GA / IRAN

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani  said his country “seeks constructive engagement with other countries based on mutual respect and common interest, and within the same framework does not seek to increase tensions with the United States.” UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:40
• Production Date: 24 September 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: IRAN
• MAMS Id: U130924e

Description

STORY: GA / IRAN
TRT: 2.40
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FARSI / NATS

DATELINE: 24 SEPTEMBER 2013, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
2. Med shot, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran walks up to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran:
“The recent elections in Iran represent a clear, living example of the wise choice of hope, rationality and moderation by the great people of Iran. The realization of democracy consistent with religion and the peaceful transfer of executive power manifested that Iran is the anchor of stability in an otherwise ocean of regional instabilities.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran:
“The catastrophic impact of violent and extremist narratives should not - in fact, must not- be underestimated. In this context, the strategic violence, which is manifested in the efforts to deprive regional players from their natural domain of action, containment policies, regime change from outside, and the efforts towards redrawing of political borders and frontiers, is extremely dangerous and provocative.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran:
“Iran poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region. In Fact, in ideals as well as in actual practice, my country has been a harbinger of just peace and comprehensive security.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9.SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran:
“Iran seeks constructive engagement with other countries based on mutual respect and common interest, and within the same framework does not seek to increase tensions with the United States. I listened carefully to the statement made by President Obama today at the General Assembly. Commensurate with the political will of the leadership in the United States and hoping that they will refrain from following the short-sighted interest of warmongering pressure groups, we can arrive at a framework to manage our differences.”
10. Wide shot, General Assembly

Storyline

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani today (24 September) said his nation’s recent “peaceful transfer of executive power manifested that Iran is the anchor of stability in an otherwise ocean of regional instabilities.”

Rouhani warned against “the catastrophic impact of violent and extremist narratives” which he said “must not be underestimated.”

He also decried “efforts to deprive regional players from their natural domain of action, containment policies, regime change from outside, and the efforts towards redrawing of political borders and frontiers.”

Rouhani, who begun his presidential term in August, said his country “poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region” and in fact, “has been a harbinger of just peace and comprehensive security.”

The new president said Iran “seeks constructive engagement with other countries based on mutual respect and common interest, and within the same framework does not seek to increase tensions with the United States.”

He said he hoped the United States “will refrain from following the short-sighted interest of warmongering pressure groups” and “arrive at a framework to manage our differences.”