we're courting disaster in south asia. >> let me build on that and ask about the iran talks, the iran nuclear talks going on right now. there's a great deal of optimism worldwide about this, although there have been some hitches along the way, including on friday when the u.s. refused to allow iran to -- the credentials for the visa for its u.n. ambassador. which could also be a negotiating ploy, i suppose. how optimistic are you about those talks succeeding? start with greg. >> i'm pretty opt missic. what succeeding means is not clear. we are trying to get a handle on it that is serious and long-term. the idea that they're going to get out of the enrich. business, that ain't going to happen. i we can have good inspection and enrichment only to nonweapons capable level, i think that's a success. not all of our allies might not see that as success but we have to act on our own interests, taking our allies into account, but it's our interests that we care most about and in that sense i'm relatively optimistic. >> jerry? >> i share greg's optimism. what i find rather ironic is, i think,

our concern with iran is unique because iran calls for our destruction. the nature of the regime matters. remember this as well. if all of what you have in north korea would move 50 miles to the south, no one would lose any sleep over it. all nuclear proliferation is bad, but it makes a difference whether holland has nuclear weapons or whether a country like iran has nuclear weapons. [applause] domestiction about issues in israel. what is israel doing to aid and assist its israeli arab citizens? aresraeli arab citizens uniquely blessed. rights arabs enjoy the that no other arabs in the region enjoy, and they can be full members of israeli society. i think israel should not be embarrassed of what has happened in the last 65 years regarding israeli arabs. we should be proud. we have built a thriving democracy. it is not perfect heard you always have room for improvement. in all societies on earth you can always improve it. israel understands something. israel should not be judged by the standards of dictatorships. you are a democracy and you should beast ju

attacking iran. there is a link between the peace process in this end a logical sense. he doesn't run into reckless orders with hezbollah or hamas. i have written before the joe biden in particular, but kerry has also said this to him, joe biden does that wonderful way joe biden has. said to netanyahu once, he was quoting his mother. he said don't nail yourself to a lot of small crosses, nail yourself to a really big cross. it is my understanding that netanyahu viewed that as setting. you have to set up these positions. he is not a big cross kind of guy. you don't see him taking a lot of action. the truth of the matter is obama won the initial round of the contest. netanyahu threatened him and threatened him to attack and he didn't. obama came in with this plan. is it possible netanyahu returns to a more aggressive posture? yes. but i think the administration and the iranian leadership share a common purpose, which is to get to the end of 2016 or 2017. iran is latent or close to a nuclear site -- nuc

. >>> as a new round of talks on iran's nuclear program begins in vienna, they say iran could produce material for a nuclear weapon in two months. >>> i'm lauren taylor with the news from europe including ukraine scrambling to gain control of pro-russian protesters in the east. while outside the war of words escalates on moscow's intentions. >> britain royal family welcomes ireland's president for a historic visit. >>> and we're in afghanistan where two presidential hopefuls think they've each secured victory in saturday's votes. >>> hello. the u.s. secretary of state says iran breakout period, the time it would take to produce the material for a nuclear weapon, is two months. john kerry made his comments when a senate committee asked him whether negotiators were aiming for a six to 12-month breakout period. >> i think it's fair to say that i think it's public knowledge today that we're operating with a time period for a so-called breakout of about two months. that's been in the public domain. so six months to 12 months is -- i'm not saying that that's what we'd settle for, but even t

iran is not another country. and right now, i think the issue is whether the final settlement with iran that is being negotiated as we speak prevents them from having the capability to make nuclear weapons. >> has the iranian nuclear program passed the point of no return? >> no. >> when do you think -- >> if they're left the ability within the next few weeks and months to produce enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb, then they'll be within, you know, few months distance or few weeks. and all you need is one big international crisis, maybe somewhere in asia, maybe with north korea, maybe with some lost planes, maybe in some other areas that have been occupying the interest of the world, and there have been quite a few, then they could simply breakthrough, assume there is a limited amount of attention that the world can give, including the united states, get the weapon and threaten -- threaten your future and ours. >> months, years? >> well, right now, they're within a few months from getting this. but they'r

iran now manufactures many car parts it used to import two years ago.khodro's deputy director expects that after the positive results of the geneva talks, sanctions will be eased and companies from europe will soon return to iran. >> most of the companies that have already done business with us, such as bosch and conti. they were supplying to us major electronic and safety components. they've announced us they're interested to restart their cooperation with us. >> amir earns his living not from blogging, but by writing for a business and economics magazine. facebook is once again on many computer screens. even if individual newspapers and websites are still closed or blocked, the atmosphere in the editorial offices has eased. like many of his colleagues, amir has been in jail. he spent ten days in solitary confinement in the notorious evin prison. he's rather skeptical as far as rapid change in his country is concerned. but still, writing a long story on facebook would have been unimaginable six months ago. >> now it's easier to criticize the government

if you are iran, you need president obama to lean on congress to reduce the sanctions against iran.ant him to waste his political capital getting your ambassador a visa? so i think iran is ultimately going to have to compromise, and frankly i think if the nuclear negotiations are scuttled it will not be because of this. >> how are the talks going? >> better than anticipated, but there is still a pretty huge gulf. i am skeptical we will be able to meet halfway come july. >> thank you for joining us. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, opening up internet access in cuba. the growing number of cubans vying to get online. the girlfriend of oscar pistorius told him she loved him in a valentine's day card hours before she died. a message the former olympian was asked to read out in court as his fifth day of cross-examination came to an end. throughout pistorius maintained he thought he was shooting an intruder. here is andrew harding from pretoria. >> one final morning in the witness box for oscar pistorius. soon his fate will be in the hands of others. five days of

>> basically the majority of people in iran want normalization.they want a moderate--the mood very much is they want some moderation and normalization. >> is it your opinion that we've seen the past, the worst of the past, and we are now looking at a more moderate iran, or will there once again be a day where we rue the decision made in vienna. >> if there is no real agreement the right wing in iran will have the upper hand. they'll say, well, we tried to negotiate with the united states. they're not serious. they have all these obstacles, basically we have to look elsewhere to have our security. >> thank you very much for being with us. iran, professor, thanks. >> thank you for having me. >> the president is in texas. he's going to take part in a memorial for the victims of the fort hood shootings. the president and the first lady are there. they're going to pay tribute to those that were killed, and those that were wounded. mike, set the stage for us. what is going to take place in texas? >> there is the first of these memorial services that pre

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move on to iran for a moment. we understand that iran now faces domestic pressure and international isolation. while i believe the pressure of sanctions and the demand for a better economy puts the supreme leader to allow the selection of the president, i'm not convinced there has been a change in heart and i'm very concerned about that and the overall iranian leadership. i remain concerned that the election of rouhani and subsequent charm offensive was nothing more than a political monnufere or facade to break the unity of national sanctions by make identifying ran appear to be cooperative. we have every reason to believe and to question iran's real intentions given their track record and history of deception. so a couple of questions. many people have argued in the congress that the threat of additional sanctions is necessary to pressure iran to stay at the negotiating table until we have an acceptable final deal. if you can share with us your opinion on that. maybe i'll just group these because you are keeping

and iran.e things that should have happened before that was allowed to progress at all should have been some form of apology from iran and possibly even restitution for what we went through in iran. they still consider that a win-win situation. and for the united states of america it's disgusting in a we're considering allowing anyone who participated in this, to come to the united states in such an exhausted position as the islamic republic of iran's ambassador to the united nations. >> he was just a negotiator, just a translator and they say, typically these types of visas are granted to a imagine in his position. although it hasn't been granted yet. >> if he was a member of that group and if iran accompanied the request for him to come to the united states with some sort of apology, i may be able to bend a little bit. as long as they want us to forget the whole thing without them ever paying any price for it whatsoever, and i don't buy that. >> you have to worry before seeing this man on u.s

iran is the biggest sponsor to state terrorism in the world.here are fewer countries in the world that torteur and persecute and harm women the way iran discipline. executions in iran have increased which is rarely depicted on the news which is extraordinary. and last year more people were killed. 700, and 200 killed this year. this is more than under admingen ad. they don't want anyone in iran to start to overthrow the government. they are cracking down harder in iran than they did in the past. it is a brutal regime with no respect for human rights. >> you are talking about the record of rouhani, 27 women and two of them children and the choice for un ambassador, he said he was a translator and all he did back in 1979 in the hostage creasis. but there are accusations of him being involved behind an assassination of an iranian director in known 93. >> the message he sends, he has no fear, no respect for the american administration. they basically rolled up in the interim agreement. we gave away everything and they gave away nothing. and it is e

iran wants nuclear weapons. and the p-5 plus one, the leading powers in the enternational community, must not let iran keep its nuclear weapons infrastructure. its capability to produce nuclear weapons. the only deal that should be acceptable to the international community is one which fully dismantles iran's nuclear weapons capability. and one more thing that has to be dismantled. a lot of people are not talking about it. and that is iran's long-range ballistic missile program. the missiles iran has can already reach well beyond israel. iran is developing icbms, and intercontinental ballistic missiles and the only purpose of an icbm is to carry a nuclear warhead. only in cartoons do you put tnt on an icbm. in the real world, icbms carry nuclear payloads. so, if iran wants what is says it wants, a peaceful nuclear program, then it has no need for icbms, no need for icbms at all. and if iran insists on keeping its icbms, well, then the jig is up. you see, iran's icbms are not a smoking gun. they are the smoking m

most people think iran is very warm. iranians are amazing people and unfortunately, after the maybetion, media have, .nterpreted -- misinterpreted i'm not saying there's no issue. we always have problems in any country. a very interesting country. our music is still unknown to the world. i would love to one day be able to show another side of iran to the world. politics, it's inevitable. i am dealing with politics. aboutthe music that talks peace, love, unity. it could be another side of politics because it is unity. hope, that this can bring that side of iran to the future as well. >> you think music is so pregnant with the power to do well? >> absolutely. nothing else has that sort of power. know that the existence has created these vibrations. the vibration is sound and is music. it is the most powerful instrument that we can have. no matter where you're from, if you hear music that touches your heart, you are touched. if i bring you a painting if you don't have the knowledge about paintings, you may not connect. touc

iran's enrichment capacity to be legitimatized and blessed under the guise of iraning of a peaceful nuclear program. if iran gets that, as they have temporarily as the sanctions have been lifted, they are on a way to a nuclear weapon basically at the time of their own choosing. >> they're not destroying anything or getting rid of centrifuges, they're really unplugging stuff from the wall and not letting u.n. inspectors in to one of the military sites. what do you expect will happen july 20th when they're supposed to have the deal finished? >> the chief european negotiator has already said she didn't think they could make that deadline and i suspect that's right. i think from iran's point of view the longer these negotiations go on, they are by the terms of the deal itself extendible for six months beyond that july deadline, the better off they are. even if we got to the end of a year of negotiations and the five permanent members of the security council in germany said there's no hope here, the idea that you could turn a light switch and have the economic sanctions come back into pl

i want to go to iran. i read an article yesterday that is entitled in the wall street journal, obama administration shows optimism on iran nuclear talks and despite significant political hurdles and vastly different stated positions with reference to teheran's nuclear programs in public comments, there's this sense of progress and optimism, and i'm trying to glean where that's from. and i'm worried when i read this and other articles where it says, quote, some officials who have worked on developing the obama administration negotiationing position tweers tehran have acknowledged that major concessions are needed by both side for a deal to be reached. initial demands of the west are no longer achievable. the west is unlikely to get a completely accounting of the secret work the west believes it has conducted in the past. so -- and it goes on to say that the suggestion that the p5-plus-1 should instead focus on the time it would take for iran to break out and produce nuclear weapons to between six and 12 mon

diplomat in iran during the crisis, former secretary of state for iran. on that subject, what happens with the talks? is there a threat to them? >> i don't think so. both sides made it clear they want to keep the two things separate. the iranians will say what they were going to say, but both sides have been calling the talks productive and positive. that's an enormous change. when was the last time anything involving the u.s. and iran was called either productive or positive? >> if this is a domestic political issue on the u.s. side, iran is following, if they understand there may be some movement here in washington, right? >> of course. this is one of those things. i would lay heavy odds. this gentleman will never get to york. >> you think the iranians will withdraw the nomination? >> eventually. i think we may simple never answer his application. it may just sit in and we may never say no, but after a certain time they'll want a senior person in new york. that person, because of the absence of relations becomes like a contracto ambassador. he speaks fo

he is a man from iran. me ask some questions, kt, i don't want to get myself in too much trouble. mike has a question, has our foreign policy dug us too deep of a hole? he is asking is this something in addition to everything else shows the lack of respect world has for america? >> it definitely shows the lack of respect but it doesn't mean it is too late. we're getting kicked around and sand kicking us in the face. we survived jimmy carter. we'll recover the same way we did before. it will take a little longer. how we'll recover, america, we'll have a lousy couple of years i understand that four or five years from now we'll be at an economic renaissance, once our energy kicks in. lower costs of natural gas. lower costs of oil. not only is that great and spurs our economy forward but think of the the countries around the world where it puts them in trouble. jenna: brings us back to before the commercial break asking how the iran situation, this is request from iran, timing of situation with russia and ukrai

giving seats to iran.espite iran's record which is absolutely the worst of violating those rights. two iranian women sentenced to death for promoting vision yant. they were freed after international pressure on iran. meriam joins us. nice to see both of you. >> thank you, greta. good evening. >> thank you for having us. >> tell me your thought when you hear that iran is getting these seats on these committees? >> we read the news this morning. and we believe it was -- it is a mockery of the principle of the human rights. and honestly we don't understand how the united nations came to this conclusion that they can can trust the iranian government and how the iranian government can protect the human rights, specifically the women's rights. don't they read the news what is going on in iran and what is happening in iran. it's really a surprise for both of us. >> tell me what it is like. you were held in the prison for how long and what was it like? >> you know, i -- one of the most notorious prison in iran for

and iran. they eventually paid half a million dollars each, and they came to iran and negotiated and brought us out and that relationship that was created was leader, we recently found out in the last year, there was an actual face-to-face negotiation between the u.s. and iran happened around the nuclear issue proceeding the more formal nuclear talks. >> what questions were you asked in interrogation this, there's a need to be less than honest? >> tim gave a couple examples. i will give a couple more. every interrogation, please write your full biography. and the favorite question, every time with what i you doing? why did you cross into iran was how they phrased it. and it was pretty honest about -- nervous about saying that i was jewish and my dad was israeli, and a story i don't want them to weave. several times in the past ten years. and it lasted ten days. and then, trips to israel, what did you do? and do the same thing. they were waiting to hear the things that just didn't exist. at a ce

they get iran to dramatically reduce its capacity. and then had the international inspectors continuously verify any deal this is priscilla. i have we are. i use the yukon get me started to post to the parliamentary elections it's expected to challenge prime minister and to open and his center right through this policy will delete the post but the chances of winning a majority of lower than previous elections the biggest commitment to cut household energy bills raise teacher salaries cut the budget deficit and hike taxes on banks have not been entirely overshadowed by political infighting and plays for oppression of the press despite the expected outcome is one political party which could steal the show you this week and the far right's don't think auntie. the party largely seen as anti semitic or states company to revert to skate in a phone within ago. the lead up on the left but kinda venue where a commemorative plaque hangs on the wall remembering five hundred like ortiz killed in the holocaust four years ago the country's politica

iran's here aside the u.s. for moving to seize a manhattan skyscraper which is owned by a foundation promoting that you're bringing in language and islamic values tirant calls it a violation of religious freedom were an important i heard the story. men hand is full of skyscrapers but this seizure of a particular one on fifth avenue the one right behind me has caused iran to raise doubt over america's justice system and commitment to religious freedom you see the thirty six story building was largely old by the alvey foundation a persian and islamic cultural center u.s. prosecutors seized the building last year claiming that the foundation was being used to shield and conceal iranian assets in violation of u.s. sanctions according to court documents the justice department will sell the building and distribute proceeds to families affected by a legit iranian aided attacks including the one nine hundred eighty three bombing of the u.s. marine barracks in beirut iran's foreign ministry has blasted the move saying c

>>> jimmy carter says never bomb iran. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start tonight with major headlines from my interview this afternoon with president carter. he made some big news, that the united states should not attack iran, even if it builds a nuclear weapon. it says israel has 300 nuclear bombs and iran would not use -- other headlines, the israeli prime minister deliberated created a stumbling block in the way of middle east peace by demanding countries recognize israel as a jewish state. he said no arab state would ever agree to such a deal. the former president said the only way to get a deal between israel and the palestinians is if president obama himself, not secretary kerry, to present an american plan for peace and call out israel or the palestinians for refusing to accept it. on u.s. domestic policy, he didn't endorse hillary clinton for president, but said if she did become president, we'd have someone in the white house to fight fervently. before we talked

move onto iran a moment. understand that iran faces international isolation. while i believe the pressure of sanctions and the demand for a better economy pushed the supreme leader to allow for the election of president rabbani, i am not convinced it is going to change his heart. i am very concerned about that and the overall uranian leadership. i remain concerned that the election of rouhani and his subsequent charm is nothing more than a political maneuver or faÇade intended to break the unity of international sanctions by making iran appear to be cool operative. we have every reason to believe and to question iran's real intentions given the track record and history of deception. many people have argued in the congress that the threat of additional sanctions is necessary to pressure iran to stave the negotiating table until we have an acceptable final deal. if we can share with us our i will on that, maybe just movies because you're keeping the time pretty tight and then you can respond anyway you choose. the security council if -- no deal is better than a

well, there's nothing changing in iran since the embassy takeover that would make iran in the column of a friend of america. this regime has been actively involved in worldwide terrorism plots. they have provided equipment to those we were fighting in iraq to kill our soldiers. they support hamas and hezbollah, two terrorist organizations. they have been designated by our state department as state sponsors of terrorism. they are trying to build a nuclear wp, no wp, not weapon, r plant. i hope this body will send a signal to the iranians that we will not accept on u.s. soil the person you have designated because this person was actively engaged in holding 52 americans hostage for 444 days in contravention of every law on the books and human decency and that if you want a new relationship with the united states, this is not a good way to start it. so, mr. president, i think there will be a lot of bipartisan objection to allowing this person to come in to new york. we have provisions in our laws that give us the right, as the host nation, to exclude people who have been involved in acts

talks with iran are successful.my grave doubts but a, you know, first of all while these talks are going on, iran continues to enrich, that's troubling. and secondly, as i've just stated, there are events going on in syria in that terrible civil war where iran is part and parcel of the starvation and the civilian population. and they continue to support his followers, his terrorist organizations. it's as if the iranians are thumbing their noses at us saying we're going to negotiate with you but we're not going to change any of our bad behavior while we're negotiating. it seems to me if you're really serious in having negotiations that are fruitful, you'd stop some of the outrageous behavior. and sending this diplomat to new york as their representative to the u.n. is just another indication that the iranians think they can get away with anything. that, i think, is is an ominous sign to their seriousness in these nuclear talks. >> you didn't even mention the fake american aircraft airier they're building perhaps prop

our concern with iran ask unique because -- is unique because iran calls for our destruction. and the nature of the regime matters. remember this as well. if all of what you have in north korea would move 50 miles to the south, no one would lose any sleep over it. all nuclear proliferation is bad, but it makes a difference whether holland has nuclear weapons or whether a country like iran has nuclear weapons. [applause]

iran really. came on friday when president barack obama signed a law barring iranian diplomat hamid abou to levy from illegally gaining entry into the united states preventing him from serving as tehran's new ambassador to the united nations here in new york mr avila to levy previously served as iran's ambassador to three countries and the european union but the u.s. has denied him entry over his alleged role in the nineteen seventy nine hundred over of the u.s. embassy in tehran since last year the u.s. and iran have taken baby steps towards improving relations obama and his iranian counterpart hasan rouhani have spoken over the phone and the countries are working aggressively toward striking a deal on iran's nuclear program which subsequently would lift international sanctions opposed on iran given the current lack of trust in punitive actions taken by washington some experts believe tehran may be less likely to make concessions and compromise with a country that's acting more like an enemy than

>>> tonight, iran is calling america dangerous insisting the u.s.t for the man involved in the 1979 rawrpian who's damage crisis. that's when 52 americans were held hostage for 44 days in the most unthinkable conditions. the iran ambassador pick can not even get close to the united nations. will this destroy our talks with iran? joining us is south carolina senator lindsey graham. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> i assume that you agree totally that this man should be denied a visa to the united states? >> totally. absolutely. it's a bad precedent to allow somebody who was involved in overrunning an american embassy and holding people hostage for over 400 days to come to our nation as an ambassador from another country, the iranians. i think it's offensive to the hostages that their families. it's offensive to us as americans for the iranians to even propose this. >> now, i totally agree with that. but, the one thing that sort of is a little bit of a thorny problem here is the law. do we have a problem with the law as the host of the u.n. in t

iran has criticized the u.s. decision to seize a manhattan skyscraper which is owned by a foundation promoting the iranian language and islamic culture federal authorities say the building is a front to conceal the country's assets but tehran says the move is a violation of our natures freedom were an important story men hand it is a city full of skyscrapers but the seizure of that particular one on fifth avenue the one right behind me has caused iran to raise doubt over america's justice system and commitment to religious freedom you see the thirty six story building was largely old by the al be foundation of persian and islamic cultural center u.s. prosecutors seized the building a last year claiming that the foundation was being used to shield and conceal iranian assets in violation of u.s. sanctions according to court documents the justice department will sell the building and distribute percy's to families affected by a legit iranian aided attacks including the one nine hundred eighty three bombing of the u.

>> i think iran is very important, that we continue to keep the pressure on iran.e in the sproefs negotiating an agreement. it's important iran doesn't have the capacity for a nuclear weapon within weeks or months as the prime minister indicated. that's have a very important part. let me get back to your previous question. i talk to arab leaders all the time. they're concerned about the palestinian-israeli peace process. i think what mr. netanyahu said, we need two states, one representing the palestinians, one representing a jewish state. it's important that we keep focused on the palestinian-israeli issue. also syria is an area, we have to make sure that not only they don't have chemical weapons, but we have a government responsible to all the people in syria. >> you heard tony blake on earlier in our show, saying all the allies are on board, western europe and others, and there will be new sanctions this week. here is what we know. the administration keeps saying and other western partners keep saying it's really hurt the russian economy, but it hasn't budged. d

i want to go to iran. i read an article yesterday that is entitled in "the wall street journal" obama administration shows optimism on iran nuclear talks. and despite significant political hurdles and vastly different stated positions with reference to tehran's nuclear programs, in public comments, there's this sense of progress and optimism and i'm trying to claim where that's from and i'm worried when i read this and other articles where it says, quote some officials who have worked on developing the obama administration's negotiating position towards tehran have acknowledged that major concessions are needed by both sides for a deal to be reached. the complete dismantling of tehran's uranium enrichment facilities and the iraq reactors, initial demands of the west is no longer achievable. the west is unlikely to get a complete accounting from tie iran of the secret nuclear weapons work the west believes it conducted in the past. so -- and it goes on to say the suggestion is that the pa-5 plus 1 should fo

and iran, this is the first administration ever to agree that iran will enrich uranium. that has never happened in the history of our country and yet this administration has agreed to that. and afghanistan, i'm concerned because of a monster that we've created, karzai, and his and his actions which are certainly incoherent, i'm afraid we're going to pull out and not do the things that have been so strongly recommended by the pentagon and others. and in china, in the seneca cues we have a situation where we have unresolved disputes, we have skirmishes that occurring. these are the kind of things that create world wars. and yet our allies are concerned about where our support is, japan is continuing to move ahead with ways to create their own abilities to defend themselves. so mr. chairman -- mr. secretary, excuse me, i have a lot of questions. and my sense is that the administration in so many ways through rhetoric, and persuasion seems to think that people like the leaders of russia and china and other places respond to nice rhetoric. i don't think that's the case. i'm c

if iran export the oil which is main revenue for iran, main source of making.hey can make it and use it elsewhere in the economy. as they pay as subsidies and keep the prices of petrol low, it also will damage the economy and will encourage some to smuggle the fuel to neighboring countries which has been going on many countries in iran. >> prices are almost double which is not the thing that's going to go down at all well politically. >> yeah, there's been nagging by people. last time -- when the first time the government decided to reduce the subsidies, there were some demonstrations, some people said the petrol stations on fire and everything. it went down much lower than last time. some people feel the pressure because the petrol prices in iran has a powerful effect on other prices. everything will be sort of damaged by this hike of prices. >> what's going to be the impact on the iranian treasury of this, almost doubling the prices? were they actually running out of cash because of sanctions? >> the sanctions have put lots of pressure on iran's economy. reve

same in iran, there are people that are indigenous to south, southeast iran. they're mistreated terribly by the iranians. t a thought came to my mind, having met with these people previously, knowing the geography of the area, having heard american commanders and northern alliance individuals as well all indicating, you know, most of the supplying of the taliban in afghanistan is coming through that area of pakistan, not because of the baleuch, they don't want the taliban helped they certainly don't appreciate radical islam, so i asked our northern alliance leader friends , former allies, before this administration, what if we started suggesting that because of the mistreatment of the baleuch in pakistan, it's time to give these people their own independent country. let them be independent. have their own area to which they're indigenous. because if we did that the people in charge of southern pakistan would indeed stop any supplying to the taliban coming from pakistan or anyone else that went through that area where so much of the sflifing taliban has been go

. >>> iran defiant, challenging the u.s.the united nations this coming tuesday over tehran's choice of u.n. ambassador. iran is appealing the deals with u.s. relations to try and reverse the ban. the white house has refused to issue a visa citing his role as a translator during the iranian crisis in 1979. he's also accused of being part of the a 1993 political assassination. that happened to be the leadi i iranian defector, he was shot to death as he went to his job at the council of -- the iranian opposition citing court papers saying he organized the hit on -- told fox news the allegation is, quote, nonsense and essentially opposition propaganda. with iran trying to get the ban lifted this tuesday, could it be? the middle east journalist and fox news contributor joins us now. iran is saying that what the u.s. is doing is illegal and violates international law. what about that? >> well, of course they're going to say that and they're going to fight this all the way. you have to understand they picked this guy on purpose, th

us officials are privately said they hoped iran would quietly dropped the issue to name an alternative. however they have an excuse to make republicans bridges to the formal complaint to the un accusing us of such hiddink is precedence for not turning out to obligation to issue doctor and patient the diplomats go to work at the women's new york headquarters. what does that the private use on legislation was accompanied to the signing statements he she still went on to the coast to see it as unconstitutional a promo at the communal would be used as garden it's the only decision has proved to be a couple in the foreign relations between the us under rome's me more for a regime that our present course i'm the only countries that control to negotiate a diplomatic solution to run the program when he is deteriorating relations during the tenure of seven to present my mood with vintage ads. when most people think of relaxing in a tough i'd like to tuck into a new cappuccino and tight but what lumping the flight has given the customers and other means to relax like the team has come to korea w

embassy in iran. >> so which is it? is it legitimate that the white house is doing it? or is it, as the iranians are saying, in couldn't rah vention of international law? >> this is a bit of a murky area. it hasn't come up that many times. u.s. immigration law gives the u.s. pretty broad latitude to reject vice as. the problem is that the is u.s. also has obligations as host nation for the noons to allow diplomats in and jenny to allow considers -- countries to choose who they want. it has to be worked out. >> we were trying to look into this and find any precedent. but either way it clearly hasn't happened very often if it's happened at all. what does the u.s. do now in >> the thing is, katty, the white house had hoped to avoid ever getting to this place. they were hoping iran would back off and pick someone else a little bit less controversial. now it's really going to be a little bit of a fight. we'll have to see what happens. obviously there is also this bill that congress passed denying entry to this man that's now been sent to the president's desk. >> meanwhile, t

irans have some of the cheapest oil in the world.price went up from 12 to 20 corrects a liter. >> translator: they should give the gasoline subsidies to us, the taxicab drivers. >> reporter: the iranian government still has a far bigger bill to pay. at the moment most iranians can apply for these handouts. the president has tried to persuade people to go without the $14 a month by appealing to the wealthy on state tv. but on wednesday 95% of the people said they still need the money. the economy has been hit hard because of sanctions over iran's nuclear plans. inflation went to almost 40% last year. people are likely to feel a pinch with higher petrol prices, and they say they are not prepared to give up the aids they have come to rely on. >>> joining us from dubai is the director of an oil and gas company with extense rif drilling operations in the middle east. thank you for being with us. why does iran need to make these cuts and how desperate is the situation? >> nice to be with you. unfortunately years of mismanagement of the ira

they said, iran wrote in a statement to critics, iran has developed effective approach to all multilateralithin the framework of the united nations. this is why israel and other nations in that corridor in the middle east them into mainstream? why are we allowing their prestige to rise? why are we allowing them to serve on that committee? we're in sensitive negotiations to somehow get them to level off on their enriching of uranium. we freed up $1 billion on monday to interject into their economy. how can we be outraged? samantha powers is the one messing us up. >> $1 billion is small. take a look at the amount of money the united nations spends out of our hearts, out of our treasury to fund the united nations. there it is. $7.8 billion. and so it's laughable, the fact that, okay, iran says we're not building nuclear bombs or any of that stuff. right. iran says we'd be perfect to be on this commission for women and then you look at theç stats. we could have stopped this. but because our ambassador, our american team across town apparently was too busy to go put the kabash on this, iran is

tough, tough sanctions on iran.a very sensitive situation. >> and it raises serious questions. did they pay with the bank of utah for permission to fly this plane? were american pilots involved? what was going on? who made money as a result of this deal? >> we still don't know. we do not know but investigators, the faa as well as treshasury will be looking a all of those issues. >> suzanne, thank you. >>> this is the deadliest day recorded on the tallest mountain. up next, a dozen sherpa die on mt. everest. >>> ahead at the top of the hour, startling new details about malaysian airlines flight 370. temporary. 24 hour. lots of tablets. one pill. you decide. prevacid. ♪ 24 hour >>> it's a potentially deadly journey that's claimed so many lives over the years. today marks the single deadliest day on mt. everest. here we details of an avalanche that killed at least a dozen people. >> wolf, ever since one of the most dangerous places in the world, but even if has never experienced an accident as deadly a this. tonight th