maldives situation

Iran’s president is accusing Pakistani agents of involvement in a suicide bombing in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan this weekend. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said “US action” contributed to the attack. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it plans to enter into new agreements with sixty-seven state and local law enforcement agencies. We host a debate between the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the Center for Immigration Studies, and we air excerpts of a recent discussion between President Mohamed Nasheed and Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about Maldives, which could be submerged soon by rising sea levels. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.