but it depends how much oil iran can sell using the persian gulf area if iran is not able to sell oil this has been a mouse as you said from many years ago that if iran is not able to use this or most no other country and iran has the capability of closing six of four more so. this would. increase oil prices many fords and saudis would not be able to subsidize the loss of oil that is leaving this area so yes this is a serious threat it's becoming more serious last week as you know the united states government announced. it would be a terrorist organization this is iran's army basically and this is going to increase tensions in the persian gulf and i think the time had missed. a military confrontation with iraq. if they if you're around blocks the straight price she said will go up who the winners and who are the losers in that situation i think whether. iran will lose. it is not interested in a military confrontation persian gulf countries will lose united states will certainly lose russia could win because oil prices will increase very very much but i don't think countries like russi

the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalate the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well by them and asymmetrical fashion but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments. how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since the deal that the iranians have stuck to the deal. and th

the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since the deal that the iranians have stuck to the deal. and tha

iran's allies presence across the region region is substantial but also iran's presence in the persian gulf is very substantial and one of the options that iran has and is and that is being discussed now is just like during the war with saddam hussein to begin stop and searches in the persian gulf region again and that this would be directed at saudi arabia the united arab emirates but kuwait. iraq iran they can export import but because mohamed bin samana said he's going to take the war to run and because of the terrorist attacks that took place and the iranian intelligence believes that this all. they have determined that the saudis and them are ati's are behind it the iranians believe that they are it would be justified to restock start the stop and searches and that would could be directed at cargo ships as well as tankers that coming go through u.a.e. or so the port and that while there would still be exports and imports but there could be a decline because of the slowdown of one or two million or three million barrels a day from these two countries iran has its options in the iranians

marines that were captured by iran in iranian waters in the persian gulf this could you know spiral out of control and end up in war and only the beginning you know the in the show impact would be rising crude and energy prices in the you know well as a result of such conflicts and clashes in the persian gulf therefore it seems that donald trump is forcing the whole board and the region to pay for the costs of these illogical you know decision making policies and decisions and i believe democrats and others if there are any you know wise minds left in washington or your out there foot they need to you know harness such crazy moves whose economic gains already united states are rather nothing but the security impacts and the mess in fact the united states iran and the whole wars would be grave and out of control let's bring in roland jordan she's joining us from the u.s. state department has there been any reaction rosler into iran now designating u.s. military forces as a terrorist organization and response to that decision by the trumpet ministration . daryn there hasn't been any offic

the question is what's all the united states and britain doing in the persian gulf region. who allowed them to come into our region and many problems in many parts of the world would be solved when the u.s. and the u.k. and their light leave that region. they must allow people to decide for themselves . yemeni people should be allowed to take that position on their own. those who sell weapons to kill people will have a terrible fate and god almighty is just so he will defend the rights of the oppressed let us close down weapons factories call can we expect to stop wars when some economies have production as a major pillar of their economic growth and employment can we assume know what will happen or in some countries economic growth relies to a large extent on the production of bombs. atomic bombs rockets and planes and the bulk of employment is the pendant on arms industry. we hope one day we will see that arms industries turn into an industry that produces equipment to improve the quality of life. with only. let me give you some statistics that the world military spending

defend itself both sides have boots on the ground in the middle east syria iraq and also in the persian gulf and then we would imagine the situation could spiral out of control as a result of the smallest and the slightest mistake or misfire and then you could see the crude up lies the skyrocketing prices would be the initial outcome in other wars the regional countries not just iran or to us it region and the whole world should pay. the price for donald trump iliza illegal decisions and. i believe another you know desired impact but washington is you know pushing the region especially those neighboring states that have wide trade with iran into an atmosphere and climate of increasing instability so that they reduce economic cooperation with tehran and also doing the same thing to the iranian market that the mystic market. by pretending that war is in the offing so what is this donald trump is further pushing the whole ward in the region and iran into instability but this time what is desired by them that is pushing to iran towards the negotiating table seems to be impossible yeah i as a mat

for the first time in many years, we are going to have two he iranian sea and the persian gulf at the same time. those of you who know these groups, these are huge armaments. and i am old enough not to a ccept coincidences. things do not happen by coincidence. groupse are two carrier approaching the uranian sea and the persian gulf, a message to iran about the closure, that is be careful. shiehst messaging to the militia but the iranian armed forces that we are going to have enough forces and we are going to be ready. by the way, i do not see how close -- they could close it for a few day but keeping it closed will be extremely costly and probably the beginning of the end of the iranian regime. just one quick point. those of us who were born and raised in iran, we had to read the tea leaves to see what the government meant to say. so, we do have that kind of capability to read the white house. that for the next two years the maximum pressure, to the point that iran will come to renegotiate, which would include regional activities and would include ballistic missiles and would some of

hormuz such a move would send tremors through oil markets is why the narrow passage links the persian gulf to wider seaways it strategically important because it's the bottleneck through which major gulf producers like saudi arabia must ship their oil a third of the world's seaborne oil passes through the strait of hormuz making it the world's most important oil artery some eighteen million barrels of crude oil per day would stop flowing from the middle east were iran to actually close the strait that according to industry analysts. well let's talk more about the latest sanctions pressure coming out of washington d.c. i'm joined now by the helena humphrey in washington and our financial correspondent jose luis de haro in new york holding those let's start with you why is the trumpet ministries and choosing now to push even harder on these sanctions see even this is gloves off from the trump administration it's been up in the n.t. against iran in recent weeks with the aim of bringing the country back to the negotiating table on the twenty fifteen nuclear deal and is prepared to choke the ec

shipping route it is in our interests are not it's our white national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open we've done that in the past we will continue to do it in the future but the united states should know that when they enter the strait of almost they have to talk to those who are protecting the straight talker much and that is iranian revolutionary guard. more now from a different massacre they said james phase. well he says that iran has done absolutely nothing wrong iran entered into what he describes a treaty formally it wasn't actually a treaty with the international community including the united states and it's the u.s. that has ripped up that deal it's the u.s. that now is removing those waivers for eight countries to still trade with iran on oil and he made the point that the iran nuclear deal is not just a deal itself it was in shrine and in a u.n. security council resolution so by ending international law and he said for the first time in his view in history a permanent member of the u.n. security council was not only going against a u.

just push up the price of crude america's move is also likely to stoke regional tensions in the persian gulf. as one of the biggest importers of iranian oil eighty percent of its oil is imported how will this impact on the indian economy let's bring in that event p.k. from factor daley who joins us from bangalore jay there will be a significant shortfall for india can it get oil from other sources not sure whether jay can hear us try that one again jay can you hear us. i'm afraid we have to have some technical difficulties here and we have to come back to jay a bit later in the show our next topic a massive hydroelectric dam is being planned in myanmar to provide energy to the chinese province of you none but there are fears it will also cause significant environmental damage and displays tens of thousands of people four thousand demonstrators on monday demanded that myanmar's president also on sochi to stop the chinese project the contract was signed by the old military government ten years ago led to the three point six billion dollar project mothballed but now pressure from china to build

marines that were captured by iran in iranian waters in the persian gulf this could you know spiral out of control and end up in war and only the beginning you know the in the show impact would be rising crude and energy prices in the you know as a result of such conflicts and clashes in the persian gulf therefore it seems that donald trump is forcing the whole board and the region to pay for the costs of these illogical you know decision making policies and decisions and i believe.

itself and persian gulf ally saudi arabia recently increased production to trumpet ministration has issued a blunt warning to nations buying oil from iran after may second there will be no exceptions to sanctions norway various nations that continue to buy iranian oil will be made to suffer more you are going to zero going to see or across the board . we will continue to monitor compliance any nation or entity interacting with iran should do its diligence on the side of caution the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits pump aoe said the u.s. had granted enough time for the affected countries to wean themselves off a rainy and oil and find alternative supplier it's before washington reimposed sanctions against iran last year to run produced around two point three million barrels of oil per day that surround five percent of global i pushed until now washington had granted some importing nations waivers on the oil sanctions china and india are the biggest buyers of rainy and crude recently they've stepped up their purchases along with south korea italy and greece on the other ha

a stunning upset by winning the country's presidential election by a landslide with incumbent persian gulf it's a crushing defeat. on lana hard thank you so much for your company everyone. we start this broadcast in sri lanka worth or it is now say a little known local terrorist group is to blame for the bombings that killed almost three hundred people on sunday while intelligence chiefs warned the country's president two weeks ago that the new group national to wete were planning attacks and even passed on the name. of the suspects all that revelation has the country now searching for answers after a day of carnage and heartache that could have possibly been averted. this woman is being forced to endure what no parent wants to go through. she's waiting outside the hospital hoping to hear news of her daughter. the teenager went to one of the churches attacked on easter sunday and hasn't been seen since. the beginning. we kept calling her after we heard of the incident but there was no response we didn't take her from her even in the night that is why we came here first thing in the morning

and families and family of persian gulf you have a right to it there are supporters who have clashed with members of the police and there are political allies who have come out and see it blamed the government is the government of the sky before they got us to station and he knows that he's closest political ally said that this was. the decision to take his life was an act of honor and dignity dory ok got it mariana sanchez. thank you. so don's deposed president bashir has reportedly been moved from house arrest to a maximum security prison he was kept at the presidential residence since he was ousted in a military week military leaders have also arrested dozens of former officials who are part of government. protesters including hundreds of doctors are continuing their demonstrations asking the military leaders to give up power to a civilian authority lived in the home of volga running us from khartoum and the protesters have been asking for the former president to be tried what more do we know about his move to this maximum security prison and then what happens next. yes study in t

rattling what i'm saying is it is in our interests and not our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open but as long as sanctions continue to heighten tensions what happens next remains unpredictable zain. to her on. still ahead on live on the boeing reports huge losses on the grounding of that seventy seven max check and the efforts being taken to bring the walls had an auction and to hold public view. hello again welcome back well across the lawn things are looking fairly quiet over the next few days most of the weather has been pushing out here towards the east what we are going to be left with is the temperatures beginning to rise particularly over the southern sections and the central sections of iraq so tickled your forecast map as we go towards thursday twenty eight degrees is the forecast high here on thursday but by the time we get to friday we do expect to start to start reaching that thirty degree mark here up towards tehran and back who we are still dealing with temperatures into the teens so a little bit cooler for you there well here a

rattling what i'm saying is it is in our interests and not our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open but as long as sanctions continue to heighten tensions what happens next remains unpredictable zain dizzier to her on on our diplomatic editor james bay is has more from new york where as the reef is speaking well he says that iran has done absolutely nothing wrong iran and.

shipping route it is in our interests are not it's our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open we've done that in the past we will continue to do it in the future but you know to see should know that when they enter the straight talk almost they have to talk to those who are protecting the straight talker much and that is for sure anya watch more now from our diplomatic editor james bays. well he says that iran has done absolutely nothing wrong iran entered into what he describes a treaty formally it wasn't actually a treaty with the international community including the united states and it's the u.s. that has ripped up that deal it's the u.s. that now is removing those waivers for eight countries to still trade with iran on oil and he made the point that the iran nuclear deal is not just a deal itself it was in shrine and in a u.n. security council resolution so by ending international law and he said for the first time in his view in history a permanent member of the u.n. security council was not only going against a u.n. security counc

marines that were captured by iran in iranian waters in the persian gulf this could you know spiral out of control and end up in war and only the beginning you know the in the show impact would be rising crude and energy prices in the you know as a result of such conflicts and clashes in the persian gulf therefore it seems that donald trump is forcing the whole war and the region to pay for the costs of these illogical you know decision making policies and decisions and i believe democrats and others if there are any you know wise minds left in washington already europe their foot they need to you know harness such crazy moves whose economic gains already united states are rather nothing but the security impacts and the mess in fact the united states iran and the whole war would be grave and out of control p.j. crowley is a former u.s. state department spokesman he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks very much for being with us on the news hour so iran said it would respond in kind and now it has its designated u.s. military forces as a quote terrorist organization what impact is t

shipping route it is in our interests are not it's our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the street again much open we've done that in the past we will continue to do it in the future but the united states should know that the straight talk almost a how to talk to dawlish protecting the straight talk much and that is iranian. mo now from a diplomatic editor james bay. well he says that iran has done absolutely nothing wrong iran entered into what he describes a treaty formally it wasn't actually a treaty with the international community including the united states and it's the u.s. that has ripped up that deal it's the u.s. that now is removing those waivers for eight countries to still trade with iran on oil and he made the point that the iran nuclear deal is not just a deal itself it was in shrine and in a u.n. security council resolution so binding international law and he said for the first time in his view in history a permanent member of the u.n. security council was not only going against a u.n. security council resolution it was pushing others to go a

the mediterranean from the red sea to central asia and iran has a very powerful presence in the persian gulf region so if the americans escalates the iranians will have no option but to escalate as well but in an asymmetrical fashion. but mohammed what the u.s. is saying is that you may have stood by the letter of the deal but not the spirit that there is much more to be negotiated is there much more to be negotiated in toronto points of you know there's nothing to negotiate because the united states is not abiding by its current to commit by its current commitments how can we negotiate anything else when what we've already negotiated for roughly a decade is to have been thrown out the window well who's to say that in future any agreement hypothetically that is reached will be abided by by the united states if the nuclear deal actually wasn't the americans didn't abide by the nuclear deal either under obama either from day one they began violating it yet the international atomic energy agency has said i think fourteen times now since the deal that the iranians have stuck to the deal. and tha

in 1988, a us warship, the vincennes shot down an iranian passengerjet over the persian gulf, killinge on board. first—hand accounts of the incident are rare, but the witness spoke to rudy pahoyo, a us navy combat cameraman who happened to be filming on the vincennes that day. it was a tragedy. we did shoot down an airliner. one of those things, i am still in disbelief that it could have happened. the mood in the gulf was very intense. iran, iraq were in the middle of a war at the time. us navy was taking the oil tankers that came out of kuwait to make sure the flow of oil kept coming to the united states and the iranians were harassing those ships. the boghammer speedboats that the iranians were using, they would round robin the ships while they are shooting, trying to catch it on fire. so ourjob was kind of like a police force, if you will. the team i was with was combat camera group. i'm videotaping the whole time. and i caught a ride with the uss vincennes, a cruiser, a billion—dollar boat, state—of—the—art at the time. as we were sailing back to bahrain, we got into battle with i

stunning upset by winning the country's presidential election i once lived for the company petra persian gulf it's a crushing defeat. and a letter to a survivor to find out how students are pledging never to forget the holocaust the serbs who experienced its forced prepare to leave the state. to push. on the ark thank you so much for your company everyone. well we started off this broadcast intro lanka where authorities now say a little known local terrorist group is to blame for the bombings that killed almost three hundred people. on sunday intelligence chiefs warned the country's president two weeks ago that the new group national to we were planning attacks and even passed on the names of the suspects all that revelation has the country now searching for answers after a day of carnage and heartache that could have possibly been avoided. this woman is being forced to endure what no parent wants to go through she's waiting outside the hospital hoping to hear news of her daughter. the teenager who went to one of the churches attacked on easter sunday and hasn't been seen since. the beginning

marines that were captured but you run in iranian waters in the persian gulf this could you know spiral out of control and end up in war and only the beginning you know the in the show impact would be rising crude and energy prices in the you know as a result of such conflicts and clashes in the persian gulf therefore it seems that donald trump is forcing the whole board and the region to pay for the costs of these illogical you know decision making policies and decisions and i believe democrats and others if there are any you know wise minds left in washington already europe their foot they need to you know harness such crazy moves whose economic gains forty united states are rather nothing are out of this a curate the impacts and the mess in fact the united states iran and the whole wars would be grave and out of control ok must suffer. we thank you for speaking to us from tehran giving us reaction from there let's bring in steve clemons the editor at large for the hill he's joining us here on set hi steve nice to have you know with us with you as my guest from tehran who was just say

difference it does have a there are certain areas where there could be trouble for example in the persian gulf or in the indian ocean where the navies of the two sides regularly confront each other or for example drones flying over syria that could be an issue so yes it makes it more dangerous and also i agree with your previous guest said about preventing future administrations in the united states from moving towards rapprochement if for example the a.n.c. the africa african national congress and nelson mandela who were declared as terrorist by the united states only after president mandela's term in office as president south africa were the restrictions on him removed so that he could enter the united states so the it's a very complicated process removing all of these different sanctions and. actions taken by ministrations and congress in the senate early coming to you in london how do the europeans feel about this mohamed is suggesting that there's not going to be any greater economic impact because the revolutionary guards are already laboring under massive raft of sanctions do you think

what i'm saying is it is in our interests and not it's our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open but as long as sanctions continue to heighten tensions what happens next remains unpredictable zain. to her on on our diplomatic as a james bay is has more from new york by iran's foreign minister zarif speaking. well he says that iran has done absolutely nothing wrong iran entered into what he describes a treaty formally it wasn't actually a treaty with the international community including the united states and it's the u.s. that has ripped up that deal it's the u.s. that now is removing those waivers for eight countries to still trade with iran on oil and he made the point that the iran nuclear deal is not just a deal itself it was in shrine and in a u.n. security council resolution so by ending international law and he said for the first time in his view in history a permanent member of the u.n. security council was not only going against a u.n. security council resolution it was pushing others to go against a u.n. security council resolution

in 1988 a us warship, of incense, shutdown and iranian passengerjet over the persian gulf killing alln board. first—hand accou nts 290 people on board. first—hand a ccou nts of 290 people on board. first—hand accounts of the incident are rare but witness spoke to rudy hoyer, a us. navy come back cameraman who happened to be filming on the ship that day. it was a tragedy. we did shoot down an airliner. 0ne that day. it was a tragedy. we did shoot down an airliner. one of those things... i'm still in disbelief that it could have happened. the mood in the gulf was very tense. iran and iraq were in the middle of a warat iran and iraq were in the middle of a war at the time and the us. navy was protecting the oil tankers that came out of kuwait to make sure the flow of oil kept coming to the united states. and the iranians were harassing those ships. the speedboats that they were using, they would round robin the ships while shooting to try and catch it on fire. 0urjob was like a police force, if you will. the team i was with was combat camera group. i'm videotaping the whole time. and i c

lifeline from the gulf it is in our interests are not our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open we've done that in the past we will continue to do it in the future but do not assume should know that when they enter the straight talk or march how to talk to those who are protecting the straight talker much and that is iranian. foreign minister zarif was of course talking in new york and that's where james bays is he was monitoring that conversation and really at the end of that speech are some very interesting announcements james warned is on prisoner exchange. yes this was something that the foreign minister brought up himself he brought up the case of the names a direct cliff which as one who's had a lot of media attention a british woman who is held in tehran he then compared that to the case of an iranian being held in australia who's had a young baby while she was in jail he compared those two cases and then said he had the authority to make a wide ranging offer and that offer what was a prisoner exchange of prisoners being held in iran

regiment also busted for coke what is going on there and here let's ask dr harlan ullman vietnam and persian gulf veteran now chairman of two private companies and u.p.i. is arnaud de boer scrub distinguished columnist welcome back. having served as a former pentagon adviser can you give us comfort that our troops aren't getting anywhere near that nuclear button while they're high i have also a sailor in the royal navy i spent two happy years in the royal navy i know it intimately well and quite frankly this is a non-story you're making too much about nothing what are the safeguards that are built into the system so if the rules are a liability program and the fact that these people were screened immediately tells you that there's a safe in every navy the russian navy the american navy and it when you're dealing with militaries it got very advanced weapons with nuclear weapons you've got to be very very careful and every military service has got people who are going to do stupid things and what you have is a couple of kids in that submarine and prince harry's regiment who did stupid things this i

difference it does have a there are certain areas where there could be trouble for example in the persian gulf or in the indian ocean where the navies of the two sides regularly confront each other or for example drones flying over syria that could be an issue so yes it makes it more dangerous and also i agree with your previous guest said about preventing future administrations in the united states from moving towards rapprochement if for example the a.n.c. the afenifere african national congress and nelson mandela who were declared as terrorist by the united states only after president mandela's term in office as president south africa were the restrictions on him removed so that he could enter the united states so the it's a very complicated process removing all of these different sanctions and. actions taken by ministrations and congress in the senate early coming to you in london how do the europeans feel about this mohamed is suggesting that there's not going to be any great economic impact because the revolutionary guards are already laboring under a massive raft of sanctions do you thi

rattling what i'm saying is it is in our interests and not our national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the strait of almost open but as long as sanctions continue to heighten tensions what happens next remains unpredictable zain. to her on. still ahead on the. miracle baby invested twenty two hours after a devastating earthquake bought for his song has destroyed hall and has yet to be free and frank in the u.s. the highest number of cases recorded in twenty five years. hello again and welcome back well across the levant things are looking fairly quiet over the next few days most of the weather has been pushing out here towards the east what we are going to be left with is the temperatures beginning to rise particularly over the southern sections and the central sections of iraq so tickled your forecast map as we go towards thursday twenty eight degrees is the forecast high here on thursday but by the time we get to friday we do expect to start to start reaching that thirty degree mark here up towards tehran and baku we are still dealing with temperatures into the teens so

is a twenty one miles of ocean between iran and oman and geo graphically separates a permit her persian gulf from the gulf of oman roughly twenty percent of global oil production passes through the strait in route to markets around the world virtually all of qatar's output of liquefied natural gas is also shipped through the strait. in years past iran and the u.s. were in tangled in an international equivalent of trash talking around the strait for decades most seriously in one thousand nine hundred eight u.s. forces on the u.s.s. vincennes shot down a civilian arraigning airliner killing all two hundred ninety people on board which ostensibly protecting ships in the area from iranian forces. oil prices are nearly at a six month high driven by the change in u.s. policy towards iran for the us that would mean an output loss of seven hundred to eight hundred thousand barrels a day for iran this policy aims to cut down their one point four million barrel per day output to zero oil prices shot up to new highs for the year earlier this week with w t i a topping sixty six dollars per barrel and br

rattling what i'm saying is it is in our interests are not its national security interest to keep the persian gulf open to keep the streets of almost open but as long as sanctions continue to heighten tensions what happens next remains unpredictable zain bus robbi old easier to her own still ahead on the volatile naipaul snorkeled baby rescued twenty two hours after a devastating earthquake that for years on his home remains destroyed and nasals outbreak in the u.s. the highest number of cases recorded in twenty five yes. hello again here across united states the big problem of the last few days has been the rain down here across much of the south and across texas it is going to be the flooding situation that we are going to be watching over the next few days now the of low pressure is finally going to start to make its way towards the east so central texas will be drying out but a lot of rain pushing from dallas over towards new orleans maybe even here towards mobile alabama and that rain shower activity is really going to be expanding on thursday to friday up along the eastern seaboard anywhere

military bases in iraq and elsewhere in persian gulf and you know revolutionary guard. and naval force as well that sometimes where on u.s. ships passing through this trait of who are moved by this ng needing them as terrorists the u.s. military theoretically speaking has a free hand to blow up the guard's fastballs just as president trump recently asked his military advisers and unfortunately in the defense department that was once chaired by you know a dove james mattis whose who was dismissed with a lame excuse is now headed by a trump enabler and this situation is very dangerous and this is a recipe for disaster finally the unnecessary war hopefully there was a reason in the u.s. congress will wake up and take the necessary action to prevent another iraq like pretextual war. former advisor to iran's nuclear negotiating team thanks very much for joining us on r.t. . next a new euro skeptic alliance is uniting the within the borders with italian interior minister mattel yourself an event to create a european spring comes with europe's parliamentary elections set for n

to a ship in the persian gulf called the u.s.s. bataan. a false confession was produced and the confession was that he had not shaken libya as a member of al qaeda senior member of al qaeda which i later learned he wasn't. i was working with saddam hussein on obtain weapons of mass destruction. i can trace the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how rac provided training in these weapons. to british men along the first al qaeda terrorist suspects who will go on trial before american military tribunals they are laws him bag from birmingham who was arrested by the cia in pakistan last year and is now being held at guantanamo bay in cuba. the experience of solitary confinement. was so. destructive internally destructive initially so i did have a couple of panic attacks and behave in a way that i was never a custom to screaming and shouting swearing and carl punching the world simply because i couldn't take being in that environment it was. corrosive. eventually i was moved from the solitary blocks to the main blocks. i was held in c

officers here in the persian gulf as the tourist will come when he should talk and let's bring your economic mind back into this a lot of what we are discussing is all in hypotheticals of what could happen if the strait of hormuz was closed when iranian oil exports. are banned completely but take me through the process of what you think could happen the effect on as i was asking mohamed the iranian economy but the gulf region as well which could be paralyzed by the straits being close and then the wider global oil markets as well . well the global oligarch at the news in your own terminology will become. in there one week for the fall into a disarray as you mention the order of magnitude seven hundred eighteen million barrels per day or oil going into the international supply chain suddenly stopping and disappearing out of the hundred million or ninety million barrels per day or in or out as the more important out of them a sixty five million barrels per day traded or oil that is very significant nothing can replace it i have been waiting to hear and that is talk about the pipelines crossing

was abort was late in the us it was aboard the unfit b s transport dock ponts in the persian gulf so the navy sort of lab of this idea fending off and a meter own swarms with a laser that costs about a dollar every time you shoot at as opposed to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars per missile especially if you're saying oh you know it's there it's very cost effective i'm really excited about this so the navy one bought two more of the lasers at one hundred fifty million dollars each. and they're not even scheduled to be deployed until twenty two so they're low cost effective to take saw about a dollar we don't want to be spending seven hundred fifty thousand dollars on a missile so we're going to go out and buy three hundred million dollars worth of lasers. save the money that seven hundred fifty but i was and i just wonder it's like you're the think we're trying to catch carry not herding cats here we're trying to save lives right out of the laser is the bow but you know this does come back at the end of that we would be switching gears over to karim in the journalists american jo