week in tehran and around the country in total several hundred people have been arrested and at least twenty have been killed according to state media iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei appeared to condemn the arrest in a post on his official website in which he accused iran's enemies of meddling in the country. and let's talk a little bit more about that crackdown we are joined by a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph was joining us with the latest from tehran and eric as we've heard iranian state television reporting nine more people killed overnight more than one hundred protesters arrested what are we to make of the authorities response to the unrest and how big of a threat are these protests to the regime. well this is the biggest test the regime has faced since there were mass demonstrations back in two thousand and nine the difference this time is that they could be considerably more violent though it is very difficult to confirm the reports we're hearing for problems it is due to restrictions on travel. to know the six protesters the job last night walked on store

we will go to tehran to hear whether the country is now in dangerously divided territory. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump has launched a scathing attack on his former treat chief strategist steve ban and ahead of the release of an unflattering new book by journalist michael wolff the president saying that steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency but he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. the president disavowed bannon after it emerged that he had attack attacked donald trump jr for a twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians in the book banning is quoted as saying the following even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad well to say stuff and i happen to think that it is all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately u.s. media say the trumps lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to ben and accusing him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by speaking to walls and epix fall out between two former allies what could it mean for the trump preside

streets in a show of force for tehran but elsewhere be anti government protests have continued amid reports that iran is clamping down on the demonstrators. also coming up to the u.s. president donald trump it's twitter with a flurry of warnings to america's adversaries we will look ahead to what could be another turbulent year for the white house at home and beyond. and iceland moves to close the pay gap between men and women the new year begins a new law making it illegal to pay women less the same or. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. we begin in iran where authorities are trying to turn the tide against anti-government protests that have swept the country pro-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in several cities across the country according to this footage aired by iran's state media. it follows nearly a week of unrest that has left at least twenty one people dead and hundreds of arrested the country's supreme leader has blamed foreign meddling security forces are struggling to contain the boldest challenge to iran's clerical leadership

protests in iran have continued for a fifth consecutive day in tehran and across the country with anti-government violence reported to now be spreading state media saying more than twenty people have been killed so far demonstrations initially broke out against economic conditions but they've also been drawing in opponents of the country's religious establishment. this footage has been provided by demonstrators people have been on the streets in various parts of iran's since thursday protesting conditions in the country and this is footage provided by iranian state t.v. which claims that protesters are violent and that some have damaged a.t.m.'s buildings and other property and also claim that some protesters tried to take over police stations and military bases on monday iranian state t.v. showed president hassan rouhani meeting with members of parliament to discuss the situation rowhani claim that protests are happening because iran's enemies are angry due to the country's accomplishments and are therefore provoking protestors state t.v. provided interviews with iranians who don

targeting its regime tens of thousands hit the streets in a show of force for tehran but elsewhere the anti-government protests have continued amid reports that iran is clamping down on the demonstrators we will go live to tehran. also coming up a further step toward dialogue in the korean peninsula north korea reopens a key line of communication to the south following overtures toward better relations from both sides plus u.s. president trump hits twitter with a flurry of warnings to america's adversaries we will look ahead to what could be another turbulent year for the white house at home and beyond. and iceland moved to close the pay gap between men and women the new year brings a new law making it illegal to pay women less for the same work. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us we begin in iran where authorities are trying to turn the tide against anti-government protests that have swept the country pro-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in several cities across the country according to this phone. which aired on iran's state media it follow

demonstrators and blocking access to social media we'll get the very latest from tehran also coming up north korea reopens a key line of communication to the south along their shared border the move suggests a thaw in relations between the two rivals with new calls for dialogue on both sides. and reuniting refugees in germany with their families stuck elsewhere we hear the story of one family divided between germany and greece and look at why such reunifications are proving very difficult. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start this program in iran where anti-government protests are sweeping the country at least twenty one people have been killed hundreds have been arrested the country's supreme leader has blamed a foreign meddling as security forces struggle to contain the boldest challenge to iran's clerical leadership in nearly a decade the american ambassador to the united nations dickie halley has called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council on the situation after six days of demonstrations protesters are showing no signs of backing down. video f

is in iran's capital tehran. welcome to dw. we heard general jafari has announced the sedition has been defeated. what does it look like from where you are? eric: here in tehran it was pretty quiet overnight, and we have seen a pretty heavy police presence and quite a few revolutionary guards in the streets in the center of the city. but for the most part it looks calm. it does feel like the wind has come out of the sails of the protest movement. today was really about the regime seizing back control of the narrative, reassessing its authority, and getting these things under control. while we do not want to rule out the possibility that more protests or unrest might flare up in the nights to come, but now it does look like authorities have been able to get things under control. phil: what effect have today's pro-government demonstrations had, if any? eric: well, yes, this was part of the regime showing that if it wants to it can bring a huge number of people out onto the streets. these protests were impressive. tens of thousands, maybe more marching all over the country in differen

against tehran if it attempts to suppress peaceful protests. after infuriating muslims across the middle east over a jerusalem statists the us president considers cutting aid to palestinians around accuses them of not wanting to. pressing each other's buttons donald trump and the north korean leader trade barbs over this power of their nuclear arsenal. live from moscow to the world this is r t international wherever you're chiming in from this hour of the one welcome tens of thousands of government supporters been rallying across iran to denounce the violent protests that have been gripping the country at least twenty one people have died there in clashes over the past week the demonstrations are thought to have been triggered by widespread economic hardship the prospect of a fuel price hike they quickly became political in nature with protesters calling for the deaths of the country's leaders violence that erupted in sever. with police posts attacked in the past several days there have been four hundred fifty arrests in tehran alone the top administration meanwhile has threatened

group the people's mujahideen of iran showed their solidarity with protesters in tehran but in iran the protests rejoin the next few days will show whether demonstrators he drew honeys call for come a trumpet call to action. of more on this we're joined now by a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph in tehran eric protests have been going on for four days now what's happening today. where the protests overnight were a little smaller than previous nights sporadic reports of government buildings clerical buildings in the northwest and then a few different towns. caught the people out of the seizing and crashing a fire engine reportedly but verifying any of this is tough because of the restrictions on social mobile it now authorities have threatened to come down hard on protesters i mean what do they mean by that any is there any sign that that's happening. no so far the police are taking a very softly softly approach we did have a couple of people who showed a couple of nights ago in a small town very hard to get any information on that but they've been keen not to come from to strongly bu

thousands taking to the streets in a show of force for the country's government we'll be live in tehran. also on the show a special report on homelessness. charities say east europeans are especially hard hit thousands of them are sleeping rough in the capital a reporter investigates why being homeless in berlin is better than being back home . i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us u.s. president donald trump has launched a scathing attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon that ahead of the release of a new bombshell book the president saying steve bannan has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. bannon is quoted in the forthcoming book is saying that donald trump jr's twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians was quote treasonous now that as the f.b.i. investigates the alleged links between the trump campaign and moscow well the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders had this to say following the release of trump state i think there are a number of factors that played in i would certainly thin

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 emphasized in brussels and a tradition good record of committing it on of course we must also address the situation in iran we are all very concerned regarding the rights of those demonstrating in the streets we are convinced that people have a fundamental right to demonstrate on top of that we also need to talk about iran's actions in the wider regional individual of it. deal announced that iran had committed to a dialogue over its role in war torn yemen and syria but whether the nuclear deal and the diplomatic channels that come with it remain intact now depends on the u.s. president's donald trump is expected to decide on friday whether to reimpose sanctions against tehran. the winter olympics are just four weeks away and some athletes still don't know if they'll be going to the games and john chang while one of those looking to compete is nicola chang garage he competed in

by with the latest from tehran welcome to you eric we know that the head of the revolutionary guard has said that the anti-government protests have essentially been defeated or or wiped out so to speak what are you hearing. yeah it's been pretty quiet there are. very few protests last night a very heavy police presence including really good revolutionary guards on the streets very hard for us to verify information we're getting from the problems but the fact that there are far fewer videos posted on social media suggests that they have indeed died down to considerable extent. more broadly speaking but do you think that the protests over the last week reveal about iran's leadership are we for example seeing cracks between hardliners and moderates in the regime does these kind of just off to the budget announced by the president passed on i mean she made some pretty on the talk of those territories measures cuts to welfare raising fuel prices not hard line is it's a really been attacking him on those issues finding that is the best way to undermine his leadership. and try to rally the

be tolerated. protests have now spread to many cities; and in tehran, police have used water cannon. here's kasra naji of the bbc persian service. the centre of tehran during the fourth day of anti—government protests. these protesters are shouting death to the dictator, a reference to iran's supreme leader. the protests are the most serious challenge to the iranian clerical regime for many years. as the night fell, there were reports of demonstrations from at least a dozen or so cities up and down the country. president rouhani has finally made a comment on the unrest, days after they started, the first iranian leader to do so. he said iranians had a right to protest but not to violence and destruction. the wave of demonstrations throughout the country started on thursday here in mashhad in the north—east with what was supposed to be a small protest by the hardliners to criticise the economic policies of the government of president rouhani, something that quickly got out of control. earlier in the day, the government moved to limit access in iran to the internet and to uphiller

, tehran's adherence to the deal is porous best and it continues to escalate its non—nuclear threat. so tehran will cry foul but it will be up tehran will cry foul but it will be up to the europeans and international organisations to adjudicate between tehran and washington. and given the current climate i suppose mr trump is not going to lose any votes in the united states by being as he sees it tough on iran. likely not, much of the response the president is considering notjust to the nuclear deal but to the protests in iran are conditioned by the failures of the past administration to put america's strategy and values in concert with the protests in tehran. thank you very much indeed. pakistan has suspended military and intelligence cooperation with the united states, following washington's decision to freeze more than $1 billion worth of security assistance to islamabad. washington wants pakistan to take more action against islamist militant groups. this is what pakistan's ambassador to the us told us earlier. well, we are disappointed and we are surprised. disappointed because the

randolph in tehran we asked him whether president rouhani will now try to close ranks with the hardliners in his regime some of whom had welcomed the outbreak of these protests that is something that you know that's how upset the hardliners economy is. running for a long time and. there are some rumors that they hope to start this will prove to us. somewhat shocked by how quickly. grew out. and we have seen already. more truth more moderate hardline factions. referring to the council revolutionaries some of those also have. their on the jets more economic grievances everybody agrees that it's wanted to make sure the there is separate from people who are pushing for wider disorder. violence against the system itself. that was a peak correspondent eric randolph in tehran speaking to us earlier to sports now the second round of the tour to ski is one of the most prestigious cross-country skiing events in the world and it took place on sunday in lends a high to switzerland in the women's ten kilometer classic norwegian. posted the best time beating out her compatriot heidi vang and

organized crime. is in tehran a and said the subject. from the early morning hours people from. gathering here in the center of capital tehran in an under government protest accusing the government of links to the organized crime and calling for his resignation the opposition has been preparing for today's protests for a month blaming the government also for the lack of economic development which according to them is the main the reason why so many old binion's are leaving the country on the other hand will be a new prime minister has told for decided not to respond to opposition that legations political analysts here in tehran are say that there is no evidence that the prime minister is involved in organized crime. or you that the binion's have many reasons to protest the protest is also considered a test of support for the main opposition democrats who suffered a landslide lost in the last two years parliamentary elections. in the political scene could make old been years road to european union more difficult when you was granted e.u. candidate status in two thousand and four

sanctions against tehran if it attempts to suppress a peaceful protests. after meeting that muslims across in the middle east over jerusalem's status the u.s. president considers cutting aid to palestinians and accuses them of not wanting to talk peace. and pressing each other's buttons donald trump and the north korean leader trade barbs over the size and power of their nuclear arsenal. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow as these are two international sean thomas glad to have you with us now seven days of unrest and you ron have now been brought to an end of that according to the chief elude the military force the revolutionary guards but it has come at a high cost as at least twenty one people have died there in clashes over the past week the demonstrations are thoughts to have been triggered by widespread economic hardship and the prospect of a fuel price hike they could do the same political in nature with protesters calling for the deaths of the country's leaders in violence then erupted in several towns with police posts attacked in the past several days there ha

reimpose certain sanctions on tehran. 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 best reckons truly the deal is working it is they're leaving on its main goal which main street being the iranian nuclear program in check and. the survey against most of the nie 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 emphasized in brussels and a tradition of order or within you know of course we must also address the situation in iran we are all very concerned regarding the rights of those demonstrating in the streets we are convinced that people have a fundament

lingering non—nuclear threats that tehran poses, such as human rights, money—laundering and terrorism. in particular, the french have been leading this coalition on ballistic missiles. the more america and europe walk in sync, with this consensus opinion on these threats, and use non—nuclear measures to deal with these threats, the less likely iran will be able to create cleavages within this coalition in the long run. given what you think mr trump is most likely to do, what you think will be the reaction in iran to that? anything i think that the trump administration does, the president, hassan rouhani, and the country's supreme leader, ali khamenei, will cry foul, even if there are new non—nuclear sanctions. they will try to frame those as nuclear sanctions, claimed the us is violating the deal. however the facts remain on the us‘s side. tehran‘s adherence to the deal is poor, at best, and it continues to escalate its non—nuclear threat. so tehran will cry foul, but it will be up to the europeans and international organisations to adjudicate between tehran and washington. and,

on demonstrators and blocking access to social media we'll go live to tehran also coming up. north korean officials reopen a key line of communication to the south this move comes amidst a sudden thawing tensions between the two rivals as leaders on both sides call for dialogue. to town a listers uniting to say times off on tolerating harassment and abuse will look at the new campaign being braced by women in hollywood. and the u.s. president trump hitting twitter with a flurry of warnings to america's adversaries we look ahead to what could be a turbulent year for the white house at home and abroad. plus the drug crisis that's wreaking havoc in communities around the united states we need some of the young people paying a heavy price for their parents' diction. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start this program in iran where anti-government protests are sweeping the country at least twenty one people have now been killed hundreds have been arrested the country's supreme leader has blamed foreign meddling as security forces struggled to contain the boldest chall

protesters in tehran back in iran the protests rejoin the next few days will show whether demonstrators he drew honeys call for calm or trumped call to action. 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 takin

after the attackers blew themselves up in this video tehran square it comes just a month after iraq's declared victory over the so-called islamic state also coming up. turkey's president threatens to attack u.s. backed force on the border with syria he says the force is a terror threat because it includes kurdish fighters. and in the bundesliga wrong bottom cologne faced a crucial ryan darby against. the scene who earned the bragging rights. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evan sting we begin in iraq where at least thirty eight people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in twin bombings in central baghdad officials say two suicide bombers detonated back to back explosions during rush hour in the city's altai are on square the area has been targeted by similar blasts since two thousand and three there's been no claim of responsibility so far but this latest attack bears similarity to previous bombings by the so-called islamic state. for the latest on the story let's cross over now to susannah george she's the associated press bureau chief in baghdad susanna thanks for

iran showed their solidarity with protesters in tehran back in iran the protests rejoin the next few days will show whether demonstrators heed rouhani. or trumpet call to action. for more we're joined by a.f.p. correspondent in teheran. earlier today we heard reports of six people who had died in the protests 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 i'm not saying whether that was the school or otherwise a couple of other people were killed what did you not seen and another attack some government buildings and a school for the clergy so it does appear like the protests are continuing quite a bit for various parts of the country. yeah i thought 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 happe

showed their solidarity with protesters in tehran back in iran the protests rejoin the next few days will show whether demonstrators heed rouhani is call for calm a trumpet call to action. 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 w

randolph in tehran eric we're days into these protests people have died and the government is suggesting it will crack down on protesters how much of a threat are these demonstrations to the government. all those insurgents. and radical. reason ignition and learning that some don't. need any further than you can trust one of the people who will be contingent on. the middle east the key to making. any killing. he didn't. manage to be. significant economy. in the trucking running down and making sure those serving over eric randolph in tehran unfortunately the connection is not as strong as we would have liked to thank you for speaking to us now absent the other stories making news around the world hundreds of protesters have gathered in ukraine's capital kiev to demand an investigation into the death of a prominent lawyer arena was found dead on new year's day she'd face threats for helping to convict a well connected man in a case that was seen as a test of the ukrainian justice system. at least nine people have died and more than a dozen real wounded after rival gangs clashed

kept a lot of general dissatisfaction which we hear a lot from tehran is on the street you know people that want to take part in the protests and so it will take a lot of work for the government to tide and reassure people that it's actually responding to them listening to the well is that has the government expressed any ever set of miss to a listening to some of their demands. one of the key points is that these protests came just three weeks of the budget was announced by the president had a couple of very unpopular measures and like the fuel prices cutting subsidies but well. we've already got a part of this and now what increasing those fuel prices. we're likely to see other parts of that budget repeat with as well as the government tried the government has accepted more needs to be done to help suddenly poor people and to do more to talk to problems with the high cost of living in iran i know erica as you have mentioned a little earlier the start of our conversation the last time such a protest broke out but an a and a bigger scale was back in two thousand and nine the internatio

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 region too so perhaps the old showers possible certainly for the gulf states we could see some showers at times and temperatures nothing special but i will guess marginally more for riyadh as we head through wednesday with highs of nineteen degrees heading down into southern portions of africa are tropical cyclone continues to push away from madagascar for south africa we've got some showers in the eastern cape cape town itself though should be drawn fine fine conditions across much of botswana and through into namibia with winter there looking at highs of thirty six we've got some heavy showers affects into the parts on golar through zambia and zimbabwe expect some showers to be affecting harari highs here of twenty five degrees. there with spo

expected to decide by friday whether to reimpose sanctions on tehran if he does this would be in violation of the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement with iran 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 used foreign policy chief reaffirmed their support for the iran nuclear deal which u.s. presidents donald trump has referenced to the deal is working it is they're leaving on its main goal which means keeping the iranian nuclear program in check and we will see the surveillance mogilny 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

in iran with the u.s. accusing tehran of stifling the voice of its people the members objected to the meeting insisting the council was not the place to 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 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 agreeme

threatens a new crackdown we'll go live to tehran also coming up. south korea proposes high level talks with the north the suggestion coming a day after north korean leader kim jong un offered a rare all of branch to the south and new threats to the u.s. . and it has been a long time coming but america's most populous state california has legalized cannabis for recreational use. and what is it about new year's day that makes people want to go jump into really cold water we'll take a look at that and some of the other things people get up to around the world on the first day of the news. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us on protests have erupted for a fifth consecutive day in tehran and around iran amidst reports of growing violence. shorty's say demonstrators tried to overrun a number of military bases and police stations and total at least thirteen people have now lost their lives protests initially broke out against economic conditions in the country but they've also been drawing opponents of the country's religious establishment. this footage has been provided by demonstra

belonging to the revolutionary guard going up in flames let's go straight to tehran now and a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph eric the head of the revolutionary guards has said that the anti-government protests had been defeated what are you hearing well. from the nation on any. protests there are coming from the provinces it was definitely a commentary on last night's presence does. seem to be i would just get reports now we're just just coming of another series of major. rallies very large very prestigious in ten different cities around the country including. ok now i know when you talk about these a pro-government rallies does it then seem that the regime is actually turning the tide against the anti-government protesters. well i think it's important to remember the protests would never end all this revolutionary guard say there were fifty thousand people who vote nationwide even if the number was a bit bigger than that it's certainly nowhere near the hundreds of thousands or millions the streets back in two thousand and nine against other kinds of election rigging. especially

the protests for its own purposes to put pressure on tehran he runs ambassador to the u.n. says the violence is being orchestrated from outside the country. in iran thousands of government supporters take to the streets after friday prayers scenes america rallies despite the deaths of at least twenty one in the on rest with countless others injured iran's rule is not backing down. in brooklyn journalist marcy olena john continues her work she says she's not expecting much from the u.n. security council measures other than sanctions because they only heat every day iranians rather than tehran's powerful. the new all tell book about donald trump's presidency is flying off the shelves in the united states it was published yesterday four days ahead of its scheduled release and despite attempts by the president's lawyers to stop it the book prompted a major public spat between the president and his former adviser steve bannon over unflattering quotes contained in it mr trump also tore into author michael wolff after extract portrayed a white house steeped in chaos and betrayal trump said

protests a.f.p. correspondent eric around all is in tehran erica what are the new developments talk to us about that. well today about the. regaining control of the narrative through fairly quiet nights with minimal protests reported this morning we had an accident prone regime rallies tons of thousands of people watching through several cities. forcing no support for the regime and opposing the five suspects in recent weeks and this evening the revolutionary guards to. this sedition sorry this edition is rose and it's ended and only about fifteen thousand people took part. in the younger us the last few days all right what does that tell us i mean i mean you have the protests been effectively a crackdown or is he just trying to reassure the political establishment. it doesn't look like the protests run out of steam these much smaller prioritize us than the ones we saw back in two thousand and nine hundred of thousands perhaps even millions of people were out on the streets this time we were talking about thousands and hundreds the difference was that it was dispersed all over the country

considers reimposing sanctions against tehran. and michele kerry this is al jazeera life and also coming up to nation deploys to our major crackdown on anti austerity unrest arresting more than three hundred protesters overnight. in pakistan over the rape and murder of a seven year old girl her father accuses police of not doing enough to protect his daughter. lead. to nuclear weapons be hijacked i have purchased thank you kay report highlights the rising dangers for weapon systems worldwide. french president has urged donald trump not to cancel the iran nuclear deal u.s. president faces a friday deadline on whether to waive sanctions on tehran as part of the two thousand and fifteen deal earlier in brussels the foreign ministers of france germany and britain reiterated their backing for the deal after meeting iran's foreign minister today in baba reports. a last minute attempt to keep the nuclear deal with iran on track the meeting between the foreign ministers of the three european union nations which signed it and their rainy and counterpart comes ahead of a decision in washing

you with us reports from iran say more protests have erupted in the capital tehran police say one officer has been shot and killed and three others injured last night the country experienced its worst night of violence since the protests began last thursday at least thirteen people have now lost their lives . protesters have been on the streets in various parts of the country since thursday they first protested about the country's dire economic situation but are also now complaining about human rights. abuses you know at least a dozen have died and there's extensive damage on monday iranian state t.v. showed president hassan rouhani meeting with members of parliament to discuss the situation rowhani claim that protests are happening because iran's enemies are angry due to the country's accomplishments and are therefore provoking protestors state t.v. provided interviews with iranians who don't agree with the demonstrations because while one in these protests the chicago of a message of unity they should be held peacefully not to finally the thoughts violates our well being and saf

threatening sanctions against tehran if it attempts to suppress peaceful protests. also ahead this r t news hour after infuriating muslims across the middle east over jerusalem status the u.s. president considers the palestinians uses them of not wanting to talk. and pressing each other's buttons donald trump on the north korean leader trade barbs over the sidelines. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow thursday january the fourth a warm welcome to r.t. international i'm you know neal seven days of unrest in iran have now been brought to an end cording to the chief of iran's elite military force the revolutionary guards but it's come at a high cost. twenty one people have died there in clashes over the past week the demonstrations are thought to have been triggered by widespread economic hardship the prospect of a fuel price hike they quickly became political in nature with protesters calling for the deaths of the country's leaders violence then erupted in several times with police posts a time in the past several days there have been four hundred fifty arrests in tehran a

government while the largest was in the capital tehran where demonstrators chanted anti u.s. slogans blaming washington for the rest and reports from tehran. another day of pro-government rallies in iran seemingly part of a two pronged approach to keep detractors off the streets a large show of public support and a heavy police presence across the country with critics inside and outside iran predicting the downfall of the islamic republic the government is determined to publicly project the power of the state at friday prayers in the capital to her own a senior cleric reminded people of iran's real enemies who he says are behind the unrest in the country it's say announced this is what is happening saudi arabia gave the money the u.s. did the planning it was coordinated from u.s. control very means and have gotten weapons are being transferred little by little to iran they wanted to finish is in february that was the plan but he also sympathized with public demands for better economic conditions it had all thought to have the protests was right those who lost their money and it's not

expected to decide yes or no to reimpose saying sions on tehran of sanctions would violate the nuclear agreement and that is not what the european union wants that was made crystal clear today 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 threatened to lead to the deal is working it is they're leaving on its main goal which remains the thing the iranian nuclear program in check and. the surveillance mogilny 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 emphasized in brussels