let's turn to iran now, where, in a national television address, president ebrahim raisi has accused ts. as protests continued for a twelfth day, mr raisi said the death of the young woman while in the custody of the morality police had saddened everyone and was being investigated with transparency. at least 75 protesters are reported to have been killed so far, as police have fired live ammunition to try to break up the demonstrations, which have taken place across the entire country. rana rahimpour reports. she reads out list of names. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe names the women who died as she cuts her hair. she is a british iranian national who spent six years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. and for the women of iran, for freedom and justice, she says. for nearly two weeks, women in iran have been protesting the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini by cutting their hair and burning their hijab. her death has sparked the largest anti—regime protests since the islamic revolution of 1979. here, a woman mourning the death of her b

iranian people, they don't trust ebrahim raisi, khamenei.trust anyone in islamic republic to do "investigation". what kind of investigation? right now, they're killing people in the streets. like, you just check the videos, that... how innocent women getting killed just because of removing their hijab. people are getting shot in the chest right now. in the head by security forces. but... masih, masih, masih, you know... yeah, you know the cost, the terrible cost, that iranians who take to the streets are paying. you, it seems, are still encouraging them to take to the streets. i mean, do you think that there is a danger, particularly with young iranian women, who are so passionately angry and upset right now, that your voice, which is an important voice, may be putting them in more danger? you know, that breaks my heart. what put people in danger? it's not me. it's the islamic republic who hang people, who kill people, who throw acid on theirface, who beat up mahsa amini. i didn't ask mahsa amini to come from saqqez, from kurdistan to tehran

let's turn to iran now, where, in a national television address, president ebrahim raisi has accused mahsa amini to cause riots. as protests continued for a twelfth day, mr raisi said the death of the young woman while in the custody of the morality police had saddened everyone and was being investigated with transparency. at least 75 protesters are reported to have been killed so far, as police have fired live ammunition to try to break up the demonstrations, which have taken place across the entire country. other protests are taking place around the world. rana rahimpour reports. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe named the woman who died as she cuts her hair. she is a british iranian national who spent six years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates years in prison in iran, and named her former inmates one years in prison in iran, and named herformer inmates one by one. also her mother and her daughter. and for the women of iran, forfreedom and daughter. and for the women of iran, for freedom and justice, she says. for nearly two weeks, women in iran have been protesting the death

iranian president ebrahim raisi said on thursday that he has ordered an investigation into the case.e also warned those who have taken to the streets, saying there is freedom of expression in iran, but that acts of chaos are unacceptable. >>> japanese prime minister kishida fumio has made a pitch to the international business community. he's told them that japan is a smart place to put their money. >> japan's economy will continue to show strong growth. you can invest in japan with confidence. >> kishida gave a speech at the new york stock exchange on thursday. he advocated an economic policy dubbed "a new form of capitalism." it's designed to promote growth and sustainability by harnessing the creative energy of the private sector and responding to various risks such as climate change. the prime minister cited investment and human resources as one of his priorities and discussed a plan to rejuvenate the labor market. kishida said the plan involves bringing about a performance-based pay scale rather than the traditional seniority-based system that guarantees lifetime employment. kish

ebrahim raisi descends from the prophet mohammed black turban signifies.line conservative cleric like his mentor, the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei. i want to ask you about your own record. there is a personal sanction against you. you took part in a commission that was responsible for executing up to 5,000 political dissidents. they were hanged or shot by firing squad. i want to ask if you regret that action. >> translator: what kind of proof can you offer for this? these are just allegations and claims made by members of a terrorist group. >> you're saying that that was not true and that -- >> translator: anybody who commits a crime in iran stands trial in official courts of law and they receive punishments for what they did. they were assassinating people. what happened to them was exactly proportionate to what they did. >> but the u.s. treasury department sanctioned raisi personally for human rights violations over this. and amnesty international called it a crime against humanity. the president was feisty with us, sprinkling his answers with a pre

ebrahim raisi made the remark on wednesday on state-run television. he said a forensic report on the death of young woman who was arrested over how she wore her hijab head scarf would come within days, but raisi said the government must protect public security. he warned those who participated or ignited the chaos in riots will be held accountable noting that no one should be afraid to express their views. the nationwide unrest was sparked by outrage over 22-year-old mahsa amini's death. police say she died of a heart attack, but protesters believe she had been beaten by police. in iran, it is mandatory for women to cover their hair in public. over the past two weeks, protests have evolved to become anti-government. they have also spread far beyond iran's borders. here in tokyo, more than 100 iranians that traveled from around japan to have their voices heard. >> translator: i want to tell everyone about amini's death. i am extremely angry. i think that the world must know. >> translator: i watched the news from iran every day. my friends who are livi

after hard-line president ebrahim raisi vowed to, quote, deal decisively with the nationwide unrest. but even with their guns state security forces are being pushed back. with protesters fighting them off like never seen before. the demonstrations were triggered by the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini. just over a week ago she was arrested by iran's notorious morality police for allegedly wearing her head scarf too loosely and died in their custody. since then women have taken to the streets in fury, ripping eir verings, which are compulsory under iranian ore. baran abasi is with the bbc's persian service. >> do you think this protest could lead to real change in iran? >> change might happen gradually. but the society in iran is not the same as what it was a week ago. >> reporter: iran may have fundamentally been changed by these protests. but the discontent has been festering for years. rampant government corruption, a weak economy, western sanctions, international isolation, and political oppression have all led to this coalition of women and men, rich and poor, to join forces and

today in new york, the ultra-conservative president of iran, ebrahim raisi, was pressed by abc news onu afraid the world is going to see? >> reporter: the president saying he has assured amini's family that the incident is being investigated, adding that deaths in police custody are not unique to iran. >> mahsa was an innocent. >> reporter: amini's family told local media, they'll still press for answers, hoping the world's outrage can lead to change. >> that is why iranian people are asking the free world, the democratic countries, hear us. be our voice. get united and actually take an action against our dictators. >> our thanks to martha. >>> coming up, "emily in paris." a sneak peek at the new season of the hit show. announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or d

iran's president ebrahim raisi accuses protesters of misusing the death of a young woman in police custody

iran's president ebrahim raisi accuses protesters of misusing the death of a young woman in police custody

ebrahim raisi said mahsa amini's death two weeks ago, after she was detained by morality police, hadhave died and 1,200 have been arrested. (britain's prime minister is standing by her government's economic policy despite our economics editor faisal islam has the latest an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, out and about for the first time since his mini budget stalled, britain's currency slumped and borrowing costs surged. what do you say to people whose mortgage interest rates are rising as a result of your economic policy? so, we're absolutely protecting people right across the country. if you look at our energy intervention, people were potentially facing bills of £6,500 next year, and because of the intervention we've limited the average household bill to £2500. but they're being wiped out by the increasing cost of mortgage borrowing? i think that if you look at the government's plan, we have got the growth plan, we have got the energy intervention. the chancellor and the prime minister too in a tense set of regional interviews, more keen to talk about

iran's president ebrahim raisi accuses protesters of misusing the death of a young woman in police custody

ebrahim raisi said mahsa amini's death two weeks ago, after she was detained by morality police, hadhave died and 1,200 have been arrested. britain's prime minister is standing by her government's economic policy despite widespread criticism. liz truss was speaking for the first time since the mini—budget was announced by her chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, last week which led to a collapse in the value of the pound, higher interest rates and extreme volatility on the financial markets. she insisted that her tax—cutting plans are right for the british economy and that the volatility is part of a "global chaos" caused by the war in ukraine. our economics editor faisal islam has the latest. an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, out and about for the first time since his mini budget stalled, britain's currency slumped and borrowing costs surged. what do you say to people whose mortgage interest rates are rising as a result of your economic policy? so, we're absolutely protecting people right across the country. if you look at our energy intervention, people were p

iran's president ebrahim raisi has insisted that a thorough investigation is under way into the deathran's army has warned it will "confront the enemies" to ensure security and peace. the united states says it will ease internet restrictions on iran, to expand access to services curbed by the iranian government in an attempt to stamp out protests. the us treasury said it wanted to increase internet freedom, despite other sanctions washington has in place against on iran. our reporter in washington, azadeh moshiri, explains what difference this decision is going to make. this is something that us lawmakers, both republicans and democrats, have been asking for since the protests began, and of course there's been a lot of demands from this from iranians themselves, and that is because given heavy us sanctions on iran, tech companies have not been able tojump in or provide or offer services they normally would in response to this clamp on internet services, as well as western messaging services, within iran. and so the united states, washington, has looked at this and thought, it is time

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the iranian president, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an investigation into the case, which has caused publicbasi. why was she a listed quiz night her mother said she was observing the rules and winning a hijab. she mother said she was observing the rules and winning a hijab.- rules and winning a hi'ab. she was wearin: a rules and winning a hi'ab. she was wearing a hijab _ rules and winning a hi'ab. she was wearing a hijab and _ rules and winning a hijab. she was wearing a hijab and this _ rules and winning a hijab. she was wearing a hijab and this is - rules and winning a hijab. she was wearing a hijab and this is tv - wearing a hijab and this is tv footage released by the police that shows her wearing a long rope, but the problem is that the morality police in iran seem to be very subjective and decide to arrest women so it does not matter if she was wearing a hijab are not. it depends on the perception at the time whether she was adhering to the rules. they protested against the fact she was wearing hijab but still she was taken into custody and according to eyewitnesses, she was beaten in

on saturday, iran's president ebrahim raisi vowed to decisively crack down on the protests. solidarity rallies were also held across the globe this weekend. in iraq, dozens of iraqi and iranian kurds rallied saturday to protest the death of mahsa amini. >> you killed mahsa amini because of a piece of hair. we are asking for freedom. her rights for all of the people because everyone has the right to have dignity. the youth come the 15 and 16 euros are asking for rights or freedom but they kill us. they do not have a conscience. they are killing immediately. amy: in news from italy, giorgia meloni appears poised to become italy's first far-right leader since world war ii and end the -- in the reign of benito mussolini. projections show meloni's neo-fascist brothers of italy party placed first in sunday's elections with about 26% of th vote, up from just 4% in 2018. meloni campaigned on an anti-immigration platform and will become italy's first female prime minister. meloni spoke sunday night. >> when this night is over, we have to remember, we must remember that we are not at

iran's president, ebrahim raisi, who -- as ordinary vest against an into her death, and into the country's judiciary. but there is significant distrust in the govern civility to figure out what happened to mahsa amini. meanwhile, the un's acting human rights chief is calling for an impartial investigation. and today, the u.s. treasury sanctioned iran's morality police and -- condemning them for abuse and -- and the violation of the rights of peaceful protesters. joining me now to talk about the situation in iran and much more is linda thomas-greenfield, u.s. ambassador to the united nations. madam ambassador, thank you for joining us on this busy, busy week. >> thank you for having me. >> let start with the sanctions that we're now today. there are so many sanctions on iran are present. what is the goal here in terms of really moving the needle? and in supporting these protesters? >> first and foremost, it is to hold accountable those individuals in iran responsible for committing human rights violations. and this is truly a horrific violation. the killing of mahsa amini, the blocking of i

the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, addressed his people tonight, warning against any further violentsts. the unrest has spread across the country, sparked by the death of mahsa amini, a young kurdish woman in police custody. raisi said everyone regrets her death, but the regime will not tolerate chaos. also today, iran carried out new bombing attacks on iranian kurdish separatists in iraq, killing at least 9. hardliners in tehran blame the kurds for the protests. north korea test-fired 2 more ballistic missiles into the sea of its eastern coast today. analysts say the weapons may have been nuclear-capable. the launches came a day before vice president harris is set to visit south korea. there's word that an experimental drug for alzheimer's appears to fight the fatal disease that destroys brain function. japanese drug maker eisai says a late-stage study found cognitive decline slowed by 27% in patients who took the ug compared with patients who took a placebo. the alzheimer's association says the results are the most encouraging of any potential treatment so far. wall street had its

. >> reporter: alter conservative iranian president, ebrahim raisi, said the incident was being investigated and safeguarding his citizens, he says, was a top priority. >> big protests in the streets of iran. protests in russia as well. martha raddatz, putin seeing a backlash to this call of 300,000 troops. will it make a difference? >> i think the 300,000 troops won't make a difference. first of all, it's going to take months and months and months to get 300,000 troops into ukraine. he's got to train them in some way. they're not all military reservists. i think it really just shows how desperate vladimir putin is and he might have people defect. he's trying to get protesters in there. they'll walk into ukraine and walk out. >> martha raddatz, thanks very much. >>> let's bring in president biden's national security adviser jake sullivan now. jake, thank you for joining us. you heard martha raddatz say desperate measures by vladimir putin. we saw that shake-up in the defense ministry overnight, protests in the street. there was a lot of confusion. is his hold on power secure? >> well, it's d

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abc news pressing the ultra conservative iranian president ebrahim raisi in new york. >> what are youworld is going to see? [ speaking non-english ] >> reporter: president raisi saying it is an incident that is being investigated. our utmost preoccupation is the safeguarding of rights. raisi has left new york for iran and pro-government protests are being controlled. >> i know you've been there more than 30 times in your reporting. does any of what you're seeing surprise you? >> reporter: not really. raisi has been in office just a little over a year, and this kind of crackdown was expected. but i have watched iran change over the years. women testing the limits with headscarves, brightly colored clothing and generally pushing back on these restrictions, but iran does not tolerate dissent, so i expect this to get bloodier in the coming days, cecilia. >> always appreciate your perspective, martha. thank you. michael. >> all right, thank you, cecilia. >>> now to the pandemic fraud bust and the startling new numbers this morning that americans cheated the government out of roughly $45 bi

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the president, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an investigation into the case, which has caused public outrageo angry and outraged by — reaction is? i am so angry and outraged by the _ reaction is? i am so angry and outraged by the state - reaction is? i am so angry and outraged by the state police, l outraged by the state police, by the law authority, it is like everyone else, we are all in shock that this happened. it is so sad, young girls who is all the way from her own city to the capital city, and this happens. it is so shocking, and all is because of the state systematic violence that is rooted in iran's laws, islamic penal code and also violent enforcement of the law. the tehran police _ enforcement of the law. the tehran police have - enforcement of the law. the tehran police have denied the accusations made against them and they said that she was taken to a police station for explanation and instruction, and then suffered a heart problem. why is this an explanation that people are unwilling to accept? because we have seen _ unwilling to accept? because we have seen so — unwilling to

iran's president ebrahim raisi accuses protesters of misusing the death of a young woman in police custody