a close to iran's foreign minister mohammad jobs or if condemns u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination they're soft u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tough a stance on iran from europe will be live in munich also coming up the most senior top flight cleric to be defrocked in modern times for the better than expelled a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood of a sexual crimes against adults and children. plus the golden bear goes to israel director and i badly need wins the top prize at the but an international film festival that has drama synonyms about leaving one's homeland we'll bring you all the above and on the highlights. i-man europe's mackinnon thank you so much for joining us it's the final day of the munich security conference and today's focus is the middle east a clash between the u.s. and its european allies over iran was already in evidence on saturday u.s. vice president mike pence called on the e.u. to follow washington's lead and pull out

united states and israel get tough on iran they're leading a new push against the islamic republic at a conference in the polish capital of warsaw. and at the berlin wall of the story of a same sex marriage in spain one hundred years before it was legalized but the film has stirred controversy because it's produced by netflix. welcome to the program i mean i haven't seen the european aviation giant airbus is ending production of a super jumbo passenger jet the a three eighty after major orders from australia's quantas and tobias emirates were canceled well that's good news for rival boeing bought a big blow for airbus the company had hoped the a three eighty would squeeze allen boeing seven forty seven and revolutionize air travel but airlines have been cautious about committing to the costly double deckers the a three eighty took off for the first time in two thousand and eight and can carry more than five hundred passengers but that i'm joined in the studio by christopher covert from d.w. business hello. kristoff so you know there is a three eighty was of course quite a remarkable a

if i may, the change inside iran is coming from inside iran. we hear you, nazenin... ashis. regional stability is of paramount importance. there is no better alternative. therefore, engagement with iran rather than hostility is a better way forward. we have to recognise the fact that what has turned out to be, shall we say, the ultimate or perhaps near ultimate result in iraq and syria are victories for the shia and victories for non—sunnis in iran. this deal is the only one likely to keep a lid on iran's nuclear programme. it goes right up to india, because india would not want the region destabilised by war, by an attack by the united states of america, which is actually triggered by israel. i agree. does anyone disagree with the european position? it sounds as if no—one really feels... i suppose israel is the country getting behind the us position. the us position right now is not to attack iran. i don't know about the israeli position, but certainly not the american position. and what they want is change from within. everyone wants change from within rather than an a

a germany france and britain have launched a new payment system which iran which with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions it is aimed at saving the twenty fifth the iran nuclear deal with u.s. president trump pulled out of last year it will allow e.u. companies to trade with iran and is expected to be indorsed by all twenty eight e.u. members tasha butler has more from paris. it was on the sidelines of the european union foreign ministers meeting in bucharest that france britain and germany launched a new e.u. payment mechanism to allow european companies to continue trading with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions ministers hope the initiative will safeguard the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal and help ensure regional stability is an example of that or at least we are making clear that we are not only talking about keeping the nuclear agreement live but we are now creating a possibility to do business transactions that is a prerequisite for us so we can deliver on our obligations and in return be able to ask iran not to develop enrich uranium for military use the e.u.'s foreign policy chief w

out of the iran nuclear deal by going to iran had been routinely violating a court and israel's prime minister had told the u.n. that iran still has secret nuclear facilities. israel could pressure on the united states and then the united states puts pressure on the heat we saw at the u.n. general assembly prime minister netanyahu spoke threatening action against iran because of the. nuclear program continuously. we see the united states and israel and rejecting with claims that iran is complying not only with the spirit but the practice of the. agreement in fact all the european members of the so-called ether eat that is u.k. germany france and the other members that still support the j.c. have agreed that iran is complying so there are only two countries that are defying this compliance which are israel the united states. a long running ral between greece and the u.k. is back in the headlines it concerns the rightful owner of ancient artifacts known as the elegant marbles the director of london's british museum where they are on display has infuriated athens by ruling out their long

be some sort of dealing with iran or confronting iran but nobody's actually come out with some sort of timetable or some sort of communique that's will be agreed upon and it's important to note that it's not just iran that's on the agenda all these the palestinian issue the continued illegal key patient of palestine and other issues that's major stakeholder palestine is not present either because of the perceived bias of the trumpet ministration in favor of israel so both in the rain in question there's no iranians there's no more russians and the europeans as you mention have downgraded their representation and on the palestinian issue there's no palestinians as well as the fact that several arab countries are not happy with the way in which things are being done it's very difficult to see what they are going to achieve we are waiting for some sort of final statements or other speeches to be made. people. hoping maybe one of the tangible things that will come out of it is possibly some more insights into this deal of the century that's been drafted we understand by krishna president d

well i think they have a problem with iran iran years of evolution from day one. although this. forty years ago though there is a problem that a finger they have a problem with eon they want to curtail that iran they want to contain iran they think and have an issue with iran is harmful to them but of course every country is right to look at this on its as they're looking on their own it's us we should look at what i wanted to say as well so i think it countries compete towards achieving their interests and we should compete with others to achieve our interests. but when you look at it on the other hand do you think iraq actually benefits from this tensions between iran and the west from a situation where everyone is interested in buying influence i mean those subsidies will come in handy at some point one day who is well i'm not sure about this i know competition is good but conflicts are bads conflicts will lead to the loss of your own resources look at what country it was at each it was developed look what the previous regime has done has involved us into wars into regional c

this and iran's neighbors consonance of it. program also reacted to. us dream or sanctions and said that iran will defeat these sanctions and so there would be and there is and there would be economic problems but it in the end be overcome and. intend on issues he said that democracy is fully practicing in the country i'll do it he himself said a few weeks ago that there is no free and independent media he also mentioned that there is no discrimination against minorities in the you know facts are hard to be verified old boss on the agenda today but probably the top of the list would be those tough u.s. sanctions the country's economic struggles so given that is there something to celebrate steyn iran. first of all the largest ten states supported and sponsored really kind really not enough to say got any and are celebrating specially facing different problems of vitamins or problems from environmental problems to rising prices inflation's and food shortage there for instance right now that you're talking people have problem to get meat it's a crisis cu

wants the money to be given to victims of attacks blamed on iran. spain's opposition is urging prime minister petro sanchez the call an early election after his government's budget was the fitted in a key parliamentary vote the bill failed after parties from the catalonia region refused to back it their support was conditional on having direct talks with madrid about self-determination for they've achieved have reports from the trade and. it was an emphatic defeat for the socialist prime minister but was sanchez wasted little time in leaving the parliament where one hundred ninety one to three hundred fifty mph voted against his budget an early election is now looming but his cabinet will decide when they beat on friday all of them are aware of the dangers ahead. of this we are seeing the rise of the far right parties in the rest of the european union xenophobic racist sexist homophobic which still believe in the values of freedom and we gaining ground in europe the minister was referring to one particular party in spain called fox they gained seats

time change iran's foreign policy as opposed to always just containing iran and being against iran. in the declarations made by the supreme leader and other senior figures. there was this idea that if the nuclear deal work correctly applied and everyone respected their commitments and promises then it would bring concrete results i mean. it would be possible to enter into other negotiations on other issues on the basis of this success or jewish business. from here on iran hope to normalize its relations with the west but the country was then confronted with the syria and iran crises which would give it the opportunity to use other methods than diplomacy to once again become a major player in the middle east. of . behest as a hoss cemetery in tehran is the biggest in the country. the man on this post was named. day he was an officer in the revolutionary guard who was killed in september two thousand and sixteen in syria. the revolutionary guard corps created in one nine hundred seventy nine is the most powerful security organization in the country it's the tehran regime's praetorian

from iran. and then one hundred years ago. a large part of. the south of iran. was separated from iran which come which makes a few countries today in the south of persian gulf even forty seven years ago. seventy years before the victory of the iranian revolution. and the times after three chair us. livy regime. very important part of the south of the country was separated. it's used to be called the fourteen fourteen to the sufi iran when you are studying geography. it was separated from iran. through the rich area for. the palaver regime you can see over the last few decades. or the previous dictates during their call jordan partly dynasty's two thirds of the ukrainian land was separated from iran. this means. that the previous regimes. in addition to the fact that they were. not paying attention to their welfare to the culture to the religion of the people and they were betraying all these they also betrayed the. territorial integrity of the country some of the people did member. hundred year

as i mentioned a moment ago, the revolution in iran turns 40 today, an event that the regime in iran is sure to felicitate, and won many iranians inside iran or in the gasper are lamenting. has it really been 40 years, exclaimed my mother this last weekend, who through some stroke of coincidence was born in iran two decades before the revolution but also on february 11, the 22nd for those of you who know your persian calendar well. yes, it has been 40 years, and what have we seen from a ran in the last four -- iuran in the last four decades? in my view, one word. dissonance. dissonance between the iran we know through our friends and iran that we,he hear of read in books and newspapers and see on tv. dissonance between state and society. dissonance between the center and the periphery. dissonance between national interests and regime interests. and lastly, dissonance between what the iranian people were promised and the current reality in which they find themselves. was it like this 40 years ago, as the shah flat and khomeini returned and the army declared neutrality, and the revolut

is the islamic republic of iran. well to discuss this further we can cross live to politics professor saeed mohammad marandi welcome to the program slate now do you think netta now his comments about the war with iran will have any consequences. i think the most important thing about it is that it shows the israeli regime is looking for trouble and the same is true about the saudi regime i think your viewers will recall that over a year ago. the crown prince said that he wants to take the war inside iran and today we or last night we had a major attack on the iranian conscript soldiers near the border with pakistan killing nearly thirty young men so the iranians don't think that this is necessarily a coincidence especially since the group they carried out their tack is a wahhabi extremist group that has the same ideology as isis and al qaida and we know that saudi arabia saudi arabia promotes that ideology in iran if you run an intelligence says that this group and other groups that have carried out attacks are linke

sanctioning iran. but this is not to mix apples with oranges. there is a civil war going on now in yemen and innocent children are dying. we have an ability to put an end to that and that's what we should do. with this humanitarian crisis, it's critical that we don't delay. so i urge my colleagues to support -- to join me in supporting it and i yield back. the chair:

with public disapproval at a fever pitch the shah left iran for egypt. then on february first nine hundred seventy nine for many returned to iran welcome to by a crowd of millions. it was a turning point in the country's history just two months later following a referendum many had proclaimed the islamic republic of iran. in just one year the country had transformed from a constitutional monarchy to a theocracy. but that was not the end of the instability and turmoil later that he a student revolutionaries took fifty two americans hostage inside the u.s. embassy in tehran. the ensuring crisis ended diplomatic ties between the two countries sitting stage for a broader conflict in the middle east in which iran continues to play a dominant role. forty years after the islamic revolution ayatollah khamenei remains a hero for many are. any chance. as the revolution's legacy has been repression censorship and stagnation. oh my first guest grew up in iran under the shah and he became a student protest leader and was targeted by the shaws secret police after the

and iran trade verbal blows as that munich security conference draws to an end state iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif can dance as u.s. policy on iraq like using washington is ignoring his country's right to self-determination there sastre u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe also coming up. the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children and his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. plus the golden bear goes to israel director not bad luck kid wins the top prize and the berlin international film festival for his drama synonyms about leaving one's homeland will bring you all the berlin all the highlights. thanks for joining us i'm aaron i haven't seen. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference it condemns calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused the u.s. of trying to

in the region they want to clearly contain iran's influence in the region because iran during the past few years have really gained a lot of leverage inside of the middle east look at lebanon look at iraq look at syria now to get yemen so what they are trying to do is to create this alliance to really push back influence inside syria why even without u.s. troops on the ground many of these countries have to have signally failed to get completely involved in this in this conflict so what can he tell them or offer them now what will change their minds well it's not that he has a lot to offer a president that's the whole problem because he's basically saying that you know america first we don't really care for the region could you please take care of your own problems while at the same time selling them american weapons that's the only thing that he kind of you know offer us. take care by all weapons and take care of your terrorism problems you know to make sure that isis won't come back and to contain iran and look for your own interest so the big part of this and if the the biggest part

and zain you're in mashad which is one of the who list cities in iran isn't it it's got a great deal of significance in terms of the supremely differences tell us more about where you are. well here in my show one of the religious heartlands of iran along with the seminary city of qom this is really where a lot of the conservative and root religious and political conservative leaders and people have their base we've got a shrine just behind me where. one of the descendants of the prophet who died here is buried and that is a very significant landmark here in the city and this is really is a stronghold for people with religious and political conservative belief systems it's a little early for many of the current supreme leader was born here and this is very much his home and the people here despite the economic trouble the country has faced this fight the sort of gray areas within which people in tehran for instance might start to feel disillusioned about the clerical system of government the people that we met here at the rally today were really unflinching unwavering in their suppor

using this summit to break the european unity on iran. this is the another big question now experts say that the u.s. wants to have we could. european union and that this meeting in. one meeting which in could make the european union weaker but the polish government on the lines as well in this situation that they are basically on the same point of this issue to what's iran is to hold the opinion of the other rypien union because as well the german and deputy foreign minister and it's on came to also was saying that this meeting. topped the european union and will not cut the european union because everybody in the european union normally is on this topic on the same side and that diplomacy and talks with iran should be a better solution than centralizing them and making making making it making it worse over there all right correspondent john cox speaking to us from warsaw thank you very much welcome. now iran is called the middle east conference in warsaw a certain sense says it's an attempt to demonize the country iran is taking part in

imposed sanctions on iran and he said it was high time that they withdrew from the iran nuclear deal secretary of state's mark pompeo speaking alongside the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that there could be no peace or stability in the middle east without confronting iran now the israeli prime minister himself actually on camera when he went further than that he said that this meeting was actually a meeting to try a between countries who are going to agree on war with iran albeit less than twenty four hours after making that statement he tried to retract that by saying he meant confronting rather than actual military action but it would appear richelle that the main beneficiary of this conference isn't actually united states as much as it is israel because what israel has been able to do is meet in public in the open with some of the arab leaders or representatives rather of arab regimes and this is something that the israeli prime minister lauded here is what he had to say. i store the burning. sun sixteen foreign ministers represent. dozens of government. and it's

to reinforce iran's defenses the west sees it differently pressuring iran to curb its missile development program the iranian leadership says that is not negotiable the years of sanctions and hardships we were able to handle it able to pass this crisis says the event is a chance for those in power to show that they can mobilize supporters to show that the revolution's ideals remain and able to project strength but there is no doubt iran's leaders are facing both external and internal pressures the trumpet ministration is squeezing iran to change its behavior in the region and stop supporting proxies in syria yemen lebanon and iraq iranian leaders say the current us administration is the most hostile that the islamic republic has faced in four decades iran's supreme leader says this is. part of the official discourse until the united states changes what he calls its evil ways. any time soon. says it's the pressure trump calls the radical regime in iran. some american official. as predicted that the islamic republic would collapse before its fortieth birthday they were wrong but many irania

and iran traded verbal blows as the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister can bend american policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination he made the comment after u.s. president vice president mike pence demanded that europe take a tougher stance against tehran. and german president frank poulter shot on minor follows in the footsteps of one of the country's most famous explorers to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the galapagos islands. welcome to the program next by sir. u.s. president donald trump called on european states to take back their citizens if they are among the captured fighters from the so-called islamic state in a tweet that mentioned britain france germany and other countries threatened to release captured fighters if their home countries refused to allow them back this comes after his shock december announcement that the militant group had been defeated and that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from syria. since been defeated here and across nearly the entire country many fighters are dea

against iran and internationally is second our opponent was telling republic of iran are furious and are angry and because it is a threat to do wreck threats or revelations of laws against their sovereignty. well us vice president mike pence has just made some very harsh comments on iran let's listen in to that festival. bruce through peace and security in the middle east. peace the. well what do you make of that to see have the right to call around the greatest threat. not at all because actually middle east is in iran for many players and contributors and america and is right in order to come to the main contributors of the anxiety. and also war tension and now is right in front minister it's just making something death can be can be named as a foreshadowing future foreshadowing evolved in the middle east and now he's trying and mike pence also trying to overshadow the palestinian issue and the palestinian is writing disputes a known time disputes but i for shoddily devolved it to me that he's against iran so what he's saying exegete his. is warmongering again he's following to sui

current iran or the iran with nuclear weapons? >> certainly i think an iran with nuclear weapons poses a more enduring and serious threat to us long-term so our approach does need to make sure we deny all paths for them to get to a nuclear weapon. >> unfortunately we just made an agreement that did just that, we can discuss that in another setting. the final question on afghanistan, i don't understand the negotiating unilaterally with the taliban and not involving the government of echoes in afghanistan. i don't understand how that will get us to a final result if we give it away things they are not willing to give away. >> again senator i think the way i would characterize the efforts is he is beginning to put together a framework that will allow the afghans and taliban to come together at some point to conduct negotiations. all of this is being done with the knowledge of the government of afghanistan. they understand what he is doing. i can't speak for the exact process itself but i do know he is in frequent consultation with th

say iran is the kindergarten. we have had secretaries before us say the nuclear deal was an americans national interests and that iran was compliant with the deal they are so complying with the united states unilaterally, i'm not asking you about the president's testimony, and equates it with officials saying iran is like a kindergarten which i find completely illogical. when i came in as president of the united states, i went to the pentagon two weeks after i came in because i wanted to know what was going on with iran, we had so many locations so every single one of them is cause by the number one terrorist nation in the world. we did not go into afghanistan with u.s. military forces in 2001 because of iran, did we?>> no, we did not. >> we did not go in march 2002 because of iran, did we?>> we did not pick >> we did not go in august 2014 because of iran, did we?>> in terms of where our troops are positioned overwhelmingly, they are also fighting isis, not iran. the places where troops are, we are not there. made

air force officer with spying for iran this comes as international court of justice ruled iran can proceed with a spade to recover billions of dollars of assets from the u.s. the money was frozen by the supreme court three years ago the u.s. wants the money to be given to victims of attacks blamed on iraq still ahead on al jazeera spain braces for a possible snap election after parliament rejects a prime minister's budget proposal last was systematic corruption and rising living costs leads to a return to violence on the streets of haiti. the a. the it was that i lost it snowed in beijing and that snow has really big for the south the cold contrasting with the warmth for the south has done what it will be just as produced a bit of rain and the area of rain dony a bit patchy his you can see as large as from backs who barge was i suspect sichuan during friday and briefly that cloud will do extend the way down towards hong kong so your system up it will cloudy little bit more humid than your friday at twenty four and rain seems like in shanghai the temperature only a two front is well south o

and iran trade verbal blows at the munich security conference draws to an end iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif condemns u.s. policy on iran accusing washington of ignoring his country's right to self-determination this after u.s. vice president mike pence demands a tougher stance on iran from europe also coming up. the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expelled the former u.s. cardinals from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. welcome to the program i'm marion evans dean. iran's foreign minister mohammad reeve has delivered a defined speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls for washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and accuse the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influence on the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and mike pence also advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policy. what it

states and iran are rivals can iraq over between these two centers of power and. its own independent tact or will it have to choose a later. well i think your choice is clear we happen to have the longest border with iran the us doesn't happen to have a border with a with a on i'm sure if they had they were with the will they would have thought differently how to deal with you on how to treat iran when you are a neighbor state you have to look at your interests the common interests between the two nations we cannot move away from what they felt were away from us so there's a huge interest as history does trade. a lot of. interest between our two nations and two states we have to safeguard our own interests we shouldn't be party to this. disagreement. with us to be honest with you this is a nuclear agreement between the five plus one members of the world community. decided to walk outof it. we why should we be there this. we should be. with us is very important for us if we can achieve a common interest between the two who should be very much focused on this norm n

with public disapproval at a fever pitch the shah left iran for agent. lane on the february first nine hundred seventy nine khomeini returned to iran welcome to by a crowd of millions. it was a turning point in the country's history just two months later following a referendum many had proclaimed the islamic republic of iran. in just one year the country had transformed from a constitutional monarchy to a theocracy. but that was not the end of the instability and turmoil later that he a student revolutionaries took fifty two americans hostage inside the u.s. embassy in tehran. the ensuring crisis ended diplomatic ties between the two countries sitting stage for a broader conflict in the middle east in which iran continues to play a dominant role. forty years after the islamic revolution ayatollah khamenei remains a hero for many iranians. for those of revolution legacy has seen repression censorship and stagnation. let's bring in our correspondents raissa trial for she is in the iranian capital tehran teresa forty years have passed now since the revoluti

countries that this interests are protected and that they further iran's position support iran's allies counter iran's enemies in those indows territory would you anticipate its role changing any further mean the reason we're having this discussion is because it is forty years on from the revolution and the gods have changed so much in that time how do you see it evolving well the main evolution that's been happening in the gars that they have they have been sort of reinventing themselves more as a national force rather than an islamic force their will created if you would as the as the guardians of the islamic revolution and now increasingly in the popular mind set in iran they are casting themselves as as the military force that defends iran as the as the defenders of the national sovereignty but in terms of influence in economics influence in the region influence in iranian politics in terms of growing at them as a military force there's no sort of right now brake on the path of the momentum they have for growth something has to happen to push the guards out of one of these arenas an

leave iran. i will not do that. leave iran. and then i said in that case perhaps you should put somebody else -- and then the rest of it was nonsense because we just ta talk. but it does show that this man -- this man, in fact, denied his military the possibility of stopping this thing before it came to a position where it was impossible to stop, which that was probably around november or so because -- you know, i can't tell, i don't know for sure. but it is, i think, important to put all of these things in context of what the situation was at that time or not. there is no doubt that the -- that khomeini's followers, getting the control of what was going on, but it was really how very little to do with what was what the other one did, what any of these people did, even -- even the people who were on the actual left. >> can i cheat in here? so in your own mind do you think sabak failed? >> me? >> yeah. >> no, i think sabak -- i think sabak is too -- i think it's too exaggerated in terms of the pow

wasn't defeated in the iran iraq war by the time rumsfeld was helping tony blair destroy iraq iran's role in the region was significantly strengthened with allies in the international nonaligned movement it most recently sent emergency supplies to save the people of one of the richest pick up in nations on earth as it was blockaded by british backed saudi arabia today though it is backed by the international community iran is again normal collision course with the usa on the dollar trump had ministration has acted decisively to confront the world's leading state sponsor of terror the radical regime in iran. it is a radical regime well joining me now via skype from alter is homages sabia professor of political science at the university of test run and thanks so much for coming on i know you're in sabbatical usually in tehran take us back forty years why did students and workers really think they could overthrow a u.s. u.k. back dictator who had run that country for decades and since the coup. yes so our mohammad reza pahlavi commonly known as the uranian shar was a dictator but also a

wasn't defeated in the iran iraq war by the time rumsfeld was helping tony blair destroy iraq iran's role in the region was significantly strengthened with allies in the international nonaligned movement the most recently sent emergency supplies to save the people of one of the richest pick up in nations on earth as it was blockaded by british backed saudi arabia today though it is backed by the international community iran is again normal collision course with the usa on the dollar trump had ministration has acted decisively to confront the world's leading state sponsor of terror the radical regime in iran. it is a radical regime well joining me now via skype from alter is homages savia professor of political science at the university of texas. and thanks so much for coming on i know you're in sabbatical usually in tehran take us back forty years why did students and workers really think they could overthrow a u.s. u.k. back dictator who had run that country for decades and since the coup. yes so our mohammad reza pahlavi commonly known as the uranian shar was a dictator but also at