president not going to 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 and get your latest thoughts on domestic issues and international issues i'll start if i may with the story that made all the news headlines for the past six months that 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. 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 on 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 messed 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. 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 world and rand does not want nuclear weapons ran as 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. 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 documents 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 or israel 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 i'm sorry to ask you again this when you say a decisive response what do you mean is that what you're 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 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 them would you ever see that. 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 is crazy and 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 a 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 bilateral 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 there 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 i have preserved this job and profession and i'll continue to serve the nation anywhere and at the university there'll be no problem. let me ask you know what you will most miss about the job what you most enjoyed about the job. myself. ok. for as the movement of the run thank you so much for taking the time to be without the international you know you times precious and it's very much appreciated. this is a cable from the us embassy in colombo to talk about here apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on

that day the children are going to really come back the best occasion by instructs you including you know and their poco to do strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. 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 bodies 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. u.s. aid continued to flow.

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the headlines this week cracks appear between politicians and police in the u.k. well handled prime minister david cameron turns to u.s. experience for help while local communities turn to vigilantes. three years old in south ossetia remembers the victims of a short but bloody conflict when georgia launched an offensive to reclaim its old territories hundreds died in the ensuing five day war and the republic is still trying to recover. u.s. regulators declare war on the ratings agencies off to america's long treasured debts forget the chill sending world markets into a chaotic tumble. more for me in less than fifteen minutes from now the meantime the latest happenings in the world of sport with kate. thank you for joining me for the sports news on this busy sunday evening this is

a taste of what's coming up. the steps you saw as they missed the chance to join the top after they held one one draw at home to i'm caught in the russian premier league. walked into the champions manchester united have started their title defense at west brom pop the chelsea towards stoke premier league. on a roll take the star they tapped as his six point of the season in the czech republic to tighten his grip on the moto g.p. standings. but first a vocal and sunnis have missed the chance to join the top of the russian premier league after coming back to draw one one time to uncover a fourth league win in a row would have puts the defending champion level on ninety nine point six and by the time it serves put one car ahead midway through the first time off and an exam because of course level six minutes after the break one zero one it stayed on his abilities meant two points off the top one else where you should go for his making his debut for his spot at moscow have the upper hand and club about on playing

bottom side of it so. why look i'm on t.v. i've yet to day's defeat since the arrival of new coach josie crusader last month even though they failed to score for a second straight game the railway men were held to another goalless draw this time though that. they want to be closer to break the deadlock striking a golden rule that the off side. well the law every team is still chasing to scum who started a last gasp equaliser in a one one draw at rubin on saturday the home side pulled ahead just before hard time the best national sport on the spot on the referee would be for handball however the tide looked to have turned in the second half. you tell a collation center forward been for a second book about a fence that the sheriff blasted by keeper so i gave you the gophers over the moon and it seemed you would be once again after the final whistle but in the dying seconds of stoppage time and it would spring america from just outside the box to

spread it to one wall in what was the final track of the match. while the place that i'm also a back with a vengeance following last week surprise three one defeat a coupon the blue wants crushing credit girls in a six to one time tough visit just in chechnya granted an early winter i would say but it was old an hour after that first equalising through and through but only half an hour. and then six minutes later i took the lead to kevin can only. found two logos by the side of the bright light that fell even harder shots across it didn't really matter to us to the soup often claimed i was for. the people some show off the back to brace and legs in that separate drive in the last nail with an injury to go one to six two to do no. harm in such a project now to climb to the bottom falling a two no in a taxi tome the visitors finally took the lead fifty minutes in time i can bash on

nixon finding that beautifully and it turned out that i can stand up for miss sissies months before he followed a single shot off farm over what it looked much easier to school but that is it as it would make amends in stoppage time hitting home with a ton size defense once again it seemed to nail the final score in siberia. and elsewhere i came on the sixth after beating yourself to one on the road brazilian defenders you allow school the first to combine after twenty three minutes of the infamous set thinks their stuff though they claw their way back into the match early in the second half with a header of their own the sun explodes back in one place for the second go in as many games. marco needed as a six minute. but to go out in front again and trust these men to professionally the people themselves topped off the table. top of the pitch twice former champions remain have signed. valdez the twenty seven and

a draw in spanish side of history you do know this was instrumental in paradise going into the quarterfinals of the world is the second one is a year ago i lost once pepper america. may want to bring drugs there was no winning start in season for new manager andre braugher says his chelsea side drew nil there let's start there tara started out front instead of diego and the former champions were thwarted by a dog and defensive display by the home side chelsea did have three penalty killers turn down money while defending champions manchester united have become the defense of their title and search for top flight crown number twenty west bromwich albion united to lead after thirty minutes three away to strike albion record signing in debutant o'shane long levelled after thirty seven minutes and with visitors and new goalkeeper. di very good to strike a shot but actually a young pup put united back in front with nine minutes to go and win stoppage time at the whole thing still to want united. meanwhile for the first time in english

premier league history they wasn't a single home win only a new day the season on saturday newly promoted side queens park rangers were thrashed four nil at home to bolton to become the leaders followed by wolves few what lies when striker was sent off late on his austere debut as the gunners straight milk at newcastle elsewhere sunderland bounced back to take a point at liverpool north's true we're going to pull of an aston villa share the spoils tottenham against everton was postponed because of the riots in england earlier in the week. motorsports now in cases turner has extended his lead over reigning motor g.p. champion jorge lorenzo after the australian triumphed in the czech republic to claim his sixth win of the season sternness repsol from the team a stunning producer started from pole. the crash lands early in the race and stone that never get back all to that's to finish just at the six and up seconds ahead another team at the busiest in boston pretty much the same each other trying to his maiden podium place just over second at the back renzo while he had to settle for

fourth and outros in the distance by forty two points the overall standings. we managed to to maybe get off to any pressure so i think danny would have been extremely competitive today has been a weekend but unfortunately you know fortunately for us they gave us the opportunity to make a break and i want to we had you know i just kept a lot of times up my show you know i stayed nice consistent pulled away bit by bit and you know the black body in the race is fantastic so we just put on. this course up with a russian myself who is listen the n.h.l. for almost two decades thirty seven year old also a sentences defenseman said again is a stunning account when a five time all star and he told us all about his favorite play is training regimes and his future in the game. not skating i did some work on pretty much and there were minimal barbara starr we're going to start getting next week. and then you know work out why it's i just

try to use my you know body work more and weights just different i don't think you know there's 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 very much the program that you kind of for. your girl through your career. i would love to play i mean. it's so close to have a winter olympics in russia i'm sure i mean it seems like the. country government you know they're doing everything to make sure you know everything's going to be perfect last fall and i'm looking really looking forward to it so. hopewell play very well that i'm not going to play on the phone we're going to watch the games. because. it was a cause of mine for i think the year. before i 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 i know style of his fortune so i think like he's one of those guys who. you know wants to win every level that he's working. for and i don't think that there is anybody close to be good on that it's not a scanner marking on how old charlie seems like those guys above everybody else around me on be have so much talent from simms like that. i mean there is you are good players but i don't think there are so good as a mile can the average kind of culture. record. seems like who the league is progressing over the years last couple years the games that are getting more competitive and i think for quality of hockey getting better

so and i will swear if there were poking through people my friends who are going theorems be saying the same thing so ok show i think moving in the right direction i'm just not easy to start from scratch in on building new league and that seems like you're doing right things and then moving forward. we're going. to talk put fewer russian players look around my play for you care cause the players hold fod they want to championship larry last year was a captain for the team and then i talked to him i talked on very once in a while i'm not sure where you are going to probably call him next few days. and you. to keep in touch with those guys from both telling me what's going on. and. as long as i feel. going on there is no need to injure is sort of like curve continue flying up roll a car i'm embarrassed to want to play i had a surgery

a couple years ago on my shoulder and i most missed for almost a year old's way it was great to spend time with your family because for my career i've been trouble with the law come from a lot of time away from the family but you know on the same promise told by various sterilised still want to play in our health still hunting or playing somewhere. else before we go there's just times concern that much tonight you want to want to west brom ashley young with the winner in the eighty second minute so we can start to the season's the defending champions and that's all sports news like it. is easy. to.

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