News & Views reports on The Security Council P5 +1 meetings re a third round of sanctions on Iran. President Bush and French President Sarkozy’s comments regarding Iran. Bush said the free world will not tolerate a nuclear Iran. French Foreign Minister Kouchner meets with Members of Congress. He discussed efforts to get other European nations to unify efforts for sanctions on Iran. Brookings scholar Peter Rodman discusses the prospects for a third round of sanctions against Iran. Iran released an Iranian-American academic Kian Tajbakhsh from prison but officials said he could not leave the country.
Roundtable hosts Ehsan Zahedani, a student activist from Los Angeles, who recently returned from Iran and will discuss Iranian youth and their problems.
Late Edition reports on the plight of Iraqi refugees.
NewsTalk hosts VOA congressional correspondent Siamak Deghanpour and VOA contributor Shayan Samaii to discuss Secretary Rice's trip to the Middle East, the French Foreign Minister's trip to the U.S. and the international community's push for a third round of sanctions against Iran.