violative iran deal and caused harm to its population through reimposed sanctions zuhdi if that iran has been abiding by the deal and had sought remedial measures and finalists west the country will never forget what he called trump's macsyma failure towards iran. let's bring in our panel in west jerusalem we have mitchell barak he is a pollster at van global research and former spokesman for israeli president shimon peres into heaven ali a cabal there any areas searcher at the center for strategic studies a government affiliate a think tank washington d.c. hillary mann leverett she's the c.e.o. of the consulting firms try to go and the former director for afghanistan iran and persian gulf affairs the u.s. national security council welcome to your mitchell when a top israeli military commander criticizes u.s. foreign policy particular this aspect about iran is this an individual stance or here reflecting the horse sentiment across the political spectrum in israel. well i would say that the you know political spectrum in israel is concerned with it we've done some polling actually acr

making accusations against iran how would iran cope with u.s. bombing in the last days of a trump presidency. as i have noted over and over previously the united states major policies including the key issue of war are what the behind the scenes governing board decides and enforces and the presidents don't play determining role in them. not in fact from all the developments on folding and the news being broadcast that. it's my understanding that a new war is about to be imposed on the sensitive region of the middle east. therefore i wrote a letter to the leaders in the region. and asked them to avoid the consequences of such a war. i called on them to try and prevent it from happening. and warn them about the damage and toll of such a war. for all regional states. you know that when joe biden was vice president president obama bombed some say destroyed africa's richest capita country libya how will biden make any difference to iran u.s. relations he's of course a very good friend of israel i addressed that question earlier on from our standpoint

iran has announced it has started enriching uranium up to 20 percent as tensions with the united states crease. well again i'm santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera with global coronavirus cases now exceeding 85000000 the u.k. is rolling out a 2nd vaccine beijing is racing to inoculate millions before the chinese new year. also julian assange faces a court ruling on whether to extradite him to the united states will get an update from london. i use one of. 11780. and recordings of a phone call revealed donald trump pressured officials in georgia to find enough votes to overturn his election defeat there. in the last few minutes iran has said it is begun 20 percent uranium enrichment this is a move likely to on the escalate tension with the united states 20 percent represents a significant breach of the 2050 nuclear deal but it is still well short of the 90 percent which would be needed for a nuclear weapon. president hassan rouhani has given the order for the move the photo facilities so we'll start with dorsett you've already gotten from terror from today don't b

on iran. well that's about the culture of the iranian nation has never throughout history the been after conflict. war or threatening others. and it will not be. basically the era of using the language of threat in national and international relations the point is over. email i believe that all nations chad this is strictly a post such an approach on the facts and slam it. how sure are you that usa in teheran if. iran's enemies can assassinate scientists and generals. this is the type of incident that may occur anywhere in the world if the pressure continues from nato countries do you think that iran is getting closer. economically culturally politically its relations with moscow and with beijing are they are they getting closer. the iranian nation has always sought friendly and constructive relations based on justice and respect with all nations and that includes the nations of russia and china. but the governments of these 2 countries have so far not been able to stop the in-force meant of s

article 26 of the jcpoa says extensions are introduced or reimposed against iran, iran will considert as it's right to cease performing its commitment to the jcpoa, in whole or part. iran is incrementing the same jcpoa signs with the powers. at the same time, iran is reducing commitment to the jcpoa , in order to be in a better negotiation -- negotiating position in the coming weeks. there is a political camp, comprising various lobbyist groups in the u.s. congress and the u.s. congress and biden administration, including the israeli lobby groups, that argue that simply u.s. return to the jcpoa is not enough. it is not a good idea. they argue -- >> one last question to hilary. the israelis and those supporting maximum pressure on iran think that is efficient. it has been biting into the economy and it will yield results. this is just going to drag the region into further instability and anarchy. you look at the key lesion of players. they are looking cautiously at what will happen in the near future. how do you see the future? will it be with triggered, reactivated, under the same sh

the iran nuclear deal which it did in 2018 and just last year there was a series of explosions in iran mysterious explosions the biggest of which will most significant at the natanz nuclear site but the centrifuge facility there sustained very extensive damage in a blast that israel certainly did admit to or claimed but that senior politicians did hint at in talking about iran not being able to continue with impunity in its nuclear program and then of course came the assassination in november last year of the head of iran's nuclear program most advanced preside it iran certainly blaming israel for carrying out that assassination and of course the subsequent decision by the iranian parliament that came that those who was talking about shortly afterwards so now if those actions were designed to try to derail or deter iran's nuclear program in the short term at least the result appears to have been a return to 20 percent enrichment and that presents a big challenge for both the prime minister here benjamin netanyahu and the incoming by did ministration out zero's herefore sit there and we

iran of having links to al qaeda even allowing the group to set up its home base there. well again i'm come on son to maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera.

iran 2 other news so iran and the u.s. which are accusing each other of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general concept so the money this is happening on sunday one year since he was killed in an american air strike in iraq and in just the last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has really been ticking upwards you've got the u.s. doing this flying b. 52 bombers into the gulf. in the wake intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran also sent a letter to the u.n. security council condemning what it called washington the military adventurism in the region foreign minister jevons are also accused donald trump of fabricating a pretext for war. the u.s. is also accused the militias attack which is backed by iran of attacking its embassy in iraq last month rocket attacks on the compound in baghdad really increased the u.s. actually withdrew most of its staff over concerns of a retaliatory strike so we're going to cover the

his policy — maximum pressure on iran.ever happened. but now donald trump is gone, and joe biden�*s in, and he wants to revive the deal. but is any agreement still possible? i was in iran a year and a half ago as tensions were soaring. tankers exploding in the gulf, the iranian shooting—down of an american drone. and then, a year ago, the us assassination of iran's top general. tehran retaliated by firing missiles into american bases in neighboring iraq. and what all of this means is that president biden can't simply hit the rewind button. iran's ramping up its nuclear activities, and it's now in breach of the agreement. so if there was a deal, how would it work? would america, for example, lift some sanctions and then iran would respond by rolling back elements of its nuclear programme? or would washington want to renegotiate the deal to include, for example, iran's missiles — a move that tehran has ruled out? and then there's america's allies — saudi arabia and israel, who were always opposed to the nuclear deal because

of iran's military chief. is a problem of more humanity just food is not enough a temporary shelters set up for migrants on the bosnia croatia border but many say it's no in near adequate in these freezing cold conditions and on the 1st day of the u.k.'s separation from the european union trade and travel gets off to a mostly smooth start. so without the point where more than $20000000.00 reported coronavirus cases in the united states and there is a threat of a more infectious strain the country's really entering this new year with few signs that its rampant corona virus outbreak can be contained and as infections rise vaccinating people is actually going much slower than was expected the support is for o'brien olds in los angeles. it was nobody's idea of a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts fo

israel sends a military warning to iran and tries to pressure u.s. president joe biden away from rejoining the nuclear deal. hello i'm barbara starr this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a 100000000 cases worldwide 100000 deaths in britain alone the toll of just one year of the pandemic is. hope you guys are. the jury that will decide the donald trump's fate senators are sworn in for the impeachment trial. and the children who know nothing but war now scrambling to syria's rubbish to survive. israel's top general says he's ordered his forces to step up preparations for possible offensive actions against iran warning new u.s. president joe biden that it would be wrong to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. i had instructed the army to prepare a number of operational plans to the existing ones we are taking care of these plants undeveloped that in the coming year does he decide on cutting them out of course but the political leaders but his plans have to be on the table ready i'm practiced. all hairy for citizen west jerusalem and joins us no

alert after iran threatened revenge then in november iran's top nuclear scientist in factories a day was killed in tehran iran blamed israel for the attack but it never issued a comment and just last week israel launched an air attack against syrian ling's targets in syria israel was intensifying its a campaign there before former president donald trump left office or let's speak to p.j. crowley about all this he's a former u.s. assistant secretary of state for public affairs and is via skype from alexandria alexandria virginia near washington thank you very much for being with us so what do you make of this message this threat from the head of the israeli army it clearly is a message for the biden administration but having these really military itself make this case is a challenge for biden isn't it. absolutely that is nothing new. you'll remember that prime minister benjamin netanyahu you know came to washington before even as the agreement was being negotiated to lobby against it. israel believes that any nuclear program that iran has even under the existing agreement is a pathway

pact how long it could take for iran to assemble a bomb is still unclear. is the president of the national iranian american council who joins us via skype from washington d.c. thanks for being with us so how does this how much does this make the task for the incoming biden in a stray ssion difficult in terms of how it deals with iran give that it said it had said originally that he wanted to in some form resurrect the iran nuclear deal. well i think this points out that the iranians are not going to sit on their hands and and that there needs to be swift action i think it really clarifies the stakes for the biden ministration but it doesn't change the fundamental point that by the ministration seeks to return to the deal returning to the deal will you know by could have a quick win if he comes in office returns the deal on the 20 percent enrichment shuts down and i think that path is still very much it is one that is open but this reveals just how sensitive how many road blocks there may be how many obstacles there may be but at the end of the day i think c

it is the islamic republic of iran america's top diplomat again accuses iran of having links to al qaeda even the allowing the group to set up its home base there. well again i'm come on son to maria here in doha this is the world news for now just. absolutely ridiculous this is the this is causing tremendous. speaking for the 1st time in days on democrats for their efforts to force him from office search teams recover one of the flight recorders from a passenger jet that crashed into the sea off to counter. the people. and uganda's opposition from one of the wind just supporters to turn out and defy intimidation in contentious elections. in the last half hour u.s. secretary of state mike has declared al qaeda has established a new home base in iraq he made that assertions without any hard evidence in what appears to be a last minute offensive against terror promised in the rest of the trumpet ministration prepared to leave power in washington we also said he could confirm the death of abu mohammed al masri that death was reported last year gunned down by is ready in iraq. al-qaeda has a

but iran has worked very doggedly and strategically to maintain its appeal to people outside of iran and the shia community. but they are friends with hamas and backers of thomas and the palestinian militant group part of the islamic revolutionary guard in jerusalem named after the arabic word for jerusalem it is the iran expeditionary paramilitary force around the region until very recently was qassem soleimani killed in a us drone strike january of this year on the orders of president trump. it was meant to liberate jerusalem for the palestinians and the muslim nation except qassem soleimani saw the road was through beirut and baghdad with untold devastation for people along the way. so the fear, the reason saudi arabia fears iran is because of the expansionist policies and because it appeals to a lot of people in the way that saudi arabia does not because it is firmly in the american camp will america's in the anti-imperialist camp. but both these countries at this point need each other as well and the saudi's need or benefit from seeing iranau continue to be a negative player in

reports now from iran's capital. well it's certainly important given the current political climate iran finds itself in mainly the rhetoric that's been coming out of tehran towards washington and their behavior in the region as iran puts it it's seriously significant because it shows that iran is actually fed up with this nuclear deal and there was supposed to be a grace period of 2 months from early december until early february when this law was passed in parliament demanding that iran's atomic energy agency resume 20 percent enrichment levels as a result of the united states leaving the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions on iran this bill was called sanctions relief bill so since that hasn't happened the problem and terence who are very conservative voice in the country had said that iran needs to take further steps president hassan rouhani did completely agree with it but it appears now he has actually decided to go ahead with this because legally he's bound to but the iranians have told the i am december 30th t

a 3 day mourning period was announced and iran vowed revenge as u.s. president donald trump stood by his decision with this claim last night at my direction the united states military executed a flawless strike that terminated the jurors ringleader responsible for gravely would be unburdening thousands and thousands of people and hundreds and hundreds at least of americans. shola money has been kill and his bloody rampage is now for ever on a law for ayatollah khomeini so in mind he was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and a friend for more than 30 years almost 12 months on the commander in chief of iran's armed forces says he's not done avenging silliman his death. you know and built woman as a politician whenever it's possible we will take revenge we will take revenge on those who ordered so him on his assassination and the ones who carried out that assassination just hours after saw him on his body was laid to rest in his hometown of care mon on january 7th the revolutionary guard launched 13 missiles at the u.s. space assad in iraq

president joe biden against rejoining the iran nuclear deal. china is pushing to test 2000000 people in just 48 hours to contain a new code that 19 cluster in beijing people into downtown districts have been lining up for testing 19 new cases have been reported within the past 7 days. u.s. senators have been sworn in as jurors and former president donald trump 2nd senate impeachment trial he's accused of inciting violence the capital building earlier this month but as heidi castro reports says little republican support for trump's conviction. you know do impartial justice a court of the constitution and laws so help you god shortly after senators took oath to convene the court of impeachment against defendant donald trump accused of inciting an insurrection a test vote on how the chamber may decide the case in february it came at the request of republican senator rand paul a trump ally who argued the trial should and before it even begins because trump is no longer in office this proceeding which would try a private citizen and not a president

high alert after iran threatened revenge then in november iran's top nuclear scientists most in fact resigned he was killed in tehran iran blamed israel for the attack but it never issued a comment and just last week israel launched an air attack against iranian targets in syria israel is intensifying its air campaign there before film of president donald trump left office al-jazeera as harry foster has more from western. i don't think it should be read this early as an immediate threat of an imminent attack on iran but it is very much a setting out of israel's position that it should be maintained in terms of a hard line against iran against iran's potential for getting a nuclear weapon not just from here but also from the united states and this is a real sign of the chief foreign policy concern really of israel at the moment very very sharp difference between a trump administration which aligned itself so closely to israel's policy objectives and interests and it suspicion of the incoming by did ministration there is a big debate here in israel as to how best to try to influence th

jared questioner the president's son in law has been to unite the countries in this region against iran and that is when the driving factors was in the push to normalize diplomatic relations between israel and several arab nations that we saw occur at the end of last year now he had also been working until the wee hours over the phones where according to the reporting of the reuters news agency citing an unnamed u.s. official that cushion i was on the phones himself trying to negotiate this breakthrough and that it finally has emerged i know a big question remaining out here there is whether or not this breakthrough is just between saudi arabia and qatar or whether it would also involves the other arab nations will according to the reporting by reuters and by the associated press this may be a deal that's emerging between all of the parties and that in fact tomorrow's signing ceremony which we're still trying to learn more about in saudi arabia will have a cushion or in attendance will be joined by brian hook a u.s. state department representative and other u.s. official as well and tha

it's half past the hour as iran these are the headlines a u.s. house committee is debating a bill demanding president donald trump's removal from office as democrats accuse trump of inciting the mob that stormed the congress last week. there.

iran and the u.s. have accused each other of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general custom saudi money sunday will mark $1.00 dia since he was killed in an american as strike in iraq last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has intensified the u.s. flew b. 52 bombers to the gulf earlier this week. intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran sent a letter to the un security council condemning what it called washington's military adventurism in the region on message of on zarif also accuse donald trump of fabricating a pretext for war and the u.s. has accused militias backed by iran of attacking its embassy in baghdad last month rocket attacks on the compound increased the u.s. withdrew most of its staff over concerns of a retaliatory strike iranian leaders have spoken ahead of the anniversary of the nation now in revenge and better iran's policies will not change. they will witness severe ravines

iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 20 percent breach of the 2050 nuclear deal. and keep it al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a u.k. court rules wiki leaks founder julian assange should not be extradited to the u.s. where he's wanted for breaking secret government documents. with global coronavirus cases exceeding 85000000 the u.k. rolls out a 2nd vaccine in beijing races to inoculate millions before the chinese new year. by use one of the i. love it. world. recordings of a phone call revealed donald trump pressured officials in georgia to find enough votes to overturn his election defeat there. iran says it's beginning the process to enrich uranium at 20 percent and a move lucky to escalate tensions with the u.s. as a breach of the 2050 nuclear deal but it's under the 90 percent required to build a nuclear weapon the european union is describing it as a considerable departure from the agreement. we have 3 correspondents on the story out of her castro is a washington d.c. for the u.s. perspective hard force that is in israel where prime ministe

iran had told the i.a.e.a. that it was going to do this is there any significant anything significant though in the timing. well it's certainly important given the current political climate iran finds itself in mainly the rhetoric that's been coming out of tehran towards washington and their behavior in the region as iran puts it it's seriously significant because it shows that iran is actually fed up with this nuclear deal and there was supposed to be a grace period of 2 months from early december until early february when this law was passed in parliament demanding that iran's atomic energy agency resume 20 percent enrichment levels as a result of the united states leaving the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions on iran this bill was called sanctions relief bill so since that hasn't happened the problem in terror is who are very conservative voice in the country that said that iran needs to take further steps president hassan rouhani didn't completely agree with it but it appears now he has actually decided t

between iran and israel even between iran and the european signatories to the j c p a way. well it seems that the others parties like europeans or event the united states they might be somehow sensitive about this issue and they according to themselves they define this as a red line but i think because because of the fight this is a reverse of a measure by iran. you know there is still chance to hope for a solution to this but there are parties in the region like israel or saudi arabia are they might not like this they might like given this issue because they think that any tension or escalation in the region specifically between iran and the united states in addition to that a tension between iran and europe might complicate the process of engagement between iran and the upcoming administration in the united states and as a result to access their base the situation of the deal so they are hoping that these tensions that escalations can somehow lock them away for reviving diplomacy but i think there is a chance because iran has clearly said that if the other parties to the

most of the shieh only the majority, iran, 20% of pakistan -- >> 35, so the largest outside of iran. >> is in pakistan. >> yes and then iraq. >> some of these actually brought up prince of a con who is the leader within shieh islam and even they objected, they said he's a here today not and i brought it up to a saudi diplomat once and he yelled at me and said they are not muslims and on and on. so even within these great traditions, their subsets and of course -- i walked into a surface mosque in morocco about 15 years ago in the chanting of the men was very similar to the chanting and orthodox church. >> part of the heritage that we lost. >> that is exactly right. so the question is, how is it that a country that only makes 10 - 15% whatever% you want, why does it pose a threat to saudi arabia -- you talk to the king and jordan are objections, there is a huge turnaround. there is a small percentage of the arab world and there's a fear of the muslim world. why? >> i think it goes to two factors, in a nutshell, after 1979 as i mentioned, he wanted to appeal to the wider muslim world,

but to do so to do so politically the latest examples in lebanon where iran and iran them hezbollah put up such as a general slur many. for the one year anniversary of his assassination and this is creating great tension inside lebanon so i think this is a valid issue that has to be dealt with measured one outcome of the blockade is that it pushed qatar closer to turkey and iran going forward do you envision that qatar could play a mediator role perhaps between iran and turkey and g.c.c. countries. i think if asked to follow a need to differentiate a little bit we've got those relationships with iran and others relationship with turkey turkey talk about it's a strategic ally we mean works with turkey on a lot of regional issues economically on very so fast partners but also regionally and geo politically they are in agreement over that many of the regional issues and conflicts and issues there that they're getting deals with. comes to iran it's a different matter iran is our neighbor gets a big country geopolitically speaking you cannot. turn a blind eye to iran it will always be th

iran blamed israel for the attack, but never issued a comment.t week israel launched an air attack after iranian linked targets in syria. israel was intensifying its air campaign there before president trump left office. correspondent: i don't think it should be read as a threat of an imminent attack on iran, but it is a setting out of israel's position that it should be maintained in terms of a hard line against iran's potential for getting a nuclear weapon, not just from here, but from the united states. this is a sign of the chief foreign policy concern of israel at the moment. the sharp difference between a trump administration which aligned itself so closely to israel's interests, and its submission -- its suspicion of the incoming biden administration. there is a debate in israel how to best influence the united states on the iran nuclear deal, whether that should be a public confrontation or more behind the scenes lobbying effort. the behind the scenes effort will happen in the next few weeks. we have this public effort as well being carri

as a strategic partner but at the same time to carve iran's nuclear ambitions and for sure this iran nuclear program has been treaty has been one of the 'd topics or platforms on which moscow hopes they can rebuild their relation the relations with us and the hope has been expressed the moment joe biden was elected the president at that they can go back to working together on this issue and this was one of the topics of the conversation phone conversation between the russian and the u.s. presidents are very recently with russia saying that the normalization of relations is in the both sides interest and that this is possibly one of the global issues on which they could possibly work together alexander thanks very much alexandra gold for the in moscow. russia's lower house is ratified an extension to the nuclear arms control pact with the united states the last remaining arms control agreement between the 2 countries after donald trump withdrew from 2 others during his term in office the new u.s. president joe biden proposed a 5 year extension the deal was to expire in about a week. t

president joe biden against rejoining the iran nuclear deal. russia's lower house has ratified an extension to the nuclear arms control pact with the u.s. it's the last remaining arms control agreement between the 2 countries after donald trump withdrew from 2 others during his term now president biden has proposed a 5 year extension the deal was supposed to expire in about a week alexander golts ra is in moscow with more reaction. this has been done basically in the last minute to extend the last standing nuclear arms control deal between these 2 countries now russia is saying it is done on our terms which in essence is the true sense of what they insisted on at the that since the countries could not agree during the presidency on the 3 d. at least of the existing one is prolonged and without additional conditions and that is exactly what is happening now and they are showing also been relation to the us russia relations some optimism some hope but they're very very very cautious what they are saying or the deputy minister of foreign affairs s

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turn a blind eye to iran it will always be there and you need to address the issue of iran whether way or the other i think that those position has always been historically to deal with iran to deescalate with iran to maintain the disputes and conflicts with iran compartmentalize in their respective context and not to antagonize iran into becoming a direct enemy of their gulf states this will continue over their issue of mediation i think that there has always been a key player when it comes to mediation in the region and i think during their past couple of times when the united states their temperaments nation and iran. escalating against each other. there were diplomatic visits affair our foreign minister their foreign minister to that island where he actually did do some limited mediation efforts and therefore i think. that that is poised to play our role in mediating with with iran. but there we only have one minute left i just want to ask you very quickly how are citizens in g.c.c. countries viewing all this i mean as we mentioned before is 3 and a half years of mistrust here how

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if iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under. the united states we do the same thing america's top diplomat says he's open to saving the iran nuclear deal but warns any agreement is still a long way off. i know i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. with few jobs little money and the threat of the coronavirus all around them people in lebanon sports city take to the streets. we will persist for a day longer than is necessary. britain's prime minister extends the lockdown with schools closed and travellers from high risk countries band. and crew deploys its military to the venezuelan border as fears grow that migrants will cause a spike in co the 19 infections. welcome to the program our top story as a new man in charge of america's foreign policy and he's been explaining how joe biden's administration plans to rebuild ties with the rest of the world secretary of state anthony blinken says his top priority is the humanitarian crisis in yemen as well as the relationship with china whi

of iran's military chief. really sad to be. european and getting used to the new reality britain selous how they feel about the u.k.'s departure from the european union is a problem of more humidity just food is not enough and the temporary shelter is set up for migrants on the bosnia croatia border many though say there's no in near adequate in the freezing cold conditions. some more than $20000000.00 reported coronavirus cases and the threat of a more infectious strain united states really is entering the new year with few signs that its rampant corona virus outbreak can be contained and as infections rise getting people vaccinated is going much slower than expected rob reynolds has a report from los angeles. it was nobody's idea of a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts for nearly one quarter o

won't accept any preconditions iran will not accept any limitations on its military defense iran is not crazy it's surrounded by american military bases of course the americans want iran to disarm so that they could attack iran whenever they want iran will not stop supporting its allies in the region because the united states and its allies turkey saudi arabia and others they and the europeans were supporting isis and al-qaeda we know now from jake. the incoming national security advisor of biden jake sullivan that he wrote in a. in an e-mail to hillary clinton on this on february the 12th 2012 that in syria. there's on our side of course isis came out of there so when the americans were you know that was the obama administration and biden was the vice president going to not trust biden or the americans when they supported al qaeda and when they are constantly threatening iran so either the americans implement the deal or there's no deal ok preconditions for iran no preconditions will be acceptable for iran side look we're going to have to leave it there we could talk a lot longer i

iran and the u.s. have accused each other of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general custom silly money sunday will mark one years since he was killed in an american air strike in iraq in the last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has intensified the u.s. flew b. 52 bombers to the gulf earlier this week intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran sent a letter to the u.n. security council condemning what it called washington's and military adventurism in the region from minister javad zarif also accused all trump of fabricating a pretext for war and the u.s. is accused militias backed by iran of attacking its embassy in baghdad last month rocket attacks on the compound increased the u.s. withdrew most of its staff of the concerns of a retaliatory strike where raney leaders spoke head of the anniversary of somalis assassination vowing revenge and that iran's policies will not change. they will w

be a mistake that would allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. cause less chemical in even if there's a similar agreement with a few improvements it is operationally and strategically wrong it's operationally wrong because it will again allow edits in our even before and iran to enrich uranium to develop centrifuges to develop even the capabilities of the weapons until developing a bomb. the message was delivered on the same day that joe biden's pick for secretary of state was confirmed by the us senate have to realize 2 week anthony blinken signal that the u.s. was not preparing to rush back into the deal and would consult with israel and other regional allies on its policies for its part iran says time is short for the u.s. to revive the deal is the joint comprehensive plan of action or j.c. . any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps of the u. s. will take to meet its obligations under the reason lucian 2231 actually i may because time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european a membe

iran is seen as a stabilizing force both in qatar and in all mon in particular because iran is not the one that has threatened the gulf. disability of the gulf cooperation council at least not in the in this regard but what's important to understand and even if the gulf countries have different relationships with iran it doesn't mean that they want to be closer to iran politically down to the americans so this is this is really what has been a strategic loss here because the target ministration could have secured all of its legacies without this this crisis by going to europe to your question i think all of the gulf countries want to see the united states we need renegotiate to jay superior way with iran and duck. incoming a bite ministration has already said that that will be a top priority as i think they will see that the gulf states israelis and perhaps are spearheaded by dual man will find ways to find a new path with iran going forward so good to me about thank you very much indeed thank you. the u.k.'s prime minister has ordered and into a new national lockdown as the country's

wants iran in compliance before it comes back to the way iran wants sanctions lifted before it comes back to compliance plus now there's the israel factor so how tricky is this going to be for the biden administration. it just isn't clear what the buy did ministrations actually saying because what they had promised on the campaign trail or even said during the transition period was we will go into compliance when iran goes into compliance and robert rules the u.s. off straw that broke the terms of the deal broke international law by breaking a un ratified treaty you about the u.s. and the u.n. and iran so the assumption was not least because anthony blinking a lot of the other people now in the administration were the ones who negotiated this deal that they would want to get back into compliance with the deal as they progress because this is their 1st of their baby in some ways but on the one hand lincoln says that we will get back into the deal we will comply by the demands when iran does but them a few sentences off that always he then goes into great detail about how. iran's compl

north of the bari al jazeera attack iran. and also has this update home the iranian foreign minister's message for u.s. president trump in the past few hours we've also been hearing from iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who's taken to twitter to reveal the latest information that iran has and according to him there is intelligence coming from iraq that israeli agents are going to are planning on an attack on americans in that country and the foreign minister warning that this is a trap for the u.s. president trying to trick him into engaging into a conflict with iran he said that you need to be careful any kind of fireworks will be responded with the same kind of force the latest that we hearing from the foreign minister who has been quite active on his twitter account when it comes to responding to u.s. officials this is the latest in the rhetoric that we've been hearing over the past few days. let's go live now to cover all of us on the he's in washington d.c. so gabriel kind of posture is the u.s. taking out of