escalation against europe. that s for sure. thegaging in economic war with iran. it is targeting the iranian people. the united states doesn t have the legal or moral position, does not have the political position, does not have the international position to impose economic war on iran. iran is not interested in escalation. we will not be the party guinness begin escalation, but defend ourselves. it is in and of itself prone to accident. mar play particularly when you have people interested in accidents. extreme prudence is required, and we believe the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. reporter: so there you have it. john, the iranian foreign minister there with some pretty strong words for the trump administration. on the one hand, saying iran does not want escalation, but of
the united states is engaging in an economic warfare against iran. it has to stop. economic war means targeting iranian people. that has to stop. the united states does not have the legal position, does not have the moral positio, does not have the political position, does not have the international position to impose economic war on iran. iran is not interested in escalation. we have said very clearly that we will not be the party to begin escalation, but we will defend ourselves. now, having all these military assets in a small water way is in and of itself prone to accident, particularly when you have people who are interested in accidents. so extreme prudence is required and we believe that the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. reporter: so you have the iranians saying that they believe the situation in the persian gulf still extremely dangerous at this point in time. of course, one of the big dangerous things for the entire region there is you have a lot of i
prone to accident, particularly when you have people who are interested in accidents. so extreme prudence is required and we believe that the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. coming up, beto o rourke is re-launching his presidential campaign as he takes part in a cnn town hall later tonight. we re going to get a preview. plus, north korean news looks to the west as it undergoes a propaganda makeover. . super stay matte ink from maybelline new york. bold color. urban edge. liquid matte formula. up to 16 hour wear. super stay matte ink. only from maybelline new york. it s a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our memorial day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to hit the ground running. only at a sleep number store.
secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. this is been happening this afternoon. of course on the heels of cnn exclusive interview with iran foreign minister who said that iran will not talk to president trump unless the u.s. shows tehran respect. that is zarif s own word by honoring the commitments in the nuclear deal which the u.s. with drew from one year ago. we are not willing to talk to people who have broken their promises. now having all of these military assets in a small waterway is in and of itself prone to accident, particularly when you have people who are interested in accidents. so extreme prudence is required and we believe that the united states is playing a very, very dangerous game. kylie atwood is our cnn national security reporter and we now lawmakers including one we talked to last hour walked out of the meeting. doesn t totally understand why
have president trump meeting with his south korean counterpart, moon jae-in. and you know, after the hugs that we saw between president moon and kim jong-un last week, what does president trump need to find out from or get on the same page with south korea on at this point? at this point, president moon, for his own reason, is very eager to move forward. he would be bringing back, you mentioned the hugs. they met for three days, and he ll be bringing back the message that he s serious about denuclearization, but president trump, you have to give something in return. you have to give it now. and i think if you give it now, maybe there is still a path ahead. so president moon is playing a very, very important role in brokering between moon and trump. sorry, trump and kim. okay. joseph yun, always good to have your expertise. thank you.