russia and iran u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has visited the black sea resort of sochi he held meetings with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov and russian president vladimir putin now speaking ahead of those talks putin found words of praise for the recently published a report on russian meddling in the 26000 u.s. election russian leader also expressed his desire to completely restored the bad relations between his country and the united states a feeling that he said that he sense is reset for kate by donald trump people are this talk about that. a bit more joining me here the big table is sarah palin she is a political analyst and russia expert with the german council on foreign relations it's good to have you on the show so let's talk about what we're looking at the u.s. in the russia and russia they disagree on many things still they value to improve their relationship how are they going to do that they're probably not really going to do that as leverage and they want to they want to improve

iran about the situation there . scientists are imposing off those u.s. your military sanctions. it was there for example as a prize goes high $45.00 present compering to previous years. as approximately 40 per cent but. we don't. really should not have illusion because iran has expert 40 years' experience and in very. doing sanctions yes the sanctions hurt iran but it will not bring iran to the knees it won relating to what will come 20. $2020.00 in the next us presidential election there's basically 2 definitions of bringing iran to its knees one is whether prolonged hardship would possibly cause the population to rise up promote a resistance against the regime and the other one is whether it would essentially force the regime to make concessions you're saying neither because if you also look at soros also university of maryland you see since the sanctions. people in iran. the people in iran do not like more to have negotiation for us that is this if you really come from eyes but so you if you give more. the u.s. wants more becomes it's becoming popular. people most of the suffe

u.s. claims could potentially justify military strikes and potentially a war with iran and the u.s. and the u.k. official denying that that is quite striking and i think that is not going to help the u.s. make its point here in europe especially but also in other countries meanwhile shown archaea iran is saying that it will no longer comply with the limits on production of an in rich to radium that were part of that nuclear agreement that the u.s. and the 5 permanent members of the security council together with germany all signed up to so what exactly does that mean how quickly can iran rev up its nuclear program are we now in imminent danger of seeing it essentially restart its own program. for so well that. this mission. is into the buys or just appraiser just. gives the rights to iran to the sepia way is the name of that nuclear agreement just like yours. give iran's a right the also spends a right to redraw its obligations if the laws of the do not comment to. the rouhani of this mission is not to. tool resident just not to destroy the agreement but that argument. puts the ball

and iran u.s. president all trump is announce harsh new sanctions after tehran said it would no longer comply with parts of the nuclear deal signed with world powers and twenty fifteen from which the u.s. withdrew last year to run has also issued an ultimatum to europe saying europe must find a way to provide sanction relief for iran with sixty days within sixty days or face the consequences. patient says run out read the headlines of iran's newspapers president hassan rouhani says he's not trying to destroy but rather to save the nuclear agreement by leveling an ultimatum to the five countries that are still signatories also but that if these five countries return to the table within sixty days and we reach agreements on oil sales and banking then we will uphold our side of the nuclear deal. under the twenty fifteen nuclear deal iran agreed to let international atomic energy agency monitors into their nuclear facilities and only enrich uranium for civilian purposes in return economic sanctions on t

plays down speculation it's heading for war with iran. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says america is not seeking conflict although the u.s. would respond if its interests were attacked he touched on the issue of talks with russian leaders also coming up. ukrainian women becoming surrogate mothers to make ends meet they are in thousands of euros to carry babies for couples in western europe including from germany. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh has played down the prospects of an immediate conflict with iran tensions between iran and the u.s. have of course attends a fide over the past week with the u.s. sending warships and aircraft to the gulf it also says that iran may be behind the alleged sabotage attacks on shipping in the region upon pale was circumspect of talks in russia after an intensive round of shuttle diplomacy. dorman and mike pompei was on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washin

u.s. and iran through back channels despite what's the u.s. and iran are saying is for you know certainly there to be any direct negotiations but some communication does seem to be happening driven by those concerns of the international community thank you very much amber tansley and washington. well iran's foreign minister is now in iraq for 2 days of talks with his counterpart that baghdad has found itself caught between its neighboring to iran and its ally washington but demonstrators are demanding that it stays out of this dispute while matheson reports. iraqis filled baghdad's tucker square chanting yes yes to iraq demanding that their country should not become a battleground in someone else's war so to get us out of to sort out our messages for peace our message is to say no to the iranian agenda and no to the american agenda as iraqis we should make independent decisions. i don't think. we reject war by any shape or form iraqis including sunni and shia people from all of iraq's ethnic and religious groups came to talk we are square to ma

u.s. claims could potentially justify military strikes and potentially a war with iran and the u.s. and the u.k. official denying that that is quite striking and i think that is not going to help the u.s. make its point here in europe especially but also in other countries meanwhile shown archaea iran is saying that it will no longer comply with the limits on production of an in rich to radio that were part of that nuclear agreement that the u.s. and the 5 permanent members of the security council together with germany all signed up to so what exactly does that mean how quickly can iran rev up its nuclear program are we now in imminent danger of seeing it essentially restart its own program. first of all let me say this much. into the just appraiser just. gives the right. tool to c.p. away is the name of that nuclear agreement just like you are. iran's a ride the also a.

and iran u.s. president has. announce harsh new sanctions after tehran said it would no longer comply with parts of the nuclear deal signed with world powers in two thousand and fifteen but abandoned by the u.s. last year to iran has also issued an ultimatum to europe saying they must find a way to provide sanctions relief for iran within sixty days or face the consequences. patient says run out read the headlines of iran's newspapers president hassan rouhani says he's not trying to destroy but rather to save the nuclear agreement by leveling an ultimatum to the five countries that are still signatories bone and muscle but that if these five countries return to the table have in sixty days and we reach agreements on oil sales and banking then we will uphold our side of the nuclear deal. under the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal iran agreed to let international atomic energy agency monitors into their nuclear facilities and only enrich uranium for civilian purposes in return economic sanctions on the country

u.s. and iran intensifies could u.s. pressure produce a new and better nuclear deal as washington claims or result in the war that's our topic on the trail join us. next on d w. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word going to the little nico case in germany to sunshine. why not born with him. to suffer in simple are mine on your mobile and free. t. w. z. learning course week german made easy. action packed life or bookmarklet. anything's possible as long as our coffee and his friends can drink aren't. these movies and 10 years dark refugee camp. his life story may have ground to a halt. 27 years ago but there's no holding back his dreams. thank you for. cinema don't start me 27 on t.w. . welcome to quadriga savers are rattling once again in the middle east as the standoff between the united states and iran intensifies the trump administration has sent an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and is updating war plans over what it says are iranian threats to american troops and interests thi

u.s. is planning to attack iran they would probably attack u.s. forces but you don't have said that iran is not interested in a war with the united states and the friends that iran has in the region are not going to attack u.s. forces unless you're on is attacked or understand or attacked so when you see this type of hype you can't help it but to learn their love the united states did when they wanted to attack iraq in 2003 coming up with. bogus intelligence. issues that that's really. something that should be taken seriously and the same people john bolton used to be working you should work for the u.s. government that these u.s. national security advisers. and he wrote an article in march of 2015 calling for a military strike on iran so you don't is not going to attack u.s. forces unless iran is attacked by u.s. forces and if the u.s. is planning to attack iran they should be worried about the response that they will get from. in that case why do you think the u.s. is ordering it personnel to evacuate. by all accounts from iraq. you know that mak

u.s. has been warning that it has intelligence that iran is planning to attack u.s. interests perhaps its allies in the persian gulf and so this has been one of this has been the pretext for the u.s. to send military reinforcements to the area quite a few and in fact and today we heard u.k. secretary foreign secretary jeremy hunt say that he's very worried that there could be an accidental escalation that one side or the other could you know make a mistake and then you would really have a full blown military conflict here in an area of the world that is already so so dangerous and already on you know on and on and i said there. we've heard representatives time and again say that the nuclear deal is important to keep the region stable so what is that european union strategy to really save this agreement . the e.u. is definitely still determined to save the deal along with russia and china it should be pointed out it's not just the e.u. 3 who are still in the deal and this is something that they maintained today even with secretary pompei you hear they have so far not

that and it goes back to what cheyenne archaea said about this historic rivalry between iran and saudi arabia the u.s. is now positioned itself very very firmly on the side of saudi arabia what impact does that have on these tensions with iran is that one of the reason we're seeing things heat up now and what consequences do you think will come of that well certainly it does send a message was especially after the killing and the war in yemen that the u.s. still stands by saudi arabia and sends a message not only to iran but to a lot of other actors in the world but i think in terms of iran specifically yes it does embolden saudi arabia in a way to to get tougher on it and do you think saudi arabia wants hot war with iran . i think nobody wants war necessarily at this point what do you think really labor's also as the late moderate king of. demands from the u.s. to attack iran with leaks. documents. it's not you'll that's all durbin is always tries to push us well against iran so let us talk briefly about where things go from here and as i said earlier the incentive offered to tehran in the nuclear a

reinstated sanctions obviously iran has suffered the economically and the reaction that we've seen from the u.s. a few hours after iran took its move is to actually implement or at least announce even more sanctions. right and like the oil sanctions that were recently strengthened by the the trump of ministration these sanctions on the steel aluminum and copper sections of the iranian or of her audience economy target not just those within iran who deal in these metals but also those around the world who want to do business with iran their revenues are potentially going to be frozen by the u.s. if they're found to be doing business with with iranian entities that the work and in the metals but donald trump in a statement says in fact nations are on notice that allowing iranian steel and other metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated so clear threat again to international powers not to trade with iran even though as part off the internet internationally ratified un deal you have sanctions economic benefits all supposed to flow towards towards iran don't talk does give iran a way out th

signatories to the nuclear deal 2 months 60 days to try to find a way to salvage the deal by helping iran mitigate u.s. oil and banking sanctions and if that doesn't happen if this path continues forward then there's a clear sign that iran is serious about non cooperation with the nuclear deal and slowly. limiting its cooperation with the j c p a way possibly eventually pulling out entirely yeah and saying away from the nuclear deal how people going to reacting there over this ongoing escalation of tensions with the united states. but we've spoken to runyon people and we've heard both defiance and fear there are people that say they trust in their country's ability to defend itself but they don't trust in its economy as much the economic conditions are really worrying people at a time when the currency was already in trouble now additional u.s. sanctions are putting more pressure on the economy but there are people here that say they are worried they are afraid and that they should they feel their leader should not just show publicly defiance in the face of american pressure they should also take thes

u.s. into a war with iran. some days before another two very high-ranking congress members, senator durbin, had the same op-ed saying john bolton is taking the u.s. to a war with iran. therefore, it is clear john bolton wrote an op-ed in "the new york times": for attacking iran, bombing iran as the only option, as he said. he was allied with the terrorist mek. he gave a lecture. he invited them to rule iran. he called for regime change. therefore, everyone knows what is the strategy and the mindset of john bolton. this is not confidential. the israelifact is prime minister netanyahu for many years has been pushing for the us to attack iran. he has a huge influence at the white house. you remember when the president strong withdrew. some days later, netanyahu said, i asked him to leave the nuclear deal. it was me who made him to depart from the deal. after president trump designated the iranian army as a terrorist group, again, netanyahu probably said it was me who asked president trump to designate iranian army

u.s. is trying to increase pressure on iran the latest u.s. sanctions hit iran as europe rejected what it called iran's ultimatum of non-cooperation with the nuclear deal and in a sign of growing mistrust with european partners iranian m.p.'s from the national security and foreign policy commission of iran's parliament accuse the e.u. of working with the u.s. against iran playing good cop in doing nothing as a way of stalling iran while america wages economic war really try to somewhat of a quote iran is disappointed with europe europeans rejecting the osa made them is trying to cover up their own weakness i think europe's behavior will push iran to pull to russia and china to establish a financial channel in the framework of cooperation with russia and china instead of europe but the twenty fifteen nuclear deal has by design been a vehicle to help build trust between tehran and european capitals but since the u.s. left the deal a year ago iran has blamed european countries for not doing enough to resist american pressure and help iran deal wit

u.s. and iran the u.s. has announced it will put sanctions on metal exports watch as we mentioned you know make up a large part of iran's export revenue this is no longer just about iran's nuclear program or foreign policy in the region as it. no not at all i think the united states is basically trying to bully iran into submission and iran cannot go down that road because disagreement was very on oculus in the first place amongst the hardliners in iran and mr romney and it's the service the making crusade who improved the iranian economy in the courts and for them but the hardliners were saying we should get the nuclear research but that down the road so that we are able to break out within six months and then people will respect that but i think. this deal that they made was about was named the iran agreed to do certain thing that it cannot recover its export to ninety percent of its that you rang him it put concrete into it. what the reactor and all the others they just said ok we'll help you economically

u.s. on iran would be met with attacks on u.s. interests in iraq. and he walk on the i think all the has to shabby is considered part of the military establishment and there are still armed groups that are difficult to control and the government suffers because these groups have so many weapons that there are around five thousand two hundred u.s. service men and women in iraq president trump said in february u.s. forces should stay in iraq to keep an eye on iran iraq a prime minister under lobdell mehdi says iraq will continue a balanced policy that builds bridges of cooperation and friendship with all neighbors including iran. a mom of a.

u.s. policy paradigm towards iran there were 2 points which caught my eye and i want to share those with our viewers you called for the u.s. to avoid unilateral measures that are not likely to generate broad international support and you recommended the u.s. should issue an ambiguous statements about u.s. interest and intentions in the region now dull you could send that paper to the trump white health's it's doubtful that anyone would read it but i mean these point to the 2 things which the trump administration is not doing. yeah well thank you for reminding me of that i'm glad that my recommendations to hold that absolutely i think will have a lateral support for any us policy is critical that's what we have undermined over the last couple years and most importantly is the message and what we want where are u.s. goals and i think that's what's really concerning while there is no doubt that iran gauges in many activities in the region that are concerning and destabilizing we need to be suggesting to the iranians what is the off ramp what kind of activity could we accept and make sure that t

and france to work with iran on civilian nuclear projects president hassan rouhani says the u.s. is trying to sow division among iranians joey army corps about all your general getting as the united states is violating international laws and pressuring companies to prevent them cooperating with iran and seeking to weaken our currency and the independence of our country there are huge conspiracies against our country and the american administration is waging a political and psychological war against us a decision to change the regime in iran washington aims to spread division in the country and the iranians must unite to face this war turkey's economy is expected to continue to slump after those u.s. sanctions on iran's oil industry turkey is a major iranian customer but is having to look elsewhere for its energy supplies so them cos all the reports now from istanbul. iran is the second largest oil supplier to turkey after russia turkey has energy rich neighbors but no reserves of its own so is dependent on oil and gas imports that leaves the turkish kaname vulnerable to rises in e

u.s. and iran. i want them to sophie in the poem soviet shevardnadze the united states has ordered a military build up in the middle east siding their rising threat from iran. this nation's on a bring all out conflict i ask most and malani of the executive director of the center for strategic and diplomatic status at the university of south florida. with a new round of sanctions on iran by the united states the prospect of a working diplomatic solution to the question of iran's nukes is fading with american troops massing in the region. sanctions between tehran and washington are becoming more dangerous for everyone will try to push the president into an even tougher stance on iran what exactly is the u.s. hoping to achieve with this month's hostility towards the islamic republic and can the renewed american pressure really make. most an milani of the executive director of the center for strategic and diplomatic studies at the university of south florida while come to the show it is rate great to ha

on the iran by the united states those sanctions are of course not just affecting u.s. trade but trade of any companies around the world especially in europe that want to trade with iran and that's having a crippling effect on ordinary people and i think what's it's trying to do it it's trying to build up a an atmosphere of fear with the end result undoubtedly in the minds of some american policymakers at least off provoking some kind of revolt of regime change of dissatisfaction with the government in iran itself but also we come back to this question the degree to which the u.s. is following a coherent foreign policy even within its own ranks because once again you've got trump for example denying this report about 120000 troops being readied today he categorically said that in the same way that trump himself just a few days ago said that if only iran would abide by the nuclear treaty that it signed then that america is reneged upon of course then of course the sanctions could end of course that's actually what iran is doing has abided by those agreements that he under

want to keep this deal which is on life support a lot of much longer than they have to help iran mitigate u.s. sanctions that have a stance of lead decimated iran's economy and so this is really sending a message that iran has the scientific capability to move forward quickly and it has the will to do so as well and saying away from the nuclear deal how of people that have been reacting over the escalation of tensions with washington. well iranians are really if they run the spectrum there are many iranians that say the government is doing the right thing you can't talk to a bully we must remain defiant we must resist the united states until the end but there are iranians that say the government can't keep saying that the united states can't attack it or can't hurt iran or that it will regret causing war with iran many people don't just consider the psychological war many people say that iran and the threat to iran by the u.s. military buildup in the region must be taken seriously and to that end in the face of what is standing iranian policy of not negotiating with the united states especial

thank you very much for joining us iran says the u.s. decision to send more soldiers to the middle east is quote extremely dangerous for peace president donald trump insists a deployment is needed to better defend his country and its allies from iran will get more reaction from tehran. shortly for us here is alan fischer with our report from washington. initial reports suggested the u.s. was preparing to send an additional 120000 troops to the middle east to combat the perceived threat from iran but president donald trump is no confirmed he's sending $1500.00 we want to add protection of the middle east we're going to be sending a relatively small number of troops the u.s. defense department says the troops are going to include an anti missile battery additional intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft it's also sending fighter aircraft for the terrence. the pentagon says the move is defensive and not meant to provoke war but adds to another rush deployment or this month the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group sta

u.s. and iran i'm joined tonight by dalia case u.s. director of the center for middle east public policy at the rand corporation in santa monica california that's where she joins us from tonight's welcome to the day it's good to have you on the program today both pump aoe and the supreme leader of iran they both almost at the same time said we do not want a war with each other who's telling the truth there. well hopefully they both are i think i would welcome they are saying at the escalations of the current rising tensions i think there are you know there's credible evidence to suggest that either side would want to war a war with iran would be incredibly costly but i think it's also important to remember what brought us to this point and the main trigger frankly was the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear agreement which was a internationally accepted agreement that iran was compliant with so i think a lot of the friction that we've seen over the last year building up to this point on the one year anniversary really stems from that

u.s. is trying to increase pressure on iran the latest u.s. sanctions hit iran as europe rejected what it called iran's ultimatum of non-cooperation with the nuclear deal and in a sign of growing mistrust with european partners iranian m.p.'s from the national security and foreign policy commission of iran's parliament accuse the e.u. of working with the us against iran playing good cop in doing nothing as a way of stalling iran while america wages economic war really. iran is disappointed with europe europeans rejecting the automated mistry to cover up their own weakness i think europe's behavior will push iran to pull its russia and china to establish a financial channel in the framework of cooperation with russia and china instead of europe the twenty fifteen nuclear deal has by design been a vehicle to help build trust between tehran and european capitals but since the u.s. left the deal a year ago iran has blamed european countries for not doing enough to resist american pressure and help iran deal with the economic fallout of american san

u.s. economic pressure he also said that iran will not bow to u.s. bullying he called the united states tyrannical and he also said that he predicted that the united states would in the future at some point have to apologize for its current behavior and policies towards iran because of international pressure i'm saying what about ordinary iranians on the street and how worried a vague about all this talk of war but we spoke to many iranians in the past several weeks and what we keep hearing from them is yes war is an existential threat a conflict with the united states a militarized conflict is certainly something they fear but they see that as very far down the road the more immediate problem many iranians say to us is they're devolving a currency the iranian ryall has lost a great deal of its value and they say that u.s. sanctions on iran's economy that have been place for years that is slowly eating away at iran's financial health. in iran ramadan is usually a time of spiritual reflection charity and family but for a 2nd here in a row as iranians

u.s. and iran. for their lives thousands of syrians leave it live as government forces and their russian allies bomb the revel how province. and we'll have the latest in the crackdown on the opposition in venezuela. but we begin in sudan where the military rulers have agreed in principle but the opposition's proposal for a transitional government's but differences remain over the length over the interim period sounds who will eventually lead the country have a morgan has more from the capital khartoum. nearly a month after ousting its president of three decades army bashir sudan's military council and the opposition coalition attempts to form a transitional government don't seem to be getting easier the opposition presented the ruling council with its vision for the transitional period in early may on tuesday the military council responded. with. the document. doesn't mention the other political forces that are partaking in the transition that would elect a prime minister and sovereign council membe

iran says the u.s. decision to send more soldiers to the middle east is extremely dangerous but president trump insists the deployment of $1500.00 extra troops is needed because of what he calls it rainy and aggression the iranian foreign minister mohammed the reef me miles arrived in the iraqi capital baghdad and his deputies used to begin his tour of the region on sunday with stops in cata amman and kuwait was aris visit comes just weeks after a reported meeting with the democratic senator dianne feinstein in the united states that she is one of many democrats who've opposed the white house decision to sell weapons to its regional allies more on that in just a while 1st so let's hear from same as ravi our correspondent in tehran. the united states already has tens of thousands of active military personnel stationed in and around the middle east so $1500.00 more is a relatively small addition even billions of dollars in weapon sales to countries in the region could be seen as par for the course but in

u.s. aircraft would deter iran and we were proven wrong. but due to the limited damage inflicted and the lack of casualties caused by the use of that mine, the u.s. opted not to respond to forestall escalation, paving the way to further escalation. in the next year you were involved in a series of actions, trying to limit iran's freedom of action and trying to find a way to stop attacks for a while. they stopped surface attacks on ships, they relied heavily on mines and started ranching up the attacks again, they attacked a tanker in kuwaiti waters that was a part of a convoy using missiles that were captured from iraqis. they launched from occupied areas in the south to create ambiguity. the bottom line is, in the end, we were able to limit iran's ability to expand the conflict economically, and to prevent the operations from getting worse. in the end, the airbus plane was an accident finally caused iran to end the war. and these will be my final comments with regard to the prospects for escalation. a lot of people are talking about the pot

iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one. and as tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. ron. like the sanctions on iranian oil that were recently toughened by the trump are going to strike the new sanctions target the fun's not just of those with iran who operate in the iron steel aluminum copper sectors but also those who engage in the international trade in iranian metals around the world donald trump said nations were on notice quote allowing iranian metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated and quote the u.s. secretary of state was in london where he called

u.s. responded by announcing new sanctions on iran. the u.s. house judiciary committee says attorney general william barr is guilty of contempt of congress bar had failed to provide congress with the full unredacted miller report on russian interference in the twenty six thousand election it comes as u.s. president all trump presidential privilege to block the release of information demanded by congress. counting has finished in thailand's general election twenty seven different parties were awarded seats in parliament with no single party winning an overall majority but the anti military opposition campus won the most seats the poor thai party associated with fugitive former prime minister taxin shinawatra tops the field by winning one hundred thirty six constituencies. britain's prince harry and meghan the duke and duchess of sussex have named their new bond son archie harrison mountbatten windsor the couple's first child was born on monday archie is seventh in line to the british throne. one year ago u.s. president trump made good on a campa

so for iran has responded to u.s. economic pressure with rhetoric at home and diplomacy abroad but since the u.s. said it will not extend sanctions waivers to let iran sell oil to its biggest clients iranian leaders have started hinting at slowing traffic in the strait of hormuz an estimated twenty percent of the world's oil passes through these waterways the mere mention of the name can move markets and raise concerns in global capitals while leaders say if iran can't use the strait to sell its oil no one can they also say they intend to keep the shipping lanes near their shores wide open in everyone's best interest but behind balanced remarks in the waters near iran's southern coast are battle ready boats this is as close as we can get to an iranian warship the navy takes the security of its vessels very seriously especially around the waters of the strait of hormuz where boats like this have the job of policing traffic in the waterway but also looking out for american warships that any time there are dozens of carg

rouhani said those countries had sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said iran was still committed to the deal but analysts say it's a signal iran's patience is running out the iranians are saying that we cannot continue like this we've been waiting for a year since the americans have exited the agreement and we have been waiting to see what the europeans will do and now that we see there doing nothing nothing we have to take some steps iran's announcement comes as washington continues to exert what it calls its maximum pressure campaign against effort on with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or making an unannounced visit to iraq where thousands of american troops are still based american warships have also been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is the threat posed by iran and the message sent to review. this week for things like this that. i think for the defense is very specific. attacks that are. imminent that is they were thank you very. much about the particular reaction. that disputes and all eyes now

u.s. and iran in a dramatic new show of force, the u.s. military deploying an aircraft carrier strike group and air force bombers near iranian shores as the white house warns of new threats and u.s. officials warn iran may be planning attacks. richard engel tonight on what is really going on here. >>> inside the horrific inferno, the final terrifying moments caught on camera as a passenger plane bounces off the runway and bursts into flames, killing dozens of people on board. tonight, what investigators are looking at as a flight attendant is hailed as a hero for saving lives but rescuers say the evacuation was hampered by people trying to grab their bags. >>> the mystery in the uk as meghan markle and harry's royal baby boy is born. >> this little thing is absolutely to die for. i'm just over the moon. >> what's his name? speculation swirling about the half american royal and what would his grandmother say? erawyer spendingrump' parting shot at his former boss. >>> and just moments ago, the nation's highest civilian honor for tiger woods.

anonymously sourced intelligence in 2003 it was iraq this time it's iran much of american news reporting on u.s. iran relations glosses over president trump's role how his policies have led to this standoff there's even less space given to reflect on the history of american aggression against iran which is not to say that the islamic republic ruled by authoritarians and involved in wars in syria and yemen is an innocent player however inflammatory headlines unnamed sources and decades of misinformation in the us media over iran don't help our starting point this week is washington d.c. . headlines like beads about iranian belligerence a new tensions with the u.s. came from sources like the it's the official who declined to be identified the 3 u.s. officials familiar with the find a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly it's a safe bet that the official was authorized to speak anonymously if we were to write a headline on the coverage of this story it would read anonymous government sources u.s. news media risks being manipulated

u.s. team negotiating with iran on the nuclear deal and he says that while the u.s. is to blame for the increasing tensions iran should balance its response. well certainly iran has a choice and it's i think a little bit of a false description by mr zarif to say this is what we have to do now after all the nuclear steps that they are taking or nap going to fix our economic problems or drive any more economic really to that but i think it's absolutely the case that the united states started this but iran is over compliance with the g.c.c. piro you or at least it was and the united states is the one that a year ago decided it was wrong so i think certainly from the iranian perspective there is a need to balance the books you're a little bit well i certainly think that europe has a role and it could do more than as been the problem that europe's governments have been unwilling to try and coerce european businesses to provide the kind of economic relief that iran is looking for because of fears of u.s. sanctions and so long as those fears remain iran is not going to get t

iran's leaders believe the u.s. is preparing to attack them. they're leaving them to prepare possible counter strikes. iran says it's not an option rngs but is skeptical whether real diplomacy is possible with the u.s. president trump is hoping tensions with iran subside. >> mr. president, are we going to war with iran? >> i hope not. >> he told acting defense secretary patrick shanahan the same thing, he does not want war with iran. however, the american buildup in the persian gulf continues. the group on the uss lincoln has arrived south of iran. u.s. intelligence officials claim they have evidence of credible threats, including satellite missiles on iranian boats to possibly strike targets on land. on thursday the white house briefed a group of top congressional leaders known as the gang of eight on this. house committee chairmanned a an schiff is one of them. >> the efforts to ratchet up efforts with iran is leading us in a very dangerous place. >> classified briefings will be given to the rest of congress on tuesday. >> i'm hoping it's not

iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both sides continue to send strong signals they are ready for one and as tensions heighten between tehran and washington the latest announcement from president hassan rouhani puts even more pressure on european countries and remaining signatories to the nuclear deal to do something to salvage an agreement that's been in jeopardy since u.s. president donald trump took office saying. like the sanctions on iranian oil that were recently toughened by the tropical destruction the new sanctions target the fun's not just of those with iran who operate in the on steel aluminum copper sectors but also those who engage in the international trade in iranian metals around the world donald trump said nations were on notice quote allowing iranian metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated and quote the u.s. secretary of state was in london when he called for unity amon

iran. it is also the policy of the u.s. to deny the iranian government revenue, including revenue derived from the export of products from iran and steel, aluminum, and copper that may be used to provide funding or support for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and regional expansion. what effect have sanctions had on iran so far, and what additional effect will these new sanctions have if any? guest: for the long time, but we have tried to do is make sanctions as targeted as possible so we are not affecting the life of ordinary people when we impose them. that is not always been the case in the past year. the administration has focused manyunting pressure on as sanctions as possible on iran. that it is is affecting not just the regime, and we can talk about whether or not it is changing their behavior, i am not convinced it is so far, but it is affecting the lives of ordinary people. that cancerding patients don't have the treatment they need because it is expensive, it is not being brought in. the

iran deal on notice. because i had on his show these actions by the u.s. government which is a law breaking government therefore over the past year iran despite what the u.s. is doing we have stayed committed to our decision today we made a decision to implement that. not to stop its implementation not to work against it not like the americans will withdraw from it. in a letter to him basters of the u.k. france germany china and russia president rouhani said those countries have sixty days to implement their promises to protect iran's oil and banking sectors from u.s. sanctions he said steps iran is taking remain in line with the wording of the nuclear deal iran remains committed to it and to maintaining peace in the region but experts into herat say the country is also preparing for things to get worse before they get better. iran's announcement comes as american forces have been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is a threat posed by iran. the leaders of both the united states and iran have said they want to avoid a conflict but both