iran iran is a different story ok go to iran is an origin story iran is preparing is preparing a parent preparing for a nuclear weapons program and that is unfortunately unacceptable for regional and global security and so if iran does not desist another saluki i've called for military action i called for it in the new york times in december of last year and that doesn't answer my question what does iran and if iran pulled out of the n.p.t. would they have the right then to pursue nuclear weapons and and if not why not ok professor marandi i'd like to go to you we've got to come is that do you do you see i mean look i mean you know what american media very very well i mean do you see this drumbeat coming against your countrymen attack against your country by the united states and possibly israel or israel and the united states depending on the pecking order. well first i'd like to say that i'm very disappointed in what your guest had to say effectively what he was saying was that we should murder and murder iranians and destroy parts of the country we have the right to kill iranians who

but we did not enjoy it we have never enjoyed the special influence over iran iran has never been a comfortable partner for us so this is number one and number two i do not believe that iran will just say thank you very much we are not have a visitor russia's behavior and this is how we leave russia is all part of this this will not happen because iran is. isolated on the international arena iran does not have many of friends in the world and they believe that russia is still a friend of iran it's a friend of iranian people it's a friend of iran as a country definitely and this is why we oppose and in further decisions like using military force against iran because we believe that there would be a disaster yes there are questions towards the iranian nuclear program but that does not mean we are absolutely convinced that iran while it's its obligations according to the nonproliferation treaty while the united states and their allies in nato sometimes are much more convinced than that and we know that united states and their allies sometimes make mistakes while being. much convinced o

many iraqis were born in iran. every year five million people cross the borders between the two countries. in security in iraq, therefore, who do you think it would impact first and foremost. if it had security, who do you think it would impact first? now on top of that, is it the american troops or the iranian troops that are in the borders of iraq? is it us stationing our troops along the borders or is it the united states that has troops on both sides of our borders? on the east and west. i mean, these equations are fundamentally wrong and i think that if we can sincerely sit down and talk, these can all be talked about. mr. obama could come here, i'd gladly sit down with him and talk, we can find some solutions. i don't want to go back to the past. i look to the future. and i think that there's this problem that we need to resolve and we have to address the root cause of the problem. what is this? is the problem... what is the problem in afghanistan. where does it come from. why is it resolved? >> rose: and afg

that's definitive one part of iran's nuclear program they're saying that what iran has shown us we have seen that's not saying that the entire program gets a clean bill of health and that's the concern about iran is that it's doing certain things that it opens up to the i.a.e.a. and then it's doing other things that it doesn't open up to the i.a.e.a. so it opens up the peaceful part but it hides the weapons part ok professor marandi could i go to you in toronto would you agree with that i mean on one side there is clarity another side there isn't clarity that's what our guest is saying. well no i would disagree with what your guest says the i.a.e.a. has never claimed that iran has a military program in fact as we've seen over the years no evidence whatsoever has ever been given to show that iran's program is anything but peaceful and you have to take into account that the international atomic energy agency its board is highly influenced by western countries it is not a democratic body and despite the fact that it's not a democratic body iran allowed intrusive inspections for over two ye

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in iran. the regime tries to use these interviews as a sign, as they it as a sign of iran's importance in the international community the fact that everybody wants to interview him is not seen by them as the fact that he has become a mr. magoo character and has become a caricature of a head of state, they see it as a sign of importance and they milk it, and from political prisoners within the last 24 hours a gentleman who is the undersecretary in the interior ministry met with his wife and said, "tell the international community, these are all lies and i'm willing to come and show and debate and prove it is false." >> charlie: what do you do and what do all of you do and beyond those of us who are reporters, what do you do to bring the pressure of an international community to the human -- to those cases? >> i think it's absolutely essential that we continue to raise awareness. all of my friends who have been political prisoners in iran, including haleh will tell you it was heartening for them

iran has not. been severely ron has not supported hamas scuse me i mean i didn't introduce her to arista terrorizing around the world i think you should allow me to say wait a minute and you can read i'm really going to. go read lame is false go ahead professor marandi has an ally is defending its own country against the country a regime is designed this apartheid regime that has occupied this country and still continues to occupy parts of lebanon israel today on a daily basis. its airplanes go over lebanese airspace and the israelis can constantly provoke the people of lebanon hezbollah has succeeded in expelled you can see that these are people in this drama still people territory. no the iranian support groups that helped to liberate their own country which is called lebanon and beyond that the iranians were the victims of a war that the americans and the europeans were behind it they supported saddam hussein they gave him weapons of mass destruction i myself was a victim of two chemical attacks

russia shelves the supply of missile defense systems to iran falling into step with the latest sanctions. and we bring you the latest from the united nations summit. meeting says he'll need each other and should work on missiles of. iran by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york and. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is certainly glad to have you with us the arctic's untapped natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the ice cap is estimated that billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea and the arctic nations are keen to secure their share some of the finest scientific minds have gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out. reports. fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the entire world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic sea bed the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada no

and then convinced iran wants it. and if we all are reasonable and if we all recognize that there are security interests of iran just like there are security interests of other countries in the region, if we recognize that iran must cooperate, we fully remove any reasonable doubt, any doubt at all regarding its nuclear program. and if we engage iran on these grounds, if we develop a package which would oblige iran to do what we all wanted to do, at the same time which would oblige us to accept iran as an equal partner in regional issues, i think would be the best solution. and by the way, i know that president obama for the second time recently again indicated his desire to engage with iran. and i hope this would be third and i hope this would be followed up, at least a meet that we had in new york with the three plus three group indicates there is a very strong desire while using the pressure on iran but also a desire to engage iran and we will do this we will try to explain to iranians that this is first of all in t

it's iran's nuclear activities. no one expresses fear about iran's nuclear activities in the region except the zionist regime and the fear -- some american authorities. we are not seeking the bomb. we have no interest in it. and we do not think it is useful. we are standing firm over the issue that both the zionist regime and the united states government should be disarmed. the threat to the world are the bombs that the u.s. government and the zionist regime have. if they think that by propagating against iran that they can basically change their public opinion, they are wrong. we will stand firm on this issue. we will pursue it in all international organizations. we will discuss in the review process. the zionist was required and the document ratified by the ntp review conference to address its nuclear arsenal. so the u.s. government too must pursue this idea to ensure that the zionist regime's nuclear arsenal is eliminated because this regime is an illegitimate war-waging country. it has also proved that it does n

iran has those. missile or anti air. three hundred almost and secondly russia has made it very clear that indispensable of reposts mong with the united states and indispensable of this decision to. purchase nevertheless. overall partnership affiliations with. russia to get decisions to start or. plant quite recently showing that corporative relations with iran persistent will develop food that russia does not limit in any way political dialogue with iran and the meetings and you know summits go on and so on and so forth russia does not subscribe to the united states to create an illusion of your own an isolation from the international system so on and so forth so the approach is really balanced and . the real distribution of. all right thank you very much for your insight that was a dimitri simes from the think tank the council on foreign and defense policy in russia. and now some of the finest scientific minds are in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out they are working

sanctions on iran. talks are gripping the big apple as world leaders brainstorm how to eradicate global poverty and ensure peace in the middle east. you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital balkans in the program and also our top story the arctic's on tap natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the icecap billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea and the arctic nations are keen to secure their sure now some of the finest scientific minds of gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out of a has more. all of the countries that have an interest in the stake in the arctic namely russia the united states canada and two scandinavian states all of them have a very big interest and of course all want a bigger piece of the pie that is the untapped seabed full of natural resources oil gas various minerals so the arctic is a very tempting piece but so far all of the sides that have a stake and have a potential claim

should attack iran? >> we have a big problem if the sanctions fail. >> should we attack in that case? >> i think we should, i think president obama's -- >> that's what makes you a warmonger. you want to attack iran even though they're not attacking us. >> what do you want -- >> thank you, glenn, for telling us what a warmongerer is. >> are you obviously telling me that you want american soldiers and hundreds of millions of d l dollars and human life bloodshed because they called you a name? >> you sound like a 6-year-old. >> with all due respect, you've got some people that said, death to america, i feel bad about beating you up for it. >> death to america on the side of a missile is not name calling. it's a threat. they're threatening other genocide. that may not concern you. you may think that's not a problem, but happily, most americans watching ahminedjad on tv understand that. >> what concerns me is the use f my tax money to fund american soldiers and american weapons. that use that power to subordi

but as discussion of iran's nuclear program takes the floor at a u.n. meeting in new york the media blitz against it has been launched and then has been the main target of the pricey ad campaign the president going to judge himself to his report no it has been to investigate what you think of the build up. just. call it a september tradition the president of iran visits that the apple. angry protesters school on his arrival are going to the state is this. is the biggest area. and. people being hurt there wasn't a blizzard you don't get people to the hospital it is the dr no right now to bill you need don't show it in there is that it. or you read there would be dos mahmoud ahmadinejad may be the most hated guest at the hilton. but the world leader americans love to vilify is also the most visible face in manhattan courtesy of this organization united against nuclear iran a number of people don't understand the extent to which you can agree just violator of human rights his they don't understand seriously the dangers of a nuclear armed iran and the purpo

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the jews live in iran. like every other person who lives in iran freely. >> you know hillary clinton told me and she's told others that the united states is very concerned about the increasing militarization of the iranian government, that the revolutionary guard is very involved, not just in its military activities but in politics, in economics, in business, that they're cracking down on the people, as you know. there are still hundreds of election protesters in jail, many of them without evidence, without trial. why the militarization of the iranian system? why? >> translator: don't you think that miss clinton should think a little bit before she makes statements of such nature? i think miss clinton is a very respected woman, but she should really gather more correct information to base her statements on accurate information. >> i have to ask you this one last question. i just want to know if there's any chance that you will respond to the invitation of the obama administration to engage with the united s

however we have to remember that iran and iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has really been playing a lot of mind games lately among other things that he has said is that iran is going to launch a war against the united states if the united states tackles iran's you rhenium facilities are other things that the mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that iran is open for dialogue and then he was saying that this format of five plus one is not exactly the best way for iran to cooperate so really no details worked out yet but at today's meeting the five plus one try to come up with the next steps that they would take if iran sits down for negotiations. discussion of iran's nuclear program takes the floor at a u.n. meeting in new york a media blitz against it has been launched in manhattan the main target of the pricey ad campaign is president medina job himself. has more. call it a september tradition the president of iran visits the big apple. angry protesters on his arrival are going to this. is the biggest area. and. we're. just a drive no good bill you need on show didn't get is that it. or

what i discovered over iran's nuclear program takes the floor at a u.n. meeting in new york the media blitz against it has been launched in manhattan the main target of the pricey ad campaign is president with a job himself going to. call it a september tradition the president of iran visits the big apple. angry protesters scorn his arrival. the biggest area. and. just to drive no good bill you need on didn't is that it. or you. mahmoud ahmadinejad may be the most hated guest at the hilton. but the world leader americans love to vilify is also the most visible face in manhattan courtesy of this organization united against nuclear iran number of people don't understand the extent to which i mean just violator of human rights is they don't understand seriously the dangers of a nuclear armed iran. and the purpose of this ad campaign is to raise awareness of the specifics and we can only encourage people to take action again today new yorkers are surrounded by endless images of him sprinkled along second avenue posted along third pasted on phone booths and ho

anything in iran is negative according to the united states only thing that iran has yet to be accused of by the united states is global warming and that will come up later on but i think what is more important is anything to do with iran taking hostages with iran killing marines in lebanon with marines attacking military views i. think you are there. i think here you actually are a war actor you know you're very kind of the bad and that's why they have a problem with you know i think i think you i think you have a problem with your history classes in the united states iranian american relations didn't begin with embassy takeover they began with the united states overthrowing the national government in iran through a coup d'etat installing a puppet and then draining the country's resources for decades. well cross-talk is gone in just twenty minutes here on r.t. and i'll move on to our next story world poverty and hunger are in sharp focus at the u.n. summit in new york also in the spotlight in meetings on the sidelines are global security against iran's nuclear program meanwhile the mi

it's the same with iran. the consequences of confronting iran are, you know, i don't like to think about them. but we have to think about them. because the consequences are of not con friday nighting them and leaving them with nuclear weapons capability is also a problem. we live in a era of low predictability and tough decision-making. >> warner: tony blair, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> brown: and now we move from the perspective of a world leader to that of a businessman who is struggling to make peace on a smaller scale. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports from israel.- eporter: once upon a time this factory in central israel was a small kitchen selling a few jars of sun-dried tomato spread to delis in israel. then in 1992, founder benish got a visit from daniel, a recent law graduate and tomato spread fan. >> three people were working me and another two workers, and he came with a jar that he bought in a supermarket. he said this is yours? i said, yeah. he said i like this the most. i