and yemen iran is actively involved in various conflicts around the middle east weakening its adversaries and positioning itself as the new regional power. i is this new presence of tehran outside its own borders a sign of expansionism or even imperialism or a statement of nationalism designed to protect the country and guarantee the long jetty of its regime. understanding the story of the rebirth of the islamic republic means delving into the chaos of middle eastern wars than reveling the threats of history and distinguishing recurrent elements from the interruptions. it's an intriguing story of a long isolated country that is today of central importance and feared a country convinced through dialogue to stop developing nuclear weapons while still sending its revolutionary guard to fight around the region. in. the story begins in tehran on july the fourteenth two thousand and fifteen after twelve years of negotiations and extreme tension iran allows its nuclear program to be monitored in exchange it obtains the progressive lifting of sanctions stifling its economy for the lar

months, the islamic republic of iran will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding in tehran. since its inception, the regime has brutally crushed dissent and employed anti-americanism as its guiding principle in its uncompromising foreign policy. international community. responding through a combination of both appeasement and pressure has in distinctly access a full mesh unsuccessful in prompting a change in tehran's regional behavior. meshs so far managed to the viability of the regime. institute washington pahlavi.d to host reza he is a prominent opposition figure and has consistently called for replacing iran's current regime with a secular, liberal democracy. please join me in welcoming him. [applause] pahlavi: good afternoon. thank you for your introduction. i'm very happy to be here today and i express my gratitude to the washington institute for hosting this discussion. organizations like the washington institute continue to play a critical role in advancing scholarship and understanding regarding the modern middle east. the contributions to foreign policy can be par

the american story. >> up next, the son of the last shah of iran talks about the role of civil disobedience and the impact foreign governments could have on that approach. the washington center for near east policy is the host of this event. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, everyone. my name is mehdi khalaji, i'm a senior fell at the washington institute for near east policy. in roughly two months, the islamic republic of iran will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding in tehran. since its inception, the regime of -- [inaudible] has brutally crushed and employed antiamericannism as their guiding principle in its uncompromising foreign policy. international community responding through a combination of both appeasement and pressure has been distinctly unsuccessful in prompting a change in tehran's regional behavior. and no opposition movement has thus far managed to threaten the viability of the regime. today the washington institute for near east policy is pleased to host former crown prince reza pahlavi to discuss the current state of regime in tehran and the prosp

he talked about us missteps in iraq that gave iran opportunities to shift iraq's politics. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. we have people trickling in over the next few minutes. welcome this cold afternoon. at least it is not as cold as it was yesterday. my name is doctor paul coir at the institute of world politics. we are for those who don't know, we are not a think tank. we do like to think that we are not a think tank. we are graduate school. we have 17, one year graduate certificates, several masters degrees and just started a doctorate in strategic studies. we are privileged to have michael pregent here from the hudson institute. michael and i came into contact in the last year or so as i become more active in the middle east, getting involved in how religion shapes the dynamic there. michael has many years of experience, not to make them sound too old. he is still young. he is a senior fellow at the hudson institute, senior middle east analyst, former adjunct lecturer for the international security affairs. and visiting fellow at the institute of national strategic studi

discussion, not momentarily on iran's efforts to influence officials earlier about both political and economic security and religious leaders. world politics, the discussion getting underway shortly here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> at afternoon. i think we'll get started even though we'll have people trickling in over the next few minutes. welcome this cold afternoon. at least it's not as cold as it was yesterday. i name is dr. paul coyer, research professor at the institute of politics. we are for many of you that don't know, we are not a think tank. we do like to think, but we are not a think tank. we are actually at graduate school. we have about 17 one-year graduate certificates. several masters degrees and it just started a doctorate in strategic studies. we are privileged today to have michael present her from the hud financed to do. i give you a bit of his background. recently we have come into contact with them last year or so as i become more good traveling there in getting more involve

foreign policy elite who wanted to stay in syria to counter iran and roll back iran so that through everything that chaos then they immediately sort of roll back or. trump statements and then outruns come on again and said we're going to leave and he's gearing up for a national campaign in two thousand and twenty in which he wants to promise the people that he's going to end these stupid wars the way he did for years you know several years ago and and so we're at a crossroads here on the syrian policy and there is a lot of confusion you know it's about the you know it can be all nice and fine if donald trump and it's advisors want to have this sharod played out in public fine ok donald trump is a person that easily changes his mind or he says something different contradicting himself as all nice and fine we're used to it but the region is and the turks don't know how to react to damascus government is confuse the russians or confuse the iranians confuse and lo and behold the american people finally found out who the kurds are because of all of this so it's just not the confusion in

advisor to iran's supreme leader ali akbar velayati really a great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time us more you're most welcome. to the. friendly. as you may know or a pretty hectic city these days just yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu stopped by to watch football. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is visiting on the same day as you but none of you your visit formally be upcoming meeting in helsinki is this just a coincidence that all your schedules happen to overlap. and you can actually reach you know your attendance. to in your country in the presence of others. you have mentioned so i have come here independently only for the talking with the hiring. of them president putin i have cherry the messages of for great leader and also for president and president putin. we could try an opportunity for about two hours the discourse of. every shoes including the bilateral relations regional cooperation international cooperation but i'm sure your fall of the international news agenda mr putin is slated quite. soon with mr trump and i'm sure you he

paris of course having some sort of leverage over iran we have to remember the united the european union is agreeing to business dealings with iran skirting u.s. sanctions so transfers have leverage over you run and iran of course its allies hezbollah they hold political power in this country all sides made concessions but it was a demand by hezbollah that it's suddenly ally hezbollah being a force the shiite party it's certainly allied be given a ministerial portfolio hezbollah more has had a more conciliatory. attitude in the past a few days so a new government parliament is going to me to give it a vote of confidence that is expected to happen but the political power the balance of power does not changed hezbollah and its allies control control the parliament they control political power in this country and by extension that means iran and its ally the syrian government are if you really have influence over lebanon. still ahead for you on al-jazeera. found. the british government is paying a one point three million dollars penalty to a group of people inside. press and a brutal

i'm carrie gracie. and us plans to tackle iran — a gifggsraf—mew—wgaaw pact in prospect? my guests today... steve richards, british political commentator. annalisa piras, italian writer and film maker. abdel bari atwan, who writes on arab affairs. and brian o'connell, irish writer and broadcaster. a warm welcome to you all. two—and—a—half years in the making and last week the british parliament finally got to vote on the government's eu withdrawal bill. european observers called it a shipwreck, a shambles and some other things not fit to repeat. what do our panel think? steve, you've been reporting british politics for most of your adult life. you first. this is the most extraordinary junction. everyone involved in politics in any form say this is the most extraordinary moment of their lifetime. for many reasons. one, most fundamentally, i do a one—man show about politics. i was at the edinburgh festival last august i opened it by saying that anybody who told me that the august before we were meant to leave in march, no one knew what form brexit would take wouldn't believe

, the united states and their mutual friends in the middle east. iran. last year, president trump abandoned his predecessor's nuclear deal with tehran and re—imposed economic sanctions. europe has been reluctant to follow suit. but the us has just begun herding its allies for a global summit on middle east security next month, set to take place in warsaw. barry, let's come to you first. i wa nt to barry, let's come to you first. i want to ask you first about trumps sanctions on iran because we haven't given those as much attention as they deserve. he says we have had a miraculous effect, we are forcing tehran to think again. just how harder those sanctions biting? we we re harder those sanctions biting? we were talking about the british mess but now we are going to a global mess, which is coming very, very soon mess, which is coming very, very soon because of president trump and his position. his strategy is dividing people, to be honest. he is dividing people, to be honest. he is dividing the middle east, dividing europe, dividing the international community. but there are two

story. confronting iran is donald trump's foreign policy obsession he sent his secretary of state to the middle east to drum up support but what action is the united states prepared to take and what will be regional implications but this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm nick clegg reassuring allies and talking tough on enemies u.s. sector state might pump a has been touring the middle east to try and win support and put pressure on iran he's pushing for an arab military alliance to counter threats from tehran the aim would be to curb iran's influence in the region from yemen to syria lebanon and iraq impose visit included eight arab countries jordan iraq egypt bahrain u.a.e. qatar saudi arabia and oman and he had this warning the nations of the middle east will never enjoy security achieve economic stability or advance the dreams of their people of iran's revolutionary regime persists on its current course america's economic sanctions against the regime are the strongest in history and will keep getting tougher until iran starts behaving like a normal country well

faiboz mokhtari as our book talk guest. iran he attended undergraduate and congratulate n the united states at college of won't sayer in ohio and -- and delaware.o he returned to iran in 1973 and these six ink about years and in six years worked the kahad ist for group of newspapers and filled military, and greeted he ibusiness and served in t iran chamber of commerce all 1979 when he returned to the united states and was a i pointed assistant professor professor. a 3 promoted became department chair and then went on to be the director of mill and special program assistant to the university .resident of the national defense university in washington, d.c. in 2002. where he remained until his retirement in late 2011. he taught at university of saint michael's college as scholar in residence. seek to understand, tolerate and respect others. challenge surface bring arrative and to those from different wrlorlds of ther with the view celebrating as much what we have us.ommon as what divides in this regard i'm delighted to tonight's book talk on .r. faiboz mokhtari please welcome dr. mokhta

discuss u.s. policy in syria and towards iran could the secretary says he will discuss the murder of jamal khashoggi with crown prince mohammed and solomon. now more than 100 days after khashoggi's murder in the saudi consulate in his mold. >> we will continue to have conversation with the crown prince that the accountability is full with respect to the un- acceptable murder of jamal khashoggi. we will make sure we have all the facts so that they are held accountable certainly by the saudi's, but by the united states as well. >> the saudi saudi government discharged 11 suspects in his murder and that is pursuing the death penalty for five of them. democrats and some republicans have called for suspension and u.s. weapons sales to saudi arabia over khashoggi's murder. secretary pompeo arrives after meetings today in doha qatar. they announced the u.s. plans to expand its presence at the airbase. the facility hosts the largest u.s. military installation in the region. for the past year and a half, qatar has been under blockade from saudi arabia, the united arab emirate, bahrain and egy

today secretary of state ike pompeo spoke about u.s.-middle east policy and future relations with iran. held at the university of cairo, this is half an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, business leaders, civil society leaders, members of the media of egypt and international, students, colleagues of the american iversity in cairo, secretary mike pompeo, mrs. susan pompeo. welcome. it's a special and particular honor today to begin a.u.c.'s centennial year here in eyipt with the visit of a distinguished american leader bearing a message of global impact. we have served the citizens of egypt and the wider arab world as a beacon of american-based liberal arts education and a steppingstone for global engagement. at the same time we've served generations of the most adventuresome american scholars at the most welcoming portal to the heart of the american world. mr. secretarying your very american personal store roif public service inspires us all. as a descendant of imgants from this mediterranean region you competed for and woon entrance to the united states military academy y

month iran marks the 40th anniversary of the 1979 islamic revolution. reza pahlavi the start of the shot who was dethroned in that revolution talked talk about cl disobedience in iran and efforts to reestablish a secular government. he spoke at the washington institute for near east policy. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> hello, everyone. my name is medhi khalaji, a senior fellow at the washington institute for middle east -- near east policy. in roughly two months the republic of iran will celebrate its 40th 40th anniversary of is founding in tehran. since its inception the routine of that party is brutally crushed dissidence and avoid anti-americanism as the driving principle and uncompromising foreign policy. it's a national community responding to a combination of both appeasement and pressure, has been distinctly unsuccessful in prompting a change in tehran regional behavior. no opposition movement has thus far managed to threaten the viability of the regime. today, the washington institute for near east policy is pleased to host former crown prince to discuss the current s

this hour e.u. countries plan to launch a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions it will allow e.u. companies to do business with iran using the european payment channel and therefore for us penalties. a little position leader though is expected to speak at a university in caracas schultz says he's had secret meetings with members of the military and security forces trying to convince them to withdraw their support of president nicolas maduro. the u.a.e. is use buying software to hack the i phones of rival foreign leaders and activists investigation by reuters news agency found the targets included cultures of mia and human rights activist. sudan's president omar al bashir has announced the reopening of the border with eritrea it's been closed for a year after khartoum accused the train government of supporting rebel groups in sudan both countries deployed troops to the eastern border town of solid during the dispute. the announcement comes at a time of growing protests demanding president bashir steps down a little bit. on this day we salute our fellow brothers i

from that comes from mainly one place, and that is iran, a country, who almost as a matter of course chant "death to america," and "death to israel" on a regular basis see fit to destroy the state of israel, but they are not just words, they are actions. map here of iran, and as you first notice, israel is a this map.w area on at its narrow point, israel is nine miles wide. it is unreal how much of the world and international organisms and international debates focused in on this one tiny country, but there it is. the very small nation that you see right there in yellow, and there is iran, clearly larger, and in terms of on the map and in reality. not simply a rhetorical enemy of israel. it has taken action to encircle threaten security. it begins with its engagement and its missile program. iran is developing and has developed ballistic missiles with a range that reach every part of israel iran can that ballistic missiles can reach any a series in israel, right now, which is why their nuclear ambitions are so dangerous. some point in the future iran is able to attach a nuclear warhe

plan to bypass u.s. sanctions and keep trading with iran. jordan this is al jazeera. also coming up piling on the pressure thousands of protesters across venezuela called on president nicolas maduro to step down. the united arab emirates the fused of spying on the regional leaders by locking into their phones. a brutal chill slips through parts of the u.s. midwest and what's being called the region's worst freeze in a generation. in new countries have launched a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions the hope is to save the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of last year the mechanism would allow e.u. companies to trade with iran through a european payment channel created by france germany and britain is expected to be formally endorsed by all twenty eight e.u. members president trumpery impose tough sanctions on iran last year and washington has warned the e.u. against trying to sidestep its tungsten will attach a butler joins us live now from paris so it seems that even leaders have found a way to bypass u.s. sanctions on iran. tha

middle east policy is. in roughly two months the public of iran will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding in tehran. since its inception, it's brutally crushed the anti-americanism as the guiding principle uncompromising the final policies. international community responding through a combination of both appeasement and pressure has been distinctly unsuccessful in prompting the change in the regional behavior. they've managed to threaten the viability of the regime and today the washington institute for middle east policy at pleased to host the son of the regime in tehran and the prospect for political change. but prominent oppositiothe prome and has consistently called for replacing the current regime with a secular liberal democracy. please join me in welcoming a. o. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction and for hosting this discussion. organizations like the washington institute continue to play a critical role in advancing scholarship and understanding regarding the modern middle east. they can be particularly meaningful especially during the most sensitive and

are also talking about iran and how to save that troubled nuclear deal europe has launched a new payment channel designed to bypass u.s. sanctions against iran now we want to take a look at how the new system works it has a name it's called instead germany france and the u.k. are using it and it gives iran access to european markets without using international banks which would mean facing penalties under the u.s. sanctions regime now the new payment system will allow iran to basically sell products like oil to european customers you see right here instead will receive the payment and keep it on the european companies will then deliver food or medical supplies to iran and then get paid by instead this is supposed to help companies avoid those u.s. sanctions and it's important to remember the sanctions for bid monetary transactions with iran but not the trade of goods that's very important well despite these companies using instax they might still risk retaliation by the united states and you know we've seen how is that supposed to work the question remaining will it work when you

deal alive the e.u. announces a plan to bypass u.s. sanctions and keep trading with iran. when hey in me and thousands of come out to mark seventy years since a rebel group took up arms against the government a cease fire is in place that will tell you why a permanent peace seems to be drifting further away. and why don't trump's battle over a border wall could allow immigrants to stay in the u.s. a lot longer. so as you've seen here on al-jazeera the venezuelan opposition leader speaking at a university in caracas he has been laying out his plan for how he can take the country forward trying to convince key military members especially to withdraw their support for president nicolas maduro majority self is under pressure to step down more protests were held in stay with the aim of forcing him out basically on gross's the country needs to be rebuilt i mean this is the central element of our plan to get back the state and place it in the service of the people the problems of the state are terror and fear the state uses these two things for social control the state is like the mafia no o

reluctance, our reluctance, to wield our influence kept us silent as the people of iran rose up against the mullahs in tehran in the green revolution. the ayatollahs and their henchmen murdered, jail, and intimidated freedom-loving iranians they wrongly blamed america for this unrest when it was their own tyranny that fueled it. emboldened, the regime spread its cancerous influence to yemen, to iraq, to syria, and still further into lebanon. our penchant, america's penchant for wishful thinking allowed us to look the other way as hezbollah, a wholly owned subsidiary accumulated a mas i arsenal of 130,000 rockets and missiles. they stored and positioned these weapons in lebanese towns and villages in flagrant violation of international law. that arsenal was aimed squarely at our ally, israel. when bashar al-assad unleashed terror upon ordinary syrians and bond civilians with sarin gas we , condemned his actions but in our hesitation to wield power we did nothing. our eagerness to address only muslims and not nations ignored the rich diversity of the middle east and frayed old bonds. it u

conference in poland next month to discuss ways to curb iran's activities in the region you have arabian backed these iranian backed hezbollah are arabian backed shia militias in iraq iranian backed forces in syria each case the root of the challenge stems from the revolutionary nature of this law nic regime and their efforts abroad but many u.s. allies fear a us iran confrontation could lead to further instability in the region modify violence. things are getting worse and zimbabwe with police now firing live bullets at protesters who are angry about high fuel prices two people were reportedly shot in the capital harare demonstrators barricaded roads and set tires on fire after the cost of petrol and diesel more than doubled on sunday the government is dealing with shortages that have seen motorists sleeping in fuel quetzal producer privileges' for nudity is in harare following the story for us this is a situation not getting any better. the country is not generating enough foreign currency because there is low production in the country our exports their exports are low so there isn't e

bypassu.s. sages against iran. germany, france and the u.k. upper to the painting and the plan known as in steps. it will enable companies to do business with iran through a third party. u.s. president donald trump imposed sanctions after pulling out of the iran nuclear court last may. >> as e.u. foreign ministers met on thursday in romanian capital of bucharest, the belgian foreign minister said that the e.u. wanted to keep supporting a nuclear deal but also to continue cooperating with washington. >> we are working with our american friends on the isissuef ballistic missiles and iran's regional influence. we are working to allow european businesses to continue to trade with iran. this estimate is a good way to do that and it is up to individual businesses to choose if they use this be a core not. reporter: the special purpose vehicle is part of e.u. efforts to safeguard the 2015 agreement aimed at curbing iran's nuclear ambitions. >> the european union is fully behind the full implication of the deal with iran for the simple reasons we see it is working. there are 13 reports that iran

the advisor to president of iran dr cullen why that was he said it was at the request of bolton who said that he needed to get back to washington quickly to deal with the border security issue of the war with mexico in the standoff taking place in d.c. not necessarily the most convincing of arguments when you think of what's at stake here american military presence inside syria as well as the greater issue of what to do with syria moving forward now what is the main point of contention as far as the turks are concerned they want to continue what they say cleansing out of the eastern side of syria from what they describe as terrorist organizations have already had quite significant success in the push against i saw for example the. other surrounding areas from that's group however they say i saw is not only is not the only terrorist organization that there are there is the y.p. gee that's the kurdish militia group affiliated with the p k k that's been attacking turkish turkish cities security forces police officers inside turkey for the best part of several decades the americans howe

maximum pressure as he said several months ago on iran in his speech today pompei or was emphatic that the u.s. is not retreating from the middle east but at the same time he said the syria withdrawal is still going to happen so there is contradicting each other it is contradicting of course but the united states is present in other countries in the region it is present in turkey in iraq in jordan all over the gulf so the united states is there and he and states in the region now know that they are there to stay and possibly that to stay in order to confront iran. i think that this speech was was kind of frightening because there is something looming on the horizon and that is at least a military complained by the israelis in syria you know speaking of iran mr pompei and he had a lot to say about iran today none of it was good take a listen. let's turn to iran the president has reversed our willful blindness to the danger of the regime and withdrew from the failed nuclear deal with its false promises the us we imposed sanctions should never have been lifted when parked on a new pressur

channel in a bid to bypass u.s. sanctions on iran it's called in sticks and germany france and the u.k. behind it it's designed to allow iran access to european markets without having to rely on international banks because banks face penalties under the u.s. sanction regime the new payment system will allow iran to sell products like oil for example to european customs in sticks would then get and keep the payment for it in turn european companies can deliver food or medical supplies to iran while getting paid by instincts that would allow participants on both sides of the system to avoid running afoul of u.s. actions that only forbid monetary transactions with iran which in states circumvents still companies using in states might risk retaliation from the u.s. . states will be a topic at the e.u. foreign ministers meeting in the romanian capital of progress today at our europe correspondent barbara of israel is there and standing by for us barbara is this really about business and trade or is in stakes a political instrument. it is a political message of course because we remember tha

syria get you closer to expelling iran. >> margaret the united states of america can project military power from many plays in the world. the absence of a couple thousand soldiers on the ground in syria does not take away from american power and our objectives across the world. that includes syria and into iran if need be. we have the tools. american diplomats have the power and leverage behind sthepl. i am confident in our military capabilities in the middle east. >> brennan: does that mean having troops in nearby iraq fill any pulling out of seer ya. >> we have amazing ar kwrorz wa. we have an enormous amount of military capacity. what we need to achieve military is this. my task as secretary of state is to make sure we don't have to use that tool. we get the diplomatic out comes to secure the middle east and protect the american people as well. >> brennan: when it comes to iran the american administration has taken confrontational tactics here saying iranian threats would be matched here. we saw this week another american, a navy vet, michael white, has been behind iranian bars sin

and about wrapping up the pressure on iran. >> we new the activity from the islamic republic from iran as creating enormous instability in the region. part of that is making sure that iran doesn't destabilize or continue to destabilize syria. so yes, we will use the full power of the united states to achieve that outcome. eric: as part of the power, the secretary of state announced the u.s. will host a world summit on iran next month in poland, to focus on curbing o curbing the s influence in the region. iran is on the top list of the state sponsor of terrorism in the world. mark dbowitz joins us. the meeting in poland will help create they hope a an arab nato. do you think the european nations that slapped more sanctions against iran, do you think they can unite against that regime? >> i just got back from the gulf, met with top leaders in the gulf, era countries arab coo got back from india, and there is deep concern about the activities of the country of iran. they will be talking about the destructive activities. i think this is something that is necessary. i think even the eu

following the announcement. and india has signed an agreement with iran to pay for crude oil it imports from the persian gulf rupees a memorandum of understanding was signed following the u.s. allowing india and seven other nations to avoid u.s. sanctions and continue purchasing a really well despite sanctions being imposed on the islamic state on november fifth for more on the story here's our two producers. are just three months ago india had yet to work out a payment system for continuing to purchase iranian crude oil but now india has decided to ditch the u.s. dollar completely and exporting oil from iran and instead settling transaction in indian rupees india the world's third biggest oil importer after china and the united states imported more than sixty five billion dollars worth of crude oil in twenty eighteen now that's close to eight percent of the world's oil supply india which is the second biggest purchaser of iranian oil after china was exporting around five hundred sixty thousand barrels of oil per day from iran before the final round of sanctions went into effect

. germany france and the k establish a mechanism to swerve u.s. sanctions on trading with iran using a new normal trade channel. class families in rural france demand to know why over the last decade a large number of children were born without limbs but the government report due on the probable causes we went to meet some of those affected. i want to know where she was born like that because mothers bring themselves to think that it may come from us or that we did something wrong. and facebook finds itself in the world in fresh controversy this time for paying users including teenagers for almost unfettered access to the data on their phones. it's one am here in moscow and you're watching all t. international live from a studio with mina to machida welcome to the program. the your opinion is helping to turn up the heat on venezuelan president nicolas maduro following the lead of washington with brussels now lending its full support to the opposition leader. the foreign policy chief has outlined possible measures that could be taken against the government peter oliver reports federica

more than seven hundred fifty thousand undocumented afghans returned from iran and according to the report they're vulnerable to recruitment into one groups more than ten million afghans face severe food shortages in the round two hundred sixty thousand people have been displaced in three hours hardin is a political analyst and lecturer at university he says the report highlights the need for the us to change tactics. it's not only one point three per saying that the taliban or maybe they're in opposition in torreon control but some more certainly for me that why we're not winning this war while you were just stuck in the mud for the last fifteen years after eighteen years why the united states the international community and our stuff can go mint are still claiming that they can fight but still we see that in the control of the afghan government they died a state america would like to play to tactics in the same time they would like to shake the right hands and they would like to hold iraq and the left both back to work us so far because the special and why for donald trump meeting

international approval for iran to get to massive, unlimited enrichment within a few years. because what the deal says is that the constraints, the limitations on iran's nuclear program are automatically removed by a change of date. i argued before the u.s. congress that those constraints should be lifted only by change of behavior. and iran since the deal has been and iran since the deal has been signed has been like a tiger unleashed from its cage. the deal emboldened it, enriched it, and instead of joining the community of nations, they are just devouring the nations one after another. you know, iran, iraq, syria, lebanon, gaza, yemen, the straits. i mean, the whole thing is going in a very, very bad direction. and you should not enable this aggressive regime out to conquer the middle east, out to impose its shiite version of militant islam on the world to have nuclear weapons. you think you have a problem with one country now in asia. i'm telling you, that is a family business. peculiar one, but a family business. this is different. this is, as kissinger said, an ideology. it's a cau

day it may even be that evil is weaker than we imagine let's turn to iran. president trump has reversed our willful blindness to the danger of the regime and withdrew from the failed nuclear deal with its false promises the us we imposed sanctions the should never have been lifted we embarked on a new pressure campaign to cut off the revenues the regime uses to spread terror and destruction throughout the world we joined to the iranian people in calling for freedom and accountability. and important we fostered a common understanding with our allies of the need to counteract the iran regimes revolutionary genda countries can increasingly understand that we must confront the ayatollah not coddle them nations are rallying to our side to confront the regime like never before egypt oman kuwait and jordan have all been instrumental in thorning iran's efforts to evade sanctions the u.a.e. has cancelled its imports of iranian condensate following the reimposition of american sanctions bahrain has exposed the revolutionary guard proxies that are active in its country and which and work

about iran's alleged role in arming to do thiis with drones and of the stick missile technology yemen plunged into civil war in two thousand and fourteen but hopes were raised last month that the country was moving towards peace after the two main protagonists agreed to a cease fire in her data to allow humanitarian aid into the country oh. for now this latest attack will only put a further strain on an already fragile peace process door such a pari al-jazeera. still ahead on al jazeera terrorism a's breck's it still faces more headwinds in the british parliament ahead of next week's crucial vote that's. hello again i welcome back well this hour i want to take you over here towards the western part we have been seeing a lot of rain across parts of syria into jordan into parts of lebanon as well as we go towards friday not looking as bad as what we have seen we're going to see a break in the weather but you can see over here towards the west there is more rain that will be coming over the next few days and will we will be watching that as we go towards the end of the weekend till then