bread's on social media to get moving. again one of the city's main roads is brought to a standstill by the crowds. their destination the police headquarters and an angry standoff of the bus was the best of the demonstrators accuse them of using excessive force in breaking up their largely peaceful protests a claim the police to nail it was i don't think i thought oh ok well fashionable and they are armed and they have here and we have nothing we just because he didn't really learn gone by the walk into the police is still refusing to hold an independent investigation into the way they dealt with the demonstrations. at the back of the building some protesters try to block the security cameras filming the i and a van is trapped by the protest the offices inside not able to make the last few meters to the gate the whole emotion was against the place they.

exercise atomic team on june 12th the people are very angry about that the other officers come to help their colleagues and this chaos i seeing a chance to get inside the demonstrators surged forward i know circular chaos at this gate now with protesters jamming themselves inside the gateway not allowing the police to close take a look at the protesters or top post like the one the other girls are gone my spirit was there but they said i could once again be using purpose right now no it seems the police fearful that use of force will make the situation worse cathal to show restraint was but it also shows the anger on the streets of hong kong isn't going away. and many thousands of hong kong has already to keep up the

struggle with their government i. robot bride al jazeera hong kong still heads on al-jazeera demands for justice are finally answered in spain as the nats were yes wolfpack is sentenced for rape. and why this chechen human rights activist released early from a russian jail won't be returning home. to west sponsored by cattle and lays. hello again to welcome back to your international weather forecast well heavy rain is going to continue to be the big problem here across central and eastern parts of china and you can see those clouds right there we've had very heavy rain alaska all days and flooding has been the big problem particular up here towards who and where they had seen over 170 millimeters just in 24 hours the good news is will be drying out so will shanghai but the rain

is going to shift a little bit more down here towards the south this is going to be a big trouble spot on sunday heavy rain anywhere between 152250 millimeters of rain could be seen anywhere between $2.00 to $3.00 day period down towards the south though hong kong is going to be a humid one for the time to their $32.00 degrees and then very quickly over here towards the philippines things are not looking bad right now but by the time we get towards the weekend more rain is going to be pushing in and by the time we get towards sunday heavy rain across parts of manila with the tempter them of about $32.00 degrees across parts wards india it is going to still be quite warm across much of the north the monsoon is delayed across much of that area temper wise we're talking about the low forty's for many locations down towards itself we are looking at better weather in terms of rain across the region temperatures into the mid twenty's for bengaluru pension i attempt a few of 35 degrees. the weather center i always.

they wanted 43000000000 pounds with the weaponry that was 6000000000 in. there's no ending war because there's always a small holes to. really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public culture war. shadow on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera donald trump has repeated that he is not

looking for war with iran the u.s. president confirmed he called off an attack against iran to avoid mass casualties the retaliatory strike would have been in response to the downing of a u.s. drone. and the reuters news agency is reporting that hundreds of u.s. contractors will be evacuated from an iraqi military base due to potential security threats the military base was hit by a mortar attack last week but no one was injured. suspended flights to georgia after violent protests in the capital they were sparked by the visit of a russian politician the problem entry speaker has resigned and some protesters are calling for an early election. at least 7 people are dead and more than 20 are being treated in hospital after a bomb. in the iraqi capital police say a suicide belts may have been used in the attack which happened in the east of baghdad many of the injured are in a serious condition. and in indonesia at least 30 people have died in a fire at

a house being used as a match take factory it happened in the north. witnesses reported hearing an explosion several children are among the dead. torrijos criminal case in spain has ended with the jailing of 5 men known as the wolf pack their sentences have been increased to 15 years each following a public outcry the barker has details. spain's highest court in madrid has delivered its verdict 5 men previously convicted of the sexual assault of a 19 year old woman and now guilty of the more serious charge of rape the man called themselves the wolf pack and. all the acts took place in an atmosphere of tara of absolute subjection the only thing the victim declared to the court was a close my eyes and waited for everything to end as soon as possible. one to one

ahead of the decision some of the man arrived at the courthouse in seville where they must check in 3 times a week. the supreme court ruling overturned 2 previous court rulings in a case this brought thousands of people onto the streets in protest was. it tack happened here in pamplona when the city was holding the san fermin bull running festival the woman was dragged into a residential home way in the early hours of the morning the court heard how the man shared jokes and videos of the rape in a whatsapp group footage was used as evidence in the trial the defendant's lawyer said the sex was consensual a rape charge in spain requires evidence of violence or intimidation the woman's lawyer says she didn't fight back because she was afraid and in shock both the 5 men and the victim appealed to the earlier verdict to the supreme court during the appeal process the men were freed from jail because under spanish law or no one

could be held for more than 2 years without a definitive sentence. i their release and rage protest is. full of the men of had their sentences increased from 9 to 15 years one of them was given an extra 2 years for stealing the victim's phone. it's thought that me and if that gets i think they're worth pacquet says let us to consider changing the law i hope parliament takes to. legal reform seriously society demands it. is one of the most controversial cases in modern spain the case the companion is hope will change the way the country judges rape and future eve barkha. an estimated 4000 refugees have fled democratic republic of congo from neighboring uganda there are among hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes because of intercommunal fighting. reports from where many have sought refuge.

it's been 2 days since of noise family and right the child while the refugee settlement 2 of her 5 children aged 4 and 7 didn't survive the journey from the north east of the d.r.v. to waste in uganda. when the fighting started we ran to the boat in the panic one child fell into the water and drowned another child died because we had no food or medicine that's when i said if i stay in congo the whole family will die . conditions in uganda are basic but the refugees are grateful. forces have been deployed to fight militias in the area around the town of juba it's an eternity the province at the center of the current into ethnic conflict one challenge the congolese army is facing is that some militiamen are armed not just with machetes but with more sophisticated weapons too. appealing to help to restore

calm. do you can't survive without the presence of soldiers this is why we've been deployed here we call on all communities to support this army so that we can restore peace and security. in the conflict between the him and linda groups is about access to farmland as well as gold oil and gas resources. the problem is that number of people who've been displaced is between 300-002-4000 extension 00. because of attacks currently the army is heavily deployed as now trying to secure those areas. back in uganda some of the 4000 congolese who fled fighting this month alone trying to settle into a new country piece by piece a temporary home takes about a day to build the shelter is basic and meant to be temporary they get the canvas from the united nations but everything else is sourced locally in some cases and entire family there. the shelters near the road for older people so they have easy

access. thousands survived a long journey across the border to get here where at least for now. the refugee settlement uganda is probably a protest or as in algeria are keeping up with their calls for a political overhaul after more leading figures were drawn into a corruption investigation demonstrators have rallied for an 18th straight week on thursday former prime minister ahmed we're hearing 2 former government ministers were referred to a public prosecutor for investigation a high profile businessman and the head of the state bank were later arrested several partitions and businessmen linked to ousted president as these beautiful have been detained or questioned since he stepped down in. chechen human rights activist has been freed on parole after russian court granted his early release sentenced to 4 years on drug possession charges in march his supporters say the

accusations were exaggerated before his arrest since you have reported on disappearances and torture in the region but says he will not return to work in chechnya since the risks are too high so. the memorial human rights into will not work in chechnya at least not for some time but we will keep doing our work right now i have work to do at home i need to sort things out i need to rebuild my house to finish construction and after that we will see voters in turkey's most populous city istanbul head to the polls again on sunday for a controversial rerun of the may oral election the opposition candidate was declared the winner in march but the result was an old after a legal challenge by the ruling party of president. which has controlled the city for the last 25 years senate reports. if you remember one was declared the winner of his stumbles may or elections 3 months ago. he spun turkey's main

opposition party c.h.p. but it was almost mandated lasted only days. the governing party said there were irregularities and corruption in the polls and appealed to the supreme council which can see the results so that if you look at the comedy that is simple lection has been in your 4 vote cast and you know one of them which counts for. people will respond to this on june 23rd the council said a number of polling station officials were not civil servants as. that forced them home or the office and ordered a room only for we stumbled. turkey has a very secure election system but in the march 31st elections the opposition was much more poll savvy than the ruling party that's why they couldn't present any solid evidence for what they claimed was corruption on the other hand the supreme

election board needed to address the irregularities only that would have eased the public conscious. the party's been a former prime minister. to his rival by 14000 votes it was a shock defeat and the parties and that's pretty sad when a fight you control of the city where turkey is present treasure. and once served as a mayor. the only reason to talk about the ballot box the bell yelled and voted out has only one vote for him for at least it's obvious that's why we say they stole the votes. president are john's loyalists believed their victory was stolen but other wings of the party accepted their loss. the opposition alliance and a memo supporters protested against the station calling it. turkey's

western allies urged the government and the election board to respect people's choice and democracy. council has launched an investigation into some from inside. i have sort of stumbled because if they were responsible for choosing polling station off the council recently sat down i think the same laws and regulations in place in those officials is not possible for the mayoral rerun in istanbul on june 23 that's for most of the opposition to say the consul's the station was politically motivated. al-jazeera the. united nations represented serbs are in venezuela to observe the deepening humanitarian crisis rights chief. met with president nicolas maduro and opposition leader why dove to u.n. monitors will stay in the country when she completes her 3 day visit government is expected to face criticism for shortages of food and medicine at an upcoming

meeting of the un human rights council. stand well back is the advice said buddhist festivals underway in thailand neighboring laos and low flying aircraft and birds are advised to keep clear to has been to see why. crew the people here each rocket sent to the skies is a high velocity message to the gods they're not meant as aggressive or threatening symbols but our own stated explosive gestures of gratitude some festivals in this region are about wishing for good luck at the start of what they hope will be a bountiful whit season for farmers this one in roy it's northeast thailand is about saying thank you to the gods for answering prayers made at a nearby buddhist temple. my prayers and wishes were answered that's why i launched the rocket today it's a tradition that if you get what you want you launch

a rocket to all of the gods and spirits. people like not to pay almost $500.00 for someone to build the rockets but there are no qualified rocket scientists here just secrets and techniques passed from generation to generation chacha one sees on for example is an electrician for most of the year now. it's like my family business my uncle was the one who asked me to help him and it's been more than 8 years that start building rockets once to fester wars of a call back to my full time job in bangkok. at this festival there are 2 sizes of rockets and as well as the religious theme there's a sporting side to it there are prizes for the longest flight time with the winning larger rockets spending around 7 minutes in the air before crashing back to earth hopefully in an uninhabited field but increasingly it's also become about gambling with money bet on whether rockets are launched smoothly or spiral out of control the noise is deafening the smoke is choking and it's dangerous but people come in

their thousands. of different seen here there are hundreds of rockets launched over the course of the day the largest of which are packed with 200 kilograms of propellant. safety doesn't appear to be a main priority but everyone has a good time those who take part say da determined to preserve the festival will once a year everyone becomes an expert on flight and some really do become rocket scientists wayne hey al jazeera roy it thailand. the headlines on al-jazeera this hour donald trump has repeated that he is not looking for war with iran u.s. president confirmed he called off an attack against iran to avoid mass casualties

the retaliatory strike would have been in response to the downing of a u.s. drone about ready to go i said i want a better game from here we're playing and they're about ready to go no but they would have been pretty soon. and things would have happened to a point where you wouldn't turn back you couldn't turn back so they came in they said sure we're ready to go we'd like a decision i said i want to know something before you go how many people will be killed approximately 150 and i thought about it for a 2nd i said you know what they shut down. and. drone plane whatever you want to call it and here we are busy sitting with $150.00 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead and i didn't like it the reuters news agency is reporting that hundreds of u.s. contractors will be evacuated from an iraqi military base over potential security

threats the military base was hit by a mortar attack last week but no one was injured. russia has suspended flights to george vi lim protests in the capital tbilisi sparked by the visit of for russian problem the opposition has accused the government of being too friendly with moscow . police in hong kong ever moved some of the barriers put in front of their headquarters by protesters still angry about an extradition bill the demonstrators want an apology from the police after they used tear gas and rubber bullets during massive protests last week. in indonesia these 30 people have died in a fire at a house being used as a matchstick factory it happened in the north have been dry several children are among the dead. at least 7 people are dead and more than 20 are being treated in hospital after a bomb blast that is in the iraqi capital of baghdad many of the injured are in a serious condition those are the headlines inside stories coming up next.

will the u.s. attack iran there is intense debate in washington following the dunning of a u.s. drone donald trump accuses tehran of making a big mistake iran says the u.s. violated itself so what does this mean for the already tense legion this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm peter davi a tense standoff between the u.s. and iran following the downing of an american surveillance drone in the strait of hormuz iranian state t.v. has been showing what it says is drone wreckage retrieved at sea the american media says president trump ordered air strikes against military targets in iran but then later changed his mind once again he lashed out at his predecessor barack obama saying he made a desperate and terrible deal with iran donald trump said he'd stop the strike against iran earlier congressional leaders were briefed on the incident and called for a robust response but they also told the president to act with caution. the hi kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some by lateral region some multilateral some of. the high tension lines. and 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the

tensions and the situation here the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bumble get into a war we've been flying patterns like this for months we're trying to collect intelligence to make informed decisions we're told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else but he is the commander in chief. well speaking to the press during a meeting with the canadian prime minister the president from cold the dunning of the drone quotes a very big mistake i have a feeling i may be wrong and i may be right but i'm right a lot i have a feeling that it was a mistake made by somebody that should have been doing what they did i think they made a mistake and i'm not just talking to the country made

a mistake i think that somebody under the command of that country made a big mistake the u.s. maintains it was flying in international airspace but iran disputes where the incident took place during a televised speech the head of the revolutionary guard reiterated his position. on a. inside of that means it's a clear and concise message to the defenders of the borders of the islam iranian nation respond to all foreign aggression and our reaction is and will be categorical and absolute the borders represent a red line. ok let's get going let's bring in our guests today they are mohammad marandi he's head of american studies at the university of tehran he joins us from the iranian capital hillary mann leverett is c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy group strategy and formerly u.s. state department official she joins us from washington and keeping us company in

london sahil shah he's a policy fellow at the european leadership network where he leads the iran project which works to protect the iranian nuclear agreement welcome to you all mohammad marandi in tirana welcome back to inside story as far as the trumpet ministration is concerned is there as of today a plan b. when it comes to what do we do next i think that's probably the most important problem that the team in washington has created for trump there is no exit strategy this maximum pressure policy that the united states has imposed on iran is really a dead end the iranians are saying that we after 10 years of negotiations agreed to a nuclear deal we've given significant concessions we've been flexible. and now the united states has exited the deal it is forcing other countries not to abide by their commitments including other countries who were at the negotiating table and

it is demanding that iran give new concessions and the iranians know that this is a slippery slope that will lead to disaster if you run appeases the united states then in future every time the united states wants something more they will impose sanctions again so the iranians are saying we will not appease the united states if the united states wants to talk about even other issues than the nuclear program they have to show that they are reliable partners that they can commit themselves to previous agreements and that they will implement them if those were implemented then perhaps the iranians and the americans would be able to talk about other issues but the americans have gone down a very different road and because of that not only can the iranians not renegotiate the nuclear deal that is impossible but they cannot negotiate with americans on any other issue because the americans are unreliable so trump is has is now standing in

a dead end he can only escalate which is dangerous or he has to retreat which is something that i find it very difficult for someone like him to do and leverage in washington is there any chance that they can hold talks that are basically built on the idea of mutual interest. i think potentially talks based on mutual interest i have tremendous respect for my my colleague in teheran professor marandi but i think the premise that any talks with the united states based on the united states proving that it's a reliable partner are not going to work it's not just under the trump administration that the united states is not reliable the united states under multiple administrations has has found itself even though it comes the president comes to office constantly demeaning and insulting iran they always come to realize and understand that they need to talk to iran because of the strength of iran in

its region and in geopolitics and geo economics each administration comes to understand a need to talk to iran and each administration does try to do so but then in the end is not reliable whether it was the reagan administration over in lebanon over u.s. u.s. hostages whether with the clinton administration in bosnia whether was the bush administration where i served over afghanistan or even the obama administration and now trump the united states is not reliable it's the united states is looking at its interests as it sees it and i think there are talks possible based on this idea of mutual interest and perhaps mutual respect but the idea that the united states is going to be a reliable partner would defy you know 40 years of u.s. iranian interaction particularly from the u.s. side where i see a potential possibility here is that president trump unlike his predecessors does see some value in having a deal with a strong iran that benefits as trump sees it the united states u.s.

interests and u.s. companies this is different than prior administrations it's still not an ideal situation i would i would think from the iranian perspective or even for other international partners but it is the one difference the president puts on the table that his predecessors have not so he will show in london who's the u.s. president listening to. that's a very good question and i think we could probably have a pretty mixed answer given the fact that we now know that he called for air strikes but then recalled to the order given the fact that he felt the proportionality of the consequences which he has told media was would be about $150.00 deaths wasn't you know aquittal to the unmanned drone that iran had shot down i think the fact that the strikes were actually ordered shows that certain voices were winning at

a point in the debate but then because they were recalled perhaps trumps own intuition tempered or somebody else influenced him we're not quite sure but what we know in europe is it's become very difficult for europeans to see how their voice can matter on the hill and who their allies really are due to the fact that it's not just trump and his administration that aren't necessarily handling the iran file very well but also democrats have been remarkably quiet until this recent escalation and there are a number of ways in which democrats could help deescalate and help europeans. make sure that iran sees some value in staying within the constraints of the deal and also not acting out in the region in a way that could bait the trumpet administration's more hawkish voices into conflict mohammed into iran as far as the administration where you are is concerned what so this suspicions as to 2nd guessing what donald trump's game

is here i mean you can't threaten conflict is country you can't threaten conflict and push people back to the negotiating table while the iranians believe that. it's the united states that's left the negotiating table the united states was a part of the p 5 plus one and these negotiations had taken place for over a decade so even rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state the 1st us secretary of state under trump he was at the negotiating table until trump left so that's that's one issue that the 2nd issue is that the very fact that there is so much chaos in the white house and we really don't know what happened we don't know if they seriously were about to carry out a strike we don't know at all often what goes on in the white house in that because they're and everyone speaks of confusion there and that's another reason why the iranians simply cannot negotiate with the united states they're both unreliable and

it's unclear what they're after the the president is constantly speaking in inconsistent ways and if he's his. secretary of state and another senior officials like bolton there are language and their statements are inconsistent with what the president says so the iranians basically cannot count on anything that comes out of washington what's important for you ron is that the united states is waging war on iran this is an economic war trampas admitted that and he says it's a brutal these are brutal sanctions so he's brutalizing the iranian population he's attacking iranian women and children on a daily basis basically and the iranians are saying that the united states has escalated the situation through not only violating the nuclear deal but trying to harm ordinary iranians as much as possible. constantly threatening iran we have to remember that trump just recently spoke about destroying iran constantly speaking

about our options on the table surrounding himself with people who are constantly speaking about war so the iranians they are the only side that right now are abiding by the nuclear deal for the for the last year the year the americans left the europeans have not been abiding by any part of the nuclear deal they're in complete violation because they're fearful of trump and so the iranians are saying why should we continue to abide by a nuclear deal whereas the other side is doing absolutely nothing so the iranians are in a difficult situation they believe that they're the ones who are trying to deescalate the situation that's why they've remained in the deal but on the other hand we see that the europeans are constantly telling be iranians not to raise tensions whereas it's the other side that is raising tensions and the europeans are cooperating with

americans to a very large degree ok mohammed let me just pause you there for a 2nd because if what we're talking about here is mixed messages from the trump white house maybe some of those mixed message. it's come from john bolton president trump security advisor he has long argued for using force against iran now he's been dismissive of international diplomacy and he's advocated the use of military action he did criticize the 2050 nuclear deal saying quote only bombing by the u.s. and israel would take out iran's uranium enrichment installations quotes now he supports the m e k that's an iranian opposition group in exile formally listed by the us as a terror organization john bolton has repeatedly told the group regime change is needed in tehran mr bolton has adopted a tough approach to iran throughout his professional life for decades he's promised consecutive iranian administrations the u.s. would quotes come after them hillary in washington has anything we've seen

up to now breached the threshold of response because there seems to be a trickle down which is this was an unmanned drone mr trump today talking about that on twitter had it been a manned aircraft maybe we would be having a completely different conversation now. well i think what's what's potentially interesting and important to see through what is a very dangerous very serious and very very dangerous situation is that while on one hand there is chaos in some sense in the white house and in the teens here there is an intentionality to it that i think is really important to to see and to understand president trump since the 2016 campaign has focused on basically 2 things of iran iran strength he understands iran strength and either he wants to deal with it where iran is basically working with the united states as trump sees it in u.s. interests or he's going he looks he's looking to fundamentally weaken iran those

are their 2 in some ways 2 diametrically opposed goals but for trump the idea that you can be in a negotiation with iran is real he's in a negotiation in a sense with north korea something that john bolton had also opposed previously and in a sense by iran shooting down this unmanned u.s. drone which is a large and expensive asset for the united states it gives a ron some leverage in dealing with the trauma ministration and my assessment is that trump is is trying to put that out there too to iran that you get that iran you down this really important expensive asset of the united states and trump has pulled back this is an opportunity for iran with some having the united states pulled back having the united states in a sense stepped out step stepped down for iran to to negotiate or at least talk with the united states not because iran is going to necessarily get that much from

the united states but it can constrain the united states so iran can build its relationship with others and to continue to build its own posture in the region so he'll in london is parts of the dynamic as far as mr trump. kind of backing him self into a corner or being backed into a corner if you will the way that he it would appear as an according to mohamed in tehran that he has 0 traction now with the europeans because they privately and publicly are still on board when it comes to the j c p o a but they can't do anything more than that because tehran and washington are at loggerheads. well i think i'd like to agree with a colleague from washington which is that iran may now be in a better place optics wise to enter some kind of a negotiation but i think that what we have to keep in mind is their current limit is the text and the letter of the j c p o a those constraints are ones that they feel that they've you know a lot really now

a lot abide by and the things that are part of the framework that trump wish were a part of the j.c. namely ballistic missiles as well as regional behavior those are things that europeans have also frantically tried to have an add on agreement to the j.c. for in the past before trump withdrew from the deal and i actually i should correct myself trump did not withdraw from the deal he violated the deal and what we're seeing is a huge discrepancy where the u.s. is seen as an actor that can withdraw from international agreements and iran is seen as a violating it and this goes to show how the international community is really needed here to step in and urge for restraint but also highlight the fact that all of this escalations are occurring because of the u.s. as with for all or violation from the g c p o a and also it could be a result of those around trump who are trying to bait him into

a conflict and for europeans this is extremely risky it is an absolute gamble to think that this is what is needed to get both countries to feel comfortable being in a negotiation but in fact because both countries have now shown their muscle and the u.s. has shown restraint and an awareness that war would probably break out and be very catastrophic for the middle east that we may have a very narrow window here now for diplomacy and i think europeans need to lead that effort because we need to fold this from being a u.s. iran conversation in. into something more multilateral and i'm not just speaking about the participants in the j.c. p.o.a.'s but if we start to talk about those things that trump wanted to speak about like ballistic missiles we really need to have a regional conversation on what constraints make sense for iran in the context of what other countries are also willing to concede hillary 2 points if the window for

opportunity is closing just interruptions to and hold out for for a 2nd if that window for opportunity is closing picking up on that point from sahil in london saying it's got to be a multilateral approach was the approach historically before donald trump more productive because it wasn't primarily a binary choice it wasn't washington versus tehran there were lots of other people in the mix but those people are now not in the mix and they're feeling threatened and perhaps more aggressive than they were even just 4 weeks ago or 6 months ago. well the reality is that the other parties were ineffectual the europeans did not keep up their side of the of the deal with iran not even the chinese and even keep up their side neither did the russians the reality is and what trump i think lays bare to the world is that the united states in a lot of ways is still the is still the superpower the aggressive belligerent superpower and here i think it's important to understand again 2 things for trump

he has complete disdain for the j c p a way really not because of iran but because of the europeans he does not want to benefit european companies or chinese companies in doing business with iran he's focused on iran in either one of 2 ways and they're diametrically opposed and they're really important to understand to either have a great deal that he can show that he achieved in. opposition to his predecessor president obama that doesn't have to even deal with any specifics about melissa missiles or anything else it's just a deal that trump can pack can tout as his own the diametrically excuse me oppose goal of trump which is also important to understand is that if he can't get a bigger better deal with oil with with iran that he can tout as his own then i think he is fundamentally looking to weaken if not destroy iran and i think he is willing to burn the persian gulf along with iran that will give him a good opportunity to focus on domestic here in the united states domestic oil and

gas drilling and fracking which he sees as really important for his reelection for the united states to become an energy superpower to have energy dominance and the on the international stage so these are 2 very different goals and if he can get a deal with iran that would be great for him but if he can't this idea that he's going to settle for some middle of the road diffusing of tension keeping the price of gasoline down i don't think that's there i think his other goal though the other side of the extreme is. also they're to fundamentally weaken if not destroy iran and push up propel the united states as an energy superpower that will be to the detriment of not just iran but traditionally important oil and gas producers like got there and russia ok mohamed very very briefly please mohamed because we're trusting towards the end of a discussion does this increase the charms of an escalation if only as a miscalculation a horse if it's

a manned croft horse if there's another u.s.s. this sense july the 1988 when a u.s. naval ship misidentified a civilian aircraft well the iranians or don't believe that the u.s. misidentified that civilian aircraft and they gave false information to it in the international community in the western media accepted that information until years later when it came out that they had lied and that is something that iranians believe is happening today the iranians don't believe the american version of what happened with the drone the iranians have recovered pieces of the drone in their territorial waters and they believe that the united states doesn't want the 2 to come out and the commanders of the iranian armed forces actually said that there was an american spy plane with i mean 35 americans on board that entered iranian airspace but when the iranians warn them to leave they left so the iranians do not want to attack american soldiers they just want to protect their sovereignty and

therefore i think this shows that it's the iranians by staying within the j. c.p.o. a by refraining from attacking manned aircraft even though there were inside iranian territorial waters that iran is behaving. reasonably but that the united states is not and the big danger is a you're absolutely correct if the united states goes down this road then i think it would be a tragedy for the international community of oil and gas installations in the persian gulf region will be destroyed that ok this destroyed it $100.00 with a lot. because i want to live. in london if i may and i do apologize as usual for interrupting you mohammed show in london is the 3rd way solution here i mean why not say used back channel communications to talk to the new relatively new iranian envoy to the u.n. he is formally a nuclear negotiator he knows what all the cars on the table well president rouhani himself is

a former chief negotiator so i think that what we really need to do is try to figure out a way in the short term to stabilize what could turn out to be escalation in a number of flashpoints between the u.s. and iran but in the medium to long term europe russia and china really need to get together and figure out how they can sustain their year the iranian economy in some way iran has accepted that it's not going to get to any of the pre secondary sanctions levels but really you know we're on a slippery slope on the nuclear side whilst climbing a ladder on the military side and the 2 together is quite could be quite disastrous so i don't see a 3rd way solution outside of the framework which was already agreed upon in the j.c. p.o. way unfortunately the iranians improperly rightfully see what trump is offering in terms of talks as not genuine because in the same breath they're also announcing sanctions for example very shortly before. the japanese

leader was in tehran they announced new sanctions on the petro chemical industry so it's not seen as genuine and therefore there isn't much of a 3rd way out of the current crisis other than just we're trying to at best return to as much as we can of the chase c.p.o. way and for here the unions that may mean not saying things like it's essentially game over for europeans if iran starts to blur the lines but to figure out how to ensure that those. blurring of lines don't result in things that are unacceptable to us and will lead to conflict ok we have to leave our conversation there thank you so much to all our guests today on inside story they were mohammad marandi hillary mann leverett and sahil shah and thank you too for your company you can see the show again anytime on the website al-jazeera dot com and for more discussion to check out our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also talk to us on twitter i'm at peace still be one of the

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been pretty soon and things would have happened to a point where you would turn back you couldn't turn back so they came in they said sure we're ready to go we'd like a decision i said i want to know something before you go how many people will be killed approximately 150 and i thought about it for a 2nd i said you know what they shut down a. drone plane whatever you want to call it and here we are busy sitting with $150.00 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead and i didn't like it. hillary mann leverett is a former white house official and she says by canceling be a time president trump is trying to send a message to iran. i think the president's 1st choice is to have a dialogue that would lead to a bigger better deal and i think that the launching of an attack or ordering the

launching of an attack and then ordering it to stop is a message to the iranians i'm not sure that they will get it it may not be all that coherent but i think it is a message to the iranians that look the president united states can attack but has stepped back has actually stepped back and is now waiting for iran to come to a negotiation or to a dialogue of course iran is not going to want to negotiate or talk on these terms but the problem for iran is that president trump has these 2 goals either to get iran into a bigger better geo which could potentially be good for iran or to to take even stronger i think military action against iran both of those goals can in trump's perspective from the white house's perspective serve his purpose either he has this great deal to advertise as he's going into a reelection campaign which he just launched this week or he's got you know he's got himself looking tough against iran on the world stage when he calculates and he

may be wrong but i think this is the calculation that the europeans and even the chinese and the russians are not going to come to iran aid and so either he will benefit because he's the triumphant person who can bring about a bigger better deal or he can watch iran be fundamentally weekend with no one coming to its aid either way trump thinks that he he will have a when the road through his news agency is reporting that hundreds if u.s. contractors will be evacuated from an iraqi military base over potential security threats the military base was hit by a mortar attack last week but no one was injured. russia has suspended flights to georgia after violent protests in the capital tbilisi sparked by the visit of a russian politician the opposition has accused the government of being too friendly with moscow spain's supreme court has found 5 men guilty of rape for an attack of an 18 year old woman in 2016 judges overturn the lesser conviction of

sexual abuse and increase their sentences to 15 years after a public outcry. for they said hong kong have removed some of the barriers put in front of their headquarters by protesters still angry about an extradition bill demonstrators want an apology from the police after they used tear gas and rubber bullets during massive protests last week. in indonesia these 30 people have died in a fire at a house being used as a match they factory it happened in the north so much around town have been dry several children are among the dead. and chechen human rights activist or you has been freed from prison early after a russian court gave him parole he was arrested last year and was sentenced to 4 years on drug possession charges which is supporters say were punishments for his work in human rights. those are the headlines shadow world is coming up

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