i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground ahead of tomorrow's vote in bolivarian revolution revenge as well are held in the shadow of threats from washington of strong and swift economic actions coming up on the show. talks and they've broken economy we speak to actor and director around about his upcoming edinburgh fringe play performers written by of in welsh and whether the real gangsters are in the city of london and while britain's privatized british airways faces yet more strike action could we learn from iran whose national carrier just appointed a female c.e.o. we'll ask one of the islamic republic's senior terry if western sanctions benefit the nations they target plus who is that he's going to move anyway all the simple coming up in today's going underground but first in the past twenty four hours donald trump and barack obama don't chevron the oil multinational released results to the new york stock exchange the company infamous for allegations that it is responsible for water pollution soil contamination deforestation and cultural up

evil allegations it is these pictures of the ecuadorian amazon told an emotional story and it's easy to blame a big oil company like texaco for images like this. there's just one problem texaco now owned by chevron already cleaned up its share paid by chevron to back up that claim with former u.s. trade representative mickey kantor or in form of bill clinton chief of staff and even in the past few days a dutch appeals court has rejected claims against the company but the chevrons opponents just like the opponents of exxon mobil which also reported results yesterday with its c.e.o. rex tillerson now go on to become us secretary of state big oil will always be part of a class war and class war is arguably at the heart of a new play premiering at the edinburgh fringe festival next week based on the one nine hundred seventy s. film performance starring mick jagger the performers is a new play co-written by dean kavner in the author of trainspotting. the plays are

wrecked by mick we're on the star of lock stock and two smoking barrels and the harry potter films he joins me now nic welcome to going underground to tell me about the new play the performances. where you start it's as you probably know it's written by. the cabinet and i think it's just sort of a modern day waiting for god oh really the pair of them came up with this absolutely brilliant premise which is the nineteen sixty nine don't know camel film performance people may know the stars james fox and jack i don't kind of had this idea of using real villains it was part of this new wave of british cinema and so he he reached out into the underworld to get. as many connections with with real life gangsters and chaps as he as he could. quite good friends with james fox he plays this devlin the gangs the character in performance directed him in the kid in

the movies i made him and i heard all sorts of fantastic stories about how james had to hang around with the south london gangsters and learn to box and you know learn the parlance and be one of the chaps so in. the premise for performers is the . two gangsters of being asked to auditions for donald camel for this nineteen sixty's art film and basically you have these two chaps in an in a very alien and uncomfortable environment for them sitting in a director in a carson director's waiting room about dition and it's about the parlance between them and how they you know the discussions and how they put the world to rights where they chat and then and then down the camels assistance turns up and starts soaking them to them about burn well and francis bacon and nick berg and then. it was the was the co-director of performance but it was more down the camel film. but he's assistant comes in and basic. we talk to them about high art and try to

get to strip naked which you know they they do or don't do which is honestly that's really that's where that is and what we get into the nexus between the gangsters and the and the politics and all the rest in a second but we'll see your reaction to her performance watching the film similar to that of the reaction from irvine welsh and dean oh it's a cold movie i've seen it a bunch of times i saw it last time i saw it was. every time it's on is a print you know they showed it at the electric in portobello road about two years ago and i went with me on a boat is a friend of mine the playwright we both went to see that the print performance that you know that tied up another print because the film was banned and then and then and then and then it actually seeing it projected this bitrate but and then it was reality didn't some bits were cut out so that sometimes the version isas the e.c. broadcast doesn't have a lot of the scenes in it or move the violence point to scenes in. i mean it's it's

a seminal film for all sorts of reasons but it's a have that to use that as the basis to sort of. the establishment and as a premise for so comedy of manners is quite brilliant take us back to that time because the film came out towards the end of that. where it's youngsters met politics yeah i think you know he saw the apex of it really because at the time everybody people have heard the rumors about. the craze and their connections with the aristocracy and stories i thought that if you will that soak about then and i think we will anyway but it was a time when the government could tell the sunday mirror would do a story about a fair between. a month of the crony graham and booth we are looking into that yes lord i presume we can i don't know what their cronies are around anymore and maybe you know you said it was released now you ask i didn't say but you have a little proof be

a fair as actually that's in the long it was touched upon in legends the crate and there's there are these very strong connections between the era's the cracks of. the underworld in the success of the world really and this this idea that then. villains started to get involved in the arts it was only a matter of time before the art style get involved with villains and i think this this progression of the don't care move made as a conceptual artist and and his film was going to be about the jew ality of man and and the criminal for tony reflected that so basically go on to really support for people to be in his film when you do see a jump indian who then went on to become. quite a few films after that he'd done a stretch for manslaughter you know he killed a man in. your club. you know was a bit of a face and he's if he's first appearance in a in a feature film and there's

a whole bunch of them they had a pretty substantial rap sheet so the idea that everybody in it that wasn't james fox is a real villain and ironically enough is something that goes. richie did with lock stock but something that's a bit more accessible and he's funny and self-effacing with the casting of lenny mclean and all the other chaps that he used in in his debut film so i think there's a bit synergy with with the whole thing you mentioned the manslaughter because there was violence they were new generation seeing it in the french way to say we don't have the gangsters and the phrase back and extract i mean they didn't like the bank because the big nexus without i doubt it i think there's a huge shift in dynamics between fringe theatre and whatever bank is i don't think bankers understand that fringe there exists and the other thing to be many bank is in there i mean there's this idea that you know the there's money laundering in it maybe you know maybe some of the criminal underworld in the

sixty's or. pave the way for what some of the banking on the world do bit later on but i think i think it's all about ego i think really you can't become wealthy without because without affecting your ego that's something the art i've learned over the years. with. you know being in that environment and seeing friends around that but i think it also happens if you are if you're a villain if you become if you become powerful you want to become famous and so the craze had david bailey take a photograph you know those famous or comic you know one in front of the other this is the sort of outline of that that said david bowie portrait done in his studio because the crazed thought that they were they were celebrities now and the idea that. of course or they're all going to be movie stars you know that that that's of course that's the next step someone's going to have been a film and the idea that in donald campbell would a scene that brought brought down to them what's interesting about the play you

know why it's so funny is because obviously they can act they don't react they have one of them does a spacewalk contact a contact. of an apprentice i have never been with oh. ask anyone i've never been to of and they are really that that would be been said in a theater full of. actors that go it but the idea that the celebrity is the thing whether you're a banker or whether you own a. chain of hardware store shops or or whether whether you are the chairman of a football club you you know what you want it's about being famous it's about that ego and i think that's what's interesting about even the title performance is that is that the villains are there performing with its own and the great thing about the plays it that's what sets you up with your comedy of manners because you have to be put in front of times on a villain on one of the chaps are don't want to look at pictures of francis bacon to get naked in front of you chris that's not what we do you know is there is there is never everybody has got

a front so who is more powerful than we are to see world or the gangster world i mean charlie riches in vain which is that he claims of bug been bugging harold wilson the prime minister that it was in power rather to have a formula how much who's more part of the arts world or the political it's that the thing about gangsters is it is you never eat never have you never call him a liar you know so charlie which isn't much say that you'd have to go oh yeah charlie christian says you wouldn't actually we will go on their way the time you were saying and write down what we're not so i never asked and i didn't want to spend it but you don't whereas if you do it you're called to account the thing about the world of the world is that you know it will change the world i don't know if you will but it does it does happen it just push things in a certain direction people need media people need people who. is storytelling and storytelling informs and and affects people and i think i think the

government realized that and does realize that if you can beat a friendly face in a in a film if you can be. whether you're one of the other then you're going to you're going to cut more favor with the public you know i mean so i don't know that what i do know is i don't know much about harry potter but you were in there report of yes so as you have to raise me read all of her report again it's. your fault about the ascent of to resume them i don't know that i know if she's in league with a bunch of wizards and. whether to see where the chair where the trees but what i do know a lot of things very ironic is that obviously she does a lot from her films but she has the worst in history of made e o n n one is treasure my i think the irony of it is really rich and i don't i say i want to be speaks up on that thank you thank you and. are available you can go and see the performance at the edinburgh fringe festival from august the third in

scotland that is after the break as a u.s. navy ship is warning shots of the iranian boats in the persian gulf program. if sanctions are actually strengthening the islamic republic. going underground. well this is how the.

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welcome back here in the u.k. prime minister has taken from the state mandated b.b.c. to be communications director across the communications chief has a different background and to me. who speaks of political styled unconventional political convention in california within the next what he is very much of. said he wanted to drain the new white house communications director now for the fourth time is a wall street hedge fund manager and goldman sachs alumnus expertise that is arguably suited to a climate of mainstream media speculation and watergate theory after graduating from law school began his career of goldman sachs in one thousand eight hundred nine but after two years was fired only to be rehired by the same company months later after leaving in one thousand nine hundred seven before the asian financial crisis started sky bridge capital now with offices in new york zurich and florida

he's written several books including goodbye. how to find your fortune without losing your soul to the little book of hedge funds and he's also a loyal rip. with sponsor with democrats in the past including this interaction with the then incumbent president barack obama i represent the wall street community we have felt like opinion maybe you don't feel like you're whacking us with a stick but we certainly feel like we've been whacked with a stick but like many loyal republicans scaramucci hasn't been certain loyal to the current commander in chief attacking trump as well as showing support for wiki leaks disgraced hillary clinton calling her incredibly competent in fact his twitter account shows that beyond just being anti trumpy different from the republican base on a wide range of issues in the past the mooch has tweeted that he is and the death penalty pro-gun control pro-choice a strong believer in climate change and against trump's mexico border wall on russia is with the state tweeting that one should follow altera roads they lead not

just to damascus but to moscow but is he totally committed to the obama clinton strategy of de facto supporting isis. groups against damascus is he really committed to obama's leadership president obama did say that he was drawing a red line and then he took it away since the wrong message to our adversaries not just the syrian government but people around the world and so i think he had to adapt the play here scaramucci is republican evangelism arguably shows in his donations he was a proponent of the supreme court's twenty ten citizens united decision that allowed big money to attempt to rig elections he said of the decision that it activated a sleeper cell of hedge fund managers against obama allowing them to use their capital to influence the debate and since then he's donated vast amounts of money to various political campaigns before maxing out his donations to trump at one hundred thousand dollars he raised money for two other twenty sixteen republican

presidential candidates scott walker and jeb bush his head and also donated money to mitt romney in two thousand and twelve and called. proven twenty thirteen all donations that would have been illegal before the citizens united decision but despite his donations scaramucci has little to no experience in political combs aside from numerous appearances on the. folks network but if you're looking for a reason as to why trumpeters scaramucci some point to its success in helping to force the resignations of staff from c.n.n. over an inaccurate story about his ties to russia trump advisors have said that he loved the way the mooch handled the situation and still talks about it the president then even tweeted about the event having what about all the other phony stories they do maybe ability to force news organizations to back down is why he hinted at a job at the b.b.c. back in twenty sixteen stating of don't trump become the next president i'm looking forward to the b.b.c.

helping me find a flat somewhere in london. this week washington again prepared for more sanctions against countries not in line with us at the moment power there was legislation this week that prevents even president donald trump from vetoing sanctions against countries perceived as enemies of u.s. politicians in congress one of the countries in the usa cites is middle east superpower iran continually destabilized by successive u.k. governments until the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution blessed or cursed with some of the largest known reserves of oil and gas in the world iran has been the only charm offensive in europe sending its foreign minister ahmet jerry capitals but not to london to increase ties with the world's largest trade bloc well we've caught up with one of iran's most senior clerics grand ayatollah sheikh most an iraqi he is a member of iran's assembly of experts which has the power to appoint and dismiss

iran's head of state such as current leader of the islamic revolution the company with me as a grand ayatollah shaikh most in iraq and thanks. so much for speaking to me grand ayatollah let's begin with the terrible figures coming from the middle east of numbers of wounded at salah a mosque maybe a thousand since israel on july fourteenth put the metal detectors up your reaction . who. in the name of god the most gracious the most compassionate or the issue of the mosque is a major issue in the world or it doesn't only concern the palestinians not just the muslim world of the it's an issue that concerns humanity and muslims have been praying for hundreds of years in the lots for the israelis to harm and prevent the palestinians to break goes against the most basic of human rights we see that the israeli occupation has resulted in the killing in torturing of the palestinian

people right from its creation they impose themselves with violence and no doubt this behavior from them will not stop unless there is a severe response not just from the palestinians but also from the muslim world and anyone who defends human rights and who wants justice and peace why are men on a mission to a center on british media it is the palestinians doing the violence and it is called temple mount not allowed. not. and this is the. tack we see that the western media does not give an accurate portrayal of events and this has a negative impact against their own citizens. they're not happy for happy ha. ha been happy with you because the inaccurate coverage doesn't just affect those that are being oppressed more but it's also denies that people of the world demand the truth of what is happening and the people of america and europe supports human

rights and oppose oppression so if the coverage is inaccurate this may lead them to support the brushes and not the oppressed for the happy of the israelis have not defined their borders and and they came and occupied palestine that palestine has been there for hundreds of years and even jews have also been living in palestine for the one hundred fifty s. or they were considered as part of the palestinian nation at the even in iran where there are jews. freedoms and rights as they are represented in the iranian parliament scene jews have lived in muslim lands for hundreds of years along with the same rights when they're listening. to simeon who mostly mean muslim. we know that both saudi arabia and qatar have relations with israel why does the islamic republic support cuts which currently has relations with

israel we have proof of. true unquote loom so open that the public of iran the defense of all those who are oppressed whether it is or saudi arabia if saudi arabia were being oppressed by anyone it is iran to defend them but here we see that saudi arabia of forcefully imposing demands that's are unacceptable the saudis want to follow what ever they ordered them to do saudi arabia has done this towards yemen as well and trying to force them under their will and with this is unacceptable at this and it's strange that the western nations are supporting saudi arabia with no logic no russian ality model of the. us or audiotape up on this road. now. prime minister to resume wants to overthrow the government or has wanted to overthrow the government of syria for a number of years just to clear things up for our audience why does

a holy person like yourself support a secular system in syria the secular government of president assad. and the bumps hooley walk of the syrian government has stood up against the biggest issue affecting the world today and that is the palestinian cause is. syria did not stand by the palestinian resistance and if they did not create a barrier to the aspirations of israel then israel would have taking. of the entire middle east and would now be on the borders of iran. so this stance of theirs is of utmost importance and it's iran's religious and moral duty to support syria even though it has many differences that one serious supporter of resistance groups especially in the south of lebanon is in the interests of the people of the region . there's been so many reports of britain and israel backing al-qaeda linked groups

in syria do you welcome donald trump's decision to stop cia funding for al qaeda and isis linked groups fighting assad in syria. it is unfortunate that the us has proven it is untruthful even donald trump had previously attacked obama's administration for supporting and creating isis but right now we see that the u.s. is supporting isis they are off the soldiers have witnessed on many occasions how u.s. helicopters would come and provide weapons and other provisions to isis so that they can continue fighting their r.v. nation and this at the same time the u.s. claims they are fighting isis and this double standard from the u.s. prevents us from trusting them we believe that the terrorism in the region is because of america's policies around the world i mean you dog of human rights what about human rights in iran. inequality under your president rouhani has

increased under his presidency of course he's been reelected under president and in a judge who i interviewed in tehran i should say inequality fell in his final four years. how dangerous is the inequality problem right now under rouhani his policies of privatization in iran and giving more money too. the rich private all agog in her. fear there are always political differences each group accuses the other of not doing a good job but this is natural during election time however the truth is that there aren't a lot of differences between rouhani. and hearty means leadership there are major political policies that's no administration can overrule except for a few limited number of things so the accusations and months slinging between political groups are mostly political spin and not necessarily true yes there are

economic difficulties but overall the economic situation is good. the middle class make up seventy percent of the country the wealthy class make up twenty percent and the poor make up ten percent but there are societal and governmental institutions that take care of those under the poverty line. and thought in order would be a shabby on just finally this week the us congress discusses turns on russia trump one sanctions it seems on iran iran has always had good relations with the cuban revolution sanctions good for iran apart from say civil aviation of course but dissensions may countries throw in their current door to see. if a country makes clever political decisions then they would be able to turn the sanctions imposed on them into a golden opportunity to develop their nation and to rely upon themselves the

developments that have taken place in iran whilst under sanctions may not have ever happens if sanctions were not imposed on it in iran is one of five leading nations in terms of their scientific developments. and we believe that sanctions on russia could benefit them of course russia is a very strong nation and it's a superpower so the sanctions against russia by the us. in some european nations will only make russia more independent and even cuba and other nations like venezuela off free and sovereign nations and they don't want to be on the americans control. kind of a grand ayatollah shaikh was an iraqi thank you very much. to his grand ayatollah shaikh most an iraqi talking about sanctions ahead of washington's threats against the world's greatest reserve of oil venezuela as it prepares to vote at tomorrow's constitutional elections and that's it for the show

we're back on monday till then he will talk about social media with you one day three hundred fourteen years to the day british authorities put the writer of robinson crusoe's daniel defoe with a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after a satirical attack on the tories london's public chose to pelt him with stones with flowers. it's a very rough terrain you sort of climb up and you have to fight to be able to flank . it was. on top of him and so many friends he would have been. telling me you know i don't want. to see a better body in this world and is ready to participate in the good. old. days.

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