iran only as a threat rather it county when tehran has a partner and it's a pleasure to introduce rick novak he's a berlin based correspondent for the washington post who covers international politics and he says both sides know that a u.s. iranian war could become more catastrophic even than the iraq war president trump could have few firm allies at home for such a confrontation. so i'd like to start out by trying to figure out if these drumbeats of war that we're hearing are in fact leading to that or whether they're simply scare tactics on both sides and for that purpose i'd like us to listen to some sound from both parties. what they should be doing is calling me up sitting down we can make a deal a fair deal we just don't want to have nuclear weapons not too much to ask and we would help put them back into great shape. would look at of negotiations with the us or poison as long as the us is what it is and has not come to its senses. talks with the us or poison and with its current administration it's a double poison him. the turing test you said in your opening statement that things won

see iran only as a threat rather it can win tehran as a partner and it's a pleasure to introduce rick novak he's a berlin based correspondent for the washington post who covers international politics and he says both sides know that a u.s. iranian war could become more catastrophic even than the iraq war president trump could have few firm allies at home for such a confrontation. so i'd like to start out by trying to figure out if these drumbeats of war that we're hearing are in fact leading to that or whether they're simply scare tactics on both sides and for that purpose i'd like us to listen to some sound from both parties. what they should be doing is calling me up sitting down we can make a deal a fair deal we just don't want to have nuclear weapons not too much to ask and we would help put them back into great shape. would look at of negotiations with the us or poison as long as the us is what it is and has not come to its senses. talks with the us or poison and with its current administration it's a double poison him. the tories how sick you said in your opening statement that things

of credible evidence to european officials it's been met with -- increasing skepticism exactly rick novak -- europeans definitely pushing back on this point even a british general saying yesterday he doesn't buy the evidence he's -- he's seeing and that is quite remarkable as as you know -- britain is part of the five eyes alliance. partnership and and clearly. a dispute over -- evidence of the us claims could a potentially justify military strikes and potentially a war with iran. and the us and the uk artificial denying that that is quite striking and i think that is. not going to help the us make its point here and in europe especially but also in other countries. meanwhile shane archaeon iran is saying that it will no longer comply with the limits on production of an of enriched uranium. that were part of that nuclear agreement -- that -- the u. s. - and the five permrmanent m membs of the security council together with germany all signed up to so what exactly does that mean how quickly can you run rev up its nuclear program are we now in imminent danger of seeing it essentially restar