Vance has always been the AUTHOR of DIPLOMACY: Expert

>> Martha: VICE PRESIDENT VANCE. REACHING OUT TO A TOP IRANIAN. HARDLINER TO TRY AN RESTART. PEACE TALKS. THE AYATOLLAH'S REPRESENT ON THE. SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY. COUNCIL, A TOP OFFICIAL SAYING A. SHORT TIME AGO THAT IRAN'S. CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN CLEARLY. STATED TO MEDIATORS. THAT FROM STATE MEDIA. THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL".

REPORTING THAT VANCE SENT A. LETTER AT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. DIRECTION. [INAUDIBLE]. >> President Trump: NO. WHAT THAT IS, THEY NEED HELP. WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND. VARIOUS THINGS. HE ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT. I SAID, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S OKAY. BASICALLY IT'S GETTING SUPPLIES. IN TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT. WELL. >> Martha: OUR GUEST, RAISED IN.

TEHERAN, IMMIGRATED WITH HER. FAMILY AT THE START OF THE 1979. REVOLUTION. DR. SHIELA NAZARIAN, WELCOME, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS. BATTLE STARTED IN 1979, THAT IT. DID NOT START IN FEBRUARY, THAT'S THE LATEST SORT OF. EXCLAMATION POINT IN ALL OF. THIS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS LETTER. EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO? >> I THINK THAT'S A DEVELOPMENT. NO ONE SAW COMING, ACTUALLY, AND.

IT TOOK MANY OF US BY SURPRISE. THE LETTER WAS DLOIFRD QATARIS. TO BE GIVEN ON SUNDAY. CARRIED BY THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL" A FEW DAYS LATER AND. THE "NEW YORK TIMES" UPDATED THE. INFORMATION. VANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE AUTHOR. OF DIPLOMACY IN THIS. ADMINISTRATION. WE DON'T KNOW WHO INITIATED IT. SUPPOSEDLY VANCE BROUGHT IT UP. TO THE PRESIDENT FOR MEDICAL. CONDITIONS AND SUPPLIES AND THE. PRESIDENT SIGNED OFF THE LETTER.

SO HE WAS WEAR OF THE CONTENTS. OF THE LETTER AND IT DOESN'T. SURPRISE ME E THAT THAT'S THE. APPROACH HE TOOK. FOR VARIOUS REASONS --. [INAUDIBLE]. HE SAYS THAT THE YOUNGER. GENERATION DOES NOT BELIEVE IN. FOREIGN POLICY OR ENTANGLEMENTS. IN WARS AND FOREVER WARS. HE WANTS TO GIVE DIPLOMACY A TRY. AND THAT'S ALSO WITH AN EYE ON.

THE MIDTERMS, WHICH ARE FIVE. DAYS AWAY, BUT TO HOPE FOR A. RESOLUTION. EXTRAORDINARY IN FIVE DAYS, MAYBE EVEN IMPOSSIBLE. >> Martha: IT COULD BE A LAST. STEP BEFORE THE RETURN TO COMBAT. THAT WE'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT. TO SAY, WE DID REACH OUT, THAT. WAS THE LAST CHANCE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LAST CHANCES. FOR THE REGIME. I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE THE OTHER. DAY WHO IS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF.

PRIVY TO THE SITUATION AND. GIVING ADVICE TO THE. ADMINISTRATION ON SOME OF THESE. THINGS, WHO SAID THAT REALLY, THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP, THE. IRGC, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID. THE ONLY THING THEY ARE TRULY. AFRAID OF IS THEIR OWN PEOPLE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> I DO. I WOULD JUST CURB IT A BIT. SAYING THEY ARE AFRAID OF THEIR. OWN PEOPLE BUT THEY ALSO HAVE. ALL THE TOOLS OF OPPRESSION, TO.

CRACK DOWN AND KILL THEIR OWN. PEOPLE. WHAT BRINGS THIS FEAR AND HOW. YOU HANDLE IT IS SOMETHING THAT. THE IRANIAN REGIME HAS MASTERED. OVER EVERY 10 YEARS OF RISING UP. AND THE IRAN PEOPLE SHOWING. THEIR MISERY AND CONTEMPT WITH. THE REGIME. YES, THE REGIME IS BENT ON. SURVIVAL. IT WILL COMPROMISE IF IT HAS TO. IT WILL DELAY ITS NUCLEAR.

PROFILE IF IT HAS TO BUT THE. INTENT IS ALWAYS AND HAS ALWAYS. BEEN, IF YOU READ AYATOLLAH. KHAMENEI'S REMARKS, LEADING UP. TO THE REVOLUTION, IRAN HAS THE. ABILITY TO EXPORT THE REVOLUTION. AND NOT BE DETERRED AT ANY COST. >> Martha: PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS. TAKING A VICTORY LAP SAYING I. STOPPED THEM FROM GETTING A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. WATCH THIS. >> THE ORIGINAL RATIONALE WAS WE. WERE GOING TO GO IN THERE TO GET.

THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR NUCLEAR. WEAPONS, EXCEPT, IRAN DIDN'T. HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WE HAD CURVED THEIR NUCLEAR. PROGRAM. I PUT IN PLACE A DEAL THAT. EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGED KEPT THEM. FROM GETTING NUKES. I DIDN'T HAVE TO FIRE ANY. MISSILES. I ENGAGED IN DIPLOMACY. >> Martha: THAT DEAL PUT A LOT. OF MONEY INTO THE POCKETS OF THE. IRGC AND THERE ARE THERE IS A.

LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY. CONTINUED TONIGHT RICH URANIUM. AT WEAPONS GRADE LEVELS. >> THERE IS A LOT OF FOOTNOTES. TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS ON. THIS TAPE. WE HAD "CURVED THEIR NUCLEAR. PROGRAM IN NOTES.". THAT WE KNEW OF. WHEN WE WENT BACK WE FOUND. ISOTOPES THAT WERE 60% OF HIGHLY. ENRICHED URANIUM AND WE FOUND. FOUR OTHER NUKE FACILITIES. THAT WAS NOT DECLARED, AND THEY.

HAD NO INTENTION OF DECLARING. IT. THEY WERE JUST CAUGHT RED-HANDED. WHEN THE REPORT CAME OUT, AND I. THINK IT WAS A PUSH --.