the old free broadcast quality video for your media projects free media dog r t v dot com. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew. i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. watching this have a look at the headlines. put to the test as the un general assembly scrutinizes a syrian crisis move is seen by some as an attempt to put the screws on russia and china. europe that gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as

confidence collapses into the books future a sense that new presses ahead of its austerity crusade against greets. a new round in the blame game between israel and iran a sort of accuses terror on of orchestrating attacks it's different acts. with more insight into the circle of tension contracting around iran we spoke to brian baca member of the. coalition our interview is up next. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions. even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's

a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is now threatening its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change they deny that the us denied that it's trying to carry out a regime change in iran right i mean we have to take it with

a very very big grain of salt because we know that since one nine hundred seventy nine the united states refuses to have relations with the islamic republic of iran why is it because iran is a dictatorship well it's actually a democratic government it has democratic features far beyond some of america's most foremost their allies in the middle east such as saudi arabia for instance since one thousand seventy nine iran became an independent government before that between nine hundred fifty three in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there. the shah basically is a proxy or a puppet or a client of the american power and so the u.s. says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows that indeed is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt operate covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even like the old sanctions they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do business with

iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade something like an economic blockade of iran and by international law and economic blockade is an act of war and so we should understand it just like that so what do you think iran's response is going to be well iran so far has been very prudent even though they said that they would consider closing the strait of hormuz that six mile stretch of the persian arabian gulf where twenty five percent of the world's oil supply goes through. and even though much was made of that in the western media in fact iran has not done anything to give the u.s.

. pretext an excuse a provocation so to speak that would allow the united states or israel to trigger a set of military actions. i think is also telling its people that we are not panicked the iranian government are not panicked that they are trying to show that they have a serenity and a calmness and a confidence and that they will weather the storm but in fact economic sanctions are taking a bite on the iranian economy right now there is a lot to see about this israeli possible attack specially israeli. possible attack wall street journal says that the u.s. is planning a plan b. should israel attack i think the israelis try to pretend that iran constitutes an exorcist threat to israel i don't think that that in fact is the case even though iran's military has the capability to do great damage to israel in the event of a war even though israel is

a nuclear power i think that the israeli government has a pattern and a practice of invasion and bombing of its neighbors in the middle east it carried out the bombing of a racks a nuclear facility in one nine hundred eighty one even though that was permitted by international law and subject to i inspect sions in other words a nuclear program for civilian energy purposes israel came and bombed it they did the same to syria in the last few years and they would like to carry out military strikes against the iranian government the americans don't want there right now even though they are happy to be have iran in a state of tension they don't really want israel to become the main protagonist with the iranian government by carrying out an unprovoked military strike i mean i'm talking about the main sectors in the american establishment because that would then present the crisis struggle between the islamic republic of iran on one side

and the israelis regime on the other and in that case iran will be able to mobilize mass support throughout the middle east for it the united states has a different tact they want to keep israel sort of in the background lou mean danger in threatening iran in one way keeping iran in the state of tension perhaps militarily but have the economic sanctions do the bulk of the work by carrying out economic and financial isolation against the iranian government they think in the long term that's the easier way the better way or the more effective way to carry out regime. change the u.s. has puzzled over israel's intentions so what if israel does decide to strike iran and this is a u.s. official says it's hard to know what's a bluster and what's not with israelis well i think a lot of this is baloney and nonsense the israelis are the recipient the benefactor of three billion dollars a year in u.s. military aid if they do something that's completely contrary to what washington

wants they will be on the very short end of the stick the israelis are not dominating in dictating u.s. policy in this geo strategically they're not or they are not they have a big influence in washington they have a strong lobby but when it comes to iran or when it comes to iraq the israelis do not tell united states what to do its vice versa if israel strikes know if the conflict is presented that way between the islamic republic and israel the people of the middle east will really to the side of iran the assassination of the iranian scientist which rick santorum called half a measure. or john bolton of. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations the sanctions that tightening up the sanctions the . coalition that the u.s. is trying to building in what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well

iran has certain to iran has russia and it has china increasingly it has a venezuela and cuba another words those governments in the world in addition of course to syria which has its own problems right now but the countries in the world don't want the entire world to be dominated by one power the united states of america they recognize that the existence of iran as an independent government is something that is positive meaning that if the united states were were were to be successful in carrying out regime change in iran. they would be emboldened to carry out further destabilizing efforts against other powers including russia and china by the way even though there are great powers. so i think that iran has allies and i think iran is trying to show that they can weather the storm and also that they can rally their population in spite of the fact the divisions that were revealed in two thousand and nine after the elections the presidential elections the iranian people

as a whole don't believe they should be sanctioned the iranian people believe that they have as they do the right to develop nuclear power for peaceful civilian purposes and i think right now the iranian government is trying to weather the storm they're also making it clear that they do it options that they have they have limited options they have limited options and that's the big issue here i think is that. in america right now in the united states nobody feels this issue they don't feel there's a war looming they don't feel the problem of economic sanctions it's the iranians who are feeling it it's the tension the pressure of the economic problems are all one sided this is like a great power the seven hundred pound gorilla who decides to sit wherever it wants to sit and it can create immense tension and pressure and economic suffering somewhere else without having to endure any political price so that that is the big

problem and as a peace activist and as someone who believes in human rights in i think will do will see this more and more in the united states we are starting to concentrate our efforts to expose the fact that the united states government is carrying out through a different set of tactics the same thing that they did in iraq they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate iraq and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on. this does not presidential elections have any say in what's going on in and what's going to happen with iran and tens of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian revolution iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of baiting obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we

will have a nuclear armed iran someday soon well i do something just to counter their statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that obama could opportunistically up the ante or even escalate tensions or even allow some sort of limited military attack against iran in order to show how tough he is and how why he's not a liberal or something like that but i don't think so this is a very big project for the pentagon for the cia for the u.s. establishment i think it goes beyond electoral politics and i think the obama administration and the pentagon are having a carefully calibrated approach that won't again with regime change the republicans and democrats share the same objective one is more demagogic we militant against iran and they both share the same objective which is to bring iran back into an americans fear of influence and i think the republicans can't move obama that much

because obama actually has the backing of the pentagon in terms of this particular approach the pentagon is bogged down in afghanistan they really were pushed out of iraq they have a lot of a lot of military problems a major full scale war right now which could happen even if they don't intended by people climb the escalation ladder. the east side. loses its tsu

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around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. to the test as the un general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis move is seen by some as an attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over the blocks future this is the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade against a reluctant greece. and

a new round in the blame game between israel and iran. says tehran of orchestrating attacks on its diplomats. sports news next hour with andrew farmer and we both know how cold it is in moscow the most about minus twenty it was i think this morning i can't imagine playing football in this weather but that's what players been asked to do on that rubina due to face the m.p.r. course here and if he has time if it does go ahead kerry they will need gloves on long johns i get it is minus sixteen at the moment although there is a chance he could still be called off the details after this. are you watching the sport here or not. and these are the headlines on thin ice freezing conditions could scupper do beans european time with the n.p.r.

cast in the russian capital. plus parts played angie sacco clash in uganda fueling speculation former england boss capello is a back to take charge of the russian premier league club. and simply the best russian stars shine as some of the world's best figure skaters take to the ice endeavor. first rubin's europa league match with n.p.r. cost is under threat because of freezing conditions the first leg of this last thirty two clashes due to kick off in moscow this afternoon but will be subject to a late pitch inspection with temperatures of around minus fifteen forecast with more is that your poor fleet. the temperature in the russian capital has plummeted livable last week a monday was a coldest day yet for moscow's experience this winter the players were certainly prepared for whatever the weather could throw at them seeming to wear every available piece of clothing to try and convert the cold temperatures to slim p.r.

course these conditions have certainly been tough to get used to but we're here to play football again but if you ever decide the game should go ahead of me we will of course take to the field and do everything we can to win of course it will be tough the game is scheduled to get underway at free pm local time and choose d. over will be an inspection an hour earlier to see if a match can go ahead under your weight for regulations of the temperatures below minus fifteen but no match could be called golf and rubin that coach could run big beard says he's not prepared to let his players play in such cold conditions last year we played in the same sorts of weather with a visit when to you and we lost it so i wouldn't say it was in the minds in favor of others but it was that it would be unfair rubin come into the game at a significant disadvantage. first sleeve of had to give up home advantage incidentally for the second year in a row because of

a cold weather. pollution the stadium in moscow with its artificial pitch is fear only ground in a country which could hold such a match of this caliber in such testing conditions because our own side haven't played a competitive game in over two months of also be missing some key players including former club captain christiane my boy who was recently sold possible but i hope we won't have any problems getting used to playing again obviously in the boy is a huge loss for us as he is an excellent player but i think we have players who can step into his shoes and be effective in the. course of getting decent form recently and i've lost just once and nine games since the turn of the new year will be moving have a poor record against greek sides in general aside from top to stand have yet to beat a team from that country in four previous attempts really be augustine were very frank in stating that they have never experienced temperatures as cold as the ones

in moscow but moments of a game finally gets underway on choose the temperatures going to be well below freezing point however the greens going to have one significant advantage of fire very been playing competitive football over the last couple of months and that's in stark contrast to their opponents rubin are just emerging from their winter break and haven't kicked a ball in earnest over the last eight weeks which above all fleet hearty. well there is one other europa league game tonight is slightly warmer climes portuguese side supporting braga take on the sheets this from turkey. in the final last year. the champions league or their regimes today with defending champions barcelona in germany to face by leverkusen the first leg of their last sixteen in that tournament suffered a surprise to think the us assume at the weekend and that puts them ten points behind. in a league coach pep guardiola though that will be hard to claw back although for the moment his side are intent on reaching the quarter finals of the champions league.

we we achieve two. through these year and we arrive in another final in the end of the main the. back behind of the leak it would be tough to to recover the points but. in this deal i'm going to try our target is. arrive to the quarter finals and go to the best. and will be without midfielder michael ballack who picked up an injury during training he has sat out on the bench for his side's last three bundles league matches but was expected to feature against past however they've done well at home in europe winning all their games here during the group stage of the tournament. meanwhile russian premier league side and. co sure recursion is jan opening the way for former england manager fabio capello to take charge capello was reported to be in

moscow over the weekend after resigning from the england job last week as jan was sacked after just over a month in charge of angie the club which is bankrolled by billionaire suleyman carey moved to both sides had agreed not to discuss the reasons for his departure. elsewhere colorist have is on his way back to manchester city amid reports that he could yet have a role to play in roberto mancini's side tevez looks like could settle his differences he is returning to training after spending the last three months on only authorized play in his native argentina had fallen out with manager roberto mancini after refusing to warm up in a champions league game back in september and claims my cine had treated him like a dog but the argentine now says he wants to get back. although. now i will place this child it was for me that is to come back to training and come back to see all my colleagues with one. another for ponies glasgow rangers have lodged

legal papers signaling their intention to go into administration they are brock's club took the decision after admitting it could be facing a tax bill of substantially more than seventy seven million dollars if they proceed the scottish champions would immediately be paid the big ten point deduction which would effectively end their bid for a fourth successive title rangers currently lie four points behind league leaders and arch rival celtic the club's owner craig whyte says the decision was hard but necessary to safeguard the club's future plans that have been experienced. through. the kerry team. seasonally powerful everybody really doesn't and so. called. from the possible disasters of. pioneers who come back from the spirit of the times though for fans of zambia they

gave their team a hero's welcome on their return from winning the africa cup of nations thousands gathered. where the silver bullets touchdown they beat torn favorites ivory coast eight seven on penalties and sunday night playing the trophy for the first time in more than thirty games and thousands more lined the streets is the team with driven on the back of on trucks to show grounds speeches and shows were planned. now head of a heavyweight title fight britain. as promised a knock out w.b.c. champion vitaly klitschko the two boxes faced off in front of the cameras at a joint news conference in munich on monday many are calling the fight hard to predict history's aura is thirteen years younger than klitschko but you can write as a much greater range and experience without a sword doesn't see that as a problem and as even chosen the round in which i wouldn't. be looking forward. and the train hard and there were going to be frightening three hundred miles an

hour on the first round to round problems you friends about you go and. and funny some of russia's best figure skaters have been showing off their talent at an exhibition of benton switzerland european bronze medalists really not unique and nikita paul for among the big names in davos with more is after him again it's three. once again the swiss mountains attracted some devoted figure skating fans male and serena and gathered the best pairs and single skaters from around the globe two time world champion mickey and of japan was one of them demonstrating an emotional style and breathtaking elegance how well it was russia which was represented most widely but from the country's young talents elisabetta took to misha an art to richie and ski to like a spectator so the show could have seen europe's best couples as well. me and nicky

think it's a lot of one brooms at last month's european championship. losing to their gold when it comes better as to general and maksim turn call this time both players didn't have to compete but their beautiful glide in and engage in cruel graffiti showed their desire to never stop improving and an extraordinary light show and video projections on the ice made up the framework for these amazing performances. the atmosphere is just amazing when you go out of the arena you see such a beautiful picture clear sky and people skiing around we always come here with great pleasure and really enjoy our time here. but this show desk help us a lot i think because here we can go for some things which are not allowed in the real competitions and it might be quite useful for and it's also great to have so many people watching. in the meantime this we saw had

a chance to enjoy their countrymen splender twenty eleven year korean champion sara meyer. entertained in a crowded inside a two time world champion stefan g.l. he retired in twenty ten but it looks like he hasn't lost his touch. i don't regret i don't see. i'm not brains it's the end of the sport for the moment the weather is coming up next not. wealthy british style stock. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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