, the president of iran. the way that it's going so far is i think next. with the administratiowhat the e is reimposed sanctions. the united states has tremendous unilateral economic and financial power in the world and i think most of us here know that but still perhaps surprising just how those have been. they suspect that they might continue to be a problem and and those that are reengaged have left. the imf and world bank have predicted the consequences for the macro economics will be severe and in fact i think to the trump administration's pleasure they've managed to do this without a spike in the oil prices which is going down. that is on the economic side. another thing that has gone well is discontinued in the limits of the jcp away -- jcpoa but i can't get into that here. they've managed to have their cake and eat it as they've reimposed the pressure and it's struggling and it's not receiving economic benefits at this stage and yet they have not resumed the expansion of the program goes far and that

and has as it linked up with iran and america created this alliance in a way because iran had always been neither east nor west but by sticking it to iran over and over again their con iran has had to reach out to russia and the two of them have really found the weaknesses in american foreign policy send you can't change the syrian regime you're going to create tons of militias that are extremist and that are going to hurt us and this has been the foundation for the iranian russian alliance and of course they were correct in their analysis because that's what happened in the syrian arena it didn't turn into democracy it turned into radical militias and so you know to say it's backed away from syria it frightens got spooked by its own allies in syria and this will open the door to russia and russia has been consolidating its. so has iran in the north and now and the united states is going to push them out unfortunately fourth united states it's only going to weaken itself and it's going to weaken its allies both russia i mean by excuse me it's going to give us allies both saudi arabia

iran doesn't. the deal we reached with the north koreans for now, although denuclearization remains clearly the goal and what the trump administration is hoping for amounts to a free for freeze that we worked out with the north koreans. there was a crisis looming with north korea getting closer to and potentially even somewhat icmeving a nuclear capable capability. there was also quite severe pressure against the north koreans in the shape of un security council resolutions and even the chinese from what i understand implement a resolutions quite strictly. and you have another issue of the north really for a long time having looked for the legitimization they felt would come from these types of summit level talks with the united states. o, i so i think it's difficult to really put the two situations on par even though they superficially might look like they're similar because these are two nuclear crises in a sense. the other of course, x-factor is that in the middle east you don't have china and e

i die only for iran. we may die, we may die, but we will reclaim iran. years, i have worked towards a single objective, a secular democratic iran builds upon the pillars of human rights and the rule of law. i have insisted that the islamic republic poses an existential threat to iran and its people, and that the islamic republic cannot be performed. -- reformed. a secular, democratic iran can only be achieved through nonviolent means. dear raining people can and will be the principal agents of this change. international attention and support remains critical. king is one ofer my personal heroes. as i worked to build international support for the ianian people's struggle, recall his famous covenant that we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. in that vein, i want to make clear that the iranian struggle should not be viewed through the prism of domestic partisan politics in this or any other democratic nation. this is a struggle about human dignity and liberation, and it deserves equal and unqualified support across t

with iran. and with yemen, it's clear that most americans now hold saudi arabia responsible for the human rights disaster for the perpetuation of the war a, and e u.s. congress has already -- the administration has already cut off direct support for evea refueling and many in congress are already voting for bills that would block arms transfers. so i don't think that there is any detectible change in iranian behavior in the region, maligned or otherwise, and i think on balance the iranians don't see any real degradation in their position in the region. >> so if i'm hearing you, it sounds like you're saying that the imposition of sanctions, the pullback from the jcpoa has not affected iran's calculus, it's not looking -- there is some question -- i guess the question is, does this economic pressure, can it yield a change in behavior from iran with respect to, in particular, its behavior in the region? and is it going to find that the pressure it's under economically from the sanctions that have b

and iran. for the united states to say we're going to hold back on our most effective nonmilitary tools to counter all this other behavior because we have agreed on this one area, that's just an analytical judgment on my part. i don't know if that's why the trump administration is taking the approach they are or if it's something else, some other judgment they have reached. but clearly the obama administration had a very different take on that issue. in the bush administration, we always used to say that we need to see a strategic shift by iran before you can have any real hope of a sustainable deal. when the next administration comes back, this is very briefly, my own view is it will be difficult for any american president to step back in the jcpoa as it is because by that time you will be much closer to the sunsets. a lot will have transpired. all these sanctions will be back in place. i really think you are going to have to start almost from scratch, regardless of what your ultimate intentio

and has as it linked up with iran and america created this alliance in a way because iran had always been neither east nor west but by sticking it to iran over and over again or conned iran has had to reach out to russia and the two of them have really found the weaknesses in american foreign policy send you can't change the syrian regime you're going to create tons of militias that are extremist and that are going to hurt us and this has been the foundation for the iranian russian alliance and of course they were correct in their analysis because that's what happened in the syrian arena it didn't turn into democracy it turned into radical militias and so you know to say it's backed away from syria it frightens got spooked by its own allies in syria and this will open the door to russia and russia has been consolidating its. so has iran in the north and yeah and the united states isn't going to push them out unfortunately fourth united states it's only going to weaken itself and it's going to weaken its allies both russia i mean by excuse me it's going weakness and allies both saudi

but iran and iranians have had enough. in the face of seemingly in an -- insurmountable obstacles and untold risks, the iranian people opened a new era of opposition to the regime. in towns and cities across iran, every day they are confronting it tirelessly and courageously. through public protests, labor strikes and in numeral asks of civil disobedience, they are expressing rejection of every element and faction. they want their freedom, their dignity, and their country back. community,rnational the promise of my compatriots' movements represents an historic opportunity to achieve an enduring solution to the numerous threats emerging from the republic. in fact, this is an opportunity to transform the middle east because a democratic iran will be representative of its people and a representative iran would be a different force outside its borders. consider whether a democratic iran would promote she had politics, prop up terrorist organizations like hezbollah, hamas or the hoodies, facilitate shameful mass murdering of sy

why are they not back in iran? why don't they have the opportunity to help the country be the best it could be. it comes back to this element an obstacle that isn't punitively discriminating. i have no doubt that the mitenu -- everything that has meaning for the people on the streets. i'm not talking about philosophical debates, but the man on the street, to the worker who hasn't been paid a salary for months. for people who have to sell their organs in order to survive they understand this potential for iran's economy to recover and brought beyond that cannot happen while you still have this regime. if you are a good student of what actually happens to us, i think the light at the end of the tunnel will show that iran this time will understand the virtue of secularism, not just because they happen to have modern thinking monarchs who in their era did whatever they could, which is why they are chanting their names, but because they realize without which our society will not progress. this is something i sense singl

you portray iran as a condition. what is different than what you see now first beneficiaries of the public and then the government ablthe governmentablo why do you think the government is facing a state of crisis in the face of opposition? >> the situation in iran suggesting i it is not existents there is not oppression? >> the government seemed confident and operating the opposition and having control over the protests that have happened here and there. why do you think that is in the cases? >> we have to believe it is a sign of confidence. it is a sign if this regime was so confident [applause] why would they be afraid to allow iranians to hear the news and have free access to the internet and platforms such as instant graham and it means we don't have an answer for it. i think in fact we are very close but there are some ingredients that have yet to be utilized for us to take the next step towards a transition from this to the next and the most important component is the rule that they could play in this transitio

to harness iran to actually stop iran's growth and strike at iran's economy and political dominance and influence in the region but the p. g.c.c. is. you know a failure actually because of that iran a phobia has now changed into a so before via because of the inexperienced policies exercised by the house of soul in the last couple of years of from the case to to the blockade of the tower to the war on yemen and to the massacre of the civilian population in eastern sol the arabia the world can very readily see that the arabia is exist sizing hawkish and provocative policies that could end up in wars in the region so the solow of the leaders are discrediting themselves they are weakening and all affiliated group beings and bodies in the region that are led by the soul of these orders so these have. the major say in them they are also weakening accordingly and the p. g.c.c. is no exception to this fact and that's only one of the reasons the other one is the rift this might call existed between the two groups of of france within the p. g.c.c. though what the rift between qatar and kuwai

to harness iran to actually stop iran's growth and strike at iran's economy and political dominance and influence in the region but the p. g.c.c. is. you know a failure actually because of that iran a phobia has now changed into us all before via because of the inexperienced policies exercised by the house of so in the last couple of years of from the case to to the blockade of kept our to the war on yemen and to the massacre of the civilian population in eastern sul the arabia the world can very readily see that the arabia is exercising hawkish and provocative policies that could end up in wars in the region so the soul of the leaders are discrediting themselves they are weakening and all affiliated group beings and bodies in the region that are led by the soul of these orders so these have. the major say in them they are also weakening accordingly and the p. g.c.c. is no exception to this fact and that's only one of the reasons the other one is the rift as my colleagues are stated between the two groups of fall fronts within the p. g.c.c. though what the rift between qatar and kuw

and has as it linked up with iran and america created this alliance in a way because iran had always been neither east nor west but by sticking it to iran over and over again their con iran has had to reach out to russia and the two of them have really found the weaknesses in american foreign policy send you can't change the syrian regime you're going to create tons of militias that are extremist and that are going to hurt us and this has been the foundation for the iranian russian alliance and of course they were correct in their analysis because that's what happened in the syrian arena it didn't turn into democracy it turned into radical militias and so you know to say it's backed away from syria it frightens got spooked by its own allies in syria and this will open the door to russia and russia has been consolidating its. so has iran in the north and now and the united states is going to push them out unfortunately fourth united states it's only going to weaken itself and it's going to weaken its allies both russia i mean by excuse me it's going weakness and allies both saudi arab

and has as it linked up with iran and america created this alliance in a way because iran had always been neither east nor west but by sticking it to iran over and over again or con iran has had to reach out to russia and the two of them have really found the weaknesses in american foreign policy send you can't change the syrian regime you're going to create tons of militias that are extremist and that are going to hurt us and this has been the foundation for the iranian russian alliance and of course they were correct in their analysis because that's what happened in the syrian arena it didn't turn into democracy it turned into radical militias and so you know to say it's backed away from syria it frightens got spooked by its own allies in syria and this will open the door to russia and russia has been consolidating its. so has iran in the north and yeah and the united states isn't going to push them out unfortunately for a few night states it's only going to weaken itself and it's going to weaken its allies both russia i mean excuse me it's going weakness and allies both saudi arab

iran iran supporting president bashar forces as they fight against the rebels there and turkey with a presence in northern syria trying to fend off the kurdish separatists in northern syria we're still waiting to fix that translation the english translation of rouhani at this point and while we're waiting for that we're going to go to the heart of who has been listening to this with us in ankara. although no mention was made of it presumably the u.s. decision to pull troops out of syria will have been on the minds of both of these leaders in in their discussions over the last couple of days. well there is no doubt the u.s. decision to withdraw its troops from north eastern syria will be high it would have been high on the agenda of the discussions between the iranian and turkish presidents these two countries maybe stand on opposing sides in syria supporting different sides but they work closely together in this so-called asked in a framework something that the turkish president referred to really reiterating in one way or another turkey's commitment to the astronaut process even sayi

in today's iran, iran knows full well that fighting this regime will be much more difficult without foreign support, without foreign governments helping. and, yes, we are not at all frazzled by getting foreign support because that doesn't mean interfering or imposing a future for iranians. we say help us liberate ourselves with no caveat and no strings attached. we want to have our self-determination and it has happened before in history where countries have been liberated without people having a price to pay in terms of foreign domination. in one form or the other. i think democratic countries today -- america is perhaps the most important one of them -- can decide whose side they're on. during the green movement, what was the leading slogan in iran? people were saying, obama, obama, are you with us or with them? what does that mean? that means do something. take a position. and when the answer was, we don't want to interfere in your domestic politics, it was a bucket of ice water on the head of so many people during that time and that generation. do we want yet another generation to come

and has as it linked up with iran and america created this alliance in a way because iran had always been neither east nor west but by sticking it to iran over and over again they were conned iran has had to reach out to russia and the two of them have really found the weaknesses in american foreign policy send you can't change the syrian regime you're going to create tons of militias that are extremist and that are going to hurt us and this has been the foundation for the iranian russian alliance and of course they were correct in their analysis because that's what happened in the syrian arena it didn't turn into democracy it turned into radical militias and so you know to say it's backed away from syria it frightens got spooked by its own allies in syria and this will open the door to russia and russia has been consolidating its. so has iran in the north and yeah and the united states isn't going to push them out unfortunately fourth united states it's only going to weaken itself and it's going to weaken its allies both russia i mean by excuse me it's going weakness and allies both

troops inside iran want to repeat that there are already u.s. troops inside iran the u.s. has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what you've seen the u.s. doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level we've seen a report in a new yorker by seymour hersh that a u.s. so are sold in the us marines who are operating in the blue key missouri and kurdish regions of iran have you ever heard of that report i've never heard of the report i've never read the article nor do i intend to do you have any end. christe as to whether or not as the u.s. ambassador i don't have any interest as to whether or not u.s. marines are actually operating in iran right now and i said i had not heard of the report and i didn't intend to read the article in the new yorker if i gave you this article right now walked it over would you look at it i don't think so honestly congressman because i don't i don't have time to read much fiction. we have teams inside iran and these include joint special operation forces mostly commando unit it has been given execut

to harness iran to actually stop iran's growth and strike at iran's economy and political dominance and influence in the region but the p. g.c.c. is. you know a failure actually because of that iran a phobia has now changed into a solidly full bia because of the inexperienced policies exercised by the house of soul in the last couple of years of from the case to to the blockade of tire to the war on yemen and to the massacre of the civilian population in eastern seoul the arabia the war can very readily see that the arabia is exist sizing hawkish and provocative policies that could end up in wars in the region so the solow the leaders are discrediting themselves they are weakening and all affiliated group beings and bodies in the region that are led by the sole of these orders so these have. major say in them they are also weakening accordingly and the p. g.c.c. is no exception to this fact and that's only one of the reasons the other one is the rift as my call existed between the two groups of of france within the p. g.c.c. though what the rift between qatar and kuwait on one side

and iran have been a key determinant of prices. trump tries to do this pretty sure and try to influence the decision of coke but we have to remember that reversed its policy. earlier this year because donald trump feared that there would be a disruption of supply follow india do we draw all of the united states from the iran nuclear deal so it kind of ironic all that. comes. to influence these decisions not to do good this extra supply of oil that had been put on the market while at the same time you see a record that exports of crude oil from the us. three point five million barrels per day i think so basically there is a fundamental contradiction between what. is. actually the american oil industry does. clashes have erupted across greece on the tenth anniversary of the killing of a teenager by police. in a city. or some of the worst violence demonstrators that fire bombs and stones at police who responded with tear gas rubbish bins were also set on fire in the streets back in two thousand and eight a policeman shot that fifteen

iran has warned that u.s. sanctions could have a catastrophic impact on the fight against drugs and terrorism parties and interests that it takes up the story for us. trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at tehran it's european companies who have felt the impact all those sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs. i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily use of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel he is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twenty sixteen alone the u.n. estimates that iran seized a hof a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they've spent a hefty amounts on enforcem

security council resolution iran says its missile program doesn't breach international laws. has more from washington. in a release put out by secretary of state mike pompei oh iran has launched a ballistic missile and by a lation of a un security council ban now very little details were put out by the state department for example exactly when this alleged missile launch took place and exactly where however the state department is saying that it was a medium range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads with a range where it could reach parts of europe and all of the middle east according to the state department that would be in violation of u.n. security council ban two two three one which you bans iran from undertaking any activity related to a ballistic missiles designated to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons including launches using such ballistic missile technology and now according to the state department iran's ballistic missile testing is actually on the increase and the state department is asking iran to halt all ballistic missile tests immedia

role in syria and whether or not russia would be ok with iran continuing to have their footprint in syria what do you say to that well russia has taken a prick mattick stance we understand that without the iranian support and without the pro iranian. groups it will be it won't be possible to defeat the opposition because the ratio of troops is ten to one day iranians are providing all the ground troops while russia is providing air support for the government so russia and iran at least at the current stage are allies and working together so russia cannot cannot or we know this war for the government the government of syria cannot win this war without the iranian support and besides russia is not though is not the one to decide who will stay in syria and who will leave this is only this is the prerogative of the syrian government if the syrian government is strong enough i think a president assad will be interested in limiting the iranian influence because the majority of the syrians are not happy about the the scale of the iranian influence right now about the iranian bases in syria

sanctions against iran may lead to a deluge of drugs asylum seekers' bombs on terrorists in the west that's the warning coming from to iran he says the economic pressure could affect its fight against drugs on its border with afghanistan the world's leading opiate supplier and wrong spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to curb the illegal drug trade and this is set the takes up the story. trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at tehran it's european companies who have felt the impact all those sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs. i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily dose of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel he is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and

iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twenty sixteen alone the u.n. estimates that iran seized a hof a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they spent a hefty amount on enforcement measures but arias canals fences around eight hundred million dollars annually it says on sealing its borders to prevent the transit of narcotics and if iran contra was stopped because of sanctions well you get the picture. you don't weaken iran by sanctions many will not be safe washington claims to have the problem under control since two thousand and two has been engaged in the council narcotics program in afghanistan but get this back in two thousand and one before the u.s. intervention poppy field stretched to around seven thousand six hundred and six has fast forward to twenty seventeen and the number grows to three hundred twenty eight thousand hex hesse. program undertaken by the united states its coalition partners or the afghan government resulted in lasting reductions in poppy cultivation were opium

we have seen it in lebanon, iran. create loyal that's another way they insidiously infiltrate the states. >> it's iran that makes it such a challenging threat. if you look over the last two years, how has iran's position changed over the last two years and can you cite strategies and we've implemented tactics that have successfully diminished their position? >> ending the jcpoa has been a dash of cold water to iran and all of its efforts through the region in two ways. first of all, it stripped from it its legitimacy as a trusted partner in international affairs and international agreements, at least from our standpoint, secondly and most importantly, it has robbed of iran, particularly with the beginning of the oil sanctions under the ndaa at the beginning of this month. major sources of finances for iran to carry out its activities throughout the region. >> but even with that, my understanding is the bases that were destroyed over the summer by israel had been rebuilt and it was reported that iran continues to inves

the us state department now says that military action against iran is a viable option however iran supremely the ayatollah khomeini has said that his country has no intention of starting a war with anyone but he added he would strengthen iran's military capabilities to deter potential aggressors for people in tehran they say their country is not looking for a fight. one on us will never do such a stupid thing as direct military attack on iran it all seems like mind games america has been a threat on iran for years but it will never get itself into a war with us i think give me a yank when it comes to america and its threats towards iran the whole thing is getting old they always threaten us with something but there is never any action iran is not a danger to america's interests some people say the us wants to change the regime in this country or to simply threaten us but i think america doesn't want any of that the us is confronting iran just because it's the regional power on another reaction an iranian political analyst we spoke to who believes the us wants to force iran to the negotiating

>> iran. >> iran. >> and what makes you say iran? >> i think their continued engagement with those violent extremist organizations we see it all throughout the middle east. we, well for heaven's sakes, we just saw a missile launched by iran. they will do whatever they can to destabilize the middle east, it puts them in a position of power. they will continue to meddle. and of course bring in russia as well, any number of state actors can be through the middle east. but i would say that that is in my estimation, one of the number one destabilizing factors in the middle east right now. we just have to keep a continuous eye on iran. >> you know, i certainly agree that iran is a big contributor to terrorist activities in yemen. in syria. across the middle east, but i think it's more complex than just that. if we look at the civil war in syria, that has contributed in the last five years or so to so much of the conflict there. iran and russia have come into take advantage of that. but we certainly left the door open. we didn't, we've not

long-term enduring significant boatswain if that threat and use centcom aor is iran and iran's aligned ambitions across of the theater and indie global. that's recognized in the nds. there are five principal threats to the nation that identified in the national defense strategy your iran is one of those. it is below the threats of russia which can destroy us and china which can seriously injure us but i ran also has that capability and their exploiting their maligned views everyday in the theater. some of the central command aor, central command will be forced to do with those is first of all recognize there is going to be a force repot your to some degree concentric leman. we've already begun to see elvis of that as we talk about how often carriers committed the central command aor. it's going to require the command adopt innovative new techniques to maintain deterrence against iran because that is the underpinning everything else that will go on in the theater is the ability to deter iran and respond if required to. >> if iran's leadership or to miscalculate and to challenge the u.s.

for allegedly violating sanctions on iran also coming up. peace talks between yemen's warring parties are set to get under way in sweden today delegations from the saudi backed government and the who the rebels are coming together for the first time in two years is an end in sight to the world's worst humanitarian crisis . and it's on the macros last day on the job as the leader of her conservative c.d.u. party she's stepping down after the teen years as a party chair but will her successor said to be chosen tomorrow. but on a mac we'll see out her terms counsel. brian thomas thanks so much for joining us china is demanding that canada release main wong zhu now she's one of that country's top global executives maggie is the daughter of the founder of chinese telecoms giant away her arrest has been linked to alleged violations of american sanctions against iran and she now faces extradition to the united states asian stocks have tumbled on the news. she's the chief financial officer of one of the biggest telecommunications equipment companies

we have iran destabilization as a prospect. we need to deal with syria and yemen, so that should be simultaneous policy to stabilize syria and yemen in order to deal with this emergent destabilization, enormous effect to iran, how are we going to deal with it? the tough guys, the powerful leaders, they agreed to iran, but how are they going to handle it? >> is that a policy for reducing iran's influence in yemen, iraq and syria? >> but -- >> destabilizing iran. >> i don't know what's going to happen afterwards. >> right. >> there should be a policy to deal with it, but also, you know, there should be simultaneous policies to work harder on syria and yemen, to handle that. that signal, you know, the kind of signal from saudi arabia and the united states that, you know, there is a clear plan and policy on iraq as well as, you know, renewed engagement to yemen and syria is going to be, you know, very good signal to ankara to be on board. before seeing the agenda on the future policy on iran in turkey, turkey is going to try very h

sanctions against iran may lead to a deluge of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorists in the west that's the warning coming from tauron it says the economic pressure could affect its fight against drugs on its border with afghanistan the world leading opiate supplier iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to curb the illegal drug trade missions that takes up the story trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at tehran it's european companies who have felt the impact those sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs. i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily use of drugs asylum seekers' bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel here is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twen

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benefit from this deal in the they will iran has warned of u.s. sanctions that could have a catastrophic impact on the fight against drugs and terrorism and interest thirty six of the sort of. trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at iran and its european companies who have felt the impact although sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs. i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily use of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel here is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twenty sixteen alone the u.n. estimates that iran seized a hof a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they've spent a hefty amount on enforcement measure

iran has warned of it u.s. sanctions could have a catastrophic impact on the fight against drugs and terrorism artes and isha southie takes up the story for. trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at iran it's european companies who have felt the impact although sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs . i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily use of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel he is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twenty sixteen alone the u.n. estimates that iran seized a hof a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they've spent a hefty amounts on enforcement measures

sanctions against iran may lead to a deluge of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorists in the west and that's the warning coming from to iran it says the economic pressure could affect its fight against drugs on its border with afghanistan the world's leading opiate supplier iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to curb the illegal drug trade elisha said the takes up the story. trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at iran its european companies who have felt the impact all those sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs . i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily use of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel he is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewher

is going to let go does it was accusing iran of violating u.n. resolutions with its ballistic missile tests does he have a point here. well he does a point and then he doesn't. the u.n. resolutions do not necessarily ban they do not strictly ban iran from testing missiles they recommend. more what it does. test not be conducted so technically if you really want to be a stickler to the law and they are not by only. at the same time i'm not really sure what the us expected when pulled out of the j c p o a the so-called iran deal . over nuclear disarmament so this is the least of the reactions from the iranian regime that week that anyone could have expected a return to. minor hostilities a sign that is ready to prepare and. there's another point i'd like to make before i forget the general who made the announcement that they were going to resume testing of missiles a few days ago or yesterday. is the general of the air force not the general of the iranian revolutionary guards there is a difference revolutionary guards are the ones in charge or the

saudi arabia from iran. egypt from iran. and the reason why many of these countries have been willing not to develop nuclear weapons is because the united states has in the case of south korea and japan, directly assured their security. and that has kept the peace. what happens when more and more nations develop weapons of mass destruction the way india and pakistan have about each other? you have more weapons of mass destruction. and then it creates the possibility of miscalculation or even worse, that a government, for example, in saudi arabia or in egypt is overthrown and some radical regime takes hold and they have nuclear weapons. or they proliferate and sell it to people and that's used. this is far-fetched for some people. this is reality. this is how foreign policy should be made. not just thinking about what's in front of you today, but what could happen in the chain of events that could be triggered by a decision. this is not a game. this is serious stuff. and on top of all that, losing the trust of our allies and

sanctions on iran and that is to pursue the u.s. sanctions on iran the americans will go after foreign companies including chinese companies and they have chosen to do so with a very high profile case here so both in the general competition with china because you can't dismiss that the u.s. has got it or companies for iran sanctions violations for many years preceding the trudge administration the obama year is operation did years if day you're misunderstanding they have never detained an official at this level in the pursuit of iran sanctions they have detained a few people who are at a far lower level but they have never gone after the high ranking official of a foreign company they've always gone with fines in the past they have stepped this up with a specific detention of an individual in this case ok to little point of housekeeping you mentioned the h.s.b.c. bank this scope we should mention nobody's leveling accusations or anything illegal at the bank just to be clear it's want to move on to that point and raise that point as

and has as it linked up with iran and america created this alliance in a way because iran had always been neither east nor west but by sticking it to iran over and over again they were conned iran has had to reach out to russia and the two of them have really found the weaknesses in american foreign policy send you can't change the syrian regime you're going to create tons of militias that are extremist and that are going to hurt us and this has been the foundation for the iranian russian alliance and of course they were correct in their analysis because that's what happened in the syrian arena it didn't turn into democracy it turned into radical militias and so you know the states backed away from syria in fright it's got spooked by its own allies in syria and this opened the door to russia and russia has been consolidating its. so has iran in the north and now and the united states is going to push them out unfortunately for a few night states it's only going to weaken itself and it's going to weaken its allies both russia i mean by excuse me it's going weakness and allies both sau

iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's lot. just producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twenty sixteen alone the u.n. estimates that iran seized a hof a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they spent a hefty amounts on enforcement measures barriers canals fences around eight hundred million dollars annually it says on sealing its borders to prevent the transit of narcotics and if iran contra is stopped because of sanctions well you get the picture. you don't weaken iran by sanctions many will not be safe washington claims to have the problem under control since two thousand and two has been engaged in the council narcotics program in afghanistan but get this back in two thousand and one before the u.s. intervention poppy field stretched to around seven thousand six hundred and six has fast forward to twenty seventeen and the number grows to three hundred twenty eight thousand hex says. program undertaken by the united states its coalition partners or the afghan government resulted in lasting

turkey is not happy with iran's expansion on the ground. so how do we harness them together in this endeavor better than we've been doing? and what is it that undergone wants? ?hat he would need to get will it be necessary for him to make some concessions because of the journalist matter? is it useful for the united states to be imposing sanctions on turkey and saudi arabia if we are going to be trying to bring them closer together in an effort to contain our common adversaries, which includes russia? that's a big question, but it's a question about what should american policy be. ambassador, do you want to talk about that? >> sure. i think we can all be brief, because what american policy? this has been a very interesting conversation to me thus far. in my remarks i tried to point that in different roles, saudi arabia and turkey have been absolutely critical partners in the post-world war ii world. i think that behooves us, before tolet all this drift away, put it under a tree somewhere and consider what our vital , what they had been, whe

turkey and iran the u.s. gets iran containment turkey gets a green light of the euphrates and iran instead of having to deal with american forces in the region which is escalating containment now they have to deal with turkish forces which their presence is just a deterrent but there's a deescalation in the region while the u.s. is still happy that their forces are being contained to the areas that they are in they're not growing. area and growing in strategic strategic geography you said just briefly if you will there is a hope to get a constitution in place so that elections can eventually take place if bashar al assad wins out election will he be accepted by turkey. well this is what the foreign minister chose shoulders said earlier this week he said if the constitutional committee which russia turkey and iran have been working on very hard to reach an agreement if the constitutional committee is accepted free and fair elections are held and in those free and fair elections but charlotte. the elections tur

iran and will embolden its proxies. time ourthe same allies including israel would feel less secure. president, as this debate has carried on with nobody talking about the largest state sponsor of terrorism i have found it troubling. lens through which we need to view security in the middle east is through iran. have thewe satisfaction and frustration with some allies we must remember the most significant and serious threat in the middle east continues to be iran. there has been a lot of focus on the horrible death of mr. khashoggi. any death is horrible. let me talk about some other deaths. n the middle east and iraq we had over 500 american military members killed and almost 2000 wounded by improvised explosive devices supplied to iraqi militia and's by the iranians. 2000 americans killed and wounded by the largest state sponsor of terrorism and yet nobody seems to talk about that. one death of a journalist is horrible. 2000 americans dead and wounded is really horrible. where was the outrage about those deaths? where

the announcement on wednesday while declaring the defeat of isis meanwhile the leaders of turkey and iran say they'll be working closer. together on syria in the future. in a major policy change the united states will start sending some asylum seekers who entered the country illegally back to mexico mexico has agreed to accept the migrants for humanitarian reasons that says it still has the right to admit or reject the entry of norman mexicans into its territory a judge in new york to squash the request to have a sexual assault case against disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein dismissed the sixty six year old whose alleged crimes inspired the me to movement is charged with rape and other sexual misconduct a pretrial hearing has been scheduled for march those your headlines we're back with the news hour after inside story with imran khan that's next. has also really been defeated in syria the u.s. president thinks so you know this is the total withdrawal of american troops america's allies a critical and what about. to help the u.s. battle i said this isn't such. a low morgan to t

russia and iran. however the three of them agreed until yesterday on one that was that all were. thrown off your straight now that america this gauge i think that the visions between that the partners were because . everyone of thirty six people has a different not to say conflict thing and that the question is where did this when elected or with the role would they have their way for a second man it's worth why mentioning the position of russia yesterday saying that that was that or were may open or to see a date that chances of a settlement however the question today and that big question is how iran would react and which is this with their all would offer or would it be a gift to your own knowing that the strategy of few as it was defeated by the new station is to come from wrong forty eight pro-democracy and shia workers had been acquitted by an egyptian court their kids to spreading dissent and then rest before during and after a day two thousand and eleven uprising which ousted then president hosni mubarak the group which includes citizens from the u.s. europe egypt and oth