twelve thirty am in moscow these are your r t how to light russia and china block a western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition. other stories that shape the week why it's returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and russia's bitter subzero cold hundreds of thousands joined record

breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential vote. coming up iran's interior minister speaks with r.t. about how his country plans to cope with the mounting sanctions stay with us. the possibility of war between the united states and iran is being debated around the world but what it is like inside the country to discuss that the endowed joined by iran's interior minister stuff a lot more how a lot larger it's possible thank you for your time mr were talking several days after the e.u. introduced oil sanctions against iran and i know the iranian leadership has responded by saying the sanctions would do move home to europe now until ron. still says iran gets seventy percent of its revenues from oil do you have any fears about negative social reactions including strikes as people may lose their jobs do you

take this somehow into account in your work. that these speculations are new our country and our government or the power of the people all around ruling bodies or in power as a result of popular voting therefore our government and are all for it is a completely popular and our people have participated in all areas and spheres of our life from the very start of the revolution therefore as i've said there's nothing new about these talks which are actually quite outdated and irrelevant nonetheless they keep speculating on this matter of trying to stir up psychological warfare inside our country or in the countries of the region or probably among people of their own countries that have enough of their own problems attempting to find someone else to blame for them we don't sell that much oil to europe illnesses and our european accounts don't have that much money. so yes that. the

u.s. and the west as a how do not conceal that one of the main tasks of these sanctions is to get the oil prices for the iranian oil lower does decreasing their revenues from the oil iran saudi is they want a two we used to manipulate the political situation. the way was that i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy markets this very fact it can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west should expect the drop in the euro rate and the euro market this new decision will result in further economic problems which as we can see have affected them already and so far they've been unable to find solutions oil and energy markets will experience instability and turmoil and this factor can boost prices for oil and energy products and jeopardize the market security and this is quite difficult for the markets which going by previous experience is used to consuming certain kinds of oil and energy this also brings up technical and economic issues at the same

time we're not worried for around at all we've ensured our efficient planning in advance and with god's help we will continue moving forward that in the the decisions taken today by the west unilaterally will result in the escalation of their own economic problems. iran ians nav as the rankins with the aggressive and military rhetoric being built up by the west that they aren't as i've said these words aren't new these speculations have been going on for thirty years and there's no news in it to the iranian people the people of iran are in charge and they always participate in everything we don't sense any problems inside the country. if i may i would like to ask you about the recent killing of a nuclear scientist there have been other similar cases and as far as we understand the investigation into it has not made great progress so far why have there been no substantial results and who might be behind the killing. of this is

clear is day and they admitted mossad and the cia as well as some european security services don't like to see nations progress they would like to have control and a monopoly over everything the great a rainy a nation and follows the path of searched. for new technologies it wants to stand firmly on its feet by means of its own strengths and produce its own knowledge they disapprove of this progress and they don't want to see other nations develop themselves the fact that they come over to such people's homes or attempt to murder an educated and broad minded university professor highlights the grave nature of their situation it demonstrates that the us and israel have disgraced themselves in this matter they speak of human rights but at the same time they officially perform terrorist attacks and promote state terrorism expansion. in their slogans we see their idle talk on fighting terrorism their deeds however do not match their words they brought their troops to afghanistan under the pretext of defending human

rights and fighting terrorism and drug trafficking and drug reps of increased forty fold since the americans got there. the number of casualties among innocent men women and children has increased significantly and so has the level of instability in the region that we actually witness terrorism development in the region with drug mafia and drug related revenues have grown as well we see contradiction between their words and deeds. the scientists assassination will only make the iranian people stronger and more focused on their goal. people understand that they've chosen the right path the one of scientific progress the adversary doesn't want to see this happen as it would cause harm to them physical annihilation of people in full daylight as a sign of the adversary is complete powerlessness and despair. i now that iran is having parliamentary elections in a month in many countries not only arab ones election may be used as

a way to create provocations there are always some people unhappy with election results and this discontent made snowball i are concerned by this that a similar scenario man followed in iran. no thank god we've had twenty nine elections to date and this. election campaign will be our thirtieth election and it will take place in absolute peace and security like all the previous ones because our dear fellow citizens in all the regions all the cities and villages will willingly come to polling stations and cast their votes to designate their delegates to parliament to serve the purposes of development and prosperity for our country that is that of the us as you know that r.t. has been comprehensively covering the situation in the arab countries as we have covered the wars in libya and syria we often heard complaints from the leadership that the intelligence services of other countries have stepped up their operations on the territories of the countries concerned in the past year the way many are ledged imaginaries in syria and libya who could see with our own eyes that some

people were apparently not libyans but fought on the side of the rebels can you see any increase in the operations of intelligence services from other countries or any attempts to penetrate your territory at least in recent years since the latest events in the arab countries began. you see foreign powers and other enemies are at work everywhere they might also be present in our country but we do not feel we should worry about this but of course we should look out for superpowers and our enemies are attempting to interfere in the home affairs of arabic countries especially in syria and in all countries where the people are in charge of running their nations they must keep track of such attempts. as always. it's been about ts since the arab spring began at first even the iranian leadership hailed the movements in egypt and libya as expressing democratic sentiments now

that one year is passed the attitude towards the events around your country has changed do you still believe those are people driven by their own democratic ideas or do you see hunt of other countries in the events of the arab spring. we support any popular movement. long as people's demands are legitimate the imperialistic regime of world supremacies is obviously trying to lead people away from the right path and neutralize the popular movement or transform it in favor of their own interests the pure straightforward and righteous path that people have been following in a while countries of the region however it is stipulated by their willingness to defend their rights which is a legitimate demand from iran's viewpoint. can one say that the instability in the region has considerably increased the narcotic drugs trafficking well. yes afghanistan is certainly the focus of narcotic plantations now the americans and europeans are there and since they came narcotic drugs production has increased

forty fold and it's a financial source for most terrorists who infringe the security of central asian states the states of the region and russia itself it's a threat not only for iran but for the region at large and russia if russia fails to keep an eye on what's going on next to its borders and around the country this threat will most probably become a serious problem for russia itself it's a fact that both iran and russia host the main drug trafficking route where at the beginning of it because the drugs first penetrate our country then follow to turkey and then to europe and on the other hand russia is also on the route that it's northern and because the drugs penetrate russia through central asia and then go to europe we suffer serious losses on this route more than three thousand seven hundred lives have been lost in the attempt to resolve this issue. given we as humans are convinced we have to go on with this ruthless battle so as to save our people and despite the fact that the world community does not lend us necessary

assistance in this cause we're alone to bear most financial costs and human losses in order to continue the struggle shut down the borders and blockade the territory inside the country in order to prevent the trafficking so it seems iran and russia . sure will have to take responsibility for the problem themselves they've been and he was in when was a one of the best i was just the pairing for this interview several colleagues approached me at r.t. asking if there was going to be a war between iran and the usa which is your answer. as well and then let me say this again all those fabrications are not new to us because the islamic republic of iran is a strong power capable of defending its regional security fully and the iranian people being a great and powerful nation are not afraid of those futile threats. but

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russia and china blocked the western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition. other stories shaping the week's news riots return to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer ball spills into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and russia's bitter subzero temperatures hundreds of thousands joining a record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government the head of next month's presidential reigns. paul scott up next with all the latest in the world of sports stay with us.

hello welcome to the world of sport hayes what's coming up. net gain maria sharapova and svetlana kuznetsova help russia big spain to reach the fed cup semifinals. twice is nice a scottish goal for paul lawrie claims his second masters title after finishing four shots clear of the chasing. punchdrunk deny my moscow's boxes celebrates a five nil whitewash over the los angeles matadors in the world series. but we start with tennis where in moscow team russia have put their place in the semifinals of the third cup after a three one victory over spain after taking a tuna lead on saturday ten russia were able to complete the job on sunday spain did haul the deficit by when world number thirty three not here to try the last in

straight sets to collar suarez in the fall of six six three because that side of a finish by an off with a three sets when i was sylvia so that esplanade was up the russian easily took the ending set six two but she lost the second despite leading for one at one stage however she came back strong to take the six two four six six three the final score russia will face a home tie against all the belgium will serbia and the finals still uncertainty over whether sharapova will once again be available. but we have. the problem with assurance of is not her desire to play but the fact that she is participating in a lot of tournaments held in the states and if she has to fly back to europe for a fed cup match she will have trouble acclimating in three to five days i wish the fed cup would be scheduled a week before a grand slam tournament and not one week afterwards when crews get so lost their momentum in today's match in the second set i also believe that was due to the

physical strain she said to go through due to scheduling. meanwhile in men's tennis thomas burdick has won the open suit de france the twenty six year old beat defending champion gelman face in a final last in more than two hours one face was on home soil but had no answer to the check in the evening set going down six to. go in favor of claimed the session set after a double fall from but it. was then held until the eighth day of the final set one month place committed his sick double fault to give it a five three advantage in the world number seven then serve out the match winning six two six six three two hours and five minutes for the seventh title of his career. meanwhile in english football manchester united have failed to move level on points with league leaders manchester city that's off to a quite remarkable three three draw with chelsea at stamford bridge they came from three goals down to

a point jonny evans' only goal put chelsea one zero up at the break but all the drama came in the second period goals from one mata and w a's meant chelsea were three goals to the good but to wayne rooney penalties and i havea hundred head of completed an astonishing comeback to draw leeds united trailing city by two points meanwhile in the earlier kick off newcastle secured a two one home victory over aston villa robbie keane had counseled out down the bars are people happy demba sees a school day winner on his newcastle debut. to go for now as scotland's paul lawrie is celebrating after winning the cats are masters for the second time in his career he joins adam scott is the only other player to win the event twice jason day and peter hanson kept the pressure on lawrie in an event which was reduced to fifty four holes future strong wins day showing great skill with this long part to birdie the third the australian would finish for in a tie for second with hansen while nine hundred ninety nine british open when

a lorry puts in a masterful performance finishing on fifteen under for the tournament the victory means lawrie is back in the world's top fifty for the first time since two thousand and three and it continues a great start twenty twelve. it's a confidence boost there's no i mean i've been playing nicely for a while you know finish second that race there by end of the year and start the season the to top ten so if you come here and you just keep going you know it's someone of my age is going to listen. to boxing and deny moscow now in a three way tie at the top of their group in the world series boxing league they say after they crushed the los angeles matadors five mail in a one sided affair in moscow make a climate change cairo has more. the world series of books and is regarded as the sport's most prestigious team competition with fighters sparring it out with out head guards all of this and with professional style scoring a match consist of five outs and the team with the most wins wins the match russian

side in a moscow have fared well so far winning five of seven matches however with still three matches to go there was the small matter of facing the los angeles matadors it seemed they beat on the controversial circumstances in l.a. last year but coming off a four one win over group leaders in milan know the matadors arrive knowing a win would secure them the final playoff spot but after much happening in pathan from the american side their guile was surprisingly absent in the ring dinamo moscow bantamweight and volumes of breezing past the pony and even figure and while adlon abdul rashid of demolished his counterpart in the light weight category. i was counting on a fight being a short one but i had no idea i wouldn't it was a knockout he presented me with an opportunity and i took it but it's good that it ended quickly because i already have another fight coming up in two weeks time. the matadors hopes of the bigger books is taking something from the match were also soon dashed both the middleweight and light heavyweight categories were largely one

sided affairs with los angeles barely closing alexander ivanoff or edward shift any problems but if three of the full fights in the run up to the heavyweight bout were decided by technical knockouts the night's final clash had to be put to the judges who unanimously voted in favor of the numbers and maksim banyan this league. in the world that allows us to fight affectionately and still retain that eligibility at some of the books and so forth thinks would eventually become a live big chap and. gather boxes from the team last year an idea limping team but unfortunately this time around there's no. it is a good one it will be supporting those who did make it and will try it again next year although the denominator books england was only founded in twenty eleven the did not see asian is build the sports and city in the country and runs of the seventy different sports disciplines which have in turn helped russia with numerous

medals in recent olympic games so with that kind of history the odds are rumor that the trend will continue but for now the denominator rotted as you surely settle will be crowned world series books in champs. mark of genco the most go. now from russia's a dominance in the ring to russia's dominance on the ice starting with bob sleigh where they finish first and second in the four man world cup tour event in canada the crew led by alexander zuckoff mums a time of one minute forty two point four six seconds to outpace all their opponents in the format event rushes of the team captain by alex on the cascade of a second fourteen hundred of the second behind the winners of canada finished. meanwhile on the slopes there were similar success with the bulk of the others keeping it in the family so i got one round seven of the freestyle world cup drew my goals with his brother on dry finish and fred battled macau kingsbury for gold

the red hot canadian was gunning for a record seventh straight win for the younger volkoff brother took an early mate and things never recovered so as for us ever world cup girls are today the entire family. now the n.f.l. have rewarded their star performers at the annual awards ceremony in indianapolis green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers was named most valuable player on a night when the sports legends were out in force new orleans saints quarterback drew brees one offensive player of the year and baltimore ravens linebacker to red sox was the season's best defender. if israel is really all. the foreigners not a member to look around and see. your want to see beyond your own i'm a person who's guys are our allies is watching on t.v. . trying to be like it's the first response. to basketball way in the

n.b.a. eastern conference ladies chicago polls have thrashed the milwaukee bucks one hundred thirty ninety in their own backyard the visitors started brightly finishing the main course out with a thirteen sixteen laid. there at growers shine for the bulls with sixteen points to his may join him in twelve minutes eventually finished with a total of twenty six his team mates continue to press in the second increase in their advances to twenty four points by half time chicago slowed down after the intro for firmly held on to their late as milwaukee else called them by a single point during the third and fourth quarter is one hundred thirty nine t. how it finished in chicago close at top of the eastern conference the walker just about still hanging on to a playoff spot. now finally you don't normally associate firemen with ice but a firefighter from canada has proven he can handle the best of both worlds and the ice cross downhill championship called truck so hard to take on his own brother

scott after the initial field of sixty four was now are down to the fuel truck which was dubbed the most difficult in the history of pressurized competition added to the challenge for the finest young as well as the stuff probably most of the early made for the stumbled late in the race proxy went on to wrap up a second straight win of the season four miles to cover to take second at the face of a clincher. well that's all the sport for now weather is next they were not say. culture is the same a shark in the back of the ernest almost all the world cup the search of the information and sovereignty this is what many scots say they want a realistic is an independent scotland with a feel for. the east

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