Iran has promised severe revenge for the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist blaming israel for his murder. Mohsen fakhrizadeh died in hospital after gunmen attacked his car outside tehran. Israel has previously accused him of masterminding a covert Nuclear Weapons programme, though it hasnt commented on his assassination. Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has more. The scene of an ambush. The highway where gunmen targeted a vehicle carrying one of the most important figures in Irans Nuclear programme. Mohsen fakhrizadeh was a scientist and Senior Defence official. But western Intelligence Services have long believed he was the Driving Force in irans quest for a nuclear bomb. Iran has always said its Nuclear Programme was peaceful but its been claimed fakhrizadeh was leading work on project amad to develop a weapon. In 2018, he was singled out by israels Prime Minister. This is how dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of project amad, put it remember that name, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
This is that from me and the team. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. President trump has just strengthened us sanctions against the International Criminal court, describing it as an extraordinary threat to the United States. Well, my guest today is the president of the icc, chile eboe 0suji. Now, the court was set up to and impunity for the worst of crimes. Now, the court was set up to end impunity for the worst of crimes. So is it now time to acknowledge that that grand ambition will never be realised . Judge chile eboe 0suji in the hague, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Its an honour to be here. Well, were delighted to have you on at this very sensitive time for the International Criminal court. President donald trump has declared your court an extraordinary threat to the United States of america. You are locked in conflict with the worlds most powerful nation. How damaging is that for the court . We look at it in terms of from
America has been through viciously divisive periods before far worse than what we live through today with the hindsight of history we can see that as the Inflection Point between an old system that is broken down and a new one sorry at the Inflection Point . Absolutely right in the middle of it the best example is that in 2016 with the republican primary there was a real civil war and the Republican Party the establishment representatives like jeb bush and others didnt get the nomination or the support of the American People it was donald trump the democrats are going to the same thing right now they are having a civil war in their party is it going to be a traditional democrat or the outsider or socialist and then to govern the people but after a long period of thoughtfulness to go through the divisive periods we are a dynamic country geographically economically we are costly reinventing ourselves as individuals and as a nation and government by our very nature and then they get stuck
Philosopher story here regard, but im going to do it here, because i think it is relevant and he said that life is best understood backwards, but you need to limit forwards and i think what we will try to do here today is to try to understand trumps north korea policy backwards and think about some of the things that happened in order to understand how are going to be living at forwards and what is coming in the coming year and i think thats really important because for several reasons, one, this is one of the Biggest International issues of our time, and at stake right, now and whether the approach is effective or not, it is not just whether we address the north Korean Nuclear threat, also a chance for reconciliation in north korea, and our efforts to stop the spread of Nuclear Weapons are also its state. In, addition i think its a critical window into understanding how President Trump conduct Foreign Policy. This is a signature Foreign Policy issue and i think its also important beca
Welcome to our afternoon panel. Hope lunch was well. Our topic for our panel today is, the trump approach to north korea, effective or not, and we have an amazing panel that i will introduce shortly. I dont start every think tank panel with a quote from the 19th century philosopher, danish philosopher story here regard, but im going to do it here, because i think it is relevant and he said that life is best understood backwards, but you need to limit forwards and i think what we will try to do here today is to try to understand trumps north korea policy backwards and think about some of the things that happened in order to understand how are going to be living at forwards and what is coming in the coming year and i think thats really important because for several reasons, one, this is one of the Biggest International issues of our time, and at stake right, now and whether the approach is effective or not, it is not just whether we address the north Korean Nuclear threat, also a chance