JONATHAN HUNT IN L.A., THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
BREAKING NEWS THIS EVENING,
REPORTS THAT ARMED MEMBERS OF
IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD JUST
TRIED TO SEIZE A BRITISH TANKER
IN THE PERSIAN GULF AS IT
CROSSED INTO THE STRATA FORM.
INITIAL REPORTS SAY THAT ATTEMPT
WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, ALTHOUGH THERE
IS SOMETHING THAT THE IRANIAN --
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
IRANIAN PRESIDENT THREATENED TO
DO JUST YESTERDAY IN RETALIATION
FOR AN IRANIAN TANKER THAT WAS
SEIZED BY THE BRITISH EARLIER
THIS WEEK.
ALSO NEW TONIGHT, THE REGIME
ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES OF
ECONOMIC TERRORISM AND CALLING
ITS SANCTIONS "WEAPONS OF
WARFARE" AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
TODAY THREATENED MORE SANCTIONS
SOON.
THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
IAEA RESPONDING "THE STATISTIC
TO THE TENDENCY OF THE TO USE
ILLEGAL UNILATERAL SANCTIONS AS
AN INSTRUMENT TO COERCE
SOVEREIGN STATES AND PRIVATE
ENTITIES SHOULD COME TO AN END."
STREAMING OUT EXCLUSIVELY IS
MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOZA,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
PRESIDENT ESPINOZA, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S YOUR
REACTION TO THIS NEWS THAT IT
LOOKS LIKE, ACCORDING TO THESE
REPORTS, IRAN ACTUALLY DID TRY
TO SEIZE THIS TANKER?
>> I THINK THAT THE
UNITED NATIONS IS ABOUT
PREVENTING CONFLICT.
IT'S ABOUT DIALOGUE, IT IS ABOUT
DIPLOMACY AND THAT THESE ARE THE
PRINCIPLES THAT WE STAND BY.
>> Martha: SO THERE WAS A
STATEMENT PUT OUT BY THE U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE GULF AND
THE STRAIGHT INCIDENTS SAYING
THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS URGE
CONCERNED PARTIES IN ALL
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION TO
EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT AND
TAKE MEASURES AND ACTIONS TO
REDUCE EXCLAMATIONS AND THE
TENSION.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE U.N.'S
MESSAGE TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT
APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING ON THE
PART OF THE IRANIANS?
>> AVOID CONFLICT, IT'S ABOUT
DIALOGUE.
>> Martha: ATTEMPTING TO SEIZE
THE SHIP IS NOT AVOIDING
CONFLICT.
>> IT IS ABOUT COMPLYING WITH
THE COMMITMENTS WE HAVE AGREED
UPON.
>> Martha: I GUESS ONE OF THE
FRUSTRATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
WHEN THEY HEAR THAT IS THAT IT
FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY
TEETH, ANY ABILITY TO STOP THEM.
THIS BODY OF NATIONS THAT WAS
FORMED TO TRY TO BE A COLLECTIVE
AGAINST THESE THINGS.
WHAT YOU SAY TO THOSE CRITICS?
>> I THINK THE KEY WORD IS
"COLLECTIVE."
I THINK THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
WAS SIGNED BY SEVERAL PARTIES,
INCLUDING THE PERMANENT MEMBERS,
THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF
THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
THE EUROPEAN UNION, IRAN IN THE
CASE OF A NUCLEAR DEAL, AND IT
HAS TO BE COMPLIED BY ALL
SIGNATORIES.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE COMPLY
AND ABIDE WITH THIS.
>> Martha: AS YOU KNOW,
PRESIDENT TRUMP DECIDED THAT HE
FELT IT WAS NOT A PACKED THAT
WAS ACHIEVING ITS GOAL AND
WANTED TO REMOVE THE
UNITED STATES FROM THAT.
HERE HE IS LAST YEAR AT THE U.N.
TALKING ABOUT ENRON AND I WANT
TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AS
WE GET CLOSER TO THE REPEAT --
THE NEXT APPEARANCE OF THE
PRESIDENT THERE.
>> WE CANNOT ALLOW THE REGIME
THAT CHANTS "DEATH TO AMERICA"
AND THREATENS ISRAEL WITH
ANNIHILATION TO POSSESS THE
MEANS TO DELIVER A NUCLEAR
WARHEAD TO ANY CITY ON EARTH.
>> Martha: DO YOU AGREE?
>> WHAT I CAN SAY, MARTHA,
AGAIN, I THINK I WOULD INVITE
THEM TO READ THE U.N. CHARTER BY
THE UNITED STATES AT A VERY
INSTRUMENTAL ROLE, INCLUDING
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, IN THE
DRAFTING OF THE CHARTER.
THE U.N. STANDS BY PREVENTING
CONFLICT, BY PROMOTING
COOPERATION >> Martha: TO NOT
ALLOW IRAN TO CHANT "DEATH TO
AMERICA AND THREATEN TO
ANNIHILATE ISRAEL FOR EXAMPLE.
>> I THINK IT IS ABOUT DIALOGUE.
IT IS ABOUT CONVERSATION, AND
THOSE OF THE PRINCIPLE IS THAT
WE STAND BY.
AND WE ALSO I THINK IN THE
UNITED NATIONS, REALLY PROMOTES
MULTILATERALISM, EVEN IF IT'S A
VERY DIFFICULT WORD TO
PRONOUNCE, EVEN FOR ME, THAT I'M
NOT AN ENGLISH SPEAKER.
IT'S ABOUT COOPERATION.
IT'S ABOUT SOLIDARITY AMONG
NATIONS AND IT'S ABOUT
PREVENTING CONFLICT.
SO OUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS
ABOUT PREVENTING CONFLICT,
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE --
>> Martha: I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK THAT COULD BE
ACCOMPLISHED BY HOLDING HIS
RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE PUT OUT BY
THE U.N. TO COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE
AND WE ONLY GOT TO IRAN TONIGHT,
