for reaction from there but 1st we'll cross over to dorsey jabari joining us from the iranian capital tehran to tell us what we should make of that video just released by iranian state television. well there and this is what the iranian revolutionary guards aerospace division is calling hard evidence that what the u.s. president this claim happened did not in fact take place the footage appears to show this drone in the strait of hormuz they say the revolutionary guard says that once the u.s.s. boxer entered the strait of hormuz along with 5 smaller ships accompanying it this standard procedure for them to send their drones to monitor the movements of any ships that enter and that is exactly what took place on thursday morning they sent the surveillance drone to take footage of the u.s.s. boxer for 3 hours they monitored this ship and they surveyed what was on board that we can see from the footage that they managed to get quite close to the warship and they said that at no point was there any confrontation between the drone and the u.s.s. boxer and what happened after their surveilla

but doesn't really know what to do instead all right lawrence we live in london let's go to dorset jabari now who is in near a near the capital and i understand that there has been a news conference given by the foreign ministry what's come out of that. well the press conference was actually held by the spokesperson for the rouhani government's our leader who was asked to place very question about the tanker that the iranian seized on friday he said that this is not a reciprocal move with what the british navy did in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th it is not comparable it's 2 very different scenarios one the iranian tanker that was traveling through the strait of gibraltar disgrace one being kept that was carrying 2000000 barrels of rain in crude oil was seized in international waters that was what their iranians are calling an illegal seizure he then talks about how this vessel the peril was in the strait of hormuz which iran considers its own territory and that the vessel was actually committing maritime violations one it was travelling in the wrong direction and 2 it had turned off

jabari their life in the tehran thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date. 2 of the u.s. now a new details have emerged about the attack on a migrant detention center in libya the u.n. says it was hit by 2 airstrikes and there are reports that the guard shot at refugees migrants who were trying to escape the bombing the ministry of justice in tripoli says 60 people are confirmed dead in choose these strikes with 77 injured and those who brian has the latest. sheltering from the baking sun they sit just maces away from where dozens of their fellow detainees were killed migrants and refugees held against their will in a detention center close to a military camp the u.n. says that puts these already vulnerable men women and children at great risk of exactly the sort of tragedy that occurred on tuesday night it's been revealed to air strikes hit the site the 1st. the 2nd a cell holding about 120 main the u.n. says there are reports god shot at refugees and migrants as they tried to escape the bombing its mission in libya says the air attack could constitute a war crime the se

to find out more information from the revolutionary guard about who actually owns this vessel or jabari them from to her on. turkey has called the u.s. decision to suspend it from the f. 35 fighter jet program unfair in korea is warning it will harm relations washington acted after turkey accepted the delivery of russia's s 400 air defense system. the body of the turkish diplomat shot dead in the northern iraqi city of erbil on wednesday is being taken back home. to iraqi kurdish civilians were killed in an attack at a restaurant the un special rapporteur on human rights in miramar says her team is not getting access to what's happening on the ground this is more violence is being reported in my kind state. says villages have been burned down in recent days she's been prevented from gathering information the question is. did the government of myanmar empowers the internet than to inflict more iron on the people living in. the internet blackout has also prevented individuals winding to engage with me from being able to make contact it is challenging to get information on what is happenin

headquarters dorsett jabari is live for us and to iran 1st let's go to brussels and our correspondent dominic kane dominic good evening so where do we think this will head next. well in some senses the ball is in the iranian court because the arrangements put in place by the e.u. to help iran economically given the impact of u.s. sanctions well they require the iranian side to put in place arrangements which mirror those in the e.u. this in stack's trading scheme that means more greenie was speaking about in her news conference she gave where in the course of the last hour the iranian side has to have judea legend's in the same way that the european side has once that happens then this scheme can be up and running at 100 percent but the important thing to stress here is and this is something that most modern admitted herself that this cannot undo the effect of u.s. economic sanctions it can perhaps defray them they can make it can take some of the heat out of the situation but that's from the iranian side the question will be how this is perceived across the atlantic in washington d.c

sanctions also jabari has more from tehran for the 1st time since this incident happened on july 4th the rain ians are hopeful that the british government will soon release this vessel it's carrying $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil radian oil and it's worth over $200000000.00 now the iranians say that it is an act of piracy what the british have done and they are demanding that this about grace one be released the soonest possible leaked documents published in a british newspaper say donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran just to spite his predecessor barack obama the newspaper says britain's outgoing ambassador to washington described the u.s. president's decision as an act of diplomatic vandalism. police and protesters in hong kong are in another stand of this is the scene live as demonstrators continue to vent their anger about what they say is beijing's growing political influence in the territories affairs officers who do use pepper spray earlier on the crowds this is all taking place in the district of sharpton and it comes a day after another protest in a differ

stand by for us in london 1st let's go to the heart of the story tehran our correspondent dosser jabari is there for us also we've had this communique from the government what are they saying. well the secretary for iran's national supreme security council that is the body that's in charge of the country's nuclear program has been meeting with french president emanuel micron's top diplomatic adviser here in tehran the secretary of the sham carney has said that the current economic war that's being waged on iran by the united states government is the reason iran has decided to scale back its commitment because the european signatories to this deal have not upheld their end of the bargain. also said that until europe is serious about its commitment to this deal iran will not say as committed as it should they will continue to scale back their commitments now emanuel the diplomat for his part said that he did not come to tehran with a message from washington that is not why he's here he said he's here because french president emanuel micron is concerned that this economic warfare that's be

international atomic energy agency in vienna later on wednesday go live now to the iranian capital with or so jabari so the tell us more about what president rouhani is saying. well before we get to that richelle i want to talk about this communique that's been issued after the meeting took place between the french the man that's here meeting with his the secretary for iran's supreme national security council that is the body that's in charge of the country's nuclear program. and he has said that iran has given the european signatories of the nuclear agreement more than enough time it's been well over a year since the united states withdrew from the agreement so leaving the europeans to really uphold their in the deal and he said that as soon as the europeans uphold their end of the bargain we will do the same now the french the full amount emanuel has said that he is not here with a message from washington to tehran but rather he is here to try and deescalate the tensions that is the wishes of french president emanuel and he said that the message is the french are trying to lift these trying to get

jabari has the view from tara on seizing on the seizing of that tanker in the strait of harm us. the revolutionary guard able forces where on an anti smuggling mission in the waters of the strait of hormuz when they came across this vessel on sunday they said that it was suspicious the cargo on board so they decided to investigate further and after that they decided that they needed to pursue legal venues to seize this vessel and that is what they did on sunday the revolutionary guard statement says that the vessel was seized near island in the strait of hormuz with 12 crew members on board apparently this vessel had fueled up from iranian dows where it was heading further south in the strait of hormuz to sell the fuel that it had on board that is when the iranians decided to carry out an operation and seize this ship of course this all comes at a time where tensions are very high in the strait of hormuz a number of incidents have taken place here and also noteworthy is the seizure of a new raney an oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th where it caused major incident

essentials by shipping oil to syria something iran denies ok and barkha thank you there are some jabari has an update from to her on. spokesman for iran's revolutionary guard has said that indeed there was a 2nd british vessel that was trying to prevent the iranians from seizing this tanker on friday in the strait of hormuz now the revolutionary guard has also released dramatic footage which shows the moment a tanker with seized by them we see the number of iranian commanders in a helicopter and they are parachuted down into this british navy a british vessel rather before it was seized on friday because the iranians said that it was causing a dangerous situation in the strait of hormuz the iranians have said that there was tanker had turned off its tracking devices and it was not responding to any communications that were trying to be made with the crew on board the iranians the size decided to see if this vessel because they said it was traveling in the wrong maritime direction and also it was not responding to any of the calls the seas this vessel and took it to the nearby support ci

sanctions also jabari has more from. for the 1st time since this incident happened on july 4th the rains are hopeful that the british government will soon release this vessel it's carrying 2000000 barrels of crude oil radian oil and it's worth over 200 $1000000.00 now the iranians say that it is an act of piracy what the british have done and they are demanding that this vessel grace one be released as soon as possible we've been hearing from the iranian government spokesperson earlier today in the capital this is what he had to say and it's almost. as to what we have adopted in a series judicial process in regards with the old tankers seized by the british military forces and we think courts in gibraltar are influenced by the policies of britain we're chasing up our legal measures fortunately the court itself has in firm a strong evidence and they have released the sailors considering the situations and their comments i predict that britain will change its mind for now the iranian officials have said that they've hired

or paul brennan is live for us in london but 1st let's speak to dorset jabari who say in a terror onthe door so what if we've been hearing from the arabians on this. well the arabian foreign ministry spokesperson upmost mousavi has just been on the phone given an interview to state television here where he said that they are seriously considering the options and the repercussions of such a move by the british government at the request of the americans the foreign ministry spokesperson tweeted earlier that they have called the british ambassador into the foreign ministry to protest what they call an illegal act now as far as we understand it this crude oil ship called grace one tanker was heading to bunny else refinery in the mediterranean port city of tire to sit in syria and it was seized thursday morning now the radians were quiet about this until the last hour or so where they said that this is in fact the new raining oil tanker although we've heard reports that it was carrying a panama flag they said that this is legal we're still waiting about clarification about how the iranian

says tehran stands firm and is ready for any scenario source jabari has the latest from there waiting capsule. a technical investigation is now underway in the port city of bandar abbas where this u.k. tanker that's been seized by the revolutionary guard is being kept along with the 23 crew members on board the sell a pair o. has been taken to this port city where the officials have said that they are looking into what actually transpired on friday the revolution guard has said that the vessel risk maritime safety in the strait of hormuz and the reason for the seizure was that it had turned off all tracking systems and it was not responding to warnings and choosing the wrong route to enter the strait of hormuz considering that it was seas around 8 pm local time in iran on friday the tanker was passing through their route for about 8 hours without any court nation meanwhile we've heard from the speaker of parliament i will larijani who spoke about the issue and he had one very strong sentence to say about this event he said the british committed piracy and the revolutionary guards resp

sanctions iran insists the vessel was never heading for syria in the 1st place also jabari has more from tehran. for the 1st time since this incident happened on july 4th the rains are hopeful that the british government will soon release this vessel it's carrying 2000000 barrels of crude oil trading oil and it's worth over 200 $1000000.00 now the iranians say that it is an act of piracy what the british have done and they are demanding that this vessel grace one be released as soon as possible we've been hearing from the iranian government spokesperson earlier today in the capital this is what he had to say and it's almost. as to what we have adopted in a series judicial process in regards with the old tankers used by the british military forces and we think courts in gibraltar are influenced by the policies of britain we're chasing up our legal measures fortunately the court itself hasn't found a strong evidence and they have released the sailors considering the situations and their comments i predict that britain will change its mind for now the iranian officials have said that they'v

deal in tehran a senior french envoy and talks with iranian officials to keep the deal alive dorsett jabari has the latest from tehran. french the floor mats emanuel bowling has been meeting iranian foreign minister zarif in the capital after meeting earlier the secretary of iran's supreme national security council. now that is the body that is in charge of iran's nuclear program following that meeting somebody said that iran is committed to this nuclear deal but as long as the europeans are that they've had over a year to show that they are still in this decree meant but since the united states withdrew they have shown a complete lack of commitment to the nuclear agreement the french diplomat for his part said that he's not here with a message from washington to teheran he is here at the request of french president emmanuel micron to try and create a cease fire in the economic warfare that is being waged on iran by the united states and its sanctions now all sides agree that something needs to be done the reins of said they are scaling back their commitments every 60 days to the nuclear de

sanctions also jabari has more from ted. for the 1st time since this incident happened on july 4th the rains are hopeful that the british government will soon release this vessel it's carrying 2000000 barrels of crude oil radiant oil and it's worth over 200 $1000000.00 now the iranians say that it is an act of piracy what the british have done and they are demanding that this about grace one be released as soon as possible. leaks documents published in a british newspaper says donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran just to spite his predecessor barack obama the newspaper has brought in some bastard to washington who resigned on wednesday described decision as an act of diplomatic vandalism police and protesters in hong kong are in another standoff as demonstrators vent their anger about what they say is beijing's growing political influence in the territories affairs officers who used pepper spray on the crowd and shot in district it comes a day after another protest in a different part of hong kong descended

welcomed french efforts to say that agreement a top diplomat is meeting with iranian officials dorsett jabari has more from tehran. we've heard from the foreign ministry spokesperson up us moussavi who says that this visit is of course the welcome one day welcome france's role in trying to save this nuclear deal but that iran has not seen any tangible commitments by the european signatories of the 2015 deal we know that the iranian president hassan rouhani spoke with his french counterpart on saturday evening before iran announced on sunday that it was scaling back its commitment further and they gave the european countries another 60 days to show their commitment to the steel the u.s. says it wants to forming military coalition to protect the crucial shipping routes off the coast of iran and yemen administration blames tehran for recent attacks on oil tankers and the gulf sudan has begun to restore internet access to mobile phones allowing people to finally see what happened from that military crackdown last month services were cut after more than 100 people were killed by government forces

deputy foreign minister says it will secure the strait and not allow any disturbance to shipping also jabari has more from the iranian capital tehran. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart boris johnson becoming u.k.'s prime minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran we've heard from the 1st vice president who also said that the suggestion of a coalition force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guarded the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary

there ron says it was simply up holding international mars and more when it sees the vessel those jabari has more now from to her own. their winnings have said that those tanker had turned off the tracking devices and it was not responding to any communications that were trying to be made with the crew onboard the iranian society decided to seize this vessel because they said it was traveling in the wrong maritime direction and also it was not responding to any of the calls they seize this vessel and took it to the nearby support city of bandar past where the 23 crew members are now still there waiting to be questioned by the authorities the foreign ministers of our 3 friends also commented saying that this is a very very different incident the revolutionary guard was simply upholding international maritime law by seizing this vessel and it is not comparable to what the british navy did in the strait of gibraltar by seizing the iranian oil tanker grace one on july 4th the foreign minister has stressed that the ship will have to go through the proper legal channels in iran before it can b

flying stana imperio claiming it violated it maritime laws or so jabari has more from to run. the spokesman for iran's revolutionary guard has said that indeed there was a 2nd british vessel that was trying to prevent the iranians from seizing this tanker on friday in the strait of hormuz now the revolutionary guard has also released dramatic footage which shows the moment the tanker was seized by them we see a number of iranian commanders in a helicopter and they are parachuted down into this british navy british vessel rather before it was seized on friday because the iranians said that it was causing a dangerous situation in the strait of hormuz the iranians have said that those tanker had turned off the tracking devices and it was not responding to any communications that were trying to be made with the crew on board the iranian society decided to seize this vessel because they said it was traveling in the wrong maritime direction and also it was not responding to any of the calls the seize this vessel and took it to the nearby support city up on that up bus where the $23.

vienna later on wednesday let's go live now to the iranian capital tehran and talk to our door so jabari so tell us more about what hassan rouhani has been saying today. well the president has been commenting following his weekly cabinet meeting where he defended the country's decision to surpass the limits that is set under the 2015 nuclear agreement of we in richmond levels of it's uranium the levels they were supposed to stay under was 3.67 percent but on sunday the country's atomic energy organization announced that they will surpass it on a monday they confirm that they are at 4.5 percent now the president says if the united states has such a problem with iran's nuclear program they should look at their own they don't have a right to dictate to us how we run our nuclear program and he insists that it is for peaceful purposes something that we've heard over and over again from officials here we've also seen pictures from the french diplomatic advisor to french president in the new mom who's been meeting with haunting who is the secretary of the iran's supreme national security counci

robbery of the islamic republic will not leave such vicious acts without a response there's also jabari now joins us live from deference to the supreme leader there raising the rhetoric why. well it's because this ship has been seized and so forth and you have to remember it is a super sized tanker that has $2000000.00 barrels of iranian crude oil on the war worth about 200000000 dollars but also the fact that this is a very serious incident for the iranians they said that their supply is not negotiable they do not recognize what the british government has done as legal they have called the british ambassador in tehran to the foreign minister a number of times where they presented their case now the british government had said that they seized this tanker in the strait of gibraltar because it was heading to syria which is under e.u. sanctions now the iranians say that is not true that it was not heading to syria and also they don't recognize these e.u. sanctions because they haven't been indorsed by the united nations this is something that has been brewing here and the iranians have sa

written to the security council calling for the ship's release from the iranian capital his torso jabari with the latest on the investigation. the cole investigation is now under way in the port city of on that bus where this u.k. tanker that's been seized by the revolutionary guard is being kept along with the 23 crew members on board the sallow imperio has been taken to this port city where the officials have said that they are looking into what actually transpired on friday the revolution guard has said that the vessel risk maritime safety in the strait of hormuz and the reason for the seizure was that it had turned off all tracking systems and it was not responding to warnings and choosing the wrong route to enter the strait of hormuz considering that it was seas around 8 pm local time in iran on friday the tanker was passing through their route for about 8 hours without any court nation. in hong kong tens of thousands of protesters have been marching through the city for the 7th consecutive weekend demonstrators want to keep up the pressure on the government to officially withdraw a

let's go more now on rouhani these comments let's go live to tehran and our correspondent door search jabari door so what do you make of what we've been hearing from the iranian government today. well the president is adamant to the steps iran is taking to scale back its commitment under the nuclear deal is justified and within the legal framework of the 2015 nuclear deal the iranian president said that the enrichment levels that have increased is only as a result of the lack of commitment of the remaining signatories of this deal the president has criticized the european signatories of not upholding their end of the deal he has reiterated that this upcoming meeting in vienna is a joke because the united states withdrew from this deal last year and now they have no right to criticize iran or any other country for what goes on under this agreement now the french diplomat who's in tehran emmanuel ball is has been meeting with the iranian foreign minister zarif as well as the secretary of iran's supreme national security council that is the body that's in charge of the country's nuclear program

isolate iran and its economy further and that will only escalate tensions in this region more door so jabari thank you. for government air strikes in syria have killed a mother and injured her son in rebel held in the problem which was heavily bombarded early on saturday rescue teams are searching for survivors at least 13 civilians were killed during similar strikes on friday funerals have been held for the 14 russian navy officers killed when a fire broke out on their submarine on monday cars carrying their coffins were seen arriving for the service in st petersburg which was closed off to the media the officers died in the barents sea on board the nuclear powered sub russia's keeping their identities and further details of the accident a secret. celebrations as well as skepticism has been the reaction so far to the announcement of a political transition agreement in sudan opposition leaders have held a series of public meetings to explain why they signed the agreement it's due to be finalized with military leaders by monday alexey o'brien reports. from early morning until late at night in

the right to detain an iranian tank a suspected of smuggling oil to syria for another 30 days also jabari has the latest from tehran well we have not received any official reaction from the reigning government about the extension of the extension of the grace one tanker but will be after heard to this evening is a statement by the revolutionary guard that this british vessel has been seized because it violated 3 different codes in the strait of hormuz the 1st one being that it was going in the wrong direction according to the iranians the 2nd being that it had turned off its tracking devices and the 3rd that it was created pollution in the seas and earlier iranian state television at footage it says was filmed by a drone the u.s. claims to have shot down iran's revolutionary guard says the video proves the across returned to its base contradicting u.s. president donald trump's claim on thursday in our other headline south africa's corruption washed says it's found the president's around the post that deliberately misled parliament when questioned about a 27 donation to his party campaign

involved in an accident with a fishing boat before being detained well we'll be talking to dawson jabari in the iranian capital in just a few moments the 1st let's cross over to neve barker in london with the reaction from there and need a really britain's foreign minister of course condemning that seizure and warning tehran of sort of walking a dangerous path but they've done more than that in the last few minutes. you know they have indeed the u.k. authorities of all the iranian charged arm sir questions on the seizure of this a british vessel jeremy hunt britain's foreign secretary. are on said that britain's response would be considered and rip us but if the ship was not released any time soon that there would be in his words serious consequences as well so we wait to see exactly what the iranian envoy has to say about the seizure of this vessel as you said there iran has so far focused on what they say was a person purely procedural reason for stopping this vessel that it had in some way breached maritime rules and that was the reason why it was diverted to the port of banda a bus i

decreasing the commitment of iran is actually in order to protect the nuclear to our correspondent also jabarijoining us here on the news from tehran also what's the next phase here. well peter after the 60 day period that they've just set for the europeans iranians have said that they are looking at restarting the iraq nuclear reactor that is one that was stopped under the nuclear agreement they put cement into the nuclear reactor at that facility it's one of the heavy water reactors in the country the iranians said that if within the 60 day period their questions and concerns are not met then that is the next phase this is all in an effort apparently to try and get the europeans to commit to their to the chinese 50 nuclear deal because the iranians say after the united states withdrew from the agreement last year the europeans have been too afraid to actually invest in iran's economy the u.s. sanctions on iran's oil in banking sector is this something that the officials here are very adamant about that those need to be lifted and they officials today were very optimistic that if the united s

story we've got rory challenges in london we'll talk to him in a minute 1st so let's go to dorset jabari she's our correspondent in the a rainy and capital and. there is a change of tone sounding a bit more conciliatory and we know that the 2 foreign ministers are spoken by phone. yes certainly flew for the 1st time really since its incident took place on july 4th we're hearing that there is some hope on the iranian side they said that they believe the british government will soon release this tanker and they have exhausted all the legal venue's that they could possibly exhaust they say that they believe this is an incident that can be resolved where all parties will be happy with that the iranians have said the grace one super oil tanker which is carrying 2000000 barrels of crude iranian oil was not heading to syria and that we've been hearing from the government spokesperson here in the capital today let's hear what he had to say it was almost that as to what we have adopted in a series judicial process and we go it's with the old tankers seized by to british military forces and we thi

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won't be triggered at least for now if the disputes can be resolved un sanctions could follow those jabari has more from to head on diplomacy is not being abandoned that's according to the deputy foreign minister following today's announcement now the raney's have said as of monday morning when the i and a inspectors see the country's latest enrichment levels they will have increased it from the 3.67 percent that's good that was agreed under the 2050 nuclear deal but iran hasn't specified how much higher they will go they said that it will depend on the country's needs now the foreign minister gerard zarif has tweeted his reaction that these these steps are absolutely necessary for iran in order to preserve the country's interests but they are reversible as soon as the remaining signatories the european signatories of the nuclear deal make good on their promise and comply with this nuclear agreement so for now iranian officials have given the european countries another 60 days in this hand to salvage the nuclear deal. well all sides say there's no need to trigger the dispute resolution mec

will continue to prevent the syrian and iranian government's profiting from the illicit trade of oil jabari brings us the reaction now from tehran a strange and destructive act that is how the reigning foreign ministry spokesperson of us moussavi is describing the events that took place on thursday morning in the strait of gibraltar the iranians are saying that this act is illegal because the sanctions that the e.u. has imposed on the syrian government is not endorsed by the united nations therefore iran does not recognize them as legal this cruise ship that was making its way to the mediterranean port city of tire to swear it was going to be a sent to the funniest refinery this interception or seizure by the british government at the request of the americans that will be seen as a very hostile act and that's something the arrangement simply will not accept the iranian foreign ministry spokesperson says that this act will likely inch increase tensions in this region further and that is something the iranians do not want to see but they're saying that this act on behalf of the americans is a

oil the ship is based in the united arab emirates but they've denied ownership of the vessel also jabari has more on this from tehran. the revolutionary guard able forces where on an anti smuggling mission in the waters of the strait of hormuz when they came across this vessel on sunday they said that it was suspicious the cargo on board so they decided to investigate further and after that they decided that they needed to pursue legal venues to seize this vessel and that is what they did on sunday the revolutionary guard statement says that the vessel was seen near the island in the strait of hormuz with 12 crew members on board apparently this vessel had fueled up from iranian dows where it was heading further south in the strait of hormuz to sell the fuel that it had on board that is when the iranians decided to carry out an operation and seize this ship of course this all comes at a time where tensions are very high in the strait of hormuz a number of incidents have taken place here and also noteworthy is the seizure of a new reigning in oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar on july

after coordinating with judicial authorities they seized it and 12 crew members a correspondent also jabari has more from tehran. the revolutionary guard able forces where on an anti smuggling mission in the waters of the strait of hormuz when they came across this vessel on sunday they said that it was suspicious the cargo on board so they decided to investigate further and after that they decided that they needed to pursue legal venues to seize this vessel and that is what they did on sunday the revolutionary guard statement says that the vessel was seized near the rock island in the strait of hormuz with 12 crew members on board apparently this vessel had fueled up from iranian dows where it was heading further south in the strait of hormuz to sell the fuel that it had on board that is when the arabians decided to carry out an operation and seize this ship of course this all comes at a time where tensions are very high in the strait of hormuz a number of incidents have taken place here and also noteworthy is the seizure of a new reigning in oil tanker in the strait of gibraltar on july 4

and also jabari brings us more on the story now from. a technical investigation is now under way in the port city of on that bus where this u.k. tanker that's been seized by the revolutionary guard is being kept along with the 23 crew members on board the pair o. has been taken to this port city where the officials have said that they are looking into what actually transpired on friday the revolution guard has said that the vessel risks maritime safety in the strait of hormuz and the reason for the seizure was that it had turned off all tracking systems and it was not responding to warnings and choosing the wrong route to enter the strait of hormuz considering that it was seas around 8 pm local time in iran on friday the tanker was passing through their route for about 8 hours without any coordination meanwhile we've heard from the speaker of parliament larijani who spoke about the issue and he had one very strong sentence to say about this event he said the british committed piracy and the revolutionary guards responded to them that is

as this syrian refinery ok paul brennan live in london thank you let's get a view from iran toss jabari has more from tehran. a strange and destructive act that is how the iranian foreign ministry spokesman up us mousavi is describing the latest events after the british ambassador in tehran has called has been called to the foreign ministry and the meeting between the 2 has been held where the iranians have launched their complaint over this seizure of a new rainin crude oil supertanker in the strait of gibraltar now apparently this tanker called grace one was carrying crude oil to the mediterranean port city of turkey to sit in syria where it was seized on its way on thursday morning apparently at the request of the united states the tankers destination was the funniest oil refinery which has been under edu sanctions since 2011 but iran does not recognize those sanctions as a legitimate since they are not endorsed by the united nations that's according to the foreign ministry spokesperson he also says that this will certainly escalate tensions in the region and he stressed that iran wi

1st time on the united kingdom seizure of a new rainy and tank more now more this has go over those jabari she joins us from the iranian capital so what's he saying. well sammy the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has been meeting with all the friday prayer sermon delivery people at an event to mark the 1st time that the friday prayer services were held in the islamic republic since the revolution in 1079 no at this event he addressed 2 main issues that are very very important at the moment one the seizure of the grace one vessel that is carrying 2000000 barrels of iranian crude oil that was seized by the british navy in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th the supreme leader says that this vicious act that carried out by the british government will not be left unanswered that this is an act of piracy and the british government is trying to legitimize their actions and that is something they are certainly not tolerate this is the 1st time we've heard from the supreme leader on this specific issue it is a very very hot topic here many say that this is a illegal seizure of iranian oil an

will only bring in security to the region let's get more now from dawson jabari joins us from tehran so the iranians are very happy with this proposed european naval mission in the strait of hormuz. no certainly not sammy the 1st vice president john kerry has said that there is absolutely no need for any forces to patrol the ships in the gulf and that it is up to the iranians and regional countries to ensure the security and safety of the strait of hormuz as well as the waters around it this is a sentiment that's also been shared by the head of iran's navy the commander in charge of iran's navy has said that any kind of foreign forces patrolling the strait of hormuz in the waters around it would only create further instability in this region and that it is up to regional countries to form coalitions to ensure safe passage of ships that travels through the strait of hormuz in the sea of amman this is something that all also we've heard from the iranian president hassan rouhani that the stability of the strait of hormuz is something that has been historically trusted to iran and they w

deputy foreign minister says it will secure the strait and not allow any disturbance to shipping also jabari has more from the iranian capital tehran. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is the 1st official to comment on the latest developments out of london the foreign minister tweeted that the may government seizure of iranian oil at behest of the us is piracy pure and simple i congratulate my former counterpart boris johnson becoming u.k.'s prime minister iran does not seek confrontation we have 1500 miles of persian gulf coast line these are our waters and we will protect them his sentiments are shared by other high ranking officials in iran we've heard from the 1st vice president who also said that the suggestion of a coalition force to patrol the waters of the strait of hormuz and guarded the ships that pass through it is absolutely not necessary and that iran is capable of providing security to the ships in the strait of hormuz and it is up to iran and the regional countries to ensure the safety of their waters meanwhile we've understood that there has been the extraordinary

fulfilling their commitments we will do as well this will happen at a rational and gradual pace but also jabari has more from tehran. spent a very very tense time here over the past few weeks this deadline is fast approaching 24 hours ago and the iranians have already said that they are going to increase their level of enrichment uranium enrichment they are currently at 3.67 percent that is the agreement under the nuclear deal of 2015 but they will move that up tomorrow to what level we don't know. more from the supreme leader senior advisor. he said for example we could increase the level of enrich uranium to 5 percent because the share a power plant needs the 5 percent enriched uranium to fuel it took for it to produce electricity for the country this was just an example that was given as to why that level might go up now all this is being done because the iranians feel that the european signatories of the nuclear deal have not upheld there and that the bargain they have triggered a clause in the agreement which says that they can scale back their commitment until the other signatories show t

the iranians are saying they're investigating and they are trying to get this vessel back door so jabari with an update from to iran thank you. more government there are strikes in syria have killed a mother and injured her son rebel held the province was heavily bombarded earlier today rescue teams are searching for survivors at least 12 civilians were killed during similar strikes on friday. the u.s. state of california has been hit by a magnitude 7 point one earthquake just a day off to another record breaking tremor and hundreds of aftershocks emergency workers are now assessing the damage john hendren has more. the biggest earthquake in 2 decades struck california's mojave desert it rattled chandelier here and was felt by news presenters 250 miles away in los angeles we need to get out of the death all right we're going to get a break go we'll be right back after a while it came a day after a magnitude 6.4 quake along the same fault line shaking buildings and shutting down a highway strewn with rocks so the fault is growing we brought here to piece the 1st earthquake ruptured a bit

coming up from europe in a moment and paris will be with her shortly with starting of course with also jabari in teheran tilted to talk us through this one and the implications of it. well come all it will be a very very significant development because this is something the iranians have said they were going to do and they announced it to the signatories of the 2015 nuclear agreement because they said they're not upholding their end of the deal they have informed the i.a.e.a. that they're scaling back their commitment this is part one of their reducing their commitment to this agreement this 300 kilogram of enrich uranium at a level of 3.67 percent they are now above that so in the past under this agreement they were supposed to sell it on the international market because of u.s. imposed sanctions nobody's buying the excess amount and the iranians are saying for this 60 day period which we've given as a notice to the european signatories of the deal we're going to keep the excess amount now what the europeans will say at this point and how the united states will react is the big question here

well paul brennan is a lawyer in london but 1st let's speak to dorset jabari who's in turn iran and also what was the latest from iran why are they calling this an illegal seizure. well because according to the iranians they do not recognize the e.u. sanctions imposed on the syrian government they say that because of these sanctions have not been indorsed by the united nations they are not binding and iran doesn't recognize them of course iran has a very strong and. special relationship rather with syria and syria's government they have been supporting them ever since the uprising began in 2010 the foreign ministry spokesperson has said that this act will not be accepted by the iranians and that they will respond in kind and the rainiest have always said that their oil shipments are a red line this is something they don't want anybody to interfere with of course this shipment to syria is something the iranians have said that they are supporting the syrian government and that this was destined to reach the refinery just. in the rather mediterranean port city of tire to sin syria and they

pulled out last may but watching new sanctions and sending iran internationally at freefall also jabari has more from the iranian capital tehran. the international atomic energy organization says iran has surpassed its 300 kilograms of low enriched uranium at the level of 3.67 percent now this is something the iranians have said they were going to do as part of their scaling back their commitment to the nuclear deal of 2015 because they feel that the european signatories are not upholding their end of the deal of this agreement now the foreign minister has says this is the 1st step the 2nd step is coming on july 7th which is the end of the 60 day period that has been set by president hassan rouhani and for the europeans to respond to the concerns the iranians have on july 7th it is believed that the 2nd step will include the increase of the level of enrichment that means it will go from 3.67 percent anywhere to up to 20 percent that is what iran is capable of enriching so we have yet to see what that number will be but regardless they have decided this is the 2nd step that is coming and

process that is to follow before we can talk about releasing this british vessel ok i got a day or so jabari with an update from to iran thank you. so as we mentioned earlier the u.s. is the pulling troops to saudi arabia is the situation in the region bros tenser the pentagon believes the deployment will provide an additional deterrent some if it's over $500.00 military personnel have already arrived at the prince sultan air base south of riyadh the u.s. withdrew its forces from saudi arabia back in 2003 markets is the former assistant secretary for political military affairs under president george w. bush he is joining us live from washington d.c. thanks for speaking to us again on the news hour so as we were saying u.s. forces withdrew from saudi arabia back in 2003 and that was a joint decision between the 2 countries what's changed today what's changed in both their calculations that now there is a redeployment if you can call it that to troops to riyadh's. well i think the concern back in 2003 and earlier was that the presence of american troops was a distraction that in fact the parti