niusha boghrati, thank you very much . pursuing no matter what. ining us. the number of people confirmed to have died rises above 46,000. millions are also left homeless. the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic momuments destroyed. this report now from our correspondent caroline davies. the devastation only gets closer. until you weave in the gaps between the slipped slabs of concrete, deep into the old city of antakya. for 20 years, mehmet led tourists around these ancient streets. now, even he can't find his bearings. "everything has changed," he says. stones and debris of collapsed homes block our path at almost every turn. translation: this was a beautiful | area where we took our groups to. | 0ld antakya houses, old anta kya streets, all destroyed, unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and medieval times, this city has been significant forjudaism, islam, and was one of the earliest centres of christianity. now, the gaping arches are all that remains of the orthodox

we spoke to the network's senior news editor in washington dc, niusha boghrati, earlier.ount of the threats was so much that actually, the security concerns mounted. and it was not possible to maintain the security of the personnel. we know that this has not been a single issue. this has been a continuous effort against iran international. the metropolitan police said that there have been 15 kidnappings and assassination attempts which were foiled, which probably were aimed at iran international. all this comes, i think, in line with the brutal crackdown that we have been viewing from the iranian authorities, from the security forces against the uprising, the revolution which is going on inside iran. this is not apart from what we are viewing on the ground, in the streets, in tehran and other cities around the country. you mentioned zainab kazempour before coming to iran international news. i just want to mention that these attempts are futile and useless, these are helpless, hopeless attempts, and they will lead to nowhere. as is the case with zainab kazempour, every sin