Newstalk: Hamideh Aramideh of VOA briefly reviews today's headline news and Jamshid Charlengi of VOA host of today's program together with his guests reviews and examines the life of the Iranian ex-diplomat, "Abdolhossein Sardari" knows as "The Iranian Shindler" who was in Paris/France in 1940 (During WWII) and by providing Iranian passports to many Jews, he helped them leave France and not fall into the hands of Germans. Today's guests include, Farhad Sepahbodi, Shah's last Ambassador to Moracco, via phone from Arizona, Dr. Fariborz Mokhtari, National defense university in Studio and Nasser Mohammadi , deputy editor of the Iranian weekly "Keyhan of London" from London via polycom.
News & Views: Setareh Derakhshesh of VOA talks about today's headline news in detail and covers President Gerald Ford's Funeral and President Bush's speech from the Washington National Cathedral and Vafa Mostaghim of VOA reports the Funeral Ceremony of President Gerald Ford directly from the Washington National Cathedral. Also in today's program we look at the latest events in Iraq and examine "Mahmood Ahmadinejad's" opinion on Saddam's regime.
Roundtable: Bijan Farhoodi of VOA reviews and discusses the relationship between Iran & United States during President Gerald Ford's presidency. In this discussion, today's participating guests are: Ardeshir Zahedi ex-diplomat and Iranian ambassador to United States via phone from Switzerland and Dr. Abbass Milani writer and researcher from Stanford university via polycom from Palo Alto california.
Late Edition: After a brief review of the headline news, Luna Shad of VOA, host of the program talks to Vafa Mostaghim of VOA reporting President Ford's funeral in studio.