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going forward we're going to go back now to our guest trita parsi who we lost our connection with earlier in the program talking about our lead story iran and those threats from donald trump saying that if for iran wants conflict it will be the end of iran mr possum you know the last time i can remember president trump talking like this it was about north korea that did force north korean leader kim jong un to the table of course iran and north korea are not comparable.

gabriel elizondo in washington thanks for that update let's talk to trita parsi as well now professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and the former president of the national iranian american council trita what's your take on this it is one thing and we're used to rhetoric from this white house in particular from the likes of john bolton. but to send an aircraft carrier in but sending that's right to think things up to show up well trump administration have been ratcheting things up from the very moment they got into office i mean ever since trump got into the white house we have seen provocation after provocation in an effort to not only destroy the iran nuclear deal but it clearly they're trying to get the evil audience to leave the nuclear deal as well because right now the iranians are continuing to abide by the agreement which is part of the reason why the international community remains very sympathetic to iran and not towards a trumpet ministration it seems like they want the iranians to leave that agreements that they can pave the way for a broader assault on

well for more on this we can speak to trita parsi he's the founder of the national iranian american council and professor at georgetown university he joins us live from washington sir welcome to al-jazeera and i was just reading there some of the e.u. commitments that the well that the e.u. signed up to in that agreement have they lived up to it. not really i mean it's not for a lack of desire on think the europeans in any way shape or form and to disagreement with bad intent but the problem is that as a trumpet in a stray ssion has really pressured the europeans they have almost on every account caved to that pressure and as a result iran essentially is the only country in the agreements next to russia and china that actually is living up to it so i'm not surprised that the iranians took this step i think what is surprising is that it took them so long to start reducing some of their collaboration with the agreement mindful of the fact that the un the us is not doing so i mean i guess the e.u. and many of the countries there find themselves in a slightly impossible position because they ne

to act trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university he does winning gauging any diplomacy. well in the past the 2 countries that have played the most effective diplomacy between the united states the iran have been on mon and the swiss whether they can do so in this specific case remains to be seen but it would be wise by both tehran and washington to seek out their advice and their services but i think in this specific case i really doubt that the iranians are going to engage in any diplomacy until at least trump fires bolton and starts to abide by the g c p a way because if the idea is to go to the table with this extra leverage that trump now believes that he has because of the sanctions while the iranians are not going to go to the table without them 1st also building some leverage would most likely would mean that they would restart other aspects of their nuclear program is not a good scenario for anyone it's actually much better for trying to walk back some of this illegal sanctions that he's been imposing on iran and then go to table. has been fired in

the european union china russia and the us president on trump withdrew from the deal a year ago trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics georgetown university he thinks washington's actions are counterproductive and may push him around to withdraw from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal. it's a temporary position at the end of the day all signs are that the trumpet mr asian is going to withdraw those waivers as well as well as going after other forms of trade whatever is left in order to just completely isolate iran and the bizarre situation that iran is facing is that it is now under more sanctions now when it is actually abiding by an international agreement then it was when it was accused of having violated international agreements now it seems like the plan of the trumpet mr asian is to essentially force the iranians to get out of the nuclear deal and once they're out other options open ups opens up for the. bolton. group within the white house and the option they seem to be gearing towards is a military option a grand centuries old ceremonies of crown thailand's king i

president of trump though with proof from the deal is a year ago trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university he thinks washington's actions are counterproductive and may push iran to withdraw from the deal. it's a temporary position at the end of the day out signs are the trumpet mr asian is going to withdraw those waivers as well as well as going after other forms of trade whatever is left in order to just completely isolate iran and the bizarre situation that iran is facing is that it is now under more sanctions now when it is actually abiding by an international agreement then it was when it was accused of having violated international agreements now it seems like the plan of the trumpet mr ation is to essentially force the iranians to get out of the nuclear deal and once they're out other options open ups opens up for the. bolton. group within the white house and the option they seem to be gearing towards is a military option a grand three day ceremony to crown thailand's king is getting underway in bangkok these are live pictures of the ceremony as

by european union china russia and the us president trump withdrew from the deal a year ago now trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university he says washington's ultimate goal is to get iran to withdraw from the twenty fifteen deal. it's a temporary position at the end of the day i'll science art of the trumpet ministration is going to withdraw those waivers as well as well as going after other forms of trade whatever is left in order to just completely isolate iran and the bizarre situation that iran is facing is that it is now under more sanctions now when it is actually abiding by international agreement than it was when it was accused of having violated international agreements now it seems like the plan of the trumpet ministration is to essentially force the iranians to get out of the nuclear deal and once they're out other options open ups opens up for the. bolton. group within the white house and the option they seem to be gearing towards is a military option for palestinians have been killed in two separate incidents in gaza and israeli strike on a pos

going forward we're going to go back now to our guest trita parsi who we lost our connection with earlier in the program talking about our lead story iran and those threats from donald trump saying that if our iran wants conflict it will be the end of iran mr possum you know the last time i can remember president trump talking like this it was about north korea that did force north korean leader kim jong un to the table of course iran and north korea and not comparable his language towards both countries that is but it's unlikely isn't it that that sort of language is going to have the same results. actually even in the north korean case it did not force him to sit at table what actually happened there was that kim prove that he actually could hit the american homeland with a list of mistah that had nuclear weapons attached to them and thanks to the secret diplomacy behind the scenes by the south korean president he managed to get the suits at a table so i think a similar thing may actually happen here we see a similar pattern the president of the united states makes all kinds of differen

from sun up in yemen by out of the yemeni journalist and filmmaker via skype from reston virginia trita parsi professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and author of losing an enemy obama iran and the triumph of diplomacy and from oxford in the u.k. some of the romani university of oxford ph d. candidate regular contributor for the diplomats and washington post gentlemen good to have you with us on inside story samuel let's start with you we'll talk geopolitics for most of the program but 1st i want to clear up a few things about these these incidents how were such relatively slow and still fee aircraft able to fly so far into saudi arabia undetected at a time of war what does this say about saudi air defenses i think this shows a bit about saudi air defenses but also it shows the degree to which the saudis have underestimated the improvements in the ballistic missile technologies and drone technology that they have these have made over the past $6.00 to $8.00 months so now they would have the ability to launch just sites that radius of niagara kilometers with a remarkable de

trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university p. dotes iran would engage in any diplomacy. well in the past the 2 countries that have played the most effective diplomacy between the united states and iran have been online and the swiss whether they can do so in this specific case remains to be seen but it would be wise obo tehran and washington to seek out their advice in their services but i think in this specific case i really doubt that the iranians are going to engage in any diplomacy until at least trump fires bolton and starts to abide by the g c p a way because if the idea is to go to the table with this extra leverage that trump now believes that he has because of the sanctions while the iranians are not going to go to the table without them 1st also building some leverage would most likely would mean that they would restart other aspects of their nuclear program and that's not a good scenario for anyone it's actually much better for trump to walk back some of this illegal sanctions that he's been imposing on iran and then g

out of the yemeni journalist and filmmaker via skype from reston virginia trita parsi professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and author of losing in enemy obama iran and the triumph of diplomacy and from oxford in the u.k. samuel romani university of oxford ph d. candidate regular contributor for the diplomats and washington post gentlemen good to have you with us on inside story samuel but start with you look we'll talk geopolitics for most of the program but 1st i want to clear up a few things about these these incidents how were such relatively slow and still fee aircraft able to fly so far into saudi arabia undetected at a time of war what does this say about saudi air defenses i think it shows a bit about saudi air defenses but also it shows the degree to which the saudis have underestimated the improvements in the ballistic missile technologies and drone technology that they have these have made over the past 6 to 8 months so now they would have the ability to launch just sites that radius of niagara kilometers with a remarkable degree of precision so in july of

european union china russia and the us president donald trump withdrew from the deal a year ago trita parsi is a professor of middle east politics at georgetown university he thinks washington's actions are counterproductive and may push iran to withdraw from the deal it's a temporary position at the end of the day out signs are the trumpet mr asian is going to withdraw those waivers as well as well as going after other forms of trade whatever is left in order to just completely isolate iran and the bizarre situation that iran is facing is that it is now under more sanctions now when it is actually abiding by an international agreement then it was when it was accused of having violated international agreements now it seems like the plan of the trumpet mr asian is to essentially force the iranians to get out of the nuclear deal and once they're out other options open ups opens up for the. bolton. group within the white house and the option they seem to be gearing towards is a military option a lavish centuries old ceremony to crown tylenols king is underway in bangkok. bangkok is hosting the

from sana in yemen by out of the yemeni journalist and filmmaker via skype from reston virginia trita parsi professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and author of losing an enemy obama iran and the triumph of diplomacy and from oxford in the u.k. some your romani university of oxford ph d. candidate regular contributor for the diplomats and washington post gentlemen good to have you with us on inside story samuel but start with you we'll talk geopolitics for most of the program but 1st i want to clear up a few things about these these incidents how were such relatively slow and still fee aircraft able to fly so far into saudi arabia undetected at a time of war what does this say about saudi air defenses i think it shows a bit about saudi air defenses but also it shows the degree to which this had he said underestimated the improvements in the ballistic missile technologies and drone technology that they have these have made over the past $6.00 to $8.00 months so now they would have the ability to launch just sites that radius of niagra kilometers with a remarkable degree o