wh you go to the movies i tehran, you're sure to be seeing a home grown film. the blockbter this spring w a war movi the iran/iraqwar, to be exact. tcasts of the army parttwo is the most protable release here ever. the drama of that devaating war is staple of iranian movies. not everything here a oot 'em up. th is about a pair of conjoined twins. ons devout, the other a part animal. iran censors don'tave a lht toh and nothing gets past th that isven slight riske. unveiled women, kissing, swearing, and even the gentlest humor pointed at islam and its clerics e all forbidn. that can makehe lives of iranian filmmakers difficult. >> translator: if you'reoing to make a lm about corruption in the system and t guidance ministry feels you're making a anti-iamic government movie, obviously they deny it but if the same corruptn is framed as praising the stem, they'll apove it. ♪ >> reporter: musicperates under en stricter cotraints. women ar't allowed to sing in public unless they're pa of a chorus. ♪ persian hihop is banned and songs about ankind of sex are, o. and

we are getting a better idea -- it depends on what part of tehran you are talking about. certain areas of the capital, virtually opposition protesters have taken over but there are other areas where there are more governments of order -- supporters. the government has been well versed in organizing government- sponsored rally. but this is a day traditionally where tens of thousands would take to the streets. are you saying the government is caught unaware or completely in control of events today as you understand it from people on the ground? >> the protesters were not picking for a fight. before these demonstrations that were calling on the supporters not to engage in confrontation so they were not looking for clashes. but given the scale of the crowds come a number of arrests we have been hearing about, although unconfirmed, is not to be -- >> to additionally the former president would be addressing crowds today. he is not. how significant is that? >> for 30 years he has been holding the main friday prayers should -- sermon at the end of ramadan. and suddenly to be not

a "worldfocus" team traveled to tehran earlier this year and met woman caught up in what is being called the persian paradox -- moving forward in their own way in a society dominated by men. our report comes from bigan saliani, an american who grew up in iran and has reported extensively from there. >> reporter: the outside world views iranian women as being silently oppressed. oppressed they may be, silent they are not. how women look and act is an unavoidable national issue, and many women here find themself in conflict with the authorities every day. >> said be careful. we'll have a coffee. >> reporter: to see how that works, look at the scene we found surreptitiously in tehran recently. two young women being told they couldn't enter a park because their clothes were too form-fitting, not modest enough. >> translator: how is what i'm wearing different from you? >> translator: you know the rules. you can't come in here dressed that way. >> reporter: such scenes happen every day. the law says every female over the age of 8 must conceal her shape and cover everything but her face and han

later, in a speech before friday prayer at tehran university, ahmadinejad laced into israel, calling the holocaust a lie used to justify the jewish state. >> translator: with lies and propaganda, it was made up that the jews were oppressed. and needed independent territory. propaganda was so effective many have been deceived by them. borzou daragahi is the middle east correspondent for the los angeles times. he's based in beirut, and has been monitoring today's events in tehran. >> the rhetoric was a little bit more heated, the talk about israel controlling the western government, a little bit more explicitly stated. he hasn't explicitly questioned the holocaust in a long time, and he did today. and, of course, this has a design behind it. he has found that making these sorts of comments on the international stage makes him stronger by allowing him to feed off of the negative energy he gets when iran is condemned. >> reporter: perhaps more notably, throngs of opposition protesters also turned out in tehran today. these pictures from the internet are believed to be of today's anti-gov

condemned tehran over secretly working on a new underground nuclear facility. and iran says, oh, it is not done yet. there are more tests to come. joining us now, iranian journalist, kavon buche, you are with us on the phone from tehran and have been following the story since last night and first, the iranians claim the testing was planned before the events of last week and what do you know about that? >> well, what, the iranian authorities say is that these maneuvers are part of irgc's, the revolutionary guard, annual and usual defensive exercises in order to preserve and increase iran's counter measure capabilities. but, really the timing comes -- considering all of the events happening, with iran, is a bit odd, and i can't be really sure that this was... in advance and i say, the general, the head of the irdc's air force, stated the maneuvers are a show of iran's willingness to defend its beliefs and ideology, and, also, the analysis of technical advancement and tactical abilities, which have recently been applied to all irgc's ground-to-ground missiles. so

the united ates and eupe have given tehran until the end of this month to stopenrichin u anfrom israel tre have been hints of an even stronger response. the loomingeadline with iran andhat might happen next is our leadfocus tonit. >> iran's foreign minister today presented the world's leading powers with a package of propals. e knoll, to oer assurances atthiran has only peeful, nuclear intensions, but as that was taki place in tehran, amera's envoy to the atomic energy agency said in vienna that the unid states has serious concerns tha iran is close to having the capability to produce a nuclr weapon. glynavis told t internatnal atom energy agency that the ongoing ativity moves ian closer to aangerous d destabilizing possible breakout capacity. just monday, iran's preside mahmouhmadinejad said th iran would push ahd withts nuclear progm despe international jections. >> translator: for our pointf ew, iran's so-called nucar sue is ove continue our work within the framework of glol regulations and in close interaction with the international atomic energy agency. we will never ney negotie o

tullibee but our troops in the persian gulf just days before talks with major powers concerned that if tehran is building nuclear weapons.

. >>> plus, clashes erupting today in tehran. thousands of opposition supporters protesting again in tehran. the first major street demonstrations since mid-july after june's disputed elections. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. in an exclusive interview, nbc's ann curry sat down with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad the first interview that any news organization has had with him in the west since those disputesed elections. she asked him about claims that he fixed the election. >> reporter: did you steal this election, sir? >> translator: i don't know what you mean by that. >> reporter: did you create conditions so that you would win no matter the vote? >> translator: it's very clear whoever becomes a candidate will start a campaign and will do his utmost to win. i think we should be courageous enough to accept the vote of the people. it's more courageous than participating in the vote itself. >> nbc's ann curry joins us live on the phone from tehran. and first of all, congratulations. an extraordinary intervi

but the nightmare scenario for tehran's opponents is of an iranian nuclear bomb on top of a long-range missile. the latest test has provoked an expression of concern from the european union and foriegn policy chief. above all, for iran this is an exercise in deterrence, in case the current crisis spirals into an attack on the republic. bbc news. >> and two hundred media organizations have been closed by troops, hours after authorities declared a state of emergency suspending key civil liberties. manuel zelaya return to honduras last week. american diplomats describe him as "irresponsible and foolish" for returning home before an agreement was reached. we have this report. >> soldiers came at dawn. they were heavily armed and determined to close down of broadcaster critical of the interim government in honduras. some say they were forced to use fire escapes to avoid arrest. their equipment was confiscated. it was the same story at channel 36 where the government declared a state of emergency and room service certain so rights. as the standoff -- the government declared a sale -- a state

tehran has until thursday to come clean about its nuclear program. if it doesn't, the obama administration is considering tougher new sanctions targeting iran's energy, financial and telecommunication sectors. thursday's meeting in geneva has taken on an added urgency. last week tehran admitted it had been secretly building a second uranium enrichment facility south of tehran and only yesterday tested long-range missiles capable of reaching israel and u.s. bases in the middle east. nobody is expecting any breakthroughs from the geneva talks. previous meetings have done nothing or little to convince the iranian government to give up its nuclear program. >>> iran will allow swiss officials to meet with three americans detained in iran according to u.s. officials who said tehran notified the swiss government about this decision. tehran says the americans were arrested for illegally entering the country in july. u.s. has no diplomatic relations with iran. the swiss government represents its interests there. the family of the americans say they've had no

even with the scheduled talks, the first in more than a year, tehran continued along a defiant stance threatening to fend off any attacks against the nuclear facilities. iranian officials also tried to lower expectations the talks could eventually help end the development program. that's something tehran calls a quote inailenable right. >>> there's now a $30 million bail in place for a man accused of kidnapping a northern california girl back in 1991 and keeping her captive for nearly two decades. at a monday hearing, the judge also ordered the suspect, phillip garrido to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. the 58-year-old along with his wife face a combined 29 felony counts. technically even if garrido did come up with the multimillion dollar bond, he would not be released because the crimes were allegedly committed while he was on parole. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. >>> two cowboys in washington had a unique task. what you might call convenience store cattle corralling. they bolted off a parade route and dashed into a mini mart. th

secretary of state hillary clinton says tehran has until then to strike a deal. agreeing to end its nuclear problem or face crippling new sanctions. >>> the city of chicago will put on a full-court press to host the 2016 summer olympus this week. they 23450e9 copenhagen. president obama will be there to push for his hometown. the first u.s. sitting president to attend an ioc meeting and first lady michelle obama will be there to lobby for the city where she was born. >>> expect the obama administration to make a big push for longer and more, i said, more, school days for your kids. the president and the education secretary say american kids need to keep up with kids in other nations. literally two duson schools in massachusetts added two hours to the school day and officials say the early results are positive. other schools have added three to four weeks summer programs. stay tuned than. >>> health experts say a second wave of h1n1, the swine flu pandemic, now sweeping the country. doctors, health clinics hospitals and schools say they're seeing an increased numb

. ♪ >> it was meant to be an official government-sponsored rally in tehran. despite warnings not to disrupt it, thousands of opposition supporters turned out. eyewitnesses' report government supporters were attacking opposition leaders. the president of iran seized his chance again to describe the holocaust as a myth and sparked outrage in the west. we have more on the violence and its implications. >> it was the date staged by the regime. the opposition had been warned not to try to hijack this annual event. president ahmadinejad sought as a chance for another hardline speech. >> he said the holocaust was a myth and that combating israel was a sacred duty. as he was speaking, the opposition seized their moment on the street to use their mobile telephones to film it. green was the symbol of the reformists in the city presidential election in june was stolen by ahmadinejad. this footage appears to show teargas being used to disperse them. they call on the president to resign. the prime minister also talked of skirmishes and arrests. since the disputed election

i think the ball is very much in the core of to iran -- in the court of tehran. what do you think we are likely to see important changes in the balance between richer and more developed nations? is it all talk? >> there has been quite a shift. some of the emerging countries may say that it has come too late in recognizing the power of countries like china, india, brazil. but there has been a real change in the power to structure. they want to focus on the g-20 and make it the main forum for deciding global strategy for the economy. i think that is a recognition that has been welcomed by china, russia already. it also gives the u.s. more ability to have more seats of the table and more boats when it matters. they will want to step up on the big matters like global climate change. >> the british prime minister has talked about no return to the bad old days. he says there will be something meaningful to the final communique. >> it does talk about doing something about the culture of excess and says we cannot go back to the days of excess. it talks in detail about ho

he was speaking at friday prayers in tehran. our bbc correspondent has this report. >> it was the first time he led friday prayers in tehran since june. that was just after the presidential elections. on that occasion, he said the defeated presidential contenders would be held accountable for the street protests going on at the time. today, there was another clear warning to the opposition to toe the line. >> to confront the ruling system, to confront the principles of the islamic system, to stand up and take the sword against the system, they will face a harsh response. >> his sermon was the most part restrained. he said the authorities would be tolerant toward the opposition as long as they behaved lawfully, did not resort to violence, and did not spread lies and rumors. the background to this is the continuing crackdown on the opposition by government hard- liners and new of arrests of activists. the supreme leader did not single out opposition leaders by name to date. it appears this was of the liberal message in advance of

this protests in tehran, an annual pro-palestinian rally. among them, thousands of green-clad supporters of the opposition movement. >> witnesses tell cnn government opposition supporters gathered near the city's revolution square while they chanted anti-government slogans on one side of the street, supporters of president mahmoud ahmadinejad chanted pro-government slogans, on the other, they were chanting death to america and death to israel. a line of police stood between the two groups. >> street protests in iran and new anger directed at a president accused of rigging his own re-election. [ crowd chanting ] >> what you hear is chants of "death to the dictator." this is amateur video posted on youtube and believed to have been shot today in tehran. >> some perspective now on the new rallies and next week's visit. i sat down just a short time ago with cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. so this is the first time in two months that we have seen the opposition out on the streets. what's going on? >> it's significant. b

in an exclusive interview to "time" magazine ahmadinejad warns president obama not to press tehran on the newly revealed nuclear plant saying this, quote. we're going to be following this breaking news story and much more ahead on this program with michael sheehan who is standing there and also this morning, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg released from the hospital a short time ago. she spent the night in a washington, d.c. hospital as a precautionary measure after becoming ill following an iron deficiency treatment and expected back to work later today. >>> former prime minister olmert declared his innocence today on a trial on corruption charges. he is accused of illegally accepting funds. a new u.n. report finds climate change is happening faster and broaden than projected two years ago. new estimates suggest sea level could rise as much as six feet by 20100. instead of 1.5 feet. a huge discrepancy there. >>> now to the economy. sales of new homes made a modest move in august increasing .7 of a% while the fifth straight increase in home sales but it doesn't add to a reco

the facility is located understood ground near qom, about 100 miles southwest of tehran. president vowed iran will be held accountable. we have reports tonight from national security correspondent david martin and chief white house correspondent chip reid. first chip in pittsburgh. chip, the president put iran on notice. >> reporter: yes, he did, katie. he made very clear that enough is enough, that the time for deception over iran's nuclear program is over. >> the configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow. >> reporter: the president accused iran of building a nuclear facility to make highly enriched uranium, the kind used to make nuclear bombs. the plant, hidden inside a mountain near the holy city of qom could be operational, u.s. officials say, within months. u.s. intelligence has been monitoring construction of the facility for years. bush administration officials briefed then president-elect obama during the transition. his administration has continue it had bush policy of keeping it se

this is the tehran bureau chief for nbc news and joins us live from tehran this afternoon. what has been the reaction from the iranian people to all of this news coming out of the g-20 today? >> the reaction from iran is outrage at the statements that are being made by the p-5 plus one. they're saying they are trying to stack the table against them before the meeting in geneva on october 1st and this is all a psychological game to gain the upper hand against iran them insist their nuclear program is a peaceful one and there has been nothing clandestine themselves say they've been an open book. but the p-5 plus one don't seem to believe them. >> what kind of response have the iranian people had, that the president of france has said, if they don't come play, that there will be new sanctions and they threw out a deadline for december houfl is that being received? >> generally, the iranian people are worried about sanctions. although president mahmoud ahmadinejad has repeatedly said that sanctions won't affect the country, it will affect the country. it will hike up gas prices

that according to cnn sources in tehran. this year they've been especially -- they're especially tense these demonstrations after unrest over iran's disputed presidential election back in june. witnesses tell cnn some protestors shouted pro iranian government slogans while others yelled against the regime. witnesses tell us some protestors chanted death to the dictator. let's bring in our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour who knows this story very, very well. what does it mean that weeks after the election there are still these huge crowds gathering and they're shouting death to the dictator in reference to ahmadinejad, the president. >> reporter: what it means, this is the first time they've come out mass in two months. they were waiting to see if they had the protest spirit in them and clearly they do. there was pro-government organized demonstrations on this jerusalem day as they call it. there were also these thousands of opposition coming out including leaders of the oppositions. first time they've b

he has very much put the ball in the court of tehran and president ahmadinejad. his credibility is lower at this point and it was. we have a very strong statement from sarkozy, president of balmy -- president obama, saying that iran has to come clean or there is the prospect of a tougher round of sanctions. >> many thanks for that. >>> the organization investigating fraud and afghanistan's presidential elections says it has agreed to allow recounts of 10% of polling stations where the vote is disputed. election complaints commission says that means around 300 recounts. >>> al qaeda leader osama bin laden appears to be urging european countries to end their alliance with the united states and withdraw from afghanistan. an audio message on the internet has appeared with english and german subtitles, though its authenticity has not been verified. >>> german police have arrested a turkish man they suspect of posting an al qaeda video on the internet, threatening attacks on germany which holds elections on sunday, unless it withdraws from afghanistan. >>> if former ai

tens of thousands of people heading towards tehran university. there, president ahmadinejad made another searing speech targeting israel and washington. here's what he had to say. >> translator: today the most important issue in the world is the issue of palestine. if there is conflict going on in iraq, we believe that the conflict has been instigated by the zionists. if there's a conflict in afghanistan, the war has been provoked by the desizionists. if the people of sudan are being suppressed, that's due to zionists' temptations. in fact, we consider all these schemes as being just drawn up by the zionists. >> reporter: now, inside tehran university, president ahmadinejad getting plenty of cheers, but a different story outside tehran university, where opposition supporters stood by. they were chanting, "liar, liar," as the president was speech i speaking, also, "death to the dictator," and a new chant, "no to gaza, no to lebanon, i give my life to iran." it's this new position that they're facing economic woes and the government should pay atte

days before leaving to start talks the tehran government has test fired its most advanced missiles. what some are calling signs of a double-barreled threat. >>> >> reporter: mary beth the missile launches are escalating tensions between the east and the west. they could reach u.s. military bases in the regime. >> these come days after the discovery of a secret site where u.s. officials believey rain yum could been researched. it comes before a meeting between iran, the u.s. and american allies. tehran as defiance is a sign it won't budge on nuclear inspections or on giving up its nuclear ambitions. >> i just don't think they are gonna sit down for this and, if they do submit to complete inspections, it will be a humiliation for the regime and i'm not sure it would survive it. >> reporter: despite the launches, israel is going along with the obama administration's policy of diplomacy and threats of more severe sanctions. though sanctions could include targeting iran's oil and gasoline sector and blocking the importation of weapons. terry owens, abc 2 news. >>> more than 24 million pa

the plant is built near the holy city of qom, some 160 kilometers south of tehran. earlier in the week iran privately informed the international atomic energy agency of the plant's existence but said it was not operational and would on used for nuclear energy. president obama was skeptical. >> the international community knows that this is not the first time that iran has concealed information about its nuclear program. iran has a right to peaceful nuclear power that meets the energy needs of its people. but the size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. >> later, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad responded -- >> translator: iran's activities are completely within the framework of iaea rules. i was quite surprised. what we did was completely legal. we informed the agency, the agency will come and take a look, it's nothing. >> reporter: this latest news raises the stakes the talks scheduled for next week between the united states, several major powers and iran. at those talks the members of the security council and germany ho

and, sir, we saw the pictures coming from tehran, the people in the streets of tehran. my mind is fine. >> iraq? the people in iraq? [unintelligible] criticizing obama because he is black? poison. you say nothing about iraq. you find the truth. i m&a friend of my friend. -- i am a friend. greta: former ambassador to the united nations john bolton joins us. >> how are you? greta: very well. i was listening to benjamin netanyahu, and it was a very piercings speech. he talked about his wife's family being completely walked out and ahmadinejad, and then he thanked the people who got up and left, but what about the people who even walked in that door to begin with? what about them? >> it looks like 10 or 11 delegations walked out, and that means that 180 delegations stayed there, and i think what this shows is just what the united nations is all about. people do not like it. they complain about it. but on the other hand, you have president obama as saying how much more of our foreign policy we will run through the united nations. the face of ahmadinejad, the face of hugo cha

the nuclear plant is near the holy city of qom, 100 miles from tie tehran. we have the coverage with andrea mitchell. good evening. >> president obama, britain and france said they built a solid case iran is hiding a secret nuclearlant in violation of treaties. they are demanding immediate u.n. sanctions. tonight, the president warned iran about going down a path that could lead to confrontation. if it does not come clean, starting in geneva next week. >> i think iran is on notice. when we meet with them october 1, they are going to have to come clean and have to make a choice. >> reporter: in a dramatic display of allied unity, the president accused iran of building an underground plant. not for a power plant, but for bombs. >> the size and configuration of the facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program. iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow. >> reporter: today, the cia said it's a series of tunnels built in a mountain west of the holy ty, qom. in new york, iran's president, ahmadinejad said they are hiding nothing. >> translator: what w

the united states and europe have given tehran until the end of this month to stop enriching uranium or face harsh sanctions and from israel there have been hints of an even stronger response. the looming deadline with iran and what might happen next is our lead focus tonight. >> iran's foreign minister today presented the world's leading powers with a package of proposals. the goal, to offer assurances that iran has only peaceful, nuclear intensions, but as that was taking place in tehran, america's envoy to the atomic energy agency said in vienna that the united states has serious concerns that iran is close to having the capability to produce a nuclear weapon. glyn davis told the international atomic energy agency that the ongoing activity moves iran closer to a dangerous and destabilizing possible breakout capacity. just monday, iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad said that iran would push ahead with its nuclear program despite international objections. >> translator: from our point of view, iran's so-called nuclear issue is over. we continue our work within the framework of glo

, where it is making detonators for a nuclear weapon. >> they said there is one known place in tehran. there it is a five-story building with a gray facade that has no signs whatsoever, but is actually run by the defense ministry. >> u.s. defense secretary robert gates says that a military option against iran's nuclear program would simply buy time and that there is still time for diplomacy. >> jennifer, from iran to afghanistan, i understand that admiral mike mullen took a secret flight to meet general stan mccrystal in germany to discuss that request for more resources and troops. can you tell us anything about that? >> this was a idea by admiral mullen. he flew out to ramstein and was joined by general petraeus. he wanted to hear from general mccrystal himself. he is now on his way back. he has the request for more troops, more resources. we're being told it is still in the 30,000 to 40,000 range. that request will be given thej then to secretary gates in the pentagon but he doesn't plan to pass it on to the president or white house until they discuss what the new strategy is. >> b

. >> the most urging challenge facing this body today is to prevent the tyrants of tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons are the members of the united nations up to that challenge? >> back in the security council, several members suggested that iran is the world's line in the sand. >> if we want the world without nuclear weapons in the end, let us not accept violations of international rules. >> iran must not allow its actions to prevent the international community from moving forward to a more peaceful era. >> but there was less support for tougher sanctions from russia's president, and outright resistance in beijing. >> we believe that sanctions and exerting pressure are not the way to solve problems, and are not conducive for the current diplomatic efforts on the iran nuclear issue. >> china made no promise to reduce its own nuclear aresenal and the security resolution doesn't require any nation to do so, but arms control experts from both parties applauded the prospect of new momentum towards a nuclear-free world. >> we are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe. i think that'

the facility is located understood ground near qom, about 100 miles southwest of tehran. president vowed iran will be held accountable. we have reports tonight from

this week, but tehran knew that the united states was onto its secrets, so belatedly has acknowledged the secret plant to the united nations watchdog agency in vienna. >> how do you think this might affect diplomatic talks between iran and the u.s. that are scheduled to get under way very shortly? >> reporter: meredith, this totally strengthens the president's hand in lining up support for tough sanctions against iran. and as i say, for years, russia and china have blocked any action by the u.n. so, this also adds weight to israel's warnings that iran was a lot farther along toward developing nuclear facilities. the decision to go public will put huge pressure on iran as these diplomatic talks, the first with tehran in years, get under way next week, and it will put iran on the defensive. now, of course, the question is what will the regime in tehran do, because it's believed to be badly divided, but will this accusation unite the regime against the west or will it produce the possibility of a breakthrough? meredith? >> andrea mitchell, thank you very much. and for more, here's matt.

or maybe in tehran, where ahmadnejad can talk all day and he won't even have to travel. well, that's my view and i welcome yours. [applause] >> if you'd like to comment, go to mike huckabee.com and click on the feedback section. you can share your comments directly on mike huckabee.com. my first guest is an award winning actor, political activist and cultural icon who i spent a lot of time with while campaigning tore president last year. >> my plan is to secure the border, two words, chuck norris. mike huckabee wants to ut the irs out of business and chuck norris does a pushup he isn't lift being himself up, he's pushing the earth down. mike is a principled authentic conservative. >> chuck norris doesn't endorse, he tells america now it's going to be. i'm mike huckabee and i approve this message. so did chuck. chuck norris approved. well, that little ad got a lot of play during the campaign. and by the way, i want you to know chuck norris does not necessarily approve of president obama's health care plan. he and his wife gina join us from the ranch in lonestar state of t

plus, new hope today for the three american hikers still being held prisoner in tehran. but are they being used as pawns in a diplomatic game of chess? >>> the 24-year-old at the center of an alleged terror plot. new york city is ordered held without bail while authorities close in on three of his alleged accomplices. the latest from pete williams next here on "andrea mitchell reports." your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex express >>> here are some top news headlines that we're following at this hour. ahead of thursday's nuclear talks in geneva. iran now says it won't talk about nuclear weapons, but it will allow the swiss government access to three american hikers who have been detained in iran since july. >>> two u.s. servicemen who were killed in the philippines today when their vehicle hit a roadside

tens of thousands of opposition supporters hitting the streets in tehran. we hadn't seen these types of numbers in nearly two months, but today they were out again, really facing off against large groups of pro-government crowds, creating a potentially explosive situation. usually that's a recipe for violence. we didn't see widespread clashes today, we saw some, but not many. the opposition supporters began marching early in the morning towards tehran university. that's where president ahmadinejad delivered another searing speech targeting israel, the u.s., and the west. here's a little taste of what he had to say -- >> translator: today the most important issue in the world is the issue of palestinian. if there's a conflict going on in iraq, we believe that the conflict has been instigated by the zionists. if there's a conflict in afghanist afghanistan, the war has been provoked by the zionists. if the people of sudan are being suppressed, that is due to zionists' temptations. in fact, we consider all these schemes as being just drawn up by the zionists. >

president obama is pushing tehran to live up to responsibilities or face grave responsibilities from the united global front. >> it is a serious challenge to it is regime . continues disturbing pattern of iranian invasion. the u.s. will tell iran it has three month to turn over the sites and computers and notebooks. but the obama regime has not laid that on record. the meeting will be the first time in 30 years that the u.s. will directly join the effort following up on president obama's campaign for full engagement with tehran. julie. >> thank you so much. >> iran announced a series of missile defense drills aimed at deterring foreign attack. the revolutionary guard will hold war games beginning tomorrow. it is not clear what kind of missiles and if this was planned before the enrichment plant. they have a history of conducting war games and tests to show its ability to defend an attack from israel or the u.s.. we start with the of najibullah zazi who officials accuse of planning a deadly attack here in new york city. one to target public transportation using weapons of mass destruc

>> tehran quickly fired back. in an interview on cnn's "larry king live" president ahmadinejad called mr. obama's criticism baseless and accused of president of reneging on international unity at the general assembly. >> translator: we did not expect mr. obama, within less that 48 hours, to basically violate the commitment that he spoke of at the united nations. >> in the wake of tehran's bombshell revelation, what possible military options does the u.s. have in barbara starr takes a closer look. >> reporter: this is the new ground zero in the u.s. fight with iran over its nuclear weapons program. here, 20 miles north of the holy city of qom is where president barack obama says the regime has built a secret underground nuclear fuel plant. it's been an intelligence cat-and-mouse game to track iran's latest seek yet nuclear site. satellites have watched overshe had to watch for signs, but how can you know what's going on underground? >> that could have been through human intelligence, through penetration of their co

citizen while she was visiting her 93-year-old mother in tehran. do you know how paranoid you have to be to think that a 67-year-old grandmother visiting her 93-year-old mother can bring down your regime? now that is insecure." do you agree with that? >> sure. i truly... i agree that... at a time and i think now, too, they are insecure, they are paranoid, they feel they are surrounded by the united states. the united states has a presence in the persian gulf, in central asia, in iraq, in afghanistan. and they really are paranoid. and they just want to get rid of any possibility of a regime change. you know, through a velvet revolution and through soft means. >> rose: the velvet revolution is what they fear. >> yes. that's it. they have studied very carefully what had happened in georgia and the ukraine, the rose revolution and the orange revolution. and they really had studied it. so they tried to fit in what we were doing and other think tanks were doing in the united states in that puzzle they had set for themselves on the table and they were loo

look at what are believed to be satellite pictures of the second plant near tehran. the secrecy around it has ramped up international fears about iran developing nuclear weapons. >> we have an agreement between the iea and the atomic organization of iran under the terminology of safeguards agreement. under that agreement, arrangements will be made for the inspectors to come and inspect the new site and the dates and the details of this inspection would be worked out. >> despite condemnation over its secret nuclear facility, iran tested a missile launching system earlier today. state-run tv isn't giving many details but says two types of missiles were fired. in may iran said it tested a missile capable of reaching parts of europe. the exercise is expected to go on for the next ten to 11 days. >>> director roman polanski has been arrested by swiss police on a 30-year-old rape charge in the u.s. you may remember in 1978 polanski fled to france after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. this morning we learned he was arrested on his way to the zurich fi

what would it actually take to get tehran to change its ways? a senator fellow at the hudson institute and international policy think tank and director of human rights voices. thank you very much for being with us. when president obama addressed the general assembly of the united nations and when he was chairing the security council meeting he already knew of the secret under ground plant. here is what you wrote about it. yet the president deliberately refused to put iran on the agenda of the council from the same council that he bore responsibility for spochkd to iran's threat. opponent does not have the political will to do what it takes to prevent an iranian nuclear bomb. what should he have done and what would it take? >> well, he should have done mostly the opposite of what he did do which was to go to the general assembly and even use the word if iran refuses to comply with the nuclear non-proliferation obligation. then goes to the security council and just so it's clear, he was the chair of the security council meeting. so he chose the ag

iranian state tv reporting just a short time ago, tehran has test fired medium range missiles. right now there is no further details announced but defense analysts say the missiles could reach israel as well as u.s. interests in the gulf. this follows earlier tests of three short-range missiles and coming as the u.s. and its allies meet in geneva tuesday with iran. iranian tv reporting tehran has test fired medium range missiles that are said to be able to reach israel and u.s. interests in the gulf. we will bring you details as they become available to us. for now, i'm lauren sivan in new york. keep it here on fox news channel for the latest. we return you now to "red eye," already in progress. >> greg: if anybody at the meeting were to stand up to you and say hey, kid, shouldn't you be in school instead of trying to deface our economy. you with be stoned to death with knives, maybe stones shaped with knives. god bless the gutsiest leader who went after the u.n. for the shameless bs saying it was sad and exerciseing that an exercise where 13-year-old girls perform a prerehears

we already knew about the first plant, south of tehran. we are now told this is nearby, outside of a city called om. -- qom. this could really undermine the idea that it is for civilian purposes. president obama appears to be meeting in pittsburgh at the economic summit, and he has this for them. >> they must demonstrate through deeds its peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law. shepard: well, the united states says they have actually known about this second nuclear plant for years. iran apparently noticed that recently and told inspectors about it this week. major garrett, our senior correspondent, is with us. he claims he is giving the inspectors plenty of notice because it will not be up and running for another 1.5 years. >> yes, when your adversaries say you are lying, it is one thing, but when your trading partners to and diplomatic allies say you are lying, that is another different thing. they say there should be immediate u.n.-sponsored inspections, and russia says it is an inspec

. >> holman: the hidden iranian facility is based some 100 miles from the capital, tehran, near the city of qom. the country's first uranium enrichment plant near natanz was revealed in 2002. iran long has insisted its nuclear program is for peaceful uses. but a senior white house official said the qom facility could process enough uranium for a nuclear weapon in one year. iran disclosed this latest site to the international atomic energy agency on monday. but american officials said that was only after iran learned that western nations already had known the secret for "several years." they said mr. obama went public so iran's explanations would not go unchallenged. indeed, the iranians today insisted there is no secret. they said they have complied with all obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. and in a note of defiance, president mahmoud ahmadinejad told "time magazine": "this does not mean we must inform mr. obama's administration of every facility that we have." later, at a news conference in new york, he said his country had been falsely accused. >> ( translated ):

the aftersmamath o those disputed elections, and unite tehran against the west. thatted can be one bad consequence. it could be this possibly strengthens the hand of the reformers and shows the rest of the world, and those people in iran -- and they are very connected to the rest of the world, as you know -- that iran really has been hiding something. there's strong support in iran for the right of iran to develop a civilian nuclear program. but as savannah has pointed out, you have to go along with the rules. this would be, if as described, this would be a complete violation of all the treaties that iran has signed and has promised to obey. >> that's the key here. >> exactly. >> if as described, they have lied. if as described, they have hid this from the world and from it us. what are the options? >> the options are sanctions. first of all, iran can disclose. iran can invite in the u.n. inspectors, disclose everything, say, we're sorry. we were wrong. we're tearing it down. that is not going to happen. but if iran does not begin disclosing and begin complying,

obama offerings iran a serious dialogue over the nuclear program but he warns of grave consequences if tehran doesn't cooperate. julie is live in washington with the very latest. can today's offer from iran's top nuclear official to open the site be taken seriously? >> that remains to be seen. "new york times" is reporting that the obama administration will give three months to open the nuclear site, all the nuclear sites to inspections. today secretary clinton at a meeting in new york city said leaders did not reveal that confidential information. before the meeting about the statement from iran's top nuclear chief that iran will open up those newly disclosed sites. here is what she said. >> it is always welcome when iran makes a decision to comply with the international rules and regulations and particularly with respect to the iaea. >> she also said in our talks with the gulf leaders they are all hoping in preparing for the meeting on october 1st about iran's nuclear program iran will come and share with the international community what they are willing to do and give a timetable for letti

is there any power for this narrative in tehran, in iran? >> reporter: well, there's some but not much. the key is if you go outside of iran. we're in pakistan right now. if you go to areas in south asia and middle east and you talk about president ahmadinejad, they praise him. why? because he's taken ownership of the palestinian cause. no one has really stepped up like iran's leadership. he knows that he's going to gain support from this region if he takes ownership and he's done that. keep in mind, if you go to aran like you saw today, many will say that iran's people have been oppressed and suffering through economic woes and the government should focus on iranian people before they focus on the palestinian cause. >> good to see you. thank you. >> you can't hold down a job if you can't get down there. low income workers in florida are being put on the road to independence. >> i am a single mom. i take three buses every morning. i also have to get my kids to day dare cause of the way the buses run. i know what it's like to have the fear of