between the people of iran and the rest of the world. >> are you authorized to start talking, negotiating with the united states? are you authorized be i the supreme leader back in iran? >> i think that the president of iran has the authority whenever the national interests of the country is involved and when it's necessary and expeddient and required to speak and touk with others in order to promote the rights of its nations, for circumstances to be laid properly, the supreme leader of iran has said that should negotiations be necessary for the national interests of the country, he is, in fact, not opposed to it. he has specifically mentioned it in a recent talk that he is not optimistic regarding the issue of talks with the united states but when it comes to specific issues, government officials may speak with their american counterparts. now, if an opportunity was created today, had arison today and the prep work for that had