the iranian president, ebrahim raisi, has said that the events in afghanistan prove that america hasruptive influence around the world. speaking in an interview with iranian state television, he said the us has interfered with the basic human rights of afghans. the afghanistan issue shows that america's presence does not provide security in any part of the world at all. but it is disruptive for the security around the world. afghanistan clearly showed that when the neas two decades, the american presence has caused a lot of riots of the afghan people to be ignored. what has happened is against human rights and this can be seen by all. the solution for afghanistan is that a government must be established by the vote and will of the people. the islamic republic of iran has always pursued peace and harmony in afghanistan and the ending of bloodshed in afghanistan after the will of the afghan people terrain. afghanistan after the will of the afghan people to reign. rodger shanahan is a research fellow at the lowy institute and also a former army officer who served in afghanistan. hejoins

more now on the situation in afghanistan and the iranian president, ebrahim raisi, says he believes thatrld. speaking in an interview with iranian state television, he said the us has interfered with the basic human rights of afg ha ns. translation: the afghanistan issue shows _ translation: the afghanistan issue shows that _ translation: the afghanistan issue shows that american - issue shows that american presence does not provide security in any part of the world at all but it is disruptive for security around the world. afghanistan clearly showed within these two decades that the american presence has caused a lot of rights of the afghan people to be ignored. what has happened is against human rights and this can be seen by all. the solution for afghanistan is that the government must be established ijy government must be established by the vote and well of the people. islamic of iran has always looked to peace in afghanistan and for the will of the afghan people to rain. —— reign. iasked hadi nili of the bbc�*s persian service what iran's relationship with the taliban had been histo

speaking on state television, ebrahim raisi said he wanted talks to result in the lifting of the sanctionse again demonstrated in france against the government's covid policies. they denounced the new "health pass" system they see as unfairly restricting the rights of the unvaccinated. the pass means anyone wishing to enter a restaurant, theatre, cinema, long—distance train, or large shopping centre must show proof of vaccination or a negative test. here in the uk, the opposition labour party says it believes there's a strong case to vaccinate healthy children against covid to prevent any further disruption to their education. ministers have asked the uk's four chief medical officers to consider the broader implications, after government vaccine advisers recommended against the measure for all 12 to 15—year olds. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. in the united states, they've been vaccinating children for months now. france and germany, too, have been pressing ahead. in this country, though, there is still uncertainty. government advisers have said the medical benefit alone does

however, we have a new hardline president, ebrahim raisi, in iran. what's your assessment?? do you think you're going to get the full access that you want? we are pressing for that. by the way, as part of this trip, as a result of this trip, we agreed with iran that i will be returning soon — probably to meet with the president or the foreign minister — because, as you're saying, this is a new government. and it's a government that has quite firm views on the issue of the nuclear programme and the collaboration with the iaea or the international community in general. so i've told them and they agreed and i hope we are going to be able to do this very soon, that we need to get to know each other. we need to start the conversation. i was working with a previous government and there is a new one, now, and there is one that has had, in its platform — if we can use this term, in the case of the political system in iran — a tougher approach to collaboration with international community. so i need to sit down with them. i want to listen to them, what their idea is, and i hope they

ask iranian leaders about how they recognise the will of the peoplejust have in mind that the ebrahim raisient, has been elected by the minority of the votes in iran and the election has been the most restricted election according to the variety of candidates being able, being allowed to run. so when he speaks about the will of the people it is not necessarily implying about a specific type of election and also the vote for vote in persian is the same as the votes for opinion so he could be saying that as long as the government in afghanistan is somehow representing the will of people in afghanistan according to them, they are going to be, as he says, good neighbours towards whoever has the power in kabul. i understand this is his first time on state television. how do you think people will have reacted to this change of message? it would be quite surprising if the iranian government would want to change the position about taliban, in such an interview. it is mostly towards the domestic audience, as you can say. it's his first interview as the new president in iran — he used to run to the j

the third path requires iranian government to admit to the fact -- of ebrahim raisi which is upset with russia and china to admit the fact that this decline of american power, it might be a decline, but it will not happen overnight. it probably will not happen for years to come if ever. why not talk to america and allies in the region as part of an effort to stabilize afghanistan? if you ask me, that would be the smart thing to do for the regions. dr. weinbaum: the reason i was raising the question is because , as has been observed here, their cooperation in the execution of any kind of agreement has been critical, so i raised it that way. we have some questions that i'm trying to absorb some of the questions as i go on. we have not talked about the women in inclusiveness. -- and inclusiveness. any thoughts on this? ms. sakhi: before coming to the inclusivity, i would to talk about the first one that you raised about the nuclear weapons and if it has any impact. i think afghanistan could have an opportunity for this, so getting closer as you mentioned to china and russia, it will make t

amy: iran's new leader ebrahim raisi said nuclear talks should lead to the lifting of brutal u.s. sanctions on the country. >> sanctions and especially sanctions on medicine at the time of cover 19 pandemic are crimes against humanity. amy: meanwhile, brazil's health minister has tested positive for covid-19, just hours after he accompanied president jair bolsonaro, who is unvaccinated, to the general assembly. house democrats passed a bill tuesday evening to avert a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit. but with less than two weeks before a september 30 deadline to keep funding the government, senate republicans have said they will not support a suspension of the debt ceiling, meaning critical funding for health, housing, education, and other programs could be interrupted and some federal workers could stop receiving pay checks. the bill also funds emergency recovery assistance for recent climate disasters and for resettling afghan evacuees. -- refugees. under pressure from progressive lawmakers, democrats removed $1 billion in israeli military funding from the stopgap