well we can now bring in hooshang amirahmadi president of the american iranian council thanks for coming on to the program. now. they presented images of drone and missile fragments as definitive proof of iran's involvement i've read a lot of speculation about whether that is definitive proof or not how convincing in your opinion is this so-called evidence. i really don't know but i am fortunate yeah i have to tell you want to. at this point it is really irrelevant what the short to the war the saudis have already decided that iran is behind that united states has already decided that the us that iran was behind the support you know today actually very openly said that this was an act of war by this law mix you know in international relations perception is reality you don't you don't go on a proof that 2 times 2 is 4 all you have to say is that there is 2 times 2 in there but that is 4 or 5 or 6 is irrelevant so again it's on the abortion and that 'd no matter what you don't doesn't think it is our appointed to iran and that international community sooner or later it will become come ban

systems could not prevent that attack or we heard from hooshang amirahmadi president of the american iranian council he says any action against iran will be taken by the u.s. not saudi arabia the saudis have already decided that iran is behind that united states has already decided that the u.s. that iran was. behind their support you know today actually very openly said that this was an act of war on the other fortunate that no matter what you don't doesn't think it is are appointed to iran and that the international community sooner or later will become convents to code that iran is responsible medical will have to decide whether to attack eat our food and have pretty eat and destroy the country in 48 hours or stay put and they use sanctions as in the past to kill this damage to the public they said this decision will not be made in saudi arabia it will be made in the u.s. . another headline news israel's 2nd parliamentary election this year has produced yet another stalemate neither the prime minister nor his main rival have enough allies to form a government which means lengthy coalition talks l

the president of the national iranian american council he says as washington escalates its sanctions iran is quietly violating elements of the nuclear deal. what we're really seeing is an attempt i think to scuttle any chance for talks which hardliners here in the united states view as premature until the u.s. can actually impose maximum pressure which would look a lot like an embargo of iran which would require that europe and the rest of the world actually come onboard which right now they are on the other side of the united states when it comes to iran policy so iran is playing this balancing act in which it is attempting to meet u.s. pressure with counter pressure but in so doing it also is trying to be careful to not alienate europe and the rest of the international community that is currently on iran side so as the united states escalates its sanctions is taking steps very patiently and almost pragmatically to violate elements of the nuclear deal and i think it's very interesting that the steps that were announced are actually less grave than what had been previously expected t

he's president of the national iranian american council jim also yet more sanctions being imposed on iran and its oil shipping network the message from washington here i suppose it's clear that keeping up the pressure on iran. that's absolutely the message that washington is sending and this is really a reflection of the fact that for the white house for the travel ministration the policy is maximum pressure and with the prospects of negotiations with iran and with the efforts that the french have undertaken there is this threat that the united states and iran may actually talk to one another and so what we're really seeing is an attempt i think to scuttle any chance for talks which hardliners here in the united states view as premature until the u.s. can actually impose maximum pressure which would look a lot like an embargo of iran which would require that europe and the rest of the world actually come onboard which right now they are on the other side of the united states when it comes to iran policy and iran is further warn of the scale back its commitments under the 2015 deal an

american which are all from the jcp oa. and for one year iranian -- iran remains fully faithful to all of its nuclear commitments. in accordance with the jcp oa. out of respect for this security council resolution, we provided europe with the opportunity to fulfill its 11 commitments. compensate for the u.s. withdrawal. however, unfortunately, we only heard beautiful words while witnessing no effective measures. allas now become clear for turnshe united states back to its commitments and europe is unable and incapable of fulfilling its commitments. a even of adopted step-by-step approach and implementing paragraphs 26 and 36 of the jcp oa. we remain committed to our promises in the deal. however. we have a limit. not respect. does the united nations security council, resolutions, and when europe displaced -- displays , the only way shall be to rely on national dignity, .ride and strength they call us to negotiations while they run away from treaties and deals. we negotiated with the incumbent the five plust on one negotiating table. however, they failed to honor the commitment made by the predecessor. nation andf my states, i would like to announce that our response to any negotiatio

iranian atlantic council. general dunford, i would be interested to get from you your evaluation of the iranian capability. over the summer, they shot down a very sophisticated and expensive american drone with their own technology. were you surprised by that? how would you rate that in terms of an adversary in the region? gen. dunford: first of all, that particular capability was not designed to be deployed in a high-end fight. the capability that they shot down did not have its own self protection, and it was really designed to provide maritime awareness in a relatively benign environment. that is an important point for people to understand in terms of capability. i would argue that iran has made great efforts to develop their ballistic missiles and cruise missile capability their cyber capability, their electronic .arfare capability, i respect those capabilities, but it wouldn't put them anywhere near the capabilities of russia or china at this time in any one of those functional areas. david: and it's cyber as well. gen. dunford: but i wouldn't put them in the same category as russia or china in its cyber capability. we respect any potential iversary's capabilities, but was no