to cross talk us a rainy and relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael amir man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship in our relationship with hostility for three decades but last week's on yet another downturn in u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the razor going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. which few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanctions

michael fine going to have various marandi go ahead jump in. i just want to make two points one is that i think the iranians feel pretty happy about the of the uprisings and the waking or the arab spring or whatever you like to call it because almost all of the regimes are more pro-american dictatorships that are relations with iran so on the whole iran benefits but with regard to the nuclear program obama never did any good at all in fact when the iranians along with the brazilians and the turks if you recall work came to an agreement and obama promised to support it he wrote a letter to the brazilian president saying that he will back to agreement when the agreement was made he he quickly rejected it condemn the brazilians and the turks and then went for a new sanctions in the u.n. security council so you know obama has has not been as he lied effectively very blatantly but again here despite that i think we've written live the american media and that is there and you can search it on the internet the american media never pursued this all rig

i mean because i can i mean professor marandi gave a pretty good detailed account of the story to date again you know what is the rand benefit from all of this i mean and the absurdity of it all unless the more evidence comes out the ties it makes a tighter case it looks like utter nonsense. as i said i think there's a lot about this case that does not smell right to me. but i think the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if we claim that mr marandi seems to be making the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world i must say bomb administration itself that it necessarily. did it i mean even them so that sort of information it could be. terrorist organization it could be other i don't know but i understand there is a conspiracy theory you have about who is driving this i said i i think that even if you step on their hearing but the bottom line is we have in iran we have

now considering sanctions on iran central bank promising even more pressure for society mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says he's unconvinced by the claims of involvement. in the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon iran the iranians will push back as well the united states as being part of the dishonest iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation if you ron did hypothetically want to carry out this operation they could have done it in the middle east in an area where there are more high profile figures and where it could be carried out much easier why would iran want to create extra sensitivity with the united states so it's absolute nonsense and obviously iran gains nothing from it the only people who do gain is the united states by distracting attention away away from its problems at home such as the economic hardship that people are facing its decline in the middle east it helps israel come out of isolation it helps the saudis the saudi regime try to unite its people against some theoretical hypothetical foreign enemy. you're watch

states to the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making that the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to say you know the rest of the world. i think serbs in northern kosovo say under no conditions will they dismantle their barricades at the border with serbia until albanian constant with their souls and police are gone from the checkpoints that's as nato extends the deadline for their earlier ultimatum insisting protesters clear the road blocks or face action from the alliance. is in the region for us following the story and now joins us live on the line it's the latest deadline for the protesters tell us how things are developing on the border where you are. well the barricades will only be listed on the roads in the northern coast so it will only be reopened when open and custom and police officers currently working at the checkpoints at the border with sy

states to the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making that the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. on us tonight as this recent interest in uganda is connected with the region's newly found or oil the white house deploying one hundred troops to the african country to help authorities in the fight against a guerrilla group that's been dragging on conflict for two decades but ward winning correspondent eric margolis tells r.t. that if washington had humanitarian interests in mind it wouldn't be going it alone . the u.n. says i should be concerned about treaties and the train should the region and the chinese are going up will be economic resources. influence with regional governments. to stop this trying. to central africa it would be more. legitimate. to be in conjunction with a number of other interests the nations russia for

states to the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. it's twenty one minutes past the hour some more world news for you turkey's military has an air and ground operation on the iraqi border against kurdish militants is in response to a kurdish attack which killed at least twenty four soldiers and left a dozen others wounded the deadliest in several years turkish authorities have not yet confirmed their retaliation occurred minority has been a problem for ankara for decades resorting to violence in an attempt to try and forge its own government. police in britain have begun a victim of community of irish travelers from a site where they've lived legally for more than a decade a large force of officers and bailiffs encountered some resistance from residents and supporters who objects or

the good point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. to another some other stories making headlines across the globe starting in somalia where at least four people are dead after a suicide car bombing near the foreign ministry in the capital mogadishu several others were injured this as somalia and kenya leaders met on a joint action against these last insurgency that's been largely pushed out of the capital but vowing further attacks earlier this month the suicide blast killed more than one hundred people mostly students. turkey's military has launched an air and ground operation on the iraqi border against kurdish militants this in a response to a kurdish attack that killed at least twenty four soldiers a lot of the dozens wounded the deadliest in several. years turkish authorities h

states to the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making that the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe starting in some malia at least four people dead after a suicide car bombing near the foreign ministry in the capital mogadishu several others injured this comes as somalia and kenya and leaders met on joint action against the islamised insurgency that's been largely pushed out of the capital but vowing further attacks earlier this month a suicide blast killed more than one hundred people mostly students. a week of heavy rain across central america has left at least ninety one people dead prompting several countries to ask for international aid severe weather caused bridges to collapse flooded hundreds of homes and forced thousands into shelters. or nicaragua all d

with a good point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think of the claim that mr marandi seems to be making there are the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. more the little bit later tonight and he wave of protests the ropes in new yorkers and he will street activists accuse the city's police of using excessive force hundreds of people have been arrested during the five week long nationwide protest as police were condemned for using pepper spray lucy catherine also been following the demonstrations in new york for. a lot of excessive tactics by the n.y.p.d. the police department here resulting in i think a total of nine hundred ninety two iraqis now since the occupy wall street demonstrations had begun most of the people here are demonstrating peacefully there are they call this. nonviolent civil disobedience tactics for example simply standing on the street trying to call atte

with a good point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think if the claim that mr marandi seems to be making the obama administration simply invented this plot out of whole cloth well you know they've read spy novels too so you might think they would do a better more convincing job if they were just simply trying to snow the rest of the world. or for people to see the programs on air in full in just over two hours time. but the present british m.p. mike hancock who's been connected with a russian woman accused of spying in the u.k. has quit is role on the defense committee but announcement came as catches a to the voters deportation hearing began this week in a london court she's admitted having an affair with the politician a former employee but denies accusations of being a russian intelligence honeytrap for the m.p. artie's i have a balance to follow in the case i have a good evening so how has the case but i'm folding so far what's been said. well you really couldn't script this one actually has been dubbed by the british tabloid press as the spy who loved him and it w