has the foreign minister of iran, javad zarif, has he arrived yet, based on what you know, nic? >> reporter: wolf, so far, he hasn't arrive here at the iaea headquarters. we do understand from pool reporters traveling with secretary kerry that zarif and secretary kerry wrapped up about an hour-long meeting 20 minutes ago. now, from where that was located in downtown vienna here, it would be about half an hour for the iranian foreign minister to arrive at this location. and we've just seen security personnel working for the u.n. at the iaea headquarters here, just do a walk-through of the route that the dignitaries will take when they arrive here. of course, we don't have confirmation of precisely who will be arriving here, but it does seem to be getting closer at this moment, wolf. >> and we also know that the secretary of state, john kerry, he's going to be showing up at some point. do they formally sit down around a table to sign some sort of document, some sort of international agreement? we know they did that several months ago when they announced the nuclear deal, but as fa

that is when mohammad javad zarif had four aides deploy to the airport and sort this out. that is the reason why it took a long time. there was certainly a lot of drama and uncertainty. you had iran involved and u.s. involved and switzerland involved as the intermediary. >> fred pleitgen, we know the treasury department levied they waited until after they knew the americans were well on their way home. fred, thank you for that. >>> this morning, as corporate offices open around the world, iran is rejoining the business community for the first time in decades. the international atomic energy agency says it will be harder for iran to develop a north carolina weaponuclear weapon. we have nic robertson joining us live in vienna with the latest. this is a big day for the iranian economy. >> reporter: it is a big day. this is going to open up opportunities they have not seen in a long time. certainly the expectation they will put a lot of the frozen assets into modernizing their oil sector. what they want to do is increase production despite the fact that they will put it on the

let's listen in. >> iranian minister of foreign affair, javad zarif. >> if i can ask for silence, please. thank you. our friends, take a seat. good evening, and as usual, thank you for your presence, your work, and your patience. today we have achieved implementation day of the joint comprehensive plan of action. ever since adoption day we worked hard and showed mutual commitments and collective will to finally bring the implementation. today almost exactly six months after finalization of the historic deal, the international atomic agency has verified that iran has implemented its nuclear related commitments and the gpcoa. as iran has fulfilled its commitments, today multilateral and national economic and financial sanctions related to iran's nuclear program are lifted in accordance with the gcpoa. the eu and countries consisting of people's republic of china, republic of france, federal republic of germany, russian federation, united kingdom of great britain and islands, and the united states of america and iran will also cooperate in the fields of peaceful uses of nuclear energy in th

the foreign minister, javad zarif of iran, will make a statement there, together with the secretary of state, john kerry, the eu representatives, others who have gathered on this important day, the implementation of the iran nuclear deal. nic, what are you learning? >> reporter: well, wolf, on the implementation day, what we would expect or were expecting was the director general of the international atomic energy agency, right here, to be making a statement on iran's compliance. that still appears to be going ahead. i've talked to officials here at the iaea. they still expect that. but they emphasize that this has been an extraordinary past couple of days, that everything is in flux and that it could change, we're also expecting the iranian foreign minister, javad zarif, to arrive here. this has been expected over the past couple of hours. he hasn't arrived here yet. he tweeted a little while ago, to say that implementation day is coming. diplomacy takes a little time. he's indicating there in that statement, it appears that we should expect a little delay, at this time, not clear, qu

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i think the good will built up between secretary kerry and foreign minister javad zarif is a good thing. i think we're giving some of our leverage away. if you replace that with goodwill, it probably will work out. there is nothing wrong with talking to the iranians. >> i want you both to listen to up with gop presidential candidates, marco rubio, slamming the deal. almost all of them are. let's roll it. >> this deal is a really problematic deal. and it reflects a pattern we've seen in the obama administration over and over again of negotiating with terrorists and making deals and trades that endanger safety and security. >> that was ted cruz there, one of the many critics, this morning on fox news. to both of you, to you, general, first, do they have a point? are you at all concerned about whether this deal will work in the long run? >> you're always concerned, poppy, when you start negotiating with countries who have in the past been called irrational actors. you don't know what they're going to do next. and in this case, i think we're trusting, but we're attempting to verify, using t

mohammad javad zarif held discussions on sunday on the syrian conflict with u.n. special envoy to syria stefan de mistura. he was quoted as saying tehran will not allow it to negatively affect efforts to end the crisis. he reportedly said iran has an important role to play. the meeting was held amid rising tensions between iran and saudi arabia. many nations are worried about the recent break in diplomatic ties between the two countries. iran supports the government of syrian-led bashir al assad. saudi arabia is lending help to anti-government forces. saudi foreign minister jubeir met de mistra last week. a tension is now focused on whether iran and saudi arabia can work together to that end. >>> the egyptian parliament has held its first formal session since the military took power in 2013. members who support president abdel fattah al sisi have a majority. groups are worried the government may become more authoritarian. legislators elected constitutional expert ali abdelaal as speaker, belonging to a group of lawmakers who support sisi. parliament has 13 days to

some break through that now makes javad zarif and secretary kerry best of friends. >> iran giving up its enriched uranium, there are many who said iran would never do this, never live up to the terms of the deal and now they have. >> all we know is the international atomic energy agency, the iaea, gave them a clean bill of health under a lot of pressure from the united states, let's finish this already, let's get this over and done with. obama needs this as part of his legacy. >> do you think the iaea would give iran a clean bill of health just to help president obama in his last year in office? >> it's not that simple. it's much easier to put away some of the findings such as for instance cooperation in inspection, we know that for a fact that even to this very day, there is no full cooperation in inspection. which puts this whole thing under a question mark. we also know that, there's a lot of problems there, that are still there. for instance, i don't know for a fact that the whole issue of putting concrete in that plutonium facility in iraq is completed . >> here's an idea, you a

senior diplomats in iran the united states and the european union will be meeting, john kerry, javad zarif and frederica mogherini are having talks, whether the u.n. has delivered under its obligations of the deal. >>> gang raping women in burundi, while searching opposition supporters in december acknowledge including one in a military camp said to contain the bodies of more than 100 people who were reportedly killed last month. >>> meanwhile four army generals accused of being behind a failed coup in may have been sentenced to life in prison. they're among 20 military officers on trial for attempting to unseat president pierre nkurunziza. >>> u.s. health officials have issued a travel warning for 14 countries in the caribbean and latin america. they are at risk for a mosquito born virus, pregnant women have been told to avoid traveling to the areas where the zika virus have been proven to cause damage to unbosh infants. lucia newman reports. >> holding babies with one thing in common. they were born with noticeably smaller than normal heads. it's called microcephaly, a condition that sev

saturday, secretary of state john kerry met with iranian foreign minster mohammed javad zarif in vienna - after a u-n agency verified iran had completed the necessary steps to restrict its nuclear program. and just after that meeting, u.s. officials confirmed that iran has freed five american separate cases, some as early as 2011. four were part of an exchange, including washington post journalist jason rezaian charged with espionage in december 2014 following 5 months in detention. the plane carrying the americans.. one stop closer to reaching u.s. soil. "to my fellow americans, today we are united in welcoming home sons and husbands and brothers who in lonely prison cells have endured an absolute nightmare." i'm karin caifa reporting. the deal also paves the way ... so that oil from iran can flow to the global market, which is already saturated... . and prices are dropping to prices that haven't been seen for more than ten years. the most immediate fallout could be a steep drop in crude oil prices on the asian market monday morning. ben ross is here now with a preview of sports. -nfl

policy chief and also mohamed javad zarif the iranian foreign minister. now all of them making statements, giving their reaction, they are suggesting up of this agreement. we were just hearing from frederica me reason i there whoo said sanctions are now lifted against a ran and described it as a strong and fair agreement which she believed would make the world a safer place. >> all right, jacky rowland live there chasing after the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. thanks for the moment, jacky. >>> so, as we have heard sanctions against iran will now be lifted bit by bit. with firms worldwide already sending their people in the count are you to see what opportunities there are. in the last few hours, iranian media has reported the arrival in teheran of executives from two oil joints, u.s. companies may find it harder with sanctions to them not easing quite as much as for the others. gerald tan reports now on what the financial future may hold. >> reporter: years of international sanctions on iran have choked the economy. an international ban on doing bus

secretary of state john kerry led last-minute talks with iranian foreign minister javad zarif. certification has prompted the u.s. and the european union to lift long-standing economic sanctions against iran, allowing iran to gain access to $100 billion in frozen assets. with sanctions lifted, iran's government says within weeks it will boost oil exports by 500,000 barrels a day, and it will immediately buy 114 passenger jets from airbus. >> today marks the moment that the iran nuclear agreement transitions from an ambitious set of promises on paper to measurable action in progress. >> reporter: in the hours leading up to certification, >> sreenivasan: in the hours leading up to certification, iran freed five americans, including "washington post" reporter jason rezaian, who had been jailed 18 months on espionage charges that his newspaper called "trumped up." the post said it "couldn't be happier" about his release. rezaian and three other men freed-- including a former marine and a pastor-- are dual u.s. and iranian citizens. iran also released an american college student in

. >> reporter: kerry was alluding to the fact that he and mohammed javad zarif communicated tuesday. iranian officials first had accused the sailors of suspicious behavior and the local press said they had been arrested. however, observers say tehran had a vested interest in tamping down the rhetoric. the nuclear deal between iran and the international community. >> over the next few days the deal is going to be fully implemented by all parties involved especially the united states. and at the same time, the iranian armed forces the i.rgc commanders don't want to take any unnecessary risk. >> nuclear weapons program may be a reason why the u.s. isn't making a big deal out of this statement there one of the sailors on iranian tv displp it wa.it was a mistake that was our fault. the iranian behavior was fantastic while we were here. we thank you very much for your assistance. >> isn't an official policy and wasn't sure if this was a violation of international treaties. >> generally speaking you are not supposed to show images of detained persons. there they add that with so many critic

. >> reporter: kerry was alluding to the fact that he and foreign minister mohammed javad zarif talked at least five times on tuesday to resolve the situation. the pentagon says the crew had experienced mechanical problems with one of its boats and float intermediate iranian waters. bun but iran at first accused the sailors of suspicious behavior and local press said they had been arrested. however vested interest in tamping down the rhetoric, over the nuclear deal between iran and the international community. >> the parties will be resolved especially the united states, and for the time being the iranian forces, the irgc commanders don't want to take any unnecessary risk. >> the deal will ease sanctions on iran if it dismantles its nuclear weapons program and may be a reason why the u.s. isn't making a big deal from one of the sailors on iranian tv. >> it was a mistake, our fault and we apologize for our mistake. the iranian behavior was fabulous while we were here, we thank you very much for your assistance. >> not an official policy and wasn't sure whether this was a violation of in

john kerry did not call jav javad zarif and apologize. in the midst of this on camera one of the u.s. sailors apologizing taking responsibility for having moved into iranian waters. but what u.s. officials are doing in conversations they're raising questions about the substance of that apology because they're saying that when they're in detention in effect of the iranian authorities that you would consider that apology, wolf, to be under duress. and regardless it does not represent the position of the u.s. government. >> this incident took place as you know just days before what's called a final implementation of the iran nuclear deal, lifting of sanctions, other steps that will aid iran. what role if any do you think that played in releasing these americans? >> a lot of people watching this iran deal say we may have seen a pragmatic streak in the supreme leader khomeini. this is the result of two years more of difficult negotiations with the u.s. iran has an enormous amount to gain to the tune of tens of billions of dollars, unfrozen ass

it took a phone call from secretary of state kerry to his iranian counterpart mohammad javad zarif.said listen, we have the deal to release these people. this has to work. zarif sent some of his aides to the airport and the swiss plane was able to takeoff for switzerland and geneva. they then came here. it has now come to a very good end as the three americans are now here in the american facility and getting the attention they need. >> it is interesting. the treasury department late yesterday issued new sanctions against some corporations and companies that were doing business with iran. sanctions having to do with missile technology. interesting on the timing of that. the press release goes out after we know the americans are safely en route to where you are. >> reporter: absolutely. it was an interesting time, but it shows that there was this window of opportunity to get the prisoner swap going. the u.s. also released seven iranian-americans and iranians on their side of the equation. both sides making clear this doesn't mean these nations have normal relations. there is a lot of

secretary of state john kerry is traveling to vienna tomorrow to meet with his iranian counterpart javad zarif. here's what happens if the deal goes through. basically you're going to have the lifting of these punishing economic sanctions that have been in place for years against iran's economy. and that will unleash not necessarily on the first day but over time an enormous economic windfall for iran. first of all you have $150 billion in frozen iranian assets overseas that are going to be freed up. now, iran's not going to get all $150 billion because a good deal of that money is owed to creditors. it's going to be basically paying off debt. other things tied up because it's still difficult for iran to work in the international banking system. the u.s. treasury estimates they'll net about $50 billion from those frozen assets. still a big chunk of money. you have other things happening as well with its economy. they're going to be able to sell their oil and gas on the international markets. grant it the price of oil is way down from where it was a couple years ago, but this is something iran

or is this a john kerry, javad zarif and depending on what happens with our elections and the module selections in iran this has the potential to backside? are we on such tenuous footing we don't know if it's enshrined in a way that we make progress? >> i think we don't know yet and i think the reason why is it goes in both directions. on the iranian side, look, we didn't make this progress when ahmadinejad was president. look how much the iranian approach changed under zarif. that shows you it could go back the other direction, right? we don't know who the next president of the united states is going to be either. what we do know, though, is we've demonstrated to skeptical audiences in both countries that there can be mutually successful outcomes. look, the nuclear deal was a very good deal for us because it resolves our wiggest proliferation concern, it rolls back the nuclear program and avoids a war. it's good for them in the sense they're going to get relief for sanctions that were crippling their economy. it shows we can find outcomes that are acceptable on both sides. so there'

for example, this is what president rouhani, foreign ministe minister javad zarif. they have to be the backing of khomeini. >> shows at least the hard liners are obeying. they were in military custody. that's a step forward. i do want to site and i don't want to forget the cases of these three other prisoners still being held, particularly robert levinson. there is no new statement from his family. i just checked their website before they went on air. he worked for 20 years for the american government. he was sent to iran on a contract with the cia. the american government has a special duty to him and his family to resolve this case. in march, it will benign years he has been missing. he is 67 years old. there are reports he has passed away. he disappeared in iran. those three cases should have been part of this deal, i feel, personally. >> there was a video released a few years ago of him. the u.s. has predicted that they know precisely where he is. the iranians have insisted they don't know where he is. there is a bit of a mystery there. >> again, he worked for t

nermeen: kerry and his iranian counterpart, mohammad javad zarif, spoke by phone for hours to resolve the sailors' detention. the quick resolution also stands in contrast to iran's detention of 15 british marines under similar circumstances in 2007. the arrests sparked a 13-day international standoff that saw heightened tensions between iran and the west. the u.s. incident comes just days before a landmark nuclear deal between iran, the u.s. and other world powers is set to take effect. the international atomic energy agency is expected to report as early as friday that iran has met its initial obligations. that will potentially mean the lifting of sanctions and the unfreezing of at least $50 billion in iranian funds cut off by western governments overseas. amy: taken together, these two developments may signal a new era for u.s.-iran relations, much to the chagrin of those who have favored the path of hostility and war. for more, we are joined by trita parsi, founder and president of the national iranian american council. the author of the forthcoming, "losing an enemy: obama, iran,

you couldn't have john kerry calling javad zarif, but as good as that relationship may be or better thatsn't gotten those five other released. >> and those ten americans photographed aired on iranian tv do not look like their being treated with cuourtesy and respect at that moment at least. >>> a new republican backed bill in the house of representatives aims to increase congressional oversight on the president's iran deal and the measure is earning democratic support as well. joining me now is oklahoma congressman steve russell, a republican and army veteran who served in iraq and someone who currently sits on the armed services committee in the house. congressman russell, thank you so much for joining us. your legislation would halt the lifting of sanctions against iran. it received bipartisan support in a preliminary house vote today. democrats say that your bill's unens for unenforceable and truly an effort just to kill the iran deal. your response? >> well, the president has said repeatedly when he was doing the joint agreement that it would not effect those that were on the terror

hands over their heads on their knees, was that enough for you -- did you threaten the iranians, javad zarif, the foreign minister, the u.s. was going to walk away from this deal unless they were immediately released? >> suffice to say i don't want to get into precise language. i think that's inappropriate. but let me make it clear, i was extremely upset, frustrated. it was inappropriate. and i made it very, very clear to the iranians that we need those people back and we needed them right away. >> what would have happened if they wouldn't have returned? >> i don't think it does any purpose -- i want to, you know, my counterpart foreign minister zarif responded promptly. he could not have been more serious. he understood the gravity of the situation. president rowhani, others engaged. and within a matter of very few hours we did what could not have been done a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. we wouldn't have known who to call three years ago. maybe the swiss, maybe the british. that could have become a major hostage situation. it could have been very, very dangerous. but because we

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minster mohammed javad zarif in vienna - after a u-n agency verified iran had completed the necessary steps to restrict its nuclear program. and just after that meeting, u.s. officials confirmed that iran has freed five american separate cases, some as early as 2011. four were part of an exchange, including washington post journalist jason rezaian charged with espionage in december 2014 following 5 months in detention. the plane carrying the