are the bad guys unfortunately it's not the iranian people we respect the iranian people it's the iranian ayatollah as until nine hundred seventy nine we had good relations with iran hopefully i mean i'm not talking about regime change it's not up to us about their own fully the iranian people. will have a better better leaders to lead them and that's it is very very with all due respect i think the region is if we are being fair is divided when it comes to iran there are many countries that are eager to advance that trade and that context with that country. on the second point that israel doesn't have any problem with the people of iran i'm sure the you know the iranians would say the same that you know even the iranian ayatollahs would tell you that they have absolutely no problem with the jews but they they do have a problem with the current political. structure in israel which puts its own security interests above everybody else which allows itself the kind of military and security tactics that very few countries to be honest with you would be a for that if they were not supported by

are the bad guys unfortunately it's not the iranian people we respect the iranian people it's the iranian told us until nine hundred seventy nine we had good relations with iran hopefully i mean i'm not talking about regime change it's not up to us about their own fully the iranian people. will have a better better leaders to lead them and that's it is very very with all due respect i think the region is if we are being fair is divided when it comes to iran there are many countries that are eager to advance that trade and that context with that country. on the second point that israel doesn't have any problem with the people of iran i'm sure the you know the iranians would say the same that you know even the iranian ayatollahs would tell you that they have absolutely no problem with the jews but they they do have a problem with the current political. structure in israel which puts its own security interests above everybody else which allows itself the kind of military and security tactics that very few countries to be honest with you would be a for that if they were not supported by the u

and on this issue of the iranians who everyone professes concern for, the iranians are not happy with this, a poll came out last month that said, this was a private pole, how should we respond to the u.s. polling? 67% of the iranians said that iran should retaliate. because they are rallying around their flag. they may not like the corruption or the economy, but if you threaten to attack their country, we are going to help the hardliners who will strike a blow for democracy. >> i think the witnesses. >> the chair now recognizes the vice chairman of the subcommittee, mister russell, for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman. thank you for being here today. shortly after the iran deal was concluded and president obama made repeated statements that iran would be denied access to the world's largest financial and economic markets, secretary of treasury reinforced this policy. another treasury official had stated that iran would be unable to deal in the world's most important currencies. that was adams who been. earlier today, america learns your senate investigation that president ob

those views didn't go down well but the iranian authorities. they accused of spreading false information and propaganda against the islamic republic. he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and barred from social media for two years. someone has expressed an opinion would choose not compact the boat would use docking line which is not in all of the answers because it got well and open here it's not the first time the academic has received a jail sentence for speaking his mind he's become a well known figure in iran for challenging the government narrative on many sensitive issues from the country's nuclear program to foreign policy and in spite of the banning of social media platform telegram by the iranian authorities to back alarm has a large online audience some iranian activists in exile argue that's a backlash it's not aggressive enough in his demands for change forgetting the fact that he is trying to. the system from within which is not without personal risk. involved file a small kind of it is a little trite to criticize from abro

and again, this causes problems for the iranians. why? have any sort of peaceful demonstrations, they will be told that you are in the same — you are in alliance with those who want the regime to be overthrown. kaveh madani, i hear in your voice all the passion, the care you have for the people of iran, that was why you went back to iran last september, but the truth is you've ran away. and i wonder what your advice now is to other smart, educated iranians living abroad, who might like you consider whether there's something they can offer to the country in terms of going back and trying to build a better iran? would your advice to them today be to forget about it, not do it, or should they go for it and give it a try? listen, we need to — we need to slow down things. the country is going down in every angle, and if we just say that kaveh madani didn't succeed, let's not go back, we'e ignoring the fact that there are a lot of people who have gone back into the business world, into the private sector, and they're helping the country. so if

or iranian links targets within syria trying to hamper iranian military activity inside the country if you go back to april there was a strike on the t four syrian military base it was reported that seven iranians were killed in may there was a volley of rocket fire israel said coming from syrian territory towards the occupied golan heights israel blamed that on the iranian revolutionary guard and responded with a huge blitz on targets within syria the biggest for several decades and then just last week there was a strike very close to the iraqi syrian border in which it was reported that twenty two iraqi fighters were killed so again no official comment no official confirmation from israel about responsibility for this latest attack but it would seem to fit in with what has become very much business as usual for israel's military chemical attacks in syria are being discussed at a special meeting at the world chemical weapons watchdog in the hague meeting with requested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england they've parker is at th

the question is who will have to stop purchasing iranian oil. the top six buyers of iranian oil in asia. the top two, of course, being china and india. now the is whether 01’ china and india. now the is whether or not these two countries will comply with american sanctions, especially at a time of rising trade tensions. and on tuesday we told you about harley—davidson moving some production overseas. the reason was new european union tariffs on us exports that were brought in after donald trump introduced tariffs on eu steel and aluminium. today the president has responded. harley—davidson is using that as an excuse, and i don't like that, because i've been very good to harley—davidson, and they used it as an excuse harley—davidson, and they used it as an excuse and i think the people that ride harleys are not happy with harley—davidson, and i wouldn't be either. but mostly companies are coming back to our country. he has also threatened to impose new taxes on harley—davidson, though our reporter says the president's options are limited. i think

we will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the iranian regime the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness these will indeed end up being the strongest link in history when we are complete european union has reacted to around this latest move saying that although it doesn't constitute a breach of the deal the revival of enrichment activities by tehran exacerbates the already fragile situation meanwhile both iran and washington are putting pressure on europe such as issuing threats and ultimatums to each is the u.s. going to impose sanctions on european companies that continue to do business with iran i think it would give the answer you know the answer is it's possible it depends on the conduct of other governments. european countries seem to expect the iranian people to pose suffer from the sanctions and give up the nuclear energy activities abiding by the j c p o e limits i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. sayyid mohammad marandi a politics professor at the university of tehran believes a

come tree seem to expect the iranian people to both suffer from the sanctions and give up the nuclear energy activities abiding by the j c p o a limited i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. yeah a lot of questions there are let's get into some of them with siad mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of tehran is always welcome to the program do you think to run to reaction to trump's you know offer and move it is just america at this stage has been proportionate. yes i think without a doubt the iranians have shown a great deal of patience so far when the americans pulled out many expected the iranians to pull out immediately as well because after all this was a multi lateral agreement and the united states is the key and agonists and when the united states pulls out the. agreement really becomes almost meaningless however you showed patience and they told the europeans that if they're willing to grow backbone and stand up to the americans protect their citizens protect their business people and their co

so despite the fact that the iranians claimi year.al citizenship, i don't, and i don't have a visa to return to the uk. i have a visa to return to the uk. i have been going to some conferences, including meetings in the united states, and that is what i am doing right now. i got my education here, did both my ph.d. and post doc at the university of california system, and that is why i am here having a lot of scientific meetings. what are your conclusions, having considered what has happened to you over the last nine months, what are your conclusions over the power balance in tehran today? you have already referred to what you see as a struggle between hardliners and the more pragmatic, moderate elements in the iranian government. now that you have experience what has happened to you, what is your conclusion about what is going on? we have an invisible government, as well, which does not want the current government to succeed. 0f does not want the current government to succeed. of course, things are relative. so compared to each other,

also of course matty but leading that defense and for the iranian saw the movie has been dubbed the iranian messi and actually plays here in russia for rubin and so both of those players had he saw there will be hoping that they could be the difference for the teams here today. show i think since there was a to rally outside the stadium there and inside the stating it's still. about quarter of an hour but let's move now to the final game of the day economic time we call it shouldn't spain taking on portugal that's happening down on the black sea coast down there in sochi a swarm here in moscow but i'll tell you it's even more down there and i think we can go live to cape partridge i think we're. ok good afternoon and go on tell us how hot is it down in a city in sochi. oh i'm sorry i have to say when i woke up this morning i could see it was like the cosmos. or maybe there's a prediction of thunderstorms possibly on the time i phone for the weather forecast and then i'll come up bright faced and then suddenly all the sunshine again in the air and not got thirty degrees i don't think i've ta

iran now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq however its efforts are proving to be rather futile now there is one iraqi leader with a very good record of fighting the iranians his name was saddam hussein and he is long gone now it turns out that when you destroy a country you also create a vacuum and somebody is going to fill that vacuum even if it's somebody that you don't like cable mopp and r t new york. a group of survivors from the november two thousand and fifteen massacre and paris has filed a lawsuit against the government over its response to the atrocity charlotte has been speaking to their lawyers. one of the darkest moments in multi french history a series of coordinated terror attacks across paris one hundred and thirty people killed ninety of those at this popular music venue. was shot while the taro was unfolding inside the battle plan outside what eight soldiers from and tear up the trolls the parliamentary inquiry later revealed that they were told not to intervene moreover they were also the people from giving their weapons to the police stic

now that doesn't mean that the iranians are going to sit back they make them to you to probe we just saw you know in the last twenty four hours that a drone was sent towards the goal line israel sent up rockets against it it turned around there is going to be this kind of jousting i believe and iran is repositioning of self but israel is quite capable and certainly very able to attack syria at will and i don't think that anybody is really worried that israel is going to be pushed into the sea all right i'm sick all right mamoun just how has described will what could happen to be out of the series of just staying as if you like but at the end of the day it is a small fragile jewel that is going to bear the brunt of any escalation of the cove in this particular region how fragile is jordan at this moment. very fragile and with the only respect i disagree with fully with your previous speak speak about that system and see the escalations on never meant that it's a save even or demobilize on and what that meant really is staying said stay in power and regain the territory for him. the it

very very concerned about increased iranian influence in iraq president obama with through our forces there and it makes it much more difficult to calculate the growing iranian influence in iraq we must also do what we can to limit the extent of our reigning in the influence in iraq now the first prime minister after the us invasion is bringing in al jaafari he ended up being very friendly to iran now as foreign minister he speaks very highly of relations good relations between there on the rock proposes the results for both countries and in practice they have proved to be in the interest of both countries the second prime minister now the vice president al malaki was supported by washington but he ended up being very friendly to iran too and after the. he went down the new guy also couldn't resist iran's friendly gestures al a body is also friendly to the islamic republic next door or one of the you will have the us has. invested in terms of my money. i mean kind of political and military for was eventually the best interest of iran it was a stupid thing and they realize that the war

iran now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq however its efforts are proving to be rather futile now there is one iraqi leader with a very good record of fighting the iranians his name is saddam hussein and he is long gone now it turns out that when you just straight country you also create a vacuum and somebody is going to fill that vacuum even if it's somebody that you don't like cable r t new york. russian schoolteacher was facing a big backlash after posting swimsuit pictures of herself on social media and he said she was therefore bringing professions disrepute but then of the blue a groundswell of support sprang to a defense. yes story with a happy ending that's it so for this friday lunchtime a great day weekend the world cup football coming up let's look forward to don't forget for the latest news on the games behind the scenes stories not miss famous an amazing commentators merino smikle make us and our team don't come you'll first choice this world cup twenty eight states here are mosco this friday for now is kevin owen wishing you a very good day an

come in and that's what they have been very serious as the iranians are not on the ground but i can personally confirm a met several fighters who say that his will are certainly in sudan in proxy certainly is so a lot of these people are trying to get there and israel will obviously not take many refugees severe to me jesus really is only taking in people which are of which need medical facilities which they have i have met doctors who treated the syrians but that is not a solution for the syrian these thousands of people will not be going to israel to live that they will not take in as refugees instead israel is watching the situation to see if there was a city in the syrian regime actually of striking golan heights in their attempt to strike the rebels there which would turn into a regional war they're waiting to see what the americans will do and the americans have said that they will not be backing the doubles in this area at all so so much at stake here so many complexities and in the meantime we know tens of thousands of civilians in limbo it is a situation we have seen before

very very concerned about increased iranian influence in iraq president obama with through our forces there and it makes it much more difficult to calculate the growing iranian influence in iraq but we must also do what we can to limit the extent of or reigning in the influence in iraq now the first prime minister after the u.s. invasion is bringing in al jaafari he ended up being very friendly to iran now as foreign minister he speaks very highly of relations good relations between the wrong in the rock policy results for both countries and in practice they have proved to be in the interest of both countries the second prime minister now the vice president al malaki was supported by washington but he ended up being very friendly to iran too and after. he went down the new guy also couldn't resist iran's friendly gestures al a body is also friendly to the islamic republic next door or what do you have the us has. invested in terms of. money. any kind of political and military for was eventually the best interest of iran it was stupid and they realize that the war against iraq has been

iran now the usa is adamant that it wants iranian influence out of iraq however its efforts are proving to be rather futile now there is one iraqi leader with a very good record of fighting the iranians his name was saddam hussein and he is long gone now it turns out that when you destroy a country you also create a vacuum and somebody is going to fill that vacuum even if it's somebody that you don't like ok with mop and r t new york. a group of survivors from the november two thousand and fifteen massacre and paris has filed a lawsuit against the government over its response to the atrocity charlotta been scared has been speaking to their lawyers. one of the darkest moments in multi french history a series of coordinated terror attacks across paris one hundred and thirty people killed ninety of those at this popular music venue. was. was shot while the taro was unfolding inside the back to con outside what eight soldiers from and tear up the trolls the parliamentary inquiry later revealed that they were told not to intervene moreover they were also the people from giving their weapons

president speaking there mr parsi the president says that the iranian regime does not meet u.s. standards for vetting security risk in other words you know identifying iranians who may want to travel to the u.s. to harm americans we do you agree that the u.s. like all other countries has the right to determine who may or may not enter its country its borders. certainly any country has the right to determine who can and cannot come in but within that statement as you ask it's also focused on singular individuals that's not what this ban does this ban puts a blanket prohibition against people specifically if they are of certain countries even the us government's own internal investigations of studies show that that does absolutely nothing to enhance security because nationality is not a good predictor of whether you are going to be committing an act of terrorism in fact when you take a look at these different countries original list of countries not a single citizen of those countries had committed any acts of terrorism in the united states with a lethal outcome so this is much mo

iranian fans the whole city is full of iranian fans they're walking around blowing their iranian horns chanting about iran i literally just a few minutes ago a huge crowd of iranian fans passed me on the way here and you know what i have to say they're feeling very confident just expanding on your thoughts so that peter and i completely agree with what you said about iran they're definitely not pushovers there is a very strong degree of confidence among the fans and i actually managed to speak to a couple of them a short while ago and just listen to what they had to say about this game. you know i don't know that's my show out because i cannae i i'm here because i want to support my team do you really don't know what's going on but do we have a chance to win the game because it's been a crazy world cup so far who the think of messi missing a penalty against iceland it just happened to the thing jim and losing the game to make sick of it happening so he might have on their own will hear from so here almost back of their own minutes and within the game one nil let me qualify already . by

the founder and president of the national iranian american council.t is good to have you on the show. what we're initial thoughts -- what were your initial thoughts when you heard the ruling? >> i was not surprised, having seen how the court had reasoned on similar situations. it was quite clear that the philosophy of the specific supreme court this specific political tilt would not likely shootdown president trump's travel ban. it is also important to understand that the opposition does not just follow one path. there is a legal path and that course has now come to its conclusion. but the legislative path is not even begun. that is an effort to block this band from congressional action. that path remains quite open and has a much higher likelihood of success. brent: talk to me about how this travel ban affects people maybe you know or radians who'd would like to come to the u.s. trita: this is had a devastating impact to the iranian community who want to come to the u.s. it has contributed tremendously to the united states. almost all of them have fa

missed and of course the lead up to this tournament has been lost by the impact of sanctions the iranians not being allowed to when i see and also having some credit these come so all the reasons and so the joy of the iranian play is was very obvious told to see it's unfair to my feelings to talk about our fear it's an amazing day to day i never would forget ten day right now and then one two and so it's just perfect this amazing day so that result. in an interesting position they go into that game with spain with some confidence and will be hoping that they cannot at least try to get a drool tank saying come to an end hang in moscow i can hit pay but i said it right and he'll and all the parts and all the half days around red square to be a haven. enjoy it split going to be back again tomorrow how many games for is that possible to anything you can buy. a bike for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman each killion a loner spend s

we will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the iranian regime the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness is will indeed end up being the stronger sanctions in history when we are complete the e.u. has reacted to iran's latest moves saying that although it doesn't constitute a breach of the dail the revival levon which meant activities by to run exacerbate the already fragile situation meanwhile both iran and washington are putting pressure on europe issuing threats and ultimatums is the us going to impose sanctions on european companies that continue to do business with iran i think it would give the answer you say the answer is it's possible it depends on the conduct of other governments. european countries seem to expect the iranian people to pose suffer from the sanctions and give up their nuclear energy activities abiding by the j c.p.o. a limits i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. five mohammad marandi a politics professor at the university of two wrong believes iran has shown remarka

iranian or iranian linked targets within syria trying to hamper iranian military activity inside the country if you go back to april there was a strike on the t four syrian military base it was reported that seven iranians were killed in may there was a volley of rocket fire israel said coming from syrian territory towards the occupied golan heights israel blamed that on the iranian revolutionary guard and responded with a huge blitz on targets within syria the biggest for several decades and then just last week there was a strike very close to the iraqi syrian border in which it was reported that twenty two iraqi fighters were killed so again no official comment no official confirmation from israel about responsibility for this latest attack but it would seem to fit in with what has become very much business as usual for israel's military russia iran and syria are opposing giving the world's chemical weapons watchdog power to assign blame for chemical attacks an emergency meeting of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been held in the netherlands the meeting

says it will push for oil consumers to stop buying iranian crude. it's just the latest move by america to economically isolate iran. if the united states has its way iran's oil industry will be crippled by the end of the year donald trump has called on all countries to stop importing iranian oil from november should u.s. allies comply if the effect would be dramatic oil is iran's most important revenue source at present it produces some three point eight million barrels a day of that the country exports two and a half million barrels the majority goes to china india and turkey but other countries including japan south korea italy germany and russia are also in the top twelve export destinations. a u.s. delegation is reportedly planning to travel to the middle east next week to urge gulf producers to secure a global oil suppliers after u.s. sanctions are re-imposed. iran's government has promised its people that the country can withstand a fresh u.s. sanctions. that was kind of expected but nevertheless now it seems investors are anticipating. that.

we will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the iranian regime the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness these will indeed end up being the strongest things in history when we are complete the european union has reacted to iran's latest moves saying that although it doesn't constitute a breach of the deal the revival of enrichment activities by tehran exacerbates the already fragile situation meanwhile both iran and washington are putting pressure on europe each issuing threats to me tim's is the u.s. going to impose sanctions on european companies that continue to do business with iran i think it would give the answer you know the answer is it's possible it depends on the conduct of other governments how. european countries seem to expect the iranian people to pose suffer from the sanctions and give up their nuclear energy activities abiding by the j c p o e limits i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. sayyid mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of tehran believes iran has

eighty's after that wherever iranians were migrating to new media outlets were taking root the x. the t.v. of the eighty's was very raw it was very immediate so they were appealing to nostalgia literally yesterday or you know just last year a few years ago and they were also appealing to the sense of loss and unrooted ness that folks were feeling as as new exiles their programming was mostly music and films and then some politics when satellite technology emerged and there was a possibility to broadcast into iran you saw that shift and more of an emphasis on political content and calls for action and calls even for. revolution the channels that come out of los angeles the diaspora channels are of overtly political clearly very anti islamic republic in terms of their output many of them a monarchist certainly very nationalist and they're so political in actual fact so obvious where the direction is that i think their impact is probably less than believe you know it is you're not sorry get after. me and get a thank you in mass in. those channels that have a less clear political agen

that was iranian money. that is unfrozen. it wasn't a handing over of -- >> it was money going -- it wasn't this particular regime's money. it was a different government. but still -- >> this is actually a solution. the obama people say no, you got it wrong. rob portman, a smart guy, says this is what we found. there's a solution. have a public hearing, brick in jack lu -- >> the associated press said this went above and beyond the terms of the iran deal. an objective source there, to your point. it's interesting to hear about this in the backdrop of the conversations over north korea, right? president trump pulled out of the deal because it was weak. you look at its failure to address ballistic missile, the sunset provision, the inspections. proponents of the deal said it was bad. you look at this in the backdrop and report remember going into the summit, we need a strong deal. we don't want to be weak like the obama administration was or like the very bad negotiator john kerry. >> seems like another lie that we heard about

won't tolerate iranian presence in south syria that's why iran withdrew from solving syria the iranians know that engaging in a war with israel in syria is not its benefit. and it's not to russia's benefit either an iranian israeli confrontation with threaten the assad government's hold on power and moscow's achievements it has been a difficult balancing act for russia which enjoys good relations with iran and israel israel doesn't just want iranian and iranian backed troops away from its borders it wants them out of syria altogether israel sees them as a strategic threat and wants russia to ensure that their military influence doesn't grow. it's not just israel's demand other regional international powers want to limit iran's influence moscow to wants a strong syrian government to help broker an internationally backed political settlement not interested in long term run ins increasing influence in syria because they. were so basically russia is interested more in stronger. russia and iran have long had different goals and agendas in syria their alliance save that the syrian government

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what actions will you take to keep the iranian neutral deal? iranian nuclear deal alive now? >> the so-called iranian nuclear deal has been established by a respective un security council, and that is a multi-lateral international legal document. everybody wants our actions to be predictable. we need to adhere to the common rules. any unilateral actions lead into a dead end, and is always counter productive. that is why all of us together, all of the participants in this process should speak to each other sincerely and look for a resolution. so yesterday we discussed this issue with president macron and an idea came to our mind. every four years presidential elections take place in the united states. so international legal treatises are being signed every three or four. actually four years they're going to be rethought. so what will be the time frame for planning if one follows this particular regime? it's going to be zero, which will lead to an environment brought with mistrust and nervousness. and so if we treat what we agree upon with true charity, that would lead to relia

the pressure on the man out may only make it harder iranian officials are not seeing much rush in the. decision making process that's what by they want to keep all options available and at strategic levels that means also a threat to the europeans not to you know shit with iran not to joke with iran the french president has called for a deescalation of tensions on all sides but unless european leaders come up with a plan to save the deal soon and keep u.s. sanctions a bay iran's patience with his allies may soon run out especially butler al jazeera paris well let's bring in our a mesh is a national security and foreign policy analyst joins us on skype from san francisco ron says it's still acting within the framework of the rules of the deal but let me ask you is this a richmond allowed on why would iran need to enrich its uranium even further. well let's say this thing goes between what the iranians are doing to appease a domestic audience and also what they're trying to do to show the world that this by president trumps withdrawal from the way iran is on the one hand tries to be com

eighty's after that wherever iranians were migrating to new media outlets were taking root the acts of t.v. of the eighty's was very raw it was very immediate so they were appealing to nostalgia literally yesterday or you know just last year a few years ago and they were also appealing to the sense of loss and unrooted ness that that folks were feeling as as new exiles their programming was mostly music and films and then some politics when satellite technology emerged and there was a possibility to broadcast into iran you saw that shift and more of an emphasis on political content and calls for action and calls for even revolution the channels that come out of los angeles the diaspora generals of the political clearly very anti islamic republic in terms of their. many of them on a case certainly very nationalist and they're so political in that regard with so obvious where the direction is that i think their impact is probably less than believe it because you're not sorry get after. me and get a thank you in mass in. those channels that have a less clear political agenda and really

petersburg last night i had to travel from moscow was full of iranian fans my hotel is full of iranian fans the whole city is full of iranian fans they're walking around blowing their iranian horns chanting about iran i literally just a few minutes ago a huge crowd of iranian fans passed me on the way here and you know what i have to say they're feeling very confident there is a very strong degree of confidence among the fans and i actually managed to speak to a couple of them a short while ago and just listen to what they had to say about this game you know i don't know if that's my show out because i cannae i i'm here because i want to support my team you have a chance to win the game because it's been a crazy world cup so far who the think of messi missing a penalty against iceland it just happened who the thing jammin was in the game to make it happen so he might have another own goal here from second almost back of their own minutes and win the game one nil let me qualify already by the way that lady in that in that sound bite there will actually turn out to be iranian celebrity w

european countries seem to expect the iranian people to both suffer from the sanctions and give up the nuclear energy activities abiding by the j c p o e limits i'm telling those countries that this is a dream that's never going to come true this will never happen. a little earlier i spoke to sayyid mohammad marandi a politics professor at university of tehran he believes iran is shown remarkable restraint and that the ball is now in europe's court. thing without a doubt the iranians have shown a great deal of patience so far when the americans pulled out many expected the iranians to pull out immediately as well because after all this was a multi battle agreement and the united states is the key and agonist and if when the united states pulls out the. agreement really becomes almost meaningless however the iranians showed patience and they told the europeans that if they're willing to grow backbone and stand up to the americans protect their citizens protect their business people and their corporations and companies and banking and financial institutions with real commitments if there

yemeni civilians have died since twenty fifteen when the saudi led coalition first started bombing iranian backed the rebels there so campaign is in the u.k. say this isn't about a u.n. security council meeting what's needed is a change in policy from the u.k. government and there are questions over whether a security council meeting or a number of them can achieve anything while the u.k. continues its policy of arming the saudi's human rights campaigner some walton told us the u.k.'s relations with saudi arabia are extremely worrying given what is happening in yemen what we've seen in yemen has been called in the u.n. a deliberate tactic of starvation by the saudi arabian led coalition. seventy percent of the food imports the aid imports that are coming into yemen coming through this port. and that's why there's such concern around the world about what's happening in this port. the u.n. are saying two hundred fifty thousand people could die so if the children are saying three hundred eighty thousand people could be displaced attacked so there's real humanitarian consequences going to happ

received a strong message from israel with the stepped up air strikes that it's want tolerate iranian presence in south syria that's why iran withdrew from solving syria the iranians know that engaging in a war with israel in syria is not its benefit it's. and it's not to russia's benefit either an iranian israeli confrontation with threaten the assad government's hold on power and moscow's achievements it has been a difficult balancing act for russia which enjoys good relations with iran and israel israel doesn't just want iranian and iranian backed troops away from its borders it wants them out of syria altogether israel sees them as a strategic threat and wants russia to ensure that their military influence doesn't grow it's not just israel's demand other regional international powers want to limit iran's influence moscow to wants a strong syrian government to help broker an internationally backed political settlement not interested in long term run ins increasing influence in syria because there. were so basically russia is interested more in stronger than. russia and iran have lo