shipments of wealth through the strait of hormuz to countries that have imposed sanctions on the islamic republic one iranian m.p. says the action would be in response to europe's oil embargo and u.s. penalties against have won those measures are aimed at pressuring iran to curbing its controversial nuclear program but the islamic republic says it has no problem selling oil some large customers like china have been exempted from u.s. sanctions iran has also been stockpiling money and goods to buffer the impact of the measures against the country independent researcher and writer psoriasis who are all rich says tehran is actually trying to fight back at attempts to bring down islamic rule. iran looking back at the history knows that it has no choice it either goes down or it has to defend itself and i think it will if it's ready to defend itself it has the means and the capability of the policy it's all in barca's have been used to devastate the economy and for foreign powers to basically take over the country considered civilian nuclear program it's simply a means to an end what washington has in

program but the islamic republic says it has no problem selling oil some large customers like china have been exempted from u.s. sanctions iran has also been stockpiling money and goods to buffer the impact of the measures against the country and to find a researcher and writer soraya who are all rich says tecton is actually trying to fight back at attempts to bring down islamic law. you ron looking back at this history knows that it has no choice it either goes down or it has to defend itself and i think it will if it's ready to defend itself it has the means and the capability of the politics of it all in biogas have been used to devastate the economy and for foreign powers to basically take over the country the dissidents civilian nuclear program it's simply a means to an end what washington has in mind is to remove the regime iraq has tried to create with washington with the p five n one that's one it has even said that he would give up its medical isotopes its twenty percent enriched uranium if iran can be supplied with isotopes for its medical research but the will powers not want

>> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitablewith the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith's most sacred sight. he was

number of individuals and companies accused of breaching a european bond buying oil from the islamic republic of grandstanding over iran's nuclear program is increasing as the west suspects its creating nuclear weapons which iran denies. detainees in secret u.s. prisons were drugged with mind altering substances a pentagon report has revealed prisoners were interrogated while on medication pushing their evidence into question and investigative journalist jason leppard was one of those who requested the release of this information and he says the u.s. was just looking to get confessions not matter no matter whether they were true or false. one thing that's very important to point out here is that these drugs these psychoactive. anti-psychotic medications that were given to these detainees and those detainees were interrogated while they were on those medications the government report the pentagon watchdog report says that it could produce unreliable information in the d.c. circuit. the system that's set up there now is that everything of detainees says in a hey vs in there hey vs corpus case i

number of individuals and companies accused of breaching a european ban on buying oil from the islamic republic grandstanding of iran's nuclear program is increasing as the west suspects it's creating new player weapons which is ground denies. the marchers in northern ireland have descended into violence as protestant orange order parades moved through catholic areas of belfast police used water cannons and battery rounds to despise angry crowds of catholic irish nationalists who held petrol bombs stones and bottles at offices police were injured and some rioters arrested many parades are usually held to mark the sixteen night a victory over a catholic king and often stirred religious and nationalist. an inferno in nigeria's oil producing delta has left over one hundred people dead they were trying to collect fuel from an overturned gasoline tanker one that called fire and then exploded and golfing the victims in flames although nigeria is a key oil exporter most of its people live in desperate poverty and a rush to collect spilled oil from such accidents. train thai is what its neighbors has p

dealing with teheran and the measures are aimed at pressuring iran to curb its nuclear program and islamic republic says however that it's been stockpiling money as a buffer and that selling oil remains a problem thanks to america exempting some countries from penalties including china and singapore author and journalist offshore aton sea says the sanctions are unlikely to have the desired effect. iran will be more than happy to replace all the oil exports to europe with their customers whether they be in love america or lose notably china because it goes the u.s. has exam to china and the chinese foreign minister is already on record as saying that these you have to also actions are outrageous and wrong. imports crude oil imports from iran rose thirty five percent the back to two thousand and eleven levels it seems a state presumably again lobbied by israel which seems to be running its foreign policy well to do this at the same time as the great economic crisis in europe is causing havoc increase oil prices are certainly going to make not only the euro but european finances suffer so this isn't g

statement of course comes on the heels of kofi on a visit to tehran in hopes of convincing the islamic republic to lend some say to try to use some of its influence to sort of up quell the violence there but again with this kind of really tough rhetoric against head of the talks it's really difficult to see how these groups are going to look at iran as a sort of influential ally in any sort of potential peace negotiations and the beirut based middle east expert. you hear a lot he says that russia's stance on the conflict in syria could be gaining more traction. the see the national council doesn't represent all of the syrians and i think with some pressure being put on b s n c there might be a change of mind you have to recall here that western powers and the other our powers of world have stated very clearly that they want out of power these members of the syrian national council are very much to influence than actually i have to say perched to one of the statements were to the stance of the west in general the russians have shown that they have been more even handed approach now the tide is t

statement of course comes on the heels of kofi on a visit to tehran in hopes of convincing the islamic republic to lend some say to try to use some of its influence to sort of up quell the violence there but again with this kind of really tough rhetoric against the head of the talks it's really difficult to see how these groups are going to look at iran as a sort of influential ally in any sort of potential peace negotiations. you see coming over that wolf i'm going now. washington and edward spend elsie's the law editor of the executive intelligence review news magazine well the syrian opposition said today they hope the moscow will help to bring about a change in the current regime how can they really expect that considering moskos always stressed that it will not take sides in this conflict well i i don't think they can expect that russia and president putin have been very firm. that they are not going to participate in regime change and overthrowing president assad has been very important that president putin has done this that he has stood firm on this issue had he not stood firm on this w

now with iran, the islamic republic of iran, they've got link to terror that other people here are much more expert than i am, but on this very hill two days ago, you heard testimony from general keith alexander. general alexander happened to have been my student at the national war college. what he said was, we are extremely vulnerable to any form of terrorism by virtue of sad remains. when you do the same sad remains yourself, you can understand how -- people in glass house should not throw stones. that's what just happened here. and when you look at that, it should bring the committee up short because you know what, you get the responsibility of looking at the espionage act and thinking, can we do any better with this. i've got great respect for what this congress can do in terms of investigation. i've been here as a congressional fellow myself, mr. smith, i did -- back in texas, i was in these halls for two occasions. one was goldwater/nichols. another was for the act in 1994. both were landmark legislation, both accompanied by a great degree of rigor, intellectual, every other way,

statement of course comes on the heels of kofi on a visit to tehran in hopes of convincing the islamic republic to lend some say to try to use some of its influence to sort of quell the violence there but again with this kind of really tough rhetoric against the head of the talks it's really difficult to see how these groups are going to look at iran as a sort of influential ally in any sort of potential peace negotiations. reporting commenting on the u.n. envoy visit to iran over the conflict in syria one leading mideast expert says damascus into wrong seem more committed to peace than the opposition and its buckaroos. kofi annan had full cooperation from both governments and they going along with his plan for negotiations without preconditions the problems he's going to encounter is when he begins talking to the other side because the syrian national council the free syrian army. integrated have made it clear that they will not enter any or not contemplate any solution without the disappearance of pressure from the same he cannot be a part of the negotiations and they have the united states b

number of individuals and companies accused of breaching a european ban on buying oil from the islamic republic are standing over iran's nuclear program is increasing as the west to suspect it's creating nuclear weapons which iran denies. it's couples in los angeles police used buttons and bullets against. around two hundred people with the movement converged downtown and joined and i knew a gathering of street all sets over a dozen were arrested as the story writes and turns in response to the police present music by the movement was born almost a year ago against corporate greed and economic inequality. no margins in northern ireland have descended into violence as at this time the orange order rate moves through thick areas of belfast police used water cannons and baton rounds to despise angry crowds of catholic irish nationalists who hold petrol bombs stop and bottles at offices things with injured songwriter's last. held to six tonight a victory over a cafe and office stoke really just nationalist. and inferno in nigeria's oil producing delta has left other hundred people dead they were tr

statement of course comes on the heels of kofi on a visit to tehran in hopes of convincing the islamic republic to lend some say to try to use some of its influence to sort of up quell the violence there but again with this kind of really tough rhetoric against head of the talks it's really difficult to see how these groups are going to look at iran as a sort of influential ally in any sort of potential peace negotiations or to correspond. more into now. southern region of the doors slowly trying to recover after a devastating flood killed over one hundred seventy people on friday night humanitarian aid is pouring in from all over the country all volunteer workers traveled to the area to help victims get back on their feet. now tells us how people have faced fear with heroism. panic on the roads of crims traffic jams and crowds of people tried to escape the town center it took just a few minutes of rumors of a second floor to create this live jam in the streets above prince it didn't matter what your forty's said people weren't listening to them they were getting out that was how much fear they

envoy kofi annan stopped off in both iraq and the islamic republic of iran both of those countries are supporting this new six point peace plan but in order for two are really operate in order for it to really take hold it has to have the endorsement and the support of the armed opposition forces in conjunction with their allies in the west as well as the monarchies in the gulf region obviously final thought from you just fifteen seconds worth if you can we know russia wants to extend the u.n. mission in syria for three months is there still room and hope for a diplomatic solution to the crisis at this stage as you see it briefly. i think the years hope are for a diplomatic solution we have to of course put pressure on the u.s. state department on the turkish government and also on the other governments that are supporting the armed opposition to get them to cease supporting these forces in order to bring about some type of negotiated settlement to this crisis thanks ever so much for your thoughts everyone has a q.b. the editor of the pan-african news wire on the line from detroit than

statement of course comes on the heels of kopi on a visit to tehran in hopes of convincing the islamic republic to lend some say to try to use some of its influence to sort of up quell the violence there but again with this kind of really tough rhetoric against the head of the talks it's really difficult to see how these groups are going to look at iran as a sort of influential ally in any sort of potential peace negotiations. when it's a good moral new diplomatic efforts on syria. from beirut based middle east expert risk well the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov meets with the syrian national council tomorrow here in moscow which is repeated today that toppling president assad is their key goal so what's the purpose of these talks then if the opposition as already made up its mind that it will not talk until assad is gone. well i think that there has to be a continuation of talking in order to improve the situation on the ground of course people just can't sit idly by think that the see you have to remember here that the s.n.c. the national council doesn't represent all of the syrians a

listed a number of individuals and companies accused of breaching a european buying oil from the islamic republic the u.s. says the sanctions are intended to disrupt iran's nuclear plans which it says to make atomic weapons but rather insists for peaceful energy purposes of. the twenty six minutes past eleven in the evening now katie is there with business katie good news good news good news tell us more i know you want to change i have it now despite the walk is taking a bit of a battering today here in moscow recently direct investment international has reached fifty three billion dollars that's twenty two percent more than last year posting a new post crisis record now that's according to the united nations economists who allies about forty developed countries they found out that every three bucks out of one hundred are actually invested in law so that makes the volume of investment equivalent to about probably percent of what the country's economy produces a year now investors confess that it's the impressive growth of the domestic market and cheap labor. business to rush up now we're going t

now an athlete from afghanistan was poised to make olympic history as the first woman from an islamic republic to compete in boxing. but her dreams were cut short before she even set foot in the ring. here's more on our story and the bay area man who's doing everything he can do keep that olympic dream alive. >> there is one san francisco man who's taking the news personally that's because he started the afghanistan's women's boxing association. >> she was working so hard and had this dream of becoming that figure, becoming that leader who did. >> tareq aziz was the first to admit that representing the -- might not be the best at her sport, but he did expect her to compete. >> the ultimate mission here is about keeping the program alive, about keeping hope for that nation, and that's what we're going to do. >> azim, a ufc trainer who owns empower gym in san francisco, focused on women who under taliban rule were prevented from participating in sports. the girls took their fight to the kabul train -- >> it was very difficult for them to digest at first. so they were very wishy washy about wanti

islamic republic declared it can destroy nearby american military bases and strike israel within minutes. >>> body of former palestinian authority president yasser arafat may be exhumed for forensic testing. that follows a request from his widow after a swiss lab found elevated levels of palonium, in clothing and belongings that he is said to have used in final days. close associates of arafat says it suggests he may have been poisoned. arafat died in 2004. >>> some say the case is just about closed on how the universe works. is the final piece of the standard model of physics has finally fallen in place with a fascinating new discovery. it was nicknameed "the god particle" because its existence is fundamental to the creation of the unver, yet it has been elusive. the senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot explains the significance of the discovery. >> scientists in switzerland were excited about the discovery of sub atomic particle that could be key of understanding the creation of the universe. >> we have found the last missing cornerstone of it, i think. so i'm really happy.

the islamic republic saying it is prepared to blockade a waterway vital to the world's oil supply. the head of the country's navy saying iran could prevent a single drop of oil from getting through if its security is threatened. it is a strategic passageway in the gulf. it is a transit point for 20% of the world's oil supply. tehran doing more than talking and leaders are promising more naval forces in international waters where the u.s. navy is also doing patrols. >>> a fox weather alert now, and parts of the u.s. is dealing with massive flooding and record rain this weekend. in arizona a 38-year-old man was swept away by floodwaters near phoenix. police say his truck was trapped in a flash flood. and check out the scene in suburban houston. streets completely submerged and now only accessible by boat. maria molena is live. >> hi, julie, good to see you. we are expecting more rain in those areas already dealing with flooding. areas out west from arizona to parts of montana and along the east including the city of houston where as we head into tomorrow you can see some heavy downpo

the islamic republic continues to be the prime suspect in the slaying of israeli tourists in bulgariaago. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what she has learned. >> as the victims of wednesday's bus bombing are buried in israel, dna and fingerprints from the crime scene are exploited to identify the bomber. the chairman of the house intelligence committee tells fox in an exclusive interview all signs point to iranian linked terrorists. >> we believe that it was hezbollah who was purposefully targeting likely to be inspired by some command from iran. all of those are problems. i believe the israelis when they say they will be retaliation for this attack. >> reporter: while security camera videos show the suspect wandering in and out of the terminal wearing baseball cap and sporting long hair, prosecutor says it was a wig, part of a calculated disguise. owner of bulgarian rental car company is saying he tried to rent a car with a bogus license. at the time his hair was short and spoke english. >> i believe, mike ronallers believes there was a support system he

ali is an expert with the rand corporation and written or co-written several books on the islamic republic. good to see you. >> thank you. >> if assad goes down and seems as though things are indeed picking up speed towards that end, what will iran do? >> well, the regime in iran is becoming very nervous about what's going on in syria. they're the gateway to the power to the arab world. the connection to hezbollah in lebanon and sees itself under siege and thinks the u.s. is actively promoting the overthrow of assad. >> what reaction, what might the reaction be, for instance, the chemical weapons, the push to nuclear power? >> the major issue is iranian nuclear program and there's a possibility of iran becomes more nervous and insecure that it's less likely to compromise on the nuclear program, keep making advances deexcite the strength of sanctions. i'm not necessarily saying that iran is going to weaponize its program, but it is motivated by a sense of insecurity and insecurity increases every day. >> what role if any would russia play in all of this? and does iran then become closer to

>> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith's most sacred sight. he was there for 15 minutes and approached the wall and said a note of prayer and left a prayer at the wall. ann romney was with him at the visit. he didn't make any public comments with the press, but mainly spoke to the jewish lead leaders on hand there, and ra i randi, i spoke to a couple of jews at the site, and they were impressed by his visit there, and he said this is a presidential candidate in their minds who gets the plight of the israelis here in the middle e t east, and the danger that this country faces with some of the neighbors, and now mitt romney is heading back to his hotel to confer with the adviser, and he is going to be given that address later on this afternoon and he just wrapped up a whole slew of meetings with the israeli meeti

guest: sure, the relationship with the islamic republic iran and syria goes back to 1979, because syria was a long time rival of iraq which is also a rival of iran so it started out that way but it's deeper. the assad regime alloites are shia, an offshoot of islam, they are 12ers, waiting for the 12th date, alloites are 11ers and there's a difference in culture between the shia and alloites but in terms of politics, they feel an affinity politically for each other because they are aligned against the majority sunni population in syria. iran would like to see that that regime in syria continue into the future. they get a lot out of backing it. it allows them to supply hezbollah with weapons and not only just weapons, but increasingly long language weapons that syria scud ds and 600 rockets over the years. so that relationship has just deepened, and now the relationship between iran and syria is extensive. >> guest: jan has this point. i don't know much about syria, how did assad get the power he has, he does not look very powerful. guest: that's a very good point. bashar inherited the co

the islamic republic saying it will destroy u.s. military bases across the mideast and target israel within minutes of any attack. those threats coming as that rogue nation extended test firing of ballistic missiles it says can reach israel. >>> trucks carrying supplies to u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan are once again crossing over from pakistan. supply routes closed by pakistan for seven months are now open once again. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with that. jennifer, what does this, to what extent does this solve nato's problem? >> reporter: well it is a partial solution i will say. there are still 50,000 vehicles that will need to be moved out of afghanistan before the 2014 deadline. 100,000 containers will need to be moved. some of those won't be able to be moved across the pakistan border because they are considered lethal and there are still restrictions what can cross pakistan at its two border crosses. what is significant, jon, just moments ago the pentagon confirmed several t

secretary of defense to know the definition of, quote, any agreement with the government of the islamic republic of afghanistan that includes security assurances from mutual defense. while this definition is not writ noon statute, it is -- written into statute, it is common sense. i also believe our responsibility under the constitution takes precedence over this point of order. as it is this point would cut into the heart of our constitutional duties as a congress under article 1, section 8. the power to declare war has been entrusted to the congress and to the congress alone. at the recent nato summit in chicago, president obama and nato leaders announced an end to combat operations in afghanistan in 2013. and the transition of lead responsibility for security to the afghan government by the end of 2014. but even though bin laden is dead and al qaeda has been decimated, the administration also announced an agreement with the government of afghanistan that would keep an untold number of american troops there until 2024. 12 years from now. the chair: the gentlelady will suspend. will she confine

guest: sure, the relationship with the islamic republic iran and syria goes back to 1979, because syria was a long time rival of iraq which is also a rival of iran so it started out that way but it's deeper. the assad regime -- alloites are shia, an offshoot of islam, they are 12ers, waiting for the 12th date, alloites are 11ers and there's a difference in culture between the shia and alloites but in terms of politics, they feel an affinity politically for each other because they are aligned against the majority sunni population in syria. iran would like to see that that regime in syria continue into the future. they get a lot out of backing it. it allows them to supply hezbollah with weapons and not only just weapons, but increasingly long language weapons that syria -- scud ds and 600 rockets over the years. so that relationship has just deepened, and now the relationship between iran and syria is extensive. >> guest: jan has this point. i don't know much about syria, how did assad get the power he has, he does not look very powerful. guest: that's a very good point. bashar inherited

jimmy carter's government wrung its hands in futility for the next 14 months until finally the islamic republic released the hostages, january 20, 1981, the day ronald reagan took office as president of the united states. the bitter irony in all that was that carter had betrayed the shah of iran, and thereby paved the way for the assent of power of the ayatollah could he manyy and the -- khomeini and the iranian molacracy that has ruled iran ever since. rather than feel gratitude toward carter, however, khomeini viewed his abandonment of the shah as a sign of weakness and pressed forward with his jihad against the great satan. iran has been hostile toward the united states ever since -- since then, including gleeful predictions of our nation's imminent demise, just days ago iran's supreme leader declared to an enthusiastic tehran crowd that, quote, in light of the realization of the divine promise by all mighty god, the zionist and the great satan america will soon be defeated. allah's promises will be delivered and islam will be victorious. the original ayatollah khomeini was said by jimmy car

now the predominant religion of this region is islam and the religious leader or the chief of the republic. and at eleven o'clock am this morning local time when he was leaving his home he was on his way to his car and a bomb exploded in his car shockwave from that bomb him back from the vehicle and he is currently in hospital with injuries now investigators say that movie is a religious work may be the reason behind these attacks and of course investigation is underway for attempted murder now there were reports of fatalities at that explosion site but it's important to note that the movie was not among those casualties and he is in hospital at this moment now another incident happened around ten am this morning and this was the chief moved to his deputy he was leaving his home on his way to work as well and he was shot dead and killed at the scene there is a murder investigation in that case as well it's important to note though that in the republican it is typically a peaceful region it is not known for religious attacks have there been no previous attacks like this and while investigat

whole siege and the couple of the countries of the republic of dagestan officials say the group of been planning terrorist assaults during the islamic holy month of ramadan the militants were blocked by special police in the private and put up some resistance overnight for children that have been taken hostage were released in the morning before the building was stormed. time to look at some other international news in brief for you this hour in our world update and first to saudi arabia where police have reportedly open foreign opposition protesters in the district of qatif leaving several injured a number of arrests of also be made clashes occurred as hundreds marched to demand the release of political prisoners and freedom of expression violence between security forces and protesters has intensified recently after two demonstrators were killed earlier this month. international financial inspectors have urged greece to push through more reforms if it wants to secure the latest installment of yet another bailout tranche the country continues to contract at an alarming rate when experts speculating that they may have to leave the eu