the i rgc and the operate completely separate and by the way, that means the i rgc the islamic revolutionary guard corps can operate oftentimes doing things that foreign minister or spokesperson for the armenian government might not even know about. the point being that we have to understand that dynamic because they are not us in our attribute should not be assigned to them and the i rgc has an organization within it that has a unit called the [inaudible] force and that force led by the general are experts and have developed expertise and unconventional warfare and intelligence activities primarily abroad. this is the organization that helped build ied's the killed and maimed american servicemen in iraq and the organization behind shiite militia in iraq today i and the organization behind a lot of the efforts to support hezbollah and in syria and other parts of the world. the i rgc force is designed to do things that have some level of deniability. what the i rgc has developed and we know this now for the better part of the decade is the ability in case of conflict with the united states to attack us u

is not the commander-in-chief and if they operate completely separate that means the islamic revolutionary guard corps can operate doing things its own foreign minister cannot even know about.. but to understand that dynamic the action should not be assigned to them. it does have an organization within it that isha a unit that is led by the german one --dash by the general with unconventional warfare and intelligence activities to help build the ids that killed and maimed servicemen in iraq , the organizationd behind the shia militia, the organization behind the support to support hezbollah. and it is designed to do things to have some level of deniability the i grc has put forth and developed the better part of a decade is the ability to be in conflict with united states to attack us and escape with deniability. they are trained to attack us but this is the capability and then we have been aware of it for a long time and this is not as secret it is a capability theyve have increasingly perfected. so a persistent and clear stream of information that the i grc in the principles may be planning or they

i'm afraid because we keep saying they can't do anything they finally well and and the islamic revolutionary guard corps that took to the streets in the revolution and changed everything some people speratus to that that. but it isn't. a u.s. carrier strike group deployed close by in the arabian sea was for some a chance for a little levity a widely shared post has the abraham lincoln up for sale on a website for used goods. but for many talk of war is a real concern that some hope can be resolved through dialogue if you're going to make everything in the 2nd edition i mean i think if they enter into talks it would be better because this is the 21st century and we should avoid war now is the time for dialogue jank even as a man and a man also god of war in my opinion is not good for us now negotiation is the best our government could overlook some issues if this pressure could be reduced speaking to a group of young artists iranian president hassan rouhani said he always remains open to the idea of dialogue but not with us bullies even if it means taking on the world alone. iranians too young to remembe

put iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps on the terrorist list.ran was planning to strike first through proxies. investigators believe that the four oil tankers that were sabotaged off the coast of the united arab emirates were damaged by forces connected to the islamic revolutionary guard corps or irgs. they fired underwater drones to ship hulls with 100 pounds of ebb explosives according to investigators. investigators i speak to they saw multiple threat streams including satellite images of iran loading cruise missiles into hollowed out hulls of ships. they thought they were concerned that they could threaten u.s. bases and ships in the region. they have not declassified or released images however. that is when u.s. central command decided to accelerate the positioning of the u.s. abraham lincoln putting it on station two weeks ahead of schedule and deploying b-52s to the region within 50 hours of assessing threat. two u.s. military destroysers, uss mcfall and uss gonzalez transferred into the straight of hormuz without incident. some in the u.

from brigadier general mortars who are body now he's the advisor to the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps and in an interview with the state news website he said that it is unlikely that the u.s. will stage an attack on iran but he said if the enemy does the smallest stupidest thing in the waters of the persian gulf the enemy will understand what we will do to him he went on to say these warships with the smallest stupid action will be sunk by missiles or secret weapons the enemy shouldn't pull us so iranian leaders both civilian and military are taking every single step that the united states takes in the region very seriously and they're watching very closely and in terms of in terms of dialing down the rhetoric and diffusing this tension is there any chance this whole of the meeting between the iranians and the u.s. administration. i think that is the hope on part of a lot of the observers here a lot of the allies of both countries are hoping that this can be settled in a negotiated solution the dialogue can prevail iranian people have said as much to us they don't want to see another

interference goes we've also had a response from the newly promoted deputy commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps mr elie father in an interview with local t.v. he had some very harsh words with regards to the accusation that iran is involved in yemen here's some of what he said i get my with you we are not involved in yemen if we were there now the who these would be in riyadh yemen is completely surrounded by the americans and the coalition including some europeans non europeans and zionists so when yemen is surrounded we cannot get there openly and who themselves now handle it so based on cronic principles we should help as much as we can and we do but they themselves have now produced their capabilities as in gaza they did selves do it. and saying how much comfort will iranian policy be taking from the fact that the arab world is so divided when it comes to iran. well the leaders here in teheran will certainly be watching this summit and feeling pretty positive about the fact that arab countries with which it enjoys strong ties have backed it up in a way and have not taken to supporting the s

especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the finish of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st step the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward i said ahead on i'll just they are having a new leader in zimbabwe.

what's happening there still watching things very closely and a senior member of the islamic revolutionary guard corps also put out a warning saying if the enemy makes any sort of step towards iran that it may be possible for the i.r.g.c. to sink its warships so very very strong warnings coming from civilian and military leaders here into iran strong words from all sides read these same but is there any chance at all of deescalate this perhaps that the iranians may reach. this he's been saying he'd like. well the iranian government here has made it clear that it is not willing to do renegotiate in any way not just the nuclear deal but really any issue when it comes to diplomacy with this administration with this white. house under u.s. president donald trump they have accused donald trump of not committing to an international treaty pulling out of the nuclear deal effectively violating international agreements and thereby making it clear that they cannot be trusted and cannot be negotiated with however there are reports circulating from early today in iranian media about a meeting that foreign ministe

while it is a matter of routine for the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to address iranian members of parliament and answer their questions major general hussein salome's turn comes at a time of heightened tensions with the united states the new i.r. g c chief assured m.p.'s that a war with the united states is unlikely because americans know the closer their military hardware comes to iranian territory the more vulnerable it becomes to iranian defenses and iranian firepower the head of the ira gc's air force was also present and reinforced his boss's comments saying warplanes and warships that represented a threat in the past have since become an opportunity and potential targets since moving closer to iran shores following the briefing a senior m.p. and the head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission said iran can hit targets up to 2000 kilometers away and estimated that american ships are at most 500 kilometers away that might put them somewhere in the arabian sea or perhaps in the gulf of oman so the message this day is that iranian forc

continue to reject that idea and in says they'll be no talks between the two sides the islamic revolutionary guard corps branded the u.s. and unreliable enemy as anti-american protests were held in tehran same pastrami reports. this is. a friday sermon and a chance for people to catch up on the latest developments in what has been a busy week for iran more u.s. sanctions a growing diplomatic divide with europe and to those with by president hassan rouhani to start scaling back the road cooperation with the twenty fifth. nuclear deal the cleric speaking for iran's supreme leader said president rouhani should not have waited so long to do it as again at the moment we support and appreciate the appropriate. action and we are sure it will be successful united nations international community and european union to face a big test as iranians took to the streets to protest against u.s. aggression a fleet of american warships that across the swiss canal a day earlier sailed closer to iranian waters protesters say the so-called pressure campaign by the united states is going too far this is my first time taking

the policy of not negotiating with the trump white house one former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corpssaid there is a slim chance that a u.s. return to the 2050 nuclear deal could bring iran back to the negotiating table but for the moment iranian leaders are focusing their diplomatic energy on reaching out to regional partners to try to strike up some kind of security cooperation that endeavors to elbow out the united states dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boat sank in the democratic republic of congo. at least 30 people died in lake mind on day around 180 survived our disaster on saturday night it's thought the boat was carrying around 350 passengers malcolm lad has the latest from tyler in neighboring uganda dozens of bodies have been pulled from the water dozens more still missing and it's unlikely at this stage that survivors will still be found in the water more than 24 hours after the boat sank survivors say that it was overloaded with cargo and with people and that's common for boats on congo's many waterways on the rivers and the lakes which

the policy of not negotiating with the trump white house one former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps said there is a slim chance that a u.s. return to the 2050 nuclear deal could bring iran back to the negotiating table but for the moment iranian leaders are focusing their diplomatic. energy on reaching out to regional partners to try to strike up some kind of security cooperation that endeavors to elbow out the united states for years a foreign hammon have forced millions to the brink of famine and their crisis is becoming increasingly desperate victoria again the reports. this yemeni mother has 10 children to feed and this is where they live in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people in the room 8 had to provence in northern yemen all i guess i look back we're living under a tree and we don't have anything there are snakes which we're scared of yesterday we had to kill one back got too close i struggle for my children i back so that i can sleep down. fighting between pro he forces and fighters backed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition has intensified in the province in the past

especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the sin is shred of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st at the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward pricing ahead on al-jazeera how the new leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party plans to united supporters before the next election that's why dealing with corruption scandals in argentina has not been plain sailing. we still got plenty of high temperatures across japan at the man with a heat wave still ongoing but what's a weather cloudy skies slightly cooler weather still too far away it's moving across the korean peninsula see some live down poles coming through here a key issue a little more cloud starting to push into japan and this we go on through choose day to see that wet weather will start to make some inroads across the western side of the country ahead of that still coming up to 29 in tokyo but there

especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the finish of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st step the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward on monday is memorial day in the united states when americans on of the military servicemen and women killed on duty but not all those who serve in the u.s. military are american born around 40000 migrants in military service hoped to earn u.s. citizenship but the government program is being scaled back i did your castro explains why from washington i have seen. every year thousands of immigrants pledge their allegiance to the united states to become new americans i it's a moment bob kane longs for he left standing all 10 years ago to study computer science in virginia. after earning several degrees he decided to enlist in the army in 2016 through a program called mob need that allows non u.s. citizens for in the count

couple of specific things major general hussein salome the relatively new leader of the islamic revolutionary guard corps certainly saying making very strong statements that were broadcast on state media earlier today he said that iran and the united states on the verge of a full scale confrontation of course the supreme leader has been warning for some time now that war might happen but he's also said that a military confrontation is unlikely he said that america is behaving ostentatiously the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has also said that all of that is just an uproar in the middle east to create publicity stunts in order to intimidate iran and other countries in the region mr salami also went on to say that this was a decisive moment for the country and the reason he said that was a little more what part of the speech that was perhaps hinting at a more tactical viewpoint he said that the enemy an enemy has come to the battlefield with all of its capacities at its disposal this time perhaps hinting at the fact that the united states has built up its military forces in the region before but th

while it is a matter of routine for the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to address iranian members of parliament and answer their questions major general the since a lot of these turn comes at a time of heightened tensions with the united states the new ira g.c. chief assured m.p.'s that a war with the united states is likely because americans know the closer their military. hardware comes to iranian territory the more vulnerable it becomes to iranian defenses and iranian firepower the head of the ira jeezy's air force was also present and reinforced his boss's comments saying warplanes and warships that represented a threat in the past have since become an opportunity and potential targets since moving closer to iran shores following the briefing a senior m.p. and the head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission said iran can hit targets up to 2000 kilometers away and estimated that american ships are at most 500 kilometers away that might put them somewhere in the arabian sea or perhaps in the gulf of oman so the message this day is that ir

on the other side we have similar you know statements coming out from iran from the islamic revolutionary guard corps also in terms of a strong retaliation against u.s. interests in the region in the event of war so what a good byproduct of this kind of ask elating war of words might be is that diplomacy is very much important and there is an urgency for diplomacy and maybe the signs in terms of the omani of foreign minister traveling today to iran and discussing some regional issues and oman has played a kind of a mediating role between the u.s. and iran in the past so maybe this is a good sign about the urgency of diplomacy and this will really activate a lot of you know possible scenarios to go for a diplomatic settlement or at least some talks between iran and the united states you talk about. let's just finally bring in then the regional players like saudi arabia like israel who would love to see the u.s. bring terror on to its knees and saudi arabia has called for 2 emergency meetings to discuss escalating tensions but there's so much disunity among gulf arab states will anything be a cheat. we

recent memory words so focused on iran specifically and so that is why the head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps was trying to make the point that this is a decisive moment in iran's history however leaders have continued to say that this is largely psychological warfare we had a reinforcement of that just a few minutes ago the isna news agency was quoting a statement by the permanent mission of iran to the united nations in new york that this is just come out they've said response to america's move of pulling people out of their consulates and embassies in iraq the iranian representatives at the u.n. in new york say iran is not a threat to anyone in iraq or in any other place and has no intention to attack anyone in any location and the mission there saying that this is all part of america's propaganda war well then we've also been seeing iran's foreign minister make the rounds to oil clients in day on monday japan as we had on tuesday what's he telling what the it is now. well these are some of the most important countries as far as america iranian oil sales are concerned those sales of obviou

especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the sinister shred of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st step the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward now there have been offers by several countries that enjoy good relations with the united states and with iran in the middle east and in asia for some sort of mediation but iranian leaders have said over and over again that there will be no direct or indirect talks with the united states going forward so some with see this as possibly iran painting itself into a corner but another expert said that that's not necessarily the case that iranian leaders know that some steps need to be taken some diplomatic steps need to be taken but as far as talks with the united states since there's no clear path forward as to what those talks with achieve especially with this administration that's unlikely to happen but what ira

officials said they have a high degree of confidence it was the islam islamic revolutionary guard corpat was outside of the saudi tanker attacks. the administration is expected to bypass congress and rush new weapons to the middle east. billions of arms to gulf allies that have long been add odds with tehran, melissa. >> thanks for that. for more on all of this, let's bring in retired u.s. navy seals, david sears. what do you think of this move? >> makes sense to me. you're trying to defend your troops. the president will get recommendations from the department of defense that say based on the tasks and what we have to do, here's what we recommend sending over. he's following that. >> i notice that you said you noticed that iran's intelligence minister recently used the term heroic flexibility. why is that significant? >> right. he saw this youth in 2013 as well by the supreme leader. he coined it. they refer back to religious entities going back to one of the second iman's that sat down and gave up his claim to the calipha caliphate. so they use this as a justification to come to term

does something, whether it be imposing sanctions on the islamic revolutionary guard corps, tightening sanctions related to oil exports or civilian nuclear activities, part of the broader administration effort to course iran into meeting mike pompeo's 12 goals, which he says are aimed at getting the country to act like an "normal country." david: let's talk about turkey. nato is getting to this issue about whether turkey will take those missiles? nick: that's right. this is a long simmering dispute between the united states and nato. turkey wants to buy a russian missile defense system. turkey is also part of the u.s. f-35 advanced fighter aircraft program. the u.s. says these systems are not compatible. whilennot have the f-35 you also have this russian missile defense system. so far they have remained at loggerheads. turkey says it is not willing to back down. the u.s. is looking at new ways to ratchet up the pressure. david: now we want to go to lauren davidson and the fight against president trump's tax returns. are we going to get to see those tax returns? lauren: it is highly unl

with the iranian regime but fully prepared to respond to any attacks whether by proxy, islamic revolutionary guard corpsr regular rhenium forces. the rhetoric is certainly suggesting otherwise." dana. >> dana: jennifer is there anything that started this escalation now? >> jennifer: remember the u.s. state department took unprecedented decision last month to desert -- designated the guard corps ir d.c. terrorist group the first time the u.s. government has ever designated another country's military terrorist adding to the treasury sanctions list. that set off an angry response from iranian leadership who then declared the u.s. military forces in the middle east terrorists. it is absolutely the case that we have seen with actions from the iranian and equally the case that we will hold the iranians accountable for attacks on american interest, if these actions take place, if they do by third party talk militia group hezbollah, we will hold a rainy leadership accountable for that. that was secretary of state mike pompeo. he was asked about the decision to accelerate the deployment of abraham lincoln and ba

pentagon officials say they have a high degree of confidence islamic confidence islamic revolutionary guard corpsur oil takers outside of the persian gulf earlier this month. the trump administration is expecting to expedite billions of dollars of weaponry to the middle east to armed allies come, longtime enemies of tehran. moments ago the democratic house chairman, house chairs arms committees say these deployments are unsettling. julie. >> julie: lucas thomas, thank you. the university of north carolina at charlotte, a student killed saving countless others during a school shooting last month and honored for his honor today. 21-year-old has been awarded a purple heart and bronze star. the rotc cadet died tackling a gunman who opened fire in a classroom. and another student killed, for others injured, riley howell laid to rest with full military honors. the presidential trump 2020 campaign flooding social media sites with ads on a key election issue. plus the big holiday weekend travel rush is on. tens of millions headed to the nation's airports and highways. we will have the latest. ♪ s... s...

iranian regime but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack on whether by proxy, the islamic revolutionary guard corps regular iranian forces. right now the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln is already in the mediterranean sea and is expected to head to the suez canal soon. already, to guided missile destroyers from the stryker by the region. in addition, an amphibious assault ship with more than 1,000 marines on board. dozens of helicopters and jets are in the gulf. the u.s. announced a dissenting bombers like these b-52s back to the middle east. they pulled air force bombers out of the middle east as isis operations wound down in syria. one of the rare times they have not been in the middle east since 2001. the decision coincides with escalated tension in the gaza strip. they fired rockets at israel over the weekend, killing four civilians and damaging homes, schools, and hospitals. top officials have long accused iran of supporting hamas and using palestinian militant groups in gaza as proxy forces. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, expressed support for israel. >> the israelis have every right t

paul: the head of the kurds force of the islamic revolutionary guard corps, his tactics do include the force and striking back. usually through proxies, like hezbollah and mal -- militias. do you think this is how it would happen, if it does, from an iranian point of view. >> that's his playbook. he's killed hundreds of americans over the years. and so i think that's probably the intel that the u.s. government was picking up, that he was going to be using shiite militias potentially against u.s. troops in iraq or in syria and certainly against u.s. allies and u.s. interests throughout the gulf. paul: maybe american diplomats and embassies, i think they were worried about that. do you think the iranian government could actually want some kind skirmish with the united states, militarily. to help themselves domestically at home? >> it's always possible. i think it would be suicidal for the regime to confront the united states, certainly given overwhelming american conventional power. i think it's the reason that you hear from president trump, secretary pompeo, ambassador john bolton as we

characterized it stupid move in the region that the that the iranian military forces the islamic revolutionary guard corps could respond by sinking its warships we've heard rhetoric like that in the past but again it is escalating at a time of escalating tensions yeah and then on that no it's i mean what iran realistically do in the face of the american press or. well in terms of a military response iran has said that it does not want to conflict but it will respond if provokes and so they have been shoring up their defenses so to speak in terms of any kind of diplomatic dialogue iranian leaders have ruled out unequivocally across the board and the sort of conversation with the white house of u.s. president donald trump but having said that we have been seeing reports that there are lines of communication with other leaders in the united states a report that's been circulating in iran earlier today was that during his recent visit to new york foreign ministers of odds are if met with u.s. senator dianne feinstein she's a democratic senator she sits on the house intelligence committee and they did have a m

put iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps on the u.s. terror list last month. now a top iranian commander issued this threat to the military. "even our short-range missiles can easily rich don't like reach warships in the persian gulf. america cannot afford the cost of a new war and the countries in the bed situation in terms of manpower and social conditions." that of iran's national security committee in parliament is calling for the u.s. and iran to hold direct negotiations in either iraq or qatar amid rising tensions, blaming an unnamed third party that he says is starting to stoke a war between the u.s. and iran paid a veiled reference to saudi arabia, whose leaders blame to ron's proxy militias for knocking down a key pipeline and a newspaper close to the saudi palace. they called for the u.s. to carry out surgical strikes on iran, adding tension to the standoff. u.s. defense officials confirmed the uss abraham lincoln drug group is now in the arabian sea, carrying a large number of tomahawk missiles. "the next logical step in in te newspapers you should

while it is a matter of routine for the new head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to address iranian members of parliament and answer the. questions major general turn comes at a time of heightened tensions with the united states the new i.r. g c chief assured m.p.'s that a war with the united states is unlikely because americans know the closer their military hardware comes to iranian territory the more vulnerable it becomes to iranian defenses and iranian firepower the head of the air force was also present and reinforced his boss's comments saying warplanes and warships that represented a threat in the past have since become an opportunity and potential targets since moving closer to iran shores following the briefing a senior m.p. and the head of parliament's national security and foreign policy commission said iran can hit targets up to 2000 kilometers away and estimated that american ships are at most 500 kilometers away that might put them somewhere in the arabian sea or perhaps in the gulf of oman so the message this day is that iranian forces are watching and waiting

up we've been hearing strong words from a recently promoted deputy commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps mr ali father of the and i'll read to you a little bit of what he said in an interview with the local state state news channel he said that we are not involved in yemen if we were there who these would be in riyadh by now yemen is surrounded we help as much as we can but the who these themselves have produced their own military capabilities just like the people in gaza so very strong reaction from civilian and military leaders into her own today how much of how much comfort will you give iranian policy the divisions. clear in the arab world right now when it comes to iran. well i think leaders into iran will be of 2 minds about this no doubt people who are watching the summit taking place from iran will see the show of support from iran from its allies as a shot in the arm they will be glad to see that not all arab leaders are falling in line and acquiescing to the saudi narrative of the conflict in the region but at the same time it is international could stay it is a day when irania

sailors inadvertently sailed into iranian waters and were scooped up by the islamic revolutionary guard corpsable to return them in the obama administration in about 24 hours because john kerry could get on the phone with zarif, the iran foreign minister, and work out a peaceful settlement. i don't think anyone today thinks that would end peacefully. donald trump may not want a big war in the middle east, if the iranians draw blood or there's an incident involving u.s. and iranian forces who operate in iraq, syria and crowded waters of the gulf in close proximity, i think things could spin out of control in a kind of "guns of august" scenario. >> nbc news reported last week that tom intelligence and military advisers to president trump held what was described in the piece as a highly unusual me meeting at cia headquarters to discuss iran. that reporting points out that vice president kidick cheney frequented cia headquarters in the lead-up to the iran war, in part so he could grill analysts directly about the faulty intelligence in that lead-up to that war. does that -- that scenario, this id

because we keep saying they can't do anything they finally well and they proceed and the islamic revolutionary guard corps that took to the streets in the revolution and changed everything something iranian people spirit is still at that level but it isn't. a u.s. carrier strike group deployed close by in the arabian sea was for some a chance for a little levity a widely shared post has the abraham lincoln up for sale on a website for used goods. but for many talk of war is a real concern that some hope can be resolved through dialogue because of my government in the 2nd edition i think if they enter into talks it will be better because this is the 21st century and we should avoid war now is the time for dialogue jank even as a man and a man also god of war in my opinion is not good for us now negotiation is the best our government could overlook some issues if this pressure could be reduced speaking to a group of young artists iranian president hassan rouhani said he always remains open to the idea of dialogue but not with us bullies even if it means taking on the world alone. iranians too young to remem

couple of specific things major general hussein salome the relatively new leader of the islamic revolutionary guard corps certainly saying making very strong statements that were broadcast on state media earlier today he said that iran and the united states on the verge of a full scale confrontation of course the supreme leader has been warning for some time now that war might happen but he's also said that a military confrontation is unlikely he said that america is behaving ostentatiously the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has also said that all of that is just an uproar in the middle east to create publicity stunts in order to intimidate iran and other countries in the region mr salami also went on to say that this was a decisive moment for the country and the reason he said that was a little more a part of the speech that was perhaps hinting at a more tactical viewpoint he said that the enemy an enemy has come to the battlefield with all of its capacities at its disposal this time perhaps ending at the fact that the united states has built up its military forces in the region before but this t

that military hardware is squarely on iran and so the major general the head of the islamic revolutionary guard corps pointing out that it is an important and seminal time in iran's history at the moment and outside of iran the foreign minister has been making the rounds to oil buyers he was in india on monday then japan on tuesday what's he been telling world leaders. well these countries are very important customers for iranian oil they have traditionally been longstanding customers of iranian crude they were the ones 2 of them exempted by the united states from sanctions with waivers that expired not long ago so the foreign minister has been trying to maintain these trade ties and the policy of iran has always been to try to wait it out to try to wait until u.s. president donald trump is out of office and iran's economic relationships with the wider world can once again be normalized no doubt that was the message he was giving to leaders in japan and india he also pointed out that iran remains committed to the nuclear deal that it is not going to let go of the nuclear deal so easily but of course

the policy of not negotiating with the trump white house one former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps said there is a slim chance that a u.s. return to the 2050 nuclear deal could bring iran back to the negotiating table but for the moment iranian leaders are focusing their diplomatic energy on reaching out to regional partners to try to strike up some kind of security cooperation that endeavors to elbow out the united states it's memorial day in the united states when americans on are the military servicemen and women killed on duty but not all those who serve in the u.s. military are american born around $40000.00 immigrants in military service are hoping to earn u.s. citizenship but the government's program is being scaled back is ok astro explains why from washington ok in. every year thousands of immigrants pledge their allegiance to the united states to become new americans. it's a moment baba cain longs for he left senegal 10 years ago to study computer science in virginia after earning several degrees he decided to enlist in the army in 2016 through a program called magdy that