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and to a large extent israel the center of this alliance was iran and how to counter iran and how to put an end to the iranians influence an expression of this here in the region so if you are full of the u.s. policy from that moment until now with it's the cancellation of the nuclear deal with the. harsh sanctions that were imposed recently on iran so this one just one additional step in that overall policy in order to increase the pressure on iran to single out iran is that because it's keep in mind on the issue of iran here because here we're talking about two different definitions with that is terrorism as ice a lot of guy there on or something was by but the united states what it's for fit into here isn't thems of. relationship support it is. ok hamad. i mean to some of the reports but today when it comes to iran it talks about. two things about the new global reach of iran basically iran as a destabilizing force in places like. and also bringing to its terrorist activities the resources of a state this is exactly the wording in the report is this an indication of that we might

and to a large extent israel the center of this alliance was iran and how to counter iran and how to put an end to the iranians influence an expression of this here in the region so if you are full of the u.s. policy from that moment until now with that it's the cancellation of the nuclear deal with that. it is the. harsh sanctions that were imposed recently on iran so this one just one additional step in that overall policy in order to increase the pressure on iran to single out iran is that because it's keep in mind on the issue of iran here because here we're talking about two different definitions with that is terrorism as ice a lot of guy there on or something was by but the united states what it's for fit into here is in terms of. relationship support. as well or. as well ok hamad. i mean to some of the reports particularly comes to iran it talks about. two things about the new global reach of iran basically iran as a destabilizing force in places like. and also bringing to its terrorist activities the resources of a state this is exactly the wording in the report is this an in

in iran's favor when they started meddling in syria syria called for iran to help and iran's influence grew when they laid siege on khattab saw iran as its risk you path in the two countries iran and qatar saw a new chapter in their cooperation and ties so when they failed in all these attempts of the united states seems to be intolerant and now they if they are taking matters into their own hands probably but of course that that's why probably the foreign ministers of our coal way and omani in the recent meeting in new york of gave a positive you know response when they called iran it's red and stress than you know of the fusing iran's influence in power or containing iran's influence and power in the region most often left and i just want to know what you've just been saying that's one of the oil that is within iraq that central point to hillary mann leverett in washington hillary obviously the u.s. sees iran as a threat for u.s. strategic interests in the region and also u.s. security in terms of the g.c.c. but very clearly as well in terms of israel are those worries accurate and j

are against the sanctions on iran because iran has not violated the nuclear agreement does second thing as i mentioned and that's the most important one is the petro yuan the petrea one has become a thorn on the side of the united states because it merely pfizer's the day are you a sanctions against iran and provide a third within for it to be paid iran can be good in the pet for you and for any exports it sends to china it can be a pig in the euro for an exports to the european union which account for twenty pattison of iranian exports and it can be paid by baht of penetrated with delights of turkey and india if thing is that china is any a position to nullify the entire you a sanction. by buying the whole. exports of iran two point five million barrels a day and below it pay for them in the pit for you on let me hold that point mr ben-ami i don't want to put that point to our china analyst christopher balding is china and that position to buy all of iran's crude oil and would it be willing to do so is that realistic. because my they could buy iran's deeley output of oil that is absolu

making have jim and joel the iran, ending iran's presence. units that are under iranian control that need to get out of syria. this is a diplomatic priority. it is his a priority for my work to impose pressure on iran that the cost-benefit analysis changes in terms of its polar if ration and that extends to iraq. we are trying to change the cost-benefit analysis for their behavior. any -- is there any scope for partnering with iran on a limited scope on a stabilization and reconstruction? you mentioned iraq in particular. --there any prospect or any have you seen that calculus begin to change? is iran modern he its behavior or showing that perhaps it is not worth what is doing and could be part of the solution? >> after you saw the press reports about the missiles into onq, you then had attacks our embassy a couple of weeks ago thursday and friday, then the attacks on saturday. you have the missile launches from inside iran. have the president, he has signaled that we are taking this, some as school tory behavior very seriously. america will

and then we also have jim and joel making the iran's ending of iran's presence. this is, again, the proposed units getting out of syria. this is a diplomatic priority for jim's work. it's a priority for my work to impose sufficient pressure on iran that the cost-benefit analysis changes for iran in terms of the proliferation into syria. that extends to iraq. we're trying to change the cost-benefit analysis for iran's line behavior in iraq and syria. >> is there any -- is there any scope for partnering with iran on a limited scope here on the stabilization and reconstruction? i know this is getting a little bit. you mentioned iraq, in particular. is there any prospect or any -- have you seen the calculus begin to change? especially in iraq. is iran moderating its behavior or showing, perhaps, it isn't worth what it was going to destabilize and it could be part of the solution? >> i think after you saw the press reports about iran bringing missiles into iraq, you then had attacks on our embassy. a couple of weeks ago on thursday and friday and then you had the atta

so they are against progress in iran. they are against advancement for iran. so this does not benefit the united states of america. it does not benefit iran nor the region. history will judge that the united states of america at this juncture made a big mistake. >> do you have faith? do you believe the european government and all the other signatories to this deal are trying very hard to save it and trying all sorts of mechanisms to save the deal? do you hav faith that they can do that and that you can stay in the deal? >> translator: thus far, the european countries as well as comes nd russia, when it to only expressing their w political and aims, they have been quite resolute in making those announcements which consisted them saying that we wish to safeguard the jcpoa. but in reality,n a tangible fashion, our expectations have whnot been met. the europeans announce, what they say today, if they can put it into practice, of course, the jcpoa will remain asan such we will be able to, without the presence of the united states of america, continue with this agre

it pivoted to attacking iran. the world is upside down because the one place we actually have an agreement with iran that dealt with this problem was the nuclear deals. meanwhile, he is wanting the merits of the progress made with north korea. north korea has not taken a serious concrete step in terms of curbing the nuclear program. if he gets to the point with north korea where there is something on the table, will he be able to meet the standard of the iran deal? the iranians dismantled virtually all of their program up front and allowed the most intrusive regime. let's see if president trump can meet the same standard with north korea. the president is right, iran shouldn't get a nuclear weapon. that is what the nuclear deal worked to prevent. final thing i will say is this. what is really unfortunate is the president had an opportunity some months ago to get the europeans and others to do more in the areas that we really care about, iran's support for terrorism, the missile program, maline activities in the re

and he also did say that iran's an iran the u.s. excuse me will eventually rejoin the nuclear deal so that is rouhani viewpoint and let's get the point of view from tehran itself and speak to. joining us from there what stood out for use in. sure i mean i have to tell you president hassan rouhani spoke for about an hour and the entire press conference was carried live on state t.v. people here are very interested in everything that's happening in new york they're interested in how their president hassan rouhani is performing certainly the fallout from the collapse of the twenty fifty nuclear deal has been very bad for his popularity but people here are really concerned about how he's going to put iran's case to world leaders at this general assembly now there was a couple of things that really stood out in terms of people here in iran aside from the brinksmanship the international policy discussions happening in new york when people here are going to be concerned about are there economic concerns and certainly he knew that as he was

on a military parade in iran twenty nine people dead. claimed responsibility but the iranians have a different take talking about regional terrorists. on the attack and how iran might respond also on the grid the times i mean ferry disaster incredibly two days after the sinking a person has been rescued alive. this is very much the exception the death toll is now close to two hundred and correspondent malcolm webb this kind of disaster is nothing new to the region and on the tiny indian ocean to the maldives a presidential election will happen on sunday it's a small place but the politics is big accusations of corruption opponents being put in jail and fears of a return to. could taxes make you healthier and. is meant to curb how much you smoke but is it working. you with the news grades live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com and a parade to remember the beginning of the iran iraq war has ended with at least twenty nine people dead gunmen opened fire on a military commemoration in the so

and to a large extent israel the center of this alliance was iran and how to counter iran and how to put an end to the iranians influence an expression of this here in the region so if you are full of the u.s. policy from that moment until now with it's the cancellation of the nuclear deal with the. harsh sanctions that were imposed recently on iran so this one just one additional step in that overall policy in order to increase the pressure on iran to single out iran is that because its keep in mind on the issue of iran here because here we're talking about two different definitions with that is terrorism as ice a lot of car than on or something else by but the united states what it's for fit into here is in terms of. relationship support to the as well or. as well ok hamad. i mean to some of the reports but today when it comes to iran it talks about. two things about the new global reach of iran basically iran is a destabilizing force in places like. bahrain and also bringing to its terrorist activities the resources of a state this is exactly the wording in the report is this an i

named special representative for iran. mr. hook will lead the iran action group to coordinate the state department's pressure campaign. , he founded the international strategic consulting firm in washington dc , held senior positions in the george w. bush administration, was secretary of state, senior adviser, special assistant to the president for policy, and counsel in the office for legal policy. before that, he practiced corporate law. please join me in thanking him for his service and welcome him and rebecca, i colleague here who has which is rightly of security threats, especially proliferation and missile defense. i want to thank her and him for the time they are spending. thank you for joining us this morning. i would like to thank my friend for being here and to share with us his perspective on the issue. morning'sll do this brian will deliver his remarks, and then he will have a seat and he and i will engage in a discussion and then take questions from the audience. but for those of you with questions, if you could p

it invites the islamic republic of iran to bilateral talks. and administration that is writing about iran to engage in and is not ready to consult its own experts. to recognizeg their requirements of a modern state. including the paramount principle of continuity. of state responsibility. and hence openly of violates state obligations undertaken by its predecessor. on what basis and criteria can we enter into an administration. talks should be within the framework and in continuation of the jcpoa and security council in aution 2231, and not framework of breaching them and reverting to the past. it is ironic that the u.s. government does not even conceal its plan for overthrowing the same government it invites to talks. colleagues, the approach of the islamic public of iran in the field of foreign policy has been based on multilateralism and compliance with the recognized principles of international law. our respect for the nonproliferation treaty and the long and difficult -- difficult negotiations with the group of five plus one, which led to

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then we also have jim and joel making iran's -- ending iran's presence. this is, again, those units that are under iranian control need to get out of syria. this this is a diplomatic priority for jim's work. it's a priority for my work to impose significant pressure on iran that the cost benefit analysis changes for iran due to its proliferation in syria. that also extend to iraq. we're trying to change the cost benefit analysis for iran's behavior in iraq and syria. >> is there any -- this individual wants to know, is there any scope for partnering with iran on a limited scope here, on a stabilization and reconstruction? i know this is kind of getting a little bit -- you just mentioned iraq in particular. is there any prospect or any -- have you -- put it this way. have you seen that calculus begin to change, especially in iraq? and is iran moderating its behavior or showing that perhaps it isn't worth destabilizing and they could be part of the solution? >> i think when you saw reports about iran proliferating missiles into iraq, then you had the attack

the iran deal was a windfall for iran's leaders. in the years since the deal was reached, iran's military budget grew nearly 40%. the dictatorship used the funds to build nuclear-capable missiles, increase internal repression, finance terrorism, and fund havoc and slaughter in syria and yemen. the united states has launched a campaign of economic pressure to deny the regime the funds it needs to advance its blood he agenda. last month, we began reimpose and hard-heading nuclear sanctions that have been lifted under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume november 5th, and war will follow. we are working with countries that import iranian crude oil to cut their purchases substantially. we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow our regime the chance to threaten america, and threaten israel with annihilation, to possess the means of possessing a nuclear warhead to any city on worth. just can't do it. we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime as lon

demands and cut ties with iran. us does put a lot of pressure on many actors so swift might do that we don't know but of course the u.s. has a very you know that's really a very aggressive policy of sanctions so swift will certainly listen to those words the u.s. has put a lot of pressure on various issues and it has used the sanctions where the economic spoken more aggressively even against the european companies are going to swiss companies and this is a it's really. put a lot of tensions on european companies and especially since the financial crisis so at some point europe might wake up and say this is too much i mean we have to go are on the way and we have to find strike a new balance. now during the u.n. session trump also vented his anger against china accusing it of meddling in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections but as he goes you donna off now explains that such tactics have been seen before. in fashion the talent two does own his design is bread and butter in political fashion donald trump markets him se

. >> it emerges pretty much as a proxy of iran. if you are talking about hezbollah, you are talking about iran. >> reagan like everybody else remembered clearly how the earlier hostage crisis spelled the end of carter's presidency. >> president reagan was anxious to figure out a way to get the hostages back. >> so the question becomes if you want to get the hostages out, do you deal with hezbollah, or deal with iran. >> u.s. relations with iran remained polarized since the ayatoll ayatollah came to power. >> we were looking for ways to secretly open a dialogue with the iranian government. >> one of america's closest allies, israel suggested a plan to free the hostages and renew relations with iran. >> iran was in the middle of tough terrible war with iraq. and they desperately needed weapons. >> since the u.s. could not be seen selling arms to iran, israel, offered to act as the middle man. the prospect of opening a dialogue with iran and the ayatollah interceding with hezbollah to free the hostages intrigued the white house. the s

under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume nov fifth and more will follow and we are working with countries that importer reigning in crude oil. to cut their purchases substantially we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chants death to america and that threatens israel with annihilation. to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth just can't do it we ask all nations to isolate a rent's regime. as long as its aggression continues and we ask all nations to support iran's people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious and righteous destiny. this year we also took another significant step forward in the middle east in recognition of every severin state to determine its own capital i move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. the united states is committed to a future of peace and stability in the region including peace between the israelis and the palestinians that ai

has repeated its intention to operate legally ending operations in iran would take the rao over the iran nuclear deal between the e.u. and the us to another level brussels want to maintain the deal with terror on washington once out. again returned to do business in iran last year after a seventeen year absence the german auto giant said it wanted to reestablish its business in the country it signed contracts to import several vehicle models to run other german companies like b a s f o so investing in their brand but could there be a u. turn the us ambassador to germany richard grinnell said is now exiting the market he tweeted. will comply with us dungeons on the ground. has yet to respond and neither has at least not directly the carmakers says it's complying with all the relevant and export regulations one of the. european companies don't have to comply with the u.s. sanctions on iran but more companies are choosing to play it safe and they fear doing business in iran could hurt their access to the u.s. market. that's why carmaker. and communications company deutsche telekom all seize

nuclear pact and reimpose sanctions on iran and anyone who does business with iran. because of the immense strength of the dollar, few major companies are willing to engage commercially with iran. the europeans are trying to create an economic mechanism that can bypass the dollar. listen to what eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini told me at an event this week. >> we cannot accept as europeans that others, even our closest allies and friends, determine and decide with whom we can make business with or trade. >> she indicated other countries, presumably russia and china might join this effort. will the eu's efforts to come to fruition they would put a debt in the most significant of american financial power, the unrivaled role of the dollar in the global economy. the truth is the european effort is unlikely to succeed. the dollar powers above competitors like the euro. yet it seems foolish for washington to pursue policies that reduce the desire to curtail american power, bypass washington, especially among america's closest allies. the result of america's abdi

i was in southwest iran is is home to iran's minority it's. in the past months there's been recurring protests have been happening over environmental challenges economy grievances terminus time in the iran's west western iran and these groups have been active for many years and iran has many for many years accused saudi arabia and other. you know gulf arab countries of of helping them militarily and financially. but it comes at a very critical time you know iran and saudi arabia are both involved in various conflicts in the region in syria for example in yemen and they are the opposite sides of each in all of these conflicts so it comes at a very critical time i think both iran and the middle east well the iranian government was very quick to say that they're going to respond with a crushing response but just what are they likely to do. i mean it's difficult to say what options they have. there was a little bit i mentioned the conflicts in the original or both sides are involved so there are what this means is that there's going to be an escal

for example, iran. we pulled out of the nuclear deal and sort of left our partners and allies sort of twisting in the wind. now, i didn't vote for the iran deal, i was not happy with it, but it became the law and we were pursuing it. and now going against our allies and isolating us instead of isolating iran i think is the wrong way to go. so facing the threat of u.s. sanctions, it seems to me we've pushed foreign governments closer to tehran rather than further away from tehran. these are the same allies who stood beside us as we dialed up pressure on iran. and so by embracing a unilateral sanctions approach without a clear objective, we created a situation i believe counterproductive to our own policy goals. i'm concerned that we still don't have a clear long-term strategy for iran. the administration uses loud rhetoric, but there's little substance, i find, behind the tough talk. so if sanctions don't bring iran to the table, what is the administration's plan b? for sanctions to be effective policy t

and iran, that's also true for iran. yesterday -- two days ago, turkish jets bombarded a town because they were targeting some actually iraqi groups that are on iraqi government payroll and part of the popular mobilization forces but they are an offshoot of the pkk. iran, on the other hand, bombards the villages and iraqi villages at the iran-iraq border every now and then under the pretext of fighting terrorism, fighting their own opposition groups, under the guise of security. so kurdistan is quite vulnerable. they also need to do this delicate dance of maintaining the relationships on one hand and yet not being seen as anti-kurdish. >> and i suppose that was the missing point to target a specific question for all of you, which is, kirkuk, we saw recently, again, general solomani was there and there was concern that some of the shia militias would make a run for kirkuk because of its oil wealth so in the grander discussion of the political landscape, the fight over resources in iraq, what is the sort of situation today

the reason is close ally speaks but of course on the central issue of iran she's got a closer she disagree is fundamentally on that nuclear deal the u.k. france russia china and germany which is not on the security council they still are sticky not iran nuclear deal and james we're just looking at a shot right now i'm not sure if you can see this we're looking at various live shots right now inside the u.n. security council chamber and it does look as if most of the leaders there will be speaking around that table are present we can just see. french president emmanuel micron there milling around we saw the british prime minister theresa may u.n. secretary general antonio tara she is also there. to the right of your screen so i would be it would appear that most of them are now waiting for president trump and just to come back to that part of the discussion james. we know that nikki haley was asked a number of questions about what the president trump was likely to say and she essentially referred all of that to to his his plan remarks and that kind of does add to the to the mystery of this

to ramp up tensions between iran and saudi arabia even more. iran has blamed for many as now its regional rivals including saudi arabia of assisting the stewardess groups and it's no blame saudi arabia many times worries even today the revolutionary guards directly like mr zarif who was not very direct in his tweets but revolutionary guard said very directly to saudi arabia was a behind the attack so it is very critical times in the middle east where you have iran and saudi arabia on the opposite end of many conflicts you know you have syria you have the yemen war and iran and saudi arabia are on the opposite side of these companies so describe very very tense times in the middle east and on and on and with groups. you know see each other as an enemy and this i mean particularly disservice group drew terrorist attack in iran is very important it comes. at a time when iran is in a feeling the pressure of sanctions by the west also at a time when the middle east is quite tenuous that was the guardian's iran correspondent say to come on and take o

was the only good thing he had to say about iran. trump also has more harsh way it's the iran and blasted the twenty fifteen nuclear deal calling it's one of the dumbest and maint he suggested to iran will soon be looking to rico shaping landmark agreement. this week you put out a call to action to other countries to rally with america to put pressure on iran rouhani still calling for the u.s. to come back into the old deal but after meeting with world leaders this week did you make any progress towards a potential new deal does it matter what world leaders think going to run iran's going to come back to me are they going to make good do you. dress to the security council say reveals growing tensions between america and its allies has tough stance on iran was met by a wall of opposition from foreign media as. reports. donald trump who was chairing a u.n. security council meeting for the first time ever once again used this opportunity to leave the so-called wynnie and move your deal in tatters and it seems that instead of trying to d

while the united states is confronting iran with new sanctions, europe and others are appeasing iran by helping a bypass those sanctions. -- by helping it bypassed those sanctions. word, appeasement. i use it reluctantly. agains what we are seeing , in europe. think about this. was caughtek iran red-handed trying to murder european citizens, leaders were rolling out the red carpet for the president, promising to give even more money. a historian's son. i have to ask. i ask it as a citizen of the world -- have these leaders learned nothing from history? will they ever wake up? israel, we do not need a wake-up call because iran threatens us every day. , andte the best of hopes there were many hopes, around the nuclear deal, this deal did not push war away. it brought war closer to our borders. is trying ton establish permanent military bases against us and has launched missiles and drones. is arming terror groups to launch rocket attacks and terror attacks against civilians. is drifting has llah to- directing hezbo build sacred sites -- secret , missiles that can target deep inside isr

and to a large extent israel the center of this alliance was iran and how to counter iran and how to put an end to the iranians influence an expression of this here in the region so if you are full of the u.s. policy from that moment until now with that it's the cancellation of the nuclear deal with the. harsh sanctions that were imposed recently on iran so this one just one additional step in that overall policy in order to increase the pressure on iran to single out iran is that because it's keep in mind on the issue of iran here because here we're talking about two different definitions with that is terrorism as ice a lot of guy there on or something was by but the united states what it's for fit into here isn't thems of. relationship support to look at both is as well or. as well ok how made. i mean to some of the reports but today when it comes to iran it talks about. two things about the new global reach of iran basically iran as a destabilizing force in places like. and also bringing to its terrorist activities the resources of a state this is exactly the wording in the report

and iran regime change. but there's only so much you can discover online so we followed rumors of an anti iranian government fake account factory to albania between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen the united nations at the behest of the united states relocated some two thousand nine hundred members of an exiled iranian opposition group calling itself the people's money how do you know iran or pay as it's otherwise you know to this behind me less than one hour withdrawing from the capital tehran former members of the group confirm that part of the heavily guarded facility is a troll farm dedicated to social media manipulation on an industrial scale. we would receive daily orders highlighting the main ongoing issues in iran for example high prices unemployment poverty we had to bring them to the attention of the world by tweeting them and blaming them on the islamic regime in one way or the other this was our duty on a daily basis in cyberspace will be going much and. on best to take an

which quits the deal with iran and threaten to own nation is trading with iran to try and curb reports from new york. with the very important people arriving in town it is time to get things sorted just a couple of hours after surrogates of landed in new york he was sitting behind closed doors with the ministers representing the international players who once made the iran nuclear deal possible that's the one donald trump called garbage but top diplomat. a late on monday came out and said that iran is fully complying with all the terms of the deal so everyone besides washington will keep supporting it plus europe will protect its businesses that are keen on dealing with tehran and here's what they came up with for that mindful of the urgency and the need for results the participants when it comes practical proposals to month tain and developed payment channels not to believe the initiative to establish a special third of a call to facilitate payments related to the dance exports including oil and imports which will assist and reassure economic open eaters they're seeing legitimate busi

sanctions on iran but more companies are choosing to play it safe they fear doing business in iran could hurt their access to the u.s. market that's why car maker dime letter rail operator deutsche bahn and communications company deutsche telekom have all ceased activities in iraq. over now to our new york financial correspondent joining us from wall street good to see you so it looks like the e.u. companies are stuck between a rock and a hard place can the e.u. really rescue the iran nuclear deal over protecting companies here. well there's only so much the european union can do and that is mostly for two reasons first of all a company from europe has to think about if they want to do business with the united states always iran and usually the business deals with america much greater than with iran so that is number one and even if the european union is kind of offering a european companies to compensate them for lost business in the u.s. that is hardly going to happen and that would mean in the end that european takes players would have to come up with u.s. sanctions and then as a seco

he tweeted iran holds regional tera sponsors and the us must as accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. both the so-called islamic state and a sunni arab nationalist movement claimed responsibility for the attack though neither gave evidence iran has blamed its archrival saudi arabia for funding arab separatist groups in the past the bloodshed as a huge shock for the country and likely to raise tensions in an already tumultuous region. well earlier the guardian's iran correspondent site come ali dakin told me that this attack is likely to ramp up tensions between iran and saudi arabia even more. minute iran has blamed for many as now its regional rivals including saudi arabia of assisting the stewardess groups and it's not blame saudi arabia many times what is iran today the revolutionary guards directly like mr bari who was not very direct in his tweets but revolutionary guards separated record assad arabia was behind the attack so it is very critical times in the middle east where you have iran and saudi arabia on the opposit

in iran that the end of the day the u.s. and its regional allies want to turn iran into another syria by stoking. sectarian and ethnic tensions within iran in borders there are concerns that an attack like this is deliberately orchestrated to provoke iran into a sort of regional escalation how conscious are the iranians of this. i think the iranians generally perceive a collusion against them by u.s. and its allies to push them into a confrontation a military confrontation that could then significantly weaken iran so they are likely to demonstrate demonstrating restraint and as they have been doing in the past few months for example in not responding to israel's attacks against iranian assets in syria but the trouble here is you know if they're continue to threaten that they need to demonstrate to their domestic audiences back home in iran that they're doing something about this by for example putting more fuel on fires in yemen unfortunately this will only deepen sectarian tensions in the region and escalate. the current si

across the region we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime. as long as its aggression continues. and we ask all nations to support the rands people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious and righteous destiny. later iran's president has done rouhani used his speech to push back against the u.s. accusing donald trump of trying to topple his government rowhani said the new u.s. sanctions amount to economic terrorism and violent that iran would not be bound by the. president trumps attack on iran was not unexpected last year his maiden speech at the un general assembly shocked many world leaders this year there were frowns of disapproval and at the end plight applause. with me in the studio i have rachel townsend flowing from the german marshall fund of the united states an independent think tank promoting trans atlantic cooperation welcome rachel strong words from donald trump at the u.n. yesterday followed by strong words by his national security adviser john bolton and then a shop response from iran accusing the u.s. of economic terroris

he tweeted iran holds regional terrorist sponsors and the us must as accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lifes. later both the so-called islamic state and a sunni arab nationalist movement claimed responsibility for the attack the night that gave evidence iran has blamed its rival saudi arabia for funding arab separatist groups in the past the bloodshed as a huge shock for the country and likely to raise tensions in an already tumultuous region. now for more on this we can speak with. in doha he's a middle east expert and a visiting fellow with the brookings doha center public policy institute iran is pointing the finger at its rival saudi arabia and its gulf allies what does this mean for already tense relations. of course concerns being quite predictable. around language yourself from. most of all for the sound. track there is the moment in time on the conferences have really been reports that he's going to take the rivalry on three iranian territory now the landscapes are too early to say who is being drawn. we have equally a c

the lateral actions imposed by the government of the us against iran. might be we agree with the u.s. presence objectives on iran but we disagree with the methods for achieving them is a binding by its commitments under the deal it remains the best means of preventing iran developing a nuclear weapon this is something that we are actively working on together with china iran and the e.u. well being you and the u.s. have found themselves in a fresh raw over iran in recent days on monday brussels foreign policy chief did announce that europe will work with russia and china to create special payment channel channels to tehran bypassing u.s. sanctions and washington caylee wasn't happy. european union has this so wrong and it's all because of their ego and their pride. and that's not graining who helped. get this deal together she's trying to hold a deal together because she did it but she's not looking out for the best interests of the european countries who number one don't want to do business with iran the reason she's attacking based on ego and it is bec

iraq war iran's president has accused the u.s. of helping support those who carried out the attack an accusation that washington denies same bizarre reports from tehran as he took off for the united nations general assembly in new york iran's president gave a preview of the likely message he was taking to world leaders be touting the. undoubtedly the islamic republic of iran does not overlook this crime it is clear to us which group they belong to where they are linked to those who repeat claims about respecting human rights must be held accountable the small puppet countries that we see in the region about by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. saturday's attack in a is having a ripple effect internationally iran's foreign ministry summoned the british danish and dutch envoys and accused their governments of harboring members of separatist groups iran accuses of attacks inside the country and tweets by a political scientist based in the united arab emi

the iran deal was a windfall for iran's leaders. in the years since the deal was reached, iran's military budget grew nearly 40%. the dictatorship used the funds to build nuclear capable missiles, increase internal repression, finance terrorism, and fund havoc and slaughter in syria and yemen. the united states has launched a campaign of economic pressure to deny the regime the funds it needs to advance its bloody agenda. last month, we began reimposing hard-hitting nuclear sanctions that had been lifted under the iran deal. additional sanctions will resume november 5th. and more will follow. and we're working with countries that import iranian crude oil to cut their purchases substantially. we cannot allow the world's leading sponsor of terrorism to possess the planet's most dangerous weapons. we cannot allow a regime that chants "death to america" and threatens israel with annihilation to possess the means to deliver a nuclear warhead to any city on earth. just can't do it. we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime as long as it

he spoke a lot about iran and was critical of iran and the iran nuclear deal which he said was a horrible one sided deal while he spoke i spoke to the iranian foreign minister mohammed job and zarif who said he thought it was astonishing that someone would come to the security council and actually boast about violating a security council resolution because the iran nuclear deal is in shrine in a security council resolution making it effectively international law in terms of what president trump said about iran he didn't go much further than his general assembly speech but there was one bit in his security council speech that shocked people he talked about trade and a trade war with china and then he said this regrettably we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming twenty eight teen election coming up in november against my administration they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade and we are winning on trade we are winning at every level. well maybe that echoes the comments that marwan was just making it's all

because people are saying in iran that the modern that iran should use that the u.s. government understands the language of force and when the. country's president president rouhani wanted to make an agreement make a deal negotiate it ended up with basically nothing and the u.s. just got out of that deal but the u.s. is dealing with north korea much in a much better terms that doesn't mean iran wants to make any if you live up and that's forbidden under iranian law but making sure that iran can defend itself in front of us aviation is something that's becoming very popular in here olivia leave the last word with you as we're talking about funding as we're talking about united states stepping back should the united nations be worried about its future about a more divided future about a less funded future ok i think that's. a lot of nations will have to come to the fore and replace the u.s. but. as president trump said and as we all know the u.n. is dysfunctional at this point and needs a lot of reform and we've seen time and again over the decades new secretary general

and iran regime change are bought . put there's only so much you can discover online so we followed rumors of an anti iranian government fake account factory to albania between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen the united nations at the behest of the united states relocated some two thousand nine hundred members of an exiled iranian opposition group calling itself the people's money heading of iran or pay as it's otherwise know the base camp behind me less than one hour withdrawing from the capital to run a former members of the group confirmed that part of the heavily guarded facility is a troll farm dedicated to social media manipulation. on an industrial scale. we would receive daily orders highlighting the main ongoing issues in iran for example high prices unemployment poverty we had to bring them to the attention of the world by tweeting them and blaming them on the islamic regime in one way or the other this was our duty on a daily basis in cyberspace and we've been going much. on best to tak

you know them they say basically iran is spreading radical ideology in the region iran is providing significant help so the whole thing is to undermine a legitimate government iran is trying to counter the sunni presence in the arab world with a new radical narrative isn't this an approach used moment for the iranians to say what a second isn't this the right time to start reaching out to our arch rivals in the region particularly countries like saudi arabia. iran has actually indicated that it does want to improve relations with saudi arabia however in recent months it has become very difficult because the saudis have actually become very close to the israelis and they have actually become part of the saudi m r a t israel the effort to sanction iran in the region we have to remember that the sanctions on iran are having a very important impact i mean right now it is even crucial drugs are hard to find within iran so so when when you see these hostile actions by the other side you have to expect iran to also get defensive and i think iran we have to remember that it is responding to

iran by various israeli leaders mainly that iran will have the nuclear bomb in five years three years ten years eight years five years and so on so forth none of them turn out to be right i think prime minister netanyahu particular has this long record that is totally not credible when it comes to iran and the nuclear issue because he is very political about it and because he has other aims as our reporters just mentioned one of them just distracting away from palestine the other is continuing to create this kind of a threat from iran to the existence of israel that allows israel to do a number of thing including including having two hundred nuclear warheads so here is the paradox we just heard almost like a tragic speech from mahmoud abbas and this to be honest sounds like a comical speech from the israeli prime minister why do i say that because this is the best example of of a stately the comes to the united nations and refuses to let in the matter but instead projects all his own issues on other people except other states and other enemies so israel has nuclear weapons iran does n

on the deal it remains the best means of preventing iran to. the nuclear weapon this is something that we are actively working on together with china iran and the e.u. the dispute between the e.u. and the u.s. over how to deal with iran has escalated dramatically in recent days on monday the block's foreign policy chief announced europe will be working with russia and china to create special payment china laws to allow trade with iran to continue that is ultimately in defiance of u.s. sanctions this sparked some pretty harsh words from washington they european union has this so wrong and it's all because of their ego and their pride. and that's not graining who helped. get this deal together she's trying to hold a deal together because she did it but she's not walking out for the best interest of the european countries who number one don't want to do business with iran the reason that she's attacking based on ego and pride is because she's deflecting the fact that the united states has had nothing but ego and pride when it comes to the way in w