Reported dead. And one american diplomat feels threatened by Donald Trump New details emerge in the impeachment inquiry. 40 years to the days since a rainy and pretenses took Us Embassy Staff hostage both countries have taken steps likely to worsen their already strained relationship the u. S. Treasury secretary announced new sanctions against irans Armed Forces General staff its most senior military body and 9 people connected to the Supreme Leader ali herman a earlier on monday around sick another step away from the 2050 new clear deal so iran says its now operating twice as many advanced centrifuges asmer a lights on the agreements and lowering it. Enrich uranium faster this will make it quicker for iran to build a Nuclear Weapon or both an audience moments appeared signed to fall on the 40th anniversary of that seizure with the us embassy in tehran 52. 00 american citizens were detained for more than 400 days dosage of our reports from to her on the head of Irans Atomic Energy Organization at one of the countrys most important Nuclear Facilities this is where Ali Akbar Salehi announced that iran has now added another 30 advanced centrifuges. Zines you do see we werent supposed to have 30 chinese centrifuges we wanted to work on it after we tested 20 chinese centrifuges then 3 to 4 years later to work on the 30 chain centrifuges but we faced political challenges and senior authorities decided to show irans potential power and determination this is another step taken by iran to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal authorities here say since the United States withdrew last year and imposed if syriza further sanctions on iran the remaining european signatories have yet to uphold their end of the cream and and until they do iran will continue to advance its nuclear program. That is something to European Union is continuing to warn against we have continued torch run to reverse such steps without delay and to refrain from any further measures that would undermine the nuclear deal you know that we as the European Union remain committed to the implementation of the chase appeal way because its a matter of respecting International Agreement its a matter of our security but we have also been consistent in saying that commitment that our commitment to the Nuclear Defense and the full compliance by this announcement was made on the 40th anniversary of the takeover of the former u. S. Embassy in tehran where thousands gathered to mark the occasion they were demanding the return of the former Shah Mohammad reza pat levy to iran to stand trial the shah had been allowed into the u. S. To receive medical treatment for cancer those antiamerican sentiments are still strong and for many here the United States withdrawal from the nuclear deal is yet another example president Hassan Rouhani will be officially announcing around for the app and reducing its commitments to daisy know it very soon but after mondays announcement by you tomic interview organization there will likely be more concern and criticism about Irans Nuclear ambitions in the days ahead north of the bari aljazeera tacked on. Irans Foreign Ministry says the latest u. S. Sanctions show americas diplomatic shortcomings and bullying approach to International Affairs my counter has more on why the sanctions were imposed Senior Administration officials briefed journalists to make clear that the latest round of sanctions timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the arabian hostage siege well certainly these are significant the sanctions aimed at the very most senior levels of iranian leadership the 9 figures who individually singled out all men. Of the inner sanctums say a National Security officials among them is the head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of staff and very importantly the 2nd son of the Ayatollah Khomeini he was the only one of the i told his children to actually works within the office and certainly represents his father at times in public so this is a significant selection of sanctions but important to most to that Administration Officials making very clear that these sanctions are part of an ongoing process this particular round designed to coincide with the anniversary of the iranian hostage siege they are not necessarily a direct reaction to the latest Iranian Nuclear moves lets get more on this from rod shes a senior fellow at the National IranianAmerican Council and joins us now by skype from irvine California Kids have you with us here in aljazeera just talk us through the significance of the timing of these both from the american and the iranian side. The timing obviously from the americans like ones living with the 40th anniversary of. The hostage crisis is important because if you look at history of the United States and iran policy 979 is a watershed moment and its a turning point in how the u. S. Views iran how americans view iran and has affected us policy views of iran ever since that 40 years of sort of enmity that we see between the 2 sides starts with the hostage taking in yemen 170 now and from the arena inside why why have they in the specific day to roll back their commitments to the nuclear deal. Well the iranian government certainly uses the hostage crisis symbolically as well from the iranian Historical Perspective what we have to understand about november of 1990 is that what the fear was amongst the iranians was that there would be a 2nd crew that would take out that reinstates the shop because he had been allowed to he because he had been admitted into the United States 2 weeks earlier that goes back to the one 953. 00 coup which was led by the cia and overthrew Prime Minister mossad and reinstated the shop so there was a very real fear that there would be a repeat of that 26 years later in 1070 not another thing to mark historically is that while the revolution happened in february of 979 United States hadnt broken diplomatic relations so this isnt happen until november of mountains that. One could think that there was the potential of actually having diplomatic relations but of course with the seizure of the embassy all the black times. That both sides. You could argue have a legitimate grievance that the other do you think a lack of understanding of the others position is helping contribute to this ongoing crisis many decades later. Absolutely i think theres a lack of understanding on both sides i think that theres legitimate grievances are grievances on both sides and where the u. S. Is absolutely rightful to take issue with irans transgression and taking an embassy of all things to take hostages is problematic in another to do it on diplomatic soil is extremely problematic as it is you know overthrowing the government of a sovereign state to recruit so both sides have legitimate grievances the hope that i think especially on your army inside but i think that most americans at least was that the j. C. P. R. Way the Iran Nuclear Deal was an opportunity to sort of relinquish the baggage of the past and move forward looking to the future rabbit and that was a model for cooperation and a model for negotiations between adversaries that wasnt something that said you know now there is an alliance between the 2 sides but that they could cooperate. Have to leave it there very good to get your thoughts thanks very much for speaking to us here on aljazeera. Now thousands of protesters are back on the streets of the chilean capsule santiago as antigovernment demonstrations enter the 3rd week police have used water cannon and tear gas to try and disperse the crowds more protests tears have been throwing rocks they want president Sebastian Pinera to resign despite the governments offering a series of Economic Reforms for latin america and so this in human joins us now live from santiago for those protests showing no signs of losing steam if anything theyre getting more dramatic. Yes they are absolutely day by day this is day 17. According to the media at least 20. Years came out. Not completely dry when it started im extremely peacefully and. 6 write a short while ago looting began about 150 meters from where we are now there were some vandals and also people with masks that began to roll volatile cocktails at police they have been responding with massive amounts of tear gas to drive the entire demonstration no way which is that wasnt a thousands of people leaving many people covering their faces because of the clear gas which we all agree is much stronger than they usually have than it has been up until now but that many have come back as you could see theres theyre refusing to give up they say that its now or never that theres no turning back that there are big. As you could see. And the see a bit of the government have offered concessions but what will it take to end these protests. That is the 50 question people want Different Things some want to believe that. Somebody here is showing us how he was caught by helen i got pennies. But going back to your question people i want you to launch a new constitution on this one referendum i think imagining that the president right away the cabinet and opposition for the book was the exception of the hour never mind the communist congo which i refusing to even dialogue like that got him into writing the always present think the right was a good match the other systemic function youre forcing out of course well take a moment on ok this year human live in a very noisy santiago thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to date. Now must protests continue across iraq at least 5 people have been killed by Security Forces in the capital baghdad 5 runs for fart at demonstrations gathering near the state Television Headquarters and other protesters killed during the rally in the southern town of shutter and more than 250 people have been killed since process began 1st to sasha can name isnt backed out this has been a tense evening in the capital fires in the roads barricades and additional Security Forces than weve typically seen in previous evenings the violence began late this afternoon protesters attempted to cross a bridge near Tahrir Square thats been the epicenter of the protests they were trying to cross this bridge to get into the fortified green zone they tended to topple barricades and thats when witnesses say Security Forces responded with live ammunition witnesses are saying that there are people who have been killed the Prime Minister spokesman is saying that is not true medical sources say dozens of people are injured and most of the injuries. 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Are from god and shot wounds to the face and head and that wounded includes Security Forces from there there were reports that there were protesters who gathered around one of the Prime Ministers office is near the green zone and they had to be dispersed with tear gas and Water Cannons and also a spokesman with the Prime Ministers office says the protesters attempted to reach the ministry of justice they lit a fire near of building nearby a Spokesman Says that protesters were beaten back with sticks so what youre seeing is a new evolution in these protests where theyre no longer just confined to Tahrir Square but protestors are going to major intersection at intersections to prevent people from getting to work and going about their business and now we see theyre attempting to get to government offices already the last 2 days various government offices and businesses have been closed as well as schools in baghdad and several southern provinces teachers and attorneys are on strike the Prime Ministers office is threatening the treat the Teachers Union and Attorney Says that these teachers are not breaking the law they have the right to protest. 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Ambassador to ukraine Marie Janowicz ya know you have all of it chance to hold an impeachment inquiry she felt threatened by donald trump a transcript of her testimony to the inquiry has been released along with that of Michael Mccann the former advisor to the section of states mike can pay you your vote of it said ukrainian officials warns her that trumps allies were looking at south hearts her reputation on monday for officials colts testify before the inquiry never showed up you will see in ambassador of on a vicious testimony what a dedicated Public Servant she is this is someone who serve the country with distinction for decades it is someone who also is one of the 1st witnesses to this irregular back channel that the president s established with Rudy Giuliani and the damage that it was doing to americas National Security and Foreign Policy interests how it was working at. In opposition not in support of u. S. Policy objectives. Well President Trump is about to hold a rally in the city of lexington kentucky White House Correspondent kimberly who is there kimberly 1st of all to the impeachment inquiry what will we learn from those transcripts. Well certainly this is public and that is significant given the fact that up until now one of the main talking points of republicans has been that this is been done in secrecy that this is not a fair process for the u. S. President now this is out and transparent in the public and i can tell you for President Trump this has been troubling because its something he has been concerned about and so in advance he began discrediting not just the process but also the whistleblower who listened in on that july 25th phone call between the u. S. President and the ukrainian president the u. S. President has said that there was nothing wrong with the call he maintains that he is innocent of any of these sort of allegations that he has committed their wrongdoing but at the same time there is certainly a sort of a tangible feeling here in lexington kentucky among his supporters that they are fearful that this could hurt the president s reelection chances theyre also fearful that the president may not be treated fairly in the process so we expect as the president takes the stage in the coming hours that hes going to have an awful lot to say about it as he has been speaking rather vocally not just on twitter but as he left the white house saying that in fact he believes that the ambassador the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine was someone who was bad news in his words from the beginning we expect that hell double down on some of those accusations as he continues to try and defend himself. These are serious accusations and that this impeachment inquiry is posers sumburgh an existential challenge to use presidency so why on earth is President Trump in kentucky. Yeah because the u. S. President elect. Still i youre away so youre wondering perhaps why is he campaigning right now in lexington while kentucky is a handful of states that have these off year elections and the reason the President Trump is here is not only to help a governor a republican governor whos struggling and may not do so well come when voting day opens in the polls open in less than 24 hours but theres another reason and that is that this is the 1st time since the pietschmann inquiry has been made public that the u. S. President has been able to go out and kind of test that base of support as more and more of this testimony becomes public the president has insisted that this is not going to hurt or boris reelection chances but certainly privately behind closed doors republicans are wondering nervous so this is the 1st test to kind of see where that support lies so we expect the president s going to talk about this a lot as he rallies his supporters but just sort of testing is a bra matter how solid that base of support is really is going to be measured when some of the voters go to the polls on tuesday here in the u. S. State of kentucky can we talk about life in the elections in kentucky thanks very much indeed. Well the us has begun the formal process of withdr