trying to exert their influence over the outcome here many rounds or spiritual leader so to say ayatollah khomeini has clearly backed as well ah it's not a secret that hizbullah and is. funded by iran saudis are believed to be funding a certain sunni candidates in the past but there is no clear proof whether they have done this or not but essentially in a nutshell it's important lebanon is specifically a tiny country but specifically important in the broader politics in the middle east because of iran and saudi arabia as these new war over dominance in these nomic won't have her for us in beirut thank you very much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world a bombing at a mosque in eastern afghanistan has killed at least fourteen people and wounded many more police in hall said the mosque was also being used as a voter registration center for elections later this year no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. iran's president has signed rouhani has issued a warning to the u.s. president against pulling out of the iran nuclear deal for han he said abandoning th

spoke against all of the monarchies of the region as being illegitimate this is not me this is ayatollah khomeini's saying that now of course with the agreement that isn't place now all of the countries of the region led by saudi arabia have got to take measures into their own hands because the agreement is a reality we will wait and see whether president trump in his administration will introduce an changes walk away from to be i don't know what's going to happen on may twelfth but that agreement to step at a time be an old countries of the region including saudi arabia must take it into consideration and i am very confident in saying that if you run pursues its nuclear program and its aggressive policies throughout the region make no mistake that saudi arabia will also embark down the line to acquire its or nuclear capabilities in the future right this is not good for the region ok let me just ask you then if it is the region is the well that was safer without formal iran. no question about that i think that we are seeing you nuclearization being adopted just about every where where this situatio

marching on mass in the iranian capital of various science being held up pictures of also the ayatollah khomeini i mean while the iranian politicians are saying iran intends to stick to the to the cremata least for now despite washington's unilateral action european leaders had been trying to persuade trump not to pull out right up until the very last minute the british foreign secretary boris johnson even appeared on fox news trying to get the message across to trump that the deal could be adjusted again live pictures right here the iranian capital tehran and expected to be tens of thousands in attendance for this protest this demonstration basically the crying decision to drop the international iran nuclear agreement. hundreds of kittens are being euthanized every year after being used in experiments on food borne illnesses and scientists use them to investigate diseases such as talk so proud most of us after the experiments even healthy cats were allegedly put down just think goodman vice president of the white coat waste project claims this has been going on for decades. been doing it for ne

the west says, if only they could control ayatollah khomeini and suleimani, then things would be great. yet, they are your elected leaders. are they not the most responsible for your economic struggles? are these two not responsible for wasting iranian lives throughout the middle east? it's worth the iranian people considering. because instead of helping their own citizens, the regime continues to seek a corridor stretching from iran's borders to the shores of the mediterranean. iran wants this corridor to transport fighters and weapons systems to israel's door steps. indeed in recent months the rogc has flown an armed drone into israeli air space and launched rockets into the golan heights from syria. our steadfast ally has asserted that sovereign right of self-defense in response. a stance the united states will continue to unequivocally support. so the bet. the bet that the jcpoa would increase middle east stability was a bad one for america. for europe. for the middle east. and indeed for the entire world. it is clear that the jcpoa has not ended iran's nuclear ambitions. nor did i

you have a regime that is very ideological, headed by the aptly called supreme leader, ayatollah khomeiniution from 1979. they say that the revolution needs to be exported, they say that my country should be destroyed, they say that acts of terrorism are legitimate. your defence is never going to rely on what they say, because words won't defend israel, what will is having a very strong and technically capable defence. is it fair on the people of syria for israel to get dragged into that conflict and to be firing missiles into syria ? i now that you are throwing them at iranian posts in syria but this is as bad as anything you could imagine happening to the people of israel. it's terrible, the civil war has been going on for too long and israel hasn't been a party to it. but you are one of the countries intervening. we haven't been involved in the civil war whatsoever militarily but that could change and i want to explain why. if the assad regime allowed the iranians to build inside syria for the formidable military regime, we can't sit back. what is it therefore? is syria not to be allow

on the instagram feed, the ayatollah khomeini is shown reading the book.hem, they have some big business projects on the line. for the french, it's $5 billion to come in and work on iran's energy sector. you see norway going the same way. all these countries are at risk. does it put in blocking legislation or does it try to negotiate one on one as it did with the steel sanctions. and iran will be looking closely because if the europeans can stay in the deal, that's what iran wants. but if they can't, if they met the calculation that they risk american business by dealing with iran, that's a whole new ball game. >> we'll keep watching. thank you. >> and delivering a controversial dossier to the fbi. namic lighting elevated comfort powerfully efficient and one more thing the world comes with it ♪you can go your own way... the 2019 jeep cherokee bipolar i disorder can make you feel unstoppable. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking about your treatment options. vr

but ayatollah khomeini with whom the buck stops with poured cold water on that notion saying he doesn'tst the european countries as all. he said if there is no definitive guarantee, the jcpoa can't continue. ali, there was also fire and fury in iran's parliament today as parliament arians burnt a u.s. flag and a piece of paper representing the nuclear deal while chanting "death to america". a clear message from the heart of iran's parnlt that there isn't going to be any more dialogue with america. all this time that i have been working in iran american flag burning has been a common thing but i have never seen it burnt in the parliament. that was a pretty strong message coming out from iranian parliament arians. the eu said that they are backing the deal as long as iran sticks to it. and today, the international atomic agency director said that iran is continuing to implement its nuclear commitments under the deal adding that iran is subject to the world's most rebust nuclear verification regime under the jcpoa which is a significant verification gain. it's very hard to argue that the n

we're still waiting to hear what the supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini is going to say about this agreementt iran is going to have a harder line on pretty much all of these issues. at least in the near-term future. whether or not in the longer term whether there will be chances for some kind of agreement, very difficult to say. the first thing for the iranians, wolf, they are going to try initially to maybe salvage this deal, if they feel that's something that will work. they think america will put pressure on european companies not to do business in iran, then that's not going to happen. then that deal is essentially going to be dead in the water. and the iranians will most likely probably start their nuclear program again, start enriching again. right now, we're very, very far away from the iranians even thinking about talking to america or trying to start some sort of new agreement for the future, wolf. >> freed pleitgen is on the ground for us now in tehran. fred, thanks very much. >>> there's more breaking news we're following. new details from secretary of state mike pompeo's mission

rouhani was the original roslyn assured to step off the plane with ayatollah khomeini back in february he's more of a company man than he i reformists, but just hanging. but there is this permanent conversation that happens in washington about the internal struggle come in the internal balance between liberal forces and conservative forces. i would argue that there is such a struggle but it's much more outside the government. you are seeing protesters were taking off their headscarves and they don't want to live under sharia law. that is more than rouhani has ever said or the second is sort of a psychological aspect from and the king down the road. psychologists have a word for it the obama administration for whatever reason convinced itself that there is a binary choice to make. it was either the deal or war. you could argue that it's not the case. i firmly do not believe that was the case. but if you proceed from the notion those are the only two options, then the deal, even a terrible one that delays the doesn't fundamentally divert iran from the nuclear passes in the aggregate and

the catastrophic obama-iranian nuclear deal and to do whatever is necessary to prevent the ayatollah khomeini from getting nuclear weapons. and indeed we saw that assessment was true. i think it is quite fitting that the opening of the new embassy occurred just days apart from the president making the historic decision to pull out of the disastrous obama-iran nuclear deal. we are seeing the difference between strength and weakness. if history teaches anything, it is that weakness and appeasement do not work. and instead i think america is far better when we pursue policies of peace through strength. we all recognize there are those who rage against the existence of the state of israel. there are the ayatollahs of iran who swear death to israel and death to america. indeed, who refer to israel as the little satan and america as the great satan. and who finance terrorism at israel's doorstep and across the world. there are the terrorists of hamas who seized control of the gaza strip over a decade ago after israel had already fully withdrawn from the territory. but the last several months, hamas

the coup de grace to the carter presidency was administered by arends krol radical ayatollah khomeini, whose top aide i interviewed. he held americans hostage for 444 days in violation of every international norm will carter support dissipated. i am very frank in this chapter. we made a lot of mistakes in the most significant were intelligence failures. the cia had put the shah back on the phone in 1953. six presidents have lavished tens of billions of dollars of the most sophisticated military equipment and did not realize that domestic support was resting on quicksand. they did not know that for five years he had been getting cancer treatment. he didn'tt know that it was sending provocative cassettes back to tehran against the shah. the most difficult decision was what to do when the h hostages were taken and he made a decision telling the families and that is the number one priority. frankly i disagreed with that. blockade the harbors to prevent them from exporting oil. but he was afraid i would risk havingnd hostages come back wita tough choice. i don't agree with it. nevertheless

withdrawal from their nuclear pact ayatollah khomeini calling trump's speech silly and nonsensical.e was glad a "pesky creature" left in the agreement. washington has warned tehran against restarting its nuclear program. . president trump: i would advise iran not to start their nuclear program. i would advise them very strongly. if they do, there would be very severe consequence. paul: president trump says he will be at andrews air force base 2:00 a.m. eastern time to greet three american detainees freed from north korea. they are flying back with secretary of state mike pompeo. trump said mike pompeo had a good meeting with kim jong-un. he says the meeting won't be happening in the dmz between the two koreas, making singapore the likely bet. walmart shares closed lower after its deal to -- some analysts think the price is too high. they are more optimistic on the longer-term potential. softbank's vision fund is a flik pkart investor. the government kept the official 75%, and said it will remain therefore some time to come. or says that could be up down depending on time and events.

thursday morning >>> iran's ayatollah khomeini says he does not trust france, germany or great britainlowing president trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear agreement. he said trump's body will, quote, turn to ashes and become the flood of worms and ants while the islamic republic continues to stand, end quote. >>> meantime, iranian lawmakers burning a u.s. flag at parliment. they also burned a piece of paper representing the nuclear deal and shouted death to america during the demonstrations >>> on a much lighter note, a wax figure of meghan markle was unveiled at madame tussaud's in london that's ten days before the american actress marries prince harry. it also features a replica of her diamond engagement ring. nice to end on an up note. i'm going to send it over to dom chu for the eia inventory report >> what we have right now is crude oil extending its gains after the government data from the u.s. shows an actual drawdown of 2.2 million barrels of crude oil stockpiles. also a drawdown of 2.2 million barrels of gasoline inventories as well. those particular numbers seem to va

reformist, and rouhani was one of the original revolutionary that stepped off the plane with ayatollah khomei khomeini he's more of a company man than reformist, just saying, but there is this permanent conversation that happens in washington about the internal struggle, the balance between liberal forces and conservative forces. i would argue that there is such a struggle, but it's much more outside of the government than within it. right? you're seeing these protesters, you're seeing women in prison for taking off their head scarf because they don't want to live under sharia law. and the second is, this sort of the psychological dynamic that rich talk about, kicking the can down the road and the psychologist has a word for it, this is a pavolvian response. the obama administration for whatever reason convinced itself that there was a binary choice to make. it was either the deal or war, right? you could argue that's not the case. i firmly do not believe that was the case those only two options. if you procedure from the notion those are the only two options, a deal, even a terrible one that only del

you know, when the ayatollah khomeini pledges death to america and death to israel, i believe him.nceling the deal is the exactly the right thing what we need to do and what we are going forward doing is reimposing crushing sanctions, urging our allies to do the same and making sure that iran never never never gets a nuclear weapon. brian: senator, you know how they feel they made it clear. the foreign minister of england and macron spent two days here and merkel spent a day all to keep us in. in fact, she released this statement. it is no longer such that the united states simply protects us. but europe must take its destiny in its own hands. that's the task of the future. your reaction? >> listen, we're going to see some posturing in european capitals. the reason is there is some big european companies want to do business with iran. they make money. that's got a lot of the european countries defending this deal. i will tell you, when the deal was being negotiated, i had european ambassadors in my office asking for my help saying the obama administration is pressuring us. we think

dollars, on pallets with forklifts, moving those from the united states into the hands of the ayatollah khomeini and his bloodthirsty religious zealots in iran, the biggest supporter of terrorism in the world. so, deemed to be an intellectual, president obama was. incredible malfeasance when it came to foreign relations. peep were not afraid of him -- people were not afraid of him. it was interesting to see polls while president obama was our chief executive officer, showing that although muslim -- or nations where muslims were the ajority, they didn't have much respect for president george w. bush. but there were polls indicating that they had even less respect for president obama. how could that be? they didn't see him as being very decisive. a bit indicative was when he drew a line in the sand, had a red line and syria crossed that line and he did nothing about it. in essence. so that encouraged our enemies and i know there are those who id that things that happened guantanamo bay, abu ghraib, other places, actually hurt america badly. because it inflamed our enemies. whereas actually nothing