to topple iran.onduce to peace in the region and the world and not conversely contribute to bloodshed and war. >> are you willing to have direct and open talks with washington and with president trump? >> the problem that we have is not in dialogue but it is in the commitments that arise from talk and dialogue that we have to commit to. we held talks with five plus one, lengthy talks. we upheld all of the commitments that we had to commit to. but unfortunately it was the other party that did not live up to promises and obligations. >> israel and the united states are beginning to talk about whether a military strike against iran might be necessary to stops it nuclear program. if that were to happen what would iran's reaction be? >> you see naturally enough we will react to any reaction. we do not fear war, but we do not seek it. >> do you think an attack against iran is likely given the current circumstances? >> i hope this will not transpire, because it will be to the detriment of all of the actors,

we had a big part of iran's nuclear program in a box with the iran nuclear deal and was focused on iran and what that deal did was to ensure iran could not produce a nuclear weapon in less than a year's time so we would have plenty of time to see it if they break out of the agreement and did that but unfortunately pulling out of the deal and not replacing it with anything, iran can produce the material for a nuclear weapon within a week or two. they don't have the weapon itself and is another part of the equation but is in a more dangerous place than it was when it was boxed in with a nuclear agreement. iran is looking at this and the incoming administration is looking at this. we'll have to see if there's actually an opportunity on on the nuclear side to get another deal. president trump at the time talked about getting a better, stronger deal from his perspective. ok. let's see. maybe there's an opportunity to to do just that. if "sportscenter's not top 10", there's a share determination to ensure iran never gets a nuclear weapon one way or the other. i happen to believe doing this pu

i'm wrong con relations between russia and iran have strength. and since the start of the war and ukraine to her on has supplied the russian with a treat with drains and short range missiles. now the 2 countries also minting the lines with a 20 year strategic partnership agreement. the deal is due to be signed later this week. when the ronnie and present visits most got, it's expected to in house cooperation in defense, trade and technology. so all the deepening relations driven by recent set bikes in the space of influence and countries like syria. and how will this help them confront the us led weld order, which has imposed severe sanctions on them. we'll get to all guess in a moment, but 1st this report from mike level the that's the sound of uranian made drugs fired by russia being used widely. and it's for a new chris to run supply or shy head drones and even short range. but stigma solves to moscow has come to represent their expanding level of cooperation in recent years. and a new 20 years strategic partnership treaty is on the rise of th

ringback a day thing, relationship, russia and iran, a set design, a 20, a strategic partnership agreement. so what's bringing the 2 countries close together and how will that affect the global owed? this is insights for the hello and welcome to the program. i'm wrong con relations between russia and iran have strength, and since the start of the war and ukraine to her on has supplied the russian military with drains and short range missiles. now the 2 countries also minting that aligns with a 20 year strategic partnership agreement. the deal is due to be signed later this week when the ronnie and present visits must go. it's expected to in house corporation in defense, trade and technology. so all the deep thing relations driven by recent setbacks in the space of influence in countries like syria and how will this help them confront the us led weld order which has imposed severe sanctions on them. we'll get to august in a moment, but 1st this report from michael apple. the that's the sound of uranian made drugs fired by russia being used widely. and it's for in the chris to run supply of

and now look at iran. did you ever think we would be we are at iran and the smoke?cable attacks by hamas october 7, iran directed attacks twice. hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones, and twice they failed because the united states organized a coalition of countries to stop them and ordered u.s. aircraft to come to the defense of israel. now iran's air defenses are in shambles. the main proxy hezbollah is badly wounded. and as we test iran's willingness to revive the nuclear deal, we kept the pressure with sanctions. now iran's economy is in desperate straits all told, iran is weaker than it's been in decades. if you want more evidence, seriously weakened iran and russia, , just take a look at syria president assad, neither neither could keep him in power. quite frankly neither cutting try very hard. now i cannot claim for everything that led to iran and russia going weaker the past years. they do plenty of damage all by themselves. but israel did plenty of damage to iran and its proxies. but there's no question, or actions contribute significantly. significantl

but characterize a bit the threats we face with north korea and iran. obviously very different ones. >> they are very different and here, at the basic level is with your most different. north korea is a nuclear power, and they view nuclear weapons as the best deterrent to regime change. nuclear weapons are how they're going to maintain control internal in their own country and to fend off of the world powers like the united states and remain relevant. iran doesn't have that. they aspire to be a world, i mean a nuclear power. we all have the capability to stop one of those two countries from getting a nuclear weapon, and that's iran. the thing about iran response in the intelligence community is i mentioned north korea using nuclear weapons as a deterrent as we maintaining power. we don't know what the iranians would use a nuclear, a deliverable nuclear weapon for. when you before a effect or for an offensive effect? talk about a regime that is based on religious zealotry and is essentially a terrorist nation, a terrorist designated state, the concern is

of course, for iran, from ron's perspective, this partnership represents a major turning point. it strengthens ties with a traditional ally that has stood bites at one during challenging times of hostility with western powers. russia has consistently supported everyone's aspirations on the global stage, welcoming its membership, and breaks and backend gets succession to the shanghai corporation organization or the ceo. uh, recently which also endorsed there was entry into the region economic union, which is very significant for iran, which has been trying to find a foothold in the global market. that's very significant ask for the strategic for the iranian economy. but what's important is that both countries believe in a shared vision, and that is especially when it comes to moxie. and as i chose them as both believe that the west, the western union, and that's all the approach to foreign policy is unfair, unreserved, because there's gone, made a clear during his joint pressure with this reporting that the conflict in ukraine a represents the west's up unit natural approach towa

that's where iran is right now.trying to develop the relationship with china and russia because the u.s. position has been so strong in the maximum pressure campaign has hurt them so much and i think this really reflects where this is we have to make sure not just the united states but our allies are working with us to counter that and we shouldn't let china or russia rehabilitate aspects of the iranian regime that right now are struggling. is a good thing when iran doesn't have the ability to engage in the kind of mayhem that they been allowed to engage in for the past 20 years. >> building on that is interesting how it's now multidimensional world where in. the alliances that are made. could you say a word about turkey turkey is playing a very interesting role. >> we talk a lot in the intelligence community about marijuana and turkey and what he's trying to accomplish right now in turkey and as you alluded to, there becoming a bigger player a more active player in so many places. in libya and other places you see

we saw this past weekend the israeli strikes in iran. you and i in the pentagon been talking about israeli strikes in iran a few years ago. that was a very big deal. it is a very big deal. what's your sense of where this goes next and just how dangerous it is going forward? gen. milley: first, let me thank you and the team for inviting me and, uh, i recognize that i can't see hardly anybody but i know that the people in the road are controlling basically $24 trillion or $25 trillion of a $30 trillion economy. so good on you for doing that. and you may or may not quite realize it, i know people thank all of us in uniform for our service, but i want to thank you and your service because the two key components of national security and the international scene is a strong military and a strong economy. and i, and i'm here to tell you that the banking community of the united states is strong, 4500 banks across the country. we've got an incredible economy as you just saw with the economists and the envy of the world and a lot of that has to do

iran is losses over land supply route.f the regime weapons factories and weapons including have been destroyed by israel. it's not just what we achieved but also what we prevented. when i travel across the region after the days of october 7 i heard from hundreds regional war was coming. the combination of diplomatic and military action and assistance pervert and strengthen israel help to print that from happening in the weeks after october 7 multiple moments since. allies and partners, particularly in the middle east take note of who they can rely on to stand by their friends and who they cannot. which powers work to defuse crises which stand back and do nothing?hi or make problems worse. theak balance of power in the middle east is shifting dramatically and not in the white hamas and his backers hoped or planned. and yet the region means ripe with risk, to iran's in desperan to distort deterrence with nuclear ambition to the ongoing attacks to israel with the dearth of opportunity human rights in several countries. what i

iran is weaker. iran is weaker than it's been in decades. hezbollah is badly degraded. and after more than 15 months of war, hamas' senior leaders are dead. thousands of hamas fighters are dead. anti-military -- and the military formation vs. been destroyed with nowhere -- formations have been destroyed. with nowhere to return hamas finally agreed to release hostages. there was no other way for this war to end than with with a hostage deal. and i'm deeply satisfied this day has come, finally come for the sake of the people of israel and the families waiting in agony. and the sake of the innocent people in gaza who suffered unimaginable devastation because of the war. the palestinian people have gone through hell. too many innocent people have died. too many communities have been destroyed. and this deal, the people of gaza, can finally recover and rebuild. they can look to a future without hamas in power. the bible says blessed are the peacemakers. many peacemakers helped make this deal happen. including an extraordinary team of american diplomats who have worked nonsto

has to be next able to saying iran will be the next domino to full. and if that's true ups on his russia step again, fear radically to help. well, um, you will have to address that question to write him up with an i don't know you like me, but it's not just a israel has this. the grandiose dreams of, uh, greater self, i've met the turkey as well. yeah. and there are many other regional countries with the conditions and then but yeah, i mean, i mean time about this new president and the 11 on, by the way, who buys? and recently you said he's the right guy for the job. so i think they just the chief regime change by the way, and be rude, but they did it through israel as a proxy for how level known as important country. but let them, if it's a relatively small but there are many other players in the region that would not want to see israel to expand itself so much. so i think they are, they all shouldn't be very, a capital low for, you know, deciding what they wish for less that comes true because it can be very, very good yours. i mean, like at this po

and now, look at iran. did you think we would be with iran at the moment. after those attacks by hamas, iran directed toe attack israel. hundreds of missiles and drones and twice they failed because the united states organized coalition of countries to stop them and ordered us air craft to come to the defense of israel. now iran's air defenses are in shambles. main proxy hezbollah is badly wounded. and as we tested iran's willingness to revive a nuclear deal, we kept the pressure with sanctions. now iran's economy is in december plate straits. all told, it is weaker than it has been in decades. if you want more evidence, just take a look at syria. president assad closest ally in the middle east neither could keep them in power. now i cannot claim credit. they did plenty of damage all by themselves. and israel did plenty of damage to iran and its proxies. but there's no question, our actions contributed significantly. and now major authoritarian states are aligning more closely, iran, russia, china, north korea. but that is more out of weakness than that of

the the across the headlines you run off the international iran and rushes to ceiling. the deal a 20 year strategic partnership treaty assigned in moscow by the 2 nations leaders and thousands of key points are established in the face of western sanctions. the multi polar world is rise, double standards have reached the end of their life. the fact that one country has the complete right to kill citizens, to kill children and women to destroy hospitals and schools. weldon asserting its position on human rights and pointing the way for us is unacceptable. iran said president, pointing out the double standards of israel and its allies, a thing in the gods cottage, and is a speech alongside by the way, period. and he slammed israel trail the beloved shed highlighting the free pos, vegas palestinians pay with that law. and writers drove item taxes, bags, and readings, and so for the sunset, the white house analysis is restricting the export of high tech chips used for artificial intelligence. ultimately, ne, coughing, america's industry and even some us satellite the, well,

how on the test tonight, the 2 judges right outside iran supreme court. the country's traditional media center search, the salad committed suicide before police could take him and will be joined by shavers on the story. and just a moment from toronto most go with the leaders of iran and rush to assign a 20 year strategic partnership. tracy right here in the heart of the russian capital, as dozens of key points were established in the face of western sanctions. the multi total world is most start leroy. we need the answer is absolutely no doubt a rough feet on either on, on interrupted even turn, access, respond to that tremendous suffering. you know, goes off on order ra, says no, daylight open the gates. the guys are and allow the agency to provide critical 8 to those in the us as over a 100 more are killed in his riley attack since the cease fire agreement was assigned between these rel, i'm coming to the live and worldwide from must go with the one use on fuels it as always here, one on so you can so much. so kicking off now with a breaking news for yo

successfully and iran did not. then, you know, further retaliate. but what they did and faced a lot of criticism for was to eliminate the leader, the political leader of hamas last summer in tehran. while he was there, haniyeh was assassinated by one of those israeli targeted assassinations that they don't acknowledge and acknowledged publicly. and there was a lot of criticism because it did, according to u.s. officials at the time, set back a very close negotiation that was leading to a possible deal. they were dealing with haniyeh, and then after that, they had to start dealing with sinwar in gaza until he was taken out, something that the israelis did almost by accident. and then now they've had to deal with his surviving brother, mohammed sinwar, who has been a very tough negotiator also. but the also the other piece of it that i think you could speak to is the lebanon ceasefire and the fact that they they took out the leader of hezbollah and also took so many of those missiles out of lebanon and missiles that

and with iran, you're talking about iran, you're in a situation now that iran is in the weakest positiont's been in 30 years. its air defenses are down. it's been shown that it can't successfully attack israel. its proxies, hezbollah and hamas, have been designated. this is a time you can put maximum pressure on iran to get a better deal, not just on its nuclear aspirations, but also on its regional behavior. this is really the time to put greater pressure on iran, and that would be the trump administration's first instinct. >> you know, fred, we've already had and we still have sanctions on iran. yet, we know that their oil exports went from about, call it one ship a day, effectively, couple years ago, to five or six now. what have we done wrong with the -- sanctions haven't changed. the enforcement of the sanctions has changed. >> you're absolutely right. it's great to always be on with helima, and she can talk more deeply about this than i can. you had a president running for re-election, president biden, became vice president harris, but none of them wanted to see inflation and the r

marco, iran is world's leader sponsor of terror. in 2024 experted roughly 587 million barrels of oil, increase over 10% over prior year. the10 illegal oil sales fund hamas. hezbollah terrorism, houthis, nuclear arms program. drone technology, used right now by ush russians against ukraine. oil sales are directly the resulting in global unrest, and costing innocent lives. senator confirmed what would be your goal in strategies think about addressing iran as an adversary. >> iran today,y am talking radical shia clerics not the people. they are a people of culture with tremendous pride, they take great pride in their persian heritage and identity, i don't know of any country that is a bigger difference than people and those who govern them in iran. in no way are clerics of that country representative of people of that country and history and contribution to humanity. iran in that regime at weakest point, in recep memory ever, their air defense have been badly damaged, shia crescent they tried to great has been damaged. lebanon, syria t

in the, the, in the headline 2, an odd international iran at russia seal the deal, a twin t v. a strategic partnership treaty assigned here in moscow by the 2 nation leaders . and thousands of points are established in the face of western sanctions. the multitude molo world is right, the double standards have reached the end of their life. the fact that one country has the complete right to kill citizens, to kill children and women to destroy hospitals and schools. well then asserting its position on human rights and pointing the way for us is unacceptable. yeah, everyone's present are right that pointing out the double standards of israel and its allies, a thing in the gaza cottage. and his speech alongside got him approved and he slammed israel's trail to provide ship finalizing the free prostate get have a spin use to pay with that, like we need the, the reception. ok, no doubt, a rough feet on in the, on, on interrupted minturn, accessed, responding cause a tremendous suffering. you know, because often, and or ross has no delay opened the gate to the god there and let the a

they were funding terrorism in the middle east through iran and iran's proxies. at us now, the hostages are going to come out. some are going to come out it's because of all the great work they have done. there are passages because of the lousy work they have done, no question or a collection of her joe biden tony blinken of men patting themselves in the back they might as well been putting a kick me sign in uncle sam because that is what they've done for the last four years. now, my general posture is we should not negotiate with terrorists. we should not ask israel or any other country to negotiate with terrorists. we did not negotiate with japan after hiroshima and nagasaki. we sit unconditional surrender and release the 40000 americans you hold and that is what they did. but we would not be in this position here in january of 2025 if that is the position joe biden had taken in october of 2023. if we had simply backed israel to the hilt from the beginning of this war. providing israel the weapons it needed, when it needed them and in the quantities it needed t

the deputy foreign ministers of iran funds, germany on the u. k. r in geneva in switzerland to discuss and runs disputed nuclear program. is the 2nd meeting between iran and european officials since november and it's being held in private. and that's me think comes just a week before us president elect donald trump takes office 2015. iran reached a deal with western powers to limit its nuclear programs, concerns a much bit. iran could soon have the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon claims. that's a fine has always denied in 2018. donald trump's administration exiting the 2015 nuclear part and re imposed cautious sanctions on a run. as prompted to run to rebuild the stop piles of enriched uranium. and last month in december, the chief of united nations new to watch dogs expressed concern that iran is dramatically accelerating its enrichment of uranium that we're covering various angles of the story. ok, that saudi is standing by and to find for us we're going to 1st had to geneva with stephanie deca. stephanie. so the nuclear program is on the ag

iran is weaker than it has been in decades. hezbollah is heavily degraded but after 15 months of ort hamas senior leaders are dead with thousands of hamas fighters are dead that military formations have been destroyed. with no work to turn, hamas finally agreed to releasing hostages. you know, there's no other way for this war to end them with the hostage deal. i'm deeply satisfied this day has finally come for the sake of the people of israel and the families waiting and agony. for the sake of the people in gaza who suffered unimaginable devastation because of the war. palestinian people have gone through hell. timid people have died but to be communities have been destroyed and this deal, the people of gaza can finally recover and rebuild. they can look to a future without hamas in power. the bible says blessed are the peacemakers. many peacemakers help make this deal happen. including a started team of american diplomats who have worked nonstop for months to get this done. secretary blinken led the effort. secretary jake sul

and number two, pulling out of iran nuclear deal. now, both of those decisions opposed by trump, state department and trump, department of defense on both of those decisions, i argued strenuously and repeatedly in the oval office to the president that he should the embassy that he should pull out of the deal. victoria was arguing ferociously within the white house, that he should move the embassy to jerusalem and he should pull out of the deal. and at the end of the day, the president, i think, made the right decision. he said no to his own secretary of state. he said no to his own secretary of. he moved the embassy victoria and i were both there injuries salem the day our embassy opened the anniversary of the creation of the modern state of israel. and i don't think it's coincidental that within a week of opening the embassy, the president announced he was withdrawing from the disastrous iran nuclear deal. now, fast forward the end of the administration. look, anyone who cares about peace in the world. ought to ask. well, gosh, four

one of iran's most brutal proxies. one of our goals should be to get humanitarian assistance immediately to the syrian people who have suffered for so many years and capitalize on this historic opportunity to sideline not only iran, but russia as we helped rebuild syria. i also want to underline that whether it is food insecurity or sexual violence that accompanies war, and whether we are talking about sudan, haiti, or afghanistan, ukraine or gaza, that it is women who often bear the brunt of these conflicts. they should have a seat at the table when it comes to resolving them. and that is not just a sentiment, it is also backed up by data. we know that when women participate in conflict negotiations, peace is 35% more likely to last. -- to last at least 15 years. that is why we passed the women peace insecurity act in 2015 that was signed into law by president trump during his first term, and i hope that his second term we can build on this effort. it is one of the reasons i am pleased we now have three women on the f

not proxies of iran. they're not acting in place of iran. they are iran. it is the octopus of iran. that's where the center of evil is located in the middle east. by the defeat of hezbollah, so the defeat of hezbollah, so significant and all the leadership of hezbollah, sol mainy and all to have the defeat of hamas, which i hope is complete soon. it's a real encouragement to stabilize forces and then another country i think is so important that we work with is turkey. there's been such confusion over who's good, who's bad. who's a threat. legitimately to the people. our nato ally. gosh, we should be working together. >> that's exactly how i read that. i was going to ease into the turkia question because i get a lot of heat when i suggest that we should be working with turki -- occur coach against the russian counter balance. there may be some friction between them but it's our job to be the shock absorber and keep the tension between them. is that how you see it? >> it is and apparently we need you back in the administration. if weaved been here friday, the thought of aleppo, the on

>> you touched on the issue of iran.e diplomatic paradoxes of what is being achieved is he's forced on the israeli right a deal they revile. a deal supported by the israeli left. do you think there will be concerns within the israeli right and what more he will want from them? x for sure. they don't trust anyone. they have demonstrated that. i'm not in the room, i don't know what went on behind the scenes. my guess is benjamin netanyahu made reassurances how far he would go and how far he would not go. and what leverage he's gained with the american president, the confidence being reestablished. my guess is common ground between us, the israeli government, the right wing will be iran. but together what we do to consolidate the gains the idf has achieved in reducing iran's ability to export malign influence through the middle east. >> on that particular issue, they want vastly different things. one would presume donald trump would want a maximalist deal on the nuclear issue, a second nuclear deal from which they extracted