news and brief for this hour iran's intelligence minister says security forces have thoughted multiple assassination plans tarding senior sunny clerics judges and members of the islamic revolution god's core ismail khatib said or says the assassinations were aimed at fueling ethnic and religious discord in the country. president zelinski says it's only matter of time before ukraine becomes nato member as france and britain promised fair the military assistance. the two countries's defense ministers as well as nato chief yens stoltonberg are currently in kiev. some leading. research institute worn

the recession in europe's largest economy, germany will be worse this year than previously feared. in the joint forecast, the institute said the german economy will shrink .6% in 2023. nagorno-karabakh's breakaway government has announced its dissolution. over half of the population have already fled to armenia. the mass departure was prompted by azerbaijan's brief military of. operation for the full control of the territory, a russian broken true ended the conflict and kicked off reintegration talks. an iraki security forces have arrested 14 people in connection with deadly fire a christian wedding ceremony in the province of neinavar. over 100 people were killed and scores of others injured in the tragedy. the government has declared three days of national morning.

despite questioning economic sanctions from the west, the islamic republic has succeeded in developing its aerospace capabilities. iran has put a third homegrown satellite into orbit, and that's a big deal, because sanctions have failed. iran's advancements technologically, especially in the aerospace sector, not to mention many other sectors like the military. why has iran been so successful in these advancements? why has the us maximum pressure campaign failed to stop iran despite decades of sanctions? just some of the questions we'll be asking in this edition of the spotlight. our guests for this program are.