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World Service,28 Jun 2018,53 mins

Iran's Government 'Will Stand Firm'

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President Hassan Rouhani says his cabinet will not resign despite nationwide protests over the state of the economy. The US Supreme Court has dealt a blow to American unions. We take a look at why union membership globally continues to decline. Malaysian police seized $273m worth of goods from properties linked to ex-PM Najib Razak. We follow the latest twists and turns in the ongoing 1MDB corruption investigation in Malaysia. Also in the programme, our regular economic commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute assesses the latest salvos in the trade dispute between President Donald Trump and countries around the world. Plus, they are known as the Oscars of the food industry. So why were only three women on the shortlist of The World's 50 Best Restaurants? Vivienne Nunis is joined throughout the programme by David Kuo, Director of the Motley Fool Singapore, and Alison Van Diggelen, host of freshdialogues.com from Silicon Valley. (Picture: Iranian traders in Tehran shut down their shops to protest worsening economic conditions. Credit: Getty Images)

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