and as you mentioned there is really nothing much different iran had offered to engage previously iran did suspend its nuclear program in two thousand and three for two years then as an act of good faith still while one has a lot of hope of the current discussions surrounding the current discussions and to borrow from martin luther king you know one would face final disappointment but one should never give bob indefinite hope i think there is hope there but one has to understand that washington needs to change washington that the nuclear program the civilian nuclear program is an excuse for washington to impose this sanctions it's not a reason and until they come to terms with it. will never give up its rights. going to jump in go ahead for a head. ok we actually have a fire alarm here but i just want to jump in to say that this conversation is a little too slanted and biased it's it's both sides that need to compromise it's not just washington iran has a whole history of deceiving the international community about its nuclear program it's documented it's on record this isn't informati

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iran would be more than willing to open it's nuclear program. iran has nothing to hide. the only thing that iran doesn't like is the so-called all options are on the table including military. the good news is that iranians were very happy yesterday when president obama did not repeat this rhetoric of all options are on the table. that's a good sign. we're hopeful that there will be cooperation with the united states. they miss this kind of good relations with the united states, but i don't think it will happen overnight as mr. obama himself mentioned yesterday. >> what are some of the internal challenges that president obama faces? >> internal challenges? well, what we're seeing is on both sides. it's nothing more than the practice of diplomacy. people have forgotten how to do it, apparently. we and the iranians have not practiced democr diplomacy for 0 years. we need to pull out the books, dust them off and figure out how to do it. what we do know how to do is call each other names, insult each other threaten each other. now we have to do something new. we have to live

as you mentioned there is really nothing much different iran had offered to engage previously iran did suspend its nuclear program in two thousand and three for two years and as an act of good faith while one has a lot of hope on the current discussions surrounding the current discussions to borrow from martin luther king one would face. disappointment but one should never give indefinite hope i think there is hope there but one has to understand that washington needs to change washington that the nuclear program the civilian nuclear program is an excuse for washington to impose the sanctions it's not a reason and until they come to terms with. will never give up its rights. for her. ok we actually have a fire alarm here but i just want to jump in to say that this conversation is a little too slanted and biased it's it's both sides need to compromise it's not just washington iran has a whole history of deceiving the international community about its nuclear program it's documented it's on record this isn't information that should be debated but i've been told now i have to leave the bu

power plants but iran had a huge cheer and it still has a huge share in your death the shah of iran invested in you were there and they enrich uranium and they refused to supply iran so iran cannot develop its oil fields you know the sanctions in iran one thousand nine hundred six sanctions that has nothing to do with the nuclear power plants and they can't invest in this all feels it can't have any foreign investment it can't have nuclear energy so what are the iranians supposed to do you can't have seventy five million people perish because mr netanyahu is on this point figure somebody else plus the fact that iran needs these medical isotopes wish to put on the table the twenty percent enriched isotopes for medicine all purposes because of the sanctions because there can be no banking going back and forth their children women and old people dying because america needs to impose its will and it just shows you that america united states which which calls itself the friend of human rights is actually kills women children and the helpless that's not greatness this weakness really and

iraq-iran war . everybody in the iranian regime is convinced assad did it, but they cannot admit it for the moment. >> at one point the former president made a statement at a rabbi. there is an audio transcript. they said he was misinterpreted. >> he is now an old man. he is a bit above the political fight, so he can speak. i believe he spoke the truth. all in all, the message was very well understood by everybody in iran. >> majid rafizadeh, did they use of chemical weapons -- is that going to alter in any way tehran's position in its support for bashar al-assad? >> i do not think so. before just answering your question, if i can add one thing to the previous comment you're just made -- your guest made. the focus of the syrian crisis has shifted. we have to understand chemical weapons have killed less than one percent of the syrian people. 99% of the syrian people were killed by conventional weapons. i do not think any deal, even if it is reached within the u.n. general assembly, which is very unlik

slap sanctions against iran during the. ministration. the iranians were sympathetic to the united states after september the eleventh and in afghanistan they both had in an interest in fighting extremism then iran was called the axis of evil during. the nature of administration the united states the iranians agreed to talks with the united states in iraq again the united states simply increased sanctions against the country and now as soon as president rouhani comes to power the united states implements even further sanctions are on the eve of his inauguration which is extraordinary it shows that the united states simply does not have goodwill how is the iranian government. going to convince it be convinced that the united states can sit down and talk with the united states when the united states behaves in such an irrational and hostile way and on the other hand the united states at this stage has isolated itself. are improving relations thanks to obama with the. washington's with the chinese with the indians with brics countries and ot

i would establish a comparison between iran and syria. in iran, sanctions have been decided. for syria, the menace of strike have been decided. it means that it's not new. if we don't have-- we have-- coming back to iran-- to bear in mind that that they are asking for the cancelling of sanctions. okay. we will be able to examine that when decisive gestures, which have been done by the iranians. >> rose: what about fact of transparency, and the fact that the i.a.e.a. says it has not been allowed to do what's necessary for them to do. >> it's absolutely necessary. there has been interesting dialogue between president helen and president rouhani. at the time, president rouhani said-- oh, no, i am confusing. it was a did you log between me and my-- dialogue between me and my counter-part. one of the two dialogues. and the iranians say, you know, the difficulty is that we cannot prove the nonexistence of something. >> rose: they have this expression in english called, "we can't prove a negative." >> okay, and they say that. and they elaborated that. ... and it was both political a

slap sanctions against iran during the. administration. the iranians were sympathetic to the united states after september the eleventh and in afghanistan they both had in an interest in fighting extremism then iran was called the axis of evil during. the nature of administration the united states the iranians agreed to talks with the united states in iraq again the united states simply increased sanctions against the country and now as soon as president rouhani comes to power the united states implements even further sanctions are on the eve of his inauguration which is extraordinary it shows that the united states simply does not have goodwill how is the iranian government. going to convince it be convinced that the united states can sit down and talk with the united states when the united states behaves in such an irrational and hostile way and on the other hand the united states at this stage has isolated itself. are improving relations thanks to obama with the. sions with the chinese with the indians with brics countries and other non

and iran? washington is playing down the chances of a handshake between barack obama and his new counterpart. has tehran turned over a new leaf? will syria into the uranian nuclear standoff -- the nuclear standoff? the hour begins in the newsroom. >> these are the headlines. failing to ci two i, russia disagrees with france that a u.n. report fails to prove syria used chemical weapons last month. a gunman who killed 12 people in washington navy yard on monday as identified as a navy contractor. stage one complete, after a 19 hour operation, the wreck of the costa concordia is turned up right. first, a day after a u.n. report confirmed that chemical weapons were used in damascus last month, a visit by french foreign minister to moscow has highlighted sharp divisions over who used them. rents, which pushed -- which pushed for military action, france said it was the syrian regime and wants russian support for a stronger yuan resolution. moscow says it is likely the rebels are to blame. >> despite

in the iran-iraq war. and what is happening in syria, but iran has come out a bit of a winner. so speaking about red lines, it's interesting to note that netenyahu used the same language last year in the general assembly to refer to iran's nuclear program and the international community failed to act on assad's violation of those red lines. basically what that means for diplomacy is at the moment both sides tend to be in a more or less set position where iran is much more stable and confident about its position. the united states needs a bit of luck in the diplomatic arena, and they may be able to help each other in a lot of ways. and what that would mean could be a scaling back of places in lebanon, syria, iraq, and afghanistan. >> we're out of time. but this is certainly a conversation that will continue. gentlemen thank you. that's it for us in washington, d.c. thanks for watching. ♪ >> are you guys ready? in the event of any emergency, let us know through coms. >> high above the artic circle, >> stan

slap sanctions against iran during the. me administration. the iranians were sympathetic to the united states after september the eleventh and in afghanistan they both had in an interest in fighting extremism then iran was called the axis of evil during. the nature of administration the united states the iranians agreed to talks with the united states in iraq again the united states simply increased sanctions against the country and now as soon as president rouhani comes to power the united states implements even further sanctions are on the eve of his inauguration which is extraordinary it shows that the united states simply does not have goodwill how is the iranian government. going to convince. the united states can sit down and talk with the united states when the united states behaves in such an irrational and hostile way and on the other hand the united states at this stage has isolated itself. are improving relations thanks to obama with the russians with the chinese with the indians with brics countries and other non-western countries

i would establish a comparison between iran and syria. in iran, sanctions have been decided. for syria, the menace of strike have been decided. it means that it's not new. if we don't have-- we have-- coming back to iran-- to bear in mind that that they are asking for the cancelling of sanctions. okay. we will be able to examine that when decisive gestures, which have been done by the iranians. >> rose: what about fact of transparency, and the fact that the i.a.e.a. says it has not been allowed to do what's necessary for them to do. >> it's absolutely necessary. there has been interesting dialogue between president hlen and president rouhani. at the time, president rouhani said-- oh, no, i am confusing. it was a did you log between me and my-- dialogue between me and my counter-part. one of the two dialogues. and the iranians say, you know, the difficulty is that we cannot prove the nonexistence of something. >> roseey have this expression in english called, "we can't prove a negative." >> okay, and they say that. and they elaborated that. ... and it was both political and ph

and iran? i take us back to 1979, hostages held for 444 days and the united states back then was considered to be the great satan. has that much changed? >> well, i think it is time for dialogue. we have a painful past with iran. iranians like to talk about the fact that the united states was involved in the overthrow of their government in 1953, and they have to talk about all the targeting of american citizens, terror attacks and taking hostages. we have to learn not to look backyard in this relationship but forward. i'm very much in support of dialogue with iran. it's time to do that. it's been an extraordinary cold war, if you will, between iran and the united states, and that should end. i hope very much there would be a diplomatic solution with no need of force. but you heard obama today, we need a serious negotiating team. >> i remember when then senator obama said they wanted to open a discussion, he was roundly criticized. do you think he'll be criticized today? >> i don't. i think mos

and attacked iran was also an arab state, stood out and chose to support iran. and therefore, our relationship goes back to the hard time, the prime of war, the time of defense as far as we were concerned against iraq's invasion. also you know it rests in a region in part of the world that is extremely sensitive. the entire middle east is very sensitive these days. we have important interests as a result. one of our key interests is the stability of the region. if the region is destabilized further, it will affect all of us and create a predicament for all of us. the entire region needs peace. the peace must prevail across the region. if there is war in one corner of the middle east, the heat of the war, the frames of the war reach all and breeds problems for us. we're also deeply concerned about the strengthening of terrorism in the region. it seems that all categories of terrorists groups have gathered in syria so our interest is to ensure that terrorism is not empowered. we deeply concerned by the civil war in syria. because this country is on the drinking of

and as you mentioned there is really nothing much different iran had offered to engage previously iran did. and its nuclear program in two thousand and three for two years and as an act of good faith still while the one has a lot of hope of the current discussions surrounding the current discussions to borrow from martin luther king you know one would face final disappointment but one should never give bob indefinite hope i think there is hope there but one has to understand that washington needs to change washington that the nuclear program the civilian nuclear program is an excuse for washington to impose this sanctions it's not a reason and until they come to terms with. iran will never give up its rights. for head. ok we actually have a fire alarm here but i just want to jump in to say that this conversation is a little too slanted and biased it's it's both sides don't need to compromise it's not just washington iran has a whole history of deceiving the international community about its nuclear program it's documented it's on record this isn't information that should be debated but

it was because of the internal dynamics in iran, clearly referring to iran possibly leader. it really just underscored the trust that there still is between the two sides. on thursday there will be a meeting between the members of the un security council and iran's prime minister. that will be the highest level in counter between an american and an iranian since 1979. so that is significant. should remember that. on balance, this week at the united nations, has it been a disappointment, or given cause for optimism for those who think there is a diplomatic solution? >> i think it is only really just beginning, but there is certainly tremendous excitement. remember just three or four weeks ago, the prospect of a military strike against syria by the u.s. the potential cooling of , andions with iran bubbling underneath all of it is the israeli-palestinian peace process. good sign that maybe something is going on there. >> thank you very much for monitoring all of the day's event. by a former state department official who is now a dean at johns hopkins. watching were president ro

problems that iran can help with. right now we have the president of the muslim republic preside t hassan rouhani. no one knows what will be stayed but we assume it will be close to what he wrote in the op-ed in the "washington post." watch out for any references to israel. last year past president ahmadinejad came up with quite vicious language towards israel. will president rouhani do the same and damage any future relationships with the united states is one of the key questions we're all waiting to find out. as we go to the speech now from the general assembly >>> professor what are you expecting to hear from this speech. first of all you are already on the record saying the president obama made a speech you really enjoyed. there we see iran's president rouhani about to be introduced. what are you expecting from his remarks? >> remember, this is his inaugural speech to the international body. and he has signaled in every way that he is going to change the tone of the iranian presence in the international community.

and iran has not have an official relationship since 1979, so why does iran matter? it sits between two key countries, iraq and afghanistan, and has influence on both of them. there is iran's nuclear program. the west has accused iran from building a nuclear weapon but iran said it's only interested in generating energy. rain is also a main ally of syrian president bashar al-assad. hezbollah, a political party in lebanon considered for a terrorist organization by the u.s. is heavily backed by iran. the group is thought to be more powerful than the lebanese army and has sent fighters into syria to help the assad regime. iran supports hamas in the gaza strip and west bank. israel said that has set back negotiations on the two-state solution. but john terrett joins us at the u.n. where that meet something set to get under way any moment now. john where are we exactly in this process? >> reporter: it's getting under way in fact, in the building behind me. when they arrive, the history books will write about this day because there is going to be a meeting between secretar

at this point the united states needs an improvement in relations with iran at least as much as iran can benefit from an improvement in relations with with america but that gets to the second big flaw is obama really prepared to accept the islamic republic as an enduring and legitimate political entity representing legitimate national interests if he is then the possibilities for improvement in relations are enormous but if he's not prepared to do this you know whatever nice meeting he might have with rouhani next week in new york whatever other nice exchanges there might be that's not really going to be substantive well we will certainly be watching very closely next week in new york thank you so much for your analysis like i said in the spotlight next week very much so iran and the u.s. people experts will be watching very closely to see if possibly a step towards diplomatic relations is possible reporting from washington and he said no way r.c. . and over to our web site u.s. drone attacks have caused outrage because of the number of civilians they kill but according to a former u

iran. no iranian embassy here. if you're an american citizen and you travel to iran, the u.s. state department warns you before you go that america will not be able to help you if something goes wrong for you there. if an american citizen has a problem while in iran, say you lose your passport or you get arrested or there's a natural disaster and you need to get out of the country, actually, the embassy of switzerland may step in and try to help you, but what the swiss can do is limited because you are not a swiss citizen. so, no diplomatic action with iran since 1979. there has been no contact, no official contact between the political leaders in iran and in the united states, so last night felt like a huge breakthrough when we were able to report this picture here on the air. when our secretary of state, john kerry, sat down yesterday for a meeting with his counterpart in the iranian government at the u.n. they spoke. shook hands. this development was something that had not happened in 34 years in our country. this was just a big freaking diplomatic deal. that was last night

it was because of the internal dynamics in iran, clearly referring to iran possibly leader. it really just underscored the trust that there still is between the two sides. on thursday there will be a meeting between the members of the un security council and iran's prime minister. that will be the highest level in counter between an american and an iranian since 1979. so that is significant. should remember that. on balance, this week at the united nations, has it been a disappointment, or given cause for optimism for those who think there is a diplomatic solution? >> i think it is only really just beginning, but there is certainly tremendous excitement. remember just three or four weeks ago, the prospect of a military strike against syria by the u.s. the potential cooling of , andions with iran bubbling underneath all of it is the israeli-palestinian peace process. good sign that maybe something is going on there. >> thank you very much for monitoring all of the day's event. by a former state department official who is now a dean at johns hopkins. watching were president ro

slap sanctions against iran during the. me administration. the iranians were sympathetic to the united states after september the eleventh and in afghanistan they both had in an interest in fighting extremism then iran was called the axis of evil during. the nature of administration the united states the iranians agreed to talks with the united states in iraq again the united states simply increased sanctions against the country and now as soon as president rouhani comes to power the united states implements even further sanctions are on the eve of his inauguration which is extraordinary it shows that the united states simply does not have goodwill how is the iranian government. going to convince it be convinced that the united states can sit down and talk with the united states when the united states behaves in such an irrational and hostile way and on the other hand the united states at this stage has isolated itself. are improving relations thanks to obama with the. sions with the chinese with the indians with brics countries and other non

and iran. at the u.n. president rouhani said that iran was able to engage and result oriented talks to build mutual confidence. on iran's nuclear program. the new president also noted that iranians had voted for, "a discourse of hope both home and abroad." they did so in june when he was elected. iran says president rouhani would be willing to cooperate on a range of foreign policy issues including syria. question, was new ground broken at the u.n. this week between the united states and iran? pat buchanan? >> yes, it certainly was. with this fellow, rouhani, tough, intelligence, iranian diplomat, a hardliner, but someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the americans to get rid of the sanctions on iran because those are really hurting badly. i believe that this fellow rouhani is basically committed to do that and get that accomplished. he knows what the americans are going to demand and what they're going to want. there's a real possibility we could have a deal with this fellow. frankly

and iran. at the un he said that iran was willing to, quote, engage immediately in time-bound and result-oriented talks to build mutual confidence, end quote. on iran's nuclear program. the new president noted that io januaries had voted for, quote, a discourse of hope, both home and abroad, unquote. they did so in june. when he was elected. iran says the president would be willing to cooperate on a range of foreign policy issues including syria. question, was new ground broken this week between the united states and iran? >> yeah, it certainly was. we have in this fellow tough, intelligent, grainy and diplomat, a hardliner, someone who has been given the franchise to negotiate with the morning, to get rid of the sanctions on iran because they are hurting badly. and i believe that this fellow is basically committed to do that and get that accomplished. he knows what the americans will want. and there's a real possibility we could have a deal with this fella. frank through opposition to this, hi

at this point the united states needs an improvement in relations with iran at least as much as iran can benefit from an improvement in relations with with america but that gets to the second big flaw is obama really prepared to accept the islamic republic as an enduring and legitimate political entity representing legitimate national interest if he is then the possibilities for improvement in relations are enormous but if he's not prepared to do this you know whatever nice meeting he might have with rowhani next week in new york whatever other nice exchanges there might be that's not really going to be substantive well we will certainly be watching very closely next week in new york thank you so much for your analysis like i said in the spotlight next week very much so iran and the u.s. people experts will be watching very closely to see if possibly a step towards diplomatic relations is possible reporting from washington and he said no way r.c. . and over to our website u.s. transaxle caused outrage because of the number of civilians they kill but according to a former u.s. air for

the other big story of the day involves iran. he's here to talk about iran's nuclear program. this will be the highest level meeting ever between a member of the administration and the iranian government. it goes back to the iranian revolution. he hopes the negotiation will lead to an end to the fight in the decades of involvinging iran's nuclear program. >>> earlier today, i spoke with former british prime minister tony blare and asked him about the new tone between the the u.s. and iran. >> i think that the change in atmosphere and language is obviously an opportunity for iran and the the united states to see if they can resolve this along with the international community and so did you -- you don't get that very toxic danger situation we ra iran. if you can result in that diplomate khreurbgly, i think we there a degree of skeptical and maybe there's a better wife putting it. people will want to know that is what is now a better language what is match bid better action. >> you believe president rahauni that iran does not want nuclear weapons it does not have nuclear weapons.

slap sanctions against iran during the. me administration. the iranians were sympathetic to the united states after september the eleventh and in afghanistan they both had in an interest in fighting extremism then iran was called the axis of evil during. the nature of administration the united states the iranians agreed to talks with the united states in iraq again the united states simply increased sanctions against the country and now as soon as president rouhani comes to power the united states implements even further sanctions are on the eve of his inauguration which is extraordinary it shows that the united states simply does not have goodwill how is the iranian government. going to convince it be convinced that the united states can sit down and talk with the united states when the united states behaves in such an irrational and hostile way and on the other hand the united states at this stage has isolated itself. are improving relations thanks to obama with the. washington's with the chinese with the indians with brics countries and ot

to remind you we're discussing syria and iran. ok moments ago back to you in turn it was about ten days ago benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister told c.b.s. news that iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could strike the united states in a matter of years. i think you know where i'm going here i mean talk about this dynamic because you know when it comes to iran people israel has a big hearing be it in the lobby in the united states there's a big hearing is that in america's national interest definitely not i mean the united states is basically because of israel. pursuing policies that are totally against the national interests of the united states the united states out of spite because of its hostility towards iran has allied itself with al qaeda it has al light it indirectly at least with saudi arabia the place where the al qaeda like ideology stems from with a talent dictatorships like that it is allied itself with the worst worst regimes in the world and it is behaving and it is supporting these g

the united states and iran? >> i wouldn't want to get too far out in front. just on friday the first conversation between president obama and the new president of iran, first communication in almost 35 years, secretary kerry met with his counterpart first meaningful exchange at that level in the same period of time and negotiations really have not even begun in a substantive way under the new leadership in iran. it's way too soon to presume either the prospect of an agreement on nuclear program, which we hope to be able to achieve but we're quite sober about the potential for that and that obviously would need to be a first step before going on to discuss other aspects of the u.s./iranian relationship which has a long way to go to get to the state of normalization. obviously ultimately if we could get there, that would be in the interest of the iranian people whom the united states and the american people have had long standing respect for and it's a very talented group of people in a country with a rich history

and iran. that's right and he might not be very happy about it let's remember that netanyahu is a rival to the state's comes just days following historic fifteen minute phone call between president obama and rouhani it was the first conversation between the nation's leaders in thirty four years obama has suggested that a breakthrough on iran's nuclear issue could also signal even deeper ties eventually between the u.s. and iran but in addition to who the head of iran's elite revolutionary guard is in pleased with how quickly u.s. 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 minis

for while the status quo will only deepen iran's isolation, iran's genuine commitment to go down a different path will be good for the region and the world and will help the iranian people meet their extraordinary potential in commerce, in culture, in science and education. are also determined to resolve a conflict that goes back even further than our differences with iran, and that is the conflict between palestinians and israelis. i've made it clear that the united states will never compromise our commitment to israel's security. nor our support for its existence as a jewish state. earlier this year in jerusalem, i was inspired by young israelis who stood up for the belief that peace was necessary, just and possible, and i believe there's a growing recognition within israel that the occupation of the west bank is tearing at the democratic fabric of the jewish state. but the children of israel have the right to live in a world where the nations assembled in this body fully recognize their country. and where we unequivocally reject those who fire rockets at their homes or incite others to ha

the united states and iran? >> fareed, i wouldn't really want to get too far out in front. just on friday, we had the first conversation between president obama and the new president of iran. secretary kerry met with his counterpart, first meaningful exchange at that level in the same period of time. and negotiation at the p5 plus one have not really begun in a substantive way. so it's too early to assume either the prospect of agreement on the nuclear program, which we hope to be able to achieve, but we're quite sober about the potential for that, and that obviously would need to be a first step before going on to discuss other aspects of the u.s./iranian relationship, which has a long way to go before you get to the state of normalization. if we could get there, that would be in the interest of the iranian people and a talented group of people, in a country with a rich history. if we could have a peaceful resolution of a nuclear program and other behavior that has concerned us, we could begin a serious discuss

iran dominating. we have also had, this evening, news that there does seem to be some sort of draft agreement on syria and chemical weapons as well. what can you tell us about that? >> or member a couple of weekends ago, the u.s. and agreedmeeting in geneva, to a framework by which syria would give up chemical weapons. an agreement codifying that has been put into a u.n. security council resolution. there'll be consultation tonight. aitain's ambassador said permanent agreement has been reached. russia's foreign minister has also said agreement has been reached. this agreement before was on how this was going to be enforced, this resolution. was the threat of force going to be hanging over it if syria did not comply? we will see what the actual text says. they got be a way around it. if syria does not comply, there could be a further security council resolution which allows this. have a vote on it while all the foreign ministers are here. permanent members of the security council are due to have a meet

they're not open to the idea of iran to support. what i think you will see in the region going forward is that what we're seeing essentially is the collapse of the american water and united states is not the decisive power as it was in the past and as a result conflicts that were kept in check are no longer in check and there were sitting up there bubbling up and conflicts that could be resolved that are not getting resolved because there's no decisive mechanism any longer to really be able to do so that's going to lead to unfortunately years of instability and it's probably going to be several different iterations of shifting alliances until in new equipment is found in the region i think however that is an inevitable process i don't see us in any way shape or form being able to get around it and i don't find it very likely that the united states is going to be able to one to be able to really adopt a position of being the ultimate guarantor of the security of the region being the hedge amount of the region as it was before two tho

of iran. can you assure the world that president assad will give up all of his chemical weapons? >> translator: well, you know that, you know, we are ourselves the victims of chemical weapons. therefore, we are very sensitive about this weapon. we are wishing for the remoefl of all chemical weapons around the world and especially in the sensitive region of the middle east. in this regard, we won't stop doing whatever we could possibly do. >> can you assure the world that president assad will give up all of his chemical weapons? >> translator: we are not the syrian government. we are one of the countries of the region that seeks peace and stability and the elimination of weapons of mass destruction in the entire region. >> do you believe the united states, president obama looked weak in backing off an air strike on syria? >> translator: we consider war a weak weakness. any government that decides on what, we consider that a weakness and any government that decide on peace, we look at it with re

and its nuclear program. >> what is iran actually have to ?o >> that is the question. i do not think we yet know the answer. part of the problem it's it is not just about iran's nuclear weaponization program. will he come clean about the weaponization work that they have done? >> wiliran be allowed to keep his nuclear program? >> what you have seen in the past is that you can see elements of this with rigorous transparency and verification measures. exactly how much they are allowed to keep and what those transparency measures are i think will be the subject of discussions that hopefully will be comin up, but again, those are not yet scheduled, and we do not yet know what he is really offering. >> do you expect any discussions at all, even if they just bump into each other? >> at 10 to be quote unquote chance encounters. the real question is with both speaking on the same day, will they bump into each other or have a conversation? that would be something quite significant because the iranians have been reluctant to do that in the past. >> than

and iran. israel has historically been most concerned about iran's nuclear program becoming a nuclear weapons program they're going to need serious guarantees and certainties that that is going to be the case that iran will not develop a nuclear weapon so they are going to be very interested in this and i think that they are essentially looking at the u.s. in the international community to make certain that in the negotiations if they do go forward that clarity about iran's intentions is made clear and that's involved in a way that israel will not have to worry about that nuclear program advancing in the future thanks joe great to get your perspective on this joe ruben director of policy and govern offense right now thanks a lot for being with us here on r.t. . well always plenty for you online of course at r.t. dot com including paying a high price for desired independence scotland could face a major hike in taxes if it breaks away from the u.k. find out if the citizens there think it will be

should be very cautious about its next move towards iran. netanyahu his obsession with iran is. 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 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 in 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 our website r.t. dot com to see how a year ago netanyahu angered iran with his explosive addre

i would establish a comparison between iran and syria. in iran, sanctions have been decided. for syria, the menace of strike have been decided. it means that it's not new. if we don't have-- we have-- coming back to iran-- to bear in mind that that they are asking for the cancelling of sanctions. okay. we will be able to examine that when decisive gestures, which have been done by the iranians. >> rose: whatbout fact of transparency, and the fact that the i.a.e.a. says it has not been allowed to do what's necessary for them to do. >> it's absolutely necessary. there has been interesting dialogue between president helen and president rouhani. at the time, president rouhani said-- oh, no, i am confusing. it was a did you log between me and my-- dialogue between me and my counter-part. one of the two dialogues. and the iranians say, you know, the difficulty is that we cannot prove the nonexistence of something. >> rose: they have this expression in english called, "we can't prove a negative." >> okay, and they say that. and they elaborated that. ... and it was both political and

iran's support for international terrorism, iran's support for bashir al assad inside syria and iran's attitude towards israel. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> now, we have been watching very closely all day long as to whether or not president obama might run into hasan rouhani, whether accidently or not, and we now know it's not going to happen. at last report, they both were still on the grounds of the u.n. headquarters there in new york, but two senior u.s. officials are now telling us that such an encounter had proven just simply too complicated politically for rouhani. cnn's nick payton walsh is at the united nations for us today. nick, rouhani is about to address the u.n. general assembly there. i'm guessing, from years past with his predecessor, this speech will be quite different. >> reporter: absolutely. judging by his twitter feed, completely different indeed. it was an afternoon in which many began to see the window for a meeting between obama and rouhani shrinking. president obama leaving this area shortly. of course, many thought he was unlikely to make that informal

at this point the united states needs an improvement in relations with iran at least as much as iran can benefit from an improvement in relations with with america but that gets to the second big flaw is obama really prepared to accept the islamic republic as an enduring and legitimate political entity representing legitimate national interest if he is then the possibilities for improvement in relations are enormous but if he's not prepared to do this you know whatever nice meeting he might have with rowhani next week in new york whatever other nice exchanges there might be that's not really going to be substantive well we will certainly be watching very closely next week in new york thank you so much for your analysis like i said in the spotlight next week very much so iran and the u.s. people experts will be watching very closely to see if possibly a step towards diplomatic relations is possible reporting from washington and he said now a r.t. and up next a look at the phenomenon of friendly fire now special report. i got some angry but polite messages after i came out in favor of