the dollar it was a year ago there really is suffering going on and what you're hearing now from rouhani in particular is a reference to this economic situation he describes it as an economic war that's the terminology he used at the great nation of iran is in a state of economic war with them is through helping each other we will be victorious against the united states we will succeed in the struggle we're facing in our daily lives so we can see here a change of approach very much from this leader who has been revered by the west in the past for some moderate attitudes and this now is clearly trying to bring the whole the whole populous around him so actually face on this situation he's finding with the united with the people ok anderson and stank. still ahead on al-jazeera where is your mouth has some of these body saudi arabia says it still doesn't know. hello the weather in southeast asia and that northern australia seems to settle down to its normal pattern that you might expect been quite unusual first part of the year but now we're largely cloud free in the philippines and in the

thanks to you mr rouhani and your colleagues. and usenet is what i like to express my greetings to the my viewers as well monitors and yes mr rouhani my questions pacific for you and also i would like to ask. other colleagues of yours for this as well with gusto what. discussions that you have had their future for their band is tough if it's a stereo what's going to be defeated of this area. like in the future. there are three countries. what they believe is actually representative of what the international community believes is the fact that the whole territory of territory of syria should be under the control of the legal government of syria. whether it's at length or the stuff you freights. you hold territory off syria belongs to the nation of syria for territorial integrity and national sovereignty of syria was emphasized on by everybody at this meeting and also their previous rounds of meetings we reiterated on this. and the previous on everything that the discussion of was how can it let's be clear. so that ordinary people

for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani is main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. and let's get more now i am joined by iran based political analyst about to buy he is the c.e.o. of the center for applied research in partnership with the orient welcome to you and like to begin by asking you what do you think is behind this resignation. it has been quite open in the media here in tehran that it had a lot to do with the meeting of the syrian president bashar al assad yesterday and that the foreign ministry and more importantly the foreign minister was not included in that meeting. there is a lot of debate about why that is and it is yet to be to be seen whether it was a mistake whether there was a lack of coronation whether it was she was deliberately sidelined by president rouhani or what was really behind it but that has been. the key element here but you know if we look at the political side of things i mean zarif he's seen as as a moderate relatively speaking does this resignation do you think it now wea

s have now sent a letter to the president has some rouhani urging that zarif stay in the job he played a central role in brokering the twenty fifteen nuclear deal between iran and a number of world powers our correspondent mike hanna reports now from the united nations in new york. this was a moderate face of a nation apparently seeking reconciliation with western powers mohamad job you'd serif was educated in the u.s. and served as ambassador to the united nations before becoming foreign minister in two thousand and thirteen. he was the driving force in the intense negotiations with the west a nuclear powers that led to what became known as the joint comprehensive plan of action an agreement in which iran agreed to a limited sensitive nuclear activities and give access to international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. the deal now threatened by the unilateral decision of president trump to no longer abide by it it's a bad deal it's a bad structure it's falling down should have never ever been made i blame congress i blame a lot of people for. but i

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response from him either but we've seen the president hassan rouhani today as well as supreme leader a to a different events where they did not say anything about zarif intentions to resign and the reefs choice of social media in particular the instagram to announce his resignation is somewhat interesting it questionable absolutely will first of all zarif. most prefer more of communication on social media is twitter but that is of course banned in iran so he uses instagram and he's in the country i think. from what we understand and what sources close to him have told us is that he's tried to resign in the past this is his fourth attempt and this time he went public trying to resign thinking that that kind of pressure would force the president hassan rouhani to accept his resignation but he only has you have to remember almost nearly just over two years left in his chairman this government in office so there really isn't a valid reason for him to leave his post now and of course there's not a clear replacement for him at this stage ok there's a jabari thank you. now at least five peo

has certain to attack iran so i think you see a shift not only in rouhani but people around him people the very few foreign minister here and others and the whole generation of iranians that thought that maybe reducing tensions in the divest was something that could happen during their lifetime and i don't think they believe that anymore the europeans have done little things not not anything serious the terminology too little too late i think applies to europe and. rouhani is administration thought that europe would actually be able to offset some of the negative effects of u.s. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement and europe hasn't done that much so when we say that the rest lost an opportunity to improve relations with iran could europe in that and i don't see anything serious coming up in the next few months so if europe continues to activate they do i don't think you see any improvements there. france is insisting on dialogue to solve the ongoing gulf crisis between qatar and four arab countries french and qatari foreign ministers discuss the issue here in doha along with other re

is that he close and that rouhani would miss him i'm not sure i'm not really sure that rouhani is going to miss him who honey now has he had the i love i read the garbage that of course is sort of a money to people and of course with their leader i think people like is that evil are now in their video of course that bothers them in a way so that the date you just have to leave is not sure when you. take stuff is you know. is that resignation right does it surprising that's not it is that nation it was. born this ignatius in that statement he basically said a snake it's that i am so sorry that i am no i am not capable anymore to run this place and i'm sorry for the shortcomings and i wish you only good luck right now. and i started as if they should know that it is the glacier letter i needed well and the format itself the format itself as it was on instagram so not only was it not in. resignation letter but it was also an obscure weird format is a completely irrelevant in our property and we are dealing with it and i believe he's again being an idealist and naive person he is even ben h

reformist mps in iran have urged president hassan rouhani not to accept the resignation.face of iran's international diplomacy, particularly in the west. a former ambassador to the united nations, he became the islamic republic‘s top diplomat in 2013 when a reformist president hassan rouhani came to power. as an english—speaking, american—educated foreign minister, he played a decisive role in often complex issues. he became one of the architects of the iran nuclear deal in 2015 and has spearheaded efforts to keep the agreement alive following president trump's decision last year to pull the us out of the accord. but mr zarif has been under huge pressure from hardliners at home who never liked or trusted his negotiations with the west. and in a surprise announcement on instagram on monday, he revealed his intention to resign. as well as thanking the iranian people and authorities, he wrote: at times, there are windows of more centrist rationality, but for the most part, the hardliners prevailed, and that is what we are seeing today. we are seeing the big read of hardliner

vowing to expand expand its military might president rouhani marks the fortieth anniversary of iran's revolution. only. losing hope people who feel they've been forgotten and left to die in venezuela. fellow a top u.s. official is in afghanistan and the latest step towards ending a seventeen year war the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan is making a surprise visit to the capital kabul he's meeting u.s. military and the afghan president so this cussed national security issues shanahan says it's crucial the government is part of peace talks with the taliban tony berkley is joining us from kabul to tell us more about shanahan's trip. i think he's here to forward to find out what the security situation is on the ground but also to reassure the afghan government that it's not been sidelined from these peace negotiations there's a fear that they've been pushed out because the taliban have always refused to talk to the afghan government directly they've always said that they first of all there had to be a u.s. troop withdrawal and then they would talk to the afghan government but thi

and after the sudden resignation of iran's foreign minister president rouhani holds back from accepting it. oh nigeria's muhammadu buhari looks on course for victory over his main rival in the presidential election with just a handful of states left to declare a p.c. party say that making preparations to celebrate victory in official results is leading by nearly three point five million votes and has enough to avoid a runoff election rules are the main opposition p.d.p. has accused the ruling party of trying to rig the polls and demanded the cancellation of results in four states reports from. with final state results still being announced the arithmetic across africa's largest democracy told its own story. and supporters of president. quick to celebrate. the. points where it's actually a little bit clearer now. because if you look at states destroying. the strongest places brought gotten these votes. because. like not east they've a very huge margin. so are you willing at this point to call this election for. yes i'm willing because this. is going to so much of. the. why did you want b

and after the sudden resignation of iran's foreign minister president rouhani holds back from accepting it. hello u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un ever arrived in vietnam capital hanoi had a two day summit wednesday as talks will address one of the world's biggest security concerns kim's pursuit of a nuclear program but it was first met last june in singapore a diplomatic editor james bays reports from hanoi. kim jong arriving in hanoi after a long journey by train from north korea all the way across china he's here for the latest stage of one of the most unusual diplomatic process is ever in two years it's ranged from the threat of imminent war made in the un general assembly we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea to ten months later a face to face summit the first time the leaders of these two countries technically still at war had ever met and there was an instant bond. and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great let us out we fell in love even a former state department official from the obama

they've been growing more vocal about their anger towards the country's moderate president hassan rouhani for the weakening state of the iranian economy. jevon serif has been one of rouhani is main allies and his departure could weaken the president's position. we have some football now and in the final game of match day twenty three of the bundesliga leipsic hosts hoffenheim they were in a position to leapfrog clawed back into third place with a when meanwhile hoffenheim have their eyes on a european spot for accies spoils were shared after a frantic finish. the union not does money look very much at home ahead of kickoff the hoffenheim coach takes charge of leipsic from the beginning of next season and this was a chance to get used to his future surroundings. his side took the lead after twenty two minutes on three com are rich for an easy tap in one no two the visit the croatia international tenth gold this been to see that campaign chrono reach just avoided being offside. it was the only goal in a hard fought first half. his hoffenheim side nad but not us money is always a man with a

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president hassan rouhani has yet to accept his foreign minister's resignation rouhani hasn't addressed the sudden stepping down of his foreign minister but instead describes the reef as at the front line of iran's battle against the u.s. now giving his reaction israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said good riddance to his a reef who as we mentioned was iran's lead negotiator in the nuclear talks israeli prime minister tweeting this as long as i'm here iran will never acquire nuclear weapons and the u.s. secretary of state michael imperioli had this to say we note as a reef resignation we'll see if it sticks either way he end hasan rouhani i just front men for a corrupt religious mafia we know how many makes all final decisions policy is on change the regime must behave like a normal country and respect its people i want to bring in dorset has covered iran extensively door so first of all is it clear to you that the iranian president or the supreme leader will accept this resignation no we still don't know if they will and one of the reasons for that is there is no clear replacem

professor of international relations at tehran university he says president rouhani has taken a more militaristic approach to diplomacy as a result of u.s. president on trance decision to break the nuclear agreements i think when he came into office about six years ago his main goal in foreign policy was to improve relations with the west what trump did to him has caused him to speak in terms that you heard today expanding iran's missile program and threatening united states back given the fact that u.s. has certain to attack iran so i think you see a shift not only in rowhani but people around him people like zarif foreign minister here and others and the whole generation of iranians that thought that maybe reducing tensions with the rest was something that could happen during their lifetime and i don't think they believe that anymore the europeans have done little things not not anything serious the terminology too little too late i think applies to europe and. rouhani is administration thought that europe would actually be able to offset some of the negative effects of u.s. withdr

president putin there president aragon and president rouhani. and i would like to greet all of our fellow citizens who are watching this broadcast i have a question for president rouhani but. the other presidents can also answer that if they wish to the future of. including the eastern bank of the euphrates river how do you see that future and what was discussed there with regard to you today. the. opinion of the three of you get on just states and their opinion of the international community is that the entirety of the territory of syria needs to be . legitimate under the control and the visible control of a legitimate government. whether it's all the bank of your freight is all of syria's territory belongs to the people of syria tauriel integrity and sovereignty of syria has been emphasized by everyone here both of this meeting and tourist previously during previous meetings. but during the previous summit we have discussed the ways to cleanse. terrorists so that. so that civilians would not be damaged would not be killed or harmed you know wh

on from isolation president rouhani hopes to renew his country's relations with the rest of the world. president rouhani did a very good job and negotiating the deal but the idea certainly not came from him it came from the supreme leader he was the one who had come to the conclusion that this issue had to be resolved at that time. the the the since the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution and the advent of the islamic republic it is the supremely appointed for life that has been master of the system and the real head of state. as a share theocracy the supreme leader's power is superior to that of the president of the republic who was elected by the people since the death of ayatollah khomeini in one thousand nine hundred nine the supremely has been ayatollah ali how monday it was he who initiated the negotiations even before the election of president rouhani. the. the supreme leader had realized that the situation treeing a clear deal was not sustainable economically iran was not in a sustainable situation inflation was about forty percent unemployment was at a really high rates

civil war broke out in syria eight years ago among those he met was a rainy and president hassan rouhani who's yet to confirm that you'll accept his foreign minister's resignation mike hanna al-jazeera when i speak some more about this still mostafa question who's the editor in chief of the farce news agency and joins us live from tehran thank you very much for being with us it's not the first time that zarif has resigned well the supreme leader accept the resignation this time around you think. thanks for having me well let's not leave the president of the ship except resignation and there are now reports saying after president rouhani sent three people including his chief of staff to almost as a relief to see if he could get back that they were disappointed and saying that you know he's going to accept the resignation but i believe but mrs harry has been smart enough to understand when to resign actually why now do you think what pushed him. well as you just mentioned there he is resigning to cut the phone i'm sol throughout the last several months because ever since president rouhani

revolution tens of thousands i gathered in the capital around for a rally led by president hassan rouhani he told the crowd iran's determined to expand its military power and ballistic missile programs i would ask no one mission you don't lose theresa try join the crowds. at. death to america death to israel and death to england a slogan frequently chanted by the many people out on the streets of tehran today it's a display of strength by the supporters of the islamic revolution in a conover like atmosphere. has come here with his wife and it's not among those joining in but he still believes in the islamic republic as a political system in comparison to other countries in the region like saudi arabia like other countries that's. a conflict dictatorship actually all monitors i think. in this region having. democratic country government. is a great thing. like most people here went even born at the time of the revolution in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine but they still believe in its ideas. we celebrate today because it's the only revolution that has lasted for forty years and the

to comply with their undertakings under the nuclear deal and pay the costs to keep it alive then rouhani started some on you know incomplete reshuffling of the cabinet with regard to these economy ministers and the street minister and trade minister but he didn't you know accomplish the task now it seems that mrs there it has come up with the conclusion that it's now time for president rouhani to be pushed to complete this you know replacement of strategy in order to complete the you know this alternative road which requires expanding ties with the eastern countries in the area of foreign diplomacy that includes china and russia and the economy ministers. who happen to be experts in an area of mobilizing national capacities and possibilities and developing national economy so i believe he has made a very smart choice here that u.s. secretary of state mike palm pale sniped on to reforest quote a frontman for a corrupt religious mafia what does that tell you about how washington might regard any successor to his. you know another thing more is expected from donald trump's administrations t

president rouhani of course is generally considered to be a reformist to be a much more softer to take a softer approach to iran's advancer is how much of a shift of tone is this would you say. you feel a very strong point martine there was no all of branch in this speech whatsoever he came straight to the point and it was an attack on the united states and allies who were supporting the line the u.s. is taking and not only did he refer to the missile program and insisted that their weapons would be increased and more sophisticated that is in line directly with the revolutionary guards who announced well ahead of this celebration on monday that they were actually unveiling and they showed pictures of a major new missile program the deaths full system which is a smart missile mid range there's a longer range missiles around but a ground to ground missiles are which will be used they say for defensive reasons this is a contentious issue with the united states because the u.s. is insisting that ballistic missile program should be shut down in iran and that is leading to even more tension

tens of thousands of people have gathered in the capital tehran for a rally led by president hassan rouhani he told the crowd that iran is determined to expand its military power and ballistic missile program and will not ask anyone for permission to do so iranians are facing many challenges partly due to sanctions imposed by the united states we'll hear more from our correspondent in a moment but first here's how events unfolded when the shaw was overthrown forty years ago. it was the winter of nine hundred seventy seven u.s. president jimmy carter visiting the shah of iran called the country an island of stability in the middle east. within a year however the shah would be deposed in a revolution. small protest had already broken out by the end of nine hundred seventy seven protests against the shah's modernization program and he's increasingly all thora tarion rule. but in september nine hundred seventy eight those protests became mass demonstrations worker strikes and riots. many iranians who joined the uprising were fighting back against what they saw as an attempt to westernize encycl

country is in the ones with reform the cities are still waiting for the personal freedoms president rouhani has promised them and the ones i've heard much suffering from the u.s. sanctions that are contributing the country's economy but the support this what republic is a whole is apparently still strong so one general rule seems to remain the more confrontation with the u.s. the more support for the hotline syria and iran. doesn't seem hostile towards the u.s. but following its withdrawal from the nuclear deal he thinks washington can't be trusted he believes iranians hold the key to a brighter future in their own hands i think if we you know seal be unified a unified country. separate our governments in this situation. come out of this situation i hope set by many because so far the islamic revolution has yet to fulfill its biggest promise better economic conditions for everyone here in your run. tonight in venezuela the opposition is planning a huge rally for tuesday on the self-proclaimed president one quite a says he will use the rally to send a message to the military the armed forces

for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani his main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. in the final game of match day twenty three in the bundesliga life's a hosted hoffenheim they were in a position to leapfrog into third place with a win meanwhile hoffenheim have their eyes on a european spot for next. year we are not going to look very much at home ahead of kickoff the hoffenheim coach takes charge of light from the beginning of next season and this was a chance to get used to his future surroundings. his side took the lead after twenty two minutes on three comma rich for an easy tap in one nil to the visit to croatia international tenth gold this been a seagull campaign chrono rich just avoided being offside. night six current coach nick will be novice months boss at the club next term. but there was no love lost as the hosts kept at it. and eventually captain orban did grab the equaliser just a minute from time. to time with distraught at using the lead so late good awareness from marcella house and the ex

for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani his main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. in the final game of match day twenty three in the bundesliga leipsic hosted their future coach elian man and his current side hoffenheim the two european hopefuls had to settle for a one one draw after a frantic finish off in time grabs the lead after twenty two minutes andre crime rich with an easy tap in to make it one now that took his goal tally to ten in the bundesliga this season but life's a dug deep in the orbán netting the equaliser a minute from time. to tennis now and roger federer began his last attempt to win his one hundred eighty p. singles title with a hard fought victory in dubai federer broken the first game of his match against philip kohlschreiber and took the first set six four but the german player fought his way back and levelled the tie at one set all forcing a third set federer then stepped up his play taking it all by six games to one. just. british investigators say that the plane carrying argentin

in recent days russia really has making it very clear our patience is running thin both putin and rouhani addressed this saying that this cannot remain a terrorist haven so turkey really under a lot of pressure but despite these differences the differences which were laid out in the open these three countries will find a way to work together because it is in their strategic interests to work together these three countries which really hold a lot of sway in syria all of them have ground forces on the ground. cohen has the latest now from gaziantep. in turkey. those patrols between the russians and the turkish forces began on thursday president of the one the turkish president has actually spoken and said that as a sort of corp russia and turkey to agree to start joint patrols in order to contain radical groups his words not ours so this comes as the syrian democratic forces are still fighting the last i don't play all of i still fight with the village of al. jazeera now what we're hearing is at least two hundred forty one leisel flights is have surrendered to the syrian democratic forces t

the iranian government up until this point has said that they won't do that but recently rouhani said that negotiations would be possible with the u.s. if it repents would you advise your president to hold talks with president trump and would you advise the supreme leader who has the ultimate say on foreign policy issues and you know it will hurt him it's not the current situations because no one can trust the president of the united states so let's say there was a different president than would iran be willing to talk about would your advice be let's talk to the united states or you know the result if you chair you know that is a hypothetical question and we have to wait and see who is going to win as the president of the united is is for the next year before everything should be trust should be based on equal footing and equal rights and that's missing you know united it's just putting pressure and they think that by pressurising iran they can achieve their goals and this is their mistake you don't has never needed to the pressure all true forty years of its life we did not submit t

for the weakening state of the iranian economy mohammad javad zarif has been one of rouhani is main allies his departure could weaken the president's position. give a final preparations have begun for the second summit between the north korean leader kim jong il or u.s. president donald trump president trump is arrived in the bed and these companies are no way kim jong un arrived meetings are due to begin on wednesday two leaders to discuss ways to implement a promise by pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. let's get more from data because from the alexandra of our nominee in honeywell alexander what are people expecting from this meeting. well we have to say that president's trump himself has sort of downplayed expectations saying while talking about the nuclear reservation that he is in no rush that he is happy that there is no testing anymore but of course we have to say that the u.s. president is a lot of pressure in washington to bring a foreign policy success back to washington and the recent government shutdown was seen as a big defeat for the president he's approval rat

and while iran was the focus of talks in sochi the country's president hassan rouhani was attending a parallel conference today in the russian city of sochi rouhani joined the leaders of russia and turkey to discuss how the war in syria to be brought to a close yet welcome the planned u.s. withdrawal from syria they also agreed to lead to clamp down on al qaeda linked militants in the syrian problem so in libya while russia and iran backers syrian president bashar al assad turkey is supporting the forces fighting against him. the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria will be a blow for kurdish forces which are closely allied with the us of a fair an all out offensive from turkey once and us is out of the way turkey regards the kurdish militia in syria as terrorists we have this report from the kurdish city of karbala on the border with turkey. layla visits this grave and every thursday to pray and honor the memory of her only son rody he died fighting the so-called islamic state in twenty thirteen as did thousands more kurds leila hopes her sons commitment to freedom wasn't in vain it'

president's haasan rouhani speaking as he usually does on the anniversary what have you heard so far that stood out for you well the president is right now giving a history lesson about where iran was prior to the revolution and how the previous monarchies and dynasties actually divided iran they were irresponsible they were under the influence of western powers and easily manipulated and that is the reason there of aleutian took place and the main goal of khomeini ayatollah khomeini was to unite iran and its people and that's what the president is stressing that it's and so would he be speaking more at this point to a domestic audience obviously it's a big day for iran and iranians in themselves or is he sending a message to the international audience as well because what we've heard him say so far is that the enemy will not be able to reach its evil objectives yes he's certainly stressing how strong iran is currently in its military might and the will of the people the message is very clear he said that the iranian people are not going to be fooled and they have faced american and

against overpricing many of those protests started here by leaders of other political parties some rouhani doesn't have a great deal of support in places like this but the support for the supreme leader for the institution that you represents many people here are unwavering in their support of that they really see the company as a kind of sajjan from a family of revolutionary a leads that brought. government to iran and for them the commemoration of what happened the events that happened forty years ago isn't just an excavation of history if you will it's an opportunity an annual opportunity to reinforce islamic ideals to reinforce anti western sentiment and then bring the past to the present and reinforce that political and social status quo in modern day iran. zain mansour avi live from. iran thank you. we got on want to come on this. clue where is jamal khashoggi his body saudi arabia says it still doesn't. get a younger and loud protests for a full day against haiti's president. and inspired fresh concerns for a whole strange thing. in britain there's more cases of echoing flu are dete

bandar boss dubbed the conqueror iranian media says it's the country's first semi heavy submarine rouhani says the domestically produced vessel is state of the out when i speak some more about this not to mahmoud bronte who's an iranian affairs analyst and a professor at the university of tehran he joins us live from iran's capital thank you so much for being with us on al-jazeera the timing of the end veiling of this submarine certainly very significant coming on the heels of foreign minister zarif saying the chances of war with israel are great at a time also of heightened tensions with the u.s. what message is iran sending here. i think it's pretty clear after the u.s. invasion and destruction of libya u.s. involvement in syria and supporting extremist groups according to the defense intelligence agency document to two thousand and twelve the us role in. starving the yemenis alongside the saudis and the constant rip repetition of the phrase all options are on the table by successive american presidents and threats made by the israeli regime to attack iran or the saudi crown prince and

civil war broke out in syria eight years ago among those he met was a rainy and president hassan rouhani who's yet to confirm that you'll accept his foreign minister's resignation mike hanna al-jazeera. straight upon things professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and he says it all with resignation as a surprise and may just set back for the iran nuclear deal. if his resignation is accepted then without a doubt this is a major blow to the nuclear deal because you have now not only zarif gone to a major architect of the deal and someone who of course is still very much credit to it but also in europe within a couple of months for the recommit getting me and how you get tenure will end as well which means that there's no one left in europe at that level that actually was that deeply involved in the process and have that sense of ownership for the deal so it's certainly not a movement in the direction of strengthening the only would certainly weaken it but we don't know yet whether he actually will be relieved of his duties as foreign minister the public's reaction will a

they are marking the fortieth anniversary of the iranian revolution that is the president hassan rouhani as speaking right now for. now a top u.s. official is in afghanistan and the latest step towards ending a seventeen year war the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan is making the surprise visit to the capital kabul he's meeting the u.s. military and the afghan president ashraf ghani to discuss national security issues shanahan says it's crucial the government as part of peace talks with the taliban tony berkley is joining us from kabul and tony of course the afghan government has been sidelined from these peace talks because the taliban regards it as illegitimate so what message is shanahan carrying to the governments. i think he's going to reassure the government that they haven't been sidelined they haven't been forgotten he did say that it's very important that afghans at the end of the day who will achieve peace there will have to live with peace so therefore they must take part in this i think the taliban position that they would never do negotiate directly with the afghan

his supporters told us they're expecting president rouhani any moment to come out and deliver a victory address he may well wait until the final results are real in on wednesday to do that. hasn't been heard from since the election on saturday but his party has spoken of course indicating that they are prepared to challenge this result saying yesterday on monday that they consider the results in correct totally unacceptable claiming the state use of the security forces and police to intimidate voters and to use minutes of various sorts to buy votes and the warre will be of course that they take those challenges to court or as many people i think will be very concerned about possibility that this whole thing descends into the court of public opinion where as you can possibly imagine after a week long delay and all the issues that were very public on election day on saturday tempers on the streets are pretty high ok john holl with an update from abuse i thank you. the u.n. security council is holding an open meeting on venezuela in the coming hours at the request of the united states on m

thank you mike iran's president hassan rouhani has held back from accepting the surprise resignation of his foreign minister ahmed other zarif announced he was quitting on instagram apologizing for any shortcomings during his seven s. and ally has suggested his decision was motivated by criticism of the nuclear deal he helped to negotiate and twenty fifteen which the u.s. withdrew from last year many hardliners in iran were opposed to the deal out as there is dosage of ari has more on what this means is everything future. well as far as we understand mamma will be returning to his position as foreign minister tomorrow morning there is nothing to indicate otherwise we've heard from various officials both within the president's office as well as the foreign ministry saying that this resignation is not acceptable the president has not accepted this attempt by the foreign minister to leave his position and that the instagram post is not an official way for a minister to ask the government to leave office so of course has an iranian has not accepted this as an official resignation attempt

our mind of top stories here on our syria iran's president hassan rouhani has rejected the resignation of his foreign minister mohammad jeffords a reef sorry for portably quit over political infighting and pressure from iran's hardliners since the u.s. withdrew from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal so rich played a central role in brokering that deal between iran and a number of world powers u.s. president on trump has arrived in vietnam's capital ahead of talks with north korea's leader kim jong un who's already in hanoi and the biggest priority is to reach a more concrete agreement on denuclearization on the korean peninsula the high stakes talks are due to start on wednesday india has launched air strikes close to the border of pakistan and pakistan administered kashmir india says they have killed fighters from jaish e mohammed the armed separatist group behind the attack on security forces in indian administered kashmir two weeks ago the government to remove is firmly and resiliently committed to taking all necessary measures to fight the minutes of terrorism hence this nonmilitary

so that refugees can return so these three leaders don't see eye to eye iranian president hassan rouhani before leaving to sochi this morning made it very very clear when he said syria's territorial integrity needs to be respected he didn't single out the presence of u.s. forces calling them occupying troops but he also said not any part of syria should be under the control of any country which could be hinting to turkey but these countries really it's a very difficult balancing act because they need to each other in syria but what is significant is that both iran and russia are not talking about the at the no agreement an agreement that this doesn't just talk about a security guarantees it is an agreement that talks about cooperation between ankara and damascus so iran and of russia trying to pull turkey closer together with damascus two countries that we have to remember president or the god of turkey president bashar assad of syria they were once close friends yes. you know support the opposition throughout the war but there seems to be attempts to bring these two countries closer tog

no iran as of a new submarine which it says is capable of firing cruise missiles president hassan rouhani introduced the latest addition to its naval fleet in the port city of one that i've asked dubbed the conqueror iranian media says it's the country's first semi heavy submarine rouhani says the domestically produced a vessel is state of the art now mohammad marandi is an iranian affairs analyst and a professor at the university of tehran he says developments in iran's defense systems will deter the u.s. from taking any military action. i think the iranians feel that it would be silly and foolish if they did not have a robust defense capability and the iranians believe that it is because of it defense capabilities and its defense industry and its high tech capabilities that the united states has refrained from any aircraft aggressive act towards iran well one of the things that the iranians have done is that they've developed a very. capable missile defense capability and both surface to surface surface to sea surface to air and sea to sea and therefore it's made it much more different

it was made by the man who had pushed for engagement with the west iranian president hassan rouhani sealed the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal with world powers which the us withdrew from a few months ago and really imposed sanctions him up the united states and israel they impose sanctions on us putting pressure on our nation a massive turnout means the enemy won't attain their goals so we will continue treading the path we chose forty years ago today in order to make different types of missiles we are not getting permission from anyone and we will not ask anyone for permission to build them our military power will continue. the revolutionary guards have made it clear that iran is not ready to bow or compromise they have been showing off their military might displaying what are said to be to reinforce iran's defenses the west sees it differently pressuring iran to curb its missile development program the iranian leadership says that is not negotiable the forty years of sanctions and hardships we were able to handle it able to pass this crisis the event is a chance for those in power t

iran's president hassan rouhani has addressed tens of thousands of people in tehran on the final day of celebrations to mark forty is the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution he told the crowds in tehran that the country will continue to expand its ballistic missile program so we know how to report. it's an honor we'll rally held since one nine hundred seventy nine iranians converge on our freedom square in central to her and to celebrate independence from us dominance this time of public is marking this year's anniversary engaged in the latest standoff with the united states and the message remains the same one of defiance. it was made by the man who had pushed for engagement with the west iranian president hassan rouhani sealed the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal with world powers which the u.s. withdrew from a few months ago and really imposed sanctions mug the united states and israel they impose sanctions on us putting pressure on our nation a massive turnout means the enemy won't attain their goals so we will continue treading the path we chose forty years ago today

you this brief window with obama and john kerry and rouhani and foreign minister zarif, and i think its here to say had it not been for that, nation, we would not have got a nuclear deal between the united states and the international community in iran. the fact is with president trump, the agenda has gone back to hostility toward iran, and the american goal is not regime change. what they do not want to see is iran without fully integrated into the international community, which is what prime minister zarif and president rouhani have been trtrying to do for a long time now. and by breaking out of the nuclear deal, by trying to make sure the deal collapses completely by putting more sanctions on iran, by trying to violate the deal, the u.s. hopes to create the conditions for regime change. what this is doing is undermining a potentially destroying the possibility of democratic reform in iran. that only allows than the united states to say, we told you so, these people are incapable of reform and change, therefore we have to use whatever means are necessary to create regime change. this

and after a sudden resignation of iran's foreign minister president rouhani holds back from accepting it. in sport two thousand and sixteen english premier league title one has less to city have a new manager they've confirmed brendan rodgers will lead scottish champions celtic to take charge. roger is muhammadu buhari looks on course for victory over his main rival in the presidential election with just a handful of states left to declare biharis a.p.c. party say they are making preparations to celebrate victory and official results bihari is leading by nato three point five million votes and has enough to avoid a runoff under the actual rules however the main opposition p.d.p. party has accused.