Thanks for joining us. No one despites the dramatic impact to put a deal on the iranian impact. Plenty of changes remain. The white house has to wrangle republican opponents. Israel proclaimed the deal an historic mistake. The agreement is recognised for a change within iran and the dispera of its people. The Largest Community is settled names like persian square or little tehran. Acknowledging impact and correction. Michael oku begins our report in los angeles. Reporter these are the streets of what is sometimes called a portion of west l. A. , home it a population of iranians. If you expect a celebration, dancing in the streets in relation to the nuclear arms deal, you would be disappointed. Nina nose why folks are cautiously and quietly optimistic. Its a culture of fear climate that existed with anyone outside of iran which conserns iranian americans that travel back and korth. Whether its to visit family or their homeland. Everyone is afraid to say anything, do anything that might be caught on a western camera, where they are concerned where they travel back and fourth. Square. Western boulevard is a little home away interest home for included. Her story is similar to many here. The daughter of a former ambassador under the last secular government. She and her family fled after the revolution. You fled. Many did. Reporter shes an historian and author. Her late is book on the feminism iran. Like many iranian americans, shed like to visit the deal, at long last the day she has hope. Im hoping the day will come where i dont have to worry. For me, this is a small twilight of hope, that may be i can go back and visit and not worry. Reporter she says the sanctions created a humanitarian crisis in iran. What does it mean to loved ones in the old country . Its a great question. I have family in iran. Some members dont have access to pharmaceutical material that we routinely obtain here. Drugs. Basic prescription drugs, basic basic. Very basic. Heath care is suffering. Access to every day essentials is scanned. The currency has lost valued, and loses 150,000 highly educated citizens annually because of debilitating economic circumstances. Reporter any immigrant community understands this concept, which is doing well in your chosen country and giving Something Back to folks who are left behind. Whether its mun or other resources. Will this deal with iranian americans back home fashion. Even the sanctions or having the basic common access to basic necessities that you and i take for granted, such as every day provisions. Just so much is missing, basic comforts are missing. If i have a loved one in iran, this gives me hope that theyll have access to things that you and i have access to on a daily basis. The regime has not suffered because of the sanctions. So its hard to its a tight rope to navigate. If you look at it from a humanitarian perspective, and then a Global Political perspective where the regime is concerned, and there are the ring leaders as well. Optimistic. Whether or not do you think it means for local businesses, scores on the street. Small Business Owners are lined up waiting for the doors to open. Its an untapped goldmine. Concerned. You call it a gold line. The ability to potentially make a lot of money by having subsidiaries in that region is huge. Reporter for the few that mixed. Persia was a unique situation, smart people and smart in being conniving. As the government is. Im not saying that iranians are, but the government, regime now. Thats the best option of not so good options. Obama pushed them with sanctions to get them to come to the table in a state that its a weakened state where they change the government from a more hardlined government to a less hardlined government. Nina acknowledges that the deal is not being great with open arms by everywhere, she says its a necessary step in relationship. Its basically as if two people who never spoke are willing to talk a little bit. That is opening a door that has been shut for almost 40 years. Welcomed indeed. Michael oku joins us from los angeles. We heard the administration proclaiming something of a victory in reaching this deal. They have to contend with republican opponents. I wonder what you saw in the community, did the iranian americans feel that the United States had a victory, had a good or a raw deal out of this. Its a good question. When you talk to people on the streets, i think that nina does, in fact, speak for everyone when she says that shes cautiously optimistic. You know, on the one hand people recognise far and wide that this is a break through. You have two powers who, for a other. They are sitting at the table and have been able to hammer out a deal. Timely, resolving the longlasting situation having to do with sanctions. When we talk to people, they will tell you that this is a limited deal. You know, had is about, you know suspending a Nuclear Programme on the one happened, and lifting sanctions on the other, but its not about the issues that are close to the heart of iranian americans in los angeles. And that happens to be with human rights. They say unless the administration moves progressively i should say the regime moves progressively to resolving issues, therell be a great deal of cautions on the streets in los angeles. It took a long time to get people here to talk to us. Even when the cameras were not rolling. There were folks that would not have anything to do with journalists, because theyd been so exhausted by this process, and, frankly, among the people who travelled back and forth between the United States and iran. People who have family there, or who have Small Businesses that they run, they are concerned about retribution. A thing like talking to a journalist on camera is something that they are really reticent and reluctant to do. There has been a culture of fear that has been instilled in these people that they dont want to talk too openly about this. There is a great mistrust for this regime, until that is resolved, youll hear over and over that while there is optimism, theres a great deal of caution. Do you have the sense with the mistrust in maintained, that they feel things will be better for folks at home in tehran. I think in a word, yes. Streets. They will tell you that there is a whole generation of young people in iran who know nothing about the the terrible staggering weight of the sanctions. An interesting thing about iran is roughly 65 of the general population is between the ages of 30 and 35. It is an extremely young population. Theres still they are impressionable. 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A Ground Breaking look at the real issues facing American Teens on [ ] conspicuously absent from the announcement of the nuclear deal with iran, the fate of americans imprisoned by tehran, several are known to be held has prisoners, one is a christian pastor, another a journalist for a major u. S. Newspaper, and a former u. S. Marine, the longest held american prisoner in iran. America tonights Sheila Macvicar heard his familys anguish and hopes to see him freed. Reporter december 18th, 2011, Iranian State television. My name is amir. Reporter amir, born in 1983 in flagstaff arizona to iranianamerican parents. One of four children in a close and active family. High School Hockey star, and an american combat veteran, as a u. S. Marine sergeant, serving in iraq and afghanistan. I was proud of him for wanting to serve his country. Post iraq, working as a contractor. In december 2011 in tehran, accused as an american spy, an agent for the c. I. A. Making this public expression. Back home. The first time it was his face in tv. Reporter it was the first time in months that the family knew where amir was. What did you think as you heart imear speak in the confession video . I was shocked locking at his face. That was not him. I said michael, what did they do to him . , reporter there was a secret trial, his military card, employment agreement with contractors was produced, unusual pocket literature for a spiers evidence of tying with c. I. A. He was sentenced to death. It was sickening, we cant believe it got to this point. Months later, a new trial was ordered. He was able to visit. He was very bad shape. He was very bad. He was tiny, he was crying all the time. His face was like chalk. It was white. And long beard. No shape. Hair was shaved. I was worried about him. Most of the time he was crying me and him were crying, and he from that day, he told me, mum, dont believe anything. Im innocent Sheila Macvicar is here now. With the news our thoughts turn anything. Its four years august that he was imprisoned. The family issued a statement welcoming the deal, hoping that it would bring about improved conditions. But, of course, theres no word about amir in the context of this deal. Theres no word about the other americans there are others, its not just amir. A the Washington Post reporter, a pastor, former fbi agent that may or may not in the custody of iranians. Theres others. This deal is limited in its parameter. Its a big deal. Whether something comes out of it down the road. Thats what we dont know. We look to the example of cuba, the release of bow bergdahl. Americans expect if theres a deal there would be some prisoner relief. President. Its not indicated in any way. Its not a deal between the u. S. And iranians, theres the russians, chinese, the europeans and the United States. This deal is himmed to solely the nuclear question, designed to ensure that rain does no go down the path of north korea, pakistan or israel. It does have the potential, and ill say that word again. The potential to be transformative down the line, but depends how the deal is implemented, if the iranians keep their word. There is the possibility that other things may flow from that. Theres a lot of things on the issue. Not just the question of american prisoners. People have, in a sense, a big history making event, a negotiation that sureliy produced. Its not like that exactly. It is history making, showing that diplomacy can work. That is a big deal. It does not with the other issues on the trable between the United States and iran. The u. S. Embassy is not opening soon. Its in the hands of revolutionary guards, and is now a museum to the hostage taking staff there at the time of the revolution. That is not happening. Iran state sponsorship of hezbollah. Support for the syrian president in his war against his own people, the support for Houthi Rebels in yemen. None are on the table. Theres no other indication of any kind of change required in irans before or demeanour. What they have to do is meet the requirements of this deal as it relates to verification, inspection and in exchange hor that, they get economic relief, some sanctions lifted in a way. When you hear the sanctions released. How much are they taking into consideration that this is not a deal between the president of the United States and leadership of iran. The congress will vote on the deal. The when is are there enough votes to veto the deal. The president said he will not permit it to happen. It has international players. The iranians have to vote on the deal, and theres not universal support in tehran, theres questions about what the Supreme Leader thinks about it. Hes been sending mixed messages. Theres questions about what the president things about it. The most important person is the Supreme Leader and he suggested that no, we will not allow inspections of military sites, in the deal therell be inspections of military sites. So its very hard to know in the iranian context what the iranians think they have achieved, and how they are going to make sure that that deal is supported, and is implemented. America tonights Sheila Macvicar next here a long way from home. Never far from mind. In heartland u. S. A. And iranian and his american born son on the future of ties between his homeland and the place they now call home. And the high price of taking flights wednesday, Sheila Macvicar follows up on a costly these are babies in prison. He stood in that bathroom and nobody went to help him. How many people have to get raped before somebody says whoa, we got a problem . Faultlines. What do we want . Al jazeera americas hardhitting. Today the will be arrested. Groundbreaking. Theyre firing canisters of gas at us. Emmy awardwinning, investigative series. We have to get out of here. Ali veslshi brings you a rare on a crisis that hit americas streets, baltimore uncovered a radical plan to combat heroin addiction. They want to hope 24 hour emergency addiction clinics, and services to prisoners and those in recovery. Money blocks the way. The price of a lifesaving drug has sky rock eed. Rocketed. This is what we give our clients in case someone overdoses. Reporter inside the cramped quarters in baltimore, they are handing out a miracle drug. David is volunteering his time preparing clean needles for drug addicts that come in off the streets. Out. In a matter of seconds, if its on overdose, the person will come out of it right away. Its part of an initiative by the city of baltimore to train every resident to help with it. This is the equivalent of having defibrillators. Everyone have you have the ability to save everyones life. Reporter you say everyone. Everyone. Reporter almost every day one someone here dies of a drug or alcohol overdose. How would you describe the number of overdoses on the streets of baltimore. Overdoses reached epidemic proportions, last year 23 people died from reporter almost one a day. Almost one a day. There has been a 23 increase over the previous year. If we had any other disease causing this many deaths, you can imagine if we said ebola is causing 303 deaths. Wed mobilize every resource to address that. David was one of the baltimores addicted. Homeless, he was lucky, helped off the streets by a good samar tan. Hes in longterm recovery, blaming the spike in Overdose Deaths on the powerful synthetic opioid fenn tinnal. When fentanal comes in, its a deadly cocktail. People have have been drug addicts for years its stronger than morphine. Going straight to the bloodstream, it can take the the most serious heroin agent out. It has been called a miracle drug, but can be out of reach for people like dazed that want to save lives. Thats because the cost doubled in the past year, leading to huge profits from pharmaceutical companies that make the drug. Like amphastar. The price increase caught the attention of capital hill. This letter was written to the c. E. O. Of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals this year the rapid increase in the cost of this lifesaving medication in a short time frame is a considerable health concern. Cummings wrote a lawyer to the governor of maryland, the governor and the attorneygeneral. Urging rebates like a handful of other states have begun. If new york and other states are getting lower prices for this drug, then maryland should get it too. We cannot let our citizens be overcharged and let the company jeopardise the positive steps take to address the crisis. Reporter what response have you got from amy star. Ill meet with their lawyer tonight at 6 15. Stopped . We asked them why they went up on the price from 19 to 41 in a matter of 67 months. They gave us some excuses about, you know, the cost going up. And production and asked for documents to back it up. What should the costs me . This is a lifesaving medication. It can be produced with pennies. It should be a societal obligation to provide for lifesaving medication. Maloxygen can bring a person back to life, but not a livelihood. And its not a cure for disease. The main thing to look at is a disease. Whether they are a bad person, they are suffering from a life. How are you doing now . My life is good. No matter what i get in my life. People get here, helping me to give back, and help sun else. Someone else. A reword he hopes to share with others, but concerned big pharmaseizes profits, not people thats america tonight, tell us what you think at aljazeera. Com america tonight. Talk to us on twitter or facebook and come back. Well have more of america tonight tomorrow. 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