basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. i urge you to read the report on that. mr. pratt: there is a fundamental question here with regards to getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? >> the white house website. >> the middle eastern policy -- has it on its website. dr. sullivan: you can also find different interpretations, which is part of the problem here. there are cultural differences linguistic differences, and also political differences across the country which is changing the way this is interpreted. it is far from clear. maybe it was important to make it unclear to see what happens. mr. pratt: do we have any idea on who the leads are -- returning back to the discussion -- secretary kerry going to be engaged? dr. sullivan: if they haven't started this yet, the clock is ticking. july 1 is not so far away. that is almost meanterm for a college. in this kind of deal with all this complicated issues, probably there are a bunch of sherpas of their on all si

and iran but within iran a political conflict inside iran? >> you can't help but think that. i mean you know the uniqueness of the case the fact that it's gone on for so long it's so different than any other cases without any evidence against him, to hold him for nine months without a trial. there's got to be other things going on. but things he doesn't control. it's just completely completely absurd. >> your brother, as you know co-wrote and was featured in a documentary about his second visit to iran to reconnect with his father's homeland. that's had i background that's his background. let's look at that documentary. >> the ride back to tehran. >> this is part of your brother's story, your family's story. your father from iran. this is part of your heritage. this is one of your home countries, right? do you feel conflicted emotions about that? >> you know i think we were growing up really influenced by the iranian culture. there were so many relatives around. and it's difficult for me as half iranian to look at it and see what's happening. >> do you feel betrayed? >> i hav

and iran life. i think it's far more divergence between american and iranian interests and strategy is important because we made sure for example, a few that isis is bad for the region but the way i read was about dealing with that problem is itself inimical to american interest the we have seen this play out a place like tikrit and so forth. i don't think we are at this stage right for that type of breakthrough because it will take we have seen the broader shift iran that we've been looking for for so long. this agreement if we get it will be very narrow and technical. it's not going to deliver the kind of shift we have so long talked about. i just want to say so by the iraq actually watch that i think is very much in question. the supreme there hasn't been to moderate his like which about the united states. we are still accused daily of having created isis. just yesterday an agreement general said that isis were un-american purges and so forth. so we are far away from the. on the american side tho

or iran. >> iran. >> so now it's stalled. >> it's completely stalled. >> is it wrapped up in the nuclear discussion? >> amir feels that that's the case. we believe that to be the case as well. >> what does the u.s. government say? >> well the u.s. government has said what you hear them say, that they are working to release amir. as far as amir is concerned we just never see any actual real effort. they may be doing a lot behind the scenes to negotiate, but we don't have any obvious tangible evidence of what progress they have made. and obviously they can't tell us details. the biggest thing for us is that they have made a lot of ground-breaking developments with iran in the last few months. and amir's release is simple. he is not part of a nuclear deal. he never committed a crime to be involved in any prisoner exchange. you can't keep someone prisoner when they are innocent. >> but tonight amir heck mattie remains held in that iranian prison with no idea what will happen. straight ahead. you will hear about the torture he has been subjected to. it is unimaginable. more from his family ne

would not destroy a single centrifuge in iran and would not stop on iran's centrifuges. on the contrary the deal would legitimize iran's illegal nuclear program. >> secretary of state kerry having spent 19 of the last 34 days negotiating in switzerland arrived at 6:00 a.m. in the nation's capitol with aides professing little concern about how he was portraying the term. >> the fact is he is not contradicting any of the facts included. and he is obviously out there trying to make the case to his population and his country's leadership that he got a good deal. we are doing the same thing. >> reporter: state department officials acknowledge that parameters is tentative including iran's estimated breakout time would remain one year after the attempt here. >> part of what is being negotiated. >> whether inspectors have access to military installation. >> we would find it very difficult to imagine one that did not require. >> what would happen when inspectors deem a site suspicious. >> the dispute resolution process all details have to be worked out. >> reporter: and how soon

on the day of agreement, all revolutions against iran meaning six resolutions against iran will be terminated and from the day of agreement, new cooperations in nuclear and in other aerlz with the world will start a new phase with the entire world. therefore, the framework which we have ahead receive the approach of this government has been successful. our approach was that in today's world, thet anything others is invaluable threatening others is meaningless and we all should seek win-win situation, an agreement that everyone can benefit. mutual respect, mutual respect, common interests and achievements for everyone. some think that we should eitherfied the world or we should bow against the world. we are against any of them. there is a third approach, and that is cooperating with the world. they say that negotiations took place under the pressure of sanctions. they know very well they are not correct t sanctions were not for the sanctions. those sanctions were to surrendered but when they realized that surrendering this nation was impossible and they realized that they were facing a grave n

our next speaker is suzanne maloney, one of our nations are mere iran -- premier iran watchers in the government and outside. our last speaker is not giving us a foreign policy perspective but he is going to explain the political dynamics and ramifications in the united states. together, we will end up with a much more nuanced understanding of the issues that are dominating the front pages. without further ado, let we turn this over to bob. bob: thank you very much. first, a few words of background to the current round of negotiations in lausanne. last november the five plus one countries and iran agreed to a second extension of the interim deal they had reached in november 2013. in november, they set a deadline of end of june 2015 for concluding a comprehensive nuclear deal. they also set a target date of end of march, basically yesterday, for reaching agreement on the key elements of a deal, sometimes it has been called political understanding political framework. the idea was that this march political framework would provide guidance to the negotiators in fleshing out the critical,

investment running this to invest with iran, to trade with iran, iran is going to be the dominant power in the region, the dominant military power in the region. and now iran controls yemen it controls iraq it controls lebanon and it controls syria. iran is putting the squeeze play around all the other countries in the region which used to be aural lies. >> how can you trust them when they are state sponsoreds of terror? >> the important point is what you have just said, this is just one little aspect of our relationship wither rang. maybe iran is going to stop it's nuclear program iran makes no pledge to stop its terrorism around the world it makes no pledge to stop its missiles it makes no pledge to stop various aspects of its nuclear program, we have just given away the bank and in exchange we have gotten vague promises to temporarily suspend part of iran's process. obama feels like this is going to be my boss president nixon going to china changing the world. it is changing the world but it will be much like chamberlayne going to munich. it will introduce nuclear weapons into the mo

iran has cheated in the past. north korea. they said the same arguments about north korea, it will make them peaceful it will make them moderate it will make them abandon their program. and the opposite has happened. i think in this case what is happening with this deal is that what has been ill legitimate to be legitimized. what is happening with this deal is that what has been illegitimate is being legitimized. they're given the ability not only to maintain their infrastructure but within a few years to increase it. they don't have to violate it. they can walk into many bombs. i think that's very dangerous. i think what is required is the application of very strong sanctions that have proven effective. they were only applied, financial sanctions and the oil sanctions, tough, biting sanctions were applied for the first time in 2012, got them immediately to the table. if they were to get them to the table, why when you get to the table you start lifting them immediately? in fact apply those pressures because they do work. ther

citizens inside of iran. we have a list of concerns, all the more reason to make sure that they do not obtain a nuclear weapon. >> isn't that why so many are concern about this deal, and is it worth risking further damaging relations with israel. >> the united states and israel have an unshakeable relationship. and unshakeable commitment to our mutual security. >> white house press secretary josh earnest. despite his assurances, many republicans and some democrats in congress are worried about this deal. on the heels of visiting israel, republican house spoker john speaker john boehner called the deal alarming: >>> a day of mourning in kenya after a al-shabab massacre at an university. many were remembering the 157 people killed in the assault. most of them were christian. they're still trying to identify all the victims. it's the bloodiest attack on kenyan soil since the embassy bombing. >> here at the gate of the garissa university, there have been people coming in and out and collecting the boyd of the dec

we don't want a war with iran. sorry, benjamin netanyahu, this is happening. >> it's not just a decent deal as bill o'reilly put it it's actually one of the most detailed, specific quantitative and restrictive arms deals that i've ever seen following this stuff for 40 years. it goes way beyond what anybody was anticipating at this stage in terms of what it requires iran to do and how much time it takes before the sanctions start to be suspended. >> there's already talk of john kerry for the nobel peace prize. ken pollock in an article said kerry will be in line for the nobel peace prize. >> this is still just a frame work. >> assuming you get to something in place. >> this is way more promising than anything i had anticipated. >> james? >> before we give the peace prize to kerry, obama has already got one, you can't give him two. but let's remember that from the first days of his tenure barack obama has said this is the goal. this is the most important thing he's been trying to do. >> and said it in the campaign be

basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. i urge you to read the report on that. mr. pratt: there is a fundamental question here with regards to ask a getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? where is it published? >> the white house website. >> the middle eastern policy -- has it on its website. dr. sullivan: you can also find different interpretations, which is part of the problem here. there are cultural differences linguistic differences, and also political differences across the country which is changing the way this is interpreted. it is far from clear. maybe it was important to make it on clear to see what happens. mr. pratt: do we have any idea on who the leads are -- returning back to the discussion -- secretary kerry going to be engaged? dr. sullivan: if they haven't started this yet, the clock is ticking. july 1 is not so far away. that is almost midterm time for a college. in this kind of deal with all this complicated issues, probably there are a b

the deal shuts down iran's packed to iran using enriched uranium. it has agreed it will be reduced by two thirds spirit iran will no longer enrich uranium at its facility. it will not enriched uranium with its advanced centrifuges for at least the next 10 years. the vast majority of iran's's stockpile of enriched uranium will be neutralized. today, estimates indicate iran is only two or three months away from potentially acquiring raw materials that could be used for a singular -- single nuclear bomb. iran agrees it will not stockpile materials needed to build a nuclear weapon. even if it violated the deal for the next decade, iran would be a minimum of a year away from acquiring enough material for it -- for a bomb. limitations on iran's stockpile would last 15 years. third, this deal provides the best possible defense against iran's ability to produce a weapon covertly, that is, in secret. international inspectors will have unprecedented access not only to iranian nuclear facilities but to the entire supply chain that supports iran's nuclear progr

in iran's behavior. iran must stop its aggression in the region stop its terrorism throughout the world, and stop its threats to annihilate israel. that should be nonnegotiable. and that's the deal that the world powers must insist upon. thank you. >> a short statement from the israeli leader benjamin netanyahu, talking about the nuclear negotiations going on in switzerland between iran and five world powers primary and the united states. he just said that the world as it were should insist on a better deal than the one being discussed. we do not actually have the details of that deal. those details will emerge perhaps as the day progresses. he reiterated what he said before congress. he said that iran needs to stop its aggression in the region. he says iran needs to stop aiding terrorists throughout the world, and he said iran needs to renounce itsannihilate israel. >> we'll be hearing pore from him probably later with john boehner, the speaker of the house. that likely happening in the next 20 minutes

i've been to iran ten times. iranian people -- if the stock market was open tomorrow they would be shooting through the roof. the iranian people the economy, has been waiting with baited breath for the chance to open up to the world. sell cars open businesses its. this has enormous economic rewards for iran and quickly. a couple other details. more details here than expected particularly with hiccups in recent days. you're looking at sensitive issues in iran's nuclear program. this is where it's believed iran had been experimenting with possible weaponization. access there is major. keeping the facility this is a once secret underground facileity discovered by the u.s. the iranians didn't announce it. that's going to stay open. it's not going to be building sentra fuses, but it's going to stay open. the key here going forward the verification how much access inspectors are going to have. a that's the worry is that iran might change its might at some point. on those big picture issues t biggest one to seerzero in

contracts with iran. what would you makeave man whose final act in business world before joining the american government as vice president would be to enter into contracts with the number one state sponsor or of of terror just before leaving to become bush's running mate? contracts that were only legal because you did them through a foreign subsidiary, mr. cheney and then once you were in office, in gratitude for iran's money, you hand iran the greatest prize of all-- iraq. isn't it you sir who is the double agent determined to bring america down! isn't it you-- he's getting away! he's getting away! he's getting-- wait-- he's getting-- damn you, dick cheney! ( cheers and applause ) we'll be right back. the new s6 hits the stores and i'm like... whoa. open the box and... (sniffing) new phone smell. jump on a video chat with my friend. he's a real fan boy, so i can't wait to show this off. picture is perfect. i got mine at verizon. i... didn't. it's buffering right out of the box he was impressed. i couldn'

i've been to iran more than ten times. i've never seen that an american president get a live megaphone into and around iran. everyone in iran will have iranian state tv. everybody has satellite dishes top. see him play those comments live. they would be translated. that's another point to keep in mind. here in the u.s. american people tend to view iran through really just that one prison. the nuclear program t death to america chance. when you visit iran this is about a much broader situation for them. this is a country that's lived largely international isolation 40 years. the economic sanctions being lifted here that's really the focus in iran. people there, and i've seen the tweets coming out and heard from contacts in iran they're celebrating now. they're putting out videos as they celebrate the deal. they've been under this for some four decades. they see the opening of this. from the american perspective, it's all about the nuclear program for the iranian people this government elected, keep in mind president rouhani

if there is a final deal it is going to enrich iran, whether iran enriches uranium or not, and iran will have more money to spread its aggression against our interests across the middle east and oh, by the way, iran is not giving up a single nuclear facility. there will be no snap inspections. this is a loser from jump street. >> right now right now, iran is winning in yemen, it is winning in syria, it is winning across the middle east and it is achieving, it appears, or it has within its grasp a hegemonic domination of the region and by the way, we all knew its intent its ambitions, its strategic goals. meanwhile, another strategic goal is being achieved in eastern europe and that of vladimir putin with as i pointed out earlier in the broadcast, 7,000 warheads, no comment from this president at all. what do you make of that? >> well, this president is so inept that he is now relying on russia to make the deal work with iran. so we won't send arms to ukraine. now the threats in the last 48 hours which are really breathtaking but russian generals telling american officers that you may not

than in iran. sometimes i'm joking with the -- especially when you have problems that congress have shut down the government. i was joking to some americans that saying that you don't have supreme leader here. if you had supreme leader it's a bad idea don't do that but i'm just joking, but -- so now i'm just comparing the current two systems political system in iran. the current parliament don't have problems. they are already agreement and the supreme leader if the supreme leader decides something, especially this current government -- the parliament would approve it definitely and right now, they approve. the supreme leader has created a new term which was very very new for us at least in here also for you. the term is called -- so-called flexibility. so, that is finished. and all in the same page. but in here we don't have such a system. more democratic system. we have here within here, and between administration and the congress, we have lots lots of difficulties. so let me ask you, please acce

behind this push towards iran iran, iran. so i urge you to read his report on that. >> there's a fundamental question here with regard to actually getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between the u.s. and iran. where is it published? >> the white house web site. >> oh, the web site? >> yeah. >> the middle east policy council has it on its web site. >> you can also find the iranian interpretation and the french interpretations which are somewhat different than the white house interpretation which is part of problem here. >> yeah. >> there are cultural differences, there are linguistic differences and there are also political differents across the country that are changing the way this is interpreted. it's far from done, and it's far from clear. maybe it was important to make it unclear to see what happens. >> do we have any idea who the leads are on returning back to the constitutions, the it can call discussions? is it going to be secretary of energy? is secretary kerry going to

been coming from iran. there are a number of flights every single week that have been flying in and we traced those through its and we know this. we're well aware of the support iran has been giving yemen and iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized or while people engage, you know, in overt warfare across lines international boundaries in other countries. >> this was kerry's first chat since he came back from those talks on the nuclear deal. >> we should say iran says that those navy ships off the coast of yemen are for piracy. >> yeah, right. >> thank you. >> let's go to an ran i didn't know journalist and author joining us from london this morning. thank you for joining us. i interviewed white house press secretary a day after the agreement was reached and asked him how sanctions would be lifted. >> the president was very clear about this yesterday the president was clear that what we envision is a phased relaxing of sanctions. it goes back

iran is a client. along with oil reserves, there's a population of 80 million, an old arab culture and an allegiance to the shia branch of islam, putting it at odds with sunni rulers. what does iran want? can it get it without a nuclear weapon. stay with us, it's "inside story". >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, . >> welcome to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. president obama's team and the president himself took pains over the weekend to stress how the process is far from finished. how much difficult work there is style do. and that is with the other negotiating teams. the administration has plenty to do here at home to win over converts. clampdown on opposition and buy

and celebrations in the streets of iran. the white house announcing the framework for an agreement with iran. word of a temporary deal spread but not everyone is happy about this. i'm bill hemmer, welcome to america's newsroom. martha has the day off. jamie: i'm jamie colby. benjamin netanyahu says the agreement threatens his country. >> such a deal does not block iran's path to the bomb, it paves iran's path to the bomb. it would greatly increase the risks of terrible war. bill: france is saying the united states caved. the french foreign minister said they wanted to hold out for more stringent terms. the celebrations in tehran are certainly real as you point out. what did we get from this. >> the administration says we get a number of important things which is some of the nuclear facility, particularly fordo in iraq iran was using to develop a bomb will be repurposed into other activities, though they will still be involved in nuclear research. the number of kren -- the number of sentrycentrifuges would be reduced and the

iran may change. if it doesn't, our deterrence capabilities, our military superiority stays in place. >> president obama was not the only one making his case. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu appeared on three separate sunday shows where he explained his opposition to the nuclear framework while warning of iran's regional ambitions. >> i'm not trying to kill any deal. i'm trying to kill a bad deal. you say historic decision his or rig deal. it could be historically bad deal because it leaves the preeminent terrorist state of our time with a vast nuclear infrastructure. this is a deal that leaves iran with the capacity to produce the material for many many nuclear bombs and it does so by lifting the sanctions pretty much up front. so iran will have billions of dollars flown to its coffers not for schools or hospitals or roads, but to pump up its worldwide terror machine and its military machine which is busy conquering the middle east as we speak. i think the alternatives are not either this

. >>> we're well aware of the support that iran has been giving yemen. >> iran's president calls for an end to sawudi-backs air strikes in yemen. >>> and greece agrees to hand over over $500 million to the imf. >>> iran's supreme leader says not reaching a deal on the nuclear program is better than making a bad deal. he is referring to a framework agreement signed between iran and world powers in switzerland last month. the president is warning that his country will not sign a final accord unless it is accompanied by the lifting of sanctions. >> reporter: president rouhani is a savvy political operator. he has managed to remain popular with conservatives and moderates in iran. he knows he must convince skeptics of the nuclear deal at home that iran isn't bowing to western pressure. so many say it's important for him to talk tough. that's exactly what he did, when he addressed this nuclear technology ceremony in tehran. >> translator: we will not sign any agreement unless all economic sanctions are lifted at once on the very first day of the implementation of the agreement. >> reporte

he doesn't want iran's military bases inspected. iran has conventional military bails. it's an issue of sovereignty. the united nations inspected iraq and when it's saddam's policies, hestent want that for iran. the p plus 51 wants iran to answer a list of questions wants access to scientists, military bases. again, can that be resolved? i think so. you know, if we look at the past year and a half of negotiations, we've come very far and i tend to see the situation as glass half full wrath than empty and from the very beginning we had doubts whether khamenei was going to go along. over time, he has said he supports the negotiations. during this speech he said i wholeheartedly support them but i just want to see what comes out of these negotiations. >> woodruff: on the inspection point, ray takeyh, do you stay ability to get that worked out? >> well, that has been the problem ongoing between i.a.e. and iran i.a.e. wants access to the military base and is not given that. wants completion of the plan in 2006 and remains unfulfilled. the intrusive sanctions have precedence.

finally, a word on iran. iran did not give birth to the houthis. and the support of the houthis is not by their success. to have survived on their own. they have exploited the opportunity to stick the thumb in the eye of the saudis. i have skimmed over a number of things. i would be happy to take your question, but let me close by saying there is no military solution to the current problems in yemen. and i welcome your questions. thank you. dr. anthony: thank you, david. we now have mr. abbas almosawa. he is an editor of a widely, well-received, respected journal. translating simultaneously for him will be -- mr. almosawa: good morning everyone. i will speak -- [speaking in foreign language] translator: good morning everybody. greetings to everyone. i will be translated. he cited a verse from a yemeni poet. basically the idea that there is a real tragedy going on in yemen since the arab spring. any many factors coalesce. basically, a week state and now al qaeda seems to be getting stronger. [speaking in foreign language] translator: there are many

at the heart of the concerns surrounding the deal with iran is a simple question. is iran rational? the answer for many critics of the deal is self-evident. iranians are apocalyptic israeli prime minister netanyahu has often said. he warns that you can't bet on their rationality. senator lindsey graham puts it quite simply i think they are crazy, he said. israel's defense minister reaffirmed the diagnosis recently called them a messy and apocalyptic regime. yet these same critics preferred policy is one that relies heavily on iran's rationality. the alternative to the deal forged by iran in the six great powers is not war, they insist but rather ratchet up the pressure and demand more concessions from tehran. so this crazy apocalyptic band of mullahs will when faced with a few more sanctions calmly calculate costs and benefits and yield in a predictable way to more pressure. or as written in the forward, apparently they are irrational enough to welcome nuclear armageddon but rational enough to yield to economic punishment. the point is also well made by max fisher. in fact in his th

and its negotiating partners reached an agreement with iran on a framework of a deal to contain iran's nuclear program. not surprisingly the reaction is decidedly mixed. iran's foreign minister got a hero's welcome when he arrived home. but more hawkish elements in each country criticized the deal. hard-liners on iran charge their side gave up too much to placate the united states. and here at home president obama faces a tough task of convincing not just republicans but many democrats that this deal is better than no agreement at all, which could allow iran to continue its nuclear program without limitations or inspections. one key ally the president has certainly been unable to convince is israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he joins me now live from jerusalem. prime minister, happy passover. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. happy holidays to all. >> i will have more than four questions for you i promise you that. let me start with this, which is if this deal -- you were going to be against perhaps any deal that didn't bring iran down to zero centrifuges. why n

and iran opposed and so we accommodated iran's position. how has this soiled the waters or made things more complex and convoluted than may otherwise be the case and what are the implications? adel: there are a lot of conspiracy theories but i don't subscribe to them. but the issue is there's no doubt iran benefited from the invasion of iraq and the toppling of the taliban government in afghanistan. no doubt about it. the taliban were iran's ideological enemies and saddam hussein was viewed as the bulwark against iran stepping into the region. this happened. i don't believe this was the objective of the united states at the time. but this is the situation that we're dealing with now. the question becomes, how do you stop iran's mischief in the region, their involvement in lebanon and syria and iraq. they're trying to cause problems in because rain and their involvement in yemen. all of these are areas of great concern to the people of the region. now -- and this is irrespective of the nuclear generations. the issue of the nuclear negotiatio

regarding iran because they are neighbors of iran. they have issues. they have similar needs and concerns in similar interest in similar foreign policy object is. and yet there are emergencies between and amongst them. when people talk about threat analysis, it is usually where they are located. people in maine and vermont for example they're not really so concerned about jamaican and haitian people coming to their sh in florida are not assessed with the same kinds of concerns that people who live in new england are concerned. and so, this is another way of looking at the needs and can earn an interest of foreign policy objectives of these countries. in non-is different from all the gcc countries in the sense that it has the best, but most amicable smooth, stable secure relationship with her ran -- iran. this has been the case almost since the beginning of the iranian revolution in 1979. part of that has to do with the body of water between them known as the hormuz strait. many people have the image that most of the shipping goes thro

curb iran's nuclear program. yet, another sign that the president and the israeli prime minister are poles apart. >>reporter: and that matters because what's going to really have a huge impact on how this turns out in congress is how hard prime minister netanyahu tries to scuttle the deal through his very powerful lobbying group known as apec. they tend to follow his marching orders. if they tried to really impose their will on this they could sway not only some republicans but also democrats. so right now, the white house feels -- i've talked to people behind the scenes -- they feel like they have enough democrats to stay with the president that they would not be able to override a veto but if the prime minister really tries to put some of his weight on capitol hill, that could change. >> yeah i mean, a lot has been talked about by political analysts in the u.s. about what president obama's legacy will eventually be. is this iran -- is that something that's very very important to him as part of his legacy? >> it

>> iran will never be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon. >> tonight, the iran deal. >> we have negotiated as a team. >> we have made achievements. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. there's no bigger story around the world. historic news out of switzerland this evening. after decades of strained relationships between the united states and iran. we are one step closer to a nuclear agreement. iran and six world powers have reached an understanding on the framework which aims to pave the way towards a financial deal. the news comes after eight days of marathon talks, two deadline extensions and a lot of speculation on the details. president obama delivered a statement earlier today where he laid out some specifics. >> this framework would cut off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. iran will face strict limitations on its program and iran has also agreed to the most robust and intrusive inspections and transparency regime ever negotiated for any nuclear program in history. so this deal was not based on trust. it's based on unprecedent

and iran lies. far more divergent in strategies that are important too because we may share, for example a view that isis is bad for the region, but the way that iran goes about dealing with the problem is itself difficult to american interests, and we see this playing out in takrit. it's important and we're not right there for a breakthrough because we have not seen the broader shifts by iran that we looked for for so long. the agreement if we get it will be very narrow and technical. it's not going to deliver the kind of monitor shift we've song talk about. whether iran wants that is in question. the supreme leader has not moderated his language about the united states. we're still accused daily of having created isis just yesterday iranian leader said isis is american proteges. i'm uncomfortable with the undertone that democracy is a diplomatic liability. it's not. it's one of the, you know, tremendous sources of strength dip matly in the world and of soft power and it's true as an american leade

iran has been an international pariah. there have been serious concerns about its nuclear activity, and this is a pathway, really, to finally resolve that for a long time to come. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has played a lead role in the iran nuclear talks. he spoke to cnn. >> reporter: several members of congress are coming out against this agreement. they seem to have a veto proof majority for a vote, for a stay. they could kill this. >> no, i don't believe so, and i think on close inspection, i don't believe that will happen. that would be very irresponsible to make politics trump facts and science. and the reality of what is possible here. and it would be particularly irresponsible to do it when you have six nations, p-5 plus one, permanent members of the security council, plus germany, china, and russia, they are absolutely dedicated to the enforcement of this. so i think that really some of our senators and congressman need to step back, take a keep breath. >> you spent more time with the iranian foreign mi

clinton helped design the approach to iran. in a statement, she said iran can never have a nuclear weapon. and reaching a deal is crucial. then she said, i know well the devil is in the details in this kind of negotiation. there's much to do and much more to say in the months ahead. for now diplomacy deserves the chance to succeed. rand paul didn't weigh in on the deal. he was away to prepare for his campaign launch in louisville. he was silent on the religious freedom rule this week. cheryl. >> for more on how the iranian nuclear agreement could impact the 2016 race, i'm joined by former reagan white house political director and fox news political analyst ed rollins. nice to see you. if you're a presidential hopeful for 2016 and you're on the g.o.p. side, how do you use the iranian situation to your advantage? >> the most successful candidate will be someone who projects leadership and weakness in this deal. you're basically taking a country who sponsored more terrorism than anywhere else. put aside the nuclear weapon, we'll l

iran has the money. could they actually be constructing a weapon of mass destruction in north korea rather than in iran? how realistic is that? >> because north korea is closed off and because we we don't have inspections we don't know what'ow there are a number of iranian and north korean personnel who fly over china and essentially means that iran has substantial operations in north korea. we don't know the full dimensions of that but there have been too many reports to suggest that this close cooperation to -- you know it's just so clear there's something going on there. jenna: china was part of the deal. not only talking about sanction because china is a big customer of iranian oil but talk to us about potentially china's role in iran's nuclear program and why we should watch that. >> china used pakistan as a surrogate to transfer nuclear weapons technology and when the u.s. rolled up the network in 2003 and 2004 a couple of things happened. first of all china started to sell materials and technology

they need each other because turkey need's iran's gas and iran facing sanctions from the united states and the europe union and other parts of the world needs the foreign exchange it earns selling that gas to turkey. despite political differences it's unlikely it will affect the economic times between the two countries. >> the u.n. security council is discussing helping palestinians caught in the crossfire in yarmouk. most of the camp is in ruins after overrun by isil wednesday. the council is considering emergency measures to evacuate people. thousands of refugees were forced to leave and now stapping at a temporary camp. >> in kenya students have rallied in the streets of nairobi. they are demanding better security at universities in the wake of the brutal attack in garissa last thursday. 148 people were killed by al shabab gunmen after they stormed the garissa university campus. malcolm web is live for us now in nairobi. clearly a lot of anger in the country in the wake of that brutal attack on the university in garissa and questions about kenyan security. >> that's right. the stude

they have politics in iran. the have a spectrum from hardliners to elements that are not nearly as extreme. we would do this deal in any case. 10, 15, 20 years from now, we would do this deal even if the iranian regime is just as difficult as it is today because we feel the deal works on the merits. however, a potential outcome of this agreement is strengthening forces inside of iran that are more moderate like the iranian people, the middle class that want to be connected to the global economy and the community of nations. it affords us the opportunity to test whether or not there can be a process over time of moderation in iran and among iranian policy. we are not betting on that. we are betting on the good deal. and even as we implement this deal, we still have sanctions on terrorism and human rights other issues that concern us. we want to see that behavior evolving and changing over time as well. charlie: it has been a busy day and you have been up all night. thank you for taking time to come see us. ben: t

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that iran has now agreed to meet. throughout history, diplomacy has been necessary to prevent wars and to define international boundaries to design institutions and to develop global norms. >>> you're watching the u.s. secretary of state john kerry giving a press conference about the parameters of a deal that have been agreed between the international community and iran. kerry says the political understanding reached on thursday is a solid foundation for a good deal but we are seeking between iran and the world powers. it's a historic day. the secretary of state still speaking. we'll have more details including the finer details of this basis of a deal that's been agreed with david foster in a couple of minutes. do stay with us. >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> today, the united states together with our allies and partners has reached a historic understanding with iran. >> a nuclear agreement between world powers and iran after decades of negotiations. >>> goo

we have done nothing of the same sort in iran, have we? >> no and i think what we really would like to see obviously sort of a gradual overturning of the regime rather than some kind of immediate revolution. part of that goes to the reason why we may in the best case scenario why we would, fact, negotiate with iran it's not because we believe they're negotiating in any good faith it's simply that we think we could work with them for our own best self interest. if they're able to put isis at bay or help keep syria at check this is good for us. this is this is where is becomes so complicated as to whether or not you go to the table. >> quickly, steve. >> they say it's deal a deal and war, they got the deal they're going to get war. >> coming up next, doubling down on being green. the white house promising to cut our carbon pollution by nearly 30% in only ten years. some here say that will gut our economy way before then. are they right? 2:30 eastern with julie banderas. now back to "forbes on fox." >>> the green crowd is going to love this o

-iran exchanges. we are having people going back and forth. u.s. tourists would be going to iran. they would be less frightened, not that they should have been in the first place. i expect more iranian students to come. you know it happened with the old soviet union. the opening of china. there was a fascination about the other. a lot of people that been everywhere else on the planet decided i have to go to this country. we will see the people who used to go to the great wall of china will be going to the big mosque in the middle. they will be going to the mosque. >> i was curious about how significant the discrepancies are between how the agreement is understood on both sides. we have seen that sharif on twitter was criticizing the u.s. fact sheet as a spain. the press tv report this morning about the deal was resenting the terms a little differently. barbara slavin: i find this normal. he will stress sanctions relief and no concessions or few concessions. we will stress concessions and limits on the program. what matters is what is signed in june. >> to add on, while the iranian

fact sheet on iran. the deal says iran will have from 19000 centrifuges installed today to 6104 installed under a future accord. also saying that iran has agreed to not enrich uranium over 3.67% for at least 15 years. again a lot of details worth nothing unless they're verified. >> i think it is extraordinarily difficult to enforce this. you see this with north korea in particular. i think iran will likely end up playing same game. we scale back a little bit. we concede and they do whatever they want. if you're developing a nuclear program you benefit from delay. you benefit from strung out diplomacy from this. >> do what they want? >> yeah they will. >> correspondent they do it anyway? take a shot. melissa: they will and they did. >> why not take a shot? melissa: because sanctions. they become the quick heavyweight in region. only thing they are missing right now they are not an economic powerhouse. that's what they're missing. if we lift sanctions and iran and dell and ge in, all of a sudden iran is wi

iran is a client. along with oil reserves, there's a population of 80 million, an old arab culture and an allegiance to the shia branch of islam, putting it at odds with sunni rulers. what does iran want? can it get it without a nuclear weapon. stay with us, it's "inside story". >> >> >>>welcome back to "inside >>> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. part of what americans don't seem to understand about iran is if it backed away from making progress in nuclear enrichment, it didn't want the decision to come as a result of american orders. the two countries have been at odds for 35 years over just about everything. in his 2002 state of the union speech president george w. bush numbered iran with a group of countries he called an axis of evil. ambassador ryan crocker was in talks about iran over next talks about iran over next steps in afghanistan. the tehran government also with the taliban, when the axis of evil brought everything to a halt. the ambassador said talks w

iran bilateral relationship and iran's role in the region. i think the leadership in iran wants to see something which is much more transactional. we'll make a short term nuclear compromise in exchange for economic relief. and i think really the debate that's taking place in a tehran is going to play out over a period of years. and the debate is between those in iran that want to prioritize the country's national and economic interest. the model they broadly want to emulate is china. to say we're not going to relinquish power but we'll open up the country economically. and that will strengthen the islamic republic. and those are the pragmatists. the supreme leaders say look at what happened when gorbachev tried to reform the soviet union. once you abandon your ideals your principles that's when the entire house could collapse. and i think certainly for the iranian population, the two thirds who were born after the revolution overwhelmingly they favor the more pragmatic approach to prioritize national economic interest first. the principals ha