it had become sort of beacon of hope, tehran or iran in general as a place for europe to slipped into and for this balance of power finally between europe and the united states to happen within the middle east the as this foothold in iran. so they were of diplomatic interests as well as trade and business interests. by 1992 when this happened trade relations between iran and germany are at a peak and the german -- the iranians are absolutely certain that there is no way germans would jeopardize those trade relations over a silly tribe. so what makes the story really fabulous is that the germans precisely wanted to do what iran had hoped german administration politicians involved did want to make the trial go away. did want to make the case go away but it just wouldn't. and so the process of how it wouldn't go away, how is that two powers come together to cover this up and yet it seems to go on and take on a life of its done makes a really wonderful. >> how has it changed you to a wrote a memoir >> i thought i might try my hand at fictio

atomic watchdog report suggested tehran is building a bomb or something iran for him and he denies any sanctions target iran's main bank and blacklists and thirty suspected of aiding iran's nuclear program u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton warned but increasingly aggressive action against the country will continue other governments to put pressure on its own political analyst chris bambery thinks this approach by the west resembles the lead up to the iraq invasion. this is a ramping up of pressure on iran and we have seen israel being for an attack on. iran we've seen israel essentially a dummy really. need to be inside been year but it's when flying back in to test its capacity to launch an attack on iran and why i need to agree to that i don't know we've seen israel launching an into the contents of ballistic missile in recent weeks and we have this force at the moment of of israel sitting in a conference discussing a nuclear free middle east when it is the only power in the middle east which has a nuclear program they are very selective in the use of sanctions of course to do

no longer had an embassy in tehran, because of the hostage crisis of 1979, and because the united states was no longer present had a political or any other interest in iran it has become sort of a beacon of hope, tehran, or as i run in general as a place for europe to slip into and for this balance of power, finally between europe and the united states to happen within the middle east via this foothold in iran. so there were diplomatic interests as well as trade and business interests. by 1992 when this happened, trade relations between iran and germany are at a peak. and the germans -- the iranians are absolutely certain that there is no way the germans would jeopardize those trade relations over the celtic trial. and so what makes the story really fabulous is that determine precisely what iran had hoped german, the german administration politicians involved did want to make the trial go away, did want to make the case go away, but it just wouldn't. and so it's the process of how it wouldn't go away, how it is that two powers come together to cover this up, and yet it seems to go on and take on a life of its own. that makes it really wonderful. >> how h

this comes after the latest report ramped up tension over iran's nuclear program by saying it cannot exclude tehran is working on nuclear weapons or his policy is watching developments. according to british intelligence chiefs israel would launch a strike against iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons as soon as christmas according to sources in the british government if not christmas then the beginning of next year with these sources saying that israeli military action is to be expected sooner rather than later and that it will be action that will be supported just to keep by the united states not in recent weeks we did hear from the british defense ministry they confirmed that they have contingency plans in place should be u.k. decide to support military action against iran here in israel prior to the publication on tuesday of the report by the international atomic energy agency the israeli defense minister ehud barak warned iran of a possible is radius strike he said that all options are on the table and when israeli officials use that phrase all options on the table it really does mean military action the israeli pres

calling on iran to clear up outstanding questions about its atomic program russia says it should be used to intensify dialogue but not inflame more interaction with tehran this comes as the u.n. chain or some deadlocked at resolution condemning iran over their alleged conspiracy to kill the saudi ambassador to washington because rice has also promised to introduce a new unilateral sanctions against the country's oil industry diplomatic pressure on the islamic republic is intensifying with reports israel is considering a military strike and doctors said mohammad marandi from tehran university said sanctions do not have any effect on iran but expose us weakness only. they've been imposed sanctions. on the ronnie an oil ministry for years now and be iranians continue to develop oil and gas fields they continue to develop for chemical or petrochemical industry i don't think there's going to be any change whatsoever basically what it is doing it is that is that it is showing the american hand and how the americans are really on able to do anything about iran so in general the iranians feel that the americans there are their strength is weakening and we even see that in the letter and in th

iran following statements by israel that a strike is more likely than diplomacy or the u.n. atomic watchdog is about to report on iran's nuclear activities and provide evidence that tehran has built a testing facility and computer models of warheads iran has dismissed all allegations calling that were fabricated foreign affairs analyst richard says the i.a.e.a. report is designed to put pressure on iran in order to employ sanctions against it . first of all we have to be clear that there is a lot of obfuscation and speculation that the contents. consequences of this new. media is really. the basis. really. but if you look at the state. i think. any kind of evidence or any kind of smoking gun that would prove. any kind of program i think we should look at the new. and how. politicized. more confrontational approach i think that's a good feature that we have to look beyond that. flexes its political muscle over iran the jewish state is hit by a recruitment crisis to report later this hour israelis are increasingly unwilling to sign up for voluntary service for the country. but first the greek ministers have all for the resignation to pave the way for a new government this com

end would only happen if there is overwhelming evidence that tehran has nuclear weapons and this in the number believe it or depends on iran submitting to inspections by the un's atomic watchdog so go online to cause to vote at all. and later in the program leaders teacher after ten or khadafi. i mean the claims of revenge killings and the spread of radical aids in a suicide its job in the country's done all the details in a few minutes. as the european debt crisis deepens the international monetary fund is reaching for the kremlin help on that trip christin that god has been in moscow for talks with president dmitry medvedev on how russian would help save the crisis he and next stop is beijing but it's even grabbed chawla has all the details on how most of it. during these financially turbulent times russia can all for the i am a fan the european union what it now needs most money russia paid the last portion of it stuck to the international monetary fund in two thousand and five and seems that it has been contributing to the organization providing financial support to countries which experienced serious financial and eco

iran saying they go against international law and will make future negotiations difficult washington announced the move against tehran on monday after the u.k. and kind of similar actions are the measures or of the latest report from the un's nuclear watchdog claiming that iran is once again working on a building an atomic weapon a new sanctions target iran's main roads are designed to make it more difficult for the country to develop and maintain its oil and gas sectors the us secretary of state hillary clinton warned the increasingly aggressive actions against the country will continue and other governments to put pressure on iraq as well but it's our author and journalist david lindorff aggression towards iran could bring dire consequences. molde the signs are looking exactly like they looked in the period of two thousand and one and he doesn't three here in the u.s. with this you know drumbeat of hysteria. and weapons of mass destruction every leader of the united states keep seeing all. on the table bit seeing that any invasion is on the table and israel of course i trust it will be threatening to attack i mean if you really want to get a country to get a nuclear weapon and just keep

london and paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran. side mohammad marandi a professor at tehran university says it's iran civilian population who will suffer the most new sanctions. the iranians are very angry that. england. continue to take a hostile stance towards the country and the real problem in the eyes of iranians is that what the british government is trying to do is that is trying to make ordinary iranians suffer or the sanctions that have been imposed upon the iranians through the government government the british government are directed at ordinary iranians that banking system and therefore imports and exports so it is basically very much directed at ordinary people. well was curious what you think and today we're asking why the consequences of the attack on the u.k. embassy will be so log on to our website r.t. dot com to participate this hour forty four percent of you think it will eventually lead to a western invasion of iran the opinion that the attack was political theater of bothwell have few serious consequences come second and fifteen percent of the responden

. >> if israel attacked iran to prevent tehran from getting nuclear weapons. would you help israel with it attack or support it otherwise? >> let me ask herman cain first. did you get the question? >> i didn't quite get if question. >> if israel attacked iran to prevent tehran from getting nuclear weapons would you help israel launch the attack or support it otherwise? >> i would first make sure that they had a credible plan for success. clarity of mission and clarity of success. remember, when you talk about attacking iran, it is a very mountainous region. the latest reports say that there may be 40 different location. i would want to make sure that we had a good idea from intelligence sources where these are located and if israel had a credible plan that it appeared as if they could succeed, i would support israel, yes. and in some instances depending on how strong the plan is, we would join with israel for that if it was clear what the mission was and it was clear what the definition of victory was. >> congressman paul, would you support israel and help israel in such an attack? >> no, i wouldn't

mentioned all of the failings of tehran and international concern but then it also had a sentence or two about iran reaching back to the ieae suggesting that maybe they are turning the corner. on the sanctions, again, in a sense, russia can have its cake and eat too. they would prefer these sanctions would be approved in the security council and would be subject to a russian votes. we have had so many rounds of non-security council's sanctions, unilateral national sanctions, that russia has gotten used to it. i think it just uses them and points out that when it deals with iran to say you are just deal -- you're just asking for it so come play ball. >> let me take two more questions. this young gentleman back here. i am sorry for everyone else because we will have to move into lunch. >> shortly we will hear from the national security adviser for the obama administration who will spend one hour here presumably with the subject had been what to do about new zealand, he would not be sparing an hour. >> did we miss something on new zealand? [laughter] >> one can assume that on mr. donilon's short list,

london paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military straight against iran meantime professor sayed mohammad marandi a from tehran university thinks that it's iran's civilian population who will suffer the most with the u.k.'s new sanctions. the iranians are very angry. and. continue to take a hostile stance towards the country and the real problem in the eyes of iranians is that what the british government is trying to do is that is trying to make world unary iranian suffer the sanctions that have been imposed upon the iranians through the government which government the british government are directed at ordinary iranians their banking system and therefore imports and exports so it is basically very much directed at ordinary people. and as always i would also curious as to what you think about the consequences of the u.k. embassy siege in tehran you can cast your vote right now at r.t. dot com and see what you think the numbers are speak for themselves here this hour forty two percent of you think it will eventually end up with western intervention on iranian soil pinion that the attack was just political theat

on iran if tehran's nuclear pursuits our it finished by spring two thousand and twelve shirin shah and activist against intervention says it would be futile for iran to develop a nuclear weapon and or risk being fatally targeted by other nuclear states. iran has stated time and again that it doesn't want to produce a nuclear bomb the new president i'm not in the set. they sent me that it's just. to produce one or two bombs in the face of housing by. it's exists in the western countries and also regarding. israeli nuclear weapons this is this israel remains the sole entity in the region. possess nuclear weapons more than two hundred stuff them and that is to venting the whole region the middle east region from becoming. mass destruction feasible. if you miss something on our air you can always check out our dot com where you'll find all the stories we're covering and more here's what's a click away right now. a locket that could kill you long before you hear it washington test missiles six times faster than the speed of sound potentially able to reach any target on the planet within an hour also we're down for his judo skills russia's premier vladimir putin shows the world he's fair

washington london and paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran. sun hot iran d. a professor at tehran university says it's iran civilian population who will suffer most from the u.k.'s new sanctions the iranians are very angry that. england has continued to take a hostile stance towards the country and the real problem in the eyes of iranians is that what the british government is trying to do is that is trying to make ordinary iranians suffer the sanctions that have been imposed upon the iranians to the government this government the british government are directed at ordinary iranians the banking system and therefore imports and exports so it is basically very much directed at ordinary people. one just we're hearing that u.k. evacuate staff from the iran embassy this is the latest that we hear from the country and we'll be keeping you up to date on this well in the meantime we also would like to know what you think on this issue today on our website we're asking what the consequences of the attack on the sea will be so you can log on to our website r.t. dot com to participate let's

iran's nuclear program. the united nations nuclear watch dog agency set to he release its report tuesday or wednesday. and early indications highlight what many people around the world have feared. that despite tehran's promises that their nuclear program is peaceful, iran is making progress and developing a nuclear bomb. leland vittert with the latest from jerusalem. >> harris, usually dovish, israel's president saying the clock is ticking until the international community has to do whatever it takes to keep iran from a bomb. israel is trying to put iran back on the front page. it's also important to note what israel's prime minister and defense minister aren't saying, when he they met with u.s. defense secretary leon panetta, they refused to layout israel's strategy dealing with iran or before notifying u.s. for a hostile strike. twice in history, israel has bombed nuclear programs of its neighbors, one in iraq and most recently in syria. internally there's great debate about a possible strike, but he recent leaks from the prime minister's inner circle suggest he's trying to garner support from a potential attack and also with the international community to increase sanctions on iran. and there's n

has slapped iran with more sanctions that these sanctions really work or is this the latest in washington and tehran. the least. nobody seems to know. i never have persuaded the face of the argument that they're being overly dramatic. well you ron is facing fresh thing sions today but you'll have the u.k. and canada have announced new financial and energy sanctions against the country its all of the time to stop iran from developing its nuclear weapons program this comes after a controversial report came out from the un's watchdog which supposedly shows evidence that iran is pursuing nuclear ambitions meanwhile syria now being eyed has the next country to faithing sions this is the un puts pressure on syria to hold military operations against civilians and advocates human rights in the country the un human rights committee today passed a resolution condemning syria's crackdown on protesters now with each new country to face sanctions the what is the point of them and what do they really accomplish jamal and do you policy director for the national iranian american council it was here in studio to hel

sanctions on the middle eastern states or oil industry diplomatic pressure on iran is coming amid reports that israel could be considering a military strike on tehran's facilities for more on this i'm joined by most and political highlight was live with us in lebanon good to have you with us so with so much pressure on iran what do you think is on the minds of the countries that are being taking sort of an adversarial stance with them right now in terms of sanctions and harsh rhetoric do you think they want. to cooperate or feel cornered what's your take. well as your hypothesis is that the second hypothesis or question would be implemented all. of a secret that i guess americans and the western powers of flying around in the corner and by conspiring or making allegations. these allegations have nothing. with the ground. and basic. premise for saying that iran concerning especially the saudi ambassador in washington or concerning be a nuclear program is perhaps it has been it has been. said that the americans are trying to pressure iran in order to come to the table and say something about some political issues in iraq and in progress time and in syr

tehran by the u.k. reacting to the siege by pulling out its own embassy staff from iran. i don't recall a number of egyptians or turn up to cost their vote in parliamentary elections where demonstrators remain skeptical saying a poll is meaningless if a powerless parliament is ruled by the ministry. our time off the sports with mine . hello welcome to sport on artsy comments are you from the russian capital with me or i'm on costs right now let's take a look at the headlines first. match day five they are all police resumes on wednesday as six games take place across the continent. points of them to say so let us leave need a draw or better against visiting storm surge advance to the knockout stages of the europa league. lights makes right new jersey nets owner mikhail prokhorov said to be pursuing one of n.b.a.'s most dominant big men the white howard. let's get things started with europa league football where rubin are gearing up for a clash against the shamrock rovers in just over two hours time rubin will be hoping to avoid unpleasant surprises against it seem already eliminated from the contention the eye

iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. but is war the only way to stop tehran, or counter terror analyst and middle east expert joins us now. the conventional thinking, lisa, has been that you either bomb iran or let iran get the because, the nuclear bomb. you might say there might be a third way. what is it? >> right. so the third way, a way that we haven't actually used yet, and that is either to enforcenon militaristic actions in the form of sanctions that are well implemented and well enforced and more importantly, to support the people of iran in a popular uprising, which we lost the opportunity in 2009. now, the military option should never be taken off the table in the case of iran, but until we use the other two options and enforce these sanctions well and try to support the people of iran, then the military option is not really the best option. jon: white a -- wait a minute. we've been putting sanctions on iran for years now and it doesn't seem to have done anything. >> again, sanctions work to the extent that they are well implemented and well enforced, w

or any talk of a military strike against iran. we are curious about what you think about the consequences of the u.k. embassy siege in tehran you can actually cast your vote at the latest poll that our dot com bring up the numbers right here for you this. the majority of you think it will eventually end up with western intervention on iranian soil the opinion that the attack was just political theater and will have a few serious consequences comes in second almost a quarter of you predict the u.k. and other western countries will cut diplomatic ties with the islamic state while the rest predict more sanctions against iran and further isolation to have your say at r.t. . the two men found guilty of bombing the subway in the belorussian capital minsk has been sentenced to death explosion in april killed fifteen people dmitri cannot was found guilty of committing a terrorist act as he carried out the bombing he built the explosive device himself detonating it during rush hour he acted with an accomplice of let us love core value of a judge ruled that both pose an extreme danger to society and so deserve execution by shooting p

leaders talked about of course tehran they said that they were trying to come up with a plan together to make sure they could have a joint positions and back to iran would continue or work harder in carrying out its international obligations and of course syria was one of the issues because with the anti-government clashes that have been taking place on the ground it's a big concern the united states has been calling for a resignation of the syrian president whereas russia has said that it sees it sees an importance in dialogue and hopes that both sides will sit down for those negotiations so that syria doesn't turn into another libyan scenarios right indeed a lot of key points were addressed during the apac some in there in honolulu and to see you thank you very much for bringing us this update from there. so russia's access to the w. cio was central to discussions on the last day of the apec summit after almost twenty years of thorny go shisha and so geneva commission finalized terms for a long awaited membership artie's guys are going to travel looks at what will change and russia's economy once it finally joins the club. the person on the street w t l membershi

or not inflame more tension between me and iran while the u.s. has reportedly said it will stop deterring israel from a bold attack on iraq if tehran's nuclear since october springtime to twelve shillings for me an activist against intervention says it would be futile for iran to develop a nuclear weapon and risk being paid to be targeted by other nuclear states iran has stated time and again that it doesn't want to produce a nuclear bomb and president ahmadinejad said just recently that it just would be absurd for iran to produce one or two bombs in the face of thousands of bombs. it exists in the western countries and also regarding the. israeli nuclear about those which is israel remains the sole entity in the region. possess nuclear weapons more than two hundred of them and that is when seeing the whole region the middle east region from becoming. mass destruction feasible. or that if you missed something on the head to r.t. dot com where you can find all the latest stories we're covering here's a look at what else is waiting for you just a click away a rocket that could kill you on before you hear it washington tested missile six times faster

off a financial ties with iran in the wake of if you want to tell me what your report cost in belgium the motives behind its nuclear exchange which tehran insists are peaceful. or new stories in this and fifteen minutes from now the meantime kate is next with the sport. and here are the headlines. based in love. love to make a winning comeback. in the champions league. like back in the fall that england captain health l.a. galaxy win the ls title in what could be his final competitive appearance. that was the russians could sail a place in the knockout stage of the champions league if they win and results go their way on french side. stadium on tuesday. after claiming four points from two games against arabs and sport strongly in contention to clinch one of the two qualifying places from group b. and in their penalty me the army man will host in their first ever meeting in september to sky were trailing to neil after musar saw and been awarded it is scored in a thirteen minutes bell i was a leaner while in moscow i had side four back to snatch a vital draw thanks to a brace from saved. years coming to me on the back of it to wonder mystically feed to rubin was

the topic or shocked wants to reveal evidence this week suggesting iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead and says it will show satellite images to prove it but tehran has dismissed the claim saying they are fabricated it's from just press speculation that the u.s. u.k. and israel i think are in possible military action against the country's nuclear facilities on friday the israeli president said that when afghanistan iran the international community is closer to finding and military solution and a diplomatic one but experts warn that the west underestimates iran and its what results in a world conflict and he was reading the press reports on these contingency it was being dropped by the minister of defense who wanted for time was worrying that if iran is not developing a nuclear missile. you could be so free so the idea that the americans the british and these really are looking towards an unprovoked attack on. the world a much more dangerous place. i cannot imagine a worse alliance these three people in the west seem to underestimate the strength of a reunion nationalism is a strong national sense of. what happened under intervention into the coun

or all the all star actions against iran. petty as you said haven't worked but i think this is a ramping up of the pressure on tehran and we have seen israel while being for an attack on. iran we've seen israel a century i don't really. need to be inside binya but it's flynn's flying back into his proposed test its capacity to launch an attack on iran and why i need to agree to that i don't know we've seen israel launching into the contents of a ballistic missile in recent weeks and we have this force of the moment i would israel sitting in a conference discussing a nuclear free middle east well it is the only power in the middle east which has a nuclear program something it denies it's a secret program it's refused to admit it and we do know it prepared to use those nuclear weapons if it from itself in a losing side in any war with an arab with an arab states and britain france provided the means for the abuse of nuclear weapons and i think the most questions over america too because america has not signed up to a whole raft of treaties and agreements on nuclear weapons or the comprehensive test ban treaty the one and. prince

or jobs report alleging iran's iranian nuclear weapons program sparks criticism from moscow russia says publication is inappropriate while the u.s. administration is preparing new sanctions against tehran. noncontroversial italian prime minister silvio berlusconi promises to step down but only after the parliament approves the country's budget for next year and crucial economic reforms to grapple with this pining for it's. an austrian finally goes live talks to gas from spokesman sergei good preventive to discuss why moscow now faces criticism following the achievement of building the longest ever underwater gas pipeline spotlight into the shows up next.

iran insists it was just an accident. there is awful lot of speculation it was sabotage. now the explosion or explosions north of tehranend killed 17 people on the base including the man who has been called the father of iran's missile program, the one who oversaw the construction of the shahab-3. the one that iran's nuclear watch dogs, the u.n. nuclear watchdogs says the islamic republicans trying to fit a nuclear warhead on. many experts say we should expect to see further acts of sabotage going forward as the west tries to stop iran's nuclear program. iran just declared it has been attacked by a new computer virus, called the successor mall ware which attacked iran's uranium enrichment facility last year. this gets into a heat and exfill traits information. it is called a advanced consistent threat by experts. we don't know what damage it has done or where it was detected. we don't know whether it hit iran's nuclear installation. people are saying we're seeing warfare of the 21st century. >> i think we'll see more cyber attacks in general both aimed at irrand an aimed at others. cybergives you the ability to be more

or still has a report and measuring iran is running a nuclear weapons program sparks criticism from moscow russia says publication is an appropriate while the us administration is preparing new sanctions against tehran. and controversial italian prime minister silvio berlusconi promises to step down but only after the parliament approves the country's budget for next year and crucial it can only perform as to grapple with this farming crisis. as an austrian find in a goes live. talks to a gas from spokesman sergei could freon of disk.

university of tehran says that israeli warnings of a possible attack on iran are nothing more than rhetoric for the sole purpose of putting pressure on the country. but i think if you look at the turn or picture there is a general trend to try to put iran in a corner of it or try to corner iran and also to put pressure on other countries independent countries like china and russia and others to agree with new sanctions by sort of betraying israel as a mad dog park dog that needs to be somehow controlled and that's the reason you're saying. something bad will be prevented from happening but the whole report itself it's based on forged documents there is absolutely nothing new in the for all the documents that are supposed to come out go back to two thousand and four and the previous years all have been refuted in the past the united states has never provided i with a document this shows that this is basically an attempt to create. pressure and to move public opinion against iran. oh are always interested in your opinion and today we're asking how likely military action against iran actually is as well website our deep dark concept take heart in the polls and the majority of you continu

iran. it was so big it was held in a subu suburb of tehran 30 miles away. there was no link to any air strikes orhat iran appears to be secretly working on a nuclear weapon. and the watch dog group showed satellite pictures to prove it. joining me from washington is joel. >> good morning. >> you worked for the state department during the last administration. what is your take on this last u.n. report? >> my steak that iran has developed a nuclear program before 2003. it was very serious and well structured and organized but they halted the program in 2003. since that time there have been different episodes of engagement and they should be called out for it. so the effectiveness has been very sound and it is showing that. >> what do you make of iran saying that it's lousy intelligence? >> well, this is real information. but this information is more depth of information of what we already knew. it's not new revelations. it's filling in the blanks of iran's behavior. >> angela merkel said she wants to force iran to be more transparent. but are sanctions enough? >> they are a very effective tool but

when iran claims to support democracy abroad and then kills peaceful protesters in the streets of tehran, it's -- its high's -- its hypocrisy is plain to see. one last question i am asked in one form or another all the time. what about the rights and aspirations of the palestinians? israelis and palestinians are not immune to the profound changes sweeping the region. make no mistake -- president obama and i believe that the palestinian people, just like their arab neighbors, just like israelis, just like us, deserve dignity, liberty, and the right to decide their own future. they deserve an independent, democratic palestinian state of their run alongside a secure jewish democracy next door. and we know from decades in the diplomatic trenches that the only way to get there is through a negotiated peace, kepis we worked every day to achieve despite all the setbacks. of course we understand that israel faces risks in a changing region, just as it did before the arab spring began. and it will remain an american priority to ensure that all parties on the the peace treaties they have signed and commitments they have made. and we will always help israel defend itself. we will address threat

tehran where iran is creating missiles. hasan makatam is known as the architect of the nuclear program. so was this an accident, as was initially claimed oris another example of sabotage by some outside power? suspicion inevitably fall owes israel and israel inevitably dunks comment. although it does have a facility of damaging facilities in iraq in 1991. iran's terror program is back if the headlines because the nuclear agent last reported cited credible evidence that iran's developments were legitimate. >> there is a prestige value in nuclear weapons. you know b, it's part of an entree to a special club. the iranians are proud people and they see nuclear technology as demonstrating their scientific worth. >> at the very least, they are called to increase sanctions on iran and increasing discussion, as well, about what to do if the sanctions alone continue to have effectively zero effect on iranian nuclear ambitions. erica. >> mark philips in london this morning, thanks. >>> joining us now is former assistant secretary of state jamie rubin. good to have you here with us this morning. >> nice to see you. >> israel's defense minister said