[playing kamancheh] [speaking in farsi] [playing kamancheh] [speaking in farsi] >> [speaking in farsi] >> improvisation is probably the essence, the core of persian music, and we all learn pieces, uh, melodies to be able to improvise based on those melodies. [speaking in farsi] [humming] a musician is valued, uh, by the way they improvise and the--the way they-- they get actually further and further from--from that point of starting. [speaking in farsi] there is a teacher figure in everybody's life, and i hope i can be that for some people. not just teaching them ins-- you know, the instrument and some music, i--i--i like to affect their lives, uh, in a way that, uh, they don't forget me, and they don't forget what they learned from me. [playing kamancheh] my work can be divided in several different lines: i do my solos, i have formed a couple of, uh, ensembles, one called dastan ensemble. we formed it about 20 years ago when i was in canada. and then, uh, we formed this ensemble called masters of persian music. >> [playing music and singing] >> with two very well-known musicians of t

, saying i love farsi, saying i love you.y hopeful type. >> this is optics again, >> this is optics again, underscoring that point. underscoring that point. at the end of the day, it is at the end of the day, it is not not hassan rouhani call alone. hassan rouhani call alone. he does very supreme leader. he does very supreme leader. >> absolutely, supreme leader's >> absolutely, supreme leader's word is time. word is time. however, the supreme leader however, the supreme leader seems to be reacceptive to the seems to be reacceptive to the direction rouhani is going. direction rouhani is going. ahmadinejad cut the similar deal ahmadinejad cut the similar deal years ago, when hes years ago, when hes negotiator negotiator the constituency base undercut the constituency base undercut him. him. the supreme the supreme leader. leader. so rouhani is able to get the so rouhani is able to get the buy-in of the different buy-in of the different constituencies in iran to make constituencies in iran to make this deal possible. this deal

when the iranian negotiators came back from geneva da, they were greeted warmly, signs in farsi, saying very hopeful type. >> this is optics again, underscoring that point. at the end of the day, it is not hassan rouhani call alone. he does very supreme leader. >> absolutely, supreme leader's word is time. however, the supreme leader seems to be reacceptive to the direction rouhani is going. ahmadinejad cut the similar deal years ago, when hes negotiator the constituency base undercut him. the supreme 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

once again i welcome you, as the legal affairs of the farsi and the head of the people defending the president movement, and present mohammed rabati the president of the association bar, and one of the defense team members, and he is the legal council of the campaign. also present mr samal heil one of the advocate team members. i request you to maintain quiet and calm in order to start the press conference. please i request you to maintain calm. as god says in the holy scriptures, god is defending those who believe in him. we dealt a blow to mr mohammed, secretary of the association bar. >> translation: at the outset i extend all appreciation to the independent party for hosting this press conference. secondly, i extend all appreciation to the people defending the president campaign sponsoring and organising this press conference together with the independence party, represented by mr akmed misare. the team that visited president mursi yesterday was comprised of dr mohammed salem mahawa, mo ham ad del awati, an advocate and the son of the president. the visit lasted for two hours, an

he has edited or written over 30 and monographs and can he persian farsi. he worked for the world bang nternational fund and for 18 quarrelly.the senior editor also served for several years s the chief of staff for both ambassador john bolt ton and serving seph who were as under secretary state forearms control and security and founder and chief analyst of net.com which is the global intelligence and forecasting service. speakers each of the to give us about 10 or 12 minutes of opening comments and get quickly to q & a and i'll tell you about the rules of that when we get to it. right now we'll start with jim phillips. >> thanks, steve. he interim nuclear agreement with iran that was announced last weekend has been called but it agreement, remains to be seen whether ate istorically bad agreement that fails to halt iran's strive for nuclear weapon or just a bad tough negotiations that will need much more firmer iran to reach and salvage an acceptable and agreement. i think the final answer won't be known for at least six onths, but i'm afraid it's results rt

he has edited or written over 30 books and monographs and he speaks persian and farsi so he can read stuff the rest of us can't. he's also served as a senior economist at the dod national defense university, worked for the world bank international monetary fund and for 18 years was the senior editor of the middle east quarterly and is on the distinguished advisory panel at the department of energy national laboratory which is somewhat troubled and because of the specifics of the discussion. then the cleanup is fred fleitz who served over 25 years in various government security positions with the cia, the department of state and the house intelligence committee staff. he is a specialist in wmd proliferation, specifically focusing on the iranian and north korean nuclear programs. he also served for several years as the chief of staff are both ambassador john bolton and ambassador robert joseph who were serving as the under secretaries of state for arms control and international security and he's the founder and chief analyst of leaknet.com. i've asked each of the speakers to give ten o