dealt with not just by the president in this country, there is a body that is called the supreme national council that deals with a nuclear program in the country. and those decisions are made by the head of the parliament, the head of the judiciary and the president. those 3 main bodies lead the charge. of course, the supreme leader also has his opinion. he weighs in from time to time. but that is how the nuclear file is dealt with. so it's not just up to the president's per se, but abraham racy has said that he will honor the agreement. and of course, maintain the line that around his side over the past few years. and that is until the united states returns and lift the sanctions. iran will then go back to its original commitments. so that is unlikely to change drastically in terms of regional relationships. again, those are not likely to change overnight either. there has been some comments made by abraham may see that regional powers and regional relationships are important for iran. and of course the issue of saudi arabia is still unresolved between them and iran and the issue of yemen. also

i had the chance yesterday to speak with the head of iran's national supreme security council -- supreme national security council, and he told me as far as, for instance, the efforts to try to get the iran nuclear deal back on track, the nuclear agreement back on track, that is going to remain because that is something that the supreme leader has said he wants to happen. so even with a new administration, iran is still looking to get back into full compliance with the deal and of course looking to get the u.s. back into that deal, michael. >> fred, you've been to iran many times. i mean you mentioned there the moderate voters didn't turn out, perhaps because they saw the writing on the wall in terms of how restricted the field was. how would you describe enthusiasm or otherwise among iranians for this election, especially given, you know, the result was pretty predetermined in many ways? >> reporter: well, you know, i was here in 2017 when we had the election then and there seemed to be a lot more enthusiasm at the polling stations than this time. but i think one of the things -- or som

policies under nuclear issue are decided by the aforementioned centers of power, plus the supreme national security councilhere's not much change to be expected with the presidency in iran. and the call is going to be -- the shot is going to be called still by the supreme leader. and the irgc top commanders. dareen: right. >> and let me say a last word, there's a tendency which is like simplified to externalize problems. that u.s. crippling sections -- sanctions have had a dramatic effect on the iranian population, there's no doubt about that. but when it comes to violence, and other problems and shortcomings, i would appreciate some comments from them, which are critical, of the domestic situation. dareen: i'm afraid we have to leave it there. they get so much to my guests, -- thank you so much to my guests, mohammad marandi, ali fathollah nejad, and mostafa khoshchesm, thanks for joining us. thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website, aljazeera.com. for further discussion, you can go to our facebook page, that's facebook.com/ajinsidestory. you can also join the

it would be, as i said, something in the, in the supreme council national security and the government would focus on some issues. people on the economy, which includes, as i said, industrial agriculture adoption and increasing the job of creating jobs for people and at the things that would be the major agenda for. that's a really good talk to you again for many thanks for being with us. thank you. very much israel is launched as strikes on gaza for the 2nd time in 2 days. it says the targeting of sites was in response to balloons being sent into southern israel to stop fires. it's the latest escalation and fighting, putting pressure on a cease fire between israel to mass that came into effect almost a month ago. the un says there isn't enough money to cover this year. she went to terry and response plan in haiti that's despite political instability and the pandemic leaving many more people in need of help. the countries also still recovering from a cholera outbreak nearly 10 years ago. kristen salumi reports in haiti, an impoverished country with densely packed communities, and poor

has been concluded in vienna, that is now here, and this committee is made up of the supreme national security council, the parliament and the government. so there are 3 different branches who are going to look at this draft that's been written in vienna. and the iranians will have to decide now whether or not they're going to sign it. there is an understanding that their negotiations will not continue. there is a time now, a set for the ratings to respond. of course the question inside the country is, would this be a win for the outgoing government of have sandra honey or would this be a win for the incoming government of apprehend, right. you see, but it's clear that the european party is remaining and then you clear deal and the united states are very adamant they want to secure this deal before they ronnie government leaves office. we also know that the foreign minister mohammed about sir eve has visited the president elect this morning in his offices in the judiciary. so there is some movement happening there and we're just waiting to find out what the readings will decide in the i mean days the

and it's cited binding to believe by the supreme national security council. so i would say that we . busy should not expect major change in economy, for example, want to revive the way it was to go back to the jacob, right. it doesn't really matter who the president in it might be more difficult, perhaps to negotiate with the universe shaken to come the consistent dollar more. but if we will see a decision to return to the way i think, right and feel we'll, we'll stick with that. we will be more or less the same, the same policy. busy in the year a year, of course our intent of eve. how closely will israel be viewing these elections in iran? well, we certainly follow that. i should be wrong, but i would say that really didn't really see any difference between even between on the end, right. see not just because the. busy decision, what intuitive issues we can save israel, which is mostly the new their issue and the regional policy and iraq corporate. uh huh. and jake got up, aren't cited by, by this, by this. and also by the recognition regard. but because i

policies on the nuclear issue are decided by the aforementioned center of power plus the supreme national security council. so there is not much change to, to be expected with a change of private presidency in iran. and the call is going to be, you know, the, the shots going to be called, you know, still by the supreme leader and the r g c, talk commanders, right? and let me say, if you just a last word on this, you know, there is a tendency which is very much exemplified, but dr. mer to always externalize problems. of course, the u. s. crippling sanctions have had a dramatic effect. also on the running population, there is no doubt about that, but when it comes to violence and so other problems and shortcomings, i would really appreciate some also comments from them which are critical. also the domestic situation. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you so much to my guess, my, my moran, the for tom then is out and list. of course, i'm thanks for joining us. thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion. you ca

every step has been going on in direct consolidation with the supreme leader and the supreme national security council, which is also comprised of hard liners and conservatives. so i think the nuclear deal is not going to have a huge impact on the election. i didn't turn the election is not going to have a huge impact on the deal. what is i want to show you this and this is a recent telephone poles have a look here on my laptop on twitter. i'm just going to scoot up here. so reducing the translation from persian selections on, in june about 36 percent of people are expected to turn out. that is not a good turn out. and there's not seemly an awful lot of enthusiasm for going to vote which by itself, that by itself is a vote right. not voting. insight if you're not enthusiastic about it. but saturday, had this thought, let me just share this with you because somehow she is being exploited. and captivated by the debates won't have a number to this is set a race thought. let's have a listen. even though the initial public opinion, paul suggests about we're going to witness a very low turn out in the presi

we understand that this special committee is with officials from the national supreme national security council. all right. somebody thanks. data storage authority, there live, entire honest also was saying in vienna maps involved in talks to revive the iran nuclear deal. say they're heading back to their capitals to prepare for what could be a final route of the garcey ations. they've been trying since april to bring the us back into the pact to get iran to once again comply with the conditions while several sticking points remain. all sides say the closer to the end, kristen salumi reports for washington. the key issues seemed to be the lifting of sanctions that were imposed by the united states. when president donald trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement, the iranians went into these talk saying that they would not go back to full compliance with the deal until the sanctions were completely lifted. and national security advisor for the united states, jake sullivan is saying that the united states does retain the right to impose unilateral sanctions on non nuclear issues like human rights

it was interesting because i was able to speak earlier to the head of iran's supreme national security councilspreme leader. and he said as far as the iran nuclear agreement is concerned, which of course right now there is negotiations to bring the u.s. back in, bring iran back into compliance, they said those negotiations would certainly continue because iran's supreme leader has said he wants the negotiations to continue. and he certainly wants the u.s. back in and wants iran back in compliance because iran of course on the whole is looking for sanctions relief and to get its economy back on track, still very much suffering from the crippling sanctions from the trump administration, guys. >> fred pleitgen, really interesting and very lively polling place for 11:15 p.m. thank you very much for reporting. >> thank you, fred. >>> the sweat pants lifestyle is coming to an end. >> maybe. >> maybe. >> on wall street. the big banks tell employees to get back to the office. we explain why next. >>> as more americans get vaccinated, bosses are trying to get them back to work. >> there's a new push on

decisions in iran are usually ultimately decided by both the supreme leader, but also the supreme national security councilan, which traditionally is also chaired by the president and a number of people in the military. so as far as we are aware, and up to this point, the decision that was taken before to endorse the talks over the nuclear deal, to preserve the nuclear deal and continue these negotiations in vienna, that continues. that stays intact. the frontrunner in the race at the moment, he has said in his campaign and in television appearances that he intends to preserve the deal. he will keep on with this policy. but he has also made a point to say that he doesn't believe it has to be a major front and center issue for him foreign policy wise, and his campaign has said that he will look at it as more of a marginal matter. so the talks will continue as far as we can tell if he is elected president today. alix: thank you very much. let's get to the oil market reaction. amrita sen, energy aspects chief oil analyst, joins us now. how are you looking at the iranian elections? what is your timeline for so

said that they are waiting for a response from the various establishment and mainly the national supreme council of iran that deals with the countries nuclear program to the side where the talks will go next. whether or not around is willing to agrees to what's been drafted. indiana, we expect that answer in the coming days. and these attacks are always seen as a attempt by various powers to sabotage these negotiations whenever they get very close to some positive outcome. but the iranians officials have said that they will continue and these attacks will not hinder their negotiations. and of course, the president, like abraham bracy has also said that he is in favor of continuing these talks as long as they benefit the reigning nation. but certainly these kinds of attacks from the website's being shut down by the us authorities really don't help the situation to jabari there with all the latest for us, from the reading capital. thank you so much to offer. well, it's now get the view from washington and speech white house correspondent can be how good. kimberly, what are we hearing from the amer

industrial things, and the foreign policy would be mailing them and via the weed, by the supreme council for national security. and that is something higher than the why the balance of power and like the executive me. so it seems that the foreign policy would be based on the same and basic principles. and then in your own case, in important cases in the supreme council, and the rest would be some norm on situation, foreign policy increasing the radiation with other countries. of course, war came to implement the agreement that davy recently signed with china. and between 5 years agreement and then to implement that to move toward the some some contracts and something that would be are some foods for that. thank you very much for talking to us about this. how may i res, i go to lunch day. thank you for talking to us from taylor on north korean. neither came, john only has told his government to prepare for both dine or gain confrontation with the united states. the ruling party met days after the us again to give up its nuclear program and return to talks. rob mcbride has more from sol, with these sta

supreme leader. of next, the national security council determines foreign and national security council's. that body is presided over by the president of the country. however, while the decisions must ultimately become armed by ayatollah -- must be confirmed by ayatollah khamenei. there are, of course, as always exceptions to this. the supreme leader has the final say. you may be wondering why i only use the pronoun he when speaking about the iranian president. the reason for that is because since the establishment of the islamic republic in 1979, no woman has ever qualified to run for president. >> next, drug manufacturer astrazeneca has issued a statement this friday to make it clear it is looking forward to a renewed collaboration with the european commission to help fight the continent's coronavirus outbreak. the statement came after a court in brussels agreed with the eu the country -- the company preached the terms of its contract -- the company breached the terms of its contract. with more from brussels, here is our correspondent. >> you could say astrazeneca has won the battle but

polling station, by chance, caught up with the head of iran to free national security council, who is very close to the iran supreme leader, he said there are things in this country that go beyond which administration is currently in power and certainly the iran nuclear agreement had relations with the u.s., with the u.s., they are very much one of those topics. the iranian supreme leader, iran supreme leader, eye toe la, he says he wants the negotiations to get back into place and to continue he wants the agreement to come back and wants iran to be back in full compliance but only if the u.s. comes into compliance and goes back into the deal. that is something that will be continued at least as far as the top echelons of the iranian leadership are concerned. >> fascinating. thanks so much for your reporting and analysis there. cnn's fred pleitgen in the iranian capital tehran, appreciate it. >>> in the u.s., there's cause for celebration and concern. officials say more than 300 million doses of covid vaccines have been given across the country, but health officials are worried about the spread of the delta variant

managed to speak today to the head of iran's national security council, he told me that issue is even beyond iran's presidency. that's something the supremeeme leader wants that agreement back on track, but first wants the u.s. to get back into that agreement at all. >>> other important international news, north korea's kim jong-un has stayed mostly silent since joe biden became president, but now kim jong-un has a new message about north korea's relations with the united states. paula hancocks is monitoring these late breaking develops from seoul. >> reporter: north korean leader kim jong-un says his country needs to be prepared for dia dialogue. this was at a worker's party conference this week. politics seemed to take second place. kim jong-un himself spoke about his concerns of food insecurity in his own country, saying the people's food situation is now getting tense. this is a rare admission of food shortages within the country. it's something experts have been talking about for many months and it's something the united states is concerned about, saying that if north korea does not open the borders to food aid, there will be shortag

supreme court justice sotomayor and kagan. chris was previously national director of the national council of asian-american americans and worked for senator democratic whip dick durbin in the council. he served for acs and people's parity project. next up is leah mittman. she is an assistant professor at the university of michigan school of law. she practices constitutional law post conviction review and federal sentencing. she is a co-creator of strict scrutiny about the supreme court and writing for popular audiences as it appeared in "the new york times" "washington post" and other impressive publications. leah graduated summa cum laude from michigan law school and after law school clerked for judge jeffrey sutton and the fifth circuit and justice anthony kennedy of the u.s. supreme court. she maintains an active pro bono practice and serves on the academic advisers for the american constitution society. finally we have nancy zirkin she is a strategic consultant and was the executive vice president for the leadership conference of civil and human rights from 2002 to 2017. nancy was a part of the effort including task force

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the nationally radiant american council, and is now with the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. true, it's good to have you back on the program president. he enjoys the backing of the supreme leader, but not the iranian people. are we talking about a president here with a legitimacy problem and does that even matter? hey, certainly does have a legit history legitimacy problem mindful of how these elections went about. but that is not necessarily something new to the iranian state, nor is it unfortunately, particularly uncommon in the current world that we're living in where we have seen wind torture units and low in many different places and directions. but this will definitely be a problem for him. because the islamic republic has long pointed to quite high participation rates in these elections as an indicator of the legitimacy of the system. and clearly, this time around that legitimacy was not bestowed upon them by the voters. inter, we know the iranian president does not set foreign policy, but we know that the president is influential and how it is carried out. i mean, that could include rebuilding trust with washington. but how does a hard line or even begin to do t

the nationally radian american council, and is now with the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. true, it's good to have you back on the program president. he enjoys the backing of the supreme leader, but not the iranian people. are we talking about a president here with a legitimacy problem and does that even matter? hey, certainly does have a legit history legitimacy problem mindful of how these elections went about. but that is not necessarily something new to the iranian state, nor is it unfortunately, particularly uncommon in the current world that we're living in where we have seen wind torture units and low in many different places and directions. but this will definitely be a problem for him. because the islamic republic has long pointed to quite high participation rates in these elections as an indicator of the legitimacy of the system. and clearly this time around, that legitimacy was not restored upon them by the voters. inter, we know the iranian president does not set foreign policy, but we know that the president is influential and how it is carried out. i mean, that could include rebuilding trust with washington. but how does a hard line or even begin to do t

the nationally radian american council, and is now with the quincy institute for responsible state craft. should it's good to have you back on the program president. he enjoys the backing of the supreme leader, but not of the iranian people. are we talking about a president here with a legitimacy problem? and does that even matter? hey, certainly does have a legitimacy, legitimacy problem. mindful of how these elections went about, but that is not necessarily something new to the iranian state, nor is it unfortunately, particularly uncommon in the current world. we're living in where we have seen when we're cherry and as low in many different places and directions. but this will definitely be a problem for him because the islamic republic has long pointed to quite high participation rates in these elections as an indicator of the legitimacy of the system. and clearly this time around that legitimacy was not bestowed upon them by the voters. inter, we know the iranian president does not set foreign policy, but we know that the president is influential in how it is carried out. i mean, that could include rebuilding trust with washington, but how does a hard line or even begin to do tha

supreme leader. never. so that's a lot of important ministry any are on such as the foreign ministry. the intelligence ministry are appointed by the president. the president is also the head of the uranium national security council, which makes the countries more important decisions on. nevertheless, we have to remember that whoever becomes president is going to inherit some very complicated issues, such as the current negotiations on the nuclear deal. iranian economy suffering from very high inflation. ah, as well as people, as you mentioned disengaging from the election, especially if the turn out for the election is though, then that is also going to be a problem for the next present. interesting. and finally, just for international audience, can you give us a sense of the wider context hair in terms of how free are these elections given the candidates have to be vetted by? i believe it's the guardian council who, whose job is, are, are specifically chosen by the supreme leader. us also in the past 24 years actually union elections have been very heated. and i would say, relatively free. i mean, the candidates were very different from each other, whether it was tammy and not have new re 24 years ago. near wha

national security council here for iran and he told me, no matter who becomes president, the negotiations to revive the iranian nuclear agreement are going to remain in place because it's something that iran's supremenomy and a lot of people have been struggling a great deal, especially over the last couple of years, poppy. >> absolutely. so important to have you there. thank you very much. >>> it is the top of the hour. good morning, everyone. happy friday. thanks for being with me. jim is traveling back from the summit in geneva. what you are about to see is raw, it is unfiltered and it is real. it is breathtaking video of the january 6th attack on the united states capitol, just released by the justice department. it shows the horrifying moments a man armed with a flagpole tackled and beat down an officer trying to protect the capitol and the people there. before we play this, a warning, it is very hard to watch. it shows a police officer in distress, and again it is uncensored and includes profanities. >> fucking piece of hit? attack america, fuck that! take your shit off

the nationally radiant american council and is now with the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. true, it's good to have you back on the program president. he enjoys the backing of the supreme leader, but not the iranian people. are we talking about a president here with a legitimacy problem? and does that even matter? hey, certainly does have a legitimacy, legitimacy problem. mindful of how these elections went about, but that is not necessarily something new to the iranian state, nor is it unfortunately, particularly uncommon in the current world that we're living in where we have seen wind torture units and low in many different places and directions. but this will definitely be a problem for him because the islamic republic has long pointed to quite high participation rates in these elections as an indicator of the legitimacy of the system. and clearly this time around that legitimacy was not bestowed upon them by the voters. inter, we know the iranian president does not set foreign policy, but we know that the president is influential and how it is carried out. i mean, that could include rebuilding trust with washington, but how does a hard line or even begin to do tha

the nationally radiant american council, and is now with the quincy institute for responsible state craft. should it's good to have you back on the program president. he enjoys the backing of the supreme leader, but not the iranian people. are we talking about a president here with a legitimacy problem? and does that even matter? hey, certainly does have a legitimacy, legitimacy problem. mindful of how these elections went about, but that is not necessarily something new to the iranian state, nor is it unfortunately, particularly uncommon in the current world that we're living in where we have seen winds of torture units and low in many different places and directions. but this will definitely be a problem for him because it's not the republic has long pointed to quite high participation rates in these elections as an indicator of the legitimacy of the system. and clearly this time around that legitimacy was not restored upon them by the voters. inter, do we know the iranian president does not set forth policy, but we know that the president is influential and how it is carried out. i mean, that could include rebuilding trust with washington, but how does a hard line or even begin to