sanctions on iran. i think the e.u. has been very patient and will continue to be very patient on this deal it's not only because it very much worries that there isn't going to be any broader deal like the united states talks about that will take the nuclear components into account and again stop iran from from enriching uranium so it thinks that this is really the best shot possible to stop iran from possibly getting a nuclear weapon it isn't going to give up fairly imposing sanctions of course would mean admitting that the deal is dead and despite being offered to do this many times the e.u. is not willing to declare this deal dead it wants iran to reverse course you want to iran to reverse course with that teri schultz in brussels thank you we will check in with you on another story in just a moment or let's take this story now into the u.s. capital i'm joined tonight by injury miller he's with the project on middle east democracy that's a think tank and you worked at the u.s. state department served

iran's changing.ic plays in the capital tehran, clerics compete with pop stars for influence. most iranians were born after the 1979 revolution. the younger generation is more open to the world. it's these liberal iranians that donald trump believes he can win over, but instead, anti—american sentiment is unifying iran. translation: it's true that iran is pushing very hard with the issue of nuclear energy. perhaps we are pushing too hard, but if nuclear energy is bad for us, then it should be bad for everyone else as well. the us and iran needn't be enemies. the paint on this mural is fading. four years ago, with the nuclear deal, america and iran showed they could reach an agreement, but it was never built on trust. what happened here a0 years ago has poisoned relations ever since. iranian students stormed the us embassy, holding american diplomats hostage for more than a year. i was from the first day here. this is me. it was christmas. we wanted the american hostages... hussein sheikholeslam was on

or european powers take military within iran, iran will retaliate. what needs to happen at this stage is there are talks between iran and the united states going minister'she foreigign trip your last week indicated. the those conversrsations need o continue and all sites need to begin to deeeescalat whatever actions either the united states or any other powers take in the persian gulf region, iran will retaliate and eventually these tit-for-tat devastating military confrontation in the middle east. but it seems no one really wants it at this time. amy: narges bajoghli, thank you for being with us professor of , middle east studies at johns hopkins university. her book "iran reframed: anxieties of power in the islamic republic" will be out in september. she is also the director of "the skin that burns," a documentary film about survivors of chemical warfare in iran. when we come back, we go to hawaii to look at the growing resistance against the construction of a massive .elescope on top of mauna kea we will go to that site. stay with h us. ♪ [music b

with how to deal with iran. including the president sounding optimistic only to change his tone. >> on thursday, he authorized a u.s. senator to initiate talks with iranian officials. the next day, he reversed course and said rand paul had been given permission to reach out to tehran. >> even so, the president is sounding doubtful it will do any good. >> this only goes to show what i'm saying about iran. trouble, nothing but trouble. i think was right about iran. and let's see what happens. >> are you concerned about a broader financial situation in the strait of hormuhormuz. >> no, we have the greatest people in the world. we have the greatest equipment in the world. we have the most deadly ships -- we don't want to use them, but they're the most deadly ships ever conceived. we hope for their sake they don't do anything foolish, if they do, they'll pay a price nobody has. >> let's put it into focus with natasha lindstaedt from england. good to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> the president giving mixed mes

you know iran sees. no guarantee if they engage in talks with this administration in the united states. that the other president or another person or even the same person bo you know there's something you know strange and different again so there is no guarantee for you really is to engage in so there's no guarantees for anyone i mean russia is in a pretty similar situation when it comes to compared with iran i mean it faces the same type of political pressures sanctions intelligence after future it's competing with the united states and certain geopolitical fronts and yet i think. that the russians have been taking a very different they're very critical of the american policy but president putin has never said it worth about president trump personally. foolish you know let me complete my answer by saying that you're wrong does not rule out the possibility of any negotiations with the united states iran has said if the united states returns to the nuclear deal and compensates its commitments under the nu

scaling back its commitment will take place in 60 days and that's likely to include iran iran enriching uranium at 20 percent levels all this comes as the international community has condemned their once decision to reduce its cooperation with the nuclear deal for now the next 60 days is being seen as the attempt by the rouhani government to allow the europeans to uphold their ends of the deal but the rainiest have said that they will not stay in the c.l. at any cost it is up to the e.u. signatories to try and show that they are committed to this deal by up holding their end of the bargain. door such a party for inside story well now let's hear what iran's foreign ministry spokesman of us mousavi had to say. tomorrow we have no hope nor trusting anyone or any country but the door of diplomacy is open borders if the remaining countries in the deal especially the europeans do not fulfill their commitments seriously and do not do anything more than talk to iran's 3rd step will be harder more steadfast and stunning this on the now european parties to the 25th india have condemned iran's dec

in military war against iran, i am engaged in economic war against iran.arget civilians. military war targets military personnel, and civilians are sometimes collateral damage. but in economic war target civilians. secretary pompeo has said, we want the iranian people to change their government. so, putting these two together, that means the united states is terrorising iranian people in order to achieve medical objectives. that is the classical definition of terrorism. the americans have said consistently that their goal is not regime change, they want to change iran's behaviour, that is what he has said. iran isa behaviour, that is what he has said. iran is a normal country, the us is not a normal country. what kind of normal country violates every international agreement? the human rights council, the imf, the world trade organisation... when you give organisations like hezbollah hundreds of millions of dollars,... who said we gave them hundreds of millions of dollars? that is what mike pompeo said. mike pompeo might like to make statements. his allies

anywhere in the middle east including iran. the european union hopes to salvage the deal but iran's position looks increasingly precarious. are for more of this i'm joined by our e.u. correspondent teri schultz going to be do you. so we know that france's president micron he sent his top envoy to tehran today what is he hoping to achieve. well brant the goal here is really not in dispute nobody not the u.s. not europe not china or russia wants iran to get a nuclear weapon so that's not the problem here the issue is how do you restrain tehran and right now the europeans feel very much that the nuclear deal which they have stuck to which the u.s. has has withdrawn from is the best way to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon so that's what president mcclellan is trying to do he is trying to talk to iran into stopping its new initiative to enrich more uranium they are still i'm told at a reversible level and the europeans would very much like to have tehran halted at this level to return to talks to try to deescalate the tens

war against iran." in economic war? economic war targets civilians. military war targets military personnel, and civilians are sometimes collateral damage. but an economic war targets civilians. secretary pompeo has said, we want the iranian people to change their government. so, putting these two together, that means the united states is terrorising iranian people in order to achieve political objectives. that's the classical definition of terrorism. the americans have said consistently, mike pompeo has said that their goal is not regime change, "we want to change iran's behaviour so that it behaves like a normal country," that is what he has said. mike pompeo — iran is a normal country, the us is not a normal country. which of normal country violates every international agreement? imf, nafta, the paris climate convention, unesco, the human rights council — is that what you call normal? let me put to you, though, you say your country is suffering from the sanctions. when you give organisations like hez

and iran this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on an iranian old time is that they center of a growing international dispute british marines boarded and detained the ship on thursday as it was sailing in. a british territory on spain's south coast the u.k. believes it was violating european union sanctions by carrying iranian oil to syria spain says it was the united states that ordered the vessel be stopped iran condemned what it called an illegal interception and summoned the british ambassador to tehran the u.s. and iran have been engaged in a war of words for months as washington precious tehran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear deal this action the rose from information giving the gibraltar government reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel the grace one was acting in breach of european union sanctions against syria in fact we have reason to believe that the grace one was carrying its shipments of crude oil to the ban yes refinery in syria . that refinery is the property of an

and iran short of a deal, they're hoping european allies can increase trade with iran. that through a deal with the u.s., there are secondary sanctions that would punish europe for engaging in increased allowed by the sanctions. iran has a couple of different options. it can choose not to comply with the agreement and increase pressure and give the western allies an incentive to come to some agreement or iran could disrupt trade through the strait says thatand the u.s. is what iran has been doing, shooting down a global hawk surveillance drone, damaging, according to the u.s., it was iran who did this but damaging four commercial ships and then there were two tankers that caught fire. and withn agreement only sticks being offered at no carrots, we are at an impasse that could prove catastrophic event brings us closer to a military confrontation. anchor: thank you. accusediticians have border patrol agent syntaxes of mr. treating -- of mistreating immigrants. we have more from washington. >> the congressional hispanic caucus at another of -- a number of other politicians

scaling back its commitment will take place in 60 days and that's likely to include iran iran enriching uranium at 20 percent levels all this comes as the international community has condemned their once decision to reduce its cooperation with the nuclear deal for now the next 60 days being seen as the attempt by the rouhani government to allow the europeans to uphold their ends of the deal but the iranians have said that they will not stay in the steel at any cost it is up to the e.u. signatories to try and show that they are committed to this deal by up holding their end of the bargain. door such a party for inside story well now let's hear what iran's foreign ministry spokesman of us mousavi had to say. tomorrow we have no hope nor trusting anyone or any country but the door of diplomacy is open borders if the remaining countries in the deal especially the europeans do not fulfill their commitments seriously and do not do anything more than talk to iran's 3rd step will be harder more steadfast and stunning this on the now european parties to the 25th india have condemned iran's decis

they're doing business with iran. iran's regime has been in power for 40 years. they have committed hundreds ofn thousands of crimes against humanity.. slaughtering people in the street. i have seen pictures of 120,000 of those people. i have a book at home that has 20,000 of them all listed and completely authoritative. i also can tell you in 1988 they killed 30,000 people in two months and since rouhani has been in office, they killed almost twice as many people as the other leaders, this man is a mass murders. the crimes against humanity and europe gives them money. we gave them over a billion dollars. that billion dollars went to kill people. obama and biden should be ashamed of themselves for doing lethat. you know the president longer than i know the president. i want your insight. >> sean: he is serious. this is my take. he won't put boots on the ground ever. it won't be a protracted war if donald trump was president. also, you know about this emerging coalition as i do. something that was never possible five years ago. the saudis, the egyptians they're wi

the point about iran is at the rate.d government, and elected government, rouhani and zarif don't have absolute power, but a huge amount of influence. the real power sits with the ayatollahs and the security apparatus goes through him. that is the error that the american right wing made, saying there simply mouthpieces at the front. they are not. this is a very divided governmental system. the supreme divided governmental system. the supreme leader in the revolutionary guards control the apparatus of the state, but, how many had to accept the nuclear deal under pressure from rouhani and other sensible people in the system who wanted iran to have an economic future? the are any of trump's position is that the one group who are cheering his position are indeed the hardliners in the revolutionary guards who always opposed the nuclear deal because they could see how restrictive it was. yes, but if i may, they could see how restrictive it was. yes, but ifi may, there is substance behind the american list of reasons why that d

deep concern over iran's pursuit of activity is not in line with its commitment calling for iran if it wants to stay in the deal as it professes to want to do to come back in line immediately without delay and calling on all the parties in terms of a joint commission to act responsibly to deescalate tensions now broadly speaking 2 points to make about this the 1st is that this is not and this is important i think the 3 triggering the formal dispute resolution mechanisms contained in the j c p o s a it's apparently thought that these breaches are not sufficient to warrant a move like that a move that could in itself escalate tensions and have the effect of shutting down what small room for maneuver there remains the 3 of course remember trying to keep the nuclear deal alive delicately here playing the middle ground on the one hand they've got to express some concern on the other hand of course they retain some faint optimism that iran can be talked around that some bridge can be found between washington and tehran faint hope indeed perhaps but that leads to the 2nd point which is tha

confront iran at their own peril.a 25—year—old man has been charged with the murder of a pregnant woman, and the manslaughter of her baby son. kelly mary fauvrelle was eight months pregnant when she was stabbed in her bedroom in south london. her son — who'd been named riley — was delivered by paramedics — but died later in hospital. aaron mckenzie from peckham was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon. there are new calls from labour mps for an independent process for dealing with complaints of anti—semitism. it follows the latest allegations, in a bbc panorama programme, that senior figures in the party interfered with its current complaints system. our political correspondent iain watson is here. what are we expecting to happen now? if you remember in that panorama programme, former members of staff talked to the bbc about anti—semitism, they said there was political interference in the process and they were swiftly denounced for people who had access to ground, who were disaffected members of staff.

iran is supporting its erstwhile allies.ely exaggerated is the extent to which iran was able to use the normalisation of relations as a result of thejcpoa, in your phrase, to ramp this up. in my view, i understand why — exactly why iran has been doing that. it's because it's weak militarily, very weak. it spends one fifth of what saudi arabia spends on armaments, an infinitesimal amount compared to the united states, and it's using its neighbourhood as its form of defence. now, in my view, since most of the iranians are desperate for a normalisation of the relationships, that had we settled the nuclear deal, then those other issues 00:08:41,736 --> 2147483051:41:05,583 would have been subject, could have 2147483051:41:05,583 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 been subject, to negotiation. your book makes me wonder, too. you've written this book understanding iran and why it distrusts britain. it's a fascinating book, and indicates that the links go, with the country, very deep diplomatically. you know foreign minister zarif very well.

iran intercepted the ship after iran denied that a drone was downed. the pentagon said indeed it did happen. let's get to jennifer griffin. she's live for us at the pentagon. jen, what do we know? >> trace, u.s. officials say they believe that iran has forcibly taken yet another oil tanker against its will. we received this statement. "we're aware of reports that iranian forces seized a british oil tanker, this is the second time in just over a week. the u.k. has been the target of violence by the regime. the tanker is heading to iran and gone dark according to shipping officials that say they have lost contact with the ship, which was in the persian gulf passing through the strait of for muscle. the u.k. security council is holding an emergency meeting to decide how to respond. we received this statement from the ship's owners. >> yesterday the iranian ney individual said they captured a united emirates tanker last weekend. president trump addressed the rising tensions moments ago. >> we hope for their sake, they don't do anything foolish. if they do,

iran could be involved talk about the terrace not the state of iran.o you have to see the complication. i do not believe for what it's worth, 2001 au mf authorizes military force against the state of iran. >> i would be in support to say something as simple and elegant as that i don't know how to do that procedurally that what i think it's a simple way to do it and it doesn't complicate things. i do think it is messy resolution but a positive thing to do. to be intellectually honest without going into classify details we were absolutely presented with f4 for more formal presentation of the 2001 aumf could authorize war. secretary pompeo said it in his own words. he did not say want to go to iran using 2001. he referenced the relationship between iran and al qaeda. so just let me finish. that to me once you open that door you asked for an answer and the one sentence i understand if it is a messaging thing but to me that seems the minimalist way to still preserve two off on - - author military force. >> i have great respect for you as you know talking ab

forced to go and read listen iran is iran is it meant for you to show up on a t.v. show so if i can in such a case that i mean it how it's going to how it's a lot of people would agree that you know it was relatively relatively calm voltages until you know the u.s. unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal and then there's the escalation just kind of went from bad to worse what would you say to that. absolutely untrue of the theory and regime is complicit and are guilty of the death of a half a 1000000 syrian civilians since 2012 they are being illegitimate regime in syria the shahrazad regime they're doing the same in yemen they've taken over they have wholesale taken over lebanon they are involved in the drug trade from latin america they are propping up they helping to prop up along with russia. nicolas maduro in venezuela they've been a destabilizing force in more and more aggressive ever since president trungpa started to push back and said we're not going to tolerate the a violation of this agreement and agreement that really was never worth the paper that i

tensions between iran and the west our brains and another notch iran detains a british oil town for 2 weeks out in the u.k. seized one of its ships well tehran and london find compromise is a situation going to spiral out of control this is in size. and welcome to the program and fully back when the u.k. sees an iranian oil tanker 2 weeks ago tehran warned of retaliation when it appears iran has carried out that threat iranian revolutionary guards detained a british vessel in the strait of hormuz on friday it was sailing towards a saudi port when it suddenly changed course a powerful council that works closely with iran's supreme leader says a seizure is in response to the you came pounding any raney and tanka tehran earlier said the step in and para was involved in an accident with any rainy and fishing boat. before we were informed that a british flag to oil tank it collided with a fishing boat which tried to contact the tanker and find out how the accident happened but unfortunately the british tanker didn't respond and changed his direction changing direction in that fashion is ag

iran. islamic republic of iran. will not rely on any country not to let alone insects or the european countries but right now we are going to use any any shit if that will. wait the. sanctions. from this economic war that mr trump has a started against iran we are going to use any route from china india. russia and neighboring countries any of route. and we have a lot of we have different. economic partners we have agreements with many different of these. countries so we have a lot of initiatives with any of these countries and our partners one of them is the european route and one of them is that we do not we are not relying on this on this route and nor we have any hope for it and he has. and we have been all fish ily i told him not to. not to rely on this route i will of course if it works then we are going to use that but we are not going to wait for this for this mechanism to work in accordance to get. to this strategy day economy strategy that we have you have to use any opportunity that. that is available wha

to begin with iran was not happy with the j.c. pos in the 1st place both parties came down from you know from there are demands ideal deal that they had in mind and got to say and now you have the united states reneging on the same deal that iran was not happy with ask and it to step even back even further so. basically the question here into iran is that what should we are for now amend the entire nuclear file to the united states iran's in no leverage in the in the region that is basically and very effective the you know is used as a deterrent means or iran's ballistic missiles that the only basic you know defense means that tehran has these are the questions what what can we offer to tromp and if it's not j.c. if you know it's g c p u it would be of course different from the j.c. pure and iranians were not happy with the j.c. if you're a surely they want to be with another version of it that the trumpet administration can sell within the united states so iran's choice is not and i think the other question is who can we trust in

and there are other powers papering iran that are defending iran's interests which made iraq iran's back door a.t.m. so to speak to mitigate sanctions iraq's economy is largely unorganized a lack of official statistics and more training makes it impossible to accurately picture what happens at the border with iran which stretches 1400 kilometers france germany and the u.k. introduced a mechanism called in sticks to facilitate trade in exchange of basic goods including food medical equipment and medicine between iranian and foreign companies iraq's case is different because in addition to household items baghdad relies heavily on iranian gas imported electricity. iraq also needs a. political situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment other foreign investment is low although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on tree could affect iraq's fragile stability and job it out of the fact that. 6 people killed in protests in nigeria's capital. the mil

and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nuclear deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off it was to give you an idea of how vitally important the strait of hormuz is well every day. 18000000 barrels of oil are transported through the state in comparison to about 5000000 through the su is camaro it's hugely important for the crude oil producing countries of the region to be able to ship their goods to international markets but already big questions are being us as to how politically diplomatically possibly even militarily the ships in the oil can keep flowing ok in the barker thank you let's now cross over to kristen salumi she's joining us from washington d.c. what's been the reaction in the u.s. to all of this

in the last few days the us saying it destroyed one of iran's drones although iran says it doesn't knowout it. so, certainly, yes, a tit—for—tat feeling about what is going on. but the events of these last few hours late on friday really seem to have ratcheted up the tensions that exist not only between the us and iran but also the tensions between iran and the united kingdom. what we heard from president trump, how he is standing by the united kingdom referring to that close relationship, and describing the uk as a close ally, talking about the military vessels the us has in the region and by implication offering to help the uk in whatever way the us and the uk might want. although, as again we've been hearing, diplomatic discussions and actions seem to be the preferred course of action, at least for the foreseeable future. in amongst all of this we've been hearing about a us troop deployment to saudi arabia — can you explain whether it is connected? it seems like it is certainly connected to the overall tensions and problems that we are seeing in the gulf, especially that crucial ship

which again is in line with the truck ministrations hard line view on iran's activities across the region but all that being said they're trying to balance this with a diplomatic engagement trying to suggest to the iranians that we're still willing to talk but there are certain red lines that britain wants to enforce and that's what they did. in tehran doesn't agree with you i'll bring you in in just a 2nd but let me just say get joe rubin is of you 1st joe how do you view this latest escalation in the region is it a foreseeable response to britain seizure of the iranian tanker engine brought to 2 weeks ago well this incident is not just and was not just foreseeable but the entire tit for tat explanation that we had earlier of drones being shot down both sides that was all highly predictable the american policy in this president trumps policy is i believe ultimately to try to break the regime it's a maximum pressure policy and it has not led to diplomatic engagement so we're in a very dangerous spot right now we're in a tinderbox of this back and forth about who's right to seize who's shi

deep concern over iran's pursuit of activity is not in line with its commitment calling for iran if it wants to stay in the deal as it professes to want to do to come back in line immediately without delay and calling on all the parties in terms of a joint commission to act responsibly to deescalate tensions now broadly speaking 2 points to make about this the 1st is that this is not and this is important i think the 3 triggering the formal dispute resolution mechanisms contained in the j c p o s a it's apparently thought that these breaches are not sufficient to warrant a move like that a move that could in itself escalate tensions and have the effect of shutting down what small room for maneuver there remains the 3 of course remember trying to keep the nuclear deal alive delicately here playing the middle ground on the one hand they've got to express some concern on the other hand of course they retain some faint optimism that iran can be talked around that some bridge can be found between washington and tehran faint hope indeed perhaps but that leads to the 2nd point which is tha

and there are other powers papering iran that are defending iran's interests which made iraq iran's back door a.t.m. so to speak to mitigate sanctions iraq's economy is largely unorganized a lack of official statistics. makes it impossible to accurately picture what happens at the border with iran which stretches 1400 kilometers france germany and the u.k. introduced a mechanism called in sticks to facilitate trade in exchange of basic goods including food medical equipment and medicine between iranian and foreign companies iraq's case is different because in addition to household items baghdad relies heavily on iranian gas imported electricity. iraq also needs a. political situation isn't completely settled this extends to iraq's economy industry and agriculture besides iranian investment and other foreign investment is no although iraqi officials deny that baghdad is becoming iran's a.t.m. or cash machine the fear is that any restriction on could affect iraq's fragile stability some of the job and out of the fact that now former u.s. special counsel robert muller will go before congres

warfare inside iran so now iran is stepping across red lines one at a time to make sure that the other signatories of the deal that take up action and try to give iran something in return i mean well there's. a signature is russia and china and of course. various members of the european union and the e.u. itself they're all doing their best to try and save the deal where does this leave us fits well iran says they need to step up their efforts because the fall they haven't really succeeded they try to create mechanisms to circumvent those u.s. sanctions like instincts for example that's for trade with the european union but they don't work so far and frankly it's really hard to make them work without washington because washington is so important for the international trade also for the international financial system with the dollar so it's really hard for the europeans to do something without washington and especially if washington at sanctions like every couple of months that makes that harder despite the sanctions despite the warships washington says it does want to reopen negotiatio

it goes to show you, i was right about iran. >> the president was right about iran. what happens next is important for a number of runs. one, the straits of hormuz is the single most important artery for the world's oil supply and the most narrow point, the strait is only 21 miles wide with shipping lanes of two miles in either direction. that is how precise you have to be. it is bordered to the north by iran and on the south by the uae in oman. that skinny piece there. that connects all of the oil-rich gulf states to the indian ocean. because of the president's pro energy policies as he mentioned today, we are now less reliant on middle eastern oil than at any time in modern history. let me add this. this has been the straits of hormuz, the most strategically important venue for the free-flow of oil at market prices. of course, oil represents the life blood of every economy. since donald trump has been president for the first time in 75 years, america is energy independent. we're now officially a net exporter of energy. it is less strategically important those strai

on the iran nuclear issue. we will continue to oppose iran's malign influence we will continue to bring pressure on their economy and under president donald trump america will never allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. all right well joining me tonight is someone who knows the ins and outs of the iran nuclear deal ellie garonne my a advised european governments as the gene c.p.o. way was being negotiated she's a senior policy fellow with the european council on foreign relations and she joins me tonight from london aliens good to have you on the show the announcement by iran to abandon that that 1st limit on the enrichment of uranium tell me how significant is that. well the stats i have seen from iran so far have been very managed calculated escalations on the need care for up file 1st we had iran increasing beyond the stock casks under the queen and by face margins as the international atomic energy agency verified a few days ago and this week that the same international body has indeed verified that iran h

and iran head back to the negotiating table. i think that's absolutely right i think the term of ministration despite putting massive financial economic and some would even say military pressure on these lama public is looking to get iran to come back to the negotiating table to iran to set some of these different preconditions i shot a couple of drone has shot a drone out of the sky has fired on tankers that using mines iran i think is trying to get the conditions ready for it to eventually come back to the table because i think it knows that it eventually will have to come back to the table and but i mean just yesterday and we have to address this a british newspaper publishing these leaked memos from the former you came back to washington essentially saying. he claims that trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with no plan on what to do next does the united states have a plan well the plan seems to be to use exactly the same sanctions exactly the same tools that got us to the nuclear deal but again once you get to the table to

inflammatory words iran is violated solemn promise under the u.n. security council not to enrich uranium beyond a certain level the enrichment of uranium is made for one reason and one reason only it's for the creation of atomic bombs. the leaders of the p 5 plus one promised and committed themselves to snap back sanctions the minute iran did you just do where you and who's staying out of the negotiations well that's the u.s. of course with washington still withdrawn iran's latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further is elation and sanctions nations should restore the lost only standard of knowing richmond for iran's nuclear program iran's regime with nuclear weapons would pose an even greater danger to the world. ok live now to daniel mcadams who's the executive director of the wrong pole institute for peace and prosperity welcome back to the program daniel terror on insists its enrichment programs only for energy the u.s. secretary of state isn't buying that as we just heard what's his bases then for thinking there's a nuclear men

bush if example you know you know iran has different needs iran has different needs to enrich uranium 3.6 or 7 to 5 percent the fuel is used in power plants to fuel ready power plant like bush air 20 percent almost 20 percent enriched uranium is needed for the tehran research reactor and other research reactors that iran has there isn't a bill and remind people i.s.o. iran is working on various types of. sorry remind us what this recession is a full on others and oh yeah poses i mean they're the research reactor yeah the research to react there in tehran produces radio is its ups for medicine all purposes for diagnosis and treatment of the same as the un for agriculture i mean research about aquaculture elso and medicine iran has you know all plans in order to build such reactors. that are for civil why would anyone in the army if he's just playing on the wire that inherent and want to rob them is that a stick if you like. well here is a point that iran is also working on nuclear propulsion systems and engines for ships they might need 3 percent to 60 percent enriched uranium now sinc

and iran this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm in wrong on an iranian is that they center of a growing international dispute british marines boarded and detained the ship on thursday as it was sailing in gibraltar a british territory on spain's south coast the u.k. believes it was violating european union sanctions by carrying iranian oil to syria spain says it was the united states that ordered the vessel be stopped iran condemned what it called an illegal interception and summoned the british ambassador to tehran the u.s. and iran have been engaged in a war of words for months as washington precious tehran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear deal. this action the rose from information giving the gibraltar government reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel the grace one was acting in breach of european union sanctions against syria in fact we have reason to believe that the grace one was carrying its shipments of crude oil to the ban yes refinery in syria that refinery is the property of an

and what iran is capable of doing.se playing out of the nuclear agreement and being really at odds with his european allies and going it alone in terms of the hardline. those increased sanctions against iran. president trump may well feel as if his action has been the correct course of action when dealing with a nation like iran. peter bowes, our north american corresponded, thank you very much for that analysis. we will have a lot more on what's been happening between iran and the uk and the seizure of the tanker coming up and the seizure of the tanker coming up in the next half—an—hour. aid agencies are calling on the world to speed up its response to the ebola emergency in the democratic republic of congo. more than 1,700 people have already died there and the world health organization has declared an international public health emergency. vaccination programmes are ongoing in the city of goma where a priest died from ebola this week. 0ur correspondent anne soy is there. goma, in the east of the drc. a bustling tran

trump administration is warning iran to step back. >> iran should not confuse american restraint with lack of american resolve. >> despite these warnings, iran is moving further from the 2015 nuclear agreement. it says it's enriching uranium at 4.5%, higher than the 3.67% allowed in the deal. the state department official allows calls this an attempt to extort the international community iran is threatening to escalate. >> yes, yes. if 20% enrichment is an option. even enrichment higher than that is an option. if these are all options but at the appropriate time. >> analysts say while iran is moving closer, these levels are still below weapons grade. last week iran breached the agreements limit on stockpile during a period of they want britain, france, and germany to help iran circumvent u.s. sanctions. if not, iran says it will keep breaching the terms every 60 days. >> if the remaining countries in the deal, especially the europeans, do not fulfill their commitment seriously and do not do anything more than talk, iran's third step will be harder, more steadfast, and somehow stunning

warfare inside iran so now iran is stepping across red lines one at a time to make sure that the other signatories of the deal take up action and try to give iran something in return i mean well though those other signature is russia and china course. various members of the european union and the e.u. itself they're all doing their best to try and save the deal where does this leave us fits well iran says they need to step up their efforts because the fall they haven't really succeeded they try to create mechanisms to circumvent those u.s. sanctions like in states for example that's for trade with the european union but they don't work so far and frankly it's really hard to make them work without washington because washington is so important for the international trade also for the international financial system with the dollar so it's really hard for the europeans to do something without. washington and especially if washington at sanctions like every couple of months that makes it harder but despite the sanctions despite the warships washington says it does want to reopen negotiation