seem to be growing. in february, iran international tv which has long been critical of the iran government closed its london offices after police felt unable to provide protection to its staff. british based lawyers and activists have received deaths threats, and a reporterfor the bbc s persian staff told this programme that she s received half a million threats on social media. all this comes amid claims that the government is doing too little to help stop the abuse. mike thomson reports. the iranian government must have been delighted after years protection for staff there, as well as for people working
to plunder our currency reserves, attempt to cause the exchange rates of the rouble to plummet, inflation, but i remind you the anti russian sanctions are just a means. the end, i quote, is to make russia suffer, to make our citizens suffer. how humane of them! they want to make us suffer, to destabilize our society from inside, but their plans were not fulfilled. let s speak now to sergei goryashko, reporterfor the bbc russian service. thank you forjoining us. some of the things said by president putin such as his blaming the west for
i think people are now looking into what they re buying a lot more than what they used to be, but we are still trading quite well. there s a lot of retailers when you look around, you actually see a large amount of people around spending money as well. after a tricky year, retailers hope that the big discounts can draw in much needed customers. katy austin, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world: iran: catching a killer for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazaeri, and i m a reporterfor bbc persia. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed.
to growing pressure from beijing. you are watching bbc news. now ourworld iran: catching a killer. for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazaeri, and i m a reporterfor bbc persia. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed.
will likely be more, as the injured are treated in hospital. something has gone horrifically wrong here in seoul tonight. working out what is an important next step. but tonight, this city is numb, still trying to track down its lost. let s speak to kelly kasulis cho, who is a reporterfor the washington post in seoul she was at the scene earlier. let s start with what you actually saw when you were there.- let s start with what you actually saw when you were there. yeah, i live in this saw when you were there. yeah, i live in this area saw when you were there. yeah, i live in this area and saw when you were there. yeah, i live in this area and i saw when you were there. yeah, i live in this area and i was - live in this area and i was celebrating halloween in my house when i started hearing reports of some possible deaths, and i arrived around midnight. by the time i got there, what i saw was some people who were completely covered, and who were dead, being taken away into am