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To talk to the united states but only if the u.s. recognizes irans right to a nuclear program. pretty similar sentiment to the one i heard from his campaign manager last week in tehran. would he negotiate with the united states? >> if the united states really shows interest, and being reliable like the negotiation, i think he will do it. but it doesnt mean at the first hell go for that. >> so should the u.s. trust rowhani or not? he is now known as a moderate. a centrist. but those terms are rel...

>> so you got france, you got the u.s., you got britain and then you got hezbollah, a group designated a terrorist organization by the u.s. also thrilled about rowhanis win. hezbollah calling rowhani a quote, a beacon of hope. yes. so all right, look, you got hezbollah and the u.s. on the same side. pigs fly sometimes and dont forget, rohani is only president because other reformers werent allowed to run. so while he is considered a moderate now the clerics who rule iran let rowhani into the fie...

Good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight a new world order or a wolf in sheeps clothing. irans president-elect speaking for the first time since winning fridays election. hassan rowhani said hes willing to talk to the united states but only if the u.s. recognizes irans right to a nuclear program. pretty similar sentiment to the one i heard from his campaign manager last week in tehran. would he negotiate with the united states? >> if the united states really shows interest, an...

A vote for hasan rowhani. and this wasnt -- there was a limited pool of candidates, which rowhani was the most moderate one, and i think for people who have to live in iran they decided to choose from the least bad option. for that reason, looking at what he can do in terms of foreign policy, he comes from the wing of the revolution, the wing of the regime hes a committed regime insider. hes committed to the ideals of the revolution. he is committed to the ideals of the revolution. but hes one o...

Time. steve what was amazing, i was thinking on friday the day of the election when you know i was talking to well it was frankly some of the young people about voting for rowhani, they were very passionate about him. they were believing in his reform message. but they didnt think he had any shot of winning. i mean did you feel that same sentiment on friday? or did you feel a lot of people thought that he could pull it out? >> i heard a lot of the experts say theres no way that he would be allow...

Security council in iran. and when he was the countrys chief nuclear negotiator with the west, he negotiated a halt in enrichment and then later said he had used that time bought for negotiation to go ahead with the program. now he also backed the violent crackdown against the pro-democracy student movement in 1999. you may say well all of that doesnt seem to indicate hes going to want to work with the west, but then theres this. he is accused state-run media of censorship and publishing lies. t...

The countrys most powerful man. so has anything really changed? host of nprs morning edition who joined me and the carnegie endowment, great to see both of you. appreciate you both taking the time. steve what was amazing, i was thinking on friday the day of the election when you know i was talking to well it was frankly some of the young people about voting for rowhani, they were very passionate about him. they were believing in his reform message. but they didnt think he had any shot of winning...

Hassan rowhani said hes willing to talk to the united states but only if the u.s. recognizes irans right to a nuclear program. pretty similar sentiment to the one i heard from his campaign manager last week in tehran. would he negotiate with the united states? >> if the united states really shows interest, and being reliable like the negotiation, i think he will do it. but it doesnt mean at the first -- >> so should the u.s. trust rowhani or not? he is now known as a moderate. a centrist. but th...