acknowledging that it's unclear whether the much anticipated meeting is still on insisting that p.r. nyang must abandon its nuclear arsenal north korea says that it will not take part in the talks if it is pressured to give up its nukes. history being written only a few weeks ago at a summit of the north and south korean leaders. where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize. but now north korea the reason these annual us south korea joint military exercises that are currently taking place. in south korea expressed surprise and disappointment at the news. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally postpone the upcoming high level talks. back in washington president donald trump said he had been officially notified about north korea's threat to cancel their planned summit next month we haven't seen anything we haven't heard anything we will see what happened very early or the white house press secretary indicated that the president was prepared to roll with whatever decision the north koreans make. we'll continue with a campaign of maximum pressure that's the case

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house. we'll get to our guests in a moment but first let's have a closer look at the deal which requires iran to significantly limit its nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions that includes iran reducing the number of its centrifuges the machines used to enrich uranium and keeping enrichment levels at three point six seven percent below what's required to make nuclear bombs the for down nuclear reactor one of the country's biggest underground plants is to be used only for nonmilitary research there is to be no building of any heavy water plants for fifteen years in the one that iraq redesigned so it produces less plutonium and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to have access to all iran's declared facilities a

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house france's foreign minister says the risks of confrontation a real following trumps withdrawal from the deal attention butler reports from paris. well the message from france is that the u.s. wants to pull out of the iran nuclear deal but france wants to stay in it and work to preserve it we heard from the french foreign minister evolute dri on wednesday morning and what he is saying is that the french president emmanuel michael will be speaking to the iranian president will be reaffirming his commitment to the deal and the jury also outlined what we have seen as france's position over the last few days and that is that for france it believes that this deal is the best that there is out there for the moment the dri are saying that iran is complying with this deal

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats. kimberly how al-jazeera at the white house al-jazeera same. joins us. now live tell us more about the reaction over that decision by donald trump on tuesday in iran today well within minutes ten or fifteen minutes of trump's announcement that you know this is going on that you we heard from president hassan rouhani and this morning we've had a flurry of response from other senior leaders in iran just a day after the united states tore up the deal members of parliament in iran said the deal and the u.s. flag on fire symbolically protesting what they say was an unfair decision by the united states to pull out of a deal that iran was complying with a day or so earlier the same parliament had issued a message of support for the president we also heard from the commander of the iranian revolutionary g

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house she have a chance he has more now from washington. barack obama gave a very detailed explanation of why he doesn't agree with donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iranian nuclear the old beginning with the fact that the deal is multilateral it was agreed upon unanimously in the u.n. security council and with germany it wasn't a deal just between iran and the united states secondly that the deal is working iran has pulled back its nuclear program thirdly the inspection regime is the most stringent ever put on a nuclear program this isn't just about trust president obama said compliance he adds number four iran is complying with the deal and even the u.s. has own intelligence agencies accept that and fifth there is no expiration date on the ab

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house well iran was very quick to respond to donald trump's actions zain bus ravi 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 life speech he said the united states had once more proven itself to be an unreliable negotiating partner and characterized 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 countr

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make calls empty threats. kimberly help at al-jazeera at the white house france's foreign minister says the risks of confrontation are real following trump's withdrawal from the deal let's go live to paris such as is there so what exactly has the french foreign minister been saying that. well the message from france today is very much that the u.s. may be out of this iran deal but france wants to stay in and wants to preserve it so the french foreign minister speaking on french radio a short while ago said that the french president about all michael will be speaking to the iranian president will be reaffirming his commitment to the deal and trying to work out how they can now go forward to try and maintain it we know that it was also made comments very much keeping in line with france's position over this crisis over the last few day

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats. kimberly how al-jazeera at the white house. let's go live to washington d.c. now our cost spondon she has her times he is joining us from there and as we've mentioned shihab among those who criticize trump's move is. to tell us more about you know why he thinks this is such a big mistake wow this is president obama's way he was very methodical in his statements against donald trump's decision he raised six different points beginning with the fact that this is a multi that true deal this isn't simply a deal between the u.s. and iran this was between the united nations security council it was unanimously voted for anyone security council and germany and and iran so that's number one number two the fact that it's working that iran has to draw a bold back its nuclear program further that the inspecti

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house for the policy is the president of the national iranian american council he says that the u.s. strategy on iran is beginning to take shape. they certainly want to stay in the deal but do they have the backbone particularly the europeans to be able to provide the type of guarantees and protection for their own companies so that they can continue to be engaged in the iranian market without getting sanctioned by donald trump that's where the question is the desire to stay is there the desire to make sure that a deal remains in place is there but this is going to take a much more backbone from europe than what they have shown so far we're now starting to see that the united states actually does have a strategy and it's a strategy of setting the stage fo

possible the trump's decision will be seen by china's leaders as a slap in the face not just for p.r. nyang but also for beijing because china have publicly supported the idea of this summit taking place just a few days ago china's foreign minister wang ye had urged washington to cherish the opportunity of peace now the chinese media has been quite restrained in its coverage so far an editorial in the china daily on friday urged washington and north korea to continue with their contacts now at the moment of course we have friction between china and the united states on many fronts right now taiwan the south china sea the iran nuclear deal north korea's nuclear program and of course a u.s. diplomat going home to the united states suffering from a mystery illness and of course just a few days ago the united states announced that it was an inviting china to take part in a major naval exercise the two to be held offer why in the next few weeks a lot of strain a lot of tension between china and the united states with no one quite sure how it's all going to play out in the coming days weeks and m

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house when hasan rouhani was quick to respond and says his country has fulfilled all of its commitments to the deal. they've done nothing except put 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've done nothing wrong is not acceptable that the us is pulling out. all the signatories to the deal including the e.u. and russia have expressed regret over transfer of america's european allies have pledged to uphold the deal but decision has been supported by israel the united a

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house by house and rouhani was quick to respond and said his country has fulfilled all of its commitments to the deal. 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 us is pulling out of the signatories to the dealings that in the e.u. and russia have expressed regret over the move by donald trump america's european allies a pledge to uphold the deal but the from decision has been su

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house let's go now to the first of our correspondents zain does ravi is in tehran so obviously this is not going to go down well then the supreme leader has some tough words about it. yes after the deal was the final nail went into the coffin of the deal as far as the americans and current concerned we heard from president rouhani and this morning we've had a flurry of response from other leaders senior leaders in the country on the floor of the parliament many m.p.'s burning an american flag informatics fashion we've also heard from the very influential. iranian revolutionary guard corps commander saying that the. getting into negotiations with the united states in the first place give them false legitimacy that this was a bad idea to begin with seemingl

on the sixth of march issued through the office of the president of south korea on behalf of the p.r. nyang regime said that they would have no need for nuclear weapons if this security were guaranteed and if the hostile threat from indicted states was removed that's all they want i don't even think they care too much about. isn't trump's office of trade they can trade with china for all they need but what they do want is to end the state of war two in the permanent hostility to engage and have the peace treaty which was the basis for the armistice in nineteen fifty three unfortunately washington has form in this matter because the peace treaty was predicated on there being good faith negotiations to replace the peace treaty that replaced the armistice with a peace treaty in fact when the parties made in geneva in one hundred fifty four the us secretary of state foster dulles would have nothing to do with it he wouldn't even shake the hand of the chinese foreign minister and he treated north korea like a pariah out things have just gone on in the same way three years later it was the united

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house the head of the global nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency has issued a strong statement. in response to trump's decision yukiya amano says iran is subject to the world's most robust new clever if occasion regime under the joint comprehensive plan of action the special name for the iran nuclear deal he went on to say that as of today the i can confirm that the nuclear related commitments are being implemented by iran same as ravi is in teheran i'm just wondering what you can tell us about the response particularly from the supreme leader. absolutely immediately after. the deal for the day after united states pulled out of the deal we've seen. parliamentarians in iran have said that your symbolically on fire to illustrate how upset they are o

pull back on the on the hostile language now of course kim jong un has invited xi jinping to visit p.r. nyang and that's possible it could happen in june the question is would the chinese president go to north korea before kim jong un has his meeting his planned meeting with president donald trump i think that china's leader is is pretty sanguine about the idea of kim jong un sitting down face to face with south korea's leader but he's less carefree about kim jong than sitting down face to face with president donald trump in a sense china's leader is in a bit of a dilemma here because he's trying to get a handle not just on president donald trump but also kim jong un and these are two of the most unpredictable leaders in the world they're going to have face to face talks and china will not be part of those talks but i think it's fair to assume that the shadow of xi jinping will loom large over those discussions all right a.j. and thank you for that asian brown live in beijing well meanwhile north korea is expected to tie. the agenda trilateral talks taking place in tokyo japan south korea and

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make were trying calls empty threats. can't really help at al-jazeera at the white house well it's going to live now to washington d.c. we're joined by correspondent shihab rattansi and reaction coming in thick and fast shihab including from barack obama who really spelled out why he thinks trump's made a mistake and echoing the thoughts of others who supported the u.s. staying in the deal right there in that vein that will go through and president obama said because it was a very detailed as is his way statement six points he made firstly it's a multilateral deal this isn't just a deal between the u.s. and iran this is a deal that was endorsed by the u.n. security council on the verge of the problem secondly it's working iran has scaled back its nuclear program that it has the most stringent inspection regime of any nuclear program

state mike pompei it was on his way to north korea laying the groundwork for a nuclear deal with p.r. nyang president indicated the united states is willing to negotiate a new deal with iran but he says his decision also signals the united states will no longer make calls empty threats can really help at al-jazeera at the white house . well let's go live now to washington d.c. our correspondent shihab rattansi is joining us from there among those have criticized. as been mentioned as barack obama has really spelled out why he thinks trump's made a mistake here. is his way he was very methodical in spelling out why he's against donald trump's decision he laid out six different points beginning with the fact that it's a multi lap traill agreement agreed on you know. by the u.n. security council unanimously and by germany this isn't just an agreement between the u.s. and iran secondly that it's working iran has rolled back its nuclear program thirdly there is a stringent perhaps the most stringent it's often said inspection program which is now under way on iran's nuclear program fourthly iran