the rivalry between ahmadinejad and rafsanjani is very deep. and actually rafsanjani trying to use the opportunity to impeach ahmadinejad if possible and bring back people around him to power. >> rose: what can be done on the human rights front? >> well, i think conventional wisdom, of course, is if the u.s. champions the question of human rights this will help the refo movement. my own view is that actually opposite. that the more u.s. is in talks abt human rights violations, the u.s. government, this actually undercuts the reform movementecause in iran there is a general suspicion of u.s. foreign policy. they would wrath have this done by themselves rather than by pressure from thunited states. >> rose: haleh how do you come down on the question that the united stes is better off not to say anything or say sothing or any other outside force, whether it's europe or asia or ere it might come from. >> i think when it comes to human rights issues, the more the international community lkand criticizes what is happeningin iran the more it is going