is iran next? iran continues to deny it is building nuclear weapons.his is what president ahmadinejad told eric shawn last year. >> would you swear to allah that you are not planning to build a nuclear bomb? >> is there a law that says i must swear to convince others? we have said on numerous occasions we do not want a nuclear bomb. >> they say it is peaceful and only for civilian energy. >> others see something more sinister at work. >> iran watch.org. >> the nuclear missile program any ladies and gentlemened chemical or biological weaponses. taken together we have 600 iranian entities involved in this. an entity can be a company an individual bank. >> if iran is developing the bomb how did it acquire the technology do so? it is a change tale of international crime and intrigue. it begins with pakistani scientists who work with the most dangerous man in the world. >>> coming up a strange story of pakistan's nuclear mer chan of death. >>> was he proliferating all over the place. >> that's next. capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent

and they say iran iran iran is if the government represented to people of iran they do not the people are very much trying to overthrow their dictatorship the persian people happen to be some of those pro western pro israel pro-democracy pro women's rights people in the middle east but they are being put down by their own government and i fear that they are also good for her to use nuclear weapons to put their own people down democracies having nuclear weapons is one thing when a dictatorship has them it leads to a far more dangerous world who shall go ahead that's just that's all right you have mark just first right but he's please understand there is there is no persian people people are persian our soul is a small bansemer people the ethnic community did so that's not closure that's number one second same goes it on young people are also untidy. those iranian people the same sort of iran is how the regime is anxious that they are suffering from american sanctions from israeli war threats they are suffering from did regime yes you are absolutely right the point here is this i believ

iran's leaders and iran's leaders alone are responsible for the predicament iran finds itself in. iran's leaders and iran's leaders alone haved ability to choose a different leader. the onus is on iran. tehran can choose a different direction. it has to seize the different opportunities before it, compli with u.n. security council resolutions, which require iran to suspend all enrichment reprocessing activities. if iran doesn't change its course, the pressure will grow. working with allies we will continue to increase sanctions with our gulf cooperation partners. we will continue to build a regional defense architecture that presents iran from threatening its neighbors. again, even as the door to diplomacy remains open, we will take no options off the table. pressure is a means, not an end. our policy is firm. we are determined to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. meanwhile, as president obama has said, we stand with the iranian people as they seek universal rights. iran's deserve a government to put ahead their ambitions ahead of their nuclear ambitions. where the iran

and they say iran iran iran is if the government represented the people of iran they do not the people are very much trying to overthrow their dictatorship the persian people happen to be some of the most pro western pro israel pro democracy pro women's rights people in the middle east but they are being put down by their own government and i fear that they are also glad for a military version use nuclear weapons to put their own people down democracies having nuclear weapons is one thing when a dictatorship has them it leads to a far more dangerous world who shall go ahead that's just all right you have not just first all right but these please understand that is there is no persian people people persian are still is a small one same people the ethnic community did so that's not persian that's number one second saying if those it on young people are also i'm saudi. those iranian people the same group of iranians how the regime these sanctions. that they are suffering from american sanctions from israeli war they are suffering from did regime yes you are absolutely right the point here

and four years ago it has been put to iran the agency and iran explained in detail. and it was considered by the agency a acceptable answer. but it is interesting that the whole thing again has been revived. >> rose: they're saying these are new documents and there is new information here, not old information. >> well, information and documents, they have professional meaning in the agencies vocabulary. anybody could pass on the information. but the agency shouldreate documents. countries can claim a lot of things against each other. no single document in the professional sense of the agency indicates that ira is leading or was a tmen tment-- attempting to build a bomb. this is absolutely true. >> but they read it differently. 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 spearhead

of iran was that overthrew the american puppet. and washington got his feelings hurt and refuses to have diplomatic relations with iran and since that time there's been a huge change is the neoconservatives that become. very influential their very tightly ally israel. and both won't war with iran and it serves the whole source of their interests and so we now have. a more compliant head of the internet international atomic energy agency much more compliant with american propaganda than his predecessor and so we now have import which doesn't really say anything there's no evidence and there's just some innuendo and washington will spin this innuendo to try to prepare the ground as they did with a rock. for a military attack based on nothing so you're saying of the things that have really changed it is more the attitude and some of the ideas and the policies being put forth here in washington and not sit in iran. well you know who's around it tracked. the characters are. we ok so you you right up to this point and we certainly heard

on iran, it is up to russia and nato which have borders in iran. i thank this is a clear understanding -- i think this is a clear concept for them. as far as the european leaders, i can speak only for lady ashton, you spoke about foreign ministers but the middle east peace process is still at the top priority. it is probably the most difficult issue. for us, it is a neighborhood issue. there is a specific aspect of that. after that, we still have a new u.s. summit next week and the main issue will be the economy, the economy, the economy. if we have time, the middle east priest process and relations with russia and china. after that, maybe iran. >> i don't think moscow it's on its common in the short list that he or she would look at first than in the morning. i think it is our interest in iran and israel's interest in iran and the european powers interest that continually bombs the problem up several notches. in the list of priorities of issues that moscow has to worry about. in general, i would like to make the point that in moscow, they used to

turkey and iran, got involved with iran, in 2010, and that kind of muddy the waters and so there were mixed messages sent back and forth. washington wasn't pleased with what brazil was trying to do, its role. and then the deal just fell apart. and that gave iran an apparent greenlight to say look, the west is a series about this deal, we are going to forge ahead with 20% level. now we have gotten to the point just a couple months ago when i'm a danish and some of the iranian leaders saying this time we are sick. we really do need that material. and otherwise we're going to try to go ahead on our own to make the nuclear fuel rods, for that reactor. and they might be able to do it. they apparently are struggling. as you see the iea report it says they do have a fuel manufacturing plant. the point that is, here again we have another opportunity to create an opening, a positive opening in my view, and also that the of my colleague he was here in the audience, we wrote a piece about a month ago saying let's take ahmadinejad and other leaders as they work, we don't have much to lose here. w

politicians just are using these scaremongering tactics against iran not just iran but the region as a whole and according to former cia agent michael scheuer americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide because of washington's policies in the muslim world not because terrorists hate freedom and democracy. washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and an islam economy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we are free because we have women in the workplace is an enemy that doesn't exist doesn't exist when they live in was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the muslim world because of its support for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence on the europeans and until we accept that until americans can say to each other whether you support aid to israel or not our relationship with israel is causing this war we are not going to be able to defeat this enemy and israel itself as a country is not the problem the real problem urg

today, iran has several nuclear plants.um is reportedly being produced in the heavy water reactor in iraq. this was discovered on satellite photos in 2002. the focus of the display over the nuclear program involves the enrichment of uranium. new facilities have been built in the north since 2006. the u.n. nuclear watchdog's in vienna has been negotiating with iran since 2003 and complains about a lack of transparency. in the 2010's, the u.n. security council demanded that tehran of its uranium enrichment program in the first of four resolutions. sanctions were imposed on iraq in's atomic energy program. but north korea provided support. as did pakistan. the network was greeted by nuclear scientist -- was created by nuclear scientist. >> it there had been advances in the international regime to sort of limit these sorts the proliferation since this is happening, particularly with respect to the aq khan network. and the 1970's and 1980's, 1990's, it would be extraordinarily difficult to do many of the things that the khan nev

in iran. if you could be pondering and answer the question -- what might have an impact in iran? new sanctions on iran, the administration has announced some, and there is the expectation that -- will the threat of central-bank sanctions have an impact? how do the oil sanctions play out? is there something out there that could have an impact on society that might change the calculus that ray has laid out? you got to the ultimate aims of their foreign policy, but i would love for you to fill in the middle ground a little bit. there is this purported plot to kill -- none of us know what to make of it whether it is even true. if it were true, it would say something about the iranian thinking. the arrest of the spy rings. 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 reall

that iran is in fact developing a nuclear program. it is the national security reporter at think progress or hey there ali i know you've written about this you sort of dissected some of the supposed findings in the report what's your interpretation. well i mean i think that the report did have a lot of damning evidence in it that at the very least iran is working on. a dual use aspects of the nuclear program that could be put toward civilian use as well as military use weapons use and that's true of also some. components of a nuclear of a potential nuclear weapon weapons program that could be conventional military uses versus nuclear military uses and certainly a lot of these programs were be run are being run by iran and there's even a few items that were in that detailed report that were items which the agency said that it couldn't find viable non nuclear weapons uses for them so it was a pretty damning report but at the same time i think that one of the important conclusions to be drawn from it is that the report did not point to n

iran is the enemy not of the united states but the modern civilized world so if you are an enemy of iran, you must be considered a friend of the western world and certainly a friend of the united states. yet we don't quite seem to understand that. so, with the hope you will send the documentary to the white house and the department of state let's run through the lessons we've learned of the past couple of years with regard to iran. they are, have been and continue to be the number one terrorist state in the world. if you are looking for this instability in lebanon particularly southern lebanon and hesla you can chase the line back to iran if you are looking for the instability in israel, the west bank, hamas might work. the bottom line goes right back to iran. if you're looking for individuals in the country responsible for killing american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan , the line goes back to iran. it is an absolutely amazing to me that after perhaps a well intentioned, perhaps appropriated but 97 several administrations ago of harvey mek as a terrorist organization we look at the hi

gave the information about iran for this report and who would benefit from increased evidence that iran is in fact developing its nuclear weapons program paul craig roberts is a former official with the reagan administration hasn't had a mouse in florida hey there dr roberts let's get some perspective here first when you were in washington back in the eighty's how big of a problem was iran and what is a few significant ways in which you think things have changed. well the problem. of iran was that overthrew the american puppet. and washington got his feelings hurt and refuses to have relations with iran and since that time there's been huge changes the neoconservatives have become. very influential their very tightly ally israel and both wall. war with iran and it serves the whole source of their trust and so we now have. a more compliant head of the internet international atomic energy agency much more compliant with american propaganda than his predecessor and so we now have been poor which doesn't really say anything there's no evidence and there's just some innuendo and washington w

voting with iran. most significantly not a single muslim or arab nation voted with iran. not one. for an islamic republic that wants imagined itself as the leader, the repudiation isolation could not be more complete. third, the united nations yesterday -- at the united nations, member states voted to condemn iran's human rights record and indeed the iran's human rights are subject to u.n. monitoring, shattering claims of the west are unfairly singling amount. weekends at home diminishes the region is isolated in the world, this is a dramatic shift in iran's fortunes that have occurred over the last three years in existence who succeeded in changing dynamics that was at work when president obama came into office. three years ago the leadership is largely united. today tehran is wracked with division and again i don't think that's an unfair assessment. three years ago the community was divided on how to proceed and today we have unprecedented degree with alex to be held accountable and that's a fair ass

continue of support from america america or not let us attack iran the israeli attack on iran would be the same with america that the reaction would be the same so why even all the hype and talk of israel attacking iran before christmas there are several objects one object has to push through dated states. to do some think. it will sanction. to. maybe did iran then it is to divert. attention of the movement. earlier this year which was becoming a greater threat to the government is it not possible that the united states supports israel in launching a strike against iran although publicly is very much there is it's against it and nearly attack on iran will be considered an american attack. it's no different to you did you can. pretend it doesn't concern you you will get a full action that if america. were leading that is there any benefit to the united states on the israeli rick rick that it will attack iran yes sure sure because. i don't think all this talk would be good if the american of the didn't want it. of course if you really want to attack you don't talk. about it is not holdin

western powers queue up to sever financial ties with iran. the so-called super committee can't agree on measures to cut america's vast deficit. and on a sticky wicket, the nuclear power plant in an indian state and the local protest against it. 10:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> 2:00 a.m. in london. broadcasting on pbs in america and around the world. >> hello, there, the jippings cabinet -- the egyptian cabinet offers to reseen as protesters take to the streets. the council is meeting to decide whether to accept the government's offer. the security forces began a crackdown on saturday. protesters are calling for the army to hand over power to a selected egyptian goth. leches are due to be held next week. >> outside the hated imperial ministry, a longtime symbol of authoritarian rule, protests for four consecutive days. images beamed around the globe on facebook, twitter and youtube. none more disturbing that pecktures showing protesters apparently being beaten in front of a sign proclaiming freedom. unconscious, overcame by tear gas, dozens, e

airspace if they want grit several squadrons could fly deep into iran. >> and iran's ability to stop an airstrike is limited. >> quite frankly those air defenses in general date back to the time of the shaw. >shah. >> could israel be bluffing? >> i don't think it's bluffing, but trying to increase pressure in support of getting more countries to acquiesce to sanctions against iran. >> details about the new report on iran's nuclear program are just leaking out tonight from vienna. iran reportedly made computer models of a nuclear warhead and the u.n. watchdog has satellite imagery of a bus-sized steel container it says could be used for nuclear tests. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. we learned just moments ago that a top american commander in afghanistan has been relieved of his duties. major general peter fuller was punished for comments he made to politico, disparaging afghan president hamid karzai, saying that afghanistan would side with pakistan in a conflict against the u.s. he also said afghan's leaders are isolated from reality. genera

the report does not complain that iran or claim that iran has constructed a nuclear weapon or even that it has overcome all of the technological hurdles the would be required. it does not speculate on how long it will take iran to build a nuclear weapon is but what it does do is for the very first time lay out what it calls strong indicators of possible weapons development. 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. unl

sanctions against iran. clearly from the iaea report, those sanctions are not having the desired effect on their nuclear programs, so we're really now faced with the option of either effectively doing more of the same which means doing nothing or biting the bullet so to speak and taking military action to stop them. hopefully american, not israeli military action. >> karim, what do you think? >> fareed, i don't think c the case for military action is at all compelling. it's a simple mathematical question. according to israel's best estimates, if they were to bomb iran's nuclear sites, they would set back iran's nuclear clock two to three years. my argument is that israeli or even u.s. military strikes on iran would resuscitate a deeply unpopular ideologically bankrupt regime and perhaps prolong the shelf life of the iranian regime another decade or generation. so if the israelis came and said, listen, we could set back iran's nuclear clock 10, 15 years with a military strike, i think it would be a much bette

iran's illicit activities. its pursuit of nuclear weapons, its support for terrorism, and its efforts to deceive responsible financial institutions and to evade sanctions. of any and every financial transaction with iran poses great risk of supporting those activities. so financial institutions around the world should think hard about the risk of doing business with iran. we are taking this action alongside our partners in the united kingdom and canada who announced earlier today that are implementing similar measures to insulate their banks from iran, and as a result of this coordinated effort, iran is now cut off from three of the world's largest financial sectors. we encourage other leaders around world to take forceful steps like these actions to prevent iran from simply shifting financial activity to banks within their nations. as we put these new measures in place and as we continue to work to expand their reach around the world, we will continue to explore other measures. no option is off the table, incl

iran the chief of the mossad the former chief. said that iran is the absolute most. ever heard in his life it was. my father biggest war which is one of their fault in comparable to any of the war. other countries. it was with iran would mean one that is clearly arm of will have to bomb a dozen. nuclear installations over and underground. to do the job to do it is it has to fly over. turkish. syrian or jordanian so the. is the question. and it would risk. reaction. certainty of action it would be tense of. raining down on us. iranian research. in lebanon maybe from us missing from gaza it would come from all directions. certainly not. civil defense to. prevent and use besides falling on us as the israeli public support a strike on iran. it's a slight majority because one could expect. any public in any country of the word maybe except germany or supports the idea of making war why it's human nature i think you. pick somebody or the devil. you say that. is going to attack you. destroy you so you must. destroy them before they destroy you and it's really the to get the

but the big story of the day though iran. won't back down from its nuclear program in the face of a new sanctions so says the country's president saranda night it was developing atomic weapons as suggested in the latest report by the international nuclear watchdog a few days ago israel spoke of potential military action against iran raising fears the eye findings could be a pretext to an attack that is going to teach or can looked into the case. well the u.s. and france have called for a meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the possibility of imposing a new round of sanctions on iran and washington and some european leaders ideally would one impose crippling economic sanctions that would further isolate iran but two of the permanent members of the u.n. security council russia and china have made it clear in the past that they don't want to cripple the uranium economy which would be hard on the iranian people in the first place and they say further isolating iran would be counterproductive instead wash it put forwar

the report does not complain that iran -- does not complain that iran has constructed a nuclear weaponor even that it has overcome all the technological hurdles that would be required. it does not speculate on how long it will take iran to be able to build a weapon, but what it does do for the very first time it is laid out what it calls strong indicators, possible weapons development. for an agency as cautious as the nci eae is, that is a major step forward. these indicators include creating computer models of nuclear explosions and work involving neutron initiation, triggering systems and implosion explosions, the iaea also states that it has acquired documentation suggesting that iran has been provided, presumably to the a.q. khan network come with nuclear explosive designed information, and that it has worked on experiments with conventional explosives to compress metal into a mask suitable to initiate a chain reaction. finally, the report points to evidence that indicates iran has been pursuing a number of designs for a warhead to deliver a nuclear weapon, and specifically stating

country like iran head against such. plans is by haven't had one or two total insurance what about the threat of further sanctions against iran are sanctions part of the solution or part of the problem i don't believe in function frankly. may slow it down but if a country besides. to have a nuclear bomb. for its own fifty friends. it only provides them sanctions plant hope and. i think sanctions are just a pretext for the united states and europe not to do anything but they have to do something you cannot be an american president for reelection. this seeming to do something very. good to frighten the iranians of therefore this your talk about sanctions knowing that. i'm playing not caution is he ran justified in its core to the international atomic energy agency better to check whether or not israel has nuclear capabilities. two hundred or four hundred nuclear bombs why should we have to have a nuclear bomb to defend yourselves against this is. being set every day because a. very. curious situation business because. no o