fact sheet on iran. the deal says iran will have from 19000 centrifuges installed today to 6104 installed under a future accord. also saying that iran has agreed to not enrich uranium over 3.67% for at least 15 years. again a lot of details worth nothing unless they're verified. >> i think it is extraordinarily difficult to enforce this. you see this with north korea in particular. i think iran will likely end up playing same game. we scale back a little bit. we concede and they do whatever they want. if you're developing a nuclear program you benefit from delay. you benefit from strung out diplomacy from this. >> do what they want? >> yeah they will. >> correspondent they do it anyway? take a shot. melissa: they will and they did. >> why not take a shot? melissa: because sanctions. they become the quick heavyweight in region. only thing they are missing right now they are not an economic powerhouse. that's what they're missing. if we lift sanctions and iran and dell and ge in, all of a sudden iran is wi

iran. are we opening the door because we think over time the government in tehran will evolve to a point where it's more akin to the international community? i don't know. >> that leads us beautifully into the next part of the program. it's great to have you with us. >> thank you, ray. >> as the self-imposed deadline for these negotiations approach, would it leave iran to carry on enrichment and the security council's permanent members confident that iran is not building a nuclear weapon. we'll be reviewing what is hard about hammering out an international agreement that actually works. stay with us. it's inside story. >> welcome back to inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. representatives of seven countries walk into a room and sit down. six of them have some difficult histories with each other. just in the past century they've killed millions of each other's citizens, yet they agree among themselves that the seventh could be, should be prevented from having nuclear weapons,

i've been to iran ten times. iranian people -- if the stock market was open tomorrow they would be shooting through the roof. the iranian people the economy, has been waiting with baited breath for the chance to open up to the world. sell cars open businesses its. this has enormous economic rewards for iran and quickly. a couple other details. more details here than expected particularly with hiccups in recent days. you're looking at sensitive issues in iran's nuclear program. this is where it's believed iran had been experimenting with possible weaponization. access there is major. keeping the facility this is a once secret underground facileity discovered by the u.s. the iranians didn't announce it. that's going to stay open. it's not going to be building sentra fuses, but it's going to stay open. the key here going forward the verification how much access inspectors are going to have. a that's the worry is that iran might change its might at some point. on those big picture issues t biggest one to seerzero in

iran wants them lifted on day one, but the international community wants to phase them out as iran complies with the deal. they're also looking at a snapback provision if iran were to violate. it has to do with united nations, security council politics. there's a lot still to be addressed. i think this is going to be a very vague statement. not sure if it's going to be enough for president obama to take to congress to ward off sanctions. if congress were to impose sanctions that would jeopardize chances of a full comprehensive deal. >> sounds like the iranians are clearly pleased, not only zarif tweeting there is good news. now we're getting a tweet from the president of iran. he just tweeted solutions on key parameters of iran nuclear case reached, drafting to start immediately. so he seems pleased as well. i want to bring in our chief international correspondent. these are very, very sensitive issues. doesn't get a lot more sensitive than this. give us your analysis on what we're expecting right now. >> well, i do think similar to what elise said and similar to what i've been getting cert

iran bilateral relationship and iran's role in the region. i think the leadership in iran wants to see something which is much more transactional. we'll make a short term nuclear compromise in exchange for economic relief. and i think really the debate that's taking place in a tehran is going to play out over a period of years. and the debate is between those in iran that want to prioritize the country's national and economic interest. the model they broadly want to emulate is china. to say we're not going to relinquish power but we'll open up the country economically. and that will strengthen the islamic republic. and those are the pragmatists. the supreme leaders say look at what happened when gorbachev tried to reform the soviet union. once you abandon your ideals your principles that's when the entire house could collapse. and i think certainly for the iranian population, the two thirds who were born after the revolution overwhelmingly they favor the more pragmatic approach to prioritize national economic interest first. the principals ha

iran is a client. along with oil reserves, there's a population of 80 million, an old arab culture and an allegiance to the shia branch of islam, putting it at odds with sunni rulers. what does iran want? can it get it without a nuclear weapon. stay with us, it's "inside story". >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, . >> welcome to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. president obama's team and the president himself took pains over the weekend to stress how the process is far from finished. how much difficult work there is style do. and that is with the other negotiating teams. the administration has plenty to do here at home to win over converts. clampdown on opposition and buy

and iran opposed and so we accommodated iran's position. how has this soiled the waters or made things more complex and convoluted than may otherwise be the case and what are the implications? adel: there are a lot of conspiracy theories but i don't subscribe to them. but the issue is there's no doubt iran benefited from the invasion of iraq and the toppling of the taliban government in afghanistan. no doubt about it. the taliban were iran's ideological enemies and saddam hussein was viewed as the bulwark against iran stepping into the region. this happened. i don't believe this was the objective of the united states at the time. but this is the situation that we're dealing with now. the question becomes, how do you stop iran's mischief in the region, their involvement in lebanon and syria and iraq. they're trying to cause problems in because rain and their involvement in yemen. all of these are areas of great concern to the people of the region. now -- and this is irrespective of the nuclear generations. the issue of the nuclear negotiatio

and iran lies. far more divergent in strategies that are important too because we may share, for example a view that isis is bad for the region, but the way that iran goes about dealing with the problem is itself difficult to american interests, and we see this playing out in takrit. it's important and we're not right there for a breakthrough because we have not seen the broader shifts by iran that we looked for for so long. the agreement if we get it will be very narrow and technical. it's not going to deliver the kind of monitor shift we've song talk about. whether iran wants that is in question. the supreme leader has not moderated his language about the united states. we're still accused daily of having created isis just yesterday iranian leader said isis is american proteges. i'm uncomfortable with the undertone that democracy is a diplomatic liability. it's not. it's one of the, you know, tremendous sources of strength dip matly in the world and of soft power and it's true as an american leade

that was not just something that the united states and iran agreed to, but iran agreed to a political framework with the other p5 plus one nations. now, what's always been clear is that iran has its own politics around this issue. they have their own hardliners, they have their own counter veiling jim pomses in terms of not going forward with something just as we have in our country. it's not surprising to me that the supreme leader or a whole bunch of other people are going to try to characterize the deal that protects their political position but i know what was discussed in arriving at the political agreement. what i've always said though is that there's the possibility of book sliding, the possibility that it doesn't get mer molallized in a way that satisfies us that we're able to verify that in fact iran is not getting a nuclear weapon and that we are preserving the equals city to snap back sanctions in the event that they are breaking any deal and that's why the work is going to be so important between now and the end of june to memorialize this. either there's going to be a doc

trust iran now. they have been caught building secret facilities in the past, and they've never fully explained why. i'll be blunt with you. we don't trust iran, and we shouldn't. iran for decades has sought to undermine or evade the work of international inspectors. that's why our approach to these negotiations has been to distrust and verify. that's why in the context of this agreement we see the most intrusive stringent sanctions ever been put in place against a country's nuclear program. and these are sanctions that don't just apply to iran's nuclear facilities. these apply to the uranium mines inside of iran to evaluate the mining work under way there. this would apply to centerfuges that are included in iran's nuclear facilities to make sure that they're not building a covert program. and it would require regular access to facilities that iran already has and this is why we can be sure from beginning to end we can have a detailed understanding of what iran's nuclear program looks like, and ensu

you've got three imprisoned americans in iran and one missing american, last seen in iran about eight years ago, if you showed these pictures, here we are. the question is, will iran release these prisoners? >> not been a part of this deal. from the beginning, president obama, secretary kerry said they done want to mix anything else with this deal. they don't want to bring up human rights whether it's calling out the iranians with their human rights abuses back at home against women against journalist, against other innocent individuals, or against the americans that are being held there. we didn't want to mix these two. so we're not going to see any behavioral change and that's a huge mistake. when we have the iranians coming to the negotiating table, before we lift these sanctions, we have to leverage any type of power we have to see any significant change. >> so you don't think that diplomacy, there is absolutely no place for diplomacy when it comes to talking to iran and trying to get them to reduce their enrichment capability and to ultimately stop them from getting a nuclear bom

and iran's neighbors support it. usually, sanctions wear thin over time. if other countries believe that iran made a reasonable offer that the united states turned down they're unlikely to continue to support a tight sanctions regime. remember countries like china and india are eager to trade with iran and buy its oil which sells at a discount. if however, the sanctions can be maintained iran will be in trouble. oil prices have halved and iran is bleeding resources in syria and iraq. but would continued sanctions halt iran's nuclear program? that's highly unlikely. iran has expanded its nuclear program under sanctions for the last two decades. in 2003 iran had under 200 centrifuges. today it has 19,000. all built under sanctions. the restrictions are now tighter, if they last but iran's nuclear establishment is also much larger today. that raises option two -- a military attack. when people speak of a strike on iran like israel's against an iraqi reactor in 1981 and a syrian facility in 2007 it is worth keeping in mi

and cash will be flooding into iran and iran's cash flow will be that much easier to sponsor groups like hesbollah and hams, and of course the syrian regime celebrated the deal as well. that's why the israelis are saying that the time deal must include iran accepting the existence of the state of israel. >> where does that leave us? is there anything in the deal that the israelis can accept. the compromise is not what we wanted and this works for us does it work for the other negotiating parties? >> the only thing that the israelis would look at and say it is positive, it could buy them ten years before iran makes a dash for a bomb. but there is awe sunset provision to allow iran to get back to business and making the nuclear weapon when the deal ends and that's of course the real problem that the israelis have with what is put on the table. >> great to see you, thank you so much. >> trusting iran to tell the truth about the nuclear program. diplomats from other world powers placing their faith in the negotiations and ambassador john bolton will join us on his thoughts. >> a massive

iran's behavior. the flip side we'll give them billions of dollars more which senator corker mentions which boosts their economy and their ability to be a bad actor. >> well i think one way to look at this in terms of whether we conceded too much is to look at who is chairing the agreement and who is not. why are our adversaries more excited about this deal than our strategic allies, like france and saudi arabia and the rest of the sunnis and the arab states as well as israel. >> all right. >>> we have to take a break here. but when we come back, the fire storm of a religious freedom bill in indiana and arkansas raises questions over who is really being intolerant. our sunday group debates that. >>> plus a dismal jobs report has experts wondering how strong is the economic recovery. ...heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn rel

and iran but within iran a political conflict inside iran? >> you can't help but think that. i mean, you know the uniqueness of the case the fact that it's gone on for so long. it's so different than any other cases without any evidence against him to hold him for nine months without a trial. there's got to be other things going on but things he doesn't control. it's completely absurd. >> your brother, as you know co-wrote and was featured in a documentary about his second visit to iran to reconnect with his father's homeland. let's take a look at that documentary. >> we chose an old shed for the ride back to town. >> this is part of your brother's story, your father from iran. this is part of your heritage. this is one of your home countries, right? do you feel conflicted emotions about that? >> i think we were growing up really influenced by the iranian culture, there were so many relatives around and it's difficult for me as half iranian to look at it and see what's happening. >> do you feel betrayed? >> i haven't put my trust in the country as much as jason did. jason cer

giving away on the deal with iran. the country is seeing that that kind of retreat yields really terrible results. i think the problem that rand paul has is his association is noninterventionism is now a problem and he has to tach back which, again undermines his other strength which is his authenticity. >> they will say you are too inside the beltway and i will get the emails. i will send them to you. >> jeb bush went online to twitter to say and apologize for listing himself as hispanic on a voter registration form. my mistake. don't think i fooled anyone and his son said come on, dad think you checked the wrong box honorary latino. really? >> it's odd and caught political reporters. i don't think it ended up being a big deal. nobody had who was going to vote for jeb bush or likes him is going to feel differently and people hostile to him are not going to change. >> he is head of an hispanic family. you can say that. >> his wife. >> i tried. >> if he runs against elizabeth warren it will be hispanic and native americ

they have politics in iran. the have a spectrum from hardliners to elements that are not nearly as extreme. we would do this deal in any case. 10, 15, 20 years from now, we would do this deal even if the iranian regime is just as difficult as it is today because we feel the deal works on the merits. however, a potential outcome of this agreement is strengthening forces inside of iran that are more moderate like the iranian people, the middle class that want to be connected to the global economy and the community of nations. it affords us the opportunity to test whether or not there can be a process over time of moderation in iran and among iranian policy. we are not betting on that. we are betting on the good deal. and even as we implement this deal, we still have sanctions on terrorism and human rights other issues that concern us. we want to see that behavior evolving and changing over time as well. charlie: it has been a busy day and you have been up all night. thank you for taking time to come see us. ben: t

basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. i urge you to read the report on that. mr. pratt: there is a fundamental question here with regards to getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? >> the white house website. >> the middle eastern policy -- has it on its website. dr. sullivan: you can also find different interpretations, which is part of the problem here. there are cultural differences linguistic differences, and also political differences across the country which is changing the way this is interpreted. it is far from clear. maybe it was important to make it unclear to see what happens. mr. pratt: do we have any idea on who the leads are -- returning back to the discussion -- secretary kerry going to be engaged? dr. sullivan: if they haven't started this yet, the clock is ticking. july 1 is not so far away. that is almost meanterm for a college. in this kind of deal with all this complicated issues, probably there are a bunch of sherpas of their on all si

iran's -- it allows iran to keep some of its enriched uranium. the challenge for this resident and administration is to spell out the iaea inspections the unprecedented, as he said levels of inspections that international teams will be able to conduct in iran. the big picture here is this is a president who is clearly hoping -- was clearly hoping for this day, could really prepared to make this sales pitch, that this is a good deal. i think that's we heard from the president, the beginning of a sales job. i understand john kerry may be preparing to speak. mark: he was the lead u.s. diplomat in switzerland, speaking to reporters today. let's go to switzerland. secretary kerry: the people of switzerland have gone above and beyond in order to facilitate these negotiations, and i don't think anybody could imagine a much more peaceful setting in order to pursue a peaceful path forward. [speaking french] i also want to thank the very many other nations that have provided a home to these negotiations over the past couple of years. people forget that it

when sanctions are lifted against iran this will allow iran to operate more freely as a regional power, supporting its allies one of those allies is bashar al-assad. so what is good for bashar al-assad is of course bad for syria's opposition. >>> greece says it will make its payment of just over $500 million to the international monetary fund. we are going to go right now to the live military press conference. let's listen in now. ♪ [ speaking foreign ] >> translator: welcome everybody to this press conference. about the operations of [ inaudible ] of course the operations have continued through the current phase, which is the air campaign. and our goals have been achieved. clearly. the -- the modus operandi is focused on the elements of the houthi forces. and those that support the houthi militias. this kind of work today is to attack targets, identify them and the elements that conduct these operations and to target these units, because these are the units capable of conducting the operations and so supply supply the houthis with the element of mobility ammunitions, fuel and previo

iran has cheated in the past. north korea. they said the same arguments about north korea, if will make them peaceful make them abandon their program and the opposite has happened. what is happening with this deal is that what has been illegitimate is being legitimized. iran's nuclear program is being legitimized. they're given the ability not only to maintain their infrastructure but within a few years to increase it. they don't have to violate it. they can walk into many bombs. i think that's very dangerous. i think what is required is the application of very strong sanctions that have proven effective. they were only applied, financial sanctions and the oil sanctions, tough, biting sanctions were applied for the first time in 2012 got them immediately to the table. if they weren't together when you get to the table, why when you get to the table do you start lifting them immediately. they do work. that's what's required. there's still time to get a better deal and apply pressures on iran to abandon, roll back the program an

moreover, international inspectors will have unprecedented access to iran's nuclear program because iran will face more inspections than any other country in the world. if iran cheats, the world will know it. if we see something suspicious we will inspect it. so this deal is not based on trust, it's based on unprecedented verification. and this is a long-term deal with strict limits on iran's program for more than a decade and unprecedented transparency measures that will last for 20 years or more. and as a member of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, iran will never be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon. in return for iran's actions, the international community, including the united states, has agreed to provide iran with phased relief from certain sanctions. if iran violates the deal, sanctions can be snapped back into place. meanwhile, other american sanctions on iran for its support of terrorism, its human rights abuses, its ballistic missile program, all will continue to be enforced. as i said this week, many key details will need to be finalized over the next three months, an

the threat of iran for years now. he's made two speeches to the u.s. congress most recently a month ago he has spoken for the u.n. general assembly. all of those speeches were about the threat to iran. now here we are with the framework agreement, and mr. netanyahu saying very much the same. this deal not only threatens in his words the middle east or world, but it threatens the very existence of israel. he most certainly will carry on with the rhetoric and most certainly continue to criticize this deal. it's, of course, very clear that not only mr. netanyahu is unhappy with this deal so too is his security cabinet as well. >> and as he alluded to israeli objections may not be the biggest issues facing the obama administration. it has to convince some skeptics in congress not to take action until a deal is done. i speak an hour ago about josh ernest about the challenge from capitol hill. let's start with what say congress should have. should they have a right to accept or reject a deal of this magnitude? >> congress p

a historic agreement with iran. tonight, what's in it and what it means for iran's ability to make a nuclear weapon. >>> campus massacre. at least 147 killed, scores injured as terrorists unleash a horrifying attack. >>> shocking searches found in the co-pilot's computer. what investigators say he was looking for in the days before crashing that plane. >>> nbc news exclusive, the father of "american sniper" chris kyle speaking for the first time since facing his son's killer at trial. tonight, why he feared more for his son at home than at war. >>> and, that's a wrap. our cameras among the last-ever on the set of "mad men." "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight lester holt. >>> good evening. few things have rattled the world quite like the prospect of iran developing a nuclear weapon, which is why all eyes this week have been glued on a small city in switzerland where today nearly around the clock negotiations with iran and ho

in fact, not having a relationship with iran not talking about this with iran has allowed iran's number of centrifuges to skyrocket to as you said 19,000. there was a time right after 9/11 when the then-president had offered president george bush that he would limit the number of centrifuges to just over 100. less than 200 centrifuges. at that time he was not -- iran was part of the axis of evil and that was not possible. now iran is up to 19,000. so having this conversation bringing it down to 6100 is a very important development. >> you make a great point there and a huge distinction when it comes to any type of relationship as the foreign minister pointed out about engagement, diplomacy being so important here. ann curry reporting for us there in switzerland. ann, thank you. as we talk about inspections and transparency, i want to bring in nbc's tehran bureau chief. the honesty at which the foreign minister zarif continues to answer questions at the podium there in lausanne switzerland, are you surprised by him wanting to, for lack of a better word hog the ball until we hear from the

relationship with iran. with me are jamal abdi, policy director at the national iranian american council of and barbara slaven, oo nonresident member of the south asian center and author. jamal, let me start with you. do you come down a little closer to henry's caution and skepticism, or the optimism and freely openly made statements thing? >> well, i do think everybody won. i think i came down on the side of everywhere at the netting tail. i think the sides overperformed. everyone got something they can go home and tell constituents we won, we got what we wanted. that's the bottom line. >> is it so complicated to carry out. this is a fearsome set of requirements, that there's going to be, instead of lowered suspicion, heightened suspicion for a while? >> you know, trust was the big gap here, but i think the parties, by talking, for 18 months, managed to bridge. now, is the deal too complicated? i don't think there a way that you get a deal dealing with nuclear physics. international sanctions, and seven cou

. >> woodruff: iran's foreign minister javad zarif called it a win-win, showing iran is dedicated to peace without giving up its right to nuclear activity. >> none of those measures include closing any facilities. we will continue enriching and r&d, heavy water reactor will be modernized. >> woodruff: at the same time he noted the fragile state of newly-re-opened u.s.-iran diplomacy. >> but we have serious differences with the united states. we have built mutual mistrust in the past. so what i hope is that through courageous implementation of this some of that mistrust could be remedied but that is for us all to wait and see. >> woodruff: and back in washington... >> it is a good deal and meets our core objectives. >> woodruff: ...president obama offered his own assessment, and an updated take on president reagan's attitude on dealing with the soviets: trust, but verify. >> so this deal is not based on trust. it's based on unprecedented verification. if iran cheats, the world will know it. with this deal, iran will face more inspections than any other country in the world. >> woodruf

investment running this to invest with iran, to trade with iran, iran is going to be the dominant power in the region, the dominant military power in the region. and now iran controls yemen it controls iraq it controls lebanon and it controls syria. iran is putting the squeeze play around all the other countries in the region which used to be aural lies. >> how can you trust them when they are state sponsoreds of terror? >> the important point is what you have just said, this is just one little aspect of our relationship wither rang. maybe iran is going to stop it's nuclear program iran makes no pledge to stop its terrorism around the world it makes no pledge to stop its missiles it makes no pledge to stop various aspects of its nuclear program, we have just given away the bank and in exchange we have gotten vague promises to temporarily suspend part of iran's process. obama feels like this is going to be my boss president nixon going to china changing the world. it is changing the world but it will be much like chamberlayne going to munich. it will introduce nuclear weapons into the mo

there is a history making iran deal. i want to bring in chief washington correspondent peter cook who joins us from the white house. what has been the reaction so far? peter: in the u words of president obama this is an historic understanding. he was in the second term of his presidency, arguably his signature foreign-policy achievement. there are still gaps. differences that need to be worked out. the sales job is already clearly begun at the white house. the president and john kerry talking to members of congress. they will also be trying to sell this agreement to israel and other foreign powers that may be critical of this deal, question whether it puts their national security at risk but also the world's as well. the president's sales job has begun. alix: thank you so much, chief washington correspondent peter cook. my next guest needs no introduction. dr. deepak chopra. he has a new book called "the 13th disciple." congratulations. i want to get your opinion. we are talking about the middle east. we heard about shoo

we know that iran is actually detaining unjustly some american citizens inside of iran. those concerns still persist and they would not be resolved in the context of this agreement but here's the thing. this is precisely why it is so important for us to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. if iran had a nuclear weapon they would be more dangerous in supporting terrorism. a nuclear armed iran would be able to more dangerously menace israel. if iran were able to obtain a nuclear weapon it would be even more destabilizing to the middle east. so we recognize we have got a long list of concerns with iran. that is in fact why we want to take steps to ensure that iran is not able to acquire a nuclear weapon. >> do you have any commitments from the iranians as part of this deal that this deal will stop the iranians from funding or supporting terrorist activity? >> that's not part of the deal. but we regularly insist and continue to insist that iran not support terrorism, that they not create so much instability in the region and that they cease their antisemetic threats

and iran. my sense is that from the beginning of these talks, it was almost taken for granted that congress was not going to let these sanctions -- there was going to have to be a way not just to deal with iran's hard-liners, which we know part of their adages we can't deal with united states, and their political powers comes with the dispute with the united states, we have be mindful of the hard-liners in the united states who would never lift the sanctions. the deal being constructed takes that into account and attempts to ensure that if hard-liners in iran gain the upper hand, or if congress tries to take action to kill this deal they will not be an interval part of this deal. the deal can survive even if congress screws things up. that is why it has been constructed the way it has. the deal would have time to demonstrate that it can work and the next president can convince congress to lift the sanctions. a lot is uncertain right now. there are still big issues. there are two key issues that

all the resolutions against iran, the six resolutions against iran will be revoked and eliminated and they will be new cooperation in the nuclear field and hopefully in other sectors. this will, in fact, open a new chapter in cooperation with the world. within this framework that we have ahead of us, you see that the approach adopted by this administration has been effective. in today's world, threats by others are worthless and pressures by others are worthless and all of us should be after an agreement to benefit all parties based on a win-win approach, mutual respect, common interest, and attaining common goals. some think that we should either fight with the world or give it -- in to the powers. we believe there is a third option. there is a solution for this. we can cooperate with the world. they say that negotiations have been due to the pressure exerted by the sanctions. they know very well that such an approach is baseless and their sanctions were not aimed at negotiating. they imposed sanctions in order to make us to surrender. when they realize that we will never surrender a

allegations have been made against iran one after the other. iran, hold on. iran has been inspected in the last ten years more than any other country in the world say for japan. the only country that has been inspected more than iran based on -- i'm referring not to the report recently based on the 2013iaaea. ieae spent more money on iran than any other country in japan. >> rose: do you recognize iaea says there's uninnocenced questions at least 10 basic unanswered questions. >> 12. >> rose: 12, okay. >> these are the questions. >> rose: unanswered questions. >> yes, my friend. >> rose: if you want to prove your point did you answer that question. >> did you ask the iaea got the questions. they got the questions based on the allegations that israel provided to them. now, if people who are themselves continue to accuse others who have a track record of complying with their obligations under the npt with allegations. now what we can do and we have been trying with the iaea is to develop a twraim work for us to answer those questions. but it has to be clear that

to do with iran's nuclear capacity. and we start with ben rhodes he is the professional assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for communications. first of all charlie we do not believe there was any deal that could have been agreed to in which iran got rid of its erin much capacity. days mantelled its enrichment capability and no other country would have supported us taking that position. what we tried to do though charlie is assign practical needs to iran's nuclear program. so for instance the centrifuges that they're operating, some of those will be converted to the purpose of medical research. so they are essentially producing medical isotopes for research. so we have tried to again draw a line between what what their capacity is and what peaceful purpose that nuclear capacity feeds into. and then of cose close off through the inspections and the limitations on the program, any ability to transfer that capacity towards a weapons program. >> rose: we continue looking at the iranian deal with

basically behind this push towards iran, iran iran. i urge you to read the report on that. mr. pratt: there is a fundamental question here with regards to ask a getting a copy of the deal. somebody asked where can we get a copy of the framework between u.s. and iran? where is it published? >> the white house website. >> the middle eastern policy -- has it on its website. dr. sullivan: you can also find different interpretations, which is part of the problem here. there are cultural differences linguistic differences, and also political differences across the country which is changing the way this is interpreted. it is far from clear. maybe it was important to make it on clear to see what happens. mr. pratt: do we have any idea on who the leads are -- returning back to the discussion -- secretary kerry going to be engaged? dr. sullivan: if they haven't started this yet, the clock is ticking. july 1 is not so far away. that is almost midterm time for a college. in this kind of deal with all this complicated issues, probably there are a b

the deal shuts down iran's packed to iran using enriched uranium. it has agreed it will be reduced by two thirds spirit iran will no longer enrich uranium at its facility. it will not enriched uranium with its advanced centrifuges for at least the next 10 years. the vast majority of iran's's stockpile of enriched uranium will be neutralized. today, estimates indicate iran is only two or three months away from potentially acquiring raw materials that could be used for a singular -- single nuclear bomb. iran agrees it will not stockpile materials needed to build a nuclear weapon. even if it violated the deal for the next decade, iran would be a minimum of a year away from acquiring enough material for it -- for a bomb. limitations on iran's stockpile would last 15 years. third, this deal provides the best possible defense against iran's ability to produce a weapon covertly, that is, in secret. international inspectors will have unprecedented access not only to iranian nuclear facilities but to the entire supply chain that supports iran's nuclear progr

iran is training and equipping the militias in iran. and the senior parliament said sanaa is the fourth capital to fall in our hands. how does this now concern this washington post correspondent who is being held on charges deemed ludicrous by people here in the united states inside iran? let's bring in senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen standing by live in tehran for us. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, john. it is interesting. the difference between much of the world sees iran and the way iranians see themselves. the national army day here two days ago. the president rouhani held a speech and said iranians believe their military is a stabilizing factor not only for iran but for the entire region. they clearly have a very different point of view of their role here in the middle east. there is the believe it was the iranians who stabilized iraq. this very a better strategy when it comes to fighting isis. they believe the way they are training the shi'ite militia is more effective. they also claim that as

highway can we trust iran. the president in his statement said, we don't need to trust iran we'll have unprecedented access. >> but that's one of the core issues which is, we're not -- a not getting access to the military sites which is where they have been doing this apparently, some of the research on nuclear weapons development. but the broader question ask that we don't understand yet the way of think of it is, a flame work agreement i would emphasize framework rather than agreement. we don't know what is inside this. because they don't know. we don't know if inspectors can make surprise inspections, if all facilities will be open, if suddenly discover another facility allowed to go into this? there are million questions about this. to answer the question to david there are dozen ways this can fall apart. >> o'donnell: one of the chief criticisms of this deal you heard from prime minister benjamin netanyahu it doesn't dismantle any facility, infrastructure still in place. allow iran to be a threshold state.

that iran has now agreed to meet. throughout history, diplomacy has been necessary to prevent wars and to define international boundaries to design institutions and to develop global norms. >>> you're watching the u.s. secretary of state john kerry giving a press conference about the parameters of a deal that have been agreed between the international community and iran. kerry says the political understanding reached on thursday is a solid foundation for a good deal but we are seeking between iran and the world powers. it's a historic day. the secretary of state still speaking. we'll have more details including the finer details of this basis of a deal that's been agreed with david foster in a couple of minutes. do stay with us. >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >>> today, the united states together with our allies and partners has reached a historic understanding with iran. >> a nuclear agreement between world powers and iran after decades of negotiations. >>> goo

iran. on april 2, president obama announced not a deal with iran but a -- and i quote -- "historic understanding with iran." well people naturally ask what does that understanding look like? what does it consist of? where can i get a copy of it so i can read it? to our surprise, there wasn't a deal. nothing was written. it was somehow an historic understanding that even the parties who negotiated it disagreed about the details. so it should come as no surprise that the president and the p-5 plus 1 countries have not been able to secure an actual deal with iran which is our biggest threat and most dangerous adversary in the middle east. after all let's think about who we're talking to and with. the nation of iran. this is the number-one state sponsor of international terrorism, a country that has repeatedly lied to and deceives inspectors in the past as a matter of standard op -- operating procedure. as prime minister netanyahu reminded us last month for more than 30 years america has been h

-iran statement. so my only significant concern at this point is the possibility that the iranians might try to wiggle out of some what was was agreed to today and say that was a u.s. statement, not a joint agreement. so that's something to watch for further down the line. >> very good. but let's look at what the issues are that they might mess with in the future. what they agreed on in principle is that their existing sent ini centrifuges cut to 6,000 and no new building of nuclear facilities. as far as iran is concerned, how will that play back in iran and what are those concessions, what do they mean to the west? >> those concessions are a big deal. there's two different ways you can build a nuclear weapon. you can enrich uranium, or you can put fuel in the reactor and extract the plutonium that's produced. in the agreement reached today does a very effective job, if it's fully implemented, of foreclosing both different pathways to the bomb. iran has accepted very significant restrictions on its en

iran has said it wants 400 new planes as sanctions are lifted. iran's car industry would benefit. and at the peak in 2011 iran was producing more than a million and a half cars a year. there is no direct ban on imports and pharmaceutical but restricting on banking and shipping badly hit the healthcare sector, a deal would help iran get medical supplies it needs. sanctions have shot tehran out of the global banking system and several of the state-owned banks are close to collapse and opening of this sector would help. iran's currency would get a boost but corruption would still be a problem. >> i think the government of president rouhani have to privatize the economy further and remove the power of the quasi national and governmental organizations from the economy in order to make it more productive. >> reporter: more than half of people here are too young to remember the revolution of 1979. they have grown up in a country where one in four people are out of work. the cost of living keeps rising. many will be holding their breath now hoping things will change. i'm with al jazeera.

iran must comply with all parts of the agreement. i have many questions about the framework agreement, including but not limited to the divergent understanding of the agreement the difference in what iran can do in research on advanced centrifuges, the timing and pacing of sanctions relief, the ability to bring back sanctions if there are violations, the ability to address the military dimensions of the program, the ability of the iaea's ability to do snap inspections. those are all more the reason for congress to have an oversight role. i urge a strong bipartisan vote on the bill. senator corker: any additional opening comments? senator risch: the reason this is so difficult is because we are negotiating toward two different goals. the united states and the world wants to negotiate to a point where the irradiance cannot now and cannot never -- cannot ever have a nuclear weapon. the iranians are negotiating to have a specific, clear path forward to how they can have a nuclear weapon. this has been a cold -- is it a culture that has b

iran is a client. along with oil reserves, there's a population of 80 million, an old arab culture and an allegiance to the shia branch of islam, putting it at odds with sunni rulers. what does iran want? can it get it without a nuclear weapon. stay with us, it's "inside story". >> >> >>>welcome back to "inside >>> welcome back to "inside story" on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. part of what americans don't seem to understand about iran is if it backed away from making progress in nuclear enrichment, it didn't want the decision to come as a result of american orders. the two countries have been at odds for 35 years over just about everything. in his 2002 state of the union speech president george w. bush numbered iran with a group of countries he called an axis of evil. ambassador ryan crocker was in talks about iran over next talks about iran over next steps in afghanistan. the tehran government also with the taliban, when the axis of evil brought everything to a halt. the ambassador said talks w

iran is an important country in the region. iran is an important country. charlie: no one will deny that. min. javad zarif: so is this important, to deal with that country with people who will not capitulate, but who are there to engage? iranian people have chosen the path of engagement. it is now high time, i believe for the united states to choose the same path. i believe we have seen some signs. we need to see that come to fruition through an agreement that is respectful of iran's rights and dignity. if you have that agreement, iran will implement that agreement, because we believe that agreement is in the interest of everybody. charlie: thank you for coming. our foreign minister of iran. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: megan smith is here. she is the chief technology officer of the united states. she has been called tech's chief evangelist in government. she left her executive role at google to bring her expertise at the white house. she has the task to unleash the power of technology on behalf of the nation. i'm pleased to welcome her to t

nuclear program, because iran will face more inspections than any other cou if iran cheats, the world will know it. if we see something suspicious we'll inspect it. is based on unprecedented verification. >> reporter: but after a top iranny official was quoted as saying that erasing israel off the map is quote non-negotiable israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu responded by saying the survival of israel is non-negotiable. netanyahu wants the u.s. to include a section in the deal that acknowledges israel. >> israel will not accept an agreement which allows a country that vows to annihilate us to develop nuclear weapons, period. and in addition israel demands that any final agreement with iran will include a clear and unambiguous iranian commitment of israel's right to exist. >> reporter: again, the state department indicated that's unlikely to happen. the obama administration is trying to get a final deal with iran, and five other world powers not including israel by june 30th. julie? >> thank you very much. so what does america gain with this deal and what do we lose? and how wil