york city. welcome to our coverage today. smitty. sandra: we ll stay on that story for you. i m sandra smith. demonstrators burning flags and waving banners during a pro government rally denouncing interference from western allies in their fuel crisis. the head of the revolutionary guard issuing that threat. bill: benjamin hall picks up our coverage for more. these protests in iran seem to be shaking the regime there. they seem unable to contain them. unable to control them. they seem in some places to be spreading. coupled with the u.s. economic sanctions which are crippling them does feel at the moment as if iran is being backed into a corner as a result we re seeing more threats from them and a growing fear they might lash out again to force the u.s. to the negotiating table. have some of those sanctions reduced. at a pro-regime rally yesterday