Iran foreign minister responds to Trump intervention threats
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
As protests in Iran continue into their third week, the country's foreign minister claims the situation is "under total control". President Donald Trump has warned that the US could intervene and has "very strong options". In response, Iran says it's "prepared" for war, but "does not seek" it. Also: Myanmar is accused of genocide over attacks on the Muslim Rohingya minority in 2017. The chairman of the US Federal Reserve is facing legal action. He claims it's a political attack. Hamas says it's prepared to hand over power in Gaza -- but is it? We hear how the campaign to end child marriage in the US has some powerful opponents. And, the chimpanzee who beat humans at a memory test has died.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm Alex Ritson, and on Monday the 12th of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.2 | Images of piles of bodies of protesters make it out of Iran as the foreign minister tells |
| 0:22.1 | the world theocracy is fully in control. The UN's top court opens a landmark case |
| 0:28.5 | accusing Myanmar of genocide over its treatment of the Rohingya. The head of America's |
| 0:33.5 | central bank says he's facing a criminal investigation because he won't obey Donald Trump |
| 0:38.1 | and cut interest rates. |
| 0:41.1 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | I was introduced to him in the morning and I was given away to him that night. |
| 0:49.2 | He was a stranger to me. |
| 0:50.4 | We investigate child marriage in the United States. |
| 0:57.6 | Demonstrations in support of the government are taking place in the Iranian capital, Tehran. |
| 1:02.9 | The leadership in Iran says they're in complete control of the situation after days of deadly |
| 1:08.2 | clashes between protesters and security forces. |
| 1:18.4 | But despite a near total internet ban, footage of demonstrations against the government is still getting out. |
| 1:26.1 | Human rights groups are reporting casualties in the hundreds. |
| 1:29.2 | President Trump had threatened military action. |
| 1:35.3 | Now, he says the leadership in Tehran wants to negotiate. On Monday, the Iranian foreign minister, |
| 1:41.2 | Abbasaragchi, said that Iran was ready for talks, but they must be based on mutual respect. |
| 1:47.6 | The Islamic Republic of Iran is not seeking war, but is fully prepared for war. |
| 1:51.2 | We do not want conflict, but we are completely ready for it. The best way to prevent war is to be ready, so that our enemies do not once again make a |
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