with iran, turkey, a faithful nato allies from the moment of nato's founding practically. with the saudi arabia, a source of oil and income for us. and egypt. how are our relations with all of these four today? in all cases they are not as good as they used to be. in some cases, they are still pretty good, particularly turkey and saudi retief. with egypt is mixed. and with iran is hostile. all of that reflects the global awakening going on in the middle east. and problems with the united states, among other issues the issue of israel as a state. >> by 2014 most of our soldiers will be out of afghanistan, but that commitment is still there. the commitment is still there in iraq. is the premise that iran will have no nuclear weapons, is that a right policy to be pursuing? or will they someday just have nuclear weapons? >> it is the right policy to pursue, in part because they signed up for the non- proliferation treaty, which precludes them from having it. they signed that treaty, so in a sense, they are obliged. it is better for them not to have nuclear weapons because it wi

contact policy with it when there's an overwhelming sentiment in in the congress to get tougher with iran but what's the basis of it we're being tall we should have any contact with them we're being told that we shouldn't be negotiating with them we're being told. to get ready for war all of that is wrong what we need to do is to have direct negotiations we need to be talking with iran and we need to stop this vainglorious notion that somehow we can settle our differences with iran through war how many people share your views among your colleagues and a lot of eleven ten eleven that's how many votes we add a. foreigner in thirty five members but the american people are not prepared for this country to get into another war if mr netanyahu wants to pay for a war that's up to him i would advise against it because i think israel's security actually be undermined by an attack on iran but the united states should not cannot and must not be dragged into a war by any other country which calls itself our friends if you're a friend with someone your friends don't get you into trouble. your friends

kucinich who co-sponsored the bill that was introduced in congress to end america's no contact policy with iran and engage in direct talks congressman kucinich thank you very much for you to be with me as i understand the bill that you co-sponsored this kind of a response to the big sanctions bill that was actually passed by the house of representatives and part of which was to make it illegal for any american diplomat to make any contacts within a rainy and official. and that bill we see why it support among congressmen so your up against the majority of your colleagues who favor the ban is that was that some kind of a symbolic move on your part or do you really think it would be able to sway congressional people in that direction of thought to and to lift the no contact policy with it when there's an overwhelming sentiment in the in the congress to get tougher with iran but what's the basis of it we're being told we should have any contact with them we're being told that we shouldn't be negotiating with them we're being told. to get ready for war all of that is wrong what we need to do is to

prior to two thousand and four as far as i can see there has been some forward movement but iran can expect with so little there's been it's a ten year deadlock we can't expect that impasse to be overcome in a matter of a two day meeting it's just realistic in iran i think really serious which is going it's about ok if i go back to paris are these realistic expectations go ahead. it again there are certain expectations that are not and realistic but others are for example i think it is not an idealistic to expect iran to approve and implement the additional protocol. here for. a spot you know in a spec show an intrusive inspections and that kind of a sub i think it is not realistic to expect iran to be more transparent i think it is and the other stick to expect iran at this moment at this time to close down for a door facility which they have they spent millions if not billions in building dollars so it is also an realistic to expect iran to send of all its two hundred percent enriched uranium outside the country without india turn getting a commitment for ten rounds reactors fuel rods at twent

is no salvation that are there is no appetite in the west or with sanctions if i go back to you is entirely is it i'd go to washington is iran in violation of the nonproliferation treaty. yes ok they are not being very transparent about what's going on in terms of experiments with nuclear weaponization for example a has stated that it is negotiating a deal with you want to open up some of the sites for example at patching but we have to ask why iran has such an extensive uranium enrichment program sure least i merely for civilian purposes one way you can build confidence is to ship out the twenty percent enriched uranium because it really doesn't need it and i think. we can offer iran fuel for the terror on research reactor so right there i think it's a realistic compromise from both sides iran will not necessarily have to close forward but it can agree to not enrich uranium up to twenty percent which in undergrad which is an underground military facility really and. they demand it. for those not and reaching for those not and reaching anything speak. that's not a facility that doing anything that that in richmond is going o

six party talks looks set to reconvene with iran next month over its nuclear program hawks on capitol hill don't seem ready to change their attitudes the u.s. congress recently voted down a bill aimed at reestablishing direct negotiations with terror on parties got a shaky on explains why the motion didn't stick you're thirty six and number of u.s. lawmakers have proposed a bill to end the no contact policy between the u.s. and iran after three decades of diplomatic silence congressman dennis kucinich is one of them which he says the old approach when washington wants to resolve differences with iran through not talking to them is unsustainable we're being told we should have any contact with them we're being told that we shouldn't be negotiating with them we're being told. to get ready for war all of that is wrong. what we need to do is to have direct negotiations we need to be talking with iran and we need to stop this vainglorious notion that somehow we can settle our differences with iran through war how many people share your view among their colleagues eleven. ten eleven that's

respect to iran where foreign policy issues collide with monetary regime change in india iran may represent an important tipping point in that regard and what do you think that tipping point would be as we see some of these countries conducting trade and their own currencies not converting it to the dollar first. well you get to the point where it becomes a bit farcical i mean let's face it if the bric countries all find a way to use their local currencies to get around u.s. sanctions but the u.s. still insists on sanctions well if you can't enforce them through the financial system well then you're going to have to enforce them in another way in other words physically it will come to the point on the road or on it will eventually come to the point where the u.s. will literally have to blockade iran and start stopping chinese oil tankers or tankers that are moving oil back and forth between iran and china or iran and india and now how are our china and india going to respond to a u.s. blockade of iran it it's not going to make the us any friends and

furthermore, iran aims to strengthen ties with neighboring iraq. in april iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki visited iran. he was given a warm welcome by president mahmoud ahmadinejad who expressed an eagerness to boost economic ties. iran's former foe is governed by xia muslims, like iran. late last year the remaining u.s. troops pulled out of iraq. >> is there any chance that iran and the west will make a deal over tehran's nuclear program? >> talks over the nuclear issue will take place between iran and the u.s., europe, russia and china in baghdad on may 23rd. the western nations are expected to demand that iran delay its nuclear development. in exchange, iran is likely to ask that the sanctions be eased. as the u.s. and eu are moving to impose new sanctions over iranian crude oil exports as early as june, iran has signaled that it may make concessions on its nuclear program. the apparent aim is to reach an agreement favorable to iran as the upcoming talks. diplomatic maneuvering among the nations involved can be expected to heat up as the meet

believes obviously that iran is developing nuclear weapons and iran has maintained that it has a peaceful nuclear program india along with several other countries like china japan and south korea aren't following on the fiction they actually have been through those four countries account or sixty percent of iran oil customers so a lot of people are saying that things aren't going to work unless washington can get these asian countries on board here with me to talk more about hillary clinton's visit and the issue on iran with washington if professor k.p. me if you can first of all explain to me why you think this has become such a contentious issue between washington and delhi and we even had president obama saying that countries that continue to engage with iran and by iranian oil could

trying as much as we can with the rest of the world i would say to stop iran from becoming nuclear and yet there has been a lot of war with craig from much of israel's political leadership but on the other hand people like yourself have come on record and said that you will not support a war with iran so obvious see disagreement in the israeli political when the issue of iran is of great importance i think that. if there is determination. resort and persistence in the word that is interesting here we feel a very broad coalition unprecedentedly broad all the arab world but syria. most of the west i believe other countries will russia was on it two years ago in the un security council we i think have enough leverage all of us together to condition the rain's going to be heavier and higher price with every month that passes if we don't stop this. attempt to get nuclear but none of the rants critics including as well have given hard facts that prove that iran's intention is to build a nuclear weapon or that it iran is in a way near building a nuclear weapon so why is this so much fear and

would be punished those companies that do continue to do business with iran so iran seems to be the very hot button issue here in delhi and it's causing some strange but strain i should say between the india u.s. relations well of course. you just mentioned what other interest is hillary clinton pursuing in the region. while a lot of people are saying that you know india has been a very strategic ally to the united states because of the geopolitical interests in this region you know one of india's big neighbors that the united states seems to have an eye on is china obviously china has a huge growing economy the i.m.f. is projected that its economy is going to surpass the united states in just a few years so a lot of people are saying that you know washington is courting delhi doing civilian nuclear deal is trying to increase trade and things like that in an attempt to have an ally strategically close to china i've even talked to many defense analysts about all of this india's trying to upgrade its military technology and the united states is trying to sell a lot of its military

iran. then there's this "washington post" headline with chilling details of iran-linked plots to kill americaneir families in azerbaijan. outfront tonight, the reporter who broke that story, joby warrick and art keller. great to have both of you with us, appreciate you taking the time. let me just start by asking, are we really, do you think, in a proxy war with iran? is that fair to say that at this point? >> yeah, we call it a shadow war. it's been under way for a long time. both sides are involved in it. i think we've just see the iranians step it up a lot in the last few months. they have been doing things they have been cautious to do before, like attacking diplomats overseas. now we see for the first time really targeting americans too, which is new and pretty chilling. >> it is. and also when you couple that attack with obviously with what the u.s. says was an iranian-sponsored attack that would have killed u.s. civilians in washington, it seems as if it's taken another step forward. art, from your study of stuxnet and the flame, which is the new one, do you think the u.s. or israel is

just comment on the question of how long we -- how patient we should be in the negotiating process with iran. i think it's important to recall that 15 months ago was the last time the two sides met. and at that time, iran came to the meeting and essentially said, end all your sanctions on us, and then we will be prepared to talk about our nuclear program. so it was essentially a non -- it was like, you unilaterally disarm and then perhaps we'll talk about what you're concerned about. 15 months later, they want to have a more serious negotiation. what has changed? well, they're under substantially more pressure. that's what's changed. they're under additional economic pressure and they're under additional military pressure. and that has changed their calculation. they want relief from that pressure. maybe the way they want to get relief is by negotiating a deal. but it could well be they simply want to use the process of negotiations to break the momentum, and slow down and all of the developments that have led them to reassess their approach over the last 15 months. and that cannot be in our

the united states proxy war with iran.me startling details tonight about the flame. now, the flame is a powerful computer supervirus that's been attacking iranian government computers. we've learned a little more about what it can do. it can capture what's on your screen. it records conversations. it can detect what users are actually on a network and it can collect passwords. but who is behind this crippling cyber attack, which apparently has been in process for a couple of years? experts see the links between this virus and the one, which you may recall attacked iran's nuclear plants in 2010 and was suspected to be the work of israeli intelligence. iran blames israel and the u.s. for the mysterious deaths of at least four iranian nuclear scientists over the past two years and iran is fighting back. in october of last year, agents disrupted an assassination plot targeting saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states. iran denies that. in february, there were three attacks on israeli diplomats in india, georgia and thail

issues we don't see old ations with pakistan from an american perspective we don't see the relations with iran from an american perspective we don't see the relations with russia with china from an american perspective afghanistan has been able in spite of all our needs if i can put it in short years in spite of all our dependence on the united states and nato we have developed an independent foreign policy and independent form of relationship with our neighbors and that will be kept that will go on having said that yes it cannot be without an impact either from the parks and the perspective of america towards us or from a perspective american perspective for spark stand and impact on us and the same goes to iran the simplest russia but we will try to keep it at best as we can. mr president. when i'm sure problem an organist on now or omani in a country it's pouring money. and. what are you going to do with this. the people who are poor. and. i don't know see some perspective when when in two thousand and two the afghan. income per capita was immediate. hundred eighty dollars today it's nearly

israel is breaking its silence on iran's nuclear talks held with world powers in baghdad this month. >> i'm not sure that they're serious about it. >> the defense minter said iran is just buying time, that it's still working toward a nuclear weapon, and israel won't stand for it. >> we're committed to do whatever it takes to prevent iran from turning into a military power. a nuclear weapon. >> u.s. military officials have said they oppose an attack on iran, too provocative and unpredictable, but he said an israeli strike is still on the table. >> at what stage does israel deci decide, when does israel decide they can't live with this. >> we'll call you for an interview. you don't expect me to give you a date or time, and we all hope that it will be solved through sanctions or diplomacy. we would be happy to wake up and see that it was over like a bad dream, but it probably won't happen and a decision will have to be made. let's assume they will be made. >> by israel? >> we expect the whole world. >> iran claims it's negotiating in good faith, that it doesn't want nuclear weapons, but

iran must. accept all its obligations which it has agreed to under the n.p.t. but nonetheless it's important to remember that india cannot simply do away with the relationship with iran for two very important reasons one if the international community wishes that india should play a role in afghanistan dia to stabilize afghanistan then the only means of communication with afghanistan is through iran because pakistan will not let any indian goods or indian men services pass through pakistan to afghanistan so if the relationship with iran is. put on the back burner then how does india play a role as far as the understand is concerned and then secondly please do remember that there are almost six million indian people of indian origin living in the gulf region our trade with the gulf region is about one hundred billion dollars if there is a conflict there is problems as far as in that region is concerned then all this would be under an extremely difficult situation. and if i may also remind your listeners or your viewers please do remember that it's a geographical oddity that most of the oil in the middle east comes from areas vision a shiite dominated even in saud

we say that every time we argue with iran, with north korea. we argue on the base that they're not abiding by international rules. they're not abiding by the international standards that we've established. and here we are, trying to make the same argument with regards to navigation and we aren't even a member of the convention. that's the reason. >> thank you. >> let me just say, since there are a few seconds left, senator lugar, that neither president truman's proclamation or any act of congress has ever defined the outer edge of the continental shelf of the united states. other countries can prohibit the united states from coming in to an esc. we can't, because we're not party to the treaty. the only way to protect that outside of this is to have -- to a acede to the treaty. so, there are further reasons in answer to mr. fuller. we'll have mr. fuller in here and others who have oppose it to have a chance to explore this. senator hernandez? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for beginning this series of hearings, which i think is incredibly

an attempt to pressure the islamic state over its controversial nuclear program with details on this oxys preassure. iran has dominated this discussion of hillary clinton's visit in india her visit actually happens to coincide with the trade coalition from tehran that is trying to encourage india to continue buying iranian oil obviously that's not what washington wants they recently imposed an oil embargo along with the e.u. on iran over its controversial nuclear program the west believes obviously that iran is developing nuclear weapons and iran has maintained that it has a peaceful nuclear program india along with several other countries like china japan and south korea aren't following on the fiction they actually have been through those four countries account for sixty percent of iran oil customers so a lot of people are saying that things in them aren't going to work unless washington can get these asian countries on board here with me to talk more about hillary clinton's visit and the issue on iran with washington if professor k.p. me if you can first of all explain to me why you think this has bec

5-plus-one, to go this week and, they are likely to agree to some kind of essentially false deal with iran in order to avoid the possibility of an israeli strike against iran's nuclear weapons program. >> eric: what type of false deal, as you say, feenpotential could that be. >> all the indications are the obama administration an european negotiators are prepared to accept iran enriching uranium to reactor-grade levels and they want iran to stop to enrich 20% of the u-235 isotope which is going on at the fordo facility buried deep within a mountaineer the city of kum, a repudiation by the west of the security council resolutions adopted since 2006 and, indeed the european position since 2002, iran had to suspend all -- all -- uranium enrichment activity, so that is the going position from the west and it shows a desire to find a deal to do anything they can to avert a strike. >> eric: to let them continue with the uranium enrichment, in 2006 the u.n. security council demanded they stop, has iran won? >> yes, absolutely, let's be clear as you know from your experience covering the u.n., goi

what's your reaction with senate republicans blocking senator reid from moving forward on new sanctions against iran since i assume you wanted that action to take place before camp david to show unity. >> well, i think, ed, we have worked with congress as we built the most significant sanctions regime against iran, and we will continue to consult with congress on iran's sanctions, and we will welcome additional tools, if congress makes them available. to pressure the regime. you know, i think broadly speaking it can be said we share congress' view on a range of iran-related matters, and that was reflected in the presidential announcement of an executive order using technology to help the iranian and syrian regimes commit grave human rights abuses. so i don't have a specific reaction to today's action on the hill, but we have viewed this in a way that i think demonstrates we share concern about iran with congress, and we have worked with congress to, to together build the kind of sanctions regime that has, as you know, put unprecedented pressure other than the regime, isolated that regime to a degree

with we cans to go before iran will sit down with world powers again israeli defense minister is speaking out telling an israeli newspaper that iran is simply stalling and hope to reach the point where no one can stop them. if that happens he believes that iran's ultimate goal toys have the capability to build a bomb within 60 days. leland vittert has the latest live from jerusalem. leland. >> reporter: this is essentially another warning from the israelis to the world to get something out of these talks or we will do something, which is diplomatic code for a unilateral military strike by israel on iran and the timeline is very important. right now we are about two weeks away from the critical talks with iran in the next six months it is thought that iran would have muni sepbgs alley from an israeli air force strike if israel couldn't do anything about it. iran is famous for stalling and delaying tactics. their negotiators say they will come to the table and sit down and talk about giving up their nuclear program. meantime their scientists are hard at work enriching more uranium and worki