reza: mr.sen fakrizadeh, he was, your colleague, one of iran's leading scientists, he was assassinated. reza: does it make you question iran's security structure, like how could this happen on your soil? mr. salehi: this is not a vy complicated issue. if you want to kill somebody and they can always hire some people to kill somebody. reza: your government accused israel of carrying out the assassination. mr. salehi: certainly it is israel, yes, with the support of the united states. reza: something they they both deny or haven't commented on. do you worry about your own safety? mr. salehi: i don't worry about it because we believe in destiny, destiny is in the hands of god. eventually we have to die, sooner or later. you die as a martyr, so much the better. judy: fascinating interview. that was special correspondent, reza sayah, in tehran. the biden administration is struggling to respond to a new surge of migrant children at the country's southern border. our yamiche alcindor takes a deeper lo

azlan will be joining us i'm a link of the law and i'll be bringing reza your comments and questions keep those coming to me with hash tag stream and of course we're live on you tube there's a chat after one side one of our producers is moderating typewriting there what you want us reza and i'll bring not to and now for those of you who aren't familiar with reza aslan here he is on our front but mike he hasn't in november what conclusions have you arrived over your life and your career dare i say over whether religion is a force for good or evil a positive or a negative it's both i mean religion is both a force of good and evil because religion is a manmade institution and human beings are both good and evil and so i don't know why it would come as a surprise to learn that the religious institutions that we create can also be responsible for profound acts of good and compassion and positivity and for equally profound acts of violence and bigotry and hatred two very different versions of religion there are lots to talk about with the acid and joins us from the u.s. city of houston rez

special we'll debate faith reason islam and science with physicist and atheist lawrence krauss and reza aslan author of the new book god a human history. is religion a force for good or evil a controversial question i know but one you just can't avoid in the modern world from violence and terror to gender equality to science reason and education the faithful and the faithless tend to repeatedly clash over whether religion is a net positive or negative whether it helps humanity more than it said joining me today to debate all this on a special edition of the show are reza aslan a scholar of religion and bestselling author he just released his latest book god in human history and from chicago lawrence krauss a theoretical physicist atheist and bestselling author of numerous books on science including his latest offering the greatest story ever told so far thank you both for joining me from reza let's start with you you've got a new book out god in human history you're a muslim you're an academic someone who studies religions up close and personal what conclusions have you arrived at over

so far thank you both for joining me up front reza let's start with you you've got a new book out god in human history you're a muslim you're an academic someone who studies religions up close and personal what conclusions have you arrived at over your life and your career dare i say over whether religion is a force for good or evil a positive or a negative it's both i mean religion is both a force of good and evil because religion is a manmade institution and human beings are both good and evil and so i don't know why it would come as a surprise to learn that the religious institutions that we create can also be responsible for found acts of good and compassion and positivity and for equally profound acts of violence and bigotry and hatred but you're a believer you as a private as a. belief a world without belief a world without faith religion. would be a better world as well people a safer world if that were the religion the world would be a better place it's our view whether it's a it would be a better or a worse place is in some ways irrelevant because of the fact that faith is de

[applause] reza, reza, reza, reza, reza... >> john, john, john, john, john. >> john: talk about jesus you've heard of jesus? >> john: i think everybody has heard of jesus. i think everyone in the world has a relationship with jesus whether they want one or not. this book is about jesus the man, not so much jesus the christ. >> it's about the historical jesus, not the christ of faith. but, i mean, the fact of the matter is whether you believe that jesus was god incarnate, god made flesh or not, you believe that he was also man, and if he was man, then he lived in a specific time and place, and that time and place kind of matters. it's like if you really want to know who he was, you have to put his words and his actions in the context of the world in which he lived. the teachings have to be seen according to the social ills that he confronted and the political forces that he confronted. >> john: i loved this book. >> thanks. >> john: and the time and place in which he lived, it was total, total chaos, possibly the most chaotic time in that region, and that region is the middle east. [la

reza: what are you asking?, you are talking to an american audience who have seen some horrific images. tell the american people what hamas plans to do to end the fighting. >> hamas is looking for justice, and they are adapting. reza: what can you do right now? >> i am telling you. we are adopting the right that has been granted for the masses, the nations. reza: the right to fight back? >> the right to fight back. reza: so you're suggesting the conflict is going to continue? be specific. what do you want to happen immediately. >> releasing 7000 plus prisoners. they are heroes, not criminals. finishing the occupation. we can draft it. you are asking something which is not fair because it is always me. reza: no, it is not. i have you now, so i am asking. >> palestinians are living under occupation. we have only two ways. either the international community excess pay the tax of independence of the palestinians, or we will do it all ourselves. reza: what hamas decides to do from here is a daunting open question. w

in this meeting he talked about reza zarrab the -- reza zarrab case.i think he wants him back but more than >> happy to hear about this for you, but i guess would you agree with that assessment? why would he want him more than gulen? turkey was involved in undermining ally interest with iran, or is there something greater? >> this is one of the strange things that i think people in washington have wondered about. there has been in private meetings, he has been very focused on this. he is one of the case to go to way. yet, why is not immediately understandable to people outside of turkey. this case could confirm the corruption allegations. one of the consequences is this could give a newfound legitimacy where has previously he has been able to dismiss them. y something has been any revelations that would come out f this would be easy for erdogan, given his effective use f rhetoric to dismiss. it on seems like he is more concerned about the potential revelations than people from the outside think he needs to be. this is people trying to understand why th

reza: did russia have any -- >> no.ouple of days ago in moscow and we had reception with them. we chatted over many things. they were very warm, and they are our friends. reza: these days, he gets plenty of warm receptions in government organized events in tehran, where he criticizes the israeli government's bombing campaign of gaza, occupation of public land, and defends the october 7 terror attacks that killed more than 1000 civilians in israeli towns bordering gaza. you say the occupation and the illegal settlements are the root cause of this conflict. you say israel is to blame. but i have to ask you, how did the attacks of october 7 help resolve these issues? >> the attack of the seventh of october is a reaction to the big action of occupation. sometimes you do it with a stone and sometimes you do it with rockets. that has shaken the israeli army. now you have awakened the international community that palestine is not to be wasted. for us, when the so-called peaceful solutions are exhausted and the peace process fa

. >> reza aslan, author and scholar. he a muslim who was once an evan evangelical christian. >> when a muslim who starts to write about jesus, all of a sudden the knives comes out. >> the life and times of jesus of nazareth. >>> reza aslan. pleasure to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> look at the conversation you started with this book, "zealot", the life and times of jesus of nazareth. the jesus that so many of us came to know through the bible through pastors was also the jesus of your youth. >> that's right. yeah, when i was 15 years old, i heard the gospel story for the first time. it was a transformative story for me. i didn't grow up with much religious teaching. when we came to the united states to iran, we scrubbed our history, the 1980s was not a time to be of iran ian origin. i was deeply spiritual kid. didn't have much instruction. but maybe what it had to could with childhood images of revolutionary iran, the way in which i experienced in a deep and profound way the way that religion has a power to tr

also, acclaimed author, reza aslan, is here. he's out with a new anthology, it's called "tablet & pen." we're glad you've joined us. that's coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance us proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: please welcome danny boyle back to this program. the oscar-winning director of films like "slumdog millionaire" and "trainspotting" is in the middle of the conversation about this year's best film. his latest is called 127 hours, starring james franco. here now a scene from "127 hours." ♪ ♪ tavis: i was just whi

than iran in this situation reza. is there any indication right now that the u.s. would really want to renegotiate this deal i mean do they want this trump actually want some kind of a deal or is this an indication that the hawks are winning out and that confrontation or possible confrontation is looming i think trump and the people that he surrounded himself with in senior leadership positions in the white house with the possible exception of jim mattis aren't really interested in negotiating a new deal what they're interested in is capitulation and that's not going to happen from the iranian side i can promise you that so really what we have now is a situation where if we hearken back to the days of two thousand and five to two thousand and thirteen iran's former president mahmoud ahmadinejad was so politically toxic in washington that he essentially rendered the viability of sustained diplomacy between the u.s. and iran impossible and i think donald trump has essentially become the amen version inside of iran's politics now where it is going to be borderline imp

for reza zarrab. but experts say actually if the judge counts every transaction in this money laundering it could be really, really long, which apparently is the -- how these things go. so we are looking at maybe more than a century of jail sentence. all these allegations, of course. reza zarrab was not convicted in turkey. and dismissed his charges. and the police and the prosecutors who launched those investigations also dismissed and i think many of them either fled or in jail. and here 20 months we have seen dozens of pretrial conferences, hearings. but we have not so far had a person, convicted person that we can say. so these are allegations. >> svante, johan alluded to the background of this of zarrab's arrest in 2013. can you tell us the context for that? >> sure. for me the case of reza zarrab is very symptom mick of turkish-american relations right now. because if you are so to speak in turkey or if you are in the united states you are living on different planets in many ways. and what you i

reza who created the online news outlet wrapler, was charged for an article the site published in 2012. they could face between six months and six years in prison for a case that has been widely condemned as politically motivated. reza who used to be a cnn bureau chief spoke with cnn last night after posting bail. >> we swat it away and keep our eye on the ball. it makes me wonder and worry what is the government afraid of? why are they afraid of journalists? why must they always make me feel their power? i think i'm a nice person. i ask very respectfully. our reporters are very respectful, but they just don't like the questions. >> she's a former "time" magazine person of the year. she has posted bail 8 times on a litany of charges that she calls an absurd effort to silence her. >>> this morning dow futures plunging more than 500 points. this points to more losses at the start of the week as the market deals with renewed fears about the coronavirus, the broader effect on the world economy, the u.s. economy. this is trade adviser peter navarro says that president trump is pushing now f

reza: thank you. [applause] reza: thank you. mehdi: there is a press conference right here. i will have to ask everyone to leave the room promptly to let people do their work. koppe koppe [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> more live coverage coming up tomorrow. a discussion on the role of special counsels. we'll hear from ken starr who investigated the whitewater and lewinsky investigations. it is brought by the freedom forum institute. live saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. sunday night on "q&a" -- >> this american nazi party had 20,000 supporters who came to a rally at madison square garden. as that footage shows in the middle of new york storm troopers giving the nazi salute was a swauts can next to a picture of george washington. that rally was for george washington's birthday. there was an american fascist movement in the 1920's and 1930's, earlier than people think that was the phrase america first. >> university

just about a block and a half away from the willie mays gates, reza kazmiri is eager to welcome fans back to his restaurant, yummy plate . we cannot wait. like most restaurants and shops near the ballpark, reza is busier when it is baseball season. >> a big difference. it adds up , 35, 40% when they are playing. >> reza's numbers look even better when the giants are winning and fans filled the stadium but that has been a bit of a challenge for the team in recent years. for the 2023 seasons, giants attendance was a little under 31,000 fans per game, excluding 2020 and 2021, that is the second lowest the giants average attendance has been since the giants moved from candlestick in 2000 to what is now oracle park. with a fresh squad including new players like jung hoo lee and more, reza thinks this year could a good one for his favorite club and therefore his restaurant. >> we can see what they're going to do. i am sure they will make a difference. >> long time giants fan brenda ochoa shares his optimism. >> i am pretty hopeful. >> she is bringing something special to the table this sea

. >> reza aslan is joining us. his most recent book is "zealots: the life and times of jesus of new zealand roett." professor -- nazareth. since the last time we saw you, we have a new pope -- >> guest: yeah. >> host: -- there's been a rise in isis, and more people are identifying as atheist than ever before. >> guest: that's right. [laughter] >> host: what's your take on those topics? >> guest: well, first of all, i'm a big fan of the pope. i'm the product of a jesuit education, and the minute that i knew we were going to have a jesuit pope, i knew that things were going to be different. i mean, if anybody is familiar with the history of the catholic church and the thorn in the side that the jesuits have been in that church for centuries, i think you knew that this was going to be a revolutionary moment. and he has not failed to really live up to the expectations that a lot of us had of him. i think what i would say very quickly about this pope is that he's learned a very valuable lesson from his predecessor, card

from my hometown of dallas, texas, please welcome reza zamanian. how you doing, reza? how you doing? good to see you. a dallas boy. >> you got it. >> i already like you. >> thankonaire." >> it's great to be here. >> um, who are you playing for today? wh >> so my parents immigrated here from--to dallas--from iran 40 years ago. they really sacrificed a lot for us. they're not the kind to actually take vacations or take trips. so, uh, this is what-- that's who i'm playing for. >> 's awesome. >> yeah. >> well, let me tell you what you're up against today, because you're also here playing for some cash. >> let's do it. >> a million dollars, in fact. 14 questions, money values growing from $500 all the way up to that $1 million. [cheers and applause] every question you answer correctly moves you one step closer to that top prize. remember, at any time, you can walk away with the money that you've earned up to that point. if you give me an incorrect answer, you walk away with nothing until you get to those thresholds--there's two of 'em, one at $5,000, then again at $50,000.

barbara, reza, and gary with still with me.arbara, there has been glimmerings from an iron coming in from the cold last spring in switzerland, where if the world could do business with the country on this basis, this was a precursor, a confidence-building measure. has that lived up to that billing, for example, when we look at syria? >> well, certainly iran is now at the table over negotiations with syria. i'm not going to say that is necessarily going to bring peace, but we have a halt in hostilities. but it is a step, given iran's strong support with bashar al-assad, and its alliance with russians, who are even a bigger player in syria in some ways than iran. and the precedent of the p5-plus-1 and iran reaching a deal like this is mentioned very often by the prime minister has a model for resolving other issues. i think the european union has also referred so it as a model. >> in the leadership circles, is there a taste for an iran that is back in from the cold? do people in positions of authority and responsibility in tehran

tonight a conversation with author and scholar reza aslan. he has spent a career asking difficult questions about the role of religion in our lives. his previous best-selling books explore the origins of islam and the life and times of jesus. his latest text applies the same rich story telling to the subject of god, aptly titled "god: a human history." we're glad you've joined us for a conversation with author and scholar reza aslan, coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> please welcome "the new york times" best-selling author, perennial "the new york times" best-selling author reza aslan back to this program. his latest book is one that examines how humanity's intense belief in god has shaped our history. he says it is the most personal book he's ever written, and i think i read somewhere the hardest book he's ever written. >> yeah. >> it's titled "god: a human history." reza, as always, my friend, great to have you back on this program. >> thank you. it's great to be back

for the "pbs news hour," i'm reza sayah in tehran.esident biden met israeli president isaac herzog and reaffirmed his, quote, "ironclad commitment" to israel. much of the administration's focus now is about humanitarian aid in gaza. but they also discussed the israeli hostages still held by hamas. nick schifrin is back with more. nick: it has been 403 days since october 7, 2023, when more than 250 men, women and children were abducted from israel and taken to gaza. the israeli government says hamas is holding 101 hostages in gaza. and, today, herzog says, while the day after the war was important, the war would continue until the hostages return home. isaac herzog, israeli president: clearly, you're thinking and working about the day after as well, which perhaps should be a trajectory of hope to the people of the region and the ability to have our neighbors, as well as us, live in security and peace. but, first and foremost, we have to get the hostages back home. pres. biden: i agree. nick: one of the most devastated communities on oc

ali reza tolu regularly meets with his daughter's lawyer.esale tolu's trial is set to begin on october 11th in istanbul. her lawyer is worried, because she says that right now judges are ruling largely in favour of the policies of turkish president recep tayyip erdogan. she can only shake her head at the charges against her client. in 2015, mesale tolu attended the funerals of two left-wing extremists belonging to the outlawed marxist-leninist communist party, who were killed by police in istanbul. the same year she also attended a memorial service for a member of the kurdish militia ypg who died in the fight against is in the same year she also attended syria. >> the events were an expression of freedom of speech. they took place under the supervision of turkish security authorities and ended peacefully. now they're being denounced as terrorist propaganda and attending them implies you belong to a terrorist organization. >> it's time for serkan to go back to his mother. ali reza tolu hopes his daughter will be released in october, after her

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our reza sayah is in islamabad, pakistan. reza, hearing anything more about the circumstances of this arrest, how it happened? >> reporter: fredricka, we don't have the details surrounding adam gadahn's arrest. and we should point out that u.s. officials, we've been contacting them, they have yet to confirm adam gadahn's arrest. but we are getting the news confirmed by a senior pakistani government official, once again, to recap, the government official saying that adam gadahn, the american citizen who went on to join al qaeda was captured in an operation in the southern port city of karachi. karachi has been a focal point of operations by the isi, pakistan's powerful spy agency, who has been working along with cia. together, they've been arresting a number of high-value afghan/taliban leaders. last month, it was mullah, five other senior taliban leaders arrested. now you have abdul -- excuse me, adam gadahn being arrested. we should note that pakistani intelligence source telling cnn that over the past month, adam gadahn was