his exclusive interview with iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad's. president mahmoud ahmadinejad thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy show 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 that's been orchestrated from abroad over to you so. 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. that. 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 something in bahrain. yemen lebanon iraq. 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 bahrain 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 said all the long line round 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 their own oil many nuclear arsenals in belgium in germany and other european countries. so 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 only inhuman weapon that 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 their nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain

victory in lebanon and gaza could nuclear weapons help the former soviet union from collapse. nuclear weapons or 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 a 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. when you say a decisive response what do you mean what you're talking about that. 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 as well then yes there's no reason ever to go to war with them there's no reason to make a first strike a preemptive strike against would you have. the case of the zionist regime is different it was created for the purpose of threats and aggression it was created to secure the interests of the west if design astray zene 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 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 you 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 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'm a 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. when i ask you know 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 the international you know you times preciousness very much appreciate. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here it apparent june seventh incident of

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hello there welcome to the sport where there is plenty of football to talk about coming up six of the best unama thrashed eric six to you our russian premier league leaders to your sky grab a late equaliser against rubin. last little known american steel and lead the way the page championship. and serene again former number one through no williams reaches the rogers cup final. to moscow coach limits lucy has praised his team spirit after they grabbed a last minute equaliser against rubin the army men are the league leaders but have only claim two points in the last three games and fell behind just before half time the ref giving a penalty. nacho school from the spot fast forward to the second half and there are similar scenes to discuss striker wagner love is pushed in the six yard box and the rest says penalty again but this time signature of each blast from the spot

mine's one nil the business is worked tirelessly and got their reward right at the land is a go if equaliser won one then how it finished three points about second place and it's in pages he played like two today. four goals weren't in short supply when the normal moscow and terry gross new matter arena came the visitors from chechnya are grabbing the leader early on you with creeping in at the bagpipes there but that was a bad is good as it would get the terek at the number first equalizing through on very boring after half an hour and then six minutes later than the every qur'an yeah well taking girls. to go see this side of the break would make terrorist. even harder short term process doesn't matter if you see paul claims numbers for that sixty how the one sided clash. moved to within

a point of second sentence and he says it is but. and spot on our cheek meanwhile have climbed off the bottom for you to know when away to see that this is taking the lead fifty eastern time alexander since finding the net beautifully there on the ten and contender finish of the season would have been the follow that was awesome firing i went to far easier to school but the striker would make amends right at the death hitting home with the top side's defense once again and with it see the score in siberia. elsewhere could ban six off the beaten roster of two one on the right brazilian defenders school the first to ban but come on say. well here for the equaliser. but mark i may need only six minutes more to put the band in front again ross stop stay. take. well after test does draws and he can join them at the top of the league today with

victory over. volga welcome look to my chief spot imo sky and angie go head to head . bottom side curious to get off the first day of the new english premier league season so if you've been sent off on his debut for arsenal the gunners drawing neil neil with newcastle at st james's to being a red card with fourteen minutes to get off the slapping newcastle is joey barton in the face of the manager at aston vanga thought it should have been just a booking elsewhere sunderland fans back to take a pointed anfield new information side queens park rangers with thrash four nil at home to bolton who are top along with wolves see big black knowledge go to point away to wigan full of an aston villa she had the spoils and spurs against everton most of the spain because of the riots in england earlier in the week from sunday differ. champions manchester united are way out west brom and yet again met chelsea begin that campaign at stake is now the news too little known americans are leading

the way golf final major of the year brendan steel and jason dufner are a shot ahead of keegan bradley at the p.g.a. championship still has only finished in the top ten one so far this season and that was when he won the texas a and so his sudden form here where he shot a sixty six on saturday has taken many by surprise steals on seven and overall along with another unexpected jason dufner is keeping up his great form birdies back to back on the fifteenth and sixteenth hole is giving him a share of the lead while another american p.g.a. tour rookie he can bradley is just a shot back so giving the u.s. of their first win in six majors was short of the day although i don't think he really meant it went to northern ireland very mcelroy finding the nicely which bangs the ball back onto the grain he had to smile after that even though he's fourteen shows off the lead in steel and bradley are 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 then you know it'll be my this is my first major self 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 in 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 when it is just want to see how they stack up i think and i familiar name is taking control in tennis once again former world number one through no williams is through to the final of the roaches cup in toronto she's ranked eighty in the world at the moment after a long layoff through injury but he's coming back to her best sweeping past victoria as a rank in straight sets the power of winning just too much to set up a final this strategy is stowed. i know so it was made it was a bit harder in her semi with me to get advanced to the pole level the match at

a set all but stowed them responded in the decider to take that sixty and a match and she finished it off with an ace to set up the final with serena williams. and the men's going world number one novak djokovic is in the final of the road just cup in one three all the serve getting his fifty third win in fifty four matches with victory i would go in for him to some guy with a heart full tussle in the first set there which djokovic one foot in the second and three games to love down the french who was forced to retire through injury djokovic to play is not a fish in the fine. it makes me really happy. i did win this tournament before which which helps a little bit i really like playing this thing the really good. is coming in big numbers. obviously lifting the level. like game each match which. important you know prior to the wars well fish is

also a man in full he got past the un say to young coaches out of each six three six four to his eleventh winning twelve months is not quite up there with djokovic the fish was dominating the match and that it's. finally we've another big name rushing to catch up with for myself better it's a gunshot is the stanley cup winner and a five time all star and told us about his favorite place training regimes and of course his own future in the gap. not skating of the summer on pretty much until i mean a lot of the silver we're going to start getting next week. then you know work wise i just try to use my you know body weight more weights or just different i don't think you know there is really something special about it you know what your body needs and you know how much time you need to get ready so it's pretty much the program that you kind of. figure out through your career.

i would love to play i mean. it's so close i have a winter olympics summer i'm sure i mean some start. country government you know they're doing everything to make sure you know everything is going to be for supplies and i'm working really looking forward to it so all hope well play very well they're not going to play on the phone i want to games. he was a cause for mine for i think a year or. two before he went to north america and i had a chance to work with him during the wild card. so i know him i know him i mean i know style of his fortune so i think like he's one of those guys who.

you know wants to win the memory level that he's working. on. because. i don't think that there is anybody close to be here on that stage the nation are marking no couple charts and so it goes very symbolic for everybody else and beyond we have so much talent. since like this. i mean there is you are a good player but i don't think there are so good as malcolm muggeridge in our culture. seems like who is progressing over the years last couple years the games are getting more competitive and i think the quality of hockey getting better so and i was there are still talking to people my friends who are going theorems be saying the same thing so cage i think moving in the right direction and just my they be easy to circumscribe chin on building your league and seems like you're doing right

thing to move it forward. because. i talked with fewer some players looked around them i played for you kirk was a placeholder they want to championship larry plus here was a captain put it to me and then i talked to him i talked to on three once in a while i'm not sure where you are going to probably call him next few days. and you know. i keep in touch with those guys and they telling me what's going on. for. as long as i feel how say you know there is no need injuries so i'd like to continue playing at the laker us to want to play i had a surgery a couple years ago on my shoulder and i most missed almost. we are miles away from the great to spend time with your family because still my career i've been traveling a lot spend a lot of time away from the family but you know on the same time i told my very soul i still want to play and. still continue playing somewhere. and that's the

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