understand the nature of the ayatollah khomeini. if i am elected president, i intend to rip to shreds this catastrophic iranian nuclear deal. [applause] and the most important determination, the people of iowa are making politically on monday, is which candidate is best prepared to be commander in chief. who has the experience, who has the knowledge, who has the temperament, who has the clarity of vision and the strength of resolve to identify our enemy, radical islamic terrorism and do everything to utterly and completely defeat isis. [applause]

they have to be the backing of khomeini. >> shows at least the hard liners are obeying. they were in military custody. that's a step forward. i do want to site and i don't want to forget the cases of these three other prisoners still being held, particularly robert levinson. there is no new statement from his family. i just checked their website before they went on air. he worked for 20 years for the american government. he was sent to iran on a contract with the cia. the american government has a special duty to him and his family to resolve this case. in march, it will benign years he has been missing. he is 67 years old. there are reports he has passed away. he disappeared in iran. those three cases should have been part of this deal, i feel, personally. >> there was a video released a few years ago of him. the u.s. has predicted that they know precisely where he is. the iranians have insisted they don't know where he is. there is a bit of a mystery there. >> again, he worked for the u.s. government, alan gross was also on a contract for the u.s. government, usa to cu

khomeini was greeted by several million iranians when he returned from exile about two weeks later. an armed rebellion soon led to the fall of the royal government and a national referendum established iran as a republic on april 1, 1979. on november 4 of that year, iranian students seized the american embassy and took more than 50 hostages. next we look at the release of the hostages the day president ronald reagan was inaugurated, january 20, 1981, from c-span's presidential library series recorded in 2007. >> we have this important piece of videotape. >> it is extraordinary. it was what ought to have been a theus moment, the calm -- climax of the carter presidency. on january 16, four days before the inauguration, a basic deal had been agreed upon. and it hitched upon president carter unfreezing iranian assets. ,hat was incredibly complicated with many banks around the world. one delay after another, after another took place. here we are on inauguration day morning. the president is in the oval office, hoping that before high known -- hoping that before high noon and his presiden

the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini's word became more or less law.ormous shrine from all over the country. ♪ the national holiday, 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

the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini's word became more or less law.ormous shrine from all over the country. ♪ the national holiday, 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

wasayatollah khomeini greeted by several million iranians when he returned from exile two weeks later. an armed rebellion soon led to the fall of the royal government and a national referendum established iran as a republic on april 1, 1979. on november 4 of that year, iranian students seized the american embassy and took more than 50 hostages. still helds were when president carter gave his final state of the union address in january, 1980. portion oftwo minute president carter addressing the hostage situation. president carter: in response to the borat action of iran, our nation has never been so unified so greatly in peacetime. opposition is clear -- the united states will not yield to blackmail. [applause] we continue to pursue these specific goals. first, to protect the present and long-range interests of the united states. second, to preserve the lives of the american hostages and preserve as quickly as possible their safe release. avoid bloodshed, which might further endanger the lives of our fellow citizens. to enlist the help of other nations in condemning this act is shockin

in iran and bought $200 million worth of oil while revolutionaries allayed with khomeini had americanages. this was not a good guy. a lot of his wealth selling oil to the apartheid regime in south africa. we reached out to the clinton foundation. interestingly, peter, they didn't respond us to. why? >> yeah, big surprise. no, you're exactly right. mark rich was a bad, bad dude. and by the way, all the things that you mention about him trading with the ayatollah khomeini, with north korea, with the apartheid regime, south africa, even after the 2001 pardon, it came out after that fact that he was continuing his bad ways. he was implicated in the oil for food scandal involving the iraqi government and saddam hussein. it's not like this was a guy who was repentant for what he had done. yet the clintons have taken a $1 billion pledge from mark rich's long-time business partner. they have taken money from his lawyers. they have taken money from all sorts of people directly connected to mark rich. and it just indicates that pretty much willing to take money from anybody. >> how much money a

the ayatollah khomeini was when heby iranians returned from exile. a national referendum established iran as an islamic republic in 1979. on november 4, iranian students seized the american embassy and took more than 50 hostages. they were still held when president carter gave his final state of the union address. here is a two-minute portion of president carter addressing the situation. >> in response to the apparent acts in iran, our nation has never been aroused and unified so greatly and peacetime. our position is clear. the united states will not yield to blackmail. we continue to pursue the specific goals. protect the present and long-range interests of the united states. secondly to preserve the lives of the american hostages and to secure as quickly as possible their safe release will stop if possible, to avoid bloodshed which might further endanger the lives of our fellow citizens. to enlist the help of other nations in condemning this active violence which is shocking and violates the moral and legal standards of the civilized world. theto

one of the interesting things is that during the nuclear negotiations, ayatollah khomeini was really on the sidelines for a very long time, saying yes, he was supporting those that were supporting the nuclear deal, but at the same time, he really didn't think that it was going to come to anything. because, of course, his main core of supporters are these hardliners, but at the same time, he sees as well that the majority of the iranian population are behind hasan rouhani and his government, which are more moderate, wanting that nuclear agreement, and also wanting better relations with nations around the world, including the united states. and it seems as though on this issue, hasan rouhani's government, javad zarif, the foreign minister, have managed to sway the hardliners to latch on to this deal. because we have to keep in mind, it's not only the revolutionary guard that's pretty hardline, it's not only a lot of the clergy that's pretty hardline, it's also a large part of the judiciary, especially the part of the judiciary that deals with things like espionage cases. if you look at

khomeini himself said this. so, i was looking at hezbollah, i actually wrote an article when barry reuben was still alive about the independent shia in lebanon. and something that drove lebanese hezbollah crazy was the whole thought that there could be independent, centers for scholarship that could be developed in lebanon that could teach new scholars how to do their jobs. hezbollah tried to control -- they still do this now, and they actually do find some competition, which technically is still aligned with them in parliament, where they're trying to vie for control of all of these clerical voices, all the clerical leadership, with money, sometimes through force. people are afraid to leave them, even if they disagree, they are still promoting it. i still think -- i would like to see the united states try to promote this kind of semiquietist form of thinking among shia. i mean, this was the normative form of shiaism that was going on right up until the islamic revolution. >> we know exactly what the administrat

group follows khomeini. there are around 200 and 50, like a new one every week, but beyond that, what they are doing they feelght now, secure enough to say they are with the islamic revolution in the region. same with syria. there is a group that a few irgc leaders are calling syrian hezbollah. when you see something like that, they feel far more secure in those environments. in other environments, they are far more patient. host: in the gulf, you mean. philip: yes. they want to pull in numbers. hezbollah -- i mean, i love the propaganda music. i'm assessed with it. , they had a song about the victory of the arabs. they were playing the air of narrative on this. then they have another one where they are talking about the cedars of lebanon. switch to syria, they switch the narrative when they need to to pull in more people. covert because the government has a very effective security apparatus, with american assistance. you don't always want to come out and show all your cards and say hey, by the way, did you

khomeini khomeini? >> there is good news. the fastest thing that can change with a new president is foreign policy. hostages were released the first would handle another threat. >> we will have a president who will make clear we will utterly destroy isis. we will carpet bomb them into oblivion. >> senator, carpet bombing against isis would never work. isis is embedded in civilian populations in major cities, and if i may, i want to put up this statement here by bob scales, he's one of the leading u.s. military -- former head of the army war college. carpet bombing is a phrase that somebody with no military experience throw around. >> i will apologize to no one. with how vigorous i will be. we will start by having a president willing to acknowledge our enemy, say it by its name. and you want to know what it yesterday is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of "operation desert storm." our air force has dropped in half. in 1991, 529 ships, today 272. it's dropped nearly in half. in 1991, we had over a third more soldiers in ou

the most interesting is the grandson of khomeini.randson, although he is running as an independent, is seen as a significant supporter of the kinds of reforms, changes, openings that rouhani and his foreign minister supported. the fact that he is in this race is going to make it tough for the hardliners to kick him out. if you go to his facebook page, there are all these pictures of him with his grandfather. it's hard to attack the man who is a direct descendent of the imam and founder. charlie: there's also the case that people hope that the iran nuclear deal might lead to some kind of cooperation, some kind of confidence building, and some kind of encouragement of rapprochement between iran and the west. david: i have become somewhat more pessimistic about the speed at which that will happen. i think these elections are important. i think cementing the power of rouhani and his allies is important. the hardliners, the revolutionary guard, are not going to go away. we have had an incident in the past few months that is a direct shot

the ayatollah khomeini overthrew the shah of iran. americans were taken hostage at the u.s.muslim militants around the world were electrified. that same year the grand mosque in mecca, the holiest of sites, became a battleground where militants seized it and the saudi government sent in troops. osama bin laden was appalled that such a holy place had been defiled. and then, one month later, the final blow. the soviet union, godless and communist, invaded afghanistan, a muslim country. it was an affront to islam. one year, three monumental events that would change bin laden forever. the once shy religious boy was about to answer the call to a violent jihad, and he would never look back. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. ♪ >>> 1979. afghanistan. soviet troops invade an islamic nation. a call for jihad a

one of the people running is the grandson of the ayatollah khomeini which is actually a moderate compared to other people. it seems like more a message to the moderate. it seems more like a domestic policy issue. the problem with the president is he has to give a speech where i suspect he will talk. the iranian deal. charles: this amazing deal we cut with them. they get the clock running and nuclear power and they get 100 to $150 billion. it hasn't stopped moments before they get the big check. >> with this kind of relationship even if you don't like each other you can pick up the phone. to take effectively 10 american hostages. they have not released the americans they are holding in prison currently. the white house is trying to say this wasn't hostile. of course, it's hostile. what else is it going to be? they are supposed to be our friends. it especially because of -- charles: this is a picture. you are getting a picture of what the ships look like. two of those have been seeds. one was disabled and the other came to assist and both were seized by the iranian forces. you think it's pr

the ayatollah khomeini overthrew the shah of iran. americans were taken hostage at the u.s.und the world were electrified. that same year the grand mosque in mecca, the holiest of sites, became a battleground where militants seized it and the saudi government sent in troops. osama bin laden was appalled that such a holy place had been defiled. and then, one month later, the final blow. the soviet union, godless and communist, invaded afghanistan, a muslim country. it was an affront to islam. one year, three monumental events that would change bin laden forever. the once shy religious boy was about to answer the call to a violent jihad, and he would never look back. does printing from your tablet give you a jolt of confidence? then you might be gearcentric. right now, all hp ink is buy one get one 50% off! office depot officemax. gear up for great. the 88th southern parallel. we had traveled for over 850 miles. my men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. today we make history. >>bienvenidos! welcome to the south pole! if you're dora the explorer, you explore. it's

not every group follows khomeini.there are around 200 and 50, like a new one every week, but beyond that, what they are doing in iraq right now, they feel secure enough to say they are with the islamic revolution in the region. same with syria. there is a group that a few irgc leaders are calling syrian hezbollah. when you see something like that, they feel far more secure in those environments. when you see something like that, they feel far more secure, so it can just come out. in other environments, they are far more patient. they want to pull in numbers and also want to make sure people -- maybe it is more nationalistic. i love the propaganda music, i am assessed with the stuff. in 2006, you will notice that the had a song about victory of the arabs. and then they had in other one where -- another one where they are talking about the feeders of lebanon. this comes in after the destructive war in 2006. now it is all syria. who cares about lebanon? they will shift the narrative whatever they need to to pull in more

the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini's word became more or less law.ns are bused to his enormous shrine from all over the country. the national holiday, khomeini died on this day in 1989, his funeral attended by over 10 million iranians. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> america and all of the world, for friendship. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> thanks. >> don't want to miss the bus. south of tehran, the landscape opens up. nearly 300 miles of iranian highway stretching to the city of isfahan. 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? >> the 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 i

you had the grand ayatollah khomeini who moved because he could call it the regime in iraq. under u.s. protection, he was preaching a very different type of theology that we are feeling. many other iraqi shia and iranian shia who could not speak freely in iran because they are against the theology of state state takeover religion. that obligation of the right had the divine law who sought asylum in iraq because they consider iraq a free place where they can think freely and they can speak freely. most unfortunately because iraq sank into this order of chaos in the u.s. has returned from iraq. unfortunately we see more or less domination of islam's republic. so many of the proud schools of theology is not chief are directly or indirectly dominated by money, theology which is dominant also. that is very unfortunate. this is why i am saying even in the sunni and friends, there should be schools for shia. there should be madrassas. there should be media. there should be debated. many of those shia are critical of the regime in iraq can find a safe haven and can debate and develo

people back in 1979 feet ayatollah khomeini as a peaceful protester to start with.emember here in the eastern province that it was also viewed as a peaceful protester, but i think the saudi's meet him as justified as dangerous as the ayatollah khomeini was in iran. dissent paranoid about right now. frankly just because you're paranoid does not mean someone is not out to get you. i think they view this as an asks essential to -- an existential threat. i think these were bona fide terrorists and a number of them work accused of terrorist assaulting in sound t 2004. i remember very well because my driver was killed that they. there are a number of these men like wishing on death row for some time. the king has been hesitant to pull the trigger and now king solomont is trying to show that he is the strong leader despite internal dissent within the royal family and his population. as part of what explained what has happened here. matt: matt miller here. i have on the bloomberg terminal a lot of information. opec brings up a chart that oil ofs 31% out of the opec is produ

. >> profusely thanking khomeini for letting our sailors go after wrongly capturing and tried to humiliatehem. >> reporter: focusing on the sailors treatment in iranian custody including any interrogation according to an initial navy review that revealed there was a verbal exchange when the sailors were surrounded at gunpoint but no shots were fired. it started january 12th at 9:23 in the morning when the boats left kuwait. at some point they changed course and entered iranian waters. the sailors may not have even known where they were. at 2:10 the navy received a report the sailors being queried by iranians approaching them in four armed boats. at 2:29 the navy has trouble reaching its sailors. by 2:45 there is total silence. the u.s. navy began an immediate search and radioed iranian authorities looking for information. but it was three hours before the u.s.s. anzeo got a message from iran that the sailors had been taken. the sailors still could face some type of discipline for their navigation error, but the administration is focusing on the diplomatic victory. >> if our sailors, those

mean, this iranian policy journey that the president has been on since he set the secret letter to khomeiniy part of his administration in 2009 helped destabilize the middle east because the fact is that achieving this end, this nuclear deal, which guaranteed iran the very thing we were trying avoid which is a nuclear weapon plus 15 years, it is caused huge problems because this administration has been failure to act and make sensible policy decisions in the region to shore up the issues with radical islam to back our allies in the region. our allies to a person there, are all have, lost trust in the united states, and don't believe we're a reliable partner. so much so, that the russians are doing arms deals with virtually all of our allies and also going to build nuclear power plants with them with no thought of controlling, enriching uranium which could lead to nuclear proliferation. this has put middle east in free-fall and other administration sadly and tragically is trying to check the box and say this is a big win. lou: and we will likely tonight hear precisely that from the president

you don't negotiate with the ayatollah khomeini who chants death to america you defeat him.ed a liter who doesn't get rattled by the latest drop in polls who doesn't wake with a up in the morning with a frenzy of tweets. but rather has the clarity and vision and to keep this country safe. that's why conservatives are uniting behind us across the country. that's why the establishment is heading to donald. >> senator, we will be in iowa most of next week and hopefully see you and all the other can cats -- candidates there. only 12 days to go. here we go. game time. >> senator marco rubio continues to surge in the polls. weigh will ask senator rubio about his strategy to win the republican nomination. that'sy<$á tonight:er >> i cannot talk about hillary clinton without also acknowledging the horrific gender attacks every aspect she has endured from the media. >> lena dunham is singing a different tune behind doors and questioning hillary clinton's role in her husband's past scandals all that plus herman cain west weigs in. all of that as hannity continues. up to 38% more than c

the most interesting of them believe it or not is the grandson ayatollah khomeini. his grandson although running as a independent is seen as a significant supporter of the kinds of reforms, changes, openings that rouhani and his administers have supported. the fact he's in this race will make it tough for the hard-liners 50 kick him out. if you go to his facebook page there are pictures of him with his grandfather. it's hard to attack the man who is the direct decentant of emam founder. >> rose: there's the case that people home, home that the iran nuclear deal might lead to some kind of cooperation, some kind of confidence building and some kind of encouragement between iran and the west. >> you know charlie, i've become somewhat more pessimistic about the speed with which that will happen. i think these elections next month are important. i think cementing the power of rouhani and his allies is important. but the hard-liners, the revolutionary guards are not going to go away. we've had an incident in the last few months that is a direct shot against this idea that

and deciding who the next supreme leader of iran is going to be, but currently we have ayatollah khomeinie moderates and the people in the middle and whoever they are. it's not at all monolithic in iran and that's important to remember. >> what is there to watch? what would be the key point to watch coming out of these elections as well as with the leadership? because as it's been said earlier in this hour that the current leadership appears to be the moderate faction, the moderate option that the youth and the electorate including the youth have a choice of? >> that's right. but you have to understand the parliament can only do so much in iran, the intelligence agencies and the security agencies and a number of the agencies are controlled by hard liners. even if the moderates do very well and seize control of parliament, their initiatives and their proposals might get nowhere because the supreme leader and other agencies and other folks might say you're going too far and we're going to be america's best friend. >> they are not america's best friend. >> no. not even close. as many would r

you have to keep in mind, wolf, that the supreme leader of iran, the grand ayatollah khomeini came out and said, besides from the nuclear negotiations, there will be no other negotiations with the united states. of course, there are some ways they could frame this, well, maybe this took as part of the nuclear negotiations on the side, but certainly it seems as though this prisoner swap that is now taking place is due to a lot more than these nuclear negotiations. it so does show that there is that avenue of diplomacy now, in spite of the fact that iranian hardliners keep saying that they want to maintain this combative course towards the u.s. >> major developments unfolding, as we speak. and there are going to be a lot more happening in the next few hours, fred pleitgen, stand by. christianian amanpour is joining us. we expect to hear from the secretary of state, john kerry, we expect to hear from the foreign minister of iran, javad zarif, and i'm expecting the president of the united states to make a statement as well. the history of this moment is significant and palpable, christiane

anyone who believes that fundamentally does not understand the nature of the ayatollah khomeini. if i am elected president, i intend to rip to shreds this catastrophic iranian nuclear deal. [applause] and the most important determination, the people of iowa are making politically on monday, is which candidate is best prepared to be commander in chief. who has the experience, who has the knowledge, who has the temperament, who has the clarity of vision and the strength of resolve to identify our enemy, and do, terrorism everything to utterly and completely defeat isis. [applause] those are seven battles, seven times for choosing. you can assess not what we say, because talk is cheap. assess of every candidate what is your record on those seven. and let me say to the men and yearshere, every four iowa is beset by politicians that you send upon the state -- dissent upon the state. it is like an infestation of locusts. [laughter] point, we have seen millions of attack. we have seen radio ads, tv ads, mailer after mailer. they make really good kindling and your fireplace. [laughter] t

anyone who believes that fundamentally does not understand the nature of the ayatollah khomeini.i am elected president, i intend to rip to shreds this catastrophic iranian nuclear deal. [applause] and the most important determination, the people of iowa are making politically on monday, is which candidate is best prepared to be commander in chief. who has the experience, who has the knowledge, who has the temperament, who has the clarity of vision and the strength of resolve to identify our enemy, radical iranian terrorism and do everything to utterly and completely defeat isis. [applause] those are seven battles, seven times for choosing. you can assess not what we say, because talk is cheap. assess of every candidate what is your record on those seven. and let me say to the men and women here, every four years iowa is beset by politicians that descend. it is like an infestation of locusts. [laughter] at this point, we have seen millions of attack ads. we have seen radio ads, tv ads, mailer after mailer. they make really good kindling and your fireplace. [laughter] they light up

anyone who believes that fundamentally does not understand the nature of the ayatollah khomeini.i am elected president, i intend to rip to shreds this catastrophic iranian nuclear deal. [applause] and the most important determination, the people of iowa are making politically on monday, is which candidate is best prepared to be commander in chief. who has the experience, who has the knowledge, who has the temperament, who has the clarity of vision and the strength of resolve to identify our enemy, radical islamic terrorism and do everything to utterly and completely defeat isis. [applause] those are seven battles, seven times for choosing. you can assess not what we say, because talk is cheap. assess of every candidate what is your record on those seven. and let me say to the men and women here, every four years iowa is beset by politicians that descend. it is like an infestation of locusts. [laughter] at this point, we have seen millions of attack ads. we have seen radio ads, tv ads, mailer after mailer. they make really good kindling and your fireplace. they light up quick. her