you mentioned the statements from hassan rouhani. one which it was unwise to pull the lion's tail, so to speak. that seems to be reaction to the bid by the united states to try to tie sanctions with iran after pulling out of the nuclear agreement. the u.s. is trying to stop oil trade with iran right now. increasing the economic and military to some degree pressure as well. the problem really is that they seem to be laboring under the belief there is a liberal iranian government in a box to replace this currently moderate government of hassan rouhani in the event the economic pressure ratchets up and unseats them. here is what mike pompeo had to say in california yesterday about the nature of the current iranian government. >> the bitter irony of the economic situation in iran is the regime uses this to line its pockets while people cry out for jobs and reform. the iran economy is going great, but only if you are a politically connected member of the elite. >> reporter: now, obviously, he went on to refer to $95 billion slush fund use

just a week after he threatened the country now says he's ready to meet iranian president hassan rouhani any time and without preconditions but his secretary of state quickly backtracked from statement adding a few caveats to any potential meeting my palm pale wants to see what he calls a change in behavior from iran before in a negotiations can go ahead iran was also quick to set its own conditions saying the u.s. must rejoin the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal before any talks can happen so we have a lot to get to with our guests but first this report from alan fischer at the white house. the u.s. president's surprise offer came during a news conference at the white house with italy's prime minister no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want any time they want the u.s. spy lifted the deal is signed with iran and its international partners when president trump announced in may the u.s. was pulling out even though there was no indication iran was in breach this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made he don't get for months it was a te

president donald trump says he's willing to meet iranian president hassan rouhani at any time and without preconditions india publishes a list that effectively strips four million people of citizenship in the northern states of. and firefighters battle against massive wildfires that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of homes and the u.s. state of california. we begin in zimbabwe where polls have closed the votes are being counted in the first election without longtime leader robert mugabe however that didn't stop the ninety four year old from voting in the capital harare or endorsing the opposition candidate nelson chamisa jimmie's has already cry foul accusing the election commission of impeding the vote in areas is a main challenger to current president and the same man gaga he served for decades under mugabe with polls suggesting a tight race. a chief observer of the year election mission broke says his team will be assessing the impact of long voting delays in open areas we have to see that in the election of station itself which was in all the cases. so far we could check

president's tweet describing it as a passive reaction to remarks president rouhani made. everyone has a history of using heated rhetoric against the united states but recent comments by president rouhani appear to have crossed a line for donald trump to michoud was you know. don't play with the lion's tail that would only lead to regret you in forever regretted. that u.s. president took to twitter to send a warning to tehran using capital letters for emphasis never ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have episode before. on sunday u.s. secretary of state mike pumpin i also had harsh words for to iran. these so-called moderates within the regime were still violent islamic revolutionary with an anti america and the west agenda you only have to take their own word for it. the verbal standoff comes months after washington's decision to abandon an international deal with iran that was aimed at curbing its nuclear program relations between the two countries have to to rewrite it since president rouhani

rouhani warns the us don't play with the lion's tail president. don't threaten us or you'll suffer historic consequences. thousands are hospitalized as japan's record temperatures just weeks after devastating floods. welcome to the program german football star mesut ozil has quit the national team of a watch he called discrimination following japanese world cup exit the midfielder who has to his roots said he faced racism and disrespect from the german media after he was pictured with turkish president. back in may he then faced criticism from the german football association after the country's poor world cup before. after a long silence mesut ozil has finally made his feelings known in an epic three part statement on twitter. it was ill said that not meeting with president at all one would have been disrespecting his family's roots in his third post heavily criticized german football association president for negative comments on islam and multiculturalism and said that he would no longer be playing for germany . a photo of an added one at that m

president's have been trading threats the rhetoric escalated on sunday when iran's leader hassan rouhani warned the u.s. against playing with what he called the lion's tail in an angry response trump want against threatening the u.s. shallot palace reports with television as their platform a ratcheting up of thrifts between iran's president hassan rouhani and the trumpet ministration on sunday secretary of state mike compare spend a full twenty six minutes criticizing rouhani and his leadership the ayatollah are in on the act to judging by their vast well they say more concerned with riches than religion these hypocritical holy men advice all kinds of cricket's games to become some of the wealthiest men on earth while their people suffer the u.s. administration is attacking iran from multiple angles in may president trump withdrew from the twenty fifteen nuclear chord in august he will reimpose sanctions aimed at crippling iran's economy pompei are warned tehran its exports will be squeezed in the coming months and is pressuring allies to stop importing iranian oil by november its bigges

president that's after trump said that he was willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani without preconditions the statement comes after a week of increased hostility between the two countries tehran and washington are at odds over the fate of the arend nuclear deal which trump withdrew from earlier this year. even by president chump standards the statement made its a news conference with the italian prime minister surprising their quality is the first time a u.s. president has offered to meet with an iranian leader since the islamic revolution nearly forty years ago. i would certainly meet with a round of they want to meet i don't know that they're ready yet to have a hard time right now but i ended the iran deal it was a ridiculous deal i do believe that they will probably end up wanting to meet and i'm ready to meet any time they want to and i don't do that from strength or from weakness i think it's an appropriate thing to do. this statement was all the more unexpected given the flare up of tension between tehran and washington over the last week on sunday the iranian preside

what can president rouhani promised his people, what can europe give him? the likes of total and airbus, having important relationships, but when the us is threatening sanctions, we don't know if they were followed through or not, the end of the day, the us does control the financial system, payment in us dollars. where can we go? what has been interesting is that prior to this visit to europe uranium media has been briefing that rouhani expects an economic package. but the european media and european sources have not said anything of the sort. —— iranians media. every attempt to do business with iran has failed. blocking resolutions didn't do it, i don't see how this will work. what does this mean for the iranian economy, and the price of oil? we should expect half a million barrels of oil at least a day to come out of global supply as a result of the sanctions. i don't see how the iranians could continue that. we need to start talking about prices in the iranian economy. thank you, that has been really interesting. we shall keep you up—to—date with how pr

president this time on iran donald trump now says he's willing to meet iran's president has an rouhani at any time and without preconditions two men have been locked in an escalating war of words since trump withdrew the u.s. from that landmark two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal alan fisher has the story . the u.s. president's surprise offer came during a news conference at the white house with italy's prime minister no preconditions no they want to meet only any time they want. any time they want the u.s. spy lifted the deal is signed with iran and its international partners when president trump announced in may the u.s. was pulling out even though there was no indication iran was in breach this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made he dug it for months it was a terrible deal and vote to scrap it when he became president his offer to talk with iran's president well threw up many more questions and no preconditions means that he's ready to sign on the dotted line so to speak with the iranians so will that be acceptable to the region to the powers in the

he's threatening rouhani with death, consequences nobody's ever seen before. rouhani gave a speech in which he said if the u.s. attacks iran, it'll be the moer ther ofl wars. so this was not some true attack on the united states. it was just some rhetoric, whereas vladimir putin is actually attacking the united states as we know from his own director of national intelligence, and trump has nothing to say about that. moreover today, or sorry, yesterday, mike pompeo, you know, gave a tough speech about iran at the ronald reagan library, a lot of which i agree with. he was pointing out the corruption and human rights abuses in iran, which he's right to do, but how come pompeo and trump and nobody in the administration ever points out the corruption and human rights abuses in russia? there's a clear double standard here, wolf. >> yeah, a lot of people point that out. and we still don't know what happened at that helsinki summit in that two-hour private meeting that the president had with the russian leader. president putin apparently is briefing some of his close

rouhani said america should know peace with iran is the mother of all peace. and war with iran is the mother of all wars. he got a response last night via tweet. >> president trump warning rouhani in all caps, never threaten the united states ever again or you will suffer consequences in which few throughout history have suffered before. we are not a country that will stand for your dmeemented violee and threats. we have nick paton walsh with the latest. good morning, nick. >> reporter: all of this plays conveniently into the president who likes to distract people from the helsinki summit and vladimir putin. we have a new atmosphere of american foreign policy reignited here. some of this is linking to the speech by secretary of state mike pompeo. we are coming to an area in iran where decisions take apart the nuclear deal for the u.s. to withdraw from it has potentially left european nations who want to do business with iran vulnerable to sanctions and put pressure on the oil market in the months ahead. they have threatened to disrupt p suppli supplies heading

they came via tweet in response to a warning from rouhani that the u.s.hould stop playing with the lion's tail or end up regretting it. we have the report. it dominates the front pages and has sparked mixed reactions from residence. for several years, america and iran have threatened one another in different ways. warmongering is a trait of trump. i think we should not give him an excuse and let him take advantage of it as much as possible so people will not have to enter a war. a iranian's are used to strained relations. some want to maintain peace. >> in my opinion, officials should sit down and hear what they have to say. it is strategy to buy time and let trump finish his term. the table is the best option. ofothers are more critical the iranian government handling of escalating tensions with the u.s. is threatening the american people and our government is doing the same. do not expect america to do anything for our benefit. waitiranian's will have to and see if the hostilities will have repercussions. in the meantime, israel's prime minister's prais

burn for the moment we've got the iranian president hassan rouhani speaking alongside us president say let's return now to. stand by for us in london also listening and. we were talking before about the crises that president rouhani is facing at home is under enormous amount of pressure in switzerland partly to try and salvage the nuclear deal that of course the u.s. pulled out of at the end of last year but how close is that deal to collapsing because we know that iran is already looking at ways says it can increase the capacity of its uranium enrichment again. the thing is. iranians at the moment don't seem to have a lot of incentives to count of. stay. in the i mean even over the last year or so before the united states left the deal iranians claim time and time again that because of the threat all the different order issues over the future of the deal they have been they haven't been able to conduct attract a lot of international investors so in other words they claim that they have not been able to benefit from from the deal so over the last six or seven weeks this situation has g

"to iranian president rouhani: never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before." when asked today if mr. trump was inciting war with iran, the white house press secretary said: >> if anybody is inciting anything, look no further than iran. >> what's at the present or not for the remarks throughout the u.s. plan to snapback sanctions on iran's oil empire. >> translator: do not play with the lion's tail or else you will regret it. it will bring your eternal regret. >> democrats and some republicans argue it's all a distraction to move our eyes away from russia. >> the speech that rouhani seemed to be the same speech

the the the iranian leaders of the iranian government's approach the rouhani government was to reach out to the european union in particular to reach out to europeans to offset the american pressure and that is to try to maintain trade and investment and they were having someone get to success with that but it's a very long road to hoe what's happened in the last two weeks is that the combination of the very aggressive trumpet ministration and hard line pressure on the rouhani government is closing off that option of trying to balance the americans not only with china not only with india but with the europeans and and i really think we are getting to the point so we're not talking about. what they're trying to do is lay with first i think there's just a second of the reality on the ground in this tank which is that it is you know right in the leader that balance has only hang over there i'm going to let a favor and he carries it out of this mr putin do care about him and then the iranians and i wasn't willing to negotiate i was on other issues have the decency to be at least honest a

supported mr rouhani for that comment and other the last few days mr rouhani kunti knew that tone that reminds too many uranian devey that the former president mahmoud ahmadinejad was talking against us so in that case if they continue yes it can scrape especially these. statements from u.s. administration that they are supporting iranian protesters inside the country ok meanwhile the top u.s. diplomat mike pompei out has been trying to drum up world support for reintroducing sanctions on iran do you think that's likely to happen. as far as you can see right now if their target is actually on november fourth the sanctions really target financial and only export. take place and so far so many countries consider at that point that they stop. importing oil from iran that becomes a serious problem for iran which are to face economic problems inside the country of a high price or. currency crisis so yes in that case you. mentioned yes said they meant it in the end. they're called the. police units are more like mafia out there than you know politico and so. it's great any day right now ok t

how important is this to president rouhani?ge how strongly the european union will come out fighting and it will be tricky for the european union to stop getting what it wants out of withdrawal so he needs to understand how we are they to do things and how far we how we are they to do things and how farwe are going how we are they to do things and how far we are going to match up in the us. the european leaders were quick to respond when the us pulled out of the deal, emmanuel macron, angela merkel and theresa may. trying to persuade donald trump not to pull out. how important is the relationship? it's very important. it's seen as being one new market for european business and really showing the european union union union has some cloud in the world so the europeans didn't have much option, and whether they can do that isa option, and whether they can do that is a practical matter. they are hoping this relationship can continue. total, airbus, other big players who want to do business with iran. but how realistic is it for the

well, rouhani, president rouhani said yesterday, quote, america should know that peace with iran is theher of all peace and war with iran is the mother of all wars. but is the president's tweet actually about putting pressure on iran, or is it about shifting attention away from his summer with vladimir putin? kristen welker thought the same thing and asked the white house exactly that this morning. >> reporter: is the president trying to change the subject from russia to iran? is that part of the purpose of his tweet today? >> no. i think the president has the ability, up like a lot of those in the media, to actually focus on more than one issue at a time, and certainly we know that the media is obsessed with speaking about all russia all the time. but the president's focused on a lot of things that are taking place across the globe, and iran is one of them. it's been something we talked about -- >> joining me is jim walsh from mit security studies. thanks for being here. we asked was this just a distraction because the president went back to tweeting about russia, russia, russia. sarah

the president was responding to remarks from rouhani earlier that day.rica should know that peace with iran is the mother of all peace, and war with iran is the mother of all wars. rouhani's government has been under pressure as iran's economy struggles. it is bracing for additional u.s. sanctions to take effect in two weeks, a consequence of president trump's withdrawal from the obama-era nuclear deal in may. >> the united states no longer makes empty threats. >> reporter: the trump the arrival of john bolton as ay national security adviser and the elevation of mike pompeo to secretary of state. >> but i think everyone can agree that the regime in iran has been a nightmare for the iranian people. >> reporter: iran's leader blasted pompeo for interfering in state matters, but press secretary sarah sanders said regime change is not the goal. >> again, our focus is on stopping iran from having nuclear weapons regardless of who is there. that's what our priority is. >> reporter: we have seen explosive exchanges before with north korea. it eventually led to

president trump says he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani a surprise offer comes a week after he warned him don't threaten us or you'll suffer historic consequence . and from cars to green football meet the beacon friendly pretty side of the world the first to be certified as carbon neutral by the united nations. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program we start in northern iraq which was liberated nearly three years ago from the so-called islamic state when it swept through the region i asked targeted minorities like the yazidi who don't follow the islamic faith militants killed kidnapped and then in slave thousands of c.d.'s and even now the group is still recovering from the genocide returning and starting afresh is a mammoth task very few people have tried to start a new life in the region and its capital sin jar or. as. it's known in court as did abuse brigitta should travel there and brings us this exclusive report. on the capital of the yes he does life in ruins devastated by invasion and the fight for liberation most people fled when so-called isla

"to iranian president rouhani. never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious." >> the u.s. president appears to have been responding to this quote from iranian state media, speaking to diplomats sunday. iran's president reportedly said, "mr. trump, we are the honest man and guarantor of the safety of the waterway of the region throughout history. do not play with the lion's tail. it is regrettable." peace with iran is the mother of peace and war with iran is the mother of wars. president trump's top diplomat also taking aim at iran. listen here to the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, what he had to say on sunday. >> the bitter irony of the economic situation in iran is that the regime uses this same time to line its own pockets while its people cry out for jobs and reform and for opportunity. the iranian economy

iran is threatening to stop all exports from leaving the gulf the iranian president hassan rouhani said the measures could be taken if the u.s. sanctions prevent iran from selling oil on the local markets in the scenery rain in revolutionary guards commander says they're ready to implement the policy if needed the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal in may in a sense told countries they must stop all imports of iranian oil from november or face financial penalties. as the americans have claimed they want to completely stop iran's oil exports they don't understand the meaning of this statement because it has no meaning for a rainy and oil law to be exported while the region's oil is exported assuming that iran could become the only oil producer on able to export its oil is a wrong assumption that the united states will never be able to quote iran's oil revenues. for more on this story i'm joined by marwan bashar al jazeera senior political analyst marwan currently from wrong you obviously follow this in detail but this seems to be iran's first sort of very concrete reaction to the c

iran's president has sound rouhani has called the u.s. plan to stop iran exporting oil fantasy now three key hinted that iran could respond by stopping all time because from other countries passing through the strait of hormuz a regional gateway for imports and exports his government nonetheless faces a tough job to stop iran's economy from shrinking as the u.s. sanctions take hold many iranians are already desperate for relief from ongoing economic problems in june traders and to her grand bazaar went on strike to make clear their concerns the collapse of the reality on the foreign exchange market is making imports more expensive and pushing up inflation meanwhile the government has blocked the import of hundreds of items in an effort to support domestic producers so what effect will the forthcoming sanctions have an how kind of raw navigate a way through them to discuss this we are joined in our studio by now. she is washington correspondent for iran international. how it was that he is a politics professor at the university after ron h

he actually tried eight times to see president rouhani and the iranians rebuffed him.'s conceivable this is a prelude to an overture. you can see him dropping bombs on iran, you can see him building hotels in iran. >> can you really see him dropping bombs? it is true that the entire trump hierarchy in the national security sphere, whether it's president trump, whether it's mattis, pompeo, bolton, they are all hard on iran. they are iran hardliners. do you see a different tone coming out of the white house, out of the administration on iran than perhaps you saw coming out on north korea? >> well, john bolton has really been the most hawkish american official on iran perhaps over the last three decades when he was the private citizen. he had consistently advocated bombing iran. now, you're right, christiane, when trump ran as a candidate one of the things he talked about was getting out of dumb wars in the middle east. he was very critical of the iraq war and the afghan war. so there is a disnance that on one his instincts are to withdraw, like some of his policies and s

comes after president rouhani warned the u.s.h iran would be the mother of all wars taking a page from an old saddam hussein meme. president trump firing back in a tweet written in all caps saying, quote, to iranian president rouhani, never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we nor longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious. joining me is nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel and four-star admiral william mccraven known as the leaders of the special forces that took down osama bin laden. admiral mccraven, this war of words sounds to me like it's being done for effect. it's part of a coordinated strategy that deals with mike pompeo's speech at the reagan library last night, with the imposing snapback sanctions after the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal, with pressure that we reported first exclusively on nbc news. against europeans, countries, the three top e

exchanging bellicose threats with iran says he's prepared to hold a summit with iranian president hassan rouhani and with no preconditions iran meanwhile are yaks cautiously to the surprise offer of the city the islamic state turned into a ghost town since you are in northern iraq was liberated three years ago but only a fraction of the u.c.d. minority once lived there now for eternity we have an exclusive report. it's good to have you with us everyone always start with developments from north korea which is reported to be working on new ballistic missiles the year washington post reports that the u.s. spy satellites have detected renewed activity at a site that has produced them in the past activity comes despite north korean leader kim jong un's promise at a summit in singapore would donald trump to stop all missile and nuclear testing. on the surface relations between the u.s. and north korea have been warming earlier this week north korea return the remains of american soldiers sixty five years after the end of the korean war the gesture of peace came weeks after an historic summit the two c

>> he was responding to rouhani's comments. but a lot of people are asking that question this morning, why engage like this right now. thank you. >>> nick paton walsh has been reporting inside iran. he joins me now from london with his perspective on this. look, the wagging the lion's tailor pulling the tail came from rouhani. the president shot back but in all caps with a very dire warning. what's your read on that? >> it's quite hard to work out exactly what the end goal policy really is. you have to remember, this is a tweet being fired into a region where the caps lock is always put on. frankly, the additional statement from john bolton saying if iran does anything at all to the negative, is an extraordinarily broad threshold for a military action effectively. mike pompeo recently as the nuclear deal was being withdrawn from by the united states put out a list of 12 things it wanted iran to do, a wish list, frankly. essentially, it said it will need to withdraw where you have military influence. i think iran is maybe today

president rouhani warns the u.s., don't play with a lion's tale.president trump tweets back, "don't threaten us or you will suffer historic consequences." would you have to do if you had to import almost every thing you consume and you are not sure what the future holds? you will take you to and will it and the caribbean and its worries about brexit. sarah: i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program. a german football federation has hit back at the accusation of racism made by football star mesut Özil. on the contrary, it said it had been heavily engaged in integration work in germany for many years. Özil make the accusation after he explain why he quit the german national team. the midfielder, who has turkish roots, says he faced racism and filter suspect from the media after he was pictured with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan on in may. he faced criticism from the german football association after the disappointing world cup performance. mesut Özil did not mince his words. his three-part statement released in english on social media not onl

well any talks between trampin rouhani would have major implications for politics in the middle east and this includes blockade against castle joining us here. with political sociology at university good to have you with us first of all let's just talk about iran's response so far it's been pretty dismissive of this offer of talks without preconditions do you think they're going to stick to that line well of course the iranians are known for this kind of negotiation they're always up the bar in the beginning for every kind of dialogue but i think the important note here is what's happening in a month by their money for the minister they want to talk to mr smith with his u.s. counterpart and with a green light also and now he's going to have on just announce that he's willing to her next so it's very clear very obvious that there is a push by the americans to have a new wave of dialogue between iran and the united states i believe that the staged show for the u.s. president during the press conference to say that he is willing to meet with the iranians is only part of that and i belie

he is warning president rouhani to stop threatening the united states.lus, a deadly shooting on the streets of toronto. one is dead and at least 13 others were with injured when a gunman opened fire. >>> new questions about president trump's legal strategy after news that his former fixer michael cohen recorded a conversation with him discussing a payment involving an ex playboy model. >>> good morning, everyone. it is monday, july 23rd. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis bergdorf. we begin with another foreign policy crisis and president trump is once again threatening the annihilation of a country. late last night trump tweeted out in all capitals, quote, to iranian president rouhani, never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious. that came in response to a speech iranian president rouhani gave on sunday where he warned the president by name saying, quo

president saying he was willing to meet iran's leader on rouhani we'll have the latest on. also coming up is north korea continuing to build missile u.s. spy satellites show activity at a production side just weeks after leader kim jong un promised to work toward denuclearization. the city the islamic state turned into a ghost town since you are in northern iraq was liberated three years ago but only a fraction of the the minority who once lived there. we have an exclusive report. also coming up in the next sixty minutes a possible solution to the perils of uncontrolled migration we visit a shelter in funded by the european union here women and children can be properly process before they make the journey to europe legal and in safety. and meet the v.p. unfriendly british football team who are the first to be sort of carbon neutral by the united nations. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us cool response from tehran to donald trump's unexpected offer of talks the head of iran's strategic council on foreign relations says it sees no value in talks with the u.s. pr

us president donald trump says he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani for the surprise of all comes a week after he warned him don't threaten us for you'll suffer historic consequences . and tesla racing towards europe media reports say the american car maker is looking at building a so-called gigafactory in germany for producing batteries and a call. from the cars to green football me to the beacon friendly british side who are the first to be sort of five is carbon neutral by the united nations. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we start in northern iraq which was liberated nearly three years ago from the so-called islamic state when it swept through the region targeted minorities like the yazidi who don't follow the islamic faith militants killed kidnapped and slaved thousands of years edis and even now the group is still recall. obering from the genocide returning and starting afresh is a mammoth task very few people have tried to start a new life in the region and its capital soon jar or shrink as it's known in kurdish did that we used to get the shoc

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president rouhani has suggested peace is still possible and comments made to iranian diplomats he said americans had a choice between quote the mother of peace and the mother of wars with iran. and joining us now here in the studio is political analyst by a specialist on iranian affairs welcome. is this a mere war of words or is there more to it what i think we are seeing this escalation of rhetoric since ever since donald trump took office so it's going on for some time and it increases the danger of unintended conflict up until now it's only words but it can lead to real confrontation what do you make of the iranian leadership response i mean do you see an appetite for further escalating the situation i think the appetite that we can see is that they need to really around the flag moment in iran right now a country with a lot of different crises and external threats are the best thing you need for internal cohesion so i guess in that regard there is an appetite for it but not more than that on the u.s. side of course the u.s. has announced its withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal an

president said he was willing to meet with iran's leader hassan rouhani will have the latest on don't surprise you turkey also coming up the city islamic state turns it into a ghost town since you are in northern iraq was liberated three years ago but only a fraction of the yazidi minority who once lived there have returned we have an exclusive report. is tell us a little racing towards europe media reports say the american carmakers looking at building a so-called gigafactory in germany to produce factories and car. from cars to green footballs meet the vague unfriendly british scientists who are the first to be sort of by this carbon neutral by the united nations. so i'm terry martin welcome to the program a cool response from tehran to donald trump's unexpected offer of talks the head of iran's strategic council on foreign relations says the country sees no value in talks with the u.s. president after trump said that he was willing to meet. with iranian president hassan rouhani without preconditions the statement comes after a week of increased hostility between the two countries i

is that the combination of the very aggressive trump administration and hard line pressure on the rouhani government is closing off that option of trying to balance the americans not only with china not only with india but with the europeans and and i really think we are getting to the point so we're not talking about. why are china is laying with your eyes first time going there just a second to have done this reality on the ground this tank that is you know right in the balance has only hang over there i'm going to let a favor is that us mr minturn do care about him and then the iranians and i wasn't willing to negotiate i thought i was on to the issues have the decency to be at least honest about it and on what how and now i don't know and say listen i was going to i think you've missed i think you missed my point mohamed i think you missed my point what i was saying is is that far from trying to blame anyone that the rouhani government was trying to save the nuclear deal and therefore save the iranian economy from his perspective by going to other countries and trying to isolate the u

to boycott really you know oil as part of stronger international sanctions the president has done rouhani has appeared to threaten the oil exports from other middle eastern countries if the u.s. pushes ahead as. it is incorrect in unwise to imagine that somebody or producer countries will be able to export their surplus oil and iran would not be able to export its oil now really and fishes have threatened to disrupt oil shipments in the past to do so they would target the straits of hormuz that's a major shipping lane but it's also a small stretch of water between iran to the north and oman on the ribbon peninsula to the so at its narrowest point there are just fifty five kilometers between the two pieces of land twenty percent of the world's oil passes through here but i don't think iran will ever need to really exercise this threat we have to remember iran is not the only country that is upset with the u.s. pressure on opec all that idea of the oil exports not coming from iran or remember the opec countries the whole reason a lot of these countries are in crises in the first place is be