after the election, i received the ambassador of iran, and the new minister, mr. zarif, called me saying, "well, there has not been a relationship before" and we had an interesting conversation on the phone. it was about syria. i said, "you know we are against chemical weapons because we have suffered with chemical weapons coming from the iraqis, and, therefore, we are against the chemical weapons, and we want to that everybody will abide by the international law." and i said, "mr. minister, i'm very happy to high pressure from you. we want that everyone will abide by international law, and especially in the nuclear field. then there was a silence. and then he said okay. and, you know, this sort of story which enabled us to know who is in front of us. >> rose: where do you stand and has your opinion changedly on the question of iran being a participant in negotiations about syria? >> well, my answer would be clear, and i have discovered that with mr. islamic aare, i, if. iran could be upo a useful participant provided they accept the mandate and the aim of the conferenc

i've been reading several of the attacks on him, mr mr zarif, he's a cape eble foreign minister. saying that he has gone to far, made too many contentions, been fooled by the united states, and betraying the trust, nasty language. what is not clear is whether this is really the last gasp of a luna tick friends or whether the conservatives or radical islam its will slant a challenge or what seems to be his attempt to normalise relations with the world. >> thank you professor. thank you for being part of our program, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> you're welcome. >> at least 50 people believed to be college students are dead after a gunman stormed a dormitory in north-east nigeria. college officials say the funt were killed whilst sleeping. the gunmen from boko haram are fighting for an islamic state. >> as congress debates the affordable care act, across the atlandic great britain is implementing reforms to its health service. >> as the u.s. prepares for a major challenge this malth care the u.k. is facing the biggest remodelling of the health system since the bi

. >> rose: but the secretary of state, john kerry and the more than minister of iran, mr. zarif will start a series of conversations. what are you prepared to allow the negotiated on the part of the government of iran? what's on the table? >> you are aware that the first issue that must be discussed is the nuclear file. and the settlement of the nuclear file will certainly pave the way for further discussions on other issues. a meeting that takes place tomorrow is with a foreign ministers of the p five plus one and the agenda for the talks is iran's nuclear file and the subject of that file. >> rose: so before there will be some grand bargain, we need to the nuclear issue. are you prepared to rules the number of sent tra foodges for iran. >> while these are the details that should be examined further through the discussion that take place, what matters is that iran must be able to assert its rights, its legal rights, and i'm speaking under the international maranda law, right, and then on the other hand if there are any concerns specifically in our region about our program, it i

. >> the ayatollah, the supreme leader, has given this new president and his foreign minister, mr. zarif, who you met with, the power to negotiate on the nuclear arms. this is the first time that they have had this much latitude. do you think it's because the sanctions are biting and their economy is in collapse? >> i think the sanctions have made an enormous difference. sanctions often throughout history don't have a very strong effect. but in this case, the sanctions, particularly the european union and the united states have applied with like-minded countries around the world have made a very big impact on the iranian economy. there's every sign that these iranian ministers, the new ministers understand the impact on their country more than their predecessors did and are worried about it more and they want to turn it around. so i think that is one of their incentives. they don't say that is, of course, but you wouldn't expect them to say that. but that is one of their incentives, to have a different relationship between the international community. but they have to -- they have to act