. >> the washington post promises to appeal the conviction of its bureau chief in tehran. iran state t.v. said jason rezaian had been found guilty object espionage charges. tehran has been tight lipped about his case since day one, holding his trial behind closed doors. we are following developments. what is the washington post saying about this verdict? >> the post editor calls the verdict an outrageous injustice and says the paper is working with his family to appeal. there are no details about his sense. according to the newspaper, his lawyer will ask that enreleased on bail. >> it's increasingly clear that the final decision about how jason's case will be handled will be made by political authorities, not by judicial ones. >> the washington post journalists activity sparks a campaign for release, calling the legal proceedings in iran a sham. they are calling on iran's leaders to resolve the case. >> we've heard from president rouhani and others that iran is willing to move vase son's case towards conclusion if the united states will do something in unreturn. the final

both in washington and tehran. on sunday the iranian parliament voting in favor of moving forward with the agreement. that vote oh volumed a heated debate one lawmaker calling the deal a disgrace. the bill allows the government to withdraw from the agreement if the economic sanctions against tehran are not lifted. hours against that vote tehran conducted this test of a new long range missile system. it was broadcast on state tv. iran said that the missiles can accurately hit targets as far away as israel. officials are now trying to determine if the test violated the u.n. ban on iran developing weapons that could carry a nuclear warhead. iran's officials saying that they do not need approval to improve on its weapons. >>> in ankara there is suspicion that isil is behind attacks. [ protesting ] >> on sunday thousands gathered mourn and condemn the attack that killed 97 people. there are concerns that similar attacks will take place ahead of next month's general elections. mohammed january june is in ankara. >> tensi

their meeting in tehran is quite extraordinary. advisers told him not to meet with them, they were worried he would be seen as taking sides in american domestic policy. what if you part humphrey or another democratic candidate won the election? will it be the consequences for the u.s.-iranian relationship? he insisted that he would meet nixon, his friend. they have a wide-ranging discussion for two hours, discussing everything from africa to vietnam. you can imagine these grand geopolitical thinkers, well-versed and well-informed, very good on substance, discussing issues. it is a very revealing moment on, ithe shah says to nix am tired of the harvard boys telling me how to run my country. the kennedyg about administration, johnson administration, and those still in the white house. it must have been music to .ichard nixon's ears he is effusive in his praise for the shah. he comes back to the united states and makes a complementary speech about the shah. that lays the groundwork for the kind of relationship that will exist once ric

an american businessman arrested in tehran increasing tensions as u.s.fficials meet with iran over the war on isis. >>> and more than a dozen passengers injured when the plane catches fire on the runway. >>> a shakeup in the race for president. candidates playing defense after the heated debate. who is up? welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik. an iranian-american businessman arrested in tehran. he is identified as siamak namazi. he is the head of strategic planning. he was visiting family two weeks ago and arrested by security forces. the announcement of the namazi arrest complicating the peace talks getting under way in austria. let's go live to vienna and bring in correspondent frederik pleitgen. so many questions with this. what is the justification for arresting him and does it have anything to do with the fact that talks are just getting under way? >> reporter: i think it has something to do with the iran nuclear deal. it does. it may have something to do with the talks getting under way here. it is not clear, ali

. >> reporter: newspaper's top editors have called the legal proceedings in tehran a sham. they are calling on iran's leaders to resolve the case. >> we have heard from president rouhani that the leaders are willing to move jason's case to conclusion if the united states has part. the decision will be made with highest authorities. >> jason was arrested with his wife and other employees. >> since he was a little boy my son loved iran. his love for iran is so infectious he has made a creefer of showing its beauty to others. >> more than 150,000 have signed a petition for his release. even president obama talked about it. >> jason last been imprisoned in tehran for nothing more than writing about the hopes and fears of the iranian people. >> the fate of rezaian and other americans held in tehran was brought up repeatedly on the sidelines. >> jason rezaian has been in prison for over a year. his release part of this deal? >> we're working very hard on that. >> reporter: a spokesman for iranian judiciary says rezaian can appeal this decision in the next 20 days. ines ferre, al

washington post tehran bureau chief was arrested in july of last year and charged with speej. there iespionage. there is a political angle to iran's position. >> made by political authorities not by judicial ones. we've already heard from president rouhani, that iran is willing to move the case to conclusion if the united states would do something in return. i think court process that's been going on for months and months and months is just the first act. that the final decision needs to be made by iran's highest authorities. >> looking back thousand on rezaian's case and the campaign to free him. >> headquarters of the washington post reminding passers by that for more than 400 days one of their own newspaper reporter jason rezaian has been held in captivity. his foreign editor says rezaian's time in prison has been difficult. >> jason's been isolated for much of the time he has been in custody. he has spent much of the time in solitary confinement. he has had very little contact with the outside world. >> reporter: rezaian was arrested in july of 2014, all were eventually re

sergei lavrov has been very busy with his calls to his opposite numbers in tehran.nd the russian president said he was delighted with the widening of the number of countries who are now going to be involved in the talks. there have been all international efforts have failed to bring peace in syria over the last five years, a quarter of a million people dead. 11 million displaced. and the key now, it is hoped is the participation of russia and iran who are the key allies, virtually the only allies, bashar al-assad has got. and they are hoping that their presence will persuade other key international players to come to the table and try and reach some agreement, and the sticking point of course is what do you do with bashar al-assad? the -- russia and iran have been talking about him staying on for some while, while the transitional settlement goes into effect. but that's unacceptable to countries like saudi and turkey. >> peter thank you. and now let's get the latest reaction from the u.s. with rosiland jordan in washington, d.c. as we were hearing peter say there, r

we spoke with the tehran bureau chief.tive editor for the times responsible for the times reporters in trouble spots around the world. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> when you hear about a possible verdict in the case, what does it make you think about because you have reporters like thomas in hot spots around the world. >> part of me is hoping it's good news. but the post is right, the whole thing is a sham. if the governments want to be kored fairly and really want to participate in the broad conversation among nations, they have to let journalists do their job. jason was doing his job. it's an outrage we're at this point. i'm going the hold out hope that the news is good. >> same here. talk about developments at the times. this was a really interesting week. you released an 11-page strategy m.o. that said the times must be transformed. tell us what the plan is. a lot of people wonder how any print newspaper can survive in this age. >> we'll still be a print newspaper for a long time to come. >> how much for the

he joined the washington post as the tehran cord dent in 2012, the newspaper has worked for months forse even appealing to a u.n. human nations panel for health and at a black tie dinner the president of the united states spoke about rezaian's imprisonment. >> jason has been in prison in tehran for nothing about writing about the hopes and fears of the iran people. >> reporter: hopeless negotiations with world powers to limit the program that resign to others held in iran would be free as part of the deal but the white house maintained the issues are separate, the agreement was signed without their released and his time behind bars has been troubling for the foreign post editor and says the increasing trend of locking up journalist is alarming. >> from armies and wars and what we have seen in the last couple of years is just as troubling and the governments are arresting and holding them for acting as journalists. >> reporter: paying a substantial price for attempting to tell the stories governments often don't want to be told, kimberly, al jazeera, washington. >>> exposered in the u.s

signs put up in tehran saying no further negotiations with the u.s. warning about the alleged american interference in iran affairs. these arrests are part of this. the u.s. on one side and the iranians and russians on one side. this arrest further complicates the matters, alison. >> how likely is it that the u.s. will bend and allow bashar al assad to transition out of power and is there any agreement yet, close to agreement, on how long that could take? it could take months or it could take years. >> reporter: there's absolutely no agreement on anything at this point in time. bashar al assad remains the main stumbling block, if you will, between the sides that are participating here in the talks. you have the russians and iranians who say we are not adverse to some transition here with unity government in the future. they believe bashar al assad could be part of that process. they think elections could happen, but that is impossible in a war-torn country and a large part of the territory is dominated by isis. you have the u.s. and its allies. the u.

. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hand of moslem students tonight.n speech by ayatollah khomeini, they stormed the embassy, fought the marine guards for three hours, overpowered them and took dozens of american homgs. -- hostages. >> the iranians burned the united states flag and denounced the u.s. government saying they would stay until the u.s. sends the deposed shah back to iran. >> what i remember, this was the second day, was that the provisional government of dr. bosergon, the prime minister, essentially the people we dealt with had resigned. at that point i remember thinking we are definitely in the soup because there was no one to talk to. there was no government for our government to talk to. >> in tehran it is tuesday morning. the hostages at the american embassy more than 60 of them have spent another night. their ninth as prisoners of the iranian captors. and today president carter made his first public response to their ordeal. >> i am ordering that we discontinue purchasing of any oil from iran for delivery to this country. >> high admi

tehran accepts an invitation to take part in talks on syria's war. >>> tanzania's elections throat intofusion. >>> myanmar's government and opposition fail to select a single muslim candidate in up-coming elections. >>> volkswagen announces its first loss in 15 years as the emissions cheating scandal takes its toll. ♪ >>> first to the diplomatic efforts underway to end the war in syria. iran has accepted an invitation to attend talks in vienna on friday. meeting will involve the u.s., russia, turkey, and saudi arabia, and it comes at a time of heightened iranian involvement in syria's war. our correspondent has the story. >> reporter: this is one of the funerals for iranian soldiers killed in syria. he's among the two dozen soldiers and generals who have died fighting there. the u.s. says nearly 2,000 iranian special forces are in syria fighting in support of the government. iranian generals have been assuring people that foreign military involvement is important. a commander had this to say: but more countries getting involved in the conflict has not stopped the killing of civilians, a

six months after a trial in tehran, "the washington post" journalist jason rai [s] [e]]in has been declared guilty. of what, no one knows, he's been in iran for 450 days, arrested in july in 2014. and charged with espionage. >> in a video on "the washington post" website the foreign minister denounced the verdict. >> this is an injustice. >> his brother, wife and mother have been in tehran filing for a breakthrough and will file an appeal. last week we reported on the coverage of russian air strikes in syria, from the western media to cheer on the russian airways. coverage of the geopolitical war games took a peculiar term. on the privately owned channel, the host aired footage of what he said were russian air strikes. in fact, the clip is from a video game called apache air strike produced by a russian gaming company. the lack of a geographical marker and the voice didn't ring alarm bells for the producers or bombing. >> online egyptians took the mistake and ran with it, creating a budge of mems mocking the hope. a tweet has a grab from the racing game "mario cart", and said tonight a repo

tehran tested a new precision- guided missile on sunday. the white house will raise the issue with the un. this is the first missile test since iran and the un reached a deal. we'll take appropriate action. in decision we have authorities to take action that's appropriate against the individuals involved. >> the gloves are off. iran is back, they feel unencumbered by the deal. that's what we will see happen. >> the nuclear agreement required iran not to take part in ballistic weapons. tehran said none of the missiles are designed for that purpose. >>> are you looking to join the peace corps. the agency received the highest number of an can'ts in 40 years -- applicants. >>> the applications increased 32%. the numbers come a year after the peace corps announced plans to shorten to sign up process. the new hiv vaccine will start human trials this month. it was developed by the same scientist that proved that aides was triggered by to live virus. the vaccine will attack the virus. the first round will involve 60 volunteers and only look at the

tehran will begin what's being called the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. its compliance with the deal will see economic lifted. >> landmark nuclear agreement will mean that iran has to sharply curtail its nuclear program. a move experts say will significantly reduce its capability of nuclear weapons. in july when the agreement was reached, u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from the specter of coul conflict and tos the possibility of peace. >> the biggest nuclear dismantlement of history, vofs the mothballing of nuclear facilities, done by the end of november. iran is keen that crippling economic sanctions are eased. that the deal has plenty of vocal critics. >> this deal doesn't make peace more likely. by fueling iran's aggression it makes war more likely. >> the next few weeks as iran implements an agreement that is deeply unpopular may now be more difficult. the sanctions for the nuclear agency will be key. >> it does not fully resolve the wide range of issues where we've got a big difference so we ar

andelations between riyadh tehran reaching a new low. dead.eclared 464 pilgrims after days of fierce debate to repatriate bodies, ministers from both countries agreed upon the transfer. in the iranian capital, tensions continue to run high. the country's leaders blame saudi arabia for sabotaging the most important event in the muslim calendar. >> there not -- they are not at the same level and cannot rival us in any way. we observed islam and decency and brotherly respect in the muslim world -- observe islamic decency and brotherly respect in the muslim world. riyadh haspart, launched an investigation into has said officials will be held accountable if mistakes were made. for the time being, the blame game continues. saudi arabia is accusing iran of playing politics with tragedy. >> this is not a situation with which to play politics. i would hope that the iranian leaders with the more sensible with regards to those who perished in the tragedy. >> the latest spat between the two rivals could not come at a worse time. they are not just to

none of tehran's war heads have been designed for nuclear capability. iran announced it specified a new missile without specifying its range >>> a nuclear agreement reached in july comes into effect on sunday. tehran will begin what is called the biggest nuclear dismantlement history. the compliance seeing sanctions lifted. there are still significant challenges ahead. >> it took years of complex negotiations between iran and a group of world powers known as p5+1. to put together a deal the obama administration says will be based on verification, not trust. >> the agreement means iran has to shop and curtail its programme, a move that will reduce its kaptibility of developing nuclear weapons, u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was a deal worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from the spectre of conflict, and towards a possibility of peace. >> in iran, they must begin what is thought to be the biggest nuclear dismantlement history, involving the moth ball of centrifuges out of the country, all of which iranian authorities say will be done by t

embassy in tehran has been invaded and occupied by iranian students.een taken prisoner. >> i'll be honest with you. i was scared. who knows what a mob could do? >> the american hostages were blindfolded, handcuffed and marched out on the u.s. embassy's front steps by the revolutionary students. in return for their american hostages' freedom, they're demanding the united states give up the deposed shah of iran from his hospital bed in new york to stand trial before a people's court. >> amidst the iranian revolution, american's ally the shah of iran is toppled. both the shah and the united states seem to be aloof to the revolutionary fervor. >> the new iranian islamic republic would be inspired by the stern religious principles of islam, nothing else. >> ayatollah khomeini became the enemy of the united states the moment he replaced the shah. he gave a series of sermons that condemned the loss of iranian sovereignty. >> when ayatollah khomeini saw large groups supporting in front of the embassy, he made the decision, i'm not going to stand against this w

>> reporter: well, in fact, victor, this came down from a spokesman in tehran in the last 30 minutes. the details are still unfolding. it came from a judiciary spokesman. it's not clear when the court put down the verdict. we know a sentence has been handed down. we don't know what the sentence is. but it comes at a critical time. as you suggested here, 447 days in custody. but at the same time we've had a fairly intense debate over the nuclear program of iran and whether the parliament has a power to let this proceed. there is a little hard line and moderate division taking place. whether to proceed with the p5+1 and on the same day we saw b ballistic missile testing. his wife who was in custody at one point, the most important matter is there's a guilty verdict. his attorney and jason rezaian have has beup to 20 days to respon respond. >> so, john, to respond to the sentence meaning to appeal it. what do we know about iranian law and any opportunities to do so to appeal it and what that would entail >>well, candidly, we don't know the details of that at this stage. this was in the l

he joined these "washington post" as its tehran correspondent in 2012. newspaper has worked for months for its release. the president of the united states even spoke about his imprisonment. >> jason has been in prison in tehran for something more than writing about the hopes and fears of the iranian people. the white house has maintained the issues are separate, the agreement was signed without their release. his time behind bars has been troubled for the "washington post" foreign editor, he says the increasing trend of locking up journalists is alarming. >> we're used to the threat from armies and wars. what we have seen in the last couple of years, the governments seem to be arresting and holding journalists for the crime of doing nothing more than acting as journalists. >> and paying a substantial price. kimberly hal cut, al jazeera, washington. >>> still to come on al jazeera, votes are counted by torch light in guinea as the presidential poll, only the second since independence 16 years ago. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and

reporter: carried into their graves as he rose in tehran.hey were members of the iranian revolutionary guard. they fell in syria in the fight against islamic state. their burials highlight the fact that iran is already directly engaged in the syrian conflict. it is now also joining negotiations on the country's future. >> we believe the only solution in syria is a political solution. americans and foreign players in syria have no choice but to accept the realities there. mr. assad and the syrian government are ready for talks with insurgents who are committed to a political path. reporter: the iranian deputy foreign minister will travel to vienna on friday. his german counterpart hopes that having all of the relevant partners at the table will bring progress. >> starting a political process is what matters. i think this could pave the way for a political process that takes us further on the path of a solution and that above all brings us closer to the end of the suffering of the people in syria. reporter: but it is still unclear what role do

with the government in damascus, but it had not wanted to actually be the one, as it were, to invite tehrano send representatives to this meeting. it's our understanding that the russians extended the invitation with the consent of the americans. the u.s. is not backing away from criticizing what it says iran has been doing inside syria, which is providing military support to the government of bashar al-assad. the u.s. does not brief that assad should nobody office, he should be making plans to leave office, but they don't have a way of getting his year, as it were, because there is no ambassador in damascus as of now. they're having to look at it in a pragmatic fashion and work with those who do have the ear of bashar al-assad. >> ultimately, how optimistic are americans having iran there and being inclusive that way although a lot of syrian rebels are unhappy with iran being there. ultimately, do they think it will yield results? >> it depends on which groups of americans you're talking about. if you're talking about the obama administration and in particular secretary of state john kerry

the washington post tehran bureau chief was arrested in july of last year and charged with espionage. there is a political angle to tehran's position. >> it is increasingly clear that the final decision about how jason's case will be handled will be made by political authorities not by judicial ones. we've already heard from president reuven and other ones that the country will be willing to move jason's case to conclusion if the united states will agree. technical months and months and months is just the first act, that the decision needs to be made by iran's highest authorities. >> coming up on the program. south korean teachers take to the street, rewriting history. >>> and we visit one village in botswana that is pushing the government to lift a ban on hunting >> we begin with breaking news coming out of the west bank. >> they don't fear anything. >> they're consuming economically important species >> we're offering something on our menu that no-one else is offering. >> hello again the top stories this hour on al jazeera. thousands of people have gathered in the turkish capital an

proof that tehran is trying to keep president bashar al assad in power. but now world leaders are about to meet in vienna to find a solution. >> the challenge we face in syria today is nothing less than to chart a course out of war. >> john kerry has long accused iran of destabilizing syria but in light of the waves of syrian families trying to escape the civil war and isils take overof key northern territory, kerry says now is the time for all concerned to meet. >> at the end of the day, nothing would do more to bolster the fight against daish than a political transition that sidelines assad so that we can unite more of the country against extremism. >> official's an is u.s.'s decision to get involved should not be a surprise. >> he's looking at this very clearly and it's our expectation that people will come to this meeting with serious intentions about solving serious problems. >> but some observers believe irans troop losses in syria could be forcing it finally to support talks >> i think accepting the dialect now to see that the same table to find a

decision to engage with tehran should not be a surprise. >> the secretary is a pragmatist on this. he's looking at this from a very clear eye, and it's our expectation that people will come to this meeting with serious intentions of solving syria's problems. >> it could be forcing it to finally support talks. >> i think if iran is accepting the dialogue now to see to sit at the negotiating table with the rest of the international community to find a dialogue and a way out of the syrian crisis by dialogue and politics, i think that is because it doesn't want to lose any more commanders. >> the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov will also will be in vienna. they say they're looking for serious intentions from lavrov as well. >> they're going to find in the near future since they're not going to be able to resolve this militarily that they'll start to think about a political resolution. >> but there won't be any leaders of the syrian opposition attending the vienna meeting mainly because u.s. officials don't think they're unified. the obama administration is only willing to go so

for more we hear from a journalist in tehran. iran are willing to make compromises at the talks in vienna. >> not a single day goes by that we are don't here someone or a commander killed in syria, i don't think that the - in this is good for the prestige of the irgc or other camped forces because in public perception, it means that they are not going the right job. after four years nothing has changed. if you want to ask me they are under pressure, yes, of course, they want to make sure that this conflict comes to an end. as soon as possible. they don't have many, many groups inside syria, the government, that support it, you know, diplomatic, militarily. if iran is at the same table. definitely it has something to offer. painful compromises made when it wanted to meet a nuclear deal. it is very much prepared to make a sacrifice, even if it means the removal of bashar al-assad from power. not now as we speak. it may happen during the transitional period, but it will. bashar al-assad is not going to be there forever, and iran kno

is it tehran, iran, the nuclear deal? something is shaking it up again. >> why is it happening today is the question you're asking. >> yes. >> it's a specific incitement that's taking place now. the palestinian authority controlled areas are the most anti-semitic territory in the world. 93% hold anti-semitic views. a specific libel is pushed by palestinian groups that israelis want to change the status quo on the temple mount. this has led to young people, this incitement, this violence, to run and what to protect. >> is this about the temple mount? >> the specific libel that sparked it had to do with the temple mount, that is correct. however, the continuity of it now each time one of these incidents takes place. the palestinian authority will come out and say, this person was killed in cold blood, murdered. we saw the other day where abbas showed a picture of a 13-year-old boy that said israel executed the child. and the next day they were showing the child alive and well and recovering in the hospital. >> in israel. >>

let's go to the professor of middle east studies at the university of tehran, how important is that tehran for the first time will participant in international talks on syria's future? >> i think this is meant to bring some balance to the negotiating table on the future of syria. now a sort of counter narrative brought to the scene against that narrative that says that assad should leave immediately at any case scenario, and that iran is part of the problem and cannot be part of the solution i think this bringing balance to the negotiating table on the future of syria will make it more pragmatic and make the regional rivals of iran more pragmatic in their dealing and prospect for the future of syria, and the future of a compromised solution between the government and it's opposition, and fight against, of course, extremist groups in syria. >> how is iran's participate in these talks being viewed by regime itself. given the contradictory message emerging from the country? >> from the syrian regime? >> the iranian regime particularly, the iranian regime, tell me why they would agree to parti

the "washington post" tehran bureau chief was convicted on espionage charges today in tehran. executive editor is calling it outrageous. lisa stark has more. >> reporter: are zion's supporters are frustrated. even now it's not clear with this latest action by the iranian court means for this american journalist and his family. jason rezaian conviction was announced by iranian state television, which said simply there had been a verdict and that on appeal was possible. he had faced a secret trial for espionage and other crimes. his brother called the verdict, quote: at the "washington post," foreign editor, douglas gel, called the conviction appalling and outrageous. >> this comes after 15 months of detention, months without access to a lawyer, a sham trial, two more months of waiting, and now this verdict without ever any indication of what it was that iran believes jason did. >> reporter: the post says it will file an appeal, but knows it will make little difference. >> none of us have any hope that this is going to be resolved in the courts. it will be a matter that has to b

the next morning, he was as if a dark cloud was over tehran. it was a dramatic change. for a couple of days, people did not know what to do. the election was on friday. then on saturday and sunday, people were just thinking what to do. on monday, they came to the street. people said, we are going to the streets. organizers said, we are asking people to come to the streets and we had demonstrations. and i thought maybe, i don't know, 10,000-15,000 people came. she -- chant a few slogans and go back home. around 3:00 ig got to the demonstration at 5:00 and i could not hear any in. so i thought -- 15,000. i went to the revolution street which is the main street in tehran and i was on that street in 1979 as a young boy during the iranian revolution where 3 million people -- and it was the same thing repeated 30 years later, that millions of people -- and according to the city of 2-2.5, it was between million people were marching silently asking for the votes. was an attack against the paramilitary base. that was an anomaly and i reported on that. and then -- candy: he was w

he added none of tehran's xhilsz have been designed for nuclear capabilities.e said they tested a new missile without specifying the exact range. the nuclear agreement between iran and world powers comes into effect on sunday. tehran will begin what's being called the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. iran's compliance with the deal will see kimming economic sanctions lifted. as andy gallacher reports, there are still significant challenges ahead. >> it took years of complex and fitful negotiations between iran and a group of world powers known as p5 plus 1 to put together a deal the obama administration says will be based on verification, not trust. it will mean iran has to sharply curtail a nuclear program, a move experts say will significantly reduce capability of developmenting nuclear weapons. in july, when the agreement was reached, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was a deal worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from the specter of conflict and towards the possibility of peace. >> in iran, engineers must now begin what's thought

s decision to engage with tehran shouldn't be a surprise. >> the secretary is a practicing mattist on this. he is looking at this. he is looking at this from a very clear eye. it's our expectation people will come to this meeting with serious intentions about solving syria's problems. >> some observers believe iran's troop losses could be forcing it finally, to support talks. >> i think if iran is accepting the dialogue now to sit at the same negotiating table with the rest of the community to find a with a out of the syrian crisis by log and politics. i think that is because it doesn't want to lose any more commanders. >> the russian foreign minister, sergei lauvrov will be in ve a because of his kuntztries's military support for assad. he they say they are looking from serious intentions from lavrov as well. >> they are probably going find since they are not going to be able to do resolve this militarily that they want to thing of a political resolution. >> there won't in be any liters of the syrian opposition attending the meetings because u.s. officials don't they are unified. a s

home during the 1979, part of the 2012 film argue owe, and our man in tehran, ken taylor was 81 years old. >> it is 4:39 right now. whether you are a football fan or not, you have got to see what may be the craziest catch of all time. we'll show you coming up next in sports. >> also ahead, flooding rains in southern california cause massive mud slide. why the worse may be yet to come. we'll have more news when we come back. you're watching "eyewitness news" this morning. thanks for waking up with us. here is a look inside our studio. >> top 2gop candidate, donald trump, ben carson, threatening to boycott the next debate. sent letter demands to cnbc. at issue the lent of the debate. trump and carson say they'll not participate if it is longer than two hours. last month cnn decision extended their debate to three hours, leaving the candidates looking visibly tired. in a statement, cnbc says in part we will certainly take the candidate views on the format into consideration, as we finalize the debate structure. >> vice president biden decision on presidential bid will come soon. that's t

is it tehran, iran, the nuclear deal?aking it up again. >> why is it happening today is the question you're asking. >> yes. >> it's a specific incitement that's taking place now. the palestinian authority controlled areas are the most anti-semitic territory in the world. 93% hold anti-semitic views. a specific libel is pushed by palestinian groups that israelis want to change the status quo on the temple mount. this has led to young people, this incitement, this violence, to run and what to protect. >> is this about the temple mount? >> the specific libel that sparked it had to do with the temple mount, that is correct. however, the continuity of it now each time one of these incidents takes place. the palestinian authority will come out and say, this person was killed in cold blood, murdered. we saw the other day where abbas showed a picture of a 13-year-old boy that said israel executed the child. and the next day they were showing the child alive and well and recovering in the hospital. >> in israel. >> in israel. >> w

is it tehran, iran, the nuclear deals? has shaken it up again. >> why is it happening today is the question that you're asking. look, it's a specific incitement that's taking place now. the palestinian-controlled areas are the most anti semitic in the world. what we see now is a specific libel that's being pushed by palestinian groups. this has led to young people to run and want to stab and defend and protect. >> is this about the temple mound? >> the specific libel that sparked it had to do with the temple mound, that is correct. however, the continuity of it, each time one of these incidents takes place, the palestinian authority will come out and say this person was killed in cold blood. murdered, we saw the other day where we saw a 13-year-old boy that said israel shooted the child. the next day, they were showing video of him alive and well. >> okay. so why doesn't the president of the united states condemn that kind of blatant lie where a boss from palestine blames israel for killing an innocent 13 yoerld who i unde

tehran denies it has combat troops in syria. there are reports that high ranking officers have been killed. iran maintains strong links with shi'a groups known as the popular mobilization units, and iran's relationship with russia is growing stronger. the two nations set up a joint intelligence center in baghdad to work with syrian and iraqi forces. we'll cross to beirut and speak to a visiting scholar, thank you for being with us. would you say that iran is feeling the pressure with reports of its military guards killed in syria, and the involvement in the war in iraq, that it needs to find a political solution to the war in syria. yes, good morning. i think that is exactly right. iran has - from its perspective has accomplished the negotiations of a nuclear issue, which was a top priority for their policy, and now they are moving on. iran, as many of the other countries, is not happy with the status quo in syria, and does not want a protracted conflict in syria. it lost many of its top commanders and resources. so iran, as wel

the dubai based businessman is now the fourth iranian american to be imprisoned in tehran.epartment has pressed iran to release the others, which include a "washington post" reporter, a former u.s. marine, and a church pastor. >>> china concerned that an aging population could hinder economic growth has done away with its long-standing one-child policy. the communist party announced yesterday that married couples are now allowed to have two children. the policy was introduced in 1979, aimed at controlling population growth, but has always been unpopular. families who violated the policy were fined or sometimes lost their jobs. the white house called the change a positive step by china but says the u.s. is looking forward to the day when birth limits are banned altogether. now let's go to florida where investigators are trying to determine what caused the engine of a passenger jet to catch fire. it happened yesterday afternoon while taxiing on the fort lauderdale runway just before takeoff sending more than 100 passengers and crew scrambling down the emergency slides, nbc's

ambassador, do you think tehran will do what they're supposed to do? >> i have been predicting that iran would be ms. goody two shoes rigorously complying with the deal to meet its obligations and get the sanctions lifted. i think beginning with adoption day a lot of these things are just a minute et of staging adod by the parties for political appearance sake. ironically, though, what iran has been doing in connection with the recent missile test, given statements that it's making that it actually wants the sanctions lifted possibly by the end of this year rather than playing out over an extended period, iran is actually behaving pretty brazenly. i think the reason for that is it sees the momentum, especially in european businesses, to get into the iranian market. and it thinks if it can get a clean bill of health from the iaea, which it should be able to do because there's not going to be any information for the iaea to contemplate, that iran may well think it again has the upper hand to get the assets unfrozen, get the sanctions lifted much quicker

the washing to be post is promising to appeal the conviction of its bureau chief in tehran.ew hours ago, iran state t.v. said jason rezaian was found guilty. >> he has been detained 448 days and iran had been tight lipped about his case since day one, holding his trials behind closed doors. >> we have been following this developing story all morning. the post just put out a statement. >> that's right. the post editor calls the verdict an outrageous injustice and says the paper is working with his family to appeal the verdict. there are still no details about his sentence. according to the newspaper, his lawyer will ask that he be released on bail. >> it's increasingly clear that the final decision about how jason's case will be handled will be made by political authorities, not by judicial ones. >> the washington post journalists activity sparks a campaign for release, calling the legal proceedings in iran a sham. they are calling on iran's leaders to resolve the case. >> we've heard from president rouhani and others that iran is willing to move vase son's case towards concl

security forces detained him this month when he was visiting relatives in tehran.e him the fourth iranian american dough attended in iran. the white house says securing the release of the dined )9 continues to be a priority for the president. greg palkot interviewed the businessman and is live in london tonight. what more do we know about him? >> the word that we are getting from a friend of namazi he was a target of opportunity. he is 40 years old. the was born in iran. his father had been a governor of an oil region there. the family left for the u.s. when the shah fell and the ayatollah came in. when we met nama "i" i in the eight '90s for fox news monk iran he was running a consulting firm, helping u.s. and western companies come there to do business. something he had done since then, as well, until the u.s. led sanctions prompted by iran's suspicious nuclear program. that it made doing business in iran withÑi the west impossible. that's when he left for dubai. but at the signing of the iran nuclear deal, factions in iran wants to mike shower they got their fai

he added none of tehrans missiles are designed for nuclear capabilities. >> the nuclear agreement between iran and world powers comes into effect on sunday. it will begin the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. it will see economic sanctions lifted but there are still significant challenges ahead. >> it took years of complex and fitful negotiations between iran and a group of world powers known as p5+1 to put together this deal. the landmark nuclear agreement means iran has to sharply curtail its nuclear program. in july when the agreement was reached, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was a deal worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from the spector of conflict. >> it involves the moth balling of centrifuges and shipping it out of the country. iran is keen that crippling economic sanctions will ease. but it still has critics. >> this deal doesn't make peace more likely by fuelling iran with billions of dollars in six relief, it makes war more likely. >> inspections by the international atomic energy agency will be quay but there's potential for cheating and disagree

i went to the revolution street, the main street in tehran. on that street in 1979 as a young boy. during the iranian revolution, were 3 million people involved. it was the same thing 30 years later, where millions of people, and according to statistics it was between 2.2 million to 2.5 million people, marching silently, asking to get back their vote. that has been repeated for a few days, so i reported it. there was an attack against the paramilitary base, which was an anomaly, really. my report was on that. he made itnot sure clear -- he was working for newsweek at the time. i was. then, the supreme leader came to the prayer ceremonies and said that people have to go back will beherwise they responsible for the bloodshed. , there were thousands of guards -- we called them "ninjas." they were dressed in dark, had this black shield. we had not seen these people, we do not know where they were coming from. they were beating up young women, children, it was horrible. was one of the most horrible things i've seen in my life on that day, saturday

rezaian, a jowrnlgt an journalie tehran bureau chief, had faced charges of espionage. his brother said it was an ongoing nightmare and a travesty of justice for our family. >> this comes after 15 months of detention, months without access to a lawyer. a sham trial. two more months of waiting. and now this verdict without ever any indication of what it was that iran believes jason did. >> the post says it will file an appeal but knows that will make little difference. >> none of vu of us have any hot this will be resolved in the courts. this will be resolved at the political level, resolved by iran's political leaders who have the power to intervene, to make it right. >> rezaian's wife and mother who have been understandably distressed by this situation, went to iran's court to understand, were turned away, told no translator were available. rezaian and his wife were arrested in 2013, she was released on bail. he has been in jail for 447 days, longer than the iran hostage crisis in 1979. as iran and the u.s. negotiated a deal over nuclear arms this summer the fate of re

appealing to a united nations commission for help. >> jason has been imprisoned in tehran for nothing more than writing about the hopes and fears of the iranian people. >> there was hope with negotiations with world powers to limit iran's nuclear powers, that rezaian and others held in iran would be freed with that deal but the white house has maintained that those deals are separate. rezaian's time behind bars has been troubling for washington's foreign editor. locking up journalists. >> the governments arresting and holding journalists for the crime of doing nothing more than acting as journalists. >> and paying a substantial price for attempting to tell the stories that governments often did not want told. kimberly halkett, al jazeera. >> some support for hillary clinton. president obama down played her idea. >> she made a mistake, she acknowledges it. the way it's been ginned up has because of politics. maybe she could have handled the original decision better and the disclosures more quickly. this is one of those issues that i think is legitimate. but the fact that for the last t

tehran announced that it successfully tested a precision- guided ballistic missile on sunday. the white house will raise the issue with the un. this is the first missile test since iran reached a nuclear deal. >> the missile tests did violate the u.n. security missile agreement. >> the nuclear agreement required iran to not take part in any activities related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. tehran said none of the missiles are designed for that purpose. >>> new help for firefighters in marin county thanks to smoke detection cameras -- marin is a lot of open space. the first responders have cameras that can detect smoke in places humans can't readily see. >> you need to know as soon as possible when there's a fire. the sooner we get resources the 91er we can get it out. >> it's been 20 years since the vision fire scorched 12,000- acres, this summer dozens of wildfires caused death and destruction, some were triggered by downed fire lines. pg&e has spent $2 million installing 28 cameras it's time to check in with gasia. >> we'll talk about new concer

washington post in tehran in 2012.n the spring of 2014, he and his iranian wife yeganeh talked with c-n-n's anthony bourdain about the challenges of reporting from iran. >>: "the difficult part is convincing people on the other side of the world that, that what we're telling you, we're seeing in front of our eyes, is actually there. when you walk down the street you see a different side of things. people are proud; the culture is vibrant, uh, people have a lot to say." >> reporter: six weeks later rezaian and his wife were detained, their home ransacked. yeganeh was released on bail.but he remained in prison nearly five months later, he was charged with espionage. he was put on trial in may of this year, facing a 20-year sentence if convicted. >>: >> reporter: "the last court proceeding was held in august, and the washington post again appealed for his release. iran's judiciary news service has said his arrest has nothing to do with his being a journalist, with one iranian official saying last week that rezaian was lin

the united nations special reports on iran says tehran is more willing to engage with the u.n.han before. >> in the annual report, it was outlined a series of violations of human rights in the country. starting with executions. iran has the highest execution rate in the world. they said nearly 700 people were hanged by mid july. the majority for drug-related crimes. iran denies that most executions took place. freedom of expression is under threat in iran. dozens of journalists and bloggers are in prison. "the washington post" iran correspondent, jason rezaian is one of them. he was convicted in a closed court. the sentence is not clear. she saw the entire case file. she's the only person outside of the iranian government who sees the evidence. what she says publicly is there's no basis in the evidence to support any of the charges against jason. nothing at all. >> the report says while women in iran made a lot of advances in education and health, gender based discrimination in matters of civil, political, social, economic rights continue. >> human rights activists say the pres