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It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.
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It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.
Country's strict clothing code. in the capital, clashes with the security forces and the sound of gunfire. in mahsa amini's home down, they shouted women, life, freedom. and these demonstrators chancing freedom, freedom. enough of the despotism. images like this one, smoke rising, told of another violent crackdown there. live rounds were used and tear gas. the iranian authorities switching off the internet in the city, but a semiofficial news agency reporting at least 10,000 demonstrated. thousands of miles away, the white house announcing sanctions targeting more than a dozen iranian official...
We're just getting more incredibly impactful images out of iran today in northwest iran, protestors apparently targeting buildings, throwing stones, there seems to be tear gas, once again, on those streets, those videos posted by a rights groups that say that is a number of government buildings have been taken over and all of this today surrounds the funeral of a man who was shot dead during the protests yesterday. >> a powerful image scene around the world, a young woman not wearing a head scarf stands on the roof of the car, hands in the air, as crowds attempt to reach the grave of mahsa ami...
Support these iranian protestors? >> that's a great question, yasmin. one of the biggest challenges, as you point out correctly, we have seen repeatedly sanctions on iranian senior officials don't work. they aren't going to change the policy of that country. what we need to do now is be very clearly in support of the protestors. we need to provide them as much funding as possible. if that means getting capability into irans, so be it. they have active operations in iran. the united states and western allies need to support the protestors directly and help protect them from the attack that is h...
Iran. but this morning, there is no sign of compromising tehran. no backing down by these young, feel protestors and the many men out on the streets in support. just underscoring how intense it is in iran now, 15 worshipers were killed at a mosque, a shooting completely unrelated to the protests. isis claiming responsibility for that. the government of iran blaming foreign terrorists. it emphasizes how extraordinarily brave these protestors are going out onto the streets day after day in support of mahsa amini. >> they certainly are. keir simmons, thank you for that. jamil jaffer, back with me...