tell us about that. >> first just to compare something i would not compare arik sharon with ahmadinejaddeny holocaust, remember sharon led the israelis out of gaza. when i was in israel speaking with shimon perez speak going the possibility of his meeting with young muslims and young jews in new york, in he was thrilled with the suggestion as was -- >> soirt we're out of -- sorry we're out of time. waj and i will see you online. h. this is al jazeera. >> hello there, welcome our top stories. any deal keeping u.s. troops won't get final approval until after he leaves office. >> with all the news from europe, as three women are freed by police in london, after being held as slaves for 30 years. and no release, ukraine

one of the most quoted phrases in geopolitics these days is they want to attribute it to mahmoud ahmadinejad's about supposedly wide pain israel of the map and we know that that phrase was taken out of context he was mistranslated and yet it is these really officials that quotes him a lot more often than any i know you are halting iranian propaganda without no basis look i don't know how much you know about iranian history. i know quite a lot believe me well you have you have just quoted two main lies that are being spread by iranian propaganda look i think that israel. has quite a lot of blame in this war propaganda and i can say something about israeli propaganda but iranian propaganda for example trying to undermine the declaration of mahmoud ahmadinejad for the destruction of israel for the destruction of the zionist entity as he nickname is for denouncing or supporting off suicide terrorism he supported publicly and sent his troops and his money well suicide terrorists are supported all over the world including by israel including by the united states so it's not the specifics on which ir

. >> is this shift from ahmadinejad is the -- >> i would say so, look, ahmadinejad as we all remember was a contemptible fellow and a contemptible figure. he said the worst things in public, that simply, you know, threatened israel, he was anti-semitic, he was aggressive about the nuclear program. he was just absolutely contemptible. no u.s. official or european official could hold their head up seriously and have a conversation or even a negotiation under ahmadinejad. he's gone. now there's a new president who has made it very, very clear that sanctions relief and a different iran, it's not just sanctions relief. he has said we want anner rang with no -- so what's really changed is a rowhani who's come into office, i know many people poo-poo this and the israelis call him a wolf in sheep's clothing. but nevertheless, it has shifted the debate on the ground. he has been able to bring -- what it's the press, whether it's the parliament, whether for now the revolutionary guard to back these negotiations. so in that regard, it is a big change in the negotiating ability from iran. and i t

including by the united states so it's not that specific only to iran unfortunately you you mahmoud ahmadinejad have denied the holocaust you support his denial of the holocaust as well or you claim by things that these pieces of holocaust has no relation to the nuclear issue i don't see why we have to constantly lump them together the fact that he denies the fact that germany was trying to waste over. really hell you know just run by why why why why even discuss his proposal oxana but i didn't say anything about whether you call that if i can ask you a question even relation to that because this phrase about wiping israel off the map you know it's it is used a lot by air israeli officials to justify supposedly the existential threat that they're they're facing and i sometimes feel feel that you know in what they're did if you're not if you're the same david you are there is an iranian program there was nothing less intense absolutely exorbitant demands that you just quoted that no other country would average it greets you. i wonder why i couldn't israel cut its appetite a little bit and sugges

also when the talks started but they reached a deadlock in two thousand and five and president ahmadinejad resumed your am in richmond now the united nations were quick to respond unanimously agree on their own set of sanctions a year later this though failed to convince iran to drop its nuclear program on the contrary in two thousand and ten and increase the level of uranium enrichment to twenty percent which is widely seen as a significant step towards arms production also that year iran discovered a computer virus allegedly created by the u.s. and israel saying that they used it to derail tehran's atomic program and finally this june elected iran elected hasan rouhani as its new president something many see as a game changer in terrans relation with the west now earlier my colleague bill dodd discussed moscow's role in these the negotiations with artie's paul scott. paul what's russia's role in this latest round of talks on iran what russia's role in this process bill really is to bridge the gap between some in the west and iran russia has been opposed to iran acquiring a nuclear bomb b

ahmadinejad as we all remember was a contemptible fellow and contemptible figure. he said the word things in public that simply threatened israel. he was aggressive about the nuclear program. just absolutely contemptible. no u.s. official or european official could hold their head up seriously and have a conversation or even a negotiation under ahmadinejad. he's gone. now there's a new president who has made it very, very clear that sanctions relief and a different iran is not just sanctions relief, he's said we want an iran of moderation. no extremism. you know, proper relations with the rest of the world. that's what the iranian people want. so what's really changed is a rowhani who has come into office. i know many people pooh-pooh this and israelis call him a wolf in sheep's clothing. nonetheless, it shifted the debate on the ground. he's able to bring harmony. the supreme leader who calls all of the shots. and the other areas of consensus making in iran whether press or parliament or whether for now the revolutionary guard to back these negotiations. in that r

tell us about that. >> first just to compare something i would not compare arik sharon with ahmadinejad. deny holocaust, remember sharon led the israelis out of gaza. when i was in israel speaking with shimon perez speak going the possibility of his meeting with young muslims and young jews in new york, in he was thrilled with the suggestion as was -- >> soirt we're out of -- sorry we're out of time. waj and i will see you online. >> good evening, everyone, welcome to al jazeera america, i'm are are john siegenthaler in new york. breaking ranks, sexual assault in the military. the sweeping new promote on cases being investigated and prosecuted. >> i never pulled a firearm, i never displayed it. >> george zimmerman's 911 call. is it a plea or a ploy? his 911 recordings. >>> the remarkable story about how john f. kennedy's final resting place was chosen. >>> plus, road trip, forget the v

last year i took the examine for my master's during ahmadinejad's presidency. they didn't give us our test results and banned us. we did not get a clear response. just verbally i was told that i'm not allowed to study in that is until now. now he's able to go back to president for that. and up of the most respected political minds say that hassan rouhani has used his first 100 days in office he has begun the process of taking the country back from radicals. >> i have been in jail for one year, but personally i have no complaint because it has been a cost which i should pay for my nation and for my country i'm so happy after the four or eight years everything is clear for the moment, for everybody. >> those four to eight years belonged to mahmood ahmadinejad it also jailed thousands. it closed dozens of performance news papers and black lasted the country's largest organization of journalist. but since they have released hundreds of prisoners. many more will remain in jail or under house arrest including the leaders of the reformest green movement. >> in iran's

last year i took the examine for my master during ahmadinejad's presidency.ut they didn't give us our test results and verbally i was told i was not allowed to study 2347 that is until now. shams has now just been allowed back to university, and he thanks the new president for that. one of iran's most respected political minds said that hassan rouhani has used his first 100 days in office to begin the process of taking the country back from radicals. he himself was jailed in 2009 and banned from teaching. >> i had been in jail for more or less one year. but personally i have no complaint because it has been a cost. which i should pay for my nation and for my country i'm so happy after the four or eight years everything is clear at the moment. >> those eight years belong to the previous government of mahmoud ahmadinejad. it had jailed hundreds, journalists, activists and academics, it blacklisted the country's largest organization of journalist. but since rouhani's election they have released hundreds of prisoners. many more will remain in jail or under house

post election i want i was briefly arrested last year i took the examine for my mastering during ahmadinejad's presidency but they didn't give us our test results and banned us from studying. verbally i was told i was not allowed to study. >> until now. shams has been allowed back to university and he thanks the president for that. one of iran's most respected political minds says that hassan rouhani has used his first is hundred days in obvious in taking the country back from radicals. he himself was jailed in 2009 and banned from teaching. >> i have been in jail for more than less one year, but personally i have no regret because it has been for my nation, and for my country. i'm so happy that after the four or eight years everything is clear at the moment for everybody those eight years belong to the former president mahmoud ahmadinejad. they had jailed thousands, journalists, leaders and academics and closed dozens of newspapers and blacklisted the country's largest organization of journalists. but since rouhani's election they have released hundreds of prisoners. many more will remain in

election of his son rouhani who's a comparative moderate in comparison with his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad and what does moscow make of the potential of slapping more sanctions on iran as discussed by some politicians in the u.s. at the moment while russia isn't opposed to playing hardball with iran when it needs to with its role as a permanent member of the u.n. security council it has agreed to four rounds of sanctions against iran over the years between two thousand and six and two thousand and ten of the sanctions include a ban on the supply of heavy weaponry and nuclear related related technology a block on iranian arms exports and an asset freeze on key individuals and companies but as these sanctions have tightened over the years an economic sanctions have grown. they've started to hit the population of iran hard in moscow saying these are increasingly ineffective method really it's the wrong people that have been punished so the smiles and handshakes between moscow and iran no relationship between toronto moscow a complicated i think it's fair to say not as straightforward as perha

then three years later, 2010, ahmadinejad announces i'm nuclear. >> but the supreme leader referred to israel as the rabid dog in the region and the zionist regime is doomed to deinstructionist. part of this deal, we don't have access to every facility in the entire country. only where they have agreed to. >> this is the history of my book "treason." democrat presidents create crises in the world and then republican presidents have to deal with it. if you have no politics you just want america to be safer in the world, you have to vote republican. and in addition to the neville chamberlain clip, i wish tomorrow night you play the clip from keith oler nan december 2007 where he's railing at bush for thinking that ahmadinejad was trying to acquire nukes. and poor innocent as a lamb iran they were saying what are they talking about. and bush on cheney, the american intelligence agencies know that we have the worst intelligence gathering in the universe, thanks to the post watergate congress. don't elect democrats, america, because they just dis mantmantlr intelligence agency. now the cia

life was tough in iran under ahmadinej ahmadinejad, but tough by design. not his design, but a design of western governments, including the united states, looking to impose consequences for iran's nuclear program. and it wasn't just under ahmadinejad. diplomacy between the west and iran seemed immoveable. since a brief glimmer of hope late in the clinton years when reformer ca talky won the presidency of iran, before he was reined in by his country's hard-line supreme leader. real negotiations with iran started only ten years ago, wasn't until the people of iran decided to go in a new direction and came time for ahmadinejad to leave office the change started to seem even remotely possible. to succeed ahmadinejad, iran elected a moderate, a centrist candidate, rouhani, campaigned on hope and prudence and said he would reduce the high tension between iran and the rest of the world who said he would try to do something about the sanctions related to the nuclear program. first sign that things might actually be different under rouhani was of all things came in

it was not ahmadinejad punning around. they actually showed up with some serious suggestions, everybody watch away from the meeting feeling this was time well spent. in both countries, this again is what's so interesting, there are going to be masers in both countries. they are certainly people in congress who will say, aha, see, the sanctions are working. it's squeezed iran into compliance, let's ratchet up the sanctions. we've got them on the ropes. they are on the run. let's elevate the sanction more. wendy sherman, against the person from the state department who is overseeing the negotiations, said that she does not believe it would be helpful to increase the sanctions now. this is after irritating the iranians by which he said the duplicity as part of their dna. the iranians didn't like that. so there's something for everybody. but if you believe that the nuclear issue is important i don't think it's the only issue. where it's going to get sticky is on levels of enrichment, that iran believes it has the right to enri

this wasn't ahmadinejad clowning around. showed up with some serious suggestions and everybody walked way from the meeting feeling that this was time well spent. in both countries, this, again, is going to be interesting. they're going be naysayers in countries. there are people in congress say, aha, see, the sanctions are working. it squeezed iran into compliance. up the sanctions, got them on the ropes, they're on the run. sanctions more. wendy sherman, again, the person from the state department the negotiations said she does not believe it would be helpful to increase the sanctions now. she said the duplicity is part dna -- the iranians didn't like that. something from everybody. the nuclear issue is important. i don't think it's the only issue. it's going to get sticky is on levels of enrichment, that has the right t enrich plutonium for uses. very,vel of enrichment is very significant. and we -- the isrealies and the others are afraid of is that iran will be so close enrich quickly and weaponize. i would not dismiss th

i did this with ahmadinejad, actually. the guest will fill the silence. they don't want to have an uncomfortable silence. so they tend to then fill it, and they'll slightly panic and come out with something, as in pix son did, that they just -- as nixon did, that they just want to end this uncomfortable moment. he said you've got to be very judicious with it, though, because sometimes the reason there's silence is your guest has forgotten what they were going to say. [laughter] so you have to work out quite quickly whether it's uncomfortable because they're contemplating to reveal what they're going to reveal or because they can't remember what they're going to reveal. and if it's the latter, get out of it quickly. >> let's have another question. yes. >> hi. i'm -- can't tell by my accent, but i'm british and american, and one of the things that amazes me when i'm here in the u.s. is the difference in style and interview. we have the british, the jeremy paxman, people live in fear of being interviewed by him, and here it's or very passive. i ask, you answ

he and other moderates in iran criticized the ahmadinejad team for getting iran into the sanctions inhe first place and getting the nuclear issue turned over to the security council of the u.n. and they offered themselves as able to start to get iran out from under that. and this will certainly play into the hard-liners advantage if that is to fail and i could see backlashes from this if we do not get some kind of a deal in the near term where hard-liners could be resurgent. >> and that may be why we saw the iranian foreign minister sounding optimistic, saying that it was a good meeting, in his words productive, something to build on. listening in now to what he had to say. >> it is a showing of political will, readiness, determination and good faith in order to test this. and that is important. and that gives us the impetus to go forward. we had a very good, productive three days. that is something that we can build on and move forward. >> and so iran clearly under pressure to reach an agreement, robert. and many say that, well, the solution is frankly easy. iran, just abandon your n

eight years of ahmadinejad was a eight years of ahmadinejad was a very dark need for iran and it veryas a yearning to move past was a yearning to move past that that bombast. bombast. and that video speaks to that. and that video speaks to that. >> what is he telling his base? >> what is he telling his base? >> he says i'm moving the >> he says i'm moving the needle. needle. he is giving them hope. he is giving them hope. obama? obama? >> i don't think he would say >> i don't think he would say that. that. obviously the similarities are obviously the similarities are stunning, but what he is trying stunning, but what he is trying to tell them i think is you to tell them i think is you should have hope, optimism, a should have hope, optimism, a new day is coming. new day is coming. >> something the obama >> something the obama administration was also administration was also offering. offering. >> precisely. >> precisely. >> is that popular, sit going to >> is that popular, sit going to resonate? resonate? >> very much so. >> very much so. president obama is very popular president obama

in the final 18 months of mahmoud ahmadinejad's president say the iranian rial devalued as much as 70% against the u.s. dollar. under the new government the rial stabilized in value but has not improved. blue collar workers say their situations are getting worse, not better. >> translation: the government so supposed to write the minimum salary according to increases, hassan rouhani said he'd may the salary, and he hasn't. 40,000 have written. if he wants changes, we should see it on the table. >> when he took office hassan rouhani warned fixing iranian's economic problems included removing damaging economic sanctions would take time. economists agree that these problems are far too severe for a quick solution. >> our correspondent joins us live from the iranian capital tehran. are iranians pinning much hope on the geneva talks to turn things around for the country's economy. >> well, of course, that's the issue, it's the commil and how the talks factor in. the biggest issue for rain jans, regarding the nuclear issue is sanctions. damaging on a personal level for the average uranium. s

ahmadinejad cut the similar deal years ago, when hes negotiator the constituency base undercut him. leader. so rouhani is able to get the buy-in of the different constituencies in iran to make this deal possible. >> so he's showing a lot of strength, even with optics and video, he is showing a lot of strength showing that the leader is behind him? >> absolutely. i think that video is just to show his base that things are changing, a new day is coming. the leader has said a number of times that he is for diplomacy. he came out at a speech with the revolutionary guard, saying he's for heroic flexibility. he's come out again saying to the very hard line critics of rouhani that it's not time to negotiate, very difficult time ahead, he has given them the agree light right now to proceed with diplomacy and it's proven effective. >> there are still suspicions out there. we appreciate you being with us to talk about all this, here in the studio. >>> after the break, a thanksgiving voyage and one town's effort to put the mayflower of all things back on the map. al jazeera america presents...

office,rst 100 days in having succeeded mahmoud ahmadinejad.as pushed election diplomatic moves to try to be se the sanctions that hit the country hard. egypt is now the worst country for women's rights in the arab world according to a new study. the growing influence of islamist groups has contributed to the egyptian raking. after suffering a brief engine failure, they're back on track with the speed to reach mars by next september. having retained his season ,nding world tour finals title , 12 winsory in london including his record against the doll. china's leaders have approved with a called a comprehensive set of reports for the next decade. with economic reforms showing play.s being allowed to the announcement comes at the end of four days with hundreds of officials from the ruling communist party. martin, give us the headline. >> it is a real laundry list there, as you pointed out. some of the major points are the ruling communist party promoting greater transparency with actual system reforms. they want the private sector to play a bigge

that was simply very difficult during the term of ahmadinejad in power. what we're seeing now is the result not only of the outreach done by the u.s. but also the outreach by the iranian people who elected rouhani. you need both parties to come to the table. it's not enough for u.s. to say we want to engage for the other party to reciprocate. we saw that with burma. it took time for the burmese to though their decision. they wanted to, indeed, engage. i think it's important to keep things in perspective as well. this is very much a first step. it is very focused on the nuclear issue. in the past it was iran who wanted to include all sorts of topics in the agenda of talks and the u.s. said new york city we want to stick to the nuclear agreement. but things have changed. you see what's going on in syria, hezbollah still involved there. you see iran backing president assad. the situation, context for these talks has changed. i made the argument on the bbc website that it's important to widen the conversation because time is of the essence. >> robin, time is

for example, in the final 18 months of mahmoud ahmadinejad's presidency the rain yam rial devalued 70" against the u.s. dollar. the rial stabilized in value, but has not improved. blue collar workers say their situations are getting worse, not better. >> translation: the government is supposed ta raise the minimum salary according to inflation, but they didn't. 40,000 workers signed a petition asking hassan rouhani to do it. if he wants to make changes, we workers should have it on the table, but we don't see it yet. >> when he took office hassan rouhani warned the economic problems, which include removing damaging sanctions would take time. economists agree the problems are too severe for a quick solution. >> unsanctions against rain began in 2006 targetting companies, individuals and banks. >>> one person is dead and many injured after protests turned violent in bank la dash. opposition members clashed with ruling party members. as you can see here. they want the prime minister to step down and are demanding the formation of a caretaker government until next year's election m 18 die

. >> reporter: i think the distrust goes back a lot before ahmadinejad was around. israel can point to three things. one, iran said it wants to annihilate israel. iran supports militant groups on the border of israel and lebanon against whom israel has fought a war. and iran has missiles that can reach every single point inside israel. on the other hand iran said we never accepted a notion of a jewish state in the middle east, especially the jewish state as the only country in the middle east that has nuclear weapons. iran seed sees itself as a regil supesuperpower, as that it feels that it needs nuclear capacity. but neither side wants war. one official put it to me, look, we hope we're wrong with iran. we just don't have faith in that regime. >> nick schifrin in jerusalem, thank you. and joining us to talk about the politics of iran is heather, former speechwriter for president clinton in the white house, and she's now a senior adviser as the national security network focusing on the politics of u.s. foreign policy. welcome. >> good to be here. >> after all the an

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last year i took an exam for my masters during the ahmadinejad regime. they banned us from studying. we got no clear response. verbally i was told i was not allowed to study. >> reporter: that is until now. he's been allowed back to university, and he thanks the new president for that. one of iran's most respected economic and political minds says hassan rouhani has used the first 100 days in office to begin the process of taking the country back from radicals. he himself was jailed in 2009 and banned from teaching. >> i have been in jail for more or less one year, but personally i have no complaints because it has been a cost which i should pay for my nation and for my country. i'm so happy that after the four or eight years, everybody is clear at the moment for everybody. >> reporter: those eight years belonged to the previous government of mahmoud ahmadinejad, which fired hundreds of professors for not sharing its ideology. it also jailed thousands of, journalists, human rights campaigners, union leaders, activists and academics. it closed dozens of r

last year, i took the exam for my master's during ahmadinejad's presidency. they called us started students and banned us from studying. verbally i was told i was not allowed to study. >> that is until now. he has just been allowed back to university. and he thanks the new president for that. one of iran's most respected economic and political minds, said says rohani has gun the process of taking country back from radicals. he, himself, was jailed i had in 2009 and banned from teaching. i have been in jail for more or less one year but personally i have no complaint, inso happy after the four or eight years, everybody is lear at the moment for everybody those eight years belong to the previous government of ahmadinejad, which banned professors for not sharing ideology. journalists, human rights campaigners, union leaders, activists and academics. it closeddoz of reformer newspapers and black lifted the largest organization of journalists. cinches his election, hundreds of prisoners have been release. many will remain in jail or understand house arrest includi

for example, in the final 18 months of mahmoud ahmadinejad's presidency, the iranian riald devalued asuch as 17% against the u.s. dollar. under the new government it stablilized in value but not improved. blue collar workers say their situation is getting worse, not better >> translation: the government is supposed to raise the minimum salary according to inflation. they didn't. hassan rouhani promised to pay the difference, he hasn't. 40,000 workers signed a petition asking him to do it. if he wants to make changes, we workers will have it on our table - we don't see it yet. >> when he took office hassan rouhani warned fixing the economic problems, including damaging international sanction, would take time. economists agree that these problems are too severe for a quick solution. >>> a day after nuclear talks in geneva, hassan rouhani said iran act rationally and tact fully during the negotiations. >>> the syrian opposition fought off army forces to take control of a key military base near aleppo, located near the international airpore. it comes as a western-backed opposition group be

do not forget, before president ahmadinejad, there was another reformer in power. he encountered the same obstacles, the hardliners in control of the judiciary and several seats in parliament. they tried to block him every step. later on, he admitted he was not able to achieve the things he wanted to. the same obstacles will now be put in front of the new for domestict just politics, but international as well. this is what is faced every time he tries to create a new rapprochement with the united states. the hardliners here will accuse him of selling out the people from the islamic revolution. >> what did you find at the american embassy building? there wouldxpecting be something of a museum. but it was almost like walking through a time warp into 1979. there was a lot of espionage taking place. the iranians have meticulously preserved so much of the equipment that was there in 1979 . diplomats in "argo," trying to destroy sensitive documents. those paper shredders are still there, as well as computers and original papers they were able to confiscate from the embas

do not forget, before president ahmadinejad, there was another reformer in power. he encountered the same obstacles, the hardliners in control of the judiciary and several seats in parliament. they tried to block him every step. later on, he admitted he was not able to achieve the things he wanted to. the same obstacles will now be put in front of the new for domestict just politics, but international as well. this is what is faced every time he tries to create a new rapprochement with the united states. the hardliners here will accuse him of selling out the people from the islamic revolution. >> what did you find at the american embassy building? there wouldxpecting be something of a museum. but it was almost like walking through a time warp into 1979. there was a lot of espionage taking place. the iranians have meticulously preserved so much of the equipment that was there in 1979 . diplomats in "argo," trying to destroy sensitive documents. those paper shredders are still there, as well as computers and original papers they were able to confiscate from the embas

a complete departure from the kind of diplomacy or the language which was used by the previous ahmadinejad government. with the regional powers to remove, you might say, tension to moved in to the direction of assuring regional powers that iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons program, obviously, the chances for security and stability will be enhance did. you have to bear in mind that the nuclear issue is one of many issues that concerns regional powers regarding their status vis-a-vis iran, and if headway is made on this, there might be a chance for people to feel positive and optimistic about working out a solution to other existing tensions. so, it is a good sign if it is continued and if iran is sort of remains faithful to the kind of commitment that it headache making today. >> there are certain bench marks that have to be met. there are critics that say this is not ax septemberable. among them, of course, benjamin netanyahu says this is not enou enough, and there are critics here notice united states who say this does not go far enough. what do you say to those critics? >> well, i t

when talks started but they got bogged down in two thousand and five when iran's then president ahmadinejad's regime uranium enrichment the un was quick to respond agreeing on its own sanctions a year later but they failed to stop iran from ploughing on with its nuclear program in fact in twenty ten it increased uranium enrichment to twenty percent the international community saw that as a clear message that wanted an atomic bomb which allegedly triggered the assassinations of four iranian nuclear scientists with israel's mossad suspected of involvement by june this year iran had a new president something many saw as a game changer in terrans relations with the west. there's been a little ray of sunshine this week for the crew of the arctic sunrise a russian court grants so all but one of the thirty greenpeace activists arrested in september of trying to board an oil platform we've got more on this story just ahead plus. the special counsel that scans my space it recognizes that i'm female and aids between thirty and forty five it then sends that information to advertises. the checkout that c

of khomeini's these radical forces today are represented by people like former president mahmoud ahmadinejad hardliners who oppose any deal with the united states and like khomeini in the one nine hundred eighty s. will jump at any chance to discredit the current moderate president hassan rouhani act over surprise also led to the deaths of thousands of innocent people around the world particularly in central america reagan took money from the iranians and use that money to kill nuns in nicaragua but those are just the most obvious results of the october surprise again of her able to free the hostages like he and bonnie solder had planned her would have won reelection after all he was leading the most polls in the months leading up to the election and of reagan were never elected america would be a much more progressive nation. flashforward thirty three years and once again a democratic president is trying to negotiate in good faith with iran president obama has made a deal with the moderate iranian president that if everything goes as planned will solve a major international crisis but like

when talks started but they got bogged down in two thousand and five when iran's them president ahmadinejad's resumed uranium enrichment the u.n. was quick to respond agreeing on its own sanctions a year later but they failed to stop iran from prying on with its nuclear program in fact in twenty ten it increased uranium enrichment to twenty percent the international community saw that as a clear message that tehran wanted an atomic bomb which allegedly triggered the assassinations of for a rainy nuclear scientists with israel's mossad suspected of involvement by june this year iran had a new president something many saw as a game changer in terrans relation with the west well but he has also been keeping a close eye on the diplomatic marathon in geneva so if you have missed anything i think check out r.t. dot com. coming up soon the little ray of sunshine for the crew of the arctic sunrise is a russian call bios all but one of the thirty greenpeace activists arrested for trying to board an oil platform. sigrid laboratory. was able to build on its most sophisticated robot with joy unfortunatel

also in talks started but they got bogged down in two thousand and five when iran's then president ahmadinejad resumed uranium enrichment the united nations was quick to respond agreeing on its own sanctions but they failed to stop iran from plowing on with its nuclear program. in fact in two thousand and ten it increased uranium enrichment to twenty percent the international community saw this as a clear message that tehran wanted an atomic bomb which allegedly triggered the assassinations of four iranian nuclear scientists israel's mossad suspected of involvement by june this year iran had a new president something so many people saw as a game changer in terrans relations with the west now our web team has been keeping very close eye on the diplomatic marathon happening in geneva so if you've missed anything check it out on r t dot com. coming up we're heading into a break but still to come a little ray of sunshine for the crew of the arctic sunrise as a russian court bails all but one of the thirty people arrested during a greenpeace protest at an oil platform don't go away. oh god is rumor

but they reached deadlock in two thousand and five and iran's president at the time of mahmoud ahmadinejad resumed enrichment the un to work quick to respond unanimously green on their own set of sanctions a year later now this though failed to convince iran to drop its nuclear program on the contrary in two thousand and ten it increased the level of uranium enrichment to twenty percent and that was widely seen as a significant step towards arms production the move allegedly triggered the assassinations of four iranian nuclear scientists with israel's mossad suspected of involvement and finally in june this year iran elected hassan rouhani as us new president something mattie see as a game changer in iran's relations with the west. well what seemed like a major obstacle to along the way to deal with israel's staunch opposition to any compromise during a previous round of talks two weeks ago the opposition seem to be impacting all in the negotiation stances of france and the u.s. for more on this now we can go live to our correspondent policy you who is in television or paula so what do you