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iran agreed to it at first, but it fell victim to domestic politics in iran. it fell apart. turkey and brazil at the same numerical agreement th had with some differences. one, they drew up something called the tehran agreement. they said their rights to enrich inalienable we recognized. iran had started to enrich to 20%. that means there were much closer to nuclear capability. the other problem i see with the may, 2010 agreement is dead iran was going outside the establishment. this was unacceptable to the united states. on those four points, i know some of you will disagree with this strongly -- on those four points, this was not a good deal for the and it states. they went ahead with much tougher sanctions. then you have an effort in december, 2010, to revise the diplomatic process. iran came to the meeting saying their condition was that sanctions should be lifted and its right to enrich should be unequivocally recognized. the iranians stopped negotiating because the and it states wanted to have a modified deals what agreement. they said we will not talk to you until you
iran agreed to it at first, but it fell victim to domestic politics in iran. it fell apart. turkey and brazil at the same numerical agreement th had with some differences. one, they drew up something called the tehran agreement. they said their rights to enrich inalienable we recognized. iran had started to enrich to 20%. that means there were much closer to nuclear capability. the other problem i see with the may, 2010 agreement is dead iran was going outside the establishment. this was...
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iran and it's much more expensive not to go through iran. if we want to apply the sanctions it's going to be problematic. politics come in the way of economics completely in this region. just an example about the surplus electricity that tajikistan wants to sell to afghanistan when it has its own serious problems on electricity almost at war with uzbekistan. we do have political problems in the region that cannot be solved through economics can be exaspirating. the countries prefer bilateral than multilateral and regional because of the competition with each other and because of the gains thaeltd get. they're unsure how much the taliban if they come to power would hold on to their promises on economic contracts. there has no good record of the taliban having held -- having had a good economic strategy before. and finally, chinese are giving a lot of guarantees on money. russians are giving guarantees on security. central asians want guarantees. this is it the message of my talk. they want guarantees. this is the word. iranians want respect,
iran and it's much more expensive not to go through iran. if we want to apply the sanctions it's going to be problematic. politics come in the way of economics completely in this region. just an example about the surplus electricity that tajikistan wants to sell to afghanistan when it has its own serious problems on electricity almost at war with uzbekistan. we do have political problems in the region that cannot be solved through economics can be exaspirating. the countries prefer bilateral...
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sure those who call for a military strike on iran and i don't call from the terry strike on iran at least at this time point to the example of israel strike on the iraqi reactor which set the iraqi program back so far that was never reconstituted and also the israeli strike on the syrian reactor which set the syrian program back so far that it is yet to be reconstituted so there is something to be said for setting programs back for buying time ok valorie so if you think you iran is like the syrians in the iraqi brigade exactly and the thing is that i mean valid if i can ask you if there is a military strike against around that's open war and there are consequences of that for the region or a remains and an arms race could ensue after that i mean isn't that another law of unintended consequences that are not being thought about here. yeah i mean the iranian response to any kind of a military attack on its nuclear facilities is very hard to predict but we can we can assume that there will be one some a symmetrical to a large extent but there will be one and this sort of unpredictable elemen
sure those who call for a military strike on iran and i don't call from the terry strike on iran at least at this time point to the example of israel strike on the iraqi reactor which set the iraqi program back so far that was never reconstituted and also the israeli strike on the syrian reactor which set the syrian program back so far that it is yet to be reconstituted so there is something to be said for setting programs back for buying time ok valorie so if you think you iran is like the...
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this is not an issue for iran. on transparency measures, openness, up to the end, they would be 100% on them if the rights are respected. ultimately, the sanctions should be lifted. you remember in 2003 and 2004, the european e.u. 3 or asking for objections to non-diversion. we asked them to define the objective guarantees. we wanted to know what they want ted. then you have the meeting with president in 2005. the agreement was they would leave it to the iada to define it. when we arrived in germany, we were told it was discussed with washington and washington had rejected it. either they're not ready to leave it to the iaea to define the objectives for non- diversion. in spring of 2005, i have detailed in my book, when i met with the e.u. it was before a presidential election. i told them i would agree for iran to have a pilot and export production. then we would negotiate for a longer period in order to reach some kind of compromise and leave it to the europeans to define the objective guarantees. this proposal,
this is not an issue for iran. on transparency measures, openness, up to the end, they would be 100% on them if the rights are respected. ultimately, the sanctions should be lifted. you remember in 2003 and 2004, the european e.u. 3 or asking for objections to non-diversion. we asked them to define the objective guarantees. we wanted to know what they want ted. then you have the meeting with president in 2005. the agreement was they would leave it to the iada to define it. when we arrived in...
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iran. i would just read very briefly from the report that the u.p. report filed for the u.n.gen assembly when it was highlight, quote, pattern of systemic violations of human rights. iran has refused access to the united nations for several years, and the ug general assembly submitted a report in which he said he was, quote, deeply troubled by increased numbers of executions. a pew addition, arbitrary arrests and detention, unfair trials, torture, and ill treatment, and crackdown on human rights activityist, lawyers, journalist, and opposition activists, and to draw an example from the week's news theres actually what i gas what qualifies in iran for a slight bit of goodness. a well-known human rights lawyer ended her 49-day hunger strike on december 4th. her name is nasarn, and she has in prison since 2010, and the regime imposed a travel ban on her husband and her daughter so she was on a hunger strike for 49 days, and has actually stopped the hunger strike amid word the regime is going t
iran. i would just read very briefly from the report that the u.p. report filed for the u.n.gen assembly when it was highlight, quote, pattern of systemic violations of human rights. iran has refused access to the united nations for several years, and the ug general assembly submitted a report in which he said he was, quote, deeply troubled by increased numbers of executions. a pew addition, arbitrary arrests and detention, unfair trials, torture, and ill treatment, and crackdown on human...
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iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change they deny that the us denied that it's trying to carry out there was a change in iran right i mean we have to take that with a very very big grain of salt because we know that since one nine hundred seventy nine the united states refuses to have relations with the islamic republic of iran why is it becau
iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked...
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through the steps iran must take. the time is no more shortly now shortly it's coming up very shortly where the best opportunity to eventually stop iran from weaponize it is about to pass and that gets to again the most detectable and the most the label part of getting a weapon is the construction and the operation of the center fuchsias and then the enrichment of feedstock that would be put through the set of futures once they do that even if it's another year or two for them to develop a trigger and a and marry that to a delivery device that is something that is very difficult even for israel or the united states to detect and to stop so that is why there is the concern right now and this is what explains i think the stepped up sanctions even the new round of sanctions in the e.u. and the heightened urgency that we see among officials iran's economy is significantly in trouble its currency is constantly losing ground in the western sanctions that you have referred to are clearly taking their toll on iran what happen
through the steps iran must take. the time is no more shortly now shortly it's coming up very shortly where the best opportunity to eventually stop iran from weaponize it is about to pass and that gets to again the most detectable and the most the label part of getting a weapon is the construction and the operation of the center fuchsias and then the enrichment of feedstock that would be put through the set of futures once they do that even if it's another year or two for them to develop a...
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iran is different. i would say your average sailor probably doesn't have a good view of this nuanced view. a lot of them are based upon their interaction with the iranians themselves when they pass them on the water which is in some cases very professional and other cases the revolutionary guard is very nervous. the u.s. military does i think a very good job trying to condition ships and talking naval issues and most likely army or air force but ships before they deploy, a series of workouts to kind of put them in the mindset of okay is this both hostile or is not hostile? is that the smuggler or revolutionary guard but? is he out there to tweak your nose and not really start a war or not? so we try very hard to get people conditioned to this environment. it is a tricky situation. there is no doubt about it. and with no diplomatic relations. last year, at least according to the press accounts the supreme leader rejected a hotline between their two navies which would have perhaps helped defuse the proble
iran is different. i would say your average sailor probably doesn't have a good view of this nuanced view. a lot of them are based upon their interaction with the iranians themselves when they pass them on the water which is in some cases very professional and other cases the revolutionary guard is very nervous. the u.s. military does i think a very good job trying to condition ships and talking naval issues and most likely army or air force but ships before they deploy, a series of workouts to...
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in which the bush administration thought it was punishing iran by not talking to it, iran's influence in the region grew exponentially. first you had a situation in iraq and afghanistan, two states which leaders, whose leaders tended to be enemies of iran. suddenly they were now, iran was now the king maker this those two states. iran who only had a couple of dozen spinning centrifuges in 2003 had up to 8,000 by the end of 2008 when bush left office. and by challenging an increasingly unpopular america in the middle east, iran's soft power throughout the arab world was also expanding. against this backdrop, obama made something that no one else had done before. he made a promise of diplomacy with america's foes a central part of his torn policy platform. and talking to the iranians became the poster child of that platform. but under normal circumstances, it would have been a losing card. in fact, politically suicidal. it now became a winning proposition precisely because of the american population's rejection of the bush foreign policy and the neoconservative ideology that it was base
in which the bush administration thought it was punishing iran by not talking to it, iran's influence in the region grew exponentially. first you had a situation in iraq and afghanistan, two states which leaders, whose leaders tended to be enemies of iran. suddenly they were now, iran was now the king maker this those two states. iran who only had a couple of dozen spinning centrifuges in 2003 had up to 8,000 by the end of 2008 when bush left office. and by challenging an increasingly unpopular...
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iran, one of the concerns of a military action would be what iran could do in response militarily. i think it's important to point out iran doesn't have a powerful conventional military. that's not really a response option. it has been investing in a symmetric capabilities. it has ties to terrorist groups and has ballistic missiles and could cause a problem in the persian gulf. those would be the options. i do think in the event of a strike if they think the regime is at risk that they have nothing left to lose, that they koes exercise some of these more extreme retaliatory options including possibly trying to close the strait of hormuz. it's important if we decide to use military force we are very clooer in our public statements and private messaging and our targeting we're only interested in a limited strike against the key nuclear facilities, not after coming after the regime. i think iran can get that message. we have a number of ways of communicating with them. and i think that we can also play on iran's fierce. put yourself in the shoes of the supreme leader. your primary goa
iran, one of the concerns of a military action would be what iran could do in response militarily. i think it's important to point out iran doesn't have a powerful conventional military. that's not really a response option. it has been investing in a symmetric capabilities. it has ties to terrorist groups and has ballistic missiles and could cause a problem in the persian gulf. those would be the options. i do think in the event of a strike if they think the regime is at risk that they have...
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/iran or western iran diplomacies is that there are really good metaphors. closing windows, clocks running at different speeds. so, again, i want to reiterate, i favor diplomacy. i favor probably an unrealistically ambitious diplomatic approach. the very fact that that approach is unrealistic causes me to doubt whether or not we will get to where we want to go. as i mentioned, ali covered quite well some of the obstacles to a diplomatic resolution to the problem. i want to focus on u.s. politics and impediments and suggest where we might go from here to prove me wrong. so, in terms of american domestic politics, the general idea i've been trying to get out into the public is that what might work can't happen and what might happen can't work. and i think that's a fairly glum assessment. i hope that i'm wrong about it, but that's what i believe at this point. as barbara mentioned, the congress' attitude has been let's add more pressure on top of the existing pressure and promise not to put any more pressure if concessions are made. in fact, it's even stopped t
/iran or western iran diplomacies is that there are really good metaphors. closing windows, clocks running at different speeds. so, again, i want to reiterate, i favor diplomacy. i favor probably an unrealistically ambitious diplomatic approach. the very fact that that approach is unrealistic causes me to doubt whether or not we will get to where we want to go. as i mentioned, ali covered quite well some of the obstacles to a diplomatic resolution to the problem. i want to focus on u.s....
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again sanction iran iran is also threatening to impose punitive steps against the western powers are we witnessing merely a game of chicken or a potential bomb ticking before the advent of war. and. to cross talk iran and its oil i'm joined by john robson and he is a columnist and commentator for a sun news network and invited professor at the university of ottawa in london we have to settle me he is an international oil economist and technical expert with the united nations industrial development organisation and in irvine we go to our bankers our day he is a professor of engineering at the university of california irvine all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first ok let's go to john robson in and london the you pushing forward july first will cut off all oil exports into the european union from iran and it is calling the strategy to avoid chaos in the middle east isn't it just actually the reverse this will create even more chaos in the middle east this is counterproductive and actually it really actually
again sanction iran iran is also threatening to impose punitive steps against the western powers are we witnessing merely a game of chicken or a potential bomb ticking before the advent of war. and. to cross talk iran and its oil i'm joined by john robson and he is a columnist and commentator for a sun news network and invited professor at the university of ottawa in london we have to settle me he is an international oil economist and technical expert with the united nations industrial...
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policy iran's isolation or the problem with iran trumps the need to get iran to work positively in afghanistan? and i'll leave it at that. so, i think we'll get brief answers and then we'll open it up. >> sure. i think you're very right. this is what pakistani policymakers essentially are obsessed with or look at very seriously. they also have the whole civil war scenarios in afghanistan in front of them. but a couple of points. one is we must remember that pakistan's elitist orientation has always been south south asian, india -- i mean, whatever they do, they look towards india and oppose it or whatever. and there are big problems, of course, with india. they had also -- and also is -- i mean affected how it makes policies towards afghanistan because there was no real expertise on afghanistan. i look at things that have been written about afghanistan today and pakistan. a lot of the big effects are wrong. i mean, the composition of the society, one's life and that kind of stuff. the thing -- the real answer to your question is that in the 1990s there was a reasonable conflict of information
policy iran's isolation or the problem with iran trumps the need to get iran to work positively in afghanistan? and i'll leave it at that. so, i think we'll get brief answers and then we'll open it up. >> sure. i think you're very right. this is what pakistani policymakers essentially are obsessed with or look at very seriously. they also have the whole civil war scenarios in afghanistan in front of them. but a couple of points. one is we must remember that pakistan's elitist orientation...
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recently russia has been standing delegations to iran and iran's russia in this respect this situation has improved. many russian officials now say that there is no reason to believe that iran a single developing nuclear weapons. western pressure and sanctions are a largely politicized us their purpose is to influence the people of iran. we owe the russian foreign minister a visit to the states last week you know the jury in his talks with. trade states this clinton she asked the lover of two to two to tell that to translate to the iranian side that talks maybe a last chance to avoid and military attack how scary is that. for your people. of course we have often received similar threats over the past thirty years. on syria kishen so i think they even ahead as specific details for attacking iran. but we know and americans know that throughout the five thousand years of iran's history the people of iran have always defended their country they're really two separate flies their lives for their homeland is for others from before. i think such threats are intended mostly for domestic consum
recently russia has been standing delegations to iran and iran's russia in this respect this situation has improved. many russian officials now say that there is no reason to believe that iran a single developing nuclear weapons. western pressure and sanctions are a largely politicized us their purpose is to influence the people of iran. we owe the russian foreign minister a visit to the states last week you know the jury in his talks with. trade states this clinton she asked the lover of two...
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not the natural iran company. i think it's fair to say that we are going to be very skeptical about efforts to develop a alternative payment mechanisms premised on the fact that under iranian law, it says that all revenues earned by any government ministry have to be paid to this central bank of iran and the oil resources are owned by the national iranian oil company, so i think our presumption going in is that anyone buying oil from iran is ultima ultimately paying the central bank of iran for that oil even if there is some intermediate step along the way. so we are going to be quite skeptical of efforts to pay, purport to pay other than the central bank of iran for iranian oil. >> that's an important point because you're signalling a max mallist interpretation of the strictures and you're going to be looking at attempts to evade it. >> i don't know if it's max mallist or applying law, anyone who makes a knowing transaction with the central bank of iran for iranian oil is subject to sanctions. we have made clear
not the natural iran company. i think it's fair to say that we are going to be very skeptical about efforts to develop a alternative payment mechanisms premised on the fact that under iranian law, it says that all revenues earned by any government ministry have to be paid to this central bank of iran and the oil resources are owned by the national iranian oil company, so i think our presumption going in is that anyone buying oil from iran is ultima ultimately paying the central bank of iran for...
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about iran. but after what i saw in iran -- iran and other places. so therefore, iran is following the world very closely. there are many people that think about the iranian leadership, so they know what the reactions have been. that's why i said iran would not like to be hit because they know very well that the way -- at the end of the day, they will be hit by israel. iran will not be able to retaliate in kind because the united states will be there for israel. so this is something that has to be taken into consideration and something that will have to force iran to stay at the negotiation table. one thing, maybe i should have said at the very beginning, the first question , what is left to be done for iran. twenty, 40 percent enrichment? because now we are at a point where this is not the way the politics should continue. i mean, the united states must definitely give up looking at the situation to find a quick solution. it's not a fast -- it is a fast society but in terms of politics, we're de
about iran. but after what i saw in iran -- iran and other places. so therefore, iran is following the world very closely. there are many people that think about the iranian leadership, so they know what the reactions have been. that's why i said iran would not like to be hit because they know very well that the way -- at the end of the day, they will be hit by israel. iran will not be able to retaliate in kind because the united states will be there for israel. so this is something that has to...
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or taking military iran. nuclear iran would pose a grave threat to the peace and security and would lead to further proliferation in the region as other countries acquire weapons in response. it would he'd lead to further proliferation itself as iran would transfer of the technology to other countries. and nuclear armed iran would be more aggressive. right now iran restrains its foreign policy because it fears major retaliation from israel or the united states. with weapons, it would feel emboldened to push harder and engaging in more coesive diplomacy in the region. we could see an even more crisis prone middle east and with a nuclear armed iran and israel, other nuclear armed states in the region, any one of those crisis coz result in nuclear exchange. given israel's small size, it could mean the end of a state of israel. once iran has missiles capable of reaching the united states, one of these crises could result you the in a nuclear exchange on u.s. soil. so a nuclear armed iran poses a grave threat. pre
or taking military iran. nuclear iran would pose a grave threat to the peace and security and would lead to further proliferation in the region as other countries acquire weapons in response. it would he'd lead to further proliferation itself as iran would transfer of the technology to other countries. and nuclear armed iran would be more aggressive. right now iran restrains its foreign policy because it fears major retaliation from israel or the united states. with weapons, it would feel...
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si on iran. it is a judgment by this administration and the previous few administrations that an iranian nuclear weapon is a significant threat to u.s. rvitl national interests in a vital region. israel factors in making certain decisions but not in the ultimate course. i also think there's been some in evidence the last couple months that this administration isn't prisoner to israeli desires on this. how do i know that? because if this administration had been prisoner to those desires, obama would have laid out much clearer red lines than he did at the apac conference. we would have green lit an israeli attack on iran already instead of basically telling them not to do it and we think it's a bad idea. and we would have -- or we would have committed to doing it ourselves. now, i mean, this is a viable option. how do i know? because half the republican candidates running for president have suggested exactly, you know, green lighting an israeli attack or doing it jointly or doing it ourselves, clai
si on iran. it is a judgment by this administration and the previous few administrations that an iranian nuclear weapon is a significant threat to u.s. rvitl national interests in a vital region. israel factors in making certain decisions but not in the ultimate course. i also think there's been some in evidence the last couple months that this administration isn't prisoner to israeli desires on this. how do i know that? because if this administration had been prisoner to those desires, obama...
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i'll remind you we're talking about iran and the west. ok mark i want to go back to you in london because right before the break i could just see you were just waiting with baited breath to say something so go here. well first of all i agree with what salaam said about this very dangerous misperceptions and mischaracterizations of islam i really understand what he's saying there but i want to reinforce that mis characterizations of the united states are also wrong and it is the obama administration's policy as it is the negotiating partners to have a deal secret deal with iran and it is iran that back when they last met in istanbul a year ago refused to meet one on one with the united states the united states and its partners had tabled confidence building measure that iran didn't want to talk about let's hope that they are now ready to talk the idea that maybe the pressure has given them more reasons to talk maybe realistic but so far i don't think you know that all this blaming the united states is correct it takes two to tango let's le
i'll remind you we're talking about iran and the west. ok mark i want to go back to you in london because right before the break i could just see you were just waiting with baited breath to say something so go here. well first of all i agree with what salaam said about this very dangerous misperceptions and mischaracterizations of islam i really understand what he's saying there but i want to reinforce that mis characterizations of the united states are also wrong and it is the obama...
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so if assad falls, that will be bad for iran. iran will be entirely isolated in the region. that seems to me to be a unique confluence of our moral interests and our national interests to isolate iran. how do we do it? well, those are the kind of thing has get disgusted ad nauseum in washington. i'll give you three short bullet points not involving boots on the ground in much the same way we helped nato and libya which did not involve a confluence of national and moral interests, but just moral interests. we can help organize the syrian opposition. we can stop talking about the sear began opposition as if they were crap. we can bring them together. we can help them create constitution, we can help them form a transitional government, we can form safe haven, can he with protect safe hey rens, safety corridors. those things aren't terribly difficult. do we run risks? yes. on the other hand, these are all eminently doable things for the united states and if they weren't, by the way, you should be very worried because about we can't take on the syrian medical taker, i don't know
so if assad falls, that will be bad for iran. iran will be entirely isolated in the region. that seems to me to be a unique confluence of our moral interests and our national interests to isolate iran. how do we do it? well, those are the kind of thing has get disgusted ad nauseum in washington. i'll give you three short bullet points not involving boots on the ground in much the same way we helped nato and libya which did not involve a confluence of national and moral interests, but just moral...
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intelligence officials say they penetrated iran's nuclear program, and iran is at least a year or more away from building a weapon. many outside experts agree. >> we don't think they'll break out and build nuclear weapons this year. we are talking about something off in the future. >> reporter: israel says iran could pass the point of no return toward developing a bomb within months. israel is on alert against iranian terrorism, after three explosions in bangkok tuesday and attacks on israeli diplomats in india and the former soviet republic of georgia monday, all blamed by israel on iran. >> this looks like iranian retaliation for killing of iranian scientists associated with their nuclear program over the past two years. >> reporter: scientists most experts believe were killed by israel despite denials. u.s. officials have been shuttling to tel aviv pleading with israel to not attack iran, even as american warships play cat-and-mouse in the strait of hormuz, the choke point for 1/5 of the world's oil. today homeland security secretary janet napolitano told congress that the u.s. know
intelligence officials say they penetrated iran's nuclear program, and iran is at least a year or more away from building a weapon. many outside experts agree. >> we don't think they'll break out and build nuclear weapons this year. we are talking about something off in the future. >> reporter: israel says iran could pass the point of no return toward developing a bomb within months. israel is on alert against iranian terrorism, after three explosions in bangkok tuesday and attacks...
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i mean that's not really a valid argument he's cantered her iran or iran is iran insult and the united states oh and in fact you can because iran is an independent sovereign country in fact contrary to the claim made earlier that the international community is united on iran it is not a nonaligned movement which consists of three sets of the country of the world supporting iran but in the west the nonaligned movement in other words the majority of the world tonight are not considered as the international community the international community as well as our western countries they represent us and they're the ones who make the decisions. in their eyes the riots are not going to accept that the iranians are working with the frame within the framework of the of international law and they will continue to do so those countries that are not pursue a working within the framework of international law are those countries that are threatening iran with a military attack which is barbaric those countries which have placed an embargo on the iranian central bank in order to prevent iran from even i
i mean that's not really a valid argument he's cantered her iran or iran is iran insult and the united states oh and in fact you can because iran is an independent sovereign country in fact contrary to the claim made earlier that the international community is united on iran it is not a nonaligned movement which consists of three sets of the country of the world supporting iran but in the west the nonaligned movement in other words the majority of the world tonight are not considered as the...
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the bomb blast in thailand happened as confrontation between iran and israel intensifies over iran's nuclear development. their bid to find out more about those who believe to be responsible. >>> turning to mirimar, a european commissioner has wrapped up a three-day visit saying the eu may lift sanctions if further steps are taken towards democracy. european commissioner for development held talks with mirimar's president and pro-democracy leader. he later told reporters in bangkok on tuesday that he was optimistic about mirimar's progress. >> it is a process going ongoing. >> meanwhile, campaigning for elections has begun in earnest on the outskirts. nhk world followed the noble laureate as she appealed for support. opposition leader has began campaigning. she visited the consistency on saturday. her first official campaign appearance in the district she hopes to represent. >> the most important thing is to create new jobs for people who are unemployed. if you believe in us, i promise to implement this without fail. >> she'll definitely win. >> we believe that she will improve our l
the bomb blast in thailand happened as confrontation between iran and israel intensifies over iran's nuclear development. their bid to find out more about those who believe to be responsible. >>> turning to mirimar, a european commissioner has wrapped up a three-day visit saying the eu may lift sanctions if further steps are taken towards democracy. european commissioner for development held talks with mirimar's president and pro-democracy leader. he later told reporters in bangkok on...
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would be bad for everybody of course we don't know whether it is a nuclear iran well if iran had nuclear weapons they would still be directly under the targeting sites of the united states of britain and of israel if they had a nuclear weapon they could not defeat us we could incinerate persia whenever we felt like doing it or ever whenever we needed to do it if you look at iran iran's energy industry has peaked and with the economy its support it supports its declining it's a country of. a limited number of shia muslims surrounded by a vastly greater sunni. population that surrounds it and hates them would rather kill them than than the israelis or americans or brits and finally if you look at the map iran is completely surrounded by u.s. military bases that have been built in the last ten years in cold war terms if you will iran is completely contained but i think we need to remember that the iranian iraq was completely contained and that didn't stop that war the one card you have i would have on that you ask what would happen if we attacked iraq the iranians have a tremendous capabili
would be bad for everybody of course we don't know whether it is a nuclear iran well if iran had nuclear weapons they would still be directly under the targeting sites of the united states of britain and of israel if they had a nuclear weapon they could not defeat us we could incinerate persia whenever we felt like doing it or ever whenever we needed to do it if you look at iran iran's energy industry has peaked and with the economy its support it supports its declining it's a country of. a...
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position, which sees iran as an enemy, the e.u. does not see iran as an enemy. there's no enemy picture related to the question of diplomatic contacts with iran. so this is a different position, so i think the european union should actually design a long-term strategy which implies cautious engagement rather than containment of iran. and as the first up is long-term engagements based proposal by european parliament to establish presence in iran, actually the form of permanent delegation. secondly, it is important to note that the nuclear issue, nuclear dossier is only part of use of relationship with iran, and that this should be balanced with economic incentives as well as question of human rights. which is very important for the european union, and particular to the parliament. so the nuclear nonproliferation issue should be combined with this incentive. and thirdly, there's a question of the region security which it's important for the europeans, and here i think we should at least support the conference that i mentioned before, and see turkey as a very impor
position, which sees iran as an enemy, the e.u. does not see iran as an enemy. there's no enemy picture related to the question of diplomatic contacts with iran. so this is a different position, so i think the european union should actually design a long-term strategy which implies cautious engagement rather than containment of iran. and as the first up is long-term engagements based proposal by european parliament to establish presence in iran, actually the form of permanent delegation....
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so if assad falls, that will be bad for iran. iran will be entirely isolated in the region. that seems to me to be a unique confluence of our moral interests and our national interests to isolate iran. how do we do it? well, those are the kind of things that get discussed ad nauseum in washington. i'll give you three short bullet points not involving boots on the ground in much the same way we helped nato in libya, which by the way did not involve a confruns have national and moral interests but just a moral interest that at the time seemed more attractive to the president than apparently the moral interest of syria at this moment. we can help organize the syrian opposition. we can stop talking about the syrian opposition as if they were crap. we can bring them together. we can help them create constitution, we can help them form a transitional government, we can form safe havens, we can protect safe havens, we can protect safety core douridors f people seeking to escape bombardment. those things aren't terribly difficult. do we run risks? yes. on the other hand, these are a
so if assad falls, that will be bad for iran. iran will be entirely isolated in the region. that seems to me to be a unique confluence of our moral interests and our national interests to isolate iran. how do we do it? well, those are the kind of things that get discussed ad nauseum in washington. i'll give you three short bullet points not involving boots on the ground in much the same way we helped nato in libya, which by the way did not involve a confruns have national and moral interests...
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and iran has. many economy in trade relation with many countries including china turkey iran just increase its economy exchange and trade with turkey from fifteen billion dollars to thirty billion dollars so iran can use barter trade in such. circumstances ok and you know some countries and european countries are concerned that this oil embargo well will hurt them and a lot of countries in the e.u. say that they can't afford to have this so i mean it's almost this could be a double edged sword i mean that they're trying to impose sanctions on iran but this could kind of backfire and that's actually true i mean tree country three major european countries that tree major consumer of iranian european unions are italy spain and greece which already are facing a huge economy crisis. spanish off the shoals they mentioned they have talked to the refineries which is the main refinery of iranian crude oil in spain and they have agreed to support the sanctions but they mentioned you're going to accept to. st
and iran has. many economy in trade relation with many countries including china turkey iran just increase its economy exchange and trade with turkey from fifteen billion dollars to thirty billion dollars so iran can use barter trade in such. circumstances ok and you know some countries and european countries are concerned that this oil embargo well will hurt them and a lot of countries in the e.u. say that they can't afford to have this so i mean it's almost this could be a double edged sword...
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we begin this ening as nsions rise betweenhe united states and iran with iran' ambassador to the united nations mohammed khazaee. >> if you want to create problems in the persian gulf of course it would be the right of tehran as well as the rest of the countries in the region to try to defend themselves, so in my view, if you ask me, the iranian strategy is not to close the strait of hormuz, but naturally, any nation if it's under serious threats by foreign powers, to, they will defend themselves. >> rose: we conclude this evening with the author of many sports books, the writer john feinstein and his new book called one on one. >> i realize with all of the books that i had done that i met so many different characters through the years beyond, whether dean smith or mike she chef ski or tigerçó woods or anybody you wanted to name and a lot of people not as famous as those guys i found fascinating, why not go back and talk to some of them and tell some stories i haven'told before about my relationships with some of these pele because i always kept myself out of the books. >> rose: khaza
we begin this ening as nsions rise betweenhe united states and iran with iran' ambassador to the united nations mohammed khazaee. >> if you want to create problems in the persian gulf of course it would be the right of tehran as well as the rest of the countries in the region to try to defend themselves, so in my view, if you ask me, the iranian strategy is not to close the strait of hormuz, but naturally, any nation if it's under serious threats by foreign powers, to, they will defend...
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trying as much as we can with the rest of the world there with her to stop iran from becoming nuclear and yet today has been a lot of war with craig 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 i always see disagreement in the israeli political when the issue of iran is of great importance i think that. if there is determination. resource 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 rands 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 an
trying as much as we can with the rest of the world there with her to stop iran from becoming nuclear and yet today has been a lot of war with craig 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 i always see disagreement in the israeli political when the issue of iran is of great importance i think that. if there is determination. resource and persistence in the word that is interesting...
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iran is a signature of the n.p.t. and yet is going through this very very intense scrutiny with implied threats as well and i think there's a we've got to be very careful to show a balance in our approach which comes back to the original discussion we're having about the need for that balance when discussion discussing the issue in general is it really balance those who allow iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons well as i said we come back to the evidence business and let's examine the evidence so you point to me the substantive evidence of that i have failed to see it our former directors and director generals of the i a e a have said they cannot see this instant of evidence so i think we have to be very very careful here we do not want to make the same mistake we made in iraq where on the basis of secret intelligence and circumstantial evidence we basically went to war on a false premise could we see a rerun of the i think there is a danger of whoa you know the rhetoric is building up i mean there is you know the
iran is a signature of the n.p.t. and yet is going through this very very intense scrutiny with implied threats as well and i think there's a we've got to be very careful to show a balance in our approach which comes back to the original discussion we're having about the need for that balance when discussion discussing the issue in general is it really balance those who allow iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons well as i said we come back to the evidence business and let's examine the...
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what is iran's beef with the united states and what is the united states'beef with iran? >> it the long list. it begins in 1979 with the hostage crisis. that is the point in which awareness of iran in america became quite stark. uc iranians challenging the united states regionally as well as outside the region that time, challenging american leadership globally. there has been support for terrorism and groups that are anti-american. on the iranian side, it began 1953, when the united states and the british secret service did a coup against a democratically elected prime minister of acheron. that's when a lot of the -- against iran. that is when a lot of the grievances began. then it has deepened. during the 1980's, at the united states sided with iraq and provided iraq with intelligence and weapons in spite of the fact that saddam hussein was using chemical weapons against iranian population and the civilian population. we have sanctions and other things. this is a situation where both sides have piled a lot of antagonism on to each other. at some point, it is futile to g
what is iran's beef with the united states and what is the united states'beef with iran? >> it the long list. it begins in 1979 with the hostage crisis. that is the point in which awareness of iran in america became quite stark. uc iranians challenging the united states regionally as well as outside the region that time, challenging american leadership globally. there has been support for terrorism and groups that are anti-american. on the iranian side, it began 1953, when the united...
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policy iran's isolation or the problem with iran trumps the need to get iran to work positively in afghanistan? if i could get brief answers and then we'll open it up. >> sure. you are very right this is what pakistani policymakers essentially are obsessed with or look at very seriously. they also have the whole civil war sken cenario in front of th. but i would say there are a couple of points.
policy iran's isolation or the problem with iran trumps the need to get iran to work positively in afghanistan? if i could get brief answers and then we'll open it up. >> sure. you are very right this is what pakistani policymakers essentially are obsessed with or look at very seriously. they also have the whole civil war sken cenario in front of th. but i would say there are a couple of points.
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is already ratcheted up its sanctions on iran. iran wants to send a signal to the u.s. into its own people that it will not about to such threats and that they are in a position to retaliate if necessary. >> president barack obama signed into law a package of sanctions on iran. the eu has followed suit. they are among the toughest sanctions imposed on the islamic republic, and they get hit the economy hard. their real bone of contention is that tehran's nuclear program. international talks on resolving the issue have been frozen. countries in the west hopes sanctions will persuade iran to come back to the negotiating table. that is why the oil embargo does not take effect until july, giving iran a chance to talk with western nations. but there are doubts about the iranian regime's ability to agree on policy. the leadership in tehran has been plagued by in-fighting for many years. >> there are disagreements, some a very serious disputes in the conservative camp about who should succeed after ahmadinejad. he will be leaving office in just over a year. >> the outcome of th
is already ratcheted up its sanctions on iran. iran wants to send a signal to the u.s. into its own people that it will not about to such threats and that they are in a position to retaliate if necessary. >> president barack obama signed into law a package of sanctions on iran. the eu has followed suit. they are among the toughest sanctions imposed on the islamic republic, and they get hit the economy hard. their real bone of contention is that tehran's nuclear program. international...
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troy two options bomb iran or let iran get the bomb with tension between iran and the west as high as ever a host of hardline speakers and us mainstream media seem to be pushing the audience to believe that war is inevitable the better way to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons is to attack its nuclear weapons program directly although experts say war with iran is far from being inevitable i don't think that we are very get that is to say at the precipice with the media are already preparing the grounds for it some by misinforming the public the new york times wrote that the international atomic energy agency said iran's nuclear program has a military objective but that's not what the i.a.e.a. reported the watchdog said iran might have the technology to develop a nuclear weapon if you wants to or here's another public misconception due to a lack of information it would be saying to the iranians you to open up those facilities you begin to dismantle them and make them available to the inspectors or we will degrade those facilities through air strikes in fact i e-s. specters have
troy two options bomb iran or let iran get the bomb with tension between iran and the west as high as ever a host of hardline speakers and us mainstream media seem to be pushing the audience to believe that war is inevitable the better way to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons is to attack its nuclear weapons program directly although experts say war with iran is far from being inevitable i don't think that we are very get that is to say at the precipice with the media are already...
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and when the leader of the islamic republic of iran says in one of the holiest places in iran, says to crowds and crowds of iranians, we don't have any experience with this administration, if you change your policies, so will we, that was serious. >> you're telling of iran -- a 30-year record of iranian efforts and outreach to the united states, arrogantly or foolishly rebuffed by the united states. this is not a regime that supports terrorist groups, tries to kill a saudi ambassador. perhaps is justifiably incurred the -- the resentment and fear of its neighbors. >> all right. let me ask you, vali, you were in the state department when the issues were debated. whether the u.s. should be -- should be reaching out in some way or the other. how is this going to end? because if you put all this pressure on them, is there a strategy for some kind of negotiated outcome? because otherwise the pressure builds, and if the iranians as you say kind of match pressure with pressure, you know, things can get very, very risky. i mean, if you look at the price of oil, i'll struck by this. in a global
and when the leader of the islamic republic of iran says in one of the holiest places in iran, says to crowds and crowds of iranians, we don't have any experience with this administration, if you change your policies, so will we, that was serious. >> you're telling of iran -- a 30-year record of iranian efforts and outreach to the united states, arrogantly or foolishly rebuffed by the united states. this is not a regime that supports terrorist groups, tries to kill a saudi ambassador....
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now about iran, you are right. i've long worried about iran. i'm a jewish grandmother and soon to be a jewish great grandmother. i come by this honestly. iran is not only a threat to israel that we all understand and get, and the clock is ticking, but iran has shown over the years that it is capable through hezbollah to attack this hemisphere. the attacks in the '90s were the largest massacre since the holocaust. more jews did there. so we better take this seriously. and if iran gets a nuclear weapon, the arms race that will ensue and the destabilization. not only of the region, but of the world, i think means that iran and a few other countries like pakistan are countries we need to worry about. it's in our national interest to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> let's elaborate a little bit on that. what would a nuclear capable iran mean for groups like hezbollah? >> well, certainly, david, there's no greater threat that anyone faces. israel or the united states, than a terrorist armed with a nuclear weapon. and when you think abou
now about iran, you are right. i've long worried about iran. i'm a jewish grandmother and soon to be a jewish great grandmother. i come by this honestly. iran is not only a threat to israel that we all understand and get, and the clock is ticking, but iran has shown over the years that it is capable through hezbollah to attack this hemisphere. the attacks in the '90s were the largest massacre since the holocaust. more jews did there. so we better take this seriously. and if iran gets a nuclear...