of the around program at the middle east institute in washington and in beirut we go to mohammad marandi he is professor at the university of toronto right crosstalk rosen effect that means you guys can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it jenny and in washington if i go to you first. there's been some good sounds coming out of the latest rounds of talks what's different this time and what are the major stakes on both sides because we've seen this year in and year out and we've never got any kind of resolution it not a fact we just have more and more sanctions and more and more talk of war against iran by israel and by the united states and its allies what's different this time. what's different this time is the political environment you know as we saw from these talks there was no concrete results really i mean we're still at the status quo but president obama achieved what he wanted to achieve which was to make sure that the tension isn't escalating i mean the last thing that he wants is any sort of possible military confrontation before the election what the iranians

ok journeymen in washington you said you disagreed with professor marandi and they would not like to give you a chance to say that what your disagreement is and i confess marandi to respond so go right ahead. ok i think that the central point that i'm raised raising is what really you know president obama has been talking about all of these months which is that our ronnie is capable of weaponization ok the reason that the not with the sort of explanation the united states is given for it which is different from the israeli position and the plane upon which they disagree is the israelis believe that now that they are capable of weaponized that's the reason to stop iran the united states says yes they're capable of weaponize ng but they haven't made the political decision to create a nuclear bomb so i think that what he is not telling us is is is that yes at the moment perhaps the program is being used for peaceful purposes but that doesn't mean that there isn't the potential there to weaponize and that's actually omri central point which is that obviously if you have all the materials

i mean mr marandi is not being. forthcoming i mean the iranian response was no we're going to go to a great literary but he will have a chance to react to everyone after our short break we'll continue our discussion on the latest to ramp up state park. k. street. sigrid laboratory was able to build a most sophisticated robot with. dorna sound anything turns mission to teach the creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the full source material is what helps keep journalism honest. we want to present. something else if. you will of the true science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia. coverage. to the topic you. want to. welcome back to crossfire computer all about your mind you were talking about the west latest gauge with a wrap. gifts. to keep students. ok gentlemen in washington he said he disagreed with her professor marandi and they would like to give you a chance to

be launched while there goes the oceans are under way let's talk about this now with side mohammad marandi politics professor at university of toronto's very good seat on the program sir thanks for being on the line from beirut. also is participating in these weekend talks the witness described them as constructive for the ran even saying they were successful so why is israel ratcheting up this hard talk right now than anything. seems that as usual the israeli regime is trying to put pressure on western countries to take a harder stance against iran. israeli regime of course is doing itself no service by constantly threatening iran with military attacks because it is a violation of international law and it is also. an exam to terrorize the right people . by making these threats so i think in the eyes of public opinion israel only. because at the end of the day if the israelis or the americans think that it's the iranians will shift their position they're mistaken in fact the more the threat the harder the iranian position will be all the way along the line of the u.s. seems to be trying to