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 overseas th

attacks on japan related tankers occurred while prime minister shinzo op a was meeting with ayatollah ali khamenei for extensive and friendly talks suspicious doesn't begin to describe what likely transpired this morning iran's proposed regional dialogue forum is imperative so the 1st reaction we've had from an iranian official is that tweet from the iranian foreign minister was a reef that's a door so all this comes amid a backdrop of rising tensions between iran and the u.s. and japan's prime minister in terror in tehran trying to to calm things. how did he he did get receive a strong message from the ayatollah khomeini this morning didn't. yes japanese prime minister shinzo aves been on 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

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

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

hitting new sanctions on iran's leadership the measures go all the way up to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei tehran has condemned the move saying the u.s. has no interest in diplomacy mike hanna reports 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 and i want to thank all of the people that have been working with me over the last number of months on this there's 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 t

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

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 the plan th

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 so expla

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 loans have be

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 foreign ministe

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 capable

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 try to know all about how they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted by mental retardation and does not 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 you know i don't mean a person loses his mind and does something insane and stupid so want they say they will put sanctions on our leaders property but what is our leaders property a simple house and a ceremony. 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 foreign minister zarif to the sanctions list attacking the country's top diplomat is something to her and says permanently close is the path to diplomacy main enemy . if you're being honest and want to negotiate why simple taney asli

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 said that th

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 of central

house has placed new sanctions on iran, targeting for the first time its supreme leader, ayatollah ali khameneis between the two countries have been soured by iran's shooting down of a us drone. a pilot has been killed in a mid—air collision involving two german air force eurofighter jets in north—east germany. while both pilots managed to eject from the planes, only one of them survived.

president on trump announced new sanctions against iran the measures target iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khameneiand 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.

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. >> catherine: pre

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 region esc

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 you woul

president donald trump has signed an order targeting iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and associates with additional financial sanctions as the terms that he was holding ayatollah khomeini ultimately responsible for what he called the islamic republic's destabilizing activities the supreme leader of iran as one who ultimately is responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime is respected within his country is offers overseas the regimes most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to say i 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 fire told khomeini and his office will not be spared from the sages. of course we'll have more on those american sanctions are going to stick around at the top of the hour this is day w. news coming up next on new year's asia a year ago i talked about some a cave of friendship that left them trapped underground go back to their

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. how they are suffering from mental disability the white house is afflicted by mental retardation and does not know what to do with 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. a person loses his mind and does something insane and stupid so what they say they will put sanctions on our leaders property but what is our leaders property a simple house and a ceremony. 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 foreign minister zarif to the sanctions list attacking the country's top diplomat is something to her and says permanently close is the path to diplomacy main enemy . if you're being honest and want to negotiate why simple taney asli do you want to impose sanctions on the fo

who told iran's supreme leader that he had brought a letter from president donald trump but ayatollah ali khamenei said trump did not deserve a response harmony who has alternate authority in iran says the government will not negotiate any further iran maintains it has kept up its end of the deal 15 reports produced by the international atomic energy agency have concluded that iran is complying with the nuclear agreement iran says the future of this nuclear deal is now in the hands of the 3 main european signatories france britain and germany and president rouhani has warned that the stability and security of the entire region is at stake but many analysts say that without the united states it's difficult to see how this deal to work or such a pari else's syrup to iran. returning to our breaking news story n.d. gyptian state television is reporting this hour that egypt's former president mohamed morsi has a die during a court session today in cairo morsi was the 1st democratically elected president of egypt he was ousted 2013 by a military coup that was led by the current president of egypt. since

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 leader of iran he is the leader of iran and those who love the revolution and all muslims shia and on sheo all around the world iran's leader doesn't only belong to ron many people in lebanon syria iraq of gonna see. 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 foreign minister zarif to the sa

who told iran's supreme leader that he had brought a letter from president donald trump but ayatollah ali khamenei said trump did not deserve a response how many who has alternate authority in iran says the government will not negotiate any further iran maintains it has kept up its end of the deal 15 reports produced by the international atomic energy agency have concluded that tehran is complying with the nuclear agreement iran says the future of this nuclear deal is now in the hands of the 3 main european signatories france britain and germany and president rouhani has warned that the stability and security of the entire region is at stake but many analysts say that without the united states it's difficult to see how this deal can work for such a party al-jazeera to iran. the un food agency is threatening to start suspending food aid to his he controlled areas of yemen this week accusing the rebels of diverting it from those who need it most the u.n. also says the war in yemen is becoming even more violent with $250000.00 people displaced just this year in a briefing to the security council un e

new sanctions on tehran for leadership the measures go all the way up to the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei mike hanna reports 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 buy all 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 make a lot of restraint has been shown by us a lot of research.

government and that the reigning in the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has not received a message of any kind and even if they did this is not something that would be of interest to the iranians we know the japanese prime minister but last thursday when he was on a state visit in the capital and the supreme leader was not interested he said we're not going to negotiate with the americans they are trying to pressure us into talks and that is something that will bring a position within the established in this country i don't see many thanks to dosage probably that live in the united states envoy on iran has said that it's important to do everything possible to deescalate tensions with iran brian hook is in saudi arabia's capital riyadh to meets with the kingdom's deputy defense minister during a news conference folks at that iran should meet us diplomacy with diplomacy and not military force our maximum pressure campaign against the islamic republic of iran is working iran is feeling the effects of our maximum pressure campaign. it's very clear i was able to tour a display of weapon

president donald trump told reporters the sanctions will target iran's supreme leader the ayatollah ali khamenei. and his office this comes in the wake of the downing of the usfl unstrung over the strait of full moose. and the previous incident were too old tankers came under attack in the same water wake iran denies the attack on the ships. it's down in the drone while insisting that it was in iranian espace this denied by the americans. sanctions imposed to the executive order. that i'm about to sign. will deny the supreme leader of the supreme leader's office and others closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources. the essential financial committee. and his office will not be spared. let's begin for analysis was my posse head of the middle east section of the swedish institute of international affairs was by thank you very much. as i have been with a c. on france twenty four we would appreciate your time. how will this and use a fresh sanctions? be greeted in tehran give us a feeling of what they will be saying that and what they might be considering. well i th

house has placed new sanctions on iran, targeting for the first time its supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. president trump said he was ultimately responsible for teheran‘s hostile conduct. relations between the two countries have been soured by iran's shooting down of a us drone. a pilot has been killed in a mid—air collision involving two german air force eurofighter jets in north—east germany. while both pilots managed to eject from the planes, only one of them survived. it has been 15 years since former oasis frontman liam gallagher stepped out onto the famous pyramid stage at glastonbury, but on saturday, he will be back. with his second solo album on the way, he took a break from rehearsals to speak to colin paterson about politics, and that famous feud with his brother noel. you've got a busy time at the moment. yeah. shockwave, the single. yeah, yeah. sounds like you're quite angry. # you sold me right up the river. # you had to hold me back... i'm sure a lot of people willjust, you know, be lazy and go, oh, it's about your brother. but there's a lot of snide people out there, notj

who told iran's supreme leader that he had brought a letter from president donald trump but ayatollah ali khamenei said trump did not deserve a response how many who has alternate authority in iran says the government will not negotiate any further. iran maintains it has kept up its end of the deal 15 reports produced by the international atomic energy agency have concluded that tehran is complying with the nuclear agreement iran says the future of this nuclear deal is now in the hands of the 3 main european signatories france britain and germany and president rouhani has warned that the stability and security of the entire region is at stake but many analysts say that without the united states it's difficult to see how this deal can work for such a party al-jazeera to iran now well known member of hong kong's pro-democracy movement has been freed from prison joshua long is now joining mass protests against a controversial extradition bill which the government has shelved demonstrators wanted dropped altogether sarah clarke reports. after 6 weeks in jail joshua emerged to face the media the politi

house has placed new sanctions on iran — targeting for the first time its supreme leader — ayatollah ali khameneiesident trump said he was ultimately responsible for teheran‘s hostile conduct. relations between the two countries have been soured by iran's shooting down of a us drone. a pilot has been killed in a mid—air collision involving two german air force eurofighter jets in north—east germany. while both pilots managed to eject from the planes, only one of them survived. the accident happened as three eurofighter typhoons were taking part in an air combat exercise. now on bbc news — monday in parliament. hello, and welcome to monday in parliament. the main news from westminster. theresa may says she did everything she could to avoid a no—deal brexit. i wanted to leave the european union on the 29th of march with a deal. if the right honourable gentleman and his party agreed with the government on that, we'd already be out of the... the labour leader says the next prime minister will not have the support of the commons. they certainly have no mandate to force a disastrous, hard—right brexit