to the fury of the rulers of the islamic republic, narges mohammadi's voice of resistance will not be silenced. shouting back in 1979, the iranian revolution swept the shah out of power and ushered in the rule of the shia clerics, led by ayatollah khomeini. narges mohammadi was just seven at the time. the revolution changed her life. she trained as a scientist, but having seen family members arrested and imprisoned, she was drawn to journalism and to protest. she married academic and political dissident taghi rahmani. they became a power couple in iran's protest movement. he spent years in prison before fleeing into exile. soon, their two childrenjoined him. since the green movement protests of 2009, iran has been roiled by sporadic mass protests.

narges has spent much of the last decade either in court or in prison, for campaigns against political repression, the death penalty and prison abuses. one of her fellow inmates in evin prison was the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. she is a very lively, very kind, very generous woman who would make sure that everyone who comes to the general ward feels comfortable. when 22—year—old mahsa amini died in police custody in september 2022, having been detained for violating the islamic dress code, a new protest movement led by women and girls confronted the regime. the slogan "woman life freedom" swept through iran and across the world. from her prison cell, narges mohammadi smuggled out messages of support and defiance.

she speaks french narges mohammadi hasn't seen her teenage daughter and son for eight years. she calls that a pain that reaches to the marrow of her bones. they will accept the nobel peace prize on her behalf, a moment that will bring home the price narges mohammadi has paid to continue her struggle. taghi rahmani, welcome to hardtalk. it's a great pleasure to meet you and to talk to you. and i must begin by wishing you many congratulations, of course, on behalf of your wife who has won this amazing award, the nobel peace prize. but i imagine you being here and her unable to be here, your emotions must feel very mixed today.

as you say, this is an award based on a lot of campaigning work that your wife narges has done over many years. i want to ask you a few personal questions, if i may. the first is a very basic one. she is in evin prison. are you and your two children able to communicate with her right now?

but can you...? literally, can you talk to her at the moment on the telephone? is it possible? i just wonder whether you have a sense of how she is feeling right now, because i know she's aware that you and your children, ali and kiana, have come to 0slo to receive the prize on her behalf. but are you able to tell me how she is feeling right now?

you and narges have made extraordinary sacrifices to continue your human rights campaigning work. i know you have been in prison, i think, for more than 14 years inside iran before you took the decision to leave the country. and, of course, you now live in france. you and narges have had very little opportunity to actually enjoy married life together because, of course, in recent years, you've been completely separated and she spent most of the recent years in prison.

have you and she talked about the price you have had to pay to continue this work of yours? what does she say about it?

it is very difficult for me to imagine what it has been like both for you and for narges as a family. because if one thinks about the amount of time she has spent in prison, the reality is that, for more than half of your two children's lives, ali and kiana, she has been completely separated from them. she has not been able to see them at all. it's a huge sacrifice. she has talked about it. she's talked about how the pain of separation "reaches to the marrow of her bones".

try and explain to me what it is, what is the strength, the determination inside your wife that makes her able to withstand that kind of pain.

you talk about iran being a land in crisis and, of course, the crisis has intensified since the killing in detention of the young woman, mahsa amini, who was picked up by the morality police because they said she was violating the rules on proper dress in iran. since then, we've seen waves of protest across the country, particularly young people, particularly women, chanting, "woman, life, freedom."

does narges, who, of course, is watching this from evin prison, does she believe that this protest movement can fundamentally change iran?

0n the specific question of the compulsory hijab, which was obviously the spark for this protest movement and the slogan, "woman, life, freedom," narges has written from prison in words that were smuggled out, in which we have all seen. she has said, "the compulsory hijab "is an instrument of domination. "it is one way in which the regime," she says, "has legalised

and systemised "the tyranny and repression of women." would it therefore be fair to say that narges believes that that there cannot be freedom, democracy, equality in iran under the current islamic theocratic regime? your wife knows better than anybody the determination of the islamic republic leadership to suppress the current protest

movement and to repress the freedom movement that you and your wife are a part of. she wrote this extraordinary book, white torture, about the treatment of women prisoners, about the way in which solitary confinement and cruelty is systemised in evin prison. given that determination on the part of the regime, how can narges continue to believe, as she seems to, that victory will come for those who are campaigning for freedom and democracy?

if i may interrupt, just for a moment, look at the reality. hundreds of people killed during the protests, the death penalty being used against some of those who were part of the protest movement. everything suggests the regime is actually cracking down harder

and many of the protests have been reduced in size and scale. to the outsider, it looks as though the regime believes it can outlast the protest movement.

i need to end, if i may, asking you another difficult and personal question. narges mohammadi has suffered terribly in prison. her health has been very poor at times. she almost died on one occasion in prison. she still faces years in prison. she still faces, in theory, more than 100 lashes as part of her punishment.

do you believe that you and your children are going to be reunited with narges one day?

do you think winning this prize might make a big difference to the causes that narges has devoted her life to?

taghi rahmani, we must end there, but i must congratulate both you and your children for being here in oslo to receive the nobel peace prize on your wife's behalf and thank you also very much for being on hardtalk.

hello. wet weather over the last few days has brought flooding in some locations. it does look like the next few days will bring something of a respite as this area of low pressure begins to slide away eastwards. with this low pressure clearing eastwards, we also see a change in wind direction. the wind starts to come in from the north—east during wednesday, and that will pull some slightly colder air southwards across the uk. certainly nothing exceptional for this point in december, but a chillier feel to the weather on wednesday. across england and wales, quite a lot of cloud. still some showery rain. a bit of brightness developing, some sunshine across south—west england, wales, into north—west england, and for northern ireland and scotland, wednesday looks like a mostly dry and mostly sunny day, but a chilly one. 4 degrees for aberdeen, 5 degrees for glasgow. it may be that parts of south—west england and the channel islands get into double digits. now, we've got a slice of clear

skies moving eastwards during wednesday night and you can see from the blue colours here, that will allow for a touch of frost, but only briefly, because this band of cloud and rain pushes in from the west. it ushers in a return of milder, westerly winds. so through thursday, this band of cloud and increasingly patchy rain clearing eastwards across england. for wales, northern ireland and scotland, we get into some sunshine, just a few showers up towards the north—west. it is going to be windy for a time in the north of scotland. we could see gales here for a time. but milder air starting to make its presence felt out towards the west. that's a process that continues on into friday. we see this quite weak frontal system pushing its way in towards northern ireland, parts of scotland, north—west england. that'll bring more cloud, a bit of showery rain. in fact, generally, i think it will turn quite cloudy and maybe quite murky in places as well through the day on friday. the best of the sunshine towards the south—east corner, but that's where we'll have the lowest of the temperatures. 0ut west, with extra cloud, with some rain, it is going to start to feel milder.

now, as we head into the weekend, high pressure builds strongly across the south of the uk, frontal systems up towards the north bringing the chance for some outbreaks of rain. it's going to be windy, but those winds coming from the south or the south—west. that means it will feel really rather mild through the weekend. so, a lot of cloud around on saturday. some misty, murky conditions. it's going to be quite breezy, quite windy up to the north—west, where we will see some outbreaks of rain in north—western parts of scotland. maybe the odd spot of drizzle for other coasts and hills in the west, but double—digit temperatures forjust about all of us. maybe 13 or 14 if it brightens up in the north—east of scotland. and then into sunday. a similar sort of day really. large areas of cloud, some mist and murk. there may be some sunshine, equally some rain up towards the far north—west, and those temperatures generally ranging between 9 and 12, maybe 13 degrees celsius. now, as we head into next week, it looks like we'll see a frontal system pushing in from the west. that's going to bring some outbreaks of rain, and then perhaps a more active front moving south—eastwards. behind that, we change the wind direction again. we get into more of

north—westerly wind. that will introduce some colder air across the uk. there could be some winteriness in the showers in this north—westerly airstream. just quite how long spell that spell of colder weather will last is open to a degree of uncertainty. but we can sum next week up like this. at this stage, it looks like we'll spells of rain, it will often be quite windy. it will turn a bit colder for a time, and that brings the chance for some wintry showers up over high ground. that's how it's looking for the week ahead. bye for now.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko 0i. the headlines... the un general assembly overwhelmingly demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza, as president biden says israel is starting to lose international support. ukrainian president meets us leaders, with a $60 billion aid package still held up in congress. british prime minister rishi sunak wins a crucial vote on his flagship rwanda bill for asylum seekers — as he sees off a rebellion from members of his own party.

the un general assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. though it's non—binding, analysts say it israel said it would only benefit hamas to the detriment of gazans. it's a powerful measure of international opinion. though the united states voted against the resolution, president biden

said earlier that israel was