the west really offered the iran enough to raise that issue of mutual missed trast. well certainly iran didn't offer us enough to raise the issues of mutual distrust the european union in its extensive dialogues with iran was negotiating on the middle east peace process on counterterrorism on weapons of mass destruction and on human rights and we've made almost zero progress on all of those but i don't think it is fair to tie all those geopolitical major geopolitical questions to the nuclear issue each iran sees that as it's in the alley in the ride but back to the point of trust or mistrust i think in insecurity policy trust comes with many shades of grey and it is essentially a about the risk you are willing to accept so i would argue that the west in particular is subjecting iran to a standard that is so well that pretty much impossible to live up to no other country is asking the same thing well i'm very happy to talk about the situation in two thousand and thirteen you know and i do believe that the correct position in the international negotiations with iran is

the same could be said of iran iran has missed opportunities to buy why would why why would we put these two sides on on an equal footing because arguably america's influence is much larger than that of iran so overthe power comes responsibility greater responsibility of what you agree with that in every negotiation on a round table the parties are equal they may be different in the degree of power but on this issue each side is negotiating with the other and trying to reach an agreement of problems with the positions of both sides but isn't it the case that americans are simply saying that iran should not be trusted and when you when you pick any given country for any specific reason well that does smack of racism iran is saying that america should not be trusted and if you actually actually story. reason to believe that true track the initiative to develop a bilateral trade in the negotiations was vetoed by common a not by the americans but mr bolton would you agree that the iranian people and that the supreme leader have legitimate historical grievances have legitimate reasons of mist

me being in iran or not i think he said this has something to do with being. with you being a member of your family because this similar criticism was levied against your own father the abundance of political prisoners the secret police the inability of people to protest freely and the brutal suppression of the protests but let's come back to that point right after this break. it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've. covered. download. location sell. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't sit well with your mobile device so you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. free. education free. or charge free. range from three. three. three. three blog video for your media project three mediocre gogarty dot com. welcome back to worlds apart where we are discussing iran's electoral system with reza pahlavi the song of the last shah of iran and a pro-democracy activist mr brock levy just before the break we mentioned some of the difficult legacy of your father your father wit

is a signatory of the into parliamentary union isn't iran also a signatory to the n.p.t. or for that matter the charter of the united nations but it does violate human rights it does not respect its own signature to the n.p.t. it certainly doesn't recognize a signature to the parliament to union i think you know what it is all i'm going to run from it. because the. they are pretty issue was highly politicized and as of now we still don't have any proof that iran is indeed violating that treaty as you pointed out there are suspicions by those steps that the suspicions have never been substantiated but backed. the issue of elections where really want to focus you you mentioned iran is really a molecule are here but i when i look around the globe i cannot find a single western country that have has transparent and free elections so why do you hold iran to sarge a high standard that no other country complies with. well look i cannot speak on behalf of other countries or the citizens of that country for that matter what is their degree of expectation from their respective gove

the halls of power in western capitals drive foreign policy decisions particularly when it comes to iran israel and syria is public opinion constructed to fit the interests of special groups and lobbies and is american foreign policy in the country's own interest. to cross-talk american foreign policy i'm joined by my guests in washington judith kipper she is director of middle east programs at the institute of world affairs and we also have flynt leverett he is a professor at penn state and author of the new book going to to run why the u.s. must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran there's just the two of us and myself the crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it flynt if i can go to you first what drives american foreign policy towards iran very simple question maybe a complicated answer i think that what really drives american foreign policy toward iran is a post cold war determination on the part of the united states to dominate the middle east to to play a hedge a monic role in the middle east to micromanage politica

now, the other option is let iran get it and try to contain a nuclear armed iran. that is equally, perhaps even worse than the option of attacking the nuclear program. because it is going mean to the proliferation of nuke rather weapons within the middle east, it's going destabilize that part of the world. iran is a threat to israel. and threatened in fact that israel should be wiped off the face of the earth. though you could have a major war between two nuclear powers. so both options are very undisiecial. as yet we failed to consider a third way. >> what is that? >> change our policy relating to the irgc, which has been one of indull again and passivity. we allowed them to sponsor the killing of american soldiers, marine, marines in lebanon, our airmen in saudi arabia, our soldiers in iraq, and our soldiers now with the nato soldiers in afghanistan. we have allowed the irgc to work with hezbollah and to work with others in iraq to arm them to kill americans for that purpose. and that is clearly illegal activity. we should have set up to the irgc a long time ago.

and those countries are even more distrustful of iran. the ones we've been talking about like united states but as we discussed earlier trust in mistrust is something that is especially in the air essentially in the eye of the beholder you cannot control or in fact i don't think you can influence how much trust or mistrust any given party have has in relation to you but since you want to move on. you know that iran is to hold presidential elections pretty pretty soon and one of the top presidential contenders sayed djalili the country's top nuclear negotiator was here in moscow a couple of months ago and i had a chance to sit down for an interview with him and i want to play to you something that he had to say. why does the international community that claims to live under the rule of law just situation we need the rules are violated and countries seeking to exercise their judgment or discriminated against so what essentially you hear him saying here is that iran really wants to be treated like any other country it's not asking for any sp

thank you very much for your time sir now you served in iran during the years one iran was probably the most call for to the international community on the west in particular on the nuclear issue they even suspended uranium enrichment for a year and a half do you think they guard their fair share of concessions in return. yes i think they did but first to address your question about rationality or irrationality i believe that western countries russia and iran are all basically the same they have an ideology and times they need to serve that ideology they also have interests and most of the time they are seeking to serve those interests as mr dalton i think you would agree especially a sincere. dedicated here entire career to diplomacy that reciprocity is the golden rule of a diploma stand if you want something from your partner you have to be ready to reciprocate and i think iran really feels that it is being asked to give up everything upfront we had out there was really committing to anything substantial well that certainly wasn't the case when i was involved in these negotiations fro

in the capital of iran in tehran tonight. it's election day, and the polls here closed at 11:00 p.m. local time. right now, it's 3:30 a.m. there was hope there could be some results, an early rumor, pretty soon, but they're going to come in some time in the next day. we should find out whether this goes to a run-off election or not, voting was extended a little later tonight than had been anticipated. a lot of people voted today. the ayatollah, the supreme leader voted this morning. there was a press gaggle who went with him to film him formally voting. he said in a headline captured in this country that high turn out would be the blow to the enemies to iran, that would be the west and the united states. it seemed like that worked. there were plenty of people who were out there, and you know, perhaps a little bit of a last-minute interest in voting. today is the weekend, and we saw long lines at the polling stations we visited and we saw that early in the day. we also, though, talked to people who said they weren't voting at

the main reason for iran's isolation is nuclear defiancdef. he says the centrifuges will keep spinning. there's a willingness to be flexible, but not clear where he will give. >> of course, the nuclear programs are totally transparent in nature, but we are ready to show more transparency and show the world that iran's nuclear work complies fully with international framework. >> reporter: he knows the nuclear program, he was their nuclear negotiator 2003 to 2005. >> he is a regime insider, he is not going to make easy concessions. he was viewed as a tough negotiator when he headed their negotiating team. only after he left that the europeans realized how good they had it with him as negotiator, at least he was ready to make some compromises. >> reporter: during his term as negotiator, iran voluntarily suspended the enrichment program. he says he won't do that again. today nobody would expect an iranian leader to suspend that country's enrichment program with 14,000 centrifuges. experts say at this point the best we could hope for would be getti

has and iran people have suffered for it for thirty three years and counting number one iran is coming out of the tunnel and we certainly do not want to become the next libya or egypt. true iranians have a long history a track record of political evolution in the sense of a variety of events that occurred so why wouldn't you. reference financially challenged why do you need to lose the support of western governments just engage with the iranian society as it is with the iranian authorities try to build goodwill why do you need the involvement of the western governments here the governments that never did anything good really for their for the people of iran they all their history of intervention was very strong. in terms of. realism and objective analysis i think confidence building has a lot to do with transparency and sticking to your commitments whether it is signature to treaties or principles or in fact in your behavior don't you think that the world has given this regime for enough chances to come clean to come transparent but. if you really look historically the regime of the is

man's iran's supreme lead e. ayatollah ali humani. it's the highest political and overseeing judiciary and foreign policy. he also has final say on u.s. relations in iran's controversial nuclear program. in television debates, candidates seem to refer to the leader just as often as they refer to the iranian people. essentially they're not running for the job. they're almost auditioning for the supreme leader. >> long before he began he 20-year role, he was a fee figure in the islamic revolution that toppled the u.s.-backed shaw of iran. an assassination attempt maimed his right hand. late near t. analysts say he's stayed true to regime policy, holding a tight grip on power, keeping enemies at bay, at home and abroad. during his reign, he has defied washington and the west demand for iran to stop its controversial nuclear program. at home, rights groups say his regime has jailed thousands of dissidents, journalists and activis activists, many during the 2009 opposition uprising, sparked by two reformist candidates

is a signatory of the into parliamentary union isn't iran also a signatory to d.m. p t or for that matter the charter of the united nations but it does violate human rights it does not respect its own signature to the n.p.t. it certainly doesn't recognize a signature to parliament to union i think you know what it is all i'm going to run from it. because the. they are pretty issue was highly politicized as of now we still don't have any proof that iran is indeed violating that treaty as you pointed out there are suspicions by those steps that the suspicions have never been substantiated but back to the issue of elections where i really want to focus you know you mansion that iran is really an outlier here but i when i look around the globe i can't find a single western country that have has fully transparent and free elections so why do you hold iran to sarge a high standard that no other country complies with. well look i cannot speak on behalf of other countries or the citizens of that country for that matter what is their degree of expectation from their respecti

and iran and relations but also about the u.s. russian relations when you agree that we have fundamental ideological differences on key issues have been. to national law so right on the eve of my meeting with iraq obama you're pushing me to make some serious statements that it's a very important mission and if the country thinks it has more rights than others there are stories i mean i thought you wouldn't notice my deviation but you did indeed you are very persistent to date we don't have any significant ideological differences but we have fundamental cultural differences individual ism lies at the core of the american identity while russia has been a country of collectivism take scarlett o'hara from gone with the wind for instance she says i'll never be hungry again this is the most important thing for her russians have different far lofty ambitions more of a spiritual kind and we have different visions of life that's why it's very difficult to understand each other but it's still possible. that's why there is international law

moderate clerics rouhani takes almost fifty one percent of the vote to become iran's new president the question now for the outside world is whether he'll change the country's nuclear ambitions. and syria calls us claim to use chemical weapons fabricated or russia which is also unconvinced condemns washington's decision to arm rebels as an undermining of peace efforts. welcome it's coming to you live from moscow it's eleven pm on saturday night in the russian capital now to our breaking news story tear gas and water cannons of being used by police to disperse crowds of protesters gathered in istanbul's taksim square this comes shortly after the turkish prime minister issued yet another warning to protesters saying security forces will intervene if they don't clear the square by sunday. now joins us live from istanbul arena good evening to you what exactly is happening right now. at this point we can at this point we can talk about this being completely cleared out protesting i think you by the you can see it now we have some ambulance vehicles there and if you will if you can look at t

iran is almost by consensus when the cold war began. so you have a young man, comes to very critical throne in a troubled land with the rise of communist movement, supported by the soviet union. so while this made it very interesting and critical. >> host: you mentioned shakespeare a couple times. dr. milani come you begin each chapter with a quote from king richard. why? >> guest: they are is first of all i love shakespeare, but i found striking similarities between both the characters of this vacillation between authority when he felt powerful and absolute weakness when he felt besieged. going from one extreme to the other with almost no in between, that's usually the carrot or the shaw house. because from the height of his power, where he spends 150, $200 million to invite all the heads of state coming remember the 2500 year monarchy in iran, where he literally threatened president ford verbally to someone within a year and half couldn't make a single decision without prior approval of the american ambassador. richard strahan is on t

so it's going to be more difficult for the world to rally against iran, to coerce iran. but, you know, i think at the same time, that this is a young population which has been suffocating under tremendous political pressure, internal economic mismanagement, external economic pressure, and so the vote for rohani was, you know, i describe as the equivalent of a light rain after eight years of drought. that said, i do think that a lot of the young folks, and liberals who voted for rohani probably have undue expectations, and could be disappointed several months from now. >> and they could be disappointed as i, i, i know steve we talked to people there both of us right who said we're not voting we voted for change before they're referring to ahmadinejad the first time and nothing happened. but, but do you think it's possible now the genie is out of the bottle? they thought they could control this, right, put in a guy that they're all right with the ayatollah right but maybe maybe it becomes more than a light rain? >> well they definitely put in people in that race that they

first i've repeatedly voice russia's official stones iran has the rights to a peaceful nuclear program and it can't be singled out for discrimination for his second we need to be aware that iran is located in a very challenging region i've told our radiant partners about that that's why iranian threats made towards neighboring countries in particular israel threats that israel can be destroyed absolutely unacceptable this is counterproductive. this is not a proper hotel of the iranian president. and you could hear it doesn't matter whether it's a problem quiet or not it means it's best to avoid a wording that could be improperly quoted could be interpreted differently that's why the focus on iran does have a reason behind it i have no doubts that iran is complying with the rules simply because there's no proof of the opposite when they called into the latest i.a.e.a. report iran has been abiding by the commitments it has taken up with the truth there are some outstanding issues but with jew patients in friendly and they can be resolved i have a great respect for iran and a great intere

law and president obama even if iran did everything the u.s. wants it to do on the nuclear issue he's not able to lift many of the sanctions now and last he also was able to certify that congress that iran is cut off all ties to groups that the u.s. government insists on calling terrorist organizations and is basically become a secular liberal state obama and the united states are now him then on sanctions and so even if iran offered up some concessions which is hillary said i don't think it's going to do it's not really clear iran would get much in return a new round of u.s. sanctions are coming into order on july first how do you see the next leader handling this long standing issue each of the candidates that have been put before the iranian public each of them has expressed concern about the sanctions each of them has expressed real concern about the economy and as such has come up with various plans to address the economic points on iran's agenda whoever is the next president is going to put the economy very close to the top of their list

and iran iran is partially to blame for the tension build up but the root of the problem is the stance of washington their signature foreign policy principle friend and foe divide meaning that if you are not their ally you are their enemy and it seems that the level of tolerance to dissent is quite low and when it drops too much we see threats of war based around the suspicions as is the case with iran or assistance to war as is the case with syria russia has a good record of avoiding tension and relations with other countries your public statements indicate that you know the cost of an miti or rather open confrontation however i believe that russia and the u.s. have ideological fundamental differences on the use of force in particular that no private meetings can resolve it all stems from the national idea of the u.s. they believe they have a higher responsibility which is actually just a bigger right so where is the line for you between avoiding an all out confrontation that could have an impact on russian security and maintaining our principles position which good to be critical to

i'm erin burnett live in iran tonight. i'm standing live in the center of tehran, of course, the capital of this country which is in the midst of election heat. people will be heading to the polls for just a few hours. tonight we are in the final hours before that election. it's been amazing. we've seen lots of passion here on the streets. the mayor of tehran is one of the candidates. i have seen more flyers here on the ground and people eager to go in front of the camera and that's pretty fascinating. as you see in our special report, the united states, nuclear program are front and center for this election. this election is crucial for the supreme leader. let me show you the front of the "tehran times." the enemy, of course, is the united states and the west, as defined by the elite supreme leader of this country. there are people, though, very passionate, but also i want to emphasize there are people disillusioned and feel the election is rigged against them. we've been talking to people, rare access that we've had on t

tehran iran on air and online here's what's a click away or right now on our website nano bon voyage friend plugged into chaos in the skies and on the ground as a strike by air traffic controllers in a railway workers paralyzed of the country leaving many stuck in airports on a railway stations using their luggage for pillows like an arty dot com for war. also are tea bags the gold in them for ward monte carlo for best twenty four hour news program over our coverage of the media right that smashed the earth in siberia earlier this year like an r.t. dot com to share the victory with us and find out more. for the man behind the massive u.s. intelligence leaker edward snowden in full swing with the f.b.i. pledging to take all necessary steps to prosecute him meanwhile the on the run whistleblowers been making some more revelations reportedly telling a hong kong newspaper that washington has routinely been hacking chinese computer net. works he claims that the us has been hitting hundreds of targets in hong kong and on mainland china since two thousand and nine including universities bus

of our new south sea moved into presenting up to several years of reporting for our team which to me iran is a great example of how you can create extreme tension and mutual relations by blowing out of proportion some and significant differences the iranian nuclear issue that everyone's been talking about for the last decade basically relies only on some vague suspicions tehran is partially to blame for the tension build up but the root of the problem is the stance of washington their signature foreign policy principal friend and foe divides russia has a good record of avoiding tension in relations with other countries your public statements indicate that you know the cost of admitting it so where is the line for you between avoiding an all out confrontation that could have an impact on russian security and maintaining our principles position which could to be critical to our security. first i've repeatedly voiced russia's official stance iran has the rights to a peaceful nuclear program and it can't be singled out for discrimination for his second we need to be aware that iran is located

as iran counts its votes in a high turnout presidential race. three pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story syria's government vehemently deny the u.s. claims its army has resorted to chemical weapons describing american accusations as quote a caravan of lies washington is weighing a no fly zone over syria and gearing up for arming anti assad militias there after it claimed it had evidence of the use of illegal agents by damascus more from artie's guy in washington. the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used chemical weapons the mascot's denies the allegations washington cites its own intelligence community as well as french and british intelligence a u.s. official who declined to be identified told the media here that according to a cia report the u.s. has acquired blood urine and hair samples from two syrian rebels one dead and one wounded and according to the cia report those two rebels were exposed to nerve agent sarin brian beck

to make iran a better place? -- shedding light on the injustices. .he more information one of the reasons i wrote this have thisranians habit of gathering together and having so many events taking place. have not done a lot to inform the host society. telling themple, what is going on behind the curtains. surface.for at the same time, ask for transparency from the and remember that we are all living in a small village. it is called the global village. we hear everything that happens far away from us. obviously, talking to one person is like talking to a thousand percent. the more we can let -- to a thousand persons. how we can come up with remedies for serious illnesses, that would help a lot. i do understand many countries would like to have their own relationships, like they had in the past. i wish it would be conditional reconciliation. will see what happens in the coming days and weeks and months and years now that there is a new leader. for now, we celebrate the life and ongoing legacy of a fine thespian nam

iran's fingerprints are on those murders. iran is not only expanding its own influence through the region with closer ties with the muslim brotherhood in egypt, but it's also expanding its influence in latin america. and most troubling, iran is proceeding undeterred in pursuit of its nuclear weapons capability. in my judgment, mr. president, there is no greater threat to the national security of the united states than the prospect of a nuclear iran, and we need to be unequivocal and speak with absolute clarity that the united states will do whatever it takes to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. unfortunately, the message to date from the united states has at times seemed muddled. on the one hand, secretary of state john kerry has asked congress to relax sanctions around the iranian presidential elections so that his diplomatic efforts have a -- quote -- "window to work." on the other hand, the obama administration recently announced new sanctions on iran's currency and a new initiative to get communicati

the people of iran get ready to pick a new president. we look at the major challenges facing whoever they choose. was the last solo public appearance for the duchess of cambridge before the birth of her child. a new cruise ship, called the princess. we have this report. with a royal band on parade and on display, the duchess arrived looking healthy and relaxed. before she could begin her own voyage into motherhood, there was work to be done. soon, she will be naming her own royal prince or princess. today, she had to name -- >> the last engagement, -- the next time they see her, she will be a mother. away from delivery and she is wearing high heels. now, they are everything. most of us say, don't bother me -- and she is still out there doing her job representing the united kingdom. kate enjoyedger, sailing but not on ships of this size. the duchess will attend with the rest of the royal family in london this weekend and then her maternity leave can begin. bbc news, southampton. >> in just a few hours the polls will open in iran and the c

a natural enmity 2010 the united states and iran -- between the united states and iran. nations are competitive with one another. if you look at south america, argentina are competitive with one another. areurope france and germany competitive. but that doesn't have to anifest itself in the types of antagonism we see now between iran and israel. viewer by 's a twitter who wants to know what normalize means when it comes to u.s. are normalized relations? can you define that? be t: the first step would having an embassy in each other's countries. at the iranian -- is no here is no american embassy in tehran, which is staffed by u.s. diplomats. government, the swiss embassy which handles the united states.e and in washington, d.c., there embassy.nian there is an iranian ntersection, which if you have an iranian pass porpt and live n -- passport and live in america you can use that to renew the passport or americans iran can get it visas. but it doesn't function as an embassy. ambassador iranian in washington. that would be the first step of normalization. ost: let's get a c

to a much lighter subject, iran. ( laughter ) our mortal enemy, iran, the great threat the pontiest bit of the axis of evil, ruled by a tiny cartoon villain with an iron grip on power that he will never relinquish. >> in iran voters are going to the polls today to elect a new president. >> six candidates are vying to replace outgoing president mahmoud ahmadinejad, who is barred from seek a third consecutive term. >> john: hold ohold on. so the most serrifying super villain on the world stage has been brought to his knees by term limits? ( laughter ) that means he technically had less power than michael bloomberg. ( cheers and applause ) incidentally, that is a contrast that would upset ahmadinejad for so many reasons. now, you might remember the last election in 2009 in iran didn't go too well. so brace yourself, everyone. >> iran has a new president-elect, a moderate cleric, nabbing more than 50% of the vote. >> john: wait, really? ( laughter ) a moderate? so the people in iran have spoken, supreme leader ayatollah khomeini's days are numbers. >> it's iran's supreme court leader who ha

wait for national team to hear on iran. turning now to some other stories making global headlines around ninety three thousand people more than seven hundred children among them have been killed since the beginning of the civil war in syria that's a united nations estimate although the report admits the real figure could be higher and earlier u.n. study described the level of killing as there are a bull and suggested both sides use children as a means of workfare the armed conflict started in two thousand and eleven when president bashar assad refused demands to step down. in afghanistan six policemen had been shot dead of a checkpoint in the south of the country it's a speck in two of their colleagues who are missing may have killed them and fled if proven it would be the latest new series of so-called insider attacks where taliban insurgents infiltrate security services. and the french railway system has been crippled by a workers' strike up to seventy percent of train service is expected to be cancelled till friday the s

iran is ready to be more open about its nuclear program but will not shut it down. that according to the new hassan rouhani. he said greater engagement between western powers will convince them iran is a trustworthy nuclear state. from iran we have more. > hassan rouhani says it's new beginnings though not for everything. he promised transparency, diplomacy and moderation, the iran's president-elect said the issue of uranium enrichment is off limits. >> mostly, the americans must agree that they will not interfere in iran's internal affairs. secondly, they must recognize all the rights of the iranian nation, including the right to nuclear program. >> rouhani wants iran's chief negotiator for two years and during his tenure iran suspended enrichment but says that's now in the past. some international powers say iran is using civilian nuclear programs as a cover for a military one and have imposed sanctions to stop iran's work. >> i believe in order to bring sanctions to an end, we should create confidence and more transparency within the frameworks and norms within t

was iran's supreme leader even on the first photos today the country chooses its next president i hope you have a to see high telecom and he has just costumes ballot you know. if i voted for you can see many journalists are here who've been foreign reporters twenty have come to iran to cover the event and most of them are reporting on the show that when the supreme leader has cost over the country's out of politics and today's events speculating that's going to go through offering a choice for days vote will unlikely to bring in your radical change to the country all together there are six candidates in today's race but of course no one can say at this point who's likely to wean opinion polls predict iran off but as it sat there were these leaflets we found distributed on the streets of tehran the future president of iran should believe in god be able to protect the country from its enemies have high moral standards and have a good plan to improve the country's economic situation here's our report on where aftermath is as legacy leaves a public record has been in real estate business f

and the executive branch of the government a lot of people inside iran outside of iran believe that tensions will be eased and see if the situation will be calmer and country's economy would flourish in a much better fashion with us is cautiously optimistic about rouhani and his reformist back is do you think he'll be able to make his promise to get sanctions lifted. well it's it's tough to to convince the western countries you know that they have made a mistake the west has made a mistake a big mistake by imposing sanctions against iran a nation i would call the sanctions genocidal sanctions that are hurting the ordinary u.n. ians but what i'm trying to say is that the art of negotiation perhaps which has been nonexistent in recent years maybe mr rouhani would be able to rebuild that thing you know he might be able to rebuild the of the negotiation nic rein in negotiating team in such a way that they can negotiate the whole thing in a better way day at the same time we need to understand that iran doesn't want anything more than its rights iran wants its nuclear rights to be respected and i

to iran iran. and the pros and cons of the iranian election system taking center stage in our worlds apart program. of the latest episode of the program at nine thirty g.m.t. . compared to the iranian system is not the best but it's not the worst either that confrontation to the iranian people the best thing you can lose their true voice which we cannot under the current regime. now walled up a time starting with afghanistan where six police officers were shot dead by one of fellow colleagues at a checkpoint in the south of the attacker then escaped from the scene in a car earlier this week a policeman opened fire and killed seven other officers in the same province calling them a green on blue attacks afghan and nato forces have become rather common. if you're flying in europe today look out disruptions intensified traffic controllers strike in france for its day causing of eighteen hundred flight cancellations workers out for a fifth plans to centralize control of europe's as space saying it will

break nationality tehran iran. well but of course. give you a taste of what what we're posting for this hour right now for example. france is in a state of chaos. on the ground as well this is a strike by air traffic controllers and railway workers paralyzed the country moving many people. to use their luggage for pillows details and pictures on our website right now. also online for you this. gold award in monte carlo for the best in twenty four hour news program this for our coverage of the meteor ride that if you remember a smash down to earth in siberia this yeah you can have. to share this with us. today. these are the images from. the day. but for now the hunt for the man behind the massive u.s. intelligence leak edward snowden that full swing the f.b.i. pledging to take all necessary steps to find him and prosecute him meanwhile the. has been making some more revelations reportedly telling a hong kong newspaper that washington's routinely been hacking into chinese computer networks now he claims that the u.s. had been hitting h

. >> reporter: iran noos new leader is western educated, with a long resume in iran's revolution. he presents a softer image. his election led some western elections to brand him a moderate, who can change iran. hebrew university professor moshi says he differs from macmoud in a few ways. >> this nice-looking man, has a fatherly face, and speaks the right language -- speaks the language he knows the west wants to hear, with exactly continuing the plan of iran. >> he is a clergy, as i said. he is a high degree of clergy. not ayatollah, but pretty high in the ranks. >> reporter: iranian expert hamar says a cartoon posted on facebook shows the essence of his election. where he is shown painting a beautiful iranian missile. >> it looks much better, but it is still a missile. he said they're not going to stop the centrifuges. >> reporter: while the president is the face of iran, the real power lies with ayatollah khamenei. >> don't think ruanin is going to have his on policy. he is going to present a policy, which is going to continue to be created by the supreme leader. >> reporter: t

>> iran has completed the first stage. by next spring and summer at current enrichment rates they will have finished the medium enrichment and moved onto the final stage. from there it is only a few months and possibly a few weeks before they get enough enriched uranium for the first bomb. >> well, it is now next summer and if he was correct, iran is moving on to the final stage of building nuclear weapons. meanwhile the front-runner in the june 14th election is more radical than ahmadinejad. >> all right danny, how close now is iran in getting to this point that the prime minister said was the red line and the breaking point? >> we are not talking about days or weeks but also not years. within a year, it is also the american administration the leaders in europe we have to make a decision whether we allow iran to become nuclear. >> the u.s. has said they will not let it happen but we are not sure what that means. will israel act if it has to in order to prevent iran from getting nuclear weaponry? >> he is laughing at that.