tehran is in a hot zone. on the streets there've been carveout and a [inaudible] is a mess waging everywhere. mike gets quite fearful that he later learns there are three places where you can get fresh water. the american embassy, the british embassy and the washington embassy. the american engineers came into the country underneath and they bring fresh water daily. and mike greaves a sigh of relief. only later he realizes how dangerous it can be. so, ten days later the allies come to tehran. churchill arrives first. there's no press involved. it's supposed to be a top-secret meeting. as soon as churchill gets there, there is a ceremony and then on the way to the british embassy, the route is lined with iranian uniform sitting on top of their mounts and churchill later says they were showing the assassins can come and get me. he's in an open top car and it's caught in traffic. he's just sitting there looking at his watch and scared. he thinks this had all been planned. they couldn't have been more successful,

says tehran is now triggered the dispute mechanism of the agreement 6 times the europeans russia and china have been trying to salvage the deal after the u.s. pulled out zarif says washington's maximum pressure campaign against iran has lost international support. u.s. actions at the economic measures of a bully in a better word these actions economic terrorism don't think of america as a superpower the nuclear deal was imposed on the us god willing history and the future will show that the deal is a documents of on a whole iran and it will be in future as well. meanwhile iran is threatening retaliation after a fire in its hands a nuclear site last thursday it's not clear what caused it but officials suspect a possible cyber attack the dispute between iran and newer pain signatories to the deal began after president donald trump abandoned the agreement in 2018 and we impose sanctions on iran to her on accuse the other parties of failing to save the pact i mean again rolling back its commitments in july last year after a few months later germany france and the u.k. established a barte

tehran thought and belief that there was no balance after the u.s. withdrawal enix that and that's why they trying to balance the d.l. by making some reductions in the coming months and but they have kept the inspections i can't say that more than 20 percent of all inspections of the i.a.e.a. divorce since the run and it's interesting the more than 90 percent of those inspections devoted to countries member of additional protocol again is devoted to evolve yet again so you run 10000 here this cooperation with the i.a.e.a. . but believes that there was no balance and they try to bring back the balance but i think this balance is somehow can be seen in a short period of time and it can not last for long and there needs to be some solutions to this problem. and we all running out of time there are there's another key question i want to come to all 3 of you with there are ghosts in the machine here though it's not just the european union it's not just the u.s. it's also russia and china is iran increasingly looking toward russia and china to be able to s

in december 1959 tehran witnessed huge celebrations press photographers from all over the world fought for the best picture of mohammad a razor park larvae and his new wife. after 2 failed marriages his 3rd wife the new queen would soon give birth to the much awaited heir to the throne and ensure the future of the path of eden estate. with the shah by her side father. became an influential figure in her own right she accompanied him on his trip to america in 1962 by the couple were warmly received. together with john f. kennedy as president bashar intensified iran u.s. relations the 2 of them agreed that only a strong military could fend off the latent threats from the soviet union the u.s. promised aid to strengthen iran's armed forces and in return for weapons america would get oil. it was i think ari. often the americans gave the shah modern weapons to build up his armed forces. there were countless military advisors in iran who decided what would be done and what wouldn't ask you after. that and the things they did was certainly not a service to democracy that bush diminished a dem

its members came from poor districts of tehran and campaign for a theocratic state based on the qur'an they wanted western influences banned and to force women to cover up in public. be deemed a couple of years they really became very important because the 1st or the assassinated top intellectual the said i might just be who campaigned against islam as a whole then they proceeded. as a citizen deprive mr jenner. for many was a. cleric who gave them clerical cover because you know he. is in showbiz you kong just go i choose somebody i list. with r.t.d. for rights of fatwa as for example. in early 1949 unknown attackers tried to kill the shah many believe the devoted islamic behind the attempted assassination although that was never proven the iranian parliament accused the pro moscow today party and banned it a move the shark proved of because he was as suspicious of communism as he was of radical islam his political path was needing him to want the west. i'm looking. for the canner thank you. for. their great big. here and their great love that democracy is in the. us president harry s

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tehran and campaign for a theocratic state based on the qur'an they wanted western influences banned and to force women to cover up in public. be deemed a couple of years they really became very important because the 1st assassinated of intellectual be said. who campaigned against islam as a whole then they proceeded further assassinated the prime minister. for many was. the cleric who gave the. clerical cover because you know him. you just go i kill somebody unless. he writes a fatwa as for example. in early 1949 unknown attackers tried to kill the shah many believed the devoted behind the attempted assassination although that was never proven the iranian parliament accused the pro moscow today party and banned its a move the shah proved off because he wants answers species of communism as he was of radical islam his political path was leading him to want the west. i'm looking for. where they can or thank you. here you go. here and the great of the democracy. in the. u.s. president harry s. truman and the people of america gave sharma had a razor and exuberant welcome when he arrive

it's another close thing you can do in tehran it's raised down to touch on the day on this writing. so if you want to read a letter here and if you get there and you see you don't like a click tell your friends here i think that you are on t.v. are you ok like you today and like we are a little bit more or less bob if you were president and feel awful for a little girl and i stress this is going to slightly colored because it's really recommended over. here i am back again i'm the eldest cycle route this time with company but some effect is going to explain to me why this part of the album has a bad reputation and why changes were made after disastrous floods. the autonomy the place where we're standing is set to be treacherous why is that you know is it a bruise although it's treacherous because right in front of us the elbow makes a 90 degree bend. and when there's a flood that can be disastrous for the levee we're standing on the size and that is when a large amount of water surges straight at the levee it can break. the fortunately a new one has been built behind us that holds t

before the verdict was handed tehranou decided to flee and you live in canada.imple question, how does one go from being an upper-middle-class woman t to being an activist agagainst t te islac veil? was fed up with l living this double life, living a lieie and pretend eveverything i is ok for many years. and thefacing violence other thing is i knew a little about a women's movement in the west. i was very fascinated by those women whwho made thosese changed it anden in west can use they have almost the same rights as men and equality. i realized that those women were successful in their movement because eventually they had the support of normal ordinary women workers. in iran, women's rights activists did their best for years but he did not t go anywhe becausee they didid not have the support of us. so when the campaign came,e, i realized this is the moment for me to join. >> the so-called white wednesday campaign. the principal was to wear white and film yourself. or to be e in the streets and send your message to the journalists who started the campaign. the c

friends from tehran took us up here to the roof of tehran where you can enjoy the beautiful view of the city and this is what we're going to be. that's another cool thing you can do in 0 in this race down to talk on this train. so if you want to read my letter here i feel there are 2 options if you don't like to tell your friends and here i think that you are on here are you ok in my view today and like we say with our latest barbecue run for your local public school and i stress that it is so you can slowly color because it's really recommendable. here i am back again i'm the eldest cycle route this time with company who but some effect is going to explain to me why this part of the album has a bad reputation and why changes were made after disastrous floods. the autonomy the place where we're standing is said to be treacherous why is that you know as a result of its treacherous because right in front of us the album makes a 90 degree bend. and when there's a flood that can be disastrous for the levee we're standing on the size and that is when a large amount of water surges straight a

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our friend from sharon took us up here to the roof of tehran where you can enjoy the beautiful view of the city and this is what we're going to. do. that's another call that you can do in syria and is raised down to talk on this right. so if you want to remember i live here and if you go there to obviously you don't know my life forever or your friends here i think that you are around here and you are they like you today and their life we are a little bit far less a particular friend of the 500-000-0000 i still find it so you can hardly color the focus it's really recommendable. here i am back again i'm the eldest cycle routes this time with company but some effect is going to explain to me why this part of the album has a bad reputation and why changes were made after disastrous floods. autonomy the place where we're standing is said to be treacherous why is that you know is it a bruise although it's treacherous because right in front of us the elbow makes a 90 degree bend. and when there's a flood that can be disastrous for the levee we're standing on the thighs and that is when a la

the rivalry between tehran and washington came close to open conflict on iraqi soil earlier this year when the u.s. launched air strikes in baghdad killing iranian military commander. must offer a way into tehran gets a point out that iraq would not be a battle field for iran and the u.s. but also aware that iran is crucial to iraq's security as well as its financial recovery from the pandemic. from the iraqi people always are supplier to exceptional bilateral cooperation based on mutual respect and without any intervention in domestic affairs we fought against isis and other terrorist groups and iran was the 1st to stand by our side and this cannot be forgotten. while the coronavirus means the visit was socially distant both sides wanted to emphasize the closeness in their relationship more to my own house i am confident that this visit will prove to be a turning point in expanding ties between the 2 countries of iran and iraq that are 2 friends and 2 brothers. was. the to me chose regional rivals iran and saudi arabia for his 1st trip since taking power in may another one of the car

in about 30 seconds or so but let's just look and offset those new figures coming to us out of tehran as we get ready to drill down into them compared to the official figures that we get of course from the johns hopkins tracking device it's a really good resource it's a global ready reckoner of the figures there you are you can see the figure for iran total confirmed cases just over $269000.00 let's have a look at the official death toll as well there you can see in white top right 13791 let's bring in zain bus ravi our correspondent in tehran so zain unpack these numbers for us how do we read them. well peter it's been about an hour or 2 since president hassan rouhani spoke at today's coronavirus taskforce meeting and since then there's been an attempt by some of the members of his task force this is made up of dozens of health officials as well as security folks and politicians and now his secretary of his science committee on this task force has tried to clarify what the president was talking about he said that the figure that president hassan rouhani was referring to of 25000000 p

another must bring in tehran is ecologists come and that's which literally means the palace of flowers because of the beautiful gardens you have insight. for some it might be surprising amount to iran and especially tiranny is a good example of that is the sheer amount of coffee shops you can find really good places a. good spot to go and fight is a study here street we can find all these entities and good places. for the time to feast typically. went to sleep in a very simple place and we bought a national vision has come up and. just kind of it pretty soon. as iran is located under surveillance trading business always played a major role still to date in iran this is why you should visit it by society in tehran which is a true means of more than 7 kilometers of current. when it was it from france i also needs to buy something so we got some maps for. our friends from cheer on took us up here to the roof of cheer on where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the city and this is what we're going to do. that's another club that you can do and say around this race down to touch on the fiel

run supreme leader says tehran won't interfere in relations between iraq and the u.s.he was speaking after meeting iraq's prime minister mustafa me in the iranian capital but i don't know ali come in a has warned that the u.s. is an enemy and doesn't want an independent iraq and brian reports. iraqi prime minister moustapha to me is the 1st official iran's supreme leader has welcomed face to face and 5 months ayatollah ali how many's matings have been called off until now because of the coronavirus pandemic these talks a privilege reserved to one of iran's most important allies how many using the occasion to warn about the influence of the united states saying it's against an independent iraq and the rivalry between tehran and washington came close to open conflict on iraqi soil earlier this year when the u.s. launched air strikes in baghdad killing iranian military commander. must offer them a way into tehran a get a point out that iraq would not be a battlefield for iran and the u.s. but also aware that iran is crucial to iraq's security as well as its financial reco

woman living in tehran to an activist against the he job- the islamic veil which is mandatory. in iran obviously- you were. arrested and then you were sentenced to two years. in prison however before the verdict was handed down you decided to secretly fleet iran through turkey and you know i'll live in exile in canada. it is a very simple question how does one go from being an upper middle class women to an activist against. the islslamic veveil. i'i'm i wasas justt so p withth- living thiss double l la living lie a and p pretend everytything is okokay for many years- v. fair r refaced why les people are facing violence because of compulsory job and the other thing is i knew as little about women's movement in west of the suffragette move i was very fast. by those women who is cheap and now what women in the past can i use it- and they have almost at the same rights as men and equality and i realize that what does the man were successful in their movements because they add me eventually they had the support of normal ordinary men- we award cares and in iran we may right. did th

in 2018, she was arrested at tehran airport after attending a conference. accused of spying and convicted at a secret trial. she denies all the charges agait her. she spent the last two years in a selling prison and now has been moved t the car jack prison. as you can see from this google earth image, it is in a remote area outside tehran. here is what more we know. correspondent: we b havenold she has been transferred there was a punishment. we are not sure why she is being punished. she was picked up two years ago, september 2018, at tehran's airport, when exit the country.o she was picked up by iran's evolutionary guard, charged with espionage and acting agast iran's national security. a courtga last octobe her 10 years inson. these charges, she has denied. e has also said that in prison, revolutionary guards have offered to free her in exchange for her spying for iran, something she has rejected. rer in islamic udies in melbourne. we know that the australian governme isushing for her release. the latest is that they have just issued a statement saying t

according to the vice governor of tehran, it was probably caused by a gas leak but other authoritiesrahimpour from bbc persian. the area outside the white house in washington has been the scene of sometimes—violent clashes recently, but 9—year—old skater kaitlyn saunders saw something different. for her, the road surface known as black lives matter plaza became a place to perform. she and her mother have been telling us about her inspiration. my parents were talking to me about the black lives matter protests, and i decided i wanted to do something. hi, my name is kaitlyn, i'm nine years old, and i'm a figure skater. i was in awe watching her skate across black lives matter plaza. i wasn't sure as a parent how much she really understood about what was going on in the world. we had talked to her about some of the things, but to see her think about how she was feeling and express yourself in that way, and put those into her skating was incredible. there's some messages that are coming in, saying that people are watching it before they start their day, before they get up — just to have

comes just a day ahead of most a visit to saudi arabia which will then be followed by a visit to tehran so certainly one of the main agenda items will be around preparing to visit perhaps even passing some messages that iraq's prime minister will take with him through some sort of shuttle diplomacy on the way to saudi arabia and of course the visit is also important because it just comes just days after the united nations issued a report looking into the assassination of some sort of money by a u.s. drone here in baghdad and ruling that assassination as a lawful source certainly foreign minister mohammad before also be discussing that with his iraqi counterparts and perhaps even pressing the iraqi government to take further action in disregard against the united states think that some on 14 in baghdad let's bring in said big who is in tehran i said it's just a little bit more about what stavans or even hoping to get out of this. well there's a lot of cup cooperation between iran and iraq iran supplies iraq with oil gas and electricity in fact they have a cooperation to supply iraq with

to a veryes well-known place in the center of tehran, decides to take her veil off and put it on a stake. and this created quite a stir and this was a turning p point r you. it was not only about wearing white, but taking the hijab and putting it on n a stick. months, peoplew were talking about compulsory hijabs and protesting compulsory hijabs. this lady performed. she was standing there quietly and sending a message to the government, to the authorities, that i am peacefully protesting this law. it was very beautiful. for me, it was the mostt bebeautiful symbolol of civil disobedience in the world. i was one of the women that followed her path. it was quite a few times and then what was bound to happen happened. you were arrested by the police. you recounted several arrests and the humiliation it -- anan violence in prison. and the accusations of spying. spopoti never went to that in the centeter of the c city. i didn't want to get arrested. i wanted other women and men to me in the campaign, to see my neighborhood and join us. i faceded the most horrible this in the world. they can do

in tehran. the president of the european council has offered a compromise to break a deadlock over a coronavirus economic recovery fund shell michel revised the amount paid out in grants to countries in need of stimulus funds european leaders are holding a 2nd day of negotiations in brussels friday's talks ended without an agreement these are divided over an overall proposed $858000000000.00 coronavirus recovery fund the main question is whether and how much should be distributed is grants or is loans the e used for biggest economies france germany italy and spain one most of the money to be paid as grants the leaders of the netherlands austria denmark and sweden have urged a more frugal approach pressing for more money in loans meanwhile hungry in poland objects to the proposal being tied to democratic rights or rick brooks is a political analyst and a professor at stanford university in berlin he explains why the negotiations have been so difficult. i think what we observe is a state that we g

on research estimates by the health ministry for the restrictions are being forced in the capital tehran and elsewhere after a surge in new cases the virus has killed almost $14000.00 the radiance same bus drivers in tehran with more on president rouhani statement. hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months he was clarification from the secretary of the science committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number really that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those repeatable that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he also made the point of illustrating the actual figur

on research estimates by the health ministry further restrictions are being forced in the capital tehran and elsewhere after a surge in new cases the virus has killed nearly 14000 the reins yukio has no call to get home or him one of the most important matters is that here is to medical recommendations and social distancing to limit the spread of the corona virus according to the ministry of health estimates $25000000.00 iranians have been infected with the coronavirus so far and we have lost about $14000.00 of them within $150.00 days it is possible that 30 to 35000000 citizens are at risk to be infected in the coming period this means that the number of patients who be hospitalized will double it is possible the virus will continue into march same bus driver he is in tehran for us with more on president rouhani statement. this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place

organization says it damage could slow the development of centrifuges used to enrich uranium but tehran says it is planning to update the facility with more advanced equipment sambo's ravi has more. what exactly happened at the natanz nuclear facility last week it's a question people in iran and around the world have been asking since a fire was reported at iran's main uranium enrichment facility on thursday a fire incident like this at the centerpiece of the country's nuclear program is easily a cause for global concern but iranian leaders downplay the incident latest satellite imagery however seems to show the scale of the damage whatever the cause is bigger than initial reports seemed to suggest on sunday the spokesman of the atomic energy organization of iran confirmed the seriousness of the matter speaking to state news he said enrichment activities continue but the damage was significant enough to slow some work at the facility this incident may create delays in the medium term plan for the development and production of advanced machines god willing we will compensate in such a wa

failing to follow the rules that are already in place correspond a setback joins us now live from tehran the capital as and with the death toll clearly climbing how is the health system holding up. well the government health system is and the increased stress and pressure currently does because it's not only about those people dying from the virus it's about the infection rate now we're seeing the infection rate in the last 24 hours around $2500.00 that's somewhere near where it was near the peak of the forest back in march the infection rate and the death rate has been increasing since lockdown was eased we did see a drop slightly last death toll is 162 so it's increased by one but before then we were standing here talking about how it had gone over 100 for the 1st time in 2 months the because of a lot if you are put into context one iranian is infected by the krona virus every 33 seconds and one dies every 30 minutes pretty startling numbers there us and can you talk us through the measures that we are now seeing reimposed and how does the government plan to enforce all of this especia

well it really seems like iranian leaders in tehran here are letting the united nations do the talking for them so far we haven't had any response from leaders here in tehran but we can expect in the coming hours and days to likely hear from iran's representatives at the united nations most likely they will reinforce what the special report tour has said in her report it is of no surprise that iran will be welcoming this whole idea that the killing of qassam cilla money was extrajudicial that it was illegal a task force set up here in the country in the weeks that followed his killing were made up of some of the most influential bodies here in the country including the foreign ministry the judiciary the supreme national security council and members of the money family all working towards investigating the circumstances of the attack that killed them as well as pursuing justice to so far they've done little more than publicly condemn the united states on the domestic side on the civilian side there's been of course a massive outpouring of both grief and anger over civil monies killing m

spaces further restrictions have been introduced in the west affected areas including the capital tehran. to south african cabinet ministers have been admitted to hospital with the coronavirus says the official number of infections there passes 373000 south africa accounts for 50 percent of cases in africa and ranks 5th in the world after the us brazil india and russia the virus has killed more than $5000.00 people in the country so far the world health organization says it should be a warning to the rest of the continent to strengthen disease surveillance. zimbabwe's president has announced a dawn to dusk curfew in an effort to contain the spread of the virus and says it will begin on wednesday and be enforced by the security forces but critics say the measure has been announced to stop anti-government protests planned for next week zimbabwe has reported just over 700 infections and 26 deaths it took 4 days of negotiations but it dawned on the 5th morning the european union leaders finally agreed a massive coronavirus recovery fund they hope the $859000000000.00 deal will help rebuild e

on research estimates by the health ministry further restrictions are being forced in the capital tehran and elsewhere after a surge in new cases the virus has killed nearly 14000 the reagans same bus driver he is in tehran for us with more on president rouhani statement. this alarming hard to believe number comes on the 1st day of return to lock down to a lockdown situation here in the capital tehran after we've seen a record number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks now in the hours since this meeting took place in the hour since the president made this statement about 25000000 people potentially infected number that he said could turn into 30 or 35000000 in the next few months he was clarification from the secretary of the science committee on his taskforce and this gentleman put out a statement saying that the number that mr rouhani was talking about reflects those who were tested and showed signs of having antibodies and those repeatable that were potentially asymptomatic for the covert 19 virus and were not hospitalized he also made the point of illustrating th

decisions in response part is that a professor of political communication from the university of tehran thank you very much. and. still ahead on the program the former istanbul museum highest afia has held its 1st muslim prayers since becoming a mosque again that's among our story after the break. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those words. thinks. we fear to ask. the janet jackson the last of the baby boomers or speculating in the night the ninety's on the birth of companies that went public for the 1st time and they would have these pops and then there was this enormous crash where the millennialism gens ers speculating on the death of companies in companies that are dying and declared their dead companies and their supply plowing their way in just speculate on the death of a company. welcome back the iconic highest afia and istanbul has reopened for muslim prayers with its 1st friday worship after a top turkish court revoked its status as a museum earlier a high a sophia held its 1st muslim prayer and almost 90 years crowds were. in the nearby square for th

that incident happened when the plane was on the way from tehran to beirut was captured on video and published by iranian state media it's alleged that the jet made a dangerous maneuver forcing the pilot to rapidly drop altitude to avoid a collision they ring in foreign ministry says an investigation is ongoing we discussed the situation up with a professor of political communication at the university of tehran. obviously the policy of maximum pressure campaign on your own is not working and resorting to this type of tactics terrorizing woman and children on a civilian airline they're. not supposed to be in this corridor air corridor so that it's illegal they should not be approaching a civilian airliner that they should not be in syria that the syrian government has asked the united states to leave it to syria as an independent country so by engaging in these type of activities they have violated the chicago convention they have syria's solvency. they did not do this before and this is. their line that has been going to lebanon for many many years this is the 1st time they have done

or live analysis we're joined by professor sayid mohammad marandi of the university of tehran now why do you think the u.s. jet flew so close to a passenger plane to begin with. the view here is that either the americans wanted to hide behind that jet and hopefully have syrian air defenses bring down their line or just say what the israelis did with the russian jet a while back as you are or that the united states air force wanted to force the pilot of the plane to make a catastrophic mistake and to accidentally bring down the jet there is no other reasonable answer to this question this was obviously a violation of international art the plane was fun flying within a well known international corridor or iranian flights use that corridor regularly the americans know this and most importantly the us air force is in syrian airspace illegally they are an occupation force on the ground and the us also illegally occupies syrian airspace. but the u.s. does say it acted on it when accordance with international standards is that not the case then. well that's what the united states always says

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you through some of these incidents about 3 weeks ago june 26 an explosion occurred just east of tehran near the parchin military base the cause was said to be a leak in a gas storage facility ok 4 days later though june 30th 19 people were killed in an explosion at a medical clinic this time just north of tehran the explanation there apparently another gas leak then just a couple of days after that july 2nd a fire erupted that iran's underground nuclear facility in the times what caused that one officially iran says 'd it knows but it's not ready to say the state's news agency though is suggesting sabotage by either israel or the united states or both they seem to say so here's what we're left with right what really is going on with this sudden string of fires and explosions in iran that now include 7 ships destroyed in an iranian port can it be nothing more than just a coincidence or is something else at play here. we're going to be drilling down on this right here on the news with rick sanchez where we believe it is time to do the news again. here we go with the most of the questions

so far, tehran and washington have avoided all-out conflict.eminder that the potential for escalation israel. dareen: russia has hit back at u.s. and russian criticism for launching what they described as a weapon in space. theministry of defense says projectile last week did not violate international law. they see the criticism is part of a propaganda campaign to discredit its activities while accusing both countries of hypocrisy. the u.s. and the u.k. say russia's actions could cause an issue. is a research fellow in state policy and security. she says, powerful countries invest in space technology to defend their assets. abnormal, think it is as i mentioned, so many states are developing capabilities. china has capabilities, india tested a missile last year. we certainly have seen a resurgence of russia in terms of the programs coming back. when you look at the rhetoric, for example, coming from the united states, with the creation of the space force, talks of the space being a war fighting to domain, any state with significant space assets

has carried out military exercises in the gulf using in malkuth craft carrier as target practice tehran's navy and air force are taking part in the coordinated trails and the presence of an american aircraft carrier in the region has drawn attention as a force from tehran. from land and sea it's a show of military strength from iran in the gulf at a time when tensions remain high with the united states just days ago iran said one of its passenger planes was intercepted by u.s. fighter jets as it flew over syria iran's military leaders want to send a strong message that human the strategic purpose of exercises is defensive but at the level of operation and tactic we are widely of pensive and there's nothing stronger than firing on and boarding a mock aircraft carrier the country that has the most carriers in the world the united states in recent days satellite images have shown the mock vessel being moved from the port city of under a bust it resembles the nimitz class carrier the us routinely sails into the gulf on this day the replica was used to train iranian forces gunships encircled t

nuclear facility has caused significant damage a spokesman says fight is braise could slow down tehran's development and production of advanced centrifuges which are used to enrich uranium but iran will replace the damaged building with a bigger one with more advanced equipment in the past week several sensitive sites have been hit by suspicious fires including a petrochemical plant and a weapons development phase assad big has more from tehran on the significance of the announcement. significant in the sense that we're beginning to have an understanding of the extent of the damage has caused like the financial impact now the head of the iran's atomic energy organization. he made these comments when he was meeting the national security and foreign policy commission and he said that the financial damage was considerable but he also said that the investigation and its findings would be released soon i previously we had heard that those findings were being held back because of security issues which further fuel suspicions and rumors inside and outside the country we've also had the spokespe