hassan rouhani said the us and its allies in the gulf had supported the attack.an authorities. well, a short time ago, our washington correspondent, chris buckler, told me that there seems no end in sight to the diplomatic finger—pointing in this row. yeah, i think at the moment we've got washington and tehran blaming each other, essentially president rouhani claiming without any evidence it must be said, or certainly not displaying any evidence, that the us—backed allies in the gulf were responsible for enabling this attack, i think was the word he specifically used, and specifically the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, responding by saying that as far as they are concerned iran also needs to look at how it oppresses its people and they might find some idea of how this attack may have happened. a number of groups have claimed responsibility for this including a group inside iran itself. however, in the last few minutes, we've had some details from reuters suggesting that the so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility for this too and it has posted a

the response to president trumps attacks on iran is coming now from the iranian president hassan rouhani who's about to give this news conference all right james you're right so we are awaiting in a few moments for hassan rouhani the iranian president to start that press conference from new york but on the issue of iran james then at that meeting at the u.n. security council apologies dames we will now cross over to the iranian president let's listen in to what he has to say. their meetings in their speech is. supporting jay superiors an achievement. yet. this min meant. to state. and this action as being alone as being left alone. withdrawal of the united states from just appearing. has not been a reach their countries of the world. this was a. mistake this is considered a political mistake by those countries today and that's. a meeting of the united nations security council which was. all goes by mr trump as. usual way. initially their decision was the session was going to be about iran but then it was. it faced disagreement but members of the security council and then they had to take

i think you'll hear this jewel president rouhani.sage, president rouhani. i think you'll hear this jewel message, pressure on the one hand but also this effort at a bold diplomatic opening on the other, much like the north korea policy. we will watch this space. michael singh, thank you very much indeed. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm chetan pathak, coming up on your monday sport briefing: tiger roars back, ronaldo keeps scoring and stand by for the world's largest rugby scrum, featuring 2,500 players. in golf, it's a week like no other, the ryder cup is almost upon us! the tournament gets underway on friday in paris for the first time. the captains, tomas bjorn andjim furyk, will face the media later on monday in the french capital, and we reckon all the talk will be about this man. a year ago, he wasn't sure if he'd ever return to golf after back surgery. now, five years after his last pga tour victory, tiger woods is finally a winner again after digging in on the final day to win the sea

rouhani is someone very embattled in iran right now. the economy is not doing well, especially after the u.s. is getting a lot tougher on iran. but it certainly seems as though if anything he's gotten more support than before. president rouhani himself, as we heard there, firing back at president trump, not only accusing him of having a weakness of character and a weakness of intellect but saying he wouldn't want at this stage at least a meeting with president trump saying that it would be a useless photo opportunity. so certainly sparks flying between these two leaders. if anything at all, it seems as though the iranian leader was at least strengthened at home while iran, of course, is in a very tough position with the economy not doing well. also with the recent terror attack, as well. of course, as we've heard, seems as though today more sparks might be flying at the united nations with president trump chairing that u.n. security council meeting. christine? >> fred pleitgen in moscow. thanks. >>> house republicans planning to subpoen

russia and china have already emphasized president rouhani noted that the iranian deal was in trying to an international law and it was the us who was in violation rouhani also pointed to this contradiction as the us continues to suggest negotiations with iran may be possible it is ironic that the us government does not even conceal its plan for overthrowing the same government it invites the talks across town that contradiction was on full display both secretary of state might compare and national security advisor john bolton addressed an extreme neo conservative group that's long pushed for conflict with iran recent language by both men insisting that the goal of the trumpet ministration isn't regime change in iran seemed undermined to say the least if you cross us our allies our partners if you harm our citizens if you continue to lie cheat and deceive yes there will indeed be hell that we are watching and we will come after you and compare had this to say about the plans announced here at the u.n. general assembly on monday night by the remaining signatories of the iranian deal t

i would like to thank president rouhani for the generous way in which he's hosted us. and the next meeting shall be carried out in the russian federation. and i believe that much more optimistic and positive developments will take place leading up to that next meeting which will take place in russia. today's meetings. are very important because. they are taking place in a. very important situation we are on the very important second chances in syria. since the beginning of corp of the three countries we have been pursuing one goal and that has been to create peace and security in the region. particularly in syria. this important goal has always been. will always be our goal. security. over the past seven years we have. passed many obstacles. syrian nation the syrian army with the support of. friends of the syrian nation has achieved achievements have been in short. important steps. have been taken in syria and we are witnessing that today and the most important step is that those countries whose support terrorists and who are creating terrorism and terrorist groups who

russia and china have already emphasized president rouhani noted that the iranian deal was in trying to an international law and it was the us who was in violation rouhani also pointed to this contradiction as the us continues to suggest negotiations with iran may be possible it is ironic that the us government does not even conceal its plan for overthrowing the syrian government it invites the talks across town that contradiction was on full display both secretary of state might pompei as national security advisor john bolton addressed an extreme neo conservative group that's long pushed for conflict with iran recent language by both men insisting that the goal of the trumpet ministration isn't regime change in iran seemed undermined to say the least if you cross us our allies our partners if you harm our citizens if you continue to lie cheat and deceive yes there will indeed be hell that we are watching and we will come after you and pump air had this to say about the plans announced here at the un general assembly on monday night by the remaining signatories of the iranian deal to

on tuesday, rouhani responded to the threats, saying the u.s. is guilty of recklessness and economic terrorism. >> it is ironic that the u.s. government does not even conceal its plan for overthrowing the same government it invites to talks. amy: president rouhani also said he did not request to meet with president trump. we'll have more on trump's appearance at the general assembly and growing u.s. threats against iran after headlines with university of michigan professor juan cole. republicans on the senate judiciary committee will turn to an outside counsel to question supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh perseus accuser christine blasey ford during a high-stakes hearing on thursday, as blasey ford is set to testify that kavanaugh attempted to rape her when she was 15 years old. "the w washington post" reports republicans have selected rachel mitchell, sex crimes bureau chief for the maricopa county attorney's office in phoenix, arizona, and a long-time registered republican. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell confirmed tuesday the commi

nikki haley said iranian president hassan rouhani had "oppressed his people for a long time". responding to mr rouhani's fierce criticism of the us, in which he blamed washington for enabling the attack. the victims of saturday's violence included 12 members of the revolutionary guards. it was one of the worst attacks ever against the elite force. president rouhani remarks came as he left tehran for new york to attend the un general assembly. translation: the victims fell as innocent martyrs. undoubtedly the islamic republic of iran does not overlook this crime. it's clear to us which group the attackers belonged to and to where they are linked. the small puppet countries we see in the region are backed by america and the us is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. let's talk more about that un leaders gathering in new york this week with our us correspondent chris buckler. tellers about the reaction of the trump administration to what iran is saying about the attack. washington points out president rouhani hasn't offered any proof a

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mr rouhani made his comments, as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly willvene for its annual meeting on tuesday. from there, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins sent this report. gunfire. the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran said it was responsible, but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls, the bully, the united states and the gulf states, which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies any involvement, urging president rouhani ins

general assembly hasan rouhani told reporters in tehran that the u.s. was becoming increasingly isolated on the global stage robbi has more from the iranian capital. before you left senior leaders in iran were on the fence about whether their president hassan rouhani should even attend this year's united nations general assembly the apprehension a sign of how disenchanted iranians are with the international community since the united states pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal sending iran's economy into a tailspin so as soon as he returned rouhani took to the airwaves in a live address putting down any doubts as to the importance of his visit to new york where him. the most important thing that was obvious at this year's u.n. general assembly session that we saw in the media and also heads of state said it it was the rightfulness of the public and the reigning nation and the bullying by the united states. he said he was able to use the visit to openly explain iran's policy positions within the legal framework of the un the biggest international

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also, of course, voicing support for iran's president hassan rouhani. a couple of minutes ago, i looked at some newspaper headlines in iran. one of the things they talk mostly about is the fact that president trump got laughed at at the united nations when he was doing that speech. we've to keep in mind that -- we have to keep in mind that this happened when president rue happeny is embattled at home -- rouhani is embattled at home. the economy is not doing well, trouble with the hard-liners. seems the criticism he is getting from president trump is uniting those factions more than anything else. both the supreme leader and rouhani said right now a meeting with president trump is absolutely off the table. they say it would be nothing more than a photo opportunity. certainly, we've seen the sparks fly once at the united nations. and we might see more of that later today. >> we'll hear from president trump at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. thanks. >>> house republicans planning to subpoena the justice department for memorial rows -- memos written by andrew mccab

so that's what rouhani was doing.e then went on more seriously to say that the reason we cannot meet now is because we need to have movement on the iran nuclear deal. that president trump has pulled the united states out of it, he said that -- he calls it illegally and unjustifiably. he said it's not just a handshake or an agreement. this is an actual formal agreement enshrined in a u.n. security council resolution, so it's an international legal affair. and that iran continues to abide by it and hopes that the other signatories, europeans, russians, and the rest, can get president trump to abide by it as well. >> let me ask you this. what is iran's calculation in continuing to abide by the agreement, even though the u.s. has left, and by doing that, has taken away many of the economic benefits that iran expected by making this agreement? are they calculating that eventually trump will be gone and then the deal will be resurrected in full? what's their calculation? >> well, i mean, look, you're absolutely right. one w

the turkish russia relationship it was interesting that president are there on refer to president rouhani ascii brother during the summit but surely you would agree that these brotherhood is not without its complications what is the rainy and short term and perhaps medium term objective in the bleep i think is iran who is in the is in the best position because i mean he sees his two friends going over no struggling are good and he's like you know staying a sign of the i mean i think you're watching i was right right right and that but it was a monkey but. iran has secured his presence in syria i mean one hundred percent the only question is that what will be the degree overrun in military press and or konami presence in syria so for iran it's not really a. priority to see what happens with it but on the long run of course it's in iran's interest that damascus would gain control of one hundred percent of the territory because that would mean more access to the syrian territory but iran willing to wait a little bit is that what you mean that iran is not rushing so yeah now both president ro

had strong words from president trump for iran and its leadership and the iranian president hassan rouhani fired white back can either country come back from this escalation. frankly speaking it doesn't seem that it's possible right now if the u.s. is quite determined to move forward to impose new sanctions against iran because they see that's the same since already imposed are beginning to bite so why it's back down and even when the president says that he's ready to meet with rouhani that would mean that still runyan regime has to make some concessions for this teaching to take place concessions that the iranian regime is not willing to make that is something that iran's president rouhani made very clear today here. on north korea on the other hand you know we have quite a change from what we heard last year did way. yes last year president trump described as the rockets man on a suicidal mission this year he praised as courageous courageous men so quite a shift in the u.s. approach towards north korea we have to say that there is fresh hope that progress is being made in talks with nort

well if you really listen to the opening remarks by the iranian president president hassan rouhani and then the russian president president putin they are very much throwing forward. as far as they're concerned the conflict is in its final stages president bashar al assad who they have backed has emerged as the winner now it has to be said that president early one wasted no time pointing out to his colleagues that the fight was not over and he wasted no time getting to the point of including what happens next and let me read you a statement of what he said he said quote we do not want a bloodbath in and then he turns to his colleagues across the table and says you must support us in that shortly afterwards he repeats himself saying that a decision on ad lib will shape the region and we would appreciate if you appreciate our position that we're very clear message from the turkish leader who has the most to lose if there is more drawn out conflict in a province and more refugees than streaming across the border into turkish territory he made it very clear that as far as the conflict is c

hassan rouhani says america and it's gulf allies backed the assault, a claim strongly denied by the usts, as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly meets on tuesday. from new york, here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. gunfire. the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran said it was responsible, but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls, the bully, the united states and the gulf states, which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies an

general assembly hasan rouhani and told reporters in tehran that the u.s. was becoming increasingly isolated internationally fourteen countries either directed or indirectly backed the nuclear agreement at the u.n. security council meeting samus robbi has more from tehran before you left senior leaders in iran were on the fence about whether their president hassan rouhani should even attend this year's united nations general assembly the apprehension a sign of how disenchanted iranians are with the international community since the united states pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal sending iran's economy into a tailspin so as soon as he returned rouhani took to the airwaves in a live address putting down any doubts as to the importance of his visit to new york. the most important thing that was obvious at this year's un general assembly session that we saw in the media and also heads of state said it it was the rightfulness of the public and the reigning nation and the bullying by the united states. he said he was able to use the visit to openly expl

the who will negotiating with americans that because i don't believe to trample in good shape the rouhani. on that so that's kind of like putting playing on a safe side here so i'm supporting this idea that you know foreign forces. legally. in syria should be must leave but in the same at the same time is like keeping his retore quite low on that but one of the things that president rouhani specifically addressed during the summit he said that the issue of the history afraid you'll have to be settled second off to the question is decided and i wonder how can it really be settled i mean democrats are not going to pack up and leave just because the russians or even the iranians are asking them to one hundred percent and that's i mean from my point of view. the issue of is way more important than it lip like yes off to live for a deal i mean or it was settled and then you have i mean it is not that much important as you for it is for the long term syria the reconstruction or will be all all of the oil and gas and refining of course of course and their kurdish areas which are well established

to wait a little bit is that what you mean that iran is not pressuring so yeah now both president rouhani and president are there on the garage the american presence in the east and are you afraid region much more so than president putin why is that why is russia at least from my perception a little bit less. obviously acting c.e.o. of the americans being there in the first place because it's putting the who will negotiating with americans that because i don't believe to trump will negotiate with rouhani. on that so that's kind of like putting playing on a safe side here so i'm supporting this idea that you know foreign forces. legally. in syria should be must leave but then the same at the same time is like keeping his retore quite low on that but one of the things that president rouhani specifically addressed during the summit he said that the issue of the history of race will have to be settled second off to the question is decided and i wonder how can it really be settled i mean democrats are not going to pack up and leave just because the russians or even the iranians are asking them

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rouhani will be in new york this coming week. are president trump and rouhani going to meet? what does the president plan to say about these allegations? >> we will welcome rouhani like we welcome all other heads of state. you've got a lot of rhetoric coming from rouhani. the united states condemns any terrorist attack anywhere, period. we've always stood by that. rouhani needs to look at his own home base. iranian people are protesting. every ounce of money that goes into iran goes into the military. he has oppressed his people for a long time. he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that's coming from. i think the iranian people have had enough and that's where all of this is coming from. having said that, he can blame us all he wants. the thing he needs to do is look in the mirror. >> speaking of looking at one's own home base, the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, appeared at an iranian opposition event last night saying that u.s. sanctions could lead to a successful revolution in iran. giuliani said i don't when we're going to overthrow them but it's goin

simply because putin and rouhani agreed they should storm the city and finish the al-qaeda affiliatedisation. there are about 15,000 fighters who belong to al-qaeda there, and they gathered in idlib deliberately, so this is the final attack. president erdogan was very worried because he knows 3 million people of idlib could fall to the turkish border. the consequences of a strike thereand any more bloodshed are huge, just in terms of the refugees and everything else. in terms of the militant groups, the hds, president erdogan reluctantly designated them a terrorist organisation but he allowed many of them across the border at the start of the civil war, so is he paying the price for that? he is paying the price for that because he actually encourage them, and he was the last one who considered al-qaeda troops there or organisation is a terrorist organisation, because he has no other options. president putin said clearly that we are going to fight until death because they will be massacred. he is scared that those people could infiltrate, go back to muslim or islamic republics in the r

this time but that president rouhani is probably a very lovely man so we see the dichotomy with trump as he dealt with north korea as he's dealing with iran my my sense of my understanding from within the trump administration is that president trump himself would be very happy having a new deal with iran one that can be devoid of any detail because he doesn't really care about nuclear weapons or terrorism or anything else he just wants to have a victory that he can tout along with his victory with with north korea to the american public that he has so much better than president obama so while the rhetoric has been strident and president trumps advisers are some of the most anti iran india logs out there president trump himself does seem to have a different view and does seem to be holding the door open for a possible meeting with president rouhani something that trump's own advisers fear more than anything the saudi a mirage the coalition fighting in yemen says it's working with the u.n. to open humanitarian colored tools that will allow aid to be delivered the u.n. as well that billi

this time but that president rouhani is probably a very lovely man so we see the dichotomy with trump as he dealt with north korea as he's dealing with iran my my sense of my understanding from within the trump administration is that president trump himself would be very happy having a new deal with iran one that can be devoid of any detail because he doesn't really care about nuclear weapons or terrorism or anything else he just wants to have a victory that he can tout along with his victory with with north korea to the american public that he is so much better than president obama so while the rhetoric has been strident and president trump's advisers are some of the most anti iran india lugs out there president trump himself does seem to have a different view and does seem to be holding the door open for a possible meeting with president rouhani something that trump's own advisers fear more than anything in history we've seen european leaders trying to save the iran nuclear deal setting up this payment system to keep doing business with iran and bypassing u.s. sanctions but john bol

ro rouhani's going to be in new york this week. from president frump and rouhani going to meet? and what does the president plan to say about these allegations? >> we will welcome rohuhani lik we welcome all other heads of state. but again, we have a lot of rhetoric coming from rouhani. what rouhani needs to do is look at his own home base. the iranian people are protesting. every dollar iran gets goes to his military, and he needs to look at his own base to see where that's coming from. i think the iranian people have had enough. and that's where all the is coming from, but having said that, he can blame us all he wants, the thing he's got to do is look in the mirror. >> speaking of one's home base, rudy giuliani appeared at an iranian opposition event last night and said that u.n. sanctions could lead to an overthrow inner rang. >> what are the irans going to think when one of rouhani's closest advisers -- there is no love for iran here in the united states, and there's no love for the united states and iran. and both sides are going to go back and forth, at the end of the day

is unacceptable senior iranian military officers are blaming saudi arabia while president hassan rouhani says the united states is intent on supporting ethnic arab separatists to create instability inside his country and they can confront us all they want the problem is they don't like the fact that we've called them out we've called them out for ballistic missile testing we call them out for their support of terrorism we call them out for their arms sales and they don't like it and not only that the worst of all we stop the hundreds of billions of dollars that were going to them and allowing them to do these and so their economy is plummeting their deals that they had are falling apart and they're getting desperate while rouhani is expected to use his time at the united nations to raise what he describes as america's numerous violations of international law the attack in a vase will no doubt influence iran's message. to how. the supreme leader is that sit there at tiffany's of countries in the persian gulf especially saudi arabia. and the u.a.e. who are playing the role of bad cope in t

hasan rouhani is the president of iran has just finished his speech at the united nations on behalf of general assembly speaking obviously about things which are severely a by the u.s. president donald trump but then at the end saying you would not have a friend a better iran if democracy and peace is what you seek we've got james spays our diplomatic editor it's been a busy day hasn't it james and as i said earlier it was almost we were waiting for how her son rouhani would choose to handle what donald trump said earlier take us through it. and the answer is with great restraint i think in many ways the most important lines of the iranian president's speech were the last ones that was the message he was trying to get across quit imposing sanctions and then extremism the world will not have a better friend than iran if peace is what you seek an impassioned defense of the iran deal which of course the other countries that signed up to that iran deal are sticking with with the exception of the united states there really wasn't very strong condemnation of the u.s. in that speech as we've

in idlib to avoid a blood bath by turkey's president erdogan at a summit with presidents putin and rouhaniere rejected. everyone was hoping a rabbit would people out of a hat in that summit and it hasn't happened. where do we go now? disaster. definitely a military option will be the dominant one. simply because resident putin and rouhani agreed they should storm the city and finish the al-qaeda affiliated organisation. there are about 15,000 fighters who belong to al-qaeda there, and they gathered in idlib deliberately, so this is the final attack. president erdogan was very worried because he knows 3 million people of idlib could fall to the turkish border. the consequences of a strike there aren't any more bloodshed are huge, just in terms of the refugees and everything else. in terms of the militant groups, the hds, president erdogan reluctantly designated them a terrorist organisation but he allowed many of them across the border at the start of the civil war so border at the start of the civil war so is he paying the price for that? he is paying the price for that because he actually

president rouhani spoke as he left tehran for new york to attend the un general assembly. victims fell as innocent martyrs. undoubtedly the islamic republic of iran does not overlook this crime. it's clear to us which group the attackers belonged to and to where they are linked. the small puppet countries we see in the region are backed by america and the us is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has dismissed the iranian president's comments as rhetoric. let's speak to our washington correspondent chris buckler. what's the evidence that iran is presenting? iran hasn't presented any evidence, hasn't even given specifics about who they believe was responsible, but they say affectively that they believe these are gulf states who were involved in this attack. they are pointing the finger at washington for supporting those states. but that has been pointed right back by the us ambassador to the un, who says that president rouhani has to look at exactly what his country has been doing,

general assembly in new york, rouhani said he planned to confront the u.s. and it's gulf >> (etranslated ): the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by amica, and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities commit these crimes. >> sreeniva president rouhani and president trump are scheduled to address the u.n. generaassembly in new rk on tuesday. and in recent interviews, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley wsaid president trul once again emphasize the administration's america first priorities. r a preview of what is in store during president trump's second appearance before the u.n. general assembly, i am joined now by the pbs newshour's foreign affairs and defdese correspon nick schifrin. >> sreenivasath let's start ran. rouhani is leaving the country and coming to new york saying, listen, i plan to express myself. there are rising regional tensions there and she blaming the united states for horrible attack on his people just a couple of days ago. >> yes. and the u.s. contin blame him for regio

people the majority of whom are innocent civilians and have suffered enough now president hassan rouhani for his part acknowledge that yes the majority of people there are not armed fighters who are not affiliated to any of the groups but that it lived needed to be rooted out or terrorists as he called them needed to be rooted out from it live to assure that that the civilians there would not be used as human shields now he has gone on throughout the day talking about how syria's national security and territorial integrity is a major priority and retaking it by the syrian government is an important part of moving forward from conflict to reconstruction now if he was occupying the middle ground then the russian president vladimir putin was on the other end of the spectrum and made his position clear that if armed groups of terrorists as he called them are willing to use innocent civilians as human shields then what happens in the next is going to be the fault of those armed groups so three very different opinions on what promises to be the final battle in syria the final large scale battl

general assembly and returning to tehran now some rouhani told reporters the u.s. was becoming increasingly isolated among the international community has more now from the iranian capital before you looked senior leaders in iran were on the fence about whether their president should even attend this year's united nations general assembly the apprehension a sign of how disenchanted iranians are with the international community since the united states pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal. qana me into a tailspin. so as soon as he returned rouhani took to the airwaves in a live address putting down any doubts as to the importance of his visit to new york. the most important thing that was obvious at this year's u.n. g.a. that we saw in the media and also heads of state said it it was the rightfulness of the islamic republic and the iranian nation and bullying by the united states. he said he was able to use the visit to openly explain iran's policy positions within the legal framework of the un the biggest international stage there is and despite president don

security council meeting so it'll be interesting to hear what the iranian president hassan rouhani has to say in just under two hours time. and you know if of course what jim. reported from his own conversation with the area the foreign minister is anything to go by the iranians have a very solid point of view here regardless whether you think they are right or wrong whether they do or do not have secure nuclear weapons and program but if the united nations the iranians are insisting on one point it is the united states is at the united nations a lobbying the united nations to violate united nations security council resolution that basically enshrined the iran nuclear deal in its. and i think that point of course is very strong community and i think this point president rouhani will continue to hammer home because the united states is in a weak position visited the rest of the world that wants to continue to abide by a u.n. security council resolution that the united states now is violating ok thank you for joining us from london let's now cross over to iran and get the viewpoint from

president rouhani did what we've come to be quite accustomed to which is to calmly take on each one of donald trump of the administration's arguments one by one not just on the iran nuclear deal also on don trump's thesis of patriotism the doctrine of patriotism american first of all and so on this is what one phrase that your james basis is discussing this rouhani saying confronting multi-lateralism is not a sign of strength rather it's a symptom of the weakness of intellect it betrays an inability to understand a complex and interconnected world so kind of an attack on from there being a quiet almost passive aggressive way the rouhani rally has to do is another bit seems a bit passive aggressive for dialogue to take place there's no need for a photo opportunity that seems to be a bit of a dig against donald trump's beloved summit with north korea for example but then on the substance of the iranian nuclear deal rouhani was saying look we don't need any more talking we want any more meetings you just have to go back to international law as and try and here at the u.n. . to do it see w

mr rouhani says america and its allies had backed those responsible.ashington for us. chris, what's the us saying about this? well, washington's response has been to point the finger back. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, says that if iran wants to know who is responsible, they should look at the country's oppression of its people, and that kind of rhetoric gives you a sense of the tensions that exist between washington and tehran, particularly since the us pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and a reimpose sanctions. and if anything, there is a danger that relationships could worsen this week, with a meeting of the un general assembly, which will be attended by both president trump and president rouhani. indeed, donald trump is due to chair a meeting of the un security council. it is due to discuss getting rid of weapons of mass destruction, but he has already said he wanted to focus on iran, and that has led one of his own members of staff to say that that might well lead to the biggest viewed in un security council history, a claim that don