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Voted to deplore the assassination plot from saudi arabia ambassador weeks ago here in d.c. they say it shows that iran is becoming more and more isolated. >> it indicates i think the isolation that iran is undergoing right now with respect to the choices they have made on the nuclear program. >> reporter: and he said late last night china and russia are on board with the u.s. because we share the common goal of not letting iran developing a nuclear weapon. >> heather: peter, thank you. >> gregg: this isn't the first time the united states has tried to put pressure on iran. now round of sancti...

This new announcement yesterday that they are going to somehow come up with unilateral sanctions is smoke and mirrors. let's be clear about that. >> gregg: why do you say that? >> they are only talking about u.s. sanctions on the petrochemical industry. we already bar every american company from doing business with iran. >> gregg: would it seem to punish foreign companies from doing business in the united states if they don't go along with the petrochemical ban in iran? >> right. that is big small if. what you are asking foreign companies, only foreign companies, to choose business with the un...

Pressure off iran and the obama team has tried to do personal diplomacy. >> gregg: which would be worse? the blowback and they're certainly would be severe blowback or the inevitable nuclear arms race in the middle east if iran gets a nuclear weapon. other countries would race to get nuclear weapons, as well. which is worse? >> i think it's worse to have a nuclear arms race because it won't just be in middle east. it will be latin american. there be african countries saying we're next. >> gregg: rick, great to see you. thanks so much. >> we'll be airing an updated version of special iran's nuc...

Iranian bank. >> gregg: exactly. >> iran is going to get a nuclear weapon. sanctions have not pressured iranian government to stop their pursuit of a nuclear weapon. we don't have much time. i say we have to do everything we can. let's do unilateral sanctions, international sanctions, let's sanction the bank. if you don't want war, you better be for every sanction imaginable right now. ,> gregg: your former boss, johr this is a quote, there are two outcomes, one is they get nuclear weapons, the other is israel uses military force to stop it. that is where we are. would you agree? >> unfortunat...

Bar foreign companies from aiding their petrochemical industry with the threat of depriving those industries access to the u.s. market. but some of those sanctions stopped, banks and other financial companies that have business in u.s. from working with iran, that hasn't worked. so why would this sanction work? >> i think you hit it right on the head. it's a good point. let's be clear what we're talking about. this is an important point. sanctions on iran need to be universal sanctions. the last time the obama administration was able to put sanctions on iran was june of 2009 when security coun...