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Over a tweet deemed anti muslim the reprimands comes as germany begins and forcing tougher laws concerning hate speech on social media. Plus saudi arabia embarks on a pivotal year as it introduces reforms among them lifting a ban on women driving we will hear from saudi women about the change of the call for deeper reforms. Im sorry kelly it is great to have you with us clashes overnight in iran have left at least nine people dead the antigovernment protests have been raging for nearly a week in tehran and around the country in total several hundred people have been arrested and things twenty have been killed according to state media irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khamenei. He appeared to condemn the unrest in a post on his official website in which he accused irans enemies of meddling in the country. And lets talk a little bit more about that crackdown we are joined by a. F. P. Correspondent Eric Randolph who is joining us with the latest from tehran and eric as weve heard Iranian
Cut on welcome. Turkish gentleman just as a dentist you chill is to be freed after a year into prison heres how it was jailed on suspicion of spreading propaganda in support of a terrorist organization and inciting violence he denies the allegations and in fact he was never charged with any crime shes detention has strained relations between germany and to keep huge as impending release comes a day after german chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for movement on your case in a bullet in meeting with the turkish Prime Minister. Now journalists from the organization the vets have been celebrating the release of their colleagues a bundestag reporter younes linda tweeting this picture of dennis im afraid i think well probably go to our correspondents on this story dorian jones is standing by in istanbul and nina is at our parliamentary studios starting with you nina first tell us more about what is known about dennis you chills impending release well first of all armories are think its importa