and the iranian people. because we believe there is nothing inevitable that should cause of iran and the united states to be enemies. there is a history there that is difficult. it can be bridged with mutual understanding and respect, and we want to see the people of iran ultimately succeed. the government has taken in iran on a path that has led to international condemnation. i think it is very important to understand that the sanctions that arose at this year had to do with the fact that alone among signatories to the non- proliferation treaty, iran has not been able to convince the international community its nuclear program is peaceful. that is not just my judgment. that is the judgment of the international community. including countries like russia and china who are generally very hesitant to impose sanctions, but we have consistently seen behavior on the part of the iranian government that indicates it has a nuclear program that does not abide by international rules, and that potentially poses a threat

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 and friends of mine have died as a result of chemical attacks people even now are dying as a result of the chemical attacks that took place in the one thousand nine hundred i think it is a bit rich for anyone to say that the iranians here are the grassers or they're the threat a threat to world peace the iranians they are the ones who should be listened to and it is the united states and the europeans who should apologize to the iranian people for the suffering that they made them go through ok you want to reply to that i think we are in your own mind you want to know what reply because you had a comment as as professor marandi was beyond my point my point was very narrow you were professor marandi you were saying why does the world worry about iran why is the world worried about our own world now when united against the world does not enter a fact the world now worried the

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 states. >> translator: i invited the -- him to engage -- >> well, he sent you a letter. he talked about it publicly. >> translator: i was the one who started the invitation. i was the first to send a letter of invitation, and he never responded to the letter. i announced in the united nations that we are ready to talk in the united nations in the presence of others. i didn't receive an answer. iran was the country that released sarah. we haven't even received a note from the united states on that. we're always prepared to talk but under fair c

iranians inside iran? >> well, i don't know how that could be, because we made it very clear that we supported the legitimate efforts of the iranian people to protest and demonstrate against a flawed election. we made it very clear to the iranians that we thought that they had not only conducted an illegitimate election but counter to their own stated and professed laws and constitution, so we made it very clear, but we also knew that the worst thing for those protesting was for them to be seen as stooges of the united states. so, again, what we've tried to do is to stand up for the human rights of every person, most particularly those brave iranians, you know, lawyers and activists and others who are standing up and saying to the regime, no, you have to fulfill the promises you yourselves have made about what we should expect. without undermininging their efforts, now, it's very delicate and, you know, some days we get it right and some days maybe we could do better but our bottom line is we think the ira

that is a choice that to the iranian regime has made. we would welcome them making and other choice. this would be to act responsibly and they would be able to have their rights for peaceful nuclear program under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. that would remove the sanctions and would allow them to fully enter the international community in a way that is true tremendously benefit the iranian people. this is the matter of the iranian government ultimately betraying the interests of their own people by isolating it further. >> high on president obama agenda -- high on president obama's agenda are the growing tensions in african countries. >> it was once the longest civil war in africa and killed almost 2 million people in two decades. the fighting was over i kennedy, culture, religion, resources. now there is a referendum on secession and the fear is rising that war could break out again. -- the fighting was over identity, culture, religion. now people are looking for someone to blame. >> i know that this will complicate the situati

new us with saga of the united nations general assembly as the iranian president nine eleven un sanctions on the western domination president ahmadinejad's speculated that the two us supported that tox as a way to control the middle east and hope for a good ball and i called in tehran to come clean about it said that. the russian all turn option is to take from a psychiatric hospital just turned himself into a no we journal sources on this pleading to baghdad to stay in the country but just as a history of bonnets that was owned when he showed up at immigration office is how not in custody being investigated by organized crime police and also by his connection to have bonded and wanted wing group in russia. and those are the headlines up next. on the talk calls the reaction to the you write in the president's u.n. speech accusing the u.s. of involvement in nine eleven. welcome to the ilona show where we get the real headlines with none of the mersey are coming live out of washington d.c. now today marked the first official day of the un general assembly so as world leaders took to the sta

frankly speaking according to my interpretation of the situation we have always been concerned about the iranian nuclear program because iran as a country as a state under its current leadership is not. convenient is not a transparent portal for russia sometimes we try to convince iran to behave in a different way sometimes we tried to propose to iran some eternity of how to behave in order to preserve its civil nuclear program but not to come into confrontation with the international community and almost each time we. do not get support for these ideas from tehran and unfortunately the questions we transmit to iran on behalf of. on behalf of the security council in a bilateral manner do not receive proper answers and this is why we are concerned this is why we have supported the previous four resolutions on iran passed by the security council since two thousand and six as far as i remember and this is why we have supported the latest resolution from the ninth of june of this is a constituent policy of russia. increasing pressure on iran but not letting this pressure go to come over to any viole

contribution to the iranian. military nuclear program this is not the case in technical terms the bushehr reactor is a so-called. light water reactor if you can not use waste from the reactor in order to produce to enrich uranium to produce nuclear weapons you need to have a completely different type of reactors have it with the reactors which is not the case we will share this is absolutely clear for any expert and this is no good enough clear for the united states for four for the two countries for it anybody else nobody creates any problem of out of russian korea russia in the region called on will share further on may probably we will have another contracts because iran or same type of. nuclear reactors and they are acknowledged their recognized by. eight as absolutely compatible with the nonproliferation regime. in other quotes i have noticed that you don't really like what the reigning defense minister says satter says just to be provocative i'll continue quoting at another quote from the iranian defense mi

we have seen no evidence of any cooperation from the iranian regime. they continue to get more hard-line and more hard-line each year and when he comes out, we see antics more and more severe. but at the same time we have to understand when the military option is on the table and we see we are, we have left that open as an option we still have to extend that hand. we have to do everything possible to connect with the people of iran to leave that option open. >> i want to throw a clip of ahmadinejad and we will get your reaction on the other side. do you want to pursue a nuclear bomb? i have said on numerous occasions we do not want atomic bomb. >> why should we believe you? you are violating four u.n. resolutions, you kicked out u.n. inspectors, why should the world believe anything you say on this subject? we do not insist you should believe us. we have never said that you should. you are free not to believe us. but, why would you insist on imposing your view on us? with resolution? with force? what do you make of that? is it clear to you based on wha

two americans as hostages for the release of iranians here? >> translator: no. but how would you know that those iranians are criminals? are you a judge? >> reporter: some good news today, she was released for a canc cancer scare. she was examined today and she w is in good health. early on, she made a point of saying that her release should be resip row kated, recognized by the american government. on the other happened, she pleaded her case very passionately. i asked the mothers if they're going to be tough on mahmoud ahmadinejad said that they are going to speak directly. >>> in afghanistan, a top u.n. official said it was a miracle that elections was held in that country this weekend. he said that it's too early to call the voting success. 4,000 complaints of irregularities and fraud have to be checked out. turnout was much smaller during the presidential election. one reason for the low turnout, taliban attacks. at least 17 people were killed and children were not spared. mike boettcher in afghan star. >> no one knew his name or age. in a

her statements are broadcast on iranian television, the iranian people start disliking her. they become unhappy over what the united states represent. they react, they participate in demonstrations and protests against the american government. they, too, represent the iranian people. is and the i.r.g.c. belongs to the people. the army belongs... it's part and parcel of our country. they are the children of our country. they belong to the country. so is ms. clinton trying to say that 75 million people are all military people, they're all members of the i.r.g.s.? i mean, what sort of analysis does this say? now she made a claim but she couldn't prove it. now she's making a new claim. this doesn't change anything about us, it's not like it harms us more or less. >> rose: but.... >> ( translated ): allow me to just say one more sentence. i am really meaning this as a friend. i mean it, if i wanted to speak as an enemy i would have encouraged her to keep on doing what she is. i would have said "good job, keep on going." because i know that does not serve the united states. but i

>> plus, the latest on the american hiker freed today from iranian prison. she just spoke out moments ago about her relief. >> i want to really offer my thanks to everyone in the world. all of the governments, all of the people that have been involve e involved, and especially i want to address president ahmadinejad and all the iranian officials and leaders and thank them for this humanitarian gesture. [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time... time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. comes in a liquid gel. bankers are known to be a little bit in love with themselves.. trust me. are we going up? we can get the next one. i'd like to get your advice on hedging - risk... exposure. what makes us different? for 300 years we've chosen to focus on our clients. what a novel idea. [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness

diplomats a very intelligent people it turns out that iranian diplomats are liable to holding a very drawn out or getting to the bitter end and forcing partners to work to their maximum maybe to the utterly impossible in order to learn how a partner will be ready to react. of course we face further problems in the context of iran's nuclear dossier and in this aspect the iranian partners could be more constructive and react to the i.a.e.a. claims more cooperatively and must comply with all that we agree on a year ago in geneva the group of six and iranian representatives were agreeing on things which could be considered a breakthrough and have a positive impact even today in order to prevent the adoption of a new u.n. security council resolution we agreed then that it would take a few days to then discuss concrete dates for talks on iran's nuclear reactor problem twelve months on activity has finally started in order to convene any meeting on the issue with iranian friends could be slightly more proactive on this and i hope the meeting of the foreign ministers of the group of six in n

they've become much more prominent in iranian politics, in the iranian economy and also the media trying to dominate the political conversation, so he does enjoy their support and i think it's critical to see how long that's going to extend. i think that rightly, we can assume that the clerical powers in iran are weakening and the military wings of the revolutionary guard are becoming much more prominent. >> charlie: how is the economy doing in iran? what happens if sanctions imposed? >> the economy is under tremendous pressure both domestically and internationally and it's oftentimes difficult to discern what is the underlying cause of the economic tumult. is it economic sanctions from the united states? from european countries? or is it the profound domestic mismanagement? there is incredible mismanagement within iran. anecdotally the stories are remarkable, people coming from iran tell me that the price of meat is almost double the price of meat in washington, d.c. so i think that people are having -- the elder generation of iranians recalls the economic dignities they had prior to th

delegation from the assembly hall president obama called the remarks hateful and offensive the iranian leader says he's now prepared to discuss the enrichment of uranium is country and the talks could come as soon as next month. america could soon bear the brunt of a reverse brain drain has the economy in india expands qualified immigrants in the u.s. are doing a u. turn and heading back to their homeland artist prostrate or went to find out why. ten years ago k.g. saying would have never imagined that he'd be back in india going overseas for higher education was something that the guys who did well in academics that was the first preference there weren't too many jobs in india. in the private sector and so i followed the trend this trend led singh to a ph d. a job at a prestigious research institute and ultimately the skills to start his own company but living the american dream wasn't enough the attraction for it is only when you're sort of doing news and you're sort of pushing the on the lope in terms of whatever you're doing and that really is synonymous with girl if you're looking

release eight iranians he said are held in u.s. custody. >> mr. president, i understand that the iranians, many of them, have been convicted of various sanctions-busting and arms-busting. are you saying you're holding the two americans as hostages for the release of the iranians here? >> translator: no, but how would you know those iranians are criminals? are you a judge? >> reporter: there was also good news from sarah shourd. she was released for health reasons, the possibility of a cancer scare. we learned from her that doctors examined her and declared her in good health. jim sciutto, abc news, new york. >> and iran's president ahmadinejad is in new york ahead of the u.n. general assembly this week. he insisted his government does not want an atomic bomb and iran is only seeking peace and a world free of nuclear weapons. ahmadinejad also challenged the u.s. to accept that iran is playing a major role in the world. >>> results of afghanistan's weekend election could be delayed for weeks because of a ballot fraud investigation. at least 4 millio

>>> in the last hour, sarah shourd who has been held in an iranian prison for more than a year landed in oman. these are pictures of shourd waiting and boarding her flight to oman. again, we've now learned she has landed there. this is where she will be reunited with her mother, but we don't know if that reunion has happened yet. her mother said shourd has been denied treatment for precancerous cancer cells and a lump in her breast. iranian authorities say her medical condition was taken into cut when they decided to release her. speaking on iranian state television, shourd thanked the world leaders who worked to free her. >> i want to really offer my thanks to everyone in the world, all of the government, all of the people that have been involved, and particularly and especially want to address president mahmoud ahmadinejad and all of the iranian people and leaders and justices. i'm grateful and very humbled by this moment. >> meanwhile, the iranian government says $500 million bail was payed to secure her release. we're learning from sources that spoke with cnn that oman paid the bi

-iranian relations. and do not think it has to be what it is. i think there's always a window of opportunity for change and improvement. >> when you come in here threats of war -- when you come here and hear threats of war? >> i can only pray that it will not happen. i really do not believe it has to happen in any way. i think would be a huge mistake. i have always been a peace activist and advocated against aggression or even sanctions against iran. >> is there anything else you would like to add? it is great to have you here, sarah shourd. >> well, i would really like to thank people and ask them to not slow dn, to put my freedom on pause and celebrate with me when shane and joshua are with us. >> thank you for being with us. we will have a link to your web site freethehikers.org. sarah shourd, the american hiker arrest was shane bauer and joshua fattal, who remain in the evin prison, she came out aft 14 months. this is "democracy now!" coming up, we will be talking about the cause some -- gaza flotilla, the activists who have been trying to b

he backed up, the iranian president, the assertion that the u.s. might have been behind the 9/11 attacks saying there should be a fact-finding group. do you trust everything the u.s. government tells you? the president called that offensive and hateful. what about this back-and-forth? the panel is back. charles? >> the president says the right words. it's offensive, hateful. the u.n./u.s. delegation yesterday called him delusional. last year, at the u.n., when obama revealed the facility that iran had been hiding he said it's not explainable by any peaceful intent, which means they are building a bomb. president of iran denies it over and over again, so he's a liar. so here is my question. what is the president doing at the u.n. yesterday, offering to reopen the door, reopen negotiations and extend a hand to a man who is offensive, delusional, and known liar? i do not understand the reopening of this soft policy. in the face of the reality of the last year-and-a-half; particularly, the last day-and-a-half. >> bret: erin? >> this is just more of the