and risking. a much younger life. more than twenty years of intelligence service. of the soviet union. buildings choice on fourteen. thanks for being with us at half past the hour here's a quick recap of your headlines mass rallies both for and against the syrian government marking the first anniversary of the rest of the country that comes as great as guardian newspaper releases what it claims are thousands of leaked emails from president assad's private account. the taliban suspends peace talks with the u.s. and president karzai says he wants nato out of all religious after an american soldier

gunning down sixteen civilians in cold blood in the london maintain belt hand over security responsibility to afghan forces next year before coalition troops pull out in twenty fourteen. and pumping up the pressure that the us wants india to stop buying iranian oil trying to persuade the country to go elsewhere for its crude needs meanwhile president obama has more and that the window for talks over iran's nuclear program is shrinking. next up a treat up parsi the co-founder of the national iranian american council tells r t why washington's approach toward the islamic republic has been changed from once offering peaceful dialogue to the confrontation we're seeing today. r.t. is sitting down with trita parsi president of the national iranian american council and author of the new book a single roll of the dice obama's diplomacy with iran mr

percy thank you very much for joining our team today thank you for having me this is perceived when u.s. president barack obama stepped into the white house and early two thousand and nine he was offering a new approach with iran he extended his proverbial hand and said america is willing to sit down for direct talks with its long time adversarial how is it that three years later the u.s. seems closer to war with iran than it was during the bush administration it's an interesting story and it's a story that i tell in the book based on all the interviews with folks from the white house as well as the iranian negotiators and other actors who have been involved in this from the europeans to the israelis it's a story of a president that enough in my assessment was genuine about diplomacy and wanted to pursue it but also knew that he had very limited political space and political time

to do so and the political space was very quickly eaten away by several different factors some of them he had no control over it was pressure from israel there was pressure from congress there was pressure from saudi arabia even some of the europeans were very concerned about the extent of the diplomacy that obama was willing to engage in and then there was of course the election scandal in iran with a massive human rights abuses but for others that really did a lot to limit his political spaces by the time he managed to get everyone sort of table in october two thousand and nine. policy according to one senior obama administration official that had become a gamble on a single rule of the. it either had to work right away or not at the garma and it was a quick result because he had only one year in his own mind to prove his critics in washington that diplomacy could yield something by the time he got to the table was

already october ten months of his presidency has passed and he needed a quick victory he didn't get it and as a result four weeks later the bobbin restriction essentially abandons diplomacy and there's the sanction track so you're saying he caved to external pressures that's of one very important factor of course there's other people inside the obama white house who were probably very loyal to the president great think it is fair to wonder how committed they were to his vision of diplomacy since there's no track record of them prior to having supported products and he hired some some of those individuals and put them in a very high places and i think when push comes to shove it becomes important what the viewpoints of these advisers are as well particularly when it comes to the question how much more patients are we willing to hire and the those circumstances if there are a lot of people who may not one hundred percent share that vision the first thing that suffers the first thing that is sacrifice is patience and patience is a critical component to any successful negotiation all of the negotiations that the

united states has pursued successfully with countries that have been enemies i'm in transferred into becoming friends have taken a minimum of four years he said it was a small window of opportunity where diplomacy really could have been very effective leading up to the last round of international sanctions against iran but then the obama administration did not capitalize on what happened well what you had is that on the sixteenth of may two thousand and ten president lula of brazil goes to iran for a state visit scheduled months in advance. and the day after every gun of turkey comes there is all and they have an eighteen hour marathon negotiation with the iranians trying to get the iranians to agree to a deal based on the benchmarks that russia and the united states have put in front of iran in a sort of two thousand and eight a thorn p five plus one but it's a russian american proposal that would score and in their proposal the idea was to

get twelve hundred kilos of really you out of iran in one shipment and the iranians will get their fuel perhaps back a year later and this variation the fuel will be put in turkey in an escrow so if the west remade on the deal the iranians can get to every you back this was actually a proposal that the president the united states had and the worst i had a meeting with turkey and brazil on april thirteenth in washington d.c. for the zero summit in your cirrus on what the turks and brazilians did not know how about for was that on the friday before this sunday that little arrived in tehran to start negotiations. russia and china had agreed to a sanctions draft in the security council the sanctions deal essentially were made and then by the time the goshi issues were concluded and the brazilian foreign minister because secretary clinton explains the deal and explains the details he's shocked that she rejects it and he tells her but we followed the letter to

president obama had sent from april twentieth in which the brazilians were asked to get twelve hundred hugo's out put it in a school in turkey and then the iranians would get a few months back about a year later but when faced with a choice between new sanctions or a diplomatic breakthrough in the nuclear program it was a demonstration by may two thousand and ten and chose the sanctions because they had run out of political space and that's where we are right now the iranian nuclear program has progressed tensions between the us and iran in the world has increased were on the brink of war a nuclear program has not stopped in any way shape or form and the iranians are on a far more pressure than they have ever been before but they're still not yielding i think your view there are many experts in the past few weeks about the circumstance surrounding israel and iran and many of them believe that that israel may aren't really strike against iran before the election in november and if

that's the case the u.s. can be drawn into a military conflict the four out war with iran do you think that will happen i think the risk of an israeli military strike is higher than any husband in the past i still would not believe that it is above fifty percent and in fact i would put it below twenty percent i would put it below twenty percent twenty percent is high enough but i'm just saying i would not put a much higher ground and the reason for that is we have seen this pattern in the past in which the israelis have made a lot of threats about potentially attacking iran and the primary purpose of that has been so. pushed the united states and the europeans to impose more sanctions on iran and to either utilize the american military option or at a minimum make sure that they don't agree to a compromise with the iranians now the reason why it's different this time around is precisely what your hints are there is an election in the united states the political backlash for the israelis if they were to do something that the u.s.

military does not want israel to do the political backlash for that would be at its minimum in an election year particularly when you have our republican candidates using and rhetoric that is quite. aggressive and have almost position themselves to the rights of maybe i mean it so there is that element that creates a higher risk but i think the u.s. military has done something quite interesting there were ministration is quite quite interesting in the past month and a half there's been a whole set of articles in major u.s. newspapers with military folks questioning the very existence of an israeli military option. the u.s. government essentially is in there actually undermining the very belief that israel can do this and that is harming israel's military credibility in the terms that's quite a blow to the israelis moreover the u.s. military or you have one administration officials have come out and said that they

believe israel is behind the assassination of iranian scientists in collaboration with the iranian terrorist organization called them which are in a car that's a blow to israel's moral standing so there is quite a thug of war between the obama administration and the netanyahu government right now in which the bomber in the situation feels that israel is trying to push them into war and they're pushing back in a matter that actual will have long term consequences for u.s. israeli relations whereas obama's supporters in iran right now how would you sum it up i think obama's diplomacy with iran right now is not where it should be but i think the administration is trying to see if another round of talks can be created . probably in istanbul sometime in april or in may the question is this we cannot succeed in resolving this issue if the diplomacy only ends up becoming one of meetings in which the two sides exchange ultimatums that's not the promising

that's not negotiations we need a real thorough process of the american activities in which both sides and the iranians need to do this as well are willing to take a risk for peace that is higher than the risk that they have so far taken for a status quo or even for escalation so far we have not seen it's going to take a long time in the sense of a lot of political determination behind it and it's have to be the administrations on both sides are going to have to accept that it is going to be a politically risky and costly endeavor for them to do so you don't end a thirty three year old enmity without expecting that it's going to cost you something as a party thank you. very much for the time. wealthy

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. mass rallies both for and against the syrian government marked the first anniversary of unrest in the country it comes as britain's guardian newspaper releases what it claims are thousands of leaked emails from president assad's private account. pumping up the pressure the us wants india to stop buying iranian oil trying to persuade the country to go elsewhere for its crude needs meanwhile president obama has warned that the window for talks over iran's nuclear program is shrinking. because the taliban suspends peace talks with the new president karzai says he wants nato out of all villages after an american soldier gunned down

sixteen civilians in cold blood washington and london maintain melb and over security responsibility to afghan forces next year before coalition troops pull out in two thousand and fourteen. hints here with all the latest action from the world of sport and another season of octane formula one action lies just around the corner it surely does it doesn't seem like months maybe weeks ago that's a question vettel won his second straight formula one crown but here we go again this season starts next week in no more not coming up in just a second. part of your comedy this is sports today we have got plenty ahead of the next hour of minutes including these stories brief. none chester on trial the pressure's on for

book united on city in the europa league tonight with eating their sides both needing to win to stay alive on the cards. causing a rocket spaniard pablo on july first his world number one novak djokovic all the way but it's still a serve who's into the last day at indian wells. uncomfy year of class the russian republic of dagestan seems to breed of them pick wrestling champions we take a look behind the scenes of the unique sporting industry. for the first lower with this week's champions league action done and dusted attention turns to the europa league later on thursday both munch clubs will take to the field on both need to win united went on three suit to spanish side. at old trafford a week ago the premier league leaders just need to find the net at least twice in spain to have any hope of progress saying they'll be without phil jones now me under sin though antonio valencia does return after

a string pull and they're going to need a clinic or a team in form on the field at home in six european countries such as first thought were beyond us. with a regular we're from europe helps as well as for your group from home. so. going to rodgers truce but the good performance. manchester city meanwhile have home advantage in their second leg with portuguese i fit sporting remarked on chinese men trailed one nil however and the defeat on home soil in sixteen europe in clashes losing at the weekend in the premier league to swansea city though not the best possible preparation the results seeing them move off the top spot for the first time in five months. we need to play all of it when we can. we don't do we don't want to win this game because it could be it is to

rational for a premier league. school or. one . when she went on the final one example only. should be the. belts were in the pick of the games p.s.v. will aim to overcome a four two deficit against valencia but she is also hoping home advantage can count against atletico vitriol three one shelf a.z. alkmaar hand over a limpy are close favorites to progress in the rest of the time. now he may be the best footballer in the world but that doesn't stop you know messi offering his thoughts on who the best players in the initial premier league are this is what he said the argentinian maestro meaning goal crazy robin van persie manchester united's we're really on sergio aguero of manchester city as the top three dutchman van persie house already lost thirty three goals for arsenal this season but the

gunners still only set forth while rooney's twenty seven goals in all competitions and twenty one among the main reasons why united and city are first and second in the league respect. and tennis never talk of which has advanced into the quarter finals at indian wells following victory over a puddle and you are of spain but it wasn't all plain sailing for the world number one the top seeded serb taking the opener in style six loath but angela then secured the second the first time in this tournament djokovic has conceded a set he didn't turned on his regular game in the decider though winning it in confident fashion six six seven six two how it ended up. meanwhile second seed rafael nadal is also safely through to the last eight of the world number two claiming a relatively straightforward. six three six two victory all right alexandra de paulo of ukraine next meet david nalbandian after the origin times of sixty jul for

its song france in three days. and be a basketball where new york have won their first match following the surprise resignation of coach mike d'antoni and in some style to the knicks thrashing portland just hours after the six the rule stood on following three years in charge new york whipping the visitors one hundred twenty one to seventy nine to end a sixteen losing streak when coming only hours after the coach quits but there were no signs of that affecting the clears as they raced to fifty five twenty nine halftime lead jr smith top scoring with twenty five points the win still not enough though for the next to move into playoff contention smith assistant coach mike woodson meanwhile has been given the tough job until the end of. the world's most popular motor sport competition formula one starts its twenty twelve season this weekend in melbourne the final touch ups busy being carried on

down under with thinking just how they can stop one man in particular two time reigning world champion red bull sebastian vettel is top of the bookies list as usual should the germans secure the cronic and he would become the third man to claim in f one after one man well. michael schumacher australian mark webber finished third last year on the red bull driver should again be in the reckoning this season the likes of jenson button lewis hamilton on fernando alonso also hoping to add to their past glories while russians are tell you a trough will hit the track for the new cap room squad alongside heikki kovalainen of finland and lest we forget seven time world champion schumacher he hasn't gone away either. well we have no headaches about it we just feel very confident about the real ability in a way the performance is very consistent that is good for us too. we already.

started developing the car rather than fixing problems so all in all we are in a much better circumstance compared to last year. but i'm here to to win the championship so as. it is not. going. to be a nice thing but. yeah as i said you know the reason why we're here is to race and to win. this season this is long so there's a little resistance i would take a brave person that bet against them let's move on. his license revoked by the british boxing board of control it follows his behavior before and after last month's world title fight with the tally klitschko in germany pre-fight when his opponent in the face then out a press conference following the fight will be defeated challenger brawled with british rival t. but hey just so was briefly detained by german police this spites issuing

a statement to paul hartley apologize for the brawl the twenty eight year old was handed an indefinite ban by the world boxing council and wins the british boxing board of control with crew chiefs who is licensed to fight the man nicknamed del boy has fourteen days to appeal the decision. and finally rushes freestyle resolutely to finish top of the medals table at the european championships in serbia perfect preparation for the upcoming london twenty twelve games with the majority of the team is now standard healing from dagestan. to look at the famed regions olympic past present and future. it was. deco who paved the way to olympic glory for the rest of the stand by winning the nine hundred seventy two munich games he's now sixty six years old but the title of the republic's first olympic champion continues to bring him joy as he's happy to share the experience with the next generation just leaving a million cannot find

a happy olympic champ and you know why i didn't take over my model and have so why do this age without anyone old prophet to him had lived sixty three years i'm sixty six surely be displeased with life i have four sons and it's my greatest legacy since the deck of dagestan has produced another fourteen olympic champions in various sports but mainly in freestyle wrestling one of them is the nine hundred eighty moscow games winter. honest title did not come without controversy with thirty nations claiming he wants our owners without any major opposition and. we went to the annual world cup to police in the united states in one thousand eighty one a year after the most olympics the most issue to get there was that you have boycotted olympic games and a no name time civilian team have come to me to prove that we are the true champions and people tend to settle well the world has changed says

a ball of the iron curtain and wrestlers from dagestan have become models for success for nations far beyond russia viewed through enormous internal competition a local athletes and coaches have been exporting their trade and thus arrest informations all over the globe these are martial arts school is internationally recognized and coaches who try to stand work all over the world from colombia to turkey to help develop national schools much as a true recognition of that astounds role in wrestling was for active athletes who they also represent foreign teams like turkey croatia macedonia and so by jon miller and you. the competition for a place on the russian national wrestling team is as high as ever and i just on the republic's leadership is naturally keen on continuing this trend supporting all sports at the grassroots level with regard to the huge sports development program and pass a special law designed to expand sport and physical training

a dentist and we've also implemented a course of action which will help prepare referees for the olympic games in london i do hope that the twenty whole summer games will bring us new winners and champions and not only in wrestling. a lot is still left to say about russia's republic of dagestan and it's fine sporting for additions that our parents are a splendidly bit champions in the future to see how that's done which parts of the just onselen pick legacy or among cos for of r.t. russia's republic of kyrgyzstan and you can see the second part of dagestan select that legacy on a friday here on our team that's all your sport whether it's next. well . science technology innovation all the developments from around

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