there is no fruit to this negotiation now it is well known that other signatories to the j.c.b. away including russia are eager to preserve these deal in the in its current form is there anything that they can do to encourage iran to respect it even if the americans under the current leadership walk away while one americans walk away this practice. but you can truce with the russia and china no a number of other countries definitely we will have our own solution for the problems that we face this corporation want to stop with or without the pact it will continue but mr larijani i think there are lots of people in moscow who would share your disdain for the way the americans conduct their foreign policy but i think that does know that solve russian or raney and responsibility to being committed to both regional and hopefully global peace should we give it so easily

to the americans to rag the result of you know several years of negotiations should be allow mr trump to kill this deal no diffidently we should prove to mr trump that he will be a loser they won't get into march while walking away from this pact we have we'll known as dr to you we have very much to have committed to this strategy we can come from the situation very powerful and i think the russian policy both in the region and international community especially reserve you the nuclear project is very rational we support the position we have various close collaboration with the government of russia now speaking about the russian regional a policy there is some concern in moscow the trumpet ministration may choose to try and turn the course of the syrian war by launching yet another unilateral strike.

on damascus and the russians have already said with me it retaliation i'm sure that we'll see a unilateral strike by the united states as an act of our russian but i'm also sure that you have little interest in seeing a major clash between nuclear powers in your on your own borders or what is your understanding of what a proportional reaction to american aggression in syria could be i think americans and love the european allies of united states is very much watching observing that doofus that that you totally failed that was cynical the strategy of this integrating a sovereign country like syria. i think the collaboration between iran and russia definitely proved both internationally acceptable more or less support of who and very successful one we are we won't be afraid of this type of

activity definitively we want to see that as much as possible the number of involvement of americans in syria we should be decreased also should bestow american. presence in syria northern part of syria is illegal. it is against international law he scored different from the russian collaboration with the syrian government which is based on mutual acceptance reliance. america's one good and the thing by bombardment the selective targets they favor is better to manage to favor rather than to advance gresham but mr larijani what i'm asking you about is not so much about the american actions but about what actions should russia take in response to this potential act of aggression you you mentioned that you believe and i think again this assessment is shared by many in moscow that the

american strategy in syria has failed but an argument could be made that that would make the united states even more predisposed to desperate actions or. actions that could attract the attention of the world because i think we would both agree that donald trump has a propensity towards showing off so if indeed he proceeds to be a delivering and not a strike on syria how do you think russia should respond why. none of us knew iran or russia they have interest in expanding the military conflict i was very determined is supporting the russian people and the russian government to defend their land the russian position especially has been warded by president putin that is very acceptable on russian all they say that to definitely they won't tolerate any threat to the years russian presence in this eerie are i think this is quite rational position american should not gamble on that they should not under

under the skin of the there's a result in defense of his personality and this is the artistic presence but anyhow what is the mental is not some selective strikes what is the mental determination of the people and those who are on the ground fighting to liberate syria from the very minute suffers you all part of the terrorist group supported created led armed by the americans and british and others well mr larijani we have to take a short break now but we will be back in just a few moments they chant and. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to worlds apart with muhammad to have had let it johnny had it for bronze high council for human rights mr larijani you're joining us from geneva where where you took part in the thirty seven session of the united nations human rights council which once again chose to focus its attention on the human rights situation in iran meetings like these are fairly regular the critics of your country are all the same their grievances and complains are well rehearsed i wonder

though if you found this meeting any different from all the previous ones. you mentioned. we participated in the vis sanction to speak of use aboard human rights i'm also the critics which is learned against us and also the behavior of united there's a number of european gangs while human rights regardless of american or. european support but by itself is a valuable barometer of civility so regardless of their position we are going to promote human values in the country and or democracy but american type of human rights. it's a corrupt notion in which the human could we swapped with petro dollars in the vision we swapped with political influence take the example of yemen

you see the genocide there were going on with larger scale of millions of people live and then just look who is supporting who american and british and the number of other european countries they are very generously lend their support to the aggressor even directly they participate on the side so what kind of human rights is in which to live of million children and women does not count well let me ask you a specifically about that because when the issue of human rights in iran is raised you never for a fail to mention what you just said that the united states and europe i'm not qualified to pontificate on human rights because of their own record of murder in a number of countries but you know very well that they easily dismiss your argument as briskly as you dismiss theirs do you think there is still any of room any space

any for much laughter in within the international system for a genuine and open discussion on how various governments around the world trade their citizens rather than this nonstop circle of condemnations and recriminations the united nation is not. an institution. belonging to neither state is the institution for whole nations of the world secondly yes this is one right now the u.p.a. our mechanism of united nations security council here my advice is rather acceptable method of monitoring every country with a selective method without using double standard to every country should be. unsellable to the situation human rights in zone country united this is britain and europe are boiling in racism and in violence their record

own citizens they don't own citizens are very dire unmissable the gunderson of the crimes they are committing those are yes then or mechanism right now and could be present mechanism we should join hand to hand to stop this corrupt notion of human drugs which is pursued by you know this that europe's and the strive for free human rights there is one issue of human rights that is particular close to my heart and this is the issue of veils that has long been of symbolic significance both to iran's religious leaders and their harshest critics in the west and in this debate. where men who have to wear these cards usually have a much lesser say that the man who advance their religious or ideological positions i mean i know that there have been a number of. individual projects in iran in support of the woman's right to choose

how she she wants to dress do you see that as a foreign plot or do you see that as a genuine movement both of them are the issue is the limits of nudity is not enforcing his job. well whether nudity should have a limit in the public places or not so definite couldn't go lower for men and women they should abide by the limits of nudity in the public places while if you know if you walk into two wrongs the street corners you see the women's games and also boards are rather carrying putting very casual dresses on nobody's following them and pursue them but if there is an organized activity you. julie led this time by the britain a number of american the secret service says we want to create a social upheaval. on the. pretext

while we are very sensitive we will definitely respond to that this is not a private single act when it becomes an organized action led by the external sixer service is definitely confront that well mr larijani i do not represent any secret service including russian but i can tell you that having been to your beautiful country during its excruciatingly hot summers i can tell you that it is deeply uncomfortable for me at least to being obliged to wear a headscarf and i know that your country i believe at least that your country is very good as far as social participation of women is concerned i think there has been a lot of. progress in that regard than recent decades and i think customs and laws do you kids i mean they change in every country do you think there will ever come a moment when the rainy and religious leaders or the iranian democracy will give

its women and. its foreign female visit there is the right to decide whether they want to cover their had i not while as you mentioned this is the law also think it's changing the laws should go through the legal the structure and the legal approach at this while i'm not in a position to dictate to the people of iran through what way they should choose for the change the legal process as far as the lawyers everybody should respect but next time in tehran when you are in the summer i will have screwed the recommendation for a few to refrain from the heat i think go with this ride know the issue for the women in tehran and iran as you know the number of educated women i had no superseding the men but i would know they demand a job. they demand job and they demand the positions

and i think they are in the very good environment so this is actual think if we should pave the way for the women of wrong for women in iran to acquire position harvest standard of influence in the society in which they are moving fast well but there is yes and no then necessarily in contradiction president rouhani is office recently released their two thousand and fourteen report that according to which forty nine point eight percent of iranians oppose a government intervention to enforce the veil and in a democratic society i know that iran considers itself a democracy almost half a population that is a number to be reckoned with are they likely to be reckoned with in iran. you know that the palling system could not replace the legal system if present draw news reaching the position of the should be a change in the law he should prove present the bill and send it to the parliament

and then they should follow through but i don't think that this maybe this is correct or liable as you said i think right now the major issue for the women in tehran is is the job and their social position suppose a woman is a minister this is more important or a virus minister or director general or a c.e.o. of a company this is more important for them them how they should dress either to cover their heads or to cover the rest of their bodies so i think this issue should be considered as it is you should not look at it from a cultural bias or culture and why most is different from card to iranian even before islam. the iranian women are very much covered so why are so this is

a cultural issue. we cannot formulate one prescription and impose it to war all countries yaar. well mr larijani you just said that we cannot formulate one prescription for all but i would argue that this is exactly what iran is doing at the moment one prescription for all women regardless of their cultural or religious background or of that preferences anyway i earlier this month a woman who removed her house car from public was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting according to the prosecutor to encourage moral corruption and through the removal of the hip hop and public now you cannot see me right now but i'm not wearing a have scarf if any of your compadre it's see this interview do you think i or you by engaging in this conversation can be accused of encouraging moral corruption no not the thought little lucy you know you are talking from either the culture of

that you are in that you respect and i'm talking from the cultural background for my country which i respect so first of all that indictment is not for taking a scarf out of there the few working there on you see a lot of ladies you may not hold the scarf on their head all the time as they say. involvement and indulges in organized activity which is led by outside secret service is the point that led you were surely you have kids has not finished the courts you rule. and this is the prosecutor's position but then you know the final series with the court i think definitely the point the allegation is being within within that all the mars activity which is led and supported and funded by the food in the secret service is so this should be

cleared up she should she should she has the capability. the lawyer defenders of this you proved him an archon was a personal archon. of the most action led by the six years since his from britain especially then. to be cleared for them that allegation well mr larijani next time i am in tech. i will try to follow your advice remove that house scarf as a personal act anyway let's hope that this interview will not put us in the a cross hairs of the iranian prosecution especially since our time is up thank you very much for your willingness to spend some time with us and i also encourage our viewers to chime in with dire thoughts on their property and ness of this discussion on our social media pages as for me hope to see you again same place same time here on worlds apart.

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a key twenty four hours for russian and world politics has got him a person is set for a full term and a landslide victory of the twenty eighteen presidential election. while at an election night rally in central moscow putin calls for national unity to move the country forward. and we speak exclusively to opposition candidates to send us some kid who finished fourth laughter failing to challenge the established political heavyweights. geisha is the most important value of my program occasional russian people of telling them truth about the situation but.

i'm kate knowledge and you're watching the latest election headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. well voting is over in russia's presidential election and ninety nine point seven percent of the ballots have now been counted preliminary results show vladimir putin has won a fourth term in the kremlin is kevin owen and nicky aaron with our special coverage from red square in the heart of moscow. hello and welcome to our special studio almost goes like conic red square right next to the crimea as you can see the state of russian yeah it's been a super sized election spanning eleven time zones across the seventeen million square kilometers off tyrants very long to do that is the blood they were approaching has secured a force to the russian president by

a huge margin public routine in from a cominius polities second one in. genoa ski from the liberal democratic party before heading over to his h.q. to address the crowd i suppose is that last minute pretending to give a speech at the un said concept was looking for years it would surprise me as we did the patient with russia correspondent up to be able to march eighteenth of course it's important day for a number of reasons here in russia today of course is the presidential election but it's also the anniversary of the reunification with the premier it was four years ago today that the treaty was signed green card mia back under the umbrella of the russian federation and this concert was organized in commemoration of that just a stone's throw from red square star after star came on stage and saying a famous songs with everyone singing along and dancing but of course the main event was president himself he came out just after it was announced that he had

officially won and this is the first time he spoke after that announcement the crowd was really excited to see him and first came out and surprise him with a huge smile on his face but you have a very good message for those who are here talking about unifying russia even coming together. they have voted for other well to talk about the the work that needs to be done going forward for now and he also thanked everyone for coming out despite the cult's night but nobody really seems to mind among the dancing the singing and drinking hot tea that's being sold around the kid square and the square has been packed tonight i can't see you both as but there are thousands of people packed in the square and join. the concert yes huge turn for it to say this is not snow but chilly by the weather's been our revenue came up voting today at least here in moscow following the celebrations putin handed over to his age q then again in central moscow three get to ask him of course about the challenges he's now going to face in his next six years as r.t. if he goes down off explain lightener putin has made an appearance here at these

headquarters and then held a short stress conference and the first question he was asked was about the screwball case about the poisoning of a former russian double agent in great britain and the blame for the poisoning is being widely pinned on russia and even on putin personally his power of lattimer putin responded to those allegations if you wish to put who would rule the first thing that comes to my mind is that had this been a military poison the people affected would have died immediately this is obvious the second thing is that there are no such substances in russia we destroyed all our chemical weapons as monitored by international inspectors and we did this first unlike some of our partners who promised to do the same but didn't fulfill their promise we are ready for cooperation and general i think anyone with common sense understands that it's nonsensical for russia to do such

a thing before the election and the world cup it's just crazy another announcement that came rather unexpected from vladimir putin was when he was asking a question whether or not whether he will be planning to run the six years from now when the next presidential election what lattimer putin did he hinted that this could be his final term as the leader of russia but. at the moment i'm not planning any constitutional changes with this case because i was more than just do you think you will be in the presidential cedes until twenty thirty of course if you change the constitution because of this mission which i think what you're saying is law. i'm not going to stay there until i turn one hundred he also talked about he's cabinet appointments about the potential shifts in the russian government he said that all of those will be announced after the inauguration in terms of voter turnout the these elections have been spectacular not only the whole of russia

voted to the all across all eleven time zones but also we've seen huge cubes of people abroad because their vote which the grabbed of course so big turnout not the largest in russia's history but certainly closer to the top mark and right now we doesn't look like there is a force that can still play them or putin from spending the next six years as russia's president all of the presidential candidates have cast that ballot today here are some of the highlights from that they're saying.

thank you thank you. for the first in one hundred forty five countries all around the globe russians were able to go to the local embassies and consulates but one long queue from paypal to patiently waiting to have that day and been that votes weren't just on terra firma they came from above our heads as well one russian cosmonaut in all of it didn't want to miss out a bit opting to select the pressure back on if there is to cut off the ballot so to say that a hundred percent for that. on the international space station yesterday it was no there's been a few unexpected. model going on like this that. this

. time the main opposition candidate extend your subject titles to challenge the established political heavyweights she's pretty cool we speak exclusively to her. liberal opposition candidate thirty six year old sandy assuption showed up at her own h.q. just minutes after the last polling station in russia closed but really there was nothing to celebrate back then it was already clear that she was going to come

forth but with less than two percent well regardless of that. as we've heard many times today likes to portray herself as the new prominent opposition figure in this country and perhaps that explains the heat and the debate she had a little earlier with a like say a volley who is one of the most fierce critics of a lot of our protein in russia but as we remember he hadn't been allowed to take part in this election under a law that bans people who were charged criminally from running for president. it's. so if i look on the bar leaves just imo yes we can see that but is it the me me is probably the word zero it's been in more than. two dollars now when you might store we could see you. go to the top of here because you spend less than you were possible among. the floor not for the room.

as a small employer one you would assume that if you ask any politician any presidential candidate around the world if he or she would be happy with that kind of disappointing result you'd expect the answered no in a vast majority of cases but as saying a sub jack told me in an exclusive live interview a few hours ago she doesn't see it that way course it's not the result i would dream about but my campaign was not about results my campaign was about talking truth on the propagandistic channels of federal t.v. in russia this result is higher than of any other liberal candidate and that makes a platform for rhenish and if we take your results the result of the gore you beat and mr t. tough as well and add them together is still.