order in syria and let's discuss this further with professor saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran joining us live now from lebanon i thank you for coming on our to you today do you believe that iran would risk getting involved in a conflict in another country according to these reports from the chinese media. no definitely iran has no troops in the country iran has never had troops involved in the problems within syria this is. basically western propaganda. someone in the chinese media has been receiving information that is completely false in general the information that is produced in syria and in the mainstream western media comes from sources that are highly questionable such as the syrian observatory for human rights which is based in london and it just for example the other day claimed that in syria. babies inc incubators in hospitals were were killed were murdered by the government and this is the second time they produced propaganda and reminds of one of what western the western media did in its turn before the war in iraq as if i may joe lieberman i do apologize for inter

university of tehran profession of -- professor of literature. writer 22 years. johns hopkins university school of advance studies professor of politics and culture six years and currently. also dialogue project. a program that promotes people to people exchange of ideas and perspectives on democracy and culture and the west. diry. author go books including -- two books including reading lolita in tehran. hobbies, swimming, film viewing, and painting. azar nafisi. >> do you regard your book as a feminists man first is to -- manifesto -- a declaration of horror and rage? icy rage against the current leadership? i want my book to be a deck car race of independence -- decoration of independence and i want it to be against the oppressive mind-sets which are being one aspect of it is in iran. >> the repressed status of women? >> and of human beings, individuals. but also a celebration. >> please speak to the subject of the degree of repression that exists now as comparison to the freedom that existed under the shaw in the pre1970 days -- >> from 1900s iranians started

guard troops to help maintain order in syria but professor side mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says despite being an ally of syria iran wouldn't interfere in its domestic problems iran has no troops in the country iran has never had troops involved in the problems within syria this is basically western propaganda someone in the chinese media has been receiving information that is completely false while definitely iran does support the syrian government and it supports reforms in the syrian political order iran is completely out of force of foreign countries imposing their will on the syrian people iran's position is based upon a moral principle and that is non interference of neighboring countries and the syrian internal affairs the syrian people have to make their own decisions there doesn't need to be any funding for weapons coming outside the country. iran might have every right to be worried over the developments in syria though because by pushing for action against damascus the u.s. and its allies are ultimately pursuing regime change in tehran so believes constantine caus

to support accusations iran is pursuing nuclear weapons pressor of political science at the university of tehran said exile says the growing tide of us delivery to iran is unfounded. iran knows that big know what he can use i'm not told me i mean imagine that iran has a nuclear bomb what is the good of that what is the point of death which conky can be contemplate that iran will use i told me can bomb. inspect. they have every corner of it all nuclear facilities deployed he is that every now and then they say that we want people dead we want people here who want to speak that goes on to want to make the space not the point is that those places are not. international atomic agency the are not part of. nuclear sites. israel has been repeating its threat of military action on iran's nuclear sites saying that slapping sanctions on the country isn't working but the u.s. and britain have warned against the move saying it could be disastrous for the region authorities or any who show reports from tel aviv in anti-riot offensive may already be under way. israel's leaders are actively drumming up the mil

professor of political science university of tehran great to talk to you thank you for your time. president dmitri medvedev has met members of unregister parties to discuss how to make the country's political future more inclusive it's the presence of the opposition it comes in the wake of sweeping political reform imposed following the mass protests over the results of parliamentary elections in december tenth.

so there is a kind of professor of political science at the university of tehran told me earlier that he thinks israel's claims that iran is a threat are unfounded. iran. know what we can use i'm not told me i mean imagine that iran has a nuclear bomb what is the good of that what is the point of that which concrete can we contemplate that iran will use i told me why i am inspectors they have every corner of iran's nuclear facility is the point is that every now and then they say that we want to go there we want to go here and we want to strike that close and we want to integrate these places not the point is that those places are not within the jurisdiction of international atomic agency they are not part of. nuclear sites. iran is what it may cut oil supplies to six more european countries after it stops selling crude to the u.k. and france on sunday to run is aiming to preempt an e.u. embargo that set to come into force in july let's find out what impact that's having on the markets from our business desk now. for we have seen a spike in oil prices over the past couple of sessions

tehran will have crossed the point of no return in its suspected weapons program. ambassadors say hussein is a former negotiator for iran and is now at princeton university.so much for joining us. first of all, do you believe that sanctions will stop iran from continuing to build its nuclear program? >> hi, andrea. my greetings to you and your audience. no, i don't believe sanctions would compel iran to change its nuclear program. not only sanctions, i believe even sabotage military strike would not change iran's nuclear program >> you were a nuclear negotiator for a number of years, and you've seen the inside of the regime and how it approaches this issue. what do you think the regime is trying to accomplish here? because israel has one take, that iran is leaning towards a decision to actually proceed to produce weapons. the united states is not so sure that that is actually happen. what do you think is happening? has iran decided that it wants to go beyond a civilian program and actually produce a weapon? >> no. definitely iran has not decided and i don't believe iran is after nuclear weapons. iran's red line is its legitimate rights on their npt, to en

of tehran wanted it back for use as a soccer field. iran has stopped answering questions about labazon and some come from cerif university, which david albright thought was a front for procurement activity because people would not suspect activity at a university as they would a military organization, and all of this megyn comes as just those u.n. nuclear inspectors return basically empty-handed from iran, they were denied access to sites they wanted to see and they were not given answers to these ongoing questions about iran's possible military work on its nuclear program. megyn: amy kellogg, thank you. >>> the breaking news on iran comes one day after u.n. nuclear inspectors were barred from a key military site in that country. coming up, ambassador john bolton will join us live on the u.s. response and what happens if washington's attempt at diplomacy are not enough to stop tehran from building a nuclear weapon. >>> taking aim at overdraft fees, from some of america's biggest banks, the consumer financial protection bureau looking into the pricey penalties for spending more than you have, saying overdraft polices can inflict serious harm o