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Very bad signals for president rohani who is trying to an open, integrated economy. if it fails, so, too, will rouhanis plans. theyre trying to put on a tough front and trying to be united and build a coalition of support with european countries as well as with russia and china against the united states here. >> we appreciate your expertise. thanks, sanam. >> thank you. the united nations says its worried about the large number of arrests amid a wave of protests in tunisia. the u.n. human righ...

It comes as the death toll doubled overnight, 21 since prote protests began thursday, concentrated in one particular province. but the broader question is how do you calm a protest movement like this that doesnt have a key set of demands or a leader you can negotiate with. president rohani saying he explains the protests but none of them expected to spread this level of voracity and passion. they will target, with some degree of resolution, those organizing or behind the protests. do we see furt...

Stand behind these people taking to the streets. >> he clearly does. and he should. he has to be careful in the way he does it. you know, one thing that he could do that would truly show support, i think, for the iranian people, versus the government -- this has been much debated over many years, is make it easier, not harder, for iranian students to come into the united states, go to universities, as they did before the iranian revolution in 1979 and go back home with an understanding of what t...

Army when the battle there was raging in september. even though the syrian and russian armies have managed to push isis back, there are still a lot of isis fighters here in this area, that is why taking the helicopter is the safest way. and it was one of the isis most important strong holds right in syrias oil and agricultural heartland, and vladimir putin raised both russia and irans role in backing bashar al assad. thanks to our joint efforts, the situation are regarding the fight against terr...

If the u.s. plays its role and does not violate the terms of the agreement. one of the other things that president rohani also said, he said that the is speech that trump gave today shows that, quote, the u.s. government is against the iranian people, of course playing to the fact that president kept talking about the iranian people being oppressed by what he calls the regime here in tehran. it was very fiery speech that rohani gave and certainly one that was watched by many people here in this ...

Are somewhat fwlogloating about of this, they were always critical and now they are saying that we always told you that the u.s. cant be trusted and this is proven once again. one of the other very important things that the iranian government has said, not just president rohani, but other government agencies as well, is that tlef defended they have de revolutionary guard after the u.s. declared it a terrorist organization. many government agencies here have come out and said that they believe th...

An official statement warns that any u.s. action against the agreement would be met with a strong and unified reciprocal reaction. >> the statement called the nuclear deal, quote, an outstanding achievement in contemporary diplomacy, but hard liners say mr. trumps action proves the u.s. cannot be trusted. we get more from cnns frederik pleitgen in the iranian capital. >> reporter: president trumps speech has caused anger and frustration especially among those in power here in iran, but also it h...

Was an embarrassment to the united states. as you heard today irans president rohani respond in his address. >> translator: it would be a great pity if this were to bow destroyed by newcombers to the world of politics. the world would have lost its opportunity by violating its international commitments the new administration only destroys its own credibility and undermines international confidence in negotiating with it or accepting its word or promise. >> he went onto make an apparent reference...

Creep toward that capability. >> in what way, though? if theyre bad actors in their neighborhood, that barack obama would say, thats completely independent of the deal we struck. it has nothing to do with the deal we struck. if theyre violating a ballistic missile treaty with the united nations, take it up with the united nations. this is to stop their nuclear program from advancing. >> youre right, joe, and that was the intent, to confine negotiations around that. the hope was two-fold. one, th...

There was a sense maybe this would leave to different behavior on the part of the iranians and youve seen with president trumps early tweets, iran should be behaving themselves, should be grateful for whats happening. president trump is trying to reflect that disappointment that the iranians continue to be provocative. >> juan, do you think the trump white house is actually prepared to rip this deal up as donald trump promised during the campaign? ill rip it up on day one. tough talk from secret...