which are enabled by the way by iranian scientists and iranian know-how, via north korea. post event or an iran lose european support if they started lashing out? wouldn't they catch that in their response the day after? the memo that went to the nsc, -- the escalation to the attacks on syria, i would think iran would hold back on showing europe what we already see. ill me if i am wrong here, think the jcpoa, in this case, the u.s. assumes all the risk along with our allies, along with israel, while europe reaps the economic benefits in the nuclear deal. i think that would anchor t tehran in its reactions. what do you see suleimani doing in baghdad the day after? oubai shahbandar: that is the million-dollar question. so far he has not done it. host: again, the iranian elections were on the same day we were supposed to walk away -- i think it is the same day that we get leverage. go with ease $500 billion economy were an act costs $.50, -- where an egg costs 50 since, or would you like to go with a trillion dollar economy let the united states? oubai shahbandar: iranians, t

that's to defend iranian air space. and iranians are looking to get s 300s.ut again those in place in hezbollah those would have to be part of any campaign as well. if the iranians are smart, tan they are, they are looking at everything you just mentioned as indicator what's to come, at least intelligence officers are advising their generals that these are the things that are taking place now. decision makesers are being put in place, air space cleared, and starting to see a russian response with allocation of s 400s to syria, turkey forma matter and also iraq. and i would leave it at that. as intelligence officer i would brief those things that you mentioned. whether we do it or not, as loening as they think it's a capability going back to richards point, where you have to have the top deposit matic engagement, also a serious military threat on the table. >> and i'll just say i think what you are seeing is that accidentally several years later president obama has earned his know mel peace prize and he did so by signing one of the worst deals in history. what

s, today's leading iranian dissident group. so horrific was the act that the deputy to iran's ruler at the time ayatollah khomeini, called it, quote, the greatest crime committed within the islamic republic which history will condemn us and, yes, we condemn them for these acts of murder. this bill will provide that commendation and call for investigation into this crime against humanity. it also urges our government to work with partners to investigate other human rights abuses such as the dozens more killed during protests in 1999, 2009, and 2017, and sanction those responsible. in all cases the families of those murdered by the regime were never told what happened to their loved ones' remains. this important bill will pressure the iranian government to disclose where the final resting place of the missing is so their families may have a small bit of peace. mr. speaker, now is the day of reckoning for the iranian regime, and that's just the way it is. i'll yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, do

>> our concern is iranians. iranians and hezbollah. their ambition was readiness to sacrifice their own people. pragmatic guys are not reasonable guys. i think what we are facing with iran, it's really crazy situati situation. iranian iranians in very difficult economic situation. problem with travels within iran, the situation with inflation. it's very complicated situation. still very, very shaky within iran. despite all their domestic problems, they continue to be a biggest sponsor of world terror activity. they spent $2 billion every year for all this crazy support for terror. you know, in lebanon, hezbollah, hamas and jihad islamic in gaza strip, houthi tribes in yemen, shia mailitia in iraq, they spet $2 billion every year for this. it's crazy with all their own domestic problems. they invest up until now in syria since this war about $13 billion. we think that it's biggest problem that the iffanatic leadership is not reasonable. we don't have any problem with iranian people. hundreds of years we enjoyed very close relations. we

fordo and iranian enrichment facility this was a secret underground and richmond facility that the iranians built under a mountain you don't put thousands of centrifuges under a mountain to produce medical isotopes you put them there for one reason nuclear weapons in richmond for nuclear weapons but the files show that for was designed from the get go for nuclear weapons as part of the project ahmad here's a new range original iranian blueprint. for doe and what happened was that iran continued to build for years secretly building years after project amount ended because what it looks like that's the entrance it goes under a mountain you also will not be surprised that iran insisted on keeping four though and i'm basically a nuclear deal unable to do it and unable to do it but this came with a hitch. iran was required by the i.a.e.a. to come clean by the nuclear deal to come clean to the international atomic energy agency about its nuclear program this was an explicit condition for implementing the nuclear deal iran has to come clean so in december two thousand and fifteen the i.a.e.a. publ

there were some missile strikes that went after some iranian targets in syria and iranians were killed in the process. a lot of folks focusing in on israel. what are they saying where you are? >> well, israel has its policy of ambi gg uambiguity. when it comes to syria, israel doesn't deny those. the military strike was against a syrian military target with iranian presence at the base, a conservatory for human rights. they have said in london of the 37 people killed, a majority were iranian nationals, and there was a very large explosion suggesting it might have been a weapons depot or some sort of weapons facility that was struck. that very much follows israel's often repeated red lines saying it will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria, it will not allow the transfer of weapons from syria to iran, hezbollah and lebanon. so even if syria hasn't commented here, it seems likely this was an israeli airstrike. wolf, it's important to point out the last time a strike was attributed to israel in early april against a different military base, the russians, the syrians,

it is based on a rain iranian ls and iranian deception. 100,000 files right here prove that they lied. here is the bottom line. iran continues to lie. he said this -- >> we never wanted to produce a bomb. pm netanyahu: again. >> we never want to produce a bomb. pm netanyahu: yes you did. yes, you do. the archive proves it. the nuclear deal gives iran a clear path to an atomic arsenal. it gives the components necessary to produce this arsenal. unlimited enrichment. they plan to have several hundred thousand centrifuges they can reach mountains. second, it completely fails to address iran's development of ballistic missiles. third, and this is new, it completely fails to address iran's nuclear bomb program. and it's advanced weaponization. we just did. so, this is a terrible deal. it should never have been concluded. in a few days' time, president trump will decide, will make his decision on what to do with the nuclear deal. i am sure he will do the right thing for the united states, the right thing for israel, the right thing for the peace of the world. >> president donald trump was as

prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to address the nation about a significant development in the iranian nuclear program well this comes hot on the heels of his meeting with new u.s. secretary of state who offered support to israel in its standoff with tehran will carry prime minister netanyahu to address live for you as it gets under way also coming up a deadly blast in afghanistan coordinated suicide bombings leave a trail of bloodshed and wreak havoc in the capital kabul and a separate attack in the south eleven school children are killed. iraq it's a pleasure to have you along. we start with news from the mideast israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to make a prime time announcement about what his office has called a significant development in the iranian nuclear program we're expecting mr netanyahu to speak momentarily and we'll carry his announcement live for you while his address comes hot on the heels of reported missile strikes on several military bases in syria on sunday the targets were in the promises of aleppo and hama twenty six people have been reportedly kill

this is an original iranian illustration of a weapon.gain, you don't have to read farsi to understand this. this is the original. that is the only place where you find [indiscernible] here is an iranian simulation. putting all these components together. that is the first thing. second component, developing nuclear force. here is a photo showing the casting process and make form from the archives. undergroundsecret facility. we have hundreds of documents from each of these components. building component, nuclear implosion systems. this is an original iranian photo of a measuring device. simulation of a nuclear implosion. preparing nuclear tests. these are five potential locations for nuclear test in iran. 5.2, 3, 4, we have many, many more such documents. and fifth, immigrating nuclear weapons. here is the warhead. there is the bomb. you thatave to remind iran is continually spending the range of ballistic missiles. they started with 1000 kilometers, they are now up to 2000. tel aviv, moscow, and they are working on far greater ranges. th

— iranian people.? no. we look to put ourselves in the shoes of all of two replace the iranian leaders? absolutely not. —— do we look to put ourselves. but there is a lot happening in iran. the research is, the movie industry, literature, mathematicians... —— the research shows. we continue to have exchanges, but we need a broader dialogue with the iranian leaders. —— researchers. and this is the framework that we are offering. so i would like to be able to maintain the jcpla and to would like to be able to maintain thejcpla and to add the other three pillars to it. we need to work on these fall pillars because we need to contain the expansionist policy of iran, and we also need even demanding framework, but we shall of course also deal with the official and acknowledged leaders. there is no alternative to that. mr president, if i might do, my question in english: the fourth pillarfor question in english: the fourth pillar for the question in english: the fourth pillarfor the middle question in english

it is based on iranian lies and iranian deceptions. a hundred thousand files right here prove that they lied. and so here's the bottom line. iran continues to lie. just last week, they said. >> we never wanted to produce a bomb. >> again. >> we never wanted to produce a bomb. >> yes, you did, and yes, you do and the atomic archief proves it. the nuclear deal gives iran a nuclear path to the arsenal. it gives them the points and first unlimited enrichment in a few years. they plan to have several hundred thousand centrifuges so they can reach the core. and second completely fails to address iranian development of missile and third. it fails to address iran's secret nuclear bomb program and the advanced work on weaponization. we just did. so this is a terrible deal. it should never have been concluded. and in a few days time president trump will decide, will make a decision on what to do with the nuclear deal. i am sure he will do the right thing. the right thing for the united states, the right thing for israel. and the right thing for

there are thousands of iranians and iranian backed militias in syria. what is israel's redline in syria? >> i think there is a misunderstanding with iranian presence in syria. what we speak about is iranian military base in every part of syria. it is presence we will not allow. if they are smuggling drugs, or have some business, even if they are only in the capacity of advisors. it is another story. but to establish military space, it doesn't matter if it is aerospace or navy hub or some base for their ground operations, will not allow it. also it is this position we expect to everybody in the world. we have determination to protect ourselves. >> people here and elsewhere turn to you for special insight into understanding russia's strategy. how do you evaluate what russia really wants in syria, and what the limits of russian objectives are? for example, the debate on united states on that russia-iranian relationship. can we divide russia from iran? would you think the possibilities are here? >> i don't think it is the right approach for me to start with

influence in syria last week that it is the they had a very important iranian. anti-us in. harm's way when. dozens of iranian experts have been actually killed during this strike but i was expecting in fact americans to take advantage to go even further that against the iranians during the military strike we haven't seen much of that and that that needs baby to be to be on the lies why the americans there have not actually particularly targeted. they did not. take this opportunity to perhaps. carry out more strikes against iranian targets in syria for the moment we'll leave it there of course and come back to as we get bored. word from those international capitals about the strikes in syria thank you. take you now to the days of global news stories on the funeral of south african anti-apartheid activists winnie mandela is being held in her hometown of sweater known to many as the mother of the nation she died nearly two weeks ago the age of eighty one after suffering a long illness katherine saw reports. to most who have come to pay tribute weenie mandela was no

it appears they are now trying to take out more iranian aircraft to prevent to take out more iranianeve nt a ny to take out more iranian aircraft to prevent any future incursions. it could be considered or that president trump has threatened particular new responses for the last legend chemical strike. also, given where we are where, with the war in syria and also it seem as though that president aside has the upper hand, the us would entreat carefully about intervention at this point. i hope they do. you have heard the republicans talking about taking out the whole searing air force is just a very dangerous thing to do. certainly before any action like that would be taken place, that is not something the president has the authority to authorise because there would almost certainly be launching a war. if you take out the air force launching a war. if you take out the airforce of launching a war. if you take out the air force of another country then thatis air force of another country then that is war. then you have the possibility of coming into contact and clashes with russia and th

the iranian people and iranian history, amazing. very much a unique country, a great country, a country that is going through through political regime. shall we walk away from the iranian people? no. put ourselves in the shoes to replace the iranian leaders? absolutely not. but -- there is a lot happening in iran. the researchers and the -- try, lit ratur and literature. have ll continue to extensive and broader and demanding dialogue with the iranian leaders and this is the framework. so i would like to be able to aintain the jcpoa. we need to work on this because policy of contain the iran and need a demanding framework but we shall deal with the official and acknowledged leaders. >> if i might, my question in english -- you mentioned today the middle east included a political settlement in syria. the geef agreement is really close to dead and appears that president assad has won the war or nearly won the war. what other specific steps do you prop taking to get the process running and lead syria to an inclusive that stems and what

israeli air force strikes inside syria are growing bolder targeting iranian military installations in the country while israeli actions provoke an all out conflict in the middle east well my guest today is lieutenant general benjamin gats twenty of the israeli defense force. the syrian civil war keeps throwing in new players with israeli jets and syrian air space striking government military targets as well as damascus has iranian allies the risk of a serious response from tehran is growing israel continue gambling with the straits in the face of possible confrontation in syria is it ready for any possible escalation and can the middle east to get another all out conflict. lieutenant general benjamin downstate twentieth i.d.f. chief of staff welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us a lot's to talk about russia is planning to deliver at. three hundred missile defense systems to syria following the us coalition and israeli strikes earlier this month israel has always criticized the prospect of damascus having asked three hundred s. three hundred system are in essence de

iranian side. of course the iranian supreme leader will not holman he has been very defiant today because today is a great first the. of the prophecy of the prophet muhammad peace be upon him and. islamic countries are countries and dignitaries. who went to visit him and this to the iranians to free me that he was ready to fly and he called the united to state the president as well as the friends president as criminals as well as the british prime minister and if anything judging from the iranian supreme leader the iranian are very angry at the same time they are very very very much defiant and as i said there won't be any any likelihood of any iranian military response defined but they're not likely to react to that as we've been reporting president hassan rouhani has said that he is going to stand by the syrian president nevertheless do you think that given this is the biggest action we've seen by the u.s. in syria and the seven years of war what are to make the iranians rethink in any way their

were were on this just as pompei admitted that the iranians will work . within the framework of international law despite the misinformation and propaganda and now it's the americans who are unwilling to commit themselves to agreements that they signed up two sides interesting to get your take on the story appreciate your time side mohammad marandi my guest his politics professor from the university of tehran think you. the conversation is revealed the us democratic party leadership pressured a candidate for a house seat in colorado to drop out of the rice he would like to get. i know you're wondering. you guys are selling money. to. someone and then i read primary. that. the vitamins had been focusing his campaign on clean elections combating climate change and improving the health care system in the u.s. he was endorsed by the state senator last may that would lead us to drop out of the race the house minority leader has defended the move i don't see anything inappropriate like. mr hoyer engage in the conversation about the realities of life in a race a

government what are they going to do the iranian top advisor of the supreme leader ali akbar will a if he was in damascus and in damascus he issued two warnings the first warning was to the israeli government and he told them you will struck this syrian air base and killed our soldiers you will pay a price for that so iran acknowledging losing those men this is quite significant and then two days later he he issued a threat to the united states telling them that you have troops in the north east of the country in the kurdish region of syria two thousand soldiers and you know we plan to liberate to this area in his words liberate the east of the euphrates so almost telling that the americans that there could be a clash on the ground and also iran warning of consequences in the region iran holds cards in iraq in the united states is in iraq in the united states wants to stay in iraq at the end of the day and there isn't an easy partnership so are we going to see an indirect confrontation there ok joining us live from beirut thanks very much saying or to come back here in the coming hours

the iranians are saying no. jennifer griffin at the pentagon with more. >> neil, we just spoke to jim mattis at the pentagon. he had not same prime minister's netanyahu presentation and would not weigh-in on the new evidence that the israeli prime minister claimed to have about iran's nuclear program. netanyahu says his intelligence services has copies of the half town of i rain -- iranian nuclear documents. netanyahu did not provide any evidence today that i ran has cheated on the deal since it was signed. the israelis claim 55,000 pages of document and 183 cds contain secret information on iran's pre-2015 nuclear program called project imad. defense secretary mattis met with israel's defense minister thursday. we asked him about that meeting and mattis said the israeli defense minister has not spoken about the nuclear deal and didn't show any evidence showing that iran had cheated. >> did he present any information that would suggest to you or any evidence that you found that the iranians were not in complianc

and the iranian presence in syria. talk to me about the iranian influence. we've talked a lot about the russian influence in syria. what is iran doing in syria? and what impact is that likely to have? >> iranian deployment in syria, centralized and commanded by the chief of the al qods force of the revolution another guard has two goals. one of them is making sure that president assad, who is a close ally of the russian hezbollah and iranians will stay the president of syria. now, ali, nowadays, it's clear he's going to be the president. but during the last five years it was not clear at all. and he's still the president, only thanks to the aid coming from his iranian allies. this is one thing. the other goal is to build a front in syria to confront israel. israel is facing a cross-border front with hezbollah and iran now between israel in lebanon and israel in syria. iran is far away and for a long time it wanted to establish strategic bases on the front now when the civil war in syria is over, da'esh is almost defeated, the iranians have the time for a hug

the iranian people, the iranian history, amazing with is very much a unique country, a great country, a country that is going through a specific political regime since the iranian revolution. but shall we walk away from the iranian people? no. shall we try and to put ourselves in the shoes of the -- to replace the iranian leaders? absolutely not. but you -- there is a lot happening in iran. the researchers, the movie industry, literature, the mathematicians, it is outstanding. so on all of these topics, we shall continue to have exchanges. but we need a broader and demanding dialogue with the iranian leaders. and this is the framework that i am offering. so i would like to be able to maintain the jcpoa and to add the three pillars to it. that no matter the decision, we need to work on these four pillars, because we need to contain the expansionist policy of iran. and we also need a demanding framework. but we of course shall deal with the official and acknowledged leaders there is no alternative to that. >> from cnn, mr. president. if i might do my question in english. the fourth pill

yes the iranian foreign ministry denouncing what it is calling an aggression not just think iranian foreignministry you have the revolutionary guards as well as well as the iranian backed lebanese group has valar hezbollah even saying that this what it's calling an aggression is a continuation of quote the recent zionist aggression in syria a reference to the israeli air strike on monday that targeted a syrian army airbase that left seven ukrainian revolutionary guards dead acknowledging that it lost those men warning of a response a retaliation iran sending its top advisor to the supreme leader. to damascus in a very strong show of support to the syrian government as the u.s. was debating on what action to take and in the syrian capital issuing two threats one threat to the israeli government saying that iran will retaliate for that attack on the t. for air base and at the same time a warning to the united states telling them that their troops in syria are considered occupying forces the americans have two thousand approximately two thousand troops in the north east of the country in the k

>> our concern is iranians and hezbollah. and the and hezbollah readiness to sacrifice their own people. pragmatic, reasonable guys, some are reasonable guys. what we are facing with iran is a crazy situation in the 21st century. are in a difficult economic situation. there is problems and troubles within iran, with inflation. it is a complicated situation. still, it is very shaky within iran. and despite all of their domestic problems, they continue ofbe the biggest sponsor terror activities. they spend $2 billion every year for this crazy support for terror. lebanon, hezbollah, hamas, islamic jihad in the gaza strip. the tribes in yemen. iraq -- had militias in the shiite militias in iraq. they have their own domestic problems. syria sinced in about $13 billion. we think it is the biggest problem, of a phonetic fanaticip -- leadership. they are crazy. their leader. but wer had a problem, have one now with their leadership and their ideology. ine one day we see today, the korean peninsula, to establish good relations with ir

how does syria play in iranian internal politics? during recent protests, i can never really understand this notion that the regime is squandering our resources, does that resonate, does it matter if it does esonate? it resonates enormously. with a caveat. the protests in late ecember and january, you saw invest in me not gaza, and lebanon. it was about economic issues, it -- and the fact that these basic core economic problems that nudged the regime into a nuclear deal play out now. and of course, will be impacted further if the nuclear deal implodes or even roads, --erode s. if there is not the kind of investment for the emerging population. that will e tremendously important. at the same time, persian nationalism is very strong. even among the young generation that was born after the revolution and does not feel that commitment to the system. there is real pride and a sense of, whether they are a shiite minority, the indo-european minority, they want to make sure that iran is protected. they will not have to fight another war like

is an exact copy of the original iranian material. you may want to know where the originals. while i can say they are now in a very safe place. here's what the files included incriminating documents. incriminating charts incriminating presentations incriminating blueprints. incriminating photos. incriminating videos and more. we've shared this material with the united states. and the united states can vouch for its authenticity we will also share it with other countries and we'll share it with the international atomic energy agency. so let me tell you the history of this material. we've known for years that iran had a secret nuclear weapons program called project them out we can now prove that project on mog was a comprehensive program to design build and test nuclear weapons we can also prove that iran is secretly storing project ahmad material to use at a time of its choice to develop nuclear weapons. here's what project ahmad's explicit goal was creating nuclear weapons this is an original iranian presentation from these files and here's the mission statement designed to p

it was critical that the iranians heard. they are giving us just saying if you get out of the iran deal it will hurt you with kim jong-un. threatening iran plausibly like trump did today is important. charles: the ability to push back against this, is it a reality of how much their military might has deteriorated or is it more about the economic relationship with iran? >> it's about both. the first part with these economies which at the end of the day have never been larger. france, germany, the rest of the e.u. if you go back to the libya war, a bad idea. that's one reason president trump had to come in, not a great idea, but pulling the chuft nuts out of the fire. they had limited expeditionary capabilities. the brits are different. they thanks to brexit will come back. other european continental powers aren't helpful. the british navy for the first time didn't have a ship at sea. it was scary stuff if you live in great britain. if we walk away from this deal does the iranian leadership step up to pressure and fuel even mo

on the iranian side we're working to address the ability of the iranians to pr pro live rate missiles into houthi hands. that's an ongoing process we hope can bear fruit. >> a report recently said it eroded to the point it's doubtful if it will ever be able to reunite yemen as a single country. do you agree? >> the future of yemen, single country, two states as it was prior to 19 93 is a matter for yemen people to decide. it's one of the issues which the u.n. has been grappling with. but more fundamentally is the simple issue of how do you construct a political process that brings and keeps all the parties including the houthis in the game, offers them a stake in the outcome of the game and sees through the process a diminishing of the level of violence and disruption to civilian life. that's the challenge. >> you mentioned proliferation. could you describe for me the entities inside iran -- have they been designated or sanctions under the yellen executive order? >> they have. it's the associated entities working through and with the corps. >> a report reported german company -- is th

iranians and hezbollah. and around with hezbollah, they have their ambition but their readiness to sacrifice their own people and they are very pragmatic, reasonable guys. i think what we are facing with iran is really a crazy situation in this century and the iranians, they are very difficult. it's a difficult economic situation . the problems are traveled within iran, inflation . it's a very complicated situation. the deal there is very shaky within iran and despite all of their domestic problems, they continue to be the biggest sponsor of terrorist activity. base and about $2 billion every year for all this crazy csupport for terror. and in lebanon. >> hamas and jihad islam, in the gaza strip. he drives in yemen, the shiite militia in iraq. the $2 billion every year for it. it's crazy all their domestic problems. they invested up till now in syria and since this war, about $60 billion. and we see that the biggest problems of the fanatical regime in syria, are not reasonable. we don't get any problem with

with israeli jets and syrian air space striking government military targets as well as damascus as iranian allies the risk of a serious response from tehran is growing. israel continue gambling with its strikes in the face of possible confrontation in syria is it ready for any possible escalation and can the middle east they get another conflict. their talent general benjamin gan stay twentieth i.d.f. chief of staff welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us a lot's to talk about russia is planning to deliver s three hundred missile defense systems just syria following the u.s. coalition and israeli strikes earlier this month israel has always criticized the prospect of damascus having asked three hundred but as three hundred system are in essence defense weapon why do they make israel so nervous. well definitely three hundred system is a serious system that covers. space over. and once they're in the end of the syrians and north to the control of russia. is really is oh pretty good move in a remote against russia of course nor even against syria but it's actually. really be

it is based on a rainy and lies and iranians deception. —— iranians lies. 100,000 files right here provedprisingly, the iranians have not taken long to dismiss this. here's the reaction from iran's foreign minister. that is a reference to benjamin netanyahu that is a reference to benjamin neta nyahu and the that is a reference to benjamin netanyahu and the iranians' believe of things he says to be true. to understand what we can take from mr netanyahu's presentation, donald trump will decide whether america will continue to iraq to fight the iran nuclear deal, we heard from the president earlier —— continue the >> studio: we will see what happens, i won't tell you what i'm doing, but many people think they know. we will make a decision before the 12, but that doesn't mean we will not negotiate a new deal. the israelis know this is the time to apply pressure on the trump administration. benjamin netanyahu trump administration. benjamin neta nyahu has opposed trump administration. benjamin netanyahu has opposed the nuclear deal ever since it was created, and it has been music to his is to h

putin may be presiding over a war between assad, the iranians and the israeli.ly not what he had in mind when he first entered syria in 2015 and perhaps that may change some of it. we are often told that president assad is winning with the allies he has that he can't take control of the whole country again. you have to wonder, if he is prepared to do this against almost anyone, could he in fa ct ta ke against almost anyone, could he in fact take control of the whole country? i don't believe he can take control of the country. i'm not even sure he can take control over the parts that his regime currently inhabits. this is a leader now who is really a hollow shell of what he once was when this conflict began. the russians have taken over, the iranians are operating at will, the allies that assad has chosen have effectively hollowed him out over time. i do believe that even if he survives the wall and it is somehow consolidated, i don't believe there is much of the government left. we know now that his army has been thoroughly depleted so there is not much of the r

the iranians meet many sacrifices in the eyes of many iranians actually it's a very bad deal the iranians to many concessions say many iranians and many others are are now actually criticizing the government and saying that you know we told you so so it's not as if the americans are the only ones for complaining but iran despite those who are pro and against the deal debating once there was an agreement everyone in it and iran agreed that we must abide by our commitments and a nuclear deal therefore is something the iran expects everyone to abide by even as a party not to you know look or did speak strongly in favor of keeping the deal agreed on in two thousand and fifteen but he said one could add new dimensions to it all pillows as he called them what was the understanding of this into head on. well i think the whole ceremony in washington and what people saw on t.v. they saw it is very comic micron went in saying there is no the then he came out strong. said yet that he made it my problem like a clown in the eyes of many writings and across the slit basically. discrediting himself and

well i'm not sure i mean i think that the assad government in syria the russians and the iranians have been extraordinarily effective in terms of using conventional was weapons to keep the assad government in power and to push isis out of syria. where i see the concern coming is not immediately or places around damascus where i see the next battlefield in a sense in terms of chemical weapons coming potentially is it live and i think that could be a tremendous crisis with even far more casualties than we've seen in duma but that's not something that's going to happen tomorrow and i think for president trump as long as it happens after the november midterm elections here in the united states he can handle it again the critical thing for his reelection is that he annihilated isis these things on along the way as as cruel and callous as this may sound these are just bumps in the road in terms of his campaign pitch to claim that he annihilated isis because it is a nice distraction for trump isnt it. in some ways it is certainly the former f.b.i. director call me has an explosive new book co

s, today's leading iranian dissident group. so horrific was the act that the deputy to iran's ruler at the time ayatollah khomeini, called it, quote, the greatest crime committed within the islamic republic which history will condemn us and, yes, we condemn them for these acts of murder. this bill will provide that commendation and call for investigation into this crime against humanity. it also urges our government to work with partners to investigate other human rights abuses such as the dozens more killed during protests in 1999, 2009, and 2017, and sanction those responsible. in all cases the families of those murdered by the regime were never told what happened to their loved ones' remains. this important bill will pressure the iranian government to disclose where the final resting place of the missing is so their families may have a small bit of peace. mr. speaker, now is the day of reckoning for the iranian regime, and that's just the way it is. i'll yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, do

iranians don't wa nt elections in iraq. iranians don't want that disrupted. iraq aren't enjoying what they're seeing on screens. there are high—stakes they're seeing on screens. there are high—sta kes across—the—boa rd. we have had a first daytime reaction from president trump since he made his statement on friday night. he is waking up this morning in washington. not in florida because he is staying to monitor developments. he has tweeted on a perfectly executed strike last night. that contribution resulted in damage to one part of the damascus. these pictures come from syrian state television via the reuters news agency. they are said to show an industrial site after the coalition air strikes overnight. those air strikes, the contribution from britain and america, we are told now that the french launched 12 missiles. and that the british launched eight from the four tornado jets. two were fired by each of four tornadojets, which were jets. two were fired by each of four tornado jets, which were launched overnight. by my reckoning, as his 20 missiles in brit

it is based on iranian lies and deception.w days president trump will decide on what to do with the nuclear deal. i am sure he will do the right thing for the united states, the right thing for israel, and the right thing for the peace of the world. >> bret: that is not an acceptable situation. i have been saying that is happening. they are not setting back idly. they set off missiles for television purposes. i don't think so. >> bret: the israeli prime minister with a laid out detail that they got from iran. the iranians pushing back on twitter, breaking, the boy who can't stop trying wolf undeterred by the cartoon. you can only fool some of the people some of the time. the seriousness is that the president of the united states decides whether to pull out of the nuclear deal. and that is town hall.com. and hosted a new show on fox radio. congratulations on that. and we have molly hemmingway editor of the federalist. you heard the ambassador saying how serious it is with the reams of information that the israelis got about the

the iranian regime has the actual widest net of pro-iranian jihadists.een it not just with hezbollah, but even amongst sunni extremists. the iranians were able, they're very smart, to mobilize elements as far as africa, just to mention one, indonesia but also in americas. we have u.s. congress reports about the spread of iranian influence and hezbollah cells across the western hemisphere. very wide. neil: a lot of people say, all right, this might be a temptation to rip up the iranian deal but becareful. -- be careful. what do you think of that? >> i would be very careful meaning i would not just cancel a deal, i would just have a policy on iran. because if you just cancel a deal, your partners are not with you -- that's the europeans -- and then nothing happens in the middle east, yes, that could be risky. but if you cancel the deal based on their behavior and say this is what i'm proposing right now, meet with the arab leaders, meet again with nato and tell nato let's discuss the matter, then we have a comprehensive response to the iranian cheating str

we'll find a way to check iranian influence. we'll find a way to either work with or make it clear to the russian what we need from them. we're going to use our own military power in the face of mass killings and this administration delivered on its own self-declared red line in april of last year, even though it's allowed scores of instances of the use of chemical weapons-largerly chlorine, against civilian populations during the last two weeks. so the assumptions on which the previous administration based its policy and this one, or strike living syria. syria is not a vital strategic interest for the newt and not worth the investment of american lies, treasure and credibility. second the shadow of iraq wears very heavily and sore long and rack may be an inflection point not just for -- was for mr. obama, and clearly for mr. trump, it may well proffer to be -- proffer to be an inflection point for successful administrations against the investment in trillion dollar social science experiments where the united states seeks to emp

central province of wrongs and as we know the israelis have been targeting iranians in syria. the presidents of france and the u.s. both agree that chemical weapons had been used in an attack in syria on saturday more than forty people died in eastern the u.n. security council's to discuss this later on monday. iran's president has warned the u.s. against withdrawing from the nuclear deal saying his country's response will be quote stronger than imagined rouhani was speaking entered events in tehran the us president donald trump has repeatedly said he will pull out of that deal which was agreed to by iran and major western powers including the us in two thousand and fifteen. former south korean president lee myung has been indicted on corruption charges he's been accused of taking bribes corporate tax evasion and embezzlement that comes three days after a successor pachmann hey was sentenced to twenty four years in prison and a separate corruption trial. minister viktor orban has a clear victory and parliamentary elections are nearly all the votes counted his right wing anti i

the iranians are paying attention to what happens to north korea and if the north koreans get a deal with the united states that the u.s. then respects and it hears too it's likely that the iranians will conclude that their mistake was that the went to the negotiating table when they only had uranium enrichment if they had done what the north koreans did which is to have a bomb test a bomb and also produce a delivery mechanisms for that on the united states in concert a table strike a deal and here to it that's where the dangerous we are creating an incentive structure for iraq to actually go from in the transition. i selous claim responsibility for a double suicide attack in central kabul which killed at least twenty five people and injured dozens more nine journalists were among those killed making it the west a for media in afghanistan since two thousand and one jennifer glass reports from kabul on the almost zero zero the first suicide bomber was on a motorbike eisel says the target was intelligence headquarters but the explosion killed civilians and policeman in the street every

imperial iranian expansionism. they wa nt to imperial iranian expansionism. s. assad is nothing like he was seven years ago. i'm afraid this attack will actually bring russia, iran and syria closer together. on the other hand, there was a chemical attack and there is a nontrivial established which takes precedence over any technical —— there is a norman to be established which takes precedence. obama has said the red line had been crossed and didn't ta ke line had been crossed and didn't take military action. the americans and russians struck a deal whereby the chemical weapons in syria were supposedly destroyed. they were destroyed except for one or two. these few are killing a lot of people and that is a problem. that is the problem, the russians did not give us the deal that we thought we we re give us the deal that we thought we were getting. syria has certainly held back. ithink were getting. syria has certainly held back. i think that that did not work. that's picked up on what you said about iran. i was struck listening to president trump was backstage

yes that's right because interesting those comments from the iranian leader because of course of course france under present my car has been trying to open up its relationship with iran and improve its relationship so of course that's a going to be interesting to see what the president has to say about those comments from iran we're not actually expecting to hear from him and or mack or today he is expected to speak on sunday evening here in france it was a pretty shared your interview to really marquee year in office since he became president so be interesting to see if he does touch on some of those points for the president though over the past few days he has made it very clear that he believes that the syrian regime carried out that chemical attack in do marty said the frogs had proof he said that assad was behind it and and a red line had been crossed for him because back in may the beginning of his presidency he said should chemical weapons be used in syria then france would retaliate so this is why he has had to act and really his credibility has been stake here because over the

the word strongest man right now is an iranian. we want to achieve the same with our women. we hope that in the future not the far future i'm talking about the olympics of twenty twenty four that the arena women can add to these glories with. to make that happen the girls work hard every day just like the man they live in the compound of the association under close supervision by doctors and coaches. in just a few months to come a long way. from over. time when they don't have any experience yet next year they'll do very well in competitions for sure. but for now we just want them to build up confidence. after all this is their first international competition i met them up and i. haven't had them i admitted. and now as and the others excited to leave to iran for its biggest on it's a historic first for the girls and for iran's female weightlifter us all together. marry me did i want to date i think it what men can do women can do to in the first five or six months since we started weightlifting we've already broken more than half of the women's weightlifting records that's g

there is a lot invested in syria as a property of the iranians. and that is why they will invest so much. one of the things they do show with russia is that syria is the only arab ally long-standing arab ally that they really have. russia's diversified. since the end of the cold war, the end of the soviet union. iran has not for a lot of obvious reasons. this was all reinforced, of course, by the presence of isis. border cameiran's within five miles. this, again, etc. the same, phenomenon the ottoman empire. you have the encroaching sunni caliphate threatening their security and of course, isis also went into the calamine mountain of lebanon, whether it was across syria and iraq come on the iranian border, or threatening the shiites in lebanon, there was a sense that this was a strategic threat, and exacerbated unjustified iran's intervention in syria. , you see isis on the other. it goes back to the whole idea this is then further compounded by the attention -- the tension between sarong and saudi arabia. in some ways, it's about who is the close

and there's a very stark choice facing the iranians right now. do you think that that is certain will they if we see. president trump whether it's on the may twelfth deadline or indeed the july deadline failed to or new sanctions relief for iran which effectively kills the deal will they almost certainly restore the nuclear activities they gave up before joining the dail. i think it would be very naive to expect that they don't because the deal essentially asked them to restrict their activities in return for economic sanctions relief and recognition now if the sanctions relief is not going to be forthcoming there's going to be political pressures and you've got to restart the program and here i think north korea does matter i saw the earlier conversation that there's an argument that the north koreans don't pay attention to what's happening to you don well the iranians are paying attention to what happens to north korea and if the north koreans get a deal with the united states that the u.s. then respects and it hears too it's likely that the ir

in the past few weeks so for the second time israel targets iranian. revolutionary guards who are stationed in syria and who are fighting alongside the syrian government against terrorist groups. that netanya and israel are very worried about this present so they need to use the. tendency of the american tendency to step up tension with iran on one hand to reimpose the sanctions and. the the nuclear deal with iran. especially that it seems that the united states is. getting success in its effort especially after the visit of my craw. until america and the support of that is may do to. the policies against iran so i believe that netanyahu is stepping in to use this atmosphere to justify a possible aggression against syria that would target the iranian troops stationed there this is exactly what donald trump would have wanted to hear he says the reigning deals a terrible daley said it in the past and now he's got this supposed proof saying that they can't be trusted this is played right into his hands. definitely definitely and also plays into the hands