>> n tehran.found the w iranian rod stewarwant to take him to america," and all that. and i did a track, and we were on the right tra to become the iranian rod stewart. and revolution broke out, so everybody fled and i lost contacts. a >> erdbrin what made you decide to leave immediately? >> i was going to... w th my plan to leave, because i was discovered.in i was to be an american singer. (singing) >> erdbrink: the iranian rock star, sed in los angeles, became hugely popular in the iran of the mullahs. but soon, his music was officially banned there.he >> wn we would do music here, it would be recorded on vhs tapes. >> erdbrink: mm-hmm, video cassettes.gg >> and sd in iran, and people would watch it at home and suddenly it was the thing. it was amazing. >>rdbrink: yeah, so, then comes the point, you're super- famous, and then you would think, "okay, i should have a concert in iran." >> (laughs): right. well, even from the beginning, it was clear our music is banned in iran. our way of life is ba

path is this new presence of tehran outside its own borders a sign of expansionism or even imperialism or a statement of nationalism designed to protect the country and guarantee the longevity of its regime. understanding the story of the rebirth of the islamic republic means delving into the chaos of middle eastern was unraveling the threads of history and distinguishing recurrent elements from the interruptions. it's an intriguing story of a long isolated country that is today of central importance and feared a country convinced through dialogue to stop developing nuclear weapons while still sending its revolutionary guard to fight around the region. the story begins in tehran on july the fourteenth two thousand and fifteen after twelve years of negotiations and extreme tension iran allows its nuclear program to be monitored in exchange it obtains the progressive lifting of sanctions stifling its economy for the large majority of iranians this agreement is a source of enormous hope that their country can at last participate in and benefit from globalization. to this could have been t

behest as a cemetery in tehran is the biggest in the country. the man on this post was named. day he was an officer in the revolutionary guard who was killed in september two thousand and sixteen in syria. the revolutionary guard corps created in one nine hundred seventy nine is the most powerful security organization in the country it's the tehran regime's praetorian guard. no one knows how many soldiers iran has lost in syria probably several hundred from the beginning of the popular uprising against a basher in the spring of two thousand and eleven to run has taken the side of the syrian regime a regime that it has always considered to be an historical and strategic ally. to appreciate the importance of this relationship we need to go back to the iran iraq war. in september one thousand eight hundred saddam hussein decided to invade iran just months after the revolution the fledgling islamic republic was threatened with destruction. that hard to return to. in the iranian collective memory syria was the only country to support us during the war against iraq. and we've never

preserve the willingness in tehran. the willingness in tehran to resume talks. i think the experience of. the. united states because for two years or precisely put forth. was engaged in negotiations with the western countries. or was directly engaged also include the united states. solution and united nations security council what was the. i think. for such negotiations that. doesn't have gays in the heart problems was. good. let me jump in there you're saying there's a lack of trust and tehran right now let's get the view from europe going to brussels and back regard. paean union has announced a plan to protect european companies doing what it calls legitimate business with iran can you tell us more about this plan and will european countries continue doing business with iran. the you put in plays a so-called blocking this morning and this law allows european companies to file a complaint in the european courts to the us for damages and compensation by the american state or by american business partners which is of course a very risky lengthy process that would

that is what happens in tehran when tensions rise.nternational is not totally independent. the head of amnesty international usa until recently was a person who was very closely associated with hillary clinton and who worked in the state department under hillary clinton. it is based in the west and it is based on western so—called values. i wonder what those are at times. but when it comes to... if you're talking about political prisoners, it would be good to include people like julian assange, who is right now, in my opinion, a political prisoner being held in the heart of london because he's exposed the crimes of the united states in iraq, because he's exposed how hillary clinton used the democratic national committee to cheat her rival, sanders, from being the candidate for the democratic party. and now he's being punished for it. he's been accused of raping two women, falsely accused as far as we know. then you have other examples. you have people like helen thomas, who was the white house correspondent for nine administrations. p

that is what happens in tehran when tensions rise.al is not totally independent. the head of amnesty international antil recently was a person closely associated with hillary clinton and who worked in the state department under hillary clinton —— until recently. it is based in the west and it is based on western so—called values. i wonder what those dark at times. if you are talking about political prisoners, it would be good to include people likejulian it would be good to include people like julian assange, who it would be good to include people likejulian assange, who was right now, in my opinion, a political prisoner being held in the heart of london because he is definitely has exposed the crimes of the us and iraq. because he has exposed the way hillary continues the democratic national committee to cheat her rival bernie sanders to be the canada for the democratic party, anne aly has been punished for. he been accused as reading two women. fa lsely been accused as reading two women. falsely accused as far as we know. then you h

in tehran, a car is much more than a mode of transport.sider how many hours you spenditting in endless gridlocks that clog up the city each day. and that is why some basic modifications are an absolute necessity. n (erdbrink and maeaking): (erdbrink speaking): (erdbrink and man speaking): >> erdbrink: of course what i'm doing here is not just covering the windows with film ainst the sun. i'm trying to crte in my car a world where the state can't peek inside, so newsha can take off her veil without being harass by the morality police. ♪ the plastic film turns the car to a private area, where the les of the state don't apply. but it would be naïve to think k that it wieep them out of your life. in this country, the government is watching you 24/7. an sometimes i'm unpleasantly reminded of this fact. like in 2014, when i startedlm ing my life in iran. one of the first things i had to swallow was the sudden arrest of jason rezaian, my colleague from "the washington post." security agents entered his house and took him and h journalist wife. no

really imposes sanctions on iran tehran is watching u.s. president trump for waging war on the minds of a rainy appearing on state television iranian president rouhani accuses the u.s. of wanting psychological warfare on his country's president trying to order to reinstate saying since follows the withdrawal of the us from the iran nuclear deal three months ago also coming up authorities in indonesia are stretched to the limit as they work to rescue locals and evacuating thousands of tourists stranded after sunday's earthquake the death toll stands at ninety eight but is expected to rock plus a ball of fire on the an italian highway a tanker truck explodes ripping a hole right through an eight lane overpass at least two people died dozens were injured. it's good to have you with us iran's president hassan rouhani has lashed out at renewed that u.s. sanctions set to take effect just hours from now accusing washington of launching psychological warfare speaking in an interview on state television rouhani also slammed the u.s. president trump'

sanctions don't champus warning the world not to defy them by doing business with tehran president trump alle the sanctions as the toughest yet and said the second round june november will only increase that pressure so on meanwhile has dismissed any talks with washington to resolve the crisis from tehran's in. the day after the united states reimposed nuclear sanctions against iran the foreign minister of another sanctioned country sat down with leaders into iran. north korea's foreign minister really young ho met iranian leaders in an effort to improve ties the timing of this visit is likely no coincidence iran wants america to know it has friends everywhere in a televised interview on monday night iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy and that of the state of the unit to have him stand and we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem he mentioned china and russia several times a signal that iran in

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 president warned the u.s. to stop provoking his country. mr trump don't play with the lion's tail this will only lead to regret whatever regret it. true to form trump responded on twitter this time with an all caps to rate warning rouhani he would suffer the consequences the likes of which few throughout history it ever suffered before if you threaten the u.s. again ending the tweet with the words be cautious. the two sides began to escalate their rhetoric in may after trump withdrew from the landmark a cold and limiting tehran's nuclear program and in an initial response to trump's new offer iran has stressed that there can be no dialogue unless the u.s. returns to this nuclear deal and suspends new sanctions. she u.s. secretary of state might also say that while he's on board with trump's initiative he thinks iran should change its behavior before any such talks take place. but as president trump said in monday's news conference his meeting w

they said tehran was ready for diplomacy.hich is respoponsible for its caption cocontenand accucuracy. visit ncicap.org] [speaking foreign language] >> the first ststep would be e that donald trurump wants too negoti. what is the meaning for negotiatations when you imposese sanctions at the same time? rouhani called on iranians to unite. >> i'm joined tonight with a consultant to the german government on a rainy and affairs. -- on a rainy and affairs. he joins us in germany tonight. good to see you. i would like for us to start with iranian president rouhani accusing president donald trump of my divorce against t the peoe of iran. [speaking foreign language] >> i think the real purpose here by the u.s. administration is to engage in psychological warfare and to so division a among iranians while at the same time gaining polititical capital for the upcoming congressional elections. trumps talk is about gaining t e mystic political advantage or waging psysychological war agait the iranian people. >> has the offer by trump to me

will his words stock company from doing business in tehran -- not companies from doing business in tehran>> i would imagine it would because the u.s. market is more important and many fear their ability to do business in the country. financial sanctions will stop company -- companies suspected of doing business with iran dealing in u.s. dollars which makes international trade difficult. >> it has been suggested that donald trump has been trying to curtail iran's actions elsewhere in the middle east through these measures, for example in syria or yemen. will be sanctions succeed in reigning in iran's foreign policy? >> not really, not at first, the opposite, iranians s will try to make a point to live with sanctions and continue theheir - whwhat the u.s. views as nefaris activity in syria, lebanon, etc. ultimately, they may work because it will create so much pressure on the iranian population that the iranian population may start having some success against the more extreme movements within iran who are controlling the issue. >> you mentioned pressures within iran. where do you think the

is looking to levy and also in force against tehran to drive them to a choice about their behavior in the region and the economy as well as to more importantly get them back to the negotiating table and in cope fully a more comprehensive nuclear deal as well as an agreement over its regional three teacher portfolios i mean so far tehran says though that they're not going back to the negotiating table so so i'd like to ask you as a follow on to that how hard do you expect the resumption of sanctions to hit iran because you know we don't only see the sanctions from the united states we also see this threat from the u.s. president saying that if you do business with iran you will not do business with the united states. that's absolutely right and that's the right kind of deterrent message for the commander in chief to send from the bully pulpit but also there are more important messages being sent through state department and treasury department roadshows there's been i think somewhere from twenty to thirty countries visited by these two departments warning them of the risks of doing bus

getting cold feet we talked to a business representative in tehran. and the ukrainian government's failed and see corruption campaign even customs officials and cheating the system. and be invisible and let's do business you u.s. sanctions against iran go into effect on tuesday other measures don't directly affects german businesses many are concerned in twenty seven companies export of goods were three billion euros to iran that was an increase of sixteen percent on the year but the level of german exports to iraq was down four percent between january and may of this year according to the german chamber of commerce many german companies a considering leaving their businesses in iran for now to avoid problems with washington and financing business ventures in iran will become more difficult for them the u.s. is threatening banks to do business with tehran with similar measures. as the middle east director of german packaging machines maker multivac amir so today often works weekends to. he's based in the united arab emirates and serves customers in af

direct talks he says the move is aimed at quote creating chaos in iran we'll get the very latest from tehran also coming up. a court delivers its verdict in the trial that has shocked germany a mother and her partner sexually abused her son for years and made him available to paedophiles on the dark that. indonesia is stepping up the search for earthquake victims but powerful aftershocks are hampering those efforts the death toll has risen to one hundred five. by brian thomas thanks so much for being with us around president hassan rouhani has lashed out at the renewed u.s. sanctions that took effect earlier today is accusing washington of launching psychological warfare and of trying to destabilize iran president donald trump has reimposed many of the sanctions that were in effect before the twenty fifty nuclear deal with iran now those sanctions will be affecting millions of iranians. these people will be hit hardest by the u.s. sanctions suspended in twenty fifteen after years of suffering by iranians now brought back by the trumpet ministration. the sanctions tunk of the iranian financia

iran's rowhani called sanctions warfare to get the latest from tehran also coming up a course delivers its verdict in a trial that shocked many a mother and her partner sexually abused her son for years and made him a variable to peter finds on the dock next. and indonesia steps up the search for earthquake victims and survivors are pushed from the rubble the death toll rises to a hundred and five. the at. i don't welcome i'm on the cima u.s. president dollar trump a strongly warned countries against doing business with iran saying doing so would remove any chance of trade with his country and this comes after the reimpose many of the sanctions that were new facts before the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal in a tweet post just a short while ago trump labeled the renewed sanctions as the most biting ever imposed he went on to say that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business in the united states and it seems that warning is being cut at least by some here in germany ga manufacture a diamond says it is suspending its activity. he's in iran until further notice mea

really imposes sanctions on iran tehran lashes out at u.s. president trump for waging war on the minds of iranians appearing on state television and radio and president rouhani accuses the us of launching psychological warfare on his country president ordered to reinstate say actions follows the withdrawal of the us from the iranian nuclear deal three months ago also coming up almost one hundred dead in indonesia's second earthquake in a week and the death toll is expected to rise but the islands of long in bali worst affected plus. a ball of fire on an italian highway a tanker truck explodes ripping a hole through an eight lane overpass the least two people were killed dozens injured. all. golf it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order re imposing sanctions on iran those sanctions scheduled to take effect in just a few hours from now the move comes three months after the u.s. pulled out of the twenty fifteen international nuclear deal with iran and iran's president has. rouhani today saying that

to change its foreign policy we live in washington in a moment first the same as ravi from tehran. in a televised interview on the eve of u.s. sanctions snapping back into place iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy. that would be steadily going to have emerged out of that and we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem these problems won't be long term problems if we become united if we stay together to increase our exports to increase our production to be good to each other to fight corruption to have more transparency we will get through these problems america is not able to do anything to bring those to our knees. he mentioned china and russia several times a signal that iran intends to continue its pivot toward strategic economic partners to cope with yet more american economic pressure. and with the latest comments by the european foreign policy chief perhaps there is a reason for iranian

donald trump not to walk away from the iran deal during a state visit to washington is links with tehran and that might open up the necessary diplomatic channels that are voices senior people in this white house have been very critical of the iranian government and called for its removal but this is donald trump's white house if you want something to happen then it could and soon alan fischer al-jazeera. at the white house. all right so let's go and bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. hillary mann leverett former white house and state department official with responsibility for iran in tehran. a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in geneva john mark rickly the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy welcome to you all hillary i want to start with you so here is yet another shift in tone from donald trump earlier this month he threatens iran now he's saying that he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani with no conditions is there some kind of strategy here or is this a spontaneous statement. well it's hard to say

tehran hasn't directly replied to trump suggestion. but some international media report a meeting might happen in new york at the next general assembly of the united nations. president hassan rouhani is expected to go on national television later today to give trump his answer. ok let's get some analysis now with correspondent eric randolph joining us from tehran eric good morning to you all what kind of response can we expect from iran when the new sanctions are announced later today well the. k.g.b. they don't want to give the impression that the sanctions are going to cause too much damage to the economy because they don't want to give protesters more reason to go out on the streets and they don't want the panic in the other currencies already collapsed by more than. the last few months. as a delicate balancing act that the government has to play between showing results showing how it's going to come to these measures in the limited tools at its disposal to do got ok talking about limited tools. going to be looking at these sanction

house and state department official with responsibility for iran in tehran. a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in geneva john mark rickly the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy welcome to you all hillary i want to start with you so here is yet another shift in tone from donald trump earlier this month he threatens iran now he's saying that he's willing to meet with iranian president hassan rouhani with no conditions is there some kind of strategy here or is this a spontaneous statement. well it's hard to say for sure with president trump and in particular the wild swings in rhetoric make it more difficult but i think a sober analysis of it trumps moves and what he's done on the world stage and who he actually speaks to and from what we understand listens to in washington i think there is a strategy it is been vastly under reported and under estimated the key foreign policy person that trump has turned to in in the united states has been henry kissinger henry kissinger the former secretary of state to nixon w

including iran's oil revenues could be transferred from european states to tehran or not if the swift would continue working with iran or not that's what they should do and that's a meaningful step actually chill but the thing they're stopping short of that this or is that something you would expect perhaps to coming to force lights out. well of all we expected the europeans to present the blocking grewal. so what we expect them to do is as i said there are providing to iran with insurances that iran would continue to sell flying as much crude as it once first second or keeping and maintaining banking ties with iran matters a lot the americans the american administration and donald trump himself they have intimidated the european officials and states each and every one and all of them all together as the e.u. to avoid doing swift and doing banking transactions with iran europeans have promised that one of their central banks could it it could be the central bank of france or england they were they said at the beginning or the bank of investment of europe one of them would continue you

for the pbs newshour, i'm rez sayah in tehran. >> schifrin: stay with us.ing up on thenewshour," president trump's changing story on his son's meeting with russians. and from the newshour bookshelf, at could be our biggest threat-- cyber-weapons. now, as we reported, california is struggling with two enormous fires simultaneously. they're being driven by high winds, high temperatures and a pervasive drought. but as william brangham reports, these extreme conditions are prevalent throughout the american west and now, in much of northern and western europe; and now are causing many tin point the fger squarely at the impact of climate change. >> brangham: firefigrners in califo were already stretched to the limit by the carr fire near the town of redding, but then this weekend, 150 miles south, the mno complex fire exploded in size, burning now over a quarter of a million acres. it's become the second-biggest .fire in california histo >> in this particular location, its burning somewhat in our faisr, but in other areas, i not in our favor whatsoever. >> brangh

really imposes sanctions on iran tehran is watching u.s. president trump for waging war on the minds of iranians appearing on state television iranian president rouhani accuses the u.s. of wanting psychological warfare on his country president trying to order to reinstate saying sions follows the withdrawal of the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal three months ago also coming up authorities in indonesia are stretched to the limited as they work to rescue locals and evacuating.

for more of this let's bring in eric randolph is the tehran correspondent for a.f.p. good morning eric we just saw there what it is potentially at stake for iran but let's back up a little bit you know what impact will these sanctions actually have china india even the e.u. say that they will now essentially ignore them will they be that severe in their impact. a lot of the damage has already been done because the aggressive rhetoric from trump over the last year or more spooked investors has prevented foreign. companies from from do business here to serve if you were to run on the currency of recent months the news hot spot so that was already having an effect sanctions with some industries that came into the real probably coming november. the second wave of sanctions targets the oil sector which is obviously vital to runs economy though some countries like say china or india and turkey have said that they can't cut or use purchases from iran too much. so there will be a bit of a buffet but that will be run. down and this follows ok so so we have a window of opportun

iran beginning tonight and it warns worse will come if tehran continues funding terrorists in trying to acquire nuclear weapons tonight iran is bracing for an economic hit president rouhani accusing president of mind wars trying to turn arabians against each other i'm burned off in berlin this is the day. i withdrew the united states from the horrible one sided arad nuclear deal. and iran is not the same country anymore we have an obligation to put maximum pressure on the regime's ability to generate and move money and we will do so at the center of this campaign is the real imposition of sanctions on iran's banking energy sector what i can say is that the king statute once it enters into force well you operate has to recover damages it also for its persons from complying with those sanctions. because the u.s. should well know they should know that war with iran is the mother of all wars they must understand this. peace with iran is the mother of all peace they have to get that off you know what. also coming up venezuela's president says a drone assassin tried to kill him last week i

let's go live to tehran. nick, tell us more. >> reporter: essentially this is about a breach of trust between zarif and what he felt the united states could continue to honor. donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal and slowly the u.s. renewing sanctions against iran. the last lot last week with automobile and parts. we will see more happening in november. the real point being, i believe, zarif hopes down the line while negotiations are a long shot, that perhaps the european allies of donald trump who criticized him leaving the deal m mma may convince him to come back in. the sanctions will not work going forward. hear is what he had to say. >> the united states had learned that as far as iran is concerned, sanction do produce economic hardship, but do not produce the political joutcomes they intend to produce. i thought that the americans had learned that lesson. unfortunately i was wrong. >> reporter: now, interestingly he made a reference to the 1950s. he was talking on the 65th anniversary of the u.s.

meanwhile has dismissed any talks with washington to resolve the crisis from tehran reports the day after the united states reimposed nuclear sanctions against iran the foreign minister of another sanctioned country sat down with leaders in to her on north korea's foreign minister really young ho met iranian leaders in an effort to improve ties the timing of this visit is likely no coincidence iran wants america to know it has friends everywhere. in a televised interview on monday night iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy. that if. we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem american economic pressure has been destructive for iran but officials and civilians alike say mismanagement by its own leaders made iran's economy more vulnerable it's about time you start first of all sanctions will be imposed the harder the station will be for the people no one is satisfied. i'm so worried about my life

mohammad marandi head of north american studies graduate program at the university of tehran and also in washington d.c. via skype christopher preble vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the key to institute a well a warm welcome to all of you richard wise let me start with you it seems that really do preferred foreign policy to of the trump administration these days sanctions and tariffs. yes i would agree with you the u.s. administrations have always used sanctions economic and other to promote their goals but in terms of the range of commonly employed tools at the one end being a large scale military force such as the u.s. is the answer rock and diplomacy such as the previous ministrations of news and various occasions drones special forces and so on sanctions have been particularly popular with the last two administrations that has a bomb ministration which is them extensively to put pressure on countries primarily for national security goals and now the troubling ministration which continues that policy and has extended the use of sanctions to include. this si

. >> more on the interview with nick paton walsh in tehran. nick, are you seeing the economy and implications of those sanctions? >> reporter: certainly here there has been economic impact. zarif said this was a result of the preparations made for sanctions ahead in november and true to say the pressure the economy has had to endure over decades frankly if not the past years or so. he pointed out that there have been a lot of trust lost of the trump administration pulling out of the particular deal and it would be complicated to necessigotiate in the future. and it is giving focused hope that the european allies that donald trump should not have pulled out of the nuclear deal in the first place. this is what he had to say about how he feels now the sanctions are kicking back in under donald trump. >> we felt that the united states had learned that as far as iran is concerned, sanctions do produce economic hardship, but do not produce the political outcomes that they intended them to produce. i thought that the americans had learned that lesson

government effort against tehran one israeli analyst says it's a sign that the u.s. would not be willing to give up its own military presence in eastern syria if that is what russia is seeking the americans officially have already admitted that they're trying to interdict weapons going through. syria to iran and iran to hezbollah that they're already doing some sort of indirect action so i think there's already a hint that america's lonely staying in syria but it's becoming more of an iran focused mission ok thank you john bolton his next stop is geneva where he's due to meet his russian opposite number three fourths it was jerusalem. i'm now joined by ali then to national crisis group's iran project director and one of the world's leading authorities on iran's nuclear program is joining us from washington d.c. good to have you on with us now let's talk about what bolton has been saying they say they're going to the u.s. wants to ramp up pressure on iran not necessarily talking about sanctions what more can they do and what end would it ever be enough to deter or to

the story begins in tehran on july the fourteenth two thousand and fifteen after twelve years of negotiations and extreme tension iran allows its nuclear program to be monitored in exchange it obtains the progressive lifting of sanctions stifling

foreign banks that do business with the country so we begin our coverage now with same bus ravi in tehran. in a televised interview on the eve of u.s. sanctions snapping back into place iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy and that to push that are they going to have him standing we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem these problems won't be long term problems if we become united if we stay together to increase our exports to increase our production to be good to each other to fight corruption to have more transparency we will get through these problems america is not able to do anything to bring us to our knees. he mentioned china and russia several times a signal that iran intends to continue its pivot toward strategic economic partners to cope with yet more american economic pressure. and with the latest comments by the european foreign policy chief perhaps there is a reason for iranians to b

until two thousand and twenty four while the stockpile of uranium was cut by ninety eight percent tehran signed up to keep it at its level for fifteen years but doesn't think the programs restrictions are tough enough calling it horrible and one sided he says missile development plan should be brought under any deal and he wants tehran to change its foreign policy will be live in washington in a moment first those same us ravi is in tehran televised interview on the eve of u.s. sanctions snapping back into place iran's president admonished america praised his european allies and asked his people for a little more time to fix the country's economy and that to be steadily going to have huge that we need more solidarity we should be more united i'm telling my dear people god willing with your help we will get through this problem these problems won't be long term problems if we become united if we stay together to increase our exports to increase our production to be good to each other to fight corruption to have more transparency we will get through these problems america is not able to do