. >> we are joined at the university of tehran. ank you for joining us on this edition of press tv world news. this is a very outrageous move by the u.s. we have seen the trump administration take hold steps, but this tops them all, designating the military of a country as a terrorist organization. what do you think is behind this decision and that that forget that it is because of the irgc that we were able to fight terrorism in syria and iraq. >> the u.s. government wants to overthrow the iranian government. same policy they had in 1933. nothing has changed in washington in the last 67 years. so that is the objective. and they are not very good at it. they are not successful in terms of achieving that goal. they need to engage in propaganda occasionally at least to show their friend they are actually doing something. the irgc has been sanctioned severely in the past, and if the sanctions had worked,the they would not need to impose new sanctions. there is no room for more sanctions, because all the sanctions have been utilized. wh

i guess this hour for desire the professor of political communication at the university of tehran thank you for your time thank you. journalist organizations have condemned french police after reporters were detained on saturday during the twenty third consecutive weekend of yellow vest protest. takes a closer look at the story. well the two independent journalists were among the more than two hundred individuals who were detained by police arrested in act twenty three their names are gassed by the glance and also alexis curry learned we know that the paris prosecutor has said that they were arrested for participation in a group to commit violence or degradation now the interior ministry has been talking about the arrests of these journalists it said that the police arrest these officers are out every week they're out to try and make sure that there is safety for the demonstrators and the journalist carry out these protests and also to cover these protests that have been happening there since november every week since november here in france but that statement from the interior ministry

more than a third of international crude fod is a professor of political communication at the university of tehran told us this is no empty threat. if iran is not able to sell oil iran is not able to use this state of almost no other country the u.s. government is not running the ball. over two hundred independent countries what us is asking this country is illegal internationally us congress can dictate to american companies about their international trade the u.s. government or u.s. congress can make it to other countries what to do this is the height of arrogance and this is what we have seen in the trump administration the height of u.s. money the u.s. government is why elating. countries like china india and south korea japan and other countries are buying. journalist organizations have condemned french police have to reporters were detained on saturday during the twenty third consecutive weekend of your live s. protest. devinsky takes a closer look. well the two independent journalists were among the more than two hundred individuals who were detained by police arrested in act twenty three t

let's introduce our guests now joining us from the iranian capital tehran is mohammad marandi dean of faculty of world studies at the university there trita parsi is a professor at georgetown university and he's joining us from washington d.c. and in london we have elie getter meyer deputy director of the middle east and north africa program and senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations trita can i start with you in the u.s. because i'm wondering if you can explain for for us exactly what the objective of the administration's policy of naming the revolutionary guards as a terrorist entity is. ostensibly the argument they're presenting of course is that this is part of the us as maximum pressure strategies of iran a belief that if they maximize pressure against iran eventually the iranians will capitulate and change all of the policies that might compare has pointed out that they would like to see a change and very few people would take the administration's claims about their objectives at face value appears to be the real objective here is that by taking a measure like this the trumpet ministration is a

allies introduce our guests now joining us from the iranian capital tehran is mohammad marandi dean of faculty of world studies at the university there trita parsi is a professor at georgetown university and he's joining us from washington d.c. and in london we have elie getter meyer deputy director of the middle east and north africa program and senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations trita can i start with you in the u.s. because i'm wondering if you can explain for for us exactly what the objective of the administration's policy of naming the revolutionary guards as a terrorist entity is. ostensibly the argument they're presenting of course is that this is part of the us as maximum pressure strategies of iran a belief that if they maximize pressure against iran eventually the iranians will capitulate and change all of the policies that might pump a.o. has pointed out that they would like to see a change and very few people would take the administration's claims about their objectives at face value what appears to be the real objective here is that by taking a measure like this the trumpet ministrati

as introduce our guests now joining us from the iranian capital tehran is mohammad marandi dean of faculty of world studies at the university there trita parsi is a professor at georgetown university and he's joining us from washington d.c. and in london we have elie get a meyer deputy director of the middle east and north africa program and senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations trita can i start with you in the u.s. because i'm wondering if you can explain for for us exactly what the objective of the administration's policy of naming the revolutionary guards as a terrorist entity is. ostensibly the argument they're presenting of course is that this is part of the us as maximum pressure strategies of iran a belief that if they maximize pressure against iran eventually the iranians will capitulate and change all of the policies that might pump a.o. has pointed out that they would like to see a change and very few people would take the administration's claims about their objectives at face value what appears to be the real objective here is that by taking a measure like this the trumpet ministratio

universe. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: the united states threatens sanctions on any country importing oil from iran after the first of may. tehrannational mourning is taking place in sri lanka following the deadly bombings that killed nearly 300 people. the official death toll has now reached 310. let's stay with that now. firstly, you have been looking at the newspapers of the day there. talk us through the headlines. essentially there is nothing else on the front page here and, of course, global agencies around the world continue to report on this as well. the daily mirror, the layerjust paper in sri lanka isjust all black as you can see and just these tiny lines at the bottom that say in remembrance of all those who lost their lives on april 20 one, 2019. easter sunday, of course. and this is another newspaper here. essentially it is a financial paper but of course the blame game over terror attacks is their main headline because there are so many questions being asked aboutjust what the government knew and when and why they were unable to act on these warnings that they were given. that is the real crux of the issue. two day

of the immigration and nationality act just as a nation will take effect one week from today. to discuss this further we're now joined by political communications professor fellow it is already from tehran university welcome to the program now it seems this move has been planned for some time do you think this is good timing from donald trump. i think it's good to have a baby in. his election. any more sanctions. g c g c has been under sanctions for many years the timing i think has a lot to do with. what he wants to do with regard to having an interfering basically in. elections he has been taking a step in this regard with regard to with regard to moving the embassy and now this is the last step it's not going to be. you know and it's basically a propaganda tool. so putting psychological pressure on iran without any real effects on what. is moved it is totally unprecedented isn't it is the first time the us has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organization and the islamic revolutionary guard has such a massive influence on iran is washington effectively declaring the whole country a terrorist organization enduring sigh. yes. trying to overthrow the iranian government. your clip