AMERICAN DREAM.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
MELISSA.
MELISSA: THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION RELEASING THE
TOUGHEST SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
BUT IRANIAN PRESIDENT ROUHANI IS
VOWING TO DEFY THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYING, QUOTE, UNFAIR SANCTIONS
ARE AGAINST THE LAW, U.N.
RESOLUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL
ACCORDS.
THEREFORE WE WILL PROUDLY BREAK
THE SANCTIONS.
JOINING ME DANNY DANON, ISRAELI
AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
HOW DOES THIS SHAKE OUT?
HOW MUCH OF A BURDEN ARE THE
SANCTIONS TO IRAN?
HOW MUCH CAN THEY BE ENFORCED
AND HOW MUCH RESIDES ON THE
SOLDIERS OF SWIFT AND MONEY
CLEARING SYSTEM THAT IRAN LIKES
TO USE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MELISSA.
WE HEAR THAT THE IRANIANS ARE
PANICKING.
THEY ARE TWEETING, RESPONDING TO
THE SANCTIONS.
WE WELCOME THOSE SANCTIONS IT IS
THE RIGHT APPROACH TO DEAL WITH
THIS HOSTILE REGIME.
WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT
EUROPEANS WILL DO NOW?
WHETHER THEY WILL JOIN THE
LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND THE U.S. OR CONTINUE TO FINE
BYPASSES TO BUY OIL FROM IRAN?
I THINK EVENTUALLY THEY WILL
HAVE TO JOIN THE U.S. BECAUSE
THE COMPANIES, THEY'RE NO BETTER
THAN THE GOVERNMENTS.
WE SEE EUROPEAN COMPANIES
CUTTING OFF RELATIONS WITH THE
IRANIAN MARKET.
IT IS INFLUENCING THE ECONOMY OF
IRAN.
I THINK SANCTIONS WILL BE VERY
EFFECTIVE.
IT WILL FORCE THE IRANIANS TO
MAKE A CHOICE.
EITHER BETRAY THEIR OWN ECONOMY
OR CHANGE THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
MELISSA: WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO
WE THINK IT IS GOING TO HAVE OR
IS HAVING ON PEOPLE INSIDE OF
IRAN?
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THAT.
WE SAW PICTURES OF THE "DEATH TO
AMERICA" RALLY.
A LOT OF PICTURES COMING OUT.
ISRAEL HAS BETTER INTELLIGENCE
WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE IRAN
THAN WE DO PROBABLY.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE WHAT IS REALLY
GOING ON?
>> FIRST WE'RE SAYING IT OUT
LOUD.
WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE
IRANIAN PEOPLE.
WE HAVE COMMON WITH THE JEWISH
PEOPLE AND IRANIAN PEOPLE.
THIS IS ONLY AGAINST A HOSTILE
REGIME THAT GIVES HUNDREDS OF
MILLION OF DOLLARS TO TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
LEBANON, ONLY RECENTLY ISRAELI
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FOUND OUT
ABOUT ACTIVITIES IN DENMARK AND
FRANCE FUNDED BY IRAN.
THE RELIGION GAME IS USING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO SUPPORT
TERRORISM INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING
THE PEOPLE OF IRAN.
MELISSA: THAT IS NOT WHAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, ORIGINALLY
WHEN THE MONEY WAS QUOTE,
UNQUOTE GIVEN BACK TO IRAN.
HE MADE THE POINT ALL WE WERE
DOING BY WITHHOLDING THE MONEY
WAS HURTING PEOPLE INSIDE THE
COUNTRY.
IF THEY HAD MORE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY THEY WOULD SEE WHAT
WAS GOING ON WITH THE REST OF
THE WORLD.
THAT WAS THE BEST WAY IN ORDER
TO UNDERMINE THE REGIME.
WHY DIDN'T THAT HAPPEN?
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA APPLIED
SANCTIONS, VERY GOOD SANCTIONS
AGAINST THE IRANIANS.
THEY WERE EFFECTIVE.
THE PROBLEM WAS, INSTEAD OF
WAITING AND CONTINUING TO APPLY
MORE PRESSURE HE RAN AND SIGNED
THIS AGREEMENT.
IT WAS A BAD AGREEMENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT
TODAY, IRANIANS CAN SPREAD MONEY
TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU CANNOT INSPECT THE SITES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CLOSED
ISSUES, WHICH MEANS IN A FEW
YEARS THEY ARE ABLE TO GO BACK
TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES.
SANCTIONS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS
GOOD BUT TIMING OF STOPPING THEM
WAS A MISTAKE.
MELISSA: AMBASSADOR, YOU MADE
THE POINT MANY TIMES, FOR THOSE
IN CHARGE OF IRAN IT ISN'T ABOUT
MONEY.
IT IS ABOUT THEIR IDEOLOGY AND
AS MUCH AS YOU TRY TO SQUEEZE
THEM, WHAT IS REALLY THE DESIRED
END RESULT?
IS IT REGIME CHANGE?
WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE
THEM BEHAVE BETTER BUT IS THAT
REALISTIC?
>> WELSHES THE MIDDLE EAST IT IS
HARD TO PREDICT.
NO ONE WILL KNOW WHEN, HOW, WHAT
WILL BE THE CAUSE OF REGIME
CHANGE.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ANTICIPATE
THAT.
YOU CAN FORCE THEM TO MAKE A
CHOICE.
WHEN YOU WILL PUT MORE
SANCTIONS, LOOK AT AIRLINES, FOR
EXAMPLE.
MAJOR AIRLINES DECIDED TO STOP
FLYING TO IRAN.