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Pulled out. there have been attempts in recent years to try and revive the deal. they have stalled because iran has limited its cooperation with the un nuclear inspectors. there are many countries who say they need to have progress in terms of the inspections before can be made on the deal. iran's president for his part has said that he expects the iaea not to have pressure put upon it by western powers. so it's a very complicated situation. we will wait to... what the iaea has been saying is that it needs access to some of these areas to figure out what happened in the past and also to figure...

Of the university had pressure put upon them by pro—israel groups who were donors to harvard university. you've made that allegation. i've not seen any evidence that you've provided to back it up. are you still sticking to that? well, what i said is, i mean, the dean himself said he initially vetoed my fellowship because of my criticism of israel. so he's on the record on that. he said he did so because of people who mattered to him. he's denied that they were donors. you know, were these people who were worried about what donors would say? you know, who knows? he doesn't really have a perso...

Continuing to report on israel. but i do worry about this growing tendency to try to silence criticism of israel by claiming that every critic is anti—semitic. and i mean, it's obviously not true. i mean, you can have some anti—semites who criticise israel, but there are many, many people who legitimately criticise israeli repression who are just labelled anti—semitic. and that is, you know, it's bad for free expression, for the defence of human rights, but it's bad foranti—semitism, because... well, if we may then... no, let me explain. i just want to refer to where you're sitting tod...

Rescinded because the leaders of the university had pressure put upon them by pro—israel groups who were donors to harvard university. you've made that allegation. i've not seen any evidence that you've provided to back it up. are you still sticking to that? well, what i said is, i mean, the dean himself said he initially vetoed my fellowship because of my criticism of israel. so he's on the record on that. he said he did so because of people who mattered to him. he's denied that they were donors. you know, were these people who were worried about what donors would say? you know, who knows? ...

Now, you know, i can put up with them calling me anti—semitic because it's just so preposterous. it doesn't stop me from continuing to report on israel. but i do worry about this growing tendency to try to silence criticism of israel by claiming that every critic is anti—semitic. and i mean, it's obviously not true. i mean, you can have some anti—semites who criticise israel, but there are many, many people who legitimately criticise israeli repression who are just labelled anti—semitic. and that is, you know, it's bad for free expression, for the defence of human rights, but it's bad ...