Former Israeli President Shimon Peres on Iranian Nuclear Talks
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You're with Connect the World. And negotiations over Iran's nuclear program have now stretched into what is a second day of overtime. Iran's foreign minister and negotiators from six world powers are still in Vienna trying to nail down a final agreement. They missed their initial deadline and have set a new one of next Tuesday. Well, a short time ago, China's foreign minister said he sees, and I quote, a high possibility of reaching a deal. But Iran's vice president, or one of them anyway, insists some concessions must be made.</s>MASOUD SOLTANIFAR, IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT FOR CULTUR AFFAIRS (through translator): The Iranian side has already shown a serious will to resolve this issue in the previous negotiations. Hopefully this deal will be finalized and signed. All of this depends on the demands of the P5+1 countries. If they come away from their excessive demands, then for sure an agreement will be signed.</s>ANDERSON: Well, the negotiations with Iran have been heavily criticized by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the country's former President Shimon Peres is voicing support for the talks. He spoke exclusively to CNN's Oren Liebermann who joins us now from Jerusalem -- Oren.</s>OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And Becky, very different views here from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been one of these negotiations and this deal's biggest critics. And then from former President Shimon Peres who says he has faith in the deal and faith in negotiators to make sure that this deal and Iran with nuclear capabilities could help stabilize the region and ensure the safety of Israel.</s>SHIMON PERES, FRM. PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL: The issue is very hard to even though to belittle or to find an easy solution. And this is really the key to the situation. Because in order to make sure not that Iran doesn't have right now a bomb, but they are not going to have a bomb, say, in the coming decade. The only way is either to keep your soldiers there for the coming 10 years, or to establish a system of verification that makes it true they are following their agreement. And I think now it's about the nature of verification of inspection, to make sure that what they have promised and people are skeptical about their promise, will really be accepted by them fully. I don't think that the president will compromise in it. I think the president keeps his world to this very day said Iran should not become a nuclear country. And that's their sense of the negotiations.</s>LIEBERMANN: What would a deal mean for Israel?</s>PERES: Israel think, too. A, that in order to stop Iran from having a bomb you need a world coalition. And Obama worked very hard to establish such a coalition that comprises China, Russia, the United Europe, if you don't have a coalition like it, you wouldn't be able to have a deal with the Iranians. And it has to have also a coalition at home between the two parties. And it's not the same nature. But he established the coalition, and that's an important condition.</s>LIEBERMANN: Does the military option remain on the table, even if there is a deal?</s>PERES: The deal is to replace the military option. To support it only if they will fight, or they'll change their minds in the middle?</s>LIEBERMANN: How would you describe specifically on Iran your outlook over the next few weeks and months?</s>PERES: My answer is it's still in negotiations. In negotiations every party uses tactics and uses declaration. So, I think none of them gave up the main target for the United States, not the neighbor Iran to become nuclear. I think the president said clearly if I shall not achieve the major target, I shall not sign. And I believe it.</s>LIEBERMANN: Former President Shimon Peres says if there is a deal, that deal would contain inspections that are deep enough, that are penetrating enough, to ensure that Iran does not get a bomb, but he wouldn't say definitively whether there would or wouldn't be a deal. He says inspections, though, will be a part of that deal if it happens. We are all watching, Becky. Always fascinating to get Shimon Peres's perspective.</s>ANDERSON: Yeah. And it's no real surprise that he holds divergent views to Benjamin Netanyahu. I spoke to him this time last year during the Gaza conflict and certainly, you know, he had arguments that weren't supportive of the prime minister at the time. But I wonder how much Shimon Peres' views actually reflect those of the Israeli public as opposed to the position that Benjamin Netanyahu has taken re: Iran?</s>LIEBERMANN: Well, there is very much that's split. Many here agree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any deal, or at least a deal being formulated right now would leave Israel in an unsafe, unsecure position. it would open the door for Iran to get nuclear weapons. But, as with almost any subject here, there is that split in the public, there is that split in public opinion, and there are some, perhaps many here, who also agree with President Peres, who see the deal coming together, who see what President Obama and the foreign ministers are trying to work into this deal. And they believe that it can keep Iran from being, from having nuclear weapons. So, again, just like many other topics here, there is that split in public opinion between the side or Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his very vocal side and then the side of the -- the more confident side, the more optimistic side of President Peres.</s>ANDERSON: Yeah, interesting. All right, Oren, thank you. Oren Liebermann is in Jerusalem for you this evening. We're live in Abu Dhabi. This is Connect the World with me Becky Anderson. Coming up, no don't adjust your TV, it's not 2005, Paris Hilton back in the news and she's apparently not very happy about it. I'm going to tell you why after this.