hassan rouhani made the comment during talks with south korean president park geun hye. park is the first south korean leader to visit iran since the countries established diplomatic relations more than 50 years ago. park said she asked rouhani to urge north korea to abide by u.n. security council resolutions. she said she also asked him to press leaders in pyongyang to give up their nuclear ambitions. rouhani said he wants to see a world without weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons. experts believe iran is cooperating militarily with north korea, a long-time ally. rouhani and park discussed a wide variety of matters. they agreed to work together in sectors such as energy, construction, and banking, and they said they would triple bilateral trade to around $18 billion a year. >>> hundreds of people in hong kong have staged a protest following the firing of a newspaper editor in chief. the men oversaw stories linking powerful local people with a law firm at the center of the panama papers leak. about 400 people including employees of the hong kong newsp

the -- the echo chamber created the impression that hassan rouhani, the president of iran, was a moderate coming to power in -- representing a wave of moderation in iran, a desire to fundamentally change relations between iran and the west this -- this narrative of the moderates coming to power and the need to support the moderates has been the gift that keeps on giving to president obama's diplomacy. it creates -- it creates a pleasing story of -- of breaking down of barriers. it creates a moral equivalence in political terms between those who are critical of the deal in the united states and hardliners, the supposed enemies of rouhani in -- in iraq. and importantly, it makes -- it lulls us into a false sense of security about all of the concessions that we have made to iran. and in particular the sunset component of the nuclear deal, which gives iran effectively in 10 years a completely legitimate program and the ability to move -- nuclear program and the ability to move quickly toward a -- toward a weapon. if iran is moderating, if we have a -- if we are supporting a process of moderat