up next it's all seasons of interview with iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad's. president thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy sched jewel to be on r.t. and to answer a number of questions that i'd like to put to you and get your latest thoughts on domestic issues and international issues and i'll start if i may with the story that made all the news headlines for the past six months that's unfolded in north africa in the middle east that's been dubbed the arab spring what are your views on the arab spring and we've spoken about it before but i just wanted to hear your latest thoughts do you think it's a popular uprising for the better to bring democracy or you think it's something maybe there's been orchestrated from abroad over two years or so we've seen very important developments in our region and in north africa it's not only about the people in the region today justice and dignity are among the requirements of all

human beings africa has the same aspirations and i think our region has the ability to run our own countries and they have the ability to reach their goals and objectives it's important to take note on the interference of nato in the region nato has interfered in the affairs of libya the security council has made a mistake instead of sending bombs and planes to libya they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for free elections under the auspices of the un and whoever won the elections would be acceptable for the people but the security council hastily issued a resolution and it has complicated the situation that has led to the killings and the massacre of people and destruction of infrastructure in the country. do you think iran needs to liberalize do you think you should introduce more political reforms to maybe head off something similar happening in this country as well at some point in the future does it worry you at all. i think the entire world needs more freedom and more than everybody else in the world the europeans and the

americans need freedom in europe is there freedom really is there real freedom. in the united states they're beating people in the streets do you think the dissenting voices in your country of which there are some are listening to you do you give any heed to what they have to say to you. i think we have more freedom in iran than other countries in the voices are heard more than in other countries i am among the people and i am in close contact with the people we have mass media we have preferred the press and they criticize the government but if you think i'm going to say we have an ideal situation where in the world can you find a fully ideal country iran is among the best countries in the world in this respect we've never said we are perfect should be a comparison let's look now at your neighbors new relationship with some of your nearest neighbors i'm thinking bahrain yemen lebanon iraq palestine some of those countries have been complaining we're meddling in their internal affairs do they have a point. have we done

a bad thing that we said that people should not be killed in bahrain what bad thing did we do do you call it interference who is using military force in both rein are we doing that who is interfering in the internal affairs of the region show me one place or one location in the world where iranian military forces are present there is no such place the british forces american forces nato forces there are around us everywhere there surrounding iran and those same forces say iran is interfering in the internal affairs of the region what can we say to that. only recently iran announced that you've stepped up production of new centrifuges faster better centrifuges to make better higher quality. the question mark is why i know you've said all the long line ran does not want nuclear weapons ran is a peaceful country but of course a lot of people in the west don't believe that they do feel that there's not enough transparency do you think this country you should be doing more to make it more

transparent. we don't like that some countries have nuclear weapons if we're going to be against nuclear weapons we must rise in opposition to current nuclear arsenals there are no many nuclear arsenals in belgium in germany and other european countries. let me just get this straight are you saying that in some point in the future you may want to acquire a nuclear deterrent a nuclear weapon. never never we do not want nuclear weapons we do not seek nuclear weapons this is an inhuman weapon and our religion says it is prohibited and we are religious people nuclear weapons have no capability today if any country tries to build a nuclear bomb in fact they waste their money and resources and they create great danger for themselves the international equations are not determined by nuclear arsenals today the americans have nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they

win in iraq and afghanistan could the nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain victory in lebanon and gaza could nuclear weapons help the former soviet union from collapse. nuclear weapons other weapons of the previous century our goal in the country and the goal of our people is peace for all nuclear energy for rules and nuclear weapons for non all nuclear activities in iran are monitored by the i.a.e.a. there will be no document against iran from the agency it's just a claim by the us that we are after nuclear weapons. do you ever consider it possible that the. states could make air strike against you could launch military action against your country does it worry you. they want to do it but they know. they know that we would give them a very decisive response i'm sorry to ask you again they say when you say a decisive response what do you mean what you talking about there. we would give them a crushing response that's a normal reaction we have a saying if someone throws a small stone you reply with

a bigger one we will defend ourselves to our full capability but i hope that will never come there's no reason for war why should they attack us. the same regards israel and yes there's no reason ever to go to war with them there's no reason to make a strike a preemptive strike against would you ever see. the case of the zionist regime is different it was created for the purpose of threats and aggression it was created to secure the interest of the west if there's a regime didn't terrorize occupy or threaten it wouldn't exist they've been created solely for that purpose and in the past sixty years they've always done the same thing they've always behaved the same way but anyway they can look at the world map they can see iran there and our history and our geopolitics. nuclear power plant which has been in development for a long time obviously is a country must be very much looking forward to that coming on stream to give you nuclear power to know when the launch date will be know the operational date when

it feeds the grid. it will be operational they say before the end of the year there is no problem of course it's part of the relationship between us and russia and of course that can be seen by the world community and the entire international community watches how russians are building our nuclear power plant. let's focus on china fast developing country actively promoting itself here in iran at the moment how do you see iranian development both ways do you think you'll be selling more of your energy to china in the future. we have a two way relationship with iran and china are two important and large countries and they enjoy centuries old civilizations and consciousness we've always maintained friendly ties and today we have identical views on international development but the common denominator in our relationship is based on justice and security for all. relationship with russia has always been very good but it was

a little shaky when for the first time russia decided to go with sanctions imposed here you said that was inadmissible last year and acceptable what i relations with russia now. iran and russia are two neighbors geographically we should always remain neighbors we cannot change that reality because we cannot move our land we must be friends and we must remain friends we must be in a position to make use of these resources and common views earlier i had very good talks with mr putin and also very useful discussions with president medvedev i hope will be able to expand our bilateral relations especially with regard to the present global economic and political changes iran and russia can offer common solutions to the current international troubles and the two sides must develop their ties and contacts and hopefully we'll be able to increase the level of those by. relations in twenty thirteen you'll be coming to the end of your a second and final presidential term you've been extremely busy for the last eight years what are you going to do then what does

a president then become what are you looking forward to doing and what will you miss about the job we have free elections in our country whoever is elected by the people will be the right one and this is the right of our nation they have the right to freely elect anybody they wish and i will help them i mean university professor and to preserve this job and profession and i'll continue to serve the nation anywhere and at the university they'll be no problem. but i ask you though what you will most miss about the job would you most enjoyed about the job. myself . ok. president image of the run thank you so much for taking the time to be without international know your time's precious and it's very much appreciated and . this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of

extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day that killed nine guerrillas and come back to desiccation by instructs you including you know and there are strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. let. me explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce these actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. usaid continued to well. it can hit dr swan's policeman swines ministers' wives i just.

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russian premier league you'll be pleased to know. your stuff that. hello there thanks for watching the sporting this is what is coming up six of the best in our my thrashed eric six two russian premier league latest fiasco grab a late equaliser against rubin. little known american stealing dufner lead the way of the p.g.a. championship. and serene again hold on number one through the williams reaches the rogers cup. not just the mosque. he has praised his team spirit after they grabbed a last minute equaliser against rubin the army men are the league leaders at the moment but have only claimed two points in the last three games and fell behind to

be just before half time the ref giving a penalty on davis not scoring from the spot that global fast forward to the second half because there were similar scenes to scar strike about the love was pushed in the six yard box the rest as penalty again but this time signature which glossed over from the spot so one male other businesses were toddlers and got their reward right at that under sequoia with the politeness i won one is how we finished just three points about second place in a discreet. day. i'll go with weren't in short supply went anonymous going terry gross name at have at the arena him this is from chechnya grabbing believe daily on ever thrown creeping into the back page there but that was as good as it would get tearing the nomic up an equaliser through on the environmental the half an hour and then six minutes later they took the lead from kevin qur'an you. can extract this.

and she will go with either side of the brightwood my job even. cross doesn't matter as you see paul claims now miss for sixty you had a one sided clash. and i moved to a point of second seem to think. i'm spot on now she can have climbed off the boston following it when away to see tom the visitors taking nearly fifty time alexander chants and finding the net to flee on the ten to ten the list of the cities now. after that also. in the far easy to go but the strike would make amends right to death hitting high with the top sides of the fence once again only to see the school side the. six. she won on the right defenders scoring the first pick

a band thank you but at the monte dive well for the equaliser. needed any six minutes to put the band in front again rushed off. fourteenth in the tight. to tears goldstraw was and he can join them at the top of the league today with victory elsewhere of all the welcome welcome might see spot at moscow and you get head to head in the bottom side previous to get. on the first day of the new english premier league season so if you've sent off on his day before the gunners drawing their mail with newcastle at st james's given a red carded with forty minutes to get off the raising and on to newcastle. manager asked in benghazi said afterwards it should have just been a booking elsewhere liverpool school the first goal of the season luis suarez got it but sunderland fans back in the second half that to take the point elsewhere

need to provide the side playing queens park rangers with thrashed four nil to bolton bolton are top along with playing from behind. to be blunt knowledge got to point a way to begin fuller and aston villa shared the spoils and spurs again says it's a must display because of the rise in england in the wake. of the sunday defending champions manchester united are in action they are way out west brom and chelsea in that town that's. now in other news too little known americans are leading the way goals final major of the year brendan steele and jason dufner are shot ahead of keegan bradley at the p.g.a. championship in georgia still has only finished in the top ten one so far this season and that was when he won the texas open so his sudden form here where he shot a sixty six on saturday has taken many by surprise steals. seven. along with an unexpected nine jason dufner keeping up his great full birdies back to back

on the fifteenth and sixteenth hole was giving him a share of the lead while another american p.g.a. tour ricky keegan bradley is just a shot back given the of the first winner in six majors short of the day although we're not sure he meant it so i went to northern ireland's rory mcilroy finding the wall nicely to loft his ball back onto the green away from the water he had to smile even though he's fourteen shots off the ladies' steven bradley is still trying to stay focused. my expectations are just to go play a solid round tomorrow and if it's good enough than great and if it's not you know it'll be my this is my first major so hopefully first of many you know probably be a little anxious for me i don't think i get i guess you could probably call it nerves but for me it's just anxious to get out there and get the competition go and see you know how i can stack up against this field against this golf course i think that's what all the guys are out here they're all trying to win tournaments and they just want to see how they stack up i think. faces but i'd familiar name is

taking control again in tennis former world number one stringer williams is through to the final of the rogers cup in toronto she's ranked eighty in the world after a long layoff through injury but is coming back to a best sweeping past victoria as a ranking in straight sets the power of wins was just too much to set up the final with the strategy is. i studies it. was made to work a bit harder in her semi with agnieszka to advance to the pole leveling the match at a settle bestows of them responded in the decider to take that sixty and the match . and finish it off nicely we have and eight. i. know the men's game world number one about djokovic he's in the fine with the rogers cup in montreal after taking the first set again shoulder free to song the frenchman retired three games to the down in the second that is the fifty third

win from fifty four matches this year for joke of each and he will take mardy fish in the final also a man in full. began q-tips out of a six three six four for his eleventh win in twelve she's not quite up to djokovic yet but fish was dominating the match and that felt good about the man a victory. i. put down to the very solid from start to finish one minor hiccup in the second one bad game and. you know had had the momentum on my side basically the entire match got an early break in the first an early break in the second so. i feel great out there today now another new spain's dani pedrosa has pole position for today's czech republic moto g.p. not deterred by having this stage by a slippery track the twenty five year old who was quickest in qualifying reigning champion. starts second on the grid with casey starting in third.

and finally we have another big name russian to catch up with from ice hockey to n.h.l. better and gone char is a stanley cup winner and a five time all star and told us about his favorite paes training regimes and of course is a future in the. not skating of the summer time pretty much since there were memorable of the so for the first giving next week. you know work wise i just try to use my you know body were more were it's just different and i don't think there's really. something special barter you know where your money needs them you know how much time you need to get ready so it's pretty much the program that you're kind of. figure out three per year. or.

i would love to play a man that's close to every winter olympics in russia i'm sure i mean seems like. country government you know they're doing everything to make sure they're all over everything's going to be for us plus and i'm looking really looking forward to it so all hope well play they're worth it and i'm going to play on the phone and then i'll watch the games. for. he was a cause for mine for i think a year. before he went to north america and i had a chance to work with him during the world cup. so i know him i know him i mean on our style he's a fortune so i think like he's one of those guys who. you know wants to win a number a level that he's working. for but. i don't think that there is anybody close to be here on that's the nation or malkin

o'connell charms lego's various above everybody else and beyond we have so much talent. seems like good. i mean very see you a good player but i don't think there are so good as malcolm muggeridge in our culture. or what. seems like who the league is progressing over the years last couple years the games that are getting more competitive from i think quality of hockey getting better so and i will swear still talking to people my friends who are going ferryman's be saying the same thing so ok cho i think moving in the right. just not as easy to surface correction on build a new league and seems like you're doing right thing to move it forward. because. i talk with fewer russian players look around them i play for where's

whole far they want to championship larry last year was a captain for the team and then talk to him i talked to andrea once in a while i'm sure you are going to probably call him next few days. to keep in touch with those guys somebody telling me what's going on. as long as i feel how say you know there is no need injuries so i'd like to continue flying at the lake i mean i still want to play i had a surgery a couple years ago on my shoulder and then most missing for almost a year i was right i was great to spend time with your family because my career i've been trouble with now a lot from going off from a lot of time away from the family but you know on the same time i felt like there is still i still want to play and. i'll still continue playing somewhere. you don't share in the moscow before he heads back to north america for the stuff that

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