cents so the propaganda machinery of the islamic republic uses the reconfiguration of the picture ofawesome silly money into that i cannot go free in order to re validate and re energize the she component of the islamic revolution. marcher shecky in persian arabic has a connotation of being a witness with this to watch witness to truth witness to the veracity of the iranian revolution. the new government knows that the revolution needs to be nourished reimagine with each generation and it has a convenient and flexible platform for the messages in the billboards bands and murals found in cities across. the political propaganda iran's goal is sometimes more subtle than that found on t.v. billboards are by design new fluid more responsive they can be unfurled overnight and changed just as quickly to meet the needs of the day. the image of the military salute with a general store their money in the front and a variety of iranian citizens standing in salute behind them includes women with very loose his job and one very small boy he's engaging in a form of sign language that forms a t. in

after president trump pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, the islamic republic increased enrichmenttorage beyond the agreement. although iranian president is threatening a crushing response to the moves, pompeo doubled down, saying when he was speaking with sunday morning futures over the weekend that iran is a major threat to the united states. >> the world needs to unite around the central idea that the islamic republic is the greatest threat and when the regime changes its behavior we have a chance to create true global stability in the region. >> reporter: this comes amid continued tension between iran and u.s. allies in the region. yesterday, bahrain said it foiled a terror plot that was being organized by a group of people linked to the islamic republic. todd. todd: trey yingst live for us in jerusalem. trey, thank you. the white house will issue an executive order later today spelling out how they will enforce sanctions. joining me with more, middle east expert cory mills. let's listen to what the president is saying about this iran nuclear deal. >> the iran deal was a disast

there already is an islamic republic in afghanistan. what more do you need? ry that you will have an even harsher interpretation. no, this is no harsher interpretation. the rules are clear islamic rules, so there will be a committee of the scholars set up and they will see about the islamic system. and the mood on the other side of the table, a question for the government spokesperson and one of the negotiators, nader naderi. it's a hopeful step. window is now open, we are looking forward for the differences in the violence to end completely and protect, strengthen further the values of the republic, the islamic republic. with had so much sacrifices, our international partners have given so much sacrifices. to see afghanistan a stable, democratic country. everyone at the opening ceremony, except the opening ceremony, except the taliban called for a ceasefire. how much of a stumbling block is that going to be? our people long for silencing of the gun. the overwhelming majority of our people, they want to see ceasefire and they want to see it immediately. we und

our neighbors and regional allies the people's republic of china russia for it wait in an islamic republic of iran slotnick republic of pakistan turkey india saudi arabia united arab emirates indonesia egypt is big son stan turkmenistan. stan. it is a stand and azerbaijan boy have helped and worked with us to bring peace and prosperity to our country. ladies and gentlemen but. i believe that preserving and expanding the afghan national accomplishments over the long passed over the past 19 years can help us build a political order that rests on peoples well the fruits of their struggle rightful jihad in the resistance in the past 4 decades. and we have our complete intention to bring peace in our country. i believe that. a dignified and durable peace can be restored charge when it can assure and dependency freedom of sovereignty and territorial integrity and broad political participation that has the support of the afghan nation of beauty. and love and we are very sure how that that peace can bring prosperity and establish. insecurity in afghanistan about it in it will support us against an

and individuals who contribute to the supply, sale, or transfer of conventional arms to the islamic republic of iran. it will prevent the export of conventional arms to rogue regimes and will ban the export of weapons by arms producing nations to iran where iran would provide them to terrorists and rogue regimes. simply put, the united states cannot stand idly by while iran destabilizes the region and beyond through the purchase and sale of advanced conventional weapons. the trump administration is also imposing new sanctions that export control measures on and individuals connected to the nuclear weapons program and the united states has restored previously suspended u.n. sanctions on iran. when the u.s. entered into the failed deal, the obama administration told the american people that the u.s. would always have the right to restore u.n. sanctions on a run, even without the approval of other nations. that provision was key to obtaining the u.s. approval for the jcpoa. president trump is now exercising our rights to protect america and allies. the iranian regime has repeatedly lied about i

there already is an islamic republic in afghanistan. what more do you need? er interpretation. the rules are clear islamic rules, so there will be a committee of the scholars set up and they will see about the islamic system. isn't there already an islamic system? no, they say, it is a republic... this is a red line for the afghan delegation for many afghans? they say we have a republic, not a system... but all of the afghan people, which is all muslim people, they want a system which is participated by all afghans. and the mood on the other side of the table, the question for a government spokesperson, and one of the negotiators. indeed, it is a hopeful day. we have looked for ending this violence for so long. of course, we are careful. it is a complicated process. we have to sort out those complications. we have to make sure that we find that common ground for a shared future for our people and for all of those actors — especially for those who are submitting to violence. it is a hopeful step. the window is now opened. we are looking forward to discuss those

identify themselves differently, like, for example, the afghan government is representing the islamic republic whereas the taliban identify themselves as the islamic emirate of afghanistan. now, these are two different programmes and political thoughts and ideologies, and we don't know exactly what will be at the table. so i feel that in the coming days, if the government insists on just the ceasefire without giving details of the plan that it has, the road map it has for the future, baring how the afghan government, the current government or any other government in the future with share power with the taliban. and what kind of role will they have? and then there's key questions about human rights, women's rights, and other issues that have been around the taliban's thinking. so we have to see down the road. but i feel these other meeting sticking points that will see, i think, right in the beginning. where, you know, the first call for a ceasefire and then the demand from taliban, ok, what will we get in return? because the taliban, they feel they are strong in their position. the afghan gove

we do an enormous amount of work to protect the people and the islamic republic of iran has conductedssination before and were trying to do everything to keep everybody safe. >> martha: we learned that ambassador will be leaving his post in china. what more can you tell us about why that is and that's a bit of a surprise. >> he served the president and me and the state department team unbelievably for the past years and done yeoman's work helping to deliver on something that's a complete change from what the administration has done with respect to the chinese communist party. it's something he's been thinking about for a while that he wants to come out and go back to iowa and do the things that he's doing before. i think terry for his service and i know his team will pick up the march. >> martha: i know there is the op-ed he wanted to learn in the newspaper they refused to run and is there any indication that any of the things are part? >> that i didn't have anything to do but i will say that the fact that the chinese communist party, the chance to put the all that out, it's telling a

can't unilaterally reimposed punishment on the islamic republic.he wires this evening the trump administration will report to the target two dozen people and entities this week with sanctions as concerns about iran's ability to make a nuclear weapon continue. the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson wrote in today saying this, the regime in the white house has no option just to respect the international recollections and norms and also stop the rising of war and the illegal and criminal actions with unilateral sanctions grants to the grained nation and people of a rant. >> this comes amid tensions between the iranian regime and u.s. allies. just today bahrain said it stopped a tourist attack planned by a group of individuals supported by the irine regime. jon. jon: tray in jerusalem. that is a look at stories from around the globe. coming up, a feline finish, the story behind this straight kat's mad dash a major marathon in turkey. ♪ y driver. they're going to be paying for this for a long time. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate wo

in the 1st round was back in february it had the lowest voter turnout in the history of the islamic republic and that resulted in the most conservative parliament in its 40 year history following developments for us from tech from. the recent where having the 2nd round of parliamentary elections now is because they were postponed they were delayed in april because of the chroma virus the 2nd round takes place when the 1st round that 20 percent threshold isn't reached by the candidates but when the 2nd round happens it's just a matter of who gets the most votes is elected now it won't doesn't look like the political dynamic in the much is the parliament is going to change 2 thirds of those seats still belong to the conservatives in terms of voter turnout in the parliamentary elections it was 42 percent nationwide that's the lowest the country has seen since the establishment of the republican hair into her own it was around 26 percent and that low turnout resulted again. benefits the conservatives the hardliners now that dynamic isn't going to change we understand that polls will close around

this letter from the islamic republic of afghanistan, lower house of the parliament, national interest preservation group. to this committee. without objection, so ordered. it says -- it's rather pointed and -- in its message. and one of the most important excerpts of this two-page letter, i'll read as follows. t calls upon the united states to rise to the occasion, and i'm quoting now, rise to the occasion by standing up for the great cause of women's rights, which is indisputably human rights. and let this deal, this agreement, be known as one that preserve the rights of every afghan man and woman. not a deal that prevents little girls from going to school. not a deal that leads to the destruction of our institutions. and not a deal that back tracks on the great achievements of freedom and democracy. those achievements purchased at a high price among u.s. service members, as well as coalition and afghan forces as well. how is it that -- and i understand you don't set the parameters for negotiations. you conduct them. so this was not your decision. but how do we demonstrate to the tal

the president came to understand quickly that the real threat to these countries was the islamic republic of iran so we flipped the narrative. we worked to deliver a coalition to get the gulf states to work together, to convince them that they could in fact work alongside and partner with and do commerce with the state of israel and recognize them and that they be safer, their people be more prosperous. those are the central underpinnings and it then took action. it took principled action on behalf of president trump and our administration to convince them that the americans be there , and whether that was the decision to move the embassy to jerusalem, to acknowledge that it properly belonged to israel, all things previous presidents just said we're nuts that you couldn't do it was against the establishment's vision for how to create stability in the middle east and the work we did to kill souleman i, and take down an enormous threat. i think those things gave those middle eastern states the trust and confidence the united states would stand behind its commitments and created the space fo

this administration took the reverse course, made it more difficult for the islamic republic of iranand its regime, we will put pressure on them. you can see by the fact that got the stockpile this deal wasn't worth a darn. they could turn a centrifuges on and create real risk, donald trump made clear iran will have a nuclear weapon and the strategy he has taken reduces that risk to the american people. shannon: you have called out g7 counterparts, but poisoning, asked russia to bring those responsible to justice to get involved, that comes at the same time we have a whistleblower who has come forward to say he was pressured to edit intel reports and other information so that it would downplay the threat of russia's interference in our election and he was told to falsify or edit out information that didn't fit the president's talking points. >> i worked on the russia file for three years, watched the administration take seriously the challenges russia presents to us to work on counterterrorism together alongside them, i did today, the state department is trying to put together a stra

of afghanistan and by that i mean the constitutional values that are behind that islamic republic including women's rights human rights in general equal rights of all citizens minorities. and. and opportunities and freedoms that. all encompass the. underlying values of this republic this is something that from my understanding and the afghan. side the negotiation team this is one of the priorities one of the positions along with asking for an immediate cease fire a nationwide mission why did he fire but i was very happy to hear this in the speeches of almost all representatives of foreign countries today at the opening ceremony and everybody supported both of these points meaning establishment of cease fire and preservation of the value that the islamic republic and the current constitution of afghanistan have provided for the afghan nation and specifically on the point of women's rights which you mentioned just a moment ago i mean the government a saying that it's not possible to develop a country without men and women having a role in politics and society. how do you see that ro

in terms of inspections in many countries including in cases like in the islamic republic of iran we were able to solve some important difficulties we had there resort corp and we continue the indispensable inspection activity in that country as in the rest of the world we weather every crisis through diplomacy and we will continue doing so there have been protests in several egyptian cities calling on president abdullah for tat has sisi to step down police fired tear gas in the city of gives or just south of the capital security forces have arrested more than a 1000 people ahead of the demonstrations. governments across europe are imposing restrictions to combat coronavirus as the number of new cases rises a partial lockdown has come into force in spain's capital around a 150000 people will be affected social gatherings are limited to 6 people new rules have been put in place in the french cities of leon and nice that's it for now. relations between russia and the west have never been as tense since they ended the cold war. the fighting in the eastern ukraine is ongoing and after 5

in the islamic republic of iran to underwrite that, to undermine lebanese and iraqis, creating chaos inside of syria, creating an opportunity to increase stability in the middle east. >> you mentioned iran. what are the implications, reported to be in an assassination attempt, in the middle east the we get general soleimani. the assassination attempt in reason for that. the specific question is the implication of disagreement to iran and a little context for where we are in that. the change we should take these agreements. it is a detriment to the security they have. it is outrageous and the anti-semitic nature of the machine by iran as well. i don't want to comment on the intelligence, the assassination campaigns around the world. in europe and other places, in the iranian model, where we have done, it denies the capability. we see weakens capacity, turning to narcotic activities to generate revenue, you see what is happening in iraq, to join and put monopoly on arms back in the iraqi leadership. these things came because of the fundamental understanding of conducting business in th

of afghanistan and by that i mean the constitutional values that are behind that islamic republic including women's rights human rights in general equal rights of all citizens minorities. and. and opportunities and freedoms that. all encompass. the. underlying values of this republic this is something that from my understanding and the afghan. side negotiation team this is one of the priorities one of the positions along with asking for an immediate cease fire a nationwide nationwide cease fire. police in belarus have violently detained dozens of women attempting to join the latest weekend protest against president alexander lukashenko more than 10000 women defy the government crackdown to march down the streets of the capital minsk they have been demanding that lukashenko his resignation since he was declared the winner of last month's election which critics say was rigged so fast and was at the protest and witnessed the violence every saturday for the last couple of weeks women have been marching here in the center of minsk it's a women's march to release the political prisoners

percent and that resulted in the most conservative parliament since the establishment of the islamic republic now when it comes to larger constituencies voting tends to take place along political lines in terms of reformists and conservative candidates but in the smaller constituencies like we're seeing today is always the case now this is the most the most conservative party and that is troubling for president rouhani reformist aligned candidate because they still have to answer questions that he has around 12 ministers that still have to answer questions in parliament and the last time his foreign minister devolves returned to parliament he was interrupted he was heckled he was called a liar and one politician even shouted out death to the reef that prompted the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini to intervene and he came out and said that people have the right to question and hold people accountable but they should do it respectfully and without insulting each other. i mean. the. measure of how. divided iranian politics is right now. well yes the economy is in a great state sanction the u.s.

voting favorites parliamentary elections for the lowest voter turnout in the history of the islamic republic and resulted in the most conservative parliament in its 40 year history hardliners now make up the majority and that's not good for president has and rouhani is reformist aligned government in july farm is to divide zarif was interrupted and called in parliament and at least 12 government ministers still have to face questions from politicians the same issues still dominate politics the state of the economy corruption and u.s. sanctions on her sake i want my lawmaker to remain committed to his pledges as the phone it's a juicy to vote i hope our politicians do something for us the working class we really have many problems politicians encouraged more people to come out and vote but the covert 900 pandemic makes it difficult to see how that will happen. if the coronavirus situation persist we have to prepare for new conditions ahead of the 2021 presidential election candidates have been barred from campaigning on the streets and the body that oversees elections has started a new online

secretary of state mike pompei o imposing new sanctions on the islamic republic of iran because of the sanctions that were lifted after the 2015 nuclear deal however the united states is taking the unilateral move of restoring those sanctions or actions today or warning that should be heard worldwide no matter who you are. if you violate the u.n. arms embargo on iran your wrists and shoes the country that's isolated today is not tonight it states but rather iran by these actions we have made very clear that every member of a state in the united nations has a responsibility to enforce these sanctions now other nations how denounced this unilateral move from the united states and voiced strong disapproval of the united states pretty much stands alone at the united nations when it comes to their skirt standoff with iran and moved today we can see the maximum pressure policy of the u.s. against the iranian nation at least in the political and legal fields has turned into maximum isolation for the u.s. we don't need a cheering section to validate our moral compass we do not find comfort bas

there already is an islamic republic in afghanistan. what more do you need? worry about a harsher interpretation. the rules are clear, islamic rules, so there will be a meeting of scholars, and they will see about the islamic system. in the mood on the other side of the table, a question for the government spokesperson and one of the negotiators. it is a hopeful step, the window has now opened, we are looking forward to discuss those differences to end the violence and protect and strengthen further the values of the republic of afghanistan. we have done so many sacrifices and also to see if afghanistan is a stable democratic country and that is what we are here for. everyone at the opening ceremony except for the taliban called for a ceasefire. how much of a stumbling block that be? our people long for silence in the government. throughout the country the overwhelming majority of our people either through peace brokers or other means want to see a ceasefire and they want to see it immediately. we understand that is a difficult step for the taliban to ta ke d

the power structure of the islamic republic of ghana stand gives power to the president he can hire fire move and do things that will which is kind of very similar to what the taliban want on the basis of it if you look at oversimple of looked look to it as an oversimplified view how difficult would it be for you to change the constitution of his son. to change the constitution of persecution of afghanistan there are provisions in the constitution itself the issue is that. the current issues are also for is for the design for the interest of the country to try to get dippy people to get that in the country to get us in a unified man so i mean mentor for closer to shame is not possible what about the security forces what happens to the any what happens to the taliban fighters because there has been so much blood that has been shared between these 2 sides the highest number of casualties in afghanistan have been afghan security forces. how do you get them to reconcile the country. needs national institutions. national army national police or any other security sector if the country needs t

timing why now and then also why it all thing is that 1st of all it is to demonstrate things to islamic republic iran wants to show that despite all this international appeals they go forward with their program kind of so it's also a very big kind of sign for the radiance to intimidate others because i mean of course he was taking part and the protests as you have said and doesn't 18 and they were in 2100 have been to many analysts again and also other young people are arrested and they're they're still also on their. their penalties and so the feeling is that they want to say ok whatever happens now just scare off the people to come to the streets the other point is also the timing now because. actually today it was very unexpected speech as there is a journalist who was also a blogger and. it's said to that he's close to naveen of course family and he was on his way with one of nothing of course brothers to board a plane into shiraz to actually meet the family of the victim the stamped security agent and and it is said that he gave signs that they would maybe forgive carty we have to say that

when you look at the islamic republic of afg hanistan‘s delegation, negotiating team or delegation asversity of afghanistan in it. it's important. that in itself... does the other side recognise that afghanistan has changed in many ways? the younger generation, the civil society, the media, the vibrant private sector, all of that. freedoms, certain freedoms — freedom of speech — but at the same time, we realised that there is no other way but to put an end to war and find a way to live together in peace and fight for our ideas. many afghans and others ask how hard it will be for afghans to share power with the taliban when your supporters and president ghani's supporters can't even share power without arguing. yes, there are differences of opinion, there have been arguments at times, but we have kept it peacefully. that's the point. do you share the fears of those who say that this is alljust a mirage for the taliban, that the hardline taliban — including the commanders on the ground — are just waiting for the remainder of the us forces, nato forces, to leave and then they'll march in

largely seen as being directed at washington for its newly imposed sanctions issued against the islamic republic of iran despite their full compliance with the nuclear deal now in his remarks putin also emphasized the need to preserve the strategic arms reduction treaty an important treaty between the united states and russia is set to expire in february now it's important to remember because the pandemic they're not actually gathering in new york city the key heads of state are giving their addresses and it's actually on the scene at the manhattan u.n. headquarters this is how he opened the day's events. needs a good. cease fire to stop all hot conflicts but at the same time we must do every scene to avoid the new cold war now that's certainly a noble goal however there are hot conflicts taking place right now in afghanistan in libya in yemen and other places and they don't appear to be stopping a despite the global pandemic and the calls of international leaders now donald trump's remarks that we heard weren't exactly deescalating international tensions donald trump took particular aim at chin

being interpreted as a criticism of washington for its recent move to impose sanctions on the islamic republic of iran despite full compliance with the nuclear deal. and as usual in the day while the 1st few hours we hear from the likes of the permanent security council members the ones that people are looking out for what else has been said in the opening day. well this is a little bit different than previous u.n. general assembly is as it's being held virtually due to health concerns we're not having people travel around the world so it's being held virtually the heads of state have prerecorded messages that are being played for the u.n. general assembly body now the u.n. secretary general is actually at the premises in manhattan we did hear from him at the opening of the remarks the world needs a global ceasefire to stop all hot conflicts but at the same time we must every seeing the new cold war. now that call for a global cease fire is something that many would agree with but the fighting on the ground in libya in afghanistan and in yemen and in other countries doesn't appear to be stoppi

yes exactly this this actually came very unexpected and it shows i think the islamic republic of iran has 2 clear messages with this act one is within the country to kind of intimidate others the other is of course addressed to the international community that showing that despite of international appeals despite of human rights of these asians. calling in iran not to execute this young athletes they kind of this could not hold them back and one very important aspect is actually dead never get kaare a young athletic he took part in the protests 2018 against the government and they're actually trying to maybe also prevent others from taking to the streets because we've seen a lot of unrest in iran also the last ones in 2001000 and it's just a matter of time that this could come up again due to economic pressure due to political pressure due to you know violation of human rights and so on and the other aspect also is the timing of why now because interesting lead this morning actually one journalist. who was on the way to work she runs the plane to board the plane together with one of h

we, both sides, the islamic republic of afghanistan and the taliban movement, are accountable to godntry. now, besides the national consensus, we have a strong regional and international support for achieving peace and we have to make sure to not lose this unique opportunity. we have to trust god almighty and use this historic opportunity for achieving a durable and lasting peace. the taliban's spokesman stressed the importance of honouring existing agreements between the two sides. the islamic emirate of afghanistan, in the agreement of doha, we have... we are calling all those points that were in the agreement. and we also firmly request the other side to act according those things that have been agreed in the agreement so that we can have the process without any kind of problem. the us secretary of state mike pompeo called on both sides to seize the opportunity to secure peace. today is truly a momentous occasion. afghans have, at long last, chosen to sit together and chart a new course for your country. this is a moment that we must dare to hope. as we look to toward the light, w