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Signs of iranian interest in better relations with washington. more than a generation has passed since the two sides have been on speaking terms. just look at these pictures. this is then president jimmy carter shaking hands with the shah, leader of pre-revolution iran. nothing but bitterness since. iran has held americans hostage. it calls the u.s. the great seau t -- satan, and supported terrorists. the previous president had a pension for sparking outrage, whether it's denying the holocaust or saying the united states was behind 9/11. >> translator: some segments within the u.s. government ...

Bottom of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. big, big story coming out of the united nations today. the u.s. and iran will hold their highest level contact since the iranian revolution of 1979. that is to happen on thursday when secretary of state john kerry is scheduled to be in a meeting with the iranian foreign minister. president obama said today that diplomacy must be tested in the effort to keep iran from developing nuclear weapons. at this very hour, we are awaiting the new iranian president's speech to the u.n. general assembly. he is a key component of the push for bet...

Weird photo ops. so finding that moment where you can thread that needle. then you have problems like alcohol being served at the lunch. it becomes almost insurmountable. that was not going to be the substantive thing that would happen. it will happen when john kerry sits down with the nuclear negotiators and iranian foreign minister. that's when they can really talk some turkey. a simple handshake would have been purely symbolic today. >> so the needle will be threaded, as you point out. that does appear to be a breakthrough. frank, reading your piece in the "times," and this metaphor about e...

Able to persuade the supreme leader in iran to suspend iran's uranium enrichment. that went on for a few years and collapsed around the time of the election of ahmadinejad. so he has got that background. further more, he says that he has the authority from the supreme leader now to negotiate on a diplomatic resolution to this situation. again, iran has said it doesn't intend to give up its right to enrich but we'll see whether there's any possibility of some kind of meaningful negotiations. the previous reform president wrote an op-ed. it's quite extraordinary, actually, all of this outreach, ...

Way to get out of the cess pool it created. >> whether he and barack obama shake hands today is still to be seen. joining me now from new york, cnn's christiane eamon poa aman. why the change in heart? how bad is iran hurting now? >> reporter: well, obviously the sanctions really do hurt. but we haven't heard about a change of heart from iran about the nuclear program. in fact, iran insists it should still have the right to a civil nuclear program. the issue is, are they prepared to have real negotiations that build up confidence after these 34 years of incredible mistrust so that the west can...