got much closer to a nuclear weapon, they started shooting at american troops, we tried escalation, and it was a disaster. diplomacy is the only path forward to stop around from getting a nuclear weapon. and interestingly, although israel begins opposed to this deal, our gulf allies who are opposed to it in 2015 or supported, because they do not want a nuclear arms race in the middle east. well let s talk about this again, because it is an important issue that is getting sidelined. senator chris murphy, good to see you. chris murphy is a member of the foreign relations committee, we appreciate your time tonight. up next, former president obama is about to do something he almost never does. we will have details next. ils next wahoooo! (vo) you can be well-groomed. or even well-spoken. (man) ooooooo. (vo) but there s just something about being well-adventured. (vo) adventure has a new look. discover more in the all-new subaru forester wilderness. love. it s what makes subaru, subaru.
because donald trump withdrew from it, he levied unilateral sanctions against tehran, he demanded they come to the table on all of their malevolent behavior, and what happened? everything got worse. iran s support for proxies in the middle east increased. iran restarted the nuclear research program and got much closer to a nuclear weapon and started shooting at american troops. we tried escalation. and it was a disaster. diplomacy is the only path forward to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. and interestingly, although israel remains opposed to the deal, our gulf allies who were opposed to it back in 2015 now support it because they do not want a nuclear arms race in the middle east. we ll have to talk about this again. it is an important issue what is sorts of getting sidelined. senator chris murphy, good to see you, a member of the foreign relations committee. we appreciate your time tonight. up next former president barack obama is about to do something he almost never do
detail plan-b. the last significant hurdle is the islamic revolutionary guard core. they are on the list of u.s. foreign terrorists organizations. the biden administration would consider removing it if it stopped targeting americans. a former state department official in the previous administration says removing it from the list would make it more difficult to counter the irgc. we should not return a blind eye to reality and saying they are not a terrorist organization. the terrorism sanctions are the gold standard of terrorism sanctions. it s israeli government made the same argument. part of challenges for the administration. gulf allies are concerned about the u.s. removing the irgc from a list of foreign terrorists organizations. just as it did in yemen as they attacked saudi arabia and the
french, germany, the uk, try to sort of give a positive vision of what they hope can happen to president biden. look, it was the eu s negotiator who sat down with the iran s deputy prime minister just last week and got iran to agree to come back into the talks by the end of november, they said. these sort of proximity-type talks in vienna where the iranians are sitting around the table with everyone else who s still in the jcpoa, the nuclear deal. but the united states is in a separate room, at a separate location, there close by. i think the europeans want to emphasize this can be done. they ve been the ones that the iranians go to to say please can you try to, you know, moderate the united states, you know, get some of these sanctions lifted. there is messaging in the joint communique that if sanctions are lifted, gulf allies and partners can get back into business essentially with iran and take up some of the financial slack that s been hit by these sanctions. there s some carrots i
what else is to come. molly, can you talk about what things are like where you are in pakistan there, what you re seeing and hearing. reporter: yeah, halle, look, the pakistani government is watching everything extremely closely, after we heard that bill burns was in kabul, the isi chief made a visit. pakistan has two big fears. one, islamists are involved worldwide, including pakistan. if the taliban can overthrow american forces and take over kabul, they can do it here and elsewhere. and too, the instability along the border, 1600 mile border. militants have been moving freely across that border for years. the fear is they ll do that more and come this direction and that there will be a rush of refugees into this country that frankly this country can t afford. as far as secretary of state blinken s visit, talking to pakistani analysts, they hope he changes his tone, that as he approaches allies, qatar,