for that reason, looking at what he can do in terms of foreign policy, he comes from the wing of the revolution, the wing of the regime he s a committed regime insider. he s committed to the ideals of the revolution. but he s one of those who believes that iran needs a privilege economic expediency before revolutionary ideology and for that reason i agree with steve in that i think he s someone who, instead of pursuing a hard-line ideological policy of resistance, i think he is interested in a policy of detente. and let me ask you about that. there was a former very well-known politician, female politician who was in the khatami administration that we actually spoke to, we ran into her at her voting station when she was voting. here s why she said she was voting rohani. dr. rohani, the representative of moderate forces in iran today. he s the representative of those
an era of sorrow coming to an end. there was a rather public outpouring of joy on the part of young iranians, hopeful f the prospect of change in their country, not because he was a liberal, he was the only moderate in a pool of six ultra conservative candidates, all vetted and approved to run by iran s guardian council. he said he wants better relations for the world and relief for the economy. 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
know about iran but we do know something about this fellow rowhani the new iranian president-elect. he s really a regime insider, close to the supreme leader. he s iran s former nuclear negotiator and a strong sort of advocate of iran s nuclear program. he s been involved in the regime s domestic respecial activities in the region. he s not a moderate per se. you could say he s more of a practicing matisse, someone who has used diplomacy and believes in that to achieve iran s ends. exactly what to expect of him is another question. we won t really know what to expect of him until we she how the kind of internal power dynamics play out. how much authority is he given over the key issues over which iran s president typically hasn t had authority in the past. jenna: it s interesting to see his election. they wrote a really interesting article about the myth of moderation. they said one of the things that this new president has written about in iran is dividing
programs are totally transparent in nature but we are ready to show more transparency and show iran s nuclear work complies fully with the international framework. bret wreath to hear the president and the administration talk about the iran election and the new president elect hasan rowani there is on michelle opiumism on nuclear program in iran. experts say is he a regime insider close to the ayatollah, the supreme leader. shear a quote from 2004. rowani in 2004 speech to the iran supreme cultural revolution council if one day we are able to complete the fuel cycle and the world sees that it has no choice that we do possess the technology then the situation will be different. the world did not want pakistan to have atomic bomb or brazil to have the fuel cycle. pakistan built its bomb and brazil has its fuel cycle.