the discussion focused on the iran nuclear deal, ally cooperation, and how the u.s. can exact pressure on iran to curb its missile program. i'm delighted to welcome mr. hook to the hudson institute. to thank my colleague for putting together such an important and timely event. i want to think mr. hook for sharing his time in next jesus morning. it has been ardently the most this table is a force in the middle east and south asia. we welcome to hudson institute mr. brian hook, senior policy advisor, secretary of state, mike pompeo, and recently named special representative for iran. mr. hook will lead the iran action group to coordinate the state department's pressure campaign. previously, he founded the international strategic consulting firm in washington dc , held senior positions in the george w. bush administration, assistant secretary of state for international organizations, senior advisor to the united nations special assistant to the , president for policy, and counsel in the office for legal policy. before that, he practiced corporate law. please join me in t

under the life of the iran nuclear deal. that is why our new strategy, and secretary pompeo's 12 requirements, are meant to address the totality of threats that iran presents. and the new deal that we hope to be able to sign with iran, and it will not be a personal agreement between two governments like the last one, we seek a treaty. and that's very important. in terms of the iran nuclear deal was an agreement made by iran with the president at the time. it was not a treaty. they did not have the votes of the u.s. senate, so they found the votes of the u.n. security council. that's insufficient in our system of government. if you want to have something enduring and sustainable. that's why we have called for a treaty which the iran nuclear deal should have been a treaty. it's something which rises to -- that element of nonproliferation was significant enough that it deserved consideration by the senate. so we're going to keep working with our allies. secretary pompeo talked about this in his may speech. we are expanding our d

the range of threats that iran presents. and in my discussions with congress, there is a great deal of support. this is not an issue with many factions. that i thinkng everybody recognizes the problem, and congress has been a very good partner in this way. >> that is great and encouraging. i thought of something as our friend was talking in the beginning. she was talking a lot about how this is going to hurt the iranian people. ut to the >>> and i thought of something too as our little friend was in the beginning. she was talking about how this the iranian hurt people. but to the contrary actually, trump the administration's approach towards iran which i think has been remarkable and right on is to say no, the iranian government has been the number threat to iranian people towards peace. can you talk about this between the regime and the iranian people? >> yeah. couple of things. had the 09 when we green revolution there the prior administration failed to stand people and we n corrected that mistake. in december and january,

you have the missile launches from inside iran. if so, we have the president, he has signaled that we are taking this, some as school tory behavior very seriously. america will take swift action to protect our properties and our people in iraq. it is important the iranians understand our resolve. >> this is -- you work closely with our allies trying to make progress per what about congress? what is the extent to have interaction in persuading congress? do you see in this highly politicized environment, during the j c.o.p. negotiations you had senators like senator schumer who laid out i thought the best case for not agreeing to the jcpoa when he wrote a press release. do you see opportunities for consensus to cooperate and help implement this. >> i work closely with senate foreign relations committee. with chairman royce and chairman corker. ranking members. i have made a point during my time to work closely with both houses of congress. you had a lot of opposition to the iran deal when it was being negotiated. there was a time when

the question is, what does iran ta take from this? the great irony is that iran is doing a lot of bad things. the one thing we manage to get under control and contain was the nuclear program. of course, that is the agreement that the administration, the president decided to tear up. the big question now is, there is a tremendous amount of pressure being exerted on iran. countries are saying they don't want to go along with pulling out of the agreement. we will see what happens with iran's oil sales. at some point if the economic benefits of the deal are not there, then iran will have to decide whether it sticks with its obligations under the agreement which it has been doing or the hard liners in iran decide that we are not getting the benefits. we are going to go back to our nuclear program. if they restart the program we will be right back where we were before the deal was struck with the terrible choice between allowing iran to have a threshold nuclear capability, the capability to produce material for a bomb or attack them to stop

today it's the islamic republic of iran that sits in the in the middle east this region that the united states has since world war two designated as vital to american national security interests because of the oil that it generates the oil that not only it sends to consent to the united states but that it sends to europe and asia whoever has decisive strategic influence if not control over the oil not only has decisive strategic influence and control in the middle east but really around the world so this is an overriding strategic interest for the united states regardless of it's a democratic or republican administration whether it was true it's trying today or even had been hillary clinton and it's also true with regardless of whether it's the islamic republic of iran today or if it was another independent power the key issue here is independent military power especially independent arab or muslim powers so today it's an independent muslim power in the islamic republic of iran that is strong and can defy the united states

ally in the region and threatened to retaliate. he tweeted iran holds regional tera sponsors and the us masters accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. later both the so-called islamic state and a sunni arab nationalist movement claimed responsibility for the attack the night that gave evidence iran has blamed its arch rival saudi arabia for funding arab separatist groups in the past the bloodshed is a huge shock for the country and likely to raise tensions in an already tumultuous region. for more on the story we're joined now by saeed come ali dacre he's the iran correspondent for britain's guardian newspaper of hello to you save so we're hearing conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack iran is blaming u.s. allies in the region what do they mean by this man earlier this morning a spokesperson for the separatist group a mob nationalist group spoke to a number of exams and it was enough playing that they were behind the times to talk about it was wrong today. and later our news

they say the iran nuclear deal may not be perfect but it's the best way to stop iran getting a nuclear weapon trump of course that it was a horrible one sided deal while trump was still speaking i was outside the security council and there was an entourage that came past of people who were surrounding the iranian foreign minister mohammad just job it was a relief and i managed to get a question to him as a what do you make of president trump's speech and he said it was astonishing that someone would come to the security council and then boast about defying a security council violating a security council resolution and what he's referring to there is the fact that iran deal the obama administration was so pleased they got that deal they actually took it to the security council it was the u.s. that put it before the security council and the deal was in was indorsed and became a security council resolution twenty two thirty one and it is still a security council resolution and i can tell you there's no way that the u.s. would get support to remove it as the security council resolution the

the province was a major battleground during the iran iraq war. the attack happened this president has an rouhani was delivering a speech at the main anniversary parade in tehran he immediately vowed a question response and order security forces to find who is behind the attack and in africa as the investigation continues into the major breach of security dosage of bari al jazeera. the first official reaction we had was a tweet from the iranian foreign minister zarif he said this terrorists recruited trained armed and paid by a foreign regime have attacked he said he then went on to say iran holds regional terrorist sponsors and the u.s. must is accountable for such attacks. what does that mean well let's ask mr jordan is with us in studio a regular contributor he's the associate professor in contemporary history of the middle east across a university. actually we'll come back to that tweet in a moment the first thing i think is how we ask the questions of who what where where why and how the importance i feel of who and why at this point what are

the captives. sell arms to iran. ope that country's supreme leader would persuade the captors to release the americans. a risky proposal that was also illegal. >> i told them we should try to keep it secret as long as we could. but i thought in the end, the benefits that we might achieve outweighed the risks. >> the president said i don't think i could ever forgive myself if we didn't try to get the hostages back. >> ronald reagan made a decision that would change the course of his presidency. the secret sale of arms to iran would go forward. to oversee the program, reagan turned to a trusted hand. lieutenant colonel oliver north. >> already coordinating the war in nicaragua, north became the lynchpin between the two covert operations. >> an operational level, north was everywhere. >> north oversaw two secret deliveries to iran through israel totaling more than 5 00 warheads. >> at that point, one hostage was released. >> i'm pleased to inform you that reverend benjamin weir, held hostage for 18 months in lebanon has

the secret sale of arms to iran would go forward. an turned to a trusted hand. lieutenant colonel olive north. north became the lynch pin between the two covert operations. >> at an operational level, north was ever where. >> north oversaw two secret deliveries to iran. >> at that .1 hostage was released. >> i am policed to inform you benjam benjam benjam benjamin weir has now been released. >> north knew where to spend the windfall. his other secret effort, the enterprise. >> olie recommended we use the iranian money to help fund the contra program. and i thought that made a lot of sense and agreed with him. >> flush with new funds, the contra war expanded through 1986. and the death toll rose into the tens of thousands. but reagan's secret war was about to implode. >> my name is gene, and i come from with sconsin. >> an american transport plane carrying military supplies to the contra was shot down in the mountains. >> there was one survivor, an american. >> continuing to insist that eugene hassenfus is a cia agent. >> they dragged

iran is providing significant help so the whole thing is to undermine a legitimate government iran is trying to counter the sunni presence in the arab world with a new radical narrative.

welcome to the program i'm married to evanston. iran's government is vowing a crushing response to an attack on a military parade dozens of people were killed and many more wounded when a gunman opened fire on crowds the attack occurred in the country's southwest in the city of office close to iran's border with iraq many of the victims were members of iran's elite revolutionary guard. both sunni arab separatists and the so-called islamic states have claimed responsibility for the attack. members of iran's elite force taking cover dignitaries and civilians fleeing for their lives as gunmen opened fire on a military parade in. the soldiers were marching in one of the countrywide annual parades marking the start of iran's eight year war with iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. when the shooting started. we suddenly realized that some armed people wearing fake military uniforms started attacking our comrades from behind the viewing platform than they opened fire on women and children because they were aimlessly shooting with no target. me

iran is providing significant help so the whole thing is to undermine a legitimate government iran is trying to counter the sunni presence in the arab world with a new radical narrative isn't this an approach you and moment for the iranians to say wait a second isn't this the right time to start reaching out to our arch rivals in the region particularly countries like saudi arabia. iran has actually indicated that it does want to improve relations with saudi arabia however in recent months it has become very difficult because the saudis have actually become very close to the israelis and they have actually become part of the saudi m r a t israel the effort to sanction iran in the region we have to remember that the sanctions on iran are having a very important impact i mean right now it is even crucial drugs are hard to find within iran so so when when you see these hostile actions by the other side you have to expect iran to also get defensive and i think iran we have to remember that it is responding to a very destabilizing in threatening regional environment and when the trumpet mi

the captives. sell arms to iran. ader would persuade the captors to release the americans. a risky proposal that was also illegal. >> i told them we should try to keep it secret as long as we could. but i thought in the end, the benefits that we might achieve outweighed the risks. >> the president said i don't think i could ever forgive myself if we didn't try to get the hostages back. >> ronald reagan made a decision that would change the course of his presidency. the secret sale of arms to iran would go forward. to oversee the program, reagan turned to a trusted hand. lieutenant colonel oliver north. >> already coordinating the war in nicaragua, north became the lynchpin between the two covert operations. >> an operational level, north was everywhere. >> north oversaw two secret deliveries to iran through israel totaling more than 5 00 warheads. >> at that point, one hostage was released. >> i'm pleased to inform you that reverend benjamin weir, held hostage for 18 months in lebanon has now been released. >> encoura

twitter he wants to focus on iran although that's not the whole scope of this meeting and order iran remember the u.s. is very much in a different place from the other permanent members of the security council they want a state with a twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal signed on a hot summer's day in vienna the other that the u.s. has pulled out of that deal donald trump and said for months he wanted to pull out and a few months ago he did the other members are trying to work around they're trying to find ways to get around u.s. sanctions but many believe the iran nuclear deal is really on its last legs let's go back to those live pictures now. live pictures now from the hallway and we can see various figures coming in including the u.s. vice president mike pence who clearly is going to be sitting behind president trump when he when he chairs the security council meeting which we should be getting underway in the next few minutes we're telling you that president trump arrived some time ago and an important bit of news on north korea that he said that there would be a new north korea su

it's targeti the people iran. and this is something that the americans unfortunately only believe in. they say not only we will target the people with sanctions and bring hardship to their daily lives, but we're also supporters of these same people. so this shows a disconnect between what they are saying and what they believe theeople of iran do not believe these to be eealities. theyhe realities in their daily lives. the realiti clearly show that a country that wishes to deal with us or a firm that wishesin project, build roads, railroads, port facilities, the amerins come in and they bring pressure upon that firm or that entity in order to stop that project. so they are against progress in iran. they are against advancement for iran. so this does not benefit the united states of america. it does not benefit iran nor the region. history will judge that the united states of america at this juncture made a big mistake. >> do you have faith? do you believe the european government and all the other signatories to this

be iran absolute this speech yesterday also you dedicated a long time on focusing on the evil iran and also on the fact that in the eyes of the current administration the iranian government is still supporting terrorism in the region and not be clear should not be trusted with respect to the iran nuclear deal so this will steer some reactions by the other security member. partners because they want to stick to the deal and so we see a little bit of a clash here going to get a nikki haley she's trump's ambassador to the u.n. and she said i'm sure this is going to be the most votes security council meeting ever well that might be because she is the president of the united states and he surprised us the world with a very new policy and very new ideas inside the united nations i mean basically he called against a global approach against cooperation on many issues which is interesting because it takes place at the at a place like the united nations which is symbol of international cooperation and looking out for ways to cooperate closely together so she might be right. well we'll watch this

because people are saying in iran that the modern that iran should use that the u.s. government understands the language of force and when the. country's president president rouhani wanted to make an agreement make a deal negotiate it ended up with basically nothing and the u.s. just got out of that deal but the u.s. is dealing with north korea much in a much better terms that doesn't mean iran wants to make any if you live up and that's forbidden under iranian law but making sure that iran can defend itself in front of us aviation is something that's becoming very popular in here olivia leave the last word with you as we're talking about funding as we're talking about united states stepping back should the united nations be worried about its future about a more divided future about a less funded future ok i think that's. a lot of nations will have to come to the fore and replace the u.s. but. as president trump said and as we all know the u.n. is dysfunctional at this point and needs a lot of reform and we've seen time and again over the decades new

the whole. exports of iran two point five million barrels a day and below it pay for them in the pit for you on et me hold that point mr ben-ami i don't want to put that point to our china analyst christopher balding is china and that position to buy all of iran's crude oil and would it be willing to do so is that realistic. because my they could buy iran's deeley output of oil that is absolutely accurate chinese oil consumption continues to rise relatively rapidly their influence on global price setting is very important however they do not pay in r. and b. if you ron wants to get paid and receive currency in iran it's not the r. and b. it gets when that money leaves china it's converted from r. and b. to dollars euros whatever i do think i agree with your first guest that that currency is largely irrelevant it really has to do with with if a company has business in the united states they face the possibility that they're going to be sanctioned and either going to be denied access to the u.s. market and actual system or whatever and so being able to trade in in a dollar overseas or a euro is is

ally in the region and threatened to retaliate. he tweeted iran holds regional terrorist sponsors and the u.s. moscow's accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives later both the so-called islamic state and a sunni arab nationalist movement claimed responsibility for the attack though neither gave evidence iran has blamed its arch rival saudi arabia for funding arab separatist groups in the past the bloodshed as a huge shock for the country and likely to raise tensions in an already tumultuous region. well earlier the guardian's iran correspondent site kamali de gun told me that this attack is likely to ramp up tensions between iran and saudi arabia even more. iran has blamed for many as now its regional rivals including saudi arabia of assisting the stewardess groups and it's no blame saudi arabia many times worries even today the revolutionary guards directly like mr zarif who was not very direct in his tweets but revolutionary guard said very directly to saudi arabia was a behind the attack

the u.s. president donald trump has accused iran of being the world's leading sponsor of terrorism the us president is chairing a security council session on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction right now and he's valid to impose even tougher sanctions on iran he also took aim at tehran and moscow over the war in syria accusing them of enabling what he described as butchery he also accused china of seeking to interfere in the u.s. congressional elections in november saying that beijing didn't want the republican party to weigh in because of trump's trade policies he went on to acknowledge efforts by turkey to slow down an attack on syria's rebel held province of. and that's the scene right now at the united nations general assembly where in a moment or two we expect the yemeni president i would put up a month sort of had to take his position at the stand and he will be speaking we do believe that he is being introduced there he is walking onto the stage to take his place at the podium and he'll be giving his speech at the u.n. general. assembly thought number of muslims in iran handle th

the u.s. saying they've got a cease business in iran you've got the e.u. saying they're not allowed to stop their business in iran so they're really caught in the middle right now and the e.u. legislation says that companies that can show that they've been harmed by u.s. sanctions can actually go back and sue in national courts for those damages but this is a mechanism that's never been used before so it's easy to see why the companies are choosing to pull back or to at least hold off on making any new arrangements in iran before they see whether this is really going to be a feasible option and it doesn't sound very likely if you listen to the european companies business rationale for this so that begs the question how strong is the legislation i mean it has been updated just a couple of weeks ago. it's it's been updated but it's also untested this is never come to actual fruition before it's been threatened during the clinton administration but instead clinton backed off at that time and so that you thought it would pull it out again in the face of the tru

neither inventor stuff the nation of iran or. interest of europe or the us or others therefore all of us including you the media and the elite we all have to. do our best to assess the person who has made the mistake so that he returns to the origin of the position. and the next. the to be a father c.v.s. . i want to ask is there if you can give us an update on the status of the americans who are imprisoned in iran the americans and the british specifically. the father and son. who are. in prison for a couple of years she you have long the princeton university graduate student who's been in prison for a couple of years and is on ins or garri radcliffe of britain what are the prospects for. releasing them and letting them come back to their come back home thank you. my fic at them if. i thought you were going to be. sympathizing with all prisoners of the world all of us should do our best in from any humanitarian point of view to make sure that we help if we can help anybody who is in prison to assist him or her. government and it

being powerful in the city of i was which is in the southwest of iran and you the border of iraq this was a parade to mark the anniversary after nineteen eighties iran iraq war and this is a the week when all iran commemorate start period they were praising to iran as well and then i was as well at least twenty four people died including at least one child that including a journalist as well as well as a veteran of the iran iraq war who was killed in his wheelchair. for hearing the some conflicting claims about who was behind this attack we've heard iran state media blaming a sunni arab separatist group but there are also reports that the so-called islamic state has also claimed responsibility what more do you know. well earlier this morning a spokesman some for a spokesperson for separatist nationalist insurgent group told a number of exile television networks in london iranian television networks that the group was behind the attack that those attackers were their members but later on the state said in its official news agency that they were behind th

under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume nov fifth and more will follow and we are working with countries that importer reigning in crude oil. to cut their purchases substantially we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chants death to america and that threatens israel with annihilation. to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth just can't do it we ask all nations to isolate a rent's regime. as long as its aggression continues and we ask all nations to support iran's people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious and righteous destiny. this year we also took another significant step forward in the middle east in recognition of every severin state to determine its own capital i move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. the united states is committed to a future of peace and stability in the region including peace between the israelis and the palestinians that aim

must is accountable for such attacks the page that is. iran will respond swiftly and decisively dosage of barring our ports. chaos and panic in the city of los in southern iran as an unprecedented scene unfolds during a military parade. an identified gunman opened fire year and prayed at the start of sacred defense week it commemorates iranians who died during the eight year war with iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. . while the wounded were being treated people were warned to get down a revolutionary guard spokesman says four men dressed in khaki uniforms and riding motorbikes are connected to the al aziziya group which is supported by saudi arabia jordan a fat cattle released for people terrorists who had previously bought their weapons to the area days before they hit their weapons then when people came to see the parade and gathered they grabbed their weapons and fired at the people with machine guns that would come with their eyes just in mass for six serial. in the middle of the parade and we realized that a group wearing fake milit

she helped negotiate the iran nuclear deal trump tore up. her new book, not for the faint of heart, spells out why the art of diplomacy can be more important than the art of the deal. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. a deeply alarming portrait of the trump presidency has been painted by one of the world's most prominent political reporters. the acclaimed watergate journalist bob woodward depicts betrayal of white house aides even hiding papers from a volatile commander in chief in order to protect national security. it's just one sensational claim from his new book, fear: trump in the white house. under this administration, the art l deal is displacing the art of diplomacy according to long-time diplomat wendy sherman. the former u.s. under secretary of state was president obama's lead negotiator for the iran nuclear deal. president clinton's policy coordinator for north korea, and often the only woman in the room where it happens. her new book, not for the faint of heart, candidly takes us throu

under the iran deal. dditional sanctions will resume nov fifth and more will follow and we are working with countries that importer raney in crude oil to cut their purchases substantially. we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chants death to america and that threatens israel with annihilation to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead that. to any city on earth. just can't do it we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime as long as its aggression continues and we ask well nations to support iran's people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious and righteous destiny. this year we also took another significant step forward in the middle east in recognition of every seven state to determine its own capital i move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. the united states is committed to a future of peace and stability in the region including peace between the israelis and the palestinians. that aim

iran if peace is what you seek. i thank you for your attention. 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

to conduct the attacks and senior military official in iran reject that the facility of the eisel to be behind these attacks and that what was the spokesperson for the group also claimed the responsibility for the attacks and this is the group which has been fighting for the liberation of iraq was or they have they are a separate this group and just one day before those terrorist acts the leader of this group graduated this so the arabia on its national day and they wanted help from this so this side in order to help them against iran. there at the moment we had we had to hear officially from them. ok for a minister there was a mention just now has apportion blame let's listen to what he had to say. terrorists recruited trained armed and paid by a foreign regime have attacked afghans children in journalists among casualties iran holds regional term responses and their us mostest accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. i'm apologies just the most to get my microphone cut off those things but n

on the sidelines of the un general assembly the iran nuclear deal creates yet small cracks between world leaders as the e.u. says it will continue trading with the country in direct defiance of u.s. sanctions. new details released by russia's defense ministry appear to contradict israel's claim that its jets have left syrian air space at the time a russian military plane was mistakenly downed. and special new safe rooms for drug addicts in paris have turned the daily lives of locals into a nightmare we hear that concerned. the so-called we are the border see the u.s. but for. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with mina karen great to have you with us this tuesday morning now our top story this hour while the main part of the u.n. general assembly gets underway later on tuesday some key meetings have already taken place on the sidelines like talks between the five signatories of the iran deal now as a result of the european union's foreign policy chief that the bloc will continue to trade with iran and to make sure financial links are maintained the move comes in defi

iran? >> that's a great question/ the u.s. s had before that what happened with north korea is a good example of what could happen with iran. the situation is different, iran's economy is so much larger. very different situation. unlikely at this point that that would work out. guy: one thing the president addressed, the issue of venezuela. there will be additional sanctions imposed on the administration there and those around the administration. and its catastrophic oil industry have been one of mentioned by a lot of traders i've been talking to. what will a change in administration due to the oil price? >> it should push it lower. industry that it will take a long time to get it back up to where it once was. the infrastructure isn't there. the money isn't there, nor is the engineering expertise. western oil companies will be nervous about dealing with any regime in venezuela anytime soon. let me ask you what president trump will be saying -- will it be informed by michael bolton or mike pompeo? will that give it a more hawkis

such is the iran deal. en coming back and proposing a new multilateral approach, which has been successful with north korea. yes, of course, we cannot eliminate the icbm and one day, and six months. this is a long process. at least we came out of this where the north koreans were leveling against united states. with regard to iran, there's another way to look at it. look at, for example, the struggle between the brussels bureaucracy. they are committed. how many companies, how many european companies, french, german, italian, others -- that's what counts. look at the arab world. it shifted completely against iran, or 80% against iran. the most important here, look at the iranian people. the iranian process. if you look at the whole situation, yes, we got out of a situation, it was not productive, and it's going to take some time. the replacement will be another multilateral more successful equation. >> sandra: clearly, marie, we expect the present to tout his america first message and try to urge other leade

the u. a sanctions on iran well let me put some of those points to christopher bolton is the chinese petro are you on a viable alternative to buying oil from iran you know can it bypassed u.s. sanctions altogether or can the european union can european countries in fact do business buy oil from iran using the euro. willie could it be they could buy any currency they want but but it's completely inaccurate to say that the r. and b. is now a global substitute for the dollar when it comes to the oil trade. what what is being discussed here is that in shanghai the chinese government has set up an oil futures trading platform in shanghai and this has garnered significant trading volume what is very important to note on this is the important part boyle suppliers are still paid in hard currency so the transaction will take place such that it will be denominated in side of china in orem be however if you're on it if saudi arabia if anybody else wants to take that money out of china they have to turn turn it into dollars euros whatever they want and so it's completely inaccurate to say the global oil s

the unilateral actions imposed by the government of the us against iran. the u.s. president's objectives on the run but we disagree with. them is abiding by its commitments on the deal it remains the best means of preventing iran developing a nuclear weapon this is something that we are actively working on together with china iran and the e.u. so this u.n. security council meeting has been further proof that there is a deepening diplomatic well between america and pretty much the rest of the world europe in particular on monday a top diplomat federica moghul rini made it clear that europe wald to bend under american pressure when it comes to the agreement and the e.u. even came up with a way to defy u.s. sanctions through a special scheme for payments to keep doing business with iran now just before this un s c session began came a response to federica margaret any from the american ambassador to the u.n. and you may find the toll of that statement quite surprising the european union has the so wrong and it's all because of their ego and their pride. and their smil

while keep hearing the word iran a loads and loads of top later this week this is how big the issue is at this year's general assembly at a un security council session devoted to the uranium issue donald trump will place his mats at the table to defend his cause we see the president do that very special ok janelle's to say the least in the meantime america's national security adviser. and the number one diplomat are trying to make their contribution to sorting out the iranian nuclear issue by opening a summit called united against nuclear iran. perhaps you wouldn't really expect people taking part in these kind of events to really be willing to said at one table with iranian officials however this is what my home bell said not so long ago the president has been pretty clear about that he's happy to talk with folks at any time so what will happen next to how the administration in washington is treating iran and will any of the international players be able to affect it we will find out in the next few days. days. so let

the e.u. russia iran and china unveiled a new payment mechanism to bypass u.s. sanctions on tehran bolton was also skeptical of that announcement you know the european union is strong on rhetoric and we going to follow through so we will be watching the development of this structure that doesn't exist yet and has no target date to be created we do not intend to allow our sanctions to be of aided by europe or anybody else. let's cross live to economist an independent investment fund manager max max thanks for coming on to the program now do you think swift will obey bolton and stop working with iran. well there is a possibility because the u.s. does put a lot of pressure on many actors source with might do that we don't know but of course the u.s. has had very unilateral and very aggressive policy of sanction so swift will certainly listen to those words what we know is germany's foreign minister suggested creating alternatives to systems like swift to become independent from the u.s. in your opinion do you think such an idea is feasible. is feasible if the will i

would never recognize the international criminal court truck washed out at iran accusing its leaders of sewing mayhem in the middle east and enriching themselves out of people's expense he also said that iran must never be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb and he called on the international community to isolate the regime in tehran. with me here at the big table is nicole inverts he's an associate fellow with the german council on foreign relations he watched president trump's speech closely fores it's good to see you again the cold so we've got the u.s. president here nothing but strong criticism for iran and its leadership iranian president hassan rouhani has fired back and we've got here is a war of words were is this an escalation that nobody can step back from. when the policy off. has been. quite the same i mean he wants to see around in government changed its policies and they want the iranian government to stop and all to a program they are not happy with the with india he called it horrible again. so i think he will not stop his policies on really trying to bring this vision

border with iraq during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the start of the iran iraq war in the nineteen eighties state media is reporting soldiers dignitaries and spectators were targeted iran's revolutionary guard has blamed a terrorist group affiliated with saudi arabia for the attack. let's bring in saeed kamali the guardian newspaper guardian newspaper is iran correspondent saeed what are your contacts in iran telling you about what happened there this morning. i mean for all sailors disguising themselves as the personal opened fire from behind being firm you know they were as you mentioned military personnel who have been killed as well as civilians including children and women. it was a terrorist attack an interest in iraq this is not very common rhonda was an attack in the ring in capital tehran last june but attacks of such scales are quite rare in iran so everybody was shocked in iran not counting when there are conflicting claims about who is behind this attacks iran is blaming a sunni separatist group that the so-called islamic state has also claimed responsibility do

only country accusing iran of trying to destabilize the middle east saudi arabia has long blamed iran for funding proxies to spread she has them in a predominantly sunni arab world accusations dismissed by to herat. yemen's president. told the united nations general assembly that iran must stop meddling in his country's. we're not. all the how to. fight over we are still in the grips of a war that was imposed on our people by armed militias that are supported by iran and hezbollah they are supported financially through the media and militarily these militias are extremists they employ gangs to work tactics. ronnie denied all those allegations as well as accusations that his country continues to send weapons and fighters to support the syrian president bashar assad the iranian president couldn't hide his excitement about the support he got from the e.u. russia and china but it remains to be seen whether that support will last as the u.s. ramps its diplomatic pressure the back and forth accusations between iran and the trump administration come at a critical time the u.s. is planning a