. >>> on july 9th, bahais observe the martyrdom of the bab, marking the execution, in 1850, in persia, now iran, of one of the two founders of their faith the bab. the other was bahaullah. during this holy time, bahais take time off from work and school to re-tell the martyrdom story with the help of music, readings, chanting and dance. last year, we visited the martyrdom of the bab program at the northern virginia bahai center, where our guide was bahai educator hillary chapman. >> the bahai faith begins with two prophetic figures in 19th century persia. the bab was a merchant by trade, and came to assert that he was the fulfillment of islam, and that he had come to pave the way for a second divine revelation that would follow soon after him. and we believe that bahaullah was that second revealer. the terminology we use in the bahai faith is "to make god manifest." so god chooses someone, in some mysterious fashion, to exemplify his teachings. the bab's message resonated very powerfully in persia -- to love those who hate you, to forgive people, to be loyal, to be obedient, to be wor

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back control of several other cities since then clears military has reportedly begun a full blown persia arresting local police and young men are massed a video has also emerged of a radical right ukrainian deputy threatening a bound elderly man. all up we were very good he was. a local resident told us how it feels to remain in slavyansk now that the city has been taken by government forces through. the go from street to street from where to fly and it's all about arrests the rest of the entire police force and drove all the personnel to god knows where we have no idea what's happening to them people who are supposedly supporting the anti-government movement are missing they don't answer that from and no one knows what's going on with them you'd be putting your life in danger if you try to find that out. the images of destruction and suffering there are in shaking washington the state department has again voices total backing for days after a deadly but reportedly accidental bombing of a village in eastern ukraine our correspondent there in g.g. can is that the latest state department b

britain's foreign secretary quitting the job as part of the prime minister's cabinet persia's seeing a swathe of changes at the top william hague's somewhat surprised resignation after four years on the job will seem replace by former defense secretary philip hammond he was once one of the most vocal proponents of western military operations especially when it came to intervention in syria the syrian regime's escalating use of indiscriminate and disproportionate fulls against the people of syria. using tanks to tillery scud missiles and other tanks laying siege to desperate people and presiding over the creation of a humanitarian catastrophe but hague failed to convince parliament to vote for an attack on syria that somewhat weakened his public standing in an embarrassing defeat westminster m.p.'s told hagan the prime minister to cool it down hague should have told david cameron to retreat on the syria issue before the vote that's how the paper is sought after the debate some like the guardian even claim that hague should have resigned after failing to judge the political and public

they had a swastika in persia way before natural socialism came along. >> while ratcliff defended asatra his comments disturbed murray who let him know how much when he returned to his cell. >> you just made us look like a bunch of [ bleep ]. >> i tried to talk about this with you. i swear i did. sorry, marcus. i [ bleep ] up. i'm sorry. i apologize. try not to get mad at me, man. >> it's hard not to, man. you just sank my boat. >> later we told murray we recorded his exchange with ratcliff and asked him to explain it. >> i was a little mad at him. i mean, it -- he didn't mean -- he didn't mean any harm, he just, you know, ignorant of the conduction of leadership roles, you know, and i think now that he has seen, you know, that it upset me and knows that it's not really how we do business, i think he's changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have a hearing with administrators to appeal their ban on group worship services among asatra members and to visit removed from the list of security threat groups. robbie mcanalley

persia makes 27 billion euros in sales.more than estonia make in a year in their entire economy. 27 billion means you can sell. and everyone in milan can buy a 308 hatch-back. >> i like the fact that you're comparing milan and burma. but overall, these are phenomenal numbers. >> this is an incredible amount of sales. finally, they're stopping that. they're managing to reduce their cash by slashing their workforce by 17%. they're getting cover by what models they're going to make, making them more premium. fiat's been doing more than that. >> i was born in birmingham. i'm not sure if they have it. beside make cars. anyway, we'll leave that one firmly there. caroline hyde, making all kinds of interesting connections this morning. fiat and peugeot, two of the big stories. airbus reporting results. profit rose 10% as its commercial paying units delivered more. the company reiterated that it expects to see more modest concerns in sales growth in 014. that's the airframe you're looking at there. at farmer, they did very well with

a stock on the move as persia. tellu don't know, i will you why after the break. >> welcome back. carolina hide has the story and it is all happy. it is a company that has had some bad times. >> back in the black. we have seen no profit and they finally get a major boost to credibility in the story. income and the positive cash flow. i think they have done so many the hatchback delivery rose. us -- theng deliver delivery and they are being rigorous about the inventory. they have too many cars sitting in car dealerships for too long and they have managed to cut that. can you imagine. >> you go past the factories and they are lined up. quite a sight. they are bringing it in. they had to shut a lot of the plants and closed a factory in inis because of a situation europe and people were not buying. we have seen stagnant markets and they are also scaling back the amount of models. fewer models done better. make it 26 and make them more upscale and profitable. they are really listening -- pushing out the brand and making it more premium and luxuriant. they are getting more cranium and g

they had a swastika in persia, way before national socialism came along. >> while radcliffe defend, his comments disturbed murray who let him know how much when he returned to his cell. >> you made us look like a bunch of [bleep]ing assholes. >> i tried to talk with aye about this. i swear i did. czarry, markus. i [ bleep ]ed up. i apologize. damn it. try not to get mad at me, man. >> it's hard not to, man. >> you sank my boat. >> later, we told murray we recorded his exchange with radcliffe and asked him to explain it. >> i was a little plttle mad. he didn't mean any harm. highs ignorant of the conduction of leadership roles and i think now that he has seen that it upset me and knows that it's not really how we do business, i think he's changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he'll soon have a hearing with manufactu administrators to appeal their ban and have it removed from the list of security threat groups. robby faces a different challenge. he not only feels isolated from his young son but from his boyhood friend who happens

they conquered egypt and persia in the same year, the year 639. egypt's language was changed to arabic by a culture that we look down upon, the arabian -- nobody wanted to conquer arabia. had nothing. it was a desert. they wanted to conquer us because we had the rivers, we had the wealth, we had the gold, we had the agriculture. so they came and conquered persia and egypt and their wealth, changed our religion and imposed a tax on anyone who practices anything other than islam, and all the money went to arabia. egypt never saw its glory days again. and today egypt is like a third world country that cannot even rule itself. egypt has undergone a 1919 revolution, a 1952 revolution, a 2011 revolution, a 2013 counter-revolution and there is still talk about another revolution. is this what you isn't can happen to superpowers, ladies and gentlemen. islam, when they penetrate a country, because it's not -- it's a dysfunctional system. it oppresses human nature. it causes chaos. it has a very oppressive legal system, culture. called sharia. i want to nam

. >> what you can do is persia. if persia votes on the gay issue, it will vote on human rights issue. maybe you remember the movement as president obama was with us in the development. i think many people ignore that. and iranian people has the positive view about united states. if you want to change this view, ignore the human rights. >> i thank the chairman for the indulgence. >> thank you very much, mr. sissolini. thank you to the witnesses for sharing their personal stories with us, their bravery and the suffering that they have endured. ms. baheri losing family members, and mr. amadi being in jail, and thank you, mr. alizateh, for bringing such awareness to us. and dr. george for holding up the photographs of real victims of the persecution that is going on daily in iran. thank you for the brave work of your commission. we look forward to adopting their recommendations very soon. and to our audience, thanks for being here today with us. and with that, the subcommittee is adjourned. >> thank you, madam chairman.

they conquered egypt and persia in the same year, the year 639. egypt's language was changed to arabic by a culture that we look down upon, the arabian -- nobody wanted to conquer arabia. had nothing. it was a desert. they wanted to conquer us because we had the rivers, we had the wealth, we had the gold we had the agriculture. so they came and conquered persia and egypt and their wealth changed our religion and imposed a tax on anyone who practices anything other than islam, and all the money went to arabia. egypt never saw its glory days again. and today egypt is like a third world country that cannot even rule itself. egypt has undergone a 1919 revolution a 1952 revolution, a 2011 revolution, a 2013 counter-revolution and there is still talk about another revolution. is this what you isn't can happen to superpowers, ladies and gentlemen. islam, when they penetrate a country, because it's not -- it's a dysfunctional system. it oppresses human nature. it causes chaos. it has a very oppressive legal system, culture. called sharia. i want to name y

use tunnels back in the days of the siege of alexander the great when the region was controlled by persia was an effective way even then to subvert a superior army at heat of in the short term. hamas hopes these channels used for smuggling things like cars or cows or cigarettes into gaza can also now be used to export death from gaza into israel. it's for this reason prime minister netanyahu is now labeled destroying the sindly subterranean infrastructure priority number one. >> the horror going on the surface of the israel-gaza conflict is all too apparent. israeli missiles, hamas rockets. the loud echoesen an cries of war. but there is also a terror underneath it all. dark and silent, a network of secret tunnels leading from gaza into israel. the israeli army says this video shows hamas militants attacking israeli soldiers after emerging from these concrete fortified passageways inside israel. hiding in the brush and killing four israeli soldiers, then attempting to retreat back inside. >> we recognize the threat that the tunnels pose to the israeli people. i can't imagine waking up eve

we've got some big stories breaking pitch i'm going to do persia.e's second-biggest carmaker. it has reported soft -- a better-than-expected profits. cost cuts, new models hoping that return. operating income before one-time gains and charges amounting to 477 million euros. of 100a loss last year million. that beat the average estimate. this company has been profitable since 2011. it has teamed up with a chinese to expand outside of europe where demand is gradually recovering. it is recovering from a two decade low. it is trying to and losses, which have stemmed from relying on a such a lighted car market in europe. it has taken a number of measures to do that. on operating income basis, it is profitable. breaking news. astrazeneca, which pfizer was going to be buying, is going to be buying a spanish respiratory franchise. the wrights were initially worth $175 million. astros in the cup being up to payings -- astrazeneca up to get this. we aren't going to see any impact in 2014, but it will start paying out dividends in 2016. a bit of m&a. this is a

and i believe that was the religion of persia before it became iran.hat i was wondering is are there any vestiges left in, of this religion in present day iran or any place else, or is it a completely dead religion? thank you. >> guest: what a fantastic question. and i love it when people ask me about sor rah as try januaryism because it is one of my favorite religions and probably, i would say, the most important religion in the history of religions. and i am not saying that lightly. the prophet lived probably around 1100 b.c., that's our best guess. it was the first monothe wristic religion. it was not the first monotheist. the first was actually the great egyptian pharoah who believed that the ahten was the only god, that all other gods were fall gods. that religion did not last very long, but sor rah theus that was the first of what we refer to as the are revealed rough fetes. in other words, an individual who claimed to be receiving a direct message from god. not abraham, not moses. thousand, what's fashion -- now, what's fascinating about this me

i believe that was the religion of persia before it became iran.as wondering is are there any vestiges left of this religion in present-day iran or anyplace else? or is it a completely dead religion? >> guest: f fantastic question. i love when people ask me about zoroastrianism because it is one of my favorite religions and probably i would say the most important religion in the history of religions and i am not saying that lightly. he probably lived in 1100 b.c. that is the best guess. zoroastrianism was the first monotheistic religion. zarathustra was not the first monotheistic, the first modesty is was the egyptian pharaoh of the 9 --akhenaten who believed in aten. sarah su straw was the first what we return to as the reveals profit. an individual who claimed to be receiving a direct message from god. zarathustra was the first one. not abraham, not moses. what is fascinating about this message is begins with this statement there was only one god. not that there is up i got and other gods that are lower than god which was the prevailing sentiment