Iranian president PRESSED on nuclear ambitions: 'WHY do you do that?'

S. AWAY FROM BEING ABANDONED BY. AMERICA. >> Lawrence: 100%. MEANWHILE, BRET BAIER HAD A. GREAT INTERVIEW WITH THE. PRESIDENT OF IRAN. YOU KNOW, JUST LISTEN IN, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO. BELIEVE THEM ON THE NEGOTIATION. FRONT IF THEY CAN'T ACKNOWLEDGE. THIS POINT, WHICH IS, DO YOU. WANT A NUCLEAR WEAPON? AND HIS ANSWER WAS THIS --. >> DO YOU WANT A NUCLEAR BOMB OR. NOT? >> TRANSLATOR: NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL.

OUR MARTYR SUPREME LEADER HAS. ANNOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES THAT. FROM A RELIGIOUS DECREE, IT IS. UNHOLY. >> BUT YOU HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN. WHY DO YOU DO THAT IF YOU DON'T. WANT TO HIDE IT? >> TRANSLATOR: WE SAID WE'RE. WILLING TO DILUTE THEM. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. >> Ainsley: HE WENT ON TO SAY.

IRAN IS NOT CHOOSING WAR. THE WAR WAS IMPOSED ON US. IT'S AMERICA THAT MUST CHOOSE. WHETHER IT WANTS TO END THIS OR. NOT. BUT THEN SAID THAT TEHRAN WOULD. NOT SURRENDER TO U.S. PRESSURE. ABOUT THE SUPREME LEADER, HE. SAID HE' COMPLETELY HEALTHY AND. FULLY ABLE TO GOVERN. HE SAID THAT THEY MET FOR SEVEN. HOURS A MONTH AGO, BUT THEN WHEN. BRET ASKED HIM ABOUT -- BRET. ASKED HIM WHY HE HASN'T BEEN ON. VIDEO OR ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC,

HE SHIFTED THE CONVERSATION TO. TALK ABOUT AGGRESSORS. >> Brian: AFTER THE MOU WAS. SIGNED THEY BLEW IT UP. HE SAID TO THE IRGC, WHAT ARE. YOU DOING? HE GOES, IT WASN'T ME. EVEN IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, HE. HAD NO ANSWER. WHEN BRET PUT UP THE "TIME". MAGAZINE STORY AND ALL THE.

STORIES ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION, WHO IS IN CHARGE? WHO'S DECIDING WHAT TO DO? THE MOU WAS THE DEAL OF A LIFE. TIME FOR IRAN. IT WAS TERRIBLE FOR US. IT WAS 60 DAYS. THEY HAD EVERYTHING UNFROZEN. THEY WERE ALLOWED -- ALL THEY. HAD TO DO IS OPEN UP THE STRAIT. WE WOULD HAVE NEGOTIATION. THEY KNEW THE NEGOTIATION WOULD. FAIL. AT WHICH TIME WE WOULD HAVE THE. BIG DECISION ON WHETHER WE GO. BACK TO WAR AGAIN. INSTEAD THEY START SHOOTING AT. OUR SHIPS. THE PRESIDENT RIPPED IT UP AND. THEN BOMBED THEM FOR 20 STRAIGHT.

DAYS. >> Lawrence: HOW GREAT IS IT. THAT THEY COME HERE TO THE U.N. AND THEY MEET WITH OUR. NEGOTIATORS TO TALK ABOUT. SOMETHING. AND THEN TEHRAN SAYS, WE DIDN'T. AUTHORIZE YOU ALL TO GO TALK. THE COUNTRY --. >> Ainsley: WHO'S IN CHARGE? >> Lawrence: THE COUNTRY IS IN. COMPLETE CHAOS BECAUSE THE. SUPREME LEADER IS NOT IN GOOD. SHAPE. THEY KNOW IT. HE KNOWS IT. BUT THEY WILL LIE DIRECTLY TO. YOUR FACE, WHICH IS WHY YOU JUST. GOT TO FINISH THE JOB WHEN IT. COMES TO THEM. >> Brian: CAN I JUST SAY ONE. OTHER THING? PART OF IT IS US, BECAUSE WE. WIPED OUT ALMOST THREE LEVELS OF.

THEIR LEADERSHIP. SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR THE. WORLD. BUT THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION IS. --. >> A.