and many iranians said, "look, robert malley "needs to get real.c human rights "until there is regime change." do you not accept that proposition? so, i'm sure you know, since you follow this controversy, that i immediately said i had been wrong. it's not up to me, it's not up to the us government to characterise what the iranian people want. they are doing a pretty good job expressing it themselves. what it is ourjob to do is to stand up for the basic rights of people everywhere around the world and, in particular, in iran. and that's what we should do, and i should not have strayed into trying to characterise what it is precisely they want. but i'm just struggling, if you don't mind me saying, robert malley, to understand what your offer is to people who care about human rights, freedom in iran, beyond rhetoric. imean... well, no, it's notjust rhetoric, stephen. i mean, it is... obviously, it's sanctions and sanctioning people, including people who thought that they could hide behind the anonymity because they're some provincial head of a prison,

the us special envoy to iran, robert malley, said the executions of 20—year—old seyed mohammad hosseini followed "sham trials. human rights groups have also condemned the killings saying the men were unable to choose their lawyers. earlier, i spoke to roja assadi from bbc persian who told me more about these executions. many foreign ministers have used the same kind of vocabulary, apparent, revolting. such as james cleverly, the french secretary, the us special envoy to iran, robert madley. and lots of eu mps and mps of different european countries such as the netherlands, france, germany. some of these people have sponsored these political prisoners in iran and they were trying to save them by writing to the iranian ambassador to the countries and asking to save their lives. now it's very disappointing for them. lives. now it's very disappointing forthem. i lives. now it's very disappointing for them. i think the international community has united in condemning this act of execution. what community has united in condemning this act of execution.— this act of execution. what more do we

the us special envoy to iran, robert malley, said the executions of seyyed mohammad hosseini and mohammadondemned the killings earlier i spoke to hadi ghaemi, who's executive director at the centre for human rights in iran, and began by asking him what sort of reaction there has been from within iran. early this morning, there has been great and universal outrage, anger and sadness of losing another two young protesters to a very questionable judicial process that seems to be in a rush to shed as much blood as possible. so from all quarters, i hear a lot of condemnation and anger and manifestation of that may come to physical for tomorrow in the streets of iran, where they are called for demonstrations to condemn this and also to mark the third anniversary of shooting down of a passenger plane by revolutionary guards. mr ghaemi, there was a statistic that i came across. the human rights news agency have reported that there's been an 88% rise in executions in 2022 compared to 2021. now, i understand that these men were charged with "moharebeh". what is that? and is that what accounts for t

the us special envoy to iran, robert malley, said the executions of 20—year—old seyed mohammad hosseinikarami followed "sham trials." human rights groups have also condemned the killings saying the men were unable to choose their lawyers. here's more from our bbc monitoring colleague, the iran analyst khosro kalbasi isfahani. these two young men, mahdi karami and mohammad hosseini, were executed this morning. this brought the number of people executed in relation to protests to four. these two men went through a court proceeding that took only one week. according to amnesty international, it was a sham trial that had no resemblance to meaningful judicial proceedings. and what the state has broadcast in relation to these cases is a bunch of videos that shows this militia man allegedly being beaten up, and some confessions from these two men that are described by rights groups as forced confessions. this is the case and what we know about it. and as you mentioned, khosro, the comment from human rights groups including amnesty international is that it is a sham trial and it has been critic

the us special envoy to iran, robert malley, said the executions of 20—year—old seyyed mohammad hosseiniights groups have also condemned the killings saying the men were unable to choose their lawyers. we can talk now to hadi ghaemi, executive director at the centre for human rights in iran. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. i wonderfirst off, in thanks forjoining us on bbc news. i wonder first off, in terms of the condemnation, what kind of reaction has there been from iranians themselves?— has there been from iranians themselves? ., ., ., ., themselves? hello, thanks for having me. from themselves? hello, thanks for having me- from early _ themselves? hello, thanks for having me. from early this _ themselves? hello, thanks for having me. from early this morning - themselves? hello, thanks for having me. from early this morning there i me. from early this morning there has been great and universal anger and sadness of losing another two protesters to a very questionable judicial process that seems to be rushed to shed as much blood as possible. so i hear a lot of condemnation and anger.

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tom: robert malley of the state department, special envoy to iran.of time because every minute is important for jon ferro in london. futures, -11. loyal getting your $90 a barrel, but there is a richer discussion of commodities, including jon ferro's analysis of copper. an important conversation this morning in london. jon ferro with kona haque. jon: thank you. i want to talk about copper and aluminum. absolutely flying. year to date, copper is up more than 11%. aluminum, 10%. kona haque joins us now. big picture question. how commodity intensive is this reopening going to be in china? kona: that is the big question. i sense right now it is very sentiment driven. china reopening the lead up to a lot of pent-up demand, just like it did in the u.s. and europe. in terms of actual manufacturing intensity, i feel like china's commodity imports are still pretty good. their stock levels are quite high right now. potentially the copper rally is running ahead of itself in anticipation of more to come, but we have to be patient on that. jon: when you hear peop

robert malley, president of rapid in energy group, you're recognized for five minutes. >> jay robertsdistinguished members of the committee, i'm bob mcnally, president of rapid an energy group. two years working for president bush, i am an analyst, historian, and student of the energy markets policy in geopolitics. i like to briefly summarize my view and where we're going with oil prices, and we start with a good news. the best part of the last 20 years is that opec is no longer controlling the global oil market. let me tell you the bad news. the best marvelous 20 years, opec is no longer controlling the global oil market. that is why we are seeing a return of the price volatility. it's paradoxical be true. when oil market does not have a successful double supply manager, or before it detects the railroad commission, oil prices wildly gyrating boom and bust cycles and hurt our society, economy, and environment. -- we're what we've seen in the past. oil prices are going to gyrate between 5 to 7 year boom phases when they go, up and bust faces when they go down. the late summer 2021, we