general assembly next week rouhani since taking office six weeks ago. he said a lot of positive things a lot of people in washington were saying well that's all well and good but we don't know if he's actually going to be able to deliver prime minister of israel netanyahu said he smiling while he's building a bomb he's a wolf in sheep's clothing and yet what we found is that rouhani over the past six weeks has managed to convert these positive words into positive actions is demonstrating that he can deliver. he has a little bit of space right now he's not going to have an infinite infinite amount of time to do so because there are hard liners in iran who don't want any sort of approach model with the u.s. but there is time right now the question is is obama going to be able to do the same thing and hold off hardliners here in washington from sabotaging potential talks so he gave us examples of some of those physical things that he has actually changed or not the things that he's necessarily just talked about well you know one of the main campaign promis

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many one skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york or in a fortnight r.t. . that's not the only news coming out from iran in an interview with n.b.c. news president rouhani pledged to tear down barriers that prevented iranians from surfing the internet freely he said he believes all people should have the right to access the free flow of information and have a platform for dialogue he also went on to say about his country will not pursue nuclear weapons so a lot of promises are coming out from this new president b

heels of mr rouhani arrival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many one skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york or in a fortnight r.t. . and that's not the only news coming from iran on the eve of newly elected president hassan rowhani his visit to the united states iranian authorities unexpectedly freed eleven of the country's most prominent political prisoners from jail the list of freed people includes journalist author of activists and attorneys most notably so today a human rights lawyer who represented several activists who protested against the iranian government als

of bilateral relations speaking of letters iran confirmed this week that president rouhani and president obama exchanged written correspondence where contact between the leaders of two nations that cut off diplomatic ties in one thousand nine hundred eighty in his letter to mr obama indicated that the u.s. is ready to resolve the nuclear issue in a way that allows iraq to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian officials released prominent iranian lawyer nasreen sick today from prison after being jailed for three years for her. human rights work in the past the u.s. fought actively of course a today's release in addition iranian media reports that thirteen other political prisoners rounded up for involvement in the two thousand and nine anti-government protests had been released this comes as he launched a new moderate leader who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world travels to new york for the united nations general assembly debate however on the heels of mr rouhani as a rival the u.s. gov

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six story many cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could no calm at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york very important i am artsy. well discuss the situation further we're joined now by professor side mohamad aranda from the university of tehran thanks for joining us here today on our team now iran has always said that it wouldn't to construct nuclear weapons so one of the of the apparent enthusiastic reaction from call it that from the u.s. now. well it's hard to say it really. should be asked why the united states has not responded earlier because this is what th

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iran are repairing ties according to reports mohamed jaafari believes rouhani should have turned down the phone call conversation until the u.s. government shows more sincerity towards iran but nonetheless president rouhani is dancing to the beat of his own drum and i say that because recently he requested that aviation authorities study the possibility of resuming direct. flights have been halted since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine for the israeli prime minister such sentiments and such a quick thawing of relations between the u.s. and iran could be something of a nightmare let's remember that for decades israel has been warning that iran is steadily marching towards development of a nuclear weapon last year there's really private us are presented a cartoon diagram of a bomb to the united nations general assembly claiming that iran would enter the final phase of weapons production by two thousand and thirteen since then of course israel has backed off of that assessment of a during his speech the u.n. on tuesday netanyahu is once again expected to argue that israel and the w

an unexpected appearance from what we're being told it wasn't clear whether iranian president hassan rouhani would actually be speaking at the un high level meeting on disarmament but he did and he called on israel to join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty now that treaty requires all countries who have nuclear programs or nuclear weapons to acknowledge them in this way the international community can monitor each country's a way of using its nuclear program or its stockpile of nuclear weapons now while many countries most countries believe that israel does have nuclear weapons does possess them israel has never acknowledged it nor has it signed to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty now the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a crime against humanity

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize thirty six story men cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina fortnight artsy well terry koval the research or the institute for international relations in paris says iran is ready to be flexible with the u.s. but only to a point. nuclear issue you have the question of the relationship between iran and the u.s. and. so i think you know the two countries have been really nearly. seventy nine revolution so they just need to talk to you know the fact that. a return to late to. ensure the fact that you know that they really n

president has song rouhani slams the suspicion surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there is no place for atomic weapons and he is contrary these address to the u.n. general a sampling. and to the u.k. are proof since own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic island say they're being squeezed down to make room for a u.s. military base. that is two pm in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshing welcome to the program greenpeace activists are under arrest in russia after attempting to storm an oil platform in the arctic they insist it was a peaceful protest for the sake of the environment while investigators are calling it a reckless assault president putin spoke about the incident at the international art form or his work is going on joins us live from more on this your so what was the president's take on the greenpeace action there what he have to say. well environmental security in the arctic is what this forum is all about and it's widely understood that the arctic itself is quite a fragile system and any misuse any accidents there would lead to major conseq

president hassan rouhani pledged a completely peaceful nuclear future for his country promising not a single atomic bomb will be produced on iran's soil will statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by toronto boards a more moderate stance in the global political arena let's have a look at what iran's nuclear activity has already done to take pressure off the country's relations with the western world while he's vowed no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become terrans latest move to establish warm relations with its critics and earlier a renowned lawyer and human rights activist has been set up a day it was released after spending three years in jail reign in media reported that ten other political prisoners were freed as well another sign of a new approach the country's leader exchanged letters with barack obama they turned he described the tone of the correspondence from his counterpart as positive and constructive way appointment of western educated mohamed zarif i should say as a foreign minister has already been d

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey manhattan skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not calm at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina r.t. . well let's get some insight on this and talk to a new role he joins us he is the chairman of the ludwig von mises institute and he has written extensively on relations between the u.s. and iran good evening to you know could all of these moves mean that the u.s. sanctions actually did their job. well it is their job but the attempt to starve the iranian people to punish the iranian people financially economically in every medically in every possible

much indeed for joining us today thank you for coming up here winds of change in iran the president rouhani seems to be steering this country to a more moderate future releasing political prisoners and promising new nuclear weapons and still ahead. with. its technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. it was. very hard to take. her back with that her take care. of the. iranian president hassan rouhani a pledge to completely peaceful nuclear future for his country the statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by terror on towards a more moderate stance on the global political arena some of the cuts i want to iran's new acted leader has already done sound honeys valid he has no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become terror on latest move to establish warmer relations with its critics an area renowned lawyer and human rights activist has been since our day was released from prison along with ten other political prisoners another sign of a new approach the country's leader exchan

president hassan rouhani slams the suspicions surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place for atomic weapons in his country in his address to the u.n. general assembly. greenpeace recused of piracy after trying to storm a russian oil rig while the country hosts an international forum to secure to kick ology. in the u.k. up roots its own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic island say they are being squeezed down to make room for us to treat bags. hello there it's nice to have you company watching our table mate and. now addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent voice from washington on the issue obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also. over syria and he said now he has this report. and his debut speech at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made to be won by other countries to promote interests in the region he said no military solution

personally i'm not surprised because i know human rights improvement is under president rouhani. his think tank so for strategic research in the past. he is more of thinking president rouhani has not delivered by the release of i think that your number is or were a dozen prisoners including journalists bloggers and reformist politicians such as . doers been in jail since the controversial. election so this is a very concrete and tangible signal about the new administration's determination to expand personal liberties and improve the human rights conditions and to d.c. acutely thighs the political environment so iran could enjoy from an expansive political society what can you say about the timing of these releases are because president rouhani will be in new york for the u.n. general assembly next week won't say so do you think there is a link i think so but it's an indirect link because it fits in with the pattern of mr rouhani which i just mentioned nevertheless you know mr rohani it's not an automatic thing for him he had to lobby for this and his you know a trip to new york i

president hassan rouhani says suspicions surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place for atomic weapons in his country and his address to the u.n. general assembly. greenpeace are accused of piracy after trying to storm a russian oil rig while the country hosts an international forum to secure our ticket ology. the u.k. abruzzi some citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic guardian who say they're being squeezed to make room for a u.s. military bags. are you watching r.t. with me andrey farm. now addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent voice from washington on the year she while obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also continued their work on a consensus over syria. as this report. at his debut speech at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made to be won by other countries to promote interests in the region he said no military solution is a

president hassan rouhani slams the suspicion surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place for tomic weapons in his country and his address the u.n. general assembly. greenpeace are accused of piracy after trying to storm a russian oil rig while the country hopes an international force to secure our college in. the u.k. operates its own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic either and say they're being squeezed back to make room for the u.s. military. good morning nice to have you company with r.t. coming to you live from moscow now addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent voice from washington on the issue while obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also continued their work on a consensus over syria artes and it's now a reports. at his debut speech at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made to be won by other countries to promote interests in

president hassan rouhani slams the suspicion surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place retirement weapons in his country in his address to the un general assembly. president clinton says greenpeace activists are not pirates but reprimands them for breaching international law when trying to storm a russian oil rig. in the u.k. a brig's its own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic island say they're being squeezed down to make room for a u.s. military base. are they watching r.t. coming to you live from the sky. now addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent force from washington on the year she while obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also continued their work on a consensus over syria artie's nice and now it has this report. at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made to be won by other countries to promote interests in the region he said n

president rouhani calls all obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east party takes a for a look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty in a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by the new reports which claims the aggressive financial cards supposed to shore up the news economy. a story still to come but first caracas has declared america's decision to deny airspace to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican airspace more than that venezuela says its delegates could potentially be done right american visas ahead of a major u.n. meeting next week well let's cross now to. who's following the story for us there in new york bring us up to speed on the latest developments what is happening here . well the story has unfolded in a different direction in a matter of hours after initially denying airspace to the venezuelan

president hassan rouhani slams the suspicions surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place retard make weapons in his country his address to the u.n. general assembly. bringing these three kids to piracy after trying to stall a russian oil rig while the country hosts an international forum to secure arctic ecology. in the u.k. approves his own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic island say they're being squeezed tanked to make room for a u.s. military base. welcome good to have you company you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrey pharma now addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent voice from washington on the issue while obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also continued their work on a consensus over syria artie's nice and now he has this report. at his debut speech at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made

quite deep and his when president rouhani was initially elected he called the iranian president wolf in sheep's clothes so that sort of language is what is to be expected from israeli prime minister i don't think it's going to be very difficult for him to persuade some people because in the united states the corporate media is very much in the hands of the political establishment and congress in the senate is very close to. the regime but i think if american political leaders take note of what happened during the syria issue and how opposed the american people are now to confrontation and military attacks. then they will choose a more reasonable approach when it comes to iran because after all they couldn't convince their own people about syria iran is a much much stronger country and on the other hand the americans have isolated themselves internationally over syria wow step back in time on our website on t. dot com to see how a year ago netanyahu angered iran with his explosive address to the u.n. general assembly. and i jury in school is turning into a stand i should say in a bloo

president hassan rouhani slams the suspicions surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place for atomic weapons in his country and his address the un general assembly. greenpeace accused of piracy after trying to storm a russian oil rig while the country hosts an international forum to secure arctic ecology. and the u.k. approves its own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic island say they are being squeezed down to make room for a u.s. military base. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me and three farm. addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent voice from washington on the issue while obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also continued their work on a consensus over syria artie's nice and now he has this report. at his debut speech at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made to be won by other countries to p

rouhani there are even rumors that rouhani and obama are going to meet at the u.n. and so this may be a way to find an off ramp for a military confrontation i wanted to get this last question and your opinion looking at what's happening with syria look at what happened with iraq libya do you think that sovereign nation should disarm at the request of western forces i think rule of law here is really important i think that you know as a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty iran is entitled to having the nuclear program but that does come with obligations and all sides of this need to view this as you are entitled to your rights if you live up to your obligations and right now it's a matter of getting that sides at the table figuring out a way to sequence a deal in which those rights and those obligations are all observed but the lesson from some of these other cases for some folks in iran is going to be if you comply you're going to get burned and we need to in the u.s. washington needs to make sure that that's not the message that's being conveyed well hopefully

rouhani there are even rumors that rouhani and obama are going to meet at the u.n. and so this may be a way to find an off ramp from a military confrontation i wanted to get this last question and your opinion looking at what's happening with syria look at what happened with iraq libya do you think that sovereign nation should disarm at the request of western forces i think rule of law here is really important i think that you know as a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty iran is entitled to having the nuclear program but that does come with obligations and all sides of this need to view this as you are entitled to your rights if you live up to your obligations and right now it's a matter of getting that sides at the table figuring out a way to sequence a deal in which those rights and those obligations are all observed but the lesson from some of these other cases for some folks in iran is going to be if you comply you're going to get burned and we need to in the u.s. washington needs to make sure that that's not the message is being conveyed well hopefully th

here we sold this deal this deal proved elusive with ahmadinejad at the helm what changes now that rouhani is there. well sam i look like we're finally beginning to see some baby steps take place between iran and the u.s. trying to kind of finally approach each other that a highly anticipated meeting that we were looking forward to seeing between obama and rouhani would have been the first in over three decades between the u.s. and iranian president that meeting did not take place but yes tomorrow kerry and has iranian counterpart will be holding talks and those should certainly shed more light on whether or not we could see some kind of improvement between these relationship between these two countries and of course you know the reason that people are being optimistic that something might actually come out of this is because over the last eight years especially when mahmoud ahmadinejad would come here the previous president lots of fiery speeches controversial statements aimed at the west and the west of course for years now the united states and the west have been concerned about iran's

his son rouhani also took the chance to call on israel to join the nonproliferation treaty to put knives got the latest from new york. the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party to the n.p.t. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a crime against humanity he said there only guarantee is total elimination now rouhani was speaking about nuclear weapons he said. this is he also called i'm sorry he also called for a conference a high level conference to be taking place on nuclear disarmament within. every five years and what we're seeing here is this new iran iranian leader that has come to new york to engage with the international community really seizing every opportunity he can to try to show that iran is being transparent is trying to be a key player and apparent willingness to resolve intern

quite deep and his when president rouhani was initially elected he called the iranian president wolf in sheep's clothes so that sort of language is what is to be extracted from israeli prime minister and i don't think it's going to be very difficult for him to persuade some people because in the united states the corporate media is very much in the hands of the political establishment in congress and the senate is very close to. the regime but i think if american political leaders take note of what happened during the syria issue and how opposed the american people are now to confrontation and military attacks. then they will choose a more reasonable approach when it comes to iran because after all they couldn't convince their own people about syria iran is a much much stronger country and on the other hand the americans have isolated themselves internationally over syria well step back in time on a website or to dot com to see how a year ago netanyahu angered iran with his explosive address to the u.n. general assembly. a nigerian school is turned into a bloodbath by some of africa'

are coming out you know wind of change and iran hasn't rouhani it seems to be staring us into a more moderate future releasing political prisoners and missing the nuclear weapons still ahead. wealthy british style some time to find the right. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. a comeback now iranian the preston their son rouhani pledged to completely peaceful nuclear future for his country the statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by terror on towards a more moderate starts in the global political arena let's have a look at turn on iran's nuclear lector the leader has already done. so on his vow he's no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become tehran's the latest move to establish woman relations with its critics every now and lawyer and human rights activists nasreen day it was released from prison along with ten other political prisoners another sign of a new approa

there even rumors that rouhani and obama are going to meet at the u.n. and so this may be a way to find an off ramp from a military confrontation i wanted to get this last question and your opinion looking at what's happening with syria look at what happened with iraq libya do you think that sovereign nation should disarm at the request of western forces i think rule of law here is really important i think that you know as a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty iran is entitled to having the nuclear program but that does come with obligations and all sides of this need to view this as you are entitled to your rights if you live up to your obligations and right now it's a matter of getting that sides at the table figuring out a way to sequence a deal in which those rights and those obligations are all observed but the lesson from some of these other cases for some folks in iran is going to be if you comply you're going to get burned and we need to in the u.s. washington needs to make sure that that's not the message is being conveyed well hopefully th

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government or u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asked the corporation transferred rental income and other funds to iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come out a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina r.t. . and a quick look at other news around the world now in mexico the death tolls on massive floods caused by two hundred tents has risen to eighty with dozens of people still missing tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes many of which have been cut off some poles supplied along with the delusion mudslides have also hampered secure rescue operations meanwhile the if force has started evacuating an estimated forty thousand tourist

all appearances point to that yeah and president rouhani of course has signaled that his like series you a few lines between the two are send iran isn't it too early for steps like fount what do you think well i think that's not all too early for stuff like that i think the point is to get the sanctions removed as rapidly as possible from iran i was in tehran february of this year and the the sanctions are hurting the common iranians and this is this is a. hawkish lobby in the congress that push this through earlier this year and later last year and i think that that has to be taken down as a first step toward the bargain in good faith on the on the nuclear issue and there's been a lot of speculation about obama's strained relations with netanyahu now it is said bond enough to prevent the u.s. from remaining israel's international cheerleader. i think there's no question the obama administration especially the second term has dramatically distance itself from from this very very tight relationship that's been in place for decades since since the time of president carter. with israel

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize thirty six story men cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina r.t. . a brief look at some other world news now in mexico the death toll from massive floods schools bahari tropical storms which was in the eighty dozens of people still missing tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes which had been cut off from power supplies along with a deluge of mudslides have also hampered rescue operations world forces have started evacuating estimated ten thousand tourists from the tourist destination. to egypt now where a se

never pursue nuclear weapons adding that his government might be ready to strike a deal with the west rouhani further address the topic of cooperation when he made his case for putting an end to frosty relations and engaging in constructive dialogue in an open letter to the washington post and in a conciliatory gesture iran released almost a dozen political prisoners this week two of them renowned human rights advocates at the core of this push to defrost relations is an exchange of letters between rouhani and president obama while the white house indicates the pair can meet although not formally at the u.n. general assembly next week jamal of deep political director of the national iranian american council shares his thoughts on what can be expected from this potential landmark meeting you know there's a lot of work to be done i mean no u.s. president has actually sat down with the iranian president since since you know the nine hundred seventy nine revolution so i think what we can expect from this upcoming meeting is balik handshake or or signal something along those lines but i do think t

this push is to deploy issues to defrost relations in an excuse it's an exchange of letters between rouhani and president obama while the white house indicates the pair can meets although not formally at the u.n. general assembly next week tomorrow policy director at the national iranian american council shares his thoughts on what can be expected from this potential landmark meeting. you know there's a lot of work to be done i mean no u.s. president has actually sat down with an iranian president since since you know the nine hundred seventy nine revolution so i think what we can expect from this upcoming meeting is probably some sort of symbolic handshake or or signal something along those lines but i do think that this paves the way for a substantive meeting between both sides to actually address with these outstanding issues that are on the table including obviously the nuclear issue where rouhani has expressed willingness to increase transparency and perhaps put some caps on the nuclear program but that meeting will also necessitate some discussion of actually easing sanctions on the u

president hassan rouhani drug global attention when he was iran will never seek a nuclear weapons saying the strictly civil atomic program is this some of national pride and he also reached out to the white house through an article in the washington post calling to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on rewarding them up and sticking to the election pledges. approach rouhani also released around a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive. and professor sided marandi from the university of tehran things iran wants the us to stop the language of threat. what the iranians are doing right now is they're saying look we are going to preserve our sovereign rights as an independent country we will continue with our peaceful nuclear program we've never this regarded international law there is no evidence of that but we are willing to be creating a new favorable environment for negotiations so far the notice is responded negatively as soon as mr rouhani

president rouhani hold on obama to join advocates and work together to bring peace to the middle east takes a new and just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty and doesn't get it from years from now than the number estimated by a new report which claims that a progressive financial concept supposed to shore up the u.s. is a easy use economy. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. well see british study all. the time because. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on r g. here will janelle she is good to have you with us let's move on now tasers are increasingly being used by british police to take down people viewed as dangerous on threatening and shocking new statistics show the number of people hit by the high voltage weapons has increased threefold in just three is that is also has lower smith reports a string

more moderate faction is now holds the president say ayatollah hominidae has endorsed president rouhani has calls for. some sort of progress on the nuclear issue and this is very different from previous presidents even the former president mohammad hot to me who was a reformer so he was much more liberal than president rouhani but he did not have the backing of the supreme leader so we've seen even the leader place his credibility on the line ahead of this meeting and this is why it's so important and this is why it's different you also have syria in the background are ron sees an opportunity because it has so much power in syria it's arming the opposition the revolutionary guards are inside fighting inside syria so i suspect that if the iranians are smart they will come to the negotiating table and say ok we're ready to move to some sort of transitional government without assad but this is what we want in return we want as you mentioned some of the sanctions to be lifted and so i suspect that that's going to be part of the conversations if indeed they go on so ryan irvine so what will

leader not to be fooled by tehran's new leadership israel believes iran's new president hassan rouhani has been using conciliatory words and gestures something of a smokescreen to conceal tehran's intentions on building a nuclear bomb and netanyahu is expected to deliver also according to reports new intelligence that his accusations that israel is going to try its best to persuade the u.s. to maintain its tough economic sanctions against iran sanctions that have caused iranian citizens to suffer for many many years and if the u.s. and its western counterparts achieve some progress with iran in the next couple of months in terms of iran's nuclear program making it more transparent then many believe that these international sanctions and unilateral sanctions that the u.s. has imposed on iran they will ease they will be lifted and this is something that israel does not want to see happen prime minister netanyahu doesn't seem pleased that thirty plus years of cold relations between tehran and washington are quickly thawing let's remember that last week president rouhani and obama spoke ov

iran a more moderate faction is now holds the presidency ayatollah hamann a has endorsed president rouhani calls for some sort of progress on the nuclear issue and this is very different from previous presidents even the former president mohammad hot samee who was a reformer so he was much more liberal than president rouhani but he did not have the backing of the supreme leader so we've seen even the leader place his credibility on the line ahead of this meeting and this is why it's so important and this is why it's different you also have syria in the background are ron sees an opportunity because it has so much power in syria it's arming the opposition the revolutionary guards are inside fighting inside syria so i suspect that if the iranians are smart they will come to the negotiating table and say ok we're ready to move to some sort of transitional government without assad but this is what we want in return we want as you mentioned some of the sanctions to be lifted and so i suspect that that's going to be part of the conversations if indeed they go on so ryan in irvine so what will yo

mr rouhani has been the leaders representative in the national supreme national security council for a long time and so they know each other for some forty years and therefore it is a high degree of confidence and the president by the supreme leader transitions people apparently prone to those western sanctions is the u.n. going to listen. i hope so you know that i think that the president is counting on among other things the. hundred and twenty three countries that are member of it and it's being led by iran these days that have thrown their weight behind the iran question and the justness. and now with all these significant gestures and overtures by the. you know nuclear transparency and more cooperation with the eye and so on and so forth it would be very hard for the other side to throw monkey wrench and to torpedo the process around sparking for the syrian regime has not gone very well though in in many western camps how to run justify what it's doing. well you know today president rouhani elaborated that from iran's point of view there is two parallel processes or conflicts go

and he was concerned about the consequences of a story phone call between hassan rouhani and barack obama well. joins me live from new york with more on this simmering that he he's going to be addressing the u.n. general assembly but what's his plans for today. well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington d.c. at the moment for a meeting with u.s. president barack obama and netanyahu is expected to bring something of his own offensive warning the u.s. leader not to be fooled by tehran's new leadership israel believes that iran's new president hassan rouhani has been using conciliatory words and gestures as something of a smokescreen to conceal tehran's intentions on building a nuclear bomb and netanyahu is expected to deliver also according to reports new intelligence that his accusations that israel is going to try its best to persuade the u.s. to maintain its tough economic sanctions against iran sanctions that have caused the distance to suffer for many many years and if the u.s. and its western counterparts achieve some progress with iran in the next couple of month

election of a new president has become especially noticeable this week here's a look at some of hasan rouhani is moves that may be signaling a thaw first in a recent interview he made it clear iran will never pursue nuclear weapons adding that his government might be ready to strike a deal with the west rouhani further address the topic of cooperation when he made his case for putting an end to frosty relations and engaging in constructive dialogue in an open letter to the washington post newspaper and in a conciliatory gesture iran released almost a dozen political prisoners this week two of them renowned human rights advocates at the core of this push to defrost relations is an exchange of letters between rouhani and president obama while the white house indicates the pair can meets although not formally at the u.n. general assembly next week jamal of d policy director at the national iranian american council shares his thoughts on what can be expected from this potential landmark meeting. you know there's a lot of work to be done i mean no u.s. president has actually sat down with an irani

iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s. door urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the countries though the white house is still sending mixed signals whether it will kind it has recently hinted there is a possibility for a change of heart well let's take a look at how to run is trying to win over the sympathies of the u.s. president rouhani drew global attention when he vowed iran will never seek a nuclear weapon saying the strictly civil atomic program is the subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house through an article in the washington post according to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up and sticking to the election pledges of a moderate approach also released around a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive. while assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan carney joins me live fr

relations we look at tehran's charm offensive ahead of president rouhani is a visit to new york. well. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future covered. wealthy british soil. the time is right for. the market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. welcome back to what you are to live from our moscow headquarters islands in france thanks for joining me the deadliest assault on civilians in iraq this year has claimed the lives of at least ninety six people after a string of attacks targeted shiite muslim neighborhoods the majority were killed when suicide bombers attacked ishi a funeral in the capital baghdad and who were activist richard becker from the answer coalition believes the bloodshed raging in iraq is just an echo of the u.s. led invasion. the fundamental cause of the ongoing violence in iraq is the us invasion and occupation which tore iraqi society apart and in which at the time of the occupation the us

well certainly if no meeting between obama and rouhani is taking place this week we will be keeping a close eye on the meeting between kerry and the iranian foreign minister because it is likely and this is unusual for them to meet face to face considering the tensions over the last several decades absolutely will quincey dentally rouhani is also addressing the u.n. general assembly today what can we expect out of that speech well that's certainly something that expected that is expected to be very curious in the sense that this will be the first time that rouhani will be addressing the united nations general assembly as iran's new president we have to remember that over the last eight years it was mahmoud ahmadinejad with quite a controversial personality and controversial status here in the united states and that the u.n. g.a. he's certainly year after year been causing much outrage with his controversial statements and feisty behavior every time we would see u.s. and western delegations walk out of the general assembly hall to watch show that they're ignoring the what they thought

six years after speculation that obama and rouhani might be able to meet on the sidelines of the why of this did not happen but this meeting will be the first in six years where some kind of outline for the steps ahead will be set forth so we're definitely expecting to get more details on iran as well will on this issue we did hear from iranian president rouhani talk to the general assembly session on nuclear disarmament he called for a nuclear weapon free world is there anything we can take away from his speech today this morning that can give us insight into how these meetings this afternoon between that you mentioned between kerry right his iranian counterpart might go definitely sam because you know these are these are not just empty words that these are in fact it seems indications of change having come after the change of presidency in iran these are kind of repetitive note that we have been hearing from tehran in the last several days that they are in fact willing to be more open about their specifically uranium enrichment program but also we've heard from our rouhani say that

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government or u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asked the corporation transferred rental income and other funds to iranian the state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come out a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina r.t. . and a quick look at other news around the world in mexico the death toll from message floods caused by two hurricanes has risen to eighteen with dozens of people still missing tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes many of which have been cut off from pole supplies along with the delusion must have also hampered rescue operations meanwhile the air falls outside of evacuating an estimated forty thousand tourists stranded in

welcome back an iranian president hassan rouhani pledged to completely peaceful nuclear future for his country the statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by terror and towards a more moderate stance on the global political arena let's have a look at taiwan's iran's newly elected leader has already done. so on his value has no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become tehran's latest move to establish former relations with its critics earlier a renowned lawyer and human rights activist has been sitar day was released from prison along with ten other political prisoners and another sign of a new approach the country's leader exchanged letters with barack obama which was later described as a positive and constructive move the appointment of western educated mohammed sorry for his foreign minister has already been praised as artie's report now reports some of washington's actions could jeopardize the prospects of open dialogue. the great empire and its favorite nemesis for decades relations between the u.s. and iran have be

statements and we do know that rouhani has a much more mellow approach in a sense at least on words that we're seeing for now when it comes to the relationship with the west so this speech is in fact expected to be a follow up to what barack obama said earlier because it seems that both countries are ready to continue some kind of better negotiations we do know that the rainy and foreign minister said earlier this week that iran is ready to return to negotiations the six party talks so certainly this is the speech that's being made today is expected to show that we could see a better dialogue between the u.s. and iran in the time to come well thank you for all of those developments we will check in with you later for more of that was our team correspondent honest. it wasn't too long ago that we learned through a series of disclosures that the u.s. national security agency had been spying on both the leaders and citizens of several countries one of those countries brazil took these revelations very seriously so much so that brazilian president dilma rousseff actually canceled a state visi

of bilateral relations speaking of letters iran confirmed this week that president rouhani and president obama exchanged written correspondence rare contacts between the leaders of two nations that cut off diplomatic ties in one thousand nine hundred eighty in his letter mr obama indicated that the u.s. is ready to resolve the nuclear issue in a way that allows a launch to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian officials released prominent iranian lawyer nasreen day from prison after being jailed for three years for her human rights work in the past the u.s. actively force a today's release in addition iranian media reports that thirteen other political prisoners rounded up for involvement in the two thousand and nine anti-government protests had been released this comes as the bronx new moderate leader who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world travels to new york for the united nations general assembly debate however on the heels of mr rouhani arrival the u.s. government is preparing to s