i wrote up to an op edwritten by mohammad javad zarif, the foreign minister of iran. the president of iran is in russia, there's a brcs moting, and he's complimenting russia, thanking them for support. seemed strange he was off to russia, seems like brinksmanship. everyone saying they are prepared to walk away from the deal, maybe to force the other side to say hey, they may walk away from the deal. senior officials that i have been speaking to have been treating this as if the deal will get down. as you describe to the audience, the july 9th deadline was important to the obama administration. it's not of great significance to the iranians, there's a sense of discussion of what happens next. what happens after a deal is made. you referred to the preliminary deal in november 2013. in january 2014, i was in switzerland for the world economic forum where president hassan rouhani made a debut to the world. there were industrial leaders, c.e.o.s, who couldn't wait to have meetings and talk about what happens when this economy of 80 million opens up. remember, rain is an as

we thank mohammad javad zarif. i want to say to him well done. >> not everyone is happy with a deal. u.s. president obama has the task of reassuring israel gulf allies and u.s. congress who opposed the deal. patty culhane reports from washington. >> americans woke up to an unusual early morning address from u.s. president obama. detailing specifics of the deal from the public while sending a warning to the u.s. congress. >> precisely because the stakes are high. this is not the time for politics or posturing. tough talk from washington does not solve problems. >> congress has 60 days to review the deal. it's less likely now after one of the most powerful democrats hillary clinton, who is running for president, endorsed the deal. >> this is an important step in putting a lid on iran's nuclear programme. >> but republicans... >> it will hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars while paving the way for a nuclear iran. >> this is not about democrats and republicans. it's about right versus wrong. >> reporter: the pr

counterpart, mohammad javad zarif said i'm here to get a deal i think we can. we can make progress, it requires political will and a lot of work to be done. >> reporter: also in vienna russian foreign minister lucie safarova. having met mohammad javad zarif, he compared notes with secretary of state john kerry. when he spoke to reporters he gave probably the most positive assessment from any of the key players during the lengthy negotiations. >> translation: we have all the grounds to suggest that the result is within reach. and we gave an instruction to our colleagues, deputies and political directors to do everything so in the coming days disagreement would be reached. >> reporter: everyone says progress is being made, but there's a great deal of detail to iron out. this is supposed to be a final deal. that is why the international negotiators, the so-called p5+1 have now extended their interim deal which was due to run out on 30 june >>> a new case of ebola has been reported in liberia, a 17-year-old male died of the disease on sunday. the virus was declared

javad zarif is going to be the big win i got rid of sanctions for you. >> and he returns to iran and he is hailed widespread for lifting sanctions or is there hard liners? >> he spent a lot of time in the west and iranian ambassador to the u.n. and lived in new york and around the world in an administration that is not known as being particularly diplomatic to the world, mohammad javad zarif is that guy and not everybody at home likes that and iran is like america with an array of political views and there are some hard liners. remember this deal is a threat to the hard liners and there are actually people in iran who a don't want to give up the nuclear program, don't think iran should be negotiating with anyone and you heard that here why are we negotiating with people and there are iranians who think that too and will use it to threaten the power of rohani and a lot depends and have not heard from iotola says and when things looked bad at the negotiating table the iotola said they are good and have support and i have not heard him yet. >> terrific stuff at 10:30 and 7:00 pacific on

javad zarif which took place before the announcement of agreement came out. the condition of the main deal is they had to have a contract first and it will go to 2015 so we won't know to the end of the year if i aea has what iran agreed to give it and if we can get through the end of the end of the year and iaea said iran is doing what they said it will do we are off to a new relationship. >> what is off the table and we were paging through the documents this morning and didn't see anything about terrorists being taken off. >> they had a list of 800 names of banks and individuals who have been for bidden from doing business with the west and are now allowed including the police and the iotola controls. one of the things that we have not seen a settlement to are americans in jail and there are a few in jail iran dual citizens and iran is clear if you do anything that is wrong and you are a dual citizen don't worry about the other citizen and you are iran and we will treat you as such and the people were in vienna trying to encourage them being part of a deal a

his foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is back in the capital iran. after the mammoth negotiations. the agreement will see inlimit nuclear activize in turn for the lifting of crippling sanctions. supporters from the deal gathered on the streets overnight. many celebrated the lifting of the deal and the impact on iran's reputation. some are not happy with the deal president obama now has the task of reassuring israel his gulf allies and the u.s. congress who so far opposed the agreement. patty culhane reports from washington. >> americans woke up to an unusual early morning address from u.s. president obama detailing specifics of the deal from the public, and keeping sa warning it the u.s. congress. >> profile because the stakes are high this, is not the time for politics or posturing. tough talk from washington does not solve problems. >> congress has 60 days to review the deal. it's less likely now after one of the most powerful democrats, hillary clinton, who is running for president, endorsed the deal. >> this is an important step in putting a lid

having met mohammad javad zarif, he compared notes with secretary of state john kerry. when he spoke to reporters he gave probably the most positive assessment from any of the key players during the lengthy negotiations. >> translation: we have all the grounds to suggest that the result is within reach. and we gave an instruction to our colleagues deputies and political directors to do anything so in the coming days disagreement would be reached. >> reporter: everyone says progress is being made but there's a deal of detail to iron out. this is supposed to be a final deal. that is why the international negotiators, the so-called p5+1 have now extended their interim deal which was due to run out on 30 june >>> al jazeera's ali velshi joins us from tehran. what are the iranians saying to you about the nuclear talks extended for a few days? >> it's wednesday morning. the sun is rising. and i have to say we had noticed yesterday the groups negotiating had sent out a strong signal that things seemed to be doing well. but we are not going to conclude by the end of the day. th

the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif returned to iran. >> i will walk away if it's a bad deal. >> they are determined to do everything they can. >> i'm not finding all sorts of people that want to come up and tell me what is wrong with the government. >> the economy stagnated. inflation is rampant. the currency devalued. i'm carrying in my pocket. in excess of a million units of their currency. that may be good to get my team dinner. this is a city that in a day has sa million people in it -- 15 million people in it. i keep running into people that seem to like america. the drink of choice around here seems to be coca-cola. more places are selling apple than i have seen in some cities in the united states. in iran, it's all about the sanctions. before the sanctions they would send a 40 foot container a week of carpets to america. these beautiful artful persian rugs. now they don't sell to america. medicines you can't buy. you can't buy car parts. >> sanctions. >>> our unprecedented action in the streets of this, the capital city of iran >>> "on target" this 4 july weekend, who is

secretary of state john kerry and the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif. christiane is joining us now live from vienna. you asked the secretary if this was a strategic realignment potentially to redefine the balance of power in the middle east. what did he tell you? >> reporter: well precisely i did. because a lot of that's been bandied around by the obama administration. so i wanted to know whether they still thought that. this is what he said. >> we exclusively negotiated a nuclear deal because we knew that if we got into the other issues, you would never get to the nuclear deal. so an iran without a nuclear weapon christiane i think you know this as a matter of common sense, is better to deal with than an iran with one. for those who are worried about iran's behavior in the region we are better off pushing back or dealing with that behavior if they're not on a path to get one. and we believe we are clearly demonstrating a way in which they cannot get a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: so i also then talked to -- after that i talked to zarif. but meantime i

later dr mohammad javad zarif came out on his own balcony on the 5-star hotel, and asked if there could be a deal by tuesday, he said possibly. >> an analyst involved in the talks nose what is at stake if they don't manage to get a deal. if other matter hs mis-cal lates and thinks the other -- mis-cal clits and thinks the other side is more keen to get an agreement, this process can collapse. if the gamble gaves the does note would be lost. an amount of trust will be lost. that's the biggest asset in negotiations. >> reporter: for the diplomats inside the hotel and the journalists camping outside these are marathon negotiations. >> james joins us life. what do we expect to happen later this morning? >> what we have had over two weeks in vienna we are getting to the last lap of this process now in the coming hours. there's a little talk going on. i see the deputy foreign minister of russia speaking to close associates. i think everything is agreed for one final meeting that could take place, a meeting between the six kunts ris that are negotiating with iran the p5+1 and iran not taking p

his foreign minister mohammad javad zarif is back in the capital iran. after the mammoth negotiations. the agreement will see iran limit nuclear activize in turn for the lifting of crippling sanctions. supporters from the deal gathered on the streets overnight. many celebrated the lifting of the deal and the impact on iran's reputation. iran's any has been strangled by the restrictions it's been virtually impossible to transfer money in or out for years. ali velshi has this report. >> reporter: for years sanctions on iran over the controversial nuclear programme have taken a toll on the country's economy. not all trade with iran is prohibited. imports of food and drugs is allowed. the inability to wire money cuts iranians off from importing necessity like medicine. >> i think there was not a major problem. for example, children. major problems. it's hard to see the affects of sanctions up front in iran's shops and bizarre of the shells are full of goods for sale and brisbane is still brisk. it looks the same. business with the rest of the world has taken

. >> iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif says the ministers will continue to work together to implement the deal. >> translator: i would like to stress that iran will never produce or develop nuclear weapons. >> the deal would allow u.n. inspectors to press for visits to iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties. but access may not necessarily be granted. tehran would have the right to challenge the request and an arbitration board come poessed of iran and the six powers would decide on the issue. the arms embargo will remain in place for five years and sanctions relief will be gradual. they will be lifted when the energy agency has confirmed iran has limited nuclear development. but it could be restored if iran violates the agreement. iranian president hassan rohani called the deal mutually beneficial. >> >> translator: this is the beginning of a new era. >> rohani says it has affected people's lives. and the implementation of the deal will remove distrust. u.s. president barack obama says the agreement is significant for world peace. >> because of this dea

one of those is the prime minister, mohammad javad zarif . >> life's been on hold in iran is millions of waited anxiously for news of a deal. news from the man who came to symbolize the iranian desire for different relationship with the world. don't scream smile urged one headline this morning. in a rare interview, he said he saw a lesson in this. zarif: we can prevail over threats and coercion, and produce better results. we have had threats for two decades, and two years of diplomacy trumped 30 years of oppression. >> you're going home where you are being hailed as a hero and accused of being a traitor. you accept difficult political and personal battles at home? zarif: the good people of iran do not see the world as i do. they do not see the outcome of these negotiations as i do. i hope this one will make a different impression in iran. that people can have an agreement with the west, and respect that agreement. >> iranians want to see the dividends of the diplomacy. >> as an iranian i am happy that after 12 years sanctions will be lifted. it makes me really happy that now we are g

secretary of state john kerry and his iranian counterpart, mohammad jovan is a reef -- mohammad javad zarif, have been spearheading the campaign. we don't know if there will be an extension beyond the midnight deadline. laura: iran's this is leaders and a traders and merchants are hopeful that they could see an end to the sanctions that i had a crippling effect on the iranian economy. mark thompson has more details. mark: for many iranian businesses, life under economic sanctions has been a change of approach. prior to 2012, around 100 million dollars in foreign investments. for the past five years, it has been blocked from receiving money from abroad. it focuses exclusively on the iranian markets. >> if there were no sections, this company could be four or five times bigger than it is today. mark: the sanctions put in place by what lowers -- by world powers hit small businesses especially. >> i can say that working at 40-50% of capacity. mark: foreign companies are knocking on the door to after iran was granted $7 billion worth of sanctions relief at the end of 2013 france sent its m

javad zarif on one of the balconies. he's still up there. we believe he's making a recorded video statement to be released in the next couple of hours from the iranian foreign minister posted on facebook and 2002er. i suspect later on when i saw hum on the balcony, i shouted loud at him how confident he was, and that he had to be hopeful. i had a follow up question about the reports published by a newsagency suggesting that he may make another trip back. i shouted "are you going to tehran?" the answer no. he's a long way away. we didn't get detailed answers to the questions. we got a little more detail in the last 5 minutes when philip hammond arrived here. he'll be starting now with the john kerry about where things have got to. he said that they are making progress in the talks, but we are not yet at the point of a breakthrough. that might explain what is going on separately in train, where the head of the i.a.e.a. is visiting train. the international atomic energy agency. he is there because they would have to police

javad zarif worked very hard to make this deal happen. and that means a lot for people but saying that saying that it doesn't mean that this is the end of the issues. it's only the beginning of the change. >> so what problems might president rohani have now in terms of managing those domestic expectations and people expecting change very quickly? >> a lot, a lot. so far they were all concentrated on this deal and there was one thing so from that there are lots and lots of other issues. the implementation of this agreement is the key to lifting the sanctions. and the sanctions are lifted and there are lots of problems in iran and first of all they want to go to iran to invest business men to keep the economy running but there are lots of hurdles in iran's judiciary is not independent. iran's laws are not quite conducive to this. >> this is crucial, isn't it because foreign investors go to any country and any emerging market that the structure and legal framework has to be with them to feel comfortable enough to take the risk and we see a p

javad zarif and his team have made but overall as long as the support and the outcome of the deal i don't see any problems with the implementation going from here forward. >> seen that something could lead to a wider opening to the western world and not just about this particular deal that you could see a change in society any way. >> absolutely. this is the beginning of course this is one of the first assessments and this is a very important step nevertheless. we have an up coming parliamentary election next year and with this success of the so called moderate camp within the political system in iran the moderate camp and quote, unquote reformists are going to gain a lot more popular support and they are going to have a much better chance in winning the elections in the parliament and of course the presidential elections from then on. >> there has been a certain amount of skepticism from neighbors and so how is iran going to try and kind of deal with its neighbors and in light of it will it change or stay the same like places like yemen or iraq and what impact do you think it will

they chanted, danced and waved signs showing their chief negotiator mohammad javad zarif. >> they went through a lot after all these years. i'm happy about it. >> translator: for sure it's a good feeling, removing the sanctions have put a lot of pressure over our country. and maybe people will say everything is okay but you can see the effects on people. i hope the conclusions of the agreement are what we are look for and be great. >> translator: i wish they had done this sooner so people would not have to go through all these difficulties. >> u.s. president barack obama must now submit it to congress for review. iran's supreme leader will have to approve the deal in his country. >> we take a closer look at the next steps. >> reporter: the iran nuclear deal may have been agreed to but it has a lot of hurdles it needs to clear. one is u.s. congress that has about two months to see whether or not it wants to sign off on the deal. but the other one is iran's supreme leader. he is the highest authority inside iran. he is going to have to sign off on this deal if it's going to take effect f

foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said it was a new chapter, and the e.u. secretary said it would be positive. >> i'm optimistic and i hope that it leads to that. good to have you with us again. thank you. >> antonio. president obama spoke by telephone with israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu. the white house said the president tried to reassure binyamin netanyahu, that the deal removes the spectre of the nuclear international arm. earlier, binyamin netanyahu called the agreement a mistake of historic proportions. imtiaz tyab is in jerusalem. >> hours before the nuclear deal with global powers was formally announced. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu made a televised statement denouncing the agreement. >> this is a bad mistake. of historic proportions. >> he then made a second dress later in the day after reviewing the deal and criticism were more pointed. >> the world is a more dangerous place today than it was yesterday. >> binyamin netanyahu is under pressure by politicians at home who blame him for failing to prevent the deal. they accuse

foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said the p5+1 have never been closer to a deal and cooperation, not sanctions could lead to a deal. meanwhile u.s. officials say that talks could run past this tuesday's deadline. james bays is in vienna with the latest. >> reporter: negotiators have been working around the clock. we understand there was one meeting with the lead u.s. negotiator, the lead e.u. negotiator, and two deputy foreign ministers of iran that wept on until 3am. some of the foreign ministers here on thursday left european foreign ministers and the chinese foreign ministers, but the words of the french foreign minister is significant. he said that he will be back with his colleagues on sunday evening, and what we are hearing is it's likely that the foreign ministers from the p5+1 the six countries negotiating with iran will probably stay here from sunday working through, trying to get a deal. remember, the interim deal has been extended only until tuesday, so time here is running out. certainly the european diplomats, don't see prospects for negotiation. we are in the final

. >> we had another meeting between the iranians mohammad javad zarif on one side of the table and john kerry on the other and e.u.'s high representatives. they didn't give us much on that meeting. at the end john kerry went on twitters saying there were issues remaining. frederico came on the balcony, and in the panto mine information we asked questions from some distance and asked her if she was confident about the situation and she said always. and we asked whether they were making progress, and she replied simply we are working. >> some of the other news is foreign ministers who left vena are on their way back to the talks, and what is clear is if there is a deal. most of the foreign minister, if not all, will have to be in place in the city. >> in the southern philippines more than 200 schoolchildren will have to be taken to hospital after eating sweets near the schools. the treats were thought to be contaminated with a fungus causing stomach ache and vomiting >>> to somali, where decades of war and famine left many living on the streets. in mooing we have this report. >> reporter:

javad zarif, that we have never been closer, at this point this negotiation could go either way. if hard choices get med in the next couple of days, and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week. if they are not made, we will not. >> reporter: foreign ministers have been arriving in vienna, and are expected to stay until 7 july, the new deadline. what happens if they don't reach a deal by then? >> reporter: do you have a plan b? >> no. the rule is, i guess i said it also on other occasions, if you work on plan a, you stick to plan a. that deadline stays, the 7th. >> reporter: i'm told we got to the stage where all the sticking points can be laid out on one sheet of paper for the foreign ministers, some are technical, all requiring political decisions, and without the decisions there can be no deal. >>> the u.s.-led coalition carrying out a number of attacks to stop i.s.i.l. moving military assets around syria. the targets were mainly vehicles and bridges. 10 were killed dozens injured in the attacks. in western syria, the syrian army backed by lebanese hezbollah fighters

javad zarif, that they were good meetings. they are getting to real decisions, and we have a few tough things to do. i remain hopeful. positive words from two of the key players negotiating with iran. the other thing that is important to tell you is the movements of some of the other foreign ministers. the french foreign minister was here, they went back to paris for discussions with francis hollande on greece. we are expecting him in the next hour. we are hearing that the chinese and russian foreign ministers are on their way back to vienna. all along we said it's likely if they do a deal all of the countries involved have to be represented at foreign minister neville. i'm not saying a deal is eminent, but all the foreign ministers will be here in a matter of hours, which makes the possibility of a deal open. >> thank you very much. >> a palestinian prisoner who was on hunger strike has been freed from prison in israel. he has been held for a year without charge. he started his 55-day hunger strike in april and was transferre

we had a meeting that finished between the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif and secretary of state john kerry. they met for 90 minutes in the palaced-turned hotel behind me and are trying to get everything in plies. place. i'm told they are dealing with the final sticking point because there are a lot of technical details that many have been resolved by the experts, but there are other things that need political business. i'm told they are trying to get all the key points that need political decisions. the foreign ministers come here looking through them to get political sign off on all the proposed answers to the problems that they have been trying to deal with record to this couple of years. the effective deed line there are two one is on the 7th which is tuesday. that's when the interim deal is extended to. but the reason the 7th has been chosen, there's another deadline on the end of the 8th. that's because the u.s. congression. the u.s. congress has two months to review this. if it's done before the ninth, and it's one month. it's an important deadline in people's minds. as yo

we saw on the balcony of the luxury hotel - income fact, it used to be a palace mohammad javad zarif was on the balcony, we believe recording a video message to be released on social media, through facebook and twitter. i shouted loud at him whether he was confident. he replied "i have to be hopeful itself, we heard a report that perhaps he'll go back to tehran for consolidations i shouted "are you return to tehran?" he played, "no." the i.a.e.a. chief is in tehran meeting senior officials, and we expect him to meet hassan rouhani. they are the u.n. agency that deals with nuclear matters, and would have to police deals, controversial aspects, but where they'd be able to go would they go to military sites, and the questions that i.a.e.a. is asking about the past nuclear programme, some here say if iran can't come clean about the past how can we trust them with the deals in the future >>> the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 5,000 people have been killed in syria in the last month alone, the second highest monthly toll since the war began, according to the activist gr

secretary of state john kerry said he had good meetings with his iranian counterpart mohammad javad zarif. other foreign ministers have been arriving here too including the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the french foreign minister laurent fabius. >> translation: i hope we are entering the last stage of this marathon negotiation. you know the position of france is a position of constructive firmness and i hope it will allow us to reach the end quickly, to a satisfying result. >> despite the optimistic tone i'm told by those close to the negotiation, there's details to work out. it's not a done deal. i'm told if they were able to do a deal right now, there's a lot of paperwork that needs to be worked on and it would take some time. so the guidance i'm given, the earliest that a deal is possible if they reach agreement and it is announced is some time monday. >>> police in afghanistan say 25 people have been killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of the city of hos. ten others were injured. the u.s. says none of its perm were hurt. the -- personnel were hurt. the base at chapm

javad zarif, that we have never been closer at this point this negotiation could go either way. if hard choices get med in the next couple of days and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week. if they are not made we will not. >> reporter: foreign ministers have been arriving in vienna and are expected to stay until 7 july, the new deadline. what happens if they don't reach a deal by then. >> reporter: do you have a plan b? >> no. the rule is i guess i said it on other occasions if you work on plan a, you stick to plan a. that deadline stays, the 7th. >> reporter: i'm told we got to the stage where the sticking points can be laid out on one sheet of paper for the foreign minister are technical, all requiring political decisions, and without the decisions there can be no dole >>> dozens of civilians have been killed in ramadi they hit a football field where young were playing. ramadi is a province that i.s.i.l. took control in at the end of may. >> jane arraf has hor. >> reporter: fighting has continued, appearing a pattern of iraqi air strikes, including banned barrel b

mohammad javad zarif the iranian foreign minister served with me for four years as iran's ambassador to the united nations. the minute he was appointed i knew that we were in trouble, because he is shrewd, charming he is a tough negotiator and he saw in front of him a weak america and a europe that is dying to do business with iran. and it seems that they wanted the deal at any cost. i think the cost is going to be horrific. >> he's savvy on twitter and social media, i know that. the president here president obama, apparently called prime minister netanyahu to tell him about the agreement. he said it will not diminish our concerns regarding iran's support for terrorism and threats towards israel. we remain committed to israel's security. do you believe that? >> well, i really deeply want to believe the president. and again, i think maybe he means it. but i am just astounded by the leader of the free world being taken, you know, by the iranians, who are master negotiators. we've seen the u.s. and the other parties at the table give in day after day, draw red lines and withdraw them gi

. >> rose: mohammad javad zarif is here, he has been foreign minister of iran since 2013, from 2002 to 2007, zarif served at his country's ambassador to thation. the foreign minister met with secretary of state john kerry yesterday to discuss ongoing nuclear negotiations. secretary kerry stressed importance of the deal saying the hard work is far from over but if we can get there the entire world will be safer. i am pleased to welcome minister zarif back at this table. this is his 11th i have a appearance at this table, most coming when ambassador to the united nations. i am pleased to have you back. >> good to be back. >> rose: i am looking forward to the queetion not only by nuclear but iran's place in the world and ideas having to do with other countries as well. you met with secretary kerry. give us a status report. >> well, we have made significant progress. certainly people two, years ago could not have imagined we could have come this far. also when you decide to go for dialogue rather than pressure and intimidation. that didn't work. it was in place for quite some time. sanctio

his iranian counterpart-- mohammad javad zarif-- also talked of progress, but he offered few details. investigators converged on a small south carolina town today after the latest in a series of fires at black churches across the south. "mount zion a.m.e." at greeleyville burned last night. the fire broke out as lightning was moving across the area, and federal investigators said initial indications suggest it was not arson. but, they're not ready to make that official. >> we haven't ruled anything in or anything out at this point. we're gonna let the case dictate and we're gonna investigate it, as the facts will ultimately determine what occurred. we're gonna bring all the assets of the federal government to bear to investigate this fire. >> woodruff: the same church was the target of a fire set by two ku klux klan members in 1995. the presidential fundraising race has begun in earnest. democrat hillary clinton's campaign said today it took in more than $45 million in the second quarter. that eclipses a record set by president obama in 2011. clinton formally announced her bid in apri