professor marandi, welcome to the program.o, first and foremost, is the deal dead from iran's perspective right now? >> well, it's almost dead, and the reason, of course, is because the united states has officially ended the deal, but the iranians i think are giving eu countries, the russians and the chinese an opportunity over the next few weeks to prevent it from collapsing completely. vernment and trump in .s. t is particular, that is the problem. if the iranians had immediately withdrawn i think it would have lessened the impact of what trump has done, but by standing back and giving a few extra weeks, i think that they are putting greater focus on the fact that trump is seeking escalation, and that the trump administration is showing that the united states is not a country that abides by its commitments. >> that's the sort of diplomacy you're outlining. what's the actual substance? what do you think iran can talk to the russians, chinese, europeans about, to make it actually work? what would the conditions for that be? >>

we go live to tehran for reaction from mohammed marandi, a part of iran's delegation during the nuclear talks. we go to washington, d.c. to speak to former u.s. assistant secretary of state under president obama, thomas countryman, who helped negotiate the deal. and we go to europe which now holds survival of the deal i i i its hands. former swedish prime minister carl bildt joins me. ♪ >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. today's announcement weakens our security, breaks america's word, isolates us from our european allies, puts israel at greater risk, empowers iran's hardliners and reduces our global leverage to address tehran's misbehavior. that was the stark and somber reaction to president trump pulling the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal from the former u.s. secretary of state john kerry, who spent years negotiating it earlier in the day trump had simply ignored his closest international allies, and plunged into uncharted territory with no apparent plan "b." >> it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb u

well professor mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of tehran joining us here on r.t. international good to see you today do you think e.u. companies working with iran feel sufficiently reassured by this blocking statute or do you expect them to just drop their contracts with iran and run. i think this is an important first step but it is a small step and i don't think the companies yet have the confidence to say in iran the american sanctions are very broad expensive and very direct and it is interesting that the united states has shown zero respect for its own allies even european countries who have always stuck with the united states in the past. with sanctions. slapped the europeans in the face after tearing up the nuclear agreement because they basically considered their involvement in the negotiations as work with them but now they are threatening these very same countries the british the french and the germans along with everyone else with punishment if they do not buy american demands i think this is a very important moment in natural relations russia china th

juan cole a visiting festa at the center for gulf studies at cattle university from tehran mohammad marandi head of the north american studies graduate program at the university of tehran and from beirut via skype joseph to chichen middle east analyst and senior fellow at the king faisal center for islamic studies if i would welcome to all of you mark first of all let's get an idea of iran's reaction to this very clear message that we're hearing from pompei are that iran destabilize is the region that is the main threats and needs to be contained i think the iranians would respond by saying that the israeli regime is subjugating the palestinians it is murdering people on the border of gaza and the saudis on the other hand and the israelis are constantly bombing syria against international law and the saudis they kidnap prime ministers they invade countries like yemen they. invade bad rain and keep the dictator in power they commit bring about as they've brought about a siege against. and they've spread extremism to syria and iraq and of course they went to succeeded in untag in izing turkey

professor mohammad marandi. what do you think will be the view is president trump pulls out?p pulls out? mostly blame the united states for any escalation. any escalation. down a large segment of the nuclear programme. programme. the western media that iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. pursuing nuclear weapons. agreement was not pursuing a nuclear weapon. weapon. not pursue nuclear weapons after the agreement. agreement. the nuclear deal iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapons. pursuing a nuclear weapons. completely almost completely wrecked. wrecked. president trump will be speaking in just a moment. just a moment. customary, so expect the prime minister at the let them any moment. minister at the let them any moment. resuming action on those centrifuges. centrifuges. they will be watching iran carefully. iran carefully. officials that he was speaking to on the national security side. the national security side. now, what does america intend to do once they pull out? once they pull out? what will the reaction be from iran? reaction be from iran? answers as well during the c

the united states does not behave like or trumpet not behave like the global godfather professor marandi what kind of impact do you expect from the new u.s. sanctions to be imposed on iran. well i think it's going to definitely cause difficulty for your ordinary iranians the last time around when the americans imposed sanctions very severe and what obama used to call crippling sanctions. large numbers of iranian died in the first two months because they could not buy medicine imported medicine was almost impossible for people to access and even medicine produced in iran they had trouble importing the materials to produce so many iranian side as a result obama was guilty of those crimes in my opinion but then the iranians began to learn how to circumvent the sanctions so it's going to be difficult but i think the world has changed asia is on the rise the united states is less influential than before trump is isolated iran's regional status is much greater than before and iran inside the country is very united thanks basically to trump's behavior and i think that countries like russia and

russian russia gate and so on and so forth all right thank you very much mohammad marandi talking to us live from tehran thank you. now saudi arabia is saying that it is trying to resolve the disagreement over a yemeni island which is all by troops from the united arab emirates protest says so cultura which is in the arabian sea demanding humane forces leave they arrived last wednesday forcing out yemeni soldiers the emirate is allied to the saudi led coalition's say they are confronting the rebels on the island but the island does say there are no who says that. it was still busy other diseases a senior saudi delegation is that the island of the culture and met with the prime minister of yemen and members of the local government there have been some differences in opinion between the brothers and the local government over how to deal with some issues on the island an agreement has been reached develop a joint and comprehensive coordination between the coalition and the yemeni government and the two sides emphasize their shared vision but stand behind operation decisive storm until a

was struck and twenty fifteen and the economic embargo on the country was lifted now saeed mohammad marandi thinks america's a withdrawal from the deal shows a lack of respect for its allies the american sanctions are very broad. and very threatening and it is interesting that the united states. zero respect for its own allies even european countries who have always stuck with the united states in the united states is threatening them with sanctions so not only have the united states the europeans in the face after tearing up the nuclear agreement but now they are threatening these very same country with the british the french and the germans along with everyone else with punishment they do not buy american demands i think this is a very important moment in international relations. russia has issued a diplomatic memo to ukraine raising concerns about the safety of russian journalists in the country this comes after security forces raided the kiev offices of a russian media group and detained its director. who's in charge of ria novosti as ukraine bureau was detained on shoes day for alleged

crosstalk in the iran deal i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi and to rand he's an associate professor at the university of to run in london we have adel darwish he's a political commentator and author of the book the edge of war and in pittsburgh we have. the he is our partner ed global growth advisors international strategic consultancy group based in new york are gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means. you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mohamed let me go to you to iran since you know donald trump's obsession with your country i watched live the live stream on r t his reasons if they can be called reasons for withdrawing from the from the deal and as i said in the introduction it was a mixture of misinformation disinformation and propaganda i think that entire documentary series could actually be made on that single speech so i want to skip ahead.

crosstalk in the iran deal i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi and to rand he's an associate professor at the university of to run in london we have adel darwish he's a political commentator and author of the book the edge of war and in pittsburgh we have a body he is a partner ed global growth advisors international strategic consultancy group based in new york or a gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mohamed let me go to you to rand since you know donald trump's obsession with your country i watch live the live stream on our t.v. of his. reasons if they can be called reasons for withdrawing from the from the deal and as i said in the introduction it was a mixture of misinformation disinformation and outright propaganda i think an entire documentary series could actually be made on that single speech so i want to skip ahead in the question everyone's asking it is is is this just the preamble to a military conflict with iran go ahead in iran. yes it was extraordinary even accuse iran of helping al qaeda hide in the

nowjoining me from tehran is seyed mohammad marandi, a professor in north american studies at the universitythink there is an appalling delay on the line. professor, can i ask you, can iran stay in a deal with five nations rather than six? and we've just heard that probably the europeans are not going to be able to maintain all the trade they would like with iran. well, it's possible, but i think it's highly unlikely, as your previous guest pointed out, iran would be demanding solid commitments by the european union that they will resist any attempts by the americans to intimidate european business people and european businesses, banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies, oil companies, and so on. from what we see so far, the europeans seem very weak. when we saw the french president go to the united states, the iranians felt that despite his pleading and his appeasement, trump humiliated him. the dandruff incident for example, or when the german chancellor went to the united states, she too came back empty—handed, so when the iranians see that, they feel that the europeans

i appreciate your time i guess side mohammad marandi is politics professor at the university of tehran thank you and it has been a very busy evening it's been a significant announcement from the united states pulling out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal more analysis updates on our top story coming up in about four minutes time. with more make its manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final larry go round live to be the one person. nor middle of the room. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. with deep seated pisces. milton's i would say i'm not american but americans helped out really. world war two cures of the depression cars united states is concerned prosperity of course of store. for the for us the whole world what it what and. historical rewrite ever since world war two to