islamic republic delegation has to be really inclusive we have to start preparation for. you know kind of making of. yes i just wanted to ask you there's a very important point that in the story right now president afghani says his government has not pledged to release thousands of taliban prisoners even the part of the deal that the americans apparently have made with the taliban does it put this deal in jeopardy. oh i get. this these initially was that there was less involvement from islamic republic of france thank you i think the government and the political community to be part of this to make sure that this step is agreed upon and then it becomes practical and it becomes you know something that could be a fly. so therefore i think the 1st challenge now is 5 up to 5000 taliban prisoners i take you know just because we need also to very 5 would that affect the 5000 taliban you know the ones who actually not should not go back to the battlefield should not use their you know we can say again against the got the people of afghanistan how do you body how do you you know

same thing with the islamic republic of iran.as a company as a strategic approach to the region and if we get it right the people of that region will be better off, and american will be more secure. >> thank you. i'm going to yield the remainder of my time. >> thank you, sir. thank you. appreciate that. thank you for being here and i haven't been in close long enough to be better or. [shouting] natural anything to cause any great attention. >> you'll learn quickly. >> nobody has even taken my picture. i'll just keep -- thank you, brother. i appreciate that. but i will put you my christmas card list. since we took out soleimani have iran's actions a change any that you think? i suspect they walk it everywhere i look up at the sky. >> so the answer is, the answer is yes, but it is much more complicated than that. there is no single act that you can stare at him to do and say this was the one variable that move the entire strategic -- it's more comprehensive, bigger than that. this is just one element of the efforts we've undertaken

our posture to push back against the behaviors of the islamic republic of iran is designed to deter and defend america's interests. >> thank you. what signal does this division in the congress send to the largest state sponsor of terror, iran? >> so as a former member, i always have a high tolerance for people expressing their views, the views of their constituents and so, you know, members of congress have a responsibility to do that. having said that, it is the case that around the world, leaders observe when there is not a consistent view across all of the united states government and america's policies are best effectuated when there's a consensus that emerges around american foreign policy and i would encourage everyone to take onboard what the administration is doing and urge them to come to the consensus and assist us in delivering the change in the regime's behavior that i think everyone in this room today understands is both necessary and in america's best interest. >> and, you know, i'm all for article 1, constitutional authorities, but i do believe the president had authoriti

representing the islamic republic of iran the stand out of not on december 8th when it comes to the u.s. and taliban agreement which was signed in the u.s. and taliban on disemployed each but u.s. and its strategic partner who looks like they are not on the same page we have had statements from bail secretary pompei was saying that they will be monitoring and evaluating every step of the taliban us photo since commitment to that agreement is concerned but who now monitors in evaluates the commitments of its african counterparts in terms of the islamic republic of understand we have how the joint statement yesterday where you had secretary esper and the secretary of the nato coming in and and kabul this issue was not raised the joint declaration the joint statement clearly said that the afghan government well philly's these 5000 prisoners before the interim afghan dialogue now the ball is back into ambassador khalilzad school as of how does he negotiates discusses this with the afghan government let's talk a little bit about the political divisions in kabul has there been any movement on

same thing with the islamic republic of iran. as a company as aa approach to the region and if we get it right the people of will be better off, ander american will be more secure. >> thank >> you. havei'm going to yield the remainder of my time. >> thank you, sir. thank you. appreciate that. r orthank you for being here ani haven't been in close >> you'll learn quickly. uickly>> nobody has even taken y picture. i'll just keep -- thank you, brother. list.i appreciate >> that.t. yobut i will put you my christms card list. since we took out soleimani have iran's actions any that you think? i suspect they walk it everywhere i look up at the sky. >> so the answer is, the that yr is yes, but it is much more complicated than that. there is no single act e sthat u can stare at him to ando and say this was the one t variable that move the entire strategic -- it's moree than that.sive, bigger this is just one element of the efforts we've undertaken. so to say the responses are, to draw a correlationous like thati want to be veryry >> more

military personnel were killed by ice ill the terrorists of ice ill that the islamic republic of iran has been on the forefront of fighting against and these 2 military personnel were killed by i still are actually the 1st u.s. military personnel to die at the hands of i still sense trump declared that i still was completely defeated take a lesson the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory we're doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly the ice is caliphate has been decimated in another short period of time like hours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated. so despite the reality of who is conducting terrorist attacks and who is killing u.s. troops the position of the trump white house that iran is the primary threat seems to persist. with the latest thank you. lot armor of putin hasn't ruled out staying in power if that's what the people want the suggestion was 1st made by an m.

doing it now because it basically means the islamic republic is asking its arch enemy for help that shows how much help is needed right now to battle the virus and its economic consequences of course because you also have to see that iran's economy was already in a pretty bad state before the outbreak began and basically ever since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal and impose fresh sanctions people and businesses have been struggling to make ends meet on the virus might now push them over the edge so that's why he runs foreign minister has urged the i.m.f. to act and he treated the french it here to its mandate stand on the right side of history and act responsibly the i.m.f. has already said it would help out countries in need but the e.u. isn't going to budge on those sanctions is it well that's the big question here because of course those sanctions also have a very big effect on the fight against the virus there might even have something to do with the actual outbreak because this sanctions made it impossible for iran to do business with other countries except china as a china w

the number one state sponsor of anti-semitism the islamic republic of iran is undoubtedly the worst. the regime continues to stoke hatred of jews to serve their own corrupt ends through classroom textbooks, state media propaganda, the poins declarations of their unelected leaders. you know, how sad given that iranians give sanctuaries to jews during the holocaust. it doesn't have to be this way. let me be clear, the world knows -- the world knows that the noble iranian people do not hate israel or jews or any other religious groups. it's the by gotted, intolerant regime that does. [applause] and it is -- and it is that regime. it is that regime and its views as the reason that president trump said so clearly that iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon while we're on watch. [applause] so who else refuses to respect israel? sadly, there are members of congress who do too. in november, i received a letter from 106 members of congress that criticized moving the embassy so jerusalem closing the palestinian office in d.c. halting operations in the west bank and gaza and the rethinking we

staying in pakistan as we continue our women's day coverage conservative groups in the islamic republic believe women should be kept veiled and in their homes but younger generations are challenging these attitudes and creating space for girls to thrive. a brave act in an ultra conservative society here in the neighborhood of karate females aren't supposed to do such things going out in public is considered taboo cycling brings mobility and independence to women and girls and is often met with hostility. no miss when we started to learn to cycle we face lots of problems we had to listen to ugly comments people even threw stones a toss up but gradually we've become more confident and move. for would now people consider us as cyclists and it's become more normal there are still some people out there who create trouble for us we just ignore them made up 15 year old told them so both sides have a lot of problems as some people are religious extremists and illiterate so they aren't aware that girls should do sports as they have the same rights as men they don't know what female empowerment i

pakistan where women across the country attended protests supporting their own rights but in the islamic republic attitudes towards women's rights remains deeply divided. and in the bundesliga leaders by in munich when after dortmund jump into 2nd place. in the battle of the as old faces and haunting plot by. a michael thanks for joining us. the italian government has put roughly a quarter of its population under quarantine in a bid to stop a rapidly expanding outbreak of the coronavirus prime minister giuseppe conti's signed a decree after midnight the lockdown affects the region of lombardy and other northern provinces and includes venice and italy's financial capital milan italy has been hit with the most known krone virus infections in europe the government's most recent figures show 7375 confirmed cases 336 people have died the lock down is the most drastic measure yet taken in a european country to try to contain the virus milan italy is vibrant financial heart turned into a ghost town. number d. is the country's most populous region it's also where the corona virus has hit the hardest putt

pakistan where women across the country attended protests supporting their on rights but in the islamic republic attitudes towards women its rights one thing please divide it. and by munich move then move another step closer to retiring they've got total champions record in. the league at the top of the top. i'm anthony how it's good to have you with us the italian government has put roughly a quarter of its population under quarantine in a bid to stop a rapidly expanding outbreak of the coronavirus it's the most drastic measure taken get in a european country the lockdown affects the bridge in of long body and other northern provinces and includes venice and italy's financial financial capital milan italy has been hit with the most known corona virus infections in europe the government's most recent figures shows 7375 confirmed cases 366 people have died. transport ministry says it is still allowing tourists in the regions to leave but for residents. severely restricted for almost a month. milan italy's vibrant financial heart turned into a ghost town lumber d. is the country's most populous re

ask our partners are biggest challenges we face whether that is countering islamic republic of iran, restoring democracy in venezuela, you can see president trump's mission. you can see his part in our foreign policy that we are countering the face of oppression around the world and it's a value that we all know with with the enormous success we had under president reagan when the iron curtain came down. another part of shooting straight is being honest with yourself and you have to be clear about what you can do and what you can't read no foreign-policy built on fantasy ever works, it's what we back have had to correct. . under previous administrations, our nations signed dangerous agreements that made americans less like the iran nuclear deal and paris climate accord but bad trade deals, people said these things couldn't be fixed, previous and ministrations were proud of themselves for these agreements read a went to the ribbon cuttings and the signings that everyone knows this, the point is changing behavior, not signing documents. if there is no compliance, there's agreements wit

we've been acted the strongest campaign in history to deprived islamic republic money for terror. .in our own hemisphere and in europe to declare hezbollah a terrorist organization in its entirety. and we've had other nations now join us in that has flown around dangerous military actors, the i-total lies airline of choice, that put israelis at risk. on the settlements issue we couldn't be more clear we've concluded that the obama administration had a wrong approach and did not help the prospects for peace. we worked, we got it right, which declared the civilian settlements be on the green line, just as president ronald reagan had rejected that memo after it was written. let me remind you that no less than senators humor right here at aipac, right to thousand 13, about that there was the settlements that were the blockage to peace. and further on the settlements issue, some of you are wondering how to move forward in the wake of the un human rights council release of the database. it may not seem like much to some of you, but this is a real threat. i'm proud to tell you that this af

the corona virus over the last 24 hours the fight to contain the spread of the virus in the islamic republic has been hampered by the spread of misinformation nearly 300 people died after drinking toxic methanol of the recent weeks after believing it protects against the virus jordan has reported its 1st death from the corona virus the victim was an 83 year old woman most of the cases are in the northern city of it the government has blocked entry into the area the rest of jordan is on a curfew in the only grocery stores are open u.s. president donald trump assigned to true trillion dollar aid package to help people and businesses cope with the effects of the pandemic america has the highest number of cases worldwide with more than 100000 people infected but as the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera to people in power the cold war. in response to global warming germany is in the process of closing down its coal industry for many years the country's principal source of energy especially in the form of the communist east but there's fierce all humans about the pace of that closure

the islamic republic will fall and something else will come in its place but it cannot be as bad.others are looking for specific changes to iranian policies which are amicable to u.s. interest. nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, support for proxies. the strategies for these two are entirely different. i think we are mixing this all up together. i am not confident. every once in a while i wonder how easy how iran will be to negotiate with, i pull up my copy of the iranian constitution and read the preamble. it's anti american. it talks about exporting the achievements of the revolution. supporting against the oppressors. there's a lot in the basis of the iranian state which supports and expansionist more radical iranian policy. the question in my mind, i'm not an iran expert, it's can a more conservative harder line iranian government soft pedal the revolutionary ideology in exchange for some sort of economic or security benefits? i think at this point it is unknown because it has not really been tried since the jcpoa. >> what general votel is waiting. we will

. >> right now, when you want to protest against the islamic republic, it means that you have to risklife. why? because you're not sure if you take to the street thahat you'e going to get back home. you're not sure if you're going to get injured, get killed. or you're going to get into prison. or you will be disappeared. >> masih alinejad gives a voice to many in iran. she was invited to the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, to speak k about huhuman rights in heher homel. iran's foreign minister, javad zarif, cancelled his attendance at short notice, citing changes to the schedule. masih alinejad receives thousands of videos from iran, which she posts online. she says protests in the country are growing more frequent - which is putting pressure on the regime. >> how can foreign minister zarif face the international community, looking into their eyes, and deny all the massacres and killings? and putting several thousand people in jail? -- 7 7000 people e in jail? fome, , i thk thisis ithe tippg poinint. thth are very weak. >>>> members ofof the iranianan oppoposition in eueur

the islamic republic is threatening to use force against those who violate travel restrictions as airports around the globe emptied out and scrubbed down, lufthansa announced today it's cutting capacity up to 50% at the world health organization in geneva, a reality check. will coronavirus disappear in the warm summer months? >> it's a false hope to say, yes, it will just disappear in the summertime like influenza. >> reporter: in singapore where researchers are highly confident they have traced the origin of the virus to bats. doctors say they are working to defeat it will we have to start quarantining people around the world and telling people to stay in your homes? >> i think in the initial phase is, yes. for this problem the world has to work together or otherwise we're toast. >> richard engel, nbc news >> there is much more from richard in his special report "on assignment" sunday night at 10:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> we'll be back in 60 seconds i set out with a virus expert to explore the best ways to protect yourself, separating fact from fiction. >>> then the question we're all thin

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militias who have attacked americans are trained, equipped, underwritten by the regime of the islamic republic iran and it's been president trump's policy consistently that says that we will respond all of those who facilitated, trained, equipped, enabled those attacks on america. that hold as true today as it or two weeks, four weeks, back in the beginning of january strike against qassem soleimani. the second question is about the from es that were fired emen by the iranian-backed houthis. good news is, it looks like the is ge done by everyone else minor but none ttheless, there have been a lot of work to reduce conflict, to take down levels of violence that were there and we had some success. thataudis had been leading effort, and it broke down that day. have now responded and they can get on the right path. we hope we can find a path forward with the u.n. security ouncil resolution in yemen to find a path to peace there. interestbe in the best of every participant in the region. sadly, it appears the iranians don't share our vision for peace yemen and in saudi arabia. and lastly, you asked

you met up with taliban negotiators there is a huge trust deficit between the people and the islamic republic of afghanistan umbrella and the taliban there is a trust deficit and some of us are being particularly this like because of her gender because of her views and because of the fact that we have been a vocal rights for democracy and equality and we have been deprived of money apart unities due to our not that the war only took lives lifes of many members of my family and lifes of people who had been killed in front of my eyes and continue. to be code but also a lot of opportunities because this is such a beautiful country with great opportunities if there was no war i'm sure afghanistan would have been in a different situation and every day we're losing lives we are in the full front of this war on terror so we have to really end this and we have to really end it with justice and dignity you say it's a beautiful country it's also a beautiful country for a big oil pipeline what was it like talking to zalmay khalilzad you know that around the world is known for his support of the iraq war

president called on the united states to lift all sanctions on the islamic republic. >> the sanctionsistic have been implemented on the iranian people by america. unfortunately, other countries have been overcome because they are scared of america's punishment. this created a very big problem for us in that america says we are prepared to help around with the coronavirus situation. it's the biggest lie in history. >> iranian president is not telling the truth there. what we know is that the united states that offer aid to around though it was rejected by iran's supreme leader on monday. trace. >> trace: try eating life for us in jerusalem, and coronavirus affecting income taxes and the tax filing deadline moving from april 15th to july 15th. extension giving everybody a much-needed break focusing on their family and jobs in the health. but the extension comes to changes in tax laws especially for corporations. cpas will have to go back and redo corporate tax returns which will ultimately end up impacting personal tax returns for more insight on what the changes mean, joined by julio g

we've enacted the strongest pressure campaign in history of the islamic republic of iran money for terrorur own hemisphere and in europe to declare a terrorist organization in its entirety. and we have had other nations join us in banning the house phone around dangerous military actors, the airline of choice so it cannot move around weapons and fighters in the region that put israelis at risk. [applause] on the settlement issue, the settlements we cannot be more clear, we concluded the obama administration did not help the peace process. or prospects for peace. [applause] we worked, we got it right, and in the 1970s declared the still billions settlement beyond the green line were illegal just as ronald reagan had rejected a few years after it was written. [applause] let me remind you that no less than senator schumer said at aipac in 2018, it is sure not the settlement that is a blockage to peace. [applause] and further on the settlement, i know some american companies are wondering, some of wondering how to move forward in the wake of the human rights councils released at the database

potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u.s. central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal ballistic missiles despite international condemnation a ram remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism now it's important to note that the iraqi parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military presence in iraq now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the united states let's remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now it's also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u.s. military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u.s. military personnel killed by i still sense trout declared the group had been totally defeated the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 perce

people are infected the islamic republic has been one of the worst hit by the pandemic. now a prominent group of iranian academics has started a petition calling on the united states to lift sanctions. that they say are hindering iran's efforts to contain the virus for many iranians outbreak is also putting a dampener on one of the most joyous times of the year. the first day of spring and the iranian new year from twenty four as a sapphire this support. from tehran. all all. all once a year in the streets of tehran. g. p. roos welcomes the first day of spring and the wrong. like santa claus this fictional characters job is to spread holiday joy. but this year he's not seseng many smiles. i thought about that it's the worst year ever i've played hockey for routes for twenty years i've never seen it like that. not in a good mood. it's hard to be in a good mood any run these days the cororona virus outbreak is growingng and many here sayay us sanctions are hindndering iran's fight to contain the virus. matt mood saddam h he is among more thahan three dozen publilic officia

country including advisers to the supreme leader and the foreign minister where there is the islamic republic's healthcare system buckling under the strain of the crisis the us president has said washington is willing to come to to rand's assistance but they rainy and leadership wasn't too impressed with the offer. if we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if that's the truth that at least we've the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the right mia nation wrong and we apologize no 1st step is to release banking transactions to purchase medicine what do we have a medicine medicines and food. humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the united states is sanctions against iran but other financial restrictions including those that target the country's banks they limit to ron's ability to import vital medication and sanctions have led to shortages of drugs used to treat

it's been eyeing a new theater for a potential war in the middle east you are on war with the islamic republic would be absolutely catastrophic there for some members of congress are now pushing back the senate has just approved it a bipartisan resolution aimed at limiting president donald trump authority to engage in military action against iran without congressional approval the bill was sponsored by democratic senator tim kaine from virginia who says the resolution is not directed toward president trump but toward any president take a listen to the resolution before the body today is about congress reclaiming its rightful role in decisions about war the resolution is pretty simple we should not be a war with iran and less congress votes to authorize such a war. while the president does and must always have the ability to defend the united states from imminent attack the executive power to initiate or stops there at least 8 republicans have joined the democrats in support of the bill which passed $55.00 to $45.00 however president trump is expected to veto the war powers resolution even so c

have died in the country including advisers to the supreme leader in the foreign minister but islamic republic's health care system buckling under the current strain of the crisis is the us president tribe has said that washington is willing to come to rand's assisted assistance didn't go down too well though the iranian leadership wasn't too impressed with that particular offer right now. if we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if that's the truth the littlest leave the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the iranian nation wrong and we apologize no 1st step is to release banking transactions to purchase medicine do we have the medicine and to sit netizens and food. remind of the current state of play humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the united states' sanctions against iran or other financial destruction including crucially the country's banks impede to r

the us role dr alan ethic thank you that's it for the show will be back on wednesday iran's islamic republic day as the u.s. sanctioned country that reported a killer in a virus death every 10 minutes now received support from cuba until then for all the news not covered by the mainstream media join the on the ground by following us on you tube twitter facebook instagram that's how. i can show you my face but i'm going to teach you my story in 1993 this man was sentenced to death. they could charge kenny with capital murder even though he didn't have the gun didn't pull the trigger didn't intend to kill anybody the magic living in your bathroom for the week with the scent of a 23. i doubt that i've observed to be. confined within 4 gray walls he fights using. to help him to leave death row.

the victims are advisers to this supremely leader and the foreign minister with is that the islamic republic's health care system is ill equipped to deal with the crisis the us president president has offered assistance to to run the iranian leadership however wasn't impressed. if we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if that's the truth that at least we've the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the right new nation room and we're poor joyce no 1st to release banking transactions to purchase medicine do we have the medicine to ship medicines and food humanitarian goods think looting medical supplies are officially exempt from u.s. sanctions against iran but to run complains that other financial restrictions including against the country's banks that limit its ability to import vital medication the sanctions have led to shortages of drugs used to treat cancer and epilepsy there are however many