in iran have been for years? >> first of all, i would underline that the iranian and russian relationship is pretty profound. it's a partnership, good realizations with tehran back in syria, and making overtures there. it's very close to president prt sisi in egypt, so it's a big game changer in the middle east. russia and iran are the same on many issues in syria, but not everything. they both agree on their hostility to isis and agree that the state and regime as it is currently has to be bolstered and supported. but it's possible that down the road they might differ. iran sees itself as a protecter of the shiites. and president putin is more interested in building the syrian state. and reestablishing state sovereignty in the middle east and take the rug out from actors in isis. and election, russia is interested in bolstering the syrian army, with which it has decades of regulations, and iran wants to work with the militias, like hezbollah, and like the militia that they have to support in syria. so there coul

thoughts on the iran tail. >> on the iran deal, thank you for asking me. i support the iran deal. i have tried to read the agreement, it is very complicated. i know most of the people who have opinions about the deal to not understand much of it. it is is a very technical document. i support the deal because i just look at the alternatives. which would be another war in the middle east, another invasion of the muslim country, and that would definitely affect america and other countries but also harm iranians because it would militarize the states and the situation inside iran. why iranians have some space to express themselves, to gather and share information, if there is a military pack, if there is a military, even a threat of a military attack, then it allows people within the ref illusionary guard, the the secret government, the parallel government to who took over the country after the 2009 election, they will take over again and they will get results even in this little state that we have in iran now. so i have been in a difficult situations inside been out out of prison in

/iran relationship. but nontheless, the shah dismissed these concerns and he would meet nixon who was his friend. and they have a really wide-ranging discussion for two hours, discussing everything from the situation in the horn of africa to vietnam. you can just imagine these grand geopolitical thinkers, very well versed, very well informed, really good on the substance. discussing these issues. there's a very revealing moment when the shah says to nixon, you know, i'm really tired of these harvard boys telling me how to run my country. and, of course, he's talking about the kennedy administration, the johnson administration and the people who were still in the white house and, of course, this must have been music to richard nixon's ears. and he's very effusive in his praise for the shah. he comes back to the united states and makes a very complementary speech about the shah. and i think that really plays the groundwork for the kind of relationship that's going to exist once richard nixon assumes the pr

in iran. they have a point. they are a little free and loose with the idea that journalists were spies, and every time you have a meeting with an american you're a spy and are thrown t jam. -- gaol. >> i am sure everyone has their spies. the sad thing is we never see spies prosecuted or brought on tv. why is it. it's journalists that pay the price for that. their integrator, head of the interaction team came on tv and said their crime is that they were trying to infiltrate and change the lifestyle of people. down. >> when we went to iran, we were there with a handler. i don't know what is true and not. we had to move with the permission of people. the fact is that the questions journalist ask, and the people journalists meet with would fall into the hands of a government that wanted to accuse you of being a spy. if you go through my contacts on the phone they are similar to spies, we talk to people and is. >> the story is getting classified. we have not seen any of the people having done anything, as i said, the

iran needs more arms. iran faces a threat from the soviet union. and from its allies in the arab world, and more often than not, the response from the eisenhower administration or kennedy or even johnson was that, well, you should worry less about the soviet union and worry more about the internal problems in your country. get your house in order rather than worrying about a soviet invasion of iran, because after all, if there's a soviet invasion of iran, even with all the arms in the world, you're not going to be able to stop them. that will be up to the united states to do that. >> how did the u.s. at the time view saudi arabia, its, iran's large rival to the south in the persian gulf? >> well, in the 1960s, an image emerges as iran as a rising country and a rising monarch. it was a contradiction. you can't at the same time claim to be wearing the mantle of cyrus the great in 2,500 years of monarchy. and then claim this. in the 1960s, the shah was perceived as being on the right side of history, and the saudis and house of saud, even during the r

as iran and the u.s. negotiated a deal over the nuclear program was talked about, those held in prisons were repeatedly discussed on the sidelines, but with no resolutions. >> we certainly would have hoped that at that juncture, at any juncture, that iran would have done the right thing, shown its humanitarian concern, released jason, given that there's no evidence against him. >> many believe rezaian's case is caught up in iranian internal politics. >> jason was reporting on iran, really writing more about the people, the lifestyle, nothing that would have aroused the sensitivities of the iranian authorities in any way. >> he's been a victim of the collision in iran between more moderate forces and conservative ones. >> evan as the sentence is handed down, it remains shrouded in secrecy. >> a new program is in effect on indian reservations, giving information to tribal police to see if people have been arrested have criminal backgrounds. >> when most police departments pull someone over, they have a comp

accord and the rift opening between iran and israel. but the failure of peace talks between israel and palestinians lirveg ipalestiniansliving in ta strip. here is part of what he said. >> i want to make it clear we have never given up our hope for peace. i remain committed of two states for two peoples of demilitarized palestinian state that recognizes the jewish state. >> on the same day mr. netanyahu spoke those words in washington, we learned from press reports that israel last month gave preliminary approval build more than 2,000 homes in west bank settlements over the next 15 years. israeli settlements are seen as a major impediment to peace with palestinians. angered many american juice who want to see more progress in creating a state for palestinians but american politicians who want president obama's job are not letting the palestinian issue get in the way of their vocal support for israel and those politicians include democratic presidential front runner hillary clinton. hillary clinton is now latest 2016 presidential candida

negotiations for iran. and as i said to him when he came into our office and i'm sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. you oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. the nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and international organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. it would be easier. thank you. the nomination we are considering today for the most senior and influential undersecretary. this is a key nomination for this committee at this time. the person that the senate confirms for this job will not just serve this administration but will also be an institutional bridge to the next. with that i turn to senator cardin. >> let me first thank you for the speed in which this confirmation hearing has been set. i really appreciate it. and i know your commitment so that the state department has a full complement in dealing with the urgent international issues, ther

iran owns iran -- sorry, iran owns iraq, iran owns syria. iran has veto power over everything going on in lebanon. supporting healthy, supporting an insurgency quiet for the moment in bahrain. they supported hamas. iran, backed by russia, is taking over a broad swath of the middle east and the obama administration refuses to see it. this is the ostrich administration. it's so bad, sean -- >> so they're building an empire. it's really shia versus sunni battle that they are winning dramatically. >> yes. >> and taking over greater and greater influence with an alliance with russia and vladimir putin. so i guess the question is where does this end? because this to me seems like munich 1938 on steroids. >> yeah, well, it ends with the most far flung, the greatest iranian empire for 2500 years since the battles of marathon and themopoli, et cetera. that's really their ambition. it's gotten so bad, this administration's policies have been so wrong-headed, disastrous, that even the strikes we're making against islamic state, against isis in syria an

iran relations? >> starting at a couple of years ago it will not come to fruition or the current supreme leader but i don't think it is open anytime soon with members of the american and government and it will be good for iran to have their rapprochement. and they have opened up to the u.s.. to have the freedom of expression. >> i've a freshman at harvard college i have absolutely no idea what i want to do with the rest of my life. so i want to ask what is the most of filling part of your job? >>. [laughter] initially the last question would it take about the future of via rail and? -- i ran? >> i think it is nice to have fun if you're not making a difference you're looking at what matters. but there are things that you care about in the world that are commenting on it more directly that if you are involved with something that you care about in the world. >> died beecher i am very newsy. if i have added the of their profession i could not ask their opinion. but to do dash it and that is part of it. a

you know, it's time for iran's senior leaders to step in. this case has been stuck in iran's judiciary now for 15 months. this is the moment when ran's senior leaders have the power to overturn a verdict, to issue a pardon, to make this matter go away and resolve it once and for all. >> when we, al jazeera, had our journalists locked up in egypt, we used, as i am sure you are doing at the moment, all diplomatic means available to us. what sort of support are you getting from the state department, from the white house? >> we have gotten good support throughout the u.. the u.s. government made clear its outrage at jaydon's detention. we know secretary of state kerry and other officials have raised the matter at every juncture with the iranians. we do believe that more could be done at the very highest levels of the u.s. government to convey just how serious a matter this is for the united states, for future relations with iran, and for businesses that may be contemplating doing business with iran in this this in thnew >> you don't know how lon

>> this is a clip from a short series we did in iran where we travel to iran right before the election back in -- our plan was basically to present the country to american and to one of the people we went to interview was -- >> the islamic republic of iran, a nation and a people, power writ waiting to explode. as we at the emphasize with these lives who are risking their lives to take a stand in the face of democracy, let let us not forget these people are evil. just what is it that makes them so evil? i have not signed up for twitter so the only way to find out was to go and see for myself.

. -- is iran. iran is the one, thanks to this president and thanks to hillary clinton, now on a pathway to developing a nuclear weapon. they have an agreement in place that will create an opportunity for them to develop, legally, legitimately, under the united nations, nuclear capabilities and weapons. and as you have heard, this is not your garden-variety muslims who control iran. they were the first to establish the revolutionary republic of iran, they are apocalyptic islamists, they believe in the end of times. these are the people we are giving a nuclear weapon to. these are the people given the ability to not just attack the state of israel, i am concerned about the state of israel, but i am more concerned about the united dates. -- states. iran with a nuclear weapon is not just a threat to israel, it is a threat to every man and woman in this country and we need a leader like we had back in 1980. who, when you get sworn into office, the other side knows, the other side knows, the enemy knows

we have isis, aggression, terror , from iran's policies and iran itself. turbulence has displaced millions of people, has butchered hundreds of thousands. we do not know what will transpire. this is a tremendously important opportunity for us to work together, to see how we can defend ourselves against this aggression, this terror. it is a daunting task. i want to make it clear, we have not given up our hope for peace. we will never give up the hope for peace. i continue to believe in two states for two people, a statetarized israeli recognizes the palestinian people. doubt shouldd israel's willingness to make peace with any neighbor that genuinely wants peace. i will discuss with you practical ways to lower the tension, decrease instability, and move toward peace. i was finally want to thank you for your commitment to further bolster the security in the memorandum of understanding we are discussing. has been defended with the generous assistance of the united states of america. i want to express my appreciation to you, the people of israel to you, for you

my question is on syria and then on iran. i've been briefed on the target packages in syria and i think as you indicated, but me say first of all when you don't have a strategy and he fail to have a strategy you end up in a power vacuum and now we have russia filling that power vacuum not unlike the terrorists do. now it has really created a complicated situation from my perspective. when i look at the target packages of russian strikes, as you mentioned 90% are anti-assad and only 10% are even remotely targeted towards isis. it raises a question of why is russia there? what is their intense? i have talked to our partners in the middle east. some say that russia has told them they could defeat isis and others tell me the only reason they are there is to support the assad regime. very briefly what do you believe is russia's intense? >> i think their main intent, they have several but their main intent was to shore up bashar al-assad. he was losing ground, significant ground when they decided to come in and they also want to pr

iran loomed over this relationship. in that respect, and we expressed it quite clearly, a shared commitment to preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the united states took an endorsement of time in exploring a full range of steps to pressure iran. that thetive is president came into office working with allies and friends. it was clear if we would have them along would have to make a bona fide effort to engage in diplomacy. but with the rest of the world if we did this bona fide effort to engage, they wouldn't or couldn't engage and we undertook one of the most under pressure campaigns in diplomacy. it led to the negotiations. it was a comprehensive simultaneous set of pressures that included economic pressures but also a lot of other things. building up pressure to a substantial level where when we said we can implement that commitment. think that from the outset, president obama had a commitment to is really just a israel's -- a commitment to security. there were personality issues as well that were clear to

i support the iran deal. i have tried to read the agreement, it is very complicated, and i know most of the people who have opinions about the deal do not understand much of it because it's a very technical thing. but i support the deal because i look at the alternative which would be another war in the middle east, another invasion of a muslim country and that would definitely affect and harm america and especially iranians because it would militarize estate situation inside of iran and so why they have some space to express themselves through gather information or share information, if there is a military attack, then it allows those with an the revolutionary guard as a parallel government that took over after the 2000 nine election. and so there's a saying earlier that i've been in a very difficult situation since i came out of prison in 2009 because on one hand i feel that it's my duty to talk about the situation and at the same time i did not want to provide any reasons for war warmongers and people goin

keen to get their own people in iran. so at this time when we don't have relationships with iran, how were they getting their own people in irand and what were they doing there? >> guest: there's obviously two ways to do that. >> host: no so obvious. [laughter] >> guest: one is to pay nonamericans to do it, you know spies basically. you know, pay an iraqi who might have a legitimate reason to go into iran where there's a lot what's going on and do it that way, the other is to send americans and your own people undercover and it took them a while to figure out how to do that and, you know, it could be that they -- that they overestimated how difficult it was going to be. at one point they were amazed to find out if you showed up with an american passport you could get the veto stamp and ride in. they planned it for about a year and the mission sort of changed at first they wanted to practice with al-qaeda folks who had been sent, taken refuge in iran and iranians had various forms of arrest and at a certain point they chan

effectively when the return of iran happens in the next few months, potentially us in his january, iran will be de facto increasing production. societe generale will be the policy on steroids. >> if i told you guys that the crew in the back half of this year would average below $50 per barrel and only one oil major had drastically changed the dividend policy, house price would you have been? >> i'm not totally surprised that the integrated oil companies will continue to be paying reasonable dividends. you have to bear in mind that these companies do not carry huge debt even at these levels. they have reined in a lot of their predicted expiration and they are forced it all on the subcontractors as well. they can continue to pay the sorts of dividends against the backdrop -- we have to wait and see. jon: this goes to the whole opec meeting. these guys had basic assumptions at the start of the year. the strategy of the oil majors so far, can they continue to play the same strategy in 2016 as well? >> think the have very few options, but they will have to be a bit more honest with investors

the first is to prevent iran from violating the deal. right now we are in agreement that we want to keep iran's feet to the fire. we want to make sure they don't violate the deal. and the president and i spoke about that today at some length. so we'll cooperate, first of all, to make sure that iran doesn't cheat. and believe me, it has a proclivity for cheating. >> gone is the bombast from benjamin netanyahu that he displayed on his last visit here talking about the iran deal. >> right. netanyahu confronted obama on the iran deal and lost. he lost big. it wasn't even close in terms of democrats who went over to oppose the president. and netanyahu even among people in israel who agreed with his position got a lot of grief because they said, look, picking a fight with the president of israel's closest ally really isn't a good idea. and so i think netanyahu very much sees it in his interest to say i can patch up this deal. and on the president's side, there are some of the democrats who voted with him on the iran deal, with the assurance th

some people are like that and that's iran. i am with you on that one, and they're bullies and sanctions will would. >> the whole death is 1979 and i don't know. is it a good country and there's a problem there but do the sanctions really -- they feel good and seem like the right thing do. are we -- we want to attack and turn that around and when you do the sanctions, you're turning them around and they turn to the leader and that's why north korea and them never got out of the regems and then they say that it's so wonderful that you have to worry what we do. and invade -- we would get really made that they were deciding who should and should not have it. what if they did that with north korea. be ware of what citizen were punishing first and the rulers to turnover. >> i am afraid to throw it to john because he may take a punch. go ahead. >> i disagree and if you have a dictator you have a good and then there's a guy down in cuba. they are not a physical threat of the armies invading everybody. they don't have the gas and they'

iran is a place i know well. and i covered it in the 1990s and happy to see jason at the top of his game. and a journalist and bureau chief and understands iran well and able to take me around and see people and get a sense of the hope that people felt that iran's long period of isolation might be over. jason is a garrulous guy. and he loves baseball. he told an interviewer that what he misses most live nothing teheran is burritos and baseball and what he called beverages. >> that gives a little idea of who he is. we look forward to speaking to hum soon when he gets out of prison in iran. doug, thank you for coming on the program. >> thank you. >>> right now, a dozen states are are looking to make marijuana part of the legislation. advocateses are pushing for a pair of proposals. they have support issing signatures and waiting to see if they can make the ballot. molly line is in boston for us. >> jon, the democrats favor the legalization of marijuana more see than republicans. and advocates believe it may drive o

iran is even -- is also against having assad step down. i think russia in fact is becoming at more flexible, and putin perhaps will try to persuade iranian leaders today that they need to moderate their views about assad, but i think he's going to have a hard time. >> how much has russia been cooperating with iran's revolutionary guard or heads blah, which are also support ago sad in syria? do they communicate? >> well, i don't know the extent of which they communicate, but certainly, iran has military advisors along with the revolutionary guard on the ground in syria. i know they're cooperating with rush in terms of intelligence. >> a year ago, you and i were talking about the west trying to isolate putin with sanctions because of away nextization with crimea. has putin made himself in dispensable because of his military interceptions in syria? >> i think that certainly things have changed a bit and ukraine is no longer the key issue between russia and the west. now everyone is concentrating on syria and isis and of course with the russia

let me move on to the iran deal and the latest out of iran. iranian american arrested in iran this is the first basically issue that we're facing since the nuclear deal was signed. arrested and now being held in iran, what are your thoughts on this? >> well, i think iran has the same internal dynamic that we do. a divided government. and one part of the government wants the deal. and one part of the government doesn't want the deal. and the part that doesn't want the deal controls the military and the judiciary and they use that in the best way they can to defeat the deal, just as some americans are saying we should cancel the deal. secondly, iran has been a factor in the middle east for 2,500 years. they have and will continue to take actions that are contrary to our self-interest and iran will be less effective in whatever they do, without a nuclear weapon, than they would have been with one. so the agreement, which was specifically focused on preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, was effective and if complied with will be effective

and you would have iran run syria. a horrible prospect for us. or dash. which is also there, touching our borders on the -- when two of your enemies are fighting each other, i don't say strengthen one or the other. i say we can both or at least don't intervene, which is what i've done. i've not intervened. i have acted several years ago and i think i was the first country to do that. to put a military hospital ten yards away from the border with the gulan with syria and we've taken in thousands of syrians, children, women, men, amputated, horrible conditions. given them treatment in israeli hospitals. we never show their picture. because if their photograph is seen and they are then rehabilitated and go back to their villages or towns, they'll be executed on the spot. but other than that, i've left the internal battle in syria untouched because i'm not sure what to choose and you have to openly admit it. but here's what i do define in syria. i don't want syria to be used as a launching ground for attacks against us and

to do to stop iran's aggression? >> we are going to work closely together, stop iran's aggression in the region. >> how though? >> we are going to be more involved. we're going to be cooperating closer. we're going to be fighting iranian terrorism. we are going to make sure they keep to their obligations under the nuclear deal. iran is playing a very negative role and we have got to contain that threat. >> the american people have been watching the relationship between our two leaders, the prime minister and president obama and it's been described as frosty, chilly, and what's it like today? >> we had a good meeting. >> fairly respectful. >> no. we really did have a good meeting, greta. we had honest disagreement with thepñ iranian nuclear deal. we didn't agree with that we are looking forward. as we look forward there is so much we can do as we closely together. that is good for america and israel. >> israel is our good friend. niles to see you, sir. >> i'm glad to be here. >> joining me israeli ambassador to natio

only from tums >>> the shah of iran is in a new york city hospital tonight. a government source in washington says he is suffering from cancer and blocked bile duct. >> the shah was admitted that he not engage in political activity while here. the present iranian government was assured of that. meanwhile, tighter security measures put into effect at the u.s. embassy in iran. >> carter agreed to allow the shah to come to the united states for medical treatment. an at that point it was the match that lit this conflagration. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hand of moslem students tonight. spurred on by anti-american speech by ayatollah khomeini, they stormed the embassy, overpowered them and took dozens of american hostages. >> the iranians burned the united states flag and denounced the u.s. government saying they would stay until the u.s. sends the deposed shah back to iran. >> what i remember, this was the second day, was that the provisional government of dr. bosergon, the prime minister, essentially the people we dealt with, had resigned. >> at

in the end, a fight against iran or something like that. alan: a couple minutes ago, we were saying that we need a model for what is going to happen. we agreed on a model where people have self-determination without destroying the state. which can be temporary. we have agreed on that. now, organize a coalition. do not just say it is impossible. actually, in vienna, we got quite far. yes, we did. there was a general agreement in january. negotiations will start. let's build on that instead of saying, "that is nothing." that is a non-constructive attitude. peter: you were saying it is easy, a job that can be done. we talked about the role of the kurds and the importance of ground fighting. who will do the ground fighting? alan: i think creating a no-fly zone in the north and giving turkey more responsibility would help a lot. this russian incident would not have happened. the jordanians have an excellent army. we need to lean on the states to put their boots where their mouths are, where the money is. we need to control iraqi forces, making s

theocratic genocidal cooperation, and each of those words have a substantive meaning with respect to iran and not just an exploit. you got the iranian problem, and on the suni side of the spectrum within islam, you have the -- you have isis working hard to establish what they call a calatfet which is agreeing empire, and they have -- they have something that is beginning to look like a state, and that is what they want, because they think it's going to be a lot easier to get people to immigrate whereemgriotemigratepeople where they want, if they have a state structure. that is the incipientempire, i would call it. and the third one is russia which doing everything it can to expand its control in eastern europe by taking over part of ukraine, and georgia, by taking over part of orgia, and now by moving fire aircrafts into syria syria. it's got real ambitions. it esn't have anything that it does usefully, economically except in the business world, except pump oil. and it needs a high price for oil, $100 a barrel, anan for the rest of us the oil down $40, $50 even below, but at least down th

for the united states the in the middle east after iran deal. iran hab on the rampage. hegemon area. it's active in syria. i think u.s. obama cass telling the world we are#d'j4(p@ going to have to shore up the other side, the alliances meaning israel and sunni arabs meaning owe i didn't want, jordan, saudi arabia and the gulf states. we will show the world that we're going to give a very strong military aid to israel. for the israelis, the important element is this: they are afraid that obama, out of either revenge or antipathy or anger at netanyahu will support the push in the u.n. for security counsel to recognize iranian state. it will be dragged into international criminal court every week. this, i think, is a way for israel to reassure itself. netanyahu to reassure himself that that is not going to happen and that that issue will not royale relations. i this was, i think, a very successful meeting. >> we hope to get more inside perspective on the meeting and the issues tomorrow here on "special report." that's it for the panel. but stay tuned for some funny moments

. >> guest: ifortfirst of all affecting this part of the world, iran empire and it is making progress in doing that. it has major control in parts, almost all in some countries, lebanon, syria, iraq, yemen, and isis is trying to expand its reach substantially. look at the huti rebels that its backing in yemen that are creating a very serious problem for stability on that peninsula with saudi air arabia and elsewhere. so it is not just a secular empire, it's a religious one. i'd sake it's a theocratic genocidal cooperation, and each of those words have a substantive meaning with respect to iran and not just an exploit. you got the iranian problem, and within islam, you have the -- you have isis working hard to establish what they call a calatfet which is agreeing empire, and they have -- they have something that is beginning to look like a state, and that is what they want, because they think it's going to be a lot easier to get people to immigrate whereemgriotemigratepeople where they want, if they have a state structure. that is the incipient empire, i would call it. and the third on

>> it's just one more time that iran has come out and given us information. only part of the information and not anything to go from. we know they are saying that he was found guilty. e we don't know what he was found guilty o of. they are saying he has prison time he was charged with and now we don't know what that is. it's just stringing out and torture for all of us to figure out where we're at and where we're going. >> has your family been in touch with jason? has he been told what his prison sentence is? >> no one has spoken to him since the spokesman said that. we should have access o to him within the next couple hours. hopefully we'll hear from him then. >> what is the u.s. government told you? >> i haven't spoken to the state department since the news came out. what we do know is the state department has been speaking with the iranians and having communications because. of the talks for the nuclear agreement. but also because of the talks regarding isis. we know they are having talks on the sidelines around that. our hope is that iran will finally re

one that iran violates the deal, the other than iran keeps the deal. in 15 years, they have a clear path to producing the and richest uranium for a massive nuclear arsenal. i am still concerned with that aspect. right now, we are in agreement that we want to creep -- keep iran's feet to the fire to make sure they do not violate the deal. the president and i spoke about that today. we will cooperate to make sure iran does not cheat and believe me, it has a proclivity for cheating. they have a vested interest in by we, i mean the united states and israel, not only israel, to prevent iran's conventional aggression. remember iran is not only arming hezbollah, the trying to build a second front. supplying hamas and gaza and islam it she had with attack weapons. acting in yemen trying to undermine jordan. you name it. also, building and arms industry 50,000 men strong that produces submarine satellites, precision rocketry, and many other advanced weapons. iran could pursue this aggression if it is not met with force. i think the second thing, other they on k

it would require a consensous within iran and that if we didn't have a consensus in iran that relations with the united states were valuable, what would happen, we would become a domestic iranian political issue. and i think there are any number of attempts. my understanding is that the carter administration was, was negotiating to reopen the embassy even while we were held hostage. and any number of attempts by administration and reopening relations with iran, all of them fall on the problem of no consensous with iran. >> i have about 20 seconds. the brits reopened the embassy and do you think you will see that of americans once again? >> it is like asking if they are going to see a opening of a u.s. embassy in/beijing. china hands saw it. and i think somewhere down the line we'll have an embassy back in teheran. it is got to change on the part of the iranians. >> thank you for coming. >> thank you for having me. >> pay for patriotism. how the u.s. military paid professional sports organization millions to honor american soldiers during games. ♪ there are no medals won for earning a

hezbollah is a strategic partner of iran. we're seeing divergence between iran and russia even though the basic goal is the same. prevent the western powers from toppling the assad government. >> thank you very much for joining us with your analysis. >> thanks. >> a lot more to come here on al jazeera, including death and devastation in yemen. as cyclone makes landfall. >>> employees a sneaky strategy to get around a protester-led fuel blockade. pakistan hit back against england in the third test. they will have all of those details from sport a little bit later. >> the israeli parliament has approved tough new measures to crackdown on stone throwing, raising the minimum prison sentence to three years. lawmakers voted 51-17 in favor of the move. weeks after prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared war on anyone who threw stones at the security forces. parents of the under age opposition, they will be denight benefits whale their children servwhile their children serve prison terms. >>> there has been an event aggression aga

iran is also our neighbor. we cannot live in that part of the world without good neighborly relations with iran. we must have a more constructive them together. taking advantage of resources, resources.and i'm sure you must be aware in the past 14 years 55,000 afghans have graduated and are back in afghanistan and working in the system. are mine and your brothers and sisters. we should look at that more positive aspect rather than looking at the negatives. young lady? >> i work at the carnegie endowment. there is a recently published a state wheree is it is argued that corruption threatens global security. public officials who have been refused a bribe, or a sister who was raped by a judge, fines and the taliban an attractive option. reasons,ous including an alternate worldview in which a strict imposition of religious morality can undress agreed and public corruption. greed and public corruption. we see members of the inspector general for afghanistan that corruption permeates the political machinery in afghan

also means the room has to be made for iran to put its barrels back in the marketplace. goingsaudi arabia is not to leave money on the table. >> odds are they will not. if you think back to pre-sanction and back to maybe 10 years ago, we had roughly an additional million barrels a day that iran was pumping out. there is capacity to be reintroduced into the marketplace that will act as a suppressant for broader prices across the globe. all this has done -- city put it so well, saying the u.s. is a sinkhole for oil prices. it has really wreaked havoc on the curve of oil prices. if you come inside the bloomberg right now arees much cheaper than prices in the future. how does this ever reverse itself? >> think about the secular ship we had in the u.s.. about production floor at 500 million barrels a day in 2008. today we stand at 9.1 million barrels a day. that hasn industry strong efficiency gains and is able to reintroduce supplies into the marketplace when supplies improve. likely be maintained. also think about this. this price peak in june, we have had a 50% cut in outp