all of this during the jcpoa. in yemen iran's support for the houthi militia fuels a conflict that continues to starve theem en-- yemeni people and hold them under the threat of terror. the rogc has give houthi missiles to attack civilian targets in saudi arabia and the emirates and to threaten international shipping in the red sea. and afghanistan, iran's support to the taliban in the form of weapons and funding leads to further violence and behinders peace and stability for the afghan people. today the iranian quds force conducts covert assassination operations in the heart of europe. we should remember, too, that during the jcpoa, iran continues to hold americans hostage. i will note for the american people, you should know we are working diligently to bring each american missing, wrongfully detained in iran home. he list continues. iran continues to be, during the jcpoa, the world's large of the sponsor of terror. it continue -- largest sponsor of terror. it continues to serve as sanctuary for al qaeda as it h

from this moment jcpoa, the jcpoa exists between iran and five countries. in fact from this moment, 5-plus-1 has lost one of its members. in such a condition we should wait for the countries to see what they are going to do in connection with this nuclear deal. i have ordered the fadi ministry to halt negotiations with european countries in the next few weeks and also the other two major countries, namely russia and china. to hold consultations and to do the necessary coordination and the whole necessary negotiations. so if at end of this short period of time, if we come to the conclusion that with the collaboration of five countries it is feasible to attain what the iranian people wish, despite the views of the u.s. and the zionist regime and also the impolite remarks by trump, we should see whether it's possible to just keep up with jcpoa and also take steps in line with regional peace and tranquility. and if we come to the conclusion that our interests are not guaranteed, i will speak with the iranian people and also in such a condition i will inform the

the jcpoa is back and the uk k. is policy and so is russia and so is china and so is the eu and so is iran and that will continue. we will do our level best to build as i said the superstructure or whatever you want to call it to allay the concerns of my arable friend understandably has. >> can you ensure that the intelligence committee will be briefed which needs to be done at the the global threat so that this parliament can be assured of -- [inaudible] >> just further reassurance as the honorable gentleman iran has decided for the time being at least to remain in compliance with the jcpoa and the uk is going to work to try to perpetuate that agreement. >> thank you madam speaker. one of the problems on the street is iran as continue to develop nuclear -- and recently discovered by the opposition groups in iran. to my right arm pull friend say these facilities which were not included as part of the original agreement have been inspected and are in conformance with the deal and is one of the problems not that they

but they are not in violation of the jcpoa. on their ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons, they are obeying the letter that agreement. yes, it is perfectly true they are not in conformance with resolution 2231 in respect of ballistic missiles. that is the account of the -- that is the prospect of extra sanctions to bring them into line. >> further to that question, does the foreign secretary agree that iran's appalling, destabilizing behavior in the wider region, including its support of terrorism, would be even more dangerous if its nuclear program goes unchecked? and therefore, it is not just in britain's interest, but america's and the world's interest that the jay-z up -- that the jcpoa remains in place. while the signing treaties may lead them to advance. does my right honorable friend agree that the history of the biological weapons convention of 1972, which was exposed in 1992 as having been broken for 20 years by the then soviet union shows that in reality our security depends on the twin pillars of the independent stra

remains party to the jcppa. >> -- jcpoa. . does he agree with me that one of the many dangers from the president's decision is that the so-called moderates in iran, although they are not very moderate by our standards, will be undermined by this decision and that will strengthen even more hardline people? so when he is therefore looking at the next steps, he may take steps to reduce the maligned ,ehavior of iran in some areas will he give an unswerving commitment that britain will stick to its commitments under this agreement so long as the iranians are fully compliant with the commitments that they entered into? and that we are not going to modify that in any way? i thank my right honorable friend. i remember getting a lot of wonderful coffee when i was a political journalist. my right honorable friend -- by the way, i am completely in government.ith on his wider point, it is absolutely vital that we continue to get over to the moderates in iran. president or a honey in the number, that the uk's remains committed to this agre

all of this during the jcpoa. in yemen, iran's supporting the houthi people and starving others and to threaten international shipping in the red sea. and in afghanistan, iran's support to the taliban in the form of weapons and funding leads to further violence and hinde hinders peace and stability for the people. and covert operations in the heart of europe. we should remember, too, that during the jcpoa iran continues to hold americans hostage, like shea wong and bob levenson missing over 11 years. i will note for the american people, you should know that we're working diligently to bring each american missing wrongfully detained in iran home. the list continues. iran continues to be during the j jcpoa the large he is sponsor of terrorists and al qaeda as it's done since 9/11, and refuses to bring to justice senior al qaeda members resideening tehran. today, we ask the iranian people, is this what you want your country to be known for? for being a co-conspirator with hezbollah, hamas, the taliban, and al qaeda?

the question is whether you can achieve that by getting rid of the jcpoa. if you get rid of it, whether subsequent plans? what are the options for being tough on iran and is the right honorable lady suggests, i have to tell you after closely interrogating everybody in the white house, there is no enthusiasm for military option in the united states and there is no such plan. what we want now is the success of the plan. >> conniver for the secretary of state to the prime terse statement at the summit in 2016 clear about the threat iran poses to the middle east and will work with our partners to counter the threat. i was in 2016. can the secretary of state clarify what has been done to counter the threat because apart from all those countries today, had another country, morocco, and has expelled in relation to the aggressive behavior of iran in morocco. do we carry on with the defect could deal and say enough is enough? >> i think what we do is we recognize the deal itself is not perfect, but we have other challenges encountering iranian malayan behavior with

the jcpoa is the real name f fo the iran nuclear deal. you would go to the sort of arbitration paragraph first? >> i'm not saying we would do that. i'm saying that this is a possibility. so it depends on the decision of the united states, if that possibility could come true or not, but this is a possibility. another possibility for us is that in reaction to the united states, we would also withdraw from the deal. that is something very real, and in fact very realistic. so this is something that we are planning and our president also has instructed the different organizations and authorities for, in tehran to prepare for such eventuality. >> what does that mean withdraw from the deal? what does that mean you would do? go back to what? >> when the united states is out of the deal it mean there's is no deal left, because important party of the treaty has abrogated and violated in clear terms the treaty that is -- in fact the situation as designed in the deal. so a completely new situation. so there could be very clear interpretation that the

to be part ofant the jcpoa, they have to do that. and he also made it clear that iran is not going to negotiate over other issues. it is the presence in the middle east, and so on. we know that the europeans and the iranians have en incussing yen and the role yemen. the iranians have come out with it and the europeans have accepted that these negotiations have been going on. today, there was an interesting story out of syria. thee was a pressure that iranians should plant in syria. the syrian government is giving 2000 of itsto over foreign -- of the foreigners. who are the foreigners? them as citizens, how can you -- jane: the question is to comment on his current developments. amb. o'sullivan: i think the europeans will live up to their commitment in the agreement. of course, the key point, there will be business choices that are made. since we are market economies, we are not in a position to command businesses to do business or to make certain business choices. that will be -- it is what the market decides in the next few months.

the jcpoa was a historic triumph of democrat -- diplomacy. it addressed one of the most pressing security issues of our time without a single loss of life, without a single bullet fired. and the deal was working. in an open letter, 36 retired u.s. generals and admirals stated, quote, there is no better option to prevent an iranian nuclear weapon. military action would be less effective than the deal, assuming it is fully implemented . if the deal is rejected by america, the iranians could have a nuclear weapon within a year. the choice is that stark. you know, we've talked about not having any illusions about iran and the things that they are doing to support terrorism, ballistic missiles, their human rights violations. yes, they are. and are those things somehow made better by having a nuclear weapon? of course not. they become that much more dangerous. so now president trump has violated the terms of the agreement without even an inkling of a plan or statement or strategy for what comes next. withdrawing from the jcpoa may very well lead to

just remind negotiations under the jcpoa. -- michael o'connell. just remind us what the jcpoa ills.'connell. just remind us what thejcpoa ills. ——jcpoa. —— just remind us what thejcpoa means. it is the acronym to the agreement. this is the agreement between the uk, ryan, united states, germany, and france. —— uk, iran, united states. the economy was kept hampered on many levels by sanctions. it is interesting to me the expert they spoke to earlier in the expert they spoke to earlier in the programme was talking about the fa ct the programme was talking about the fact that for the people of iran, the lifting of sanctions, for them, show them that it was not necessarily western sanctions that kept them live is so difficult, perhaps, but corruption within. so how would this be played out in iran going forward, do we think, in terms of the economy? limousine and we have been assessing is that there is certainly an aspect would on a run of certain sanctions that have been supporting the deal and continuing fluid, the satisfaction under mandatory. and then there are those who have taken a

they delivered 100% of the jcpoa agreement. he has agreed to create a consensus around this idea that they have to stay in the steel and take this as far as possible to demonstrate around has not been the inflexible party at fault again. rouhani came out the other day and supported this come i think iranians will stick to the deal waiting to see what happens in the negotiations. four plus oneing is a better deal than five plus one. there is also the domestic blame game. the situation is different here. aroundere are debates the jcpoa plus, giving more to that europeans may be on regional issues, human rights, banking reform and in return ask for more from the europeans. should accept it without the u.s. less than what they were before, but maybe enough to carry on in the next few years. if the europeans are not really able to protect their companies or incentivize their , cannies to stay in iran it survive my simply selling its oil to india, turkey, and basically reorienting almost entirely toward asia. >> they cannot thrive, b

so is this in the way it's being laid out a death knell to the jcpoa? >> as i was saying, we did know there was something that looked like a military program going on until about 2003, the same date that bebe netanyahu has now chosen. this is a huge way of putting pressure on president trump to walk away from the jcpoa when he is making miss decision on the 12th of may. the timing is not coincidental. does this mean death knell to the agreement? think the key point is leaving aside whether iran was telling the truth or not, and it sounds as though they may not have been telling the full truth at the time it was concluded in 2015. have they been in compliance since then? now ronan is right in saying prime minister netanyahu did not say iran has not been in compliance with the deal but he did say they've been continuing with nuclear activity since signing the deal. that is in contravention of what the deal is. i'm not sure what that means. the key question were they in compliance. a dozen different reports by the iaea saying they are in compliance. so i t

that's not what the jcpoa did. that's misrepresenting the deal entirely. >> first off, to that last point, when i mention the economic peace, which is a reality. i also said that a few different pointings come to mind. that was one, as it relates to the terms of the jcpoa, there is, for us here in the united states, when we think of ten years from now, that feels like a lifetime away. for iran, the way they view these things, ten years from now, in the lifetime of a nation is nothing. so they're able to, the regime that was struggling to stay in power, is able to stay in power. they get all of the sanctioctio relief. and when they look at ten years down the road, that's nothing for them. as far as the terms of the jcpoa itself, what's important to note is that in the deal, they are allowed to work on certain aspects of their nuclear program. they are allowed to have ir 8 row ttor assemblies, they have e over that number, whether you think that's a substantial violation or a technical violation, and we shouldn't get

regret the decision to leave the jcpoa. the regime is at stake and we will work collectively and in a broader framework covering nuclear activity for the 2025. , long-range nuclear program, notably syria, yemen and iraq. the president said he's open to making a new deal, even though he is pulling out of the jcpoa. the national security advisor just finished briefing and said the u.s. has been in consultation with its allies about a new deal in those consultations will resume tomorrow morning. >> shepard: we will be back to you in a moment. at first, john alterman at the strategic and international studies nonprofit organization. he also starred in the state department under president george fw hw bush. first of all, your initial action to what happened >> >> -- a reaction to what happened? >> first of all, he said we are withdrawing from the deal clearly. the deal doesn't have a way to withdraw. and i had to go to the treasury department website to understand what john roberts just explained, there is a 90 day window and i

this is the activity that they have undertaken during the jcpoa. we're going to make a shift. we're going to deny them the economic wealth wealth that has been created and put real pressure to stop the full scale of the sponsorship of terrorism with which they have been engaged in these past years. >> brennan: mr. secretary, thank you. >> thank you, happy mother's day

because again, iran is no longer insulated by the jcpoa. it was going to be allowed to become an economic power. conventional military power. continuous ballistic missile testing outside of the jcpoa. at the end of the sunset clause, put a nuclear weapon on top of a ballistic missile that they already been perfected. and the conventional force to be able to deter a us or israeli strike on iran's nuclear facilities and now, have european investment entrenched in iran to the point where they wouldn't be much we can do about it. we pretty much had to say iran is the new power broker in the middle east and they are doing it through force and economic leverage. this changes all of that. it makes the middle east a much safer place than it would have if iran was allowed to continue in anthis iran deal. that is my take from former intelligence officer that looks at threats and motives and patterns and you know, metrics and analysis. >> host: georgia. ralph, democrat. >> caller: phgood morning. please allow your guests to answer the following questi

on the day after jcpoa. the first is military because it is not an exaggeration to say the last decade they have those that posted publicly for force capital. but stretching all the way from the territory to the eastern mediterranean because of the fertility and the shia militia beholden to iran because iran controls the ground in the battle states and because it controls five proxy lebanon because of that relationship with hezbollah. >> and you have a matter of intense concern even more for the allies that are not separated from iran's expansion by geography. in particular to end up there but the israelis are very concerned this project has brought iran which they consider the existential threat much closer to their boundaries than ever before that the second military problem is looking at a new legion and to unpack this a little bit has a standing army with a conventional force with the iran-iraq war and it has a clear mobile army with the revolutionary guard and this is proactive and the diversity and tha

all that comes from the jcpoa. and so we entered into, over the last several months, a fixed negotiation as it's called with our european allies to see if we could stay within the premise of this deal, stay within the core elements that allow iran to maintain its nuclear capabilities, that allow iran to maintain an ability to enrich on its own soil and control nuclear materials. but around the edges, to make president trump more comfortable -- but fix it around the edges to make president trump more comfortable with it since he doesn't seem to like the deal. and so, the three pillars of this negotiation were in some ways flawed from the start because our european allies that we were negotiating with had a different intention. their intention wasn't to see behavioral change, their intention was to preserve a deal that allows them to increase trade with iran. unlike the united states, they have companies who, for many years since our own unilateral sanctions went into effect many years ago, they have had trading rela

have a short timeframe to show the jcpoa can work? that is unlikely. we heard from president trump talking about strong sanctions on iran which is likely to damage european companies ability to do business in iran which is what president rouhani needs to show iranians the country can benefit and the jcpoa going and that keeps him over the hardliners. everyone looking to see who will win the hardliners, moderates? the strategic resistance and patience, if you will, has that gone? because if it has, that makes a bigger conflict more likely right now. >> indeed. for now, a quiet jerusalem. nic robertson. thank you. >>> a check on cnn money. bye-bye net neutrality. official date to end it on june 11th. repealing what the fcc calls unnecessary harmful regulations introduced in 2015. the fcc repealed net neutrality in december. the obama-reera rules provided free internet. preventing providers from charging more for content. facebook and apple oppose the revised rules. it is a win for internet providers say it stifled investment. they pledg

they would have done it with the jcpoa. they are try to do it now outside of the jcpoa. they are weaker now. they will that become a conventional military. they are setting friends by the hour. this -- this is a better position. there has been no counter strike from iran against israel. what happened yesterday in syria is israel took away offensive capabilities from the iranians and the russians sat on their hands. the russians don't want a war. we don't want a war. iran does. they needed to remain viable. . at -- they need it to remain viable and they are likely to continue for the next 10 years. russia cannot replace an aircraft if we shoot it. down they cannot replace their it down.oot they cannot replace their men. they are there to protect russia. if they launch those rockets to fend off that cruise missile would deplete- it all of their rockets and missiles and leave themselves vulnerable for 40 minutes. we don't want to escalate. russia is sending a powerful message to iran. we will not take sides. by not taking sides, they took israel's side. caller: good morning

i read the jcpoa. it is a long agreement. that are very substantial -- confusing to us, even -- confusing to us, even for those of us will lived in washington for a long time. if there are additional support for terrorism, other kinds of proliferation, human rights probablys -- iran is technically in violation -- technically is an escape word -- probably in violation of its obligations under other un security council resolutions that camera at the same time as the jcpoa relative to their ballistic missile program. it is fine. united states and the -- states is in a good place. if they bought israel, all deal -- israel, the deal is off. they would step into donald trump's hands if they do that. i do not think the iranians are stupid. i do not recall the ships in the deal. we have a robust presence in the persian gulf. host: cori on our independent line -- cory on our independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. in the weapons are second amendment for countries. only one nation has used it another, united states. for

all of our european allies saying whoa, don't pull out of the jcpoa. we know that it's not perfect. it's the first step in the multistep process here. let's not withdraw. let's work on another deal that covers the three aspects. i don't know how much of a mood the president is to try to craft a new deal if i ran is not living up to the spirit of one. i'd say there's even money that he will pull out. we'll find out in 57 minutes. >> thanks, john. as we a wait the president's decision, congress is split largely along party lines about what to do. senator bob menendez says this. >> i don't know what the president's intention is. i hope that if his intention is to walk away from the deal is that he has a plan. i don't think there is a plan. we'll wait and see. >> republican senator john kennedy says he believes the iranians are bad actors from the get-go. >> it's a bad deal and iran is a bad actor. the respect of the religion that the ayatollah in iran practices tells him he has to hate somebody. i don't most muslims believe that, but the ayatollah does. >> roy blunt sits on the intelli

after president trump pulled out of the jcpoa, the timing seems to be iran has struck back.they stopped the strategic restraint? it is a very important question. right now in tehran, the president hassan rouhani has told the europeans if he is able to sell the iran should stay with the jcpoa and moderates should win out over the hardliners, the europeans have a short timeframe to prove it can work. we heard from president trump there with strict sanctions and most european diplomats don't think they will be able to deliver on the jcpoa because the sanctions will affect them and their companies doing business in iran. you are left with the hardliners in iran and they are controlling the forces on the ground in syria and they will say the moderates got it wrong. we should take the lead. that leaves a greater likelihood of increase in violence. russia doesn't want to see that. it cannot afford a wider war in syria. it is under tough u.s. and european sanctions. the reality is the jcpoa goes down and the moderates in iran cannot succeed, the possibility of violence is much highe

it's not a jcpoa kind of deal. the deal of another sort entirely but it has to do with the way in which sanctions will be imposed and tolerated and may be an exchange of measures around the u.s.-china broader trade issues, and how much pain shall be imposed pursuant to a set of sanctions the measures, concerns about terrorist. that is not a nuclear arms control deal. it is not a deal among security partners. that's an economic speed is are you saying china would trade away some of its commerce with iran in order to get of the benefits from the united states? >> perhaps, in the trade realm. of. i think that's what china, has proven to associate action strategies with the united states when it comes to economic trade and ip and critical industries and insinuating itself quite well in the united states and has enormous amount of leverage, now has this massive letter to paul with attorney on how much it will comply with iran sanction if it may get some of the concessions from the united states on trade and tariff terms

it is one part of a wider package europeans are trying to put together to salvage the jcpoa. are we: one sentence, seeing irreparable divisions between the u.s. and europe? alan: if europe does not get its act together, yes. melinda: only in europe? alan: yes, we need to deliver and be hard in the iranians and not the americans. we are choosing the wrong enemy. melinda: thank you very much to all of you. see you soon. to people who rarely have one. many young men in brazil end up in jail. what's the solution? in zambia, small farmers are being resettled to make way for large-scale agriculture. what does this mean for them? and in india we look at the caste system. how do millions of dalits cope with being right at the bottom

the rise of hezbollah, all of those things took place during the jcpoa. would argue they thought they could act with impunity. they watched europe at exactly zero sanctions on their missile program during the jcpoa. i think they need to explain why is the case that while this agreement was in place iran continued its march across the middle east. >> chris: president trump made it clear that he is not only going after iran but he is also prepared to sanction european companies that continue to do business in tehran. here is the president. >> we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. >> chris: but the leaders of france, germany, britain all stay they will stay in the deal and they will look for a way to protect european companies that continue to do business. the question is how hard is the trump administration prepared to go after european companies that ignore the u.s. pulling out? >> secretary pompeo: two things come ac

it is one part of a wider package europeans are trying to put together to salvage the jcpoa. are we: one sentence, seeing irreparable divisions between the u.s. and europe? alan: if europe does not get its act together, yes. melinda: only in europe? alan: yes, we need to deliver and be hard in the iranians and not the americans. we are choosing the wrong enemy. melinda: thank you very much to all of you. see you soon. ççaóo÷÷ÑÑÑgç>>?????@ michelle: : hello and welcome o "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. glad you could join us. it was a series of killings that shook germany to its core. peoplele, mostly of f turkih ethnicity, w were murdered acrs the country in broad daylight in the early 2000's. and for years, the suspects, a neo-nazi terroror cell, got awy with it. it took more than a decade to capture a key member of the so-called national socialist underground, beeahtuh chaypuh. it wasn't until 2011 that authorities discovered that the nsu had been active for years

predict what the world or iran will look like in 10 or 15 years, but we should understand that the jcpoas basically a way to postpone the issue, not to resolve it. >> except for the preamble in the first paragraphs, have iran pledging never to seek a nuclear weapons program or a nuclear weapon. >> well, of course, iran has already pledged that under the npt. the nonproliferation treaty and they violated that pledge when they secretly started a nuclear weapons program. so in the case of iran, the concern is that their commitments, their verbal commitments can't be relied on, and that's why the jcpoa includes some very substantial physical constraints on iran's ability to produce fissile material. and the problem, of course, as president trump and others have pointed out is those physical constraints begin to be lifted after 10 years. so 2026. i think that's still a long way in the future. no reason to abandon the nuclear agreement now, but it is an issue that we may have to face in the future, unless president trump walks away from the deal on may 12th, which unfortunately i think is quit

we can impose sanctions there so let's build on the jcpoa, let's not eliminate it. i thi i think that the president has made up his mind. in was an executive agreement entered into under executive authorities of waiver. there is no role for congress and the president with with regard to the jcpoa. >> it seems that we've lost the ability to ratify treaties to go through that process, as difficult as it is, the floor time that it takes, and this is a real shortcoming because it reduces the control of congress and the people expressing will on this. is there any hopeful future where the senate could get back to ratifying treaties again? >> we have a hard time ratifying treaties that have no controversy whatsoever, the tax treaties, treaties for the disabled which have no requirements of the united states. it's all one-sided. haven't been able to do that. . >> that's my special one. >> and there's no excuse for not rye ratifying that. it works against us. no reasons, these are noncontroversial treaties. bipartisan support and we can't get two-thirds of the vote that the

and they would like to do something more than the jcpoa. there is now an admission from the europeans and the americans that the jcpoa must be improved. now we will have discussions on how to improve that. >> the threat that iran poses is most critical to the state of israel. your first visit as an bam bass door in berlin to another was to the israeli ambassador to jermaine. why choose to go visit as your first nonstate action as another ambassador-to-ambassador contact? >> look, i think it's important for the americans and the israelis and the germans to all be united. and what i wanted to do is after meeting the president of swrer main and presenting my credentials was go to the other important country in this alliance here. and that's the israelis. so i went over to the israeli's ambassador's residence. we had a very good talk. he is a smart guy who is committed in many ways to the same issues that the germans and the americans are committed to. and so i think it was more than symbolism. i wanted to begin coordinating right away. >> rick

you and i talked about the jcpoa when we were in the congress together. we had concerns about the ballistic missile capability. we had concerns about the inspections not being any time, anywhere, no access to military installations, and the $150 billion that has gone into terrorism that now we see the shia crescent, as netanyahu calls it, into iraq, syria, and lebanon, and now yemen. i know you had these e-3 negotiations that apparently got pretty close to an agreement. i applaud the efforts to move forward with more leverage on iran by lifting the sanctions in a 90 to 180 day time frame. can you tell us about what the status of those negotiations are and if there is any path forward to come forward with a deal with our our european allies, saudis, and iran. >> we're not very far along. only a handful of days the president's decision to withdraw. a number of discussions have taken place below the foreign minister level. i'm planning for sometime in early june or mid june to gather up with a number of partners to plan our way forward. there is near perfect