and while there's no proof that republican senators are secretly asking ayatollah khomeini to violate the terms of this weekend's nuclear deal their obsession with slamming iran with more sanctions is just as dangerous we know what happened the last have a deal with iran fell through because a republican sabotage who knows what could happen this time. a long term iranian nuclear deal would be a once in a generation chance for the united states to rethink its foreign policy president obama should go for it but he should watch his back because if history tells us anything it's that republicans are more than willing to be trade their country for a little short term political gain. and that's the way it is tonight tuesday november twenty sixth two thousand and thirteen don't forget my new book the crash of two thousand and sixteen is now available at all online retailers your local bookstore and your libraries where you can read it for free and on tuesday december third a week from tonight i'll be signing speaking and signing books of politics and prose right here in washington d.c. start

reagan campaign worked out a deal with the leader of iran's radical faction supreme leader ayatollah khomeini to keep the hostages in captivity until after the one nine hundred eighty presidential election. this was nothing short of treason the reagan campaign secret negotiations with khomeini the so-called october surprise sabotage carter and body solders attempts to free the hostages and as bonnie sutter told the christian science monitor in march of this year they most certainly tipped the results of that i nine hundred eighty election in their part in reagan's favor not surprisingly around release the hostages on january twentieth one thousand nine hundred one at the exact moment ronald reagan raises him to be sworn into office. surprise embolden the radical forces inside iran a politically weakened bonnie saddam was overthrown in june of eighty one and replaced by by mohammad ali. a favorite of khomeini's these radical forces today are represented by people like former president mahmoud ahmadinejad hardliners who oppose any deal with the united states and like khomeini in the one nine hu

the ayatollah khomeini has applauded these talks and also iran's negotiating team and it also might just be his voice that's the only thing that can silence hard-liners and give this deal a chance of successing. al jazeera teheran. >> stay with us, we'll have a lot more of it later tonight. >>> still up, afghan leaders have voted to keep the u.s. troops in afghanistan. al jazeera's jane ferguson explains. >> this was metropolitan to be a day of agreement but many left feeling more confused than ever. the jurga, which was a gathering of afghan whys, in reference to president karzai's announcement on thursday that he won't sign the deal until after elections next april. on sunday he stuck to his position that he needed more time to get a better deal from washington. that didn't satisfy the head of the jurga and the drama on stage played out live on tv. >> translator: i want to repeat again, americans can not go into our houses after the bilateral documents. they cannot kill anyone in their house. the afghan people will be safe and peace will come. i don't accept that this decision is histo

ayatollah khomeini said it was the rabid dog of the region, hollande said such comments complicate the talks. y netanyahu renewed his call for a mutually accepted resolution. >>> vice president joe biden is urging lawmakers to hold off on passing sanctions against iran. the obama administration says they could jeopardize the delicate talks. >>> a lawmaker will be back at work after she was attacked feet from capitol hill. she describes herself as a tough girl from queens. when she was walking home from dinner tuesday someone knocked her out from behind and stole her purse. the congresswoman counted herself lucky saying she suffered a bump on her head and bruise on her chin. >> luckily i don't really carry that much cash on me. i had my cell phone and my credit card and id in my coat pocket. so none of that was taken thank fli. >> doctors say all tests came back normal. as for the congresswoman she said she is taking it slow. no arrests have yet been made. >>> paying tribute to their predecessor and icon john f. kennedy. a wreath was laid on his grave wednesday in advance of the 50th an

to mend relations with washington the rarely comes despite a statement from supreme leader ayatollah khomeini voicing his support for the diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the long running international standoff over iran's nuclear ambitions now santa ana's faced criticism from hardline opponents who say iran should not be seeking any compromise of what they see as a hostile to and wants to have a crush economic sanctions against it lifted in this indeed signaled its willingness to make concessions on its controversial nuclear program such as paul scott investigates why there are these diplomatic overtures of being so fiercely resisted. hassen rouhani these recent speech at the u.n. general assembly were said by many to represent a thorn in relations between tehran and washington a sign that the iranian leadership is keen to initiate warmer ties with the global community but not everyone is keen for this to happen. hard line conservative protesters threw eggs at the president upon his return to tehran and now those uncomfortable with the idea of increased diplomacy with washington have launc

the report by a reuters claims iran supreme leader ayatollah khomeini it leaves a business empire worth an estimated ninety five billion dollars. it is as constantine is reported to have made most of its vast fortunes by seizing property owned by ordinary iranian citizens some of whom are still living in the country the powerful companies said they have key state industries across the iranian economy to todd was originally set up following the country's nineteen seventy nine revolution to take control of abandoned properties and use money made from their sales to help war veterans in the port is meant to exist only for two years i lived on and greatly expanded its power under company's leadership. the report alleges that by having the company coming he also possesses financial power and that rivals the last shah of iran was ousted in a revolution. the eighty two year old supreme leader wields control over government afirs and the military. the us earlier this year imposed sanctions against it i'm calling a network of front companies holding assets on behalf of your runs leadership the i

initiative to mend relations with washington the rally comes despite a statement from supreme leader ayatollah khomeini was the key support for the diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the long running international standoff over iran's nuclear ambitions the set i made this face criticism from hardline opponents and take iran should not be seeking any compromise of what they see as a hostile power to run most of the harsh economic sanctions against it lifted and has signaled its wilngness to make concessions on its controversial nuclear program for scott's investigates why these diplomatic and accuse them of being something is being resisted. sandra ponies recent speech to the un general assembly was said by many to represent and storing in relations between tehran and washington. a sign that the rainy leadership is keen to initiate warmer ties with the global community. but not everyone is keen for the stop and hardline conservative protest is to exit the president upon his return to tehran. now the reason constable with the idea of increased to twenty with washington. towards the first day of a cow wit

throughout the years and there are numerous publications and statement by the leaders of iran from ayatollah khomeini to all the other main leaders including the so-called moderate rafsanjani that calls publicly for the destruction of israel and do not acknowledge the right of the jewish people have a state now these are the facts the facts remain there i think that israelis have at least the right to fear that the same iran who is funding publicly without denying funding terrorists there are many states that support terrorist. the united states for example supports terrorism in syria and their hundreds of thousands of people now have been killed as a result of the support for terrorist activity the united states supporting terrorism and in russia so yes a real numerous reports that the united states the previous administration supported chechen terrorism in russia indeed it's part of public record but again let's keep our attention on iran you mentioned many leaders who were indeed very bellicose in their rhetoric towards israel but there is now a new leader in teheran and that means a new leader ha

throughout the years and there are numerous publications and statement by the leaders of iran from ayatollah khomeini to all the other main leaders including the so-called moderate rafsanjani that calls publicly for the destruction of israel and do not acknowledge the right of the jewish people have a state now these are the facts the facts remain there i think that israelis have at least the right to fear that the same iran who is funding publicly without denying funding terrorists there are many states that support terrorist. the united states for example supports terrorism in syria and their hundreds of thousands of people now have been killed as a result of the support for terrorist activity the united states supporting terrorism in iraq so yes a real numerous reports that the united states the previous administration supported chechen terrorism in russia indeed it's part of public record but again let's keep our attention on iran you mentioned many leaders who were indeed very bellicose in their rhetoric towards israel but there is now a new leader in teheran and that means a new leader has a so

well the deal got an overwhelming support back in iran with the country's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini welcoming the agreement professor side mohammad marandi from toronto university says that despite what appears to be many concessions iran gains more than its sacrifices the overwhelming majority of politicians and. political parties and political leaders in this country have come out in support of the negotiations and the deal the important thing is that iran is reaching uranium today it is continuing to do research and improving its technological capabilities within the framework of the n.p.t. and in fact the fact that iran is halting uranium enrichment at twenty percent is something that iran actually wants because it's very expensive and the iranians have produced the fuel that it needs for the tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes for cancer patients so the iranians have already produced enough nuclear fuel through in reaching agreement twenty percent is no longer needed so halting that is actually an advantage for iran because it does not want excess fuel because it's ve

to mend relations with washington the willie comes despite a statement from supreme leader ayatollah khomeini voicing his support for the diplomatic efforts aimed at ending a long running international standoff over tehran's nuclear ambitions heidi has faced criticism from hardline opponents who say iran should not be seeking any compromise with what they see as a hostile power. iran wants to have the crushing economic sanctions. here's to lift it and have signaled its willingness to make concessions on its cover actual nuclear program. rt small spot mr gets whiny these diplomatic overtures. i mean so fiercely resisted the center of tony's recent speech to the un general assembly was said by many to represent a story in relations between tehran and washington. a sign that the rainy leadership is keen to initiate warmer ties with the global community. it starts. not everyone is keen for this to happen the hardline conservative protest is to exit the president upon his return to tehran. now ladies and constable with the idea of increased to twenty with washington. towards the first day of a cow

ayatollah khomeini was in exile in paris he was making tape recordings literally little tape or koreans audio tape recordings and they were smuggled into iran and every week i guess it was or maybe every month and they were duplicated and people listened to them and that became the basis for the revolution overthrowing the shop and that was that as i say revolution and the cutting edge technology you have to write a nine hundred seventy seven and so tonight and so that was that was the twitter of the day you know could it be this new administration in iran embracing these new technologies or the modern day equivalent of what many used could be the downfall of maintenance here it could very well be i mean i think at the end the day of the iranian regime has shown its fear of technology in the hands of its people in a sense that they've created an alternative internet an entire internet for the entire country so they can block and they can slow down the speed of internet to the outside world while continuing to use the interests of internet inside the country so they have had this fear of

agreements get much support in iran itself spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini welcomes it as a basis for further progress while some writing experts believe that iran will gain more than it will sacrifice. the fact that iran is halting uranium enrichment at twenty percent is something that iran actually wants because it's very expensive and the iranians have produced the fuel that it needs for the tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes for cancer patients so the iranians have already produced enough nuclear fuel through enriching uranium at twenty percent no longer needed so halting that is actually an advantage for iran because it does not want excess fuel because it's very costly so the iranians feel that they do not lose very much and they have a lot to gain and again it shows that steadfastness at least from the iranian perspective and. standing for your rights can achieve results for his part russia's president putin hailed sunday's agreement for opening the doors to further positive diplomacy on the iranian nuclear program wanted a caution of a more known moscow's reacti

aggression see when the shah was in power and ayatollah khomeini was in exile in paris he was making tape recordings literally little tape or koreans audio tape recordings and they were smuggled into iran and every week i guess it was or maybe every month and they were duplicated and people listened to them and that became the basis for the revolution overthrowing the shop and that was that i say revolution and the cutting edge technology you have to write a nine hundred seventy seven. and so that was that was the twitter of the day you know would it be this new administration in iran embracing these new technologies of the modern day equivalent of what many used could be the downfall of maintenance here it could very well be i mean i think at the end of the day the iranian regime has shown its fear of technology in the hands of its people in the sense that they've created an alternative internet an entire internet for the entire country so they can block and they can slow down the speed of internet to the outside world while continuing to use the interests of internet inside the cou

we have more the -- what you call it, the hard-liners, the supporters of ayatollah khomeini. they don't want to give up their rights, that's one of the sticking points, the international committee has to verify that iran has the right to enrich uranium. in particularly the united states, but iran's -- i was following iran news media and actually, although in the last two weeks they've been showing some more negative picture that there has not been any progress, but today in fact the iranian media has been reporting that there has been some progress in geneva and they're hoping that a deal will be struck. >> majid, it's been goo good tok to you. thanks for your insight. we appreciate it. >>> from boston to washington to dallas. the nation paused to remember a president. and here are some moments of this day. [ bells ringing ] >> the man we remember today, gave us a gift that will not be squandered. the chance to learn how to face the future when it's the darkest and the most uncertain. how to hold high the torch even when the flame flickers and threatens to go out. we will mee

or do you see the ayatollah khomeini who is shouting death to america, death to israel, which is thel iran? >> i think the supreme leader is the real iran. >> the one who has said death to america? >> just last week he called israel the rabid dog, the rhetoric hasn't stopped. rowhani is no moderate. no moderates were allowed to run in the iranian election. all the moderates were excluded. but he's still a hard liner, it's not clear to me that he can make these decisions anyway as the supreme leader, khomeini who can make these decisions and he hasn't shown any kind of moderation whatever. i think we need to use these next six months to make sure that iran dismantles it's program. they keep saying as we speak, they have a right to enrichment, that troubles me, they don't. >> let me ask you, as a final question, at this moment, what do you think is the worst that can happen over the next six months, and there's really not anything right now that congress can do, is there? >> here's the unfortunate thing, we had put enormous pressure on iran and it was having an impact internally. some

iran's leader, ayatollah khomeini said iran would slap aggressors in the face and called israel the rabid dog forcing secretary of state john kerry to reassure a skeptical congress that diplomacy remains a viable option. >> it's inflammatory and unnecessary. i think at this moment when we're trying to negotiate and figure out what can and can't be achieved, the last thing we needs are names and back and forth. >> yesterday majority leader harry reid would support diplomatic efforts for now, the administration would be given a finite window about a month to close a deal. >> we all strongly support those negotiations and hope they will succeed. however, mr. president, we're also aware of the possibility that iranians could keep negotiations from succeeding. preparing to move forward with bipartisan iran sanctions bill when senate returns after thanksgiving recess. >> sergey lavrov flew to geneva to jump-start the talks which are expected to extend into the weekend. joining me from geneva, nbc bureau chief ali arouzi. seems like the forces opposing the agreement are stronger than the ones pu

the line, actually, though, it should be noted, crucially, the supreme leader in iran, the ayatollah khomeini is reportedly in favor of both the negotiations and the announced deal. and of course, the negotiations, let alone the deal, would not have happened if he was not on board with them. over here, we don't have an ayatollah, but the "washington post" editorial page has been a pretty good reminder of how aggressively hawkish toward iran even the supposedly liberal press is here in the united states. but check it out. "washington post" lead editorial on the agreement. yeah, it ticks off a list of things that they dislike about it, but bottom line, they are sort of kind of willing to embrace it, saying it is a "worthy interim step," saying it is "preferable to military action." for now, they say the prudent course is to "give diplomacy its chance." so, the president got to announce that deal in the middle of the night on a total surprise on a saturday night, basically at midnight. but then, wait! there's more! turns out that while the iranian foreign minister was in geneva to work on the nu

or do you see the ayatollah khomeini who is shouting, you know, death to america. death to israel? which is the real iran? >> i think the supreme leader is the real iran. >> the one who said death to america? >> yes. just last week he called israel a rabid dog. saying the rhetoric hasn't stopped. look, he is no moderate. no moderates were allowed to run in the iranian election. all the moderates were xluted. you had six hard-liners that were allowed to run. he is the most moderate. but he is still a hard-liner. it's not clear to me that he can make the decisions anyway. it's the supreme leader, khomeni, who can make the decisions. he hasn't shown any kind of moderation whatsoever. look, i think we have to use the next six months to make sure that iran dismantles the program and that they have no right to enrichment. they keep saying even as we speak they have a right tone richment. that troubles me. >> chairman royce, let me ask you as a final question. at this moment, what do you think is the worst that can happen over the next six months? and there is really not anything right no

the question was raised at the ukrainian military with the ayatollah khomeini, should we retaliate in kind? may we have the authority to do so? they're killing us and we have to retaliate. khomeini answered very directly, giving an order that chemical weapons could be used. weapons of mass destruction, including chemical web ends, nuclear and biological were forbidden by islam. this is the first of eight fatwa issued in the iranian context. the very early on, a context was established, where he ran would have no weapons of mass destruction, relying upon its conventional forces for defense of the realm and where it was able to work out a stalemate with the invading forces from iraq under saddam hussein after eight years of disastrous costly and treasure and minimize war. so the record from the outset has been against the use of weapons of mass destruction. however, there is the capability and i know a little bit about capability. i've studied at for much of my adult life. it happens when i was assigned to iran as a diplomat in 1959 with my accompanied david landau, former head of the a

it appears that ayatollah khomeini era military forces referred to him as a rabid dog and if use accused them as frier in world war ii and an american official called that language -- what you just comment on that statement? >> obviously i would disagree with it profoundly. you are asking the obvious. it's inflammatory and unnecessary and in this moment when we are trying to negotiate and figure out what can and can't be achieved, the last thing we need is names back and forth. i don't want to exacerbate it but our good friends in israel know full well that we defend their concerns, deeply they are threatened access to c-charlie but what is happening in that part of the world and particularly we stand by our friends in israel completely, and obviously we don't believe that anything is served with, you know, names that challenge everybody's sense of propriety and justice. we've been through this before. we heard as you know prior very disturbing assertions regarding the holocaust and so forth and i think we need to move away from that and in the next months and years that will enable us t

it willlem -- and continue to get worse -- if he is not the ayatollah khomeini. there is only one khomeini and when he passed from the scene, the unique role that khomeini occupied is not eminently transferable to somebody else. so, the supreme leader presides over the islamic republic. he is not only the spiritual leader but also the political leader and he needs to engage in politicking just the way everybody else does. he really needs to get political interests in the air ran to support him, he needs to work with them, and certainly he is very, very influential. what he is not the only game in town. and indeed, it is a challenge. second of all is themullahs, the religious sector. the religious sector is extremely diverse. it is not that they all agree. there is great diversity and differences of view within the religious sect there, -- religious sector. some are extremely conservative and orthodox and some of them are actually very enlightened and they get it. but they are working in a very difficult system. , thehird is the irgc revolutionary guard. the revolu

is problem, and it's going to continue to get worse is he is not ayatollah khamenei who was only one in five and one khomeini pass missing is sort of unique role that khomeini occupied is not imminently transferable to somebody else. so the supreme leader presides over the islamic republic. is not only the spiritual leader but also the political leader. but he needs to engage in politicking just the way everybody else does. he really needs to get political interest in iran to support him. he needs to work with them. and certainly he's very, very influential. but he's not the only game in town. and, indeed, it's a challenge. second of all was the religious sector. mullahs are the religious sectors, extremely diverse. not that they all agree. there is race diversity and differences of view within the religious sector, with in the religious sector. some are extremely conservative and orthodox and ignorant and so that are actually very enlightened and they did it. they did it, but they are working within a very difficult system. the third is the irgc which is the revolutionary guard. the revolutionary guard is n