TO STEP UP THE FURY IN THE
REGION.
>> FOR US IT'S ABOUT DETERRING
BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE GULF AND
MORE BROADLY IT'S ABOUT
DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF RIGHTS
OF NAVIGATION OF COMMERCE IN THE
STRAIT.
ERIC: WELL, IRANIANS CONTINUE TO
BE AT IT, BEHAVIORS HAVEN'T
CHANGED, HEY, LUCAS.
>> NEED TODAY MAKE A NUCLEAR
BOMB IT'S INCREASING, ACCORDING
TO SPOKESMAN FOR IRAN'S NUCLEAR
AGENCY WHO WARNS EUROPE NEEDS TO
ACT QUICKLY TO SAVE THE LANDMARK
NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WHICH
PRESIDENT TRUMP ABANDONED LAST
YEAR.
>> AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE
SITUATION WILL GET MORE
DIFFICULT, THE EUROPEAN SIDE
MUST REALIZE THAT THERE'S NOT
MUCH TIME LEFTS.
-- LEFT.
IF THEY WANT ACTION THEY MUST
CARRY IT OUT AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
>> IRAN SHOWED OFF THE
CENTRIFUGES, LATEST VIOLATION OF
NUCLEAR DEAL, DEFENSE MARK
ACCUSED TEHRAN OF CHEATING ON
NUCLEAR DEAL FOR A LONG TIME.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN VIOLATING IT.
THEY WERE VIOLATING NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION TREATY FOR MANY
YEARS, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THE
IRANIANS WILL PURSUE WHAT THE
IRANIANS ALWAYS INTENDED TO
PURSUE.
>> $130 MILLION WORTH OF ELICIT
OIL IN TANKER BOUND FOR SYRIA IN
VIOLATION OF SANCTIONS.
LAST MONTH AUTHORITIES RELEASED
THAT TANKER AFTER WHAT THEY SAID
WERE ASSURANCES FROM IRAN, THE
VESSEL WOULD NOT GO SYRIA.
LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
TWEETED A PHOTO SHOWING THAT
IRANIAN TANKER JUST AT ANCHOR 2
AND A HALF MILES FROM MAJOR PORT
IN SYRIA, JOHN BOLTON SAID,
QUOTE, ANYONE WHO SAID THE
ADRIENNE DORIAN ONE WASN'T
HEADING TO SYRIA IS IN DENIAL,
TEHRAN THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT
FUND ASSAD REGIME THAN HELPING
ITS OWN PEOPLE.
TODAY IRAN ALSO CLAIMS SEES TUG
BOAT NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,
FIRST TIME IRAN SEIZED SHIP
SINCE JULY.
IRANIAN OFFICIALS TRAVELED TO
WORK OUT POTENTIAL LOAN FROM THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO COMPENSATE
IRAN FOR LOSS OIL SALES DUE TO
U.S. SANCTIONS.
CRITICS CALL THE PROPOSAL