position, which actually sees iran as an enemy, the eu does not see iran as an enemy. there's no enemy picture related to the question of diplomatic contacts with iran. so this is a different position. so i think the european union should have a long-term strategy with engagement rather than containment of iran. and as the first step in this long term engagement, there's a proposal by the european parliament to establish presence in iran, actually in the form of a permanent delegation. secondly, it is pornd to know that the nuclear issue, it's only part of eu's relationship with iran, and this should be balanced with economic incentives as well as the question of human rights, which is very important for the european union and particular to the parliament. so the nuclear proliferation issues would be combined with these incentives. and thirdly, there's the question of the region's security, which is important for the europeans. and here i think we should at least support the confidence that i mentioned before, and see turkey as an important bridge for us. finally, i ho

this is not an issue for iran. on transparency measures, openness, up to the end, they would be 100% on them if the rights are respected. ultimately, the sanctions should be lifted. you remember in 2003 and 2004, the european e.u. 3 or asking for objections to non-diversion. we asked them to define the objective guarantees. we wanted to know what they want ted. then you have the meeting with president in 2005. the agreement was they would leave it to the iada to define it. when we arrived in germany, we were told it was discussed with washington and washington had rejected it. either they're not ready to leave it to the iaea to define the objectives for non- diversion. in spring of 2005, i have detailed in my book, when i met with the e.u. it was before a presidential election. i told them i would agree for iran to have a pilot and export production. then we would negotiate for a longer period in order to reach some kind of compromise and leave it to the europeans to define the objective guarantees. this proposal,

position which actually sees iran as an enemy, the e.u. does not see iran as an enemy. there's no enemy picture related to the question of diplomatic contacts with iran. so this is a different position. so i think the european union should actually design a long-term strategy which implies cautious engagement rather than containment of iran. and as a first step in this long-term engagement, there's a proposal by the european parliament to establish presence in iran actually in the form of a permanent delegation. secondly, it is important to note that the nuclear issue, nuclear dossier is only part of e.u.'s relationship with rapp and that -- with iran and that this should be balanced with economic incentives as well as the question of human rights which is very important for the european union and particularly to the parliamentment -- parliament. so the nuclear non-proliferation issue should be combined with these incentives. and, thirdly, there's the question of the regional security which is important for the europeans. and here i think we should at least support the

the fuel which iran needs for that reactor is twenty percent now iran and literally begged the. agency for the twenty percent enriched uranium and no one gave iran no one gave iran the twenty percent so you know iranian how to produce twenty percent no the americans are saying no they're really sharp saying that why have you pretty used thirty percent and you must give that to it is twenty percent to us no one says that iran four was forced to produce and to go forward to a deeper. then production of interest. david in stanford i mean how is this approach is carrots and sticks working because when you negotiate with someone you want to have good faith but i mean these negotiations are full of threats still lots of threats and there are there are circles in the united states in circles and certainly in israel it's a baton the window is of opportunity is closing we have to attack we have to attack soon we've been hearing this for a long time now. right we have and by the way not just threats but if you look at the sanctions you're nations are increasingly biting and you know the w

and iran. he also spoke about the ongoing sanctions against iran and past negotiation attempts with the country. this is a little over an hour. >> as those in this room know, we're now at another critical juncture in efforts to negotiate a regulation to issues surrounding iran's nuclear program. after a long interval, the six hours reengaged with iran on april 14th in istanbul. on may 23rd, 24th in baghdad, the parties discussed specific proposals. the six powers called for iran to end its enrichment of uranium to 20% and a ship its stockpile of this material out of the country in exchange for providing 20% enriched uranium in the form of fuel plates for the iran research reactor nuclear security assistance and a critical parts for civilian aircraft. the iranians presented their own five-point plan offering greater international access to its nuclear facilities in exchange for easing of sanctions and recognition of its right to enriched uranium. iran's chief negotiator voiced disappointment abo

would not convince iran not. to continue not to pursue nuclear weapon project how do you measure iran's capability to launch a counter attack iran has a cup ability of launching a missile attack on israel director attack on israel with few hundred shihab me science what would be the effect of not of such an attack what what is the accuracy of these missiles i don't know all. i don't suppose we would be worse off than we have been in one hundred ninety one when we were under iraqi missile attack them it was cost no one actually got killed but. there's no guarantee that that is not going to be to happen we have now the arrow which we didn't have then which would be able to intercept. at least some part of these attacks missiles attacks and the greatest damage would be as in the case of the. katyusha rocket attack the economic damage to erode because under such attack everything comes to a standstill and what about arab support for an israeli strike on iran you mentioned american involvement but surely israel also n

and iran is at the table. now iran oftentimes is not a constructive player but we're going to keep them at the table and try to do what we can on behalf of afghanistan for them to be more positive force. >> rose: this question about iran, my understanding of the administration's position on containment is that, that dog will not hunt? right. >> yes. >> rose: do you agree with that? >> i agree with that. >> rose: containment will not work. >> my personal position on that is this-- we ought to try every possible avenue we can to see if we can get them to correct their desire and goal of acquiring a nuclear weapon, but we cannot let them acquire that weapon. we are the only country in the world that can stop that. the israelis, in my opinion, do not have the capability of stopping it. they can delay it. there will also be membership, many side effects, all of them adverse, from an israeli strike. butt end of the day, if we don't get it done the way the administration is working on it now-- which i totally agree w

would be either hostile to iran or far from corporate in with iran as much as. bashar al assad's regime has been so iran is standing to lose a legit supply of weapons to the syrian opposition enough to upset the regional arms balance right now no break no well what would i hear i think saudi arabia's told started to supplying them with weapons but we're talking about light weapons so this as far as or as long as that is what is happening i don't think this will change them in the balance of power in the middle east there are still very weak is it possible that they can be somewhat tame yes interventions in syria and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato going into syria and i don't see the european union or nato . taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. you know if they could try to draw all the europeans into attacking targets in iran doesn't seem very likely you have to accept here thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're welcome. the . comfort is the least you have. money is the last you

iran will never, ever suspend its enrichment activities. >> iran and the iaea are expected to resume talks on friday. >>> israel's defense minister has hinted at something for the first time. ehud barak said israeli officials have carried out cyberattacks. barak made the remarks in a speech at tel aviv university. he said israeli security officials want to be leaders in the field. he said they want to prevent damage through cyberdefense. he said they can also benefit from offensive action. before this, israeli leaders said their cyberactivities were limited to gathering information and protecting infrastructure from terrorists. a computer virus caused the malfunction of centrifuges for enriching uranium in a recent attack on a nuclear facility in iran. iranian officials reported a more sophisticated virus last week. "t new york times" said the u.s. and israeli governments were responsible for the attacks. >>> the prime minister of kosovo has appealed to japan for more investment and demanded wider recognition of its independence. the fledgling nation declared independence from the fo

position, whichees iran as an enemy, the eu does not see iran as an enemy. there is no enemy picture related to the question of diplomatic contact with iran, so this is a different position. i think the european union should absolutely signed a long- term strategy, which implies cautious engagement rather than containment. as a first step in this long- term engagement, there is a proposal by the european parliament to establish a presence in iran in the form of a permanent delegation. second, it is important to note that the nuclear issue is only part of the eu cozy relations with iran and that these should be balanced with economic incentives as well as the question of human rights, which is very important for the european union and in particular, to the parliament. the nuclear non-proliferation issues would be combined with this incentive. and then there's the question of regional security, which is important for the europeans. i think we should at least support the conference, as i mentioned before, and see turkey as a very important bridge builder for a

position which actually sees iran as an enemy, the e.u. does not see iran as an enemy.re's no enemy picture related to the question of diplomatic contacts with iran. so this is a different position. so i think the european union should actually design a long-term strategy which implies cautious engagement rather than containment of iran. and as a first step in this long-term engagement, there's a proposal by the european parliament to establish presence in the iran actually in the form of a permanent delegation. secondly, it is important to note that the nuclear issue, nuclear dossier is only part of e.u.'s relationships with iran and that these should be balanced with economic incentives as well as the question of human rights. which is very important for the european union and particularly to the parliament. so the nuclear non-proliferation issues would be combined with these incentives. and certainly there's a question of the regional security which is important for the europeans, and here i think we should at least support the conference that i mentioned before and

this letter came out when it did for very clear reasons and that's because the united states and iran are in the process of negotiation right now today you are on the u.s. and the other members of the permanent five security council u.n. security council came together for the third round of negotiations aimed at achieving some short term measures that can address our most profound concerns about the iranian nuclear program the goal is to get some nearer term steps that can assure us that iran their window to potentially building a nuclear weapon is extended this letter was come out what was was presented really to undermine those talks and to set the bar so high for success that we would fail the diplomatic process would be over and we would pretty much be gearing up to take military action against iran i mean there is time that some people want to make clear that congress really sort of has the reins here that you know president obama doesn't necessarily have the power to make the decisions because he sort of seems to be like hey you know let's do diplomacy above all else. i have to

that wants to press iran on govern iran. iran could have flourished without it. they're a large country. they have a large culture. who's against iran? we're against a policy that endangered our age. and unfortunately, most the time i can understand exactly the united states of america. we can say about the united states, why did you do this, why did you do that? iran can't take away from the united states. their history. there is no trace of imperialism in america. yesterday i've been at the headquarters of your army. i thought, the only army that doesn't fight to conquer or occupy. but fights for freedom and peace, not only for america, for the rest of the world. historically speaking, the americans are fighting for values. no matter if you do this or do that. so you cannot be caring of the rest of the world any differently to iran. and the iranians are speeding up. they're taking the american process of democracy and making the wrong use of it. so i believe that the president represents the deepest assumptions and concepts of the american history. everything e

two nations iran and north korea. do you believe that iran's nuclear program is potentially dangerous for its neighbors and the world in general. that went to well let's take a look at the facts when you were on the ship but today you are in his own most of the six thousand centrifuges that operate around the clock. and that number is increasing. iran has about six times three point five percent alone reached uranium. in addition it has about a hundred and seventy kilograms of uranium in reach to do twenty percent of. what does this mean. that iran is already in position of enough uranium to produce seven or eight warheads. these are the facts that now there is another interesting consideration. the i.e. has been asking iran why do you need military technology is. why do you need the so-called nuclear explosive devices. an actual meaning other components that are of no use for anything except for the production of nuclear weapons. and a he's getting no answers we're not talking about our export community it's the are

health care tax breaks or the budget but i sure can get its act together on one thing the war with iran coming up we'll tell you why the drums of war are beating louder than ever. and some call them heroes but to senator joe lieberman a government leaker or villains deserve to be punished in the worst way to tell you all about his crusade to silence whistle blowers for good. well it is monday june eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. while folks we're living in a time of deep polarization among our political parties reaching across the aisle can often cost lawmakers their job so you rarely see it except when it comes to certain issues issues like war and one month ago today congress passed h r five sixty eight a resolution that seems to be designed to prepare for war with iran the u.s. house of representatives passed it four hundred one to eleven u.s. senators of both parties have also gotten together in a written a letter to the president there are meetings today in moscow with the i.a.e.a. regarding iran's nuclear policy and in this letter t

because when you have iran involved in such a conference about syria you're recognizing iran as a very important influential country where it has been received this status iran but america the world recognize this especially at this time where we have elections coming up as i said of course obama could have chosen another path because the americans the american public in general the longer views israel is as it used to however obama has chosen the old path of taking on the pro israeli voice and trying to compete with the republicans over the over who is more pro israeli and who is more probably called so if you look at the scenario it's not surprising to me that america is refusing this and as long as the competition between obama and romney remains very close which is because of the economic situation about one have the courage and what have the boldness to take this step and to challenge his or on any of what the way whatsoever let alone agree to iran being involved in the syrian issue the syrian situation or early things here thoughts is what we could serve at this particular time f

it on the first of all unlike you iran and north korea . and pakistan already possess nuclear weapons so you know when you they've got a total of three hundred and sixty me so with potential global reach and a hundred of them can be armed with nuclear warheads. what does this imply considering that the pakistani government probably has limited control over its own territory. stored at those much and how does it feel your pain in pakistan's perpetual conflict with india which you have just referred to know that many chips about what it spells is it permanent of the risk factor. what if the argument tell you that the deficiency of governance in pakistan has created a risk of nuclear weapons being commercialised in that country's civil liberties that i really look like yes of course i knew of course and i just quoted cuts them every time other music change of government just think of move the retired generals with access to the nuclear armory you want to get a good bargain for it it's only an i.q. if i don't want to speculate you want to we've

and iran is realizing that if it is not going to comply it would be very pricey for iran if iran is beginning to feel the pinch why are we still hearing from the israeli leadership i think that what the israeli leadership is doing is just to. capitalize on kind of a man to man with the sanctions first of all in the mind of many israelis spatially those leaders you're talking about the implementation of sanctions it's kind of a byproduct of an israeli pressure. so it's because israel actually threatened. to militarily attack iran. this was all forced the european union and the americans especially the americans to come up with a much more let us say strict policy with regard to iran in order to appease israel this is how israel takes think now since obama and the american ministration would not like the idea of having kind of an im broadly go in the middle east before november i think is what obama did with the swift sanctions is on the one to tell israel we are on board. and you should just set aside now actually and we are going to dictate the rhythm with regard to iran on the other hand the

that iran is already in position of enough uranium to produce seven or eight warheads. but these are the facts that now there is another interesting consideration. the i.e. has been asking iran why do you need military technology is on the button why do you need the so-called nuclear explosive devices. an actual meaning other components that are of no use for anything except for the production of nuclear weapons that you thought that it got it and he i.e. he's getting no answers we're not talking about our expert community a big key authority in this syria that is not getting the answers the league grew up with the let them. look at the you voicing their opinion of the luxembourg form certainly as far as i can see it's rather in line with the stance of the west then with that of moscow because as far as i understand he is the least correct me if i'm wrong if these positions differ somewhat to the west generally has a sharper response to this progress to the point of discussing airstrikes against iran's nuclear facilities or is moscow keeps saying it doesn't see a thread

differences between iran and the pf plus one countries? the members of the security council plus germany. >> one thing is sure. the pf plus one has been asking iran to comply, but these these talks, they've been talking about things that go beyond the resolutions. such as the closure of the enrichment plant and that's not a kind of thing that iran is ready to give up. but while they're asking for that, they're still not ready. the europeans and americans are not ready to give any sort of concession that iran is ready to take. >> you, u.s. and european officials plan to strengthen economic sanctions against iran, so how do you think that will affect the talks and what do you think iran will do from now on? sf . >> first of all, following the first of july when the sanctions against oil would be in place, i think the europeans would find less incentive in carrying on with these kind of taubs because one of the reasons in continuing the talks was for them to say, extend the actually implementation of the sanctions can which they decided upon.

so they keep selling in iran.rts from south korea surged 49% in the first three months of this year, according to reuters. which also notes that 2,000 south korean companies do business in iran. that is unbelievable. in a time of sanctions and hardship, iran's buying 49% more from south korea than it did a year ago. you'd think if the u.s. wanted to get the world on board with sanctions, it would use its powerful financial leverage. sign a free trade deal with you, korea, if you cut your ties to iran. the decision to not do that was made by congress. making life hard for the man who fights every single day for sanctions against iran. he's david cohen, american sanction czar, treasury secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, and he is "outfront." sir, great to see you and i know you have worked tirelessly for sanctions and financial sanctions, shutting off the u.s. banking system to companies and countries that do business with iran. is it frustrating that the u.s. state department gives exemptions to th

sanctions hung over iran for most of the year. the penalties on financial institutions dealing with iran's central bank are going into effect. iranian government leaders have vowed newt give into international pressure over their nuclear program despite a faltering economy. the congress passed a law to prohibit transactions between u.s. banks and financial institution as round the world that deal with iran's central bank. the sanctions are set to continue unless countries in which the banks are situated drastically reduce imports of iranian oil. the european union set to begin a complete ban of oil imports from iran on sunday. iranians already are feeling the pinch. >> translator: as a result of economic sanctions, bread, tomatoes, the cost of everything is going up. >> supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei says those in the west want to create a rift between the iranian people and their government. he said their effort will end in failure. >>> people in israel worry their country could become a target. israelis insist a preemptiv

and iran. he was on a panel hosted by the arms control association. this is a little more than an hour. >> as those in this room know we are at another critical juncture in efforts to negotiate resolution to issues surrounding iran's nuclear program. after a long interval these six powers being gauged with iran on april 14th and assembled on may 23rd, '24 in baghdad to discuss specific proposals. six powers called for iran to end its enrichment of uranium to 20% and shipped its stockpiles out of the country in exchange for providing 20% enriched uranium in -- nuclear security assistance and critical spare parts for civilian aircraft. iran's presented their own five point plan offering greater international actress to its nuclear facilities in exchange for easing of sanctions and recognition of its right to enrich uranium. iran's chief negotiators voiced disappointment about the lack of sanctions released in the six powers and complain their proposal was unbalanced. the head of the six power delegation was more positive hoping for at chance for the nex

now some of the countries iran has voluntarily some of the countries iran has decided not to supply because of overdue payments of . various other reasons but iran is there there is an increase. to china and perhaps india in due course. as there will be increased. let's look at other aspects of western sanctions on iran in that shipping companies have been forced to pull the insurance for iranian tankers how's it going to get its oil to any potential future by it's having these sort of problems. well there are minor problems are there arrangements can be made the western insurance companies are not the end all of it the sales to china i mean because you'd think china would not buying more because the manufacturing figures have not been particularly strong but with a rising dollar which in vastly affects the oil. it's prudent for china to buy oil at current prices because you know brant is for the first time went over ninety dollars for these trading around ninety dollars today actually so it's prudent to buy was the price is a good as far as china is concerned because china holds something

been very tense on syria with the two countries accusing each other of stoking violence their on iran's leaders came up with a very general statement to and that is that iran should provide maximum transparency on its nuclear program and abide by the u.n. nonproliferation treaty there were some bilateral issues on the table such as the u.s. missile defense shield in europe russia still has no guarantees that it won't be aimed at russia at some point the u.s. refuses to give those guarantees and arguably be a like chance of coming up in the u.s. moscow and washington will be able to move forward on not much all the leaders said this monday was that they're going to continue the dialogue another issue very controversial there are attempts in congress to pass a new respecting law against russia that would be tied to human rights travel ban and financial sanctions against those russian officials and the u.s. congress deems as involved in human rights violation and the so-called smoking ischia law the leaders did not comment on that pending legislation but russian officials say if passed by

and god creating with iran. india has. india has been exempted. so good relations and of course that you have the american wants to continue to ally closely with india as part of its a strategy the bigger picture in its attempts to contain china's influence in the region a question for you is india ready to confront beijing if that's the case what are the dangers of irritating china as far as india is concerned. if you talk to an awful. india and china are not rivals. big and quick says the neighbors but the fact of the matter is that india and the u.s. are cooperating closely in india and the us. the most number of military exercises . recently in japan had military exercises and the pentagon's treatment stated that. india has to play an important part to contain china in the south china sea in the asia and the. obama administration policy of. two words they shot by severe i think they're assigned an important goal to india. but offer surely sees that they are not going to align with america and. india is clearly send a message to that effect it

to militarily attack iran. this was all forced the european union and the americans especially the americans to come up with a much more strict policy with regard to iran in order to appease israel this is how israel takes things now since obama. and the american ministration would not like the idea of having kind of an im broadly go in the middle east before november i think that what obama did with the swift sanctions is on the one to tell israel we are on board and you should just set aside now actually and we are going to dictate the rhythm with regard to iran on the other hand there was a message which he was sent to iran that it's going to be very pricey so basically it could cut either ways but i think that what we stand now is kind of a stalemate but then lost just one more more no i think that what we are indians are doing and this is very very typical of their diplomacy they are trying to drive a wedge between the israelis and the americans between the americans and the europeans by coming up with tho

i'm sure iran would agree, this is not an issue. let's say if iran agrees to give all access, inspections, cooperations, with the iaea, then in moscow they would be ready do respect the rights of iran or not. if not, this will fail. >> we have a few minutes. let's take two questions and give our speakers a chance to respond. >>> with all do respect, we understand iran is cleansing and has been working to clean the site. so this is not something that engenders much trust. it seems that what you're saying is that iran is going to trade an agreement with the iaea for something at moscow. but obviously we have a disconnect because what the p5 plus one is saying they want action on 20% of some return. so if you could address this disconnect, do you see that there's any possibility that perhaps your proposal or something like it could be agreed to on the 20%, or are they just going to go round and round on circles on the right to enrich? thanks. >> well, the 2001 question. in the middle. >> i want to follow up on the question. after the d