if the iran nuclear deal isn't close to a done deal, or iran in the united states, back on a collision course to war, let's get to the bottom line. ah, after a toughie or negotiations, iran in the united states seem to be this close to restoring the historic nuclear deal. they sign in 2015. that deal was torn up by foreign president, donald trump, who replaced it with a policy of maximum pressure on the iranian government for years. but shortly after winning the 2020 election, the administration of president joe biden said the maximum pressure policy had failed. and the united states was ready to lift sanctions on iran in return for limits to the iran nuclear program. but the devil from the details. and now both sides accuse each other a blocking progress and talks in vienna, austria. so where to things stand and what's at stake today, we're talking with roxanne for mine, from my aunt, who teaches international politics of the middle east and north africa at the university of cambridge and treat a party, the executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state craft,

it's the sanctions on iran that is brought iran to the table. well that doesn't justify anything to brutalize a population, but that is not correct either. the iranians only accepted negotiations with the united states once they accepted iran. right to enrich uranium. that was the key. so it was the united states that back down. although obama was the 1st person to initiate these maximum pressure sanctions targeting women and children in killing innocent people is only when he saw that you is a dead end that he had to accept the runs. right. but i think that that era is coming to an end the united states when it has to come to iran and seek some sort of solution with the country where it has to go to venezuela. when they confiscated or stolen as well an asset. and they chose their own president for the country, but now they have to go and seek the venezuelan leadership for negotiations. and for oil that shows that the, the world is changing in the united states no longer is in the position that it had held before. and iran recognizes that, and t

o, a deal with iran. let's go straight to vienna and speak to profess muhammad mirandi of to run university. thank you so much, professor miranda, coming back on the show before we even get to ukraine, presumably, euro glad that they apparently sanctioned, i mean lifted on presenter raising on the on the president and the recognition of iran ally venezuela's president. my doro is the, i am changing attitudes towards iran, and you expect her, you expect now the deal to go through. thanks. taishan. iran is that all of these brutal sanctions are removed. they were never justified. there was never any evidence that iran was seeking a nuclear weapon. the intrusive sanctions that we've had in teheran, in iran for years have proven that. but the united states and its allies have always use any excuse available and agonized iran and to her ordinary ronnie and the united states accuses iran of terrorism. whereas the united states has surrounded iran with military bases, is killed, senior iranian officials with isr

o, a deal with iran. let's go straight to vienna and speak to profess mama moran the ron university. thank you so much, professor brown. if i'm coming back on the show, before we even get to you crane, presumably, you're glad that the part of the sanction being lifted on president rising on the, on the president and the recognition of iran ally venezuela's president. my doro is the i a, a changing attitudes towards iran, and do you expect that you expect now the deal to go through? the expectation in iran is that all of these brutal sanctions are removed. they were never justified. there was never any evidence that iran was seeking a nuclear weapon. the intrusive sanctions that we've had in teheran, in iran for years have proven that by the united states and its allies have always use any excuse available, tend agonized iran, and to her ordinary iranians. the united states accuses iran of terrorism, whereas the united states has surrounded iran with military bases. it is killed senior, iranian officials w

o, a deal with iran. let's go straight to vienna and speak to profess mom and the of to run university. thank you so much, professor brown. and if i'm coming back on the show before we even get to ukraine, presumably you're glad that the part of the sanction being lifted on president rising on the, on the president and the recognition of iran ally venezuela's president. my doro is the i a, a changing attitudes towards iran. and do you expect that you expect that the deal to go through the expectation in a, in iran is that all the is brutal sanctions are removed. they were never justified . there was never any evidence that iran was seeking a nuclear weapon. the intrusive sanctions that we've had in teheran, in iran for years have proven that by the united states and its allies have always use any excuse available, tend, agonize iran, and to hurt ordinary iranians. the united states accuses iran of terrorism, whereas the united states has surrounded iran with military bases, is killed, senior iranian offic

in the case of iran...s — i think we need to always approach these cases of arbitrary detention on a case—by—case basis. but in the case of iran, which i know well — i know the stories of many others, i'm in touch with them, with theirfamilies, and i knew others inside — i am yet to see an example where somebody whose case has been kept quiet has actually benefited from that. the iranians, you know... i don't see an evidence base to suggest that, a, you are punished more in prison because your situation is in the media or because people publish in a foreign country on the other side of the world to iran something about your prison conditions or situation. in fact, my experience shows that actually the prisoner has benefited from that, from that transparency, from that spotlight which is shone on their prison conditions — access to medical care, potential psychological or physical torture, these kinds of issues — when foreign media as well as foreign governments focus on it. actually, the prisoner's situatio

2015 iran deal even as iran increases its aggression against us. iran is the foremost threat in the region, yet our partners see the administration's appeasement of iran and ask themselves, are we really on our own? is america abandoning us? last december's disastrous draw down from afghanistan which culminated in the killing of 13 service members only reinforced these questions. we also face significant challenges in africa, including the growing presence and capability of the gee hat groups across the continent. china and russia are exploiting africa to deestablish our partners project, their military power, and expand influence at our expense. i have always viewed africa as critical to our nation's security, which is why i pushed for the creation of africon in 2007. general, i will ask you about the western sahara during my questions. but i am pleased the secretary provided guidance to assist alternative locations and posts for dod exercises in africa including the annual lion active ark exercise. this will be crucial to ensuring to grow better

what is iran's? objective and how does that work through these different proxies that is that is the big question. i'm glad you asked it. so what we always describe iran's goal in the region as hegemony. they would like to be a regional power a superpower. i mean a regional superpower. let's call it. i mean they're never going to go toe-toe with the united states, but they if they have nuclear weapons this certainly starts to is it is the ultimate insurance policy for everything else that iran does in terms of its malign activity and it's destabilization how they see it like an insurance policy. absolutely. i mean there is a debate about whether the iranians would use a nuclear weapon against israel or against saudi arabia or any of its other enemies. whether it would do that we don't know but we do know that if it wants to be able to continue to fund groups like hamas and hezbollah and to really do damage to a lot of american allies around the region. once it gets that nuke. it's almost untouchable

deter iran. iran, with all due respect, is not an 800 pound gorilla you cannot deter. what souad: -- what would -- souad: what would israel do if you don't think the deal is representing its interests? amb. herzog: our leadership stated more than once that we maintain our option open. we have capabilities to counter iran. we will decide in due time what action to take. we are not going to sit idly by or be indifferent with iran is legitimizing nuclear threshold. souad: let's move to another topic. that is the ongoing military action of russia against ukraine, and there been several attempts by your prime minister to mediate between the two different parties. how is that going? is there still a chance for a diplomatic solution in your opinion? amb. herzog: let me state here that from the beginning of this war, israel unequivocally stated it is against russian attack on ukraine, against upsetting international norms and against any -- against ukraine's sovereignty. our prime minister decided to try

of course it's not just iran's nuclear program by the entirety of iran's malign activities throughout the region on the wall that concerns me. that threatens u.s. and our allies we must not forget about the iranian regime is human right through abuses, the missile, program and supporters proxies outside is. what's been specifically for ally israel, iran might be on the point of -- its nuclear enrichment program, but they're also at the door through proxies in lebanon, syria and gaza. i trust at the un ministration appreciates this reality and as it discusses ways to partner with the rise nuclear activities we don't treat lessening one threat for dangerously expanding another. counter balancing the threats posed by iran are have positive impacts and look at the -- created by the abraham accords. mr., secretary i know i don't need to tell you that american engagement in this region is crucial and there is no better demonstration of american leadership and the role we have played in supporting peace agreements between israel and our neighbors with uae absent am and morocco. and with othe

moving on to the iran deal.appears that about $90 billion in sanctions relief might be award today the iranian government which then they'll be able to use to ferment more terrorism. so if that happens what resources would centcom have and our allies have to put up to be able to fight these proxies? >> senator, i got to be honest with you. i'm not an economist. i'm not familiar with the economic impacts of that deal. i would say this, from where i sit, the number one objective that i've been given is, we don't want iran to have a nuclear weapon and it would seem to me that approaching that through a diplomatic solution would be the best way to get to that end. i recognize there are second-order effects that might proceed from that in terms of sanctions relief, and i acknowledge that. >> okay. you spoke a little bit earlier about more cooperation with israel. are there things we need to do to continue to expand our opportunities with israel? >> i think right now we're in a pretty good place in terms of cooperatio

uh, living in iran, there is no choice, but, um, becoming political. it's nice to be here at this moment, especially now that we're experiencing these social changes, i hope for the good. sometimes it's hard to see that, because young people are involved in it, and they sacrifice a lot, and sometimes they sacrifice their lives. the whole society wants to change what they have, and how this change takes place is very important. i want to live here while it happens. i want to be a part of it. [kamancheh playing] [tombak playing] can you cut the rigger and--and-- >> do you have a pre-show ritual? something that you normally do, or... >> not really. try to, um, talk less. try to think of nothing and--and just make my mind really blank. [laughs] as much as that's possible. >> do you have a prayer? do you have...? >> prayer, yes i have it, but i--i do it on stage. it's nice to remind myself why i'm doing this, that's all. you know. i think that that lifts me spiritually. and then bring it back in, please. well, we're calling this, uh, "songs of hope," becaus

with the help of iran and their abilities skyrocketed and of course iran has been the revolution which brought the islamic -- into power. they have made it their primary goal of than simply regime survival. one of their primary goals is the destruction of the state of israel and the endless terrorist groups to help them in that regard so hezbollah's another group you probably heard of in lebanon the iranian payroll and the islamic which operates out of the gaza strip and shiite melissa's and -- and the houthis in yemen and all of these are consolation is irene -- iran. >> this is what they call the crescent. >> is primarily from western iran into syria and into lebanon and could include the gaza strip >> in 2021 what sort of tangible resourcess was iran providing to hamas? >> it's a great question that has a somewhat more complex answer. >> always.ra >> there were those that said there were no iranians because there was nothing we could see were iran had only recently are bided x amount of dollars in x amount of weapons. see variants of rockets primarily fired by islamic organizations

threat from iran's revolutionary guard against past and present officials.ncluding former separatist state mike pompeo the secretary will be joining us coming up. but first senate democrats are desperate to get elon musk on the hot seat after's buyout of twitter. ed markey said they have to understand the censorship or lack there of content moderation or not that's going to be the policy for the new owner. senator richard blumenthal said there's imperative to ask musk to testify on his plans of twitter address lawmaker concerns on me right now biotech entrepreneur and the author of nation of victims is here, great to see her, thanks very much. what a shocker, okay mr. twitter going to be acquired by elon musk maybe the democrats public relations firm goes away and so now they want to call him in front of congress, your reaction? >> i think elon musk first principle is he will not take orders from the party in power. that is one the prompt of the social media companies of the last couple of years, maria. they said they're acting as private companies the gover

iran goes in to fill these vacuums.d talked a good deal of it about africa and the way they are filling that. the sanctions relief to the interest because of this money transfer. do you agree with the general as we are talking about a new jcpoa and unleashing all of this money to them, are you concerned about that and how that would be used by these proxy groups and the way they would benefit from that? >> the primary is to prevent them from having a nuclear weapon. >> and we realize and appreciate that. >> is your expectation they would be more lethal, they would move forward? that is a risk but i think we would have to balance that if we got a good agreement. >> i know that jcpoa under the terms for russia and china to buy the advanced weaponry and ballistic missiles from russia next year so what is your concern about the ability to purchase arms from russia or china, would they be able to purchase even more lethal weapons if they get the sanctions relief, and how, what would that do with the capabilities for any of t

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uh, living in iran, there is no choice, but, um, becoming political. it's nice to be here at this moment, especially now that we're experiencing these social changes, i hope for the good. sometimes it's hard to see that, because young people are involved in it, and they sacrifice a lot, and sometimes they sacrifice their lives. the whole society wants to change what they have, and how this change takes place is very important. i want to live here while it happens. i want to be a part of it. [kamancheh playing] [tombak playing] can you cut the rigger and--and-- >> do you have a pre-show ritual? something that you normally do, or... >> not really. try to, um, talk less. try to think of nothing and--and just make my mind really blank. [laughs] as much as that's possible. >> do you have a prayer? do you have...? >> prayer, yes i have it, but i--i do it on stage. it's nice to remind myself why i'm doing this, that's all. you know. i think that that lifts me spiritually. and then bring it back in, please. well, we're calling this, uh, "songs of hope," becaus

so what is the inflection point right now with iran and your talks? >> what doess that mean for the united states and for the conflicts you put under the microscope in your book? >> there are negotiations going on in vienna right now. i would call it a desperate attempt by the biden administration to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal. they would like to kind of be able to get back to whatever regulations they had upon the nuclear program. it doesn't look like they are going to get what they had before which in my view is not probably perfect, far from it. it still gives kind of a paved pathway if you will to acquire nuclear weapons with not a lot of oversight in the community. we appear now to be on the verge of something even weaker than that. a deal that my colleague called less f for less. we get less out of it at the end of the day and the iranians give us less and return. but the concern here really is as it relates tofl the conflicte will see a flood of sanctions relief flow towards iran and we know that iran will then use that cash to support a num

and in exchange for practically nothing except the uncertainty that iran would get a nuclear weapon in a few years time. but then to withdraw the united states from the agreement and to reimpose the suffocating sanctions. but now the team surrender is back in the white house instead of thinking trump saving from the consequences of their own idiocy, per the agreement back together again. even worse than before and including just to throw the rest of the autocrats. there with that revolutionary guard corps removing the foreign terrorist organization next i will be signing them up as a dnc partner with this lot at the 2024 convention. and unbelievably the person they are relied on —- they rely on is the butcher of ukraine vladimir putin himself so biden randomly blurts out he wants him out of power but at the same time taking him for the foreign-policy initiative credit get more incompetent and incoherent? it could because parts of the deal is money for iran to contract with russia to expand a domestic power program justice democrats here are shutting down the domestic nuclear program. h

and iran especially has a huge problem with foreign exchange. if this crude oil is sold via international payments, then you naturally a foreign exchange and you can make better use of foreign exchange. if you're able to import other products to inputs you missed the latest nuclear negotiations with iran, which could and the u. s. sanctions have made progress, but the remaining points of contention are tough. on one side to iran insists that the ron's revolutionary guards no longer be classified as a terrorist organization. but for the u. s. this is a red line. also at the negotiating table is russia and russia is not interested in making it easier for iranian oil to replace russian oil in the global market. and that's it for me. and the dw business team checks out aligned to w dot com slash business. i'm seeing beardsley ah ah ah, see for chicken, for egg modem chick stress down there been brand to produce maximum heels, war or fat he meet in record time. animal friendly farming looks different. breeders and scientists are searching for old and

let's talk iran. as you know iran's the world's top state sponsor of terrorism. and the islamic revolutionary guard corps is their premiere terrorist organization. as the state department noted in 2019 iran is an outlaw regime that uses terrorism as a key tool of states craft and the i.r.g.c. has engaged in terrorist activity or terrorism since its inception 40 years ago. the i.r.g. support for terrorism is quote, foundational and institutional. the i.r.g.c. has killed over #00 americans in iraq. they control vast parts of the iranian economy and use them for financing terrorism. right now the irgc is actively trying to murder additional americans. including former trump administration officials. we know from public reports that the state department spends $2 million every month protecting former officials, including former secretary of state pompeo. and the secret service is providing similar protection to protect former national security advisor bolten. because of such activity, the trump administration rightly designated the irgc as a foreign terrorist organiz

s. market is to great. iran cells, most of its exported oil to china rather than use currency. iran and china have agreed to an oil for goods deal, a kind of barter transaction. yet iran hardly needs chinese goods. machines from europe. it would be much more important for the economy of a country with a population of $83000000.00. yeah, mm hm. and these, and iran, especially, has a huge problem with foreign exchange. if this crude oil is sold via international payments, then you now really a foreign exchange and you can make better use of foreign exchange. if you're able to import other products to inputs you missed the latest nuclear negotiations with iran, which could and the u. s. sanctions have made progress, but the remaining points of contention are tough. on one side to ron insists that the iran's revolutionary guards no longer be classified as a terrorist organization. but for the u. s. this is a red line. also at the negotiating table is russia and russia is not interested in making it easier for iranian oil to replace russian oil in the global market. and that's it for me. and

all of iran's actions. my first question to mr. secretary is can you tell us and by the way one last thing on this whether there is a jcpoa or not and whether the deal that was struck or not in everything i described. let's start by asking if i can define what our policy is with respect to iran the country whose have taken all of these actions consistently now. >> you are exactly right. whether or not there is a jcpoa all of the actions and activities he described will continue. one question for us in iraq within nuclear weapon is likely to act with greater impunity to all of these things which is one of the reasons want to do everything we can. having said that your point is an important one which is why irrespective of that agreement or not we are working with allies and partners and their partners with israel and others to make sure we have in place the means necessary to do with all these challenges. long-range bomber overflight, corp. to interdict sanctioning to relevant iranian actors posting the capa

he offered the massive sanctions relief to rejoin the 2015 iran deal either as iran increases its aggression against us. they ask themselves or we really on our own and is america abandoning its disastrous drawdown which culminated in the killing of 13 servicemembers. of the growing presence and capability of the groups across the continent, china and russia are exploring to the partners project and military power to expand the influence at our expense. i've always viewed africa as critical to the nations security which is why i push for the creation of africana in 2007 and right now it is more of a concern than it was at that time. i will speak more about this issue during my questions, but i'm pleased the secretary provided guidance to assist to the alternative locations and post the exercises. this will be crucial to ensuring the relationships the competition with china and russia. >> thank you very much, senator inhofe. let me recognize general mackenzie for his statement. >> chairman reed, ranking member inhofe, members of the committee thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testi

what should i get when brand new cars in iran have an accident? spare parts cannot be found or would not come on time. we have to be self sufficient. we have to repair that piece ourselves, find repair, paint, and deliver like new to the satisfaction of our customer with the talents we found within ourselves. because it can take more time to be able to go there and bring the parts. and amid the sanctions, we have been under for 10 years. that was not possible for our work. and we could not do it. we have to be self sufficient and do the work ourselves. the you as sanctions effect and access to medicines in iran was once a big deal, not any more. the maryan, the medicine sanctions, are a subset of economic warfare and they have both negative and positive effects. if we look at it, generally, the positive effects of sanctions are that the country is moving toward self sufficiency. moving toward self reliance, moving towards consumption management and managing waste in the pharmaceutical sector and so on. we are producing the best medicines and our d

under the condition that iran nuclear program would be more closely monitored. but then the trumpet administration pulled out saying that it was a bad deal and the suffocating pressure was reinstated. no sector of iran's economy has been spared by washington's punitive measures, but the country's economy has proven more resilient than some had predicted with g d. p growth now seen after 2 years of recession. western media outlets have begun drawing parallels between iran and russia as both have seen economic improvements. despite harsh sanctions or chief maria phenomena looks at what russia could learn from iran experience live in under sanctions is a relatively new and rather mysterious path. russia has taken its 1st steps on, and while experts still wonder what the journey will bring, one country knows for sure what western restrictions feel like iran sanctioned for decades. the country managed to overcome a 2 year recession and its economy is now growing with all production reaching pre sanction levels. we have achieved very good records in terms of oil sales

there are now very serious questions about mr. iran has integrity and his honesty. he has, you know, turn his back and he has taken so many utah's on all his promises. he has broken promises. he has broken commitments. and this rhetoric is really nonsense is very bizarre when they are now creating a storm in a cup of tea by saying that there is some international conspiracy. we know that iran con is one of those politicians in pakistan who has a deep relations with western elite and restaurant comers particular here with the british establishment in brown ha, was the politician, one of his close friends a but s baba his who no opposes him. he, he said that it, hon won't store him that he wanted to use his father, wife jamal, much to my eyes, to have connections in the white house in grand hon did not support it for ac is funny of it. look back hispanic bus driver in the london or in the election, but miracle london. and he went especially to england for bucket on board his parlor rather than not that gorge. smith, who was better, a brother of mine, of course, so he

and the effort to expert maximum pressure on iran.ot produce results t produced a break out time that went from a year to a matter of week, and iran, acting with more destabilizing, including endangering and attacking our forces like they hadn't before. we had to deal with. we continue to believe, getting in terms of the agreement, would address the nuclear challenge with iran. and iran, acting with incredible aggression, doesn't have the opportunity to produce one on short notice. >> i have been generous, but my time is running out. i want to make sure your answers are full. >> six months, is to get into an agreement break-out time. far lsz than a year ago, i understand why. it will be nothing in terms of iran's missile program, which sen-com said they have overmatched their abilities, between themselves and their proxies, it will do nothing about the destabilization of the region. at the end of the day, i understand the breakout time now, may be a matter publicly reported in a week or two, at the end of the day, it is not going to m

the dice: obama's diplomacy with iran."y wrote an article headlined "without the iran nuclear deal, war is on the horizon." talk about what happened this week and if you do see a deal inside. >> i do see ideal in sight. alst all of the issues have been resolved. the key remaining sticking point is the iranian demand the irgc be taken off one of the united states' terrorist list that it was added on by the trump administration in a deliberate act to make it difficult for a future president to come back into the deal. we have to be frank. district west by the iranians is rather meaningless in the sense that does not carryuch substance. even if ere taken on that list, they remain on other u.s. terrorist lists, still treated as such by united states as well as by international businesses. for the iranians, they are not gaining much. the thing for the u.s., will be a high political cost, doing so in washington, protests from hawkish lawmakers in congress as well as some centrists. the issue at the end of this, more or less they