think. it'd be sure to get rid of it. but here how. i am saying they're great didn't see the cast that i have been. a lot of what i want to get. the nuclear deal is as good as dead if e.u. countries bomb to us pressure that's the message from. russia whose top diplomats have just held talks here in moscow. iran meanwhile u.s. airstrikes in iraq and syria which killed 25 people. terrorists.

as the year drolls to a close we begin our review of the key events that shaped $29.00 including the violent street protests that seem to prove every corner of the globe. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my names you know neal a little welcome to the program. iran's foreign minister mohammad job and zarif is in moscow where he has just met with his russian counterpart circular from among the many things this goes where bilateral ties and the prospects of the iranian nuclear deal in the face of the u.s. actions let's cross the line. we've been following the meeting tell us

more about what the ministers have to say medina. well russia and iran have discussed the current situation with the joint comprehensive plan of action also known as the iran nuclear deal which is a landmark agreement reached in july 2015 but it adds is the moment of the deal fell apart and that happened after the u.s. abandoned the agreement now the russian foreign minister this monday called this u.s. decision to withdraw from this agreement as the one being made against the international law he also praised the for its made by france and japan to help salvage the landmark agreement but also said that the situation should be resolved by an only should be resolved by joint steps from all nations which are part of this agreement

. that the u.s. is forcing of the countries not to fulfill their obligations despite iran's compliance with the reached agreements with monta that the u.s. and the e.u. both return to full implementation with the legations voluntarily and then iran would do the same but if our western partners do not want to confirm their respect for international law then the jury. must be recognized as dead. iran's foreign minister mohammad. agreed with the russian counterpart adding that both iran and russia hold the same position regarding this agreement now he called iran nuclear deal a balanced international initiative but said that the u.s. pretty much trying to sabotage the fruits made by other countries to same. this

deal and also trying to impose their own version onto the decisions of the other countries. to be the united states is trying to impose its will in other countries and make them violate international norms and standards as for the european position on the. politically they support it but in part this they do not do enough to counter the us function we think the europeans should stick to their commitments . the iran nuclear deal or please true strictures on the iranian nuclear program in exchange for lifting international sanctions on iran and also allowed for the nation's nuclear sites to be inspected by the international it's make energy agency now the us love imposed several batches of these the sanctions back onto iran now this decision made by washington was how badly criticized by the e.u. china and russia all of whom are signatories of this agreement. bring us

right up to date so. well the meeting between the 2 foreign ministers or spending was just going through there comes tensions rise between washington. a rug brown the deadly american airstrikes in iraq syria terrorism those raids killed 25 people injured dozens more. u.s. military aggression in iraq is a clear example of terrorism under strongly condemn in our discussion today with the president we discussed with the other options that are available and i would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own self-defense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from iran u.s. officials called it a defensive operation against the rimi and by a militant group hezbollah according to the u.s.

the bombing raids were a red tele ation for friday's rocket strike on the kook base in iraq which killed one american contractor no group as they have claimed responsibility for that attack but the pentagon has blamed the team has been a lot an armed group that emerged after the u.s. invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted american forces it's also one of the main shia forces fighting against islamic state in both iraq and syria. according to the iraqi news agency the country's president condemned the u.s. try calling them harmful to iraq and the nation's prime minister described the operation as a violation of iraqi sovereignty and a dangerous escalation for the region the air strikes us china iran and russia held their 1st joint drills they include antiterrorism and anti-piracy training under being held in the northern part of the indian ocean in the gulf of oman the region includes key shipping and energy supply routes and has been a source of tensions between iran and the u.s.

over this past year political analyst side west africa's chesham believes russia and china's presence helps to reduce tensions and which. the u.s. has been escalating the tensions it's been increasing its military buildup in this part of the world the presence of the russians as well as the chinese is doing very much the escalating role as they are playing a balancing act against the u.s. and its so-called 'd coalition of the sentinel this would all preempt the united states threat to the islamic republic of iran and to the free flow of you know shipping in the persian gulf. been a turbaned here for a region really as a whole marked by tough sanctions on the seizure of tigers looking back at one culture of. for terror on the year 2019 was thrilling to say the least it narrowly avoided an open military conflict with the united states got hammered by

new stifling sanctions to port in a so-called oil tanker crisis and had to deal with the worst domestic protest in 40 years let's go through it one step at a time. following its withdrawal from the iranian nuclear deal the us continued its sanctions against the islamic republic the country's uncompromising stance swiftly led to an american military buildup in the region the united states is deploying the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and bomber task force to the u.s. central command region sent a clear and unmistakable message to the arabian regime that any attack on united states interests on those of our allies will be minutes with unrelenting force in may and june of 2019 some oil tankers were damaged and some caught fire in the gulf of oman washington immediately blamed terror on in may the rebels in yemen carried

out multiple drone strikes on a saudi oil pipeline the u.s. again stated that it believes iran was behind the attack and continued deploying a different troops over the next 2 months the pentagon said the buildup was in response to heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations these assets would join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered arab salutary military strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on terror on

continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil markets all ended well as both tankers were eventually released. despite iran's resilience to the u.s. sanctions their effect has taken its toll the last months of 2019 or more by protests across the country when gasoline prices skyrocketed due to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies though the plan was to direct the additional funds to supporting over $60000000.00 people in need crowds it still took to the streets it was initially a peaceful rally but it quickly turned violent in some places and resulted in

several deaths including law enforcement officers now that story it's easy even put the country on its old school internet shut down to prevent the protests from spreading now let's guess who was the 1st to capitalize on iran's civil unrest people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation he's arrayed encounter porridge of odds are he dismissed that kind of support saying that it was the u.s. sanctions that caused so much suffering to his people. a regime that bans food and medicine for ordinary people including elderly and sick iranians by economic terrorism can never show its disgraceful support for the iranian people despise and the other year under serious pressure life here in tehran continues the internet is back on line with all major social networks available and i checked that myself but

hardly anyone in iran has any it's out with an adversary like washington they're in for still more thrilling moments in the coming year ramon koester of artsy terror on. still ahead we continue our review of the past year and look at some of the key events including the rest. of it. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world. max kaiser and stacy herbut dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one self big every week. tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with what's front running

this sunday exclusively on r.t. . put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want the president. to go right to the press this is what the 3 of them will be good. interested in the. city. with 2020 just there on the corner we continue our look now at some of the key

events of the past year. ok today's topics are. streets of rage mysteriously titled mind games let's see what stories the 1st of these has for us violent protests were prevalent the world over from the yellow vests and powerless to the anti beijing riots in hong kong and of course in latin america so let's focus on. the continent has had more than its fair share of turmoil and 2019 protests of rage from venice whalen bolivia to chile and ecuador double quarter breaks it all down. it started as a spark the next thing you know the inferno of revolution is all around you and can't be extinguished that is the south america of 2019.

what's crucial if that's your aim is to find just the right moment to stir up the scent. venezuela's chaos was the epicenter right after the country reelected president nicolas maduro washington pounced challenging the government's legitimacy and trying to provoke a coup. by mike pence nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and it gracefully in doubt the

legitimacy to run venezuela upon the leader of the opposition i think me i swear it's a for only seen the duties of the national executive vice president of venezuela president trump officially recognize the president of the venezuelan national assembly one going to do is the interim president of venezuela the time is now to support the venezuelan people to recognize the new democratic government led by interim president where though the safety and security of president and his family are of great importance to the american people why don't try to hard to win over the military but when it became clear it stood behind a majority washington rolled out some empty threats are you hearing very well that is what i consider getting thing but all options are on the table all of these are open to all options or. on the table all options are on the table you can lose. the world not to the result. and steamrolled the country with sanctions

adding to the suffering of ordinary people already living through economic collapse but is it really democracy that washington and its allies were interested in or perhaps this has something more to do with black gold don't know what is donald trump's cases against venezuela the cases bellow is the only livin his way into the riches of venezuela it's goat gas diamonds iron water a material riches resource grabbing hasn't only been confined to venezuela in the region. bolivia seen its own share of unrest this year but there are right wing coup was successful the elected president abel morales forced to step down and flee the country there's either why am i resigning so that my opponents cannot continue to my socialist brothers it's my duty as an indigenous president and the president of all believe in this to see

peace after morale has got the boot senator janine anya is proclaimed herself interim president not exactly a household name before that but what's more important is who had her back and he guesses we pledge our support to the believe in people and to the transitional government led by president janine and yes as they prepare for these elections. we support you need 9 years in bolivia as she would to ensure a peaceful democratic transition through free elections and just like in venezuela it's ordinary people who are paying the price for regime change. and seeing the parallels here's another one lithium is in high demand in the united

states and that valuable resource also happens to be in abundance in bolivia. chile has also been no stranger to disorder where clashes have been deadly at times thousands have rallied since mid october demanding the president resign and the constitution be revised there have already been widespread reports of torture and unlawful killings following the military's deployment. but on these protests the u.s. has been silent maybe it's because the president is sebastian piñera a harvard graduate who's free market policies have shown he's happy to do business with the u.s. the case is not so different from this next country. at

last we have ecuador a country that became engulfed in protests after the government carried out i.m.f. backed severe austerity policies. yet again silence from the us and the reason is pretty much the same as with chile the us supported the government's newfound allegiance with the i.m.f. washington might pick and choose the battles that benefit its interests the most but at the end of the day fire is fire it doesn't care who it burns and when a whole continent is set ablaze it becomes extremely difficult to extinguish. and tomorrow we will be looking back at some of the other protests that left their mark on 29 for no though let us move on to today's other

topic mind games we're delving into the issue of controlling the way people think of the role of social media in the particularly facebook. our teacher has been taking a look at how it's become the center in chief when it comes to what we come and count say. i'll tell you what having this job for 6 years is maybe report on censorship quite a few times look at this freshman giorno patrolling co asking about facebook censorship at a press briefing hey young man you have no idea what awaits you in 29. by the end of the decade look at it the evolution of online platforms has gone all the way towards 0 tolerance for offenders even though it all one started down there with pretty much 0 regulation but who decides what exactly makes someone an

offender all right let's dig into the 2900 stage of evolution look at these one by one and check out their censorship record. you true work hard on reading their platform of harassment see the latest update to their harassment policy came out. and december read into it you'll find words like veiled threats ply threats right there warning that whatever that's supposed to mean will be punished and you'll find 0 examples and no proper details. because it was in force these policies seemingly random or not at school so why should i trust them to do it now i'm skeptical why the late night hosts allowed to roast people and pick on people's physical appearance but on the youtube his comment so you put out these new guidelines they don't set lines and they don't

guide. the latest in a series of policy updates after the previous ones you tube didn't hesitate to take action the result record breaking numbers of accounts and videos taken down. in 2019 facebook really took us all by surprise by showing what it takes to put on a new face not that it looked like they were keen to do it but someone just happened to notice that while trying to dodge a defamation lawsuit facebook prefer to itself as a publisher look at this mature c.e.o. telling congress his network is a tech company not a media one well that happened before 2019 and the new f.b.i. gave itself the green light to censor just about anything which they've been up to quite strenuously although in march when the new zealand shooter live streamed

a massacre of 50 people everyone was like where the hell were the moderators or censors or anyone to stop this another thing i won't call anyone out for consistency but in a recent interview mr zuckerberg said no to censoring political ads even if they contain lies in what i believe is that in a democracy it's really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying it's that they can make their own judgments and i don't think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news this tech giants however have been blamed for screwing up a bit of campaigning like when gabbert for instance challenged google for taking down her ads this alarming trend has been growing with tech giants continuing to silence voices and restrict access to information this concentration of power and influence is a direct threat to our democracy by the way did you know about this side to it

29000 saw the list. facebook moderators claiming to have p.t.s.d. growing with a former employee suing the social media giant even though the company said it was offering all the required support. well no point in digging too deep if the story's repeating itself twitter has mastered the art of new era suspensions and bans to the vagueness of the rules probably isn't so much to worry about so you can get in trouble for it can be many things from supporting join a songe to pulling a prank on the fans of the cats movie but just keep in mind what kind of folks you may find among twitter's staff a british army psyops soldier war saudi arabia is tasked with digging into the count's of the kingdom's critics well we'll keep using all of them

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may 3rd of 2003 the ambassador of switzerland to tehran delivers a letter from iraq to the united states. in that letter the iranians essentially offer negotiations to open up the nuclear program for full transparency. the proposal came in i happened to see it's because it was also given to a member of congress that i worked for at the time. he sent it over to the white house and called rove called rove called back he said that he found the proposal intriguing he wanted to know if it was genuine it were a promise to put it in front of the president i would call karl rove a dear friend. i've seen made a far sighted courage put america on a war footing. and protect us against a brutal enemy in

a dangerous conflict that will shape this new century no formal response was given to the iranians. i'm grateful to have been witness to history. and the argument was that whatever could come out of a negotiation with the iranians. even more could be achieved by simply removing the regime in iraq. in a way to sum up the arguments however the principle in the bush administration said that we simply do not talk to evil. and as tony zinni said former central command commander if you like the rock you'll love iraq that is a 10 to 14 year 3 to $4.00 trillion dollar invasion at the end of which the world western asia will look not much different than it does right now it will still be in turmoil and still be in chaos and 70 plus 1000000 iranians will hate our living guts. i was in the pentagon and i wanted to see your new secretary or

france 90 years. wolfowitz shared with me in charge or at cheney in $9011000.00. retooling about him went to the white house briefed people like presidents america needs a new strategy or force regime change. so there's this idea springs back up again in 2001. i went through the pentagon in november of 2001 and one of the general said sure i got this memo on it's. going to go after 7 countries in 5 years. i said is that a classified memo he said to her. start with iraq and then we're going to move to syria lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran. i think it's highly probable the administration has already made the decision to go

to war against iran there are already u.s. troops inside.