stance on iran is. basically pretty awful and become a trademark of going to donald trump's republican party but how does that actually compare to the u.s. for a new relationship historically is the kind of aggression interference you know really all that new when you look at the u.s. relationship with iran. well no and in fact that's one thing i try to emphasize in my book. if you go back to nine hundred fifty three in the iranians remember this very well the cia's very first. date i was in iran the cia overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of iran mahmoud moses deck and installed installed the shah of iran a king we then helped i should say the cia helped the shah set up his security services called the sock train the sava could not see type torture techniques and helped the shah rule iran until the islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine. very repressive tactics again this is something very much in the memories of the iranian people and something that i think americans need

date i was in iran the cia overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of iran mohammad moses deck installed installed the shah of iran a king we then helped i should say the cia helped the shah set up his security services called the sock train the sava could not see type torture techniques and helped the shah rule iran until the islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine. through very repressive tactics again this is something very much in the memories of the iranian people and something that i think americans need to consider when we think about iran and how the iranian government and the iranian people perceive our government. one of the things that that sort of has come up now is that washington the mainstream media really quick to pave the way for a recent protests in iran as you know a budding popular revolution against the government you know as well here it is now you recently been to iran and have seen the situation on the ground for yourself and i want to ask you is the political structure in there really as close to chaos and failure as the establishment's

iran, first of all. i think it is fair to say the rest of the world is somewhat confused and indeed alarmed by your policy, that is us policy, towards iran today. can you try and assure me that you know what you are doing? i'm not sure i would make that general statement. i'm not sure that when you say the rest of the world, i know who you are talking about. ok, i will be clearer, fair point, i will be clear. the european union, the russians, even the iaea, the nuclear watchdog authority, all believe the us is mistaken, fundamentally mistaken in its current approach to the nuclear deal with iran, which of course was struck by the 0bama administration, amongst the other great powers with iran and which donald trump now seems intent upon tearing up. well, let me offer that in the countries that i most often deal with, israel, the sunni gulf countries, saudi arabia, the emirates and others, there's no confusion at all. in fact, they are greatly reassured by this administration's approach to iran, because th

iran out some on the. domestic airline of iran well it flies a lot in iran is a very mountainous country it tries a lot in difficult terrain so it is more exposed to risk just by virtue of the kind of country that iran is but let's talk a little bit about the rescue operation and the challenges obviously it being in the mountainous region means that all in itself be incredibly hard what needs to be done to make sure that the search happens as quickly as possible as well that they have located the wreckage as i understand it at the moment it has been difficult and. i think everybody has been confirmed death but confirmed dead so there is there are no. there's no rescue no need to rescue recovery of bodies yes or no risk you know what the. the authorities in iran have to do is to find the black boxes the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder which. will probably work and despite this rush result quite. quite unimportant. and from that which look whether what i said earlier about it looks like a

proxies that are attacking us but against iran itself. syrian kurdish fighters say they have reached an agreement with the damascus government for the syrian army to enter afraid to help repel a turkish offensive turkey launched operation on a branch last month to clear a freeing of kurdish y.p. chief fighters who they regard as terrorist linked to the p.k. k. . iran's leader ayatollah ali hominine has launched an investigation after an awesome on alan's flight crashed killing all sixty five people on board the aircraft disappeared from radar after leaving the capital to draw on. u.s. president donald trump has criticized the f.b.i. for failing to investigate the suspect in wednesday's school shooting seventeen people died when a gunman opened fire in a high school in florida the f.b.i. admitted on friday that agents failed to investigate a tip off about the suspect nicholas cruz who bought the gun used in the shooting legally president trump said the f.b.i. was spending too much time investigating allegations of collusion with russia dur

iran asmer on the domestic airline of iran well it flies a lot in iran is a very mountainous country applies a lot in difficult terrain so it is more exposed to risk just by virtue of the kind of country that iran is what the. the authorities in iran have to do is to find the black boxes the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder which will probably be working despite the fact that this crash was obviously quite. quite an impact. two palestinians have been shot and killed by israeli forces in gaza their deaths have added to an escalation in tension on the gaza israeli border following an explosion that injured four israeli soldiers in the area israel launched a series of ground in air strikes on a number of sites in the southern gaza strip its military blames hamas for saturday's explosion several palestinians were injured in the israeli raids israel says the dead palestinians were shot trying to cross the border. today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we respond appropriately or so my wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. then it's worth is in west j

from the british think tank chatham house explains the tensions between iran and israel. i think there is a dynamic now which is a very negative very dangerous they know me between all the powers in the region right now in specific incidents rhetoric which is quite extreme as we saw today can escalate it rather quickly into a clash whether it's by poxy or more directly billion monk that for the first time that and you know we is basically first name very clear and not only. in the region or with any and that both sides participate in the civil war in syria not only did it on hezbollah but if it's getting any worse or with feels more thirteen and two of the all directly attack iran this is this war for it's going to escalate rather quickly if they mean it if it's determined maybe both sides understand that this is a matter of the terms but deterrence won't be shifts wish to school very quickly into action this is dangerous place in israel are investigating the drawing of swat stickers and anti polish slogans on the gates of poland's embassy it comes a day after parents pri

iran had been internationally isolated by the war.ar but six yebefore, iran couldve hatopped it. you had a chance to bring that ecr to an end in 1982. and yet you madeions at the top of the government to continue the war. >> no, no, no, no. it was important that they confess. our condition was that, no, we do not stop the war unless you confess that saddam hussein is started this war. >> smith: was it a mistake to reject the ceasefire? >> n no, in 1988, we had a resolution, 598, which addressed iran's major demand. that iraq was responsible to initiate this war. at was very important for us. >> smith: but a lotta lives were lost in the interim. >> it's the unfortunate situation. >> smith: for that principle... >> thaquestion that the iranian people need to ask the international community. why didn't anybody in theat intenal community say a word about the iraqi use of chemical weapons? i believe the international community owes iran an explanation for its disastrous behavior. an doesn't owe anybody any explanation for defending itself. >> from iran came a statement reportedly from

and iran was a very different place. it was before the revolution society was different then in iran it wasn't like today no one cared about is not. baba he said the shah's government tried to ban women from wearing head scarves and attempt to replace iranian culture with western values all part of a plan by foreign governments she says to control iran and iran's natural resources so khamenei is message of independence she says resonated with many people. he said there shouldn't be any. he meant we should take care of poor people there should be justice everyone should be equal well many of the iranians welcomed this bubble he survived the nuclear bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki in world war two and lived through the iran iraq war that started almost immediately after the revolution when iraqi forces led by saddam hussein invaded iran bubblies son solomon farsi volunteered to fight and was killed he was one thousand years old decades later she still struggles to talk about it but says even knowing the pain of losing h

and it was at the period when iran was testing a lot of different systems it was also when iran before jcpoa et cetera i think they were trying to advertise their capabilities. the emirates have received scuds from north korea. they may have a base where they have them an may be stockpiled somewhere. they have just a small number of them and i have no qlad they would use them for. you know, presumably if they're attacked by ballistic missiles they would launch them against the iranians in retaliation. but not going to really do much. much damage -- you know they kind of lack the range to hit anything but -- the base right across the gulf from there and whatever it's called. so yeah, the egyptians you know they've had missile development programs since the 50s, and they launched how many? go ahead and half a dozen scuds at the israelis and -- 67 or 73 -- 73. yeah. so yemenis had a lot of -- scuds that they purchased from first the soviets or were given to them by the soviets during civil war and after. ... israel, which i found somewhat interesting because israel doesn't really test the

morning iran brazenly violated israel's sovereignty israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security the allies of syria and enemies of israel celebrated the downing of the warplanes. fighters from the pro iranian hezbollah group gathered on the border between lebanon and israel as israeli soldiers looked on. the iranian president hassan rouhani condemned the israeli action in syria. yet if one country thinks it can get desirable results by posting terrorism obama putting neighboring countries than it is making a mistake we are ready to defend the security of the region and we call on all other countries to cooperate in this nation boss the loss of the jet comes as israel acknowledged for the first time and i tack on iranian targets in syria. earlier i spoke to the abuse middle east correspondent tanya kramer interest and i asked her how serious this confrontation is. indeed it is a one of the most serious situations we have seen in the north for the past years one very sig

iran asmer on the domestic airline of iran well it flies a lot in iran is a very mountainous country it tries a lot in difficult terrain so it is more exposed to risk just by virtue of the kind of country that iran is is what the. the authorities in iran have to do is to find the black boxes the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder which will probably be working despite the fact that this crash was obviously quite. quite an impact. two palestinians have been found dead after an escalation in tension on the gaza israeli border it follows an explosion that injured four israeli soldiers in the area israel launched a series of ground of ass trikes on a number of sites in the southern gaza strip its military blames hamas for saturday's explosion several palestinians were injured in the israeli raids israel says that the dead palestinians were shot trying to cross the border. i think you are today's incident on the gaza strip border was severe we were responding appropriately i send my wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded let's go live now to our series but its worth i

iran's aggression will be unchecked. and it will compress the entire world the nuclear agreement with iran has brought the countdown has begun the countdown to a new reading nuclear arsenal little more than a decade in the sanction relief that they do provided has not moderated iran has not made them more moderate internally and has not made more moderate externally in fact it's unleashed a dangerous iranian terror group in the region and beyond netanyahu has never been a fan of the a new nuclear deal that was signed back in two thousand and fifteen and on multiple times over the years he has called iran a great danger well of course talking about a deal in which tehran signed off to limit its uranium enrichment in response for financial sweeteners i think this deal is a bad. deal now what we hear today from the israeli prime minister is again urging the international community to slap more sanctions on tehran he has called the country the greatest threat to the world and he drew the parallel between the nineteen thirty

and iran's natural resources . message of independence she says resonated with many people. he said there shouldn't be any poverty in iran he meant we should take care of poor people there should be justice everyone should be equal well many of the iranians welcomed this bubble he survived the nuclear bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki in world war two and lived through the iran iraq war that started almost immediately after the revolution when iraqi forces led by saddam hussein invaded iran bubblies son solomon farsi volunteered to fight and was killed he was nineteen years old decades later she still struggles to talk about it but says even knowing the pain of losing him she would sacrifice him again to preserve the islamic revolution for many iranians the teachings of the country's first supreme leader are as relevant today as they were in one nine hundred seventy nine but for some islamic revolution has not fulfilled all of its promises. while they do not necessarily want to tear down their country's government

are trival from that and now it's a personal crusade for many years we're going to hear iran iran and iran against especially for take into consideration where we were last week this time the weekend we were seeing you rainy and and i mean clashes in syria over even. travelling to israel and being you know it was. exactly but for israel there was a clear provocation and clear. test of you know trying to. the borders of israel they were setting very keyboards being very aggressive but also. taking a very deep communication having an f. sixteen jet being full and you know taken down by anti anti by syrian forces that's something that we haven't seen in israel since one thousand nine hundred two so that was a big blow for israeli security and for that more all you know for the pride of israeli air forces so for you know if you put this in the context of iran today and what netanyahu the message he's trying to send is israel has a right to defend itself and he's going to he's going to probably use this speech to prove to the world you bring in connection of course to hezbollah which you k

proxies that are attacking us but against iran itself well iran's foreign minister hit back saying that terror on wants to forge closer ties with its neighbors and that israel is the aggressor in the region from israel's invasion and subsequent aggressions under been on its eagle occupation of palestine and it's almost they'd be illegal incursions into syrian air space to attempt to create cartoonish images to blame others for its own strategic blunders or maybe to evade the domestic crisis that treaty life out of unocal does here is how is that security conference hashim an extraordinary exchange of words today there in munich . indeed in these ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu it is clear that israel won't allow iran to maintain and militant permanents miti presence inside syria that much concern that iran is trying to build a naval base not far from haifa all the mediterranean over the same time they're trying to provide a significant assistance to hezbollah and this is considered by the israeli government red line let's listen to what netanyahu had to say. nowhere are we ron's

it's up to iran iran has been trying to change the ground rules mr chairman. what has happened in the region is that if i can show that you see this and some of you in on this and see it and you know yes. this is a brief. a brief description of the middle east as it looks right now i call it the red in the black like the french novel by stand up well the red is isis. the radical sunni is the black is iran and its offshoots the radical shiites as the red compresses as the red compresses. and it will be wiped out very soon from the map of the middle east iran is moving in and we have fought both types of militant islam. israel contributed mightily to. the battle against the battle against isis by giving unmatched militant military intelligence that has prevented dozens of terrorist attacks in dozens of countries and we are absolutely determined to prevent iran from creating a new base in the west i call it isis west obviously egypt is fighting it as well to prevent isis from shifting its base from. iraq and syria into the sinai or into somalia and to africa and

i think both russia and iran support us to remain. stand i was try to i stand eyes sushi and they're going to stun eyes also geneve in the future but i could see that. a solution may maybe come up like federal of syria north it's that's what so why the american also we can the is the if that's will not work out for the american. and the center part of the new syria but i think i said will lose power or he should not control these federal state in the future that's the way i see as a solution but i said we'll stay there for a while till we got might be because there is no political framework really now where it's going to have the right solution. i mean this is the government has managed to take over an area which is about thirteen kilometers from mount hermon and over the past few months the whole narrative was about what is going to happen in places like egypt but what we're seeing now is talks about potential confrontations with the fight goes back to areas like that and is this something which has been closely monitored by these ra

that someone is iran. the presence of explosive boats, the increased presence of mind in this area are all very similar to the layered threat iran has posed in the streets of vermouth, and we hold them accountable for the h -- streets of hormuz. the third is the continuing and changing power projection model. out on their own forces but the proxies and the partners they are tempting to create around the region. i think these all give us very significant concerns. with respect to your question of what we're doing, we're working with saudi arabia and some of our partners to ensure that their optimizing their capabilities they have picked many ofus them u.s. provided capabilities to ensure that they can defend themselves. and i would report to you in the session that we are seeing some progress in that regard. >> thank you, general. in respect to syria that have been reports we've seen facilities, for example, being built inec syria, reports open-source iranian missile facilities. obviously the threat is sign

the podium in beauty issuing a direct threat to iran israel iran. to put a noose of terror around. we will act without hesitation to defend ourselves and we will act if necessary not just against iran's proxies that are attacking us but against iran itself he followed up with a dramatic flourish that quote all the delegates by surprise brandishing a piece of wreckage from the iranian drone shot down an israel space last week. and he had this message for iran's foreign minister mohammad job that saudi. are bartered here so you can see for yourself mr zarif do you recognize this. you should be george. you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of her own do not use rules involve the man who netanyahu called an eloquent liar iran's foreign minister refused to rise to the israeli bait he preferred instead to outline a new plan to dampen down rising tensions in the region i prevent more conflict in the middle east. iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture we believe in and how proposed

and he had this message for iran's foreign minister mohammad javert . i bought it here so you can see it for yourself. mr zarif do you recognize this. you should be george you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of her own do not use rules involve the man who netanyahu called an eloquent liar iran's foreign minister refused to rise to the israeli bait he preferred instead to outline a new plan to dampen down rising tensions in the region after event more conflict in the middle east. iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture. we believe in and how proposed creating what we call a strong region rather than a strong man in the region thank you had a question and answer session those are if expressed his frustration at israeli attempts to undermine the deal iran struck with world powers to stop its nuclear arms program and we achieved it in spite of him being implemented in spite of him and the world view to maintain that agreement in spite of his delusional attempts the foreign minister

the podium and beauty issuing a direct threat to iran israel iran. to put a noose of terror around. we will act without hesitation to defend ourselves. and we will act if necessary not just against iran's proxies that are attacking us but against iran itself he followed up with a dramatic flourish that caught all the delegates by surprise brandishing a piece of wreckage from an iranian drone shot down an israel airspace last week. and he had this message for iran's foreign minister mohammad javert i bought it here so you can see it for yourself mr zarif do you recognize this. you should be george. you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of her own do not israel's resolve the man who netanyahu called an eloquent liar iran's foreign minister refused to rise to the israeli bait he preferred instead to outline a new plan to dampen down rising tensions in the region i prevent more conflict in the middle east. iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture we believe in and how proposed crea

iran and syria i think both made it certainly iran has made explicit that if the americans do not leave voluntarily they will be made to leave syria they've said the same about the american presence in iraq i think that in the northern part of the middle east there is a clear determination i don't mean. this is a conspiracy i'm just saying as a clear consensus of view that the american presence in syria and in iraq is going to be disturbing to the stability of the imagination it's upcoming in this temple we're going to have the the russians the turks in the iranians now those three parties had their differences when it comes to syria but they are all united on one issue they do not want american presence illegal under international law presence in syria is that enough to keep them together no i mean it's more complicated but i think the relationship between russia and iran. although there are a long history of disagreements but it is a real strategic interest partly because of the financial war the. they need both russia and iran need if you like commercial depth in order to survive any

iran us among the domestic airline of iran well it flies a lot in iran is a very mountainous country it tries a lot in difficult terrain so it is more exposed to risk just by virtue of the kind of country that iran is is what the. the authorities in iran have to do is to find the black boxes the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder which will probably be working despite the fact that this crash was obviously quite. quite an impact. yes president all trump has turned to twitter to criticize the f.b.i. for failing to investigate the suspect in wednesday's school shooting seventeen people died when a gunman opened fire on a high school in florida their b. i admitted on friday that agents failed to investigate a tip off about nicholas cruz who bought the gun used in the shooting illegally president trump said the f.b.i. was spending too much time investigating allegations of collusion with russia during the twenty sixteen election campaign. plus revelations that the f.b.i. received a tip off last month that the suspect had access to guns and quote a desire to kill people a

security conference the pm even news props to make the message clear to iran's foreign minister. through the roof. you should be george. also a passenger plane has crashed in central around not far from its destination killing sixty six people on board. good evening you're watching the weekly on r.t. international five people have been killed and several injured in a shooting which started at a church in russia's southern region of dagestan. marge. are much. smaller you should turn to the school almost looks clear. is used to go drink she was doing. local authorities have confirmed that five people have been killed and several others have been injured after a gunman with a hunting rifle targeted crowds in the southern russian region of dagestan now it's believed the shooter targeted people as they attended a service that an orthodox church is the final day for orthodox christians before they celebrate the great fast is a day in which families would usually attend a church service now it's worth mentioning that dagestan is a predominantly muslim region here's an eyewitness account

iran has made more gains in the last decade under the obama administration in terms of advancing its had germany which is not in the united states' interest or israel's interest than they've made in the last thousand years and three i'll quote a former nato commander who said the russians have weaponized refugees pile them into europe allowed isis to infiltrate and have done more to destabilize our partners in europe and the warsaw pact ever did so i think all of those. with respect that's just pure propaganda in my opinion. picture react to that because i mean we could spend the entire program deconstructing only that one small part of that segment simply don't have to worry it's going to essentially michael's finds himself in the spot why because he has to explain he has to respond to to tucker carlson the simple question. assad is fighting isis the united states officially so that it's fighting isis so why is the united states. forces instead of isis the simple question no simple lesson well one that we got a non answer we got it we got to do exactly that inflection it was it was

this is d w news live from berlin at the munich security conference a scathing condemnation of iran from israel's prime minister. mr zarif. you recognize there's been a minute tanya who confronts the iranian foreign minister over a drone israel shot down an israeli air space is wrong foreign minister hits back calling the speech a quote cartoonish circus also coming up hard government and president can do is sometimes in prayers then it's time for victims to be the change that we need to be back in the u.s. state of florida grief turns to anger as survivors of wednesday's high school massacre attend a gun control rally close to where the attack took place. and on the run from nazis in modern day europe the first german entry at this year's berlin film festival transfers the plot of a famous novel to the french city of marsay we have a sneak preview of christiane petzold new film the transit. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen it's good to have you with us tensions in the middle east have taken center stage at the munich security conference with israeli prime minister binya

iran. train and manage the style that attacked corporate towers in. the six years leading the ringleader was general should be iran's military attache in bahrain the three leaders of the plot escaped from saudi arabia and went to iraq with it have been looking ever since believe us that we captured two years ago in lebanon with iran. even though he's a saudi citizen isn't this harboring and sheltering terrorists. after the iraq here in the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three. or after the attacks against afghanistan in two thousand and one some of them. that ritual board of directors of a car had fled from afghanistan to iran where they have been living in pursuits. the chief of operations while clark. was in iraq in two thousand and three when he gave the order to attack the three housing compounds in riyadh saudi arabia we had the phone conversation on tape that's a fact. iran has subsequently hard potential to be significant iran is providing more than ninety percent of the world'

the iran nuclear deal so in quote its unleashed a dangerous iranian tiger. you want aggression will be shipped. to congress. the nuclear agreement with iran is brought the countdown has begun on the ground during. the russian. the sanction relief that they do provided does not moderated iran does not make them more moderate internally and it's not made more moderate externally interact it's only a dangerous during interrogation in a region and beyond netanyahu has never been a fan of the a new nuclear deal that was signed back in two thousand and fifteen and on multiple times over the years he has called iran a great danger well of course talking about a deal in which to iran signed off to limit its uranium enrichment in response for financial sweeteners i think this do is a bad. deal now what we hear today from the israeli prime minister is again urging the international community to slap more sanctions on tehran he has called the country the greatest threat to the world and he drew the parallel between the nineteen thirty eight munich agreement that failed

they have also iran in mind. thank you after the break we'll ask the president of the world consultant john marvel's next man in the fantastic four alleged recall macbook create a mug why he doesn't trust the state mandated b.b.c. as his new monthly kick out call me maybe you around the globe tenth anniversary of his donors pledged thirty billion dollars to iraq what will happen to the three hundred fifty seven million children who are currently living in the conflict zone once they grow up we speak to our own shakra from save the children currently in iraq to listen more coming up about doing going underground. where americans were smooth but one that's not us americans are crude ruthless huckster golf playing sharks that's who we are and that's. why i don't like to go barack obama that's what they learn from. that. so they're going to want to do things that show everybody is going to be very clear like. oh i go through. and they have nothing. ask him you need to feel. something and then what do you how much. do

and iran's president has called for a year of unity as his country celebrated. the islamic revolution. denied burning down hundreds of villages as part of the crackdown that has forced nearly six hundred ninety thousand people to flee to bangladesh myanmar as well feminist and made the statement during a visit by the british foreign secretary to wrack on state of. the road but he just you know. the minister insists to boris johnson that the ranger torched their own homes themselves and later gave him a tour of the burned villages johnson's trip to iraq and state comes just hours after he met me amassed a fact a leader on sang suchi he told her that the refugees must be allowed to return home under u.n. supervision but i'm afraid i have to say that talking to. politicians in nike during the capitol today listening to door sue i don't think it has come through to her the full extent of the horror of what has happened the sheer devastation i don't know whether you've ever seen anything like it done by man current against of us of our fellow man i've no i've seen no

this is deja vu news live from berlin a three way confrontation brewing between israel syria and iran syrian forces shot down an israeli fighter jet they say it was one of eight targeting iran back to dish and inside syria israel's prime minister says his country was defending itself against a violation of its airspace by an iranian drone our jerusalem correspondent will bring us more also coming up. kim jong un's sister tells the south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and monday in says he'd be willing to go to pyongyang if conditions are right. it's good to have you with us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran back positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. a burning israeli f. sixteen shot down by the syrian air force both pilots ejected one was seriously wounded. israel says th

howard you characterize this in syria vis-À-vis iran. whatever trying to do too iran and syria? >> are broad u.s. government objective is to limit iran's influence in syria. as we have seen, they are attempting to our unmotivated fighters that could pose threats to other vital partners here we of interest in trying to limit their influence and activities. >> i want to say that if there's any influencing gaining in syria we need to limit the perhaps some clarity how would you look at our strategy i characterize it as teacher, assure, and compete. we have to have capabilities in place to deter the ballistic capabilities against her partner and assure that they can erase their declare weapons capability. we have to assure our partners when it line up our coalition ours is much more capable. so continue to develop those relationships is important. showing our partners will be there. not just militarily but with other instruments of power. this is pushing back and going back on their narrative and in the areas we must preventing them from moving their weapons and other things that po

morery wins, bad for iran. would there also be a concerted effort by people that will say he's not that bad because he's not case ka zally. i argue that he is that bad because he's acceptable to us and he also answers direct will to iran. >> thank you. >> i can -- >> and then of course i expect to be balanced. or i'm sorry, countered. >> you want a quick follow-up? or ambassador -- >> i just -- >> wait for the mike because otherwise we have have to -- >> you can delay the mike for about five minutes? >> let me just restate if there is a prime minister who leans more towards iran than towards the coalition/united states, what should the u.s. policy be? >> okay. the u.s. policy should be at that time, and we've made this a policy recommendation, to move the u.s. training equip program to or bill. so move the u.s. j sock to a bill to establish a sunni kurdish and arab security force that keeps isis from coming back to sunni areas and also stops the northern land ridge that iran is trying to establish in iraq. that

well definitely this is the most serious incident like iran was mentioning between syria israel and iran over the past few years there have been dozens of air strikes carried out by israeli warplanes at the beginning they were targeting what they said were convoys of weapons destined for hezbollah the lebanese armed group which is allied to iran and as of late earlier this year they have been targeting what is believed to be iranian bases close to damascus one in one strike they hit a base which was still not operational so it was seen as a message to iran because israel has said time and time again we have red lines we will not allow iran to entrench itself militarily in syria we won't we want to allow iran to be along our borders and to strengthen its presence in syria in fact if we remember last year in the summer when russia and. united states announced the ceasefire agreement in the south of syria this was to appease israel because part of that deal was to keep iranian forces and their allies away from the border and at the time not on yahoo this radio prime minister was not happy a

and it will be wiped out very soon from the map of the middle east iran is moving in and iran's involvement in syria has long been a critical issue for israel but now the prime minister's rhetoric may even be time for actions to speak louder than words so we want is changing the ground rules in syria i've said we will not allow them to do that if mr us invites iran in militarily that changes our position such words weren't enough benjamin netanyahu brought some visual aids said to be part of an iranian drone the israelis intercepted as it crossed the syrian israeli border worryingly the drone incident is being called the photos to known direct confrontation between the two sides militaries and prompted israel to hit iranian targets in syria mr zarif. do you recognize this. you should be george. you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of terror on. do not trust israel's resolve the rainy and foreign minister mohammad job and serif later took his chance to hit back. the audience for a cartoon a secret serious. because we were on the right side of history fighting the taliban fight

iran marks thirty nine years since the islamic revolution president has sound rouhani calls for a year of unity. and another display of harmony in seoul south korea's president strikes a cautious note about his invitation to visit the north. but we begin with the latest on the story we've been following out of russia all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed near moscow off to takeoff have died. the short haul plane took off from one of the russian capital's busiest airports on sunday it was just a few minutes into its johnny from. to the city of or squint it went missing from the right the plane is thought to have crashed near the village of our good nova which is near the capital moscow witnesses say they saw a burning aircraft fall from the sky b. to shop reports the antonov airliner with sixty five passengers and six crew onboard came down five minutes after takeoff in bad weather conditions wreckage was scattered across open ground near the village of arguing over eighty kilometers southeast of moscow rescue teams were unable to reach the crash site by road an

and iran's allies in the region and they said all along that iran is what the syria has said that they will respond with an appropriate measure at an appropriate time and it seems now that they're backing up that rhetoric with firepower the same thank you well as we've been saying washington has backed is random blamed iran for the escalation my camera has more. well despite iran's denial that it was responsible for the drone incursion the state department appears to be convinced that iran is to blame for this round of combat that we've seen emerge over the course of this particular day a state department spokesperson has released a statement saying and i quote iran's calculated escalation of threat and its ambition to project power places the entire region at risk from she says yemen to lebanon once again from state department we also heard that israel has a right to defend itself a similar statement coming out of the pentagon which also stated very clearly that u.s. played no role whatsoever in israel's combat operations at targets within syria so from the u.s. what you are hearing s

and iran's natural resources . message of independence she says resonated with many people. he said there shouldn't be any. he meant we should take care of poor people that should be justice everyone should be equal well many of the iranians welcomed this survived the nuclear bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki in world war two and lived through the iran iraq war that started almost immediately after the revolution when iraqi forces led by saddam hussein invaded iran. volunteered to fight and was killed he was nineteen years old decades later she still struggles to talk about it but says even knowing the pain of losing him she would sacrifice him again to preserve the islamic revolution for many iranians the teachings of the country's first supreme leader are as relevant today as they were in one nine hundred seventy nine but for some. and has not fulfilled all of its promises. while they do not necessarily want to tear down their country's government most iranians we spoke to said they just want their leaders to do

iran needs to really change its behavior. we're not there to destroy iran. we are not there to interfere with iran but they need to really change their behavior and be part of this whole international coalition to protect the region with the united states of america. they should not look at the base or the presence of the fifth fleet in bahrain and the international fleets as a threat to the country. they should work toward being a partner of that group. then, and when this stop exporting the revolution, the iranian revolution, they should respect their own revolution and not think of packages it and sing it all over the world purchases something that is really not respectful to that revolution. in we will be able to be on firmer ground to come and talk to the iran onto to the islamic republic itself we don't mind but when you do talk direct within. america's partnership with us isn't there, it's vital and it shall continue. >> since we don't have represented of a rant on the panel i will play that role. so from iran's point if you're a look around, american

israeli territory he warns iran not to test israel's results also on the program. south korea celebrates more gold in the will winter olympic short track speed skating choice meaning joan bringing home bringing the home crowd rather along when she took the lead and held it in the fifteen hundred meter of it look at you up to date with the latest on the games. and i'm christopher springer good to have you with us tensions in the middle east have taken center stage at the munich security conference in a speech a few minutes ago israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu labeling iran the world's greatest threat and warning his country would act against tehran if needed it and you know who accuse the iranian foreign minister mohammad serif of quote lying with eloquence he also held up a piece of what he said was in a rainy and drone shot down in israeli aspace to drive home his point. iran also denies that it committed an act of aggression against israel last week that it sent a drone into our airspace to threaten our people well. here's a piece of that iranian drone o