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Into compliance. >> rob, what about the humanitarian situation in iran? coronavirus cases are surging. the country is crippled by those economic sanctions from the u.s., many of them from trump. president biden talked extensively, i remember even during the campaign, about humanitarian exemptions, a pause on sanctions. where is all that have? if you were an iranian sitting in tehran this evening, rob, struggling to put food on the table for your family, would you think president biden has done enough to help during this pandemic? >> well, my first blame my government first but i'll let the ira...

The country is crippled by those economic sanctions from the u.s., many of them from trump. president biden talked extensively, i remember even during the campaign, about humanitarian exemptions, a pause on sanctions. where is all that have? if you were an iranian sitting in tehran this evening, rob, struggling to put food on the table for your family, would you think president biden has done enough to help during this pandemic? >> well, my first blame, my government first, but i'll let the iranian people say that. president biden is right, said it during the campaign and said it since that we...

Coronavirus cases are surging. the country is crippled by those economic sanctions from the u.s., many of them from trump. president biden talked extensively, i remember even during the campaign, about humanitarian exemptions, a pause on sanctions. where is all of that? if you were an iranian sitting in tehran this evening, rob, struggling to put food on the table for your family, would you think president biden has done enough to help during this pandemic? >> well, my first blame my government first but i'll let the iranian people say that. president biden is right, said it during the campaig...

Will say the larger numbers are wildly exaggerated and your lower number is closer to what we're talking about but moreover, again, we can slap that back on immediately. we're keeping the crippling sanctions architecture in place, including the one in our neighborhood here in new york which has been so biting and crippling which is the multilateral sanctions architecture at the u.n. >> one thing that might not be on a lot of our viewers' radar but something weaver talked about in the past, the u.n. treaty. why is this issue important? because the last time it was talked about, it failed and re...

Would ease sanctions on the iranians. explain what you have in mind as far as easing these ongoing sanctions in this interim period. >> well, i'm glad you asked. first of all, wolf, many of the numbers you've heard are wildly inflated. nobody is talking about $40 billion or $50 billion in sanctions relief. we're not even talking about at all loosening the sanctions architecture. the oil sanctions, the financial sanctions that have been so effective in straining the iranian economy would all remain in place. what we're talking about is some very limited modest and reversible economic access to ...