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The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said the decision by the United States to impose further sanctions shows It's lying about wanting dialogue. Mr. Rouhani described US policy towards Tehran as one of desperation. Among those targeted by the new sanctions was the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But Mr. Rouhani said he had only modest assets inside Iran. From the BBC Persian Service, here is Majid Afshar. Yesterday, we heard from US officials that these sanctions could lead to the blocking of billions of dollars. But the question is where is this money and how are they planning to block them. But what is really important is that these sanctions are now pushing the Iranian officials further away from the negotiating table. What the US is trying to do through the maximum pressure policy is to get them to the negotiating table. What they don't realize apparently is that sanctions are gonna push them away.

Religious conservatives in Pakistan have called for a boycott of the detergent brand Ariel in response to an advert promoting female empowerment. Secunder Kermani report from Islamabad. The Ariel advert begins with a number of women sweeping away dirty sheets emblazoned with common patriarchal slogans such as What will people say? Education completed; Now you should look after your home. Then the captain of the Pakistani women's cricket team proclaims, these aren't just sentences, they are stains. Followed by the slogan, we won't let stains hold us back. On Twitter, some religious conservatives have expressed their anger. Other Pakistanis, however, ridiculed the idea that the advert represents an insult to Islam.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told members of his AK Party that it needs to understand the message sent by the public when they elected an opposition candidate as mayor of Istanbul. It's the first time in a quarter of a century that Mr. Erdogan's Party has lost control of Turkey's biggest city.

Nissan's chief executive has told the carmaker's annual shareholder meeting in Japan that its alliance with its French parent company Renault would break up very quickly if it became any more unequal. Nissan's share price and profits have fallen dramatically since the arrest of the former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. Here is Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. Nissan's shareholders have grudgingly approved a plan to restructure the company's top management and to install a new enlarged board of directors. The aim is to make the company more transparent and accountable following the allegations against Nissan's former boss Carlos Ghosn. But shareholders also showed their anger at the way the company is being run. One called Nissan's CEO Hiroto Saikawa to step down. Another accused the Chairman of Renault, Jean-Dominique Senard of looking after Reynold's interests at the cost of Nissen.

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