the victory of khomeini and the clergy.and during the terror period, what we call the terror period, with mass executions that followed immediately after taking power by khomeini. >> it was initially a popular uprising against the shah that might have gone another way. >> absolutely. there were good reasons for the uprising. you had economic growth, you have the growth of the middle class, and the middle-class have access to education opportunities, economic opportunities, but what lacked seriously back then was social reforms in terms of their political anger. , which the middle-class had grown up economically and demographically with no say in political matters, and the social classes demand lyrical participation. >> there was the time at the arab spring when people spoke of the popular uprising as one of the first uprisings -- of course from outside the arab world, but a model for what followed in the arab world afterwards. ayatollah khomeini returned from exile in paris. and then it was a different turn of the iranian r

. >>> ayatollah khomeini, says, the u.s. and other countries some iran.seeking to develop nucialtion weapons. iran says it's strictly for civilian purposes. >>> an ethiopian co-pilot hijacked his plane to geneva, flight carrying 202 people was headed to rome with a co-pilot diverting the plane. al jazeera's tim friend reports. >> the drama started over italy and two fighters jets were scrambled to accompany the plain plane. the fear was it was a full scale hijacking. the plane eventually touched down in geneva at 6:00 in the morning local time. the co-pilot said he'd sought asylum for fear of% accuse in ethiopia. he waited for the pilot to go to the toilet before locking himself in the cockpit. he gave himself up. >> at 6:10 the co-pilot came out with a rope, he then announced that he was the hijacker. >> all 202 passengers and crew on board were unharmed. the co-pilot could be charged with hostage-taking which carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years according to prosecutors. tim friend, al jazeera. >> trapped south afri

as we heard the president speaking about that, and the leader ayatollah khomeini, and his message inringing iran to that point in 1979. hassan rouhani is very strong when it comes to the independen independence, nationalism and keeping iran on track in relation to the revolutionary goals and regaining his place. iran is closer to the goals of the revolution than any time before, and if you look at the people around us, a lot of slogans against the united states and foreign interference, but very much in favour of irani's message. we keep the ideals of the revolution and stayed strong without continuing this, i suppose, anti-american scent, if you will. a softening of the approach from this new president. a couple of different messages from the president - strong on iranian independence and regaping its place in the world and friendship. >> live in tehran at the 35th anniversary of the islamic revolution. >> translation: in the past six months, as enjoyed relative stability. our people, more than before, are seeking reconciliation, friendship and peace amongst themselves. our people w

forget that lesson, you yank the persian rug out from the shah of iran, and you get 40 years of khomeiniall of this is the legacy of one sanctimonious jimmy carter, who said i want nothing to do with the shot of you ran -- with the shah of iran, and that we have khomeini. here is the point. why do we support israel? the truth of the matter is that what you have is little israel, a little outpost of western civilization in a large piece of real estate that is fairly hostile to it. now, i agree that israel is a problem. why is it a problem? not necessarily just due to the palestinians. it seems like every 15 years, all the arab states gang up on israel and israel pistol whips a whole bunch of them combined, and it is really embarrassing. here is little israel, so israel is seen as the little satan, and we are the great satan. we have to recognize that israel's state is bound up with hours, for better or worse. i don't agree with everything israel does. i'm not saying we should be giving billions of aid to israel or egypt, for that matter. i am not putting this out of bounds for debate, but

the 1971 revolution brought the ayatollah khomeini out of exile where he went on to become the supremeder until his death. in an interview aired on iranian television president hassan rouhani said, "iran is serious about the upcoming negotiations. ". >>> one of the iconic iranian revolutions came when protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in iran. it led to hostage situation, shattering diplomatic situations. al jazeera has been granted a tour of the compound where it started. we are taken inside. >> stuck in time. the former u.s. embassy in tehran stands - mostly unchanged since 1979. the same old equipment, curtains and green paint, telex machines and phones - even paper shredders, relics of a time when enemies were friends. this man was a revolutionary and a student in 1979. now he is a leading voice for reform. >> people don't believe in conflict. we don't live in the past any more. >> in november 1979, he was one of the men who took over the embassy, and held 52 americans hostage. he says he was motivated by the belief that the u.s. tried to sabotage the revolution. the attack led t

the eythe ayatollah khomeini dot believe talks about go anywhere. iran said its nuclear program is entirely for civilian purposes. >>> an ethiopian airlines co-pilot allegedly hijacks a plane today and flew it to gentlemen me have a where he wanted to seek asylum. the plane departed and carrying 202 people was headed to rome, but the pilot diverted it t. >> the fear was this was a full-scale armed hijacking. at this stage the passengers were unaware of the unfolding events. the plane touched down in geneva at 6:00 in the morning local time. the co-pilot said he sought asylum for fear of persecution in ethiopia. he waited for the pilot to go to the toilet before locking himself in the cockpit and taking control of the aircraft. after landing he gave himself up. >> at 6:10 the pilot came out with a rope of the cockpit. he then announced that he was the hijacker. >> all 202 passengers and crew on board were unharmed. the co-pilot could be charged with hostage taking which carries a prison sentence up to 20 years according to prosecutors. tim friend, al

ayatollah khomeini cold his followers that washington would overthrow iran's government if it could. >> americans say, "we are friends of the iranian nation", they are lying. you see it through their actions, they threaten iran. this is not funny, ritedic u louse. threatening us and saying, "you must reduce your defense capabilities." no. different sectors, with the help of gods will increase strength. >> the supreme leader is supported the most powerful leader. he spoke in the 1979 islamic revolution. iran says its actions are in response to the u.s. vessels in the gulf. >> they sped into a city rup by the knights templar. some indigenous people tried to block them entering the city. 200 gay members were roasted. among them the brother of a gang leader. >> storms have hit and caused slick and snowy conditions. snowfall records have been shattered for the pass offic north we. >> we will see upsettled weather. moisture cooing. we vice-president getting soaked. we picked up rain fall. it's been raining off and on since friday. an inch of rain has found. it's not just the north-west. we

when thomas khomeini. singh says many finds similar to what the bible describes that more and more we wouldn't be missed. the duties in relation between the small and ten. and the bureaucratic how empty the bronze age this was a sort of met her in the middle of nowhere and people became more and more aware of the faith that piece was a tremendous forty days in the bronze age and said amen the other people probably the children of restraint were key areas but i think that knowing that most cyanide is in the land of the strand is of any important fact i i i i professor and he and his team encounters conflicting findings. seniors biblical experts believe it was in the late bronze age when moses and the people in israel when he checked and traveled across the desert however the findings. this is really archaeological science. you seem to think back to that early ground seats. they're very serious problems with the park our car chief among them is that the manual and not see the effects given the archaeologists

iranian supreme leader ayatollah khomeini said he supports the talks that does not see any that solution leading to a so called thawing of relations between the time and the united states the neck it even if the nuclear issue as result the satisfaction of the americans one day which is extremely unlikely another issue will fall again though it's not the man and one who is going to read and still back in vienna journalist wait anxiously for any progress from the closed door meetings. so nice and really expecting set up a breakthrough agreement about from this round of talks but again so that they are hoping for the establishment of the framework in which these talks can then follow going forward and hopefully that'll be without long term comprehensive agreement. of course all the parties are under a lot of stress but we don't honor has expressed his opposition to any party using pressure on them on the talks and to coerce the other one into negotiation. what can you tell about china's were and the stalks. as a very important role in these talks i mean it is a close ally it was a time they

deal is taken years but just to get this far i'm in fact on monday it on supreme leader ayatollah khomeini did say that set these talks will not lead anywhere and this is of course adding to the sentiment of the u s president barack obama but he did say earlier that he has no illusions about how difficult these talks will take an ugly those statements with the vocal statements both in the raid inside as well as from the american side argue mention i thought of being either the president of a wood saw the thrill of the steel and very gung about this deal. we've seen some on some of contradictory statements come from him on the other side of the american side we have this whole bunch of democrat senators who want to push for more sanctions on iran is that those folks to simply playing to their own domestic constituencies of dust is actually kinda the people who gather there in vienna. try and find out what caused the details of this historic feat. one thing that's got some big part of it is ample size of during this fasting of the intentions of the other side of friends since a fifty five pl

handed out flyers for a sect of the mujahideen that oppose the government of ayatollah ruhollah khomeini in iran in the early one nine hundred eighty s. that group was taken off the terror watch list back in two thousand. twelth now a saudi was never an active member or a contributor to that group and he has been living in legal limbo in virginia for years as a result of this section of the immigration law so some lawmakers have become vocal supporters of this change to the law in a press statement senator patrick leahy said quote the existing interpretation was so broad as to be unworkable it resulted in deserving refugees and asylum is being barred from the united states for actions so tangential and minimal that no rational person would consider them supporters of terrorist activities but not everyone agrees with the obama administration's recent move senator jeff sessions released an opposing statement saying that it is deeply alarming that the obama administration would move unilaterally to relax admissions standards for asylum seekers and potentially numerous other applicants for a

theyeayatollah khomeini. >> they say we're friends of the iranian nation. they are lying, they are lying. you can see this through their actions. they expect the rebel to reduce its nuclear capabilities this is not funny. is this not ridiculous? they say he you must reduce your uranium capabilities. no, with the help of god we'll increase our defense strength every day. >> we're joined now from washington, d.c. roslind, very angry words from the ey ayatollah. how is it likely to play out in washington? >> it's likely to be met probably, i say probably because officials are trying to figure out how to respond to ayatolla ayatollah's comments. probably with arched eyebrow. these are coming not only from ayatollah khamenei, but pretty much others all week. i spoke with those who are involved with nuclear talks with iran, they testified this week, there were negative comments about her statement, about how the u.s. and international community got to the bargaining table with iran. her comments were dismissed as highly negative and very unhelpful, those were the

. >> and iranians, we're told by ayatollah khomeini that they're not going to go anywhere even if we going to talk for a year. >> i think we're at a point essentially in which probably diplomacy is an important thing, because essentially nothing is going to change in this particular picture without russians deciding that it's in their best interest. why would they decide that? because they've got economic problems that are very severe. hiding behind sochi and 51 billion is the fact that their reserves are coming down very fast. fracking in our country has made a huge difference in their diplomatic situation. they know that. these are the basic things we ought to be talking about. >> you heard ambassador chris hill earlier on in the show. he was really critical of saber rattling in general. he was saying we have to stop this in public. it's happening too much. right now it does seem that the administration has decided on syria, as it tries to contemplate its own policy change here that, you know what? let's make the russians -- let's guilt them publicly. what do you say to that strate

back in nineteen seventy nine that the child is driven from power maturity off with the ayatollah khomeini i return from and i took power in ten minutes in to watch iran's president has to say this because the country marks the thirty fifth anniversary. tori is only done the islamic republic of iran is ready to hit stores on it and see the lion within the framework of international regulations and the safeguards agreements that we are jealous boss thinks that's you know that everyone is coming and she needs it. in the middle of one of those get one since the center of the book jacket on. i need to alter at the preliminary agreement was reached in november that is considered historically find a cell's just a few days to go down before i'd negotiations start again in vienna between the five ministers council poster him onside and iran on the other hand as they seek to find a permanent law student and definitive agreement on tehran's nuclear program that we should even be so far seems an extraordinary step in the right direction compared to what had been that the amount of distrust they use t

february 18, in talks between iran and the p-5-plus-1 held in vienna, the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini said that talks will not lead anywhere. in advantages of the talks, president rue wasn't knee, which prime minister netanyahu has described as a wolf in sheep's clothe shall dndz and i would -e agreed with him on that -- has stated that peaceful will be pursued forever. iran foreign minister a recently clashed. iran has h. no need for either facility. make no mistake, if iran is serious about giving up its nuclear weapons capability, then -- or their pursuit of that capability, then she is absolutely right. there is no need for the iraq facility that allows them to produce lou to enium. there is no need for these underground facilities like fordo, trying to hide their program from the rest of the world. and the foreign minister in reaction to his comments described her statement as worthless and reinforced iran's position that that is not negotiable, their ability to produce atomic energy, the plea to enium reactor at iraq. this is deeply, deeply troubling and it is one of the reasons

all the moderates were disallowed to run in office, and the supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, clearly calls the shots. everything is very delicate and we hope and pray that these negotiations work well. i support the negotiations. i support the administration, but bottom line, again, is that iran must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. is e that our minority whip here, and i'd like to ask him if e would like to join me. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. mr. speaker, i want to thank my colleague, the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, for his taking the time here to discuss two critical problems that confront us. first of all the crisis that is ongoing in ukraine, and the negotiations that are currently under way with iran. mr. speaker, i rise today mindful of the words of president kennedy, who urged us never to negotiate out of fear, but never to fear to negotiate. while rooted deeply in the cold war's tense climate where nuclear war loomed over us all like the sword of damocles, its admonition is releva