iran. so, he barely managed to ascend the throne for the monarchy was touch and go, whether it would survive. he was only 21 years old at the time. the first american president he met was franklin roosevelt. it is an incredible life story. he becomes a major political figure of the 20th century, somebody who play the role in world affairs throughout the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's until his death in 1981. >> victim by talking of the second world war and the don of the cold war, and how the allies had occupied. can you talk about the context of iran during that time, what was happening? roham: iran was the first battleground of the cold war. the first issue was iran. stalin had occupied the north of iran, and despite its commitment to leave iran after the end of the war, the soviet union did withdraw. it created a cold war crisis, drawing in the night it states truman administration. this was a formative experience for the shaw, for a generation of iranians who realize that the policy of neut

first, make iran comply with all of its nuclear obligation, and keep iran's feet to the fire. second, check iran's regional aggression, and support and strengthen those fighting iran's aggression beginning with israel. third, use sanctions and all of the tools available to you to tear down iran's global terror network. ladies and gentlemen, israel is working closely with the arab peace partners to address our common security challenges from iran and isis and others. we are also working with other states in the middle east. as well as countries in africa, in asia and beyond. many in our region know that both iran and isis are our common enemies, and when your enemies fight each other, don't strengthen either one. weaken both. common dangers are clearly bringing israel and its arab neighbors closer, and as we work together to thwart those the dang danger, i hope that we will build lasting partnerships, lasting partnerships for security, for prosperity and for peace. but in israel, we never forget one thing, we never forget the most important partner that israel has has always be

first, make iran comply with nuclear obligations. keep iran's feet to the fire. [applause] president netanyahu: second, check iran's regional aggression. support those fighting iran's aggression beginning with israel. [applause] president netanyahu: third, use sanctions and all the tools available to you to tear down iran's global terror network. [applause] president netanyahu: ladies and gentlemen, israel is working closely with our arab peace partners to address our common security challenges from iran and also the security challenges from isis and from others. we are also working with other states in the middle east. as well as countries in africa and asia, and beyond. many in our region note that both iran and isis are our common enemies. and when your enemies fight each other, don't strengthen either one. weaken both. [applause] president netanyahu: common dangers are bringing israel and its neighbors closer. as we work together to thwart those dangers, i hope we will build lasting partnerships. lasting partnerships for security, for prosperity, and for peac

hezbollah is iran's sidekick. sal.d is iran's vas i certainly don't think we should prop them up. i have one goal, and that is to protect the security of israel and prevent these attacks. i think i made it very clear to .resident putin i think the jury is out on what will happen in syria or what will happen in the middle east. charlie: what is the worry as to what will happen in syria? prime minister netanyahu: choose. you can have one of two horrible outcomes. one, it becomes completely dominated by iran who is now going to get hundreds of billions of dollars. it's giving hezbollah $1 billion iran is giving hezbollah alone, one terrorist organization, $1 billion a year. charlie: what are they doing? prime minister netanyahu: they s, antiaircraft2' missiles, putting them in lebanon to shoot our planes, supersonic missiles to shoot and iran is rigs, putting sophisticated precision-guided missiles, in rockets to the 80,000 -- they want to hit every part of israel. charlie: are you protected from all of that because you have the iron door? prime minister netanyahu: we welcome and app

and iran involved. host: was the policy of the administration, it is interesting that you brought up that he was thought of as a wasic -- ppuuppet, i think it the shah that said he was treated as a comp -concubine, not as a wife. roham: that is right. in the early 1960's, the iran was a cold war liability, it was not a country that could contribute to american strategy. was, iran'ss -- place in the cold war was to act as a bulwark against soviet penetration into the gulf. so american policy was to keep him in power on maintaining pro-american government there, if you read documents from the kennedy. and johnson. can the united states preserved the shah government. under eisenhower, they wanted to supply iran with arms and economic aid to maintain stability during the kennedy administration, it was pushing reform in the hope of preventing a popular revolution. shah is not an asset, he is a liability in that view. as far as his ambitions for iran are concerned, his idea for iran to be a great power, influ

first, make iran comply with all its nuclear obligations. keep iran's feet to the fire. second, check iran's regional aggression. support and strengthen those fighting iran's aggression, beginning with israel. third, use sanctions and all the tools available to you. to tear down iran's global terror network. ladies and gentlemen, israel is working closely with our arab peace partners to address our common security challenges from iran and also the security challenges from isis and from others. we're also working with other states in the middle east. as well as countries in africa, in asia and beyond. many in our region know that both iran and isis are our common enemies. and when your enemies fight each other, don't strengthen either one. weaken both. common dangers are clearly bringing israel and its arab neighbors closer. and as we work together to thwart those dangers, i hope we'll build lasting partnerships, lasting partnerships for security, for prosperity and for peace. but in israel, we never forget one thing. we never forget that the most important partner that i

iran threatened to topple jordan. iran's proxy hezbollah smuggled into lebanon sa-22 missiles to down our planes, and yakhont cruise missiles to sink our ships. iran supplied hezbollah with precision-guided surface-surface missiles and attack drones so it can accurately hit any target in israel. iran aided hamas and islamic jihad in building armed drones in gaza. iran also made clear its plans to open two new terror fronts against israel, promising to arm palestinians in the west bank and sending its revolutionary guard generals to the golan heights, from which its operatives recently fired rockets on northern israel. israel will continue to respond forcefully to any attacks against it from syria. israel will continue to act to prevent the transfer of strategic weapons to hezbollah from and through syrian territory. every few weeks, iran and hezbollah set up new terror cells in cities throughout the world. three such cells were recently uncovered in kuwait, jordan and cyprus. in may, security forces in cyprus raided a

and iran. if anything, iran's actions have suggested the opposite, we will see at the very least a tngs of iran's hostile policy and look iranss not see not the united states but moscow or beijing for friendship. things like to continue to tension which were mentioned by the caller, are taken as evidence of that. as far as jason resigning, frankly i think that it's hard to know exactly what will happen with him now. it's hard to know whether he is being held against the united states,no whether he's being hed by hard liners but i think u.s. officials will have to press through everywi channel. >> the subff headline in the wal street journal last week, he was convicted in tairan and the obama administration could be compromised and u.s. officials involved in iran diplomacy cri. how much of a concern was iran in your tenure during the bush administration? >> guest: iran was a tremendous course. over the say 2000's iran became concern as time went on as they made progress towards nuclear capabilit

iran threatened to topple jordan. iran's proxy hezbollah, sm smuz -- smuggled into lebanon, missiles to down our planes, and cruise missiles to sink our ships. iran supplied hezbollah with precision guided surface to surface missiles and attack drones. it aided hamas in building armed drones in gaza. iran also made clear its plans to open new two terror frons against israel, promising to arm palestinians in the west bank, and sending its revolutionary guard generals to the golan heights. israel will continue to respond forcefully to any attacks against it from syria. israel will continue to act to prevent the transfer of strategic weapons to hezbollah from and through syrian territory. every few weeks, iran and hezbollah set up new terror cells in cities throughout the world. three such cells were recently uncovered in kuwait, jordan, and cyprus. in may, security forces in cyprus raided a hezbollah agent's apartment. there they found five tons of amean um nitrate. that's just in one apartment, in one city, in one coun

first, make iran comply with all of its nuclear obligations. keep iran's feet to the fire. [applause] >> second, check iran's regional aggression. support and sentence those fighting iran's aggression beginning with israel. [applause] >> third, use sanctions and all of the tools available to you to tear down iran's global terror network. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, israel is working closely with our arab peace partners to address our common security challenges from iran and also the security ch m challen challenges from isis and others. we are working with other states in the middle east as well as countries in africa and asia and beyond. many in our region know that both iran and isis are our common enemies. and who your enemies fight each other, don't strengthen either one, weaken both. [applause] >> common dangers are clearly bringing israel and its arab neighbors closer. and as we work together to thwart those dangers, i hope we will build lasting partnerships. lasting partnerships for security, for prosperity, and for peace. but in israel, we never forget one t

iran to pay restitution but iran has not paid a penny. mr. speaker, we should require iran to pay every penny it owes to the victims of terrorism before sanctions are lifted. period. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. -- >> i yield one minute to the gentleman from missouri, mr. harper. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. harper: i have and will remain opposed to the joint comprehensive plan of action on iran. it represent ice ran's ability to build a nuclear weapon at a future date while reaping the financial benefits of immediate relief from international sanctions. by removing sanctions to the agreement -- by removing sanctions, the agreement injects almost $100 billion into the iranian regime. iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, funding hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza. over $43 billion in judgments have been awarded to americans who have been the victims of iranian terrorism. the agreement fails to clear th

iran a sense of immunity. they can attack us from lebanese and syrian territory and we cannot attack them. that's an equation we can't accept. >> rose: do you have any doubt that putin wants to destroy i.s.i.s.? he wants to join the united states and anyone else to destroy i.s.i.s.? >> yeah, so... >> rose: do you have any doubt that's his motive? >> i'm sure he does. >> rose: and he also has the motive of wanting to increase his own respect and relevance to the middle east. do you w welcome that? >> well, time will tell. i think the important question from our point of view is does he pursue his goals or does he let iran pursue its goals against us? these are two different things. iran is preparing a noose of war around our boarders. iran is placing now very soon 1500 troops next to our border. tonight that could be 15,000 troops. iran openly declares its commitment to destroy the state of israel. we're going to act in our defense. by so doing, we'll exercise our right of self-defense, but i think it's importa

, iran gets brought sanctions. that has been controversial what we see is really more of the same from iran. made no commitment to change its regional strategy. the united states did not require it to. we see iran sending more troops to syria, holding not just a washington post reporter, but two or perhaps three other american citizens. another criticism of the nuclear deal is not only did it not require iran to change in strategy more broadly and not only did it not really bring about more broadly u.s. and iran missiles, but it left out of the deal as well. a lot of people including myself with say iran passes in the part of itsn fact nuclear program in a sense because you cannot have a nuclear weapon without a delivery vehicle. the fact that the deal does not only restrict those activities but it lists restrictions on his activities right up front. what iran did test in that missile under the deal was a violation of sanctions because the timing because the deal had not been implement yet. it is something the pres

does iran care? >> iran cares, because it sees itself as a leader. it transfers the positions and twice ran for the council, would love to be in the council. it is criticized by other member states, it is concerned and keen to address them. >> looking ahead. what should the international community do. >> there's evidence that scrutiny works. when you put a spotlight on behaviour. my recommendation will be to be sure that your international standards to iran and engage with them and offer support where they are willing to make good, and also not shy away from criticism, where they are validating human rights. >> iran responded to the report by affirming its commitment ch to human rights. the iran secretary-general for human rights insists its government is hope to cooperate. >> bikini islanders asked the u.s. to change the terms of their deals decades later. while they want to be resettled again, this time in america. the unusual discover police in russia made, chasing down a speeding hearse. >>> during the ebola crisis deanage girls in sierra leone f

some believe iran's setback in syria could be forcing it to support negotiations. >> i think if iran is accepting the dialogue now to sit at the same negotiating table with the rest of the international community to find a dialogue and a way out of the syrian crise by dialogue and politics, i think that is because it doesn't want to lose anymore commanders. iran's invited to take part in talks about the conflict in syria where there is division about the future of president bashar al assad, but agreement to agreement to fight what the u.s. calls terrorist groups. while the fighting continues, both sides will continue to bury soldiers. >> to what he can text is u.s. policy shifting when it comes to dealing with iran? >> there is a pragmatic approach to how the u.s. is welcoming if i can use that word, iran's participation in the summit in vienna on friday. we don't know whether the secretary of state john kerry is going to be having any bilateral meetings with the foreign minister from iran who is also going to be there we understand at the invitation of the russian government, but th

iran trended to topple jordan. iran's proxy, hezbollah, smuggle bead lebanon sa-22 missiles to down or planes and cruise missiles so sink our ships. iran supplied hezbollah with precision-guided surface-to-surface missile and attack drones so it can accurately hit any target in israel. iran aid ode ham mass in building armed drones in gaza. iran also made clear its plans to open two new terra fronts against israel. promising to arm palestinians in the west bank, and sending its revolutionary guard generals to the golan heights from which operatives recently fired rockets on northern israel. israel will continue to respond forcefully to any attacks against it from syria. israel will continue to act to prevent the transfer offing extraic weapons froms hes the from and to territory. every few weeks iran and hezbollah set up new terra cells in cities throughout the world. three such cells were recently uncovered in kuwait, jordan, and cypress. in may, security forces in cypress raided a hezbollah agent's apartment. the

iran. a nation and of people -- in a upheavel. let us not forget, these people are evil. just what is it that makes him so evil? i had not signed up for twitter, so the only way to find out was to go and see for myself. ♪ at the airportwn on my 36 birthday, i was completely alone. no american embassy, no alcohol, not even exposed ankles. i have a wife and children, please don't hurt me. even leaving the hotel presented the essential risk -- potential risks. my producer, tim that as long as hein was with me, he had nothing to fear. i made contact with my translator. we went to coffee shop for a clandestine meeting with maziar bahari. i was told to go by the codename, "pistachio." i asked him the question on every westerner's mind, why is this country so terrifying? in one word, misunderstanding. they do not know how to talk about the other side. i have written about that for newsweek magazine several times. did not understand a word of that. can you translate that for me? >> you need to re

iran to pay restitution but iran has not paid a penny. mr. speaker, we should require iran to pay every penny it owes to the victims of terrorism before sanctions are lifted. period. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. -- >> i yield one minute to the gentleman from missouri, mr. harper. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. harper: i have and will remain opposed to the joint comprehensive plan of action on iran. it represent ice ran's ability to build a nuclear weapon at a future date while reaping the financial benefits of immediate relief from international sanctions. by removing sanctions to the agreement -- by removing sanctions, the agreement injects almost $100 billion into the iranian regime. iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, funding hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza. over $43 billion in judgments have been awarded to americans who have been the victims of iranian terrorism. the agreement fails to clear th

if israel bombed iran believed that iran did not adhere it would be disastrous. >> they will refuse to live by the terms of the osloaccords. first the iowa rannian agreement and then a baud and the palestinians threatening to declare unlateral will statehood? >> i think you put it well. and if it was not all about iran and syria, we would be paying more attention to syria. he said he no longer felt bund by the oslo accord. he wants israel to provide water and governing and structure and for israel to move back in the west bank. and that would be a massive major step and expensive and involve troops and distract israel from the chaos. and this is a big deal. and normally would get more information. the fact that it isn't is the fact that iran has all of theox gen in the room. >> the israel willy got out of gaza and now abasz wants them back? >> the oslo accord was to there to build the pal will pal government. they say the west bank is yours, you run this. if you won't help us do it, you do it. no israeli wants to do. and what the osloaccords meant them not to do. >> what is left for pr

and iran. i think if anything iran's action since the signing of the deal have suggested the opposite. what we'll see is at very least a continuation of iran's hostile policies toward the united states. we'll also see iran look not to the united states but to moscow and beijing for friendship. i think things like the continued attention of jason reazian and all of the steps mentioned bit caller are taken as evidence of that. as far as jason reazian and his fate? i think it is hard to know what will happen with him now. it is hard to know if he's being held as a leverage against the united states, weather he's being held by hard liners or another faction in iran. they will have to keep pressing for his release. host: the headline in the "wall street journal" he was convicted by the tribunal in tehran. they have the ability to implement could be compromised said the former u.s. officials involved in the diplomacy. you were involved in the security measures. how much of a concern was iran on -- in

it is a reality that iran has to be involved. the foreign minister, mohammad just confirmeds that he will be part of the iranian delegation. some way,so iran in shape, or form, needs to be part of the solution in syria? iran has always had a ,owerful hand to play here specifically with bashar al-assad. so it seems to be that over the powers had to get everywhere -- had to get together on this. hopefully this latest development will -- rochelle: talk us through the role that iran is playing through this crisis. years, in the last four iran has been the principal regional ally. they have given billions of .ollars to al-assad after they were strangled by european countries and other countries. then there was a military , on the ground from syria. year, there has been a greater diplomatic effort from terror on -- from tehran. it,n effort to support diplomatic solutions are the only way to do be resolved. they have been intensifying their military aid to syria. andelle: arthur miller speaking -- arthur miller land -- speaking to the u

first and foremost, the ball is in irans court. iran has to take actions to move ahead with lowering enrichment, stopping enrichment, and making sure the promises that were made, for example, dismantling the iraq facility, actually goes forward going to plan. on the other hand, iran is very anxious to get sanctions relief. his whole agenda was to get sanctions relief. we also have to see what washington and brussels and other european can capitals are willing to do. >> things have changed so much. we're now seeing direct russian involvement in syria. looking i guess at the world now as opposed to 40 days ago, do you think that complications are making this less likely? >> it is insisted the deal was being negotiated in a vacuum. they're not going to talk about irans involvement in syria or yemen or saudi arabia. but we know there were talks conducted during those talks. however, the aim of the obama administration, the objective of the obama administration, is to make sure that this nuclear deal goes ahead, is implemented and enfor

and terrorist cells all over the world, he said iran is on the prowl. he said if you think you can tame a tiger and turn it into a kitten, it's time to think again. and prime minister netenyahu said, look, the world community has stood by and watched as iran has entered the nuclear age, and world leaders and cities said absolutely nothing. they stayed silent, and then he pauses for a very, very long time. i would say at least 30 seconds and he stared at the delegates in the chamber, and he said now maybe you understand why i'm not celebrating this deal. let's listen to what he said in the build up of that moment, randall. you can see there that he is staring out in the audience and they are wondering what is going on. and it went on for an incredibly long time, and it was a stunning moment that people in this chamber will not, i suspect, forget. >> in fact, john, what the prime minister was referring to was also the fact that threats had been made against the state of israel by iranian leaders, saying that in 20 years or so, iran -- that israel would no

in terms of commitment is iran has physical work to do. it has to go below ground and disconnect the machines, the reactor. depending on estimates. it may take between 60 and 90 days. iranians say they can do it faster. that's been disputed. they'll have to bait and see. all sides have an incidentive to -- incentive to move faster. >> iran has an incentive. they'd like to get it done before the end of the year. >> for the irani presidency, it would be important because they have elections to under take. >> there has been oppositions on both sides, republicans, and israelis internationally. some concern and point of contention around the deal. could that slow the process of dismantling the nuclear process down, particularly, maybe concerns around monitoring issues? >> i think there are mechanisms in place to resolve disputes that may arise as part of the agreement. the so-called joint commission which iran is a member. i think that has been thought of before. in terms of domestic opposition to the deal. we have passed that point. the deal h

we are taking steps with iran and so our allies can better counter these aggressive types by iran. >> so we are looking at arms building a result of the iranian old. it's what you're basically describing here. does the is the ministration happy with the result? his administration happy with iran's actions following the agreement. >> sir, the ministration is under no illusions. >> it seems as though they are. we were told yesterday that iran actually wants a secular syrian. you agree that? do you think iran was a secular syria? do you believe that's true? that they're looking for a secular syria. >> i don't know if they're looking for a secular or religious syria. what they're looking they're looking for is a syria that protect their interest in their asked access to hezbollah. >> i appreciate your service, i realize as a military man you certainly have been constrained. it is complex, i have been told by a number of people, military experts, i am not one, that although difficult and obviously with sacrifice, if we were willing to bring everything we can to bring to bear against isil w

and some believe iran's setback in syria could be forcing it to support negotiations. >> i think if iran is accepting the dialogue now to sit at the same negotiating table with the rest of the international community to find a way out of the syrian crisis by dialogue and politics, i think that is because it doesn't want to lose anymore commanders. >> reporter: iran has been invited to take part in the talks about syria. and until the talks actually sell .to ceasefire, soldiers from all sides will continue to be buried. >> let's go to moscow now where peter sharp joins us. i guess reaction there must be quite pleased. i guess the russians seeing iran's involvement in these talks as a bit of a queue for them. >> i think so. sergei lavrov has been very busy with his calls to his opposite numbers in tehran. and the russian president said he was delighted with the widening of the number of countries who are now going to be involved in the talks. there have been all international efforts have failed to bring peace in syria over the last five years, a quarter of a million people dead. 11 millio

it was on iran and iran's nuke deal making it clear in his few that the international community and the negotiations with iran concluded in july in vienna a great mistake. he said that the so-called charm offensive by the president of iran should be seen for what it really is but i think it's worth telling you that nearly everyone that's spoken before him in the general assembly seems to have been impressed by that charm offensive and by those negotiations and that concrete deal that was done in vienna. every other speaker it seems, even those that privately have unease about the situation, were praising that as an example of what multilateral diplomacy can achieve for the world. >>> james, good to hear from you. thank you very much indeed. our colleague is in jerusalem. just scrambling here to find a couple of things that benjamin netanyahu actually had to say. he said the deal with iran doesn't make peace more likely but war more likely. an rapaciou tiger, referring to iran. i'm wondering whether the speech, certainly the iranian section of the speech was directed for home consumption

iran threatened to topple jordan. iran's proxy hezbollah smuggled into lebanon sa-22 missiles to down our planes, and yakhont cruise missiles to sink our ships. iran supplied hezbollah with precision-guided surface-surface missiles and attack drones so it can accurately hit any target in israel. iran aided hamas and islamic jihad in building armed drones in gaza. iran also made clear its plans to open two new terror fronts against israel, promising to arm palestinians in the west bank and sending its revolutionary guard generals to the golan heights, from which its operatives recently fired rockets on northern israel. israel will continue to respond forcefully to any attacks against it from syria. israel will continue to act to prevent the transfer of strategic weapons to hezbollah from and through syrian territory. every few weeks, iran and hezbollah set up new terror cells in cities throughout the world. three such cells were recently uncovered in kuwait, jordan and cyprus. in may, security forces in cyprus raided a

negotiations for iran. and as i said to him when he came into our office and i'm sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. you oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. the nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and international organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. it would be easier. thank you. the nomination we are considering today for the most senior and influential undersecretary. this is a key nomination for this committee at this time. the person that the senate confirms for this job will not just serve this administration but will also be an institutional bridge to the next. with that i turn to senator cardin. >> let me first thank you for the speed in which this confirmation hearing has been set. i really appreciate it. and i know your commitment so that the state department has a full complement in dealing with the urgent international issues, ther

>> i think iran is the land of unpredictable. made tomorrow the president goes to the office and say, buddy, we have a huge problem here, and we should release this prisoner. it has .hahhed in the past that the supreme leader has gotten involved to end such a dilemma. >> and what is this line about possible prisoner swap? have you been able to figure that piece out? >> iran's president has hinted at the possibility of a prisoner swap for rezaians release. but u.s. officials said we're not discussing a possible prisoner swap. the americans are next and they should be freed. >> right. >> i think it's just -- it's embarrassing for the iranian government to go after this path. i have heard from people close to president raw hany that he has asked for for the release of jason rezaian but intelligence has been trim. the only solution is to solve this is to have a prisoner exchange. >> great to see you. appreciate you being here. roxana you are back a little bit later in the program. >>> still to come, the controversy surrounding columb

i think iran has been there. iran has been a part of the what has been going on in syria. iran has never spoke about one-way military solution. iran has been more pragmatic on its choices and rhetoric on syria, and i think iranis are clinging to is about a compromise and not a military solution. that's why i think iranian government has never refrained from taking part of any sort of dialogue on syria. >> does that compromise iran the survival of president assad? >> well, that's not a red line. the red line is someone comes to syria and imposes something on the syrians that they don't want. iran's red line there is that nobody, including the regional regional--its regional rivals or international actors should come to syria without a compromise to syria on a dialogue, with everybody, including dialogue that will lead the way to future that include everybody. but imposing something that is iran's red line that has always been vocal on it, and i think the future will iran's policy on the future will be the same. >> thank you very much, it was nice to get your thoughts, profe

. ♪ >> iran is invited to join russia in the u.n. and vienna to try and end the war in syria. >> there will. i'm barbara serra. find out what an u.s. police department decided after investigating an officer who threw a student across a classroom. and paying the price of the admissions counse scandal, the vw loss i, the first in 15 years. >> you iran has accepted an invitation to attend talks aimed at ending syria's civil war. the meeting will take place on in vienna. iran, turkey and the united states will all attend. we'll speak with roslind jordan in just a minute but first this report. this is funeral of one of the generals who died in syria. the guards had this to say. : >> with more countries getting involved in the conflict, it has not stopped the killing of the civilians. >> not a single day goes by that we don't hear news about the death toll the mannedders and military advisers have been in syria from day one. if they're acknowledging it now, it is because they cannot hide it from international community or th inside the cou

in iran. first of all, they should not invade the country. that's the first thing they should do. but also they have to find out what is the situation inside the country and what do the iranians need in order to bring about a peaceful change in the country. i think talking to different governments, different government officials, asking them to create some sort of satellite internet in iran, because one of the ways that you can bring peaceful change to iran is to -- by allowing different iranians to communicate with each other, to communicate with the rest of the world, to share information with themselves and the rest of the world and while the iranian government is in charge of the internet and the bandwidth, it is very difficult. it is still possible but it is very difficult but if there is a satellite internet, for example, that the foreigners can provide to iranians, that will be a positive help. it's not military attack. and also, when you think about -- you do a cost-benefit analysis, h

we don't expect iran to change its behavior. how do we counter its problematic activities in that region concerning terrorism and its ballistic missiles operations? how do we deal with the problems in yemen? how do we deal with the problems in so many other countries in that region? and i look forward to a robust discussion with our two witnesses today. >> thank you. thank you, senator cardin. our first witness is the honorable anne patterson, assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. again, thank you for being here. a second witness today is general john r. allen, special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter isil. we thank you both have been here before. please summarize your comments in about five minutes if you would. we have your written testimony. without objection, it will be entered into the record, and we look forward to q&a. if you would start, anne, we would appreciate it. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member cardin and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appe

and iran is working on those now. so i think the united states has to find a way to start limiting iowan-- iran's ability to control ballstatistics missiles. >> david albright, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: the organizers of next summer's olympics in rio de janeiro, brazil, say they do not plan to test the waterways that will be home to aquatic events. for viruses that athletes fear could make them sick. the newshour's megan thompson explains. >> reporter: the controversy covers rio's dirty waterways that will be used for sailing, rowing, canoeing, triathlon, and open distance swimming. rio's guanabara bay and other water venues are polluted with trash and untreated human sewage, and independent tests commissioned by the associated press in july found high levels of viruses in these waters. doctors for the u.s. olympic team blamed water contamination for causing 13 american rowers to get sick during an august practice run on the lake where the rowing competition will be held. viruses can cause severe s

you talk about a powerful iran. iran now is with russia. we've unified russia with iran. they were never unified like they are now. we've had the dumbest foreign policy in the history of this country. we have unified the middle east, we've unified russia, by the way, with china. from the time i'm a young man i always heard it would be a terrible thing if russia and china ever got together. guess what? they're together now. you know why? because of oil. because obama has done things to russia where they ended up unifying with china. everything is wrong with our foreign policy. >> so what do you do then? because people are asking you to give more specifics about foreign policy. >> and i have said it, i've said it a hundred times, i don't like talk so long specifically, i'm going to do this, i'm going to do that, like a fool. i'm going to do this, this, this. i want them to understand -- i want to be unpredictable. you know there was a great article about me in the recent past, very recent past actually, and one of my competitors in business said, you know, the toughest thin

an american businessman arrested in iran. tensions rising as the country meets with u.s. officials in vienna. >>> new information on the passenger plane that burst into flames on the runway. >>> the race for president shaking up. donald trump sinking. marco rubio shining. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> good morning. i'm christine romans. it is friday, october 30th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. breaking overnight. an iranian-american businessman arrested overnight. he is the head of strategic planning. he was visiting family in tehran when he was arrested by iranian security forces. the announcement of his arrest complicating the peace talks in austria. the iranians have been invited to the table for the first time. i want to invite correspondent frederik pleitgen with more. >> reporter: it is a troubling development that the american who was taken as you said by security forces that are close to iran's supreme leader. they are brought to the prison which is exactly the same place where jason rezaian, t

a lot had to do with life-style issues in iran. most recent one that he published, before his arrest was about baseball. in iran. it wasn't directly about sanctions. a little bit of context for accusations against him. i was curious about the line in the "new york times" piece, you talked about a broader effort to get release of iranians detained in america. we know of names of americans detained in iran. do iranians know names of iranians detained in america? who exactly are they talking about? >> actually we don't know who these people are. with what when he do know iran has employed people help pass sanctions that were imposed on them by the united states and europe. several of those people have been arrested in the united states and far away places in manila or kenya or across the world. upon the request of the united states. now both president rouhani and other officials come to the united states, united nations general assembly in september, hinted what they say is a prisoner swap. they want justice for their people and if th

>> -- of iran? >> al qaeda. a>> al qaeda is also the number one enemy of iran. >> enough of his western educated newsweek doublespeak. ofdy: so that's a portion the first one you aired. poking fun ofat americans views of iran. but something went amiss after this was aired. tim: right. we were there right before the elections, where it seemed like one candidate was going to win. when we were there, everywhere you went you would see these green ribbons, a symbol of his campaign. i love young people would be driving around with their green ribbons -- a lots of young people would be driving around with green ribbons on their wrists and hanging off their cars, and it seemed like a time where things were going to change, like a was a desire of change to a more liberal society. we went there before the election thinking, great, we will cover this, and it would be a time to introduce america to iran. it turned out that that didn't happen. the exact opposite happened, where the powers that be -- ahmadinejad -- arguably s

and israel on the iran nuclear deal. but that, now, it's a fact, and you're still allies and you have to move to the next step. >> he made the point there were 6 million jews killed during the nazi genocide. there are 6 million jews who live in israel today. he vowed that will not happen again. israel will do whatever is necessary to protect its citizens. he also, i thought, significantly, coming a day after the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas yesterday said he can't go forward with the oslo accords, the itsraeli palestinian peace process, blaming israel for violating what he saw as its commitments, settlements in the west bank. netanyahu said he still supports what he called a two-state solution. he said he supports a demilitarized palestine living alongside the state of israel. which seemed to be movement on his part, given what he said on the eve of his re-election, when he seemed to reject that notion of a two-state solution. >> at least move back to the previous status quo. before the election in an ap

the sanctions won't be lifted fully until iran complies. al jazeera's andy gallagher has more on what the country must do next. >> it took years of negotiations between iran and a group of world powers known as p5+1 to put together a deal the obama administration says will be based on verification, not trust. the landmark nuclear agreement will mean that iran will curtail its nuclear program. a move that will significantly reduce its capability of nuclear weapons. in july when the agreement was reached, u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that it was a deal worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from the specter of conflict. and towards the possibility of peace. >> in iran, engineers begin what is thought to be the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. it involves shipping enriched fuel out of the country, all of which the iranian authorities say will be done by the end of november. iran is keen that crippling economic sanctions are eased, but the deal still has plenty of vocal critics. >> this deal does not make peace more likely

iran was not invited. but it's the also not surprising that we're seeing the shift because iran from day one has been so heavily involved in this conflict they have been bankrolling bashar al assad's regime. they have been supplying weaponry and supplying fighters. and i think the u.s. really came up against the limitations after what it was willing to do in syria and how much influence it could actually excerpt on the ground. it's fair to say there cannot be a diplomatic solution to the situation without having russia and iran on board. they are simply two powerful players. you can be sure that this will not be music to the ears of many of the u.s.'s allies on the ground particularly rebel fighters and those groups that are backed by the gulf. >> the saudis are deeply concerned about this as well. clarissa ward, our newest correspondent, welcome to cnn. be careful over there. i know like all of our correspondents, you're very courageous journalist. >>> the cia director here in washington is now opening up

ays. >> iran's attorney minister has rejected u.s. allegations that its recently missile test violated a u.n. security council resolution. mohammed jezerit said it only mejz missiles designs to carry nuclear warheads. he said none have been designed for nuclear capabilities. iran announced it tested a new missile without specifying the exact range. the nuclear agreement between iran and world powers comes in to effect on sundays. tehran will begin what's being called the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. iran's compliance with the deal would see crimming economic sanctions lifted. as andy gallacher reports, there are significant challenges ahead. it took years of complex and fit full negotiations between iran and p 5 plus one to put together a deal the obama administration says will be based upon verification not trust. the landmark nuclear agreement will mean that iran has to sharply curtail its nuclear program, a move experts say will significantly impact. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was a deal worth fight

leaders in iran discuss a pact that may give japanese firms access to a promising market. here's the story. >> reporter: he met with iranian president agreeing to plan a visit by japanese prime minister abe to iran. earlier his counterpart met, pledged to sign an agreement to make it easier for japanese companies to invest in iran. >> translator: we've reached a substantial agreement on an investment deal. japan welcomes this extremely meaningful development. >> reporter: he was joined by representatives of more than 20 firms in trade, automobile, and energy sectors. the minister hosted a reception at the japanese embassy for iranian government officials and executives. >> translator: this is by the foreign minister to show that japan has very good timing. >> translator: iran is rich in natural resources and has a big population. the market here has huge potential. i hope it develops as an environment where companies can do business freely. >> reporter: iran had the world's fourth largest reserves of crude oil with a population of nearly 80 million, but foreign firms have.

iran violates a u.n. ban on ballistic missile testing but does not violate the nuclear agreement because that's very narrowly focused on the nuclear program and preventing it from actually making a nuclear weapon. and this is true by and large, although they are not completely unconnected because according to the terms of the nuclear agreement, some of those restrictions on iran's ballistic missiles will be lifted in eight years for good behavior if iran has good behavior. so the americans won't want to appear soft on this. they'll want to look tough at the u.n. but at the same time they'll go ahead and implement the nuclear deal. laura: the americans are very irked by this, arennt this, because that iran nuclear deal was so politically divided here. what has president obama had to say about it? barbara: he was irked. he called it part of iran's bad behavior. but, again, he downplayed the importance of this specific missile test. he said iran often violated the ban on missile testing that the u.s. opposed

with iran. i think what you are seeing now is he found himself between three essential mafia families that control iran, the revolutionary guard and the office of the supreme leader and it cautioned put to rest the illusion that there is any moderate forces in iraq. instead there is a power play between three mafia families. jenna: the ayatollah supports the nuclear deal. this is not an american or iranian citizen also supporting the deal and seems to be working in favor of more out reach. why would he be targeted? >> he is targeted because he has fallen out of favor with the supreme leader or the revolutionary guard. whether or not they support the iran deal the fact is they have common objectives but are fighting for the spoils of tens of billions of dollars of economic relief expected to flow back into iran. you have three mafia families fighting of the spoils, sound familiar? we have seen that before. jenna: i keep going back to the iran deal because the final point, many in support of the d

his 40 minute speech was not reserved for attacks on iran. binyamin netanyahu said he's ready to get back on the negotiating table. wednesday, mahmoud abbas threat ebbs to no longer honour agreements from the oslo accords. >> i'm prepared to immediately, immediately, resume direct peace negotiations with the palestinian authority, without any preconditions whatsoever. >> a tough sell for some palestinian politicians, they continue to criticise israel for not honouring the oslo accords as it continues to construct homes for israelis in the west bank and is the controlling authority in the region. >> it's a country that reneged on agreements. it's refusing abide by international law and turns around and blames plilians. >> binyamin netanyahu did, indeed, repeat his call to peace talks without preness conditions. he always says that, but says nothing about ending the building of settlements at west bank and east jerusalem, it's a key demand, one that has israel on a collision course with sponsors in the region. binyamin netanyahu is scheduled to