Irans internal rivalries

Published: May 1, 2021, 11:02 a.m.

A leaked recording has startled observers of Iran\u2019s government and military. Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was caught out when an interview meant for the archive of a state-sponsored think-tank found its way to the media. Jeremy Bowen explains what it revealed about how the country really works.\nPresident Biden has issued an official statement that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks from 1915 onwards were a \u201cgenocide\u201d - a term that's always enraged Turkish nationalists. Biden\u2019s statement was welcomed in Armenia and by the Armenian diaspora, but roundly rejected by Turkey\u2019s President Erdogan. Orla Guerin reports on the impact of the White House\u2019s verdict on history.\nIt has been three weeks since the volcano in St Vincent, La Soufriere, erupted. Ash rained down on the northern part of the island; more than a tenth of its people had to to shelter elsewhere and most crops have been ruined. Will Grant reached the red zone and saw how much needs to be rebuilt.\nChile has had one of the world\u2019s most successful vaccine rollouts, with over 40% cent of its people having had at least one jab. But infection rates haven\u2019t fallen as rapidly as was hoped. Some experts say the country\u2019s experience is proof vaccination alone can\u2019t keep whole populations free of Covid. Jane Chambers detects some disillusion in Santiago.\nThe self-declared Islamic State attracted around 40,000 foreign fighters to its territory, and many brought wives and children with them. Josh Baker spent years following the story of one American woman who travelled to Syria with her husband, taking her young son, Matthew, too. The boy survived more than two and a half years there and is now back in the US. Tracking him down took Josh to several unexpected places along the way.