third, venezuela is supporting iran and iran's desire for nuclear weapons. under hugo chÁvez, venezuela has come to have been the region for money laundering and shipment of illicit goods. the relationship between drug trafficking and terrorist organizations has come closely intertwined. if you will notice on the screen, we have the definition from the state department of what a state sponsor of terrorism is and i'll let you read that on your own. it is widely acknowledged that terrorist groups have turned to joe trafficking as a source of revenue. and if we can put up the other side. the slide represents in 2003 the drug trafficking flight patterns in latin america. and if you go to the next flight, this is what it looks like in 2007. unfortunately, we can't show the flights from today because those are still protect it and classified. but the difference between 2003 and is not the same 2005 hugo chavez kicked out our dea. as chavez has provided venezuela as a safe haven for these narco terrorists, the farc, drug trafficking terrorist organization who large

in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime just hours after the iran after i should say iran's president pledged not to pursue a nuclear deterrent or do you spoke with the country's envoy to the un's atomic watchdog and he told my colleague that there's no question that his country's nuclear program is anything but peaceful. now iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago the e.u.'s foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on to iran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions this during an exclusive interview with us here at r.t. we can now talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in us than a president recognizes the importance of talks for resolving tension around your nuclear program because it does it does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. to. is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eight years. on please see the cooper

now iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago the e.u.'s foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on iran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions as during an exclusive interview with us here at c i mean i'll talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in astana the president recognizes the importance of talks for resolving tension around your nuclear program is it does it not does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. can you. well it's a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eight years ago. on three seed in the corporation we die a year about five thousand man the inspection has been made and not every day unsolved a version has been found to military purposes and this is a clear we love parents you know of course negotiation we have always welcomed negotiation and respect and of course without any precondition. regarding the commen

does iran had a nuclear weapons program in the past we know that u.s. defense intelligence holds that iran developed a nuclear program to respond to a threat from iraq but after the international coalition invaded iraq your program was discontinued is this true what was the previously a nuclear weapons program in iran you know it is a parasite per se unique you're fortunate to you're talking to a person who has been involved for the last years talking. hours and hundred hours of these specters i categorically reject any of these allegations and inspectors and the head of the department of law you have brought some of these allegations and be approved for them that there was a bed these allegations were baseless we had not have any program for nuclear weapons and as i said that is so-called american allegations american laptop allegations had no in fact justification and it is just as to say that those allegations that was supposed they were supposed to be presented to iran and americans enough to deliver and miss it on friday higher she criticizes unite

like what happened in iran in 1979. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in 1979 we uprose against the shah which was a nondemocratic government, and we wanted independence and freedom. however, up until now we have not achievement anded that. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: therefore, we have to pay attention that getting rid of a dictator is not enough. we have to replace it with democracy. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: now look at egypt. they have gotten rid of the dictator. will we have democracy there? [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: it may be too early to judge now. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: but even if a religious dictator comes into power, egypt will not become a puppet of iran. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: on the basis of four reasons. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: they are sunnis and iranians are shias. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: and, unfortunately, there have always been differences and conflicts between the s

and being 67 years old and a student of iran, having studied carefully, a lifetime, iran, i knew how to handle my interrogators, and i knew how to make it possible for myself to survive under those very difficult and dire conditions, both physical and mental. >> hinojosa: when you say that you knew, what do you mean? i mean, you had never been in prison, you had never been interrogated before. how did you know how to survive these people who were terrorizing you? >> i was interrogated for four months before i was detained. outside prison, i used to spend with the same people eight to nine hours a day, day after day after day, going over the same questions and answers. and i knew their mentality. but once they took me in, i mean, i decided i either had to survive, or if i succumbed to despair, then they would have achieved what they wanted, meaning a forced confession from me. >> hinojosa: you say that you never broke down when you were being interrogated, and i just think, "oh, my god, if i'm being interrogated nine hours a day, same question after same question, there would come a p

>> guest: for iran, iran has a regional, iran wants to be the most powerful country in the middle east in order for them to do that, they need allies in the rest of the middle east, and they don't have very many. because iran is shia and persian whereas most of the arab world is arab rather than person and 70. but in both lebanon and iraq is where there are substantial numbers of shia. they actually make up a majority in iraq and substantial minority in lebanon and so lebanon she is were willing to accept iranian assistance in exchange for acting as iran's proxy. against lebanese christians, sunnis and also against the israelis. so it was a mutual win-win relationship for both of them because iran, the revolutionary guard now basically has a forward base military unit. >> host: but after all, the shia of southern lebanon where they are concentrated, had welcomed the israelis when they came in a couple of years earlier. >> guest: yes they did. that is one of the great ironies of the situation because the reason the lebanese shia initially welcomed the israeli invasion was because the sh

iran is seeking full membership of. the sanctions against it is proving to be a hurdle so it seems that iran is willing to work on this in order to clear the path for full membership into this group now aside from the. president had also sat down with the president of afghanistan hamid karzai and as expected topics that you need take the issue of a drug trafficking drug production in afghanistan of course a very big a security issue for russia where ninety percent of the drugs in the country comes from afghanistan so russia willing to stand by there in terms of investments in helping to rebuild. afghanistan on his own and it's partnership with you can be close as far as i understand members agree with them is a country which is hugely important to security of. the a syria has always been. an organization. but agreed. now as for the main a summit itself b s c o had to produce a declaration at the end of it and they had come up with a common approach. to the situation in the middle east and north africa and as expected th

now iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago the e.u.'s foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on tehran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions this during an exclusive interview with us here to see how we can all talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency ali asghar soltanieh and i thank you for joining us today the russian of four minutes or so to get up off as told the press in that president ahmadinejad recognizes the importance of talks the resulting tension around your nuclear program there's so much does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. . well there is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eight years you have the. corporation we die a year about five thousand man the election has been made and not evidence of diversion have been found to military purposes and this is a clear head of the guardian of course negotiations we have always well come in and talk we stand respect and of course without any precondition. guiding the come

>> guest: iran has a regional -- iran wants to be the most powerful country in the middle east, and in order for them to do that, they need allies in the middle east and they don't have very many because iran with is shia and persian where most of the arab world as eda brother and persian and sunni both lebanon and iraq there are two countries where there are a substantial number of shia muslims and the minority in lebanon and they are willing to accept the iranian assistance in exchange for acting out iran a proxy against lebanese christians and sunnis and the israelis. >> it is a mutual win-win relationship for both of them because the iranian revolutionary guard corps now has a forward base on the mediterranean. >> host: after all, the shia of lebanon where they were concentrated has welcomed the israelis when they came in a couple of years earlier. >> guest: that's one of the great ironies of the situation because the reason they initially welcomed the israeli invasion as because the shia in south lebanon were being governed by yasser arafat's palestinian state which was sunni for

>> for its commercial dealings with iran. this looks into the effectiveness of the sanctions and the possibility of further punitive measures. three house subcommittees co-hosted this three hour hearing. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. the committee will come to order. welcome to today's hearing venezuela sanctionable activity. this is a joint hearing between the oversight's national homeland defense subcommittee, the foreign affairs committee, and the foreign affairs committee on the middle east and south asia. we are joined today by the chairman of the subcommittees, chairman connie mac of florida, and chairman steve chabot of ohio. i want to welcome ranking member tiernn yerks and i think you all for being here. today we are examining the administration's policy to confront throats abroadly the use of sanctions. they focused tapings on the middle east. americans have invested over a trillion dollars fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. since 2001, 6,072 americans died in iraqi freedom and new dawn. another

iran. and criticize the rot at the same time everybody in iran and everybody in the middle east is watching what's going on in bahrain and we say nothing how how do you think it impacts on the. packers see there's no love for us in the middle in that it's not my gulf anymore because we certainly betrayed the trust and in the streets of egypt when obama finally came and supported them there was there was hooting you know they were done with us they wanted him to border leave and so we missed the boat on that those movements were probably the best tools we've had so the better than the use of force that we've been using the night raids and i let stuff in the you know the the renditions and yet he's you know we've backed that up so it's it's it's a it's a true mess this administration is focused on iran is the source of all evil wouldn't iran is helping is it helping the syrian because iraq do do what it does in syria as if the sunni macabre out in syria needs any help from anybody to get toug

chan the regime in iran? >> ( translated ): first you need to distinguish between change and change of regime. what we want is to... the right of self-determination of the iranian people. the iranian people must be about to decide. we want a democratic government and if the people want to change the government and the regime it's up to peopleto decide. but what we want toave is a democratic process in iran. >> rose: so you are satisfyed to wait until democratic reform can elect learship from the green movement? >> ( translated ): of course. what we want is to have a democratic path and a democratic life in iran. a society in which all political trends can express themselves freely. we want free parties, we want free press and we also want a civil society that can work free and on that basis we could probably say that elections would mean something. otherwise doesn't have any meaning if you don't have these kinds of freedoms. >> rose: what are the ramifications of the apparent confct between ayatollah hamana a

iran. and criticize the rot at the same time everybody in iran and everybody in the middle east is watching what's going on of bahrain and we think nothing how do you think that impacts going to be a part or see. for us to believe in not my gulf anymore because we should be betrayed the trust and in the streets of egypt when obama finally came in support of them there was there was somebody you know they were done with us they wanted him to board early and so. we've missed the boat on that those movements were probably the best tools we've had certainly better than the use of force that we've been using the night raids and all that stuff and. you know the renditions and yet he's you know we've got that up so it's a it's a true mess this is ministration it's focused on iran as a source of all the evil iran is helping is it's helping the syrian macomber right to do what it does in syria as if the sunni macabre in syria needs any help from anybody to get tough you know how to do it and preside

in america's eye on iran has a worrying echo of what happened over iraq in the view of a pulitzer prize writer seymour hersh he's been telling r.t. that washington is ignoring its own intelligence because it's hell bent on finding nuclear weapons that just don't exist. pulitzer prize winner and legendary american investigative journalist seymour hersh is bust known for exposing the my lai massacre in vietnam and since then his investigations have continued to shake up washington from uncovering torture at abu grab to exposing secret u.s. military operations overseas to his latest piece which pokes holes in a commonly held assertion here in washington that iran is developing a nuclear weapons program mr hurst is down with r.t. to discuss his latest story in the new yorker magazine here he says the obama administration of allowing fear and not facts dictate a potentially disastrous foreign policy towards iran mr hersh thank you so much for sitting down with us based on your investigation is the united states wrong to assume the worst when it comes to iran if the fear is based on the notio

in iran confirms russia has no plans to possess nuclear weapons during a key summit of asian leaders. u.s. drone attacks allegedly killed scores of civilians in yemen while the u.k. helicopters and. the rest of country. i'll be back with more news for some fifty minutes from now in the meantime within hours of the iranian president's pledge not to pursue nuclear terror altie spoke exclusively with iran's envoy to the un's nuclear watchdog and he told me. that there's no question of the peaceful nature of his country's nuclear program because the i.a.e.a. has already established that. now iran is promising transparency and constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago he used a foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on to iran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions as during an exclusive interview with us here at r.t. we can now talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian of foreign minister sergei lavrov has called a press in our president recognizes the importance of talk

>> well, sir, i'll just speak to the iran side. >> no, i'm not talking about iran. i'm talking about venezuela. >> well, we continue to provide him, obviously, with a flow of revenue. is if a decision is made to somehow create another mechanism that we would want to restrict that, or if pedevesa continues to ship -- >> wouldn't you say it's somewhat of a contradiction we have here? we're putting a whole bunch of sanctions against venezuela, and yet at the same time we're paying venezuela $117 million a day for its oil supply? and i'm sorry, my time's up, mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you. the gentleman's time has expired. we now recognize the gentleman from florida for five minutes. >> thank you very much. congressman sires allude today the relationship between that nexus between venezuela and cuba. i want to try to drill down a little bit more, and i know we're going to have another round, so if we don't get through it all, i'll continue on the next round. for mr. benjamin, you were the coordinator for counterterrorism. how many countries are on the list, the u

iran. and criticize the run at the same time everybody in iran and everybody in the middle east is watching what's going on and more rain and we think nothing how do we think it effects going to be a park or see there's no love for us a bit and not my gulf anymore because we certainly betrayed the trust. in the streets of egypt when obama finally came in support of him there was there was. you know they were done with us they wanted him so bored early and so. we missed the boat on that those movements were probably the best tools we've had certainly better than the use of force that we've been using. and all that stuff for the you know the renditions and yet you know we've knocked that up so it's it's it's a true mess this is ministration it's focused on iran as a source of all evil and iran is hoping it's helping the syrians mccardell right to do what it does in syria and see if the sunni what syria needs any help from anybody to get tough they know how to do it but president obama was ele

as the source of all evil iran is helping is it's helping the syrian. do do what it does in syria as if the sunni in syria needs any help from anybody to get tough you know how to do it president obama was elected because he was supposed to represent change response to chart this country down a different course than the bush administration oh come on come on don't get serious i mean. it's the election we're going to be reelected the only hope a lot of us have is that in the second term in such a break i get a second term he'll be unable to become the link that we thought he might be but he's got he's got he's got a you know he's got a reelection. you could argue that he knows that getting a good night is great but he's going to be like the price of oil and jobs and when the economy is tanking and become he's thinking right now because we're being we're paying for what i was sort of oil for gasoline a gallon and so what's his big issue is big issue is he's got a could be. going to make nice look the other way is the middle aged people around the middle e

if they fear is based on the notion that you know that's our iran has the bomb or is going to get a bomb soon that's ridiculous because every bit of evidence of it from their own intelligence community. that the people that talk of bieber go but no there's no weapons there we've known that for years we've been looking for years there for years and years we supported stations program that's designed to stop the punishment is. aimed at stopping the iranians from doing something you know we know they're not doing to me and so i wrote the article the analogy between what they're doing what obama's doing with iran is very close to what bush and dick cheney to vice president have been good to iraq that is they say they want to punish they want to make a case against iraq they didn't like their politics. and so we made a case about nuclear weapons we were if you remember they were talking about mushroom clouds making a case to go to war i don't i'm not suggesting these guys want to go to war i mean there are elements in america so big elements in israel that would would love to see us atta

not all journalists in iran, not all prisoners in iran have the international profile that i luckily had. not all journalists were lucky enough to be working for newsweek. i have to be the voice of the people who are languishing in iranian jails and people did not know their names and people -- they do not have an international profile. because of that, the iranian government putting more pressure on them and what i went through may be nothing compared to what some iranians -- yesterday i friend of mine died in prison as a result of a hunger strike. they did not care about his hunger strike and they took him to hospital. and he perished in prison. tavis: it is a powerful tax. not a story just about his own capture but that of his family, his sister, his father before him. the book is called "then they came for me". a family story of love, captivity and survival. maziar bahari is the author. i am glad that you had the opportunity to survive this ordeal and you and your family, you can spend talking -- time talking about this ordeal. >> thank you. it was an honor to be here. tavis: nex

>> guest: iran has a regional, iran wants to be the most powerful country in the middle east, and in order for them to do that they need allies and the rest of the middle east and they don't have jury many because iran is shia and persian was most for the arab world arab rather than persian and sunni but in both lebanon and iraq there are two countries where there are a substantial number of shia muslims. they have to make a majority in iraq and then minority in of lebanon, so lebanon shia were willing to accept the i iranian exchange for acting out iran policy against lebanese christians and sunnis and the israelis said it is a mutual win-win relationship for both of them because the iranian revolutionary guard corps basically has a forward base on the mediterranean. >> host: after all, the shia of southern lebanon, where they are concentrated, had welcomed the israelis when they came in a couple of years earlier. >> guest: yes, they did. that is one of the ironies of the situation and the reason the lebanese shia welcomed the invasion is because the she has in south lebanon were be

work not to put pressure on iran base on united nations security council. because it won't work mr. iranian envoy to the i.a.e.a. the international atomic energy agency it's been a pleasure talking to you live from vienna thank you for talking to you thank you very much. in india. the. president. beatriz of. taj mahal hotel. hotel. on the radio to leave the. church and. maybe her to carry collection. the other. part. to taper comments. from the russian capital within twenty four hours a day this is our top stories this hour the greek prime minister is preparing to announce major changes to his cabinet. police clashed with protesters angry at even more cuts. progs putting of helping america's european missile defense shield by refusing to host facilities. iran confirms to russia it has no plans to possess nuclear weapons during a key summit of asian leaders. plus u.s. drone attacks allegedly killed scores of civilians in yemen ready. for action in the rest of country. to bring us up to date for the moment i couldn't get a shop i will be here in less than half an hour as the news cont

and many people in iran say that. that is why i'm hopeful of of future of iran. government are trying to brutalize people, people are still fighting for a better future. the tight is a bit of an interpretation but it's still a fight that will have good results. >> pleasure to have you on. >> thank you. >> we will be back. at 190 miles per hour, the wind will literally lift ordinary windshield wipers off the glass. so, did we build a slower car? or design wipers that could handle anything? what do you think? the cadillac cts-v, the world's fastest production sedan. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs so bear with me. during the korean war, the u.s. >> our question from the gps challenge is a history question. it might seem like a no-brainer for some of you. i have a reason for asking it, so bear with me. during the korean war, the u.s. and south korea fought against north korea and what other nation? is it the soviet union, japan, china or vietnam? stay tune spd we'll tell you the correct answer and why we asked the question. make sure you go to cnn.