there will be limits on iran's ability to use replacement centrifuges, iran cannot use the next six months to stockpile. iran has allowed transparency, inspectors will be allowed in and they'll provide daily access to two major nuclear facilities. moments ago president obama addressed the nation and made it clear if iran does not meet commitments the u.s. could reimpose sanctions and apply pressure on iran. now the iranian foreign minister spoke a short time ago with the prospects for cooperation for the two sides as they look ahead. >> we have established a joint commission to monitor the implementation of our agreement. this is a process of attempting to restore confidence, and i hope that the two sides can move forward in a manner that would be conducive to this objective, because that is an overarching objective. we need to start moving in the direction of restoring confidence, a directions that we have managed to move against in the past several years, and that is required to be able to gain the confidence of iranian people. >> let's turn to our phil ittner, who is standing by live in

security council members, germany, and iran, hope halts temporarily iran's nuclear deal. that is tonight's "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. it's only the first step towards a far more difficult goal. if the obama administration wants to make sure that iran never builds a bomb a lot more has to happen. that means satisfying iran talks from both sides accidental of the discontent in tehran not to mention the discontent in jerusalem. even the years between iran and it's neighbors and the west , first, this background. >> reporter: word of agreement to the west appeared as a victory to many iranians. crowd chants no war, no sanctions, no insults, no submission as iran's negotiator foreign minister returned to iran a hero . >> this makes iranians proud. thanks to these meetings people have been happy over the last couple of days because they're overcoming their problems. >> reporter: iranians see the agreement as an end to the chokehold of sanctions long endured. >> we're very optimistic with these relations being forged our lives can go back to how they were before.

does not have a nuclear weapons program iran has a civilian nuclear program and iran is a long daily inspections that's very much telling all right that was homemade reza mahdi journalist and political analyst thank you so much for bringing us the news and reaction from iran thank you for having me. well you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow in case you're just joining us like to remind you that this is our breaking news story a world power is an iran have reached an historic nuclear deal and in a decade long deadlock over to iran's nuclear ambitions according to russia's foreign minister in the deal the world powers recognize and ron's peaceful atom and uranium enrichment under strict control of the i.a.e.a. the u.n. atomic watchdog well let's now take a more detailed look at some of the key points of the deal that have already emerged first iran will reduce its uranium enrichment from twenty to a maximum of five percent of you just heard and this level ensures the peaceful use of atomic material so iran is also supposed to stop adding new centrifuges sticking to data t

the challenge with iran, iran is not a country which you can bully. it simply doesn't work that way. if you look at what iran excels at at the olympics, it's wrestling and weight lifting. this is a country that is very national list i can, has a very strong sense of self-. when i go there which i'm sure you all will at some point, your host will take you to a house of strength. it's when people do syncronized weight lifting. it is very interesting. the point i'm making is culturally this is not a country that gives in well to bullying. they have a very strong sense of themselves, they are very national list i can, there is sort of a martial quality there and it simply doesn't work. what was so interesting about the election is that yet again an opportunity for some type of peaceful resolution of our differences with iran emerges. and again, i am skeptical because i'm always skeptical. we middle east specialists are the oncologist of studies. we are wrong and can't do anything and have no good news. but having said that the stakes are so high, they are

refrain from imposing restrictions on iran and imposing penalties on iran only for having exercise what we believe and a large majority of the international community believe based on the letter and spirit of the n.p.t. to be our inalienable right so we need respect for that right we need members say to refrain from imposing pressure on iran when it exercises that right and we believe that the current agreement the current plan of action as we call it in this thing places. has a very clear reference to the fact that iranian. enrichment program will continue and will be a part of any agreement now and in the future. thank you very much if you're dead you can ask ok margaret warner from p.b.s. you should just. read. this like that. and it does not mention the right to enrich and if you look at that particular article in the n.p.t. it says something about not depriving any state of the right to production and development it never mentions the word enrich some just wondering where in the text is it implicit or explicit near here. in the n.p.t. it doesn't talk about nuclear reactors it doesn

when speaking off the record that iran is trying to obtain nuclear military capability iran cannot justify its immense nuclear build up by trying to create energy they don't need mr bergman i don't think iran always this explanation or that justification to ease a real or indeed any other country for that matter and let me just mention that while israeli history was indeed very traumatic it's by far it's not the only country that have very painful experience throughout history but coming back specifically to the talks if we look at the details of the deal that's where under discussion in geneva if you believe diplomatic sources it was really the first time in many many years when diplomats write a bill to trance. sound these blame game and to finally discuss some specific proposals more concretely they were discussing the possibility of iran's halting medium grade enrichment in return for some. for lifting some secondary sanctions and you have or when the details of that deal were leaked to the media benjamin netanyahu israeli prime minister took the stand and here's how he described the i

when speaking off record that iran is trying to obtain nuclear military capability iran cannot justify its immense nuclear build up by trying to create energy they don't need mr bergman i don't think iran all of this explanation or that justification to israel or indeed any other country for that matter and let me just mention that while israeli history was indeed very traumatic it's by far it's not the only country that have very painful experience throughout history but coming back specifically to the talks if we look at the details of the deal that were under discussion in geneva if you believe diplomatic sources it was really the first time in many many years when diplomats were able to transcend this blame game and to finally discuss some specific proposals more concretely they were discussing the possibility of iran's halting medium grade enrichment in return for some. for lifting some secondary sanctions and yet when the details of that deal were leaked to the media badgeman netanyahu israeli prime minister took the stand and here's how he described that deal let's have. listen

with iran. i explained then that iran was to produce a first step agreement. we could create the confidence for a comprehensive settlement, addressing all concerns about the nuclear program. we have always been clear that because iran's program is so extensive and crucial aspects have been concealed in the past, any agreement would have to be detailed and give assurance to the whole world that the price would be properly addressed. we believe that such a deal was on the table. we would do our utmost to bridge the narrow gap between the party and conclude a strong agreement. on wednesday last week, the iranian negotiations resumed their work in geneva. on saturday morning, i joined the talks. at 4:00 yesterday, we concluded the negotiations successfully. we agreed on a first stage agreement, which is a significant step toward enhancing the security of the middle east and preventing nuclear proliferation worldwide. in this statement, i will cover the extensive commitments that iran has made and th

with iran. the police a three month period for iran to take some significant transparency measures and that is another bouwmeester to measure this success of this agreement because as you just heard lady ashton. cooperation between iran and the i hear the varying porton part of you know this whole issue and in fact goes to the heart of these views because you don't lose them from i reporter are iran to the us if we're to be canceled framing it in a non-conference abuse the use of the gauge and use of force contested by iraq the list loosely in the larger correctly was let's play iran since then and this latest meeting between iran and iran was the lakers remind there are iran's commitment and dedication to you know and hans's cooperation with the year and to create an atmosphere of trust and confidence in this peaceful nuclear program well the geneva talks interestingly enough have made it unlikely allies is around static saudi arabia both are very dead set against telling with terror on wired y

the only time that iran's afghanistan, even though iran was hosting warlords, iran was hosting millions of afghan refugees. to expand itsork invested heavily in the construction after the fall of the taliban regime. also -- has also disrupted the political process in fighting u.s. or foreign military in afghanistan, perhaps to make sure that afghanistan cannot be [indiscernible] conclusion, as barbara mentioned, we believe there are issues in south asia that does not have a solution, there is no such thing as solving afghanistan's border issue without considering the fact that it is also an issue in iran , or pakistan and afghanistan the same way about water. any solution needs to be regional, and should also involve other parties and .ountries that would contribute to the peace and stability in in 2014.an thank you so much. i'm sorry if i took a long time. i always do. >> it is a pleasure to be here this morning, and quite an honor to represent many of the folks behind the research effort we been doing about the regional water security issues that are tied not only to afghanistan, but

hassan rouhani is depicting iran as the winner. iran is not after a bomb. here is some of what he had to say earlier today. >> translator: the iranian nation does not seek nuclear weapons. after the comprehensive talks and final agreement, a year from now no one should say that we hampered the obtainment of nuclear weapons. this has to be a joke, a historical joke. iran has never sought to obtain nuclear weapons. >> reporter: that was hassan rouhani praising the foreign minister and praising the interim agreement. iranians, we have talked to a lot of them today. been signed.py an agreement has remember, this is what they wanted when they voted in hassan rouhani in june. they wanted him to come in with a mandate to improve the economy. everyone knows the first step to improving the economy is lifting the sanctions and the way to do that is reach a deal on the nuclear program and improve relations with the west. there's still a long way to go for a be all, end all deal that will completely resolve this issue. everyone is happy at least the first step has been

really is to bridge the gap between some in the west and iran russia has been opposed to iran acquiring a nuclear bomb but acknowledges that iran does have a right to peaceful nuclear program which iran says was really a precondition to these talks they were saying that no deal was going to be struck unless this precondition was met and russia has really tried to ease the tensions because that precondition led to some in the west being quite suspicious about iran and their motives and russia really has tried to ease those tensions and suspicions in order to try and get all parties around the table which they as they've obviously done and it's also something that's proven slightly easier of course since the election of his son rouhani who's a comparative moderate in comparison with his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad's and what does moscow make of the potential of slapping more sanctions on iran as discussed by some politicians in the u.s. at the moment while russia isn't opposed to playing hardball with iran when it needs to with its role as a permanent member of the u.n. security counc

and in fact the fact that iran is halting uranium enrichment at twenty percent is something that iran actually wants because it's very expensive and the iranians have produced the fuel that it needs for the tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes for cancer patients so the iranians have already produced enough nuclear fuel through in reaching agreement twenty percent is no longer needed so halting that is actually an advantage for iran because it does not want excess fuel because it's very costly so the iranians feel that they do not lose very much and they have a lot to gain. but despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place ati's gametes you can has more now from washington. president obama pledged quote unquote a modest relief of sanctions saying return for iran scaling back its nuclear program not the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as well as easing some other trade restrictions here's actually what the president said on our side the united states and

and in fact the fact that iran is halting uranium enrichment at twenty percent is something that iran actually wants because it's very expensive and the iranians have produced the fuel that it needs for the tatooine reactor that produces medical isotopes for cancer patients so the iranians have already produced enough nuclear fuel through enriching uranium at twenty percent it no longer needs it so halting that is actually an advantage for iran because it does not want excess fuel because it's very costly so the iranians feel that they do not lose very much and they have a lot to gain and again it shows that steadfastness these from the iranian perspective and. standing for your rights and achieve results well as we all know all the talks an iranian nuclear program have been going on for. a long time years i could say but the u.s. seems to be convinced i mean just judging by what's coming out of the country that it's sanctions policies that prompted iran to sign this deal to what extent do you agree or disagree with these claims. well i think we can reverse that argument the decline o

sanctions on iran. this is an interim six-month arrangement. if the iranians are deemed to be cheating by the international community those sanctions will be reimposed quickly. only a few moments ago, the secretary of state john kerry walked by our cameras in geneva. we got a picture of him walking by. we shouted a question to him. he said something to the effect i think he said we have a good arrangement. we're going to be hearing momentarily from the president of the united states. he'll announce some of the details later. the secretary of state john kerry will brief reporters in geneva as well. the president was meeting informally in the white house with some of his national security advisers including dennis mcdonough and tony blinken and ben rhoads. there you see the photo right there. they were in the oval office and the president was getting briefed on what was going on. the president was supposed to start speaking about 15 minutes ago but this is not unusual. things take a while to get organized

the challenge with iran, iran is not a country which you can bully. it simply doesn't work that way. if you look at what iran excels at at the olympics, it's wrestling and weight lifting. this is a country that is very national list i can, has a very strong sense of self-. when i go there which i'm sure you all will at some point, your host will take you to a house of strength. it's when people do sink niesed weight lifting. it is very interesting. the point i'm making is culturally this is not a country that gives in well to bullying. they have a very strong sense of themselves, they are very national list i can, there is sort of a martial quality there and it simply doesn't work. what was so interesting about the election is that yet again an opportunity for some type of peaceful resolution of our differences with iran emerges. nd again, i am skeptical because i'm always skeptical. we middle east specialists are the oncologist of studies. we are wrong and can't do anything and have no good news. but having said that the stakes are so high, they are

iran hopes that it will ease sanctions that has crippled iran's economy. there are five sites where iran is said to be enriching or converting uranium and doing work to its nuclear program and a facility where some believe iran is conducting nuclear research. we have several reports in our top stories today. >> reporter: smiles from the u.s. secretary of state but still no deal. a thumbs up but it's clear these talks have reached a crunch phrase. >> the p-5 is working hard, and i look forward to the meetings that i'll be having very shortly. >> no one is giving a running commentary on the progress of the talks, but the iranians have said even though a deal is close there are still difficult sticking points. >> we have now entered the very difficult and sensitive phase of editing the text to be published should talks reach an agreement soon. it is possible that the negotiation also take more time. however, given the sensitivity of these discussions we can see that the ministers are eagle for participate. and we have to see what the results will bring. >> cl

there is now a deal in place on iran's nuclear program. it is designed to stop or scale back nuclear activities in exchanges for relief from economic sanctions. >> a result after a long night, described as intensive and complicated the p5+1 and iran struck an historic deal, the importance hinted at by the president's sudden and unusual for a saturday late-night address. >> today that diplomacy opened up a new pass. that iran's progress is peaceful and it cannot build a nuclear weapon. it is a first step but achieves a first deal. for the first time in a decade we have halted the progress of the nuclear weapon. >> in timing the iranian prime minister spoke at the same time. >> i believe it is important that we all of us take the opportunity to end an unnecessary crisis and open new hzans based on respect for the rights of iranian people, and removal of any doubts about the exclusively peaceful nature of iran's nuclear program. >> under the deal iran agreed to halt all enrichment above 5% and neutralize a stockpile of 20% enriched uranium. i

and iran. it's the first step forward in changing that by lateral nature much regular relations they have have. >> that's a war going on there. it's a different situation. there was a time when you don't one would have thought for the past 30 years the u.s. and iran when they are there that seems to be so interconnected. >> absolutely. it's extremely positive. i think that those that criticize this deal today between iran and the u.s. are most likely people that weren't so interested in a deal from the beginning. this is truly a sign that diplomacy works. it's an effective method of solving problems and we don't know what's going to happen after six months, of course, but this is potentially a way of restoring trust in that method. >> one thing that still is not clear that seems to be particularly ambiguous is the red line about whether or not has the right to enrich iranium. that has not been dealt with. do you anticipate that being dealt with down the road? >> absolutely. i think there is a s

or despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place. and has more now from washington president obama pledged to put a modest relief of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as well as easing some other trade restrictions here's actually what the president said on our side the united states and our friends and allies have agreed to provide iran with modest relief while continuing to apply our toughest sanctions we will refrain from imposing new sanctions and we will allow the iranian government to a portion of the revenue that they have been denied through sanctions. but the broader architecture of sanctions will remain in place and we will continue to enforce them vigorously and if iran does not fully meet its commitments during the six month phase we will turn off the relief and ratchet up the pressure while again this president obama said the u.

going back to iran. if you think that iran for example over the next few months joins russia china, india by not opposing and tolerating it what impact would that have on the conciliation of the taliban on the april elections as well as the compensation forming the grouping of the governments concerned. as bad as far as the political will and the complications of the situation when he was the head set up some watershed organizations to help maintain a continuity across the watershed across the implementation of the plan it's very provocative and very hard with an even afghanistan. they have helmand province which is facilitated by the international forces and in opportunity to bring afghans together to discuss the situation. in that meeting it was the first time that they had sat together to have this discussion. historically and culturally they were connected with kandahar. it was an interesting at the end of that meeting the people at home and who were upstream. we understand your concerns and we will

now, iran. this administration came into office with the idea of taking among other things a regional approach to afghanistan. the emphasis has been on afghanistan's relationship with pakistan. that is appropriate. that is a very complicated one to understand one that is difficult for the us government. i will tell you a anecdote about this. a few years ago i was at one of these supersecret international meetings off the record so will have to remain supersecret because if people found out what went on there and they realize how unimportant these meetings actually are and they realize how little goes on there but there is a panel about iran. the question i asked as to the united states of any other enemies with whom it has so many common interests. afterwards, henry kissinger came up to me and said we have more with iran not our other enemies but with most of our allies. the paradox difficulty of the relations in afghanistan. roughly speaking, the us and iranian interests in afghanistan are quit

iran's president praised the deal. iran does not give up its ability to enrich uranium. they will receive about $7 billion in sanctions relief in the next six months. it will receive $4.2 billion in frozen funds from oil sales. nearly $100 million remains frozen, however. republicans on the senate foreign relations committee such as senator bob corker, they're worried iran may fool the u.s. and still get a bomb as north korea did when the u.s. engaged it in multiparty talks. >> my greatest concern throughout this whole situation is the north korean issue. and that issue began relieving sanctions, you end up basically with no deal. and so my greatest concern is seeing follow-through here. >> relief from the sanctions is set to begin in two to three weeks. irain's leadership has just issued a statement if congress imposes new sanctions, then the deal is off. eric. >> all right, jennifer. thanks so much. >> thanks, jenn. >> well, does this deal delay, stop, or even encourage a possible iranian nuclear bomb? critics point out their nuclear facilities still remain firmly in p

have said repeatedly that iran is not fulfilling the n.p.t. let me switch gears a little bit one of the most quoted phrases in geopolitics these days is the one attributed to mahmoud ahmadinejad's about supposedly why the pain israel of the map and we know that that's phrase was taken out of context he was mistranslated and yet it is these really essential is that quote him a lot more often than any on there you are. propaganda we both know both look i don't know how much you know about iranian history you know why. i know quite a lot believe me well you have you have just quoted two main lies that are being spread by iranian propaganda. well look i will i think that israel. has quite a lot of blame in this war propaganda and i can say something about israeli propaganda but iranian propaganda for example trying to undermine the declaration of mahmoud othman in a job for the destruction of israel for the destruction of the zionist entity as he nickname is for denouncing or supporting off suicide terrorism he's supported publicly and sent his tr

and iran. and the only way the other issues are going to be resolved is if this nuclear issue is resolved first, because that's the priority, and prime minister netanyahu was constantly threatening to go to war with or without us against iran, and you have to put a stop to that. you have to be able to get past this nuclear issue. this takes time. there's a lot of work to be done and we have to remember that, and nay sayers should remember this is not a binding agreement and this is not munich and iran is not the nazi regime. >> yes. i want to bring in congressman engel of new york. what's your reaction to this? >> well, my reaction is, i never quoted ronald reagan, but it's trust but verify. the iranians have not been friends of the united states, and you do negotiate with your enemies. you don't necessarily negotiate with your friends. i think the sanctions worked, and that's the reason why the iranians are at the table. the president has decided to go on this course of action, and we'll have

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iran's president and russia's foreign minister both said today that the accord ratifies iran's right to especially rich uranium. the white house says it did not. the truth is that the final deal left that ambiguous deliberately. while this at first appeared to come together very quickly, only two months after that first phone call between president obama and iran's president, in fact the white house now confirms that top u.s. officials have been talking secretly to iran for at least a year in the persian gulf country of oman without the other members being present. while most of the world is embracing the breakthrough, israel and saudi arabia argue iran cannot be trusted to hide critical part of its nuclear program from u.n. especially spect inspectors. they say it was the crippling sanctions that got iran to the bargaining table and this is the worst time to ease sanctions. democrats and republicans are threatening to add more sanctions which the president would be forced to veto. back to you. >> israel's reaction to the enter rum deal as you you just heard was quick and clear. this

brand-new reaction to iran's nuclear deal. this agreement reached by iran, the united states and five world powers calls for tehran to curb its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for easing of some sanctions. however, not everyone is happy with this deal. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington with more. jennifer. >> gregg, differences are emerging over the interpretation of what the deal does and doesn't do. >> translator: no matter what interpretations are given iran's right to enrichment has been recognized in the text and for that reason i announce that iran's enrichment activity will continue as before. >> there is no right to enrich. we do not recognize a right to enrich. it is clear in the npt it's very clear that there is no right to enrich. >> here's what the deal includes. it pauses construction of the heavy reactor, the arak one and neutralized their stockpile of uranium refined to a concentration of 20%. it suspends enrichment above 5% for six months. iran agrees to not adven

>> iran is member of the treaty, and so iran has made this all along that it has a right to enrich and to have this heavy water reactor. it has a right to make highly enriched uranium for use of fuel. now they have broken a lot of their obligations. >> so they haven't been playing by the rules of a treaty that they signed. >> absolutely. but when you look at the future i think it's unrealistic to ask or to be able to get iranian agreement for no enrichment, no heavy water, no heavy water reactor. instead what you have to do is build into that agreement lafayette confidence-buildin, ot a lot of extra verification on it because frankly it's not just the p 5 plus one. there are a lot of points that are very suspicious of what iran has been up to. >> and what we have now is a situation where you have to take their word for it? i mean, they've gone ahead and done things i against existing treaties. moving forward do you contemplate an inspection regime that is intrusive enough to find out everything that they're doing all the time? is that realistic either? >> no, it's not, but you don'ted

iran had not changed. the terrorist arm, that does state sponsored activities around the world, including trying an attempt here in the united states. they continue their cyber efforts to attack, according to published reports, none of that has changed. the only thing that's changed is you have now given them a permission slip to continue enrichment. that's what the iranians walked away from, that's the one thing the whole world was trying to stop them from doing, that's why i don't understand their rela rhetoric on this. we know when you go down this path, we made this mistake in pakistan, question made this mistake in north korea. and history is a great judge here and a great teacher, why would you make an agreement that will proliferate the arms race in region. >> when we return, can iran be trusted to keep up their end of the bar gagaibargain? # hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you. you always d

-- iran. that is not what the text says. impose new sanctions on iran? wrong. speakinge two people said, we have committed from imposing new nuclear related sanctions. that does not stop us from implementing existing sanctions which of course we will do. nor will we impose new sanctions to sponsor its abysmal human rights record. there'slast point, nothing in this agreement that would prevent the united states from imposing new sanctions on iran. it often has imposed sanctions on human rights grounds and the u.s. has imposed sanctions for drug trafficking on iran. i would suggest that the u.s. should do just that to drive the point home that we observe agreements as they are written they hads they wish been written. furthermore, there is nothing in this agreement which prevents the united states from threatening to impose new sanctions in the future if no comprehensive solution is iran were to breach obligations. therefore, the legislation being considered by the senate who may think it's a go

of iran which they realized could only be successfully achieved through integration of iran's economy with the global economy so i think rouhani is fully in line with that and what what they have want to do was really true to what and what it states has been. carrying out its own seat for the last thirty years which is really to treat iran as a kind of a major major. at antagonist major enemy of the earth and states except for the sort of union when it was still in existence i just remind you the key points of the deal there have already emerged first iran a will reduce its raymond richmond from twenty to a maximum of five percent its level ensures a peaceful use of atomic interior thereon is also supposed to stop adding new centrifuges sticking to our data equipment and keep a happy water reactor near the town of iraq non-operational the un should have around the clock ability to chat and control annia to any of enrichment plants in return sanctions will be lifted allowing to iran to regain control of some of its assets said to be worth up to four billion dollars for a period of up t

sanctions against iran that's dangerous used by the u.n. security council russia has never recognized the unilateral penalties easing brasher on the run should start with lifting. now among the. it details that one mention that by sergey lavrov is that this will be the six month freeze over iran's nuclear program no new centrifuges are going to be added and no new uranium enrichment facilities are going to be built and everyone has agreed to stop enriching uranium over five percent now so the deal here has been made it may only be an interim deal for the moment which means that you have to start again in six months time but at the moment it feels like a historic breakthrough well despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president obama says the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay employees are going to count as more from washington president obama pledged to put a modest relief of sanctions in return for iran scaling back its nuclear program the relief will include freeing up a small portion of iran's overseas accounts as w

iran has not changed. the force which is their arm, their terrorist arm that does state sponsored terrorism activities around the world, again, including trying an attempt in the united states, they continue their cyber efforts to attack according to public reports financial institutions in the united states. none of that has changed. the only things that changed is you have now given them a permission slip to continue enrichment. that's what the iranians walk away from. that is the one thing the whole world was trying to stop them from doing. that's why i don't understand the rhetoric on this. we know when you go down this path, we made this mistake in pakistan. we made this mistake in north korea. and now why -- history is a great judge here and a great teacher. why would you make the same mistake to a nation that will proliferate a nuclear arms race in the middle east if they're successful in getting a nuclear weapon? >> we have six months to watch this thing. so congressman mike rogers, thank you for s

iran has every stockpile of gold and iran can use it. had difficulty using that gold because i just sanctions legislation, and it would not be difficult for iran to make use of well over a million dollars in gold. i don't know where the figure came from because that's way below what iran's petrochemical exports were pre-sanctions period. and furthermore, i mean, the sort of consensus estimate on oil trade is iran is going to be able to increase its oil exports summer by 300,000 barrels a day, which of the $500 billion. so if you throw in a bunch of gold and did so in one petrochemical exports and windows extra 3000 a day, person to get up to something which is well above 10, and conceivably 15, which is why the as we say let's annualized as we can understand what it means and basic 40 million. i think that's pretty high. but it's certainly going to be at least 20 billion a year and probably 30 billion a year. well, iran's import goal is only something on the order of 30, 40 billion a year. so if they get access to that kind of money, as

of brinkmanship over iran's nuclear ambitions. tonight not everyone is feeling safer or breathing easier. the deal announce in the geneva early sunday requires iran to halt the production of high grade uranium. the stuff essential to making a nuclear weapon in exchange for the easing of nuclear sanctions. while supporters of the deal say it removes the threat of armed conflict in the region, there are some pretty loud and influential voices from washington to the middle east that are calling this agreement an historic mistake. our team is in place to cover all sides. we begin with our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. good evening. >> good evening. the administration hopes this is a landmark agreement that will lead to a more sweeping deal six months from now but it is already being criticized by israel and saudi arabia along with some of the president's closest allies on capitol hill. the secretary of state arriving in london today only hours after round-the-clock talks finally iran. at 3:00 in the morning in

and in general it could be a new start for iran. and of course these lammy create publico iran would be happy to help with the disarmament of syria. or any other country that illegitimately possesses weapons of mass destruction. but if you're suggesting we should move syrian chemical weapons to iran or you know that i have to say first of all. that moving those weapons would create bad publicity for iran because you know biased coming taters would probably say that syria and iran have made a secret deal. so i would say the main thing is that syria has launched this process of chemical disarmament and now this process should be carried out under some kind of schedule. well how else can you resolve in syria crisis some say you're helping us out by sending volunteers to syria you don't. the guy with. no we have never supplied weapons or military personnel to syria. what we have done is we have sent a lot of humanitarian aid to syria over the past couple of years. we have been helping the people of syria together with the syrian red cre

for iran. in other words, the time it would take it to build a bomb's worth of highly enriched uranium, and also it keeps it from getting to that critical capability whereby iran could do that unnoticed. finally the deal caps all aspects of the program. >> what i was most excited about was reading the details, seeing what a good deal this was, how much intrusive verification there was, the daily inspections, the inspections of the work sites of centrifuges that goes beyond what iran is required under the rules. >> it does not allow iran to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium. anything added to the pot at this point must be oxidized, reworked if iran decided to bump it up closer weapons grade. it puts the brakes on a facility, used for making medical isotopes, but experts believe is much better suited for making weapons grade plutonium. it was the french who made a stink about iraq days. >> this confirms the right of iran to civil nuclear energy, but totally forbids the possibility of acc

had the geneva talks with iran broken down, iran would have continued expanding their nuclear program. despite all of the sanctions, keep in mind the cost of a nuclear program are small for an oil rich country like iran. israeli prime minister netanyahu has been opposed to a deal. but is it in israel's interest that iran's program keep growing in size and scope? that's a strategy that assumes either iran is headed for collapse or that a military strike will take place that would permanently destroy iran's entire nuclear program and it wouldn't get rebuilt. this seems more like wishful thinking than strategy. the agreement that the major powers of government in geneva freezes iran's program for six months and rolls back some key aspects of it while a permanent deal is negotiated. in return, iran gets about $7 billion of sanctions relief. a fraction of what is in place against it. the main sanctions against its oil and banking sectors stay fully in place. this is a sensible deal. signed off on by france, britain, germany, russia and china as well as the united states and iran. it's just

in iran's nuclear program very much so moscow funded the building of the nuclear plant in iran and it was only in september this year that it handed over complete control of that plant to the iranians and i think moscow sees this is possibly the way forward the way forward is cooperation with iran with the country's nuclear industry because if you're cooperating with the country there's less secrecy and then that could lead in turn to less mutual suspicion and i think that russia sees that as the way forward or more common damn reaction on a story deal in iran's nuclear program is just ahead for you here in r.t. don't go away. let me just tell you something right now president george w. bush never claimed their right to extradition really assassinate american citizens this president barack obama should be impeached for crimes against the citizens and against the constitution because he has killed women and children in drone strikes so i just like to say that i think that history is not going to judge the presidency of barack obama and george bush in the same light whatsoever i think o

the world has long believed although iran denied it that iran was building a nuclear weapon. that was the purpose of the enrichment not for energy. now why are we invested in the credibility iran? >> i don't think we're investing in the credibility of iran. what really happened here is a new regime came into power and iran and voted a pretty free democratic election. and they for the first time admitted that the sanctions were hurting. and they got a mandate from their leadership to try to limit the sanctions. they changed the debate from one of tighter and tighter blockade to one of greater openness. and this deal has been on the table for iran for many years. if they would limit the most dangerous parts of their program, they could get some modest sanctions relief. this isn't going to solve the problem. they have the inherent capability to make a nuclear weapon. you have to have ability to enrich the uranium. they have that ability, so do many countries in the world. the difference with iran is they have in the past not always complied with international monitors. that's wh

secondly television of lacks the potential to attack iran. if you look at the two thousand and six lebanon war or the two thousand and two thousand and nine gaza war or the most recent war in gaza. which is operation pillar of defense you will see that it was these really a regime which sustained serious losses. during the lebannon and the gaza wars at least tell of a of was not targeted with rocket strikes but during the latest war while the israeli regime had expected week resistance from the palestinians on account of the crisis in syria for the first time in history its own capital city tell of if came under fire. the i.d.f. could not even pull off a limited military operation and secure a victory right across the border from its own bases. if they were to attack iran they would certainly proven able to do us any serious damage. be that as it may be wrong as armed forces are fully capable and always ready to repel an aggression from across the border. so you take israel's talking military strike as empty threats you know i recently spoke

between iran and the u.n. security council's five permanent man. plus germany all the foreign ministers from the sixty oceanic and world powers rushed to geneva to push this through according to russia's foreign minister in the deal the world powers recognize iran's peaceful adam and uranium enrichment under strict control of the i.a.e.a. the u.n. atomic watchdog thereat in turn will limit its uranium enrichment to five percent instead of twenty stop adding centrifuges and a whole new construction of a heavy water reactor in iran the war powers will partially lift sanctions against iran for six months and unfreeze several billion dollars in iranian assets. but despite hailing the deal with iran u.s. president barack obama said the majority of american sanctions against iran will stay in place you know across live correspondent john who is in washington for us and bring is the reaction from the air so guided to tell us what else did the u.s. leader have to say on the success of the geneva talks. as you said pre

iran has not been willing. my work with congress, the ewe knighted security council to impose sanctions on the iranian government. the sanctions have had a substantial impact on their economy. with the election of a new iranian president earlier this year, an opening for diplomacy emerged. i spoke with the president of iran earlier this fall. secretary kerry met multiple times with iran's foreign minister. we have pursued intensive diplomacy, by laterally and together with the partners, united kingdom, france, germany, russia and china as well as the european union. today, that diplomacy opened up a path toward a world that is more secure, a future in which we can verify iran's nuclear program is peaceful and cannot build a nuclear weapon. today's announcement is just a first step, it achieves a great deal. for the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the process of the iranian nuclear program. key parts rolled back. iran committed to halting certain levels of enrichment and a neutralizing part of stoc

talk to iran. >> the militarization of iran diplomacy. the fact we're on the path that's about doing the really hard work of negotiating with enemies. there's no diplomacy that doesn't come without risk. it's always a challenge. i respect his choice he is tried that. >> you know, i'm just kidding around with you. >> no, he's not. >> can we put the picture up one more time? >> oh, well. >> i love you. and i love you as well. thank you so much for being with us on a sunday afternoon. we'll see you back here next weekend 2:00 eastern. right now, though, karen finney. she doesn't take bad pictures. "disrupt" up next. ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. many cereals say they're good for you

lawmakers about the nuclear deal with iran. this comes, of course, after the six world powers and iran came to that historic agreement late last night, 3:00 in the morning in geneva. that deal caused tehran to delay its nuclear program for six months. in exchange for what president obama describes as, quote, modest relief from economic sanctions. but the big question the world faces today, right now, will this potentially stop iran from possibly getting a nuclear bomb? hello, everyone, welcome to "america's news hq," i'm eric shawn. >> aim jamie kohlby. no one can say for sure. we'll take a more in-depth look at it. six-month agreement and hinges upon iran halting at least part of its uranium enrichment program and president obama is already calling the idea first step towards progress. but stressed a lot of work still needs to be done. >> this first step will create time and space over the next six months for more negotiations to fully address our comprehensive concerns about the iranian program. and because of this agreement,

iran relations. america has been misinforming the public not just american public but the whole world for such a long time that it's going to be very difficult for them to step back away from that to mention that iran is a threat to israel. it's just something that's the fact to speak and it's impacted this been built in order to continue supporting israel to sell arms to the neighbors in the region and also to you to distract from everything that israel does in the region israel has between two hundred and four hundred nuclear warheads and if ever iran were to pose a threat to israel where there was a nuclear attack or if it were to build nuclear bombs which it has not decided it is no matter what israel's nuclear arsenal are. take a look at the long and winding road to the historic deal iran's nuclear program started in the fifty's with the help of the u.s. but it is in the late twentieth century that tensions started really to heat up around its atomic ambitions back in one thousand nine hundred s