Jul 04 Watch 4:21 Negotiators race to meet deadline on Iran’s nuclear program By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz met with technical experts on Saturday as talks continue with Iran over the country’s controversial nuclear program. Bloomberg News reporter Indira Lakshmanan was there when the group broke for… Continue watching
Jul 02 Iran takes hard line on inspections, sanctions at nuke talks By Bradley Klapper, Matthew Lee, Associated Press VIENNA — Iran took a hard line Thursday on two of the biggest demands of world powers in a final nuclear accord, rejecting any extraordinary inspection rules and threatening to ramp up enrichment of bomb-making material if the United States… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 6:08 Access is sticking point as Iran nuclear talks are extended By PBS News Hour Representatives from Iran and other world powers who are negotiating the country's nuclear program have missed another deadline. The announcement of a week-long extension came from Vienna, where Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with his international counterparts. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 5:08 Shirin Neshat translates Iranian political unrest through an artistic lens By PBS News Hour For Shirin Neshat, "art became a kind of an excuse to build a relationship, even from a distance," to her homeland and history. Neshat grew up in pre-revolutionary Iran, then came to the U.S. as a student in the 1970s… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 8:33 As Iran nuke deadline looms, is a deal likely? By PBS News Hour As the June 30th deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran approaches, both nations are feeling the pressure. Gwen Ifill talks to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz about whether a deal will come through, and what it might look like. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 7:53 This is what a civil war looks like By PBS News Hour Many people think of the civil war in Yemen in broad terms - Shia versus Sunni, Saudi Arabia versus Iran. But what does the constant fighting mean to those in the country? Jane Ferguson examines how the ongoing struggle is… Continue watching
Jun 19 Energy secretary says U.S. won’t budge on access to Iran military sites By Larisa Epatko The United States needs to have verification, including access to suspicious sites, in any nuclear deal with Iran, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill in an interview airing on Friday’s broadcast. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 25:17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 13, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 13, in the first major speech of her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton lays out her economic message. Later, find out who Western officials believe is sending cash and weapons to the Taliban. And, in… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 2:56 Is Tehran quietly backing the Taliban? By PBS News Hour In Afghanistan on Saturday, the Taliban attacked police in the southern province of Helmand, killing at least 20 officers and wounding two others. It’s the latest in a series of deadly Taliban attacks there. Now, we’re learning the Taliban may… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 5:55 Raising visibility for journalists imprisoned by Iran By PBS News Hour Journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in a Tehran prison after being arrested while on assignment. He's written a memoir of that ordeal, "Then They Came for Me,” plus directed a documentary called "Forced Confessions." Now he's launched a… Continue watching