welcome back i'm out about top stories here the iranian president hassan rouhani has called the u.s. administration novice politicians with naive ideas early on rouhani said he favors diplomacy with washington but the current situation isn't suitable for talks the u.s. says it's strengthening its military presence in the region because of unspecified threats from iran. the british prime minister to resign may has been presenting her latest attempt to get the u.k. parliament to agree a deal on drugs that includes the possibility of a 2nd referendum. on the un special envoy for libya as one of the countries on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war which could lead to its permanent division us on solemn days warning came at the u.n. security council briefing moments ago. the u.n. says most of the people who have fled venezuela's political and economic crisis are in need of refugee protection and is urging governments not to deport them 3000000 the death the country since 2015 as the economy crumbled a power struggle is continuing between president maduro and the. only that o

iran's president hassan rouhani has called the u.s. administration novice politicians with naive ideas it's the latest salvo in a war of words between both countries earlier rouhani said he favors diplomacy with washington the current situation isn't suitable for talks but the u.s. says it's strengthening its military presence in the region because of unspecified threat some iran but on monday iran announced it has quadrupled its production of low enriched uranium we have correspondents both in iran and the u.s. keeping track of this story will go to zain was ravi in the iranian capital in a bit but 1st let's talk to kimberly hellcat in washington d.c. kimberly how much skepticism is there in congress regarding iran and any potential threat as the white house is arguing. there is considerable skepticism about the intelligence or sort of the vague arguments that have been made so far with regard to the threat and this is being underscored now a in terms of concerns by the latest comments coming from the acting u.s. defense secretary pat

they have started to follow the orders of the supreme national security council of president hassan rouhani as part of non cooperation with the nuclear deal of course a week ago iran's president announced that iran will be limiting how much it cooperates with the nuclear deal and today the organization the atomic energy organization of iran confirmed that they are following those guidelines they will not be sticking to the ceiling to the limits on stockpiles of enriched uranium and heavy water essentially materials that could be used for nuclear munitions at some point and they have confirmed that they have stopped cooperating with those limits going forward we are on the clock or one week in to a 60 day deadline that iran has given the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal to help them to help iran navigate american sanctions against the country and if that doesn't happen it leaders here have suggested that they could go a step further expand their nuclear facilities to enrich more uranium produce more heavy water and go beyond the limit of 3.67 percent for enriched uranium which is th

that its stepping back from some of its obligations under twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says world powers are failing to uphold their commitments and the us president has accused china of breaking the deal ahead of further trade talks between the two countries donald trump vowed to more than double tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods china says it's ready to retaliate. vote counting is underway in south africa as general election twenty five years after the country's transition from apartheid to democracy it's seen as the toughest test yet for the ruling and see the party of the late president nelson mandela voters have expressed frustration about corruption unemployment and racial inequality however despite that opinion polls suggest the a.n.c. will win most of the poor. elements four hundred seats zeroes from the members joining us from cape town what are you hearing about the results so far. well so far we know about a quarter of the results have been counted or quarter of the votes have been counted and as expected the a.n.c. is in the lead

government entity that cracked down on economic corruption that removed a handful of president hassan rouhani as cabinet so it's no small thing that m.p.'s from this organization are saying that they now feel that the united states and the e.u. are somehow working in tandem where the united states acts as the heavy access the muscle has aggressive policies towards iran and the european union in its own way is stalling and is keeping iran from moving forward and this really reflects a trust deficit there was already an enormous trust deficit between the trumpet ministration between the administration of us present in the white house now and the government in tehran but what we've seen from the nuclear deal is that european partners became western allies of iran over the course of negotiating and signing the deal and it seems that that the trust that was established by that deal is now beginning to erode once again. thank you china says it's kept its promises on the u.s. trade deal after president donald trump accused beijing of breaking the deal ahead of trade talks promised to more than doubl

thousand and fifteen iranian president hassan rouhani made the announcement today exactly one year after the united states through the agreement into jeopardy by you know and really withdrawing from it the deal was designed to limit iran's ability to produce nuclear fuel now although rouhani says iran could resume enriching and stockpiling your radium soon. patience has run out read the headlines of iran's newspapers president hassan rouhani says he's not trying to destroy but rather to save the nuclear agreement by leveling an ultimatum to the five countries that are still signatories. but that if these five countries return to the table in sixty days and we reach agreements on oil sales and banking then we will uphold our side of the nuclear deal. under the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal iran agreed to let international atomic energy agency monitors into their nuclear facilities and only enrich uranium for civilian purposes in return economic sanctions on the country were lifted the international atomic energy agency says iran has been meeting its end of the bargain but that did

president hassan rouhani has responded to u.s. sanctions by threatening to resume its nuclear enrichment program if a new deal isn't reached there and also threaten to close the strait of hormuz a clear threat to global oil supplies twenty percent of the world's oil passes through the narrow channel the u.s. has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to the middle east that's a strong message tensions are rising and jangling nerves on the oil market normally fears about the global economy during the rab between the u.s. and china would signal weak demand and drag prices down but u.s. sanctions on iran are tightening oil supplies and in coming weeks this is expected to drive prices higher analysts see iran's threat to close off the hormuz straight as a knee jerk reaction and believe it's unlikely to happen but the tensions come a difficult time for the global economy and america's punitive measures are taking their toll on iran's economy the currency is at record lows inflation has quadrupled and investors are running scared oth

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal in rose more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s. pressure and in moscow iran found support from a strong friend at a critical time russia blamed the united states for single handedly undermining the twenty fifty nuclear deal and said u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate and looking into. all of this has been lamentable

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal and grows more name you call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course our friends including the european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we wanted our people to know we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the dealers and scuttling the deal would be costly and did for mantle to the region and the world. in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.

from berlin iran an ounce is in its partial withdrawal from a landmark of nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says that iran will stop acting on some of its commitments under the deal and sets a timeline and i'm sixty days before new terms to be reached the move comes amid mounting tensions with the united states. also coming up south africans go to the polls to pass judgment on their president cyril ramaphosa took office amid high hopes for an end to corruption and economic mismanagement but support for his party the a.n.c. has been sliding. and liverpool put four goals past barcelona's goalkeeper to one place in the tournament final it's a stunning come from behind victory that may well cement coach in clubs placed in history. i'm sorry kelly walked into the program we begin with breaking news a ron has announced it is partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal struck with world powers in twenty fifteen president hassan rouhani says that his country plan to stop implementing some commitments under the accord you said that if the deal isn't renegotiate within sixty. days the country

patient says run out read the headlines of iran's newspapers president hassan rouhani says he's not trying to destroy but rather to save the nuclear agreement by leveling an ultimatum to the five countries that are still signatories. but that if these five countries return to the table within sixty days and we reach agreements on oil sales and banking then we will uphold our side of the nuclear deal. under the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal iran agreed to let international atomic energy agency monitors into their nuclear facilities and only enrich uranium for civilian purposes in return economic sanctions on the country were lifted the international atomic energy agency says iran has been meeting its end of the bargain but that didn't prevent the u.s. withdrawing from the deal last year and reinstating sanctions now iran is threatening to enrich its uranium closer to weapons grade levels the move comes as the u.s. has been stepping up its anti iran rhetoric secretary of state mike pompei oh made an impromptu visit to iraq this week accusing iran of posing a threat to u.s. soldiers i

parts of the landmark nuclear deal struck with world powers in two thousand and fifteen president hassan rouhani announced a decision exactly one year after the us withdrew from the pact it was designed to limit is wrong ability to produce a nuclear fuel in exchange for relief from sanctions rouhani now says his country plans to resume and ritchie and stockpiling uranium in sixty days if one spouse failed to negotiate new terms for the deal. no more be doing more nation should know that we have not withdrawn from the nuclear deal they should not think that the nuclear deal does not exist anymore. the nuclear deal is still in place but today we will flip and show the other side of the coin the nuclear deal has told us in its articles twenty six and thirty six that if the other party violates it we can also reduce our commitments at any level today we announced a reduction not a withdrawal. now so that was iranian president hassan rouhani before we discuss those developments in detail let's take a look at what exactly was agreed in the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal deronda got his existing

the j c puree or go over that stockpile limit that is what iran's government iranian president hassan rouhani has announced today they will go past the limits on their stockpile of enriched uranium and heavy water and they've also said option remains to enrich uranium beyond beyond the three point six seven percent allow those part of the nuclear deal now iran's government will say over and over again that it has been strategically patient with regards to the other signatories of this nuclear deal this move now definitely puts pressure on the remaining signatories of the deal europe and russia and china to do something to salvage what has been of very shaky deal since u.s. president donald trump took office in the united states of course they would have to be very clear that the iranians are not withdrawing from the g. c. a it's just peripheral parts of the agreement that they're drawing the europeans to their attention to. that's exactly correct the iranian leadership has said all along that what they are doing the moves they are making are within the framework are within the wording of the

from berlin our rhonda announces its partial withdrawal from the landmark nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says tehran will stop acting on some of its commitments under this deal and sets a timeline of sixty days for new terms to be agreed the move comes amid mounting tension with the united states also coming up south africans casting their ballots in national elections many voters say that they are disappointed with the ruling a.n.c. is failure to tackle corruption and inequality so will they punish the party at the polls plus liverpool took four goals past barcelona's goalkeeper to win a place in the champions league final it is a stunning come from behind victory that may well cement coach you're going club's place in history. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program iran has announced that it is partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal struck with world powers in twenty fifteen it comes exactly one year after the us pulled out of the accord which was designed to limit tehran's ability to produce nuclear fuel president hassan rouhani has said that iran plans to stop complying w

first of all, hassan rouhani, the iranian president, has wa nt of rouhani, the iranian president, hasifficult times ahead. what is he talking about? well, he was saying that the situation is very similarto during saying that the situation is very similar to during the war period when saddam hussein was supported by western countries and the united states. he was even giving —— given chemical weapons by western countries to use extensively against iranians. there was a war, we were sanctioned and he was given everything he needed but now he is saying that the sanctions are that ofa saying that the sanctions are that of a different nature and they target ordinary iranians. americans are trying to weapon eyes global financial institutions and with the help of the saudis and the emirate is -- help of the saudis and the emirate is —— weaponise was not they are trying to carry out warfare against ordinary iranians in order to bring them to their knees. what was happening in the 80s at the time in iran, if you can painta picture, that would cause the president to compare what the current pre

iran's president hassan rouhani says he favors diplomacy with the u.s. but the current situation isn't suitable for talks he says iran's only choice is resistance on monday or iran announced it has quadrupled the rate of production of low enriched uranium this comes a week after tehran said it would end some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal had a kahane reports. leaving the white house president donald trump says he's willing to talk to iran's leaders when they are ready while seemingly downplaying a potential threat iran would be making a very big mistake if they did it even if they do something it will be met with great force but we have no indication that they will. but his administration just weeks earlier had said it had intelligence that iran could attack u.s. forces or its allies sending in an aircraft carrier to the gulf earlier than planned. and along with bombers and missiles even evacuating some of its diplomatic personnel from iraq perhaps in response iran announced monday it's quadrupled its production of enriched uranium still

welder show in the last hour we've been hearing from iran's president hassan rouhani he didn't reference bolton by name but it's a see it seems to be a reaction to some of the comments coming out of the national security advisor president hassan rouhani in a weekly cabinet meeting said that the united states has made many contradictory statements in the past few weeks a lot of what they say can't be relied upon specifically a quote from him he said basis is not words whenever they stop their oppressive behavior towards iran and put cruel sanctions aside and stick to their commitments and return to the negotiating table presumably he means 1st then they the themselves have left then the path to iran will not be closed to them so making it clear that iran remains open to. moving forward but only if the u.s. comes towards it 1st really what's happened between the united states and iran in terms of the escalating tensions is it's become a battle of narratives and that seems to be happening again ahead of important talks in saudi arabia between a gulf arab leaders iranian government officials

production if world powers don't keep their promises under the twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani said the remaining signatories of the agreement the united kingdom france germany china and russia had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sector is from u.s. sanctions but he insists iran is ready for negotiations over its nuclear program ronnie was speaking on the anniversary of the u.s. withdrawing from the deal the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the u.n. security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall for this trap it did not play in the united states court our friends including european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we want our people to know that we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the deal is and scuttling the deal will be costly and detrimental to the region and the world let's bring in zain bus ride his joining us from to herat to first talk us through the most s

yes that's exactly right in many ways what iran's president hassan rouhani announced today was a reaction as well it was a reaction to u.s. moves earlier this week earlier this month the beginning of this month the united states issued round of new sanctions nuclear sanctions this time targeting the framework the wording of the nuclear deal itself and limiting iran's ability to get rid of its stockpiles of nuclear material deemed to be something ingredients that could be used to make a nuclear bomb if iran was ever to wish to do so by limiting their arms ability to get rid of that stockpile experts say that the united states has in many ways forced to runs hand iran could do one of two things it could slow down its nuclear program so as to not exceed that stockpile limit or it could go past that stockpile limit iran's president hassan rouhani has his announcement today he has chosen to ignore that stockpile limit and lessen cooperation with the nuclear deal but he says this is still in keeping with the deal itself iran is not plume to leave the nuclear deal it's still wants to give diplom

production if world powers don't keep their promises to the twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says the remaining signatories of the agreement the united kingdom france germany china and russia had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sector is from u.s. sanctions but he insists iran is ready for negotiations over its nuclear program he was speaking on the anniversary of the u.s. withdrawing from the deal. more namely call him as we don't want to pull out of the jay c.p.o. way and people around the world should know that today is not the end of the nuclear deal today it's a new stuff. for the j. c.p.o. way and is within the framework of the j c p a way the deal has given us this right that if the other party violates its commitments we can raise it in the joint commission in a scheduled time and that timing was passed we had meetings at the level of deputy ministers and foreign ministers europeans and our friends several times emphasized that they would hump and say that somehow but practically they didn't meet their commitment so some of the

by their wrongs president hassan rouhani for world powers to fulfill promises of twenty fifty nuclear deal in a joint statement they said they remain fully committed to the preservation and full implementation of the agreement let's speak to. a professor of the department if american studies at the iranian adversity and that is where he is joining us from thanks very much for speaking to us initially just give me your thoughts on this latest development that the e.u. now is rejecting that sixty day ultimatum issued by iran. quite disappointing i think people expected more from europe. but iran is asking the europe to actually follow the agreements and is not asking for anything that. europe has also gotten out of the agreement in practice they have not done it like the united states the united states. exit open they have not done that they say they're interested in agreement but in reality they're not doing their part. in the article supposed to do they were supposed to continue buying iranian oil we had italians a spanish greece they have a stopped doing that we're supposed to be abl

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s. pressure. and in moscow iran found support from a strong friend at a critical time russia blamed the united states for single handedly undermining the twenty fifty nuclear deal and said u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s. we

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s. pressure and in moscow iran found support from a strong friend at a critical time russia blamed the united states for single handedly undermining the twenty fifty nuclear deal and said u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s. we

that's if world powers don't follow the terms of the twenty fifty nuclear agreement president hassan rouhani made the announcement on the first anniversary of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal. sudan's military council says it could hold elections in six months if an agreement reached with the opposition differences remain over the length of the interim period and who will lead the country during a time. voters in south africa are casting their ballots in national elections the ruling african national congress or a.n.c. is expected to win but by a smaller margin it's been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent years by accusations that it's failed to provide basic services the opposition leader from the democratic alliance party cast his votes as polls opened in the township off so well so let's bring in malcolm webb is joining us from johannesburg to talk us through the polling malcolm and where you are. in the township of alexandra just down the road from a polling station is another one just up the road. but this township has been one of the hot spots for protests e

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw all of the day off so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s. pressure. and in moscow iran found support from a strong friend at a critical time russia blamed the united states for single handedly undermining the twenty fifty nuclear deal and said u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.

over now to same buzz ravi he's live for us in the iranian capital as a mere runyan president hassan rouhani has just spoken about the crisis what would he have to say. well president hasan rouhani is on a visit to the western us or by john project he's there to inaugurate some infrastructure projects including a dam and it seems that every activity he partakes in even these domestic ones have taken on a political tone recently he said that the infrastructure projects that he was opening earlier today those are a decisive form of defiance against the white house a response to the aggressive american economic pressure and they basically illustrate to him in his interpretation their illustrate of of the fact that even though iran is under so much pressure from us sanctions from u.s. policies against it in the region it can continue to develop its domestic projects and could continue to invest in its own domestic economy he also said that in many ways the projects that it is moving forward are not just a form of defiance but he was taking the long view and even predicted that in the future the

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by a stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s. pressure. and in moscow iran found support from a strong friend at a critical time russia blamed the united states for single handedly undermining the twenty fifty nuclear deal and said u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s.

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by a stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states course in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s. pressure. and in moscow iran found support from a strong friend at a critical time russia blamed the united states for single handedly undermining the twenty fifty nuclear deal and said u.s. sanctions against iran are unacceptable and illegitimate. all of this has been lamentable behavior by the u.s.

president donald trump has offered direct talks with his iranian counterpart president hassan rouhani to discuss its nuclear program but white house officials say that they have yet to receive a response let's get more on this now from same bus ravi he has been following the story from tehran and zain in the face of mounting u.s. pressure iran's leader ali hominine has been very clear he said that there will be no war but nor will there be talks where have these latest remarks come from. well mr felder is a senior member of iran's elected parliament he's an iranian m.p. and he is the chairman elected in 2018 of the iranian parliamentary commission on national security and foreign policy so it's a very important legislative body but the fact of the matter is that it still sits under the umbrella of the supreme leader of the coming day and so it doesn't necessarily translate into actionable policymaking the body can summon the foreign ministry it can summon the president and it can ask questions it can carry out legislation but it does so as everything here is done everything happens un

live from bonn and iran announces a special good drawer from a landmark nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says there john will stop acting on some of its commitments under the deal and set a timeline of sixty days for new terms to be agreed the move comes amid mounting tension with the united states also on the program. the christian woman at the center of a blasphemy raul in pakistan begins a new life in safety aasia bibi has reportedly arrived in canada they should be reunited with her daughter as. and south africans are costing the ballots in national elections little voters say they disappointed with the ruling a.n.c. spirit to tackle corruption at inequality so will they punish the party i suppose. plus liverpool push for gold stocks bonds that owners good people to win a place in the champions league final and it's a stunning comeback from behind victory that many feel would cement yield and clamps a place in history. i don't have a warm welcome to you. iran is announce that it's partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal struck with powers in two thousand and fifteen it com

live from berlin iran announces its partial radbourne from a landmark nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says there don will stop acting on some of its commitments under the deal and sets a deadline of sixty days for new terms to be agreed the move comes amid mounting tension with the united states also the program. the images of the world has been waiting for britain's prince harry and his wife meghan mako preserve their newborn son to the public it's a big day for the little one as he also meets his pritzker and mother we know is a bit for the first time. and a christian woman at the center of a blasphemy right now in pakistan begins a new life in safety a c. of e. b. has reported kate arrived in canada should be reunited with her daughter. plus liverpool football goes past possible as good keeper to win a place in the champions league final it's a stunning come from behind victory that new bro cements coach you're going top space and it's straight. hello and welcome i'm on the good to have your company. iran says it plans to stop complying with parts of the landmark nuclear deal struc

from the foreign ministry there iran's president hassan rouhani also said that the united states has made consistently contradictory statements when it comes to its policies towards iran in the last few weeks he was speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting here's some of what he said out about this. and if you have many comments have been made by them there have been many ups and downs and the resistance of the iranian people has forced them to sometimes make contradictory statements we don't rely on their words whenever they stop their oppression towards iran and put the cool sanctions aside stick to their commitments and return to the negotiating table that they themselves left and the door won't be closed to them now there we heard president hassan rouhani continuing to push the point that iranian leaders have been making for many weeks now that iran does not trust in its experience anything that the united states says it doesn't trust american rhetoric as much as it is relying on interpretive americans intensions from its actions aggressive economic sanctions a military buildup in th

designed to target the framework of the deal itself effectively forcing iran's hand president hassan rouhani led world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water he said iran could also resume the production of uranium enriched to a higher level than it currently manufactures and rebuild a heavy water reactor without the oversight of its partners in the nuclear deal in rose more namely call him as the united states wanted to pull out of the way to make iran withdraw the day after so they could refer the case to the un security council in order to redouble pressure on iran however iran did not fall into this trap and did not play in the united states court our friends including the european countries asked us to give them some time and we said yes because we wanted our people to know we are patient and work in a calculated way we know how important the dealers and scuttling the deal would be costly and did for a man talk to the region and the world in practical terms it is a first step by iran in response to more than a year of mounting u.s.

live from berlin iran announces a stash of redress or from a landmark nuclear deal president hassan rouhani says they're done with stop acting on some of its commitments under the deal and sets a timeline of sixty days for new terms to be agreed the move comes amid mounting tension with the united states also coming up on the show in south africa people are casting their ballots in the national elections many voters say they are disappointed with the ruling a.n.c. speedier to tackle corruption and inequality so really they punish the party at the polls we'll go live to our correspondent in juba. and a sensational win for liverpool securing its place in the champions league final in a come from behind victory the club peter van onselen are born live in a really match that may well cement coach european clubs placed in a straight. out of a warm welcome to you i'm on with that shima iran is that it is partially redrawing from a landmark nuclear deal struck with budget balance in two thousand and fifteen it comes exactly one year after the us pulled out of the accord which was designed to limit

program if world powers don't follow the terms of the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement president hassan rouhani made the announcement on the first anniversary of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal. the sudanese coalition is threatening civil disobedience over what he described as the military's disappointing response to constitutional proposals that military council says it could hold elections in six months if an agreement can be reached with the opposition. national elections are underway in south africa just moments ago president cyril ramaphosa of the governing african national congress on the a.n.c. cast his vote his party is expected to win but by a smaller margin after being hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent years opposition leaders say maybe from the democratic alliance party and julius malema from the economic freedom fighters also cast their votes to. pass more from johannesburg. where outside a polling station in the township of alexandra in johannesburg not a wealthy area lot of people in this area live in housing small not in good condition many others li

the nuclear deal so this is a clear signal that they said they were going to do it president hassan rouhani announced his. pullback of cooperation with parts of the nuclear deal it has to be said he announced that because president donald trump in the united states placed nuclear sanctions on iran that attacked the framework of the deal effectively limiting iran's ability to keep stockpiles. apply itself to stockpile agreements in the nuclear deal. said they won't be abiding by that limit then the energy organization the atomic energy organization said it was going to carry out that work and now they're proving that they indeed are carrying out that work mr come on the also pointed out that within the next few weeks they will reach the 300 kilogram stockpile limit and iran intends to exceed that limit so really the significance of the statement today is that they are holding true to what they said that they will not cooperate with the parts of the nuclear deal the way they said they would we are on the clock president hassan rouhani gave the remaining signatories to the nuclear deal 2 month

iran's president hassan rouhani says his country will continue to export oil this fight us sanctions in a speech broadcast on state t.v. he said america was wrong to think it could reduce iran's output to zero pressure from the u.s. is expected to drive iran further into recession and inflation towards forty percent. official figures show the eurozone economy expanded by zero point four percent in the first quarter of the year that's twice as much as the previous quarter and unemployment fell to its lowest levels since two thousand and eight it's now hovering around seven point seven percent although that's higher in some countries like greece see. profits european airplane maker air bus fell eighty six percent during the first quarter of the year that's true to a number of factors including the ending of the a three eighty super jumbo program after years of losses the german government suspension of defense exports to saudi arabia resulted in a one hundred ninety million euro loss. high rollers pro players champagne and convertibles those are some of the things that come to mind whe

iran says it will suspend cooperation with some of the commitments under the agreement president hassan rouhani that world powers know his country will not abide by stockpile limits on enriched uranium and heavy water but he said it was a reciprocal move after the united states introduced new sanctions earlier this week designed to target the framework of the nuclear deal itself iranian experts say that the latest u.s. sanctions effectively forced iran to take some sort of action hammy him out of the main mall that john bid on. and people around the world should know that today is not the end of the nuclear deal today it's a new step for the c.p.o. way and it's within the framework of the j c.p.o. way the deal has given us this right that if the other party violates its commitments we can raise it in the joint commission in a scheduled time and that time was passed we had meetings at the level of deputy ministers and foreign ministers and europeans and our friends several times emphasized that they would compensate it somehow but practically they didn't meet their commitments. iranian leaders m

military presence in the region because of quote unspecified threats earlier iran's president hassan rouhani labeled the us administration nervous politicians with naive ideas and ruled out dialogue with washington house representative michael mccaul has just addressed reporters following that briefing. was made very clear the administration to talk to security clamp alien and basher bolton there is no intention to go to war in the region this is maybe if this is a deterrent operation to stop iran's escalation in aggression in the region. she have a chance he's live in washington d.c. what else has come out of the the meeting compared with the members of the house of representatives. very little so far actually michael mccall the one of the hawks in the us political very. in many ways in the past spoken out against iran that he's that repeating this this message that we've been hearing from the trumpet ministration now for a couple of days which is like we're just keeping the peace we're the ones who are going to try to ensure that there is no escalation but one of the reasons why we are hav

iranian president hassan rouhani has told world powers that will stop implementing some commitments under the twenty fifty nuclear deal and a letter to ambassadors of the u.k. france germany china and russia romney said iran was still committed to the deal despite stay u.s. withdrawal last year. tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province amid a whitening government offensive backed spine russian air par the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where airstrikes have killed at least twenty civilians the rebels are promising to fight back saying a quarter has more from beirut it's a worsening humanitarian situation in northwest syria there are reports of up to one hundred fifty thousand people on the move heading north towards the border with turkey escaping what has been described as the fiercest bombardment in months. only brought what we can we have nothing. syrian and russian planes are continuing to target villages across southern it live and northern hama it's been more than a week now dozens of civilians have been killed the un

don't follow the terms of the twenty fifty nuclear deal president hassan rouhani said the united kingdom france germany china and russia sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's orland banking sector is from u.s. sanctions voters in south africa have begun casting their ballots in the country's parliamentary elections the ruling african national congress are likely to win but the party is expected to gain less votes than past elections at least eight people have been killed in a blast outside a popular shrine in the city of lahore police say the death toll could rise as some of the injured are in critical condition. let's get more on our top story in iran mohammad marandi is a professor at a hirani university he's joining us now from tehran thanks very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera so president rouhani just a short while ago was clear in saying that today is not the end of the iranian nuclear deal but for you what was the most significant announcement or the key takeaway message from what he had to say. the most important thing i believe is the statement that he m

military presence was discussed in the iranian parliament on sunday president hassan rouhani unity in the face of pressure that he calls from president it has more now from tehran. while it is a matter of routine for the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to address iranian members of parliament and answer their questions major general turn comes at a time of heightened tensions with the united states the new i.r. g.c. chief assured m.p.'s that a war with the united states is unlikely because americans know the closer their military hardware comes to iranian territory the more vulnerable it becomes to iranian defenses and iranian firepower the head of the air force was also present and reinforced his boss's comments saying warplanes and warships that represented a threat in the past have since become an opportunity and potential targets since moving closer to iran shores following the briefing a senior m.p. and the head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission said iran can hit targets up to 2000 kilometers away and estimated that american ships a