as international talks over iran continue to stall our tees off look so whether sanctions against iran are working and what to be next for the country spotlight is next on our. for the full stop we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello again they're welcome to spotlight the interview show on r t i'm now going all day today my guest is salome. the international atomic energy agency is preparing a report on iran's nuclear program and most likely it won't be in iran's favor the agency accuses terror of lack of cooperation this report could be a western states more evidence to tighten the pressure on the country but other carriers sanctions bringing a result here is the head of the panel of experts of the u.n. security council's here and sanctions committee salomé the obviously. so a measure of this really was the first woman to take office of the foreign ministry of georgia hers was the time when the country was changing inspired by the new leader mikhail saakashvili but after a conflict with a parliament she was sacked and later mov

group on iran. how on this sort of issue to thank you very much for being with us today and you for receiving thanks well first of all in june last year the u.n. security council imposed a fourth set of us engineered sanctions on iran's financial and military sectors all these sanctions working this is the question i'm asking many people who come to the studio here are one of the best people to ask this question yes this is the the question and there is not an answer to the question yes or no. and the generally consensus on this on this question is that yes they are working in delaying the program the nuclear program of iran it is affecting the nuclear program of iran it has not obviously yet stopped the iranian program it has not yet changed the political will of the iranian authorities otherwise probably they wouldn't be sanctions any longer if that were the case so we're somewhere in the gray zone where we know that this has some effect and that's where. the panel of experts that has been created

well i think it's quite obvious that you know the current establishment in iran is. solidly in place because of repression but on the other hand it's also true that there's been since at least a year and a half ago a huge wave of discontent and distrust in the in the way that things are being run i mean it would be lying to ourselves not to accept that at least a very significant portion of the iranian public is very this content with the way that things are and the fact that they have been silenced is because of repression not just because the current establishment in power is completely solid and has mass support it does have my support but how much iran is a divided country how much mass support it has because the elections and the politics in iran are not open and competitive it is very difficult to judge but the fact of the matter is that a huge and very significant portion of the iranian population is very discontent with the way things are before i go to david professor marandi can i ask you to reply to that because what is significant mean if it if significan

iran had 150,000 jews living in iran. today still iran has more jews than all of the other muslim countries living -- put together. 20,000 to 25,000 people live in iran. but in 1975, there was 150,000 people. they had more or less religious equality. there was -- woman were beginning to get equal rights under the law. they were beginning to get the right to vote. countries who islamic prescriptions. but these were not what the people were interested in. people wanted political freedom. they wanted to share in the political decision making. shah had made a bet and i don't say this metaphorically. he almost literally made the bet that by giving the iranians an economically prosperous lives, he's going to quiet them from demanding he's going to release them from demanding the political rights. hehe was tryinged to in iran in 1975 what we today call the china model. what china is doing today, the shah did in '75 and failed. which is give people great deal of economic freedom, give them something of prosperity, and then as a r

and iran although i heard she think the u.s. was under the abusiveness so she was was actually quite quite quick to signal to mubarak that it was time for him to go. just contradiction in what you said i think basically what we're looking at is is a us government trying to read the public opinion and trying to to go with the flow of public opinion and clearly that was easy in two news is simply because events move so quickly in tunisia and ben ali left the country so quickly so therefore it because it was an easy decision for for for washington to make in egypt it was slightly more problematic and you're right there was a lot of vacillating early on between you know. whether but what the support mubarak over the two to go with the protest is i think. what what has happened what the u.s. washington will feel vindicated by that even though it doesn't know what's going to happen next i think what we're looking at in terms of iran then we're looking at it we're looking at the events in toronto washington is looking at events in tehr

group on iran. how on this sort of issue to thank you very much for being with us today and then for receiving the thanks. well first of all in june last year the u.n. security council imposed a fourth set of us engineered sanctions on iran's financial and military sectors all these sanctions working and this is the question i'm asking really people who come to the studio here are one of the best people to ask this question yes this is the the question and there is not an answer to the question yes or no and the generally consensus on this on this question is that yes they are working in delaying the program the nuclear program of iran it is affecting the nuclear program of iran it has not obviously yet stopped the iranian program it has not yet changed the political will of the iranian authorities otherwise probably they wouldn't be. sanctions any longer if that were the case so we are somewhere in the gray zone where we know that this has some effect and that's where. the panel of experts that has

well i think it's quite obvious that you know the current establishment in iran is. solidly in place because of repression but on the other hand it's also true that there's been since at least a year and a half ago a huge wave of discontent and distrust in the in the way that things are being run i mean it would be lying to ourselves not to accept that at least a very significant portion of the iranian public is very this content with the way that things are and the fact that they have been silenced is because of repression not just because the current establishment in power is completely solid and has mass support it does have my support but how much iran is a divided country how much mass support it has because the elections and the politics in iran are not open and competitive it is very difficult to judge but the fact of the matter is that a huge and very significant portion of the iranian population is very discontent with the way things are before i go to david david professor marandi can i ask you to reply to that because what is significant mean if it if sign

and iran i heard she think the u.s. was under the abusiveness so she was actually quite quite quick to signal to mubarak that it was time for him to go. just contradiction in what you said i think basically what we're looking at is is a us government trying to read the public opinion and trying to to go with the flow of public opinion and clearly that was easy in two nooses simply because events move so quickly in tunisia and ben ali left the country so quickly so therefore it because it was an easy decision for for for washington to make in egypt it was slightly more problematic and you're right there was a lot of vacillating early on between you know. whether but what to support mubarak over the two to go with the protesters i think. what what has happened what the u.s. washington will feel vindicated by that even though it doesn't know what's going to happen next i think what we're looking at in terms of iran then we're looking at it we're looking at the events in toronto washington is looking at events in tehran thr

iran had 150,000 jewish living and iran. today still iran has more jewish than all of the other muslim countries put together, 20,000 to 25,000 people living in iran but in 1975 there was 150,000 people. they had more or less religious qualities. women were beginning to get equal rights under the law. they were beginning to get the right to vote. countries through islamic prescription, but these were not with the people were interested in. people wanted political freedom. they wanted a share and the political decision-making. the shah had made a bet, and i don't say this metaphorically. he almost literally made the bet. by giving the iranians and economically prosperous life, he is going to quiet them from demanding. he is going to release them from demanding the political right. he was trying to do in iran in 1975 what we today call the china model. what china is doing today, the shah did in 75 and failed, which is give people a great deal of economic freedom. give them some modicum of prosperity and then, as a return, dema

on iran. how on this sort of issue to thank you very much for being with us today and for receiving thanks well first of all in june last year the u.n. security council imposed a fourth set. of us engineered sanctions on iran's financial and military sectors all these sanctions working and this is the question i'm asking really people who come to the studio you are one of the best people to ask this question yes this is the the question and there is not an answer to the question yes or no and the generally consensus on this on this question is that yes they are working in delaying the program the nuclear program of iran it is affecting the nuclear program of iran it has not obviously yet stopped the iranian program it has not yet changed the political will of the iranian authorities otherwise probably they wouldn't be sanctions any longer if that were the case so we are somewhere in the gray zone where we know that this has some effect and that's where. the panel of experts that has been creat

we're a long way from that in the case of iran. they, they're resources would have to be cut very substantially from where we are now, even after this latest installment, and unfortunately, we don't have nearly the, the kind of universal support in iran that we had in iraq. and notably, we lack china and russia and a few other countries who are big buyers. and this, this is a real problem. now, i'm not saying that sanctions aren't the best thing that we can do now out of a poor hand, but i think it is pollyanna-ish to think that the sanctions under the present circumstances, in the present configuration, are going to change iran's nuclear intentions. >> mark, what about the support of other countries? >>resting because i mean we talk about "will sanctions work" but compared to what else? i mean, i'm not sure what else gary is recommending, if he's recommending military strikes against iranian regime, you'll probably find a lot of people in washington, particularly on the right, who would support that. what i'm suggesting is we need

and iran. she think the u.s. was under the abusiveness so she was actually quite quite quick to signal to mubarak that it was time for him to go. just contradiction in what you said i think basically what we're looking at is is a us government trying to read the public opinion and trying to to go with the flow of public opinion and clearly that was easy to news is simply because events move so quickly in tunisia and ben ali left the country so quickly so therefore it because it was an easy decision for for for washington to make in egypt it was slightly more problematic and you're right there was a lot of vacillating early on between you know. whether but the words for mubarak over the two to go with the protesters i think. what what has happened what the u.s. washington will feel vindicated by that even though it doesn't know what's going to happen next i think what we're looking at in terms of iran then we're looking at it we're looking at the events in toronto washington is looking at events in tehran through

iran had 150,000 jews living in iran. today, still, iran has more jews than all of the other muslim countries put together, 20,000-25,000 people live there, but in 1975, there was 150,000 people. they had more or less religious equality. there was -- women were beginning to get equal rights under the law. they were beginning to get the right to vote contrary to islamic prescriptions, but these were not what the people were interested in. people wanted political freedom. they wanted to share in the political decision making. shah had made a bet, and i don't say this metaphorically, he almost literally made the bet that by giving the iranians an economically prosperous lives, he is going to quiet them from demanding, going to release them from demanding the political rights. he was trying to do in iran in 1975 what we today call the china model. what china is doing today, the shah did in 75 and failed which is give people, you know, great deal of economic freedom, give them some prosperity, and then when return, the men tha

how big is iran? >> well, iran has almost doubled since the revolution started, so it is near 70 million now. >> and they share the same border. >> they share the same border. >> but not the same language. >> no. no, iran is percent. they like to call it farsi. i think like english, you say english, i say percent, and iraq is arabic. >> what's -- persian, and iraq is arabic. >> what's the difference between the two languages? >> well, the roots of persian is indo-european, and after the arab invasion of -- i think that was maybe the most complete invasion. our country had been invaded many times, but that is the most complete invasion of the country, where the arabic language so much interred persian and mixed, was mixed with persian, so you cannot understand persian grammar without understanding the arabic grammar. there are still certain letters which are persian. persian has more letters than arabic does. so while i can -- when i look at the letters in arabic, i can understand them, but i can't und

guest: well, iran is a -- what is good about iran? i guess what concerns me most is the stereotypes that are wrong, and, for example, that khomeini tried to take the revolution back to the seventh century, at the time the faith was founded by the prophet mohammed. in fact, there are many attempts to modernize. they've kept on many of the modernization products started by the shah -- building a subway system in teheran, building new new development projects. i think that their focus, their hatred was channeled against the west. it was the westernization that was synonymous with modernization that so turned them off. and there are still many sides of life where iranians are approachable. they're open -- life for women is better in iran than it is in many of the gulf sheikdoms with which we have good relations. there are women in parliament; there are women in the ministries; 51 percent of teheran university a year ago was accounted for by women students. so it's not what is good or bad about iran; it's a different culture, and it's... i

well i think it's quite obvious that you know the current establishment in iran is. solidly in place because of repression but on the other hand it's also true that there's been since at least a year and a half ago a huge wave of this content and this trust in the in the way that things are being run i mean it would be lying to ourselves not to accept that at least a very significant portion of the iranian public is very this content with the way that things are and the fact that they have been silenced is because of repression not just because the current establishment in power is completely solid and has mass support it does have my support but how much iran is a divided country how much mass support it has because the elections and the politics in iran are not open and competitive it is very difficult to judge but the fact of the matter is that a huge and very significant portion of the iranian population is very discontent with the way things are before i go to david professor marandi can i ask you to reply to that because what is significant mean if it if signif

. >> how is iran likely to react? how is iran likely to react? will iran react in a conventional way and react by resorting to symmetrical warfare. short answers. this way. >> it's unpredictable results from the iranian going to attack israeli and u.s. forces in the gulf and the oceans, or is going to involve the gulf states. if it involves the gulf states, it's become more complicated and very, very serious issues and devastating. >> i think both is possible. and the region is in fire. we'll have a european discussion about how to involve. coming back to what i initially said, let's try to avoid it, diplomatically. >> i believe that iran will strike back whenever it will. throughout the globe. and final convenient targets to do that. >> your country will be in the defining line. >> my country and other countries. i think all countries would be in the fighting line. there are -- iran has assets throughout the world. i call them claws that it can use to serve it's own purposes whenever they wish. >> what will be the view? i mean you have common bo

security council's iran sanctions committee. surely i have got a quote here from the ambassador of iran to russia mr sajad d. and here's what he says quote iran is ready and willing to continue negotiations it and answer the questions of the e.a.f.e. the atomic energy. agency so there is no point in continuing anti iran sanctions and quote is the united nations security council if this is true is it ready to lead the sanctions in times. well i think that the position has been made very clearly again by the security council and by the international community and the members that are taking part in these sanctions that it's all dependent about iran satisfying all the conditions that the putting the two civil nuclear energy apparently up to now the international atomic energy agency has not been fully satisfied has not had enough answers to its own questions has not been able to visit all the sites that it wanted to visit we are just in the process of waiting a new report from the international atomic agency which will see what it

but first let's see what russians think about iran. the ripple effect reaches new destinations in the middle east after tunisians and egyptians all stood their leaders some iranians are now going to this three months to iran is seeing the largest civil unrest since the so-called disputed election in two thousand and nine some media claim parallels between egypt up he will and iranian revolution in nineteen seventy nine is it fair to say iran now is taking the egyptian path in the public opinion foundation asked russians if iran is a friendly state thirty six percent said it is and the other thirty four percent disagree it remains to be seen if attitudes will change protests mormons and governmental changes in the middle east peter ok if david if i can go to you in london and in looking at the events over the last let's say two months here if we throw in tunisia in the tunisian case banally was backed up by western powers to the very end mubarak essentially was also we got a lot of double talk double speak from the obama administration

iran? >> our solution is very clear. every sovereign nation should use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. we do not do what -- we do not want nuclear weapons in our region. it is very important for the countries to sign a non- proliferation treaty. in our region, we have countries who have signed it. we want a region free of nuclear weapons. we will be against any country that would try to do it. >> iran signed the mpc in 1968. there is a history of clandestine activity. if you are forced to live in the shadow of a nuclear iran, what would be the policies of your government? >> one of the ironies is that iran presented to the united nations in 1974 a proposal to make the region free of nuclear weapons. according to official iranian policy until now, they hold to that position. they continue to take unexpected activities and that is why they have faced this worldwide sanctions on their program. the kingdom has always stood for a zone free of weapons of mass destruction. that is the on

he singled out iran for criticism. the message we've sent even before the demonstrations in egypt has been to friend and foe alike that the world is changing, that you have a young, vibrant generation within the middle east that is looking for greater opportunity. and that if you are governing these countries you've got to get out ahead of change. you can't be behind the curve. i find it eye ronic that you've got the iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in egypt when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in egypt by gunning down and beating a people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in iran. >> ifill: now, to that resurgent iranian opposition movement, and to jeffrey brown. >> brown: and i'm joined by afshin molavi, senior fellow at the new america foundation and author of "the soul of iran: a nation's journey to freedom." and robin wright, longtime reporter and now a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson international center for scholars. he

how is iran likely to react? how is iran likely to react? will iran react in a conventional way? will iran react by resorting to warfare? short answer. and let's go this way. >> well, as unpredictable results from the iranian is going to attack israelis and u.s. forces in the gulf and the oceans or is going to involve the gulf states with it. and it's become more complicated and serious issues. and devastating for both sites. >> i think both is possible and i think the region is on fire. and we will have a european discussion how to be involved. and this is a sheer disaster. coming back to what i initially said. let's try to avoid it diplomatically. >> i believe that iran would strike back whatever it will throughout the globe and find convenient targets to do that. >> your country will be a defining line. >> my country and other countries. i think all countries will be on the firing line. and iran has assets throughout the world. i call them steel claws that it can use to serve its own purposes, whatever they wish. >> what will be the view from ankara? you have common borders wi

nbc's tehran bureau chief, ali arouzi, is one of the few western journalists working in iran. >> iran sees itself as the vanguard of islam. they would like to see a more islamic government in egypt. one that's closer to iran and further from america. but on the other hand they didn't want the events in egypt to energize the people in iran and bring them back on the streets, which is exactly what happened yesterday. >> reporter: president mahmoud ahmadinejad today called the protests a western conspiracy. in washington, president obama sided with the demonstrators and accused iran of hypocrisy. >> i find it ironic you have the iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in egypt, when, in fact, they have acted in direct contrast to what happened to egypt by gunning down and beating a people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in iran. >> reporter: but it's not just iran. revolts are spreading across the region, including to u.s. allies. in bahrain, base of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet, protesters clashed with security forces for a second day. two demonstrators have

border and if they did it was by accident but iran says they are spies. he's working for the united states the trial has increased the already high level of hostility between the two nations. all those tensions with iran were stoked in an unlikely way this week u.s. authorities discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers but they found it in the middle of the arizona desert no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media was quick to make their own conclusions as artie's guy nature can reports. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert i knew terror fears the book was reportedly published in iran and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger a sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not see if it's personalized in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn'

states and saudi haven't fought anybody for fifty years the wars have been iran iraq where they fought a war and tens of thousands of people died and iran then moved toward creating both missiles and nukes i mean if you're saudi arabia sitting there and you've got. wealth and oil and you're looking at a theocratic dictatorship in the north you get a bit nervous about life ok let me jump in here program and jump in here right now and i want to continue with this idea when we get back after a short break we'll continue our discussion on army spending around the world stage . and. just. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. well. you know about to remind you we're speaking about military budgets in the greater middle east. but first let's see what russians think about their country's defense spending it all comes down to weapons new global economic crisis many countries cut defense budgets in the united states and the world's largest weapons produce and sell or president obama is trying to cut defense spending the russian public opinion research

iran is scared of the will of its people. they -- there is a sense in washington that one does not know what is possible in these tumultuous times. the americans have seized upon an opportunity to attack the government. >> what can we read into that? >> there is a big difference between egypt and iran as far as washington is concerned. egypt is a crucial ally in the region, of vital to the peace process. the americans were treading very carefully. in terms of where they went in their public statements. on the other hand, the united states has had no relationship to speak of with iran for three decades. deadlocks at the iaea. americans have seen the opportunity. >> in egypt, and thousands of state workers have staged demonstrations. doctors, police officers, gathered across cairo to demand better working conditions. >> the freedom to protest brings with it all sorts of new challenges. a fight broke out today at the gates of the interior ministry, among police of this is demanding more pay. euphoria of the past few days has bee

and being 67 years old and a student of iran, having studied carefully, a lifetime, iran, i knew how to handle my interrogators, and i knew how to make it possible for myself to survive under those very difficult and dire conditions, both physical and mental. >> hinojosa: when you say that you knew, what do you mean? i mean, you had never been in prison, you had never been interrogated before. how did you know how to survive these people who were terrorizing you? >> i was interrogated for four months before i was detained. outside prison, i used to spend with the same people eight to nine hours a day, day after day after day, going over the same questions and answers. and i knew their mentality. but once they took me in, i mean, i decided i either had to survive, or if i succumbed to despair, then they would have achieved what they wanted, meaning a forced confession from me. >> hinojosa: you say that you never broke down when you were being interrogated, and i just think, "oh, my god, if i'm being interrogated nine hours a day, same question after same question, there would come a p

an iran who basically kept giving iran a free prayer and everybody agrees with that need everyone agree except that's a minority of one of the agrees with and on the security and minority there is a lot of excuse me excuse me there's very good reason to believe this here is the problem the iranians at first did not cover the marvelous them and stray sions in egypt for the first three days until he started to speak and talk in terms of the muslim brotherhood that is their god that is they are working very carefully with the muslim brotherhood and well if we want freedom in the middle east it would make sense that there would be that we really listening to the people of iran who want to overthrow this regime they are shiites if they take over and there is a free regime in iran that unfortunately our government here has not been supporting the free and the young people who want an end to this regime thirty years. excuse me thirty new government in iran would be shiite and the shiites of the gulf who are looking to a big brother at least so shall we see at least possibly support them then w

those tensions with iran were stoked by an unlikely way this week when u.s. authorities discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers in the arizona desert no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media was quick to make their own conclusions artie's got a cheeky on reports. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert new terror fears the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not be able to personalize in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it could mean something and it could also mean nothing the international community is worried about iran but the american media go w

a tree could fall the woods and you would say bomb iran a random book printed in iran can be found in the arizona desert and you in fox news will talk about the need to bomb iran and i'll stop now but let's be honest here if israel bombed iran this would have serious implications for the entire world we have no need for more wars so since you're so consistent in your calls for blowing up iran you've won the coveted title of tonight's tool time winner. now most of the world has been glued to the t.v. this week watching the watching the coverage of protests in egypt and some of the pictures coming out of cairo are coming from state run t.v. but did you know that the us has its own state run media and in fact u.s. taxpayers are funding seven government channels that broadcast around the world to shrinking audiences artie's kalen for reports on whether or not the u.s. funded media is still making an impact worldwide. since one thousand nine hundred forty two the us has broadcasted its culture and politics around the world. out to full weight. transmitting in over fifty languages to the tu

for what you're saying regarding iran's nuclear intentions iran should join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty in accordance with the international atomic energy agency they also discussed working together more closely on the possible development of a european security treaty that must involve russia in some form of or another and briefly some comments there from the secretary of state of foreign affairs william hague they talked about a mutual foreign policy and security they agreed on a joint statement on afghanistan to continue supporting the afghan government through two thousand and fourteen and to help to work to prevent drug trafficking they updated a treaty on the hotline between ten downing street and the kremlin for no other reason than just to update the equipment and finally bearing in mind the prime minister david cameron will be visiting moscow sometime later in the year more details on that on our website that's r.t. dot com. but the u.s. is cutting its next deficit budget with president obama saying tough choices and sacrifices have to be made but there's one place the a

position on iran, we're not going to tap into the energy resources of iran. so, this enhances the importance of azerbaijan in particular, but also the role that turkey plays as a transit country. >> charles, the relationship between iran, turkey and the united states as affected by the caucasus? >> well i think it's certainly the case that the, the armenian-turkish relationship is very much of interest to, to the united states, not only as david mentioned, because there are plenty of americans who have very strong family or historical ties to armenia and care very deeply about what happens to thacountry. but also, it's in turkey's interest, ah, to have a good relationship with, with one of its neighbors. currently that border is closed and has been closed for the better part of, a better part of two decades. both armenians and turks have a long way to go in understanding what happened during the first world war, the armenian genocide, tragedies that happened to muslims in that part of the world as well. ah, in, and it's, i think in turkey's interest to, to ma

of their child and to run they were arrested last year while hiking near the iran iraq border a hike is insist that they didn't cross the border and if they did it was by accident but iran says they were spies working for the u.s. the trawlers include crease the already high levels of the stall a sea between the two nations. and those tensions with iran was stoked in an unlikely way this week us all thorazine discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers in the hours own a desert well no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media were quick to make their own conclusions as r.t. can reports. but a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert i knew terror fears the book was reportedly published in iran and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger a sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say if it's personalized in any way or you know what t

look at iran and what you see. first, we see relatively small island of shia muslims surrounded by his sunni world at despises them and would rather kill them than all the americans , britons are israelis they can get their hands on. second, we see in iran in the last decade has been virtually surrounded by u.s. military bases and knows that its access to the high seas can be shot almost instantly by the u.s. navy. third, we see in iran's image production has peaked and with the economy the boards is steadily declining. in cold war terms then, iran is fully contained by opposing powers, but then again so is iraq and that did not stop an unnecessary disastrous war. i come you might say, what if iran gets a nuclear weapon? my answer is to notice about it. iran will get a nuclear capability. if we've been serious about stopping it, we would've stopped our european allies from selling their land as necessary elementary technology and a 90s. iranian leadership are very has heard nothing from washington, israel and much

states and saudi haven't fought anybody for fifty years the wars have been iran iraq where they fought a war and tens of thousands of people died and iran then moved toward creating both missiles and nukes i mean if you're saudi arabia sitting there and you've got wealth and oil and you're looking at a theocratic dictatorship to the north of you get a bit nervous about life ok joe joe i'm going to jump in here a programming job here right now and i want to continue with this idea when we get back after a short break we'll continue our discussion on our misspending around the world stage. and. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. this is brand new trisha and this is product on upright healthy eating. meat to test these times is the allergenicity immune response lower nutrition for environmental contamination don't you feel like i brought some consider the experiment is human treatment i believe significant differences between the g.m. felt that they both had the g.m. . but they weren't treated so well themselves on

i was in prison in iran. it was out of my hands. either god would do a miracle or i would stay there. they put in a cell in isolation, a light in one corner. in the wintertime. there was snow outside. the heater didn't work well. they let me out of the room to be interrogated. they would lead me down this hall waip and take me into the interrogation room. an ugly room. blood stains on the floor, dark and murky. definitely the most terrifying time. beatings would star, slapping in the face, sometimes kicking. i struggled with faith. was god with me, did he love me? if he is good, why would he allow me through the situation? i woke up. i was done inside. i remember waking up thinking to myself, if i am going to be here the rest of my life, why not check out? my only thought was not to stay there. the only way was to die. i stuck my head in the sink, filled it up, and thinking with my head in the water, think i would be gone. four times i tried to kill myself, i was too scared to tie the other end. i'll never forget the last time, i co

three americans accused of spying and illegally entering iran have gone on trial in tehran they were arrested last year while hiking near the iran iraq border the hikers insist that they didn't cross the border and if they did it was by accident but iran says they're spies working for the united states the trial has increased the already high level of hostilities between the two nations. while those tensions with iran were stoked in an unlikely way this week you were so thorough he's discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers but the location being that of the arizona desert no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media were quick to make their own conclusions as artie's guy nature can reports. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert time new terror fears the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would n

states and saudi haven't fought anybody for fifty years the wars have been iran iraq where they fought a war and tens of thousands of people died and iran then moves toward creating both missiles and nukes i mean if you're saudi arabia sitting there and you've got. wealth and oil when you're looking at a theocratic dictatorship to the north if you get a bit nervous about life ok joe joe let me jump in here probably jump in here right now and i want to continue with this idea when we get back after a short break we'll continue our discussion on farm spending around the world stage . and. we're struggling. just. to be so much brighter than. the sun from this stupid question. please please stop. dot com. welcome back to you about to remind you we're speaking about military budgets in the greater middle east. but first let's see what russians think about their country's defense spending it all comes down to weapons due to global economic crisis many countries cut defense budgets in the united states of the world's largest weapons produce and sell or president obama is trying to cut defense

and those tensions with iran are being stoked and likely way this week u.s. authorities discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers in the hours on a desert no one knows quite how it got there in the middle of nowhere but u.s. media were quick to make their own conclusions. jaan investigates. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert on new terror theories the book was reportedly published anywhere and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would not give us a picture of the book they would not be able to personalize in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it could mean something and it could also mean nothing the international community is worried about iran but the american media go way b

circularly ron who basically kept giving iran a free prayer well not everybody agrees with that maybe not everyone agrees exactly it's a minority of one of the agrees with another security and minority a lot of excuse me excuse me there's a very good reason to believe this here is the problem the iranians at first did not cover the marvelous demonstrations in egypt for the first three days until you started to speak and talk in terms of the muslim brotherhood that is their guy that is they are working very carefully with the muslim brotherhood and well we want freedom in the middle east it would make sense that there would be that we mean listening to the people of iran who want to overthrow this regime they are shiites if they take over and if there is a free regime in iran that unfortunately our government here has not been supporting the free and the young people who want an end to this regime thirty years. say excuse me the new government in iran would be shiite and the shiites of the gulf who are looking to a big brother at least so shall we see at least possibly support them the

by iran but there are still those who think the threat is an exaggeration. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on high alert fox news alert on who terror fears the book was reportedly published in iran and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the us they would not give us a picture of the book they would not say it was personalized in any way or you know what trackers may have found basically no facts behind the story but that didn't stop the channel from making a big scary deal of it story although they reported it point out at the end it could mean something and it could also mean nothing the international community is worried about iran but the american media go way beyond that seeking to make the country the wall bogeyman the biggest threat on earth no politician ever lost to vote by attacking iran no newscaster ever got negative publicity from your own. industry or needed states that whenever you h

three americans accused of spying and illegally entering iran have pleaded not guilty on the first day of their trial in tehran they were arrested last year while hiking near the iran iraq border the hikers insist that they didn't cross the border and if they did it was by accident but around says best spies working for the u.s. the traumas increase the already high level of hostility between the two make sure it's well those tensions with iran has stoked an unlikely way this week u.s. authorities discovered a book instructing iranian suicide bombers in the hours in the desert well no one quite knows what it was doing in the middle of nowhere but the u.s. media were quick to make their own conclusions insanities gani you can report. a book found in the arizona desert has put america's most watched cable news channel on the high alert fox news alert on new terror three years the book was reportedly published in iran and contained information on suicide bombers that much was enough to trigger a sensational suggestions that iranians could be plotting something inside the u.s. they would n

/iran relations. august 1953 is when the government of -- [inaudible] was overthrown or dismissed depending on whose narrative you believe. the shah, who had fled, was brought back to iran, and a new phase his power began. some have >> that the three major problems iran has faced in the last century has been the question of modernity and it fight for tradition. the battle between the moderns and the traditionalists. very much included in this paradigmatic debate is a question of what does it mean to be iranian? the question of iranian identity. is iranian identity primarily islamic, or is iranian identity a hybrid identity, or is it primarily a pre-islamic identity, and this islamic identity is an unfitting, diseased addition to it that has come a thousand years ago when it's been rejected by the body politic. third question, aside from tradition and modernity the, the question of identity is, again, the question incumbent in these earlier two issues, the question or the debate between democracy and d

he singled out iran for criticism. the message we've sent even before the demonstrations in egypt has been to friend and foe alike that the world is changing, that you have a young, vibrant generation within the middle east that is looking for greater opportunity. and that if you are governing these countries you've got to get out ahead of change. you can't be behind the curve. i find it eye ronic that you've got the iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in egypt when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in gypt by gunning down and beating a people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in iran. >> ifill: now, to that resurgent iranian opposition movement, and to jeffrey brown. >> brown: and i'm joined by afshin molavi, senior fellow at the new america foundation and author of "the soul of iran: a nation's journey to freedom." and robin wright, longtime reporter and now a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson international center for scholars. her