the iranians come. there were talking very concretely -- no longer rhetoric, the logger saying -- no longer saying capitalism is destroying the world -- they are talking nuts and bolts about nuclear issues and they want sanctions to be lifted. sanctions would not be lifted. iranians are disappointed. they insisted iran must first stopped enriching to 20%. things start to fall apart. things really fall apart in june in moscow, where the conversation is very simple. -- civil. the conversation is very technical. it is not rhetoric. yet,there is no move to any agreement. the talks fall apart. the russians did not want the talks to fall apart in moscow, so they agreed to have an experts' meeting here that is what is continuing. where are we now? we are in a situation where there is much more talk of war. we're wondering the israelis are going to attack. there is more discrepancies between israel and the united states over what constitutes a red line of nuclear capability by iran. obama has said and repeated

but that they're designed to get the iranians to talk. and it would cost nothing to the iranians to -- if they felt the pressure was getting very intense, it would cost iran nothing to sit down and say okay, we really want to get this thing settled, we want to have serious discussions, because the perception in all the talks so far, especially this round in geneva, istanbul and istanbul, baghdad and moscow, is that despite all the talks, despite all the different modalities of getting together, there was no substance of discussion and the agreement that was reached inist tan button in -- istanbul in april was an agreement about how to talk, about how to go into talks, but there's not been one substantive stance to move towards an agreement, and i think the u.s. position is that there should be very strong pressure to get the iranians to sit down and start talking with the feeling that once they start to talk, maybe some assurances can be made. >> let me -- there's one more question. well, there's one more, okay? and then i will have to st

not against the iranian people. remember myself on 1972 spending two weeks together with the iranian pilots in tehran, using a simulator because the iranian was the only one that that have the money to buy the most expensive simulator that the americans produced, so we were sent there to have some training, and i found that they are human beings like us. very well educated, very polite, smart people, and want to live. and the rest come from my father who is from iranian origin and he told me the stories about his background in this country. unfortunately nowadays, we cannot visit their but i hope in the future we will be able to. anyhow, sanctions. diplomacy sanctions -- diplomacy, sanctions, and use of force. use of force is not just saying that the state should be on the table. that is a very nice slogan, but we have to give it more explanation. what do we really mean when we are saying stick on the table? absolutely is should be the last -- it should be the last, last option. never use force before you must use f

you're an iranian nationalist. you're no great friend of president ahmadinejad, but you're not a dissident either. and you're part of a moderate group, i think some people would talk, would say an advocate for iran's nuclear policy. can you tell us the motivation, then, of why you thought it was important to write this book and talk with people about it. >> in iran they know, phillip, i have been advocating for 30 years good relation between iran and the u.s., iran and the west. the problem is the lack of understanding in both sides. americans, they do not understand iran. iranians, they do not understand america. the second major problem is mistrust. but mistrust is mutual. americans and western countries, they need to understand why iran cannot trust the west. they have their own legitimate reasons. like americans and western countries, they cannot trust iran. iranians, also, they should understand why. being here i thought maybe that the most important job i can do to write a book on the nuclear issue as far as

the way you treat iranians is important. it is a big culture, don't expect them to react water -- right away. >> we're almost out of time. there has been some articles in respectable journals. teh flip side of the attack theory is to bring iran into compliance, to make a ran a m - intor of the system get the sense this could become an attractive idea. give me your comments. those hypothesis have been written the bout in the united states. >> if you read the article on the screen, there are people close to this who mentioned the article and the shock therapy. haveand israel don't anything at stake. they don't have a border dispute or anything that would force two countries to fight each other. iran wants to be treated as a regional power. they want to keep their role in the regional security structure. i remedy given a role -- iran may be given a role in this. >> a large part of the iranian policy is the strong support mpt. they cite that as a justification for their nuclear aspirations. on the other hand, there's an article

not against iranian people.i remember myself in 1972, spending two weeks together with iranian pilots in tehran, using f. forced simulated because the iranian was the only one band that had the money to buy the most expensive simulator that the americans produced. so we were sent there to have some training. and i found that they are human beings like us. very well-educated, very polite, smart people. and want to live. the rest from my father who is from iranian origin, and he told me the stories about his background in this country. unfortunately nowadays we can't visit their but i hope in the future we will be able. anyhow, sanctions. diplomacy, sanctions, and use of force. use of force is not just saying that the state should be on the table. that's a very nice slogan, but we have to give it more -- more explanation. what do we mean when we are saying stick on the table? absolutely should be the last, last, last, last option, in my view. and never use force before you must use force. but when it comes to the

iranians u.s. lawmakers and former senior officials demanded listed secretary clinton for democracy and freedom in iraq do you list i make a wish granted the u.s. state department is taking its first steps to remove one iranian exile group from its terrorist list ahead a look at the political implications of this decision. and the army came might be finally escaping the international terror list but back home american citizens are being targeted as terrorists but with all the allegations of entrapment is the f.b.i. catching criminals or creating them. good evening it's monday september twenty fourth eight pm in washington d.c. my name is christine and you're watching our t.v. . let's begin with a closer look at the attack in benghazi that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador and this is become part of a much larger arab fall taking place all around the region. well it turns out the fallout from all of this especially what happened in libya has been detrimental when it comes to buildi

making sure -- the iranian people. making sure there was a license after the earthquake that took place a couple of weeks ago. problems still remain because those exemptions are not affecting the financial sanctions. banks refuse to send any money there anyway despite of the general license. this will be important down the road because part of the calculation is to make sure that pressure is put on the population in order for the population to put pressure on their government to change their policy. in order for that to succeed, they need to vent their anger toward their own government and land their government for the minute -- misery they find themselves in. two things have happened that is going to make that much more difficult for the united states. the anchor of the population toward the government is overwhelming. we do not need to go into the details of that. human-rights is horrible. the things that have happened that is tending to shift the is this isanchger, one starting to hit to the madison supply. hospital

to sit down and deal with iranians. so i believe that the security situation of syria is no less important and no less dangerous than the one which prevailed in iraq at that time. iran must be engaged. iran has its own legitimate security. >> rose: don't you believe that the president of the united states, i mean part of what he tried to do at the beginning of his administration, this president was to engage iran. >> yes. and we supported. >> rose: and he was not successful. >> it was not, and we said to iranians that this was a mistake. we believe that this should have been grabbed, but we still have the common position of the five plus one. >> rose: let me ask you this too. this is sort of the heart of it i think, it is that while you and your government and most government do not believe, would not like to see iran have nuclear weapons. said thatheret this ble. >> to put it very mildly. >> rose: exactly. you think would be a great threat. >> well, we think any violation of any treaty would be a great threat. >> rose:

in response to our economic sanctions against the iranian financial institutions. in any case, it is not a very sophisticated attack. it was a denial of service. the overload a web site. the russians did this a few years back to estonia. it had an effect to the site for a while. >> have you talked to the administration to back that theory up? >> i talked to individuals about this. it gives me some encouragement in my own belief that these attacks on jpmorgan chase and bank of america website or not is done by hackers, but the iranian regime was behind this. it is more of a theory in response to the u.s. sanctions against iranian financial institutions. it reminds us of our vulnerability. that is why they're doing it. it is a warning that if we take action against their nuclear development programs, that they have the capacity to strike back. we can not be fearful. once the u.s. begins to get fearful of counteracts, if we take action to protect our security than we are on the road to a much less safe america. >> are these individuals being talked about in the govern

from this iranian success the nonaligned movement. conference in tehran has been highly successful instead of iran being isolated the united states has become isolated scented opposed to senior figures going to tehran and many major world leaders have come to the country in addition the president of egypt came to iran which is a political earthquake the iranians are producing uranium. enriched uranium at twenty percent for facilities in tehran which then produce medical isotopes the fact that the united states and the europeans tried to prevent iran from obtaining this fuel in the past met that meant that they were taking the iranian cancer patients hostage the irony here is that the iranians at the beginning had no intention whatsoever to produce a name at twenty percent and then produce nuclear fuel but the americans and the europeans by taking iranian citizens and people hostage for sea iranians to take that step the politicians senior politicians really know that an attack on iran would be devastating for the united states and not

so i ask you, given this record of iranian aggression without nuclear weapons, just imagine iranian aggressionar weapons. imagine their long-range missiles tipped with nuclear warhea warheads, their terror networks armed with atomic bombs. who among you would feel safe in the middle east? who would be safe in europe? who would be safe in america? who would be safe anywhere? now, there are those who believe that a nuclear-armed iran can be deterred like the soviet union. that's a very dangerous assumption. militant jihadists are not secular muslims. militant jihadists behave very differently from secular ma markists. there were no soviet suicide bombers, yet iran produces hoards of them. deterrents worked with the soviets because every time the soviets faced a chis between their ideology and survival, they chose their survival. but deterrents may not work with the iranians once they get nuclear weapons. there's a great scholar of the middle east, professor bernard lewis who put it best. he said that for the ayatollahs of iran, mutually assured destruction is not a deterrent, it's an inducement.

the negotiations haven't brought about any concessions from the iranians.ve been talking about the need to put down a red line so iran cannot get beyond the point where we can no longer prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. people have been asking what's the red line, what's the red line, and so the prime minister determined to show it in the most visual way that would be understandable to the whole world and why he used the podium of the general assembly of the united nations which is a great position to address the world about a threat to the world. >> do you think that graphic, that cartoon, adequately expresses your concerns about iran's progress towards what you say is a nuclear weapon? >> well, he's saying that iran should not get beyond the point of no return, that is a point where it moves from middle-level enrichment to high-end enrichment and if they want to put together a bomb they have to put together a bomb in a small room in a country bigger than britain, france, italy and germany combined and won't be able to find that room now is the l

the iranian president is not backing down either.ritics wonder why he's allowed to come here on a u.s. visa, stay at a luxury hotel and then go to the united nations and relentlessly bash the united states and israel. on yom kippur, no less. still, ahmadinejad is the elected leader of a member nation. the united states as the host country of the united nations has no control over who speaks. this infuriates daniel mariaschin. new york senator kirsten jigill gra brand wants to make things harder. the talk back question for you today, should the united nations impose limits on the iranian leader's speech? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolcnn. your comments later this hour. >>> parents are used to their children bringing home, you know, school work. but probably not this. the so-called morning after pill known as plan b. school officials, well, some of them, are going to start to hand them out to students. the ones who inspire us, the ones who make us laugh, the ones with the strong shoulder to lean on, the ones we're named afte

state department is taking the first steps to remove one iranian exile group from its terrorist list ahead a look at the political implications of this decision. and new york subways are about to get a bit more crowded but not with billboards our times in the next broadway hit empty jihad and they're popping up around the city is this message one that merits the marquee or is it advertising hate. plus over the years we've heard some of the grisly details about the enhanced interrogation techniques used by guantanamo bay officials but now it appears as if the so-called approved drugs are being administered to detainees before they're questioned get to the bottom of these allegations coming up. it is monday september twenty fourth at four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r t let's begin today with a pretty significant action taken by the u.s. state department to rebut remove a group of mujahideen a call from the u.s. government's terrorist list it's a group many americans have now heard of though many simply know it as the any k. because of the frequently played

the iranians. we know what's happening with israel. is netanyahu trying to strong arm the united states into declaring war on iraq? >> i cannot image the sense of frustration that he must have over this growing fret right before our eyes the iaea just comes out and says the iranians they are a conservative organization to a fault at times and they are saying iranians doubled down in advancing the nuclear weapons development program. here we are still trying to talk to them, still trying to use economic sanctions which are some what factless. if you are going to bring iranians to heal economic set backs are not going to do it. you wouldn't have to col lelaps them economically and even then they don't come to heal. what took prime minister netanyahu he knows iranians do not believe that our military option is credible despite the rhetoric behind it. >> that is sad and scary. i have to leave it there general jack keen will be discussing this i fear much more in the days and weeks ahead. thank you very

the iranian president delivers a fiery speech at the u.n. general assembly accusing israel of illegally possessing nuclear stockpiles. with the jewish state. it is a pleasure to have you with us here today. schools killed and injured after at least two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital damascus the revolutionary council has claimed responsibility for the attack on a security building saying it's a response to. in the capital. the latest. there have been two explosions that have rocked the syrian capital of damascus what happened at the international airport. port of the four people have been injured regarding that attack we have no more information at this point but we got to the other attack which happened at the palestine a branch of the syrian intelligence building and there are scores of people have been injured and killed now two rebel groups have taken responsibility for that attack but one is the revolutionary council of damascus this is a group that is believed to have strong links with al qaida it is also a group that is

the iranians do it partially for self-preservation they also do it for propaganda purposes and to lend themselves clout on the world stage they have the inherent right according to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that they have the right to have a nuclear program so long as it's for peaceful purposes as is now accepted international law so i think that's the first one the second one of course is the geo political reality that they look around them you look at the map and they see that they are surrounded literally on all sides by the united states or various allies of the united states and the principle is quite clear that the united states will invade nations that do not have the threat of nuclear weapons and the united states does not invade the nations that do have that threat the i.a.e.a. in many ways is part of what the leader in iran called the overt dictatorship of the united nations that is to say that the i.a.e.a. is always led by us produced think tank individuals like l. barra die or his predecessors who will inevitably execute the agenda of the western powers regardless

the iranian president delivers a fiery speech at the u.n. general assembly that choosing its role of illegally possessing nuclear stockpiles and of occupying palestine while he also taps the u.s. for always siding with the viewer stay. quiet and fire with fire and provocative and. makes its debut on the new york subway in a move that could inflame anti-american protests stirs the world even more. it is a day and in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie and we started this morning smain developing story tension over the hotly contested islands in the east china sea reportedly culminated in an actual water can battle some forty taiwanese ships including six patrol vessels earlier and the waters of what japan sees as its territory japanese ships then reportedly used the water cannons when the flotilla tried to get to the largest of the islands now the taiwanese ships which are sailing under paris claiming ownership of the archipelago are said to have retreated to international waters the conflict between tokyo and they s