i want to go back to ali velshi in tehran, iran. be ali, what happens if greece fails to make its 1.8 billion payment to the imf on tuesday what happens ali? >> well first of all you and our viewers will have seen from market reactions in the united states that people are betting on the fact that for the first time in history, a fully default. that is what we are starting to hear now. the rumblings of that greece will not make its payment. now remember, unlike the iran deadline in which they have until the last minute and say they're close, this was a technical deadline. greece was supposed to make the payment at the middle of the month. they used a clause that nobody ever heard of and said you can pile up the payments and make it in the last day of the month. that means by midnight tomorrow they have got to have the payment to the international monetary fund, $1.8 billion. unlike in tehran, these are people sitting around a table that have a deadline. but the finance minister of greece has got to tell the bank of greece to wire the

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this is their city, tehran. the official attitude toward fun in general seems to be an ever-shifting -- how -- is fun even a good idea? >> a lot of push and pull. a lot of give and take. when i first started coming here you wouldn't hear pop music in a restaurant or -- >> it's everywhere now. >> now it is everywhere. >> we have police, they arrest girls or women for having the hijab or not being covered enough. it is not that we live with the police in our head, you know. >> one of the first things that people will say when you say, i'm going to iran. yeah, but don't they make women do this, this, this, this. >> yeah. >> actually not so much, not as much as our friends. compare and contrast, women aren't allowed to drive in saudi arabia. >> that's right. or vote. >> or vote. you can drive. you can vote. >> yeah, of course. of course. >> can you run a business? >> of course. my sister is an accountant. she has her own company. girls are allowed to do almost everything, except if you want to go and watch football.

let's go back to tehran and speak with ali velshi. ali. >> i am speaking with as many officials as i can. to see what they want, they all want diplomatic sanctions ended, whatever you calm it. is a burr johning economy, they want to be -- best of your b usurgeoning society. they want to be exposed with the world, they want to trade with the world, want to sell their goods to the world, they want to buy new cars new equipment new things, they want to buy from russia from china, they are not going to get what think want and be hasan rouhani, they elected, what i can get everybody to tell me is they want these sanctions to end and they will give up the nuclear program they are so proud of in order to get an economy that works. i'll continue on this subject but for now that's it for me ali velshi from tehran. >> ali, thank you very much. >> i'm david schuster, on behalf of ali velshi and his crew, and the entire team at al jazeera, in the united states. i'm david shuster, thank you for >> you have kids here who've killed someone? >> award

we can also feel it here in tehran. most iranians want a nuclear deal. they want sanctions relief but the country's leaders said has major reservations. the talks are so sensitive that iran's chief negotiator has returned here to tehran for a direct consultations with the country's supreme leader. however, before leaving vienna he did have a bilateral meeting with secretary of state kerry and both acknowledged that the going is going to be tough. >> everybody would like to see an agreement, but we have to work through some difficult issues. i'm determined to do everything

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fest tehran. >> i'm david schuster in new york. let's go back to the latest in tehran, iran. ali velshi is standing by, what are you doing with all that money? >> david i've been on tv and talking about sanctions and how it's affecting all these people. this is a bit of a struggle, i have in my hands 3 million reale, this is the currency here. there are smaller bills, but if you wanted to get them in the smallest bills possible i got 600, 5,000 reale bills. this is worth $100. alt of this, 600 bills come out to $100. three years ago back in 2012 before the currency started devaluing. this was worth about $250. this is all about inflation. the sanctions mean things can't come in from overseas. anything that is imported increases in price. anything made locally doesn't have imported competition so it goes up in price. when things go up in price the value of the currency decreases. the bank pays huge interest rates in order to get people to keep their money in the bank because this money continues to devalue. people would rather change it to pounds, euro zone euros, dollarp thes

they were setting up jails and dungeons all over tehran. but long jump was not thwarted through the efforts of these, any of these agencies, not schwarzkopf, not the british mi-6, not the nkvd. and this takes us to a small circle of young friends live anything tehran, mostly ex-pats, mostly people in their 20s. and there was, there were some, a couple lebanese, and there were some iranians, there was an ran january- iranian-french guy and a polish refugee girl who actually was the smartest one of the whole bunch, but that's a whole other story. how the polish refugees got to iran is another story. but anyway, this existed before the war. passing through iran before the war and coming into contact with these people was an more than, young american named peter ferguson. well, ferguson was kind of a cowboy. he fell for this, this polish girl. her name was ida. so ferguson and ida, it was one of those boy-girl things that, you know, lots of the usual tension. yet he wanted it to go somewhere he didn't, and they broke up, and he got mad and went

this is their city, tehran. the official attitude toward fun in general seems to be an ever-shifting -- how -- is fun even a good idea? >> a lot of push and pull. a lot of give and take. when i first started coming here you wouldn't hear pop music in a restaurant or -- >> now it is everywhere. >> now it is everywhere. >> we have police, they arrest girls or women for having the hijab or not being covered enough. it is not that we live with the police in our head, you know. >> one of the first things that people will say when you say, i'm going to iran. yeah, but don't they make women do this, this, this, this. >> yeah. >> actually not so much, not as much as our friends. compare and contrast, women aren't allowed to drive in saudi arabia. >> that's right. or vote. >> or vote. you can drive. you can vote. >> yeah, of course. of course. my sister is an accountant. she has her own company. girls are allowed to do almost everything, except if you want to go and watch football. >> can't watch football? >> we cannot.

we didn't see a lot of big people in tehran. it became popular after the revolution, to have these sort of beards that were well kept and very closely shaved. i understand that that was a sign of being one of these people that fought in the revolution or supported the revolution. women would dress a certain way according to what they deem to be a code. what women would do is have a ponytail or a bun. i'm bad to illustrate this. and there would be a head covering. and you see the back of their hair and head. maybe a quarter or an eighth of your room would be covered. they were fully covered head to toe. face was opened. so you could see some variation in the women, even the women lightly covered had a fashionable sense with them. -- sense about them. >> in america, much of the narrative relies on painting the country as an enemy, and what president obama called a difficult history between america and iran has been marked by conflict. to appreciate the magnitude of this deal, you have to understand the different narratives of host

we didn't see a lot of big people in tehran. it became popular after the revolution, to have these sort of beards that were well kept and very closely shaved. i understand that that was a sign of being one of these people that fought in the revolution or supported the revolution. women would dress a certain way according to what they deem to be a code. what women would do is have a ponytail or a bun. i'm bad to illustrate this. and there would be a head covering. and you see the back of their hair and head. maybe a quarter or an eighth of your room would be covered. they were fully covered head to toe. face was opened. so you could see some variation in the women, even the women lightly covered had a fashionable sense with them. -- sense about them. >> in america, much of the narrative relies on painting the country as an enemy, and what president obama called a difficult history between america and iran has been marked by conflict. to appreciate the magnitude of this deal, you have to understand the different narratives of host

inl in tehran. -- in tehran. he ran a protection in the vegetable market. looking to win a few extra bucks or reals at the time. he said i'd like you to get several hundred men and i want them to rampage through the treats of tehran. i want you to smash windows, fire they're guns and mine. and shout we love -- long live people's republic of iran. . then in the further inspiration rosa hired another mom to attack this mom thereby giving the expressions the treats were in case out. they lost complete control of their situation. during this time he was sneaking into the palace at midnight. concealed aren't and secure his participation in the coup. the shah at that time was a very meek and cowardly. was terrified anything that might endanger him. given the power of the u.s. and britain he really had no choice in the end. >> i had to use -- had to use a lot of pressure. none of them was general swars cop of. general swars cough has been a very flamboyant figure when the shah was a great young man. their meeting was amazing, the state department had given him a m

we didn't see a lot of big people in tehran. it became popular after the revolution, to have these sort of beards that were well kept and very closely shaved. i understand that that was a sign of being one of these people that fought in the revolution or supported the revolution. women would dress a certain way according to what they deem to be a code. what women would do is have a ponytail or a bun. i'm bad to illustrate this. and there would be a head covering. and you see the back of their hair and head. maybe a quarter or an eighth of your room would be covered. they were fully covered head to toe. face was opened. so you could see some variation in the women, even the women lightly covered had a fashionable sense with them. -- sense about them. >> in america, much of the narrative relies on painting the country as an enemy, and what president obama called a difficult history between america and iran has been marked by conflict. to appreciate the magnitude of this deal, you have to understand the different narratives of host

>> the carpet bazaar in tehran is in the southern part of the city. it's dusty, it's conservative, it's a little more religious. we were talking to these guys who have been in a business that is ancient for persia, you see the rug but there are weavers, diers, carpets everyone in the world would think were beautiful, before the sanctions this one little shop that i was in this one little owner would ship a container full of these carpets to the united states every week and you'd buy them in fancy stores i suppose. and since the sanctions he sells no carmtsz to the unite carpets to the united states. his entire business -- being the economics guy that i am, i said this is a problem for you, if the sanctions are lifted the demands for your carpets will increase and the cost of your your carpets will increase. he says no no, the cost of the carpets will come down. i'm thinking he's missing my point. he says no no, the cost of the carmtcarpets will be reduced, te profit margin will be reduced, he had thought the whole thing through, everyone in iran has d

tehran needs 400 new aircraft worth $20 billion. germany expects to sell more cars, more chemicals more renewable energies to iran. exports to soar to 10 billion euros. apple is looking for a distribution partner in tehran. the market is estimated to be $16 billion from 4 billion now. they are likely to spend about $176 billion this year. there is an annual disposable income of $287 billion. with those sorts of numbers the key to tehran's door looks like it might be a long one. >> in egypt gun men have killed seven soldiers. the state media says fighting broke out after the assault. fighters used rocket propelled grenades against soldiers. both military bases were attacked earlier in july. >>> there's been fighting in yemen against saudi based rebels and houthi rebels. earlier they regained control on the southern port city. several ministers loyal to the exiled president have been meeting for the first time since houthis were pushed out of the city. they are trying to find ways to take control. >> there was a rally in support of th

embassy in tehran and took 52 americans hostage. their captivity lasted 444 days. but for iranians hostilities with the u.s. started a quarter-century earlier. that's when prime minister mohammed mosadeg led an elected government at a time when iran was experimenting with democracy. yet at the height of the cold war the u.s. opposed masadeg because of his plans to nationalize iran's oil industry. up until then it was dominated by british leaders. >> his crime was he was saying that this money we gt from our oil is not really enough, we need a little more. >> at the time iran was only getting 16% of what the british said they were making on profits off oil sales. saudi arabia and venezuela were both getting 50%. in 1953 the cia orchestrated the removal of iran's democratically elected but nationalist prime minister putting the shah firmly in control. over time hatred for the shah and for the americans who supported him grew deep in some quarters. the cia occupied the second floor of this the former american embassy, a building the iranians came to refer to as a den

embassy in tehran. it is a very big deal to do this deal and the israeli officials are furious. >> reporter: that's right. they are already speaking out, christine. this morning, we heard from prime minister netanyahu at the beginning of his meeting with the dutch foreign minister. quote, when you are ready to make a deal no matter what the cost this is the result. he went on to call the agreement quote historic mistake. we are also hearing from hard line coalition partners. issuing a statement that reads as follows, this day will be remembered as a black day in the history of the free world. history books are rewritten today with the most dangerous and severe chapter. also hearing about next steps for israeli government ministers. releasing a statement, i'll read you part of it saying quote, now that the talks are over it is time for action. i call upon our friends and allies in the parliaments tasked with reviewing the agreement to reject the bad deal. you hear israeli ministers already signaling thei

we didn't see a lot of big people in tehran for some reason. it was popular after the resolution to have the beards that were well kept and closely shaved. i understand that that was a sign of being one of these people that fought in the revolution or supported the revolution. women dressed in a certain way. women had their head covered in public. what they'd do is have a ponytail or a bun. i'm a guess person to illustrate this. there would be a head covering and you'd see the back of their hair, their head, and most of the front of it. about a quarter or an eighth of their head would be covered. and you go to other areas where they were in a fedora, fully covered head to toe. we didn't see people with faces covered in iran. you saw variation in the women, those lightly covers had a fashionable sense about them. >>> there's a history of hostility between iran and the united states that spans decades, for americans, that history dates to 1979. >> there was more chanting and shouting. >> reporter: that's when radical students fired up by the revo

in the capital of iran, tehran, that is where ali velshi is standing by. ali. >> if a deal is reached, what happens when the u.s. gets a new president? >> iran wants to make an agreement and doesn't want the agreement to be blown apart by the next u.s. president. that's what we're worried about. >> our coverage continues from iran in a moment. >> i'm ali velshi "on target" from iran. >> will the next administration, will the next president honor such a deal if it's made? already, congress has warned, it may not happen that way, i sat down with foaz isade and he tells me why iranians are so concerned about that. and what iran is radar to do to get a deal. >> iranian leaders, especially during this administration ofo a deal, kind of closing down iran's nuclear deal, which they spent a lot of money for, people have died for it, and what they want is lifting of sanctions. they don't want sanction he suspended, i can tell you why sanction he are not good enough for them, they want them lifted. if they can get that from the other side then they will have an agre

and tehran, and p5+1 is the u.s. paying too much too large a deal in this negotiation. >> within the p5+1. the most powerful player is the united states. we know that the negotiations started in 2003 and failed in 2005 because the e.u. powers could not get a green light on washington. america's involvement are paramount. and, of course the bilateral relations between u.s. and iran are marked for so maniors, and play into the negotiations because there's a deal of mistrust. there are other issues that each member... >> when you talk about mistrust you talk about the russians and the role that they play. is it surprising to you that their role has been quiet since the initial round of talks in april? >> they've been engaged. as we go closer to the final deal and since making progress through the interim deal and the political framework, many. issues have been resolved. what it comes down to as mentioned, partially how does the sanction regime look like where we can be removed, and a major player is the united states an

i didn't go to the big friday prayers in tehran. the sermon was partially religious and partially political and there were references to america and there were references to israel and jews and saudi arabia and references to isil. maybe 10,000 people. not an ornate mosque at all. that was definitely more political type of thing. so we were really interested in talking to government officials and business owners and regular worker people about politics, the economy. i didn't really schedule to do a lot of cultural things. but everybody kept telling me you have to go to this little area on thursday night. thursday night in the muslim world is like friday night in the western world. we went into this one area and winding little streets. everyone was cruising. people had their cars and they were all shiny and nice driving windows open, music playing. young guys on motorcycles, two or three to a motorcycle. cruising for girls for lack of a better word. walking. we'd go to an art gallery opening. they were showing this exhibition about ar

and as the world heads towards two enormous deadlines, ali velshi will be back tomorrow from tehran, iran with his exclusive story. i'm mary snow, thanks for joining us. >>> negotiators on all sides realise there's no way to finalise a deal over iran's nuclear programme by tuesday, so the deadline has been moved, and no one is saying how far. will the u.n. security council's permanent members and germany be so willing to make a deal that iran can come up with last-minute demands. iran on the brink. it's "inside story". >>> welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. for anyone who wants to limit the spread of nuclear weapons around the world, the talks with iran earlier this year must have been encouraging. both sides looked like they shared enough interest in finalising a deal that a breakthrough looked possibility. there was an outline, a framework, and encouraging noises from all sides, along with a deadline to wrap up the loose ends. june 30th. as the talks continued, june 30th inched closer and there's no final agreement. there has been an agreement to move the deadline to an und

the co-author of going to tehran. israel calls the deal a make >>> israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had a strained relationship with president obama. the discord reached a peak in march when binyamin netanyahu broke with roto cole and addressed -- protocol and addressed the u.s. congress without an invitation of the white house. israeli and u.s. relations may be tested as never before of the let's get more of the israeli perspective from a likud member of the knesset. she joins us from tel aviv. thank you for joining us. you share some, at least, of prime minister binyamin netanyahu's view that not only is the deal flawed, but negotiations towards this were destroyed. -- flawed. >> thank you for having me. i would like to say the problem is not all about israel. it's about the recession, and the problem with this agreement is around the stability of the whole region and war. we are not speaking about the western world. today it's bastille day, 14th of july, and this is the head of the other - the arab world,

tehran, a journalist. good to have you with us. the reaction in tehran teems to be a celebration, we have been seeing pictures of people partying. the rehabilitation is overwhelmingly positive to the deal. of course it is positive. because people have been working for the moment. they voted for the president to make sure the deal will be done in the nick of time. now the president has delivered on election captain promises. if he wants a standoff with the united states and they are more than happy to see relations have been set gan iran and the united states. this is an historic moment for them. and cer wit possessing an important occasion history. >> the foreign minister said that he wants to change the relationship with the west. is it real stick to thing that will happen given on friday iranians from on the ship... they were out there demonstrating against israel and burning the israeli flags. >> they don't represent the last elections. now that the government has had this huge victory against heart lin

this time not in washington but in tehran. a history of hostility makes it hard for america and tehran to trust each other. it's been four months since iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme after years of negotiation with five world powers, including the united states. the reset in relations between iran and the west, that president obama and others hoped for doesn't appear to be materializing. in fact, judging from the commemoration in tehran of the 197 embassy, the hostility to the united states is alive and strong. iranians are chanting death to america at political rallies, iran's supreme leader insists they are doing so to protest u.s. foreign policy and not bring deaths to americans. the anti-american sentiments swept up americans inside iran. an iranian american businessman lobbied for relations between the west. he was arrested by authorities in object. they have not been leased. in september, a lebanese information technology specialist was arrested. he had permanent residence status in the united states. reports

embassy in tehran for 444 days. khomeini shuts down the nuclear program only to start it in 1984 during the height of the iran-iraq war. in 1992, israel raises the alarm claiming iran is on track to have nuclear weapons by the end of the decade. a warning echoed through the corridors of washington. >> iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror. >> 1992, president george w. bush labels iran as part of an axis of evil. claims iran has clan destinely built a uranium facility. inspectors finds traces of enriched materials. in 2006, newly elected hard line president mahmoud ahmadinejad. a move that culminates in europe effectively cutting iranian banks off from the global financial system. >> iran's savage record. >> autumn 2012, israel's priessments speaking at the u.n. uses a cartoon to illustrate iran's nuclear threat. by 2013, iran elects reformist haive rowive president. hasan rouhani president. the first contact between the two country's leaders in 34 years. by november, talks between iran and six w

. >> the washington post promises to appeal the conviction of its bureau chief in tehran. iran state t.v. said jason rezaian had been found guilty object espionage charges. tehran has been tight lipped about his case since day one, holding his trial behind closed doors. we are following developments. what is the washington post saying about this verdict? >> the post editor calls the verdict an outrageous injustice and says the paper is working with his family to appeal. there are no details about his sense. according to the newspaper, his lawyer will ask that enreleased on bail. >> it's increasingly clear that the final decision about how jason's case will be handled will be made by political authorities, not by judicial ones. >> the washington post journalists activity sparks a campaign for release, calling the legal proceedings in iran a sham. they are calling on iran's leaders to resolve the case. >> we've heard from president rouhani and others that iran is willing to move vase son's case towards conclusion if the united states will do something in unreturn. the final

. >> in tehran, the funeral for one of iran's top military guard. he was held as a hero after isil fighters killed him in syria. iran will seek to avenge his death. and meanwhile, a memorial for a top hezbollah fighter, recently killed in syria's battlefield. >> i'm telling you. all of the men of the resistance are present on the ground. and it needs to be larger than ever before. >> iran has recently acknowledged that it has strengthened it's military presence in syria,. >> hundreds of generals, so they're rising and rising and helping syria and iraq be free from terrorists. >> reporter: tehran also showed its willingness to give defeat to assad. the disagreement between saad audand iran is that who goes first, assad or syrian rebels and isil and al qaeda affiliated groups. >> for the iranians, the endgame is not really about whether assad should be in power fresh. >> reporter: iran has now found itself as a new negotiating table with its old adversary, saudi arabia and the united states. >> the key thing here is that the folks who believe in worki

rezaian is tehran bureau chief for the washington post. the post's foreign editor said part of the secrecy is because rezaian has done nothing wrong. >> if iran had evidence against jason, it would have produced this by now. it wouldn't be dragging out this case, verdict, this sentence for many, many months without ever disclosing what it is jason did. >> rezaian and his wife were both arrested in their home in tehran in the middle of the night in 2014. she was later released on bail. when rezaian was convicted of espionage and other crimes, she and his mother went to court a try to learn details but were turned away. he has been in prison far longer than the prisoners held in the iran hostage crisis in 1979. 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,

at the tehran conference roosevelt was housed in the russian embassy. he assumed, by the way that his rooms would be bugged. stalin developed a habit of dropping by his rooms to make sure he was being well taken care of. a woman who spoke english remembered she happened to see stalin one morning when he was somewhere near fdr's suite come and obvious intent on visiting the president. she translated and stalin asked may i come in by the roosevelt said, well. the conversation began with stalin's simple questions to roosevelt. hawaii you? did you have a good sleep? the president replied, yes, i had a good sleep. i like it here. however, the frogs kept poking in the pond and i could not fall asleep. i turned around, she said come and look at stalin, and an agitation i forgot what was the russian for a frog. i said -- those little yellow animals croaking in the pond did not let the president of the u.s.a. sleep. according to her all the frogs were state that russia was very anxious to cooperate with totally antithetical to his political philosophy. want on t