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seeks an emergency un security council meeting on the ongoing protests in iran as tehran accuses its rivals of stopping at the i.r.s. . the leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials advanced damage control times over diplomatic revelations and alleges the media giant colluded with hillary clinton. and an anti german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting anti muslim hatred. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is argenter national thomas glad to have you with us as iran sees its sixth consecutive day of unrest at least twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in the country on
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monday night nine people were killed six during an attack on a police station this is footage from that incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the side in the last three days alone reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests across the country we've been asking people in tehran what they think about the protests and the encouragement coming from abroad. i feel that if people's economic problems were addressed these accidents would never happen again so if someone from the government came and spoke to them these incidents would not escalate i mean just. the cost of living unemployment and lack of attention to people authorities say that this problem started with the surge in the prices of basic food supplies. i need to back past the who says time for change should think and be worried about their own
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country and the rainiest should think about their country everybody should stop by trying to make progress at home. i don't think trump should interfere in our country's issues i don't think our issues are any of his business. argy correspondents americano has the latest to details on the ongoing protests and international reaction to. the u.s. has firmly voiced its support for the anti government movement baster nikki haley has even called for an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss the ongoing situation and to courageously stand up for quote oppressed people rising up against their dictators even going on to praise the great bravery of the protesters the international community has a role to play going on this the freedoms that are enshrined in the united nations charter our nerves are under attack in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the u.n.
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must speak out well to provide a bit of context iranians first took to the streets to express discontent over the country's economic situation and alleged corruption in the government and now it's nationwide with both anti-government factions and pro-government factions but hundreds of arrests have been made there but by clashes and even some deaths which has allowed other nations to chime in on in iran's internal affairs and voice their support for the entire government movement and iran's president has come out in defense of peaceful protests but the supreme leader believes the foreign powers are to blame let's check out what was said. that the enemy is waiting for an a but you need for a correct it can infiltrate if you look at the recent days incidents all those who are at odds with the slum equiprobable have utilized various means including money weapons bullet and intelligence apparatus to great for these linux system macwhich
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public and these like revolution for president trump kicked off the new year unleashing a stream of tweets on the issue accusing iran of corruption human rights violation and spending it's well from terrorism and of course the israeli government has followed suit even going. to say that the iranians and israelis will be friends once the regime forces but what's even more surprising is that israel faces the same discontent some anti-government protests and some over trump's recognition of jerusalem as its capital but what did nikki haley have to say about this it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government so we outlawed the tremendous courage of the iranian people now we saw strong when it comes to the freedom and dignity to a very union people who have but you have a different meaning of freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people will be because we've been brutalized for over fifty years of occupation the palestinians now have to show their world they want to come to the table as of now
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they're not coming to the table but they ask for aid we're not giving aid we're going to make sure that they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process well it seems the u.s. supports peaceful protests against enemy governments and dismisses peaceful protests against allied governments as militant but i guess consistency isn't washington strong suit covered author and a former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiating team and gave us his thoughts on who might be behind the protest. one wonders what is the nature of the clandestine cia and their governments operations to foment disturbances. trouble inside iraq you know sort of these disturbances have been in the kurdish regions of iraq and you know we have heard from the saudi officials that they want to bring trouble inside iraq and the saudis have now sponsored one of the main dissident organizations headquartered there in france the m.k.
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all. bankrolling them and so one can only speculate and say educated guess that you know tremendous amount of money and resources going into a buy and there are a our enemies are we're on him to causing political problem for dating in government. president trump has called for financial aid to the palestinians into question in a new tweet he claims that despite giving them hundreds of millions of dollars a year they give the u.s. no appreciation or respect trump also suggested cutting the aid because according to him the palestinians are not willing to talk peace with israel we discussed this with editor of the palestine chronicle ramsey about rudy who thinks trump's move is a form of intimidation. i don't think it is i think it is part of the. policy that has been followed by the trump administration for months now and it's
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a policy that is coordinated suit very well with the israeli government the tweet that he did today was also joined by a statement made by nick either u.s. ambassador to the united nations that she says forthright that we will not be giving money to under the u.n. and refugee agency that is the key to helping millions of palestinian refugees in palestine and in the future it comes across the middle east if this is not a form or bullying it's not a form of intimidation then what is. trump's earlier move to recognize jerusalem excuse me as israel's capital has sparked a violent unrest over the past month and now the israeli parliament seems to be adding fuel to the fire has passed a special legislation on jerusalem making possible the separation of arab neighborhoods from the ancient city called the unified jerusalem amendment of the legislation also requires two thirds of parliament to approve any decisions made
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regarding the boundaries of jerusalem we spoke to political commentator amir oren about possible reasons behind this move. every once in a while when the polls show that netanyahu is quite low. there you go again shouting jerusalem they are all self-styled harry would be try to hide their own hands and selves into a box and then jump into a river and hope that no one will be able to send a giant crane via the great powers to them out of because if. at some future date some future government would like to negotiate the future off the territories occupied by israel for the last few. fifty years including east jerusalem these parliamentarians hope that it will be unable to do so but of course
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this is just a new lucian because if the reason some formula by which there will be a negotiated peace with the palestinians that the government of the day will change the law and therefore it will be able to split the jewish part of jerusalem from the arab part most israelis especially those who live in tel aviv in the good scene of the don't really care that much or would even prefer to have jerusalem split between israel and the state of palestine once it's established meanwhile protests have been continuing over president trumps the decision to recognize jerusalem and move the u.s. embassy there here is a look back at some of the disturbances with past four weeks. i. was sleepy.
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and there has been outrage over reports that the palestinian leader's party is instructing youngsters on how to hurl stones at israeli security forces we have reaction on that. all what we see now in the territories is permanent incitement for people to come and. and even the last. we saw when they explain to their children children you know what teenagers do to throw stones on the israeli passengers. innocent people in cars and they say don't underestimate the stones it's a fossil damage please throw stones on the israelis and we're usually here this an answer back listen it's not it's not proportional picking up stones and throwing at the occupier is not a palestinian invention and it's certainly not something that all of a sudden popped up in two thousand and seventeen the fact is palestinian protests
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throughout the past weeks since the announcement under islam have been peaceful there have been absolutely no use of arms while the israelis have used life or they have used tear gas this proportionately and in a manner that many have said is not in line with international law or the standards used usually by other law abiding states we are not waking up in the only group of followers palestinians to kill or to shoot what we hear on the palestinian. communication mean we hear every day incitement to kill israelis launching resize only exploding what do you expect us to do the fact that israel is the occupying power in palestine is a legal fact it's not up for debate this has nothing to do with opinion it has nothing to do nothing for specially certainly has nothing to do with god what
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happens every day in palestine is the palestinian population confronting and millet. mary that is basically a at the regional superpower a military that has control over every aspect of life for palestinians we confront these israel these soldiers at the checkpoints we have to deal with them when we need to move from one point to another in our own homeland they decide whether we can build our homes or not whether we can keep our schools the control is absolute we do not need any other conclusion form anybody this is all capital and i believe that sunday is palestinians will come to negotiate us instead of using terror all against us they will have a couple in their model for the first time in history policy will ever state side by side by israel and this is what we aim to. win while pakistan has summoned
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the u.s. ambassador over another tweet of this one posted by donald trump on new year's day in his first twitter salvo two thousand and eighteen the american president accuses lama bought of quote nothing but lies and deceit the united states has foolishly given pakistan more than thirty three billion dollars in aid over the last fifteen years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit thinking of our leaders as foods they give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help no more he is again and again venting his frustrations on pakistan over america's failures in afghanistan as they are trapped in a dead end street tribes tweet has triggered mass protests in pakistan people took to the streets to burn the u.s. flag.
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