Transcripts For DW Embargo - Iran And The US Sanctions 20240

In november 29th seen hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously took to the streets in irans not just cities men and women blocks traffic and trampled on poor traits of the countrys leaders. The crowds were upset about a huge increase in gasoline prices following months of fuel rationing. Since 2018 iran has been hit by new u. S. Economic sanctions on the government has taken a hard line against the protests. After the 1st demonstrations the blocks Internet Access nationwide for several days to keep people from post. Reports about the protests several 100 people were killed in the clashes and at least 7000 were arrested. I irans leaders blamed the demonstrations on its enemies. I mean. This your narky. You. Have just read the book. And as youve been seeing. Fick i think if youre looking for. You know having to go to the see the matter dont. Know. That. The u. S. Has applied maximum economic and political pressure on iran to try to get the countrys leaders to approve a new agreement on the Nuclear Program. Many western experts see iran as a threat to political stability in the middle east iran has staged provocations in the persian gulf and its allies are playing an active role in conflicts in syria yemen and iraq. But the sanctions really having any impact on irans foreign and domestic policy some western experts believe they have actually helps to keep the countrys islamic governments in power but what is clear is the devastating impact they have had on ordinary iranians. At 1st glance the sanctions appear to have had little effect on the capital tehran. But a closer look shows that these measures have hit the middle and lower classes hard inflation and unemployment are high. Lost her job at a factory cheering the 1st wave of u. S. Sanctions in 2010 shes a single parent and now works as a seamstress every day life is hard. Im learning the what i can the sanctions make our lives really difficult every day that we can barely make ends meet tell us that theres a lot less work right now compared to 3 or 4 years ago someone called me over to you because we used to get orders from everywhere the business is very slow right now so the work shop often has to shut down. Toward town so this anymore or because we dont earn enough money to pay the rent or tuition fees for our children or medical care. Element of this at that that the caller called in into what i suffer from back pain and i shouldnt be working. But i have to so that i can earn at least a little money from this job as im getting an s. And cram supports herself and her son on the equivalent of just 60 euros a month. Going to blame others for everything is very expensive and if i want to buy rice i have to ask a Charity Organization for help. I dont even have enough money to buy a simple bag of rice on that in a farmer. Or what camp is the same with beans or lentils. I cant afford to buy the 1000000 and. Another lie bison cheese now and then. It used to cost a 1000. 00 to a man now today its 10000. 00. And forget about me its just too expensive. I can you please scan everything slowly i cant spend more than 100000 so. Whats the total 54000. 00. There are plenty of goods in the shops but because of soaring inflation fueled by the sanctions most people cant afford to buy them the government provide small cash subsidies to some people. Please help me with this will you thanks. Akram 17 year old son loves to play soccer but he had to quit so he could take part time jobs to pay his school face. Was not only for your loss its hard for young people to find work especially if youve got a College Degree a lot of those people are unemployed and the politicians have to do something so that we dont end up like that. Because if. I had one chance in. The west is trying to get us to take to the streets to protest against our government they want us to believe that the state is trying to keep us down and doesnt care about us they want us to rebel against the government. And push on with their plans havent worked and if we stick together they never will. See. Government sponsored propaganda praises the countrys economic independence despite western sanctions. For 4 decades irans conservative islamic government has adopted policies that have isolated the country and raise tensions with the United States. Tatty in the hall yes the sanctions have had an impact but we can deal with it we share a border with 15 countries you can always get around an embargo. Schick us that there are cracks in the wall of sanctions the u. S. Is gradually losing international support. Well just continue to focus on our Domestic Production capability. Since ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in 1979 the us has imposed sanctions on iran several times the 1st of these measures was ordered by president jimmy carter after University Students seized the u. S. Embassy in november 1979 and held 52 decree mats and civilian workers hostage. Who the united. You the hostages were held for 444 days until january 981 relations between irans new government and the United States could not have got off to a worst start. The u. S. Soon froze about 12000000000. 00 in iranian assets and american sanctions made it difficult for iran to buy food spare parts and medical products overseas in 1995 president clinton impose new sanctions and these were a new job by the Bush Administration. Washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u. S. Said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various Palestinian Resistance movements. George w. Bush was also concerned about irans alleged efforts to build Nuclear Weapons. The United States of america will not permit the worlds most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the worlds most destructive weapons. In 2000 to push described iran as part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its Nuclear Program similar calls came from the European Union and the u. N. Security council. But irans new president Mahmoud Ahmadinejads promise that the country would push ahead with its Nuclear Program. During the Bush Administration and certainly during the Obama Administration sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take it away as part of a negotiated agreement to deal with the Nuclear Issue obama would not have been sad if the regime and your transformed its a true democracy emerging inside of iran i think would be something that would be appreciated by countries around the world but obama explicitly said that iran does government is irans government and that you know we respect the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of iran so he was not looking to change the regime in iran. Washingtons new efforts to bring iran to the negotiating table page 25th enough to several years of talks iran agreed to strict conditions and transparency controls on its Nuclear Program in return for an easing of International Sanctions the 5 permanent members of the u. N. Security council plus germany played a key role in the negotiations. This nuclear deal meets the National Security interests of the United States and our allies it prevents the most serious threat iran obtaining a Nuclear Weapon which would only make the other problems that may cause even worse. Thats why this deal makes our country and the world safer and more secure obama looked at the middle east as a region that had always complicated u. S. Foreign policies and he was looking to try and find a way of getting us out of the middle east quagmire that he saw it with whether its with iraq or whether its with afghanistan or the broader regional conflict and i think he thought that trying to get a resolution of the Nuclear Issue and other regional issues with iran would be one step towards doing that they didnt mean that he thought that that would transform the middle east or that he was trying to handle iran control of the middle east as some of his opponents have said but i think obama believed that a Nuclear Agreement would be one of the 1st steps towards a different u. S. Relationship and u. S. Set of interests in the middle east than what it had been over the course last 20 or 30 years. You know that i mean the iranians never said that theyd change their policies toward syria iraq and yemen after theyd signed the agreement thats not what the trees he was a bounty and you know the agreement was not perfect but it did create conditions that would depending on which close you look at it that prevent iran from using Nuclear Power if a military purposes for the next 1015 or 20 is goes under the supervision of the International Atomic energy agency. So cool. Nobody will get all of the media then get all we wanted the United States didnt get what all they wanted the french germany britain even china russia didnt get to understand the nature of this type of negotiations i wouldnt accuse anybody of being soft its just a process of negotiation. Vienna agreeing. And gave new hope to the people of iran who looked forward to an easing of sanctions. And it was a success for irans new president Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister mohammed said. It was a victory for the moderates and it had the support of the Supreme Leader. But that support was calculated sort of speak and it was not comprehensive. Rouhani and his people could never have gone as far as they did in the Negotiations Company hadnt given them the green light and as we know hes not exactly a moderate like the one would be. Among the 1st to enter the new market to a big era pay in companies that build aircraft and automobiles or develop oil and gas Fields Company executives signed contracts with Senior Iranian officials tehran hope that these agreements would help to boost the economy. In 2017 to tile frances Largest Energy company agreed to buy 150000 barrels of oil per day from iran and to develop a huge natural gas fields in the persian gulf. With probably. The reformers in iran had very concrete expectations just as the europeans and americans did by hopes that iran could rebuild its economy and that this would lead to a more open society iran renounced the use of Nuclear Weapons and expected economic benefits in return they needed Foreign Investment to help them not approve living standards. He says i suppose i was disappointed that any move in this direction would cause trouble for the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps their job is to protect irans political system that. They also play an Important Role in irans economy and have actually profited enormously from the sanctions the posture on. Higher g. C. Whatever you like to call them takes advantage of it in in many ways they control all aspects of imports and exports in a situation like this and they operate sort of like. Mafia bosses they control the flow of counterfeit goods. Things like alcoholism and cigarettes from from other countries food in this sort of circumstance they really gain and having lived through the previous round of of heavy sanctions in 20122013 the thing that i noticed most acutely was the massive wealth gap that was created you had a whole new class of people a Smaller Group of people who had tons of money limitless money one of the primary opponents to the j. C. B. Away was the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps it signaled a couple of things for them one it signaled a kind of rapprochement with the west to some degree and thats antithetical to their hold on power and the concentration of wealth that they want to for almost going to get an increased economic benefit under the g c p a way it was very clear that they couldnt get that benefit if the ira g. C. Had its tentacles of those companies the u. S. And the European Union were going to maintain significant sanctions on the i or g. C. Even after the the lifting of sanctions on the way and so iran had to get the r. G. C. Out of those companies it was a difficult balancing act not least because the sanctions did in place predicted American Companies from doing business in iran. They will lock down to the market we couldnt use dollars in our transactions with iran and we couldnt employ any american is. When i travel to the us i couldnt do any business with iran the framework was rather strict not at the same time the agreement gave us the opportunity to take part in this Huge Development project we knew that doing business with iran was recently but nothing ventured nothing gained it was a gamble of it and we hoped that it would pay off. Debt electability. Companies that decided to go ahead with projects in iran didnt want to do anything to upset the u. S. Government especially the Treasury Department which in force is the sanctions which specifically prohibits the use of u. S. Dollars in business transactions with iran. In 2014 the French International Banking Group b. N. P. Had to pay nearly 9000000000. 00 in penalties after it pleaded guilty to violating u. S. Sanctions against tehran b m p p continue to engage in the sec to vittie even after they were being told by their own lawyers that the conduct was illegal the nature and scope of b n p p s criminal conduct far exceeded that in any previous criminal sanctions case thats been resolved by the department of justice todays nearly 9000000000. 00 penalty represents the staggering total volume of provable criminal conduct on b. N. P. As part. Of the Iran Nuclear Deal generated a lot of opposition in the us powerful lobbying groups like united against nuclear iran kept trying to block its implementation their primary concern was that iran would use the agreement to secretly develop Nuclear Weapons you arnie keeps track of companies that do business with iran and puts pressure on them to stop. I have a theory that we could engage in an economic war for. Instead of using soldiers and bullets to try to use pen and ink to convince a regime to shame its behavior not only for the benefit of the United States but for france and the iranian people even ive contacted hundreds of French Companies and delegation but ive also sent thousands of letters to the tally and german and chinese russians americans and look my letter is very simple its basically a similar letter we do very Accurate Research and if if your Television Channel was trying to profit and make money in iran they would get a letter from me and i would say to your company look youre making a decision to do business with the most oppressive brutal Nuclear Weapons seeking regime in the world i would suggest to you that thats wrong. To me u. S. National security adviser said john bolton serves on you and he said tries to reboard and to snow and cold to regime change in the. I had said for over 10 years since coming to these events that the declared hollow see the United States of america should be the overthrow of the mullahs regime in tehran. Thats what the 429 t. We here will celebrate in tehran thank you man. On january the 20th 2017 dont trump was sworn in as president. Foreign policy hold 3 joints since trump had often criticised the Iran Nuclear Deal and us now in a position to scrap it. He had made it very clear that he. He did not like anything that. Barack obama had done so one of his major task in life was to destroy the legacy of barack obama and he had all also. Criticized the Nuclear Agreement but i think most of that criticism is to please various pressure groups in the United States rather than. To. Advance the interests of the United States i think if the United States is interested in nonproliferation then it wont get a better deal than d. J. Sheep you. Just. Appointed bolton as National Security advisor in march 28th. The stage was now set for the u. S. To clean out as the Nuclear Agreement with iran. The fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been me. It didnt bring calm it didnt bring peace and it never will i am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Internet Access<\/a> nationwide for several days to keep people from post. Reports about the protests several 100 people were killed in the clashes and at least 7000 were arrested. I irans leaders blamed the demonstrations on its enemies. I mean. This your narky. You. Have just read the book. And as youve been seeing. Fick i think if youre looking for. You know having to go to the see the matter dont. Know. That. The u. S. Has applied maximum economic and political pressure on iran to try to get the countrys leaders to approve a new agreement on the Nuclear Program<\/a>. Many western experts see iran as a threat to political stability in the middle east iran has staged provocations in the persian gulf and its allies are playing an active role in conflicts in syria yemen and iraq. But the sanctions really having any impact on irans foreign and domestic policy some western experts believe they have actually helps to keep the countrys islamic governments in power but what is clear is the devastating impact they have had on ordinary iranians. At 1st glance the sanctions appear to have had little effect on the capital tehran. But a closer look shows that these measures have hit the middle and lower classes hard inflation and unemployment are high. Lost her job at a factory cheering the 1st wave of u. S. Sanctions in 2010 shes a single parent and now works as a seamstress every day life is hard. Im learning the what i can the sanctions make our lives really difficult every day that we can barely make ends meet tell us that theres a lot less work right now compared to 3 or 4 years ago someone called me over to you because we used to get orders from everywhere the business is very slow right now so the work shop often has to shut down. Toward town so this anymore or because we dont earn enough money to pay the rent or tuition fees for our children or medical care. Element of this at that that the caller called in into what i suffer from back pain and i shouldnt be working. But i have to so that i can earn at least a little money from this job as im getting an s. And cram supports herself and her son on the equivalent of just 60 euros a month. Going to blame others for everything is very expensive and if i want to buy rice i have to ask a Charity Organization<\/a> for help. I dont even have enough money to buy a simple bag of rice on that in a farmer. Or what camp is the same with beans or lentils. I cant afford to buy the 1000000 and. Another lie bison cheese now and then. It used to cost a 1000. 00 to a man now today its 10000. 00. And forget about me its just too expensive. I can you please scan everything slowly i cant spend more than 100000 so. Whats the total 54000. 00. There are plenty of goods in the shops but because of soaring inflation fueled by the sanctions most people cant afford to buy them the government provide small cash subsidies to some people. Please help me with this will you thanks. Akram 17 year old son loves to play soccer but he had to quit so he could take part time jobs to pay his school face. Was not only for your loss its hard for young people to find work especially if youve got a College Degree<\/a> a lot of those people are unemployed and the politicians have to do something so that we dont end up like that. Because if. I had one chance in. The west is trying to get us to take to the streets to protest against our government they want us to believe that the state is trying to keep us down and doesnt care about us they want us to rebel against the government. And push on with their plans havent worked and if we stick together they never will. See. Government sponsored propaganda praises the countrys economic independence despite western sanctions. For 4 decades irans conservative islamic government has adopted policies that have isolated the country and raise tensions with the United States<\/a>. Tatty in the hall yes the sanctions have had an impact but we can deal with it we share a border with 15 countries you can always get around an embargo. Schick us that there are cracks in the wall of sanctions the u. S. Is gradually losing international support. Well just continue to focus on our Domestic Production<\/a> capability. Since ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini<\/a> came to power in 1979 the us has imposed sanctions on iran several times the 1st of these measures was ordered by president jimmy carter after University Students<\/a> seized the u. S. Embassy in november 1979 and held 52 decree mats and civilian workers hostage. Who the united. You the hostages were held for 444 days until january 981 relations between irans new government and the United States<\/a> could not have got off to a worst start. The u. S. Soon froze about 12000000000. 00 in iranian assets and american sanctions made it difficult for iran to buy food spare parts and medical products overseas in 1995 president clinton impose new sanctions and these were a new job by the Bush Administration<\/a>. Washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u. S. Said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various Palestinian Resistance<\/a> movements. George w. Bush was also concerned about irans alleged efforts to build Nuclear Weapon<\/a>s. The United States<\/a> of america will not permit the worlds most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the worlds most destructive weapons. In 2000 to push described iran as part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama announced new sanctions as iran continued to defy international demands to change course on its Nuclear Program<\/a> similar calls came from the European Union<\/a> and the u. N. Security council. But irans new president Mahmoud Ahmadinejads<\/a> promise that the country would push ahead with its Nuclear Program<\/a>. During the Bush Administration<\/a> and certainly during the Obama Administration<\/a> sanctions were intended to be leverage for diplomatic success that was the point that you were going to apply pressure so that you could take it away as part of a negotiated agreement to deal with the Nuclear Issue<\/a> obama would not have been sad if the regime and your transformed its a true democracy emerging inside of iran i think would be something that would be appreciated by countries around the world but obama explicitly said that iran does government is irans government and that you know we respect the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic<\/a> of iran so he was not looking to change the regime in iran. Washingtons new efforts to bring iran to the negotiating table page 25th enough to several years of talks iran agreed to strict conditions and transparency controls on its Nuclear Program<\/a> in return for an easing of International Sanctions<\/a> the 5 permanent members of the u. N. Security council plus germany played a key role in the negotiations. This nuclear deal meets the National Security<\/a> interests of the United States<\/a> and our allies it prevents the most serious threat iran obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> which would only make the other problems that may cause even worse. Thats why this deal makes our country and the world safer and more secure obama looked at the middle east as a region that had always complicated u. S. Foreign policies and he was looking to try and find a way of getting us out of the middle east quagmire that he saw it with whether its with iraq or whether its with afghanistan or the broader regional conflict and i think he thought that trying to get a resolution of the Nuclear Issue<\/a> and other regional issues with iran would be one step towards doing that they didnt mean that he thought that that would transform the middle east or that he was trying to handle iran control of the middle east as some of his opponents have said but i think obama believed that a Nuclear Agreement<\/a> would be one of the 1st steps towards a different u. S. Relationship and u. S. Set of interests in the middle east than what it had been over the course last 20 or 30 years. You know that i mean the iranians never said that theyd change their policies toward syria iraq and yemen after theyd signed the agreement thats not what the trees he was a bounty and you know the agreement was not perfect but it did create conditions that would depending on which close you look at it that prevent iran from using Nuclear Power<\/a> if a military purposes for the next 1015 or 20 is goes under the supervision of the International Atomic<\/a> energy agency. So cool. Nobody will get all of the media then get all we wanted the United States<\/a> didnt get what all they wanted the french germany britain even china russia didnt get to understand the nature of this type of negotiations i wouldnt accuse anybody of being soft its just a process of negotiation. Vienna agreeing. And gave new hope to the people of iran who looked forward to an easing of sanctions. And it was a success for irans new president Hassan Rouhani<\/a> and foreign minister mohammed said. It was a victory for the moderates and it had the support of the Supreme Leader<\/a>. But that support was calculated sort of speak and it was not comprehensive. Rouhani and his people could never have gone as far as they did in the Negotiations Company<\/a> hadnt given them the green light and as we know hes not exactly a moderate like the one would be. Among the 1st to enter the new market to a big era pay in companies that build aircraft and automobiles or develop oil and gas Fields Company<\/a> executives signed contracts with Senior Iranian<\/a> officials tehran hope that these agreements would help to boost the economy. In 2017 to tile frances Largest Energy<\/a> company agreed to buy 150000 barrels of oil per day from iran and to develop a huge natural gas fields in the persian gulf. With probably. The reformers in iran had very concrete expectations just as the europeans and americans did by hopes that iran could rebuild its economy and that this would lead to a more open society iran renounced the use of Nuclear Weapon<\/a>s and expected economic benefits in return they needed Foreign Investment<\/a> to help them not approve living standards. He says i suppose i was disappointed that any move in this direction would cause trouble for the Islamic Revolutionary<\/a> guard corps their job is to protect irans political system that. They also play an Important Role<\/a> in irans economy and have actually profited enormously from the sanctions the posture on. Higher g. C. Whatever you like to call them takes advantage of it in in many ways they control all aspects of imports and exports in a situation like this and they operate sort of like. Mafia bosses they control the flow of counterfeit goods. Things like alcoholism and cigarettes from from other countries food in this sort of circumstance they really gain and having lived through the previous round of of heavy sanctions in 20122013 the thing that i noticed most acutely was the massive wealth gap that was created you had a whole new class of people a Smaller Group<\/a> of people who had tons of money limitless money one of the primary opponents to the j. C. B. Away was the Islamic Revolutionary<\/a> guard corps it signaled a couple of things for them one it signaled a kind of rapprochement with the west to some degree and thats antithetical to their hold on power and the concentration of wealth that they want to for almost going to get an increased economic benefit under the g c p a way it was very clear that they couldnt get that benefit if the ira g. C. Had its tentacles of those companies the u. S. And the European Union<\/a> were going to maintain significant sanctions on the i or g. C. Even after the the lifting of sanctions on the way and so iran had to get the r. G. C. Out of those companies it was a difficult balancing act not least because the sanctions did in place predicted American Companies<\/a> from doing business in iran. They will lock down to the market we couldnt use dollars in our transactions with iran and we couldnt employ any american is. When i travel to the us i couldnt do any business with iran the framework was rather strict not at the same time the agreement gave us the opportunity to take part in this Huge Development<\/a> project we knew that doing business with iran was recently but nothing ventured nothing gained it was a gamble of it and we hoped that it would pay off. Debt electability. Companies that decided to go ahead with projects in iran didnt want to do anything to upset the u. S. Government especially the Treasury Department<\/a> which in force is the sanctions which specifically prohibits the use of u. S. Dollars in business transactions with iran. In 2014 the French International<\/a> Banking Group<\/a> b. N. P. Had to pay nearly 9000000000. 00 in penalties after it pleaded guilty to violating u. S. Sanctions against tehran b m p p continue to engage in the sec to vittie even after they were being told by their own lawyers that the conduct was illegal the nature and scope of b n p p s criminal conduct far exceeded that in any previous criminal sanctions case thats been resolved by the department of justice todays nearly 9000000000. 00 penalty represents the staggering total volume of provable criminal conduct on b. N. P. As part. Of the Iran Nuclear Deal<\/a> generated a lot of opposition in the us powerful lobbying groups like united against nuclear iran kept trying to block its implementation their primary concern was that iran would use the agreement to secretly develop Nuclear Weapon<\/a>s you arnie keeps track of companies that do business with iran and puts pressure on them to stop. I have a theory that we could engage in an economic war for. Instead of using soldiers and bullets to try to use pen and ink to convince a regime to shame its behavior not only for the benefit of the United States<\/a> but for france and the iranian people even ive contacted hundreds of French Companies<\/a> and delegation but ive also sent thousands of letters to the tally and german and chinese russians americans and look my letter is very simple its basically a similar letter we do very Accurate Research<\/a> and if if your Television Channel<\/a> was trying to profit and make money in iran they would get a letter from me and i would say to your company look youre making a decision to do business with the most oppressive brutal Nuclear Weapon<\/a>s seeking regime in the world i would suggest to you that thats wrong. To me u. S. National security adviser said john bolton serves on you and he said tries to reboard and to snow and cold to regime change in the. I had said for over 10 years since coming to these events that the declared hollow see the United States<\/a> of america should be the overthrow of the mullahs regime in tehran. Thats what the 429 t. We here will celebrate in tehran thank you man. On january the 20th 2017 dont trump was sworn in as president. Foreign policy hold 3 joints since trump had often criticised the Iran Nuclear Deal<\/a> and us now in a position to scrap it. He had made it very clear that he. He did not like anything that. Barack obama had done so one of his major task in life was to destroy the legacy of barack obama and he had all also. Criticized the Nuclear Agreement<\/a> but i think most of that criticism is to please various pressure groups in the United States<\/a> rather than. To. Advance the interests of the United States<\/a> i think if the United States<\/a> is interested in nonproliferation then it wont get a better deal than d. J. Sheep you. Just. Appointed bolton as National Security<\/a> advisor in march 28th. The stage was now set for the u. S. To clean out as the Nuclear Agreement<\/a> with iran. The fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been me. It didnt bring calm it didnt bring peace and it never will i am announcing today that the United States<\/a> will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal<\/a> in a few moments i will sign a president ial memorandum to begin reinstating u. S. Nuclear sanctions on the a rainy and regime. President trump aim to put what he called maximum pressure on iran this included the toughest economic sanctions imposed so fond by the u. S. But the kid really from said he wanted to try to bring iran to the negotiating table. Negotiate promptly also a music row terry of state pompei o then gave iran a list of 12 demands that would serve as preconditions for the talks you want to negotiate sure you see the condition and i go but those conditions were completely one sided. And so harsh that it would have been suicidal for iran to accept off it says you see do you see or dont do you didnt see that go on the one hand trump wanted to scrap the original agreement even though iran was playing by its rules at the same time he wanted to negotiate a new deal that would cover not only irans Nuclear Program<\/a> but also irans policies in the middle east and its arsenal of police to. Trump completely misread the situation on the ground for us more namea to have only. Been was out here a year kaesong iraq balled out of 20. Sat carrying tiny maja toddy how all. You care all my to my. Mil let him on him all get out of there. May 2019 the us. Tighten the sanctions that cover sales of irans Petroleum Oil<\/a> exports account for a substantial portion of the countrys income tankas sat idle of. Irans largest commercial ports oil exports soon hit record lows and that hurt the countrys economy even more. In may 2019 several foreign tankers were attacked in the gulf of them on the us suspected iran was behind these incidents but tehran denied any responsibility. Iran also seized a british tanker in the strait of hormuz and in june shot down a u. S. Surveillance drone that provoked an Immediate Response<\/a> from the white house. Trump has been saying things like that for years hes a megalomaniac of it but all he can do is make threats to get even for the one im on says if iran does this or that we will react what did he do when we shot down that american drone huli chappie did nothing but post a few tweets. Iran shifts from what it calls maximum patience to maximum resistance and its their way of saying that look were not going to just sit as this economic pressure mounts and we also havent seen the europeans and the american the other members of the nuclear deal do what we expect from them in terms of economic normalization that the key bargain in the nuclear deal and so we are going to respond in the ways that we can one is were going to stop. Complying fully with the way and every 60 days we are going to breach some of the restrictions that the deal has not because we want a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> but because this is how we can kind of add an impetus to efforts to stabilize the deal that is the iranian argument what the iranians are trying to do i mean theyre really trying to build leverage not a bomb right now they want to build leverage against the europeans against the u. S. To try to compel some economic assistance and to have something to trade away once they go szish and start up again which might be a couple of years down the line. In a round the hope that was generated by the vienna agreement soon gave way to frustration and disappointment there would be no lucrative european contracts and no new jobs western companies simply did not want to risk violating the u. S. Sanctions. System a security its a diabolical system the u. S. President can choose 5 sanctions from a list of 12 but no one knows which 5 some of the mood be deadly for a company like toto for example trump could ban us from using the American Financial<\/a> system that. The search area if an International Company<\/a> like total cant issue bonds denominated in dollars wed be in big trouble. Could also stop americans from buying shares in total right now about 30 percent of our shares are owned by american citizens because these sanctions demonstrate the power of american capitalism because the u. S. Can impose its will on International Companies<\/a> sort of without us for the. Most International Corporations<\/a> pulled back from contracts theyd signed with their around the sanctions also. Made life hard for ordinary iranians these measures extended even to imports of medicines and medical equipment. Supplies of pharmaceuticals from europe dropped sharply. To some iranians then when the world turned its halves. On the money. Here i need this medicine for my wifes chemotherapy. Not what the why have they slapped an embargo on it how will people who are sick get their medicine i dont know what are they supposed to do now youre up all those countries have caved into the United States<\/a> when by us cause the turn and everybody follows and ive got the france germany back to britain why is that dont they have any compassion for sick people no more ordinary than body. Iran has its own pharmaceutical industry complex drug city used to treat cancer all Rare Diseases<\/a> are only produced abroad. This is my Heart Hospital<\/a> in tehran the facility specializes in treating children who suffer from cancer its an ongoing struggle for the staff to find the medicine that their patients need. The hospital is affiliated with a Charitable Organization<\/a> and is funded exclusively by donations. Children from low income families are treated free of charge the my heart facility opened in 2003 right now the hospital is desperately short of foreign medicine. And what. We regularly ask people who travel overseas to buy medicine for us. As a. Return of banks to that kind of support none of our patients has died because we didnt have enough medicine. Free. Isnt it weve managed to keep the hospital running through this crisis protocol it over to were not sure what will happen tomorrow or in 2 weeks. He has said if we cant find people who buy medicine for us overseas were going to have serious problems. Sorry mess and i have seen hospital managers have appealed to the united. Nations european officials and the swiss government to help the social little has been down. And shouts out should do. Fine thank you. Thank you kid and he. Said it was attached to the image there are a lot of contradictions in the sanctions as to what we are you have shown you to cross over to talk to the u. S. Government since that these measures would not apply to food and medicines but the money be and european officials have confirmed this they said that we wouldnt need a special permit to buy what we need here as the fact of the matter is that we cannot transfer money to buy medical equipment and spare parts of people whove imposed the sanctions will aware of this problem and the effect that its having them so why dont International Agencies<\/a> do something to help us to charities know how to bring the millennium you may have done it without using the engine. Today i want to talk directly to the iranian people to dispel myths about u. S. Sanctions that continue to be promoted by the iranian regime. Under our laws a general license is in place today that allows medical devices to be exported from the United States<\/a> to the iranian people the United States<\/a> has a Great Respect<\/a> for the people of iran and does not think to prevent them from accessing medical supplies or care. President trump is committed to supporting the people of iran and hopes one day for a Better Future<\/a> between our 2 peoples you can say that humanitarian trade is exempted it is but when the owner of probably 90 plus percent of the Foreign Exchange<\/a> in iran are available to iran is the central bank which cant be used for that trade now its hard to say that trade can happen and so thats thats been a particular failing of trump and ministrations policy is both kind of the. The steps taken to close off those areas that are available for that kind of trade and the kind of unwillingness of the administration and its officials to support that trade and its been a real problem it makes life for the ordinary iranians worse even though the administration claims to support ordinary iranians and its plain bad policy that soldiers. In september 29000. 00 there was a drone attack on an oil refinery in saudi arabia to see rebels in yemen said they launched the drain strike but several western countries suspected that iran which supports the who see insurgency was behind it iran denied any responsibility but the u. S. So the attack is another example of iran trying to spread its influence across the middle east. How would the United States<\/a> respond to an assault on one of its closest allies in the region. Secretary of state to mike pump air travel to saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates<\/a> to discuss the security situation the u. S. Soon imposed another round of sanctions on iran that took no military action. To show what is she would yeah if it was quite a shock for the saudis because they realized how vulnerable they were. Everyone was surprised because the attack was very well planned and tactically sophisticated like for senior military officials sat up and took notice. Of ideas railways for example analyzed the drone strike in detail and came up with a plan to deal with this kind of threat chris was all them and us and neighbors in saudi arabia need to realize that they cannot be the head. Of this region. We. Can contribute to get to peace and stability in this free. We called for a Regional Forum<\/a> in the persian gulf because of nonaggression pact in the persian. Distributions not trying to security from the United States<\/a> or from europe. Security the purchase security has to be produced from. If iran is to conduct such a major attack not only against saudi arabia but against the Global Oil Market<\/a> and the u. S. Is willing to do precisely nothing that sends a very powerful signal it sends a green light to the iranians that they can go ahead and continue pushing the envelope and it tells the saudis the amorality is the israelis that theyre on their own more or less. And it seemed that this time iran had gone too far. In late december 29th seen a Shiite Militia<\/a> group backed by iran stormed the u. S. Embassy in the iraqi capital baghdad in response to us and strikes carried out against the group in iraq and syria america blamed iran for the attack but tehran denied any responsibility. President trump then decided to strike iran at the very heart of its military establishment. On january discern a u. S. Drone attack near Baghdad Airport<\/a> killed Major General<\/a> cuz sam sulaimani the commander of the revolutionary guards group that specialized in military and clan design operations outside iran. Sulaimani was said to be the 2nd most powerful man in iran huge crowds turned out for a Funeral Services<\/a> that were held in several cities in both the iran and iraq. President trump wasted no time in taking credit for the attack which killed the number one person in the world salivating and it should have been done 20 years ago if you think that only. Trump had several options and he chose one that really crossed the line he ordered the assassination of a senior military official. This didnt happen on the battlefield which you might expect in a conflict between 2 enemies about soleimani was killed as though he was a common terrorist like Osama Bin Laden<\/a> and his death came as a shock to the entire country with this on to millions of people took to the streets to pay their last respects. Irans government can usually get a few 100000. 00 people to turn out by mobilizing troops and supporters and providing transportation for them but this event was completely unexpected it was a collective spontaneous expression of emotion. There were certainly a lot of people in the crowd who opposed to the regime but this was about iran and its honor it went beyond the government irans honor had been attacked and people are very sensitive about. Irans leaders were already reeling from the death of syrian money when on january the 8th the revolutionary guard unit shot down a ukrainian passenger jets shortly after it had taken off from tehran. Several days later irans Supreme Leader<\/a> ayatollah ali how many described the incident as an accident and defended the countrys armed forces the trumpet ministrations threaten to impose even more economic sanctions that irans leaders seems determined to stay the course. To the sanctions change the way they behave are the. More concerned with. Acknowledging and addressing the concerns of average people or more concerned with maintaining their own. System and i would say so far theyve shown that theyre most concerned with maintaining their system there might come a day where they have to respond to a lot of public pressure weve seen various types of protests over the past couple of years more and more in the in the realm of protests against the Economic Situation<\/a> but it has not created a groundswell of. Protest against the regime as such. And so far there is no real indication that thats happening in the coming days or months generally speaking sanctions are not regime change whats its not realistic to just impose sanctions on somebody walk away and hope if you come back in 3 or 4 years that the regime will change they dont work that way you need to have a broader set of of negotiations and you have to give the regime that youre trying to pressure some incentive to actually change to if the only change they can have is big removed from power its going to be pretty hard to dislodge them. The u. S. Policy of imposing maximum pressure on iran is still in force International Economic<\/a> sanctions have crippled the economy and tehran no longer feels bound by the controls on its Nuclear Program<\/a> outlined in the vienna agreement iran could soon produce enough enriched uranium to build a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. The countrys relations with the u. S. Are at their worst since the Islamic Republic<\/a> was founded in 1979. With irans leaders seem determined to stand up to the United States<\/a> as a matter of national pride. That. Would be. To the point that strong opinions clear positions from international perspectives. Can the fragile peace just declared in ethiopia the great profits be sustained ethiopias Prime Minister<\/a> the ad from the nobel peace laureate to mouth more thats our topic onto the talk. To the point. Good evening mr minister on t. W. In mexico many pushed muslims are thrown out in the morning right now Climate Change<\/a> different awful story the faces much less when for just one week. How much force can really do. We still have time to ask im going. To success. That subscribe for more news like those. Once the secret service classical. Music the sound. Or the story behind the music. Just before the insurance british. Law. Thanks opens 9 symphonies for the world. This is the. U. S. Lawmakers preparing to block troop withdrawals from germany the. Presidency does this mean his order to reduce troops here is no envoy. Also coming up israels close friend donald trump out of the white house where does that leave the jewish state with tensions soaring in the gulf israels ambassador to. Be with me here in this stupid. 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