itself for an early attack on the islamic republic. -- might be positioning itself for an early attack on the islamic republic. >> the ayatollah has a large audience for his words and now his warnings. he suggested that iran has threats of its own that it can impose against the threats. he told supporters that new american and european union's sanctions would have no effect. >> the more they threaten us, the more harmful it will be for them. they should know and of course they do know that in return that such threats, we have our own threats to make at the proper time necessary. >> here is where some feared such a confrontation might happen, the straits of hormuz in the gulf which is the narrow channel through which 1/5 of the world's oil is traded. iran has threatened to close the straits. the u.s. has insisted it must remain open and that iran must not be allowed to threaten of

pressure on iran mounts russia's military has a sas the probability of a western strike against the islamic republic is being high but concerns of pending military action grew after israel blamed tehran for two bomb attacks on its diplomatic staff on monday actually peter oliver following developments around iran and now joins us live with the latest developments peter what exactly was said by the russian military with regard to this or rainy and standoff well this came from the chief of staff of the russian armed forces he said he couldn't rule out a plan being in place for the west to attack iran by well by the summer of this year now he was basing this statement on the fact that since the arab spring began russia has been monitoring the the region of the wider middle east very closely and that is his findings from the monitoring that's being going on now this comes just a day after two israeli diplomats were targeted in the capitals of georgia and india now they were targeted with bombs being placed in cars the bomb in georgia was able to be found in diffused but the bomb in india exploded injuri

know that since nine hundred seventy nine the united states refuses to have relations with the islamic republic of iran why is it because iran is a dictatorship well it's actually a democratic government it has democratic features far beyond some of america's most foremost their allies in the middle east such as saudi arabia for instance since one thousand nine hundred nine iran became in independent government before that between one nine hundred fifty three and one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there. the shah acted basically as a proxy or a puppet or a client of the american power and so the u.s. says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows that indeed is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt operate covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old saying they are same to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will no

american establishment because that would then present the crisis death struggle between the islamic republic of iran on one side in the israelis regime on the other and in that case iran will be able to mobilize mass support throughout the middle east for it the united states has a different tact they want to keep israel sort of in the background lou mean danger in threatening iran in one way keeping iran in the state of tension perhaps militarily but have the economic sanctions do the bulk of the work by carrying out economic and financial isolation against the iranian government they think in the long term that's the easier way the better way or the more effective way to carry out regime change the u.s. has puzzled over israel's intentions so what if israel does decide to try. iran and this is a u.s. official says it's hard to know what's a bluster and what's not with israelis well i think a lot of this is baloney and nonsense the israelis are the recipient the benefactor of three billion dollars a year in u.s. military aid if they do something that's completely contrary to what washington

to do its vice versa if israel strikes no if the conflict is presented that way between the islamic republic and israel the people of the middle east will really to the side of iran the assassination of the iranian scientist which rick santorum called half a measure. of. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations the sanctions that tightening up the sanctions the . coalition that the u.s. is trying to building in what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well iran has certain allies to iran has russia and it has china increasingly it has a venezuela and cuba another words those governments in the world in addition of course to syria which has its own problems right now but the countries in the world don't want the entire world to be dominated by one power the united states of america they recognize that the existence of iran as an independent government is something that is positive meaning that if the united states were were were to be successful in carrying out regime change in iran. they would be emboldened to carry out further destabilizing efforts against other powers

strike on iran before summer as clouds gather over terror on calling israeli accusations the islamic republic was behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel. midnight in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story moscow says there is significant risk the libyan scenario of foreign intervention could soon be repeated in syria russia's foreign minister warned the cases being built against the regime in damascus that could be used to justify external military action sergey lavrov was speaking with journalist during a trip to the netherlands artie's igor piskun reports from the hague. criticised the idea to put together the so-called group of friends of syria which could meet as soon as by the end of february would include several western nations including the u.s. and france some arab countries and representatives of the syrian opposition and said you are better off says if this group will not include representatives of the syrian authorities it would mean the international community is taking a certain side in this internal conflict for syria while russia and ch

embargo on terrans key export the ban was not supposed to come into effect until summer but the islamic republic has repeatedly threatened to bring and mediate halt or he's jake agrees reports from greece one of the countries allegedly subject to the oil cut by terror on. the latest report said what we hear is the arabian foreign ministry has cooled up these of basses of the six nations concerned and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports to their nations but they'll be given some leeway that sewing said what they termed humanitarian reasons the cold snap has been sweeping across europe but will go down if implemented preempt somewhat those sign sions imposed by the e.u. back in january due to be implemented in july six nations in question hey well those are forces to be in the really thick of it when it comes this economic crisis we have the netherlands of france also portugal italy spain and greece is well there's already been questions raised here because tehran says that he can find all the people to buy its exports that to the likes of india an

islamic republic because they feel they've never had it was events all thirty three years ago or so there are a lot of issues here so i don't blame iran i blame the americans and the israelis for ratcheting this up at every turn we have to leave it there chris bambery with the international socialist group thanks for your time. syria's president bashar al assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days according to the country's state run news agency it could put an end to one party rule the president's baath party which is in shrine in the current constitution changes to the law were a key demand by the opposition at the beginning of the country's eleven month uprising but in the wake of deadly clashes with the army many opposition leaders are now insisting that the president quit you know a bit of a referendum came amid reports of new outbreaks of violence with tanks shelling the fourth largest city of hama and in oil pipeline broken up blown up in the rest of city of homes but with reports of atrocities coming mainly from the rebels there are concerns tha

once you entered this apartment you felt as if not only were you not in in the islamic republic you were not in the real world you know. he encouraged me always. the things i had doubts about i thought were impossible, he said they are possible. >> why is it that everybody has a parallel universe but yours is so luxurious? why so rich? >> well, i spent so much time on it. what i lost in the real world i gained in my parallel universe. the you -- you had a s author o reahe iranian people not just one group are demanding. >> did you hear president bush say that there is an axis of evil and the axis of evil members are iraq, iran and north korea? >> yes. >> how did you react to that? >> i think the governments of those countries come as close to evil as you can get but not the people. and i think we should always be very careful to separate society that is being oppressed by a government from the government itself. >> because of the president -- presence on that list and because the arain jan -- iranian government is manufacturing nuclear materials by reason they say to generate electricity

to the latest online our latest opinion poll there suggest a third of americans now see the islamic republic as the nation's biggest enemy with nearly half supporting military action against iran. the man tipped to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers less than a fortnight before russians head to the polls a book on bloody near putin's personality is due to hit british british bookshops hot on the heels of two documentaries featuring the russian prime minister. moscow out next revealing how popular and healthy fast food is in the russian capital stay with us. hello and welcome in this week's moscow out south where we're taking a look at fast food culture from the arrival of those famous golden arches over twenty years ago today various international brands and new russian companies are popping up here every week donuts burgers pizza chicken wings there's no wider range of such food here than ever before but is that a good thing is it unhealthy i want to find this think of russian fast food banks finds out. that. banking baskin robbin

on iran mounts russia's military has assessed the probability of a western strike against the islamic republic as being a high concerns of pending military action grew after israel blamed terrine for two bomb attacks on its diplomatic staff monday and today a blast in bangkok artie's peter oliver has more. the chief of staff of the russian armed forces said on tuesday that he thinks a plan for a western attack on iran could be in place by the summer of this year and he's basing that statement on the fact that since the arab spring started a year ago russia has been monitoring the area of the wider middle east very closely enough to looking at the findings from that monitoring this is what he's come up with now and this comes just a day after two israeli diplomats were targeted with car bombs in the capitals of georgia and india now the bomb in georgia was able to be defused however in india that car bomb exploded very very close to the residence of the prime minister of india and injured several people now israel was very very quick to point the finger of blame for those attacks at teheran des

the media war on iran is already in full swing in the us leaving a third of americans to label islamic republic as the nation's biggest enemy and then half to support a military action against iran. and the face of putin in london find out how the plan to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers best in the fortnight before russians head to the polls. they are watching r.t. well straight to our top story now the future of the syrian crisis will be the focus of a meeting between the u.s. european and arab nations opening in tunisia today the so-called friends of syria group is expected to discuss new measures to cripple that assad regime which they blame for the day of the year long violence in the country russia and china have refused to attend the meeting with moscow says the group is biased in its attempts to settle serious internal conflict by ignoring the role of armed opposition groups in the bloodshed which thousands of died meanwhile washington is reportedly holding talks with the u.k. france italy and turkey over preparations for mi

new job announced that islamic republic would soon reveal major advances in its nuclear program he also warned that you were was playing a risky game by cutting off trade with tehran because e.u. consumers account for around twenty percent of iran's oil output the spanish ambassador to iran said that sanctions will hurt his country more than any other european state and madrid based journalist says the e.u. bargo serves only the interest of the us would we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to do some bargo to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union and he's not just displaying a neutrally also greece imports lots of oil from iran it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bomb drops in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that's going to happen because of the. political move it's now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to

to us the islamic republic of iran is a strong power capable of defending its regional security fully with the iranian people being a great and powerful nation not afraid of those futile threats that. a soulless substance. can attack like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothingness. the mysterious sons of russia. are to. download the official anti application to your i phone or i pod touch from the i.q. zaps to. watch our life on the go. video on demand all teens mind broadcasts and our s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on t.v. dot com. but i define it as a struggle for thirty australia to tell you there's a lone no wait until you see that gentleman's stories if you want to have sex go and have sex. would be soon which brightened if you knew about song from feinstein pression the. flu starts on t. dot com. stalemate at the u.n. russia and china rebuffed the western backed draft resolution on syria but moscow saying its fake wording leaves the door open for foreign military intervention. blocked by return t

escalation in the rao with the rand saying it alone will decide whether to launch a strike on the islamic republic. hello it's midnight here in moscow and now you're watching r t live with me kevin oh in our top story this very early friday morning the u.n. seeking to send its humanitarian chief to syria to secure a delivery to civilians caught up in the fighting the international bodies also preparing to investigate the country's officials over allegations they've committed crimes against humanity correspondent in damascus rif nationals been keeping across developments on the ground for. according to r.t. sources here in syria the fighting in the besieged city of homs is now over with the army taking control of the city we've been hearing initial reports from our sources here that there has been a ceasefire agreement between the free syrian army and governmental forces in the area but it hasn't been confirmed of course we are receiving all the reports from other sources such as opposition groups opposition activists or london based syrian observatory for human rise about resume challen about clas

people in the west do want regime change in iran they would like to see the removal of this islamic republic there's been a lot of propaganda in the last against iran but i do think that there is this there is an opportunity here for. for rand to make to achieve some openings but that may not be enough to satisfy many of its critics who would like to see real change in government. now we have more news on iran on our website r.t. dot com the power of the petrodollar and author explains his saying so he things will profit most promptly comic sanctions on the islamic republic and predict what's likely to follow. also online a hacktivist group reveals links between american and british wide supremacists and threatens to expose the times story at our team dot com. it was shot four times in total. and. syria's a boys are still in the lobby. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they are gone from the law abiding decent people are not a problem national rifle association. basically retired military and police. to shoot. i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and

pressure against the islamic republic and southern madrid believe the oil embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to disembark go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union the european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of the economy and trade with iran it was retrieved in the last twenty years the connections that have been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to these new tension and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of these of these political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut of the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to be

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people in the west do want regime change in iran they would like to see the removal of this islamic republic there's been a lot of propaganda in the last against iran but i do think that there is this there is an opportunity here for. for rand to make to achieve some openings but that may not be enough to satisfy many of its critics who would like to see real change in government. and we are news on iran and our web site r t dot com the power of the pet her dollar and author explains his things will profit most from becoming sanctions on the islamic republic and predicts what's likely to fall. it's also online a path to this route reveals links between american and british widespread and threatens to expose the times the full story is available on our website. would be soo much brighter than if you knew about sums from funds to the french and so. nice for instance on t.v. don't come. the mission. couldn't take should free in-store charges free. richmond's free. three stooges free. download free blogs just plug in video for your media projects a free media oh god r t dot com. please . welcome

countries bought more oil from the islamic republic in two thousand and eleven with the biggest customers being spain and italy but with the e.u. planning to cut off trade in july in line with the international sanctions against iran many on the continent are voicing concerns that the move will backfire to run as also europe that it's shooting itself in the first the view is shared by spain's ambassador to iran who says his country suffers the most from the continuing e.u. pressure against the islamic republic and some imagery believe the oil embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not a distinction that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted to go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of economy and trade with iran it was retrieved in the last twenty years the connections that have been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to these new tension and he's no