can be protected successful diplomatic document. it seems to me i'll just reply to this question but i want to repeat myself will try to achieve that all the remaining disagreement clearly an. obligation on the on this comprehensive plan is on the resolution of the un security council twenty two thirty one also in respect to those obligations which were at the meetings of the foreign affairs of the european counter a china and russia in july and september last year. is there is the need now stool to get together ministers foreign affairs of the five countries and iran to discuss a situation which took place are probably. needed concerning the usa they said that usa would send

a group of carriers to it would still be say area well it's kind of least if the situation. as they say international and sending two can reconvening at the minute as a foreigner within the framework of the joint committee which was established. in accordance with this agreement and the resolution of the un security council of course will come back consultations and this whole matter. i'm not sure that from the beginning it will require the ministerial level but the consultations iris really need it can be ending that security council i don't see any need for that the security council accepted the resolution twenty two thirty one which no one has sold us and that united states violated it in there in a very this way of course one can be monitored the return of that is still this agreement but it will be just a propagandistic action we do understand that it won take place that ministration in washington was very cool concretely very specific concerning their intentions

concerning the escalation escalation of the situation in the region. and international law to states to send their carious or to the passion for and on the whole. a tool to strengthen their military presence painting at their readiness to use of force you know all this has become. a man of behavior far merican colics unfortunately. the middle east and. for in respect to venezuela all they say is. and the day before yesterday meeting this case secretary mr pompei in finland i appealed to him scale. is your support medic is here is to use the instruments of diplomacy and not threats. strictly by the international law the provisions of these statutes few and which require

peace will settle most of the disputes but will this one need a taste of diplomacy which probably is not present with everyone but will continue to achieve. aimed at the finding of the compromises and the find of the balance of the interests is the only way but the position of what's owed approaches to everyone. it's a counterproductive and to deadlock position. you were listening to the russian foreign minister served a lot of rob as well as the iranian foreign minister javad zarif speaking in moscow giving a press conference together from his part the russian foreign minister said that he expects the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal is european signatories to fulfill their obligations under that pact and he also did say that the situation around the nuclear deal was making it hard for

a test run to fulfill its obligations and mohammad javad zarif from his and said that iran wants to continue working with european signatories and also said that iran is genuinely committed to the nuclear deal for more on this let's bring in zain bus robbie who's joining us from tehran so mohammad javad zarif zain is showing iran's demonstrating iran's commitment to that nuclear deal despite earlier on today iran saying that it will resume high level enrichment of uranium if the countries that are part of that deal don't stick to their promises. absolutely he's not just demonstrating that he's also demonstrating that iran is not powerless on the global stage by going to moscow by appearing next to serve a strong international ally a country that's become a strong international other runs over the last few years sending a clear message to the united states that if it stands against iran iran may seem

isolated but it does not stand alone on several issues let's go over a little bit of what. he said now of firms this cooperation with the nuclear deal as one of the people or one of the countries that helped negotiate it one of the signatories to the deal he affirmed his cooperation with the deal thereby cementing the fact that it is still somehow alive that it is not too late to continue to try and save the deal he also called the u.s. sanctions against iran unacceptable and illegitimate and said that iran's relationship with russia was a strong one one that would continue certainly cementing russia's support for iran at this very critical time for the country and a couple of things that really emerged as significant is that both countries mentioned of both the iranian and the russian foreign minister is mentioned their cooperation on syria their shared feeling for what policy should be in libya in iraq in afghanistan in venezuela of all countries that are fears of influence for the united states and this this begs the question that if they are cooperating on

the just a and united states is putting pressure on iran then when zarif repeated the names of these countries it suggested that going forward russia and iran would be allied in their policies on these countries and most likely could pose a challenge to the united states both countries also reaffirms how they and how russia and china as well. also mention china saying that russia and china were maintaining their commitment to the nuclear deals and to the nuclear deal and both ministers called out european leaders for really not doing the same in the time since united states has been hammering all the new. deal and since united states pulled out of the deal so both countries sort of calling out their european counterparts and saying to european leaders that we have two months that within the framework of the deal with iran's actions are legitimate you know let's come to the table and try to find out a solution and commit to your part of the bargain commit to your part of the deal and stick to the tenets of the agreement now for european powers this is going to

be a tricky one since they have succumbed to u.s. pressure over the course of the last year when it comes to sanctions ok is thank you so let's remind everyone about the key details off the iran nuclear agreement which is formally known as the joint comprehensive plan of action or as zain was saying the way the landmark nuclear deal was signed in twenty fifteen by iran the five permanent members of the u.n. security council germany and the european union so under that agreement on severely limited its nuclear enrichment activities and allowed far more detailed inspections than before an exchange the other parties agreed to lift nuclear related sanctions on iran but that did not include separate u.s. sanctions that were not related to the nuclear program and even before president donald trump pulled out of the deal last year iran has long complained that washington did not do enough to ease its banking restrictions let's speak to. his

see a co-founder and c.e.o. of center for applied research in partnership with the orient and he advise european policymakers on iran he is joining us via skype from thanks very much for speaking to us so now the european signatories find themselves in a situation where to iran is saying you have sixty days basically to take any action what do you think they're going to do. there is no doubt that this will further complicate the quest to save guard the agreement but at the same time there is also this notion of escalating in order to deescalate so i can imagine that with iran showing a clear role now of what a gradual withdrawal from the agreement could look like could look like it might be more easier even now for the europeans to leave make up their minds as to how

important that equipment is to them and to try jointly with the russians and the chinese to secure it runs david and out of this agreement and therefore trying to save our the region. as a as a former advisor to european policymakers on iran what would you advise them to do that in fact it is quite clear that for the europeans now more than ever it should be obvious that this deal is about the security of europe it's about not nuclear it's about look nuclear nonproliferation so it's really important for a region that is prone to conflict and war in neighboring region of europe therefore all attempts to make sure that transactions with you prime or wholesales off iran can be staged guarded have to be double down there has to be more. efforts and that whether or not that will succeed in the end is something that wires and other experts have to have to assess at this point and how serious do you think

they will be. looking at russia's position when russia their foreign minister just a few moments ago said that the european signatories sent to fulfill their obligations. well i think in general we can really see that that there is increased expectations from the europeans to do something at the same time the chinese and the russians do also have their role in trying to make sure that this that this happens to to ensure that some form of trade with iran can be kept alive so it's not just on the the onus is not just on the europeans but it's obviously you know who are probably the most important partners for iran when it comes to proper economic relations and development and not just survive which can be secured with russia and china and how do you think the u.s. will be viewing this latest press conference between the two foreign ministers

russia and iran because iran is clearly demonstrating that it's not powerless on the global stage and has powerful allies. i mean i expect the u.s. now to obviously say that this constitutes a substantial breach by the iranians of the g c p a and therefore try to to further up the pressure because of the iran and i don't think that there will be a serious view in washington that the meeting between zaeef and. sent in the not at all is to some extent. position seen as a threat or as a point of concern i think they will downplay all of this and try to basically continue this. pressure complaint against iran regardless of whether it be run as or has not justified positions that group claims we thank you very much for speaking to us from dorf short. now to some of the other day's news and so don's

military council says it could hold elections in six months if an agreement can be reached with the opposition differences remain over the length of the interim period and who will lead the country during that time head of morgan has more from hard to. the military council in sudan is meeting with political parties and civil society groups it says that it wants to hear from them and see what their vision is for the transitional period now yesterday the military council responded to a proposal by the opposition coalition which has been spearheading calls for protests since december and it said that the constitutional document which the opposition coalition presented to it is something that they agree on with in terms of the structure of that document but they have heavily criticized it they see that the legal terms that are in that constitutional document are not clear and that it needs further explanation they also say that it has excluded other political parties and the military council itself of course the main issue of contention that has to be resolved that remains to be resolved between the military council and the

opposition coalition and other political parties is the issue of representation how much representation should each side have during that transitional period and how long that period should be for so a lot of things to be resolved as tens of thousands of people continue with their thoughts and in front of the army headquarters demanding for a civilian independent transitional government and with the military council saying that if there is no solution if there is no solution reached between the two sides if there still needs continues then there will be elections something that people on the streets say they're not ready for that opposition parties are not really ready for with a lot of things to be determined and it doesn't look like sudan is any closer to having a transitional government anytime soon. christian woman who spent eight years on death row is in a blossom a case has now left the country. she's headed for canada six months after her quit or by pakistan's supreme court the verdict led to protests in parts of the country bibi was originally convicted in two thousand and ten after being accused of insulting the prophet muhammad during a fight with her neighbors. on

a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers have been killed in the explosion of data darby. our one of the country's oldest soofi shrines it was also targeted by suicide bombers in twenty ten when more than forty people. still ahead on al-jazeera south africans go to the polls to choose a new parliament and the toughest test yet for the governing a.n.c. part. the sun is out but is often cited over in japan not normally because of what's coming out of china but what's being picked up for the south if you increase

humanity and therefore the cloud you end up producing some rain but just disappoint for the most part by taking away the blue ceiling twenty four degrees and you'll feel less on the green trees and stickiness in tokyo twenty three in bright sunshine in pyongyang and thirty a rise in temperature in beijing clearly it's not particularly warm to the northeast and twelve invited for stock but that's in the sunshine little real change for tokyo at that say on friday but if you further north at least the sun has come out now most of the real active with the and this is where the to really increase humidity is further south in china and in vietnam these big puffs of cloud these big thunder cells produce this sort of condition so it's you know is that some a year that's hard man as a matter of interest but. one dollar this is the picture for thursday and you can see the wind is quite clearly coming together with that happens you build a thunderstorm looks like it's offshore but i wouldn't risk it if you're in hong kong take a number on it looks

a slightly dry picture on friday but you'll still feel as humid. the latest news as it breaks he just did not have time to speak you can learn a new trial payments and then the burning to started raining to the growth details coverage thousands of protesters pumped up to the cost pot odds members at eight hundred of those docile days of the space go from around the world last three days in doubt as most of the water is once more rushing down river it's an unwelcome thing for timid third barely begun to live up.