we were held 14 months in various places. >> around tehran? >> around tehran. outside of tehran, after the failed rescue attempt in april of 1980. i was moved to espahon, a city about 300 miles south. others were moved to other places. they were obviously worried about another rescue attempt. after i came back from espahon in august, i believe, we never went back to the embassy, stayed in various places. some prisons and other places around tehran. >> how were you treated? >> not very well. it's interesting. the iranians themselves, many have a narrative that says we were treated well. we were not. i was of the -- of the 14 months i was nine months in solitary, with very little communication with the outside world. i wasn't killed. i wasn't -- you know, obviously i wasn't killed, i wasn't beaten up because this was very clear. this was not about us. this was an internal iranian matter, and factions within the revolution the hard-core was using us to go after its rivals, particularly the nationalists, the liberals the intellectuals the religious intellectuals th

tehran? >> tehran. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> thank you very much. it's very beautiful. this is a former wrestler's hangout? >> tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something, very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for 100 years. and based on the line it must be doing it right. i have had it. there is no question who invented it. >> no. >> maybe you know the word, though this doesn't look like any berjani i have ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, turmeric, mint, and of course, saffron. more valuable than gold by weight. >> this is delicious. >> very good. >> is tehran today one of most visited areas by tourists. >> if you come to iran and you don't visit, you are wasting your time. ♪ ♪ the royal mosques, the second largest square in the world behind tiananmen square in china. at dusk families come to the square to cool off, picnic, and have, yes, it looks like even a little bit of fun. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is

this is their city, tehran. the official attitude toward fun in general seems to be an ever-shifting -- how -- is fun even a good idea? >> a lot of push and pull. a lot of give and take. when i first started coming here you wouldn't hear pop music in a restaurant or -- >> now it is everywhere. >> now it is everywhere. >> we have police, they arrest girls or women for having -- not being covered enough. it is not that we live with the police in our head, you know. >> one of the first things that people will say when you say, i'm going to iran. yeah, but don't they make women do this, this, this, this. >> yeah. >> actually not so much, not as much as our friends. compare and contrast, women aren't allowed to drive in saudi arabia. >> that's right. or vote. >> you can drive. you can vote? >> yeah, of course. of course. >> my sister is an accountant. she has her own company. girls are allowed to do almost everything, except if you want to go and watch football. >> can't watch football? >> we cannot. >> women's issue

tehran? >> tehran. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> yes, hello. thank you. thank you so much. very beautiful. ♪ >> i'm guessing from the decor, this is a former wrestler's hangout? ♪ >> tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for 100 years. and based on the line, it must be doing it right. i had it in india. i had it in uzbekistan but there's no question who invented it. >> no. >> maybe you know the word, though this doesn't look like any berjani i have ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, tumeric, cinnamon, mint, and of course, saffron, more valuable than gold by weight. >> this is delicious. >> very good. >> is tehran today one of most visited areas by tourists? >> yeah, everybody know if you go to tehran, you don't visit esfahan. you are wasting your time. ♪ >> the royal mosques, the second largest square in the world behind tiananmen in china. at dusk families come to the square to cool off, picnic, and have, yes, it looks like even a little bit of fun. ♪ â

tehran? >> tehran. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> thank you very much. it's very beautiful. this is a former wrestler's hangout? >> tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something, very, very good. this shop has been here doing the say thing for 100 years. and based on the line it must be doing it right. i have had it. there is no question who invented it. >> no. >> maybe you know the word, though this doesn't look like any berjani i have ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, tumeric, mint, and of course, saffron. more valuable than gold by weight. >> this is delicious. >> very good. >> is tehran today one of most visited areas by tourists. >> if you come to iran and you don't visit, you are wasting your time. ♪ ♪ the royal mosques, the second largest square in the world behind tiananmen square in china. at dusk families come to the square to cool off, picnic, and have, yes, it looks like even a little bit of fun. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> morning prayer in the city. [ chanting prayers ] >> across town the bridge where men ga

this is their city -- tehran. the issue of fun in general seems to be an ever-shifting -- is fun even a good idea? >> a lot of push and pull. a lot of give and take. when i first started coming here you wouldn't hear pop music in a restaurant or -- >> now it is everywhere. >> we have police they arrest girls or women for having -- not being covered enough. it know it that we live with the police in our head, you know. >> one of the first things that people will say when you say, i'm going to iran. yeah, but don't they make women do this and this and this? actually, not so much? not as much as our friends. compare and contrast, women aren't allowed to drive in saudi arabia. >> that's right. >> or vote. >> you can drive. you can vote? >> yeah, of course. of course. >> my sister is an accountant. she has her own company. girls are allowed to do almost everything, except if you want to go and watch football. >> can't watch football? >> we cannot. >> women's issues are often at the spear point of change or possible cha

tehran? >> tehran. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> thank you very much. it's very beautiful. this is a former wrestler's hangout? >> tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something, very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for 100 years. and based on the line it must be doing it right. i have had it. there is no question who invented it. >> no. >> maybe you know the word, though this doesn't look like any berjani i have ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, turmeric, mint, and of course, saffron. more valuable than gold by weight. >> this is delicious. >> very good. >> is tehran today one of most visited areas by tourists. >> if you come to iran and you don't visit, you are wasting your time. ♪ ♪ the royal mosques, the second largest square in the world behind tiananmen square in china. at dusk families come to the square to cool off, picnic, and have, yes, it looks like even a little bit of fun. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to healthcare providers, from jewelers to sporting good stores, to help their customers

tehran? >> tehran. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> thank you very much. it's very beautiful. i'm guessing from the decor this is a former wrestler's hangout? ♪ >> tucked deep in the labyrinth of the bazaar, the smell of something, very, very good. this shop has been here doing the same thing for 100 years. and based on the line it must be doing it right. i had it in india. i had it in uzbekistan. there is no question who invented it. >> no. >> maybe you know the word, though this doesn't look like any berjani i have ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, turmeric, mint, and of course, saffron. more valuable than gold by weight. >> this is delicious. >> very good. >> is tehran today one of most visited areas by tourists. >> if you come to iran and you don't visit, you are wasting your time. ♪ the royal mosques, the second largest square in the world behind tiananmen square in china. at dusk families come to the square to cool off, picnic, and have, yes, it looks like even a little bit of fun. ♪ ♪ ♪ really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes

embassy in tehran has been invaded and occupied. americans inside have been taken prisoner. >> demanding the u.s. give up the deposed shah of iran from his hospital bed in new york. to stand trial before a people's court. >> during his 37-year reign, the shah has made iran the most westernized of the muslim countries. in so doing, he has continually undercut the long hilled power of muslim religious leaders. >> despite soaring oil prices in the 1970s, iran was plagued by crippling inflation. the shah who liked to show off lavish lifestyle was criticized for ignoring the poor and middle clasp >> iranians rightly blamed the united states for the coup that put the shah in power. >> iranians resented that, resent it to this day, consider it to be a totally unwarranted and unforgivable intrusion into their sovereignty. the shah rightly or wrongly was perceived as being out of touch with the iranian people, with the tool of the united states. >> the forces of the left and the right have one thing in common -- hatred of the shah and his se

they say tehran continues to lie and is much more advanced than previously thought. about its possibilities to build a nuclear bomb. that's charge that iran has long denied. the group, national council of resistance of iran, says iran's military complex is the site of two secret explosive chambers that they say can be used for nuclear bomb testing. iran has never the united nations inspectors to visit that. new united nations international atomic energy agency says iran has been stonewalling them about its nuclear program, saying there has been no progress. this as a potential nuclear deal looms in two weeks. what does the world do? our guest is the official of the resistance of iran and joins us now. what is this new information about these two so-called chambers mean? >> well, the new information about these two explosive chambers, which by the way tehran has never conceded that they exist, clearly shows that tehran has been extensively involved not only conducting activities related to weaponnization of its nuclear program, but consistently hiding it, denying acce

minister to tehran, as iran's foreign minister prepares to leave vienna to head to tehran for consultations, this as talks continue in vienna just days ahead of monday's deadline for a final deal on iran's nuclear program. shaking up the american immigration system, barack obama bypasses congress to push through reform that could help millions of illegal immigrants get work permits. republicans, though, warn it will lead to more immigration rather than less. and britain's anti-e.u. party gets its second m.p. into westminster after a defector wins the election. he tells the new constituents, if you can win there, it can win anywhere. those are the headlines this afternoon, just after 1:00 p.m. also coming up the parents of the journalist have called on egypt to free him by christmas, this after the egyptian president told us in an exclusive interview he may pardon the three journalists who have been in jail for nearly a year. also coming up we'll get the latest business news with airbus bagging an order for 50 planes from delta. we'll bring you all the very latest on that deal in our busines

a drive up to north tehran. home of ritzy boutiques and tehran's well-to-do. >> translator: if there's a positive outcome and better relations, we'll have better lives at home. it will improve everything. >> translator: i think if we get out of these sanctions, the situation will improve. there will be more jobs, a better economy. >> translator: we don't want a deal at any price. only if it's fair and right. a deal where iran's rights are addressed and the west's rights are addressed. >> reporter: we traveled to iran frequently over the past year during these nuclear negotiations and we haven't come across a single person who said no, i don't want an agreement with the world powers. however, most iranians continue to insist that any agreement must respect iran's right to a peaceful nuclear program. reza sayah, cnn, tehran. >>> we turn to eastern afghanistan now, where dozens of people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd watching a volleyball game. it happened near the border with pakistan on sunda

officials have acknowledged that tehran uses influence to convince my lucky - malaki to step down. this led to a smooth transition and power. post deal, i think the united states would be in a better position to press iran to use its leverage to persuade the government's share of power facilities and other inorities. as it helps improve a very fragile, political situation that exists in iraq today. hey are represented by the baghdad government and the military is dominated by shiites. a post nuclear deal environment would also make it possible to test iran's willingness to play a constructive role in advancing a political solution o syria. many believe another geneva conference without iran would be meaningless. post deal, washington could support iran's participation in a geneva gathering organized under the offices of the united nations. united states could press iran to play a more constructive role in relieving the umanitarian crisis in syria, particularly by extending cooperation on humanitarian ccess. it is unclear how far tehran would be willing to go to use leverage to brin

that tehran regime should take the deal and not miss a historic opportunity. let me turn to david sanger, who will provide more details of the negotiation. >> thank you. i think michael would have been extremely pleased to see this room completely jammed in a session that is much more about him than about anything we can say. i was lucky enough to be working on finishing up the inheritance here when michael first joined as a fellow. at the end of the day, he would come by, my office or his office, and his endless curiosity for how all this would play out -- his love of the wonderfully ambiguous nature of dealing with the iranians, the questions of whether or not the specifics of the deal led to a much greater political reconciliation, a subject that my colleague will take up in a moment, really fascinated him. but he was also wonderfully competitive, in that way that someone who has been a reporter all his life can be. when i reported in the book i wrote after i had done the inheritance that the united states had been involved in a lengthy cyber sabotage effor

a drive up to north tehran. home of ritzy boutiques and tehran's well-to-do. >> translator: if there's a positive outcome and better relations, we'll have better lives at home. it will improve everything. >> translator: i think if we get out of these sanctions, the situation will improve. there will be more jobs, a better economy. >> translator: we don't want a deal at any price. only if it's fair and right. a deal where iran's rights are addressed and the west's rights are addressed. >> reporter: there you have it. the consensus seems clear here. everyone we spoke with said yes, they want a deal. however, they say not at any price. they believe they have the right like anyone else to a peaceful nuclear program. and now just like the rest of us, natalie, they wait for an outcome. >> all right, we thank you, reza sayah, live for us on the streets of iran. and nic robertson there with the talks going on in vienna. 15 hours to go. thank you, both. >>> well, in eastern afghanistan dozens of people were killed when a

major world powers, and tehran have less than 24 hours to trike a deal. they could choose to extend the discussion. western countries want to slow the development, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. jonah hull reports from the meeting in austria. >> in vienna, the foreign ministers from international powers and iran are almost all in place. china's wang ye is due in on monday. the deadline they set themselves for a deal midnight on monday. could stretch to the early hours. some sources suggest it could be missed altogether. a former state department official speaking to both sides believes talk of failure is premature. >> i think not only is it too early to talk about failure, but it is not an option. neither could leave empty-handed. i think that's why the foreign ministers are meeting to get the last little bit can be taken home to their capitals. >> this is president obama's take. >> the good news is the interim deal we entered into has definitely stopped iran's nuclear program from advancing. it's been successful. >> the deal is the roll back.

major powers and tehran have less than 24 hours to strike a deal. they could extend the discussions. iran wants to slow in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. jonah hull reports from vienna. >> reporter: in vienna foreign ministers in iran are almost all in face. china's wang ye is due in on monday. the deadline sets themselves for a deal, could stretch into the early hours. some sources suggest it could be missed altogether. the former state department official has been speaking to both sides, believes talk of failure is premature. >> not only is it too early, but failure is not an option. neither side can leave vienna. what they are looking for is a break through, which is why the foreign ministers are meeting to get the last bit of progress that they'll need to go into tomorrow, to figure out what they'll be taking home. >> this was president obama's assessment in a u.s. television interup. >> the good news is that the interim deal we entered into has definitely stopped iran's nuclear programme from advancing. it's been successful. >> the deal

embassy in tehran and kidnapped a group of americans. alphonso van marsh reports on relations between the u.s. and iran then and now. >> reporter: militants seized the u.s. embassy in tehran in 1979 as payback for america's support of the former shaw of iran. they took 52 americans hostage and held them in captivity. reporting on the u.s.-led on iran that followed. she hopes with errani it will repair relations with the u.s. >> errani has realized and sections of the establishment has realized this cannot continue. >> reporter: government conservatives in power since the hostage crisis say the west cannot be trusted because it is demanding an end to iran's nuclear development program. >> the core of the policy of the united states towards iran is that nuclear question. >> reporter: the anti-american sentiment that led to the hostage crisis can still be seen on the streets of tehran. every year, hard-liners return to the former u.s. embassy ground and yell "death to america." alphonso van marsh, cbs news, london. >>> one of npr's" car tal

the government in tehran knows at some point they are going to be blamed as well. so the question becomes, what can the iranians actually bargain? >> not necessarily there's going to be a deal on monday but you're starting to hear talk of an extension. if they extend it, the question is, not just the timeline for an extension, but what comes along with it. >> reporter: well, arthel, officials hint the extent of the negotiation would extend into the political agreement on what both sides are committed to agreeing, but on both sides the talking won't end in vienna. >> domenick, thank you so much. >>> european authorities now transporting the remaining wreckage from downed malaysia flight 17. the pieces are traveling by train and ukraine to the government-run city of parkev. there's an unidentified human remain that will eventually be taken to the netherlands for examination. this coming four months after the plane was shot down in eastern ukraine killing all 298 people on board. ukraine and russia are both blaming each other for shooting down the aircraft. >>> former

it is unclear at this point how far tehran would be willing to go to use its leverage to bring about a political settlement that would lead to the eventual departure of assad. i think once i ran has a seat at the table, which it has been seeking for quite some time now, it will be forced to show its cards rather quickly. iranian foreign minister zarif four-point plan on syria, which includes a cease-fire, the formation of a national unity government, constitutional revision process that would decentralize the power in syria, at any election i think offers a good starting point for discussions. on afghanistan, there clearly are some very strong overlapping u.s. and iranian interests in afghanistan. a nuclear deal combined with a small u.s. troop presence in afghanistan would set the stage for direct u.s.-iran discussions on afghanistan. both governments have voiced strong support for afghanistan's new government under the new president and ceo of google up to look at both the call for the publication of national unity government agreement and the establishment and strengthening of sta

talks in vienna between six world powers and officials from tehran failed to come to a resolution on a series of tricky issues and so the negotiators decide that no deal was bet than a bad deal. they haven't, though, called off the whole process. choosing instead to give themselves another seven months to keep on talking. our middle east editor sent us this report from vienna. >> they've given themselves another seven months to get a deal. but they won't be able to talk indefinitely. taking too long would play into the hands of hard liners in washington and tehran who don't trust their old enemies. britain's foreign secretary said failing to agree in vienna wasn't a defeat. >> of course it's a disappointment. but rather than continue blindly, we have to recognize the reality that we're not going to get to a deal by tonight, but that we have made enough progress to make us confident that we can get to a deal. >> in iran businesses have been hit badly by sanctions. the discussion is about lifting sanctions in return for limits on iran's nuclear program. at the tehran stock exchange, th

embassy in tehran and kidnapped a group of americans. alphonso van marsh reports on relations between the u.s. and iran then and now. >> reporter: militants seized the u.s. embassy in tehran in 1979 as payback for america's support of the former shaw of iran. they took 52 americans hostage and held them in captivity. for 444 days. >> some iranians we spoke to time has flown. >> reporter: iranian journalist ansari hopes the more moderate errani will help repair relations with the u.s. >> errani has realized and sections of the establishment has realized this cannot continue. iran's situation cannot continue. >> reporter: government conservatives in power since the hostage crisis say the west cannot be trusted because it is demanding an end to iran's nuclear development program. >> the core of the policy of the united states towards iran is that nuclear question. >> reporter: the anti-american sentiment that led to the hostage crisis can still be seen on the streets of tehran. every year, hard-liners return to the former u.s. embassy groun

it involves fuel for the tehran research reactor. in the supreme leader killed in -- then the supreme leader killed it. will the supreme leader have endorsed it prior to that announcement? the same question could be asked here because the president clearly believes he can do the sanction lifting by his own authority. there are many in congress, including the newly elected republican majority, who want to take a vote on this. that could have a big effect on the outcome. if the iranians do not believe in their hearts that the house and senate could permanently lift the sanctions, they might well hesitate to sign a deal. them if wed blame were in their position -- we might well take the same position. if on the other hand the president tried to get that lifting early on in the agreement, it would probably fail. and he would not be in a position to have his fingers on sanctions. he wants to lift sanctions as the youians reform, -- radians perform. that does not lend itself well to congressional votes. do not look at it as a deadline, loo

that tehran regime should take the deal and not miss a istoric opportunity. let me turn to david sanger, who will provide more details of the negotiation. >> thank you. i think michael would have been extremely pleased to see this room completely jammed in a session that is much more about him than about anything we can say. i was lucky enough to be working on finishing up the inheritance here when michael first joined as a fellow. at the end of the day, he would come by, my office or his office, and his endless curiosity for how all this would play out -- his love of the wonderfully ambiguous nature of dealing with the iranians, the questions of whether or not the specifics of the deal led to a much greater olitical reconciliation, a subject that my colleague will take up in a moment, really fascinated him. but he was also wonderfully competitive, in that way that someone who has been a reporter all his life can be. when i reported in the book i wrote after i had done the inheritance that the united states had been involved in a lengthy cyber sabotage effort

another sticking point is tehran 's demand that the west rapidly remove economic sanctions gainst it. the west wants to lift them gradually. officials say a new round of negotiations will begin next month. >> what has been the sentiment among negotiators? let's go live to vienna. what is the thinking they're? could be see a deal next year? >> what was very interesting to witness was healthy ministers were emphasizing the good nature the progress had been made and even new ideas had been put to the table. those ideas actually had technical implications. that is the reason they had to extend the talks. of however -- however we'd have no idea what those ideas may be. i think the sentiments can be summed up by what john kerry said. he said the talks will not get easier with time and there are certainly no points in talking. it was not time to walk away. >> what are the possible risks in extending these talks? what is the possible downside? >> there are definitely risks involved. we will see the u.s. congress that is completely dominated by republicans. they are generally much more critica

if you walk the streets of tehran, the majority want a deal. just like you see in washington, in tehran there are individual groups who can play the potential role of spoiler if they don't believe this agreement meets their interests. inside, they are looking at nuclear agreements between the world powers. dozens of hard line iranian lawmakers who don't trust washington and don't want to give an inch. we don't trust them says the lawmaker. we have no trust for the west. especially the americans and the british. we trusted them in the past and we paid a heavy price, says the lawmaker. we're only after the interests of our country. for the past year, ever since the administration of moderate president rouhani started to negotiate with the west, some hardliners criticized him saying he is appeasing the enemy and compromising. they warned him not to sign a deal that crosses iran's red lines which includes keeping intact iran's nuclear programs and accepting nothing left than the lifting of all western sanctions. we expect the sanctions to be lifted

have shown themselves willing to work with america against sunni radicals, whereas the hardliners in tehran has shown themselves willing to work with sunni radicals against the united states. going back to 1979, there has been a lot of instances of u.s./iran convergence. they both had a common enemy in the soviet union and president reagan tried to work with iran against the soviet union and he was rebuffed, and in the early months of the revolution, the carter government tried to warn iran about saddam hussein's impending invasion, and the then-iranian government did not take that threat seriously, and they preferred to see the united states as an adversary. there certainly was a convergence of interest between the united states and iran, vis-a-vis the taliban, and that was a missed opportunity by the united states, and now we have isis which is a mutual adversary. what has been pretty consistent has been whatever iran has been faced with, rather than siding with america against the adversary, they either stayed out of the fight or flirted with the adversary of the adversary, which is the

both sides are making their voices clear in tehran. elizabeth palm certificate there. liz, what are you hearing? >> well, one of the main news agencies here quoting iranian negotiators is saying there will be no deal by the deadline. and that is going to come as a huge disappointment to millions of iranians who are really feeling the pinch of sanctions. in fact, we were downtown near the main bazaar in tehran today and universally people were saying they wanted an agreement. not only because it will revitalize the economy, but because they just generally want better relations with the world. on the other hand, there are iranian hard-liners. they were demonstrating today. they have no interest if thawing relations with the west. and they are, in fact, waiting for these negotiations to fail so they can attack the guy without got the ball rolling, that is the moderate current president of iran hasam rouhani. >> liz, thank you very much. a suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people in eastern afghanistan. this happened in paktika province where a crowd had gathered to wa

we wanted it to look like tehran. i will say for someone who craps on cnn a lot you use a lot of the footage on this and fareed zakaria. >> you're the best. >> on camera. there it is. on camera. on camera. >> would you do a show from iran if they allowed you to? >> do a show? >> do a daily show. >> from there? >> from tehran. >> yeah. i think that would be fun. would they allow me to leave? >> i don't speak for them. >> all right. >> i would see to it --? stewart refrains in the film of the physical torture, focusing instead on the ice lagsz. >> it can't be excused of the transgressions of the eccentric regime and citizen bloggers all over the world held under these kinds of conditions for nothing more than recording an event and posting it. >> in fact, we're in front of -- we're at the newseum and the world press freedom map and the red countries are ones that there is not press freedom. iran, obviously in there. there is a washington post reporter being held and he's about to approach his 118th day. what would you t

they can't look weak or this deal will fall through in tehran. so it's very important for them. >> and it comes at such a tough time with many foreign nations. if this fails to get through, does it worsen the anti-american feeling across the world? >> it certainly doesn't help. i think if you look at what's happening in the gulf countries specifically, they're very curious about how this deal is going to really work out. we know the congressional americans are cautious, pretty cautious about the deal in general. but certainly in terms of their relationship with russia, the relationship with tehran. and then on the flip side of that, the relationship with the saudis. >> john, i want to get your thoughts on this potential nuclear agreement, if you will. iran is suffering from the drop in the oil price. do you think that will engage in these discussions after the next few weeks? i think tehran has its set of interests at hand. they obviously would need sanctions listed. how far they can woman without looking as if they're -- into the u.s. is a key i

as we landed in tehran, jason jones, the canadian walked right in and sipped tea with the locals. tim greenberg of jewish descent and american was pulled aside for an hour. >> i didn't think that was so funny. as soon as we got downstairs they took me into this side room with two security guards and they started watching soccer and completely ignored me. and i figure this won't be that bad. our time there was just that. it was a fine place for us to be. we did not feel threatened. we did not feel that basically what was about to come a few weeks later, we did not really sense. there was a slight sense of a society oppressed, very slight, but generally, we were able to get away with all the kinds of stuff we do on the "daily show." >> we got a little tip-off in the little scene we showed playing football with the kids. we were in a very holy town and they came running up saying, "we have to leave now. quick, quick." and we said we'll leave the holy square. and he said the city. we'll leave the city. >> holy ( bleep ). apparently roar not allowed to play football in the holiest of t

minister prepares to leave vienna to head to tehran for consultations, this as talks continue in vienna just days ahead of monday's deadline for a final deal on iran's nuclear program. shaking up the american immigration system, barack obama bypasses congress to push through reform that could help millions of illegal immigrants get work permits. republicans, though, warn it will lead to more immigration rather than less. and britain's anti-e.u. party gets its second m.p. into westminster after a

tehran continues to demand it has a right to enrich its own uranium. after operating a covert nuclear program for decades, iran forfeited any so-called right to enrichment. yet the centrifuges continue to spin and president obama has seemingly acquiesced to iran's illegitimate claim to enrichment. the regime in tehran also maintains an advanced lipids -- ballistic missile program, a program just this week is it used to threaten israel and u.s. military bases in the middle east. and it is a program that continues to expand in violation of several u.n. security council resolutions. iran also remains one of the world's worst human rights violators. it is currently designated a tier 1 country of particular concern, a designation reserved for the world's worst most egregious violators of religious freedom by -- stated by our own state department and the u.s. commission on international religious freedom. and despite that selection, not a real election, of a so-called moderate last year, iran's human rights record has only gotten worse. as iran has executed

earlier, cnn set up an open mike to ask people in tehran if they would support an .agreement. take a listen. >> translator: no one wants conflict. peace better than anything else. >> 100% i want relations with america. there's nothing wrong with having relations with america, as long as they don't use us. >> translator: i have two sons and they're sitting at home unemployed. if there's an agreement, the world will open. beam can travel. we'll have more jobs. >> translator: i tell my government not to sign an agreement if iran's rights are not honored. we should never back down. even if we give up our nuclear program, the other side won't accept it. whatever happen, they think of something new. >> translator: i think all of this is just a game. it's a farce. iranians know this. it's all a game. >> on thursday, the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog said iran is still not giving inspectors all the access they need to iran's nuclear facilities. okay, everyone. you're watching cnn. that does it for this hour of coverage. >> we are back in moments with complete coverage of the president's exe

royce says the seven-month extension should be used to tighten the economic vice on tehran. veteran republican john mccain and two fellow senators are also calling for tougher measures. they say they believe the extension should be coupled with increased sanctions. but white house spokesperson josh earnest says sanctions could be counterproductive. he says the administration believes enough progress has been made to warrant giving the iranian regime more time to answer the international community's concerns. iran's president is upbeat about the way the talks are going. hassan rouhani said negotiators are making progress and will likely reach a deal sooner or later. rouhani also said iran will defend its rights to develop nuclear energy, and that it will work hard to get western powers to lift economic sanctions. >>> we spoke with an expert on middle eastern affairs about the extension of the talks. koichiro tanaka is managing director of the institute of energy economics japan. he has been following the talks over the years. >> first of all, i'd like to say that there's stil

-iranian relations in tehran. economic sanks, a tool that for decades failed to bring iran's leaders to happy. >> for a long time, the islamist government that took over tehran in 1979 sort of lived with the sanctions imposed by the united states. >> the 1980 u.s. ban on iranian oil imports. a move that didn't stop countries such as japan from buying up their crude. an effort that hampered president clinton's efforts in the 1990s. but in 2006, one hardline iranian president, ahmadinejad, with the program, started to take shape. in december of that year, the security council approved the first line of sanctions against iran. but by 2011, with iran still failing to comply with the international demand, washington upped the ante and barred foreign financial institutions from conducting oil sanctions with iran's central bank. measures that would cull my ate in europe from blocking access to the international system. by far, it's their most valuable export. and today ultimately force tehran to the nuclear negotiating t

iran announced its foreign minister would return to tehran for consultations and the u.s. state department said john kerry would leave for paris. >> we've had a series of useful discussions. as i said earlier these are very complex issues and still a very significant gap between the parties. we're all going to go away and have further technical discussions with our experts, and we will resume again over the course of the weekend. >> but a final meeting in the evening including european union envoy katherine ashton suggested that the parties do still have something to talk about. late in the evening we were told john kerry would not be traveling oparis after all. during the afternoon we are told he had a conversation with is sergey lavrov. but the possibility does remain, that mohamed zarif may yet go to tehran oconsult on iran's final position. the u.s. france britain russia china and germany, looking to end the long running crisis by limiting tehran's nuclear ambitions in return for sanctions relief. with the clock counting down to monday's deadline all efforts are focuse

. >>> three years ago i set food in tehran for the first time. i was there to interview then programs ma you'd ahmadinejad. iran's relations with america and its allies were at one of their many low points. ahmadinejad seemed to get great pleasure from spouting his anti-western rhetoric. it's possible that in less than a month's time iran will sign a nuclear deal with the west. but what does iran look like beneath all this high politics? that is what anthony bourdain went to find out when he visited the country for an episode of "parts unknown" that airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. we sat down recently to compare notes. so you did the thing most american negotiators haven't yet done, which is actually go to iran. >> yeah. and an incredible experience. what we saw inside iran was extraordinary, heartbreaking, confusing, inspiring, and very, very different than the iran i expected from always -- from looking at it from afar, from a geopolitical sense, what we read on the news, what we know about that long and contentious relationship we've had as nations.

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tehran. >> quijano: supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was released from a washington hospital today. she'd been rushed there tuesday evening, and yesterday doctors gave her a stent to open a clogged artery. ginsberg is one. he's expected to be back at work on monday. still ahead on the cbs evening news, a state with one of the biggest prison populations will soon be putting fewer convicts behind bars. and pardon us, but didn't the president promise that mac and cheese would not be on the thanksgiving menu? stay tuned. rescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor. i'm happy. it's medicare open enrollment. have you compared plans yet? it's easy at medicare.gov. or you can call 1-800-medicare. medicare open enrollment. you'll never know unless you go. i did it. you can too. ♪ [ shutter clicks ] hi there! [ laughs ] -i'm flo! -i know! i'm going to get you your rental car. this is so ridiculous. we're going to manage your entire repair process from paperwork to pickup, okay, little tiny baby? your car is r

in fact, we went to the tehran stock exchange first thing this morning. it was full of investors watching for news from vienna that they hoped would give their battered economy an immediate boost. well, it didn't happen, but president hasan rohanni was on television saying the deal was progress and he had no doubt there would be a deal eventually. the people feeling relieved in iran tonight are the hardliners. they never wanted a deal in the first place and they have zero interest in seeing any kind of warming of relations with the united states. >> pelley: so negotiations to continue for several months. liz palmer in the iranian capital, and margaret brennan traveling with secretary kerry in vienna. thank you both. today, a texas judge threw out the homicide conviction of a woman involved in a fatal wreck. this after general motors admitted that her car had a defective ignition switch, the same defect that is linked to at least 35 deaths. jeff glor is following this. >> thank you. >> reporter: candice anderson walked out of a courtroom today after a deca

in fact, we went to the tehran stock exchange first thing this morning. it was full of investors watching for news from vienna that they hoped would give their battered economy an immediate boost. well, it didn't happen, but president row eric rohanni was n television saying the deal was progress and he had no doubt there would be a deal eventually. the people feeling relieved in iran tonight are the hardliners. they never wanted a deal in the first place and they have zero interest in seeing any kind of warming of relations with the united states. >> pelley: so negotiations to continue for several months. liz palmer in the iranian capital, and margaret brennan traveling with secretary kerry in vienna. thank you both. today a texas judge threw out the homicide conviction of a woman involved in a fatal wreck. this after general motors admitted that her car had a defective ignition switch, the same defect that is linked to at least 35 deaths. jeff glor's following this. >> thank you. >> reporter: candice anderson walked out of a courtroom today after a deca