iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. iranian media outlets say that a letter from the head of the judiciary said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, joins me now. thank you for coming in. talk us through, first of all, what we know about what has happened here. figs through, first of all, what we know about what has happened here. as you mentioned, about what has happened here. as you mentioned. the about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme leader - about what has happened here. as you mentioned, the supreme leader has . mentioned, the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting
the programme. thanks for having me. we have been the programme. thanks for having me. we have been hearing the programme. thanks for having me. we have been hearing reflections - the programme. thanks for having me. we have been hearing reflections and l we have been hearing reflections and analysis over the last few hours about the complicated legacy he leaves. how do you try and sum it up? i leaves. how do you try and sum it u . ? ., ,., , ., up? i would say that pervez musharraf s up? i would say that pervez musharraf s initial - up? i would say that pervez musharraf s initial years - up? i would say that pervez musharraf s initial years in l up? i would say that pervez - musharraf s initial years in power were seen by many pakistanis as a period of relative prosperity, even liberalism. it was irrevocably marred by the last years he was in power, and ultimately his legacy will undoubtedly be seen as negative in pakistan. he left in economically in pakistan. he left in economi
poverty wajges. this is important for all of us. thank you for being here. i also want to thank tiffany. thank you. happy holidays. thank you and happy holidays to you as well. all right. appreciate it. after the break, after signals the cia was open to reforming the drone program, they are continuing to keep a tight lid on it. now tens of thousands of pakistanis are blocking nato supply routes. we re going to discuss the road to transparency with the center for american progress next on now. [ grunts softly ] [ ding ] i sense you ve overpacked, your stomach. try pepto to-go. it s pepto-bismol that fits in your pocket. relief can be yours,
ten years of u.s. military strikes, over 300 of them as recent as one of them as recent as last week, many pakistanis are protesting in large numbers against american drone attacks. on saturday in it the northwestern city of peshawar, tens of thousands of pakistanis were protesting u.s. drone strikes. they are threaten iing to block nato supply routes until the u.s. halts the strikes. demonstrators today are still blocking that spla route stopping truck drivers in their tracks and disrupting the flow of nato provisions after several alleged drone strikes hit the region. one striking an islamic seminary in northern pakistan on thursday and two more in yemen within the past two weeks. this is despite suggestions from u.s. officials earlier this year the drone program would be shifted from the cia to the military and thus subject to more transparency. the new strikes and protests are a reminder the program still operates with heavy secrecy and a range of different types of
brian bennett with us, works the intelligence beat for los angeles times. i want you both to listen to secretary clinton after the meeting. on the one hand, she s trying to i don t know if make nice is the right words but calm the anger. she says we re at a turning point, and then we have reached a turning point. osama bin laden is dead, but al qaeda and its syndicate of terror remain a serious threat to us both. there is momentum toward political reconciliation in afghanistan, but the insurgency continues to operate from safe havens here in pakistan. almost ten years now after 9-11, fran, what she s saying is the problem is not afghanistan, the problem is pakistan. well, i think that s exactly right, john. look, this is to say the access, in advance of her trip, pakistanis agreed to give cia