on the one hand he was one of the founding fathers of the islamic republic. 0n the other hand, he ishe sort we see today under president rouhani's leadership. do you think he achieved his ambition is? i think he did. when he put his weight and influence, his political orientation behind a candidate, for example, rouhani, use all their electoral success was in many ways a manifestation of his vision, which was one that was, in many ways, quintessentially that of a pragmatic, practical politician, who believed that more creative measures we re necessary believed that more creative measures were necessary in order to reserve and enhance the longevity of the islamic republic. with elections round the corner, do you think he will be missed? absolutely. i think iran is pushing to reform from within, from below, a gradual integrated, indigenous reform. i think he set a precedent for the type of vision we see, that rock hard a has covered for it, and really rip setting the popular will of the country. —— rouhani has carried forward. a country that wa nts to carried forward. a country that wa

his body was buried next to the founder of the islamic republic.s, the bbc‘s lyse doucet. i attended the funeral, the last majorfuneral in i attended the funeral, the last major funeral in iran, i attended the funeral, the last majorfuneral in iran, in ayatollah khamenhi in 1989. this is the most significant death since then. it's been widely discussioned as a possible political turning point in iran. iwas possible political turning point in iran. i was going to ask you about that. it's a day of mourning, is it also a day of politics? very much so. also a day of politics? very much so. there's a lot of reporting about the fact that state television carrying extraordinary images live, some 2. 5 carrying extraordinary images live, some 2.5 million people are said to have turned out from right across the political spectrum. yet mixed in with the lamentation, opposition slogans went up into the crowds and the state television tried to reduce the state television tried to reduce the sounds, raise the sound of the chanting to somehow try to hide the fa c

was closely involved in the founding of the islamic republic and served two terms as president from 1989y from state control. we spoke to -- the president of the national iranian american council about rafsanjani's legacy. >> he has been a towering figure within the iranian system, one of the original people around khomeini and a central player in all the major decisions that the iranians have made in the last 37 years. but what is also interesting is het throughout this period has had a moderating influence, and particularly in the latter years, he more clearly sided with the reform agenda of the reformists and a big backer of the current president. >> what about, you said he was a moderating influence. to what extent did he play an active political role in the last two years in imposing that sense of moderation and again with his passing, what does that tell us about the road ahead for the iranian political scene? >> to give an example, in 2013, he was against it a candidate to run for president but he was rejected by the council, which was a rather bizarre development mindful of his s

he was involved in the founding of the islamic republic.o free the economy from state control. me on the line is the president of the national iranian-american council. give us a sense of the implications of the passing of mr. rafsanjani. has been a towering figure in the iranian system, one of the original people around ah khomeini.me a this time, he has had a moderating influence, and particularly in the latter years, he cited with the reform agenda and was a big backer of the current president. again, you said he was a moderating influence. to what extent did he play an active political role in the last few years in in posing that againof moderation, and with his passing, what does that tell us about the road ahead for the iranian political scene? in 2013, he once again stood was rejected but by the guardian council, which was a bizarre development. what ended up happening is that he became a critical player in unifying the reformists and the moderates to back rouhani. it was his influence behind the scene and his urging to come out and

in the same of islamic republic called the president's executive order a clear insult to the islamic world. despite claims of being made to combat terrorism and protecting the people of the united states it will be recorded in history as a great bid to extremists and their supporters. they went on to say the approved decision of the u.s. government to apply collector discrimination against citizens of muslim countries will only serve to provide a fertile ground for more terrorist recruitment. at least for the time being it appears although spring break vacations that americans have planted the islamic republic are off the table. julie: garrett tenney washington per president trump hit the ground running in his first full week. >> every day we are fulfilling the promise we have made to the american people. julie: part of this promise includes building a wall along our border with mexico. so what will that mean for relations between the two countries? also a dangerous discovery in iraq why they believe it could be assigned isis is trying to up be assigned isis is trying to up the ante

discusses the islamic republic's weekend missile test. iran and moscow said the test is not reach the country's nuclear deal with the west. we begin this hour with the latest upset in the french presidential race. the right wing candidate from swap fillon is under fire -- llon is under fire. it's been reported that penelope fillon was paid 900,000 euros. there were reports his children were paid as much as 84,000 euros. he said he was unfazed and unperturbed. >> on the hook for nearly one million euros, another bombshell was dropped, claiming that from 's wife franÇois fillon are nearly twice as much as the amount disclosed by the newspaper last week. the paper puts a number on the salary earned by his children as parliamentary age during his mandate in the senate, 80 4000 euros in total. investigators are now trying to determine whether a knell of the fillon did work as a betweenntary aid 2008-2012. night, the couple returned to their home in paris after being questioned by police specializing in financial crimes. 's kim said the couple

the former president is now buried next to another founding father of the islamic republic, the ayatollah khomeini. the founder and president of the national the rainy and american council and the author "losing an enemy: obama, iran, and the triumph of diplomacy." supporter of the green revolution but managed to stay on the site of hardliners. what is his death mean for the movement in iran? >> i don't think the green movement failed. it was their candidate at the end of the day and their vote that ensured that the president was elected in 2013. one of the things people were shouting at his election is that they had taken back their vote, which was a play on a chance they had in 2009, when they said where is my vote? at this point, the loss of ross sanjani in theraf short sense might give them a bump in the may elections. in the long run, i think it is going to be very challenging, because there were few people in the system who could challenge a conservative, question taboos, push the limit, while still being able to get away with it. few people in the audience will have that capacity.

the former president is now buried to another founding father of the islamic republic, the ayatollah khomeini. the parliament in turkey is debating a controversial draft constitution today that would give more power to the ruling president, recep tayyip erdogan. that could extend his leadership over turkey to 26 years in all. erdogan is pushing for that change, saying a strong leader would lead to a stronger turkey. here is simon harding. simon: it is a constitutional reform that could keep recep tayyip erdogan in power until 2029. the ruling party submitted the proposition in december and believed that a president with powerful means could make turkey a powerful country. it would change the largely ceremonial presidential role -- into anactive active political one. >> today we begin one of the most deliberations in the turkish republic. strengthening national will and to get rid of the >> vestiges of previous regimes. the added powers would include to a -- the at -- anthe opposition fears increase in presidential powers will lead to an authoritarian system which will move turkey awa

we hereby declare a state of public emergency, throughout the islamic republic of the gambia.is due to be sworn in tomorrow. the regional bloc of west african states, ecowas, has repeatedly warned it would launch military action if jammeh refuses to step down before the ceremony. jammeh once said he would rule for a billion years if allah willed it. we are about to see if his faith in himself will be trumped by the will of the people. steve cockburn is from amnesty international and is in senegal. today is the deadline given by the international community for presidentjammeh to step down from power and pass over to adama barrow. so far he has refused and mediation efforts have failed. this evening, the president of mauritania has flown into the country as a last ditch effort to try and find a peaceful solution to the crisis, and at the same time forces led by senegal and nigeria have been preparing to launch a military intervention in the country if that peaceful process doesn't succeed. dayo forster is a gambian writer. she's an international development writer based in the u

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clear if there's anyone else that has that capacity to constantly test the limits of what the islamic republicander of reconstruction after an eight year war. will that be what he is most remembered for? what is his legacy here? >> he will have a mixed legacy. he was involved in a lot of negative things that happened. forle will remember him 2009, when people went and voted or the reformist movement and you had a repressive rejection of these voters, he came out in support of the reformists and of the movement. he objected to the repression. that will be what people actmber because it was an later in his life, but one of the most courageous moments where he stood up against more repressive elements of the system. >> we do have the upcoming election in may, what are we expecting? >> there is a likelihood this may give the moderates a ball for this election. looking down the horizon, it will be very tough for them to continue to push the envelope and challenge the restrictions of the system without having someone like can in the background that can give them alibi and protection. thisest s it fo

imports from islamic republic jumped from a third as iran had sanctions lifted.let's get you back to our guest, the aramex ceo hussein hachem is still with us. every story seems to have a connection with donald trump. how does it play out in your part of the world, and what are your chief concerns living in the middle east? logistician, we live with the smooth flow of people. i'm not going to comment on donald trump as such, but i'm from the region. we are proud of who we are. we continue to do business as we go. we will watch and see. our this is model is resilient and allows us to adjust to uncertainties, and we are watching as everyone else. rishaad: that's just it here and we don't know what will happen. i want to get a sense of how much of your business has anything to do with the u.s., and the second part of the question is how do you make contingencies for any unpredictability, which is a known unknown? look, we come from a region of unknowns. aramex has been founded in an area of uncertainty, so addressing these challenges as part of our dna. it is natura

of a the war, his two consecutive terms as president of the islamic republic was dubbed as the reconstruction period. rafsanjani pursued liberal economic policies and tried to rebuild ties with iran's neighbors. after his presidency, rafsanjani remained a powerful player in iranian politics, including serving as a close adviser of ayatollah khomeini, who he had supported in becoming the supreme leader. his political leaning began to die verge from khomeini, a fact that would sideline the old revolutionary. in 2005, he ran for president but lost to mahmoud ahmadinejad, an opponent he criticized for his bombastic foreign policy language and populist ideology. and after the disputed presidential elections in 2009, rafsanjani sided with the protesters. while his decision helped his popularity among supporters of the green movement, it was politically costly, diminishing his influence behind the scenes. but by 2013, rafsanjani's moderate vision for iran put him back in play, as his close associate rouhani was elected as iran's seventh president. his death and just months away from iran's next pres

. >> the islamic republic of iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment facility for several>> this was one of those gotcha moments. and it was a worrying sign because it indicated iran had a much more advanced program. >> the crisis had an up side. it brought the world's most powerful nations together. the united states, germany, the united kingdom, france and china and russia were now all determined to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. there were fits and starts, talks and negotiations but little progress to show until 2013. an auspicious year. the year the team that would crack the toughest issue in world politics all came together. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> it was the year that president obama was inaugurated for the second time. and john kerry, a vietnam war vet and advocate of diplomacy, took office as the new secretary of state. it was the year that the relatively moderate hassan rouhani was elected the seventh president of iran. and named the american educated mohammad javad zarif as kerry's counterpart. >> the credentials and personal history of th

he was closely involved in the founding of the islamic republic and later proposed freeing the economye control. he served as president from 1989-1997, taking over after the end of the eight-year war. much of his early tenure with spent directing iran's record number -- iran's economic recovery. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. rishaad: right, chrysler saying it will invest $1 billion in making three new jeep models in the u.s.. president-elect donald trump press ring the auto industry to produce and hire workers inside the country. sue, tell us more here. su: what we have is over the weekend, fiat chrysler announcing that will carry over into monday's session that it will not only invest $1 billion in u.s. factories, which will be for the three jeep brands. shiftl add jobs and will production of one specific model from mexico here to the u.s. that many may see as a victory for president elect trump, the key message that automakers should build their made in america credit. it will add 2000 jobs

obama administration over and over again with the disastrous deal, the nuclear deal with the islamic republic of iran as well as the u.n. convention on climate change, two international agreements that significantly threaten the security and prosperity of the united states. both of them should have been submitted to this body, the united states senate, as treaties, but the president chose instead to try to impose them through the united nations because he knew that they would never be ratified by the senate even when this senate had a democratic majority. so the obama administration's strategy instead has been to curb american power by subjugating our national interest to the globalist agenda of the u.n., a policy that he is now attempting to extend to israel. here are some of the main problems with unsc resolution 2334. first, it is an attack on israeli sovereignty as it falsely defines as illegal under international law building activity within israel's own borders, which should be an internal israeli issue. the historical connection of the jewish people to the land of israel did not begin

. >> the islamic republic of iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment facility for severalhose gotcha moments. and it was a worrying sign because it indicated iran had a much more advanced program. >> the crisis had an up side. it brought the world's most powerful nations together. the united states, germany, the united kingdom, france and china and russia were now all determined to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. there were fits and starts, talks and negotiations but little progress to show until 2013. an auspicious year. the year the team that would crack the toughest issue in world politics all came together. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> it was the year that president obama was inaugurated for the second time. and john kerry, a vietnam war vet and advocate of diplomacy, took office as the new secretary of state. it was the year that the relatively moderate hassan rouhani was elected the seventh president of iran. and named the american educated mohammad javad zarif as kerry's counterpart. >> the credentials and personal history of the

they say the girls‘ families who moved to england from the czech republic are devastated. the so—called islamic of its militants was behind the new year‘s eve nightclub attack in istanbul, in which 39 people are known to have died. the authorities are continuing their hunt for the suspect, who escaped after opening fire on party—goers. these are the latest pictures released by turkish police in the past few hours. officials have now identified all but one of the victims, and they say nearly two thirds of them were foreign nationals. funerals for some of those killed are being held today. from istanbul, our correspondent selin gerit reports. this is the gunman that has sent shock waves across the country. he is still at large, but now his motives could be a bit clearer. the so—called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack at reina nightclub. in a statement, they said the shooting was carried out by a soldier of the caliphate in revenge for the turkish‘s governments strikes on islamic state in syria. eight people have been detained, but the gunman is not thought to be among them. in

world represented by the near peer status of the people eats republic to china and their insurgence into the south china sea and the spread of islamicerrorism. putin doesn't worry the way those two. >> rose: china is a strong -- dr. kissinger's book, the tigers and capitalists, and if the tigers get control we're in for a rocky eight years. >> rose: who are the tigers there. they seem to argue primarily the military. >> that's what dr. kissinger argued. i listen to him. >> rose: but at the same time xi jinping has a missive amount of power. >> i don't have a fix on him. he is very little exposed to me. do you think he's a man of growth and peace as opposed to -- >> rose: i think china looks at the world with the growing sense they have to play an important part. robert zellic went and told them you have to be a stakeholder and the military in terms of kerry. >> and the island and -- >> rose: and you hope they won't sink into a nationalism. >> that's the danger. of all the promises donald trump made, 350 ships for the navy, we need that,. >> rose: remember when john was talking about 500, 600. >> that is teddy roosevelt greatness and

one thing, two threats, the people's republic of china and their surgeon to the south china sea with artificial islands, huge problem, then this bread of radical islamicerrorism. putin does not scare me. he doesn't worry me the way those two threats worry me, and they weren't much discussed. charlie: economically and otherwise. hugh: dr. kissinger, the last chapter is so chilling, there are to bring parties, the tigers and the capitalists, and if the tigers get in control, we are in a rocky 4-8 years. charlie: they seem to argue primarily it is the military. hugh: yes, that is what dr. kissinger argued. at the same time, xi jinping has amassed a huge amount of power. hugh: he is little exposed to meet in the way previous leaders were not. do you think he is a man of growth and peace? charlie: i think china looks at the world with a growing sense that they have to play an important part. you have to be a stakeholder, and now the military -- hugh: and the islands and the nuclear class submarines -- that is the danger. of all the promises donald trump made, the one i detail most is 350 ships for our navy. we need submarines, replacement for the ohio clas

islamic state terrorists, we are suffering threats from the pkk, we are suffering threats from left organisations. i mean, it is very difficult to chase them. senior government ministers in the democratic republicgreement with the opposition to end the growing political crisis, but presidentjoseph kabila is yet to put his signature to it. under the terms of the deal, he will stay on until elections are organised by the end of 2017 to replace him. a position politician will be no need a in a transitional government. previous attempt to get both parties to sign have failed at the last moment. from today, companies in france are required to give their employees the right to avoid work in males outside office hours. the new law is known as the right to disconnect. companies with more than 50 workers will be obliged to set out the hours when staff may decline to send or answer e—mails. in indonesia — two local environmental volunteers have held a unique celebration to highlight their campaign to clear their river of rubbish. ari and sandra chose to navigate down the waterwayjust outside jakarta as part of their wedding celebration. they explained that it was their way to express their love for each