Iran is gearing up for two key elections that will be held simultaneously on friday march the 1st. People will go to a poles to elect in members of parliament and the assembly of experts and exercise in democracy in the west asia region. Joins us from tehran, also joining us is shabir risby, political commentator who joins us from chicago. Welcome to you both fudi, let me first start with you, and im going to uh get right to the one of the most important aspects of this, and thats democratic vote. A i mean, if you want to take a look at the stats themselves, 40 elections held in iran since the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The friday vote is going to be the 12th one, parliamentary election, and the sixth uh. One for the assembly of experts and in terms of just the whole motion of this uh vote taking place for members of parliaments, the assembly of experts uh where the members of parliament elected in multi and single seat constituencies. The list is rather long as to how this is
70 days without food. He joined the strike on the 29th of june 1981 after bobby sanns and three other ira prisoners had already died in hitchblock prison. But before we speak to our next guest, lets get a quick overview of this weeks show. Of as always, we are joined by our resident copresenter michelle gillernew. Michelle is the current mp for fermana south toront. She has served in the Northern Ireland assembly as a former minister for agriculture and Rural Development and chairperson of the Health Committee amongst other things. Michelle has been a shinfian activist since her teams and has been elected almost continuously since 1998. And todays guest is lawrence mcyong. He is a former ira prisoner, author and screenwriter. After sir. Life sentence in prison, dr. Lawrence mckung obtained a phd in sociology at queens university, belfast. Hes also cofounder of the belfast Film Festival in the mid1990s. Lawrence mcyong, welcome to the show. So lawrence, tell us a bit about your child wh
The awaited savior for humanity, whom, it is prophesized, will return at the end of times with jesus. May allah hasten their reappearences, both in order to bring justice on earth, themes that are especially being brought into focus in light of the genocide being carried out by israel against the people of palestine. First, we take a closer look at the concept of a messiah in islam and other world religions. The idea of the messiah, often called king messiah. Or in hebrew, malek, messiah, is found in the old testament, as per the jewish belief, he is human being, not a divine creature, and comes from the lineage of david and solomon. He is in truthful from birth and continues until he reaches the highest levels of human perfection. He will be a great political leader, well versed in jewish law, observant of the commandments, a charismatic leader who will win battles for the people of israel and righteous judge who will assist the poor and oppressed. According to jewish belief, the indi
The country been better position to neutralize sanctions without making concessions to the imposers of those sanctions, or is it disappointed by the Organization Still scrambling to find new ways so as to cushion the blow of cruel sanctions . Meanwhile, what are tehrans obstacles to benefit fully from its sco membership . These and more on this edition of iran today. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was originally formed by beijing and moscow as a counterweight to the United States influence. The scos primary goal is to neutralize common threats to the National Security and territorial integrity of Member States from separatis and radical movements. But to rule out the possibility of any of economic benefits is just jumping to conclusions. Although the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was formed as a result of security concerns, the concept of security itself has expanded over time to cover other areas not traditionally considered as security related ones. Today security is not m
4 30 pm in irans capital, tehran, this is press tv news, thanks for joining us. The Political Bureau chief of the Palestinian Resistance moved hamas says the Israeli Regime and the us cannot. Achieve through politics what they fail to achieve through war. Addressing a conference in the lebanese capital bay roods by video conferencing, ismna added that the televive regime keeps committing the mous crimes against palestinians. He said residents of gaza are being killed, starved and displaced by israely forces. A also highlighted the israely attacks on hospitals and humanitarian groups. He further lashed out of the us for its complicity in israeli crimes. However, he underlined that the resistance front will continue to stand firm against israels. Acts of aggression until the occupied territories are liberated. He further praised of of palestinians for their resistance against the Israeli Occupation. The israely massacer of palestinians in gaza keeps unfolding as the regime pounds the blo