armed force that is independent of the army, navy and air force and that is the islamic revolutionary guard corps. i our gc. first of all, they don't respond or answer to the president or foreign minister and don't answer to regularly army but answer directly to the supreme leader and people don't understand this they describe to other countries the activities of her own and the president is not the commander-in-chief and reality of the i rgc and the operate completely separate and by the way, that means the i rgc the islamic revolutionary guard corps can operate oftentimes doing things that foreign minister or spokesperson for the armenian government might not even know about. the point being that we have to understand that dynamic because they are not us in our attribute should not be assigned to them and the i rgc has an organization within it that has a unit called the [inaudible] force and that force led by the general are experts and have developed expertise and unconventional warfare and intelligence activities primarily abroad. this is the organization that helped build ied's the killed a

is saying is it particularly doesn't help protect against money going to the iranian revolutionary guard corps or the i r g c and they said that wasn't acceptable for the united states i question how that's even remotely possible with a country like iran where the revolutionary guard corps endemic within the economy but also hidden in many different respects so the ball very much in the european union's caught the choices they have are they walk away from the iran nuclear deal if they try and put kate the united states more as they've tried in the past that's the big question for the e.u. right now what do they do next because all eyes are focused on them you know a lot of different aspects to this story political analyst stevens who need told me earlier he believes it's not going to europe to negate u.s. understood really moves against iran. but the european union is only. has good relations with the united states and with it from the public of iran and they are the only thing who can really do this. and do this thing the america back into the deal because who will go out and broker this deal

is saying is it particularly doesn't help protect against money going to the iranian revolutionary guard corps or the i r g c and they said that wasn't acceptable for the united states i question how that even remotely possible with a country like iran where the revolutionary guard corps to sell endemic within the economy but also hidden in many different respects so the ball very much in the european union's caught the choices they have are they walk away from the iran nuclear deal if they try and put kate the united states. as they've tried in the past the big question for the year right now what do they do next because all eyes are focused on them. peter over three so the big queries there let's try go through some of them go live to beirut swer political analyst stephen sahu knee is standing by stephen welcome to the program how likely is it about the european union will be able and indeed to willing to renegotiate the terms of the deal and shield around from american sanctions. today the european union is the only side has good relations with the two with the united states and the. republ

is saying is it particularly doesn't help protect against money going to the iranian revolutionary guard corps or the i r g c and they said that wasn't acceptable for the united states. i question how that even remotely possible with a country like iran went to revolutionary guard corps to sell endemic within the economy but also hidden in many different respects. so the ball very much in the european union's court the choices they have do they walk away from the iran nuclear deal or put so much effort into get put in place back in two thousand and fifteen or do they will do more is what's being asked from them from both the rainy and foreign minister just then on the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov they try and put kate the united states more as they've tried in the past that's the big question for the e.u. right now what do they do next because all eyes are focused on them yet summing up the state of play that european nations find themselves in as regards not dealer europe correspondent peter all over. well not joined in this you tube. who was listening in the. conference between a s

not the commander-in-chief and if they operate completely separate that means the islamic revolutionary guard corps can operate doing things its own foreign minister cannot even know about.. but to understand that dynamic the action should not be assigned to them. it does have an organization within it that isha a unit that is led by the german one --dash by the general with unconventional warfare and intelligence activities to help build the ids that killed and maimed servicemen in iraq , the organizationd behind the shia militia, the organization behind the support to support hezbollah. and it is designed to do things to have some level of deniability the i grc has put forth and developed the better part of a decade is the ability to be in conflict with united states to attack us and escape with deniability. they are trained to attack us but this is the capability and then we have been aware of it for a long time and this is not as secret it is a capability theyve have increasingly perfected. so a persistent and clear stream of information that the i grc in the principles may be planning or they

the iranian regime but fully prepared to respond to any attacks whether by proxy, islamic revolutionary guard corpsr regular rhenium forces. the rhetoric is certainly suggesting otherwise." dana. >> dana: jennifer is there anything that started this escalation now? >> jennifer: remember the u.s. state department took unprecedented decision last month to desert -- designated the guard corps ir d.c. terrorist group the first time the u.s. government has ever designated another country's military terrorist adding to the treasury sanctions list. that set off an angry response from iranian leadership who then declared the u.s. military forces in the middle east terrorists. it is absolutely the case that we have seen with actions from the iranian and equally the case that we will hold the iranians accountable for attacks on american interest, if these actions take place, if they do by third party talk militia group hezbollah, we will hold a rainy leadership accountable for that. that was secretary of state mike pompeo. he was asked about the decision to accelerate the deployment of abraham lincoln and ba

afraid because we keep saying they can't do anything they finally well and and the islamic revolutionary guard corps that took to the streets in the revolution and changed everything some people speratus to that that. but it isn't. a u.s. carrier strike group deployed close by in the arabian sea was for some a chance for a little levity a widely shared post has the abraham lincoln up for sale on a website for used goods. but for many talk of war is a real concern that some hope can be resolved through dialogue if you're going to make everything in the 2nd edition i mean i think if they enter into talks it would be better because this is the 21st century and we should avoid war now is the time for dialogue jank even as a man and a man also god of war in my opinion is not good for us now negotiation is the best our government could overlook some issues if this pressure could be reduced speaking to a group of young artists iranian president hassan rouhani said he always remains open to the idea of dialogue but not with us bullies even if it means taking on the world alone. iranians too young to remembe

paul: the head of the kurds force of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, his tactics do include the usually through proxies, like hezbollah and mal -- militias. do you think this is how it would happen, if it does, from an iranian point of view. >> that's his playbook. he's killed hundreds of americans over the years. and so i think that's probably the intel that the u.s. government was picking up, that he was going to be using shiite militias potentially against u.s. troops in iraq or in syria and certainly against u.s. allies and u.s. interests throughout the gulf. paul: maybe american diplomats and embassies, i think they were worried about that. do you think the iranian government could actually want some kind skirmish with the united states, militarily. to help themselves domestically at home? >> it's always possible. i think it would be suicidal for the regime to confront the united states, certainly given overwhelming american conventional power. i think it's the reason that you hear from president trump, secretary pompeo, ambassador john bolton as well as the commander of u.

and if they are the ones, especially the revolutionary guard corps, stirring up this kind of trouble, that's something the u.s. may find even more difficult to try to get a handle on. wolf? >> you know, we're just learning right now, even as you're speaking, barbara, that cnn has just learned that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, did make this undisclosed visit to iraq right now, to discuss growing tensions with iran. this is a significant development. he was supposed to meet, i think tomorrow with angela merkle, the chancellor of germany, but he canceled this visit and made this undisclosed visit to iraq right now amidst this growing tension that's going on between the u.s. and the iranians. what else can you tells us on that front? >> well, let's just go back one second, wolf, to what you were saying. in fact, iran's militias, some of the most militant wings of iranian security forces, do operate inside iraq. this has been a real concern for the u.s. the iraqis, because of their proximity, there has been iranian influence in and out of iraq over the years. so that's point number

states is not seeking war with the iranian regime but fully prepared for any attack the revolutionary guard corpsar iranian forces. what is important about that, there are a number of areas in the region where iranian proxies operating and in syria and in iraq, hezbollah. we've seen them all over the place. that really doesn't limit this. but what is particularly interesting is this comes right after the united states declared their revolutionary guard corps a terrorist force and then iran, in turn, called the u.s. military that. that is something we have been asking questions about for a number of weeks because what does that mean? if both sides see one another as a terrorist group, does that mean that if they see one another, they can actually, they can without any provocation they can lead to some kind of a confrontation, hallie. we don't have a good answer for that. >> i know you are working on those answers. >>> on the international front, as well, this one by north korea. president trump just tweeted. just spoke to prime minister abe of japan. they talked on north korea and trade calling it

put iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps on the terrorist list.ran was planning to strike first through proxies. investigators believe that the four oil tankers that were sabotaged off the coast of the united arab emirates were damaged by forces connected to the islamic revolutionary guard corps or irgs. they fired underwater drones to ship hulls with 100 pounds of ebb explosives according to investigators. investigators i speak to they saw multiple threat streams including satellite images of iran loading cruise missiles into hollowed out hulls of ships. they thought they were concerned that they could threaten u.s. bases and ships in the region. they have not declassified or released images however. that is when u.s. central command decided to accelerate the positioning of the u.s. abraham lincoln putting it on station two weeks ahead of schedule and deploying b-52s to the region within 50 hours of assessing threat. two u.s. military destroysers, uss mcfall and uss gonzalez transferred into the straight of hormuz without incident. some in the u.

on the other hand, you also have the iranian military, and mostly coming from the revolutionary guard corps, the elite wing of iran's military, and they got a new leader just a couple weeks ago. he came out late last night and said he believes iran was on the cusp with a full-blown confrontation with the united states. he said that he believes that the u.s. was trying to get iran to its knees. he said he thinks the u.s. will fail, and he also says he believes this is the biggest test for the islamic revolution since 1979, since of course, the revolution itself. now, it's interesting to hear some of these iranian commanders talk because they are quite bold, some of them, in the statements they make. i spoke to a former senior member of the revolutionary guard. he said look, what the americans need to understand is that if there is some sort of miscalculation, that the iranians are not just going to use their missiles but use their proxy forces as well. >> fred pleitgen in iran. let's discuss withdied john linboard, the assistant deputy secretary of state for iran during the obama administrat

iran'sled by revolutionary guard corps, which president trump recently designated as a terrorist organization. one of maduro's top aides and minister the interior is a drug runner and a money launderer, partners with terrorist networks that bring iran-backed terrorists into the country. has bilotta is working to extend is network -- hezbollah working to extend its network throughout our hemisphere. while iranian terrorists build safe havens, despite their denials, it is clear that russia also seeks a foothold in this hemisphere in venezuela. moscow is the maduro regime's biggest weapon supplier. in exchange for oil, russia provides jet fighters and acts as a lender of last resort. last month, russia sent two military transit airplanes to caracas in a show of support. no one has done more to support the corrupt maduro regime than the communist leaders of cuba. for nearly two decades, the thousandgime has sent teachers, engineers to venezuela to prop up the regime. cuban leaders control the levers of power in many government agencies, especially the military and intelligence services. week, key

minister, the brother of the crown prince, come out and say, basically the rebels and the iran revolutionary guard corpsthey are the same people. they are talking about responding with strikes and newspapers called for a surgical attack. we are seeing rising tensions affecting oil prices. alix: from your opinion, how much geopolitical risk is in the oil price? >> thanks for having me. in prior discussions with you, i pretty much said a couple of times i think the energy world pretty much ignores geopolitics. it's only in times of extreme crisis or perceived extreme crisis that you see a major move. i would argue there's a lot of other bigger news in the world right now, but the things you have to be careful about is the black swan event, because these countries are not necessarily in control of all of the various elements out there, including our own. secondly, it is always in a hotspot. this is a tight space. anybody that flew over the straits of hormuz knows how narrow that is. it is still a very substantial part of the world's production and reserves. i think we have to be aware of it, but i don't th

minister, the brother of the crown prince, come out and say, basically the rebels and the iran revolutionary guard corpsre the same people. they are talking about responding with strikes and newspapers called for a surgical attack. what we are seeing are rising tensions and that is now affecting oil prices. alix: from your opinion, how much geopolitical risk is in the oil price? osmar: thanks for having me. in prior discussions with you, i pretty much said a couple of times i think the energy world pretty much ignores geopolitics. it's only in times of extreme crisis or perceived extreme crisis that you see a major move. i would argue there's a lot of other bigger news in the world right now, but the things you have to be careful about is the black swan event, because these countries are not necessarily in control of all of the various elements out there, including our own. secondly, it is always in a hotspot. this is a pretty tight space. anybody that flew over the straits of hormuz knows how narrow that is. it is still a very substantial part of the world's production and reserves. i think we have to

brigadier general mortars who are body now he's the advisor to the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps and in an interview with the state news website he said that it is unlikely that the u.s. will stage an attack on iran but he said if the enemy does the smallest stupidest thing in the waters of the persian gulf the enemy will understand what we will do to him he went on to say these warships with the smallest stupid action will be sunk by missiles or secret weapons the enemy shouldn't pull us so iranian leaders both civilian and military are taking every single step that the united states takes in the region very seriously and they're watching very closely and in terms of in terms of dialing down the rhetoric and diffusing this tension is there any chance this whole of the meeting between the iranians and the u.s. administration. i think that is the hope on part of a lot of the observers here a lot of the allies of both countries are hoping that this can be settled in a negotiated solution the dialogue can prevail iranian people have said as much to us they don't want to see another

interference goes we've also had a response from the newly promoted deputy commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps mr elie father in an interview with local t.v. he had some very harsh words with regards to the accusation that iran is involved in yemen here's some of what he said i get my with you we are not involved in yemen if we were there now the who these would be in riyadh yemen is completely surrounded by the americans and the coalition including some europeans non europeans and zionists so when yemen is surrounded we cannot get there openly and who themselves now handle it so based on cronic principles we should help as much as we can and we do but they themselves have now produced their capabilities as in gaza they did selves do it. and saying how much comfort will iranian policy be taking from the fact that the arab world is so divided when it comes to iran. well the leaders here in teheran will certainly be watching this summit and feeling pretty positive about the fact that arab countries with which it enjoys strong ties have backed it up in a way and have not taken to supporting the s

of the way it is for iranian oil exports through now sensation in the entire the iranian revolutionary guard corps and very recently we've seen our sanctions against the iranians still now from a new major she so. i think people probably paid too much attention to this military aspect and not attention to the economic aspect which is probably where the where the herder's main kill my steamy full thing in the region more than 100 people have been killed in the last week has syrian government forces continue their push into rebel held areas and hama province says some u.n. security council members are concerned that a full scale military operation it cliff may lead to a humanitarian catastrophe or diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. there have long been fears of a final offensive in it it is one of the last strongholds of the opposition to a sat aid workers have been concerned about an all out attack the population of the province has swelled to more than 3000000 people after many fled here from other parts of syria. russia is strongly suspected of carrying out some of the

ways what the united states has done in recent weeks whether it's the declaration of iran's revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization the positioning of the u.s.s. lincoln in the persian gulf a carrier strike force. it seems that there is some speculation in washington that this credible intelligence the united states report is responding to is what any country would do when it looks like another country is potentially going to attack its preparing to protect itself so there are a lot of questions about that there's also reminder about the fact that the united states when it comes to declaring war it cannot come from this white house it must come from congress so we're hearing increasingly democratic as well as republican members of congress expressing concern now as you point out all of this they are saying is as they watch very carefully what is happening in iran and to wrap up all of those developments we have this report from same best ravi in tehran exactly one year after the united states pulled out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal iran says it will suspend some of its commitments

sources in late april that cut some silly money the head of the codes force in the iranian revolutionary guard corps was activating proxies to attack u.s. and allied interest throughout the middle east so you're comfortable that as all of this military brinksmanship is rolling out that there is some diplomacy going on in the background most of the diplomacy seems to be external it's a matter of coercive diplomacy with the united states is signaling to the iranian government that it will not tolerate any types of iranian inspired attacks against u.s. forces u.s. diplomats u.s. assets anything u.s. or allied in the region but it's looking to deter iran from doing so i don't think anyone in the white house is looking to initiate any type of a military attack on iran but you deter by making sure that they understand that there is overwhelming military force in case they badly miscalculate well in just under a week iran has quadrupled its nuclear enrichment capacity by cornering iran's do we risk pushing them toward developing nukes. my own sense and speaking with people who know the iranian nuclear prog

especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the finish of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st step the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward i said ahead on i'll just they are having a new leader in zimbabwe.

the united states says iran's revolutionary guard corps ‘promotes terrorism as a tool of state craft‘he first time the us has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organisation. jason rezaian, who used to report from tehran, might agree. certainly he knows what it's like to be terrorised by the state. seized from his home without warning, this us—iranian journalist was interrogated, tried and convicted on vague charges. he was held for 544 days before a deal was done to release him in 2016. he is now banned from iran for life. but is the trump administration right to see maximum pressure as the only way to affect change in iran? jason rezaian, welcome to hardtalk. you lived in iran forfive years at the time of your arrest. how unexpected was it? thanks for having me on today. it was quite unexpected. i had been living and working there for five years with full state permission. there had been moments where i thought my safety was potentially compromised but i thought that we were past that era. so initial suspicions on their part? certainly. during the years i worked there

of the way it is for iranian oil exports through now sensation of the entire the iranian revolutionary guard corps and very recently who say no sanctions against the iranians still now remain images she so. i think people probably paid too much attention to this military aspect and not not attention to the economic aspect which is probably where the weather has been kill taney kids for food and fuel as well as curse or common instead of things that commodities are in short supply the political crisis coins all voting the overthrow of president bashir moment it has more from a couple call to. a position all saying well them all to totally all polls to a lot of time to talk to the transitional military council they say they do not like that talk to us that transitional military council has been how you were told any different from those of the film team when they say they face a more bigger problem which is divisions within the opposition forces for freedom and change to themselves last week difference as a margin between the civil society we which is led by the sudanese professional association whi

the iran revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization all of these steps. in order to try and what the united states says this is get runs leaders to to sit down potentially even with the president and to talk about a new agreement but that is not sort of the language that we've been hearing from the national security advisor in these latest comments seem to underscore that it's a point to give the finger it's an aggressive tone one that we know he's added advocated before even as a private citizen so this seems to be an extension of that but as we asked for white house reaction i spoke to kellyanne conway the presidential advisor here a at the white house in the last couple of hours she really downplayed that well there is this hawkish tone coming from the national security adviser that the president is not sort of in tandem with that even as the president himself in his own comments this past weekend in japan seem to be distancing other comments made by john bolton particularly when it comes to regime change when to get an outright denial from this white

what's happening there still watching things very closely and a senior member of the islamic revolutionary guard corps also put out a warning saying if the enemy makes any sort of step towards iran that it may be possible for the i.r.g.c. to sink its warships so very very strong warnings coming from civilian and military leaders here into iran strong words from all sides read these same but is there any chance at all of deescalate this perhaps that the iranians may reach. this he's been saying he'd like. well the iranian government here has made it clear that it is not willing to do renegotiate in any way not just the nuclear deal but really any issue when it comes to diplomacy with this administration with this white. house under u.s. president donald trump they have accused donald trump of not committing to an international treaty pulling out of the nuclear deal effectively violating international agreements and thereby making it clear that they cannot be trusted and cannot be negotiated with however there are reports circulating from early today in iranian media about a meeting that foreign ministe

. >> reporter: the state department recently designated iran's revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organization. iran responded by labeling centcom a terrorist military organization, as well. >> martha raddatz with us live tonight. and martha, officials say they have clear indications that iran was preparing for a possible attack, as i mentioned, on u.s. forces in the region. to we know anything more tonight about these threats? >> reporter: david, there have been no specifics, but this show of force certainly sends a strong warning to iran that if they do attack, they will face what the white house is calling an unrelenting response. david? >> martha raddatz with us here, as well. thank you. >>> and now to the global he headline that was decidedly more upbeat. news broke today of the royal baby. prince harry and duchess meghan welcoming a baby boy. they handled the reveal in their own way, announcing the news in an instagram post first and prince harry coming outside their home to talk to reporters. he could not contain his excitement. and then revealing when the world will see th

talking just before the program on the way to the studio this new recognition of the iranian revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist group and mr bolton warming the iranians not to use terrorists as a tool just to craft there's a little pot and kettle problem here as and i don't really think max for coming out with this so that the you know with all this talk about the war on terror for the last ten years and of course the war on drugs too it's just amazing how much the u.s. government and especially the cia have used jihadist groups with with with a lot some variation of ideology and of course this is usually in very close connection with the saudis and their money using these jihadist groups as well as criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking as are proxies in this not only goes back to the afghan war but we saw it again in bosnia in kosovo in libya and syria in chechnya where these groups are used especially in a foreign legion at the same time we're wagging our finger and saying oh we're fighting terrorism or fighting terrorism when in fact these terrorists are are our guys in many man

while it is a matter of routine for the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to address iranian members of parliament and answer their questions major general hussein salome's turn comes at a time of heightened tensions with the united states the new i.r. g c chief assured m.p.'s that a war with the united states is unlikely because americans know the closer their military hardware comes to iranian territory the more vulnerable it becomes to iranian defenses and iranian firepower the head of the ira gc's air force was also present and reinforced his boss's comments saying warplanes and warships that represented a threat in the past have since become an opportunity and potential targets since moving closer to iran shores following the briefing a senior m.p. and the head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission said iran can hit targets up to 2000 kilometers away and estimated that american ships are at most 500 kilometers away that might put them somewhere in the arabian sea or perhaps in the gulf of oman so the message this day is that iranian forc

of the way it is for iranian oil exports through now sensation in the entire the iranian revolutionary guard corps and very recently was sane sanctions against the iranians till now and the new me just she so. i think people probably paid too much attention to this military aspect and not not attention to the economic aspect which is probably where the where the herd is being kill nice taney the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after president trump threatened to impose tariffs on all chinese imports the latest round of negotiations ended in washington with no breakthrough but china's top trade negotiator says the meeting was constructive from beijing. well the question now of course is the proportionality of china's response china has warned of counter measures without specifying exactly what those measures would be but lou her who has been leading the chinese negotiating team has said the talks are going to continue he said there's been a twist but the talks are not over and they will resume in beijing in a few days time it seems but lou her there's also conceded that ther

policy of not negotiating with the trump white house one former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corpssaid there is a slim chance that a u.s. return to the 2050 nuclear deal could bring iran back to the negotiating table but for the moment iranian leaders are focusing their diplomatic energy on reaching out to regional partners to try to strike up some kind of security cooperation that endeavors to elbow out the united states dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boat sank in the democratic republic of congo. at least 30 people died in lake mind on day around 180 survived our disaster on saturday night it's thought the boat was carrying around 350 passengers malcolm lad has the latest from tyler in neighboring uganda dozens of bodies have been pulled from the water dozens more still missing and it's unlikely at this stage that survivors will still be found in the water more than 24 hours after the boat sank survivors say that it was overloaded with cargo and with people and that's common for boats on congo's many waterways on the rivers and the lakes which

continue to reject that idea and in says they'll be no talks between the two sides the islamic revolutionary guard corps branded the u.s. and unreliable enemy as anti-american protests were held in tehran same pastrami reports. this is. a friday sermon and a chance for people to catch up on the latest developments in what has been a busy week for iran more u.s. sanctions a growing diplomatic divide with europe and to those with by president hassan rouhani to start scaling back the road cooperation with the twenty fifth. nuclear deal the cleric speaking for iran's supreme leader said president rouhani should not have waited so long to do it as again at the moment we support and appreciate the appropriate. action and we are sure it will be successful united nations international community and european union to face a big test as iranians took to the streets to protest against u.s. aggression a fleet of american warships that across the swiss canal a day earlier sailed closer to iranian waters protesters say the so-called pressure campaign by the united states is going too far this is my first time taking

citation of the way it is for iranian oil exports are now sensation in the entire the iranian revolutionary guard corps and very recently would say now sanctions against the iranians still now really major she says oh. i think people are probably trying too much attention to these military aspect and not attention to the economic aspect which is probably where the where the herd is brain filter taney of course while we're all watching this globally if your sitting in iran and you'll seeing this military build up i mean it could be interpreted that garage nemesis is about to attack it can be sort of misinterpreted in so many ways. was closest to aspect of this economically the unfortunate reality use that in a country of nearly $90000000.00 which iran is the economic that is generally fill at the low end of the socioeconomic scousers going to be a groundswell of pressure for the iranian government and at the at the strategic level you say mr messaging from washington. and while most people in tehran levelheaded there's probably some elements that are probably going to think that. the pressure should be

shouldn't the way it is for iranian oil exports through now sensation of the entire the iranian revolutionary guard corps and very recently who say no sanctions against the iranians still now remain images she so. i think people probably paid too much attention to this military aspect and not not attention to the economic aspect which is probably where the where the herd is being kill nice taney. for you so much breaking news coming out of a buck a stop on the phone attack on a luxury hotel in the southern province of but look just. the port city of. haifa has our correspondent in the capital islamabad with more on this what more do you know kemal. lisa marie we're hearing that the attack did preliminary to the attack. much in guns and grenades. into the hotel complex. which you're situated on the farm it is a highly secure so it is going to be important to see how good they were able to get inside we are heading for the bulk of fighting being. security forces have responded to call the end of the hotel from the outside and we still don't know what they're happening inside that hotel where the fighting s

of specific things major general hussein salome the relatively new leader of the islamic revolutionary guard corps certainly saying making very strong statements that were broadcast on state media earlier today he said that iran and the united states on the verge of a full scale confrontation of course the supreme leader has been warning for some time now that war might happen but he's also said that a military confrontation is unlikely he said that america is behaving ostentatiously the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has also said that all of that is just an uproar in the middle east to create publicity stunts in order to intimidate iran and other countries in the region mr salami also went on to say that this was a decisive moment for the country and the reason he said that was a little more what part of the speech that was perhaps hinting at a more tactical viewpoint he said that the enemy an enemy has come to the battlefield with all of its capacities at its disposal this time perhaps hinting at the fact that the united states has built up its military forces in the region before but th

policy of not negotiating with the trump white house one former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps said there is a slim chance that a u.s. return to the 2050 nuclear deal could bring iran back to the negotiating table but for the moment iranian leaders are focusing their diplomatic. energy on reaching out to regional partners to try to strike up some kind of security cooperation that endeavors to elbow out the united states for years a foreign hammon have forced millions to the brink of famine and their crisis is becoming increasingly desperate victoria again the reports. this yemeni mother has 10 children to feed and this is where they live in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people in the room 8 had to provence in northern yemen all i guess i look back we're living under a tree and we don't have anything there are snakes which we're scared of yesterday we had to kill one back got too close i struggle for my children i back so that i can sleep down. fighting between pro he forces and fighters backed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition has intensified in the province in the past

especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the sin is shred of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st at the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward pricing ahead on al-jazeera how the new leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party plans to united supporters before the next election that's why dealing with corruption scandals in argentina has not been plain sailing. we still got plenty of high temperatures across japan at the man with a heat wave still ongoing but what's a weather cloudy skies slightly cooler weather still too far away it's moving across the korean peninsula see some live down poles coming through here a key issue a little more cloud starting to push into japan and this we go on through choose day to see that wet weather will start to make some inroads across the western side of the country ahead of that still coming up to 29 in tokyo but there