on tahrir square, i found mohammad abbas, a leader of the muslim brotherhood's youth wing. abbas had been working alongside secular activists to help organize the revolt. he was eager to show us what he and his fellow brothers had contributed. >> sennott: abbas pointed out how the brothers were in charge of the security checkpoints, serving hot tea, distributing blankets, printing posters and running an emergency health clinic. they were holding the revolution's infrastructure together. >> sennott: at the same time, they wanted to keep a low profile. the brotherhood was worried that mubarak would succeed in portraying the revolution as a muslim brotherhood conspiracy. we saw this sensitivity play out when this man approached our camera, holding up his pocket koran. i watched as mohammad abbas took him aside and told him to put it away. >> sennott: abbas then explained what was going on. >> sennott: the more i got to know abbas, the more i realized how different he was than older, more conservative brothers i had encountered in the past. still, there were many on the square

the first modernizers, i think that's the best toward describe people like mohammad abdul, and mohammad -- or any of these thinkers they are modernizers and not necessarily liberals. the question for them was how do we catch up? napoleon had come to egypt in 1798, and the it was beginning to crumble. he frames the question brilliantly. what went wrong? why have the europeans advance and we haven't? why is it the men we met that came earlier -- centuries earlier as a crusaders suddenly turned to the modern frenchman? what is it that happens in the middle that changed all of this? and the beginnings, you see the beginnings of by those thinkers emerging within the state. mold ally begin the process of modernization. the current joke is the egyptian army has a state. that's mohammad ally's state. it was focused on building a large army. he doesn't time for the idea of europe. modernization is simply let's copy the technology they have. do they have a -- let's deport one. do they have modern weapon i are? we'll have some as women. there's a famous story about books being translated. he could

mohammad abdul, mohammad -- [inaudible] or any of these thinkers they are modernizers and not necessarily. the question for them was how go we catch up? napoleon dime egypt in 1798 and it was beginning to crumble. what went wrong? why have the europeans advanced and we haven't? why is that those men we had met decades earlier, centuries earlier as crusaders turned to the modern frenchmen. what is it that happened in the mid that changed this? and the beginnings, you see the beginnings of answers by the rulers and those thinkers emerging within the state they begin the process of modernization. the case to an army is the current joke that the egyptian army has a state. well, that's mohammad ally's. so focused on building an large army. do they have nod earn weapon i are? we'll have some as well. there's a famous story about him ordering books. to translate to read for him at night. and someone talk about translating mack ceilly's difference. and mohammad allie the book is translated every day. ten pages are or day by day. the man listens to the first, second, third, by the fourth day he sa

while assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan carney joins me live from tehran for more on these developments so why does the u.s. seem to be reticent in accepting iran's offers of cooperation at this stage. first of all that we should notice that it has really just it's in the past few years urging to accept the u.s. are you. now time out or. you're wrong now or. somehow extending his hand. do not regard it as your hope for us to find a solution or a crisis in the middle east in general and particularly if the syria crisis so in that sense i think it's very natural for. so you would want to gain. the international community and to engage fully we. also beyond the regions in order to solve the problems that the region i hope you're not. to support trinity. to somehow use the construct to engage current offer from your war on in the whole troop part to this fork on mutual interests and common interest and in the context of these gestures from iran all of a sudden we see a massive military parade showing off its military might strange timing wouldn't you think when rouhani

exactly ten months after mohammad's death we meet his brother noor. daniel. that evening a guy who was supposed to be a friend of my homage asked him for a live somewhere mohamed would help this boy a lot because he was poor then nine people appeared out of nowhere and grabbed him out of the next day with an anonymous tip that he'd been killed his body had been cut into pieces like we didn't believe that it was only a civilian we thought why would anybody killing several days later his body was found. our. families can. three bullets one to his leg one to the stomach and one to his neck. because. it's a show of him with their level during the kidnapping they want to take him alive to torture in order to force him to confess that he was working for the government and then szell that al-jazeera of course the p.l.o. out of money for that sort of thing like that he resisted to the death. why did she come especially to can he also took his car it's common that such cars are leaving used in terror attacks three weeks ago we got news there's been a car bombing and t

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani is appointment of foreign minister mohammad it is a relief was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement of bilateral relations 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 arrival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey meant hotton 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 bui

western intelligence agencies and we heard this from the arab world's leading political commentator mohammad heiko who told us immediately after nine eleven that this story of nine eleven was ridiculous he said when he was at the highest levels of government in europe he was the one who was in charge of essentially infiltrating virtually running so-called al-qaeda he said al-qaeda is full of people from saudi intelligence from u.s. intelligence israeli intelligence and of course you gyptian intelligence couldn't do anything on its own british scholar not one of the world's leading scholars of terrorism one of the best talks about an incident that happened in turkey i believe it was a little bit before nine eleven a high level suppose that senior al qaeda commander was arrested in turkey and the guards at the prison who were devout muslims noticed that he was praying he was asking for pork and they said well you know i thought we thought you were a radical muslim and he kind of laughed and said no no this is all just a strategy of tension this nine eleven the world's top physicists poilus eng

western intelligence agencies and we heard this from the arab world's leading political commentator mohammad people who told us immediately after nine eleven that this story of nine eleven was ridiculous he said when he was at the highest levels of government in europe he was the one who was in charge of essentially infiltrating and virtually running so-called al qaeda he said al qaeda is full of people from saudi intelligence from u.s. intelligence israeli intelligence and of course you gyptian intelligence couldn't do anything on its own british scholar not one of the world's leading scholars of terrorism one of the house talks about an incident that happened in turkey i believe it was a little bit before nine eleven a high level suppose that senior al qaeda commander was arrested in turkey and the guards at the prison who were devout muslims noticed that he was praying he was asking for pork and. they said but you know i thought we thought you were a radical muslim and he kind of laughed and said no no this is all just a strategy of tension this nine eleven the world's top physicist's pil

western intelligence agencies and we heard this from the arab world's leading political commentator mohammad heiko who told us immediately after nine eleven that this story of nine eleven was ridiculous he said when he was at the highest levels of government in europe he was the one who was in charge of essentially infiltrating and virtually running so-called al-qaeda he said al-qaeda is full of people from saudi intelligence from u.s. intelligence israeli intelligence and of course you gyptian intelligence couldn't do anything on its own british scholar not one of the world's leading scholars of terrorism one of those talks about an incident that happened in turkey i believe it was a little bit before nine eleven a high level suppose that senior al qaeda commander was arrested in turkey and the guards at the prison who were devout muslims noticed that he was praying he was asking for pork and they said well you know i thought we thought you were a radical muslim and he kind of laughed and said no no this is all just a. strategy of tension this nine eleven the world's top physicist's pilots

that's not something are different from what they were saying from mohammad. so the attitudes surprised the people and to frown upon them, don't talk to the leader who will enforce that change. that's there from the very beginning. today's coptic church as rob mentioned is growing outside of egypt. when the pope became pope in 1917, copts packed churches in united states. one in l.a. and one in new jersey. when he died in 2005, copts had t202 churches in the training of america alone. out of 550 coptic churches abroad. we know there are about 2000, plus or minus, coptic churches inside egypt. so we're talking that there are today, one-fifth of the churches of the coptic church is outside of the country where it has built its identity. immigrants or immigration coptic, immigration and started from the 1950s. people escape the idea, and a feeling that they no longer have a place in the country. they were often portrayed as the secular rogue against the others. shirley, he was against the brotherhood. he had a different conception of what the state nationalist pr

in monday just enjoying my first interrogation stay ask me about mohammad attah. the stood thus the guy who flew one of the planes into the towers. they said that's your friend from hamburg was on move. you live close to hamburg about food from homeworks or. so you probably went to the same fitness center. when i don't work much can feed when they didn't like my answer so they put me into solitary confinement. but. if you go did you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy trek albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our crass cynical we've been a hydrogen lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once told us i'm tom hartman and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going out in the world we go beyond identifying a problem trying to fix rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing america if i

mohammad al momani is the government's spokesman. he too met with the delegation of visiting americans in amman. >> our policy when it comes to refugees remains the same. those who reach our borders are actually allowed in. in accordance to international law, international humanitarian any fluxuation with the numbers any flucuation with the numbers has to do with the situation inside syria. >> suarez: al momani said the large number of syrian refugees, in addition to palestinian and iraqi refugees who came in earlier waves, is straining his country. >> this country is a country with limited resources actually, and with this large number of refugees, it's really putting tremendous, tremendous amount of pressure on our infrastructure, on our economic situation, security forces. >> suarez: jordan's zaatari refugee camp, the worlds second largest with more than 120,000 syrians packed into a few square miles of desert, has become a poster child of sorts for the harsh conditions facing refugees who have fled syria. less known to the world,

to cross out the iran angle to the syrian crisis i'm joined by mohammad marandi.

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani as appointment of foreign minister mohammad a job odd as a relief was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement 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 you launch to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian official

to cross something iran angle to the syrian crisis i'm joined by mohammad marandi and he is a professor at the university of tehran.

earlier lawsuit accusing the organization of terrorism and exploiting religion in political slogans mohammad a spokesperson for the activist group british egyptians for democracy says the case is politically motivated. what we've seen there was very. surprising this is what all military coups does as soon as they take power they go and go after every single political party that was opposing them. and the ones they actually took out of power this is really not just about the muslim brotherhood this is about every single political and social party as well as individuals from all backgrounds and from all political parties that oppose the military coup and this is again a politically motivated charge from the corrupted history anything built on a military coup cannot stand what the egyptians want is their voice to be heard through the ballot box not through tanks not three bullets not through the whole killing of peaceful protesters and what we're seeing now is there a modification of this instability on the ground we've got a very unstable economy at the moment the military junta are insisting

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani is appointment of foreign minister mohammad it is a relief was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement of bilateral relations speaking of letters iran confirmed this week that president rouhani and president obama exchanged a written correspondence where contact 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 iran to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian officials released

president obama later describing it as positive and constructive what assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan conny told me that both obama and rouhani will have their own troubles at home if they do decide to revive diplomacy. and also for somehow. to try and really. put his mistake for the worst of. all the weakness the skeptics or all all sides all in turn on washington on the rolls who are not most of the mystic about the possibility of such a great and even not one really. draws one a solution to their own people their own factions their own political correctness this is in the best interest of all sides the human warmth here is common. time now for our world update and starting with the going hostage crisis in kenya's capital security forces have launched an assault on the building where up to fifteen gunmen are holding an unknown number of hostages. have been used sixty eight people have already been killed and over one hundred seventy five injured in the nearly thirty hour long siege the somali an al qaeda linked group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility saying it is a respon

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad job in syria have a lot of experience dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally fall i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taliban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what iran's interests are what their needs are how to work with iran in the framework of international law the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in international law so in tune there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't really

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani as appointment of foreign minister mohammad as a relief was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement of bilateral relations this comes as the ron's 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. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey meant hotton 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 buildin

exactly ten months after mohammad's death we meet his brother noor. daniel. that evening a guy who was supposed to be a friend of my homage asked him for a live somewhere mohamed would help this boy a lot because he was poor then one people appeared out of nowhere and grabbed him and the next day we got an anonymous tip that he'd been killed in his body had been cut into pieces but we didn't believe that he's only a civilian we thought why would anybody killing several of these leaders body was five shots and i want. us. i was killed with three bullets one to his leg one to the stomach and one to his neck. now this is. it's a shot of him with a level during the kidnapping they want to take him alive to torture them to force him to confess that he was working for the government and then szell that al-jazeera of course the p.l.o. out of money for that sort of thing but he resisted to the death which. is why the chief comes partial and they too can they also took his car it's common that such cars are later used in terror attacks three weeks ago we got news ther

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad job as three have a lot of experience dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally fall i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taliban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what iran's interests are what their needs are how to work with iran in the framework of international law and the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in international law so in to there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't reall

president obama later describing it as positive and constructive as assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan economy so they both obama and rouhani will have their own troubles at home if they decide to revive diplomacy. he longed also for somehow for the concert isn't without the war calls out to tonga it won't be only feels palmer it could be his mistake for congress to think that you know for a concert on the weakness the skeptics or all both sides will in turn on washington on those who are not most of the mystic about the possibility of such a great that will even go and not one community will come in they'll be only five rows find a solution to combine their own people own factions their own political power to see that this is in the biz the interests of the whole sides so the human warmth here is common it's. tasers are increasingly being used by british police to take down people viewed as dangerous and threatening shocking new statistics show the number of people hit by the high voltage weapons has increased threefold in as many years artie's laura smith reports that a string

president obama later describing it as positive and constructive this isn't professor at the university mohammad husain economies as both obama and rouhani will have their own troubles at home if they decide to revive diplomacy you want all for some. more calls. it won't really. be a. consequence of the weakness. both sides both internal and on washington on there are those who are not most of the mystic about the possibility of such a breakthrough with an even bolder not one committed all that happened it will be all thought i can draw it find a solution to conway's their own people their own factions their own political parties that's dishonest in the best interests of both sides so the key word here is common in its. venture capital with katie pilbeam coming away after a short break stay with us. we speak your language i mean some of the will not advance. the music programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little turn to angles stories. you hear. detroit altie spanish find out more visit. wealthy british style it's time to rise. to. market find. find out what'

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad job and three have a lot of experience in dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally fall i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taliban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what iran's interests are what their needs are how to work with iran in the framework of international law the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in international law so in to there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't reall

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad job in syria have a lot of experience dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally fall i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taliban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what iran's interests are what their needs are how to work with iran in the framework of international law the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in international law so in to there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't really ap

and iranian leader and over three decades but as assistant professor at the imaam sadik university mohammad haasan carney carney says there's resistance to this thaw in both countries. he won the oscar for some hockley consideration with a concert to time that you won't believe. it would be a mistake for the west to think that you were not for a concert family weakness the skeptics are all both sides both in turn on washington. or knocked up most of the mystique about the possibility of such a breakthrough and even dalton look won't really happen so i could throw to find a solution to calling their own people their own factions their own political parties that this is in the best interests of both sides so the ward here is common in its. critics say sanctions on iran have not proven effective in achieving political aims no matter their scope or duration the restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things worse for the people within the countries or teaser in english govern ports. official washington seems certain that putting restrictions on countries i

american and iranian leaders in over three decades but an assistant professor said take university mohammad has done a county says there is resistance to this thaw in both countries. you want also for some of the conservation results but more cons are you won't believe. it's good for the worst to think that you were not for a cause famine reached most skeptics or all soil for the turf on washington one of . the most of the mysteries about the possibility of such a breakthrough and even look one. draws one solution to call ruth their own people their own sargent's their own political party is this is the best interest of both sides so the huge war to hear is common. critics say sanctions on iran have no proven effective in achieving political aims no matter their scope alteration the restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things so what is for the people of the countries and north korea has been hated by a range of economic and military restrictions by the us over its nuclear ambitions and if we look at the effects a shortage of food and medical suppli

to cross out the iran angle to the syrian crisis i'm joined by mohammad marandi in turn he is a professor at the university of tehran and in washington we cross to eunice he is the president of the baltimore chapter of muslim community usa or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it professor marandi in turn i know you follow western media very carefully and you know and i read the neo-cons in the new york times and all the other organs there and there's always that here and there like all my goodness this is the opportunity we've been waiting for for a long time three for one solid hezbollah and iran but unfortunately for mr obama he hit a brick wall how do you look at how do you when you read that kind of narrative what's your reaction. yes i think when we hear people in washington say that a strike on syria sends a message to tehran not only is it immoral but also it shows that indeed tehran is very much in their calculations and. the united states wants to weaken iran through striking the syrian people. but i think

and iranian leader in over three decades but as assistant professor at the imaam saadiq university mohammad husain conny says there is resistance to this stock in both countries. it was an offer for some hope for the consolation with a more concerts a time that you won't really powerful it would be a mistake for the worst to think that you were in not for a cause for the richness the skeptics are all also for the church and on washington one of. the most of the mystic about the possibility of such a breakthrough and even look one community. will be more thorough draws one a solution to call him their own people their own factions their own political party is that this is in the best interests of both sides so the human warmth here is common as. critics say sanctions on iran have not proven effective in achieving political aims no matter their scope or duration their restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things worse for the people within the countries north korea has been hit by a range of economic and military restrictions by the us over its nuclear

fails to address aggressions in a number of middle eastern states in one thousand nine hundred eight mohammad khatami called on humanity to replace hostility and confrontation with dialogue to leave a legacy for future generations and iran's previous president mahmoud ahmadinejad said the present the us is nearing collapse in his speech back in two thousand and eight the country's new leader however has signaled a softening of iran's rhetoric with everybody awaiting his speech we spoke to john limbert a veteran u.s. diplomat held captive by revolutionaries in the iranian hostage crisis between one nine hundred seventy nine and one thousand nine hundred one he says that any kind of interaction between the us and iran will be a tremendously beneficial step for all involved. i thought. we would have been talking to each other. years ago maybe not as friends but at least as two dates with common things to talk about if it does happen i mean it may just be a handshake a brief encounter but even that at the same balik level would represent huge change it's obvious that the us and iran do have some

and iranian leader in over three decades but as assistant professor at the mom said dick university mohammad house on carney says there's resistance to this thaw in both countries he warned also for some hope for the consideration with. cancer at the time but you won't really powerful it would be a mistake for the worst to think that you were in not for a cause for the weakness the skeptics are all for the slow food into going on washington. or not most of the mystery about the possibility of such a breakthrough and even look one community does help and more thought draws on a solution to call him their own people their own factions their own political parties that this is in the best interests of both sides so the human warmth here is common as. critics say sanctions on iran have not proven effective in achieving political ends no matter their scope or duration the restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things worse for the people within the country's north korea has been hit by a range of economic and military restrictions by the u.s. over its nuclea

earlier lawsuit accusing the organization of terrorism and exploiting religion in political slogans mohammad a spokesperson for the activist group british egyptians for democracy says the case is politically motivated what we've seen there was very. surprising this is what all military coups does as soon as they take power they go and go after every single political party that was opposing them. the ones they actually took out of power this is really not just about the muslim brotherhood this is about every single political and social party as well as individuals from all backgrounds and from all political parties that oppose the military coup and this is again a politically motivated charge from the corrupted history anything built on a military coup cannot stand what the egyptians want is their voice to be heard through the ballot box not through tanks not three bullets not through the cold killing of peaceful protesters and what we're seeing now is that a modification of this instability on the ground we've got a very unstable economy at the moment the military junta are insisting on driv

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani is appointment of foreign minister mohammad it is a relief was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement 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 iran to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian officials released pr

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani is appointment of foreign minister mohammad it is a real was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement of bilateral relations this comes as you launch 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. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many hundred 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 build

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 irvine's so what will you know all the remaining just have to be good now ok and they have to respond to what washington wants but what about their needs ok what doe

between an american and iranian leader in over three decades but as assistant professor at the university mohammad house uncanny says there's resistance to this thaw in both countries. if you want all sorts for some hope for the concert ears and results of more concerts it's on your own. it's for the worst to think that you were in north for a cause for all the richness the skeptics or all the slow food in turn on washington long. or not most of the mystery about the possibility of such a breakthrough on even look won't. help and will all slow growth one solution to call ruth their own people their own searches their own political fortunes this is in the business the interest of both sides so the human warmth here is common as. critics say sanctions on iran have not proven effective in achieving political aims no matter their scope or duration the restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things worse for the people within the countries north korea has been hit by a range of economic and military restrictions by the us over its nuclear ambitions we look at the

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad job in syria have a lot of experience dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally fall i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taliban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what iran's interests are what their needs are how to deal with iran in the framework of international law the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in the national law so into there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't really appr

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad job in syria have a lot of experience dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally fall i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taliban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what you ron's interests are what their needs are how to work with iran in the framework of international law the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in international law so in to there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't really

yemen's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt in the capital sanaa gunmen opened fire and mohammad bussin was motorcade before fleeing the scene according to one of his advisors no one was injured during the assault yemen is struggling against a wave of deadly violence from militants affiliated with al qaeda. china at least fifteen died after a leak of liquid ammonia at a cold storage place in shanghai twenty five others injured in the incident some reportedly in serious condition authorities launched an investigation into the cause of the leak industrial accidents common in china because of poor work safety standards. in paraguay bus drivers and a woman now themselves to crosses after being fired from their jobs demonstrators say they were sacked after asking their employers for better wages and conditions it's the third week of protest and it's planned to last another two weeks london's mayor seems to have failed to deliver on his promises to combat homelessness in the city in the five years since he's been in office the number of people sleeping on the streets has only grown hig

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 you know all the waiting just has to be good now and they have to respond to what washington wants but what about their needs ok what does washin

barack obama to keep sanctions against iran in place when we discuss this with a room based professor mohammad marandi and he said that the u.s. 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 o

to cross out the iran angle to the syrian crisis i'm joined by mohammad marandi in turn he is a professor at the university of tehran and in washington we cross to eunice he is the president of the baltimore chapter of the muslim community usa or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it professor marandi in turn i know you follow western media very carefully and you know when i read the neo-cons in the new york times and all the other organs there and there's always that here and there like all my goodness this is the opportunity we've been waiting for for a long time three for one assad to hezbollah and iran but unfortunately for mr obama he hit a brick wall how do you look at how do you when you read that kind of narrative what's your reaction. yes i think when we hear people in washington say that a strike on syria sends a message to tehran not only is it immoral but also it shows that indeed tehran is very much in their calculations and the united states wants to weaken iran through striking the syrian people. but

of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mohammad javanese three have a lot of experience dealing with the west dealing with international law they both have ph d.'s in international law they we work very closely i in particular i personally while i was working for the state department negotiated with the iranian officials including the foreign minister zarif over afghanistan to overthrow the taleban set up a new government there the problem really is on the u.s. side you don't have that on the u.s. side you don't have a real serious understanding of what iran's interests are what their needs are how to work with iran in the framework of international law the u.s. makes demands for concessions that have no basis in international law so ensure there can be a real change on the u.s. side to work with other countries especially iran within the framework of international law i'm afraid any negotiations aren't going to get far i think that particularly for president obama it's been it's been two things one is a sense that he doesn't reall

mohammad spokesperson for the activist group british egyptians for democracy believes that a lack of democracy in modern egypt accounts for the ongoing suppression of the muslim brotherhood what we've seen there was very surprising this is what all military coups does and as soon as they take power they go and go off to every single political party that was opposing them in. the ones they actually took out of power this is really not just about the muslim brotherhood this is about every single political and social party as well as individuals from all backgrounds and from all political parties that oppose the military coup and this is again a politically motivated charge from the corrupted history anything built on a military coup cannot stand what the egyptians want is their voice to be heard through the ballot box not through tanks not through bullets not through the cold killing of peaceful protesters and what we're seeing now is there a modification is of this instability on the ground we've got a very unstable economy at the moment the military junta are insisting on driving the

overcome years of hostility to begin with president hassan rouhani is appointment of foreign minister mohammad it is a relief was received positively by western officials this summer zarif a western educated former iranian ambassador to the u.n. has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement 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 release