faced new sanctions targeting its top leadership including the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many terror on says it will go ahead with his plan to reduce its commitment to the 2050 nuclear deal despite the increasing pressure from washington and the u.s. national security advisor john bolton he's warned that all options remain on the table if iran continues to spew its new clear ambitions. he has more now from the iranian capital tehran. in his 1st public appearance since iran shot down a u.s. surveillance drone last week president hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are the irrational actions of a confused government already know it they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted with mental retardation and doesn't know what to do. the supreme leader occupies such a protected position in public life that in iran insulting him is illegal in the u.s. applying pariah status to someone so highly revered has angered leaders into iran but of. iran bangle obviously has not only the le

hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are the irrational actions of a confused government didn't know it they are suffering from mental disability the

impose new sanctions on iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and other top officials an iranian foreign ministry spokesman said the measures were a sign of america's desperation but u.s. president trump called them strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions. in front of the assembled press president trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions against iran the order is meant to limit access to financial resources for iran's supreme leader ayatollah how many and his associates we will continue to increase pressure on terror. until the regime abandons its dangerous activities and his aspirations including the pursuit of nuclear weapons increased enrichment of uranium development of ballistic missiles engagement and support for terrorism fueling of foreign conflicts and belligerent directed against united states and its allies. the reason given for the additional sanctions a u.s. drone shot down by iran and iran says the rationale was fabricated the u.s. government also accuses the iranian revolutionary guards of attacking merchant ships

financial action against the country's supreme leader and his associates mr trump says i tolerate ayatollah ali khamenei is ultimately responsible for iran's hostile. also on the program of the earthquake in turkey as the opposition wins control of its downfall thousands celebrate the victory deals of close to present budget time on his ruling party in the country's biggest city. to jet fighter jets to the north of the country both pilots who checked the one device. i'm still gale welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order targeting financial sanctions against iran supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and his associates mr trump said he was taking the action because ayatollah khomeini he was put was the person responsible for iran's conduct he said the united states did not seek conflict with iran but would continue to increase pressure to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups the supreme leader of iran is one. also believe is responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime is respect. it was it is country is offers ov

well as i mentioned the new sanctions go away up to the supreme leader ayatollah ali time with a michaela has more from washington. as promised another round of sanctions against iran these in addition to a number already put in place and directed at the country's most senior leaders president trump did not elaborate on the precise nature of the sanctions apart from saying that they would bar the leaders from access to financial instruments i want to thank our military i want to thank all of the people that have been working with me over the last number of months on this think a lot of restraint has been shown by us a lot of restraint. and that doesn't mean we're going to show in the future no complete details provided by the treasury secretary either but speedman did confirm that some of the sanctions are a direct response to last week's attack on a u.s. drone iran contended the drone had penetrated its space an accusation denied by the u.s. i'm not going to identify which ones or which i've said that some of this was in the works some of this is a result of recent activities deep concer

and this time he's taking direct aim at iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khomeini.he measures approved today are in part a response to iran's downing of a u.s. drone last week. the goal is to squeeze iran's economy further to get it to drop its nuclear program. paula reid has more on how the onctions will work. >> never can iran have a nuclear neapon. >> reporter: president trump is increasing pressure on iran by blocking supreme leader ayatollah ali khomeini and other top officials from using international banking systems. >> sanctions imposed through the orecutive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader and the supreme leader's office and those closely h hiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. >> reporter: also targeted, eight iranian military commanders the trump administration says were responsible for shooting down a u.s. drone last week. iran's economy has already been strangled by u.s. sanctions on its oil industry and other targets. these new sanctions may only have a minimal impact as top nranian off

a historic visit to the islamic republic and today on his final day he met with supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and he specifically said why he's here he said that he's here to deliver a message from u.s. president donald trump and the supreme leader said to him that he doesn't consider trump a person worthy of a response that he's seen what the message was and he's not even going to reply to it there are very strong words from the supreme leader saying there is no way the iranians will ever come back to the negotiating table with the americans in light of their behavior over the past year since they've withdrawn from the nuclear agreement of 2015 the supreme leader one to say that iran has never wanted to acquire nuclear weapons that if they did this would not be something the americans could stop them and they don't consider their opinion of any significance but the supreme leader himself said that he issued a fatwa years ago banning nuclear weapons so it's not something iran has ever wanted but unfortunately the japanese prime minister will be leaving to iran later today with empty

impose new sanctions on iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and other top officials an iranian foreign ministry spokesman accused the us of being desperate and up destroying established mechanisms for maintaining peace u.s. president signed off on the punitive measures yesterday. in front of the assembled press president trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions against iran the order is meant to limit access to financial resources for run supreme leader ayatollah khamenei and his associates. we will continue to increase pressure on terror. until the regime abandons its dangerous activities and has aspirations including the pursuit of nuclear weapons increased enrichment of uranium development a ballistic missiles engagement and support for terrorism fueling of foreign conflicts and belligerent acts directed against the united states and its allies. the reason given for the additional sanctions by u.s. drone shot down by iran tehran says the rationale was fabricated by the us government also accuses iranian revolutionary guards of attacking merchant ships in the st

impose new sanctions on iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and other top officials in iranian foreign ministry spokesman said the measures were a sign of america's quote desperation but u.s. president donald trump called them a strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions. after ramping up the pressure the united states struck a more conciliatory tone at a meeting with israel and russia in jerusalem u.s. national security adviser john bolton encroached iran to seek dialogue the president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiably eliminate iran's nuclear weapons program its pursuit of ballistic missile delivery systems its support for international terrorism and its other malign behavior worldwide all that iran needs to do is to walk through that open door predictably u.s. attempts to use economic leverage to get into negotiations did not go down well with tehran iran's president on monday lashed out at trump for imposing sanctions on iran's head of state i told our company that you know i don't mean god. how can a

placed new sanctions this time targeting its top leadership including the supremes leader ayatollah ali how many tehran says it will go ahead with its plan to reduce its commitments to the 250 nuclear deal despite the increasing pressure the u.s. national security advisor john bolton he's warned that all options remain on the table if iran continues to conceive what he called its nuclear ambitions but iran says monday's sanctions have now permanently closed all avenues for diplomacy it calls him outrageous and idiotic and accuses washington of lie and then there's russia russia's accuse. the u.s. is being reckless moscow is warning of a dangerous scenario if tension between washington and tehran continues to mount and then there's france saying it's working with britain and germany to try to deescalate this crisis we'll go live to roslyn jordan in washington in just a while 1st so that still it is a measure of the our correspondent in tehran so this latest batch of of sanctions aimed aimed at the top leadership of iran perhaps meant more to send a tough message than for this specific ef

iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali have my name he says his country will change its stance following new u.s. sanctions which target him as well as other top leaders iranian president hassan rouhani he's also rejected u.s. calls for talks saying he doesn't believe washington really wants to negotiate carcassi feed rule more sad that it will mean maybe nimble than we can see that the white house is confused and saying folsom nonsense and ridiculous things and choosing the wrong policy it's clear that regarding sanctions they've reached the end some said americans want to talk without preconditions why don't you accept we prove it more now from tehran and our correspondent zain. these are the 1st comments we've heard from supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei since he was added to the u.s. sanctions list on monday he addressed american sanctions not specifically sanctions against him but about american sanctions he acknowledged that they have indeed over the years had a devastating effect on iran's economy he said iran has been oppressed but that does not mean iran is weak it is mighty

on the streets of tehran his picture is everywhere iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei this week the u.s. impose new sanctions targeting him personally so what does this mean for the iranian economy how these latest. supreme. as well as private simu private sectors. in the moment is to to show that in the lives. 1000000 dollar complex all. industry. building infrastructure and it's all in one way it is going to. iran's economy is already struggling under the sanctions imposed earlier by the us foreign investment from abroad has plummeted prices are rising and the iranian currency is losing value raney and say this is nothing new they've experienced several periods of international sanctions many seem to be taking the worsening economic situation in their stride perhaps because they believe assurances by their parliamentarians. not the strongest of their sanctions with the economic ones and iran's found ways to move around them they wanted to reduce our oil sales to 0 but they are all continues to be exported. in fact iran's oil exports of plummeted by more than 80 percent ch

has imposed what he's described as hard hitting new sanctions on iran targeting supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei the white house says the move will lock up billions of dollars worth of iranian assets your secretary of state might compare has been in saudi arabia and the united arab emirates trying to assemble a global coalition against iran iran's foreign ministry dismissed the idea is nothing new and says it won't work and protests have been taking place across the palestinian territories as anger grows at this week's economic conference in bahrain and the so-called deal of the sentry it is possible. if you are a region has declared 3 days of mourning after the killing of 5 senior officials in an attempted coup on saturday evening the harding has is following events from the capital addis ababa. the man responsible for the coup attempt in northern ethiopia over the weekend. is dead we just spoke to the prime minister's press secretary she said that the government was trying to capture him and in that process he was shot and killed on monday the coup attempt happened on saturday she sai

united states responding to the latest sanctions and now against the office of the supreme leader ayatollah ali herman a he said that the u.s. sanctions weren't just targeting a political figure this time they were targeting a beloved religious figure loved by muslims all over the world and he characterized the decision by the u.s. president donald trump as the act of someone who has lost his mind and does stupid things now we're also expecting to hear later on from washington later this week of a job god zarif iran's foreign minister we're hearing that his name will also be added to the u.s. sanctions list and mr rouhani also responded to this upcoming decision by the united states saying that there was an indication of the fact that the united states is disingenuous about wanting to hold talks and he gave some reasons why. man i never got a bomb was ok upon him if you're being honest and want to negotiate why simple tediously do you want to impose sanctions on the foreign minister so it is clear that you were lying you'd be better off waiting a little so the world would think that you're sayi

impose new sanctions on iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and other senior officials. saudi military officials say they've intercepted and destroyed a hugely drone targeting homes near its border with yemen the drone was brought down near the residential area of her niece machette which is also home to a military base. your special counsel robert mueller is set to testify before 2 congressional committees next month he'll likely face questions about his report into russian interests here in sin the 2016 u.s. presidential election no evidence of collusion but declined to rule on whether donald trump had obstructed justice those stories of course on our website at al-jazeera dot com more news in half an hour with peter but we continue now with inside story do stay with us. idiotic and dangerous iran mocks the u.s. for imposing sanctions on its supreme leader and says hopes for diplomacy have gone to sanctions book and what's needed to break this cycle of escalating rhetoric between washington and tehran this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the

outrageous and idiotic president donald trump announces sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many other senior officials on monday trump says this is part of efforts to stop the iran developing nuclear weapons doesn't harney call the move a sign of desperation and his foreign ministry accuse the united states of closing the channel of diplomacy forever. they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted by mental retardation and does not know what to do this means the certain failure and defeat of the united states i do not have any doubt about that from a political viewpoint no white person would do what they're doing these days i feel that there is severe frustration and a big confusion among the u.s. leaders and the white house. but u.s. national security advisor john bolton says that all remains open to talks with. president trump yesterday imposed significant new sanctions on iran's supreme leader and other top leadership individuals and entities at the same time the president has held the door open to real negotiations to completely and verifiabl

after the us president almost from new sanctions against iran targeting the supreme leader the ayatollah ali khamenei and other senior officials the iranian president hassan rouhani has dismissed the measures as outrageous and idiotic and accused the u.s. of lying about being open to talks he said all the blame for the breakdown in the nuclear deal lines with the u.s. because it with through 1st. they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted by mental retardation and does not know what to do this means the certain failure and defeat of the united states i do not have any doubt about that from a political viewpoint no white person would do what they're doing these days i feel that there is severe frustration and a big confusion among the u.s. leaders and the white house the u.s. national security advisor john bolton says the new sanctions are aimed at stopping iran getting nuclear weapons however the iranian foreign minister mohammad. is arguing that washington is being hypocritical after a threatened strikes over the downing of the american grow new got on the set th

place new sanctions targeting its top leadership including the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many terror and says it will go ahead with its plan to reduce its commitment to the 2050 nuclear deal and that is despite of the increased pressure coming from washington the u.s. national security adviser john bolton he warns that all options remain on the table if iran continues to perceive what he called its nuclear ambitions but iran is saying that monday's sanctions of now permanently closed all avenues d for diplomacy is calling them outrageous and if he also can diffuse his washington. of the line and then there's russia russia's accuse the us of being reckless moscow is warning of a dangerous scenario if tend to meet in washington and iran continues to mount and france says it's working with britain and germany to deescalate the crisis. he has more from the iranian capital tehran. in his 1st public appearance since iran shot down a u.s. surveillance drone last week president hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali

trump has signed an executive order targeting financial sanctions against iran supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and his associates mr trump said the sanctions were in part of response to be iran's downing of a u.s. drone last week but that his administration had been planning to impose them even before that he claims the united states is not seeking conflict with iran but would continue to increase pressure to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons. the supreme leader of iran is one who ultimately is responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime he's respected within his country his office oversees the regimes most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. the assets of ayatollah khamenei and his office will not be spared from the sanctions this could move from t.w. correspondent on the summit in washington welcome back

iranian president suggested the white house was idiotic for imposing new sanctions on supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei former u.s. special counsel robert miller will publicly testify before 2 congressional committees next month will issued a report in april on russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election those are the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera do stay with us. july on al-jazeera will the conservative new democracy be victorious in the snap elections we bring you the latest as greece quotes a new documentary examines the use of modern technology and policing its impact on individual rights and civil society on the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 lunar landing we look back at the 1st human steps. and an ancient factual pano disappears in gaza a stunning ocular tickle mystery unfolds on witness 2nd round of democratic presidential candidate debates in the us will be mined in detroit july on al-jazeera. greed was definitely the driver. as it is almost for a lot untold. citigroup's was not the only one. of comparable level of fraudulent mortgage loan

hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are the irrational actions of a confused government didn't know it they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted with mental retardation and doesn't know what to do. the supreme leader occupies such a protected position in public life that in iran insulting him is illegal in the u.s. applying pariah status to someone so highly revered has angered leaders into iran but if only you don't bang a lobbyist nomi he is not only the leader of iran and he is the leader of iran and those who love the revolution and all muslims shia and non shia all around the world iran's leader doesn't only belong to our ron many people in lebanon syria iraq of the. pakistan kuwait and everywhere shia and non shia love him follow him and obey him and someone who has lost his mind does such a stupid and strange thing and for. iran is under such sweeping sanctions that the latest american move is entirely symbolic but later this week washington has said it will add iran's foreig

has impose new sanctions on iran's leadership including on the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei the iranian foreign minister says in a sign of the thirst for war in the trump administration russia has called a new measure. ethiopia's on how reachin has declared 3 days of mourning after the killing of 5 senior officials they died during an attempted rebellion to take over the regional government on saturday and white house senior adviser jared cushion has told dr ziai his middle east peace plan is already a success because all the countries in the region are participating in tuesday's economic conference but palestinians are protesting against it and their leaders are denouncing the initiative. has also defended the right of the united states to recognized them as the capital of israel. recognizing israel's capital is true islam has been law in the united states since 1906 it was passed unanimously israel's a sovereign nation a sovereign nation as the. right to determine where their capital is and america has the right to recognize the decision of another sovereign nation which i

president trump imposed news sanctions against iran monday targeting the supreme leader ayatollah ali khomeini, and announced forthcoming sanctions on iran's top diplomat, foreign minister javad zarif. iranian president hassan rouhani derided the announcement, saying -- "you sanction the foreign minister simultaneously with a request for talks?" while zarif tweeted -- "donald trump is 100% right that the u.s. military has no business in the persian gulf. removal of its forces is fully in line with interests of u.s. and the world. but it's now clear that the b team is not concerned with u.s. interests -- they despise diplomacy, and thirst for war." the "b team" is thought to refer to john bolton, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman. the sanctions came after an aborted u.s. attack on iranian targets last week following the downing of a u.s. navy surveillance drone by iran earlier this month, which the u.s. says happened over international waters, while iran maintains the vessel had entered -- the drone had entered its territory. iranian o

these are the 1st comments we've heard from supreme leader ayatollah ali coming day since he was added to the u.s. sanctions list on monday he addressed american sanctions not specifically sanctions against him but about american sanctions he acknowledged that they have indeed over the years had a devastating effect on iran's economy he said iran has been oppressed but that does not mean iran is weak it is mighty and will achieve its goals and in a seeming reference to the shoot down by iran's military of a u.s. drone last week on thursday he said iran has shown its power not just through recent events but in its resistance over the last 40 years he said iran remains mighty and dignified so very strong comments coming from him and with regards to the idea of talks he said that the united states only goal is to weaken iran in any way possible and any sort of call for a dialogue is a little more than deception and u.s. secretary of state might pump a 0 is meeting the indian prime minister foreign minister to discuss trade and energy and defense tension in the gulf is also high on the age

hammer on iran today, more sanctions, this time targeting the very top, iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei >> the supreme leader of iran is one who is responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime. >> reporter: while the supreme leader hasn't set foot outside of iran for three decades and may not be personally affected, the sanctions are a broad stroke, targeting any one or any institution believed to do business with the ayatollah or his inner circle to iran shooting down an american drone, last week the president deciding notla military strikes in response >> a lot of restraint has been shown by us and that doesn't mean we're going to show it in the future >> reporter: iran is floundering under u.s. sanctions and has been lashing out in addition tothho u.s. drone, the u.s. of attacking six tankers in the persian gulf. secretary of state pompeo travelled there today to convince gulf leaders to create and pay for a military alliance to patrol the waterway to catch iran if it tries to disrupt shipping >> reporter: iran responded to the latest moves with a new threat saying it's

sanctions which targeted the top leadership including supreme leader ayatollah ali have been the terror on says it'll go ahead with its plan to reduce its commitment to the 250 nuclear deal despite the increasing pressure u.s. national security advisor john bolton he's won't all options remain on the table if iran continues to pursue its nuclear ambitions zain bazarov a report from the iranian capital tehran. in his 1st public appearance since iran shot down a u.s. surveillance drone last week president hassan rouhani did not hold back he said the latest sanctions targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are the irrational actions of a confused government to chortle know what they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted with mental retardation and doesn't know what to do. the supreme leader occupies such a protected position in public life that in iran insulting him is illegal the u.s. applying pariah status to someone so highly revered has angered leaders into iran. and a lobbyist he is not only the leader of iran he is the leader of iran and tho

minister there well hasn't he's already met with iran's highest authorities the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei this morning we received word that the meeting has ended that to discuss various issues we are still waiting to get a communique of what was said between them he is now a wrapped up all the major business that he's had and he will leave tehran on friday we believe that he really wanted to be a key part in mediating the differences that exist between iran and the united states course the iranians say that they are under economic war imposed by the americans and the trumpet ministration is trying to put extreme pressure to get the iranians to the negotiating table but that is something the iranians say will never happen. so thanks for that dosage bar in rome. still ahead on al-jazeera russian opposition politician alexei navalny is among hundreds of protesters arrested during an antique corruption rally in moscow. hello here to welcome back to your international weather forecasts were here across europe over the last week we have seen plenty of stormy weather here across much o

impose new sanctions on the reigning supremely leader ayatollah ali how many and the other 3 near officials. now in hong kong democracy campaign is staging more demonstrations in the center of the city that's the scene live is the latest action in what they say is intended to draw attention to the future of human rights in this territory and each of us is our correspondent there in hong kong and andrew the demonstrations against this particular extradition amendment bill seem to be very sustained it seems as though the the protesters a pretty serious about this. well hong kong's government's tame has said that those extradition proposals of the put on indefinite hold but that's not enough for the protesters on here right in the center of hong kong that building there is the place headquarters this being the scene of quite a lot of the demonstrations in the last few days last friday that building was blockaded the place people weren't allowed out by the protesters and that's happened again right now we've seen barricades being put up around the gates of that play station none of the place in

rallies to mark jerusalem day iranian backed shia brigades carry pictures of iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many will move was the vote in the little house a lot through sunday in baghdad and the other iraqi provinces and across the world .

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president on trump announced new sanctions against iran the measures target iran's supreme leader ayatollah alikhamenei and other senior officials the iranian president hassan rouhani has dismissed the measures as rageous and idiotic mr trump announced the sanctions on monday saying they're part of efforts to stop to iran developing nuclear weapons but mr rouhani said the moves a sign of desperation do a chore in north how bonnie is nice sure that they are suffering from mental disability the white house is.

iran since the 1979 islamic revolution is also expected to hold talks with iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many. state. please sir force thousands of protesters away from the legislature building they use tear gas and pepper spray to clear the area these are live pictures where a standoff is continuing debate on a controversial extradition plan has been delayed as activists blocked politicians from entering the building chief executive kerry lamb has described the protests as organized riots and called for calm to be restored scott high has more from hong kong. major intersections in central hong kong transformed into front lines as violent confrontations between riot police and pro-democracy protesters escalated throughout the day. the fighting was near the legislative council headquarters where the proposed extradition vote was due to be debated but the government session was postponed because legislators couldn't avoid the protesters to get into the building or anywhere close. late in the afternoon riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray at the protesters then rubber bullets rig

. >> rich: the president tweeted while i appreciate shinzo abe to meet with iran to meet with ayatollah ali khamenei, it is too soon to think about making a deal. they are not ready and neither are we. officials say the pentagon dispatched to the incident and rescue 21 sailors. reports from the reach and say all rescued. defense secretary patrick shanahan said the united states does not see conflict for the pentagon to defend its forces and safeguard local commerce. secretary pompeo said the united states raising this issue united nation security council this afternoon, bret. >> bret: rich edson, thank you. president trump defending himself today over major pushback he is receiving regarding his remarks in an interview on foreign opposition research and whether he would or wouldn't live the fbi if it happens again. lawmakers from both parties are rebuking the president's comments while some republicans are reporting what they call a major double standard. cheap intelligence catherine herridge with the latest in washington. >> if i thought something was wrong it would go to the fbi. >> cathe

rallies to mark jerusalem day iranian backed shia brigades carry pictures of iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many will move was the end of the little house a lot through the day in baghdad and the other iraqi provinces and across the world expresses the people's rejection of the deal of the century which is being planned by trump in order to dissolve the palestinian cause in his own special way but there is a wide rejection from the peoples that will make this conspiracy fail. jerusalem day falls on the last friday of the fasting month of ramadan but this year's demonstrations also took place less than a day after the conclusion of a gulf cooperation council summit in saudi arabia one in which saudi king said man called on arab states to confront iran its timing is a reminder of the deepening rifts and growing rivalries in an already volatile region and how much. still ahead here on al-jazeera the dolls fragile revolution as protests continue concern cries of immediate suppression. and saving lives under way with the 1st responders in south africa's so-called danger zones do stay with us

prime minister has wrapped up his final meeting that has been with the reigning supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei early on thursday morning the 2 have met to discuss various issues the communique from that meeting is yet to be released but on the last day of his 2 day trip the japanese prime minister is still trying to maintain that he's here to try and ease the tension in the region on wednesday he was received as a matter of airports have by bringing in foreign minister zarif and then he traveled to meet the iranian president hassan rouhani at about palace and where he received an official welcome they then went in behind closed doors for over 2 and a half hour meeting following which they both issued statements and the president said he was very happy to have the japanese prime minister on a historic visit to the islamic republic and that he was hopeful that the japanese prime minister could play a role in trying to mediate between iran and the united states the japanese prime minister shinzo abyei said that he would do his best and that nobody would like to see the tensions in this r

come to the negotiating table after thursday's meeting between a and the iranian supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei hominy the japanese prime minister had a message from u.s. president donald trump for the supreme leader and the supreme leader did not even bother with a response he said that it wasn't even worth his time to respond to the u.s. president so there is this climate of intense. diplomacy trying to create some kind of an atmosphere where there can be dialogue but it seems that the rains are absolutely not interested until this economic terrorism as they call it is ceased in the islamic republic also thanks very much dosage a body into her own. justin brandt is a research fellow at the royal united services institute he is a combat technology specialist and says with little evidence presented so far it's difficult to judge who is responsible i mean the main thing to note is that they're quite small warheads whatever they are so those are not enormous entry entry penetration marks they clearly haven't. had a huge amount of explosives behind them so yes it was something like a silo