mr. bahari's wife. her name is paola gourley and she joins us from london. thanks very much for agreeing to talk to us about maziar. >> thank you. >> first of all, i don't know you, and i hope you don't mind me asking, because it's somewhat personal, but i want to know how you're doing, how you and your family are holding up through all of this. >> well, it's a very difficult time, one i never thought it would be like this. i'm 6 1/2 months pregnant. and so i just have to keep positive always and it's such a struggle to remain always with hopes and to get through this time. >> you have been able to be in touch with your husband at all or anybody been able to be in touch with him? >> his mother has spoken very briefly with maziar a few times during the last month and a half. and maziar was able to see him in the prison with maziar's brother-in-law. but i haven't had any details about that meeting. other than it was very brief and i think maziar said he was okay. other than that, i -- i've not spoken to maziar at all, haven't been able to meet with him. >> i k

mr. bahari and others are receiving. it is a show trial, there's no doubt about it, and it has caught up journalists and clerics and what was the government before the elections, and it is a sign of weakness. it demonstrates better than any of us could ever say that the iranian leadership is afraid of their own people and afraid of the truth and the facts coming out. we've expressed our concern about mr. bahari's confinement and now the trial. as you know, he's a canadian, and we have certainly told the government of canada that we would be willing to do whatever is appropriate. they have thanked us for that, thanked us for our concern. they believe they should take the lead on that and we're supporting them. >>> let me ask you about afghanistan. it's a little confusing, i think, for americans to understand where we are. it seems there was an afghanistan strategic review. but also, there seems, from a lot of body language, the final troops that president obama would receive. president gates said it would be a very hard s

mr. bahari and others are receiving. it is a show trial, there's no doubt about it, and it has caught up journalists and clerics and former elected officials and what was the government before the elections, and it is a sign of weakness. it demonstrates better than any of us could ever say that the iranian leadership is afraid of their own people and afraid of the truth and the facts coming out. we've expressed our concern about mr. bahari's confinement and now the trial. as you know, he's a canadian, and we have certainly told the government of canada that we would be willing to do whatever is appropriate. they have thanked us for that, thanked us for our concern. they believe they should take the lead on that and we're supporting them. >> let me ask you about afghanistan. it's a little confusing, i think, for americans to understand where we are. it seems there was an afghanistan strategic review. the president made clear he was sending troops. but also, there seems, from a lot of body language, the final troops, secre

mr. bahari's wife. she joins us from london.anks very much for agreeing to talk with us. >> thank you. >> first of all, i don't know you and i hope you don't mind me asking because it is personal. do i want to ask just how you are doing, how you and your family are holding up through all of this. >> holding up through all of this. >> it's a very difficult time, one i could never have imagined would ever be like this, ever. i'm 6 1/2 months pregnant and so i just have to keep positive always and it's such a struggle to remain always with hopes and to get through this time. >> have you been able to be in touch with maziar at all or has anybody in your family been able to be in touch with him? >> maziar's mother has spoken very briefly with maziar a few times during the last month and a half. maziar's mother was able to see maziar in the prison with the maziar's brother-in-law, but i haven't had any details about that meeting, other than that it was very brief and i think maziar said he was okay. other than that, i've not spoken to

mr. bahari later appeared at a press conference, where he said the media was a key element in this velvet revolution. he's not been seen by his family or his lawyer since his detention six weeks ago. it's not known how long the trial will last, but coming just days before president mahmoud ahmadinejad is to be sworn in for a second term, it will undermine the opposition movemen movement. >>> now, we mentioned that there was pressure from outside of iran as well especially on the issue of iran's nuclear program. new evidence of that pressure comes today in a report in "the new york times." it says, "the obama administration is talking with allies and congress about the possibility of imposing an extreme economic sanction against iran. if it fails to respond to president obama's offer to negotiate on its nuclear program. cutting off a country's imports of gasoline and other refined oil products. it goes on to say, "the option of acting against companies around the world that supply iran with 40% of its gasoline has been broached with european allies and israel." legislation that would give