me see over here uh shabir risby political analyst who joins us from london and we also have uh julia cassam journalist and political analyst who joins us from bayrots. welcome to you both, julia kosem, i'll start with you. uh, you know, i was just uh speaking to our reporter there, it was her first time covering uh, the islamic revolution's 45 year anniversary obviously, but just the mere fact that uh, she was of the younger generation. i want to ask you about that uh, how it is that the islamic republic, given the fact that it's 45 years old, has been able to uh, not only pass its ideals, but for it to gain the popular support uh, generation after generation, why do you think that is? so because the islamic revolution is living revolution means it adapts, and homini even said this after after the after following the revolution is that um the the revolution, the ideas of the revolution, they they adapt and that they are strengthened by um the conditions of their their time and place and what khini did following the islamic revolution? was he shattered the idea that in islamic application to

thank you both for being with us, elijah magna general. and political analys out of brussels, julia cassam, journalist and political analys out of beirot, and thank you viewers for being with us on another spotlight, i'm hashimi, hope to see you right here next time, goodbye, iran's islamic revolution turns 45, major strides. education and women's advancement under pressure and sanctions, the economy has advanced, because of being under the sanctions, we became self-sufficient in different kinds of, mean technological fields. join us in this edition of economic divide as we explore the economic ups and downs of iran's islamic revolution. the us launches air strikes on 85 targets inside iraq and syria and what washington claims is a response to deadly drone attack on american troops in the region. the us central command claims the targets include rocket, missile and drone depotes. us president says the strikes will continue. they barkas condemned the us strikes which killed 16 people as a violation of its sovereignty. assyria also said the attacks took place in areas where his forces are ba

thank you both for being with us, elijah magner, journalist and political analyst out of brussels, julia cassam, journalist and political analyst out of beirout. and thank you viewers for being with us on another spotlight, i'm marza hashimi, hope to see you right here next time, goodbye. it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoc of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, there was a king with the golden crown and iron fists on the throne of iran. the shah was a dictator. "it was clearer than crystal to them that things were settled forever. the cia formally concluded in august of 1978, that the shaw of iran was in no serious trouble, but they failed to see the writing on the wall. the american embassy in tehran was wowfully ill informed about what was going on on the street. follow one of the defining moments of the 20th century in what caused." the islamic revolution. supplies and services the battleground awakes you, thank you very much london, chambers around britain are staying. silent. press tv head

let's bring in our guests to discuss this further, julia cassam as a journalist and political analyst who joins us from beirot, we also have ali salam editor and chief of basira press who joins us from tehran. i like to welcome to you both and i'll start with you, julia cassa fine may. first of all, i think that it's not a wise idea uh for the us president joe biden to open asked the question about uh the us-israeli genocide that's happening in the gaza streb while he's uh eating it. ice cream and talking to reporters, it's just doesn't, it doesn't really uh do well for uh, i think you know what i mean, for the depth of the gravity of the situation to to have the us president speak with ice cream con in his hand, nevertheless uh initial reports are mixed coming from paris, signs of optimism there, but hamas has said there are still gaps that remain, there's many of them uh, what do you think is the biggest, if we can um... maybe call it that, the biggest sticking point when it comes to any type of truth, so over the last month we have seen the us and shoot down proposals to stop the a