like any other member of npt. if the is prepared to accept, then you would see iran would open all doors for transparency, cooperation to give all assurances that this country would remain as non-nuclear weapon state. >> so following, a short follow-up question then. it seems to me that the right to enrich and peaceful use of nuclear energy is a matter of principle for iran x the question -- and the question here was saying as a practical matter, would iran consider or are they considering alternative energy sources, solar, others that may somehow be part of any kind of solution? is there a -- >> of course we welcome all sources of energies, but do you mean that iran would accept to be deprived from the rights under npt for peaceful nuclear technology? no. if those are making this argument, iranian nation would never accept to be vim niced -- disvim niced or singled out. it is impossible. >> this okay. the next set of questions had to do with the policy-making process, and very loosely what i call who's in charge.

beyond additional protocol, beyond npt. the other element was for iran to have only one enrichment facility. iran already has two and has announced would go for ten. because to build 20 nuclear power plants proposed by the u.s., you would have to have many enrichment facilities. the russian proposal was for iran to have only one. the russian proposal required iran to stop developing new generation of centrifuges. all these are legal by npt. all legitimate and legal. at the end of the proposal was for iran to suspend its enrichment for three months. i personally was shocked. how tehran has even a green light to p 5 plus 1 to accept such a proposal which would give access to the iaea beyond npt, beyond additional protocol , unlimited access, to have only one enrichment to stop a new generation of centrifuges, all these restrictions. but iran's foreign minister publicly said iran is positive toward the initiative and is ready to discuss the details. but immediately the u.s. and europeans reject it had russian proposal. my argu

the npt of course itself with its other regime aspects. there have been the bilateral efforts with the soviet union and the united states, now russia and the united states to reduce and eliminate the nuclear weapons by the way when s.t.a.r.t. entered into force, we had, i should say when it completes its implementation in the next now eight years we will be down to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads, and at the time that s.t.a.r.t. entered into force in 1994, both we and the russians had approximately close to 12,000 deployed nuclear weapons. so, the numbers are coming steadily down, and we need to continue that process. now moving beyond what is deployed. moving beyond the delivery vehicles with all missiles. going now next to get at the weapons that are non-deployed and held in the storage facilities and also the non-strategic for the tactical nuclear weapons as well. so all of those goals have been important and they are consistent over time. although with fits and starts depending on what the relationship between what moscow and washingto

born with one leg ended in addition to planning for the high-school he is a member of the national npt team. incredible for him. i spoke with jim ryan at length and he was a disagreement with that incredibly complicated ruling after you review the,,,,,

one could argue that if they are very strong advocates for the npt, they should answer the questionss about trying to see of this can be turned into a when-when -- win-win. there would be facilities in the middle east that would provide nuclear fuel for all of the reactors. responsibility -- the responses from iran have been very cautious. if the agreement is to have a multilateral facility, they are ok with it as long as part of it is on their soil. it is going to be in other countries, they're going to say no to it. >> i would like to the director of the middle east program here at the center, also robert litwak, to thank you, our speakers particularly for the debate. thank you also to can draw from the latin american program -- kendra from the latin american program. if you are interested on -- in global issues related to global warming, on september 12 at 3:00 p.m., we will convene here on the sixth floor for a discussion or evaluation of the conference that took place two months ago in brazil. thank you very much. you're always welcome here. [applause] >> on capitol hill, both c

this framework can be realized in the future through a step-by- step plan based on npt. mutual confidence building and appropriate recipes also-- and t point. to ensure the solution. actively pursuing the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and the middle east. this is the best sustainable, durable solution for all middle eastern countries. i would gladly take questions. [applause] >> the hour thanks to ambassador mousavian, former foreign policy adviser to the iran supreme national security council, a visiting research scholar at princeton university, and author of "the iranian nuclear crisis: a memoir." now it is time for audience questions. we have a number of them and they cover a wide range. let's start with