News & Views airs a live report from Sharm El-Sheik conference in Egypt. Stanford University professor Abbas Milani discusses the regional and U.S/Iranian relations implications for the conference. Journalist/political analyst Alireza Nourizadeh discusses Turkish elections and the latest on the case of Mohammad Hossein Massouvian, a fmr. Iranian diplomat who is being held by Iranian authorities on espionage charges. A report on religious freedom in Iraq. A congressional report on negotiations between Democratic leaders in Congress and President Bush on Iraq funding legislation.
Roundtable hosts Mr. Sasan Kamali, political analyst and journalist, discusses the Iraq conference at Sharm El-Sheik.
Late Edition reports on Press Freedom Day.
NewsTalk: Political analyst Alireza Nourizadeh, Iran Press Service’s Safa Haeri, and National Endowment for Democracy’s Ali Afshari discuss the upcoming Sharm El-Sheihk conference on Iraq as well as the espionage case against fmr. diplomat Mohammad Hoseyn Moussavian.