of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment i mean john a call i'm working but in this society i'm always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia dance that there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home iran's supreme leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing iran's enemies of responsibility montazeri if the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate to look at the recent events. all those who are at odds with the islamic republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the islamic r

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

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

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

in just a moment but first they must ravi spoke to people on the streets of tehran and sent this report. nearly two and a half years after the nuclear deal was signed many iranians say they haven't seen any real benefits and the president hassan rouhani promised more than he could deliver to jordan bunkhouses nagesh that then you could house the martinique no impact at all of my life for the price of rice has doubled expensive to millions and around meanwhile the children of official see that the people don't exist money goes my pockets out of the pocket of the woman selling things on the street which people but some are still willing to stand by their president coming as an intelligent woman is doing his best of course there are some problems in the country son. since pressure from abroad naturally impacts livelihoods and the economic situation but if we just blame the president and say he is the one who has to do something of course he cannot we should stand next to him cooperate with him and tolerate the situation the nuclear deal had some success the lifting of sanctions let

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

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

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

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

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

is expected to decide by friday whether to reimpose sanctions on tehran if he does this would be in violation of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear agreement the european union is not happy about such a possibility which was made clear when iran's foreign minister mohammad javad is it at 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 referenced. the deal is working it is the leave it in can its main goal which remains keeping the iranian nuclear program in check and. the survey against the need played an important role in crafting the landmark nuclear court 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 em

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

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

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

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

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

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

surprised everyone, but their roots look familiar. protestors are fed up with the establishment in tehran spending money on foreign ventures that cause economic hardship at home. the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, has blamed iran's enemies, the united states and saudi arabia. president trump certainly sees opportunity. but there is no leader of this movement, no obvious manifesto, so where does it lead and what it can actually accomplish? our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. in tehran, squads of motorbike police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. the protests have changed since they started last thursday. to begin with, they were about the economy. most of the protesters are young men. more than 50% of iranians are under 30. and perhaps 40% of them are unemployed. that pent up political frustration is spilling out and much of it has been directed at this man, the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. he is the powerfulfigurehead of the islamic republic, and attacks on his posters will be seen as attacks on the islamic system. he's blaming iran'

decide today whether to reimpose sanctions on tehran if he does this would be in violation of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement the european union is not happy about such a possibility which was made clear when iran's foreign minister 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 the living on its main goal which remains keeping 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 or to the

first broke out in more remote cities last week, but now we are seeing more action in tehran, even as iran's president says the protests are, quote, nothing. joining me now on the phone from inside tehran is ramin of "the los angeles times." he's been there for three days of these protests. ramin, tell us about this protester who shot at police with the hunting gun. you watched it on state tv, is that right? >> yes. the state tv and other media says that in a provincial town in the center of iran, a man who was called as a person who collected disturbances shot at the police and killed one police and three other wounded. >> now as we're seeing more action in iran moving from some of the more remote areas, when you have iran's president saying that essentially that iran has dealt with protests like these before, that these are nothing. do you believe that that is accurate? >> i think no. at the same time i can say the number of protesters comparing to the previous, ten or more years ago, the number of protesters are much, much less, but they seem that the protesters are more than befor

for us. deeply antagonistic relationship between washington and tehran makes it easy to forget that iran is more open than many other countries in the middle east. compare the status of women and minorities in saudi arabia and iran and you will find there's really no comparison. over the past two decades iran has consistently elected presidents who are opposed by the hard line establishment of that country. in 1997 it elected mahammad hatami who now on house arrest. and then he was a rank outsider to the democracy that had run iran since 1979. he was a street smart politician with no credentials and deemed a threat to the hold on power. today it has another reformist president who has been twice elected the second time with a thumping majority. iran's hard line establish. has sought to under mine his agenda. some observers speculate the protests have been engineered by the hard liners who will use them to have a total end to reform. off the french regime, the abuses were not new but the light in which they were viewed was. more crime had existed in the financial department at an ear

-government demonstrators. have paid correspondent and iran's capital tehran welcome to. we had bad general jafari has announced that the sedition has been defeated what does it look like from where you are. well aaron to ron it was pretty quiet overnight and we've seen a pretty heavy police presence and part of you revolutionary guards out on 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 reasserting it sort already and getting these things under control and while we don't want to rule out the possibility that more protests or a smite flare up in the nights to come but now it does look like the other is that managed to get things under control and what effect have a today's pro-government demonstrations that had if any where yes this is part of the regime showing that if it wants to it can bring a huge number of people out into the streets in the these protests were impressive tens of thousands maybe more marching al

tehran and correspondent race at sunday school more and that race. will what is being said about his meeting where you on all people worries that trump might. make may's it will end up in this agreement they scrappe. one manany in the are obviously anticipating us president. trump's decision all the nuclear deal you had a host of feelings. moves here. from the audience are anxious. and worried uses the word from months ago. this summer just flooding is off because the in two days. four of eight you also havee this appointment remember many audience. you'll sign were or hold f folded with e missionn of thehe sanctions logiconn he. would improve relations with the last in the u. s. would improve. creating lily of the the whole the skating because meters things are happening at the you should countries. are continuing. . but that had had began. were also sings immunity. economists that when it comes to the nuclear deal. both moderates hardliners katie bar has kept the shadow. of the barking bbc world agrees. the u. s. nuclear watchdog agrees that he wanted to finding. out by this. it's

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

dissident group the people's mujahideen of iran showed their solidarity with protesters in tehran back in iran the protests. the next few days will show whether demonstrators heed. a trumpet call to action. for more we're joined by correspondent in teheran. earlier today we heard reports of six people who had died in the protest iranian state t.v. has now been talking about ten people what more can you tell us about the. well there are limited reports coming from the provinces has been a bit of a blackout limits to internet coverage. tonight but you know six people were killed in one town over a shooting broke out and for another time 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 see in and another attack some government buildings and a school of the clergy so it does appear like are 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 t

of protest movement was of a. techie and russia had joined tehran in blaming the united states stirring up the arrest. first lawyers to donald trump threatening legal action off to an explosive new book which alleges among other things how trump never expected no one says to win the white house. is well i hate steven baton is one of the main sources he claims trump's on the street estimate is options during the election campaign. says first georgia if monica has her own hopes of one day being president's yet only half the story. excerpts of michael wolff fiery fury inside the job white house had already said shock waves through washington dc. quit from his former chief strategist steve bad and criticizing the trump campaigns conduct russians. have angered president himself. steve allen has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired you know i'd be lost his job he lost his mind. according to wolfsburg bad and disapproved of the twenty sixteen trump tower meeting between donald trump eldest son. son in law and campaign manager with a russian lawyer. calling the move

behind the anti government uprising in around threatening sanctions against tehran if it attempts to suppress peaceful protests. also ahead after infuriating muslims are cross the middle east over jerusalem status the u.s. president considers cutting aid to palestinians on accuses them of not wanting to talk peace. pressing each other's buttons donald trump the north korean leader trade barbs over the sign power of their nuclear arsenal. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program our top story tens of thousands of government supporters have been rallying across iran to denounce the violent protests that have been creeping 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 on the prospect of a feel like they quickly became political in nature with protesters calling for the deaths of the country's leaders violence then erupted in several towns with police post attack in the past sever

criticized by some members who say it's an internal issue for tehran. also ahead this hour another suspected saudi led coalition strike one person is reported. members of the jewish community in france tell us they fear for their safety in the country many are planning to leave because of widespread protests. it's just after eight in the evening here this summer january the sixth welcome. my names you know neal a fourth day pro-government march is being held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day our pricing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. that was. well last night friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticize them saying that tehran should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs that was also echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran

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

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 started last thursday. at least 13 people have now lost their lives. reporter: this footage has been provided by demonstrators. people have been on the streets in various parts of iran since thursday protesting conditions in the country. and this is footage provided by iranian state tv which claims that protesters are violent and that some have damaged atm's, buildings, and other property. it also claimed some protesters have tried to take over police stations and military bases. on monday, iranian state tv showed president assad rouhani meeting with members of parliament to discuss the situation. he claimed protesters are happening because iran's enemies are angry due to the country's accomplishments and are therefore provoking protesters. state tv provided interviews with iranians who do not agree with the demonstrations. >> these protests should carry a message of unity. they should be held peacefully, not

the scaling back of tehran's nuclear program syrian government forces backed by russia are advancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the north forcing thousands of civilians to flee towards the border with turkey in freezing winter conditions at least twenty four people have been killed in a strikes and it lib new footage shows the aftermath of the strikes over the muddier area in eastern guta according to the syrian observatory for human rights three people including one child were killed on monday. the us government has decided to end the temporary protected status of more than two hundred sixty thousand immigrants and salvador just as rally begins to move outside the white house people from el salvador were allowed to live and work in the u.s. after two large earthquakes hit the country in two thousand and one but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream stage of that sochi by fire. facing realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent ordered that audit hasn't happened getting to the hea

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

joins us on skype from tehran and here with me in new york is a top expert, a senior fellow at the carnegie down for peace. thomas, first, can you tell us anything about the news that mahmoud abedin has -- >> there has been a report that mahmoud abbas has been arrested but the red of the revolutionary guard has implicitly accused former president mahmoud of being involved in these protests but i don't know at this point if the real involvement by mahmoud in this protest. these protests have a lot to do with the upcoming -- the succession issue for supreme leader ayatollah khamenei and playing into the ongoing debate here between the hard liners and the reformers. and why is that so? president rouhani released a publized part of a budget and gave out sensitive information that said religious institutes here and parts of the revolutionary guard were getting a lot of money from the budget and according to many initiated by hard liners, definitely there's a lot going on inside the establishment. >> it does strike me, thomas, that it's fascinating that what seems to have fueled this, as

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

while declaring it's time for change in tehran. iran's supreme leader blaming the up rising on their, quote, enemies, and what does it mean for the iran nuclear deal. >>> immigration, just a few legislative challenges for the white house. will the president get democrats and congress to work with him to try and get this agenda through? cnn covering every angle, and joe johns at the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: the president back here at the white house after the long holiday break. the congressional new year's as well as the administration trying to deal with a range of domestic issues that they postponed before they hit the road in december, however it's the international issues that are dominating the president's twitter feed. >> president trump returning to washington with a large legislative to-do list. in a range of international issues on his plate. >> everybody, we're taking this big beautiful ship and slowly turning it around. >> reporter: mr. trump weighing in multiple times over the holiday over the deadly anti-government protest in iran, and calling

more from tehran. large pro-government rallies are being held in major metropolitan cities across iran today in an effort by pro-government and pro stablish and supporters to illustrate to anti-government protesters that this government this establishment does still enjoy political and public support by tens of thousands of people it's an effort by the government to bookend what has been a week of violent and deadly protests that turned into what the government is calling riots now just because these people are out in the street in support of the government it doesn't mean that they support all of the government's policies but what these people are trying to say to their own domestic audience as well as to people watching around the world is that any problems that iran has will be addressed through a stable system and change will come over time not through violence on the streets as far as anti-government demonstrations go but they have windows in size they become smaller and more short lived overnight there were smaller demonstrations but not at the scale that we've seen in previous d

tolerated. protests have now spread to many cities, and in tehran, police have used water cannon. here's kasra naji from the bbc‘s 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 top iranian leader to do so. translation: the atmosphere for criticism, protests within a legal framework, is absolutely free, but the atmosphere for destruction and unrest is definitely not an atmosphere which people would tolerate. 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, sponsored by the hardliners, to criticise the economic policies of the government of presid

surfaced video from a new year's day protest in tehran shows protesters chanting, "down with the clerical regime." we will have more on iran after headlines. president trump threatened tuesday to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars of annual aid to the u.n.'s relief agency for palestinian refugees, dealing another blow to the prospect of a peace deal between israel and the palestinians. trump tweeted -- "we pay the palestinians hundred of millions of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect. they don't even want to negotiate a long overdue peace treaty with israel. we have taken jerusalem, the toughest part of the negotiation, off the table, but israel, for that, would have had to pay more." trump's comment on jerusalem contradicts his statement made just a few weeks ago that his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital would not impact the final status of the city in peace talks. trump's tweet came just after israel's parliament passed a new law tuesday that would make it far more difficult for the government to divide jerusalem as part of any future negotiated settlemen

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