financing difficulties also has been hampered by international pressure applied in iran due to its own enrichment program the head of the russian atomic energy agency was very my satisfied with the quality of work it's a unique because it's very difficult to build new equipment into the equipment that was this. is an international project between countries supplying the equipment european countries as well as asia pacific countries i'm seeing is it's not just a russian project really is international and it's very important russian officials . to willingness to continue providing. these by no means is going to put in. your e-mail program costs so much controversy around the world the united nations security council has asked for status of sanctions all together. none of the. did the construction of these plans according to russian officials they believe that the current arrangement with iran is impact at all from the point of view of nuclear nonproliferation russia supplies fuel to iran it takes back this band and everything all the operations are happening on the close monitoring of the i eight inspectors people here and also have reasons to be fe

international community that it is in the fully compliance in full compliance with the international atomic energy agency of rules on with an international community of rules and that should persuade the united nations all the counters all the walls but it doesn't have any intention to build any atomic weapons in iran so i think that the rom should cross the fall going to be instead it doesn't have any military from dungeons and secondly to be in compliance with the united states of resolutions. on this from the of world economy to its national relations many things. on the way most would say playing the stock market down will put notice and. find out how they say you can make fortunes if you buy the game till they come. to russia a minute she come on does the facing the axe for not stopping a massive brawl among soldiers the incident happened last month the mobile phone for siege of it was posted on the internet all season isa now we have the details. but all started with a massive brawl that took place at a military academy just outside moscow it was a brutal brawl that lasted for about a half an hour

back to russia and has no opportunity to try to turn it into nuclear weapons and the international atomic energy agency is overseeing the entire process, of course they are still deeply concerned about other sites all over iran where they think they are trying to develop nuclear weapons, but not this plant. >> let's talk about-face for a second. in the face of this debate over the proposed mosque near ground zero, polls this week show a surprising number of americans nearly a quarter still think the president is a muslim, a practicing muslim, he is not, of course, is the white house concerned about that? are they commenting on that? >> well, they certainly are surprised, you know, officials i have talked to say that they know the president as a deeply committed long-term christian, but they say it is true the president doesn't wear his religious beliefs on his sleeve, now they don't suddenly expect him to start talking about it all the time but they say he has talked about it before, and they do expect him to talk about it at some point again in the future. >> finally chip, the issue of vacations, crit

that's according to the international atomic energy agency, which said yesterday that iran has started using a second set of centrifuge machines to enrich uranium to 20% purity. at that level, the element could be turned into weapons-grade material much more quickly than less enriched uranium. despite western suspicions, tehran maintains its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only. >>> well, the skies were anything but friendly yesterday for one long-time flight attendant whose meltdown after a trip from pittsburgh to new york john f. kennedy airport has landed him in hot water. the jetblue steward now faces charges after allegedly cursing out passengers and then fleeing the plane via the emergency exit slide. nbc's katy tur has more. >> anything you want to say to the passengers? >> reporter: he had a smirk on his face but said nothing to crews. though steven slater was all smiles with port authority police, earlier in the day sources say he was anything but happy. it all happened when flight 1052 from pittsburgh to jfk was landing. a female passenger stood up to get her thi

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the international atomic energy agency has so that iran has started the next stage towards building a nuclear bomb the i.a.e.a. says the islamic state has developed a second set of centrifuges which can enrich uranium to the twenty percent threshold which experts fear can be turned into weapons grade material in fairly rich to around ninety five percent uranium can be used in building an atomic bomb iran insists its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only so there is a tear on base professor of political science says the international community has no grounds for concern over iran's nuclear developments. twenty percent your new in richmond which the war hearing about is not anything new iran announced back that it needs twenty percent enriched uranium for its experimental reactor of its products are. radioactive medicine for for cancer is patients and for agricultural products iran actually was always provided to get twenty percent enriched uranium for these particular reactor by international atomic agency because of the sanctions. because of the dispute between between ira

you were of course at the time the director general of the international atomic energy agency, which also played a significant part in iraq. we have of course read your "disarming iraq" and all your reports. could you start by explaining to us what the wmd-related obligations of iraq were following the conclusion of the 1991 gulf war and the adoption of unscr 871? >> right. yes. they were set out in resolution 687 of 1991 and iraq was to declare its weapons of mass destruction and the logistics of it to the facilities and such. then unscom was to verify the biological and chemical and missile part of the program and the iaea was to verify the nuclear part of the program. both unscom and iaea were to ensure the destruction of items they had found proscribed. the leverage were the sanctions, and the sanctions were quite draconian, simply that no state was allowed to import any oil from iraq. so they were cut off altogether from their income. now the resolution 687 also foresaw that when everything was destroyed and eliminated there would be monitoring by un inspection and there was no

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state to see if the agency says that it is working very closely with the iranian side it is working very closely with the international nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency to make sure that every step of the way of the process every step of the functioning of this power plant is strictly controlled not only by russia but by the i.a.e.a. as well you can open you go nuclear power plant your head that they told me that there. you get bob. it's just you do you rate the degrees c. . is true there are two. we call the double double. recently spent fuel but both this their limits you can. run your responsibility because we are going to supply it with nuclear fuel sure nuclear bombs one for the life time them go to get spent fuel back through the process of the russian army so a lot of controls in force but still the media's eye is definitely going to be on iran come august twenty first that is sort of course a political analyst for the institute of world economy and international relations he says the opening of the nuclear plant demonstrates the ties between russia and iran are still strong in their recent boss the. emotional state months on behalf of

state to see if the agency says that it is working very closely with the iranian side it is working very closely with the international nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency to make sure that every step of the way of the process every step of the functioning of this power plant is strictly controlled not only by russia but by the i.a.e.a. as well you can not only throw these nuclear power plant your hope that they support military. you give bob. just what do you write that you do see. is true there are. we call the double double double these spent fuel. worth this animal so we can. renew responsibility because we are going to supply it with nuclear fuel should a nuclear bomb once all the lifetime of them go big is spent fuel back versus the russian area so a lot of controls in force but still the media's eye is definitely going to be on iran come august twenty first. reporting. political analyst from the institute of world economy and international relations he told us the opening of a nuclear plant demonstrates the ties between russia and iran are still strong in their recent boss the. emotional state months on behalf of iranian leader president a

state see nuclear agency says that it is working very closely with the iranian side it is working very closely with the international nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency to make sure that every step of the way of the process at every step of the functioning of this power plant is strictly controlled and the uranium used in this para plant is used strictly to produce peaceful nuclear energy of course the russian state atomic agency will remove the depleted uranium from iran and carry it back to russia disposing of it themselves bringing it over themselves so they say that every step of the way is controlled very strictly not only by russia but by the i.a.e.a. as well. you cannot in you know use nuclear power plant in your head that they told me that they were. you give all land is just it to you right that you could use it. is true that there are a million. people that this double double service these are issued pounds been through a man but with this an immense beginner. or in your responsibility because we are going to supply it with nuclear fuel sure nuclear bombs for all the lifetime of them those big you spent fuel back to persist with the

the international atomic energy agency has said that iran has started the next stage towards building a nuclear bomb the i.a.e.a. says the islamic state has developed a second set of centrifuges which can enrich uranium to the twenty percent threshold experts fear could be turned into weapons grade material if enrich to around ninety five percent uranium can be used to build an atomic bomb iran insists its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only or to listen to both sides of the argument. iran announced a few wants back that it needs twenty percent enriched uranium for its radioactive medicine for four cancerous patients and for agricultural products iran actually was always provided the twenty percent enriched uranium for this particular reactor by international atomic agency but because of the sanctions iran has not been given. the twenty percent enriched uranium so iranian air the i.a.e.a. air that are there you provide us with the twenty percent enriched uranium or else we have no other alternative but to enrich uranium in tehran they can always. tain the isotopes the me

manhattan project in iran every bit of their nuclear program is safeguarded by the international atomic energy agency under their safeguards agreement they're not in violation of that they're only in violation of un resolutions that demand that they cease their peaceful uranium enrichment electricity supplies have been completely restored in st petersburg after a blackout that lasted for almost an hour but two cities in the leningrad region remain without power the blackout plunged about forty percent of russia's second largest city in take chaos friday evening it knocked out traffic signals causing massive congestion on the roads train stations and metro service was also hit while water supplies are still affected according to reports the russian emergencies ministry says it was all caused by an accident at one of the city's electric plants but hasn't given any further details. controversial plans to build a mosque just two blocks from the site of the nine eleven terror attacks in new york is causing anti islamic sentiment in the us posters asking why there have been put up on buses around the city

and in addition the spent fuel be monitored by the international atomic energy agency so this is a very hypothetical situation talking about iran using this for a nuclear weapon the quite a few voices in the states would agree with that they don't actually trust any of what you say and very concerned about obviously iran's intentions what about russia's involvement with this do you think in some ways the international community is still suspicious of russia being involved in this project. i think that the timing of the activation is regrettable from the viewpoint of the united states and its other partners who are trying to focus on applying sanctions to iran and the negotiation process to get them to resolve some of the questions that are lingering about the nuclear program there however as you mentioned before this reactor has been in progress for fifteen years and it's very hard to delay it any farther so what do you say then to people like the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton who said the other day that israel's only got about three days to do something about this nucl

the moment however both the nuclear watchdog the international nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency and the russian nuclear just say that every step of the process will be very closely monitored and to talk a little bit more about the process and the implications of what this means for iran for russia for the international community i'm joined live by the official spokesperson of russia's a state nuclear agency it all saw the mississippi mr know the thank you so much for being here now iran is. currently under a lot of sanctions from the united nations but we were led to understand that we share is no. actually included in the sanctions how does this work. i think it is a very strong signal that the international society supports such peaceful projects as we share because everybody on the sounds that you can not an eco use nuclear power plant in your people hypothetical military or. nuclear power plant is just within your right than you do since there is true there there are two elements there which we recall that the double double purpose it is rich moon and spencer mantra but well

while the international atomic energy agency has said that iran has started the next stage towards building a nuclear bomb. says the islamic state has developed a second set of centrifuges which can enrich uranium to the twenty percent threshold which experts fear can be turned into weapons grade material if enrich to around ninety five percent uranium could be used in building an atomic bomb iran insists its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only to do talk more about this iran's move i'm now joined by. a professor of political science at the university of tehran so the i.a.e.a. and the u.n. security council view the development of these centrifuges as an act of defiance of their concerns justified and no one knows the true nature of your strategy here. i don't think anyone should be alarmed. by latest iranian. drive towards your in your enrichment because twenty percent uranium enrichment which the war please a hearing about is not anything new iran announced a few rounds back that it needs twenty percent enriched uranium for its experimental reactor which by the way it was act

of these stages are heavily monitored by not only the russian side but also by the international atomic energy agency the i.a.e.a. the iranian that will actually go into the plant itself is currently being stored under the i.a.e.a. watch and once it has been used the depleted. cranium will also be returned to russia also monitored all the way so this is basically everybody involved in the process say that each and every step of iran's nuclear energy is basically aimed at making sure that iran only uses the energy for peaceful means and that every step is. monitored not only by the russian side but also by an international observer and iran is currently industry un sanctions isn't it so how does this power pole fishing without us. well of course iran is as you said under strict u.n. sanctions the last u.n. sanctions were imposed a few months ago russia actually back in there which has somewhat cold and damp and relations between moscow and tehran but of course russia has always maintained that the bush air power plant does not fall under the sanctions so it is actually exempt from that and of course t

s international atomic energy agency will monitor activities there. reaction in washington today was muted. white house spokesman robert gibbs said the iranian-russian deal shows there's no need for iran to enrich its own uranium, if all it wants is a civilian nuclear program. >> i think, in many ways this is a concept that closes that fuel loop and i think again demonstrates and proves to the world that if the iranians are sincere in a peaceful program, their needs can be met without undertaking its own enrichment program which call into question its motives. >> reporter: but last march, meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in moscow, secretary of state clinton questioned the wisdom of finishing bushehr right now. >> iran is entitled to civil nuclear power. it is a nuclear weapons program that it is not entitled to. and if it reassures the world or we think it would be premature to go forward with any project at this time because we want to send an unequivocal message to the iranians. >> warner: foreign minister lavrov rejected that po

you were of course at the time the director general of the international atomic energy agency, which also played a significant part in iraq. we have of course read your "disarming iraq" and all your reports. could you start by explaining to us what the wmd-related obligations of iraq were following the conclusion of the 1991 gulf war and the adoption of unscr 8711? >> right. yes. they were set out in resolution 687 of 1991 and iraq was to declare its weapons of mass destruction and the logistics of it to the facilities and such. then unscom was to verify the biological and chemical and missile part of the program and the iaea was to verify the nuclear part of the program. both unscom and iaea were to ensure the destruction of items they had found proscribed. the leverage were the sanctions, and the sanctions were quite draconian, simply that no state was allowed to import any oil from iraq. so they were cut off. this question should have referred to unscr 687 altogether from their income. now the resolution 687 also foresaw that when everything was destroyed and eliminated there woul

you were of course at the time the director general of the international atomic energy agency, which also played a significant part in iraq. we have of course read your "disarming iraq" and all your reports. could you start by explaining to us what the wmd-related obligations of iraq were following the conclusion of the 1991 gulf war and the adoption of unscr 8711? >> right. yes. they were set out inesolution 687 of 1991 and iraq was to declare its weapons of mass destruction and the logistics of it to the facilities and such. then unscom was to verify the biological and chemical and missile part of the program and the iaea was to verify the nuclear part of the program. both unscom and iaea were to ensure the destruction of items they had fnd proscribed. the leverage were the sanctions, and the sanctions were quite draconian, simply that no state was allowed to import any oil from iraq. so they were cut off. this question should have referred to unscr 687 altogether from their income. now the resolution 687 also foresaw that when everything was destroyed and eliminated there would be