get these peace talks on syria under way i'm not joined by cover he's a former professor at tehran university and author of several books on iran's foreign policy now the deadline issued by the syrian opposition for the u.n. and iran to decide over whether iran should attend these this conference is now over should iran simply say its word that it could scupper these talks and simply acknowledge that fact and now walk away. was oh i don't think so and i don't think that would be a wise approach by iran iran has repeatedly expressed his interest to participate and play a constructive role toward a political settlement in syria their foreign minister zarif radio raiding iran's principle position in favor of a political transition in syria you know democratic free elections and so forth so i don't think iran will walk away given the fact that syria strategy. and the civil war in syria are serious ramifications in terms of regional instability affecting iran's national security calculus so i think that iran is interested and keen on accepting the invitation sent by the un secretary general which

you've got this going on forty geneva switzerland have a s a frosty abi a former professor at tehran university thinks the main goal should be to prevent syria from sliding deeper into chaos. i do not want to see and. where you have you know the breakup of the country and basically warlordism in various parts of the country and incitement of a serious sick tyrian and so forth you have these. groups banning music images and of course the hour zero respect for women's rights and so on so what is the priority syrian opposition as a stance is right and wise and counterproductive given the fact that they have serious impulses on syria and national integrity and sovereignty in light of the intrusion and destructive of all of thousands of foreign forces who have zero commitment to devalues a free democratic syria as well as the rights of women and so on by the two sides met in switzerland air raids or armed clashes continue across syria but even in this chaos there is still hope. visited one maternity unit but the gruesome side of war has to take the backseat. even in this dangerously divided country

your former professor at tehran university thinks this must top the gender of the peace talks do not want to see and. reproduced in syria where you have you know the breakup of the country and basically warlordism in various parts of the country and incitement of the serious sick tearing in them and so forth you have these kid groups banning music images and of course the hours zero respect for women's rights and so on so what is the priority syrian opposition as a stance is raj and wise and counterproductive even defy that they have serious impulses on syria and national integrity and sovereignty in. intrusion and very destructive of thousands of foreign forces zero commitment to devalues a free democratic syria as well as the right so women and so on and of course here on r.t. international will be monitoring the build up to wednesday's syrian peace conference if you can stay with us for the latest developments on this ongoing story. over one hundred. common sense come together with one. war is not. does peace have a chance. at the international is coming to you live from moscow st

and he is a professor of politics at tehran university and says a nuclear deal will improve the relationsthe rest of the world. >> on monday the historical date as far as the islamic republic of iran's history is concerned because for the first time they are observing tension, have been eased off and for the first time they are observing some kind of consolation, truth, cease fire, call it what you like with the rest. and as i said it's a historical moment for iran because it is the beginning of perhaps the end of hostility between iran and particularly with the united states. >> reporter: more troops may be sent to the central african republic, eu ministers are set to approve deployment of several hundred soldiers on monday, more than a thousand people have been killed since the conflict began a month ago and sectarian violence is on the rise. an al jazeera news tomorrow was in the capitol bongi when a christian mob attacked two muslim men and warning you may find some of the images in the report disturbing. >> reporter: they are looking for blood. this crowd of christians want to get th

university. thank you for being with us, professor. >> thank you. >> inspectors are in tehran as we mentioned. when you look at that alone, how much of a victory is that right there? >> i think it's certain change. it's very important change since the beginning of iran trying to accommodate what mr hassan rouhani called the legitimate concerns of the international community, and i think the international community in reverse or in return it trying to ease the sanctions and create an atmosphere where serious assistantive negotiations can go on. >> do you think iran is serious about coming to an agreement on a long-term deal? >> i think iran was certainly soars about trying to come to this deal, because the economy is very much in a dire situation. the regime needs some sanctions, relief. whether they can take the next step and rethink some option, and prepare themselves and the country for a long-term deal, i think remains to be scene. many families, more radical supporters have been sniping at the deal with v plans in the last few days, it will be interesting if they can be quietened down. >>

there is report that pittsburgh university is heading to iran on 50th anniversary of one of their performances in 1964. we have pa sold outperformance in tehran, a photo that the symphony did. this is type of cultural diplomacy needs to happen in conjunction with what is happening with this nuclear deal. i'm curious your thoughts on this. joe you first, and frank. >> this is exactly the kind of thing we have to do to open up channels of communication. u.s. wrestling team, wrestles iranian wrestlers. this cultural exchange what you need to break down barriers. to let each country the other country what we truly are. i'm delighted pittsburgh symphony is going. jenna: frank. >> i am from pittsburgh. i'm a fan of the semiphony. this is legitimating the regime and saying that the problem has gone away. nothing changes in terms of the threat iran represents to us, especially joe concedes its support for terrorist organizations working against our interests and trying to put sharia on top of us all throughout the western world. i think this is mistake and untimely to say the least. jenna: great to have you both together. i appreciate the fact that y

those at the university are women, these women take their careers seriously, they are delaying marriage delaying having children so as to have careers, it is hard for a middle-class family in tehrann both members of the family work and again that had the effect of reducing birthrates. i find this aspect of iranian life fascinating becomes through in that marvelous movie that won the oscar separation. which is about the strains in a marriage caused by modern life. in so many parts of the world the changing role of women is probably the most important driver of broader change, that that is true in iran too. >> i forgot one of my favorite stories about iran. after the revolution, the leadership called on women to breed an islamic generation and they did and in a decade iran's population went from 34 million to 62 million and at the moment when the government of god plummeted to earth because they realized they couldn't educate and eventually employ and reduce the voting age to 15 and suddenly that meant all these young people had the dominant say, today over 50% of the population is post revolutions of the government in the 1980s introduced a family-planning program and everything w