have a choice between 4 candidates out there was dorothy jabari is in the iranian capital, tara, there is a lot of support behind every game, right? you think is the head of the countries to sherry. he was appointed to that post by the supreme leader himself. he will have to resign if he is.

let's speak to dorothy jabari. she joins us now from the capital to ron dorothy. this push back on the us, as we've been saying, not a huge surprise. no, certainly not. and according to the government spokesperson, i will be, it's not the 1st time the united states has expressed such opinions on iran's internal matters, the present honeys spokesperson allie read me during his weekly briefing to the press said that these kinds of comments that are coming out of the white house and the secretary of state who has commented on neurons, recent elections, the presidential elections are nothing new and not surprising, but of course they are not welcome. these comments are considered to be the united states, yet again, meddling in or ons, internal affairs. any question about the legitimacy and the process of these elections are certainly not welcomed by the iranian officials. and in turn, the president elect himself had a press conference on monday, during which he reiterated his position that the attacks on his human rights records in his previous positions he held in go

well, let's speak to dorothy jabari. she is in her on 4th door. so this pushback on the us, not a huge surprise that no, certainly not 10. it's what the government spokesperson id rather you said during his weekly press conference, he indicated that this is not, of course, the 1st time the united states has attacked iran electoral process. of course, iranians believe that any kind of criticism or comments from the us administration about iran election process and this specific election presidential election was considered a attack on the country's entire electoral system and that they have and they believe to be democratic. the comments also are seen as an attack on the president elect abraham bracy who is still the head of the countries judiciary. of course, this comes at a time when the president likes pass has been questioned by specifically the united states various levels of government within the u. s saying that his questionable human rights pass, of course, indicate that he's not a part of a process that is legitimate of course, the rain an

it is not a constructive move at a time when nuclear talks are underway in vienna. dorothy jabari into iran is more now on iran's reaction. while these sites are all off branches, off shoots of the official fate, tv websites and belonging to the state. and these have been really, there's been a lot of anger by officials from various levels of government we heard from iran, had her on the un mission. who said that the radiance will pursue this a through legal channels that it is shameful. we also heard from the countries communication minister, who said that this is not something the us sure is able to do because it's illegal . he call the illegal act. we've also heard from the countries foreign ministry who issued a statement saying that this was a shameful and act dot carried out by the u. s. government. and it's not, it's a double standard for them. when they preach about democracy for them to do this, to the iranian sites. hong kong last, the pro democracy newspaper has published its final edition. the apple daily closure is seen as the end of an era from media freedom in the city.

you speak with dorothy jabari doors of the presence of the leg says he doesn't want yvonne's foreign policy to be defined by the nuclear agreement. why is this? well i think at this point, he's laying out very early on that he's having a bad in case this nuclear deal. does it happen? he doesn't want to be responsible or accountable for that. i think he's playing it very, very safe. he say there are a lot of other issues that name he also made reference to iran's relationship with regional powers, including salary arabia and the ongoing war and yemen. he said that those issues are something the readings are willing to move forward on, including the fact that iran does not have any issues with saudi arabia, that they are willing to sit down with them and reestablish ties. that is something that the previous administration has also hinted at in terms of yemen. he mentioned the fact that they've solution for the war in that country needs to come from the many people themselves. but when it came to the nuclear deal, which dominated most of the questions from for media, his 1st press confe

so thank you for that. dorothy jabari line for us to inquire on in hong kong, the pro democracy newspaper apple daily has confirmed. it will shut down operations by saturday after its assets were frozen. the announcement follows the arrest of its chief columnist. the writer, known by his pen named leaping is a 6 staff member detained this month under bay james national security long diego palin has the latest from hong kong. the task union has confirmed to us that the paper is likely to stop it's printing process officer tonight, which means that tomorrow will likely be the last print edition of the paper. now this echoed the board of directors, concerns and statement saying that the paper will concede to continue to exist and to follow the rest of that were another arrest of one of its employees. this time, the 55 year old call him this, you mention. he was a prolific writer, a well known for his outspoken views on china. he's been arrested on charges under the national security law for collusion or foreign forces. now was seen as an extension of a raid on the building behind me by 500 p

jabari. she is in tehran, forth, dorothy, nice. 33 websites being seized. i imagine terrans, not particularly happy, can you talk us through some of the reaction you've been hearing that certainly, and absolutely nobody here is happy about what's taking place. the head of baron's mission to the united nation says that iran will pursue this matter through all legal channels that is available to them. we've also heard from the foreign ministry who is issued a statement saying that this is a breach of international law, and that it is a very hypocritical acts by the united states government. they are trying to sabotage the free voices of the iranian press. of course, these 33 sites are all branches, various options of say, tv owned website, and the official, the government's meeting cabinet meeting, which took place earlier on wednesday morning. we heard from hudson, ronnie's chief of staff. let's listen into some of what he had to say. about, you know, me check on the con john the, what the us did to iranian websites was a breach of all principles of freedom