he ran has blamed the iaea for making their names public and blaming the iaea for putting those people at risk. they haven't been effectively assassinated. >> the gentle man who died the other day who had been in charge of the missile program for 28 years, there was never any mention of him by any iaea reports. they had no access to him. he was a low profile person who was hiding in plain sight. still, we know perfectly well that it was almost certainly the israelis who found a way to get to them. he is no longer with us. >> thank you very much for joining us. tens of thousands of egyptians have been holding rallies in cairo and alexandria to protest what they think is an attempt to cling to power. the largest demonstration was held in tahrir square. the symbolic heart of the uprising that toppled the ex- president in february. >> protesters are back in tahrir square, the symbolic heart of their resolution. -- of their revolution. now they are worried that the military who replaced him do not want to hand power to the people. this is where ordinary egyptians risked their lives to get r

but the iaea report contradicts those claims.he german firm in -- the german foreign minister says the international community has to take action. >> sanctions with maximums go. we refuse to discuss military options. >> france is also calling for tougher sanctions, as both paris and berlin look to increase the pressure on tehran. >> we will have much more on iran's nuclear program coming up later in the program. the greek prime minister, george papandreou, has formally announced he is resigning, adding that the country will do everything in its power to stay in the european this is after three days of critical power- sharing in talks between the governing socialist and the opposition conservatives. he announced he was stepping down to ensure that the austerity plan would be quickly implemented. last week he called for a national referendum on the measures, an idea that has since been dropped. he did not name a successor. with papandreou's official resignation, what will happen next in the country, and he will replace the prime mi

what does the iaea believe? and then if you want to flush that out a little bit with what the others out there think may be going on? i think that will help enrich it. kevan, for you, i know it was terrific, and it's always wonderful to get some real undergrad experience with what's going on in iran. while charles answered my first question to him, if you could be pondered and answer to the question, what might have an impact in iran? first, you know, we're going to have new sanctions in iran. there's some expectations the e.u., will these new sanctions, with the threat of central bank sanctions have an impact? how do the oil sanctions played out in iran? is this something after that you think could have the kind of impact on iran, on iranian society that might change the calculus that ray has laid out? and then finally ray, for you, you got to the ultimate aims of where their foreign policy is and i think that's extreme important. but i would love to have you fill in the middle ground. we've seen a lot from the

how they have been handling the iaea. how should we be understanding iranian foreign policy at this point? put that into a context into longer-term thinking. charles? >> first, let's just remind ourselves what are the three pillars of a nuclear weapons program? whether iran really wants to get a workable nuclear bomb to extract tribute. that is a very interesting point and is very provocative. what does a state need? they need that material. if it can either be in two forms of. either highly enriched uranium up to 90% or more and a certain isotope, 235, or plutonium, and preferably weapon-grade plutonium. so, that is not enough. a state also needs a warhead design, something that if you send a signal to compress that material into a super critical state, it will go ka-boom. we know iran has done some work in that area and received documents of sources that would help it develop those kind of design's. the third element of a weapons program is a delivery vehicle. preferably from their standpoint, probably ballistic missile

the iaea reports the country to the security council. tens of thousands take to the streets of each of and demand that the military gives up power. the head of fifa apologizes for his comments. he says he will not resign. the return of the lady, the opposition party will take part in burma's upcoming elections. police have reopened inquiry into the mysterious death of the hollywood star, natalie wood. the united nations' nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution sensor in iran over fears that they are seeking to develop atomic bombs. this stops short of reporting the country to the u.n. security council. >> suspicions about iran's nuclear work are increasing. a recent report by the nuclear agency said iran has carried out tests relevant to the development of a nuclear device. the agency would like to run to clear up their questions without delay. the board of governors has passed a resolution which expresses deep and increasing concern. iran says that the move is illegal and unfair. they have accused the iaea of political bias and they sa

the iaea resolution did not -- to the security council. did support diplomatic solution. party as for the u.s. to -- with iaea just like russia's position to clarify related concerns within the court. most likely from the chinese point of view, iran will cooperate with the iaea to a certain extent to cope with international pressure. on the other hand, russia's criticism of the report was extremely harsh indicating a change of position from moscow would neither be easy nor fast. according to a senior chinese analyst from the ahmadmy of social science over the week, the -- academy of social science, the they will have to brew and this will not happen overnight. lastly, i'm going to talk a little bit about china's position on iran's nuclear program. people might question china's commitment to nuclear proliferation given response of its own national interest. to be fair. china is sincere when it says it opposes nuclear proliferation. china doesn't want to see its status diluted by more members into the nuclear club. chinese analysts made the comments that smaller powers are

the iaea has about 6000. it is more expensive for them to proceed. it would be far more economical for iran to purchase nuclear fuel on the international market than to develop an indigenous and richmond and fuel capability. iran continues to make huge investments in this program, most of them on published as a cut back on support and investment in its economy and its people. this is the larger context of the report prepared we were not surprised by the report because it confirmed everything we have known since the first day the president took office. this report is consistent with the analysis that has shaped our entire purchase since january of 2009. we already knew that iran had an active effort to develop nuclear weapons since 2003. there are activities relevant to a nuclear program that are consistent. it should be clear for the world to see that the government of iran is seeking to develop a nuclear capability. the iranian regime is not fun -- has not fundamentally alter its behavior but we have slowed its nuclear program. the leaders must know

we get the iaea back in, inspecting, getç these reports.hat iran thumbs its nose at? >> probably. it does feel like 2007, 2008, when you had increased concern about the nuclear program and as with today you had rumors that israel was planning a preemptive strike that an unlikely for a couple of reasons. first, we wouldn't be hearing publicç ruminations if israel was prepared to do that. the iranian program doesn't lend towards a strike that destroys the whole program which was in syria and saddam hussein's iraq. so, there's a difference between 2007 and 2008 and today. then i was plausible that the president job at the time might strike iran and at least delay the program throughç military means. that no long sirte case. instead we are looking at more sanctions that don't seem to work combined with the continued out-extremed hand in negotiations. >> i've had israeli officials tell me that they will strike. that they are ready to go and they have the capability to take out these nuclear sites. if we even know where all ofç them are. what

the iaea reads it differently. and they say there is. >> well, in fact, the agency has plenty of difficult times to convince others that his argument is relevant. while suspicion is blown in this case. and a lot of interest. let me get to the crux of the matter. the united states of america with a number of cntries in europe, they are spearheading a wave of facility and pressure on iran. they use-- . >> rose: they make no question abo that, that th are imposing sanctions as much as they can. they are trying to get other governments including the chinese government to restrict their trade and commerce with iran. that's a clear u.s. policy. >> well, i just wanted to make a point that as far as our nuclear energy program is concerned, nothing new is happing. this is th old and the ongoing thrive of iran to develop its nuclear technology for a variety of uses, none of them are military. it is open to the inspection. the agency already visited several times iran. the cameras are there. this is one issue. the other issue

the iaea released a report saying iran may have been involved in designing a nuclear weapon. the bbc's bethany bell is in venice. the big issue here? >> well, it is divisions among world powers, trying to decide what is the best way to go forward at the moment on iran and countries like the european union would like to see tougher sanctions imposed on iran. but countries like russia are more reluctant. rush ahas said there's no evidence in this latest report from the iaea and said it could hurt the chances for democracy. so diplomats are trying to see if they can reach some kind of revolution in iran. in the meantime, we heard from the head of the iaea who said that they believe that the information that they put in this report is overall credible and that they have serious concerns about iran's nuclear aim. >> what are the chances here that they might go as far as steps to report iran to the u.n. security council? >> that looks unlikely at the moment. they are having trouble deciding on the exact wording of a text. and i think referring iran to the security council at the mo

ehranis our to ir correspondent, james reynolds. >> he has called the iaea an american puppet. he insisted his country's nuclear program is entirely peaceful. he accused the agency of discrediting itself by siding with what he called absurd u.s. allegations -- a point also made by iran's ambassador to the iaea. >> it's mostly politically motivated, the report, which has been prepared in an unprecedented matter. >> many in israel will be concerned, here carrying out a drill against a nonconventional weapons strike. for now, israel has yet to react in public to the report. the agency stresses that it has serious concerns regarding the possible military dimensions to the nuclear program in iran. for the west, this may be enough for a fifth round of sanctions against the country. for more un sanctions to work, a cautious china will have to be . >> residents face a sudden early arrival of winter and also uncertainty about what kind of action the country may now face. james reynolds, bbc news. >> mark fitzpatrick joins me from washington. thank you for being with us on gmt. without g

for an agency as cautious as the iaea is. that is a major step forward. these indicators include creating computer models of nuclear explosions and work involving the neutron initiation, triggering systems and implosion exclusions the iaea also states that it has acquired documentation suggesting that iran has been provided presumably through the a.q. khan at work with nuclear explosive design information and that its work on experiments with conventional explosives to compress metal into a mass suitable to initiate chain reaction. finally, the report points to evidence that indicates a bond has been pursuing a number of weapons for a warhead to deliver a nuclear weapon hitting such a war had on its longer range. unlike the 2007 u.s. intelligence estimate, that iran stopped work on a nuclear weapon in 2003 the iaea found that significant work of the military dimension has been conducted since that time including some work recently. .. >> iran moved forward in a way to achieve a nuclear weapons capability. whether or not a final decision cannot proved or d

iaea is a very cautious, responsibility agency and nobody on any side of the debate can accuse it ofing the intelligence and dresses how it collected this intel and how it cross checked streams of intelligence and gave us a sense of the ballistic missile capability and so on. >>, but we were told, reading that the computer virus that struck iran's nuclear program set it back, but apparently not enough? >> no, in fact, iaea reports notes that iran has enriched, but it has not provided the silver bullet. >> paul: what's the timetable in terms of when they could actually be ready to explode a bomb if they wanted to? >> they're pretty much ready to explode a bomb in the next six months. they have enough material, the tough part of building an atomic bomb. they have enough of the material for three or four bombs. >> paul: we've heard before it's six months or a year, why should we believe that now? >> we know they know how to assembly and put the material into a shape and devise explosives that can actually detonate this thing. >> that's right. and one additional footnote. they're creatin

it's hard to take a bright side of the iaea report.ne thing that i would point out is that the iaea has not detected any i do version of low enriched uranium oar other fissile material out of the facilities it's monitoring. iran would need to have fissile material in order to develop a nuclear weapon. what's new in the iaea report is that they have detected work on particular weapon technologies on detective ton nation devices, on war head design, et cetera, that have very little use other than for a nuclear program. >> laura: let's put 2 and 2 together. not everything has to be in the same place at the same time for the iaea which apparently is coming to a conclusion is far more serious than the obama administration had come to with the knowledge it had. obama today, his people are saying look, we take this report seriously, but, it really doesn't change the calculus. what county united states do today with our decreased leverage in the world, with our -- the fact that america is currently in economic decline, how do we do anything ab

for an agency as cautious as the iaea is. that is a major step forward.hese indicators include creating computer models of nuclear explosions and work involving the neutron initiation, triggering systems and implosion exclusions the iaea also states that it has acquired documentation suggesting that iran has been provided presumably through the a.q. khan at work with nuclear explosive design information and that its work on experiments with conventional explosives to compress metal into a mass suitable to initiate chain reaction. finally, the report points to evidence that indicates a bond has been pursuing a number of weapons for a warhead to deliver a nuclear weapon hitting such a war had on its longer range. unlike the 2007 u.s. intelligence estimate, that iran stopped work on a nuclear weapon in 2003 the iaea found that significant work of the military dimension has been conducted since that time including some work recently. .. >> iran moved forward in a way to achieve a nuclear weapons capability. whether or not a final decision cannot proved or dis

the iaea was asked to make that assessment. it is interesting -- you have this debate going on now back -- does the iaea had a mandate to investigate this types of activities? the professor wrote a very interesting, provocative piece recently arguing know. there are those that say yes. i am not a lawyer. i will not pretend to be. i am trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer. i read the second article and try to look at it from a plain text one of you and not some kind of orwellian doublespeak, and i see that the last phrase of article two says that a non- nuclear weapon state shall not seek or receive assistance in nuclear-weapons manufacture or the manufacture of nuclear weapons explosive device. we know that iran has received such assistance. it received a 15-page document showing how to make these uranium metal hemispheres. you put them together, you get a solid sphere. that is an implosion device. the core of a nuclear weapon. we know that it has been doing some investigations in terms of electronic electronic bireme me

obviously the report from the iaea just indicate that is not the case. for that reason, it is important that the world come together to apply sanctions against iran and make very clear to them that they are going to pay a heavy price if they continue along this track. as to what happens down the road, i think our hope is that we don't reach that point and matter and decide that it should join the international family. >> secretary general dempsey. >> obviously the national intelligence estimates from the u.s. side said that the weapons program had halted n 2003. the iaea now says that this proceeding -- that iran is closerhan ever. do you share the assessment they are now closer than ever to nuclear weapon? since sanctions, diplomatic sanctions have not yet worked, is it not time to say this strategy has failed a new strategy needs to be put in place? >> well, first of all regards to the i.e. being report, that is the mind that t intelligence assessments certainly that i've seen with regards to iran. we have our always made the point that they continue t

and that's what the iaea report indicated. so what i did was to speak with the president medvedev as well as president hu and all three of us entirely agree on the objective, which is making sure that iran does not weaponize nuclear power and that we don't trigger a nuclear arms race in the region. that's in the interest of all of us. in terms of how we move forward, we will be consulting with them carefully over the next several weeks to look at what other options we have available to us. the sanctions have enormous bite and enormous scope. and we're building off the platform that has already been established. the question is are there additional measures that we can take and we're going to explore every avenue to see if we can solve this issue diplomatically. i have said reportedly, and i will say today, we are not taking any options off the table because it's my firm belief that iran with a nuclear weapon would pose a security threat, not only to the region but also to the united states. but our strong preference is to have

the iaea nuclear watchdog which i visited last march with a group of the house and senate intelligence committees has never been an instrument of u.s. policy. in fact, it's often offered perspectives contrary to america's views or preferences and has rigorously defended its objectivity independent of individual governments. and therefore, i think this latest report has all the more weight that we should give serious consideration to. so this objective organization, the nuclear experts, has had unrivaled access to information and sources within iran, it stripped away the veneer of ambiguity and uncertainty about iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons. iran is after the bomb and we all know it. we can see the proof in this iaea report, including compelling detail about iran amassing fisi -- fissile material, and designing delivery system. the report details the way iran has relentlessly pursued this objective over the years and from whom it has obtained assistance. the report also shows that our own intelligence community's official estimate in 2007 that iran had suspended these acti

for an agency as cautious as the iaea is. that is a major step forward.hese indicators include creating computer models of nuclear explosions and work involving the neutron initiation, triggering systems and implosion exclusions the iaea also states that it has acquired documentation suggesting that iran has been provided presumably through the a.q. khan at work with nuclear explosive design information and that its work on experiments with conventional explosives to compress metal into a mass suitable to initiate chain reaction. finally, the report points to evidence that indicates a bond has been pursuing a number of weapons for a warhead to deliver a nuclear weapon hitting such a war had on its longer range. unlike the 2007 u.s. intelligence estimate, that iran stopped work on a nuclear weapon in 2003 the iaea found that significant work of the military dimension has been conducted since that time including some work recently. .. >> iran moved forward in a way to achieve a nuclear weapons capability. whether or not a final decision cannot proved or dis

in other news from around world, the iaea looks set to provide the most detailed accusations today that iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. diplomats to a scene the findings of a new report said it contains a chain of evidence that proves that iran's nuclear progress has a military- mentioned. the israeli foreign minister has already said -- the iranian foreign minister has already said any information released by the iaea is baseless. government forces have been shelling residential areas in the last few days, and the city of hohms is described as a disaster zone. with 85% of the ballots counted, the opposition candidate has rejected the results. you were watching -- are watching bbc world news america. election year goes into high gear with the year to go until election day. it will travel threat thousand towns and cities before arriving in london. >> good morning, everyone. >> school assembly in suffolk. an important announcement from the teacher. >> good news. veep torch is coming -- the torch. >> there is genuine excitement in communities that will host the torch. >> is a love

the iaea says it will provide technological support according to the japanese government's requests. >>> in other news, kendo is the traditional martial art of sword fighting. at the national kendo championship held earlier this month, one of the competitors was a police officer who has been deeply involved in the search for missing people since the march 11th disaster. for him, taking part in this competition was not just a test of his swordsmanship, it was a challenge with a deeper significance. >> reporter: competitors from all over japan gathered in tokyo, each with the aim of becoming the top kendokai in the country. 27-year-old kenji kanazewa is a police officer in the miyagi prefecture. this was his first appearance in the national championship. >> translator: i'm here to show that miyagi will not be overcome by the disaster. >> reporter: more than eight months has now passed since the devastating earthquake and tsunami. >> translator: there are still many missing people here in onagawa. our knjob is to find them. >> reporter: even now, local police forces are continuing their

what you think about the iaea report coming out this week? caller: the whole situation with israel and iran is nonsense. they've been talking about attacking each other for years. i think we should stop and bring both of them to the table and see what can be worked out. i don't think there's peace in the situation, but some type of mutual agreement where we can coexist. attacking iran would just waste money, lives, and the u.s. cannot afford this right now. we should not risk bringing china or russia into a situation where they might have to choose sides. i don't see that really helping us. it does not help the israelis. seven minutes to get through their air defenses. out of all the middle eastern countries, iran is the only one that truly has a chance of beating is rail in a one-on-one if we cannot truly step bein. host: the u.s. house is out this week. the senate is in session and there will take up another economic bill, jobs-related bills. here is more economic news. young men suffer the worst as the economy staggers. and this statistic

the obama administration giving that to the iaea.ld say when you said netanyahu was left sitting in the white house there was a reason for that. they made a commitment they were not going to expand the settlement in the west bank and he brock his word. >> eric: wait a minute. >> bob: broke his word. >> eric: there was another issue that obama suggested carving up jerusalem, which is very much against almost every israeli you talk to. >> eric: netanyahu made a commitment -- >> bob: netanyahu made a commicommitment. he buckled to the right wing. >> kimberly: keep in mind iran has been number one leader of state sponsored terrorists. >> bob: some people already saw the -- >> eric: they're yelling at me. tease, got to go. joe paterno brought down by a sex scand that rocked the football team. plus, did the man they call "joe pa" and other school officials do all they could have done? "the five" will discuss it next. ♪ ♪ the employee of the month is... spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business

and the iaea report makes beckley.so we can do more sanctions, and presumably we can do more covert actions. and we certainly should. but given our expenses over the past five years, we should not i believe expect them to work, that is, to end the program. and time is running out. whether we have one year or two years, we simply can't beat confident that incremental policy of more of the same will be successful. in fact one would have to conclude based on our experience to date that we will fail in our task if we don't take an alternative path. let me put it bluntly. we are at a critical juncture, and we are faced with very hard choices and huge risks. because we're now at this crossroads, we must consider the benefits, costs and risks of using force, not innovation or large-scale bombing of cities and industrial plants, but attacks to destroy known facilities, or at least the main no facilities of the program. no one wants to have to use force, but this is a challenge for which there are no easy or even good policy ch

iraq, and the record shows that the iaea was largely correct on its determination there. based on that credibility, we should listen to the iaea and what they say in this groundbreaking report. their report makes six very important conclusions, according to credible press reports. number one, that the islamic republic of iran has used military people to procure dual-use nuclear material. number two, that they have developed an undeclared nuclear material production line separate from their commitments under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. number three, that they have now acquired outside international information on the development of nuclear weapons. number four, that they have begun work on an indigenous design for a nuclear weapon. and, number five, that they are already substantially in excess of the 3% enrichment for uranium 235 necessary to run a nuclear reactor, as they originally claimed. the sixth conclusion, though, appears to be the most importa important. the international atomic energy agency concludes that they may have also begun work on a new payload

this is the larger context for the iaea report. we were not surprised by the report because it confirmed everything we had known since the first day the president took office. the report is entirely consistent with the facts and analysis that shaped our entire approach since january 2009. for example, we are a new iran had in nuclear weapons, technologies until 2003 and in the words of the iaea report, activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device may still be ongoing. the facts are undeniable. despite decades of going into denial and deceit notwithstanding setbacks who should be clear that under the guise of a clearly civil nuclear program cover government iran develops a nuclear capability. quite simply the arena sheen is not fundamentally awkward, but we succeeded and the international community has the time season needs to affect iran's leaders who must know they cannot debate or avoid the choice really before them. going before we therefore content to use every tool as i described earlier to continue pre

first in the wake of the iaea report which is at the outset, the iaea board of governors overwhelmingly voted to demand iran take steps to address the concerns raised in the report. 32 nations voted to demand that iran fulfill its obligations. only to countryside with iran at the iaea board of government meeting, cuba and ecuador. cuba and ecuador. second, iran has been further isolated by the plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador here in washington. i have to confess i was initially struck by the reaction in some quarters. those who looked at the plot and said is this really how kuran operates? this doesn't sound like iran. it's not the way they operate. well, those of you in this room know so well, and those of you that followed the history the last 30 years this is exactly how iran is operating. it was nothing new. it is the latest example of the support for terrorism from the bombing in beirut to the attacks against the embassy and the mutual association argentina. and many others that would take a whole nother speech to leave this out, but in this room people don't need that his

caller: talking about the iaea, does israel belong to the iaea? guest: i am not sure about the answer to that. i will say yes because i think they have civilian reactors there which would be under the iaea inspection. but i do not think that the iaea has tried to call them out on their nuclear weapons program. host: and it will deliver its report on iran according to bill gertz wednesday night, vienna time. leaks on what will be in the report. you love -- you wrote last week on china sales. guest: it talks about how china has been selling iran large numbers of missiles, mainly cruise missiles, and last year built an entire missile factory inside iran. this highlights what we talked about earlier, the chinese support from iran -- for iran. people like to think that china is not a nuclear armed communist dictatorship, but it is becoming the source. they found a number of documents in libya where chinese companies were getting ready to supply arms to of cut out the -- to gaddafi to keep him in power. host: you can find out more from the iaea website.