cultures of resistance on the margins. any match once lives is bound. to burn for ever more eternal fire is on think about the possible future. do we all wants to see this on forever.

the headlines. put to the test the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis. tends to tighten the screws on russia and china and push through a new resolution to nations consider a one sided. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades collapses over the bloke's future the e.u. presses ahead of this austerity crusade against him and look to greece. china's vice president and leader in waiting us. common ground against the backdrop of the. asia pacific. tension is contracting around iran cusick of orchestrating attacks on israeli diplomats it comes amid strange relations in the region with the west. controversial nuclear

program for more talk to iran becker a member of the. 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. 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 nine hundred seventy nine iran became an independent government before

that between one nine hundred fifty three and 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 saying 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 in 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 is really 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 iraq's nuclear facility in one thousand nine hundred one even though that was permitted by international law and subject to spec 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 the 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 build 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 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 don't options that they have they have limited options they have limited options and that's the big issue here i think is

the. 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's 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

a wreck 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 the presidential elections have any say in what's going on in vail 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 us 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 intend it by people climb the escalation ladder.

put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis the move is seen by some as an

attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china and push through a new resolution to nations consider a one sided. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over the bloke's future. presses a head of its austerity crusade against him in the greece. trial as vice president turned president in waiting buys us john struggled to find common ground against the american military buildup in the pacific asia. sports news. hello there thanks for watching and here's a taste of what is coming up on thin ice freezing conditions could. cost in the russian capital. mansions as he. says he's ready to play for the club again

after a three month exile. and russian stars shine as some of the world's best figure skaters take to the ice. but first rubin's europa league match with n.p.r. is under threat because of freezing conditions the first leg of this last thirty two clash is 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. the temperature in the russian capital has plummeted to vba last week a monday was a coldest day yet the most those experienced this winter the players were certainly prepared for whatever the weather could produce been seeming to wear every available piece of clothing to try and combat the cold for visitors limpia course case conditions have certainly been tough to get used to. 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 you will be talking the game is scheduled to get underway at three pm local time and choose d. there will be an inspection an hour earlier to see if a match can go ahead under your wafer regulations of the temperatures below minus fifteen and the match could be called on and would be a coach called plan b. of 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 it. and we lost it so i wouldn't say it. would be unfair rubin come into the game at a significant disadvantage first leave of had to give up home advantage incidentally for the second year in a row because of a cold weather. allusion to the stadium in moscow with its artificial pitch is fairly ground in a country which could hold such

a match of this caliber in such testing conditions because our inside 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 players will know but i think we have players who can step into his shoes and be affected in the. course of being 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 side can talk to stan the have yet to be the team from that country in four previous attempts really be augustine were very frank in stating that they've never experienced temperatures as cold as the ones in moscow moments of the game finally gets underway on choose the temperatures

going to be well below freezing point however the greece going to have one significant advantage to 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 a bump or fleet hearty. well there is one other europa league game tonight in slightly warmer climes things portuguese side sporting brother take on the shakes this from turkey. of course in the final last year the champions league also regimes today with defending champions barcelona in germany to face by late in the first leg of the last sixteen suffered a surprise defeat to asa soon at the weekend and that puts them ten points behind reality. coach pep guardiola admits it will be hard to claw that deficit back but for the moment his side are intent on reaching the quarter finals of the champions league. we achieved two. through

these year. in the final and the end of the main the. back behind the leak it would be tough to recover the points but the wording in this deal i'm going to try were our target is. to look at a finals and go to the best. way without midfielder michael ballack who picked up an injury during training he has sat on the bench for his size last three bundesliga matches but was expected to feature against pastor however leverkusen have done well at home in europe winning all their games during the group stage of the tournament. russian prime league side and have sacked. 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 personally john was sacked after just over a month in charge of angie the club which is bankrolled by billionaire suleyman

anymore said both sides have agreed not to discuss the reasons for his departure. elsewhere striker colace time as looks like he has settled his differences with his club manchester city peter returning to training after spending the last three months on unauthorized leave in his native argentina has had fallen out with manager roberto mancini after refusing to warm up in a champions league game back in september and placement cheney had treated him like a dog but the argentine now says he wants to get back. although. now i will face this child which for me that is to come back to training and come back to see will my colleagues. in other football news glasgow rangers have launched legal papers signaling their intention to go into administration the i brought this club to the decision after admitting it could be facing a tax bill is substantially more than seventy seven million dollars if they proceed the scottish champions would immediately be hit with

a ten point deduction which would effectively end their bid for a fourth successive title reign just. the life or points behind league leaders and arch rival celtic clubs only craig weiss says the decision was hard but necessary to safeguard the club's future with some fans accepting what's happened. is an. issue of. season and volatility nobody really. knows but at times like for fans of zambia they gave their team a hero's welcome on their return from winning the africa cup of nations. where the silver bullets touchdown favorites ivory coast eighty seven on penalties on sunday night to claim a trifle for the first time in more than thirty years and thousands more on the

streets is the team driven on the back of trucks to show grounds their speeches and show you plan. ahead of their heavyweight title fight britain. has promised to knock. champion vitaly klitschko the two boxes faced off in front of the cameras at a joint news conference in munich on monday many according the fight hard to predict this year's tour is thirteen years younger than klitschko but a great has a much greater reach and experience although she doesn't see that as a problem and is even chosen the round in which will floor his opponent. and there where we're going to be for. three hundred miles an hour or. two around. you for. action from the n.b.a. where the new orleans hornets have broken an eight game losing streak beating the use our jazz eighty six points to eighty they led by as much as twenty points in

the third quarter but despite a comeback by new orleans managed to hold on to what is only the. victory in twenty six gangs horny sent to guard chris carmen scoring twenty seven points and grabbing thirty three bands after starting airing his seventh of the same isn't. funny some of rush's best they could have been showing off their talent at an exhibition vent in switzerland european bronze medalist elaine a unique and. paul were among the big names in us. once again the swiss mountains attracted some devoted figure skating fans vaillant arena and gathered the best pairs and single skaters from around the globe two time world champion mickey underwood 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 archer. the

like a spectator so the show could have seen europe's best couples as well. and make you think it's a lot of one brains at last month's european championship. but their beautiful glide in. an extraordinary. video projection. made up the frame for this amazing. the atmosphere is just amazing when you go out of the arena you see such a beautiful picture. people skiing around we always come here with great pleasure and really enjoy our time here. because here we can go some things which are not allowed in the real competitions and it might be quite

useful and it's a great many people watching. in the meantime. had a chance to enjoy their countryman splendor twenty eleven european champion sara meyer entertained a whole crowd side a two time world champion stefan. he retired in twenty ten but it looks like he hasn't lost his touch. to regular ians artsy. not so much for the moment coming up next. if blinds. would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from

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