it is being held up over this the issue, over the irgc terrorist designation. host: the republican guard? guest: yes. which is mainly a symbolic designation. we have got to remember the iranian revolutionary guard corps, and otherwise is being , sanctioned by the united states, by europe. removing this would not have the effect on their ability to engage in trade or economic contact with outside entities. but it's important for the iranians, symbolically, in part because of the fascination of the irgc commander two years ago by the united states. it is important so far for the biden administration not to dismiss this without some assurance from iran that they are not going to try to hit u.s. citizens or personnel in the region. host: has the long-term role of this jcpoa from the obama administration, the withdrawal with the trump administration, now to the biden administration, to never allow iran any sort of ability to produce a nuclear weapon? guest: the goal has been to make it as difficult as possible for iran to do so, if it were to decide to do so. we hav

irgc, to what end? they've been sanctioned, i don't know how many times? but i want to hear, as the chairman referred to, i want to hear about sanctions that will stop the oil sales to china. that is a huge problem here. it is ongoing, and as the chairman described, it's resulting in a very significant -- which they take, particularly with the price of oil today. so yeah, i'm underwhelmed, and i think everyone else is. i suspect the irgc, maybe they continued to cash checks that come from china. what can you tell us about what the administration is going to do about sanctions? they're toothless. >> ranking member, let me say that i don't disagree. we have to do a better job and this is a bipartisan issue. it's an issue that goes back decades, -- it was during the period of maximum pressure, president trump imposed 1600 new sanctions on the nation. it was during that period of max -- we saw maximum destabilizing -- unprecedented attacks against oil tankers, against oil fields in saudi arabia. against our

these problems and they are becoming internal uh let's say internal political social problems for the irgcfor him we would like to open and get access to this grain and probably this is one of the reasons why turkey does not flaunt buying uh that means uh russian grain well, russian unconditionally in quotes is stolen in the ukrainian er-e means er-e southern regions and then through the crimean ports it will be exported to turkey, and here, by the way, the ukrainian expert community and the embassy of our ankara, vasyl bodnar, where there is, i just know, are being monitored he meets with government officials on this topic and tries to prove that it is not completely bad even for turkey itself, because it can lead to certain negative things, not only from the point of view of the reputation of those companies that are involved in such things , so turkey is balancing, of course, that it is possible to say she still has images of the 16th year of figuratively united states they thought i think that uetagan still believes that siru was involved together with fetuhem-gel in the organization o

the iranians don't want to back off an designating the irgc as a terrorist organization.ted states stated policy. and what we should be doing is doubling down on their sanctions and covering the bases on any loopholes that may be there, strengthening the relationship with saudi arabia and the uae and gulf states and it's good president biden is going to go there, i think, in an upcoming visit. that alliance, the abraham accords began by president trump really was the first time the nations came together in their own common interest with israel to stand up and confront the iranians. that is a better pathway forward than the one we're on now with another flawed nuclear deal. >> dana: you always make a lot of sense and kicking us off on a monday as we get this week started. >> great talking to you: >> bill: top gun maverick flying higher and on track to be this year's biggest domestic movie and could be tom cruise's biggest domestic hit ever. globally it's made $700 million and top a billion. the question is when. went the saw it over the weekend. run, don't walk. >> dana: y

make sure that day never came when the iranians were threatening americans, we took out the leader irgcuds force to make sure he never threatened another american. this administration instead talk about the murder of khashoggi. that is bad thing but iranian efforts to murder people all across the world, the fact they continue to sponsor terror from hezbollah on israel and from hamas and the iraqi shia militias, the iranians are the largest threat in the region. they could close down the strait, drive energy prices higher. this administration tried to appease them. this has failed. this isn't academic. this matters to people across the united states of america. what happens in tehran doesn't stay there. it impacts us. when you get that wrong, when you try to appease someone like the ayatollah who is a religious theocratic authoritarian who tries to put down the iranian people every day. i pray for the iranian people every day, a president abandoning our friends, embolden ing our enemies it is dangerous in tel aviv, israel but in the united states as well. maria: secretary, real quick as

but i think people should realize even if we get rid of the foreign terrorist organization label the irgc has been under someone mentioned previously they had been under sanctions at least since 2007 for funding hezbollah in lebanon. so there still would be sanctions but we have to at least think this through pittsfield and when you get anywhere is you have to give something they want and they get something we want. that's what negotiations or diplomacy is. sanctions otherwise are of absolutely no value and so really a gets back to the general question, most of his mischaracterizing what sanctions can do. sanctions can't punish and they are punishing but they aren't necessarily bring them to the table. getting rid of the sanctions might. we are using sanctions as a threat by think the way we've approached it is if we want to stop them from selling oil with more severe sanctions i think that misses the boat of what sanctions could be used for in a negotiation and from at least one senator i would say that there has to be some behavioral change that they could do and it can't be an asset th

iran's two main demands all sanctions lifted and the irgc iran's revolutionary guard corps be removedthe list of designated terrorist. the u.s. chief negotiator issued a warning last month. >> iran has been accumulated sufficient enriched uranium and made sufficient technological advances. break out time is a matter of weeks which means iran could potentially produce enough fuel for a bomb before we can know it let alone stop it. >> under the imperfect 2015 deal known as the jcpoa it would have been taken a year to have enough fissile material for a bomb. as talks stalled new reports suggest iran is building a secret tunnel complex near atans. >> today a court in iran ordered the u.s. government to pay more than $4 billion to the families of iranian nuclear scientists who have been killed in mysterious targeted attacks in recent years. that iranian leaders have previously blamed on israel. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. up next, another infant death linked to the baby formula crisis. the latest on that and where the supply stands tonight. first,

iranian forces are up in syria, including the irgc, hezbollah, iran-backed armed groups, threaten the security directly our allies and partners that was certainly israel and jordan, and they play a destabilizing role in syria. in that regard, the u.s. holy supports israel's ability to exercise its inherent right of self-defense. finally, while i've outlined the necessary building blocks for regional stability and prerequisites to building a road to a political resolution in syria, i want to be clear on what we have not done in syria, and what we will not do, which is support efforts to normalize or rehabilitate bashar al-assad in any way lift sanctions on the regime, or change our position opposing reconstruction in syria. until there's authentic enduring progress towards a political solution. but charles asset and the coterie around him remain the single largest impediment to that call. they must and will be held accountable. thank you very much. >> thank you, secretary stroul. >> chairman menendez, ranking member rich, distinguished members of the committee. it is an honor to testif