maryam: right. do you suppose they have taken that approach, blaming president has on rouhani as opposed to the pressure from western policy? >> it is quite interesting, because otherwise it would be very quick to blame the western policy for almost everything. it is precisely because, for a very long time now, they have been preparing the ground, knowing quite well that this election may not just be an election for whom the next president is, but as you reported, it may well end up being also the election that will pave the way for the next supreme leader. as a result, it is critical they want to make sure conservatives are in control of the judiciary, of the parliament, was there now is, and also having the presidency, they set the stage to make sure the next supreme leader is also a conservative. maryam: we will continue to keep and i on the situation of what is happening in iran, where some polling stations are starting to close. we will chat a little bit later, but for now, thank you very much.

there maryam joins me now.m in beautiful, gorgeous, sunny falmouth at the harbour, the third biggest natural harbour in the world. quite a few miles away from where you are with all the important people. but the media around the globe have been really, really interested in this, the first g7 meeting face—to—face between leaders since the pandemic began. i will give you a flavour of what is happening. we hear that the cornwall maritime museum, a huge marqueejust over to the right where all the world media are sat at computers and everyone working very hard to broadcast the news globally. you have to do a lateral flow test every morning and show a negative result before you can even be allowed into the building so security is very tight. lots of people around the world here. i wanted to get a bit of a flavour about how the global media has been covering the g7 and i found correspondence from a japanese news agency. very good to talk to you. your news organisation is from japan, how is the japanese media covering