exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york. going through a lot of issues there so what is really going on here in r t we discussed who could have been behind the latest incidents. washington with mr palm piro and mr bolton are really trying to. escalate the situation so that they have an opportunity and an excuse to attack iran when a crime is committed you have to know to whom this crime is beneficial so as we can discuss and we can see the geopolitical situation of iran and the united states in the persian gulf we can say that the iranians are not going to torpedo its ship which will lead to the americans to attack them and it's going to give the american an excuse to attack that. they ran the country of iraq there are other interested parties who could very easily been walled in this particular act which took place in the last 24 hours could be saudi arabia could be washington itself with this fleet in the gulf region the americans not because the americans despite what donald trump always says he doesn't

exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york the 2 vessels caught fire in one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz it's the only way in and out of the gulf the incident prompted all prices to surge to around as threaten to shut the waterway in response to u.s. threats about sanctions. a senior lecturer at lancaster university thinks that there is no evidence the tankers were attacked by iran. it'll member that the food is there we see grainy black and white pictures and it doesn't say whether these are iranians because there is no evidence to suggest that it is indeed an iranian battle board and how do we know that the people who are on board are iranians in fact and if the iranians did it why would they be so silly i noted to kind of open themselves up to criticism when the noid very well that there are surveillance cameras satellites that who are going around taking these pictures that's number one and number 2 is the fact that we have harder jubilantly pointed out. when evidence have been

exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york those who vessels caught fire in one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz it's the only way in and out of the persian gulf the instant punted on oil prices to 3rd to iran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to u.s. threats about dr melendez misra a senior lecturer from the lancaster from lancaster university thinks there's no evidence that by a long. it's a member of the who does that we see a grainy black and white pictures and he doesn't say who are these iranians because there is no evidence to support this that it is indeed an iranian battle board and hardly nor there the people who are on board audience in fact and if the iranians did it why would there be so silly. to kind of far open themselves up to criticism when the noid very well there are surveillance cameras satellites of war going around taking these pictures that's number one and the number 2 is the fact that we have harder jubilantly pointed down talkers and when evidenc

exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york but he vessels caught fire in one of the world's key oil route near the strait of hormuz it's the only way in and out of the persian gulf the incident prompted the oil prices 2 thirds to iran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to us threat about function let's discuss this further now of course live to our guests or via skype of poor old rake independent research and journalist and writer i should say welcome to the program great to have you with us and as we just mentioned the reports from the japanese all time because crew appears to contradict u.s. claims that iran planted a mine on the vessel where they base that was hit by a projectile what do you make of this. word absolute does contradicted and mr pump is seems to have a hard time transitioning from his job as a cia operative to the state secretary of state and he continues with the lies and cheating and stealing but i don't think we should focus on just the last incident that happened at a time t

exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york. if he vessels could find one of the while the key oil route through the strait of homeland is the only way in and out of the persian gulf the incident prompted oil prices to search to iran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to u.s. threats about sanctions dr i'm in london mr a senior lecturer from lancaster university thinks there is no evidence that's. going to member that the food is that we see green in the black and white pictures and he doesn't say these are the iranians because there is no evidence just missed that it is indeed a new. battle board i'm hardly nor there the people who are on board i didn't in fact i need the iranians did it why would they be so silly. to kind of open themselves up to criticism when the noid who were there that are civilians cameras something large so who are going around taking these pictures that's number one on the. number 2 is the fact that we hard hearted you want to do pointed guard talkers and where they would

exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york the 2 vessels caught fire and one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz is the only way in and out of the gulf and the instant prompted oil prices to surge tehran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to u.s. threats about sanctions last month 4 other tankers were sabotaged in the area back then the u.s. also pointed the finger at iran and sent an aircraft carrier group plus bombers to the region or join the live now by dr i'm a lendu mr here lecture from lancaster university you're very welcome to the program now how do you assess the recent accusations by the us. well the claims and counterclaims both are trying to say that they haven't done it on the conspiracy theories abound you don't obviously has a lot to lose if you participated in the medical claiming and also we have to look at the americans are saying in terms of the evidence produced but in this time an age when we're talking about doctoring many images one doesn't know where t

exactly would iran do that well because they're the bad guys of course don't ask too many questions hale bopp and r.t. new york. the 2 vessels cooled far in one of the world's key oil routes near the strait of hormuz on the way in and out of the gulf the incident prompted all prices to surge tehran has threatened to shut the waterway in response to u.s. threats about sanctions alone do mr a senior lecturer at lancaster university think that there is no evidence the tankers were attacked by iran. you have to remember that the food does that we see a grainy black and white pictures and he doesn't say whether these are hit on me and because there is no evidence to suggest that it is indeed an iranian battle board and how do we know they're the people who are on board audience in fact i need the iranians did it why would there be so silly i needed to kind of open themselves up to criticism when the noid very well that there are civilians cameras satellites have all of our going around taking these pictures that's number one and the number 2 is the fact that we how hard a job will it be pointed do