in 2009, millions took to the streets of teheran to protest against vote rigging.er numbers in 2018 pose a problem? what they thought was a controlled burn has essentially spread into a wildfire that you're seeing in cities and provincial towns, places we haven't seen protests since the 1979 revolution. i think that's interesting, especially when you look at the numbers. you had millions of people taking to the streets of teheran, you're finding that hundreds at most a few thousand people are taking to the streets right now. i think that's interesting. the numbers aren't big but the geography is. this map, produced by opponents of the regime, points to how widespread the protests are. this is an uprising from across the country, but even more toxic to the powers that be in teheran, it's coming from below. many of these cities, even iranians don't know where they are. they are small towns. what we know about these demonstrators is that they are poor, many of them voted for rouhani a few months ago. they are disappointed in him, in president rouhani. many of them did

iran expert to the top of his frequently in teheran for us joins us now in this studio now to reason iran's foreign ministry has already put out a statement in response to donald trump's remarks i just want to take a look at it now because it says that the islamic republic of iran stresses clearly that it will take no measures beyond its commitments under the nuclear deal and would accept no changes to this agreement now or in the future such as this that means that teheran is expecting is preparing itself for a confrontation with the united states over this it looks that way to iran's been preparing for the worst case scenario for more than a year a member of president rouhani his office just recently said and who can blame them for that because president trump us basically started threatening to rip the deal apart the moment he went on the companion trail so it's an option they've got to consider but you have to see that it wouldn't be a confrontation just between the u.s. and iran but more for confrontation between the u.s. and all the other countries that signed the deal because

first at teheran then at yalta. yalta was -- is regarded today as highly controversial because thrrn many secret agreements that were made at yalta. when roosevelt died at 145, the new president had no idea of the secret meeting. rue -- truman realized that at yalta thrrn all these secret agreements and he has to figure out whether they should be upheld. >> let me she you some video so f.d..n see stalin and >> in yalta. >> president roosevelt, winston churchhill and stalin, outline the steps of victory over germany. roosevelt's personal press tidge, his words of council -- prestige and his words of counls were invaluable. president roosevelt met with stalin and churchhill. the war was going very well. >> how cordial were those three men? >> they were fairly cordial. they all got along very well, surprisingly well. roosevelt got along with people -- even people who was in his best interest to get along with, someone like joseph stalin who was responsible for the death of nine mill yonl soviets. he probably killed mor

inspecting the nuclear facilities remotely and inspectors in teheran inspecting the nuclearfacilitiesr less round—the—clock so there is no risk of iran breaking out any time soon so i would say as the russian ambassador put it, this is more of a political intervention, but in the past, america's support for iranian opposition to the regime has been akin to the kiss of death, or whether regime have easily accused its detractors of being some satanic zionist conspiracy. let me ask you one final question briefly, china and russia objected to this, no surprise, they always do to anyone interfering in internal affairs, but the french coming out against the united states is unusual, isn't it? it is. it is partly because european powers on the whole are trying to push the iranian administration towards instigation of further reforms in the country, and they feel through economic cooperation they can get around to move in that direction, so for them, it is a difficult position to be sitting alongside the united states condemning the regime, particularly the government at this point. professor

deputy chief there for us in teheran thank you so nasty minutes the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has called for an emergency un session to discuss the situation in iran. dozens have already been killed hundreds have been arrested if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause the international community made the mistake of failing to do that in two thousand and nine we must not make that mistake again. well mike hanna is live for us now at the u.n. and so a very dramatic comments there from u.s. ambassador nikki haley how will the members of the united nations respond to this school well it's very much the question essential what the ambassador was doing was outlining the u.s. focus of interest throughout this y

president trump is expected to decide today whether to reimpose sanctions on teheran if he does this would be in violation of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear agreement the european union is not happy about such a possibility which was made clear when iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif visited brussels. for the iranian delegation brussels was of reassurance couldn't come at a better time the foreign ministers of britain germany and france as well as the e.u.'s foreign policy chief reaffirmed their support for the iran nuclear deal which u.s. presidents donald trump has recognized. the deal is working it is the living on its main goal which remains keeping the iranian nuclear program in check and. the surveillance. played an important role in crafting the landmark nuclear accord in the summer of two thousand and fifteen she has lobbied hard to convince washington to keep the nuclear issue separate from other contentious issues with tehran such as its ballistic missile program what the nuclear deal could however facilitate is talking about these issues something all ministers

as a more on this now we're joined by athey correspondent eric randolph in teheran eric and two more protesters have been killed what more can you tell us about that . but we are quite limited information we know they were shot dead certs because of limited media coverage and travel restrictions we don't know exactly how you died we also know that two other people were reportedly burnt out of the protesters stole a fire drill in another town west. heard certainly get rid of social media to many senses it's quite difficult to verify information that was heard those warnings from law thorson's threatening to come down hard on protesters what does that mean and is there further sign that that's happening. but so far from what we can sell the police have taken a relatively soft approach to the protesters the government does accept and the president did except on the jets of economic grievances driving the. rest so they want to see taking those seriously even obviously drawing the line when it comes to using the islamic system as a whole out carrying out by that or damaging public propert

correspondent in teheran eric earlier today we heard reports of six people who have died in the protests iranian state t.v. has now been talking about ten people what more can you tell us about this. well there are limited reports coming from the provinces has been a bit of a blackout limits to internet coverage. tonight but you know six people were killed in one town over a shooting broke out on for another town we have very few details on the. same of that was the school or otherwise a couple of other people were killed what did you not see in and another attack some government buildings and a school to the clergy so it does appear like the protests are continuing quite a bit for various parts of the country. yeah authorities they have threatened to come down hard on these protesters exactly what do they mean by that and is there any sign that that is already happening though again it's very difficult to tell at this stage the fact that some people are dying now this is been the most violent night so far does it just things up in stuff but up until now the government has been working t

as a more on this now we're joined by athey correspondent eric randolph in teheran eric will protest as has been killed what more can you tell us about that. but we are quite limited information they were shot. because. the material media coverage and travel restrictions we don't know exactly how do you know that. were reportedly turned down of protesters stolen fire and drink in another town quests. but again with social media. it's quite difficult to verify information. it was hurt those warnings from law thorson's threatening to come down hard on protesters what does that mean and is that the sign that's happening but so far from what we can sell the police have taken a relatively soft approach to the protesters the government does accept the president except on the chance of economic grievances driving the. rest so they want to see taking those serious leave of obviously drawing the line when it comes to using the islamic system as a whole out carrying out by that or damaging public property did our ports or government buildings religious asunder is being attacked in some places

first at teheran then at yalta. yalta was -- is regarded today as highly controversial because there were many secret agreements that were made at yalta. when roosevelt died at 145, the new president had no idea of the secret meeting. truman realized that at yalta there-in all these secret agreements and he has to figure out whether they should be upheld. brian: let me show you some video so you can see stalin and f.d. in yalta. [video clip] president roosevelt, winston churchhill and stalin, outline the steps of victory over germany. roosevelt's personal prestige and his words of councils were invaluable. president roosevelt met with stalin and churchhill. the war was going very well. brian: how cordial were those will three men? a.j.: they were fairly cordial. they all got along very well, surprisingly well. roosevelt got along with people -- even people who was in his best interest to get along with, someone like joseph stalin who was responsible for the death of nine million soviets. he probably killed more peop

the origin of this is not in teheran, it is in the capital.ain, this places a protest and further away from the capital and limelight. still, the information we are getting there is very spotty and as we mentioned earlier, the iranian government climbing down on social media and internet throughout the country. >> matt bradley in london, thank you very much. joining us now is kareem. thank you very much for being here. the protest that matt were saying they're economic anxiety. >> is that the case, how religious and how conservative the regime is? the trigger is certainly economic. it is highly unpolitical. think about how angry people become in america and their priest accused of corruption or their senator is accused of corrupti corruption. people who are not only accusing of profound corruption. there is also profound social and political repression as well. it is all of the above and it is just been this outburst of frustration. >> is this going to go anywhere? those protests were really large and the government cracking down and talking t

media's deputy bureau chief and is currently working in teheran he says some media outlets are having problems trying to report on the protests well for now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that it's very difficult for us to report from aaron i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can do. around we know there's a heavy police presence but iran is actually not in the focus of much of the rest unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine it's mostly been out in the provinces we had only scattered protests the last few nights but it does you slightly come as far as we can talk now as much as people want to see this revolution and some of the slogan certainly have been revolutionary in terms of attacking the islamic rebel regime and. these have been driven by economic grievances bread and butter issues such as i am employment soaring prices things that have been bubbling away in iranian society for a long time and people are simply fed up with the but they tried reformists they tried moderates they tried hard liners and conservatives and none

is in teheran for us so saying that what posture does teheran think the europeans will take on this this might be the key point at this stage well sammy this repeating deadline really brings everyone back to the same place every three or four months and similar to what happened last time the foreign minister javad zarif began campaigning once again to try to secure support and rally around a nuclear deal going to brussels he went to moscow and really the european partners from the p five plus one countries in fact all the p five plus one countries other than the united states were really supportive of this deal in iran's european partners who negotiated the deal with them have have voiced their support all along and as long as iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal something that the u.n. washed up agency the i.a.e.a. has continuously verified you know european support is likely to stay and that is no doubt what is bolstering iran's confidence in this war of words with the united states the debate getting more and more heated every time this deadline for verification in the united s

. >> reporter: it just spread like wildfire to the capital teheran where crowds vandalized the shopping avenues and to dozens of smaller cities across the country. the protesters are young people and the working poor and they're angry about everything from corruption to unemployment to lack of freedom and religious rule. the police have broken up protests with water cannons and they have arrested hundreds of people, but we have not yet any way seen the kind of violent crackdown we saw in 2009 when the security forces shot and killed people in the street for protests in the election result. >>> hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested. iran is just one of the issues both foreign and domestic on the president's plate as he begins his second year in office. the president returned to washington last night from a holiday break in florida. >> happy new year. >> the president, first lady and son, baron and other family members welcomed the new year at the club in palm beach. >> we're going to have a great year. a fantastic 2018. >> his first tweet was aimed at pakistan which he accused of

this wind gusts winds of here in the capital's teheran square during rush hour on monday. is a busy commercial hub where labour's got a in the early morning and the hope of finding work for the day. the interior ministry says the two assailants detonated explosive belts in the crowds missions he said this is rush to the square. the forces cordoned off the scene. prime minister haidar al abadi quickly held emergency meeting with iraq's operations command and intelligence officials. in which she ordered the security of civilians to be shored up. monday is measured comes just two days after another suicide bomber kills at least four people as a military checkpoints in the north of the capital. palestinian leaders are holding a second day of talks as they seek response to donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel. let me was described as a slap in the face by the palestinian president's inferior speech last night in ramallah hold abbas. also blamed israel for killing off the also calls israeli leaders said comments show the eighty two year old is

or and for more we're joined by correspondent in teheran. earlier today we heard reports of six people who were in the protest iranian state t.v. has now been talking about ten people what more can you tell us about the. well there are limited reports coming from the provinces has been a bit of a blackout limits to internet coverage. tonight but you know six people were killed in one town over a shooting broke out on for another town we have very few details on that not saying whether that was school or otherwise a couple of other people were killed what did you not see in and another attack some government buildings and a school of the clergy so it does appear like the protests are continuing quite a bit for various parts of the country. yeah i thought they had threatened to come down hard on these protesters exactly what did they mean by that and is there any sign that that is already happening. again it's very difficult to tell at this stage the fact that some people are dying now this isn't the most violent night so far does it just thin

. >> other urged teheran to allow free and peaceful nonadministrations but some suggested this was annternal matter and the russian ambassador accused the u.s. of playing policyful the -- politics. >> mr. president, the real reason for convening today's meeting is not in an effort to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather as a veiled attempt to use the current moment to continue to undermine the joint comprehensive plan of action. >> that's the agreement which ricts iran's nuclear program, which mr. trump says deeply flawed. he has to decide next week whether to continue wavepping sanctions suspended under the deal. doug: let's speak to our north american correspondent peter. are we expecting anything of substance to come from this meet something peter: it's difficult to see anything of substance coming out of this meeting. it seems to have been an opportunity, certainly for many countries, to display their concern for the u.s. attitude edwards these protests on the streets of iran and there were certainly a lot of arm twisting involved by u.s.

becomes more critical than never in trying to bridge these growing tensions between washington and teheran i think that if twenty seventeen was the year where europeans spent trying to figure out if president trump is on board and if the deal sustains itself in its current fashion twenty eighteen has to be about europeans proactively fixing some of the problems to do with the current implementation of the deal and that includes opening up some of the channels for economic ing gaijin with iran that should exist as envisaged by the nuclear deal but hasn't been able to be forthcoming and part of that is really the banking and financial sector connections that is very critical for iran to meet its goals for job creation for for a foreign investment that will be critical to some of president rouhani economic policies and europe with his economic market can have a big role to play in that and at the same time do you think that the europeans and president emanuel mark one of france has made this very clear will also be looking to very robustly engage in or it will go on on other issues about son

been affecting iranians more than any other nationalities we should not forget that when isis struck teheran and killed seventeen people donald trump condemned iran and blamed it on iran this is probably the first and only time the united states has given isis a pass all of these different steps. i have created a situation in which the people of iran are not viewing donald trump as a friend but then that also means that it makes it more difficult for the iranian government to try to paint the protesters as simply people that are being inspired or following donald trump mr whaley the protesters also have been very critical of the iranians intervention in regional affairs particular places like yemen syria and lebanon saying enough is enough we don't care about syria we care about our own selves the protests are they likely to put more pressure on the iranian government to. further in intervene of those places i think what's important about the slogan is the fact that the government stablish with the veteran has failed to convince its own people that it is for foreign policy was going and that

accusing teheran of stifling the voice of its people the members objected to the meeting insisting the council isn't the place discuss a country's internal affairs mike hanna reports from the united nations. there was animated debate in the council chamber before the discussions began their members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u.s. in calling for this public debate the u.s. ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in iran's internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting used to meet with the blueprint the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the iranian nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambas

teheran and russia defend the iranian nuclear deal as u.s. president donald trump ponders reimposing sanctions. continue to noisy against austerity more than two hundred people arrested while the prime minister urges calm . and mudslides and flooding away homes in california more than a dozen people have died and more remain missing. amnesty international say an admission by min mas military that its soldiers killed ten good muslims is just the tip of the iceberg it's pushing for an independent investigation into other alleged atrocities the remains were found in a mass grave in rakhine state last month the army's commander in chief has vowed to take act. against the soldier is thought to be the military's first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a crackdown in rakhine in august scott heide is live for us in bangkok scott this admission it's a reversal isn't it as a minute you put out a report of embassy soldiers conducted no wrongdoing absolutely genya they said they conducted over weeks internal investigation into their soldie

accusing teheran of stifling the voice of its people of members including russia and france objected to the meeting insisting the council was not the place discussed the country's internal fads. us president donald trump goes on twitter tirade calling the author of a book heavily criticizing his first year in office a total loser american bookstores have been unable to keep foreign fury stocks on the shelves. slams the work as phony and full of lies. and the un is investigating last month's attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tanzania and peacekeepers the u.n. suspects suspects the allied democratic forces ugandan armed group was behind the attack. for the latest report on some of the biggest stories of this year of last year we take you to a refugee camp in bangladesh it's now home to hundreds of thousands of for him who fled violence in myanmar and accuse as mammals government of textbook ethnic cleansing which it denies had reports on what the refugees face in the year ahead. with their three children across the border from the animal you to ponder the s

has more from teheran. and i when anti-government protests began last month iran's supreme leader said he would speak about the unrest at an appropriate time knowing his would be the final word. on tuesday ayatollah ali khamenei blamed foreign intervention by iran's enemies for the demonstrations that resulted in the deaths of at least twenty two people you can. see that even according to evidence there's a triangular part and it was formed by the u.s. and zionists the money came from a wealthy government it appears in the gulf and they had element one henchmen hide his minions but his plot he also had a warning for anyone seeking to use these demonstrations to overthrow iran's government you failed he said and you will fail in the future to i i in his speech the supreme leader said that what he called foreign agents who were behind the anti-government demonstrations adopted the slogan of high prices knowing that that was something that would resonate with many iranians someone they acknowledged economic ha

gas line and fuel prices and what impress says me about the protest, it's not the urban elite in teheran that protest over the stolen election. this is cutting through the political social contours of the entire state. >> lou: widespread? >> very widespread and cuts across the socio-economic lines. it may not cause the regime to come down. but they will not be able to put it back easily. >> lou: turning to north korea. where we have a two state peninsula which is the strategy for the united states and china for the past 50 years, really. the idea that kim jong-un is suddenly making overtours to south korea is some sort of an attempt to frustrate president trump, i am just anxious to get your analysis of it. >> they are taking out a chapter of the old playbook. in the past with previous presidents, they have gone to the negotiating table and they are buying time and advancing their technology. and feel pressure here. gas line and gas stations are closed and evidence of the two soldiers that came across the border. they were malnourished and they had bacteria infections as well. we don't h

short break here al-jazeera when we come back the iranian nuclear deal looks increasingly fragile as teheran issues a new all to make them to the united states plus. both of them going but for like like you like among money. down but not out nigerian migrants head home from libya but many are still hoping to get to europe more and stay with us. from long flowing island winds to an in chanting desert breeze. welcome back to look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia we have a frontal system which is sweeping down through the caucuses and as it goes through it's certainly going to introduce some cooler air to many areas so back dropping from ice on the eleven on choose day to just five tommy gets through to wednesday just as a high in tehran for the south looking fine for by city and other states the suicidal mediterranean drive plenty of sunshine a pleasant day in beirut with highs of eighteen degrees here in the arabian peninsula we've still got the risk of showers in the southern end of the red sea i'm also seeing a few showers just flip down through the gulf reg

important for the stability of syria however that's not what others involved in syria's war think ankara teheran moscow and damascus have all voiced their opposition to the force once again it highlights the complicated nature of syria's war isis been pushed out of most of the territory that it once held and so the battlefield is becoming perhaps even more complicated with each side trying to carve out its fear of influence and it seems the syrians are the ones that hold the least sway of all stephanie decker al-jazeera and talking. the un is calling for the yemeni port of her day that to remain open beyond friday to allow the delivery of lifesaving goods to continue on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the ports opening and the use of four u.s. funded cranes to help offload the eight a day that handles about seventy percent of yemen's imports but damage from a two thousand and fifteen air strike and the blockade by the saudi led military alliance has severely restricted access more than eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine and the country is suffering outbreaks of cholera a

media's deputy bureau chief who's in teheran he says that while the protests may be using revolutionary slogans they are rooted in economic grievances. well for now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that it's very difficult for us to report from aaron i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can do and so ron we know there's a heavy police presence but around is actually not in the focus of much of the oppressed unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine it's mostly been out in the provinces we had only scattered protests the last few nights but it does you slightly calmer as far as we can talk now as much as people want to see this revolution in terms of some of the slogan certainly have been revolutionary in terms of attacking the as i wrote regime in soho these have been driven by economic grievances bread and butter issues such as high unemployment soaring prices things that have been bubbling away in iranian society for her a long time and people are simply fed up with the fact that they tried reformists they tried moderates they tried

promising to investigate reports of torture and deaths in place custody then bus traffic reports from teheran. here. in the weeks that followed anti-government protests in iran security forces and police detained thousands of suspected demonstrators most have been interrogated and really just made to sign a pledge promising never again to participate in unrest or damage public property almost everyone tried to contact even those who marched in favor of the government declined to speak to us many said they worried they might say the wrong thing and lend themselves in a prison cell by coincidence or by design government actions following opposition rallies have created an atmosphere of fear and speaking publicly is seen as an act of courage. is the secretary of the justice seekers a student movement with members from universities across to the advocate for public housing and better economic conditions and took part in protests last month but stopped when protests became violent. long as problems exist protests will happen and they happen in every country these kinds of protests are something no

is keeping the heat to teheran. and issue much immigration got explosive. an oval office meeting, the president complained about the preksz for immigrants from african country and haiti and the president staying why are we having these people from [bleep] hole countries come here. democrats calm it a embarrassament. and the white house aides said it is it a president who speaks bluntly and wants a merit based system and it is it about that helping the american people and not foreign countries. >> sean: 16 years after 9/11, the u.s. is fighting islamic terrorist in afghanistan. the conflict is it america's longest war on record. thousands of americans are killed and nearly 2500. and cost over 1 trillion dmrz. stikt minutes will air a full report on the current situation and they gave us an exclusive preview. watch the 60 minute correspondent lara logan describes what it is like for the u.s. military in the capital of ka ble. >> reporter: now the view from the helicopter window is almost all we'll see of ka bel. they will stay behind glass walls for the rest