President Hasan Rouhani delivered his speech he sat down with our own Christiane Amanpour and spoke to the American People in english. I would like to say to American People, i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. More of christiane interview just ahead tonight. His interview came on the heels of a Charm Offensive that many found head spinning. His recent diplomatic overtures to the United States suspect by some. A look at how we got to this point. 1979, riots sweeped the streets of take han following nearly two years of protests. Iranians are fed up with the western influenced rule of the shah. Its the beginning of the islamic revolution. And its also the end of relations between iran and the United States. The shah came into power after an americanbacked coups in 1953, enduring his quartercentury rule he enjoyed support and good relations with the west. Hes the last iranian lead for meet facetoface with a u. S. President. The revolution sends the shah into exile and
immediately after iran s president hasan rouhani delivered his speech he sat down with our own christiane amanpour and spoke to the american people in english. i would like to say to american people, i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. more of christiane interview just ahead tonight. his interview came on the heels of a charm offensive that many found head spinning. his recent diplomatic overtures to the united states suspect by some. a look at how we got to this point. 1979, riots sweeped the streets of take han following nearly two years of protests. iranians are fed up with the western influenced rule of the shah. it s the beginning of the islamic revolution. and it s also the end of relations between iran and the united states. the shah came into power after an american-backed coups in 1953, enduring his quarter-century rule he enjoyed support and good relations with the west. he s the last iranian lead for meet face-to-face with a u.s. presiden
listen. i would like to say to american people i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. we eel have more of the interview ahead tonight. rouhani s u.n. debut came on the heels of a charm offensive many found head spinning. his overtures to the united states unexpected and suspect to some. before the interview, a look at how we got to this point. 179 riots in the streets of tehran following two years of protest. iranians are fed up with the western influence rule of the shah. it s the beginning of the islamic revolution. it s also the end of relations between iran and the united states. the shah came into power after an american-backed coup in 1953. he enjoyed support and good relations with the west during his rule. he s the last iranian leader to meet face to face with the u.s. president. the revolution sends the shah into exile and brings the return of ayotollah khomeni. in november 179 militants stormed the embassy in tehran taking 66 american hostages.
0 inspiration i for more women to join her and change the game. it s a chance. yes or no. if we can t do it, we can t. if we can bewe eel prove them wrong. it looks like she ll prove them wrong. just love the way she says it. thanks for watching. anderson starts now. erin, thanks. good evening. for years iran s appearance at the united nations general assembly has been contentious, combative, explosive. iran showed up every year brimming with animosity bringing offensive speeches that emp the tied rooms. today was historic. it was, in a word, different. immediately after iran s president hassan rouhani delivered the anticipated speech he sat down with christian amanpour and said why he declined to meet with president obama today. he spoke directly to the american people in english. listen. i would like to say to american people i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. we eel have more of the interview ahead tonight. rouhani s u.n. debut came on the heels of a