violates the iran deal and caused harm to its population through reimposed sanctions zuhdi if that iran has been abiding by the deal and hard sought media measures and finalists west the country will never forget what he called trump's macsyma failure towards iran. let's bring in our panel in west jerusalem we have mitchell barak he is a pollster at van global research and former spokesman for israeli president shimon peres into had an early a cabal there any areas searcher of the center for strategic studies a government affiliate a think tank washington d.c. hillary mann leverett she's the c.e.o. of the consulting firms try to go and if former director for afghanistan iran and persian gulf affairs the u.s. national security council welcome to your mitchell when a top israeli military commander criticizes u.s. foreign policy particular this aspect about iran is this an individual stance or here reflecting the horse sentiment across the political spectrum in israel. well i would say that the you know political spectrum in israel is concerned with it we've done some polling actually acro

on iran. well that's about the culture of the iranian nation has never throughout history the been after conflict. or threatening others. and it will not be. basically the era of using the language of threat in national and international relations the point is over. email i believe that all nations which had this strictly opposed such an approach called the facts and slam it how sure are you that usa in teheran if. iran's enemies can assassinate scientists and generals. and this is the type of incident that may occur anywhere in the world if the pressure continues from nato countries do you think that iran is getting closer. economically culturally politically its relations with moscow and with beijing are they are they getting closer. the iranian nation has always sought friendly and constructive relations based on justice and respect with all nations and that includes the nations of russia and china. but the governments of these 2 countries have so far not been able to stop the in-force mint

article 26 of the jcpoa says extensions are introduced or reimposed against iran, iran will consider it as it's right to cease performing its commitment to the jcpoa, in whole or part. iran is incrementing the same jcpoa signs with the powers. at the same time, iran is reducing commitment to the jcpoa , in order to be in a better negotiation -- negotiating position in the coming weeks. there is a political camp, comprising various lobbyist groups in the u.s. congress and the u.s. congress and biden administration, including the israeli lobby groups, that argue that simply u.s. return to the jcpoa is not enough. it is not a good idea. they argue -- >> one last question to hilary. the israelis and those supporting maximum pressure on iran think that is efficient. it has been biting into the economy and it will yield results. this is just going to drag the region into further instability and anarchy. you look at the key lesion of players. they are looking cautiously at what will happen in the near future. how do you see the future? will it be with triggered, reactivated, under the same

making accusations against iran how would iran cope with the u.s. bombing in the last days of a trump presidency well to come as i have noted over and over previously the united states major policies including the key issue of war are what the behind the scenes governing board decides and enforces and the presidents don't play determining role in them. not in fact from all the developments on folding and the news being broadcast that. it's my understanding that a new war is about to be imposed on the sensitive region of the middle east. therefore i wrote a letter to the leaders in the region. and asked them to avoid the consequences of such a war. i called on them to try and prevent it from happening. and warn them about the damage and toll of such a war. for all regional states. you know that when joe biden was vice president president obama bombed some say destroyed africa's richest capita country libya how will biden make any difference to iran u.s. relations he's of course a very good friend of israel i addressed that question earlier on from ou

reports now from iran's capital. well it's certainly important given the current political climate iran finds itself in mainly the rhetoric that's been coming out of tehran towards washington and their behavior in the region as iran puts it it's seriously significant because it shows that iran is actually fed up with this nuclear deal and there was supposed to be a grace period of 2 months from early december until early february when this law was passed in parliament demanding that iran's atomic energy agency resume 20 percent enrichment levels as a result of the united states leaving the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions on iran this bill was called sanctions relief bill so since that hasn't happened the problem and terence who are very conservative voice in the country had said that iran needs to take further steps president hassan rouhani did completely agree with it but it appears now he has actually decided to go ahead with this because legally he's bound to but the iranians have told the i am december 30th t

iran of having links to al qaeda even allowing the group to set up its home base there. well again i'm come on son to maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera.

of iran's military chief. is a problem of more humanity just food is not enough a temporary shelters set up for migrants on the bosnia croatia border but many say it's no in near adequate in these freezing cold conditions and on the 1st day of the u.k.'s separation from the european union trade and travel gets off to a mostly smooth start. so without the point where more than $20000000.00 reported coronavirus cases in the united states and there is a threat of a more infectious strain the country's really entering this new year with few signs that its rampant corona virus outbreak can be contained and as infections rise vaccinating people is actually going much slower than was expected the support is for o'brien olds in los angeles. it was nobody's idea of a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts fo

wants iran in compliance before it comes back to the way iran wants sanctions lifted before it comes back to compliance plus now there's the israel factor so how tricky is this going to be for the biden administration. it just isn't clear what the buy did ministrations actually saying because what they had promised on the campaign trail or even said during the transition period was we will go into compliance when iran goes into compliance and robert rules the u.s. off straw that broke the terms of the deal broke international law by breaking a un ratified treaty you about the u.s. and the u.n. and iran so the assumption was not least because anthony blinking a lot of the other people now in the administration were the ones who negotiated this deal that they would want to get back into compliance with the deal as they progress because this is their 1st of their baby in some ways but on the one hand lincoln says that we will get back into the deal we will comply by the demands when iran does but them a few sentences off that always he then goes into great detail about how. iran's compl

iran and the u.s. have accused each other of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general custom silly money sunday will mark one years since he was killed in an american air strike in iraq in the last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has intensified the u.s. flew b. 52 bombers to the gulf earlier this week intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran sent a letter to the u.n. security council condemning what it called washington's and military adventurism in the region from minister javad zarif also accused all trump of fabricating a pretext for war and the u.s. is accused militias backed by iran of attacking its embassy in baghdad last month rocket attacks on the compound increased the u.s. withdrew most of its staff of the concerns of a retaliatory strike where raney leaders spoke head of the anniversary of somalis assassination vowing revenge and that iran's policies will not change. they will w

president joe biden against rejoining the iran nuclear deal. russia's upper house of parliament has just ratified an extension to the nuclear arms control pact with the u.s. it's the last remaining arms control agreement between the 2 nations off to donald trump withdrew from 2 others during his term u.s. president joe biden had proposed a 5 year extension the deal was to expire in about a week. they needed government has tightened security new telly often unprecedented day of protests by tens of thousands of farmers 2000 paramilitary soldiers have been deployed farmers have been demonstrating for months against new laws they say will ruin their livelihoods and help big businesses was. police in new delhi say they've detained 200 people a day off to farmers breach one of the capital's most prominent landmarks the red fort one person was killed at least 80 people injured. the protests all the result of 3 different farm laws that were passed in september the law was minimized the government's regulatory role while encouraging private investment a

it's half past the hour as iran these are the headlines a u.s. house committee is debating a bill demanding president donald trump's removal from office as democrats accuse trump of inciting the mob that stormed the congress last week. there.

high alert after iran threatened revenge then in november iran's top nuclear scientists most in fact resigned he was killed in tehran iran blamed israel for the attack but it never issued a comment and just last week israel launched an air attack against iranian targets in syria israel is intensifying its air campaign there before film of president donald trump left office al-jazeera as harry foster has more from western. i don't think it should be read this early as an immediate threat of an imminent attack on iran but it is very much a setting out of israel's position that it should be maintained in terms of a hard line against iran against iran's potential for getting a nuclear weapon not just from here but also from the united states and this is a real sign of the chief foreign policy concern really of israel at the moment very very sharp difference between a trump administration which aligned itself so closely to israel's policy objectives and interests and it suspicion of the incoming by did ministration there is a big debate here in israel as to how best to try to influence th

jared questioner the president's son in law has been to unite the countries in this region against iran and that is when the driving factors was in the push to normalize diplomatic relations between israel and several arab nations that we saw occur at the end of last year now he had also been working until the wee hours over the phones where according to the reporting of the reuters news agency citing an unnamed u.s. official that cushion i was on the phones himself trying to negotiate this breakthrough and that it finally has emerged i know a big question remaining out here there is whether or not this breakthrough is just between saudi arabia and qatar or whether it would also involves the other arab nations will according to the reporting by reuters and by the associated press this may be a deal that's emerging between all of the parties and that in fact tomorrow's signing ceremony which we're still trying to learn more about in saudi arabia will have a cushion or in attendance will be joined by brian hook a u.s. state department representative and other u.s. official as well and tha

dorsett a pari al-jazeera attack iran. has this update on the iranian foreign minister's message for the u.s. president in the past few hours. we've also been hearing from iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif who's taken to twitter to reveal the latest information that iran has and according to him there is intelligence coming from iraq that israeli agents are going to planning on an attack on americans in that country and the foreign minister warning that this is a trap for the u.s. president trying to trick him into engaging into a conflict with iran he said that you need to be careful any kind of fireworks will be responded with the same kind of force the latest that we hearing from the foreign minister who has been quite active on his twitter account when it comes to responding to u.s. officials this is the latest in the rhetoric that we've been hearing over the past few days. bosnia's matri has set up tents for hundreds of refugees stranded in freezing conditions they were left without shelter for several days

it is the islamic republic of iran once again accuses iran of having links with al qaeda even allowing the group to set up its own base there. is absolutely ridiculous this is causing tremendous anger and speaking for the 1st time in days donald trump lambastes democrats for their efforts to force him from office. to do we begin to address the fact that mothers and children in these films have a voice and that should be heard an investigation into a dark moment in irish history reveals 9000 infants died in the so called mother and baby home this. morning upon the people who come out in large numbers for this using battle. and uganda's opposition front runner bobby why no just supporters to turn out in defiance him a dietitian in contentious elections. i'm demonstrate the spores sneezes meeting then patriots and. declines that president trumps off a medal of freedom. well not a busy day in why. we're starting with the u.s. secretary of state might bump aoe who gave a speech saying al qaida has now established a new home base in iran he made that assertion without providing any hard evid

of iran's military chief. i'm santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera presidential elections go to a runoff as the main contenders fail to win a majority. the u.n. peacekeeping mission in sudan's darfur region is coming to an end but thousands of refugees are now facing an uncertain future. and the u.s. . passes 20000000 corona virus infections with a vaccination rollout going slower than planned. we will get to all the stories in a moment do want to start with some breaking news that's coming out of india where the drug regulator has just approved india's 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the given the green light for the rollout of the. oxford astra zeneca vaccine i'm sorry as the 2nd most populous country this will be one of the largest vaccination campaigns in the world when it does eventually happen trial runs have been conducted nationwide with vaccines india more than 10000000 cases of cope with 19 which is the world's 2nd highest caseload. we'll get more on that as it co

iran's behavior. it would be a joke except for the fact that nuclear weapons are involved and the security of the entire region. iran has no leverage left. between their sanctions that trump put on, low price of oil, their commit is in tatters. in addition to that, trump took out their terrorist. and not sure who, but somebody took out one of their leading nuclear scientists. iran never abided by this agreement and it was never to halt their nuclear program. it was to put it on the pause button for a decade and to be resumed. the clock has been ticking. iran will have nuclear weapons according to the iran nuclear deal within five years. that is going to ignite a nuclear arms race in the middle east. >> trace: you say it there, the clock is ticking. the one most unhappy about this is israel. the israeli ambassador said the following. >> is there a bit of hyperbole in there, k.t.? it is partly true, mostly true? >> it's the middle east. you know? there's hyperbole on both sides. the arab counties, saudi

he's also the us president joe biden against rejoining the iran nuclear deal. china is pushing to test $2000000.00 people in just 48 hours to contain a new car that $900.00 plus in beijing people into downtown districts have been lining up for testing 19 new cases have them reported in the last few days. u.s. senators have been sworn in as jurors in former president donald trump's 2nd senate impeachment trial he's accused of inciting violence at the capitol building earlier this month but as hadija castro reports there is little republican support for trump's conviction. you know do impartial justice of court of the constitution and laws so help you guard shortly after senators took oath to convene the court of impeachment against defendant donald trump accused of inciting an insurrection a test vote on how the chamber may decide the case in february it came at the request of republican senator rand paul a trump ally who argued the trial should and before it even begins because trump is no longer in office this proceeding which would try a private citizen and n

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of iran's military chief. really sad to be. european and getting used to the new reality britain selous how they feel about the u.k.'s departure from the european union is a problem of more humidity just food is not enough and the temporary shelter is set up for migrants on the bosnia croatia border many though say there's no in near adequate in the freezing cold conditions. some more than $20000000.00 reported coronavirus cases and the threat of a more infectious strain united states really is entering the new year with few signs that its rampant corona virus outbreak can be contained and as infections rise getting people vaccinated is going much slower than expected rob reynolds has a report from los angeles. it was nobody's idea of a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts for nearly one quarter o

won't accept any preconditions iran will not accept any limitations on its military defense iran is not crazy it's surrounded by american military bases of course the americans want iran to disarm so that they could attack iran whenever they want iran will not stop supporting its allies in the region because the united states and its allies turkey saudi arabia and others they and the europeans were supporting isis and al-qaeda we know now from jake. the incoming national security advisor of biden jake sullivan that he wrote in a. in an e-mail to hillary clinton on this on february the 12th 2012 that in syria. there's on our side of course isis came out of there so when the americans were you know that was the obama administration and biden was the vice president going to not trust biden or the americans when they supported al qaeda and when they are constantly threatening iran so either the americans implement the deal or there's no deal ok preconditions for iran no preconditions will be acceptable for iran side look we're going to have to leave it there we could talk a lot longer i

iran and the u.s. have accused the child of escalating military tensions ahead of the 1st anniversary of the assassination of iran's general concepts only money sunday will mark one year since he was killed in an american air strike in iraq last week the rhetoric between washington and tehran has intensified the u.s. flew to be 52 bombers to the gulf earlier this week intending to caution iran against any attacks on american troops or interests iran sent a letter to the u.n. security council condemning what it called washington's military adventurism in the region from minister develop zarif also accuse donald trump of fabricating a pretext for war and the u.s. has accused militias backed by iran of attacking its embassy in baghdad last month rocket attacks on the compound increased the u.s. withdrew most of its staff of concerns of a retaliatory strike when raney leaders spoke ahead of the anniversary of somalis assassination balin revenge and that iran's policies will not change. i they will witness

and force on the front lines of the iran iraq war in the late 1990 s. he was appointed head of the could force running iran's foreign military and clandestine operations after 911 he delegated iranian and american diplomats to meet they briefly worked together against the taliban before the relationship deteriorated in iraq so the money helped iran backed faces during the fight against eisel though many iraqis are angered by iran the continuing influence and blame teheran for political instability and sectarian divisions during the iraq war the u.s. says that iran through the could force and shia militias killed more than 600 american soldiers in syria some of money lead faces backing president bashar assad and was instrumental to that government's survival throughout the civil war he survived many attempts on his life inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where he was assassinated at the age of 62 we have 2 correspondents with us this hour dorsett jabari standing by for us in teheran but 1st let's go to charles struck foot is in tahrir square

be a mistake that would allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. cause less chemical in even if there's a similar agreement with a few improvements it is operationally and strategically wrong it's operationally wrong because it will again allow edits in our even before and iran to enrich uranium to develop centrifuges to develop even the capabilities of the weapons until developing a bomb. the message was delivered on the same day that joe biden's pick for secretary of state was confirmed by the us senate have to realize 2 week anthony blinken signal that the u.s. was not preparing to rush back into the deal and would consult with israel and other regional allies on its policies for its part iran says time is short for the u.s. to revive the deal is the joint comprehensive plan of action or j.c. . any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps of the u. s. will take to meet its obligations under the reason lucian 2231 actually i may because time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european a membe

since the iran iraq war. u.s. president joe biden has vowed an unshakable commitment to preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon he's also promised to offer a credible path back to diplomacy now officials here are waiting to see what that will look like in the coming weeks and whether or not they'll be disappointed yet again by nother u.s. president in office are those who thinks that's pressure from tehran those jabari reporter. joe biden delved into foreign policy during his inauguration speech frying to fix afraid relationships with washington's allies. here's my message that goes beyond our borders america has been tested and we've come out stronger for it we will pair our alliances and engage with the rural want to give. not to be yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's challenge. that will lead. not merely by the example of our power but by the power of our example but what about those european allies we can speak to our correspondent on cain who joins us live now from but i live in ger

reporter: the israeli prime minister has condemned iran's move. >> iran has announced that it will increase the level of uranium enrichment and will develop industrial capabilities to enrich uranium. this is blatantly an absolute violation of the obligations, there is no other explanation other than continuing iran's intention to produce nuclear weapons. reporter: the iranian government believes by and dancing enrichment, ash by enhancing enrichment, it may compel others to comply in the vienna accord. >> iran has said if other parties to the deal, including the europeans, and in case the u.s. returns to the deal, if they are in full compliance, iran will do the same in a very short time. reporter: the question remains as to what response the u.s. government will give, both now and in two weeks time, under joe biden. he helped broker the original deal in 2015 as vice president. soon, he will have to react as president in his own right. al jazeera, berlin. >> much more, still to come here and al jazeera, including a success story -- thailand is ramping up coronavirus restrictions to contain

and iran to return to the status quo pre trop. i think so i think frankly some of the latest signals that are coming out from both places seem to suggest that the posturing is not about going back into the deal it's about the negotiations that would follow after every turn to the uk which in and of itself indicates that it return to deal more or less is something that both sides now agree upon and may end up happening rather quickly so the prospects for this despite some of these negative steps taken by the iranians is still pretty good and i think again that's part of the reason why there's such a desperation in what pump it was doing it would have been about a minute let me just ask you from foreign policy to domestic policy you are there in washington d.c. it's been almost a week since the seizure of the capital what's the feeling like there and considering to see that there's no warnings of more violence next week i have to say it's a it's a very uneasy feeling here because it's not until a couple of days later that i think mo

his policy — maximum pressure on iran. sanctions designed to force tehran back to the negotiating table — something that never happened. but now donald trump is gone, and joe biden�*s in, and he wants to revive the deal. but is any agreement still possible? i was in iran a year and a half ago as tensions were soaring. tankers exploding in the gulf, the iranian shooting—down of an american drone. and then, a year ago, the us assassination of iran's top general. tehran retaliated by firing missiles into american bases in neighboring iraq. and what all of this means is that president biden can't simply hit the rewind button. iran's ramping up its nuclear activities, and it's now in breach of the agreement. so if there was a deal, how would it work? would america, for example, lift some sanctions and then iran would respond by rolling back elements of its nuclear programme? or would washington want to renegotiate the deal to include, for example, iran's missiles — a move that tehran has ruled out? and then there's amer

iran has announced it has started enriching uranium up to 20 percent as tensions with the united states crease. well again i'm santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera with global coronavirus cases now exceeding 85000000 the u.k. is rolling out a 2nd vaccine beijing is racing to inoculate millions before the chinese new year. also julian assange faces a court ruling on whether to extradite him to the united states will get an update from london. i use one of. 11780. and recordings of a phone call revealed donald trump pressured officials in georgia to find enough votes to overturn his election defeat there. in the last few minutes iran has said it is begun 20 percent uranium enrichment this is a move likely to on the escalate tension with the united states 20 percent represents a significant breach of the 2050 nuclear deal but it is still well short of the 90 percent which would be needed for a nuclear weapon. president hassan rouhani has given the order for the move the photo facilities so we'll start with dorsett you've already gotten from terror from today don't b

really get inside iran you know. it's a big problem to control the borders when a sudden iraq kind of on top of these borders they can enter and get out of iran so it may be many of the members into iraq without the knowledge of the iraqi. authorities because you see i. think we have problems with. because. you know iranian ideology is completely in an entity with al qaida members. and of course these people could create a danger for the iraqi national security. i don't think that the iranian authorities and secret services if they know that members are in iran they would keep them safe probably at least they would take them to prison we know that relations between iran and the u.s. have really been at their lowest point over the past 4 years under the trumpet ministration how do you see things playing out once presidents like joe biden takes office. well i don't think the overall american policy may change against iran because you know we have always had an image between iran and the us true of the past at this for

pact how long it could take for iran to assemble a bomb is still unclear. is the president of the national iranian american council who joins us via skype from washington d.c. thanks for being with us so how does this how much does this make the task for the incoming biden in a stray ssion difficult in terms of how it deals with iran give that it said it had said originally that he wanted to in some form resurrect the iran nuclear deal. well i think this points out that the iranians are not going to sit on their hands and and that there needs to be swift action i think it really clarifies the stakes for the biden ministration but it doesn't change the fundamental point that by the ministration seeks to return to the deal returning to the deal will you know by could have a quick win if he comes in office returns the deal on the 20 percent enrichment shuts down and i think that path is still very much it is one that is open but this reveals just how sensitive how many road blocks there may be how many obstacles there may be but at the end of the day i think c

iran meanwhile continues to reiterate that it will return to compliance with iran nuclear deal once the signatories decide they really are prepared to abide by the agreement if they rejoin the deal will do so as well and for an entire year we kept going forward this way but we've always said as soon as you return to the deal we'll return to full compliance the next hour in the meantime the biden ministration are sending conflicting signals even on tuesday sending a b. $52.00 bomber on a round trip from the u.s. to the gulf in a show of force aimed at iran used by the trumpet administration several times in the dying days of its presidency she turns the al-jazeera the state department meanwhile the u.s. has temporarily frozen arms sales to saudi arabia and the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says it's typical for new administrations to review pending arms sales donald trump's administration had been doing deals down to the wire think looting one for 50 f. 35 fighter jets on lockheed martin to the u.s. the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. says his country will work closely with the bid

wants iran in compliance before it comes back to the j.c. p.-o. way iran wants sanctions lifted before it comes back to compliance and how tricky is this going to be for the biden administration. it's really unclear what the biden position is on the one hand lincoln always begins with a statement that the u.s. and iran will return to full compliance this will then be used as a platform to address other issues but then he always goes into a great deal of detail about how it will take such a long time to assess iran's compliance but what is the assumption there with a timetable that so that means only iran has to come into compliance and then the u.s. will decide whether it will come into compliance meaning it will lift the sanctions what is that really what was supposed to be on the table it was the u.s. that broke international laws and walked out of the iran nuclear deal unilaterally it was the e.u. for that matter who then began breaking all the rules of the c.p.o. as well iran kept to it and then only in the last year or so then you know began

but iran has worked very doggedly and strategically to maintain its appeal to people outside of iran and the shia community. but they are friends with hamas and backers of thomas and the palestinian militant group part of the islamic revolutionary guard in jerusalem named after the arabic word for jerusalem it is the iran expeditionary paramilitary force around the region until very recently was qassem soleimani killed in a us drone strike january of this year on the orders of president trump. it was meant to liberate jerusalem for the palestinians and the muslim nation except qassem soleimani saw the road was through beirut and baghdad with untold devastation for people along the way. so the fear, the reason saudi arabia fears iran is because of the expansionist policies and because it appeals to a lot of people in the way that saudi arabia does not because it is firmly in the american camp will america's in the anti-imperialist camp. but both these countries at this point need each other as well and the saudi's need or benefit from seeing iranau continue to be a negative player in

and iran to return to the status quo pre trop. i think so i think frankly some of the latest signals that are coming out from both places seem to suggest that the posturing is not about going back into deal it's about the negotiations that would follow after i return to the uk which in and of itself indicates that they return to deal more or less is something that both sides now agree upon and may end up happening rather quickly so the prospect for this despite some of these negative steps taken by the iranians as well is still pretty good and i think again that's part of the reason why there's such a desperation in what pump it was doing it should have been about a minute let me just ask you from foreign policy to domestic policy you are there in washington d.c. it's been almost a week since the seizure of the capital what's the feeling like there and considering to see that there's no warnings of more violence next week i have to say it's a it's a very uneasy feeling here because it's not until the couple of days later that i th

iran's foreign minister javad zarif this is great to see you in moscow again apparently in very good health and cheerful spirit what brings you here good to be back and good to be about on your program. on in russia. strategic relations. but after the years of cooperation that he wanted to discuss but this time i'm on a regional to 2 of the caucuses working basically on how we can 10. fight you know go ahead about visuals and with the. by president putin was not unsimilar to a plan that he had presented now it can be turned into a possibility of full cooperation linkages connectivity in the caucuses benefiting everybody but mr global issues that still up very much for on your mind and every time our interview iranian officials including yourselves there are always trends that regardless of who is in power in the united states they american policy as especially these of your country never seems to change and yet just a few days ago you panned a very interesting article for foreign affairs in reach you wrote that the new administration 10 shadd the failed assumptions of the past and qu

said korea is demanding the release of one of its oil tankers seized by iran iran says the kemi was breaking maritime environmental laws and carrying over $7000.00 tons of oil chemical products the seizure comes ahead of a planned visit by the south korean deputy foreign minister to discuss iranian funds frozen and banks juice 2 u.s. sanctions. u.s. president donald trump is on his way to the state of georgia ahead of to run off votes for senate seats there. was a loud president elect joe biden held his georgia rally earlier thank you voters for helping him win the white hands he asked them for more support to help the democrats take control of the senate republican party biden made reference to trump's ill founded efforts to stay in office. in america as their opposition fragile are finding out all power flows from the people. from the people. that's our history that's our law that's our tradition that's our constitution that's our democracy politicians cannot assert take or seize power or power is given granted by the american people alone life nights alan fish in dalton georgia will trump

south korea has demanded the release of one of its oil tankers seized by iran iran says the $100.00 kooker kemi was a breaking environmental laws the seizure comes ahead of a planned visit by the south korean fice foreign minister to discuss to rein in funds frozen in banks due to u.s. sanctions pride has more now from seoul. south korea does have a naval vessel in that area as part of the international anti piracy effort that vessel has now been deployed or redeployed to the waters where this tanker was seized but is not likely or expected to be doing much but monitoring the situation and seeing how this develops the iranians have accused me of environmental pollution the operators of the vessel here in south korea deny that and say that this vessel was in international waters it is thought that this is part of an ongoing much wider dispute between iran and south korea over seas to funds here in south korea this is $7000000000.00 worth of funds which are owed for oil products imported from iran into south korea which since the imposition of much tighter sanctions by the united states sout

would be eager to sort of reaffirmed our own creation but is it really still a good policy both for iran and for the region because as i'm sure you would agree if. the events on the ground have changed dramatically since 2015 where the events on the grounds have changed and. the realities of the nuclear deal have it. it is it was based on changing. from approach our mutual as you know some approach to something different and now u.s. administration. exhibited clearly that it could not they've been anything other than a 0 sum approach but that it's possible for them to change that mentality which is reminiscent of the cold war it's yet to be seen be not that optimistic but we don't close the door i don't think they'll find it but a comprehensive did because had it been possible to do a comprehensive deal we would have done it. 5 years ago before all d's negative atmospherics that's because by just trump administrator you would also agree that the deal doesn't exist in a vacuum and there is a why believe especially in de merican analytical community that for example the bloody war in yemen

needs to cooperate with iran in order to save the nuclear deal if iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j.c. v.o.a. the united states would do the same thing and then we would use that as a platform to build with our allies and partners what we call a longer and stronger agreement and to deal with a number of other issues that are deeply problematic in the relationship with iran but we are a long ways from that point around it is out of compliance on a number of fronts and it would take some time should it make the decision to do so for it to come back into compliance in time for us then to assess whether it was meeting its obligations so we're not we're not there yet to say the least or shab or townes he joins us now from the state department in washington at so. we didn't get much of an indication as to the u.s. strategy on iran it seems as though the deal might be in stalemate and now. so unclear and we always have to try and parse the language from joe biden's foreign policy team because did he just say that the j c p o a the iran nuclear deal will be

the political propaganda iran's goal is sometimes more subtle than that found on t.v. billboards are by design new fluid more responsive they can be unfurled overnight and changed just as quickly to meet the needs of the day. the image of the military salute with a general store their money in the front and a variety of iranian citizens standing in salute behind them includes women with very loose his job and one very small boy he's engaging in a form of sign language that forms a t. in iran the team stands for the vertical bodies of soldiers that head into war only to be returned horizontally but has struck me about this billboard on body asquare is that you don't see a single ayatollah or cleric there's no over religious iconography and that stands out for me in comparison to the other images which in fact embrace a more religious rather than nationalistic stance. before his death silliman he had already become a compelling character in a story of the government wants to tell about itself was a movie the music video reproduced about the suffix the general who for the

>> of the -- you -- you said iran. the border between iran and the soviet union. well, i think, one of the first things that has to happen is, for stability, has got to be, in iran, itself, to establish a government that can speak as a government for iran. and part of our problem, in all these long 444 days has been the inability of anyone, seemingly, to speak for that nation. to have a government. now, i think that any country would want to help another, if they really showed an intent to have a government that would abide by international law. and do what they could to help them, in that regard. but until such a thing appears apparent there, i don't know that there's anything we can do. no. young lady. >> mr. president, if it's your intention to signal the world that this country will respond with swift retribution, in cases of international terrorism in the future, why is it your policy not to retaliate against iran? >> well, what good would just revenge do? and what -- what -- what form would that take? i -- i don't think revenge is worthy of us. on the other

iraqis marcie years since the assassination of the iranian general custom solid money in baghdad while iran and the us trade warnings. as prepares for a presidential runoff those attackers raid 2 villages killing at least 50 people plus. right in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice festival that has plenty of ice and no festival. the world health organization has welcomed an important breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 in india 2 vaccines have been approved for emergency distribution one was developed by oxford astra zeneca the other was developed in india that been nationwide drills to prepare for a large scale rollout the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months it will be one of the biggest of most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world prime minister narendra modi welcomed the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines are manufactured inside the country joining us now from new delhi is dr rajiv he's a professor of public health of the chairperson at the center of social medicine and