hold many, -- with the ayatollah khomeini their anxiety -- ayatollah khomeinim anxiety -- ayatollahni, fear turned to panic. >> when we lost contact with vic wednesday or thursday, the foreign ministry no longer allowed our calls to go through. >> we were on our own at a house leased by the embassy and one that could be traced by records at the embassy. >> i told them they better move to another house. >> and he took us to kate cobe's house, a couple of blocks away, and a car driven by ann irani and friend of his who he trusted -- driven by an iranian friend of his who he trusted. >> we could not risk being seen by any person walking down the sidewalk. we decided within a few minutes that this was not an acceptable hiding place. >> i thought it would be a good idea to do something i had in the back of my mind all the time, took all my good friend -- to call my good friend from the canadian embassy. >> the phone rang, and i got up to answer it and found it was bob anders. >> john said to me, well, why didn't you call sooner? he said, come over here. you can stay with us. i immediatel

the ayatollah was now prepared to bargain. gerhard was contacted by a close aide of the ayatollah. with the iranians were held in west germany throughout september and released, but war intervened. on september 22, 1980, iraq invaded iran and the talks were pushed aside once again and for the host agency the ordeal continued. >> there were a couple of people over in tehran that cracked. they couldn't handle it and they went slightly crazy and others were pulling them through. there was one person in particular that used to fly out and he would jump up and convulse and hop around the room and just all of this bindle of energy coming out and he'd be mumbling and crying to himself and targeting himself and crying and the man would go totally ballistic and not know what was going on around him and he'd sit back down and wouldn't remember. he would not know what was going on. >> we were never permitted to see any of the men. we had no contact and we had the most difficult things to deal about. >> there were two there were two suicide attempts. >> three attempts by malcolm kelp. >> his w

the ayatollah was now prepared to barter.tacted by a close aide of the ayatollah. secret meetings with the iranians were held in west germany throughout september and released. but war intervened. on september 22, 1980, iraq invaded iran and the talks were pushed aside once again. for the hostages, the ordeal continued. >> there were a couple people in tehran that cracked, they couldn't handle it. they went slightly crazy. others were pulling them through. there was one person in particular that used to fry out. he would jump up and convulse and hop around the room and all this bundle of energy coming out and he was mumbling and talking to himself and crying and giggling and laughing. the man would go totally ballistic and not know what was going on around him. down and wouldn't remember. he would not know what was going on. >> we were never permitted to see any of the men. we had no contact with our colleagues and that was perhaps one of the most difficult things to deal with. narrator: there were at least two unsuccessful s

head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of staff and very importantly the 2nd son of the ayatollah khamenei he's the only one of the i told his children to actually works with in the office and certainly represents his father at times in public so this is a significant selection of sat inside with the 40th anniversary of the arabian hostage siege now certainly these are significant the sanctions aimed at the very most senior levels of iranian leadership the 9 figures who individually singled out all members of the inner sanctums say a national security officials among them is the head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of staff and very importantly the 2nd son of the ayatollah khamenei he's the only one of the i told his children to actually works within the office and certainly represents his father at times in public so this is a significant selection of sat inside with the 40th anniversary of the arabian hostage siege now certainly these are significant the sanctions aimed at the very most senior levels of iranian leadership the 9 figures who individually singled out all

the ayatollah was now repaired to bargain. at the former west german ambassador to iran gary heart rate soul was contacted by a close aide of the ayatollah, secret meetings with the iranians were held in germany throughout september. but war intervened, on september 22nd 1980 iraqi event in iran and the talks were pushed aside once again, for the hostages the ordeal continued. >> there are a couple of people that cracked, they couldn't handle it and they went slightly crazy and others were pulling them through, there was one person who used to fry out, he would jump out and convulsing hop around the room and all this bundle of energy, mumbling and talking and giggling and crying. you go totally ballistic. >>. there were released two unsuccessful suicide, but also efforts to escape, one made by steven. three attempts are made by malcolm kelp, his window is what it shut. >> six of them beat me into unconsciousness, kept me handcuffed and they kicked me in the temple a couple of times, i still have a consistent ringing in my ears

and ayatollah was still seen as figurehead not hands-on leader. so it was a riddle for the american government. he quickly got a hold of our allies. carter, he's that kind of mind, he kind of step-by-step moves through the process to resolve this issue., what he didn't realize was that there were factions in iran that did not want to resolve the issue. that this crisis was good for the iranian factions wanting to create an islamic state. they wanted to maintain a crisis with the united states. you've got an american government trying to rationally resolve a very unpleasant nomadic problem and you have a factions with iran, who want to foster and inflame this crisis. to gain legitimacy for the islamic action really trying to sieze total control of the islamic government of the iranian islamic government by that time. to negotiate barriers with very different interests. in terms of the takeover of the u.s. it doesn't happen in one day. it takes place over time. there was a strong islamic presence in those protests. big faction of the revelers near r

the central bank and day behind in flames police cars and a billboard of the ayatollah and they are also engulfed in blazes scenes of unrest and destruction in southwestern iran. in the capital tehran demonstrators wish death on their supreme leader. the unrest has left many dead or wounded this footage was recorded on saturday before the government blocked the internet on monday came this statement from the commander of the bus each a militia loyal to the government and. i will mean that yesterday the situation was stable throughout the country today things are also under control most of the people behind the riots have been identified and arrested this time the americans did not have any success and they added another defeat to their tally the better part of the mission of. the united states has criticized the rainy and security forces for using violence against the protesters secretary of state might pump a 0 posted in a tweet as i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you. because of u.s. sanctions iran's oil trade has collapsed the governm

what is an ayatollah? what does an ayatollah do? what is shiism? what is this policy, the religious holiday, people going alone flagellating themselves? all of these things for most americans, i would say 99% of americans, were eye-opening. they had never seen anything like this. this all increased the sense of drama and attention that was being focused on iran. the hostage taking created a wave of unambiguously. it was no longer a mysterious force, it was in people force it was an evil force. it is important to remember that the hostage crisis took place at a time when not only were the american hostages taken, but we had other serious events. the seizure of mecca in saudi arabia, the attack in islamabad. all added to the sense that this was a very important event. much of that frustration focused on the president. it is deeply ironic, because we now know from hamilton jordan's memoirs and others that jimmy carter from the beginning expected that the embassy would be taken over if the shah was brought to the united states. he was pressed by his ad

the head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of staff and very importantly the 2nd son of ayatollah khamenei who sometimes represents his father in public and is certainly very influential the only child who operates within the inner sanctum of the iranian leadership so these are significant sanctions that have been applied to trying to hone in those that were on the very its most senior levels of the iranian leadership it's all serbian amounts that a reward has been offered for robert louison now he is a retired f.b.i. agent who disappeared in iran in $2720000000.00 reward has been offered for any information that leads to his whereabouts so a host of actions taken on this 40th anniversary administration officials very important to point out that this has to do with the anniversary more than any reaction to the latest iranian moves on the day i can with the latest from washington d.c. mike thank you. at least 5 people have been killed after iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters in the capital baghdad live rounds were fired at them strangers were approaching the prime mini

what role will the influential cleric ayatollah ali khamenei ali al—sistani play in all of this?ayatollah ali khamenei ali al—sistani certainly appeared to withdraw any support from adil abdul—mahdi's government after the rise of the last few months and the lack of services but let's keep in mind that the biggest difference between the chack logic act in iran and in iraq is thatany between the chack logic act in iran and in iraq is that any run they ta ke and in iraq is that any run they take a much more activist approach —— she cleric. adil abdul—mahdi is not going to say this is the plan you are going to take and this is a man will appoint. —— ayatollah ali khamenei ali al—sistani. he is whole plan is to keep a separation between mosque and state and i would suspect that every week we will have a sermon that every week we will have a sermon and it will try to push iraqi politicians closer to having some sort of reform, some sort of deal but, fundamentally, the system needs to be reformed. what role, if any, iran, the regional power and iraq's neighbour playing? the united state

-- of the ayatollah or also in blazes.n the capital of tehran, demonstrators wish death on their supreme leader. the unrest has left many dead or wounded. this footage was recorded on saturday before the government blocked the internet. on monday came this statement from the commander of a militia loyal to the government. >> yesterday, the situation was stable throughout the country. today, things are alslso under control. most of the people behind the rights have been identified and arrested. this time the americans did not have any success and they added another defeat to their tally. >> the united states has criticized iranian security forces for using violence against the protesters. secretary of state mike pompeo posted in a tweet, as i said to the people of irann almost a yer and a half a ago, the united states is with you. because of u.s. sanctions, iran's oil trade has collapsed. the government or short of funds and is trying to offset its losses by raising gasoline prices. a payments are planned for 20 million peo

cleric is urging the military and police to avoid using excessive force against protesters grand ayatollah ali al sistani says the government must respond as quickly as possible to demonstrators demands overnight security forces shot dead at least 5 protesters in the southern city after reports crowds were trying to break into government buildings troops also broke up a section of the entrance of the port that is iraq's main port for oil and food and at least 6 protesters dead in the capital baghdad today. using live ammunition demonstrators are angry at the lack of public services and want a political natasha good name has. her square. this very day. is really.

calling protesters saugus and some of those protesters they're now publicly calling for the ayatollah to go i'm berlin this is the day. this is not the regime that pays us for our sacrifice. protest is different from riots the entire nation has the right to protest. he said setting a bank on fire is not an end run by the people this is what thugs for the world. come and. i own a car to use it not to plug the road it's. also coming up german race driver sophia flourish is back in the driver's seat hugging the curves at full speed one year ago one of those hugs turned into a hit at 170 miles per hour in the corner i started crying it happened so fast no thing gets deployed saw the video it didn't know that i was fighting for me it didn't feel that bad i meant to pain so that kicking in. our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with maximum pressure on the leaders of iran and this time it's coming not from us sanctions but rather from angry iranians 3 days ago the government began rationing gasoline and at the same time doubled the. pri

will submit his resignation to parliament his decision comes after iraq's top shia cleric the grand ayatollah ali al sistani called for a change of leadership protesters who've been calling for political change in iraq have begun celebrating well in 400 people have died in 2 months of antigovernment protests in a statement he said i'll submit my resignation to the house of representatives in order for the council to. it's options may gold protect iraq and its people live to baghdad and correspondent mohamed jump to mohammed are we any clearer on when he might actually do this then. peter no clarity yet on that point and it's something that a lot of the demonstrators that we've been speaking with here since the announcement made are really starting to wonder i mean they say it's not enough for them that the prime minister says he's going to step down they want to know exactly when that's going to happen and beyond that they want to know if anybody else is going to step down because that has been one of their key demands to an overhaul a complete overhaul rather of the political system here in

what role will the influential cleric, ayatollah sistani, play in all of this?d to withdraw any support for abdul—mahdi's government after the riots of the last few months and the lack of services, but let's keep in mind that the biggest difference between the way the shia clergy act in iran and the way the shia clergy act in iraq is, in iran, the shia clergy take a much more activist approach to government. sistani simply wants to be a guide and is not going to basically say "this is the plan you need to take. this is a man you need to appoint" and anyone who wants him to do that is actually being foolish because his whole brand is to keep a separation between mosque and state, and so i would suspect that every week, we are going to have a sermon and it's going to try to push iraqi politicians closer to having some sort of reform, some sort of deal but, fundamentally, the problem is that the system needs to be reformed. michael, in a couple of sentences, if you can. what role, if any, is iran, the regional power and iraq's neighbour playing? well, you know, the

ali khamenei study there but also the founder of these amik revolution ayatollah khomeini spent many years there in exile this city is very important for iran because of the clerical. schools that are there in the history that they share the opinion here is that these attacks are taking place by small groups of people that are being fueled why outside forces mainly western countries to try and create a rift between the relationship between iran and iraq their relationship has never been stronger right now there are trade annually is at $13000000000.00 in the ratings are currently providing a 3rd of the country's electricity in iraq so it's very important for this relationship to continue also strategically iraq lies shares a border with syria as well as saudi arabia countries that iran is very interested in maintaining some kind of power or around and so for them this incident is unacceptable and they will do everything they can to put pressure on the iraqi government to try and quell this on the rest as soon as possible. live in tehran thank you. for the sound hammer out a coalition

government protests well abdul mattie's innocence comes just shortly after iraq's top shia cleric ayatollah sistani condemned the lethal the use of lethal force against protesters and called for a change in leadership. genius in no way the parliament from which this current government is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood of its children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented from having the right to demand reforms we also confirm that attacking private and public property is forbidden and that property should not be left to be attacked by infiltrators and their allies. not a dent in the following the story from baghdad today's mourning the deaths of protesters many see this as a bit scary. there are fireworks going on all around us there is music that is playing there is dancing going on this is an extremely vibrant scene and it really goes to show the right now in this pa

and around supremely the ayatollah ali khamenei has backed a fuel price increase of up to 200 percent that sparked a nationwide protest he denounced what he calls hooligans for taking part in sabotage at least 60 people were arrested on saturday evening. now saudi arabia has put a preliminary valuation on its state owned oil giant around the curve of between $6.01 trillion dollars that's still short of crown prince mohammed bin sounds target of 2 trillion the kingdom says it's looking to raise more than $25000000000.00 by selling a 1.5 percent stake in its oil company it's now taking bids from investors and the final price will be set off to that phase which ends on december 5th out of there is economics that is abu dhabi says crown prince mohammed bin will be disappointed with this valuation. 1st of all remember in 2016 he wanted 2 trillion dollars for the computer wants to raise $100000000000.00 for other projects that they want to invest in now we have come to a point where basically international investors have baulked at the idea that they would be willing to invest in this compa

government protests well it's a lot is an assessment scum suggest shortly after iraq's top shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protesters and cold for change in the other ship saying. the parliament from which this current government is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard. and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood evidence children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented from having the right to demand reforms we also confirm that attacking private and public property is forbidden and that property should not be left to be attacked by infiltrators and their allies so it's led to the civil unrest well the demotion of a popular counterterrorism chief in september fades into small anti-government protests mostly young iraqis who are demands in jobs are now calling for better basic services and an end to corruption the government's responded with force if you were protests spreading fro

iraq's grand ayatollah condemns attacks on peaceful protesters amid more overnight violence. i bought into turns to the gaza strip overnight less than a day after a cease fire was a courage. and a kurdish iranian refugee released from an australian prison camp tells al-jazeera he won't forget those still fighting for a better life. hola also has condemned attacks on peaceful protesters in the country and says now the demonstrators demands have been met there's been some confrontations between police and protesters in baghdad iraq human rights commission says at least 325 people have been killed so far iraq's government has taken some measures to address their grievances but many forecasters want a complete overhaul of the political system in aim is in baghdad for senate after friday prayers are expecting another big day of protests yes. she's going to step out of the way we're catching 8 her to. you know who like. that protesters might have been overcome with scuse me tear gas as you mentioned come about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon at the square is going to be so packed y

in other news iraq's grand ayatollah ali al sistani has condemned attacks on peaceful protesters in the country and says that none of the demonstrators demands have been met meanwhile they have been some confrontations between police and protesters in baghdad on friday the iraqi human rights commission says at least 325 people have been killed since protests began on top of 1st the government has taken some measures to address protesters grievances but many want a complete overhaul of the political system natasha good name has the latest. i've been here about every day for the last month since october 25th and protesters have been as passionate as determined and as clear in their demands as day one they want the current government to resign and elections to be held the government is making promises all reforms to appease protesters there is a draft of a new election reform a law that needs to be reviewed by the parliament 2 former governors in babylon and basra have been charged with corruption related offenses corruption is a big issue in this country protesters allege that there is a

announced new sanctions against 9 of rain ians close to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei they are such a party of reports that from tehran the head of iran's atomic energy organization at one of the country's most important nuclear facilities this is where ali akbar salehi announced that iran has now added another 30 advanced centrifuges mahabharata zines. we want supposed to have 30 chinese centrifuges we wanted to work on it after we tested 20 chinese centrifuges then 3 to 4 years later to work on the 30 chinese centrifuges but we faced political challenges and senior authorities decided to show iran's potential power and determination this is another step taken by iran to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal authorities here say since the united states withdrew last year and imposed if syriza further sanctions on iran the remaining european signatories have yet to uphold their end of the green meant and until they do iran will continue to advance its nuclear program. that is something to european union is continuing to warn against we have continued to archie

ayatollah ali khamenei has described the protest as a security matter. very little information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place is difficult to verify. videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price of gasoline u.s. sanctions and mismanagement are the main causes of iran's economic crisis. also president i have 3 jobs to support myself of course people are upset and now they found a reason to show their dissatisfaction that everyone does it in their own way. but of course the pictures of men who have been arrested are shown on state television they're accused of initiating the protests at the behest of other countries one hard line newspaper reports they could face the death penalty. more than 1000 people are believed to have been arrested in the wake of the protests the un has expressed concern over the security services heav

this was when the story resurfaced, with a videotape now on the internet, on of all places ayatollah khomeini's website. whenever i go into an iranian store, whenever i meet iranian friends, sometimes i will travel abroad, there may be some iranians there. this happened in istanbul and people will say i remember you, one who met with ho him x y and z. people tell me that they use this interview as an example of the mixture of the use of language and culture to make a very strong point. this was a small triumph. i did not save the world, i did not solve the hostage crisis. but i think what i was able to do was hold the values of our service and our profession. there are certain rules of interaction and to violate those, go against those violates thousands of years of rules of human interaction. when i think about that story i still get some satisfaction from it. >> 40 years ago, students over in the u.s. embassy in tehran and held 52 americans hostage for 444 days. sunday watch american history featuring the american hostage crisis. the guests on washington journal and former irani an

can we expect some kind of a crackdown because the supreme leader ayatollah come in a has condemned these protests and even president hassan rouhani warned that the country cannot allow this kind of insecure teacher crack to carry on. well i mean this is the this is typical approach by the state throughout these recent years from the 2009. 104 that until now. the response of the government has really cracked down immediate crackdown and the suppression and crackdown did begin from the very early on it wasn't following ayatollah khomeini's intervention but following his intervention now the political office of. islamic revolutionary guard corps i.r.g.c. has issued a statement yesterday saying that they will actually intensify and take a harsher approach following what he said so i think. the government's stance is that you know that it has to be stopped at any cost because their experience from what happened in syria and elsewhere is that the moment the protesters gain some sort of victory then it has a kind of domino effect and it will be difficult to stop it so i'm afraid the while and w

they didn'tid appreciate that ayatollah khomeini, the leader of the radical revolution in exile outside of paris, that the deceptive ascending back stirring up a fundamentalist revolution. they didn't understand community himself. they didn't understand the domestic politics and orion. it is unforgivable and unacceptable intelligence and in my book by stan turner, who is ahead ci apologizes and we did not give the president the counterintelligence he need it. >> why didn't he then withdrawal. >> in february when the first assault was made against the embassy, was repulsed. the government were able to repulse it. there wasn't an appreciation for the underlining conflict between the pro-democracy nationalist like those guys in the fundamentalist and what khomeini did steve, is he used john and the hostages is political bonds. to solidify his support and push out the democratic nationalists. they resigned after the hostage crisis. the cause of opposition to breach of all internationals. i get why didn't we in february see okay, we had one of these, let's take everybody else. we didn't then

his book is called "in the shadow of the ayatollah."he was a 1979 hostage in tehran during the embassy takeover, and now it'sy your turn to take yor questions to him directly. let's begin with a call from martin in chicago for william daugherty. martin, you're on the air. go ahead. >> caller: hi, dr. daugherty. you said that then iranians blame us for everything, so what are we responsible for? >> guest: well, we're not entirely blameless. we stayed out of iranian aa fairs for the most -- affairs for the most part until the nixon administration. the shah and his predecessor, during the h 20th century, kept pressing the united states for particularly military equipment as dictators, autocrats tend to do. tbut we, we left things basicay alone. iran was kind of a side show in what the british and the russians called the great game dealing with afghanistan and that part of the world. iran did sit across the trade routes to india, which is very important for the british 'em -- empire. after world war ii, however, when the united states, russ

importance of the attack in a shia majority city cannot be understated this is the city where the ayatollah khomeini used to live it's considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly that's not the case. protesters say rand is exerting t. much power in iraq they won't directly government to take action to limit it was it's the 2nd time this month that in a rainy and consulate has been targeted by iraqi protest as 3 weeks ago security forces killed to demonstrate is in the city of copula. both attacks feed into the white anti-government protest movement that the gulf to iraq since october so it's unclear you know what options the government in iran has in response to these protests i don't think they have very good options and as so i suspect right now there is deep panic and paranoia in terror on over what happened today in najaf. the challenge for iran is how to respond without alienating the shia community upon which it's relied to expand its re

from the share center in london thank you very much iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali hum and they has backed the gasoline price rises that have caused a nationwide protests demonstrations broke out across the country after the government raised the price of gas by 50 percent to iran's $0.12 a liter mass protests in the capital tehran and elsewhere some of which turned violent with demonstrators setting fires and breaking windows iranian authorities raise the official death toll to at least 3. u.s. electric carmaker tesla plans to invest up to 4000000000 euros in its recently announced factory outside berlin germany german media reports the creation of a so-called factory could bring thousands of jobs to a region weak in industrial factoring but no legal papers have been signed yet and tesla family ilan must does have a reputation as a corporate maverick. the announcement came as a total surprise. in. a news matter of fact. we've decided to put. the plan is to build it in the small town of clean just east of. it'll be tesla's new europe factory where the s.u.v. model y. and batteri

iraq's grand ayatollah condemns attacks on peaceful protesters amid more overnight violence. about and to transfer the gaza strip overnight less than a day after a cease fire was a courage. and a kurdish iranian refugee release from an australian prison camp tells al-jazeera.

iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has voiced support for a fuel price increase that sparkeda nationwide protests he denounced what he calls hooligans for taking part in sabotage that's as riot police and security forces again fought with demonstrators across dozens of cities on saturday military sources in democratic republic of congo say rebels from the allied democratic forces armed groups are attacking the eastern region of benny at least 15 people were killed in the attacks in the same area on friday night the i.d.f. rebels are retaliating after the army and u.n. peacekeepers launched a major new offensive against the group last month it's mainly based in dense forests near the ugandan border and lebanon's former finance minister mohammad safadi has withdrawn his name from contention to be the next prime minister so far he said it would have been difficult to form a harmonious cabinet 3 major lebanese parties had supported his nomination in a statement he added that he hoped outgoing prime minister saad hariri would be renominated. well those are the headlines to join me

iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has backed a field price increase that sparked a nationwide protests he denounced what he calls hooligans for taking part and sabotage that's as police and security forces force with demonstrators across dozens of cities again on saturday protesters are angry that petrol is being rationed and that prices are rising by as much as 200 percent positive ari has more from tehran. a number of incidents have been reported overnight and early morning by the official state news agencies here they include the setting a gas station on fire as well as attacking a police station in the city of shiraz and a number of religious leaders have been arrested in the city of mashhad as well as about 60 people have also been arrested in a muslim their own province now all these incidents are being carried out by what the supreme leader has called hooligans the highest authority in iran has been speaking to religious students in tehran early sunday morning where he voiced his opinion on the latest news about the fuel price increase let's hear what he had to say. i'm

reporting that over a 1000 people have been arrested in protests against fuel price rises supreme leader ayatollah ali how. need announced what he calls her lagoons for taking part in sabotage riot police and security forces have fought with demonstrators across dozens of cities on saturday protestors unhappy with petrol being rationed and prices rising by as much as 200 percent this go to door she's joining us live from the protests continuing doors there with a large number of arrests. yes elizabeth we heard from the ultimate authority in the islamic republic that is the supreme leader who spoke early this morning and he basically made his position very clear that this decision made by this economic commission stands and that the different bodies within the establishment will move forward with making sure that the fuel hikes are in force now this is been met with some very very harsh reaction from the average iranian they've been protesting across the country and we've heard that over 87000 people took part in these demonstrations over the past 48 hours now we also heard from the intelligence mi

the grand ayatollah ali sistani is the top shiite cleric here. he said that while he urged protesters to stay peaceful and to reject violent acts he also says that the country must not descend into civil strife or tyranny and he also demanded that parliament act with more resolution and in a quicker manner to try to solve the crisis here look time and again we've heard from religious leaders and parliamentarians and other government officials in iraq urging the government to do more to try to in the crisis here in fact the matter is it really hasn't made an impact on what is going on in the streets in the major cities of iraq young activists around the world are skipping school to protest against climate change the marches began in australia and japan students in sydney protested outside the headquarters of the ruling party under a smoke filled sky australia's southeast has been devastated by bush fire as which some blame on climate change and students in india's capital demonstrating outside a waste energy power plant new delhi is one of the wor