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tv   Whos Killing The Elephants  Al Jazeera  August 18, 2019 5:33pm-6:00pm +03

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that is why in the we have provided provisions for remedies if the if one side or the other while it's the deed we are using that exact remedy in paragraph $36.00 of the nuclear deal so we're not while waiting the we are implementing the deal we are trying to safeguard the i can make a general statement for you we will be committed to the j c p o a as much as and as long as europe and the rest of the participants are committed president trump has repeatedly said the 2015 year clear deal was a bad deal. and if he decides it's an it's a turn chapter what would be the options left for iran a deed is a deed it is an agreement it's an agreement that a us government a us president elected by the people endorsed we did not have a revolution in the united states we just had an election and it cannot simply
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say that the agreements of previous administrations do not hold so if we take this statement seriously there are 2 years left of the 1st term of president trump less than 2 years of that and then. we will have a new president or maybe president trump reelected so it's then that you will decide how no no no no no even if president trump is there for another 6 years are we supposed to reach another deal with president trump that can only last 6 years that can only last 5 years that can only last a year and a half is that the type of international environment that president trump wants to create for people for countries who want to engage with the united states i see a rational for your own perspective the bottom line here is do you have any deadline like in 2 years from now if the there is no a time for any genuine renegotiation of the deal we're going to put off from the
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deal we don't need to pull out from the deal as long as others are in the deal we will be in the deal but we have options within the deal because as i said this deal was negotiated based on mutual mistrust and even distrust and that is why we have put mechanisms in the deal in the in the j.c. pure way to make sure that the deal would outlast anybody as the diplomatic crisis unfolds your neighbors in the region oppressed and sent. saudi arabia in particular and for this would like to ask you how would you describe now your relations with the saudis well not not good. but saudis relations with qatar are not good. now i don't know what's happening to their relations with the u.a.e. in in aid of course we're happy that there is a cease fire in aden but there's been conflict the situation in libya the situation
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in the sudan. all of these are where they are in popular not involved in libya or the sudan but they are involved unfortunately what we have called for and repeat is that our neighbors all of us belong to this reach we cannot leave this region others believe this region others view not secure us others will not provide us with the security umbrella that we need we can provide each other with that security umbrella we extend our hand and our hand remain extended to all our neighbors we are very happy that we have extremely good relations with cutter we have extremely good relations with a man we have extremely good relations with kuwait and we want to have good relations with the other 3 countries in the pursuit of the saudis and the americans for example have been saying over the last few years that iran is never has never been genuine about reaching out to us and they would give you examples they would
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say you are spreading a radical ideology in the region yet you use proxies in yemen for example you are building the capabilities of the who these to destabilize the region you have been involved militarily in a place like syria when you should have come to that and and looked into different scenarios like a diplomatic way out of the crises that let me ask you a question are our proxies fighting each other in 8 are our proxy exploiting each other in libya. our proxies fighting each other into so that did we provide $75000000000.00 to saddam hussein did we imprison the prime minister of another country for 3 weeks who has done all of this we have been on the receiving end of their aggressions of the money they spent in order to destabilize us from day $1.00 after the revolution they were hoping to undermine
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the revolution they have not succeeded isn't 40 years enough isn't 40 years or longer enough for them to come to their senses that by paying terrorist organizations by financing terrorist organizations by financing aggressors they're only creating enemies for themselves look at what they've done in syria they finance darvish they are diversion to arm the nostra what did it what did it do to that by the same terms it was say you could have also stepped in it's place like syria where you have a huge political admits to leverage and convince president bashar assad to negotiate a peaceful way out of the crisis that's exact with the syrian people that's exactly what we're doing look at the situation in syria yeah it is it is unfortunate but that's exactly what we're doing that's what that's exactly what we have done with russia and turkey for the last 3 years that's exactly what we're doing but they
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came to syria not to unseat president bashar assad but to push us out they have to recognize that iran cannot be excluded from this region be a part of this reach we are a part and parcel we have been here for millenia we have 7000 years of history in this region we did not come from outside or like others we are from this region we remain in this region and that's a historical fact we need to live together. we want to live with our neighbors we have no choice but we have serious ponts we have historical pons cultural bonds religious bonds and as all muslims are coming back from mina. to finish their hatch we call on our neighbors to come back to what joins us together rather than to what. pulls us apart yemen for example you have good
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relations with the who think this you know this particular issue how can you step in and offer a way out of this crisis in yemen you could you could talk to the host is a convinced that if he was in april 25th seen a few days after the war had started we offer it. at that time. and the united states administration agreed to have a cease fire. and we offered our help unfortunately saudi arabia at that time believed that it could win militarily within weeks that is why it rejected the offer our offer is still on the table cease fire immediate humanitarian assistance yemeni intro yemeni dialogue and an inclusive government that is still on the table they should stop fighting they should stop fighting each other they should stop putting all of this burden on the innocent yemeni people come to then allow yemenis
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to come to the negotiating table and i can assure you we will do what ever we can in order to make that happen there's been a meeting between the senior iranian official and in the red fish about maritime security do you see this as a 1st step towards normalization with united arab emirates well we certainly hope that we can have normalization with all of our neighbors and we certainly hope that all of our neighbors can have normalization with each other there is no reason for the u.s. and saudi arabia and bahrain to try to strangulate gutter and we make it very clear to them this region is too small and too all a time for these games to be play talking about a very complex political landscape in the region which also brings again the same question could these problems that we've been talking about the blockade imposed of your strained relations with the saudi arabian with united arab emirates the own
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growing crisis could it be. conducive to a genuine. debate between the other side is because when we face reality ultimately in the foreign minister saad is consider themselves to be the leader of the sunni islam you consider yourselves to be the leaders of islam and people are saying that after all these years calamity this disaster is civil war bloodshed it's about time for a new chapter it's long go it's long overdue we need to do it we're prepared to do it my proposal for a regional dialogue forum is on the table that's exactly what you do when you have dialogue you don't discuss about niceties you discuss about your differences and i made that proposal 6 years ago i restate that proposal there is a security council resolution 598 which was adopted in 1987 it has
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a paragraph in it based on the iranian suggestion that we need to have a regional security arrangement we call on our neighbors in the region to join us in trying to secure our region the problem has been that some in our region particularly in saudi arabia have believed that they can purchase security from outside that they can secure themselves by relying on the worst enemy of the stomach worlds and that is history they have done that they continue to do that it pains me when i see netanyahu saying that saudi leaders are his friends netanyahu is never going to be a friend of the muslim world his hands are bloodied with the blood of muslim people look at what happens every friday in the occupied territories. this is the reality
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of the situation while you are the relying on netanyahu since you're talking about a prime minister benjamin netanyahu i had a lot of time in iran's supreme leader describe the u.s. middle east plan as a humanity as a crime against humanity which is which prompted a tough response from year u.s. secretary of state mike pompei you do see the mid middle east peace plan something that could possibly see the daylight. i believe the palestinians are the final judge of that and if you look at the situation right now the palestinians are rejecting that and they have every reason to reject it because it basically. it basically legitimises the status quo this is what they have said publicly this is what. i said publicly this is what others have said publicly that we have to accept reality underground reality underground is regression reality underground is
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occupation reality underground is an expression reality underground is why lation daily why elation of human rights of all palestinians i do not believe that the palestinians are prepared to accept this reality on the ground and the us should stop legitimizing aggression why they should have human rights and occupation you've been sanctioned after the client. has a trump chat invitation is this something that could further impede your work as a foreign minister i mean would you be able to travel to the u.s. meet with senators potentially even miss with the president trump if this circumstances are different you see i'm doing my board. i had the pleasure of meeting my counterpart and i'll be meeting with his highness the emir i'm interviewing you so. i mean in today's world you cannot shot at anybody.
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you can't shut them up you cannot prevent a point a minister from doing his job i never request any meetings in the us i respond to requests now if they continue to make requests from me i will respond positively why don't you see the opportunity people would say that well it wasn't so this was just going to be a photo op with no substance who knows it could be also an opportunity for you to at least listen to the man in person and then see how how you can come up with some concessions when you say. really. i mean really busy people i spend days and nights negotiating a deal why should i spent again the same time if that is going to hold only for one and a half or 5 and half years. a very busy person you've been iran's chief diplomat for almost i think 6 yes you go through the madison talks to for the
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land back to 1015 nuclear deal has been the spring war in syria war in yemen the own going crisis with the trump administration isn't this a tough job for you mr foreign minister trying to build bridges with a world that does not trust iran well. and to mistrust is mutual not with the world with a few countries. and i think the rest of the world don't trust might but it's a tough job but it's it's a sweet optimist to be trying to serve your people this is going to be my last question to you. how much you are sorry if iran's foreign minister. how do you see the future deep in your heart when you look at the situation when we see that the next months could be really decisive in the in the region do you have any hopes that we might see a peaceful political way out of the crisis with the u.s. or are you concerned that the potential for
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a war is also that i'm certainly concerned but as a diplomat i always need to look. out and that's what we are trying. to us that he feels for the missile thank you very much i think you have to. at least 63 people have been killed in a suicide attack at a wedding celebration in the afghan capital. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up anti-government
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protesters in hong kong keep up the pressure on city leaders despite warnings from china. thousands in bangladesh are homeless after a fire sweeps through a slot in the capital dhaka. and a warning about the dire situation in the u.k. that it could face if it leaves the european union without a deal. the afghan president says the taliban cannot escape blame for a suicide bombing at a wedding in kabul at least $63.00 people were killed in the biggest attack in the capital this year the taliban has denied responsibility but president on a criticized the group for destabilizing the country. is at the hospital in kabul where many of the insurers are being treated. were outside emergency hospital in central kabul where dozens of people are waiting for years of loved ones people are
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being firies here all night the wounded and also the date people caught up in this explosion at about 1040 last night it was a bed waiting for know in the street by waiting in southwest kabul it was his are awaiting which is the shia minority here in afghanistan we understand that the suicide bomber at the wedding and himself near the front near the stage in the main section causing many many pieces one of the deadliest explosions in kabul this last year we talked to one man who has sat outside this hospital oh no i waiting to hindus he feared people back and forth all night and he was in shock his what he said. i was at the back of the wedding hall when suddenly an explosion happened it was very big i fell down where i was when i stood up or saw tables and people were scattered everywhere the scene was awful my brother was injured most of my friends were killed no one has claimed responsibility for this attack the taliban have come
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out this morning and said it was not we traditionally these type of the text claims by isis is story target shia that his are a minority we're going to start in these areas and another development in. and there are reports of another blast this one's in province at least 11 people are feared dead including 5 for one family it happened in the district no group has claimed responsibility. and i government protesters in hong kong have gathered for one of the city's largest rallies since close to 2000000 people marched in june demonstrators are filling victoria park for a rally that is approved by the police but there are fears of confrontations with security forces as some are testers have now begun an unauthorized march through the city and for thomas joins us live now from the turia park so we obviously enjoy we have to address the fact that we're seeing lots of umbrellas what type of factor might the weather be. where there was absolutely tarantula rain an hour and
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a half ago just as this rally got on the way it lasted for about half an hour if you were writing steadily well not quite so hot ever since but it doesn't seem to have put off people from coming for this rally now organizers say that on saturday that they were expecting that hall for a 1000000 people to come to this rally by sunday morning they were saying they were expecting a 1000000 victoria park has a capacity somewhere between 10200000 in the place that said that should be plenty the organizers said no it won't be and they've probably been proved right because the park was absolutely food to get past the despite the writing as well only on the roads around that park so certainly well over 100000 people came to this rally a couldn't want to put a number anymore it's a problem on it than that at this stage we'll find out later because this is about measuring the numbers this is a real taste of how much support the protest is the unseen beijing if you like the road home called democracy salida based increasingly acrimonious debates in home
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phone still have back in june there was a march that had a 1000000 people then another one that had 2000000 people least one organized by the same group the human rights front of hong kong well they say that if i can get hall for a 1000000 people out this. quite the moment there's been since those june rallies and that will be a real show of strength but they still have the support of ordinary hong kong it's now people are now streaming out of the park you can see some of them behind me they're not allowed by the police to march to where they want to go in admiralty right in the middle of hong kong but they already why they're trying to say that part didn't have enough spice than the try to make a point that they are a much bigger numbers than the place said they were expecting and that's what they smart to do about despite the right will get a firm a idea of numbers relates on sunday and of course later on sunday as well we'll find out whether they sprout a like so many in recent weeks has turned bought and sold off because as you've pointed out andrew what we're saying the gathering in the park that is authorized
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the people behind you that are leaving are not supposed to be leaving so i guess it remains to be seen what type of interaction people will end up having with the police because they're not supposed to be leaving the park technically. technically you're right i don't think the place to be too concerned about the march as long as it stays peaceful i mean you could say these people are just walking home they just happened to go along the route that the organizers 1st wanted to march alongside you know in a sense a bit of semantics there as to whether they're leaving all marching most people here cite them marching down you know we can we can debate that another time would be much more significant is whether anough of these protests to stick around off to the time at which even the march was supposed to finish about an hour from now the original one that the protesters wanted that was banned if they stick around then as night falls they get increasingly noisy rowdy and bought and as we've seen again and again with that would be a completely different matter now we have heard the hold from police have brought
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in 2 cannon vehicles they were on the kalou side of hong kong hall that we just heard in the last couple of hours those 2 vehicles have been brought to hong kong on itself where these protesters are so that suggests that the place to anticipate in trouble and again and again we have. violence is the peaceful protests and the place responding coming out in coming out with the tones coming out as well would take us where they will see that whether the weather will make any difference what we shall see but this is significant this is a real test of how much support the pro democracy saw all of this increasingly for money is to buy still has entered thomas live for us and hong kong enter thank you thousands of people have been left homeless after a fire swept through a slum in the capital of bangladesh they got on friday evening into a poor area take several hours for firefighters to get that blaze out on for child free has more from the scene of the fire and. absolutely devastating scene in the slum over $3000.00 family lived there nothing is left even the trees are burned
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many families actually were in their rural villages for the holidays now they'll be devastated when they come back some people are trying to salvage their life saving whatever they are some said they will actually rebuild their home because they're not very hopeful they're going to be rehabilitated or they're going to get an alternative shelter many of the slum dwellers complain to us they're not getting any food or water they don't know what to do what their future holds but most of them said that we will rebuild our home because we don't have a place to go some of them been living here over 30 years many of them moved from the island bowl of this village on this very washed away by the sea so they are here for generation that work here as either rich or as a day laborer or as a garment. israeli forces have killed 3 palestinians at the gaza border and ensured another that the palestinians protested in the streets of gaza after the men were killed israel says they were trying to break through the border fence and were
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fired on by a helicopter and a tent sheriff's office following the story from leicester islam. well gaza's health ministry is confirming these deaths the israeli army says that it used an attack helicopter and tank fire to fire on a group of armed men near the border between the border fence between gaza and israel are reporting inside gaza suggests from hamas sources that these were 2 islamic jihad members and one member of hamas but that they weren't acting in some kind of coordinated sanctioned way that this was some kind of a freelance individual operation and that has been the narrative coming from hamas which is in control of the gaza strip a number of these sorts of incidents that we've seen in recent weeks just last weekend there were 4 armed men who were killed in a similar area near the border fence by israeli fire on or was the 1st there was a man who got inside israeli territory and fired on israeli soldiers injuring 3 of
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them he too was shot dead in the narrative coming from hamas has been that this is a case of angry armed men who are acting by themselves out of a sense of anger and frustration with the current situation inside the gaza strip now as well as this incident last night we saw 3 rockets being fired out of the gaza strip to those a deceptive one of those falling inside israeli territory that's the 2nd night in succession that we have seen rocket fire coming out of gaza so there is a sense of a worsening security situation going on and perhaps no coincidence that we are in the run up to the israeli election on september the 17th certainly ahead of the april election there was a raising of the temperature in terms of the kind of activity coming out of gaza rocket fire and the. rest of it so potentially we're seeing another flare up in the initial stages erling council to lead sudan into a new era of democracy is due to be named on sunday after the main opposition
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coalition and the ruling military council signed a historic agreement. thousands of people traveled from across the country to the capital where the deal was signed and he gathered at the newly renamed freedom square that was once the side of rallies against former president omar al bashir you know morgan has more from khartoum. after 18 months of protests and 4 months of negotiations sudan's ruling military junta and the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change into a final power sharing deal with marking the start over 39 month transitional period you know there always a mammogram allure with only for whom that is where i stand before you with pride after we've overcome the stage of preparation and progress to the stage of construction we chant together with honest hearts that the focus now is on the nation a nation that is proud of you and you of it a country that has produced people who have raised its name with their generosity
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and achievements the final agreement includes a transitional period led for the 1st 21 months by the military and for the remaining 18 months by a civilian from the opposition coalition. it also includes members for an executive council nominated by the f.f.c. and they will also have control of 2 thirds of the seats in the legislative assembly. but the coalition that has negotiated the deal has other challenges some of its own members have refused to recognize the agreement saying it doesn't address the core issues of conflict in the country other members say bringing peace will be one of the top tasks of the transitional government. at the issue of who are in place is one of the most important priorities of the coalition and we work to tie the issue of peace to the issue of democratic transformation because we believe in the right to live in peace and we believe in the rights of the martyrs the displaced people after a few games we have thirdly if she.

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