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u.n. general assembly prepares to vote on our resolution putting flame for violence in syria soley on the government the opposition claims hundreds have been killed in recent days during intensified assault on the city of poems all the authorities and says they're fighting. terrorists operating in the city. of first wave of downgrade sweeps across the struggling euro zone just six nations get their debt rating cut by moody's all this while greece faces further ballot hurdles from the e.u. despite its latest harsh austerity plan that calls public outrage and now it's riots. and russia's military predicts predicts the west might decide on a strike against iran before the summer and see a rainy of rhetoric in the world intensified after israeli cues the islamic state of being behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel. for more on the iranian issue are to talk to brian bagger

a member of the answer antiwar coalition. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean there is 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 there was a 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 one nine hundred fifty three in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there. the shah acted basically as 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 is 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 a run 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 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 in the israeli's 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. 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 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 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 the united states what to do it's vice versa if israel strikes no 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 and that's where. john bolton of. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations the sanctions that are tightening up the sanctions the. coalition that the u.s. is trying to building in iraq what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well iran has certain allies 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

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 it'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 not 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 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 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.

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well. technology innovation. developments around russia we've got this huge earth covered. party's top stories the u.n. general assembly prepares to vote on a resolution putting blame profile and serious foly on the government the opposition claims hundreds have been killed in recent days during an intensified

assault on the city of home parties insist their fighting armed terrorists operating in the city. the first wave of downgrade sweeps across the struggling euro zone a six nations get their debt rating scott by moody's all this while greece faces further hurdles from the e.u. despite its latest harsh austerity plan that calls for public outrage and mass riots. russia's military predicts the west might decide on a military strike against iran before the summer and iranian rhetoric in the world intensified after israel accused the state of being behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel. kate is here now with the sport. and i welcome to the sports update on big european football action. and here are

the top stories. to find the elements substitute goalkeeper roy carroll saves a penalty at ten donna limpy opposite edge rubin won a nail in the first leg of the a great time here in moscow. while come back to try to call a stand as is set to return for manchester city after a three month exam in on continue no. stars in russia say to shine the on some of the best of the worlds take to the ice the swiss city of davos. but first football and former manchester united goalkeeper roy carroll came off the bench to say a late second half penalty was ten men and in p.r. ribbing because on one at luzhniki stadium in the first leg of their europa league last thirty two time well due to the harsh weather being taught to play only artificial pitch in moscow and the game finally came to light it's eighteen minutes to go they did first start scoring for the greek champions but two minutes later they. saw a red palings and got a nice cabin nice but thirty four year old carroll came on to make his debut and

save the resulting penalty does not show ensure the greek side now has a foot in the long sixty probably while there's one other euros began this tuesday night time in a considerably warmer climate a sporting bronco who lost to fellow course beside point out of the most of his final post the sheik dashed from turkey. well meanwhile the champions league also resumes this tuesday with defending champions barcelona in germany to face by a wave accusing in the first leg of the last sixteen losses suffered a surprise three two defeat at asa soon wrong saturday to finish the weekend ten points adrift of league and leaders well madrid manager owner admits that gap will be home to claw back but in the meantime his side are intent on reaching the quarter finals in europe's top twelve competition. we achieved through. this year and we arrive in the mother final the end of the main the cooper . in new york. in back behind the leak it would be tough to recover

the points but the wording in this did row new i'm going to try a word our target is a business business sports who will arrive to a quarter finals and go to well opponents labor is and will be without midfielder michael ballack who picked up an injury during training the thirty five year old has sauce on the bench for his size last three been displaying your matches but was expected to feature against bossa however his side has done well at home in europe winning all their games at the buy arena during the group stage of the tournament but i'll swear french giants in the old will be looking to bolster their defenses when they take on the cypriot side as well in their last sixteen clash on paper leo all the overwhelming favorite so having reached the knockout stage for the ninth consecutive year while well have gone this far into the competition for the first time however as domestic form currently leaves a lot to be desired they've picked up just one win out of their last five games and conceded goals in all of them. wednesday russian champions and each will host ben

figure in their first ever last sixteen match coaches on his ability is relaxed despite missing some key players for the historic game russia goalkeeper love modify it is a dance while already ruled out a strike is dying of it and alexander who called off defender to medical and record signing danny has a serious knee injury however star forward alexander because of cough returns from an ankle injury for his first competitive match in four months but he says another ten men can also produce goals was a nice to make up for those in the sidelines. well one notable admission from the season's champions league is turkish side going to punch a thousands of their fans gathered outside the court in turkey to voice their support for the club's president as he and almost one hundred other high profile figures went on trial president as these yelled at him is among those charged in a match fixing broke nineteen need games last season are alleged to have been rigged including fenerbahce title. clinching four three victory supersport the

stumble was replaced by tribes and sport in the champions league in the wake of the scandal. oliver england's try to call up service is set to return to manchester city this tuesday the twenty eight year old is set to report to training for a series of fitness tests and injured about the mancini says he would welcome the return of travis who has not played since he allegedly refused to norm up in city's turn a loss of buying munich in september and has been in his native argentina since the end of the sevens the strike again has paid an estimated three hundred fifteen thousand dollars a week has lost an estimated sixteen million dollars in wages fines and lost bonuses tevis was linked with moves to ac milan into milan and paris censure manchuria the january transfer window and none of those came off english premier league leaders city have lost two of their last four league and cup games. i've decided to return because i didn't say anything to the club and i want to return to see if i can sort out the situation and see frank employee school grades

and where the mentors to see the jersey i know is going to be hurt but it will be a good challenge for me the people it's against me because of what happened but they were badly informed. for me while in scotland glasgow rangers are hoping to appoint an administrator within the next hour as the iraq's club hopes to control their insolvency process after admitting they could be facing a tax bill of substantially more than seventy seven million dollars if they perceive the scottish champions would be hit with a ten point deduction effectively ending their bid for a fourth straight title rangers are currently four points behind rival celtic tribes that craig white says the decision was taken to safeguard the club's future . however there are better times was on being found soon gave their national team a hero's welcome on their return from winning africa cup of nations thousands gathered actually soccer efforts to greet the cup of bullets to be the start of the tournament favorite the ivory coast. eight seven on penalties on sunday night

playing the trophy for the first time in more than thirty years thousands more lined the streets of the team were driven on the back of army trucks to show grounds where speeches and celebrations were planned. while there was little to celebrate in brazil after a player was arrested and later released despite bashing his opponent with a camera stand during an on pitch brawl the incident happened in the local championships the country states because of that xander attacking a friend as the latter was doing lasix the victim was carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital but scans revealed there was no serious injury and he refused to press charges. now only want the head of the heavyweight title fight british boxer derek just sora his promise to knock out w.b.c. champion vitali klitschko the two boxes faced off in front of the camera at a joint news conference in munich on monday many calling the fight hard to predict is just or is thirteen years younger than forty year old klitschko but the

ukrainian has a much greater reach and more experience although just all right doesn't see that as a problems because even chosen the round in which he'll floor his opponent. orgon. looking forward what is five and i train hard and the way we're going to be fighting three hundred miles an hour on the first round the round promise you fans about is going down. action now from the n.b.a. where the new orleans hornets have broken in that game losing streak help to beating the utah jazz agency points to a take the hornets lead by as many as twenty points in the third quarter that's despite a comeback by me tell you orleans managed to hold on wrap up their third victory in twenty six games point center chris kaman score twenty seven points and grabbed thirteen rebounds after starting with the seventh day of the season. but as well amare stoudemire has returned to the new york knicks often missing a week following the death of his brother in a car crash the border has been training with his teammates entire town and has

also been speaking about the team's newfound star jeremy lin who was absent from the session that's why when he is american has taken full advantage of the squads we see injuries and selection problems helped lead the site to five wins in the right. and finally some of russia's best figure skaters have been showing off their talent at a star studded exhibition event in switzerland with all of. her you. once again this week's mountains attracted some devoted figure skating fans failing to rename davis get the best pairs and single skaters from around the globe two time world champion mickey under 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 elizabeth the commissioner and after the chain speak like

a spectator the show could have seen europe's best company says well let me let me make you think it's a lot of one brain said last month european championship. losing to the. goldwyn income better has to. and maksim turn cool this time both as 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 this amazing performances. the atmosphere is just amazing when you go out of the arena you see such a beautiful picture clear sky people skiing around we always come here with great pleasure and really enjoy our time here at. this show desktop os 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 and it's also great to have so many

people watching. in the meantime to suisse audiences had a chance to enjoy their countryman splendor twenty eleven year team champion sara meyer entertained a whole crowd alongside a two time world champion stefan. he retired in twenty ten but it looks like he hasn't lost his touch. i don't wriggle orients artsy. his ball isn't life. line in motion would be soon which brightened moon evolves from finest

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