President Carter continues answering questions on Iran and Afghanistan. He is reluctant to give any timetable for the release of American hostages but does state that their release is the necessary condition for unfreezing Iranian assets. He explains the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as a violation of detente and recaps the dealings of his administration with the Soviet Union. He then faces criticism about the effect the grain embargo will have on American farmers. There is a discussion of the reasons against arming China and the possibility of selling arms to Pakistan. One Congressman asks whether Carter has reached a stalemate in Iran; Carter answers by saying that it is difficult to convince the United Nations to impose sanctions on a small, nonaligned nation like Iran. He also describes attempted relations with Ayatollah Khomeini and Khomeini's fundamentalism.