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I'm Marco Werman And you're with the world thanks for being here fireworks that's all it was according to Iran's supreme leader and it will have no effect on Iran and its fight against terrorism he says those are some very brazen words considering what happened today in Tehran 4 gunmen shot their way into the Iranian parliament building one attacker reportedly Blume self up during the standoff that followed around the same time 2 shooters stormed a popular shrine in another part of terror on the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini Iran's late spiritual leader when it was all over at least 12 people were dead and dozens of people wounded the so-called Islamic state claimed responsibility now that would be a 1st for ISIS we're going to hear several perspectives on this starting with runaround him poor My colleague with the b.b.c. Persian Service in London generally people around the world see around as an extremely safe country it's got strong intelligence and military forces I mean I even drove by the Ayatollah Khomeini shrine last year and thought wow all the sodium vapor lamps and you know it's minarets and it must be one place that will always be safe how could all this happen. That is a big question and that's what everybody is talking about obviously these people were armed and they shot everybody they could but it's a huge question the shrine itself it's not that difficult to get into so because it's for mourners or people who want to make donations but the question is how they got into the Parliament and that's why from ISIS's point of view it is a success because to get into the heart of the Iranian democracy and kill civilians and people who are working for the parliament that is huge What are reigning officials saying at this point about who the attackers are I mean we're wheeling out ISIS an Islamic state do we know for sure that that's who was responsible for this they said that they are not sure about the identity of the attackers or the nationality of attackers but they so far they haven't rejected the idea that it was Isis behind it and to the revolutionary guards released a statement in which they said there will be revenge I mean Iran's Revolutionary Guard say this was an attack mounted by Saudi Arabia is there any evidence of that there is no evidence and even in their statement they haven't mentioned Saudi Arabia but it's very difficult to come to any other conclusion because they said the attack comes a week after the president u.s. President have met with the leaders of a country in the region that sponsors the ideology of ISIS and Iran throughout all these areas has claimed that it was the Saudis who are ideologically and financially supporting ISIS so it's difficult to think that they mean any countries other than Saudi Arabia they also make a timeline and they say that Ok 1st President Trump came here and sold more than a 1000000000 u.s. Dollars worth of weapons to the Saudis and then they all cut off their relationship with batter and 2 days later this attack has come they draw a conclusion that there has been a green light from President Trump and the Saudis are acting. Because they have his support in case of a more serious confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia how do you think Iran's government will react now I mean when I was in terror and I saw lots of posters of Iranian martyrs men who'd gone off to fight ISIS and Syria and Iraq to keep the fight over there or not in Iran what will happen now will the government step up the fight against ISIS what at the moment you know they're all very shocked and moved by what has happened and the Revolutionary Guards in their statement said that there will be revenge but are they going to up to the game immediately or are they going to assess the situation and see whether it's a wise move I think that's an early to say so far in my opinion and their President Rouhani has Administration Mostafa Iran's foreign policy decisions have been very wise he is quite different from President Ahmadinejad the ex-president who was very hostile towards the west so I think of that we're not going to see an immediate confrontation with Saudi Arabia. Iran is a Shia country primarily but there are pockets of Sonny's and Isis had been reaching out here to the Sunni's in Iran is this Bishan falling on extremists who entered Iran from outside the country or people who are already inside Iran. Well it's very early to say but so far the Sonny have rejected his ideology and their invitation to join them so in total I don't think that the Sunnis despite all their disagreements with the central government despite all the criticism they've had as a minority in the country I think it's unlikely full or Sunnis in Iran to join them my colleague runaround him poor there with the b.b.c. Persian Service in London by the way ISIS is animosity toward Iran comes as no surprise to those who follow ISIS propaganda Here's more on that from the World's Matthew Bell a little over a month ago an ISIS propaganda outlet released a video it appeared to show the execution of 4 Shia fighters that's grim but typical What was notable about the video though it was in Farsi not Arabic Farsi is the national language in Iran and the message from ISIS was a call to arms of sorts it was a call for the minority Sunni's in Iran to rise up and fight the Shia government will McCants is with the Brookings Institution and he's the author of the ISIS apocalypse McCance says the hostility between ISIS and Iran starts with religion Sunni Jihad is in general have a dim view of the Shia for ISIS they are certainly a pos the ignorance of religion is no excuse they would argue they are all beyond the pale and worse then infidels like Jews and Christians because the Shia they are you have made a choice to place themselves outside of true Islam it might not seem to make a whole lot of sense strategically. ISIS has its back against the wall it's losing territory in both Iraq and Syria that's made it harder to recruit new fighters but McCants says there are reasons ISIS would want to strike Iran now one is to of course punish Iran for its meddling in Iraq and the 2nd would be to force Iran to go all in Iraq to commit even more forces and to turn this into a major sectarian war the thinking being that it's if this is divided along sectarian lines that ISIS will gain more support by the locals who Sunni's who don't want to be overrun by Iran McCance says ISIS would also like to go to Iran's Shia government into cracking down on the Sunni minority in Iran that could lead to unrest and ISIS is a group that thrives on chaos and attacks like the one in Tehran today is also an ISIS recruiting tool itself says McCants so wants to maintain the momentum to show that it's still in the fight and what better way to do that in the hottest world than to carry out a shrike in the heart of Iran that 2 of its major symbols of power for their party the Iranians see ISIS as a regional menace but there are different messages coming out of Tehran the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei i.e. Compared today's attacks to firecrackers and he said they won't have any impact whatsoever Iran's Revolutionary Guard took a harder line it pointed the finger at Saudi Arabia and the United States and promised revenge. As is an Iran expert with the International Crisis Group in Washington because this is the 1st attack by the Islamic states inside Iran borders I think this will have serious consequences for Iran's both domestic and foreign policies Baez says Iran has been lucky. As wars to the east and west have raged for years in Iraq Syria and Afghanistan the Islamic Republic has remained an island of relative stability he says it was only a matter of time until an attack like this took place inside of Iran this might be a wake up call I expect as a result of this attack to see not only a certain rally around the flag effect that I think you have a tickle in circumstances like this but also an extreme securitize ation of the domestic sphere you know because for 3 decades in Iran nothing like this has happened and tear on but as adds that today's attack in Iran provides an opportunity for the trumpet ministration the Trump White House could demonstrate to the Iranian public especially via his says that the u.s. Unequivocally rejects terrorism and that it sees ISIS as a common enemy for the world I'm Matthew Bell President Trump has now put out a statement on the attacks in Tehran he said he prays for the victims but Trump also added that quote states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote and quote as aimed pretty directly at Iran the events in Iran today came as a shock for many people including the many Iranians who live here in the u.s. Like the world's own Sure engine fari I look up this morning and I did but many of us do in the morning I check my phone and what do I see I see a list of I know it's breaking news and it I realize that there's been an attack in Teheran and that there's my mixtape has taken responsibility for it it took me a couple of seconds to take in what happened because this is just so rare Yeah I mean it is shocking and why is it so rare in Tehran something that this has never happened at least in the past 23 that Kate's not in my lifetime it's basically because Iran has been. Very good at keeping the country safe keeping the borders closed and for Islamic state to be able to penetrate do something like this at the heart of the country you know 2 very symbolic locations at the parliament and at the shrine of that late Ayatollah Khomeini who was the supreme leader this is just so surprising to me when we spoke earlier on the show about security but I'm just wondering do you know if there was anything that preceded this a trigger this there was a video that Islamic state published back in March and I saw it in that video what the fighters are trying to do they're trying to get the attention of the Sunni population in Iraq Iran is a Shiite majority country but there are pockets of Sunnis that in the country and in in the video they said about it being the fight to Iran we're going to attack these Shiites who might have a Islamic state considers not Muslims and then when I saw that video I didn't really make anything of it because just like I said Iran has always been really good at security and I just thought this would never happen you know on there are of course a lot of Iranians outside of Iran and I've seen strong reaction from them today what have you seen there's been an outpouring of support since the news people have been showing images of that Iranian flag the map and using hashtags stand together pray for Tehran some people have been questioning why the Facebook security checking wasn't activated you know that Facebook is blocked in Iran but a lot of people are able to get around that what have you been hearing from Iranians that you know Sharon I spoke with a friend of mine he lives in London and went to school together and you know there's been an attack in and then and there's now there's been one in Tehran just in the Reek and he said it's been an emotional time for me is that both cities are my home and you know I'm very upset about this and then his. You know what what I decided to do after the latest attack was to go and donates a lot this was a way for me to give a part of my body to somebody else and that would hopefully save somebody's life and is that you know by doing that I'm making a statement showing me the finger to the terrorists who carried out these 2 attacks both in Teheran and you know in London a terror on have been your homes at various times as well sure on this count of an easy way for you it's been hard I mean it's hard every single attack is hard you know whether it's called will there it's piracy but it's London it's heart people's lives have been lost but you know this morning I just woke up in shock and I just wonder if we're going to be waking up to another attack every day the world should enter far thank you very much thanks Mark. What is it about fast Jamaican runners That's next here on the world. 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Here in Boston seems like almost every day we're hearing new allegations about how Russia tried to influence last year's us presidential election here in the u.s. Each new revelation makes big headlines but here's how that same story sounds on our t.v. The Kremlin backed Russian news outlet many of the claims regarding alleged Russian meddling in the Us elections have been spread through questionable online sites and sounds other even experienced politicians can fall victim to fake news online or should they then spread through interviews on major networks that's news anchor Rory sushi a on r t International the politician in question Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey who apologized after Iran easily claiming a New York grand jury was investigating President Trump campaign ties to the Russians it's a story that got some play though not much in u.s. Media outlets that's just one example tomorrow r.t. Will be like oh news outlets covering for me a former f.b.i. Director James Comey is testimony in Congress but Artie's a deputy head of News Alexei couldn't it's of says there's been so much hype in advance of the hearing he's downplaying coverage today the level of hysteria about this specific hearing has been so high on the mainstream media that you know we thought that our job had already been done by our colleagues from other news stations you talked about hysteria but I mean isn't this a very important meeting and does deserve some urgency and a little bit of entering think it obviously does deserve some attention but not if you talk about this for like 2 or 3 weeks in a row without you know without any stoppage there are other stories are out there is Iran or Syria there's the Philippines for that matter but you know specifically in the structure in even you know attract the Western media so much they can switch to anything else back to the u.s. Election do you see any proof. That Russia meddled in it I don't think that either an artsy or anywhere else has anyone ever heard any convincing proof or any convincing evidence that the Russians had anything well maybe Kohli will tell us something I don't know yeah or maybe we'll find out a little more about that document that the n.s.a. Contractor reality winner leaked out we heard yesterday does r.t. Take sides Well of course we don't if you call rendering the Russian government viewpoint on issues of international importance taking sides then we probably do but editorially I mean we try to report from all possible angles from all possible sighs you know we give up we try to give the floor to 2 different parties but sometimes these parties don't really want to talk to us like for instance Hillary Clinton's. Election Headquarters never actually let us in during the election campaign neither did President mock Ron when he was running for presidency so it's sort of hard to give the floor of the people who don't want to take that Florida. I mean when you come down to it it does feel often like our tea is the same thing as Breitbart Oh Jesus that's a funny comparison to make what makes you think well I mean the kind of the tone that you were the alternate voice for Americans who really need to hear the truth well I don't know I mean I wouldn't want to comment on Breitbart I don't know what their editorial policy is but you know in our approach to news we do indeed try to focus on those people and those events that have either been underreported or not reported properly as far as we understand we tried to give the floor to the people who feel sort of sidelined or left out and you know can't really deliver their message on mainstream media I don't know if bribery does the same thing I don't know maybe maybe there is some similarity We'll leave it there let me just ask you this The Moscow Times are some reporting that some are 2 journalists described a non disparagement agreement that they had to sign. When agreeing to work for t.v. Did you sign that sort of agreement is standard practice in all Western companies and the West the have the Moscow Times actually tried to make a mountain out of the whole you know you can surprise anyone in the West or in a western company with a non-disclosure agreement let me let me tell you that and speaking about myself yes I did sign other why is that kind of agreement needed it sounds like r.t.e. May have things going on there that they're not proud of. No not really it is just standard practice that exists all over the world I didn't sign one of my current job and I don't think well I've never seen one well maybe maybe that will become an issue with your bosses and yourself I don't know maybe I should have started talking about it will say. What sort of influence do you think our t. Has today like how do you see its place in the broader media landscape probably would have been operating on a much smaller scale if it hadn't been for this free advertising that we're being given. By our Western colleagues you know so I guess our influences growing with the gracious help. Alexei could Snit's of deputy head of news for Russia today speaking with us from Moscow thank you thanks for having me Marco and Cooper has a very different take on Artie's operations and is a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and she's monitored the Kremlin backed r.t. For more than a decade a lot of the reporting and even that reporting about the u.s. Will be not wildly different from what you might see on c.n.n. Or Fox The 2 big differences one comes with the ads that are on their Web site and some of the commentators they bring on who have very dubious credentials the other area where you'll see our t.v. Really become our t.v. Is when it's an issue of you know foreign policy sensitivity Georgia back several years ago when Russia was fighting there Ukraine certainly Syria Russia backs the Assad regime and so what is said on our t.v. About Syria and what Assad is doing and what other forces are doing that's much more carefully vetted let's say How would you compare our 2 to Breitbart I mean is it fair to talk about both in the same breath some people would say right Barton r t have a similar aim which is to. To go after mainstream Western media to present a range of alternative views alternative versions of what might be the explanation for something like for example the downing of the Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine all kinds of conspiracy theories were put out on our t.v. Some of them pretty wild without any real proof but the idea appeared to be let's confuse things let's divert attention from the criticism of us Russia and spread it around and create some other possibility so that people are really left wondering well where is the truth and I think people who studied Breitbart far more than I have have noted that that's if not a a stated goal certainly an effect of a Breitbart News How influential is r t today like who watches it and follows it online you'd have a lot of trouble finding the answers to that the the statistic that r.t. Likes to put out is what their reach is meaning how many t.v. Sets around the world could actually to man r t And it's tens of millions that doesn't mean that those people have it tuned in it just means that it's there and they do have their You Tube channel gets a lot of hits 2000000000 maybe even more than that now but one study a couple of years ago noted that you know most of the people who are going to Youtube to Archie's You Tube channel are looking at it's kind of basic news clips natural disaster you know terrorism attack the kinds of things you know you could go to c.n.n. Or you could go to r.t. Not sure why they're going to r.t. For that there was today on r t online an op ed piece titled in Europe Trump is making Russia great again in the person who wrote that tells us is Brian MacDonald an Irish journalist who's based in Russia I know are to rich. They hired some well known u.s. Journalists why do journalists go there to work what motivates them one reason that some people who've worked at r.t. Have told me is the money they do have a lot of money to spend I know a young person who worked there for a year or 2 he was in Moscow doing something else and they this is kind of typical they find Americans or Brits or other westerners who are there working in some capacity and hire them and you know teach them how to put together a news package it's good pay so it tomorrow James Comey will testify on Capitol Hill I'm just curious what how r.t. Handled the hacking of the u.s. Election story and is there any case that they meddled in the 2016 vote r t has been denounced by most recently by Emanuel McCrone But you know a couple of years ago by John Kerry and other u.s. Officials as a propaganda bullhorn in terms of the whole Russia scandal I think Arties coverage is tended to be what's relied a lot on the statements of Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov the foreign minister and they say this is nonsense where are you getting this stuff you know don't you have better things to do course we didn't do that blah blah blah and I would imagine that might be the kind of thing that will see tomorrow when they're writing about Komi and Cooper's monitored r.t. For more than a decade he's now a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism Thanks a lot and really appreciate it sure thank you very much. It started as a private Facebook group with a few Mormon women in Utah they were upset about the Trump administration's travel ban but within a few weeks their private group went national now they're focused on trying to stop deportations Andrus Martin has that story from Utah. Tonight. With a group of demonstrators in front of the Office of Homeland Security in West Valley City Utah on the bullhorn is Charlie Mullins Glenn founder of the new group Mormon women for ethical government thank you for coming today to show solidarity for where we'll be out at her beautiful family standing here and this is where 31 year old Sylvia up here Flores was detained before she was taken to jail in April Aguilar Flores was brought to the u.s. From Mexico when she was a child she grew up here got married and had 3 children all u.s. Citizens Glenn says Evelyn Flores may have stayed here illegally but she's not a criminal ice officers apprehended her in the parking lot of a crafts store with her 8 year old daughter they'd been tracking her for a few days after she failed to appear at an immigration appointment Adler Flores has said she did not know about the meeting that yes one man would be detained and proud of her child but in jail and played it for Tea Party is unconscionable and life that case has a very valid we all here in the Unity everything about this offense my religious beliefs and m.j. Monger is one of the demonstrators here I. I'm standing in solidarity with Sylvia to try to protect a family and say together for me that's the core a core value beyond anything else is what the families need to be together monger's says until now in her political activism only when as far as volunteering at a food pantry it's probably obvious I'm an introvert I'm a shy person my belief is with the fire to pass the shyness and to stand out. A majority of American Mormons identify as politically conservative but Angela once Falconer's says she's been rethinking her political allegiance you know I've kind of been switching I was more Republican and then not I've definitely moved towards the Democratic side because I just feel like we need to be for commonsense what has been happening this isn't common sense. Later sitting in her car Shirley Mullins Glenn tells me how her group got started she was talking with some like minded friends after the election then they move the conversation online it quickly snowballed and within a few days we had nearly 300 members within a week we had close to 3000 members and by 2 weeks we had 4000 members we're now approaching 5000 they now have members in most States and around the world the group is not officially associated with the l.d.s. Church but Glen says immigrants and refugees have become a driving priority for Mormons like her we ourselves were refugees so that's an issue that I think regardless of political persuasion touches our hearts that evening Mullins Glenn checks in on the family of a Mormon woman 3 so Rommel's who was recently deported to Colombia this was where today slipped right so it's Jeffrey he's here now thank God for the From. Ramos his son Jeffrey Smithers is 18 he has cerebral palsy and epilepsy he says he has seizures. About 2 or 3 times a month which can put him in the hospital after I have the seizures I tend to forget everything for the past whole day and I don't recover until my day or 2 after Smithers is legally an adult but still needs help his cousin Kelly Dumas says Smithers had a seizure the day after his mother was deported and the family isn't sure how to care for him or what to do about health insurance we're trying to do everything that she did because she's unable to do it now and it's a lot of pressure on our family when Mullins Glenn leaves she promises the family she will keep working to get Ramos returned to Utah we're not going to have a fight. The next day and gets news about Sylvia Flores the woman who was apprehended at the crafts store parking lot she's been released from jail and will have a 90 day stay of removal Glenn in our group are hoping they can make that state permanent . 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