Didnt stop protesters from gathering on irans streets for a fourth day and posting these videos by the iranian government says people have the right to express their discontent but violence is unacceptable the Iranian State media says some social media sites and messaging apps such as telegram have been blocked to keep the peace. On saturday there were also progovernment rallies our own we cannot predict a time when the protests will come to an end but the protests will shake the people in power who must give priority to peoples demands and needs. To find the state of the economy and rising prices sparked the initial protests austerity measures after years of sanctions have led to a twelve percent Unemployment Rate but anger has also shifted to Foreign Policy protesters are critical of the Government Support for the Syrian Regime of Bashar Al Assad has bought a lot in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territory. The iranian government says foreign entities are fomenting vio
In the city of persia on monday night. Demonstrators defy a Government Social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across iran of damaged cars frightened crowds and burning buildings. Just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed parts of the country but the issues which have sparked the protests such as iran stuttering economy after years of sanctions and the fear of unemployment are serious concerns for people here i mean john the car im working but in this society im 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. And there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult i have a daughter in. The high prices that really put me under pressure at home irans leaders say some protesters may have b
A medias Deputy Bureau chief and is currently working in tehran he says some Media Outlets are having problems trying to report on the protests. Now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that its very difficult for us to report from aaron i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can to iran we know theres a heavy Police Presence but around is actually not in the focus of much of the rest unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine its mostly been out in the provinces we had only scattered protests the last few nights but it does you slightly come as far as we can talk now as much as people want to see this revolution returns and some of the slogan certainly have been revolutionary in terms of attacking the islamic rebels regime and. These have been driven by economic grievances bread and butter issues such as high unemployment soaring prices things that have been bubbling away in Iranian Society progress on time and people are simply fed up with
To an investigation into alleged russian meddling in the president ial campaign diana easterbrook reports. For the first time a furious donald trump publicly thrashed his former strategist over comments in an upcoming book saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind in fire and fury inside the Trump White House bannon says Donald Trump Jr was treasonous and unpatriotic when he met with russians who claim to have dirt on democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton press secretary Sarah Sanders called the president s anger at bannon justified i would certainly think that going after the president s son and absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody the books release coincides with special prosecutor robert millers investigation into russias meddling in the twenty six thousand election and possible collusion by the Trump Campaign it includes inter
Jane doesnt this is their live from doha also coming up the e. U. Tehran and russia defend the rain in nuclear deal as u. S. President on trunk considers reimposing sanctions. Protests continue in tunisia against austerity more than two hundred people are arrested all the Prime Minister calls for calm. A mud slides and flooding sweep away homes in california at least seventeen people have died and more on this. Amnesty international is calling for an independent investigation into suspected atrocities by military it follows the armys admission for the first time that its soldiers murdered ten muslim rangar their remains were found in a mass grave in Rakhine State last month scott had the reports. For the first time in mahers military has admitted wrongdoing in its crackdown on the range of community a statement posted on the Facebook Page of the militarys commander in chief said troops and buddhas villagers murdered ten Rohingya Muslims in rico and state calling the dead bengali terror