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The Persian New Year “Nowruz” began on March 20. While Nowruz should promise the beginning of a new day or era, coupled with joy, jubilation, and sweets, it was the beginning of another bitter year for millions of Iranians who grapple with poverty.  While the blade of the country’s economic crunch c

The half-brother of Jordans King Abdullah II has said he has been placed under house arrest and accused the countrys "ruling system" of incompetence and corruption, exposing a rare rift within the ruling monarchy of a close Western ally. Prince Hamzahs videotaped statement came on Saturday after the countrys official news agency reported that two former senior officials and other suspects had been arrested for "security reasons," even as authorities denied that Hamzah had been detained or pla...

Turkish government. theres a lot of elements that need to be investigated. this has gotten the attention of the fbi, and they want to know more about it. >> shepard: for a little back story for our viewers, this uprising, this failed coup attempt, as they call it, they were in turkey, it allowed eventually for the jailing of many thousands of people in turkey, dissidents. its created a sort of ruling system in turkey, and has since allowed the leader there to try and find a foil. for a long time...

Arouzi. theres a lot of talk given what this friday will look like given the comments of the supreme court leader there. do we have a sense of what the response will look like? and do you get a sense the government in tehran will change the policies, not launch any more missiles, as a response to president trumps comments. >> reporter: >> well, as you mentioned, the revolution turns 38 this friday and that means a big anti-american rally and anti-israeli rallies. and it gives those a loyal to th...

This would only hurt the united states and europe. they are saying this. an attack on iran would galvanize support for the ruling system here. everybody in iran would have to support the system here. i dont think it would have the effect of any regime change here either. >> weve lot ali arouzi. david gregory. thank you so much for talking with us. whats the headline from this news conference? >> i think the president warning the republicans to stop talking so casually about war saying clearly th...

To hide, and there has been so much torture going on, and we have documents in there and it is crazy, like how can the people protest and at the same time, in alexandria, all the police stations have been burned almost at the same time. in two days. so they just want to stop the protests and the revolution, it is part of the regime. i dont know, but we suspect it is a combination of the national democratic party, the ruling system, the regime, and the interior ministry. that -- and part of it wa...

Running so high in iran. we saw all the demonstrations, the protests over the -- and quite honestly, the death, the brutality on the streets. so this is happening at a time when there is high tension and theyre concerned, im sure, about the possibility of more. >> that is one of the fears. because every time weve seen the opposition go out into the streets to try to show their opposition to the ruling system there, the security forces have come out hard, and they have used force. we have documen...

>> that is one of the fears. because every time weve seen the opposition go out into the streets to try to show their opposition to the ruling system there, the security forces have come out hard, and they have used force. we have documented cases of thousands of people arrested, accounts of torture taking place in the prisons. right now iran is the biggest prison for journalists right now. at least 42 people have been arrested, according to the organization reporting without borders. so if the ...

Activists in exile argue that hes too soft in his demands for change. in his lords asian german journalist reinhard baumgarten defender did abuse choice the support he received from the populace is evident through his hundreds of thousands of followers of facebook instagram and the popular messenger service telephone. yet he makes no secret of his closeness to president has done the army on the contrary he advocates for informing irans current ruling system instead of abolishing it outright. exh...