mr. rouhani's country also? >> brennan: a number of our european allies, you know, you've had difficult conversations have been frustrated that the u.s. cut short the diplomacy. they said in conversation with you last friday assured them that they had -- they were close to this deal to address things president trump was worried about. why not try it? why not finish that. why did the president cut that off? >> we did try. the president set out a set of objectives, tasked me in my first couple weeks to work to do it. the work had been ongoing. in no time were we able to reach agreement. the europeans wouldn't help. they had some 90 days 20 do so. to work at it. and you should know we will continue to work, president trump and president macron we want a deal that is right, we will be hard at that in the weeks ahead. i hope to be central part, it would be wonderful thing if we could get the europeans to do this. i do want to add this. fundamentally what's happened during the time. jcpoa was that the iranian wealth c

the conditions laid out by mr rouhani... no, no, you're right exactly.laid out by mr rouhani last week was ok, we we will wait a few weeks before ramping up our nuclear enrichment. we will wait and negotiate with our friends, who signed the agreement, to wait and see what they can deliver for us. so clearly, the clear implication... iran has decided to stick with the deal, if they can deliver the commitments for staying in the nuclear deal. it means if the europeans, china and russia, they can fulfil whatever commitments they are committed to within the nuclear deal, which is more about iranian economic relations with europe, china and russia, then iran would stay with the deal. so let's get real, if you don't mind, mr hossein mousavian. look at the way the international trade works, in particular the oil business, denominated in us dollars, where financial transactions tend to be done in us dollars and us banking and institutions are so important. look also at the multilateral business arrangements made by companies like boeing and airbus, where europea

mr. rouhani should do, i was only articulating what america intends to do. >> last question. >> thank you very much mr. secretary. my question is on the iranian hostages. yesterday you mentioned the government is working hard to bring the american hostages home. can you give us an update and elaborate what efforts are underway given the relations? secretary pompeo: i suppose one might have two months ago described the relationships between the united states and dprk as frosty, and we returned three americans. we have our citizens detained by countries who aren't friendly to us. we work on mechanisms to deliver these outcomes. i talked to many family members. i know how central that is. you can rest assured the entire united states government is -- ing diligently to bring mentioned a handful of names yesterday, there are more around the world -- you should know we are working diligently along every avenue we can develop to get these folks to return home back to their families. i will take one more. >> i'm joined to make this worth our time. secretary pompeo: that would be useful. [laughter

mr. rouhani should do, i was only articulating what america intends to do. >> last question. >> thank you very much mr. secretary. my question is on the iranian hostages. yesterday you mentioned the government is working hard to bring the american hostages home. can you give us an update and elaborate what efforts are underway given the relations? sec. pompeo: i suppose one might have two months ago described the relationships between the united states and dprk as frosty, and we returned three americans. we almost always have our citizens detained by countries who aren't friendly to us. we work on mechanisms to deliver these outcomes. i talked to many family members. i know how central that is. you can rest assured the entire united states government is working diligently to bring -- i mentioned a handful of names yesterday, there are more around the world -- you should know we are working diligently along every avenue we can develop to get these folks to return home back to their families. i will take one more. >> i am trying to make this worth our time. sec. pompeo: that would be useful

we have heard a slightly conflicted message from mr rouhani in iran.america's mischievous presence will be fine for iran but he has also said iran has a plan to counter any decision made by trump, so which are you more concerned with? there was a division within the iranian political elite with respect to the nuclear agreement from the very beginning. the hardliners did not want to submit. but others thought it was in the best interests of the regime and it opens the way for the normalisation of iran's economic and trade relations with western europe. today the hardliners are now saying their prediction about unreliability of the us seems to be the case today. and rouhani in order to demonstrate his commitment to the regime is taking a difficult and hard position towards the us. so his position has got to be understood in the context of factional competition within iran, so it is this with both sides depending on their audiences and also on the position of president trump in about a week. talking about unreliability and you have said the hardliners hav

yeah mr rouhani last night said that iranian are happy that the us is all out of the deep and major papers in iran today try to be happy and say it's good for us that the u.s. is out of the deal. but in reality they are not happy they are angry and consent they. have united states flags in the parliament so if you look at the past over to past two years not only them hardliners but also mr rouhani and he seem calm playing about the united states coming from and they are saying that they are not doing their job and so we are not benefiting from the it was a time that the united the city was in the knowledge that they are gone it would be more difficult and even a european leaders have admitted that there is not perfect so and bigger and not force companies and banks for instance to invest in iran it would be in reality very very difficult for them to do that we thought the united states very difficult absolutely and i mean there's so much riding here on on on in terms of the economics going to get a little more about that for our business asking in just a short while but but first i'd like

fifteen efficient and effective in order to move forward if i were already mentioned all these to mr rouhani. and i believe that we will choose the path of dialogue which would allow us to reach. a not ever broader framework agreement and the end goal as i see it is on the one hand for the agreement of july twenty fifteen to be amended with those three strategic agreements but i believe that we reach some concert here now the russian journalist interfax agency please. because of the government interfax agency. i have a question for both presidents mr putin you said that you have discussed american sanctions and their withdrawal from the g c b a way have you perhaps discussed some kind of the russian french plan for the russian and french companies. to bear the blunt of the american sections without any detriment and how can you joined the work on this issue and now question to you mr mccraw on what measures are you going to undertake in order to protect french companies from possible american sanctions. following your cooperation with iran and how do you see the future of the disappear after

very interesting statement from the iranian president which i mention all those assumptions now mr rouhani says that as long as we get what we want from this so-called iran deal even better if the united states. leaves leaves the deal of course this was a turning point and actually shed light on some of the uncertainties that we had over the last few months so now this is going to create a new set of dynamics supposedly if the iranians are going to be ok with a deal without the united states how the europeans plus china and russia can provide an attractive enough deal package for ford if the rainy and to persuade them and encourage them to kind of stay in that the after all the united states as the largest economy in the wall has a lot of power and as soon as the u.s. to start imposing those nasty sanctions is going to create a lot of problematic and serious impediment support iranian economy so this is still extremely uncertain yes the iranian president said potentially we can live without the u.s. when it comes to the future of iran deal but we're not sure how. the russian chinese and th

europe says it wants to stick with the deal and now we've had reaction from the iranian president mr rouhani and i just want to read part of a quote from him that cish something that he said after trying to males but he said if we achieve the deal's goals in cooperation with other members of the deal it will remain in place by exiting the deal america has officially undermined its commitment to an international treaty now that is a turnaround in the position of iran surprising words but do we know how would a deal work with european partners in it but without the u.s. . if the commitment by the iran stands as it was issued tonight then it would be iran and the e.u. against the u.s. the assessment of the nature of the deal is completely different on this side of the atlantic the europeans say this deal is essential for security in the region for europe and the rest of the world and they also say this is working it is preventing iran from acquiring atomic or nuclear weapons and therefore it must be kept. is it possible to do it without the. united states it's very difficult to say because if t

being very very skillful negotiators don't you think that a meeting between mr trump or let's say mr rouhani could be useful not a new way of renegotiating the terms but simply. trying to establish number four well first of all as you mentioned how diplomacy is basic feature is consistency you know are not absolute around different issues but time we have a vision and we can follow that vision which is corporation and peace in the vision consistently yes we are capable to negotiate to negotiate hard stuff on the heart monitors but the point is who is the other side the other side is a country which does not have any credibility you can not you can. put your finger in the promise of the. committee so we are think there's no need to this there's no fruit to this negotiation now it is well known that other signatories to the j.c.b. away including russia are eager to preserve these deal in the in its current form is there anything that they can do to encourage iran to respect it even if the americans under the current leadership walk away while one americans walk away this practice. but out of t

being very very skillful negotiators don't you think that a meeting between mr trump or let's say mr rouhani could be useful not a new way of renegotiating the terms but simply. trying to establish number for while first of all as you mentioned how diplomacy is basic feature is consistency your not absolute around different issues when doing time we have a vision and we can follow that vision which is corporation and peace in the region consistently yes we are capable to negotiate to negotiate hard stuff on hard matters but the point is who is the other side. the other side is a country which does not have any credibility you cannot you cannot put your finger room any promises. they commit to that so we are think there is no need to this there is no fruit to this negotiation now it is well known that other signatories to the j.c.b. away including russia are eager to preserve these deal in the in its current form is there anything that they can do to encourage iran to respect it even if the americans under the current leadership walk away while one if americans walk away this pact is there bu

being very very skillful negotiators don't you think that a meeting between mr trump or let's say mr rouhani could be useful not a new way of renegotiating the terms but simply. trying to establish number four while first of all as you mentioned how diplomacy is basic feature is consistency your not absolute around different issues and time we have a vision and we can follow that vision which is corporation and peace in the vision consistently yes we are capable to negotiate to negotiate hard stuff on hard matters but the point is who is the other side. the other side is a country which does not have any credibility you cannot you cannot put your finger room any promises. they commit to that so we are think there is no need to this there is no fruit to this negotiation now it is well known that other signatories to the j c b o a including russia are eager to preserve these deal in the in its current form is there anything that they can do to encourage iran to respect it even if the americans under the current leadership walk away while one if americans walk away this pact is there but out is

expressed by the critics so the critics now have the upper hand and that's why as i said before mr rouhani never said that he would start negotiations with an open and a timetable over you know continuing to deal with the europeans he limits at the time the stress the time constraint and said he would give a mission to missed. to go on with this you know all hectic diplomacy task in order to see if iran could do anything with the europeans with regard to the future of this deal only for a few weeks and he said he would wait for a few weeks i don't think that europeans with the agree to iran's you know demands improve pulls all's as it was shown in two thousand and four when iran did the same thing and the europeans came back and said that they couldn't do anything without the united states concessions ok. i'm going to have to have a many thanks for joining us from tehran. still to come here on al-jazeera leaders from japan china and south korea meet to discuss north korea's nuclear program. and trump's pick for cia chief is in for a grilling today as her confirmation hearings begin. and we

mr. rouhani was getting foreign companies to invest in iran it would be good for the iranian country. what can we expect now with sanctions on that iranian country? >> i don't think we've seen a lot of large-scale investments in iran. it's been limited -- >> press releases rather than actual projects. >> it's mous, but not physical money. money has not been transferred that's why the rouhani government has not seen some of the benefits from the iran nuclear agreement and the position domestically has been weak we're back to the age of containment, containing iran's financial power, but iran's rise in the region, with less access to oil money, investment, the likely trajectory is internal pressures in iran will increase over time. >> let's talk about foreign policy in syria. we talked about those strikes. what about in iraq, lebanon, we saw hezbollah pick up a few seats over the weekend, and missile technology improving and that presents a threat to the saudis is that something that could be a byproduct of this? >> absolutely. i think the iranians will push back where they can, and one

mr. rouhani should do or what mr.ticling what merkamerica -- w america intends to so. >> thank you, mr. secretary. so my question on iranian hostage, yesterday you mentioned that the government is working very hard to bring the american hostage home. could you please give us an update and elaborate what effort is underway giving the frosty relations -- >> yes, i suppose one might have two months ago described the relationship of the united states and dprk as frosty and we returned three americans. we almost always have our citizens detained by countries that aren't friendly to us. we work -- we work to find mechanisms that deliver these important outcomes. i've talked to many family members and i know how central that is. you can rest assured that not only is the state department but the entire united states government working diligently to bring each -- i mentioned a handful of names yesterday. there are more around the world. i didn't identify them yesterday in the remarks. you should know we're working diligently a

mr. rouhani should do or what mr. zarif should do. was only articulating what america intends to do. >> thank you, mr. secretary. my questions that iranian hostages. the government is working hard to bring the hostages home. can you tell us what efforts are underway given the frosty relations? >> one might have two months ago described the united states and north korea frosty. we returned three americans. we almost always have our citizens detained to us that are not friendly to us. we work to find mechanisms that deliver these important outcomes. i talked to many. i know how central that is. the entire united states government works diligently to bring each -- i mentioned a handful of names yesterday. there are more around the world. i didn't identify them yesterday. you should know we're working diligently along every avenue that we can develop to get these folks returned back home. back to their families. one more. >> thanks. i'm trying to make this worth our time. >> that would be useful. >> the demands or whatever you want to cal

mr. rowe -- rouhani should do or what mr. sharif should do.erica intends to do. >> thank you so much, mr. secretary. my question is on the iranian hostage. yesterday you mentioned that the government is working very hard to bring the american hostage home. could you please give us an update and elaborate what efforts are underway given the frosty relations between the two? thanks. >> i suppose one might have two months ago described the relationship between the united states and dprk as frosty and we returned three americans. we almost always have our citizens detained by countries that aren't friendly to us. we work to find mechanisms that deliver these important outcomes. i have talked to many family members and i know how central that is. you can rest assured that not only is the state department but the entire united states government working diligently to bring each -- i mentioned a handful of names yesterday. there are more around the world. i didn't identify them in yesterday's remarks. you should know that we are working diligently alo

they just have to go if i was mr rouhani i would resign i would resign and leave the government to mr harmony and let's see what he will do i think they will have to pull together a new government that can board that mr. bush and greatly appreciate your time and your thoughts might get a middleman the founder and president of the american iranian council thanks again and my pleasure. in other news the woman who donald trump wants as his new director of the cia set to be grilled by the senate the appointment of gina house bill would be controversial she's been implicated in the agency's so-called enhanced interrogation techniques i guess the it has a story. trump's really pushing gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of judy behind her so why all the hate one highly respected nominee for cia director gina her support who's come under for because she was too tough on terrorists think of that in these very dangerous times we have the most qualified person or woman who democrats want out because she is too tough on terror when gina to

it is the iranians have said before that have come to certifies the deal president rouhani has said it for mr jaggers has said it in a different way but they have threatened that there would be a very harsh and imminent the action but what does that mean that is it me because i cannot tell you i've always said that they've always said they don't want the bombs if they don't want the bomb then why why make statements like this about their ability to enrich uranium it is absolutely inconsistent and it might be a way of psychological warfare. that this is prima lida many of the political leaders of iran have have repeatedly said that the tuple nuclear bomb is not complying with their ideology with their religious values but yes it is questionable and so this trust in no side of the of the front of the moment trust is definitely a rear of the moments as always good to have you and your insights thank you thank you well still to come on the day washington d.c. ruffled over a roasting at the white house correspondents dinner did the comedy monologue cross a line or are we just hearing the true tone

there are two schools of thought on this the moderates who are currently in government president rouhani for mr divisors the people who champion the deal they still think that it's important to put dialogue over conflict and are keen to push forward with the remaining signatories in the deal to try to glean some kind of benefit from it still for iran but it is difficult to see how that can happen in the current climate in his speech this morning even said that he knows that iran is asking for its european partners as well as russia and china for the impossible to stick by its side and ignore. what is essentially an enormous global financial threat posed by u.s. sanctions and the worry is that in coming days moderates will be proven wrong and hardliners will be able to say i told you so hardliners and military hospital in iran who said you go shooting in the first place was a fool's errand thank you for that zain let's find out what britain's foreign secretary had to say said it's now up to the u.s. to come up with a proposal on how to address iran's nuclear threat now that the trouble ministrat

them partly for the failure of the deal mr trump bears the bulk of the responsibility but some of these conservatives who in the last two years didn't allow rouhani and zarif to try to makes the deal stick mr harmony who banned any contact with the u.s. they bear some of the responsibility for the mess that we are in and of course mr netanyahu bears some responsibility because he is also in a fight of his life at home and keeping of give you minds busy with foreign wars seems to work for everybody in the region and in the world our best man is director of the iranian studies program at stanford university we appreciate your time sir thank you very much questions are being raised in kenya about whether a damn which burst and killed at least fifty people and widens day had been sorry permits the water resources authority says the patel downs operators did not have the permission required but the interior ministry has told al jazeera the operation was entirely legal the rescue operation is now become a recovery operation as andrew symonds reports. with no hope of finding survivors the sense of urgency had gone it was about finding bodies over a larg

president trump withdrew from the iran nuclear deal, iranian president hassan rouhani says he may restart the country's nuclear program. mralled the deal defective at its core. president obama who called the deal called it a serious state. >>> and the primaries kicked off in the closely watched west virginia. patrick morrisey was the winner. he will face joe manchin in the election. voters rejected ex-convict don blankenship and in indiana mike braun will face joe donnelly. >>> utah became the first state to allow so-called free range parenting. it gives the parents latitude to raise their kids as they see fit. jamie yuccas has more. >> are you guys ready to go? >> yeah. >> reporter: when melissa butler sends her kids off to school, they walk alone. >> ultimately i decided my parenting decisions are not going to be based on fear. >> reporter: she's no longer concerned because utah's free range law prevents parents from being prosecuted for allowing kids to roam on their own. why would you need a law like this to be put into place? >> it's a good question. >> nobody wants to see a kid abducted but every kid wants to be a k

mr. khamenei: i stress that the islamic republic has never been after nuclear weapons. pm netanyahu: you can listen to hassan rouhani. the iranian president. pres. rouhani: nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction have no place in iran's security or defense doctrine and contradict our religious and ethical convictions. pman

mr. khamenei: i stress that the islamic republic has never been after nuclear weapons. pm netanyahu: you can listen to hassan rouhani. the iranian president. pres. rouhani: nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction have no place in iran's security or defense doctrine and contradict our religious and ethical convictions. pm netanyahu: this is repeated by iran's foreign minister javad zarif. mr. zarif: we didn't have a any program to develop nuclear weapons but we consider it nuclear weapons irrational as well as immoral. pm netanyahu: i'm here to tell you one thing. iran lied. big time. after signing the deal, iran intensified efforts to hide its secret nuclear files. in 2017, iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location in southern tehran. this is the shorabad district. this is where they kept the atomic archives. right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also a few israelis.ay . from the outside, this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. but from the inside, it contained iran's secret archives -- secret atomic archives locked in mas

mr trump has publicly threatened to scrap it, which prompted this response on saturday from iran's president, hassan rouhanianslation: if the united states leaves the nuclear agreement, you will soon see that they will regret it, like never before in history. britain's ambassador to the us said that the uk, france and germany were now looking at other ways forward if america withdrew its support. we have been talking at a senior official level of the administration with our french and german colleagues for several weeks now. we think we're making progress, we haven't got there yet. we have a few days left to see if we can find a way through. the uk's foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is visiting washington. he published an article in the new york times on sunday describing the deal as the least—worst option, and the best way, he said, of preventing iran developing a nuclear weapon. he will meet white house representatives, including vice president mike pence, to try to sway mr trump's decision before the deadline on 12 may. pakistan's interior minister has been been shot and injured in a suspected assassinat

mr trump has publicly threatened to scrap it, which prompted this response on saturday from iran's president, hassan rouhaniranslation: if the united states leaves the nuclear agreement, you will soon see that they will regret it, like never before in history. britain's ambassador to the us said that the uk, france and germany were now looking at other ways forward if america withdrew its support. we have been talking at a senior official level of the administration with our french and german colleagues for several weeks now. we think we're making progress, we haven't got there yet. we have a few days left to see if we can find a way through. the uk's foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is visiting washington. he published an article in the new york times on sunday describing the deal as the least—worst option, and the best way, he said, of preventing iran developing a nuclear weapon. he will meet white house representatives, including vice president mike pence, to try to sway mr trump's decision before the deadline on 12 may. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. a man's been arrested

mr trump described the deal as a disaster and an embarrassment. it took more than two years to negotiate under barack obama. iran's president rouhani has responded — he says iran will continue the deal with the other signatories. the eu's top diplomat has called on those countries to continue honouring the deal. france, germany and the uk all say they regret the us decision. in other news — north korea's kimjong un makes a surprise second visit to china for a beach rendezvous with president xi, just weeks before his planned summit with president trump. every day on outside source, we pull together the most important information on the biggest stories. if you want to get in touch with them, the hashtag is #bbcos. (titles) after months of speculation — we have an answer. donald trump has pulled america out of the iran nuclear deal. in an address at the white house, the us president said the current deal doesn't stop iran from making nuclear weapons in the future. take a listen. injusta injust a short in just a short period of time the world's meeting state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous

mr trump's actions in basra v. has more now from tehran. flanked by his senior leaders and within minutes of the u.s. pullout from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal iran's president hassan rouhani addressed his country and the world in a live speech he said the united states had once more proven itself to be an unreliable negotiating partner and characterize the american president's remarks as rude. they have done nothing except put empty signatures on pieces of paper without doing anything about it the iranian mission on the other hand has agreed to everything and accomplished all its responsibilities we had some duties based on that agreement and we have delivered all of them but today we can see which is the country that doesn't respect international agreements we have done nothing wrong is not acceptable that the u.s. is pulling out i championed the nuclear agreement in the face of hard line critics at home who said it was unlikely to succeed so despite the u.s. pullout rouhani isn't willing to give it up without a fight any iranian hopes of still benefiting from the deal and keeping it alive now rests in the hands of the country's foreign minister who helped negotiate it.

rouhani in april, in ankara, why are you working with them now in syria ? you are opposed to bashar al—assad, they support him. so your major objective... so to clarify, mrur major objective now in syria is to tackle what you describe as the "terrorist elements" there and to keep bashar al—assad in place? they're syrian kurdish parties. but there is a very clear shift. let me give you an example. when we saw the chemical attack in douma in syria, your spokesman said the syrian regime will have to pay the price for what happened. after a phone call from president vladimir putin, your government then said we call for careful investigation into the chemical attack in douma. that's exactly what the russian position was, so it really does seem that, mr president, that turkey has modified its position on bashar al—assad, that you're saying he stays in place because our main objective is to tackle these terror elements. please clarify that for us. so why are you not calling for him to go? so, can you just say very clearly now that you want bashar al—assad to not remain in position as leader of syria? do you want regime change in syria? it is interesting you say

mr trump has been celebrating his diplomatic coup at a rally in indiana and the release of three americans detained in north korea apparently as a goodwill gesture before the summit. iran's president, hassan rouhani, has insisted that tehran does not want new tensions in the middle east. he was speaking hours after israel launched airstrikes against iranian military targets in syria in response to iranian missiles. a libyan dissident who was kidnapped with the help of british security services and then tortured is to receive a formal apology and compensation from the government. prime minister theresa may said abdul hakim belhaj, and his wife fatima boudchar, suffered appalling treatment. it's been revealed that the eastenders actress, dame barbara windsor, has alzheimer's disease. her husband says the 80—year—old was diagnosed four years ago, but he has decided to make it public now because her condition is worsening. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, reports. 0 omy 0 my dear. in herfinal in her final appearance in eastenders in 2016 two years after being diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, the degenerative brain condition. increasing difficulty remembering her lines is one reason why she

rouhani warned that his country could restart its nuclear program within weeks. . iranians chanted death to america. >> to allow them to reach the brink of a nuclear breakout. >> mr. trump declared he had no definitive proof that iran violated the 2015 agreement aimed at freezing the country's nuclear ambitions. but he produced no evidence. the u.s. will impose sanctions against iran. the leaders of the united kingdom, france and germany, who urged the u.s. to stay in the deal, issued a joint statement that expressed regret and concern about the decision. >>> many lawmakers are wondering how the president's decision on iran will impact talks with north korea over its nuclear program. senator dianne feinstein said: agreement we led the world in negotiating." right now, secretary of state mike pompeo is heading home from north korea.. president trump says the three u-s detainees are returning with him, and appear to be in good health. >>> right now secretary of state mike pompeo is heading home from north korea. the three u.s. detainees are returning with him in good health. pompeo also discussed the upcoming summit between president trump and kim jong- un. presiden

tehran we've heard from the president rouhani talking about iran being able to stand on its own feet if indeed the americans walk away from the deal we've also heard from mr larijani who's head of the judiciary's human rights council saying that if the u.s. leaves and that's the end of the deal completely there's also been the revolutionary guard what is the prevailing thought in tehran as to what will happen should the united states will away from the deal. well the most important thing to come out of it if the united states exits the deal is that the united states is simply unreliable i think that's the most important thing i don't think anyone in iran will even contemplate negotiating with the united states over anything anytime soon because the iranians have spent so many years on the negotiating table with all these different countries the un security council members as you pointed out the germans and the representative from the e.u. and then ultimately when this deal was signed the iranians gave many concessions for this deal to come about and then the united states both under obama one must be fair and trump they repeatedly violated the agreement u

mr trump has long been critical of the agreement, saying it's too lenient. russia has today warned of harmful consequences if the us withdraws from the deal. the iranian president hassan rouhani that his country would continue to seek constructive relations with the world. 0ur correspondent richard galpin has the latest. the eyes of the world are once again focusing on donald trump. many times he's expressed his desire to see the iran nuclear deal scrapped and now there are reports the us will pull out. and yet, for the past three yea rs, out. and yet, for the past three years, it is believed to have curtailed iran does ability to develop nuclear weapons. cameras placed in key sites so international inspectors can check there are no breaches. in return the country has been given a respite from punishing economic sanctions. unravelling the deal now could further destabilise the middle east, which is already mired in conflicts such as here in syria where iran is playing a prominent role. it is very possible that escalation in the region is going to increase, leading to a proxy war with other countries, in particular saudi arabia but also possibly with the united states as well.

being very very skillful negotiators don't you think that a meeting between mr trump or let's say mr rouhani could be useful not in a way of renegotiating the terms but simply. trying to establish number for while first of all as you mentioned how diplomacy is basic feature is consists.

being very very skillful negotiators don't you think that a meeting between mr trump or let's say mr rouhani could be useful not a new way of renegotiating the terms but simply. trying to establish some report while first of all as you mentioned how diplomacy is basic feature is consistency your not absolute around different issues and time we have a vision and we can follow that vision which is corporation and peace in the vision consistently yes we are capable to negotiate to negotiate hard stuff on hard matters but the point is who is the other side the other side is a country which does not have any credibility you cannot you cannot put your finger through any promises. they commit to so we are think there is no need to this there is no fruit to this negotiation now it is well known that other signatories to the j.c.b. away including russia are eager to preserve these deal in the in its current form is there anything that they can do to encourage iran to respect it even if the americans under the current leadership walk away while one if americans walk away this pact is dead but out is t

meanwhile iran's president hassan rouhani, has appeared on state tv warning of the consequences of mrw from the nuclear deal. he said iran had plans to resist any such move by the us, but he gave no detail what that will mean. translation: if the united states leaves the nuclear agreement, you will soon see that they will regret it like never before in history. donald trump's new lawyer has insisted that the president would not have to comply with a possible legal order to testify before the inquiry into russian election meddling. speaking on us television, rudy giuliani said the president could plead the fifth amendment, the constitutional right not to answer questions that could incriminate him. what happens if robert mueller subpoenas the president? will you comply? well, we don't have to. he is the president of the united states. we can assert the same privileges as other presidents have. president clinton negotiated a deal. are you confident the president will not take the fifth in this case? oh, how can i ever be confident of that, when i am facing a situation with the president