berlin. the islamic republic of iran turns 40. thousands mark the anniversaryry on the streets, but many have little to celebrate. for decades after the malaise came to power. consider uncapped promises and the impact of the u.s. sanctions. also tonight, here in berlin, christian bale is in the house, or at least on the red carpet for the film "vice," about the

life and times object cheney. he was george w. bush's vice president, and some say he was the power behind the presidential throne. you were than a third of researchers in science related fields worldwide are female. on this international day of women in science, we asked if gender stereotypes are still getting in the way. a flight to freedom for footballer hakeem al-alraibi. authorities in thailand have released him after a rain, the country where he was born, abandoned its extradition request. ♪ brent: to our viewers, watching on pbs in the u.s. and all around the world, welcome. iran has been marking the 40th anniversary of the islamic revolution. hundreds of thousands of people

gathered in the capital for a rally address by president rouhani he told the crowd that i run was determined to expand its military missile and military power. he asked no one for permission. many chanted "death to america," as they been doing since the revolution. the great satan, as the revolutionary leader dubbed the united states was taken off guard by events in toronto for decades ago. >> it was the winter of 1977. president jimmmmy c cter was visiting t the shot ofof i iran, callingg the country and islandd of sbilityty in the middle east. within a year, the shah would be deposed. small protests had already broken out by the end of 1977. protests against the modernization program and the shah's increasingly

authoritarian rule. in september of 1978, those protests became master menstruation. worker strike -- mass demonstrations, worker strikes and riots. many iranians who joined the uprising were fighting back against what they saw as an attempt to westernize and secularize the country. others were calling for socialism and some were simply angered over the abuses of the shahs's sacred police. amid the mayhem, one oppositionn figure emerged as a leader from his exile in france. the shiite cleric houmaii. with the public disapproval at a fever pitch, the shah lefty ron for egypt. on february the first of 1979, houmani returned to iran, welcomed by a crowd of millions. it was a turning point in the country's history.

just two months later, following a referendum, he at the clamp -- declared the islamic public of iran. it change from a democracy to an autocracy. student revolutionaries took city to amerian's test wanted to american -- 22 americans hostage in toronto. it ended diplomatic ties between the two countries, setting the stage for a broader countryry -- coconflict in the middle east in which i ron continues to play a dominant role. 40 years after the islamic revolution, khomeni remains a hero for many. for others, the legacy has been repression, censorship and stagnation. brent: my first rest -- my first

guest grew up under the shah and was targeted by the secret police after the revolution, he was sent to prison for daring to champion freedom of thought and speech. he spent most a decade underground with his family and now lives here in germany. i am happy to welcome khalil. he is an author, writer and translator. it is good to have you on the program. khalil: thank you for having me. brent: iran is marking 30 years -- 40 years since the revolution. what you see when you look at your home country? khalil: it depends from what angle i look. the people are making some a protests every day, the intellectuals and the humans rights activists and political activists are being arrested

every day. they are treated harshly in prison. the people on the street are having a tough time because their income has been cut down by almost half in the span of a few months. they can't afford many necessities. medicines, everything. the price of everything is shooting up. it is not a happy land at all. brent: you and ibrent:, we were talking today about how in 1979, when you were a student, you had lots of folks for the revolution and what it would bring. those hopes have been --. does iran now need a new revolution? khalil: i wouldn't like to put a

name on what is going to happen. it is going to happen. the people have been striving for the right to have a decent living and obviously, all of the people, the writers and intellectuals have been striving for these freedom of expression. they are going to achieve these demands. at what cost, i don't know. i just hope that it will not be another bloodshed similar or worse than what happened before this revolution until the people pushed the shah out. brent: do you see that change, revolution, whatever you want to call it, to see it coming from within or do you see it being

catalyze from outside? khalil: there are lots of forces trying to have an impact from outside, but i am sure and i hope that i would not be mistaken, i am sure that it will come from within the country, from the people themselves. sometimes, these interferences from abroad and from the powers to be are causing obstacles, problems for the people and for the activists who are accused frequently of working with the enemy. many people would like to leave to keep these appearances out and get on with their own tasks. brent: today, the supreme leader said death to america. -- death to america does not mean death to americans. he says it does mean death to

president trump, his secretary of state and his national security advisor. isn't that the same kind of hateful rhetoric which donald trump is accused of using? aren't these enemies using the same tactics in the public sphere? khalil: they are mirroring each other. i would not wish that for anybody. why not wish life for everybody? the policies that both of them are following -- sorry, are going to bring, are for many people and it is that life is getting difficult for people. i hope we will not get to the stage like iraq, oil, which caused death for many children in iraq. i think they can see that coming in i ron and i hope they can

avoid it. brent: but ask you about the iran nuclear deal. do you trust the regime as the european union appears to do? in trying to keep the deal alive? do you believe that the intentions of the leaders of iran when it comes to nuclear weapons, do you believe those intentions can be checked and that those intentions are good? khalil: i could not just what is going on in their minds. but, anybody nowadays would like to have nuclear weapons just to keep themselves safe. look at north korea, look at libya before qadhafi was toppled. he gave up his nuclear weapons. the iranians are trying to avoid his fate.

i think if the europeans and the international agencies are kate -- careful, they can check if iran is abiding by its commitments and by what it has promised to do under the deal, with five plus one, including germany. brent: khalil, joining us tonight from munich. we appreciate your time tonight and your insights. we appreciate you staring -- sharing your stories with us. khalil: thank you very much. brent: in venezuela, the opposition is planning a big rally for tuesday that their leader and the nations self from tame -- proclaimed president will send a message to the military. the military has says he is ready to defend his country against the united states. >> a defiant nicolas maduro

overseas military drills in venezuela's north. the army, his keep color of support, resented missiles made by russia, one of the doro's most powerful allies. the rapid weight -- the weaponry was shown on state tv. he vowed to defend his troubled nation. >> we are pacifists. as long as nobody messes with us and donald trump does not threaten us, shop, get out of venezuela. out with your threats. there are armed forces here and people here to defend our honor and dignity. >> wild maduro readied his troops, dignity is what these doctors on the border were playing for. -- pleading for. they were at the crossing where maduro's military is blocking a military is blocking humanitarian 84 300,000 people. >> we call on the maduro regime and the military, especially the military to remember that every minute that passes, a child

dies, an elderly person or an adolescent dies in our country. we urgently need this help to enter venezuela. >> maduro believes the relief which he calls a political show could be followed by u.s. led military intervention. he blames the food and medicine shortages on sanctions imposed by washington. there are fears thatat the aid s now becomee a powerful weapon in the standoff. brent: the berlin international film festival is in full swing. dw's maya shwayder is prowling the red carpet for us tonight. she gets the good assignment this monday night. good evening to you. what has been going on there today? maya: just a few hours ago, we saw none other than christian bale himself. the batman, prowling the red carpet. he was conversing with fans, signing autographs and mugging for the cameras. he is one of the biggest stars

this year. he is your promoting the film vice which is premiering here at the berlin film festival. it is about former vice president dick cheney who was a shadowy behind-the-scenes figure in american politics for many years. something that maybe the rest of the world is not familiar with, but as an american, i deftly know who dick cheney was. brent: hard to forget him. i saw the movie when i was in the u.s. in december. you have seen vice as well. i'm curious, what did you think of the movie? maya: i learned a lot if there is anything to be said for that. one thing that the filmmakers said during a press conference was, there is so little actual information out there about dick cheney because the real-life dick cheney tried to keep himself removed from the fray and keep his finger prints off

of as much stuff as possible. they had to hire journalists to interview people in order to make this film. what has resulted is a fun, and a way, i hate to say it given these man's political legacy, but a fun, interesting, creative film about how this man rose to power. you and i will remember, not only was he seen as a behind-the-scenes figure, but in the bush-cheney presidency in the early 2000's, he was thought of as the smart man and the duo, the power behind the throne. this film leans into that, showing exactly what he might have done to undermine the president. brent: it's an interesting story. a lot of commentators said it reminds us of what happened during the bush administration, because many feel like we had the tendency to sugarcoat this years now that we are in the truck era. what else have you seen today?

-- trump era. what else of using today? maya: i had a rude awakakening this morning when the early-morning film was a film called ghost town. it featured several jump scares that i was not appreciative of at 8:30 a.m.. it w was a delicate, intelligen, beautiful movie about a small town in the middle of nowhere in canada. it touches on themes of fear of outsiders, xenophobia and what it feels like to be losing your identity in these small rural towns that are drifting away. brent: i haven't seen it, but it looks like blair witch project in the winter with the lights on. maya shwayder -- maya: a lot of similar elements. brent: maya shwayder at the berlin film festival. the music industry has been solving the 61st grammy awards in los angeles. lady gaga won three awards.

this is america. country music singer casey musgrave's one album of the year for golden hour. here are some of the other stories that are making headlines. dairy farmers on the italian island of sardinia have vented their anger at falling revenues by pouring milk onto unsuspecting motorists. prices have did to 60 euro cents per liter compared to $.85 last year. farmers say that is not enough to live on. rescue workers in the south african city of durban at polled a newborn baby alive from a storm drain after passersby heard the cries and alerted emergency services. it is believed she was in the drain for at least five hours. doctors have healthy survival as a miracle. protesters in haiti have classed with police and the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations against

corruption and the collapsing economy. protesters lit tires and marched through the streets of the capital, raising the pressure on the new president. thailand's election family has disqualified the kings sister from running for queen in the elections. the commission said memembers of the royal family should be "above politics," speaking of politics, the footballer hakeem al-alraibi, who was detained in thailand is on his way home to australia. he was freed after by rain, where he was born, withdrew his extradition request. the claim asylum in australia in 2014, saying he feared torture and death if he were to be sent back to bahrain. his arrest in thailand during his honeymoon sparked an

international outcry. >> justice at last four hakeem al-alraibi. finally boarding a flight back to australia. the bahraini footballer is having to melbourne after 70 days spent in a thai jail. he was arrested in november, while on his honeymoon in bangkok. it was on an interpol work. in his native bahrain, giving convicted of p penalizing a pole station even though he was taking place in and out -- a televivised football match while itit was taking place. greg f foster led a campaign to pressure the government. > bahrain were encouraged to withdraw the e exhibition order. that was always the most acceptable outcome. it is the best outcome. >> al-alraib fled bahrain

and was granted refugee status byte australia. his family worried that his extradition might mean death at the hands of his home countries but the system. now he is on his way back to australia. his ordeal behind bars in bangkok is over at last. brent: did you know that less than 30% of science researchers around the world are women? according to unesco, their participation in information and communications technology and natural sciences is particularly low. the agency believes that girls and women are inhibited from finding jobs in science because of long-standing bias. today is the international day of women's -- women and -- women in science. despite these big efforts, they continue to be excluded from anticipating fully in science, even though women's involvement goes back to ancient times. take a look.

>> the first woman had met dashers name appears in the history of science is psech achet. she trained more than 400 midwives over 4000 years ago. a babylonian is regarded as the first female chemist. she produced perfume and develop chemical process is still in use today, such as distillation. she lived 3000 years ago. about 1400 years later, this woman from alexandria was the first woman to lecture in astronomy and mathematics. this was an outrage to some clerics and she was later murdered. history books tell a story of her killing, but not of her scientific achievements. many women pursued the sciences in the centuries that followed.

in 1786, carolyn herschel was the first woman to discover a comment. she was considered the first woman in her part -- profession. an untold number of female scientists work acknowledged until the 19th century. brent: we are here in the 21st century. with me in the studio is burghilde. she is the president of brandenburg university of applied sciences. it is good to have you on the show. you were telling me, you studied mechanical engineering in the late 70's and early 80's in berlin. were you the only woman in your class? burghilde: that is the first area type. we have had women engineers for more than a century already even in germany and in the united states. we were few. they were about 801st-year students. 800 for women.

brent: how did the other 796 men , how did they treat you? did they treat you as an equal? burghilde: i was treated as something special, curious, i was on was asked, why did you choose this study course? i was fed up, to be always asked and my fellolow students were nt asked that way. it is not good for self-confidence. brent: what were they trying to say with these questions? with a thing that you should be at home? burghilde: not at home, but study something more typical for women. brent: why do you think that is the case echo -- case? what has to be done to change that stereotype? burghilde: if i i knew that, i would have gone to another organization. i think we need role models,

like hidden figures. that is something that i think was very useful to show the impact of women. brent: "hiddenen figures," the movie about women from nasa who helps calculate the first moon landing. burghilde: that was a great film for role models to show two young girls. maya: it was a good -- brent: it was a good film. what are you doing at brandenburg university to improve the situation for female student? burghilde: we try to attract more people students by starting even in kindergarten. we have a lot of offers for boys and girls to gather because we think it is best to treat them together at that age before puberty to increase interest in science and technology. we think it is important to increase the number of people who study this, especially

girls, because at the moment, we are in an area of big technological changes. i think it is important that women and men together work shoulder diversity and change the future. brent: new at the living example of changing the future. we appreciate you coming in tonight to share your story. thank you. a story from pakistan. if you want to be a good truck driver, you might want to be a good interior designer,too. >> this man park -- first the debate painting brush at the age of six. he spent his childhood painting trucks. >> my father trained me while i was playing whatever gains were appropriate for my age. i started by coloring in pictures of small bells, wherever my hands cocould reacat that time.

i was just a small child studying in kindergarten then. >> today, he runs his own workshop, where he and his team decorate trucks like this one. truck art has become a reflection of local pride as well as social and political trends. after the assassination of the prime minister in 20 -- 2007, pitchers of her became popular. more recently, pictures of the current prime minister are in demand. ali says his art t tnscends political and national boundaries. >> our message is also one of love and peace intnternationall. look. princess diana was not from our country but peoeople got her picture painted.. >> t truckers say those pictutus can attract more business, but it is not cheap areaa painting your truruck c c cost anywywhere from 300-9-9000 eus. this oneneustomer ththings it is

worth it. jared: l like -- >> the entire world can n see the in -- the beautiful p pistani vehehicles n the e roads. >> truck art has become one of their best-known cultural exports. ali has seen his worork exhibitd overseas in the u.s., europe, canada, and other parts of asia. brent: you never know what is inside the cap of a big truck. after a break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

twenty four confronts twenty four dot com. hello tonight from terrorism from twenty four the headlines this hour. iran knocks forty years and since the revolution that toppled the shah and gave way to the islamic republic today the country is isolated. and struggling under the weight of international sanctions in this program we will go live to our correspondent in tehran see what is happening. a thai princess withdraws her base to enter politics as the nation prepares to hold the first election since the ministry code. twenty fourteen and support for the ousted prime minister thaksin she no one doubts remain strong. and is this a golden age for women in us politics