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Now the united states has formally declared irans elite revolutionary guard a terrorist organization is the first time the u.s. has applied that label to part of a foreign government white house says its simply acknowledging the reality in the region claiming there rand is a state sponsor of terrorism and relies on the revolutionary guard to export terror in response to washingtons move it ran now the guard says it now regards u.s. forces in the middle east as terrorists. more on this diplomatic...

Year. the death comes days after u.s. representatives brian hook released evidence that iran spring postal program. in risk of escalation in the region if we fail to act. >> today a spokesperson for the iranian foreign ministry said in a statement the missile test did not violate any u.n. resolution and u.s. defense offensive in nature. new actions come after the trumpet in the version we impose sanctions last month and pulled out the iran nuclear deal earlier this year putting more pressure on ...

Ballistic missile program. secretary of state pompeo calling it a violation of a u.n. resolution. iran is pushing back against the allegation. we have the latest from our jerusalem bureau. >> jon, iran test fired that ballistic missile over the weekend, capable of hitting parts of europe and all the middle east. this stoking new tension between washington and tehran. according to u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, the missile is capable of carrying multiple war heads. pompeo added in a stateme...

With secretary of state mike pompeo. mr. secretary, thanks for joining us tonight. really, really appreciate it. iran in the news. brian hook, your special envoy, saying we want to deal with iran, but a treaty with iran? the iranian leader said no. what is going on? >> president trump has been clear since he ran for office the arrangement the previous administration that was put in place was bad for american and frankly bad for the world. i and brian are working to get iran to behave like a norm...

With secretary of state mike pompeo. mr. secretary, thanks for joining us. iran. in the views. brian hook your special enjoy saying we want to deal with roan. -- iran. a treaty with iran? the iranian leader said no. what is going on? >> president trump has been clear since he ran for office the arrangement the previous administration put in place for bad for america and for the world. i and brian are working to get iran to behave like a normal nation. stop launching missiles and stop attacking o...

>> well, iran, they are trying to show capabilities and how strong they are but they you in free-fall, what about the show moving forward and what they can do. >> iranian currency and economy is in free fall and find themselves to be in precarious position, iranian people expectations had to be rising after jcpoa was signed, may have believed that economic situation would get better but in fact, its getting worse, theyve always been concerned about the potential for arab spring coming to iran wi...

Behavior. >> brian hook is just named as a specialty from this action group for iran. when the president pulled the united states out of that iranian deal, it certainly caught the attention of our allies. and what people may not know about you that is so critical as you step into this new role, you actually have been leading the charge to work with our european and asian allies to come on board with us. tell me about that process. >> we have been working with nations around the world, but princi...

The answers and supports. >> and on the ground in syria. >> syria, iran, lebanon. so in my conversations with other countries around the world, we are trying to expand the conversation beyond just the nuclear program. iran presents a much greater threat to peace and security with than just an missile program. >> harris: we talked about normal nation, can they get there? brian hook is a person task now to take us forward. we appreciate your time. president trump is denying he was trying to silenc...

Act like a normal nation. >> self can a new task generate that kind of accomplishment, and brian hook, the newly named special representative for iran. thank you very much for being with me today. i have a lot of questions, first of all. how is what is about to happen with your task force different than how we have been handling iran to this point? >> iran is a very crosscutting issue and it involves things covering terrorism, terrorism finance, maritime aggression, missile pollute proliferation...

With the iranian threat. >> secretary of state pompeo has presented a list of 12 demands for iran saying it should act like a normal country, all to its ballistic missile development, and uranium enrichment. and, that is part of the 2015 iranian agreement. they are prepared to penalize other countries or perhaps even allies that refuse to comply with u.s. sanctions. european governments, and they are trying to hold the deal together without the united states and leading this effort is a top stat...