does the islamic republic have any ideological sense to it?absolutely but they are also smart, savvy political operators who know how to give the republic just enough to keep themselves in power. >> there's also people who benefit from the continuation of the islamic republic. people who know about the ircc and the sheer number of the ircc militia and there are people who benefit from it. there are people who are socially conservative, whoare religiously conservative , who believe in the ayatollah and the clerics and what they say and who i have no idea if the majority or minority, how many people it is but they do exist. >> there are public people religiously conservative who don't believe in the republic . you will meet people in iran who will be diehard supporters, deep really religious, deeply conservative, even anti-american, anti-western in a lot of ways but you start talking to them they see these people have defiled religion after have no place in that religion is such a special thing that you don't want to enter into the political are

western objects and technology, and things that were not islamic, that we're not authentic to an islamic republic and it should be abandoned. this was not the idea of nuclear weapons, it was nuclear program completely. they tell us again and again they are weapons of mass destruction, a sin against islam, cited a lot of current text against these weapons. even the peaceful search going on, the energy production, the reactor, etc, all of that was the newfangled western technology iran could do without. in no, mothball the entire program. when he died in the late 19 eighties, 1989, a more moderate pragmatic group of people came to power, leaders came to power, and felt that iran cannot accord afford to be so complacent about its energy needs, but it's security needs. the feeling was, yes, it's an islamic to build a bomb, but is it an islamic to do some research to maybe build some centrifuges, enrich uranium? nothing in the crown against that, right? and there's also concern about saddam hussein. this is what's often missed in a lot of american conversations, that take place in the west about the i

from the green meant harsh sanctions against the islamic republic followed the results in iran no longer feels bound to the deal and is ramping up your brain and richmond significantly now the international inspectors monitoring of the nuclear facilities is set to be limited iran says it won't return to its obligations under the agreement until the sanctions are lifted. the deal could be revived by the new u.s. administration under joe biden but it wants to renegotiate the deal something iran opposes how could such a new agreement come about. the big question is interesting i suppose you could also say i want german newspaper. headline is this the end of the road for the nuclear deal. no i don't ship it i think it is the deal was reasonable and the deal can be implemented it has proven successful so i don't see any reason why one would be able to return to the steel. the question is just like is everyone willing to do so and the other question is. don't we create some like false expectations when we think that we could probably include other issues of regional security but this is this i

from the agreement harsh sanctions against the islamic republic followed the results in iran no longer feels bound to the deal and is ramping up uranium enrichment significantly now the international inspectors monitoring of the nuclear facilities is set to be limited iran says it won't return to its obligations under the agreement until the sanctions are lifted. the deal could be revived by the new u.s. administration under joe biden but it wants to renegotiate the deal something iran opposes how could such a new agreement come about. the big question isn't it suppose you could also one german. have the headline is this the end of the road for the nuclear deal. no i don't ship it i think it is the deal was reasonable the deal can be implemented it has proven successful so i don't see any reason why one would be able to return to the steel. the question is just like is is everyone willing to do so and the other question is. don't we create some like false expectations when we think that we could probably include other issues of regional security but this is this is the problem. well he

from the agreement harsh sanctions against the islamic republic followed the results in iran no longer feels bound to the deal. and richmond significantly now the international inspectors monitoring of the nuclear facilities is set to be limited iran says it won't return to its obligations under the agreement until the sanctions are lifted. the deal could be revived by the new u.s. administration under joe biden but it wants to renegotiate the deal something iran opposes how could such a new agreement come about. so the big question is interesting i suppose you could also there are one german newspaper. headline is this the end of the road for the new deal. i think it is the deal was reasonable and the deal can be implemented it has proven successful and so i don't see any reason why one would be able to return to this deal. the question is just like is is everyone willing to do so and the other question is. don't we create some like false expectations when we think that we could probably include other issues of regional security this is this is the problem. he has and i think he has b

from the agreement harsh sanctions against the islamic republic followed the results in iran no longer feels bound to the deal and is ramping up your brain and richmond significantly now the international inspectors monitoring of the nuclear facilities is set to be limited iran says it won't return to its obligations under the agreement until the sanctions are lifted. the deal could be revived by the new u.s. administration under joe biden but it wants to renegotiate the deal something iran opposes how could such a new agreement come about. the big question isn't it supposed you could also one german newspaper. headline is this the end of the road for the new deal. i think it is the deal was reasonable the deal can be implemented it has proven successful and so i don't see any reason why one would be able to return to the deal. the question is just like is everyone willing to do so and the other question is. don't we create some like false expectations when we think that we could probably include other issues of regional security but this is this is the problem. he has been a bit willf

from the agreement harsh sanctions against the islamic republic followed the results in iran no longer feels bound to the deal. and richmond significantly now the international inspectors monitoring of the nuclear facilities is set to be limited iran says it won't return to its obligations under the agreement until the sanctions are lifted. the deal could be revived by the new u.s. administration under joe biden but it wants to renegotiate the deal something iran opposes how could such a new agreement come about. so the big question is interesting i suppose you could also one german newspaper. headline is this the end of the road for the nuclear deal. no i don't ship it i think it is the deal was reasonable and the deal can be implemented it has proven successful and so i don't see any reason why one would be able to return to the steel. the question is just like is is everyone willing to do so and the other question is. don't we create some like false expectations when we think that we could probably include other issues of regional security but this is this is the problem. well he ha

that policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter richard ministration the islamic republic now has dealt with 7 consecutive u.s. presidents and i have dealt with that and the problem is us is addicted to sanctions us is addicted to pressure the us is addicted to bully. thousands of people are out on the streets in me in march of the worst violence against in more than 2 weeks of demonstrations soldiers fired tear gas and live rounds killing 2 people and injuring dozens on saturday voters are choosing the next president in the runoff election outgoing president mahmoud do for was voted in the 2nd round after the 1st attempt failed to find this successor paves the way from the 1st peaceful handover of power in decades large chunks of an aircraft of 4 on to the suburbs of denver in the u.s. after one of its engines caught fire the boeing triple 7 landed safely at denver's airport one big piece of the engine narrowly missed. a military aircraft has crashed in nigeria's capital killing all 7 people on board the plane reported engine failure shortly before going down near a bluej

supreme leader explicitly stated that the manufacturing of nuclear weapons is forbidden and the islamic republic won't go after them and consider seeking them a ceramic however if you corner a cat it may behave differently than a free roaming cat would if you run is pushed to that direction then it wouldn't be iran's fault but those who pushed it under normal circumstances iran does not have such a program and intent at all. joe biden says the release of a saudi women activists from prison is the right thing to do that jen was freed on wednesday after 3 years behind bars she's charged with pursuing a foreign agenda and using the internet to home public order a family thank them to do more saying she's still banned from leaving the country and her ship our ports. it was a road trip that put. in jail in 2014 she attempted to cross from the united arab emirates to saudi arabia where women were not allowed to drive after 73 days in jail she'd become the face of a movement luzhin was later pardoned by king solomon and told to keep quiet. she focused her energies on ending the male guardianship system

sanctions in practice then they will return to our commitments this is the definite policy of the islamic republic and all are running officials agree with that and we won't change this policy because castro is in washington d.c. she says biden has bipartisan support on the decision to not lift sanctions. the white house official told al-jazeera today that president biden quote certainly will not be removing these sanctions from iran just to get iran back to the negotiating table and republicans are supporting president biden in not lifting these u.s. sanctions 1st senator lindsey graham saying that it must be 1st iran that changes its behavior so certainly the stalemate continues even as we know that the background of all of this is that the by the administration wants to renegotiate the nuclear deal that had been counseled by trump biden's national security advisor jake sullivan has criticized policy saying that they only aggravated the tensions between iran and the u.s. escalating this nuclear crisis in his words and president biden has said that this is his hope is to return to diplomacy how t

then they will return to our commitments this is the definite policy of the islamic republic and all are running officials agree with that and we won't change this policy this is something we've heard in the past from not only the supreme leader but also all other levels of government including the president and the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif this is where things stand at the moment they radians have given the binded administration till roughly about the end of february to see if they will do anything in terms of lifting any of the sanctions so otherwise iran has said that they will take the next step and that means according to a law that was passed in the country's parliament they will reduce their compliance to the j c p a way by limiting the access of i spect hers to visit the nuclear facilities under the nonproliferation treaty iran currently now allows the inspectors to visit any time any of the facilities that are declared nuclear sites but after this deadline the end of this month that will no longer be the case the inspectors will have to request in advance what s

the statement, was released before a nato meeting to debate the future of troops in the islamic republiccebook has blocked users in australia from sharing or viewing news content — in a dispute over planned social media laws. all local and global news sites — as well as some key government sites have been blocked. the australian government says it intends to proceed with the ruling. now on bbc news... it's time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long—running protest against the modi government's farm law reform. their protest camps on the outskirts of delhi have become a symbol of defiance. but india's populist prime minister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. will this time be any different? my guest is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and a prominent backer of the farmers�* cause. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? yogendra yadav, in rewari near delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are on the coordinating committee of the main group behind the farmers�* protest. we have

the statement was released before a meeting to debate the future of troops in the islamic republic.early 3 million people in texas are without power in sub—zero temperatures, as a huge storm sweeps through the south and east of the united states. at least 20 people have died and thousands of homes have been left without water because of frozen or burst pipes. authorities in the united states have charged three north koreans with conspiring to steal more than $1 billion in cash and crypto—currency from banks and businesses, worldwide. justice department officials say pyongyang's cyberactivities pose a significant threat to the us and its allies. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long—running protest against the modi government's farm law reform. their protest camps on the outskirts of delhi have become a symbol of defiance. but india's populist prime minister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. will this time be any different? my guest is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and

the statement, was released before a meeting to debate the future of troops in the islamic republic.d and thousands of homes have been left without water because of frozen or burst pipes. us authorities have charged three north koreans with conspiring to steal more than $1 billion in cash and crypto—currency from banks and businesses worldwide. justice department officials say pyongyang�*s cyber activities pose a significant threat to the us, and its allies. now, the exiles: hong kong at a crossroads.

said even though the biden administration has formally offered to return to the 2015 deal, the islamic republicresume negotiations until sanctions imposed by the trump administration are lifted. >> once everyone implements their part of obligation then there will be talks. we are going to discuss how we can avoid and guarantee that the actions by the united states will not be repeated. >> sreenivasan: in one of the largest rallies to date, more than 100,000 farmers and farm workers assembled in india's northern punjab state today to protest new farm laws. prime minister narendra modi's government introduced the new laws last september, setting off a firestorm of protests throughout the country. the government insists the laws will liberalize the farm sector. critics say the laws will concentrate power in the hands of a few large corporations. the modi government has pledged to delay implementation of the new laws, but farmers unions vowed to continue fighting until they are completely rolled back. organizers are calling for a larger demonstration outside of delhnext weekend. serbia's novak djok

sanctions in practice then they will return to our commitments this is the definite policy of the islamic republic and all aronian officials agree with that and we won't change this policy quote. castro is live for us now in washington of course the argument from tehran is that it's the united states that in a letter he withdrew from an international agreement tell us more about how the by the ministration is responding now. yeah the question who is going to be the 1st to make a move and all indications are that it's not going to be the united states either a white house official has told al jazeera that president biden has no intention of lifting sanctions just to get iran back to the negotiation table and biden said to c.b.s. news on friday that he will not lift the sanctions unless iran 1st comes back into compliance with limiting the enrichment of uranium back to the nuclear deal agreed upon limits. and today lindsey graham a republican senator said that's exactly what he would advise biden to stick with that there would not be any lifting of u.s. anxious on iran until he says iran changes its

that policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter richard ministration the islamic republic now has dealt with its 7 concerts get consecutive u.s. presidents and i have read that. and the problem is us is addicted to sanctions u.s. is addicted to pressure the us is addicted to the. so is president joe biden the match to coup tensions between the u.s. and iran and the next one up for you haven't jason hello sal have i said hey i'm going to get and say hello to you and introduce themselves jason tell everybody you are and what you do i femi great to be on the program thanks for having me i am jason is a guess i am a senior research fellow at the soufan center good to have you here as south introduce yourself to a global audience type area thank you for having me as well my name is brad and i am a senior research fellow at the national iranian american council get to have a set that a nice to see tell everybody who you are and what you do then here grab a need. to research your graduate from university up to and based in iraq good to have you and of course i need cheap audience

us presidentjoe biden says he won't lift sanctions against iran , as long as the islamic republic failsclear deal commitments. under the 2015 agreement iran is permitted to enrich uranium — but only within certain limits. president ronald reagan's long—time secretary of state, george shultz, has died aged 100. mr schultz spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the soviet union and forging a course for peace in the middle east. he was also one of the many republican figures who resisted donald trump's rise to the presidency the head of the united nations food agency says a deal has been reached with ethiopia to expand its operations in the northern region of tigray. nearly three million people need help as a result of the conflict between the federal army and regionalforces. the polls have closed in ecuador�*s elections for a new president and national assembly. there are three main contenders to replace the current president, leneen moray—no. the front runner is the former head of ecuador�*s central bank, andres arauz. the country is suffering from the covid pandemic, w

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the islamic republic will not be satisfied this time with words and promises that we will do this orn ministers from the united states, united kingdom, france and germany held a meeting and out of it came an invitation. secretary of state antony blinken told his european allies that the us is willing to hold direct talks with iran about a return to the deal, but there's a caveat — iran must return to full compliance first. we're obviously concerned about the risk of further non—compliance by iran with thejcpoa, the nuclear deal. all the more reason to reinvigorate the transatlantic diplomacy, which is why i'm here with my french and german colleagues, but also speaking to tony blinken in the us, and making sure we chart a way forward and look to find a way to re—engage diplomatically in order to restrain iran, but also bring it back into compliance with its nuclear obligations. it's a delicate dance, so who will make the first move? a un nuclear inspection is due in tehran this weekend, but what happens in the coming days will determine whether iran will continue to comply or step up

us presidentjoe biden says he won't lift sanctions against iran, as long as the islamic republic failsear deal commitments. under the 2015 agreement iran is permitted to enrich uranium, but only within certain limits. the polls have closed in ecuador�*s elections for a new president and national assembly. there are three main contenders to replace the current president, leneen moreno. the front runner is the former head of ecuador�*s central bank, andres arauz. the country is suffering from the covid pandemic, which has killed 15,000 people in the nation of 17 million people. rolls—royce is considering plans to temporarily close itsjet engine factories this summer to try to save money because of the pandemic. the two—week shutdown is thought to be the first in the company's history, affecting its entire civil aerospace division and 12,500 workers in the uk we'rejoined from san francisco by philip taubman, president ronald reagan's long—term secretary of state has died at age 100. he spent most of the 1980s and try to forge a course for peace in the middle east. as america's top diploma

supreme leader explicitly stated that the manufacturing of nuclear weapons is forbidden and the islamic republic won't go after them and consider seeking them however if you corner a cat it may behave differently than a free roaming cat would if your own is pushed in that direction then it wouldn't be iran's fault but those who pushed it under normal circumstances iran does not have such a program and intent at all. yemen's hooty rebels have fired 2 drones packed with explosives into saudi arabia the kingdom says one of them targeted the area of hamas' misstates near its southern border adding the attack was forced it was earlier the targeted an airport in the saudi city of no injuries reported but an aircraft was damaged were very alarmed by the reports of drone attacks by the. airport in saudi arabia and we of course condemn all attacks on the target civilians or civilian infrastructure japanese media is reporting tokyo's olympic chief is set to step down to shoot a movie has been facing growing calls to resign for making sexist remarks about women the former japanese prime minister sparked ou

us presidentjoe biden said he won't lift sanctions against iran — as long as the islamic republic failsommitments. under the 2015 agreement iran is permitted to enrich uranium but only within certain limits. the head of the united nations food agency says a deal has been reached with ethiopia to expand its operations in the northern region of tigray. nearly 3 million people need help as a result of the conflict between the federal army and regionalforces. president ronald reagan's long—time secretary of state, george shultz, has died aged one—hundred. mr schultz spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the soviet union and forging a course for peace in the middle east. he was also one of the many republican figures who resisted donald trump's rise to the presidency myanmar has seen its largest protests in more than a decade. tens of thousands of people have rallied against the military coup, demanding the release of the elected leader aung san suu kyi. internet access has now been restored after a day—long blackout. the military seized power a week ago after claiming, wi

presidentjoe biden said he won't lift sanctions against iran —— as long as the islamic republic failsents. under the 2015 agreement iran is permitted to enrich uranium— but only within certain limits. the head of the united nations food agency says a deal has been reached with ethiopia to expand its operations in the northern region of tigray. nearly three million people need help as a result of the conflict between the federal army and regionalforces. voting is under way in ecuador for a new president and national assembly. there are three main contenders to replace the current president, lenin moreno. leading in the polls is the former head of ecuador�*s central bank, andres arauz. the country is reeling from the covid pandemic, which has killed 15,000 people in the nation of 17 million people. myanmar has seen its largest protests in more than a decade. tens of thousands of people have rallied against the military coup, demanding the release of the elected leader aung san suu kyi. internet access has now been restored after a day—long blackout. the military seized power a week ago

our policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter of richard ministration the islamic republic now has dealt with 7 consecutive u.s. presidents and i have dealt with that and the problem is us is addicted to sanctions us is addicted to pressure the us is addicted to bullying thousands of people are out on the streets in myanmar after the worst violence yet in more than 2 weeks of demonstrations soldiers fired tear gas and live rounds killing 2 people and injuring dozens of their votes is a choosing their next president in the jazz runoff election outgoing president mahmoud do voted in the 2nd round after the 1st attempt failed to find his successor a small group of australians including the prime minister has been the 1st to receive covert 19 vaccinations ahead of a national rollout scott morrison says he wants to assure people the shot is safe. in barcelona people of throwing bottles at police set fires and damage shops during a 5th night of protests against the jailing of a catheter. received a 9 month sentence for glorifying terrorism large chunks of an aircraft to fall alon

us presidentjoe biden said he won't lift sanctions against iran, as long as the islamic republic fails commitments. under the 2015 agreement iran is permitted to enrich uranium, but only within certain limits. the head of the united nations food agency says a deal has been reached with ethiopia to expand its operations in the northern region of tigray. nearly three million people need help, as a result of the conflict between the federal army and regionalforces. israel has begun easing its third coronavirus lockdown, after its vaccination programme shows signs of working to drive down infections in the over—60s. more than a third of the population have now received their first vaccine dose. however, israel is still recording around 6000 virus cases a day. a consignment of half a million doses of covid—19 vaccine has been delivered to afghanistan by india. the astrazeneca/oxford vaccine was sent to kabul as part of india's programme to donate vaccines to its neighbours. afghan officials say the jabs will be given to health workers and elderly patients. and some newsjust in — president r

if we see action from the opposite side, we will have, to study the islamic republic of iran be satisfiedl not be like before. on thursday, foreian like before. on thursday, foreign ministers - like before. on thursday, foreign ministers from i like before. on thursday, | foreign ministers from the united states, united kingdom, france and germany held a meeting. and out of that came an invitation. secretary of state antony blinken told his european allies that the us is willing to hold direct talks with iran about a return to the deal, but there is a caveat. iran must return to full compliance first.- iran must return to full compliance first. we are obviously _ compliance first. we are obviously concerned - compliance first. we are l obviously concerned about compliance first. we are - obviously concerned about the risk of further non—compliance by iran on thejcpoa, all the more reason to reactivate transatlantic diplomacy, which is lame here, but also speaking to antony blinken in the us, trying to reengage diplomatically in order to restrain iran but also bring it back into compliance

must return to the 2015 nuclear deal with sanctions if it wants to begin talks with the islamic republic. it appears to be a rejection with the biden administration. donald trump pulled out of the agreement in 2018, re-imposing sanctions. the blackouts that plunged texas into chaos are now easing. an energy crisis is far from over. four of the largest refineries suffered widespread damage and could be down for weeks. john deere raised it profit forecast. nasa is celebrating the landing of its largest and most sophisticated science rover on mars. perseverance touched down in an area that could contain signs. the spacecraft traveled 292 miles since launching from cape canaveral. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i would expect rate hikes to be well underway by the end of 2022. i think a combination of inflation and perhaps -- and economy, fiscal policy on fire as we actually build back better. returning to more normal interest rates could b

it comes as the biden administration is trying to ease tensions with the islamic republic to find a diplomatic. the white house wants to return to the nuclear deal that president trump quit in 2018. the european central bank is strongly considering opposing climate risks in its bond buying program. sources tell bloomberg it will focus on collecting data to achieve that. ecb policy makers discussed the issue on wednesday. no official comment yet. senator ted cruz is back in texas after facing harsh criticism for flying to cancun, sicko, while his state faced widespread power outages and energy crisis. adding that the reason was because his children were cold and he was trying to be a dad. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. francine? francine: today there is a great opinion piece from the director of research and bloomberg intelligence sam fazeli. in this piece, and you can read it on your terminal or on the website. he says that despite the political stumbles throughout

the islamic republic will not be satisfied this time with words and promises that we will do this ornot be like before. on thursday, foreian like before. on thursday, foreign ministers - like before. on thursday, foreign ministers from i like before. on thursday, | foreign ministers from the united states, united kingdom, france and germany held a meeting and out of became an invitation. secretary of state anthony blink and told his european allies at the us is willing to hold direct talks with iran about a return to the deal but there is a caveat. iran must return to full compliance first.- iran must return to full compliance first. we are obviously _ compliance first. we are obviously concerned - compliance first. we are l obviously concerned about compliance first. we are - obviously concerned about the risk of — obviously concerned about the risk of further non—compliance by iran— risk of further non—compliance by iran with the nuclear deal and — by iran with the nuclear deal and all— by iran with the nuclear deal and all the more reason to reinvigorate the transatlantic diplomac

has sent the ball around court as the islamic republic and washington spar over how to revive a national deal. jake sullivan appeared on face the nation. >> we believe diplomacy is the best way to do it. iran as not responded to it but the script has been flipped. it is iran isolated diplomatically, not the united states and the ball is in their court. manus: sullivan spoke as his attention turned to a meeting between the u.n. nuclear agency and iranian officials discussing the threat, but slot inspections on nuclear sites. simone oxman's been tracking this from back and forth. simone, there is a possible sign of compromise from tehran last night. what was the signal? >> we heard from the international atomic energy agency chief last night who said iran had agreed to a limited compromise, a temporary technical reprieve of about three months on that threat to bart snap inspections of its nuclear sites. around saying under this new temporary -- iran saying under this new temporary agreement for an international inspectors will still have 70% of their capacity to perform those inspections o

iranian leader that a window of opportunity exists on nuclear talks to get sanctionses on the islamic republic trey, it's a situation to watch. we appreciate you doing that for us. jillian: republican congressman mike turner says there were several issues with the iran nuclear deal but the bigger issue is the biden administration's willingness to work with a u.s. adversary. >> as we know, the iran nuclear deal was terminally flawed. it has an expiration of major provisions, allowed missile development and allowed them to continue their mal actions within the middle east. by this administration going back to this agreement, iran is our adversary, the same thing with china. with the administration turning back to china, where the add administration knew it was our greatest vulnerability for jobs, our economy and to our otheral a lies, this administration is turning its eye from our allies into those who are adverse sharelies. jillian: it's unclear when the u.s. and iran could resume talks. florida governor ron de santis declaring flags will fly at half staff to honor rush limbaugh. he said he wo

sanctions in practice then they will return to our commitments this is the definite policy of the islamic republic and all around you know officials agree with that and we won't change this policy code. have been more protests in chile after the death of a street performer who was shot by police several public buildings were satellite while police fired water cannon and used tear gas on demonstrators but he say the officer involved in the juggler's death on friday is now in detention it's believed his props for mistaken for weapons when he was approached were guarding a permit and israel has started lifting its strictest coronavirus lockdown restrictions some businesses are able to reopen including take way food services and headdress says also people don't have to stay within a kilometer of their home anymore bought schools remain closed and international travel is also severely restricted the 6 week lockdown was the 3rd time the country has shut shops and kept people at home for an extended period of time. there are investigations is next with all the prime minister's men. i. the secret at the h

leadership in the islamic republic is not wanting to -- further negotiations wen the u.s.be straight forward. iran is enriching uranium at 20% and building advanced centrifuges in violation of the deal. last month anthony blinken did say iran could be as little as three months away having a singular nuclear bomb. the more tension increases in the middle. the thing to remember here is that while a deal could stop iran's nuclear aspirations it will not erase the knowledge they have gained over the past several years while violating the agreement. harris. >> harris: that's an excellent point. it is rich that the president wants to flip the switch back on with this deal and now iran has demands. great reporting. thank you. democrats are being accused of using the u.s. capitol hill riot to label their republican colleagues at extremists. the power panel slides back in. don't forget "outnumbered" is next at the top of the hour. joining me is emily, kennedy, and others. don't miss it. ♪♪ [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] ♪♪ uh, you know there's a 30-minute limit, right? tell that to th

must return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions if they want to start talks with the islamic republic appears to be a rejection of the effort to begin direct discussions before rejoining the accord. donald trump pulled out of the agreement in 2018, re-imposing sanctions. the u.s. vaccine supply is set to double in the coming months, allowing a broad expansion of shots administered. according to an analysis, the number of vaccines deliver should -- delivered should rise to 30 million a week in june. by summer that is enough to give 4.5 million shots a day. those blackouts that plunged texas into chaos in the midst of a historic cold start easing. the energy crisis that they sparked are not over. four of the largest refinery suffered widespread damage and they could be down for weeks for repairs. bloomberg has learned that ibm is considering a sale of its ibm watson business, helping the company's new ceo focus on cloud computing operations. ibm is considering a number of alternatives from a sale to a private equity firm to a merger with a blank check company. watson help health care pr

secretary of state antony blinken said the islamic republic could be three weeks away -- three monthsear bomb. he argued they could produce the needed material in a matter of weeks. the closer iran gets to a nuclear weapon the more pressure increases in the middle east. israel made clear they made open the possibility of striking targets if needed. eric: thanks so much. arrest a nfl. arthel: today is the big game, super bowl lv with tom brady. will he get his seventh super bowl ring or will the kansas city chiefs repeat as champions. hall of famer joe namath standing by. i can't wait to talk to him. you stand by for me, joe. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention. trusted experts. g

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sanctions on the islamic republic inflicted $1 trillion in damage.o the framework of the nuclear deal unless the economic pressure from the americans is lifted. the biden administration has offered to participate in informal talks to get the process started. this offer has been supported by other jcpoa participants including china and russia. breaking this morning, national security adviser jake sullivan told cbs news that the americans and iranians have started talking over u.s. hostages that are held there. while these aren't nuclear talk, it does seem like a step in the right direction. jon: trey yingst reporting from jerusalem, thank you. >>> that concludes our look at stories from around the globe. we'll be back in just a moment. muck muck struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? lowering my a1c and losing some weight. now, back to the show. ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached

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changed our policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter richard ministration the islamic republicnow has dealt with 7 consecutive u.s. presidents and i have the good. and the problem is us is addicted to sanctions us is addicted to pressure the us is addicted to bloody. well joining us now via skype from the united states is trees of ours is executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state crafts we have 2 different positions from tehran and washington but there is perhaps this attempt by the i.a.e.a. the un's nuclear watchdog to try and forge a way forward does this understanding between iran and the i.a.e.a. counteract the cutback in inspections mandated by iran's parliament. it hopefully does it essentially is making sure that the crisis that likely would have occurred on tuesday when that law goes into effect will not become as deep of a crisis that could cause the collapse of talks altogether it is not perfect in any way shape or form at the end of the day diana is going to get less access than he had before but it is far superior to a situation in which

sanctions in practice then they will return to our commitments this is the definite policy of the islamic republic and all are running officials agree with that and we won't change this policy heidi castro is in washington she says biden has bipartisan support on the decision not to lift sanctions. the white house official told al-jazeera today that president biden quote certainly will not be removing these sanctions from iran just to get iran back to the negotiating table and republicans are supporting president biden in not lifting these u.s. sanctions 1st senator lindsey graham saying that it must be 1st iran that changes its behavior so certainly the stalemate continues even as we know that the background of all of this is that the by the administration wants to renegotiate the nuclear deal that had been counseled by trump biden's national security advisor jake sullivan has criticized policy saying that they only aggravated the tensions between iran and the u.s. escalating this nuclear crisis in his words and president biden has said that this is his hope is to return to diplomacy how that hap

supreme leader explicitly stated that the manufacturing of nuclear weapons is forbidden and the islamic republic won't go after them and consider seeking them as soran however if you corner a cat it may behave differently than a free roaming cat would if you run is pushed in that direction then it wouldn't be iran's fault but those who pushed it under normal circumstances iran does not have such a program and intent at all when 2003 supreme leader ayatollah ali harmony issued a decree that forbade the production of or use of a nuclear weapon or recently iran has been scaling back. gets commitments on the nuclear deal for the us withdrew from the accord on the donald trump iran and said that the ball is now in washington's court to rejoin the deal so far the pipe that ministration of said it won't make the 1st move iran has also accused israel of being behind the assassination of its top nuclear scientist who was killed near the capital tehran in november israel in turn says that its military assessments indicate that iran is 2 years away from making a nuclear bomb joining us now from tyrone hasa

collectively the united states, israel and the gulf states working to push back against the islamic republicountries, that's a mistake. that would be american weapons that would be sold to the region, those countries would begin to deter the threat from iran, do harm to the historic understandings that took place with the historic middle east process that the trump administration laid out. maria: i think this is one of the more important moves that the trump administration made, moving the embassy in israel to jerusalem. is there conversation within congress now to try to pressure antony blinken to change that, reverse that, does j.p. morgan want to reverse that as well? >> that's what we're hearing. president biden is trying to erase everything that president trump did and there are many in congress who dislike president trump so badly that they would impair our foreign policy and our domestic policy. they don't like anything that president trump ever did. they want to erase his legacy completely. they want to erase everybody who comported president trump. i think -- supported president tru