. >> ayatollah khomeini was called on to depose the shah. >> khomeini called on an islamic state. >>ates as a secular country understood that islam could oust a monarchy that prevailed for a cyst temperatu system of government. >> we support the shah. >> we did put the shah in but you are saying we can't keep him in? >> i think that's a decision to be made by the people of that country. >> good evening, the shah of iran is in egypt tonight. his countrymen are delirious ly celebrating at his departure. >> the old chant of "death to the shah" replaced by a new one, "death to carter." >> jimmy carter knows we want freedom. we don't want his human rights anymore. >> the source of energy was a core question. the iranian revolution is drying up our energy supply. we are literally running out of gas. >> there has been a state of emergency declared on three mile island. >> a nuclear power plant near harrisburg, pennsylvania, the cooling system broke down this morning. some raidy active steam escaped. and radiation passed through the four feet concrete walls and detected a mile from the plant

will keep his word on that nuclear deal for starters khomeini has called for death to america that'st isn't a clue. try this? khomeini has taken to social media, twitter and tweeted a grossly irresponsible image of president obama with a gun to his head and referred to the u.s. as an aggressive and criminal. now, what kind of leader does stupid stuff like that? well it's the bad kind. that's not all. check out this tweet khomeini threatening israel saying israel's security will not be ensured whether there will be an iran deal or not. in other words deal or no deal israel look out. of course i would love to have this deal work. iran with a weapon is catastrophic to the world. give me one cliewrks even just one that might convince me that iran is going to keep its side of the deal. we know what its supreme leader is saying and remember that fish riding are from the head down. that's why i'm worried. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. have you been voting on twitter. here are the live results. should irs commissioner resign? you have been tweeting yes or no using #greta. take a

ayatollah khomeini replaced the shah.iranian sovereignty. >> when khomeini large crowds gathering in support 0 in front of the embassy he made the sdirks i'm not going to stand against this wave. i'm going to riot. >> there's been a persistent belief in many quarters here in iran that the united states government was plotting to restore the shah to power here. >> from the iranian standpoint it wasn't terrorism. they looked at the embassy as an occupying force. the embassy was with actually the agent for controlling iranian politics. >> khomeini issued a new warning withing. he said if the americans try military force to rescue the hostages, the students will kill them all and blow up the embassy. >> because the distance to teheran from the arabian sea had problems in achieving surprise in a raid to rescue the american hostages is considered unlikely. >> how much longer can you go on doing this? >> we are ready to go on until martyrdom. martyrs do not die. martyrs are not destroyed. >> so the bullets do not really kill. >>

iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini tried to pleas hard liners disappointed by the agreement.assured the policy to what he called are calls an arrogant united states will not change. he added that u.s. policies in the region were in stark contrast to iranian interests and described the nuclear deal as an exception. >> translator: whether the deal is approved or disproved, we will never stop supporting our friends in the region and the people of palestine yemen syria, iraq, bahrain lebanon even after this deal and our policies towards the air gaps u.s. will not change. of course we don't welcome a war, we won't begin or preempt a war but if a war does happen here the one who will exit the war with humiliation is aggressive and atrocious america. >> iran's president hassan rouhani struck a more conciliatory tone on his twitter account he said he hoped the nuclear deal will improvement relations between iran and its neighbors singling out qatar saying he discussed the agreement with the ruler the gulf state. it is deal is seep at a success of president obama and a string of achie

the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini's word became more or less law.from all over the country. ♪ the national holiday, khomeini died on this day in 1989, his funeral attended by over 10 million iranians. [ chanting ] >> don't want to miss the bus. ♪ [ horn honks ] south of tehran, the landscape opens up. nearly 300 miles of iranian highway stretching to the city. isfahan is iran's third largest city. half the world as the saying went back when this was the capital of persia and beyond. the city is renowned for its architecture, the grandest bridges and mosques dating back to the middle ages. >> where are you from? >> usa. from america. where are you from? from, isfahan or from tehran? >> tehran. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you, too. >> yes, hello. >> welcome. >> thank you. thank you so much. very beautiful. ♪ >> i'm guessing from the decor, this is a former wrestler's hangout? ♪ ♪ tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for a hundred years. and based on th

the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini's word became more or less law.liday, khomeini died on this day in 1989, his funeral attended by over 10 million iranians. [ chanting ] >> america and all of the world, for friendship. >> don't want to miss the bus. ♪ [ horn honks ] south of tehran, the landscape opens up. nearly 300 miles of iranian highway stretching to the city. isfahan is iran's third largest city. half the world as the saying went back when this was the capital of persia and beyond. the city is renowned for its architecture, the grandest bridges and motives dating back to the middle ages. >> where are you from? >> usa. from america. where are you from? from, isfahan or from tehran? >> tehran. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you, too. >> yes, hello. >> welcome. >> thank you. thank you so much. very beautiful. ♪ >> i'm guessing from the decor, this is a former wrestler's hangout? ♪ ♪ tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for a hundred years. and based

and ayatollah khomeini continues to promise the proxies continued support. >> that is his policy. >> reporter: in a new interview, even u.s. secretary of state john kerry who makes his own swing through region next month admitted khomeini's threats are frustrating. >> it is very disturbing. it is very troubling. it is unacceptable of. >> reporter: and wolf tonight, in just a sign of how concerned the administration is with making this deal in the u.s. and abroad, the white house has he created a special twitter account promising to set the record straight over the agreement. tomorrow secretary of state kerry starts briefing the hill on the agreement and the aides say he is looking forward to a good back and forth. looking forward to defending that agreement. >> i'm sure there will be an excellent back and forth during those meetings. thank you very much. let's get back to representative john gary mendi. you support the president. you think this is a good deal. >> i think this is the very best deal and i think it accomplishes its purpose. it takes the nuclear weapon off the table, for

in a revolution led by the fiery ayatollah khomeini americans were taken hostage for 444 days.nightline" got its start covering that crisis which riveted and infuriated the country. >> again, today, iran is the major story. >> reporter: the hostage crisis led to decades of hostility between the u.s. and iran. by 2002 president george w. bush lumped iran in with north korea and iraq in -- >> an axis of evil, to threaten the peace of the world. >> reporter: today president obama closed that chapter. >> it can bring about real and meaningful change. >> reporter: this is a society in the process of change, and many are eager to speed that up. >> very good deal between iran and other countries. >> i think it some other countries are not very happy about this, but i think it would be a good chance for iranians. >> reporter: martha raddatz describes iran as vibrant, chaotic and divided. from the chic shopping malls where westernized young well push the limits on the legal requirement to cover their hair. >> many years ago you would have been arrested. >> yeah. >> reporter: to the mass

ayatollah co khomeini telling the crowd he still does not trust the u.s., he was saying in, is in hisst public speech since the nuclear deal. he didn't criticize it but described american america as arrogant saying iran would not change its middle east policy including it's support for groups classified by the u.s. as terrorist organizations. >> translator: we will not stop supporting our friends in the region oppressed people of palestine, yemen the peen in government the syria. the government of iraq, bahrain interested true jihadists in lebanon and palestine. >> sharing common. >> sportsnet in iraq and the fight against isil. the deal is seen as a victory for iran's moderate president hassan rouhani. it's also another major accomplishment for president obama. >> reporter: you can even see it in the way he walks. suddenly for u.s. president barack obama fired up seems like more than a campaign slogan. >> hello naacp! >> reporter: that's clear after he explained his mood in a recent radio interview. >> i know what i am doing and i am fearless. >> reporter: to many it seems the presid

." >> reporter: today's hearing was even carried live in iran where the ayatollah khomeini has been taking a hard line. >> the ayatollah doesn't like it and doesn't want to negotiate it. oh, boo hoo. we stand for america. you represent america. >> congressman, i don't need any lessons from you about who i represent. there have been many lessons about that, okay? >> reporter: it's become a big issue for 2016 republicans. mike huckabee even invoked the holocaust, saying the deal would be like marching israelis to the door of the oven. he wouldn't back down on "today" with matt lauer. >> you're not backing down an inch? >> not at all. in fact, the response from jewish people has been overwhelmingly positive. >> as president of the united states, would you use the words "march the israelis to the door of the oven"? >> yes, i would. i would say we don't trust people who have threatened israel. >> reporter: a majority of americans oppose the deal. but another poll of jewish americans support the deal. how confident is the intelligence community that you will know if they cheat? >> to give you an

after all there was the generation of ayatollah khomeini and the hostages. >> well, that brings back history. you have to remember on the other side of this bad history in iran they also resort to, well the cia the destruction of a civilian iranian plane with 300 casualty assassinations of nuclear scientists by the u.s. or it's allies. but to separate those things out and focus on the nuclear issue. >> on the question asked right towards the ends of the hearing why does iran want nuclear energy for power? it is the largest oil producer in the world? why do they want nuclear power as opposeed to natural gas? >> that is a very good question. the nuclear program started in 1973. and the shah started it, and his argument was that basically oil petroleum, is running out. we'll eventually run out and therefore we need an alternative method. so the nuclear issue was posed as an efficient way of preserving oil because you can always sell the oil abroad. but added to that, and i think the real issue in iran is this fascination with nuclear technologies the cutting edge of modernity. modern co

as zarif took a break on his balance cane in tehran, the ayatollah khomeini said u.s.'s perfect instance of arrogance. prepare yourself for a fight against arrogance. most saw that as a chance to placate hard liners. as the world press waited the agreement has been delayed so long a bridal company who booked their couple for today in period costume, no less were the only distraction, depart anything a pre-world war ii bus. as the negotiators kept at it in overtime. this is the first time the ministers have worked this late since they have been in vienna. a sign of just how hard they're trying and how tough it is. in fact, this is john kerry's longest trip as secretary and his longest negotiation by far. and he's now approaching the record set by some of his legendary predecessors. peter? >> the latest deadline set for monday. andrea thank you. >>> hundreds of thousands of people turned out to see and hear pope francis in paraguay the last stop on his south america tour. throughout the trip the pope delivered a powerful message pushing for economic equality. our report t

. >> khomeini! khomeini khomeini!, iran holding 52 american diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 long, terrifying, humiliating days. >> this deal offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. we should seize it. >> reporter: iran now agrees to sharply cut back its nuclear program that has alarmed the world by dismantling two-thirds of all its key nuclear machinery for ten years, reducing its uranium stockpile by 98% for 15 years and submitting to continuous international monitoring and inspections. and the u.s. agrees to help iran thrive by ending those crippling economic sanctions, recognizing iran's right to even keep a peaceful nuclear program and allowing iran over time to buy weapons, even ballistic missiles. >> this deal demonstrates that american diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change. >> reporter: critics pounced on the deal. among the first and fiercest, israeli prime minister netanyahu, who called it a stunning, historic mistake. but secretary kerry shot back in a spirited interview with

i think the only question does the ayatollah khomeini and the revolutionary guard corps feel they canore without a deal than with a deal? with a deal can they make enough progress towards making a bomb and get sanctions lifted i think they'll conclude they'll have to do a deal it's better for them. >> i agree and i think it's because of the sanctions. if they can get the revenue flow again from doing business with european companies that will never be reversed so ultimately i think there will be a deal. >> i hope i'm wrong. >> i do too. >> but we'll see. >>> we have to take one more break. when we come back hits and misses of the week. yet i'm so awake? did you know your brain has two systems? one helps keep you awake- the other helps you sleep. science suggests when you have insomnia, the wake system in your brain may be too strong and your neurotransmitters remain too active as you try to sleep, which could be leading to your insomnia. ohh...maybe that's what's preventing me from getting the sleep i need! talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. ♪ ♪ when you're living

secretary of state kerry now says he's disturbed by the latest anti-american comments by ayatollah khomeiniatest what appears to be a bad deal rapidly getting worse. >>> and defense secretary ash carter in the middle east tonight trying to justify to some of our allies the significant concessions given iran.

there is a new tweet from the ayatollah khomeini. it reads we welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war. if any war happens, the one who will emerge loser will be the aggressive and criminal u.s. >>> campaign events on the web site hillary clinton promising to put the country on the path to renewable energy to power every home in the u.s. by 2027. that would be ten years after she hypothetically takes office. she will testify on benghazi in october. she is demanding on limitations on questions. this is raising doubts. >>> there is no sign of two florida teenagers who went missing at sea. the coast guard is still searching for perry cohen and austin stepanos. their neighbor joe namath is helping with the search. >> we are all praying and nick actually wants the folks to know they are trying to help out that are out there searching, be very careful. we have a lot of people out on the water and in the air looking. both families have been hard at work at this and praying. let's just stay safe and we'll keep on looking until we find them

ayatollah khomeini continued to strike back at the policies. marking the end of the holy month of ramadan, the khomeini said this will not disrupt the principles of the islamic regime. >>> there are reports out today that isis is using chemical weapons. the information is coming from the observatory for human rights. they claim isis fighters used gas during shelling of the peshmerga forces in syria. they say it causes the symptoms of toxic chemicals. >>> and family and friends of sandra bland are demanding answers after she was found dead in a texas jail. investigators are looking for the investigation after the jailing of the 28-year-old. bland was found hanged in her cell but relatives say she would not have taken her own life. >>> and president obama is in new york for a bit of politics and the dad in chief. he left the white house to take his daughters and friends on a trip to the big apple. there was dinner out and night at the museum with an after hours tour for the presidential party. it helps when your dad is president. >>> finally, if

eric: the ayatollah khomeini said no inspections of nuclear sites. can you trust a deal like that? >> if you ever bought a persian recall that may be what's going on. heavy negotiating right up to the last minute. we are not going to know for a while. i think we have to be very sceptical. you have to have airtight inspections and enforcement and snap back sanctions once the iranians cheat as we suspect they would. this is a tall oird and i'm sceptical. >> reporter: do you think it's even possible to have that. i think it's remote that we could have verifiable inspections. >> do you think the president will actually walk out of the deal fit don't achieve what he says his goals are? else maybe leave it to congress if it's not acceptable. investors business daily has a sharp editorial. the missing of another meaningless deadline illustrates the seriousness of our side in these talks. do you think that's true and what do you see happening as it relates to sadie arabia if this thing falls apart. >> this was a worse deal than was imagined. whatever deal th

the issues will be can national leaders, can president rouhani and ayatollah khomeini and president obama in washington make the case to their publics for why this is really in their country's interests. >> mr. levertt, we have been talking for weeks about deadlines and where are they in the necessity dpoesh yags negotiations. it is important to talk about how historic this is. you have the united states and iran sitting down at the same table talking about forging a new partnership. talk to me about what a moment this is for iran and the united states. >> i think this could potentially be a truly historic moment. i'm someone, my wife and i both in government and in years since we left government we have long advocated that the united states needs to formulate its relations with the islamic republican of iran as it did in the 1970s with the republic of china. we have to wait and see if the obama administration is willing and able to use it for that purpose. i think there are people in the administration who understand the potential, but i'm skeptical that there's really at this point the

secretary of state kerry now says he's disturbed by the latest anti-american comments by ayatollah khomeini. we'll have the latest what appears to be a bad deal rapidly getting worse. >>> and defense secretary ash carter in the middle east tonight trying to justify to some of our allies the significant concessions given iran. >>> and president obama today continued making his case to a skeptical congress and american public. not yet winning over his critics. we take up the hard sell on the iranian deal with fox news strategic analyst lieutenant colonel ralph peters and foundation for defense of democracy senior counselor, john hannah. >>> congress taking first steps to rid the country of so-called sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants. the senate judiciary committee began holding hearings on sanctuary cities today. those lawmakers appear determined to crack down on cities that give sanctuary to illegal immigrants and violate federal immigration law. we'll have a full report for you. we'll be talking as well to milwaukee county sheriff, david clark. >>> and ohio governor john kasich tonigh

>> there is no doubt the majority of iranians under the age of 45 know the islamic revolution of khomeini know the revolution of their child hoods. should not be played around with like the toy of a colonial empire. they got the negotiations started, they got the americans and the powers of the world to sell that iran can enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. they gave huge concessions about inspections and limitations on armments and things like that and came one a win win deal. i tip my hat to the american government and the iranian government. just finished negotiating a very sophisticated deal i think they would find that the iranians would reciprocate. >> one would argue if it's a normal country on the list of state sponsored terrorism. supporting assad in syria the houthis in yemen hezbollah where you are. isn't that a valid concern? >> i don't think so. i think it's an unfair assumption. first of all, every country in the world has the right to have relations with other people. the united states has spent the last 20 years fighting wars in the middle east, supporting all kinds of m

faith that are within the pool of islam that threaten us be it radicalized muslims in america or khomeinisn iran, there are millions of muslims in the pool of radical islam. you are alienating the people who would be the source of the cure and not to mention it's unenforceable. islam is an ideology, most that are threats to you, i'm going test and you say i'm a muslim, give me service. radicals look at you in the face and lie to you and not tell you what they are, and thus cause more of a problem. trish: jan, i'm curious with the logistics about all this. do you have a sign that says muslims are not welcome. we understand two hindu men were turned away. >> not because i thought they were muslim. i did not. they were turned away because of erratic behavior. we screen people for a number of different things. when you come into a firearms related facility, if you are under the influence of mind altering drugs, erratic, gives us cause or concern, we're not going to let you handle lethal weapons in close proximity of other people. dr. jasser and i agree that there needs to be reform in islam in

in the end, everything is going to come down to ayatollah khomeini the supreme leader.id he will wait and see what is coming out of vienna. he does support the negotiating team. >> thanks for that fred. speaking of oil, prices fell 8% yesterday on the idea if there is a deal that means iranian oil has the fourth largest reserves. >> so much going on. >>> emergency summit in brussels. leaders trying to solve the crisis engulfing greece. the greek banks cannot reopen without the euro. they will remain shuttered through tomorrow. greeks lining up to take 60 euro out of the atms. they will present the proposal for the new bailout deal. we have cnn's isa soares live in athens. this is really it for greece. >> reporter: it really is john. it is make or break for greece. they are going to meet eurozone finance minister. that is the first meeting expected today. at the end of today, its leader summit. once they looked at the eurozone finance minister, i looked at the proposals. as we have seen before they will reach some sort of agreement. we don't expect a final agreement toda

. >> you have announcement of the deal in a week's time khomeini the supreme leader of iran is goingt. why? because he believes this administration is desperate for a deal. if he walks away from it it, creates a crisis, then resumes negotiations, then everything that we have conceded up until this point becomes the baseline, the starting point. >> he is going to play games. the iranians say yes we agree all of a sudden isen three days later ayatollah no, no no. that's not what we wanted and it all dessends into chaos. >> same thing happened in 2000 2009. >> they are going to play games and continue the charade but they don't get any money if they do that everybody knows how we feel about the iranians. let's get to isis. so now colonel peters, they are cutting off the heads of women for sourcery and it just seems that they're as arrogant as the iranians they don't fear president obama. that is quite apparent. what say you? >> well, once again islamic state has made a brilliant pr move that we don't understand we see them behead two women for sorcery and we are horrified. the young dys

during his traditional speech marking the end of ramadan, ayatollah ayatollah khomeini said the draft of the deal must go through a legal process before being approved. the supreme leader declared that iran does not want war, but if there were one, the united states would be humiliated. >> translator: our policies will not change vis-a-vis the arrogant government of the united states at all. >> translator: death to america, death to great britain, death to israel death to the hypocrites the hypocrites meaning the mek and finally, death to israel. >> translator: as we have repeated multiple times, with the united states we have no talks vis-a-vis regional issues. >> cha maiani also said iran will continue to support syria and other allies, whether the nuclear deal is approved or not. >>> we have now learned that just three weeks before joaquin guzman escaped from a maximum security prison in mexico the united states had issued a request for the notorious drug lord's extradition. mexico's interior minister says it is likely prison workers helped the man known as el chapo get away. but a

you can see they held up signs like no to terrorist khomeini. they say it gives iran too much leniency and puts israel in danger. >>> and today a talk about police reform. the aclu, naacp, amnesty international are among two dozen different groups staging a rally at 2:00 this afternoon. if you're in annapolis you will see them on lawyer's mall. >>> in baltimore, a former cop wants to perform in black face to raise money for the officers charged in freddie gray's death. however, the venue yes he was planning -- where he was planning to perform just cancelled his show. there was a wave of backlash. not only did the police union and the naacp both object, but a lawyer for the officer said they they wouldn't any -- accept any money for the show. >>> and police are searching for a man who pulled the emergency switch on a train. he missed his stop, and then pulled the emergency lever on the train, leaving the l'enfant plaza station. i led to some -- it led to some serious delays on tuesday. >>> metro set to discuss the culture of safety at the board m

though the country's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini said his country will oppose arrogant policy. it wasn't just the united states negotiating with iran, it was the p5plus one. on friday i was joined by the head of one of those powers, a key advocate british prime minister david cameron. started by asking him, why he decided to sign off on this deal. >> because i think it's so much better than the alternative. if there wasn't a deal i think we would have faced iran with a nuclear weapon, which would turned to the west for enabling that to happen or a difficult decision to take military action. this is the better outcome. it keeps iran from a nuclear weapon. a successful negotiation for the allies and i think we should be proud of a good deal done. there are those that complain of a deal but fundamentally, this is the toughest set of proposals put in place verification put in place inspection put in place, than we've seen in any sorts of negotiations. i think this is a good deal. it was right to get on with it. the sanction pressure worked. credit to the administration, barack obam

ask you about something that we are hearing out of iran from the iranian supreme leader ayatollah khomeinisaid policy toward the arrogant u.s. will not change. your boss secretary kerry responded to that. let's listen. >> i don't know how to interpret it at this point in time except to take it at face value that is his policy. but i do know that often comments are made publicly and things can evolve that are different. if it is the policy it's very disturbing. it's very troubling. we'll have to wait and see. >> he says wait and see. marie, wait and see for what? >> well when it comes to the nuclear agreement. he is right. we are going to hear many things said over the course of the weeks and months. some of which will sound lechike that and be disturbing to us. what we are focused on is whether iran lives up to the agreement. we have now a framework and a whole agreement with a bunch of nuclear steps they have to take. the test will be whether or not day take them. >> so if that is posturing as you see it by the ayatollah, but the steps are taken in conjunction with the nuclear agreement t

the ayatollah khomeini spoke for the first time since the agreement was made. he addressed a large crowd of supporters who chanted "death to america and to israel." the ayatollah said despite the deal iran would never negotiate with the u.s. on other issues. he added that iran only made the agreement to serve its own interests. it limits iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. is it a good deal? that's one of the top activity "meet the press." join moderator chuck todd and guests at 10:30 here on nbc10. >>> this morning, the white house is condemning an isis attack in iraq that killed more than 100 people on friday including women and children. a white house official called the attack yet another painful example of isis atrocities. the suicide car bomb took place at a market where people were celebrating the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan. official say at least 170 people were hurt in the attack. >>> meantime officials in saudi arabia arrested more than 400 people suspected of belonging to isis cells. the video shows what authorities

was overthrown, what people don't remember is i quickly normalized relations with the ayatollah khomeini and the government. it was my ambassadors to the iranian government that was taken hostage. they had about 50 representatives of iran here in washington. so i think now and i've always thought it was better for the united states and iran to keep communications open, and i believe that this present negotiation might bring about a change in iran's movement toward a nuclear weapon is very well advised. i pray that it will be successful. if it is successful, it would be the best solution to the problem. >> let's get to the book again. i think i remember this, but you've certainly laid it out here. ted kennedy, the hero of health care all those years, the champion of health care basically undercut your attempt to actually do it when you were president. >> that's correct, yes. we had six committees that had responsibility for that. all six of us worked with us in a very harmonious way to develop a comprehensive health program that would have been successful, would have been paid for, it wou

during his speech marking the end of ramadan, ayatollah khomeini said the nuclear deal must go through a legal process before being approved and he asked that national officials put national interests first. the supreme leader declared that iran will continue to support syria and its other allies whether the deal is approved or not. >> translator: our policies will not change vis-a-vis the arrogant government of the united states at all. >> death to america, death to great britain, death to israel, death to the hypocrites the hypocrites meaning the nek, and finally, death to israel. >> translator: as we have repeated multiple times, with the united states we have no talks vis-a-vis regional issues. >> that speech was made during a ceremony to mark the end of ramadan, as we mentioned, the celebration marking the end of ramadan is known as eid. groups in india hugged one another after months of fasting and contemplation. in egypt, they had morning prayers and gathered in the park to enjoy an afternoon together. and crowds of people in pakistan scrambled on to buses and trains heading hom

100,000 iranians were either killed or injured during war0 to 1988 the iranian military went to khomeini and asked him to reciprocate with chemical weapon. at that time the supreme leader said resip rough case with -- resip case with weapons of mass destruction is wrong because based on islam, we believe all weapons of mass destruction are forbidden. i would say charlie if a nation nearing war is attacked by chemical weapons unfortunately the u.s. supported, but iran did not reciprocate with the chemical weapons. this is the best proof and the best objective guarantees to believe this nation is not after weapons of mass destruction. >> rose: i assure you that bret stephens is sitting here listening to what you say and say, if that's true, why then, so much absence of transparency and hidden sites that were only discovered later and only confirmed after they had been discovered? >> well, you are right, charlie. i said that time iran was member of safeguard agreement. based on this agreement, you have to informant i.a.e.a. only when you want to introduce gas centrifuges. you don't need to

he launched a war against khomeini's iran, 1980. >> rose: which the iranians never forgive us for supporting. >> he invaded you can witing this thinking he would get away with it and starred george bush down about u.n. inspectors this is a guy who shook the dice three times. show me where the iranians have ever done anything half that reckless, you know what what i mean? these are survivors, you know. and i business there was some way to begin, that they would on their own, look, the jewish people have a deep and long an positive history with persia, the relationship between the jewish people now and the persian nation is inorganic right. we have a much more organic many persians jews with fond memories of their time in iran. there's a deep history there. >> rose: the argue you made consistently over the last ten years, if you look at the middle east, because of the internet there is a within every country, a group of people who want to participate in the world. and they're being prevented from that often by people who claim to be friends of the united states. >> right. and i think that goin