an agreement is aimed at curbing iran's nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions on the iranian economy. the new deadline is july 10. it's the fifth time the deadline has been missed. >> working past yet another deadline, the eu's foreign policy chief announced talks would continue past tuesday's midnight goal. >> we are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days. it does not mean we are expanding our deadline. >> as his fans, the deal would require iran to significantly reduce its iranian -- uranium centrifuges and stockpiles in exchange for the removal of sanctions that have severely damage the iranian economy in recent years. the french negotiation team says it must keep up the pressure. >> i left instructions to my delegation for france to continue on the same path, the only way to arrive at a strong agreement. >> several sticking points remain. tehran wants to continue research on advanced atomic centrifuges while international power's demand full access to iran's nuclear and military site. the west meanwhile wants sanctions to be lifted gradually, but iran is aiming for i

are hopeful that they could see an end to the sanctions that i had a crippling effect on the iranian economy. mark thompson has more details. mark: for many iranian businesses, life under economic sanctions has been a change of approach. prior to 2012, around 100 million dollars in foreign investments. for the past five years, it has been blocked from receiving money from abroad. it focuses exclusively on the iranian markets. >> if there were no sections, this company could be four or five times bigger than it is today. mark: the sanctions put in place by what lowers -- by world powers hit small businesses especially. >> i can say that working at 40-50% of capacity. mark: foreign companies are knocking on the door to after iran was granted $7 billion worth of sanctions relief at the end of 2013 france sent its most senior delegation to the country in years. >> this is a new atmosphere of honorable cooperation based on mutual rights and benefits and can lay completely new half before us. mark: iranian media says the delegation is expected to make a return visit in september. some foreign comp

someone had to oversee that. >> the iranian economy shrunk, and it was deeply impacted. the sanctions were better than any before. remember in 2005, we were sitting in iranians, negotiating the deal. we walked out saying we don't want to deal with them. at that time iran had 64 septemberry fumes. today, after all the sanctions, they have about 19,500 centrifuges. so the sanctions worked against the iranian people. >> right. it didn't work against the nuclear programme and the regime. iraq expanded under sanctions, to iraq and yemen. more in damascus or the syrian regime. to many different places around the middle east. >> you are saying this is the option. >> this is an important option. however, the important work has to start now. >> what does that start with, diplomacy, we don't have diplomatic relations with iran, they don't have it with us. >> it starts with something, garmenting that there's a verification process going on. we have to verify, verify. it's not like trust and verify, there's no trust. >> if all the ferifications work out, there may be trust. >> at the

the iranian economy is almost 70% government public and only 30% private.nd the private sector is very weak. and this even becomes even weaker when you have a government that is very much dominated. >> let's explain that a little bit. i heard if you want to get a loan to buy a house if you are not a government employee they treat you a little less seriously. if you work in our world for the government sector -- in the private serk that's held in high esteem. >> in iran your job in private sector is very insecure. unless you are really at a high pay level and you already have lots of money in the bank and so on you are not taken seriously and it's really tough to get loans or anything. the iranian banking system is really not developed, to begin with, and therefore when you have a economy that's controlled by the government central bank, that controls all the banks, private banks, on the basis of supposed to any law on economics that's how things happen, a country that is very corrupt, another problem, nepotism and all kinds of other issues here, this is wha

on the iranian economy but will that translate into stopping iranian terrorism? in my view history suggests not. the reality is at the end of the day the tools are the ones that prove to be the most effective and as i said in my testimony i think the risks to the international financial system go up with this dealer any other deal with respect to iranian activity so we will have to if we are honest about what's happening in the commercial order crackdown on quds force funded companies contracts run by the ministry of intelligence. that's the nature of the iranian economy in the way they do business and they have reached. precisely what we have cut off that harm that some might say you have asked an astute set of questions because at the heart of it is that we given up too much of our power to deal with all of these other risks that iran presents that will go up over time? >> thank you mr. chairman. >> before a move to senator flake i wonder if we could get consensus that it would be fair to say on the other hand in nine months when the sanctions most people belie

. >> the money definitely would go for iranian economy. iran desperately needs the money . my: but where's the money coming from? >> the money is, first from the blocked iranian assets. amy: so this is the sale, for example, of iranian oil. >> iranian oil would, after six months, they would be able to increase, definitely, the deal would help iranian economy, no doubt. but believe me, iranians would use every dollar -- this government, which i know them, they would use every dollar to build up their economy. amy: so this is an aid from other countries to iran, which is my point, this is iran's money. >> this is iranian money definitely. this is their own money, which would be released. however, when they left the sanctions, of course, iranian economy would function much better. amy: ambassador seyed hossein mousavian, thank you for being with us. we will continue to follow this as the controversy builds and congress right now. ambassador seyed hossein mousavian is an associate research scholar at princeton university's woodrow wilson school of public and international affair

sanctions arery moved and iran opens up it's economy, it's society, it will trickle down to address these other issues. it becomes the responsibility of the iranian government, it becomes higher when you have an economy that is connected with the rest of the world. the issue of human rights will be front and center. >> again, we expect president obama to step out any moment in the east room of the white house. again, the main topic will be the u.s. and world powers and their deal with iran over iran's nuclear program. a lot of criticism that it does not go far enough. and that he was negotiating were a moment of weakness and could have done more with the economic sanctions. there is concern about the fate of americans who are held prisoner in iran. and if the president were to get questions beyond the iran deal it is possible that he would asked about his latest effort effort--the president has just been announced. the press will rise as their formal tradition in the east room. here is the president of the united states in the east room of the white house. >> obama: please have a seat. good afternoon everybody. yesterday was an historic day. the

so you can have damaging impact on the iranian economy, but will that translate into stopping iranian terrorism? if my view the history suggests not. chairman zarate: if i could address strategy and the use of these tools. our tool kit is not expansive. we have limited tools to address whether it's terrorism, human rights abuses, etc. the use of financial power and the power to exclude from the global system is one of our principal if not most effective tools. and so i take richard's point which is an important one. we have to have a comprehensive strategy. we have to use all tools of national power. no doubt. but the reality is at the end of the day these tools are the ones that prove to be most effective. and as i said in my testimony, i actually think the risks to the international financial system go up with this deal or any other deal with respect to iranian activity. so we are going to have to, if we are honest about what's happening in the international financial commercial order, we are going to have to crack down on front companies, irgc funding flows, contracts run by the mi

economy. just asked the iranian people in 2009.y were always let their people suffer first -- suffer second, empire built second -- first. anytime you give 150 billion dollars and all the talk of sanctions relieving, it will embolden a regime that is already emboldened. i think we would be naive to think that money will benefit other hegemonic conditions. mark: under this deal you will not have them under iranian nuclear umbrella. mark: i will tell you one of the early supporters was a sheryl saw -- assad. i think that is problematic. i think we shouldn't delude ourselves. if iran is receiving a huge injection of financial wherewithal, we know what is doing. mark: your republican candidates have been extort nearly negative and characterizing this as one of the worst things the unites states has ever done. is it possible that those who want to defeat the deal could override? mark: it with pulling up on your screen, i think it is possible. it is the most important consequential agreement since the end of the cold war. this is a day o

you mentioned this yourself or implied it -- we talk about problems in the iranian economy. in fact, there is a young prosperous well-educated generation emerging in iran. does this deal bring a hope of regime change coming from the corner? or at least reform? adnan: the important thing is that, like in any country, these people hope their government gradually becomes more responsive to their demands. if you talk to people in iran and i am regularly there they hope things will gradually change. they know there is no way but gradual change to improve the situation. revolution or any of the things we saw in the arab spring is really no option for the iranians i talked to. they know that gradually things can improve. diplomatic relations too. they will lessen the tensions of iran with other countries. less tensions lead to less repression at home. this is what we saw in the late 1990's and early 2000's. things got bad with the bush era. there is this hope that the deal will have a trickle-down effect in the country as well. gradually, slowly, but solid movement towards better t

and financial sanctions put in in the end over the past for years it has been crippling for the iranian economy. it has everything to do with the iranian industry and every day lives. hospitals, even the doctor's office any place that deals with equipment, the population has been feeling it very strongly and closely in their every day life. that's why they've been waiting for the sanctions to be lifted. >> and they've lived up to those sanctions for so long and dealing with the fact that they can't get hold of certain materials. >> exactly. it's not just the industries. it's the ordinary iranians, the small business owners and people who do any kind of online transactions, younger people who are trying to get their hands on all kinds of foreign products, equipment, not that they don't flow into iran, but there have been so many restrictions that prices have gone up. in certain areas like medicine it has been very tricky specific medicine or medical devices have had a very difficult time finding irans are had a very difficult time finding them and bringing them into iran. it's been affecting ira

so you can have damaging impact on the iranian economy, but will that translate into stopping iranian terrorism? if my view the history suggests not. chairman zarate: if i could address strategy and the use of these tools. our tool kit is not expansive. we have limited tools to address whether it's terrorism, human rights abuses, etc. the use of financial power and the power to exclude from the global system is one of our principal if not most effective tools. and so i take richard's point which is an important one. we have to have a comprehensive strategy. we have to use all tools of national power. no doubt. but the reality is at the end of the day these tools are the ones that prove to be most effective. and as i said in my testimony, i actually think the risks to the international financial system go up with this deal or any other deal with respect to iranian activity. so we are going to have to, if we are honest about what's happening in the international financial commercial order, we are going to have to crack down companies, irgc funding flows, contracts run by the ministry of

investment in sectors such as ail, aviation, technology and housing could be pumped into the iranian economy. >> it's got a huge population, it's got a very able citizenry that can work and be creative and do more than just manual labor. it has a strong regional links and it's got years and years of missed opportunities to make up for. >> it could be a new era for iran in terms of a reconfigure would role in the region. amidst the sanctions ires influence only grew. currently iran is the main shia power broker in the middle east. the war in yemen it backs the houthis who pushed the president into exile. the president and his allies are drawing support from a saudi-led coalition. >> saudi arabia is iran's primary rival in the region and has been a constant critic of any nuclear deal. >> iran's training and advisor thousands of shia militia fighters in iraq in the battle against isil. in syria it's propping up the government with money weapons and manpower. iran's allies in lebanon the shia armed group hezbollah has sent fighters to the syria front lines. political analysts say if saudi arabia

they are hoping to cash in on this market as 80 million consumers out of the iranian economy opens. the trade relationship back in 2004 was worth 3.7 billion euros. that was back in 2013. it had fallen to just over half a billion euros. a pretty spectacular change to how the two countries do business over that period of time. stuart: what sort of french companies stand to benefit from this? stephen: several. there is one that hoped that business would approve. french carmakers are expecting a demand. the -- they had kept their joint partnership in the country but had experienced also to difficulties. they are hoping to be able to benefit from this. the climate is not quite right yet. that is what we are hearing from the ceo. there will also be opportunity from railway telecommunication structure projects. they will have competition not only from neighbors like germany but also china and india. stuart: there are disappointing results in fact for twitter. stephen: is not the results themselves but the comments by the ceo. they company's warned that slow growth in users could hit adver

there is a good amount of mismanagement that goes on with the iranian economy. >> absolutely. 100% right. the salt lak islamic republic has been able to use this and distract people from three plus decades of profound miss management. double digit unemployment and suffers from subsidies, overdependency on oil revenues. so there are a myriad of problems for regime to tackle. >> i don't know whether it was propaganda, but, every iranian could dray some line between the prosperity. what is likely to happen that will actually create prosperity not just for iranians as a whole but for those at the bottom which have really been hit hard by sanctions? >> i think again what the government has successfully done is try to equate sanctions relief with economic improvement. and if you've been fed that diet for three, four years everyone will eventually believe it. and of course sanctions have trickled down and impacted average citizens in iran from not being able to buy medicine to fewer goods and the markets, more unemployment, but what we're going to see is going to take about six to eight months

even with american sanctions alone, that could put the iranian economy under great stress and iran shoulde cautious that united states alone -- hopefully not -- could impose sanctions back on iran. mark: we talked about the issue of iran having access to more currency, and how they will use the money and might they use it in ways that will be so deleterious to american interests that it might not be worth a deal. listen to what he said. rhodes: we expect they will continue to undertake activity that we have very strong objections to. the point is that will be far more dangerous if they had a nuclear weapon. they will get relief from the nuclear-related sanctions, but let's remember those sanctions were put in place to achieve this deal. at the same time, we think they are far more likely to invest the resources they get and their economy, which is in terrible disrepair, a huge government that they have to pay down. mark: he concedes that iran will have more money, but he says it is worth -- not having them have nuclear weapons is worth it, and he says basically the money will be spent mor

billions of dollars in trade and investment could be pumped into the iranian economy. >> iran is a golde. it has a huge population. it has a very able citizenry that can work and be creative. it has strong regional links, and it has got years and years of missed opportunities to make up for. >> reporter: it could be a new era for iran in terms of a reconfigured role in the region. iran's influence only grow even amisted the sanctions. in the war in yemen it is backing the rebel houthis. the president and his allies are drawing support from a saudi-lead coalition. saudi arabia has been a constant critic of any nuclear deal. iran has also extended its reach in iraq. it is training and arming thousands of fighters in the battle against isil in syria. iran's allies in lebanon, hezbollah has also sent fighters to the syrian front lines. this political analyst says if saudi arabia and the gulf cooperation council continue to take a hard line stance, iran's influence could be contained somewhat. >> i think it's regional influence would expand vastly in technological fields, social cultural edu

influence does public opinion in iran, if people are really hoping to see an investment in the iranian economy, and improvement in their daily lives, how much does that work its way up the chain in the iranian political system? >> that's a great point. so the iranian public did not have much influence public opinion. the majority of the people on this nuclear program had been going especially in the past decade. but the presidential election is what a lot of people refer to also as a nuclear referendum in in 2013 because the previous negotiator the was a candidate in the election, and he got the least of the votes which was in a way the iranians only way to signal to the government or the power structure that they don't want this to continue. and president rouhani who got the majority of the votes was promising to resolve this nuclear issue and reingauge with the world and u.s. the iranian people definitely in the nuclear referendum voted against the status quo of the direction iran was going in the past few years before the new team came in. that's one of the main reasons actually that the ir

it could be pumped into the iranian economy. >> it was a gold mine. >> it has a huge population, it hasable citizenry that can work and be creative and do more than manual labour. it has a strong regional link. it has years and years of missed opportunities to make up for it. >> reporter: it could be a new era for iran in terms of a reconfigured role. amid the sanctions. iran's influence grew. iran is the main shi'a power broker in the middle east is backing the rebel houthis pushing the president into exile, drawing support through the saudi-led coalition. saudi arabia is iran's primary rival in the region, a critic of a nuclear deal. iran extended its reach in iraq. it is i'm training fighters in the battle against i.s.i.l. in syria it's propping up the government with money, weapons and manpower. iran's allies in lebanon the shia armed group in hezbollah sent fighters to the syrian front line. the political analyst says if saudi arabia and the gulf cooperation council continue to take a stance, the incident of iran's influence could be contained. >> it will vastly expand in economic

it shows without sanctions the iranian economy would be double its current size in 2014, making the economy as big or bigger than saudi arabia's economy. in iran, where the game of chess was invented, many are getting ready as the nuclear deal moves pieces across the board. iran considers itself a superpower in the middle east. and it wants the world to give it the respect it thinks it deserves. and despite agreeing to kerbs on nuclear ambitions, the regional influence is bound to go as sanctions are lived and economic sanctions end. >> it's time for american and some european leaders to realise that iran is a major player. and live with it the same way as russia and china, why not live with iran. if they decide to do that, they'll encourage forces within iran that are willing and able interests. >> one thing that iran is eager to help with is confronting i.s.i.l. both iran and the u.s. backed the iraqi government in the war against i.s.i.l. fighters. but in neighbouring syria, where i.s.i.l. controls territory, iran and the u.s. work at cross-purposes. that is because they back opposing si

it shows without sanctions the iranian economy would be double its current size in 2014, making the economy as big or bigger than saudi arabia's economy. in iran where the game of chess was invented many are getting ready as the nuclear deal moves pieces across the board. iran considers itself a superpower in the middle east. and it wants the world to give it the respect it thinks it deserves. and despite agreeing to kerbs on nuclear ambitions, the regional influence is bound to go as sanctions are lived and economic sanctions end. >> it's time for american and some european leaders to realise that iran is a major player. and live with it the same way as russia and china, why not live with iran. if they decide to do that they'll encourage forces within iran that are willing and able to accommodate western interests. >> one thing that iran is eager to help with is confronting i.s.i.l. both iran and the u.s. backed the iraqi government in the war against i.s.i.l. fighters. but in neighbouring syria, where i.s.i.l. controls territory, iran and the u.s. work at cross-purposes. that is because t

that took years to get countries to divest out of the iranian economy. it will take years again. but there was a question i asked during the closed hearing, a number of senators republicans and democrats were not satisfied with the answer and it focuses a little bit on what senator ayot said. let's assume sanctions are lifted we get the 60 billion -- the -- iranians are looking at 150 billion. and this is a lot of american power including the unilateral sanctions that you mentioned secretary lou on the financial system an act of terrorism happens. it's big. they kill more american troops. they blow up a consulate, i think it's likely they will do that in the next ten years. the congress is upset, the new president is upset, we reimpose sanctions. this is our power, and secretary lou, i'm glad you have talked about how this is power. we do have a lot of unilateral power with regard to sanctions. so then iran cites paragraph 26 of the agreement. and i'm going to read it. it says iran will treat such a reimposition of sanctions as grounds to cease performing its commitments. deal is

saudi arabia wants sanction to his remain in place it says a stronger iranian economy will mean more iranian interference in countries including lebanon iraq and yemen. the lifting of sanctions could be a relief for other gulf states iran say large trading partner for the united arab emirates and oman, oath both other the the -- on the other side of the gulf. the israeli prime minister spoke a while ago and imtiaz tyab joins us with more on what he had to say imtiaz. >> reporter: yes, it's very interesting that here you have the israeli prime minister making a televised statement about this deal before this deal is even formally announced by those who are sitting at the negotiating table including iran. whatever the case, mr. netanyahu had some very stinging criticisms of this deal. he described it as a creating a short pact for iran to create a nuclear weapon. remember he also said that as part of this deal, iran will receive $100 billion to, and i quotes spread terrorism. and he ended by saying that this was a mistake of what he described as historical proportions. >> imtiaz, i supp

after that has occurred there is still sometime before we see the effects of that flow on the iranian economynd there is still some time before we see iran see much more integrated player in the region. >>> at least 70 people have been killed by houthi shelling in the yemeni part city of aiden. more than 100 others have been injured, fighters opposed to the claim hold the city and the rebels have been holding back and fighters on both sides have been killed in attack in the neighboring provinces. the battle in thai are particularly tense and forces loyal to president hadi with the mountain town. the libyan airforce of the tabrook government says it sunk a vessel and no independent confirmation of the strike which is 20 kilometers from the eastern port city. airforce spokesman says the vessel they sunk was carrying fighters, weapons and ammunition. now four italian citizens have been kidnapped in the region and italy foreign ministry says they were construction employees kidnapped near a compound own by an italian oil and gas group. cuba and the united states restored full diplomatic relations

lapid: this is because the sanctions were effective, and because the iranian economy -- it is not that easy. now it will be that much easier. they will have more money, more ability to approach the international technological market. it will be much easier for them to develop in hiding, as they did before, the nuclear program. the fact that the nuclear program -- they didn't get the bomb was due to the fact that the sanctions were very effective. we are taking a tool that was very effective and throwing it away for an agreement that is self-declared is not effective. laura: ok, the sanctions have not been punishing the iranian regime directly. they been punishing the iranian people. is it wrong to keep sanctions on a country in perpetuity? the situation in the middle is has changed. iran is not necessarily the most dangerous country in the region. we can see what is going on in iraq and syria, for example. isn't it time that iran is brought out of the cold and there are some negotiations? surely this is a positive thing. mr. lapid: first of all, i have to disagree again, if you excuse

sanctions that many say have hurt the iranian economy. we expect a vote from the u.n. security council later this morning. >>> defense secretary ash carter is in israel to talk about the iran nuclear deal and other security concerns. israeli leaders are fuming over the agreement with iran. carter told reporters on the plane that he doesn't expect to change anyone's mind in israel but he does plan to talk about increased u.s. military related support for israel before he reaches saudi arabia and jordan. >>> maybe you stayed down the shore and you're just coming back in the city. let's check the traffic. >> if you're lucky enough to be doing that let's hope it's a smooth ride. nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is here with good news for us we hope. >> definitely good news. if you are coming home from the shore, all the shore roads are relatively empty. the schuylkill expressway around grays ferry, actually eastbound or westbound currently no problems there. the whole length of the schuylkill expressway eastbound from the blue route up towards the vi

frame of that, when they would expect that to happen and what the effect of that has been on the iranian economyl, that's an interesting question. iran's economy is in ruins. people's purchases power is down the drain the production sector is dead and nonexcess noni can sit tents. nonexistent. the biggest mistakes that made especially rouhani they promise today fix the economy. make no mistake power is local. iran's economy suffers from mismanagement and mismanagement of resources and, of course, the sanctions regime. so if they have promised that they are going fix that thing from now on, we have to wait and see. i think it is too early to celebrate. i think this deal came too little and it is too late already. we should have had it on the table 15 years ago when the region was not ungulfed in violence and flames when we didn't have the wars in syria. when america wasn't bawrchg result when europe had a funking economy now they are all bank result. in i doubters should ask greece they couldn't fix that economy. they are not going nix our economy any time soon we will have to problem for 10 year

my points on terrorism is fighting the economy doesn't preclude iranian support for terrorism. you can have damaging impact on the economy but will that translate into stopping iranian terrorism? in my view the history suggest not. >> if i could address the use of strategy and the use of the tools. our tool kit is not expansive. we have limited tools to address whether it is terrorism, human rights abuse, etc. i take richard's point, which is important, we have to have a comprehensive strategy. no doubt. the reality is at the end of the day these tools prove to be the most effective. i think the risk to the international financial system go up. we are going to have to if we are honest about what is happening in the financial order, crack down on the forcing companies and contracts run by the ministry of intelligence. that is the nature of the iranian economy and how they do business. precisely what we cut off that harmed them. you asked an astute set of questions because at the heart of this is have we given up too much power to deal with the other risks iran presents that will

related sanctions only but when you look at the kind of money that's going to be pouring into the iranian economy, the iranians will be able to do with that money what they want. >> one of your colleagues writes this -- >> do you buy that, charles? >> the idea that the iranians and the qods force dedicated in their ideology from day one to the expulsion of the influence of the united states the dominance of american allies and the eradication of israel that's the pillar of their world view that they are going to become our allies anywhere in the region is delusional and dangerous. the idea that we're going to lift these sanctions -- i think steve talked about how this is going to work. look it's not just that they're going to use the billions that they're going to get and now be able to shop in the arms bazaar so they'll have weapons to distribute to hezbollah, hamas, all of their allies around the region the yemenis, the houthis, they're now going to be able to acquire the most sophisticated land-to-ship missiles to deny us not our ally sies u.s. the u.s. navy the straits of hormuz. we are givin

if they were forced to choose between having access to the american economy and taxes to the iranian economy that's not going to be a hard choice. i know there's not a question embedded in this other than mr. zarate in the 30-second i left i would ask you do you have any doubt when he sanctions are moved in the dollar slid that a significant percentage of that money will be used for the things i just outlined develop a long-range rocket conventional capabilities and better equipped to serve the groups in the region? >> senator i don't know if the percentage is going to be but this is a regime investing in those capabilities and has increased its budget allocation and quds force and the security infrastructure and there's no doubt in my mind they are going to use some of the relief and the flow of capital to support their proxies as i said from go on to yemen. i don't know what the percentages percentage is going to be but it's going to be significant. >> thank you. i don't have additional questions but i think other members may and we would be glad to entertain us for a moment. i don't want

projection of what we would view as a reformist, but, you know, he was pretty vocal about how bad the iranian economy was. not only during the election but after he won. the difference, in large part from '79 to currently, iranian officials are turning on each other. and i think that reflects that in this nation of some 80 million people, you've got probably 65 million people who are very, very young and want normalization with the rest of the world. and then you have the hard liners made up of the revolutionary guard and koods forces sul man any it's been said what a destructive force he is relative to stability in the region with his work in being on the ground in iraq the shia militias saving al assad in the 11th hour and their support of hezbollah. but because of the deteriorating economic situation in iran the koods forces and revolutionary guard benefit. why? because they control all the smuggling which is made necessary by the horrific situation economically in iran. i'm just here to say that, you know, i think this ten-year period is very, very important because really nobody knows with certa

the syncs have taken a big bite out of the iranian economy. >> 100%. iranians are like everywhere else in the world - some are highly politicized, read everything about politics others are ordinary people reading the new, but are more interested in their own prosperity. that is something suffering. three years ago, inflation is 45% in this county. it's 15%. it's a growing economy. industrialized. so much can't be done. most iranians are interested in the sanctions being lifted. they are less interested in the nuances and the negotiations in vienna, they want the government to come to them with a deal. iranians are proud of a nuclear programme. everyone i have spoken to is ready to change that for the lifting of sanctions. >> they see it as a win, win, if there's an agreement that leads to that. >> right. >> ali velshi in tehran. >> that's right >>> good to have you with us. i know we'll get more from you on "ali velshi on target". >>> now, a senior iran analyst with the international crisis group joins us from vienna. thank you for taking the time to t

related sanctions only but when you look at the kind of money that's going to be pouring into the iranian economyranians will be able to do with that money what they want. >> one of your colleagues writes this -- >> do you buy that, charles? >> the idea that the iranians and the qods force dedicated in their ideology from day one to the expulsion of the influence of the united states the dominance of american allies and the eradication of israel that's the pillar of their world view that they are going to become our allies anywhere in the region is delusional and dangerous. the idea that we're going to lift these sanctions -- i think steve talked about how this is going to work. look it's not just that they're going to use the billions that they're going to get and now be able to shop in the arms bazaar so they'll have weapons to distribute to hezbollah, hamas, all of their allies around the region the yemenis, the houthis, they're now going to be able to acquire the most sophisticated land-to-ship missiles to deny us not our ally sies u.s. the u.s. navy the straits of hormuz. we are giving this

past behavior suggests they will. >> in light of the sanctions, we have had sanctions on the iranian economyt could have brought it to collapse and it appears we'll lighten up on sanctions and the world will. >> that's right, and the consequence of that is that iran which had a strategy to destabilize the region and why they are funding hesbollah and hamas they will have more funding available for destableation of the region and why saudi arabia and israel not traditional alloys saying it is a dangerous deal. and the other problem, we have rewarded bad behavior and they never stopped and never willing to talk about releasing american prisoners and they have gotten what they want. it signals that bad beapproximate hafr pays. >> you are running for president and you are out there talking to americans of all stripes. do they care? the classic foreign policy does not much matter when it comes to presidential election. >> they do care very much. and they care because it is it hard to ignore isis when they behead people. and ignore how much discussion there has been about the dangers around the de

that combination is what it took, both on making the sanctions much more punishing for the iranians, for the economy regime, but also in the sense that you have a big group of people looking at this agreement that will hold the iranians responsible for the verification of it. host: from colorado, here is george. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm just really disappointed in this whole thing. obama and kerry and the whole team that makede this stupid deal, these people are traitors against america. guest: really, george? what is your alternative to this? host: george dropped off. guest: i'm sure he did. host: paul from arizona. democrats line. caller: good morning. just three short thanks. it seems like we have such a lack of patience in this country. i just watched a show last night about getting this thing to pluto, it took 9.5 years. they hope the spacecraft is turned in the right direction so they can get the right pictures. yet, we don't have time to talk? we want to bomb somebody? 50 years with russia, thousands of nuclear bombs pointed at us. we managed to struggle through that without gettin

around the most effective sanctions regime we have ever set up a sanction regime that crippled the iranian economy and brought them to the table was because the world agreed with us it would be a great danger to the region to our allies to the world if iran possessed a nuclear weapon. we did not have that kind of global consensus around the notion that iran cannot enjoy nuclear power whatsoever. we have been able to assure that iran will not get a nuclear weapon and that was always the premise of us building this strong international sanctions regime. the notion that the world signed up for the sanctions in order to achieve regime change to solve every problem in terms of iranian behavior or to say to them in perpetuity they can never have peaceful nuclear power, that was never something that was in the cards. >> mr. obama will talk more about the nuclear agreement at a news conference wednesday afternoon. >>> cnn's chief international correspondent christiane amanpour spoke with iranian foreign minister zarif shortly after the deal was done. >> we aired part of that interview last hour. he called

lastly i want to touch on the impact of sanctions relief that the iranian economy, the iranian population and all their security apparatus may use the benefits of sanctions relief. first off i can say in terms of the contents i have a much easier job than kelsey because the sanctions relief package is fairly straightforward. it's fairly direct and it's fairly broad. the decision was made very clearly by the negotiating partners to make this an issue of the nuclear problem and how to get resolution of the nuclear problem by incentivizing rapid iranian action. and so the timeline that's been established for implementation of relief is configured as such. the iranians have to complete all of the nuclear modifications that kelsey was outlining with a few things that just by their very nature going to have to continue on for eight 10 years some instances going out to 25 before any new sanctions relief will be given. all this talk about signing bonuses and billions of dollars flooding into a rant for a centerpiece has been dismantled is wrong. the way the deal puts it in place, the iranians are

no they made promises about the economy. >> exactly, and the moderates who are trying to get back into power, they have most of the power from the support of the iranian society. so if they don't get that economy back on its feet they won't be able to survive for a very long time. the moderates in iran. >> thank you. libby casey is with us on capitol hill. libby give me your take on that last exchange. a little testy at points. >> absolutely. the money is important, but what we have heard from white house officials is that a lot of this money will get freed up regardless of how congress votes and how the u.s. acts because this is an international agreement, what the administration officials have said is the u.s. will essentially get left behind. other sanctions will lift international activity will move forward, and the u.s. will be the ones out in the cold. we have heard some important exchanges this morning. this is the third hearing in just a week on this nuclear agreement, but we are threading on fresh territory today. one i want to point out is that general dempsey said this deal reduces the short-term threat of military action but allows the u.s

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regime, but also lou, what i'm really concerned about is dropping 100 to 150 billion into the iranian economys only 300, 325 billion. this would be like the united states getting a $4 trillion capital injection. this is very bad for the general state of affairs. will the agreement go through? i think the congress will vote it down. the question, is you might ask senator demint whether or not congress can sustain over a presidential veto, which is clearly coming. lou: well, that's one of the questions that we will put in the hopper, and a good one it is, jim. thank you very much for being here. good to see you. appreciate your views. >> always a pleasure, lou. lou: admiral james stavridis. >>> be sure to vote in our poll -- you thought everything here tonight was life and death. well, no, the nfl is to some. cast your vote at loudobbs.com. >>> red bull known for pulling off amazing stunts and their latest not disappointing, olympic skier racing a professional rally car driver down a mountain in their native norway. does that look like a volvo? the driver had to navigate, i'm sorry what is that