iran's president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an "unforgiveable mista ke".e going to go straight to canada to hear from justin trudeau. i reiterated to president rouhani it is absolutely necessary that canada participate in this investigation. we expect the full cooperation of iranian authorities. currently three pieces have been approved for members of the rapid deployment team. we expect lead members of this tea m team. we expect lead members of this team will arrive in tehran around for pm today and establish a presence on the ground to support canadian families. additional team members will follow. we are working with our partners who are facilitating the process by which visas are granted. currently the iranians are cooperating in granting visas. he speaks in french. translation: those who have been fighting —— and other coalition members. i called for a de—escalation of the tensions in order to ensure peace and stability in the region. it is at times of tension like these that tragedies like this crash can happen, causing great loss of innocent life. p

they rein in president hassan rouhani says foreign troops must leave the middle east and warns that e.u. forces could be at risk. well i'm down jordan assad is there live from doha also coming up the ceasefire in libya is over says a top official allied to the warlord anything half talk of his forces attacked areas close to tripoli. the town volcano shuts down large areas around the minute as experts warn of an interruption we'll have an update from ground 0 plus. if it's the night shift you know they'd be to ask what is the. croatian forces are accused of attacking refugees microbes on the border with bosnia. iran's president is warning u.s. troops and all other foreign forces to leave the middle east in a televised cabinet meeting some rouhani said european soldiers may be in danger is warning follows britain france and germany launching a dispute mechanism over the 2050 nuclear deal which could mean more sanctions that use the iranians a breach in their commitment to the deal around a call in the u.s. to reverse its withdrawal from the agreement. to call little pommie gam stop making

they are going to restart enriching at fordo and they did the president hassan rouhani is in charge of making decisions about iran's nuclear program within a body called the supreme national security council this is a very important body that is made up of various different heads of governments they've said that they're ready to go back to their commitments until when they see the european signatories go back to their door so we're going to leave it there for now thank you very much for that from tehran and the e. hughes diplomatic chief has just spoken to reporters and says the goal of the dispute mechanism is not to impose new sanctions on iran but rather to find solutions. to recap our top stories on al-jazeera now the remaining e.u. the signatories to the iran nuclear deal have triggered what's known as the dispute mechanism that means there are about 60 days before the u.n. security council has to decide if the deal is dead if seoul iran will be hit with new sanctions. turkey's president has issued a stalker warning to libya's warlord $24.00 have to go on says turkey won't hesitat

the missile to be fired iran's foreign minister tweeted meanwhile the country's president hassan rouhani called the attack a disastrous mistake they're both face comes after iran maintained that's a technical fault had been to blame for the crash even after u.s. canadian and british intelligence concluded that a surface to air missile had caused the tragedy. of. canada in particular has paid a high price for the recent saber rattling between iran and the u.s. this vigil in toronto was $1.00 of dozens across the country that paid tribute to the $57.00 canadian citizens many of them university students and researchers who were among the dead. these people that were on the plane they were young they were academics they were engineers this is compulsory it's more canadian prime minister just and she called for justice for the families of the victims and said he expects the full cooperation of iran. and they have been protests in the last few hours outside the i'm a cupboard university in tech wrong students were initially holding a vigil for the victims of the crash but what started as morni

well it was a very defiant message by president rouhani now we know that iran has been phasing back is cutting back its commitments in regards to that 2015 nuclear deal that started last year it's been in 5 phases the last phase was early january now according to that deal they're not allowed to enrich uranium 3.67 percent we know that it's over 4.5 percent we know that they're not allowed to stockpile uranium more than 300 kilograms we know that they've exceeded that but iran has been very clear and transparent about this that they've said that the europeans are not sticking to their commitments as part of that deal so iran has slowly been reducing its commitments and it's less commitment was early this january where they said that they are no longer restricted by those commitments in the j.c. that 2015 nuclear deal but also president rouhani spoke about the state of the economy he said that we accepted the risks when we started that reduction in commitments yes it has been difficult but the economy is working and again a very defiant message saying to the world that yes we we are red

the iranian president hassan rouhani says foreign troops must leave the middle east and warns e.u. forces could be at risk. alone down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the ceasefire in libya is over says a top official aligned toward anything after his force the top areas close to tripoli. the tal volcano shuts down large areas around manila as experts warn of an interruption we'll have an update from ground 0. and after an intense gun battle sudan's military puts down a revolt by members of a disbanded spy service. iran's president is warning foreign forces to leave the region in a televised cabinet meeting house and rouhani said european soldiers deployed to the middle east could be in danger that's after the u.k. france and germany challenge to iran for violating the 2050 nuclear deal rouhani insists he's open to returning to their treatment but he dismissed the idea of a renegotiated settlement joins us live now from tehran president rouhani has been talking about the future of foreign troops in iraq and across the region what was he been saying. well i j

well president rouhani has put out a longer statement and in that statement he did say he apologizes to the families he said that this is not something that they can get past they need to thorough investigation to get to the bottom of how it happened and those responsible must be prosecuted and the public made aware and let me just remind you of some of the denials that we heard yesterday we heard the foreign ministry spokesman a bus most of the say that the western media was engaging in suspicious propaganda we had a government spokesman. say that the united states was lying that the united states and its friends were rubbing salt in the wounds of the families of the wounded he said that this was psychological warfare we had the head of the aviation organization in this country in iran say that it was scientifically impossible and illogical that a missile put down that airplane earrings would be thinking you've given us these denials from the government to the aviation authorities what what changed your mind we're also hearing from state to media that the supreme leader ayatollah kh

president rouhani is vowing to prosecute the people responsible.he crash happened wednesday morning coming after iran launched a barrage of missiles at military bases in iraq where u.s. troops are stationed. oman has a new ruler. tarik al-said has been named the new ruler. the nation declared three days of mourning to honor the longest reigning monarch who ruled oman for nearly half a century. the u.s. embassy is also paying tribute to the sultan calling him one of the world's greatest leaders. he is believed to have been fighting cancer. >> now we turn to taiwan where polls closed in the election to choose a new president. this is a decision that will define the self governing island's relationship with an increasingly powerful china. developments here from hong kong as the vote count gets underway. how is it looking? >> counting is underway after millions of people across taiwan took place in the pivotal elections. in the race for president the clear favorite is the incumbent president, the 63-year-old who casted herself and her ruling party as t

down a ukrainian passenger jet saying it could help calm tensions in the region president hassan rouhani described the firing in of a firing of an ad defense missile as a disastrous mistake. or many of the victims were from canada the country's prime minister justin trudeau says he has asked for honey for clear answers on what he calls a horrific tragedy and our other top story oman sultan qaboos has died at the age of 79 his cousin haitham been aside has been sworn in as his successor. just hours before it was hoped to cease fire would come into force in libya the leaders of russia and germany of call for peace talks all of her life after is refusing to stop the fighting but the team of putin and i'm glad merkel say a solution is still possible. we welcome the german initiative to have a conference in berlin on libya and we would like to invite all involved parties and states all decisions should be coordinated with those involved in the libya conflict and we should also have mr salami as the u.n. representative. i want to emphasize general secretary general good tears and me who are se

iran says it accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet president hassan rouhani describes it as an unforgettable instate. hello again i missed us here today and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up amman sultan qaboos inside outside dies at the age of 79 without public key naming his successor. the un security council when news the syrian aid operation but scale that to avoid a russian veto. and very thing begins for elections that are expected to keep taiwan's pro independence leader in power months to the annoyance of china. now iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u.s. forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash while iran's foreign minister job and zarif tweeted this a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at time of crisis caused by u.s. adventurism

with the downing of a ukrainian airliner last week in a televised address he wants president hassan rouhani said all those responsible will be punished but he also said no single person could be blamed for what is called an unforgivable mistake 176 people died when the military mistakenly shot down the passenger jet last when state assad begs our correspondent in tehran joins us now live so tell us 1st about what we know as far as the arrests that have been made so far. yes the news came via the judiciary spokes person were alarmist saying it's my you know he said that rest had been made but we don't know who has been arrested or how many people have been arrested but this follows on from president rouhani speaking the other day issued a statement and he said that there should be a thorough investigation people held to account and prosecuted again he was speaking this morning and it was a solemn president rouhani expressed remorse and condolences for those people killed in the plane crash and he said that he had attempted to shorten the length of the investigation once he knew the cause of

admitted that its military mistakenly shot down ukrainian passenger jet last week president hassan rouhani described the firing of an edifice missile in era as a disastrous mistake missile brought down the plane outside teheran killing all 176 people who were on board for such a pile reports to us now from the iranian capital. the final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a ukrainian airlines boeing 737 for days on iranian officials the night it had been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday iran's revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. turn. it is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability . the beleaguered admission has sparked protests in tehran they chant death to lie years and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice they're angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities. less tha

it comes after iranian president hassan rouhani vowed during a meeting with stolen money still to that his country will retaliate. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were sure that he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that solomon is killing was necessary to protect american lives . solomin he was plotting. eminent and serious or attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we took action last like just stop a war. we did not. take action to start a war. to iran has appointed general esmail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the. for more on this story let's bring indeed to abuse very own for iraq from our arabic desk farid nice to see you with us the u.s. president donald trump has warned iran that they have already chosen 52 ta

to speak president rouhani chose not to president trump showed a lot of restraint through the summer response to the mining of tankers the shooting down of the u.s. drone the attack on a facility in saudi arabia and i think he was doing that because he was he was had some hope and trust in the european mediation now of course after the assassination of their money it's not realistic to expect the iranian government to come. of a table any time soon before it's had a chance to exact some revenge but at the end of the day once that revenge is is finished if washington does not overreact which it sounds like it's threatening to but if it does not overreact i think the basic building blocks are there to move forward again neither iran nor the united states want war would trump wants ultimately is to say he negotiated a better nuclear deal than obama did the europeans are open to that the question is will and when to iran be open to restarting talks as well. into vivid 5 minutes ago as if a few months ago and basically he said that he was the it one feels betrayed by the european union be

the iranian president hassan rouhani says foreign troops must leave the middle east and says the e.u. troops could be at risk in the region. down in jordan this is al jazeera live there coming up the tal volcano shuts down large areas around manila experts warn of an imminent eruption and we'll have an update from ground 0. a desperate search for survivors as almost 100 people die in avalanches across pakistan. and after an intense gun battle sudan's military puts down a revolt and members of a despondent spicer. iran's president says u.s. troops in the middle east are not secure and should leave the region along with other foreign forces a son rouhani once again called on the u.s. to return to the 2050 nuclear deal washington's departure from the deal in 2018 heightened tensions between the u.s. and iran a setback joins us live now from the reagan capital so i said the president rouhani has been speaking in tehran about the future of foreign troops in the region what was even saying. well it was a very wide ranging speech or statement this morning and he spoke about the insecurity in

president rouhani says everyone responsible for the shooting down of the ukrainian fane will be held accountable and already some arrests have been made what more do we know. well the judiciary spokes person same as mine he has been speaking this morning and he said that some arrests have been made in relation to that ukrainian airplane crash now the fallout of this crash is continuing president rouhani has been speaking this morning and he seemed quite subdued he expressed condolences to the victims of the plane crash and he said that he tried very hard to shorten the time the investigation when he found out the reasons for the crash that people should be made aware of it he said that the armed forces were very cooperative he said that it's a very painful and unacceptable mistake that's happened and officials to let the iranian public know straight away now he's again repeating the lies that the government will pursue this case that people should be held responsible and prosecuted if necessary now he said that the judiciary should form a tribunal with a independent judge to investig

it's a message of defiance and rouhani and president rouhani has been speaking this morning it was a very defiant speech but it's not something that we're not aware of already according to the 2015 nuclear deal iran is allowed to and richard rain during it up to 3.6 percent we know that now it's at these 4.5 percent they're also not allowed to have a stockpile of uranium more than 300 kilograms and we know they've got over that and iran has admitted that they've been scaling back their commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal since last year in 5 phases the last phase was this january early this january where iran said that they are no longer restricted by those restrictions placed out in the 2015 nuclear deal but yes it is a message of defiance they're saying despite the sanctions despite the e.u. not sticking to their commitments from the iranian perspective despite everything that the united states has been doing and saying that iran's economy is still strong that iran is still defiant enriching uranium the stockpiling uranium but you also said that we accepted the risks of reducing o

president rouhani expressed remorse and condolences for those people killed in the plane crash and he said that he had attempted to shorten the length of the investigation once he knew the cause of the crash he had asked officials to let people know straight away but he also said that this was unprecedented mistake and he said he promised that the government would carry on pursuing this case and he called on the judiciary to form an independent tribunal with an independent judge to look into this case but he also said it was a positive move that the armed forces had accepted responsibility and apologized and that's reflected here in iran many people feel it's a watershed moment they're not used to their own forces accepting responsibility or apologizing or saying that they've made a mistake but again president rouhani did say that this wasn't the responsibility or a mistake of one individual those operating the missile but there was a series of mistakes but ultimately he did repeat the line coming out of iran that this is the united states the united states is to blame setting off the

president rouhani vowing to prosecute those responsible.sh on wednesday morning came a few hours after iran launched a barrage of missiles at military bases in iraq where u.s. troops are stationed. polls are minutes away from closing in taiwan. voters have been choosing who will be their next president. it is a decision that will define the territory's relationship with an increasingly powerful china. more now on what is at stake. >> it may look like a rock festival but it is an election rally in taiwan hosted by metal rocker turned politician freddie lynn running as an independent. he supports gaining the respect of western nations like the u.s. as well as their progressive values, championing gay rights in taiwan and rights in hong kong. >> we all see what happened in hong kong. >> the self governing island of 24 million has been closely watching the dramatic scenes in hong kong where millions turned out to march against the government and young protesters clashed violently with police. taiwan has capitalized on the crisis. the whole worl

families are seeking justice and accountability and they deserve closure i reiterated to president rouhani that it is absolutely necessary that canada participate in this investigation we expect the full cooperation of iranian authorities currently 3 visas have been approved for members of the standing rapid deployment team we expect that the lead members of this team will arrive in tehran around 4 pm today and establish a presence on the ground to support canadian families additional team members will follow we're working with our partners who are facilitating the process by which visas are granted currently the iranians are cooperating in granting visas. if it would please don't do any she began my danny if i have it on my cornea. i have all. the actions. which get him that is the canadian prime minister justin trudeau he's speaking from ottawa and he's giving an update on the plane that was downed in iran he traditionally does speak in english as well as french both languages so some of what we just heard him speak in essay in english is that canada is their man doing full responsibilit

their commitments as part of that deal for iran has slowly been reducing its commitments president rouhani spoke about the state of the condom and he said that we accepted the risks when we started that reduction in commitment yes it has been difficult but the economy is working and again a very defiant message saying to the world that yes we are reducing these commitments but iran is willing to talk at all these reductions are reversible if the european countries come back to their obligations to that deal and also saying to the new european countries that they need to stand up to the united states because the united states unilaterally pulled out of this deal under donald trump the swedish foreign minister linda and has been speaking and then sorry has been speaking to british media this morning and she said that the 3 countries are trying to force iran and the united states back to the negotiating table and back to the j.c. p. o. a nuclear deal but she rejected the idea by u.k. prime minister blair is johnson iran should negotiate a new deal under donald trump. pakistan's foreign minist

radium the before the nuclear deal responding to the threat of fresh sanctions president has done rouhani said european soldiers in the middle east could be in danger this tense political climate of mutual distrust and suspicion could hamper investigators working together to establish how and why so many lives were lost the park out of london. libyan warlord holly for half dollar has flown to greece after its government criticizes exclusion from a un backed peace conference athens and says it should have been included in the talks because tripoli assigned amount of time and military deal with its regional rival turkey the conference in berlin is the latest international effort to end 9 months of fighting between half hours forces and the un recognized government after said he is committed to a cease fire that's despite the fact that he's yet to sign a deal and the failure of a cease fire that started on sunday al-jazeera has learned that the u.n. is considering a monitoring mission in libya to guard against changing his mind as a diplomatic editor james baker is now reports new york. the

president hassan rouhani has appeared on tv to discuss the accidental shohooting down of te ukrainianassenger jet. only one person could not be held responsibility for the fatal crash. iran's judiciary saying arrests have been made to the crash killed 176 people who were on board the flight at the time. >> calling the tragedy of painful unforgivable mistake, iran's president hassan rouhani promised a thorough investigation into last week'ss shootingng down of a passesenger jet. he ordered the judiciary to set up a special court to deal with the case. >> this is not a normal case. the whole world will be watching. who should be punished must be punished. >> iranian authorities said some of those accused of having a role in the disaster had already been arrested without providing further details. wednesday, ukraine's international airline flight 572 crashed near tehran's airport with one hundred 76 people on board. amid heightened tensions between iran and the u.s. following the killing of a totop iranian gegeneral. tehran initially claimed technical problems were to blame but then late

president has done rouhani as has said terror on and has now surpassed the limits for enriching uranium set under the 2015 nuclear deal that's despite international pressure to abide by its commitments under the agreement. united nations has raised an alarm over the unprecedented food crisis in southern africa 45000000 people are facing severe shortages according to the world food programme years of drought widespread flooding and economic turmoil being blamed for the emergency 16 countries in the region have had a normal crop season only once in the last 5 years zimbabwe is the worst hit with 7700000 people as half the population suffering from severe food shortages and one 5th of the population in zambia a regional bread basket is struggling to feed itself john burke is the spokesperson for the world food program for southern africa he says this is a crisis of dramatic proportions is only getting worse time is running out as a say because it can take weeks if not months to procure and ship the food we really do need those commitments very urgently people are struggling they are destit

rouhani also revealed iran is now enriching more uranium per day than before signing the nuclear deal15. five countries who lost citizens when a ukrainian jet was shot down shortly after taking out from tehran have urged iran to take full responsibility for the incident. representatives from canada, ukraine, sweden, and britain have met in london. they also demand compensation for the families of the victims. reporter: a moment of reflection for the 176 victims of the flight. countries united in grief together in the british capital. they are demanding accountability, compensation, and eventual closure. canada lost 57 people and has emerged as the leader in the fight for justice. >> there are many, many questions. families want answers. all of the countries assembled here today want answers, and the international community wants answers. the world is waiting for those answers, and we will not rest until we get them. iran initially denied responsibility for the craft, blaming technical failure. later it admitted it shot down the aircraft, mistaking it for a u.s. cruise missile. it happ

meanwhile president rouhani of iran has been busy fielding calls from right around the world. absolutely and so has the iraqi president as bob solly has been speaking to the french his french counterpart as well as turkish both presidents calling him. saying that they are both conversations very similar in nature saying that they've both countries have reaffirmed their support for iraq's sovereignty and no international leader wants iraq to become an international of war fears playground where escalating tensions between the united states and iran manifest themselves here in iraq because iraq has been so close with both both countries that are has one of the largest u.s. forces presence since the u.s. led invasion here more than 5000 troops already stationed here $750.00 deployed to the region after the embassy attack and then $3000.00 additional troops so iraq does not want to be boiled brugge brought down into this conflict of these 2 major countries but indeed it finds itself at the crosshairs and the iraqi government again a government which has been forced out by protests

iranian president hassan rouhani about his country would strike back against the us as he met with so money's daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shot at he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the murders blood don't you worry about that iran has appointed general a smile gandhi to replace the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. i. will d.w. correspondent stefan siemens is following the story from washington and he sent us these assessments the president is standing by his assumption that it was absolutely necessary to take out to eliminate iranian military their custom so lemony he had he says received solid evidence and intelligence about sort of money being involved in planning a major attack against u.s. personnel in the middle east democrats are not so sure and a little bit suspicious they want to see this evidence from the president the white house is

mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that the money's killing was necessary to protect american lives . selami was plotting. eminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we took action last like just stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. to iran has appointed general ismail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with the w.'s iran expect to face a topper. well we might have already gotten an impression of how this revenge could look like with the missiles and back because of course targeting americans in the region soldiers and civilians is an option for revenge here and whether that is by

iranian president hassan rouhani vowed his country would strike back against the u.s. as he met with solmonese daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that iran has appointed general a smile gunny to replace all the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. for more on this story we're joined in the studio by d.w. reported today is a top and in washington by the use stefan siemens. reports say that several missiles have full and near the u.s. embassy in baghdad are u.s. troops in danger at all. i would say not immediate danger because of course the u.s. troops are on high alert for the last 48 hours that means their kind of intensive painting something like this to happen perhaps and are decently prepared you would think so however before this backdrop of the u.s. takin

the missile to be fired iran's foreign minister tweeted meanwhile the country's president has an rouhani called the attack a disastrous mistake the about face comes after iran maintained that a technical fault had been to blame for the crash even after u.s. canadian and british intelligence concluded that a surface to air missile had caused the tragedy on the streets of tehran relatives gathered to express the grief and growing anger. the the crowd chanting just one word directed at the country's leaders resignation. we gathered here because of iranian leaders inefficiency because of some peoples in adequacy. children were killed in the sky that's why they gathered together here where else do we go. in other parts of the city police fired tear gas to disperse crowds that feel a government apology is simply not enough. well here to talk more about this now is iran expert just had a setup a good to see you today so now this admission of culpability from iran's revolutionary guard of having shot down that plane it is getting a heated response as we just saw there in tehran is yes very much

two problems, hassan rouhani on the left is still in power. also that photo never happened. he and president obama never met in person. the original undoctored picture you can see here taken in 25011 at a meeting between mr. obama and the prime minister of india. congressman gosar called his critics dim mitted implying he knew all along the picture was a fake. >>> a nasa astronaut sharing this heavenly image from the first meteor shower of the decade along with the northern lights. christina cook tweeted this composite image of bright fireball meteors as they blazed into the atmosphere. cook recently broke the record for the longest running spaceflight for a woman. >> that's really beautiful, isn't it? thanks for joining us this

iranian president hassan rouhani says in a tweet, he deeply regrets the disastrous mistake and vows tocute those responsible for downing the plane. >> that crash killed 176 people on board the flight. iran isn't taking all responsibility, it blames radar activity and aggression for the mistake. let's talk about more live in the region with sam kiley in baghdad, iraq. sam, iraq is caught in the balance of this thing, and there's a blame game going back and forth, on what happened with the plane, indirect downing of the plane, mistaken downing of the plane, how does that play into the broader tension? >> reporter: well, i think, really, george, it's sort of tragically symbolic of the dangers of the casualties that will follow from any escalation in this region to innocent lives. in this case, it was an accidental downing of a jet. and in other cases it will be this term collateral damage, casualties that have flown to tens of hundred us of thousands in the region since the u.s.-led invasion back in 2003. in that context, of course, we've had this tit for tat exchange in the united states

admitted the mistake supreme leader who money apologized to relatives of the victims and president rouhani and foreign minister said eve announced punishment of those responsible and compensations for the families affected by this candles the light for the victims in tehran many of the mourners my field apologies will not be enough. i'm joined now by abbas milani he is the director of iranian studies at the hoover institution at stanford university professor milani thank you for joining our program now just how significant are these protests underway in tehran and are they any different from previous ones. i think they are different than the previous those stray sions the previous those sessions 2 months ago were sent to the dispossess well the poor marginalized these are the elites of the iranian society they are going to that. many of the iranians in. the recent. airplane and they're objecting to the fact that the iranian regime lied about its complicity try to hide it and has since been absolute big to have a deer in the street and. people who are mulling course the loved ones well righ

iranian president hassan rouhani visited the family of soul money chris daughter asked the president to avenge her father mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were said he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that. keeps on the money was the mastermind behind iran's military engagement in the middle east for the last 2 decades and a close ally of iran supreme leader. u.s. president donald trump says the strike was necessary to prevent what he called imminent and sinister attacks on americans we took action last like to stop a war we did not take action to start a war i have deep respect for the iranian people they are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage an unlimited potential. we do not seek regime change however the iranian regime's aggression in the region including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors must stand it must stand now . solmonese blamed for attacks that killed thousands of people across the region but m

iranian president hassan rouhani vowed his country would strike back against the u.s. as he met with solmonese daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that. iran has appointed general a smile gandhi to replace the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. well u.s. president donald trump has warned iran that the consequences would be die if it retaliated i have a general so the money is killing trump said the u.s. was targeting $52.00 specific sites in iran here's some of what he tweeted a little bit earlier. he writes let these serve as a warning that if we run strikes any americans or american assets iran itself will be hit very fast and very hot the usa wants no more threats well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with a d w z iran expert 10 days

mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that solomon is killing was necessary to protect american lives . to iran has appointed general esmail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the joining me from tehran is amir hub vasili a journalist with the a.f.p. news agency i mean president trump has warned iran the u.s. has already chosen 52 iranian targets what do you make of this is certain end of this very specific number. well 1st of all i don't exactly realize where that numbers come in is pointing out to a number of cultural sites and important places in iran that could be anything that could be cultural science and spawn or she was not exactly sure that was based on reliable in some way in a sens

drone strike president rouhani warns president trump don't mess with iran also coming off the trial of former film producer harvey weinstein begins in new york he's facing charges of rape and sexual assault and they are as 2 new sex crimes charges are filed in los angeles and australians counting the cost of the bushfires and appealing for funds to help save their unique wildlife but the government warns that the danger is not over yet. i'm called aspen welcome to the program amid fears of an arms conflict between their 2 nations the leaders of iran and the united states and gage and a war of words 1st president donald trump threatening to hit as many as 52 iranian targets if iran retaliates for the assassination of general sulaimani and now president hassan rouhani has tweeted back saying quotes never threaten the iranian nation in tehran huge crowds turned out for the funeral of the general and others killed in the u.s. drone strike. another crowd in coleman saying goodbye to general has sam soleimani the latest stop in an unprecedented funeral tour of iran. earlier in the capital te

admitted the mistake supreme leader khamenei apologized to relatives of the victims and president rouhani and foreign minister said eve announced punishment of those responsible and compensations for the families affected but as candles laid for the victims in tehran many of the mourners may feel apologies will not be enough. to use iran expert terry setup i talked to us earlier about the situation in tehran and here's what she had to say about the protests. grief felt by many iranians turned into anger quite quickly both abroad and within the country itself we're seeing a lot of responses on social media where people of blaming the revolutionary guards for the tragedy they're asking why they did not declare a no fly zone while they knew that the confrontation with the united states would get worse they're asking what took them so long to acknowledge their fault and also demanding consequences some even calling for the resignation of the supreme leader of course and that's something security forces within the islamic republic usually cannot tolerate so. also hearing reports of internet co

mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shot at he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans our american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that so the money's killing was necessary to protect american lives. to iran has appointed general esmail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the. journalist amir massai joins me here in the studio so glad you could be with us i want our viewers to take a look at some live pictures that we're getting in right now from iran before we start our conversation this is thousands of mourners now they're following this funeral procession for the slain officers that huge turnout one can imagine is meant clearly as a sign of unity how unified is the country behind the regime right now i think the time that some people criticizing the regime in iran is in this da