let's bring in our guest joining us from toronto is mohammad marandi who's the chair of american studies at the university it's a run in tel aviv amir javedanfar of the iranian politics lecturer at the interdisciplinary center in heards neal and in washington d.c. hillary mann leverett who is a former u.s. diplomat and she's also the call for going to it's a wrong welcome to the program thanks so much for your time with us on al-jazeera hilary i'll start with you american and israeli intelligence officials and both the u.s. and israeli media as you've been hearing are pointing to an israeli role when it comes to this attack in iran if so what do you think the purpose is behind it is it to set back iran's nuclear program or is it a setback diplomacy as these nuclear talks are set to resume this week. i think it is very much to set back diplomacy there is no evidence that anything that israel has done over the years has set back iran's nuclear program quite the contrary i think it is out as a catalyst to push iran further forward in its nuclear program so i think it is very much about scut

cause damage to the electrical power which caused damage to one of the halls mr marandi i'm running very low on time here just one more question if i may has promised revenge what kind of form could up possibly take do you think. well the israeli regime has murdered an iranian deputy minister a few months ago with u.s. support this act of sabotage was probably carried out with u.s. support. no one believes the notion that israelis act separately from the americans yon belief but so i think that ultimately the iranians will respond and they will respond in a big way for a number of things that israelis have done but the iranians are patient and they're known for their patience but i think the last 20 years have shown that iran knows where to push things mr saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran a political analyst joining us here in r.t. international thank you very much for your time we appreciate it thank you. so it was 60 years ago today the russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin became the 1st human to leave earth's atmosphere of course a flight brought him instant fame of a kin

delve deeper into this we are joined by professor saeed mohammad marandi of the university of tehran good to see you today thanks for joining us here on r t as you heard just there on is ultimately blaming you blaming the u.s. for the drastic situation with the covert numbers in the country essentially saying that u.s. sanctions against iran are resulting in the loss of lives of everyday iranians does that does that sound accurate to you professor. well it's worse than that what the united states has done since day one of covert 19 was that it blocked iran from using the international financial sector even worse even the more effectively than it did before covert 19 in other words the united states introduced new sanctions to block iran's access to the international financial sector after a covert 1000 and that basically blocked iran from importing test kits. importing. all sorts of hospital supplies in order to combat covert 19 ventilators masks at that time at the beginning if you recall there was a shortage of masks so you couldn't even purchase them now underbite in the united st

means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to town 1st professor marandi . initial reports from the meetings in vienna are a little bit more upbeat than i would have expected a little i'm surprised i have to say here what is your perspective from town because as i said in my introduction it's the u.s. is going to have to do a lot of things to get back into this deal that it walked away from unilaterally iran is going to have to get to tweak a few things here so how do you see things playing out go ahead. that's the reason why i am very cautious because the iranians are not going to get many new concessions to the united states deal of the g.'s if you know any is signed it's done both sides know what they have to do so the iranians are prepared to implement the deal in full as they have been doing so in the past but only if the united states fully implement its side of the bargain and carries out its commitments that the americans carry out their commitments and merits like them because as you alluded to this point in night it is in the past wrote one somet

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means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to down 1st professor marandi . initial reports from the meetings in vienna are a little bit more upbeat than i would have expected a little i'm surprised i have to say here what is your perspective from 10 because as i said in my introduction it's the u.s. is going to have to do a lot of things to get back into this deal that it walked away from unilaterally iran is going to have to get to tweak a few things here so how do you see things playing out go ahead. that's the reason why i am very cautious because the iranians are not going to give any new concessions to the united states and the deal of the g.'s e p o 8 is signed it's done both sides know what they have to do so the iranians are prepared to implement the deal in full as they have been doing so in the past but only if the united states you alluded to this point in attitudes in the past wrote one something on paper the signs are there on april but in reality they didn't do it never allow iran to use the international banking system which was the most imp

market that kind of government stimulus coming from the central bank green inside as always our tabio marandi thank you so much for your time today thank you. time now for a quick break but when we come back the popular exercise equipment company is under fire from u.s. regulators over injuries related to its treadmill but who is at fault for the latest tragic accident involving small children well discuss it all next and as we go to break here is a number of the flow. it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime but old wounds still haven't healed. me from ago. in the past at the source mean older than just the scene. of newborn babies were torn from their mothers and given away and forced adoption i don't know. to this day mothers still search for grown children while adults look in hope for their birth parents. when the central bank or claim there is that this is a big the most crime when they print money and yet we see that on the ground we see a lot of violence on the ground and that goes directly to the feds door they have responsibility for that. u.s. regulators are now i

market that kind of government stimulus coming from the central bank green inside as always our tabio marandi thank you so much for your time today thank you. time now for a quick break but when we come back the popular exercise equipment company is under fire from u.s. regulators over injuries related to its treadmill but who is at fault for the latest tragic accidents involving small children well discuss it all next and as we go to break here are the numbers of the flow. it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime but old wounds still haven't healed. me from the old do you. mean older than just the same question which we know. of newborn babies were torn from their mothers and given away and forced adoption and only. to this day mothers still search for grown children while looking in hope for their birth parents. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic developments only really. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by shaped. thinks.