angus blair, we have to leave it there. thank you very much, indeed. >> our coverage continues throughout the day. right now we welcome everton fox. is there snow where you really didn't expect it? >> meteorologist: i wouldn't say we didn't expect it for this time of year, but it's welcomed snowfall. not unusual but makes for decent pictures when it does happen, doesn't it. you see the cloud near afghanistan pulling away. we saw a fair amount of wintery weather making its way across northern parts of iraq during the course of the weekend and then during the week we see decent snowfall coming through as well. indeed in tehran we saw a good dusting of snow coming through here. that certainly did allow for some fun to be had out there but also difficult conditions out and about. a decent covering of snow there. welcomed snowfall there, a chance for snowball fight. always the possibility of having fun when the white stuff comes down. it's now clear through bright skies coming in for tehran, and we see temperatures going up an i