dispute inside iran. a man called rahim, the right hand man of ac ahmadinejad was going around the world and talking about the school of iran comes first before islam. he made a lot of people in iran angry. what is this talk about? what is people pushing iranian nationalism for? why are you sidelining islam and the jeer ji? that's a separate debate and i believe ahmadinejad is prolonging his state in power. they now islamism is a spent force. they need to find some new ways of galvanizing the people, and the school of iran is one of the things they hope will galvanize at least the youth. here's the story going from al albania to other countries talking about iranian-persian heritage. forget islam for a second. this is about iran. one of the countries he visits is jordan. king ab dull la -- abdullah the second gets the invitation. jordan is a cia asset; right? this is the perception. cia runs jordan. you go up to ahmad and invite the king of the country for what purpose? ahmadinejad's people as they always

one is a new development, the possibility that we are seeing now in iran in the postelection iran of two discourses, one is the iranian idea to focus on iran for various ways to legitimize the state that lost a lot of legitimacy after the elections and the old discourse that is also islamic and of course the supreme leader who is supposed to kind of lead that image or that discourse on so many different levels. that is possibly happening right now and is coming up from the factional dwixes within the -- divisions within the hard liner or the iranian politics. there's another possibility which i think probably dates back to 1980, and it's an institutional one. the tension between president and elected office and the supreme leader, and we saw this happening in 1980 when the tension was so much that eventually the president was kicked out, left the country, and he now lives in qatar, or the tension we saw with the reform is with the supreme leader, and now we are just seeing that old institutional tension emerging in different ways in post election with the president as a noncleric. i

in iran and in terms of iran's relationship with the u.s.. i think if you ask any book reader in the english-speaking world on suspect any part of the world and ask what are the major problems about iran, but they would point to the nuclear program, the space movement, and they would probably point to the events of august 1953 as a turning point in the u.s. iran relations. august 1953 is when the government was overthrown and dismissed and the new phase in his power again and some have pointed to september 11th as having its origin and that even at this hospital that is supposed to be. the iranian democratic movement as i would argue shortly, hiram's nuclear program as i will try to argue shortly, and the even to august 53 by definition have all of them at the center and the figure of the shah, and i think it is extremely urgent because understanding him as in the chest about understanding the past but it's also about mapping out the future role in understanding why we have the tortured past two today. if you ask politics and the society woul

iran is helping syria oppress the protesters what's different about syria and iran about protests in both cases we know for a fact the united states government was supporting opposition groups and so it's only those two countries where washington has an interest in intervening to iran has been a longstanding alliance with syria in this strategic an important region right next to iran's arch nemesis israel. syria isn't the same as libya geopolitically we've always realized that syria is iran's springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful sunni jesica impact on iran's positions this brings us back to the question what country will follow syria it events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately acces iran will repeat the syrian scenario iranian ships have dropped. anchor in syrian poor its enormous proximity to tel aviv with damascus crippled by crisis iran may lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the international machiner

majority of the people in bahrain are shiite and when they look into iran iran is going to play this shoe ation and it's going to be very much difficult for the united states to maintain a secure base in the country where they are ignoring the majority of the people and the legitimate grievances of the country ok stephen can i go to you real quickly before the break i want to talk about iran on now and in the second part of the program is this opening the door to around. the for the martyrs the movement is not opening the door to iran but they continued u.s. support for the regime and the ongoing repression i think very well could a muslim very upsetting as there are some people in a ministration who are exaggerating the iranian influence in the pro-democracy struggle as a rationalization for continued backing of the here let me show you all right i'm going to jump in here and i'll let you finish when we come back from the break and after the break we'll continue our discussion on western policy in the arab world stay with are going. to continue. to something has been to the chill ya

enter and iran america's list at some point they will. make you choose the way libya many say iran's would be a tough card and no matter how much washington would want the regime there too far for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the year. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that being torn apart by going to war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . next hour a look at this role britain that one of nato's most active members has played i

look at iran and what do you see? first, we say relatively small island of shia muslims surrounded by a sunni world that despises them. and would rather kill them and all the americans, britons, or israelis they can get their hands on. second, we see an iran that inelastic it has been virtually surrounded by u.s. military bases. and knows its access to the high seas can be shut almost instantly by the u.s. navy. and third we see and about his energy production has peaked, and with the economy it supports steadily decline. in cold war terms then, iran is fully contained by opposing powers. but then again so was iraq and that did not stop an unnecessary disastrous war. i, you might say, but what if iran gets a nuclear weapon? my answer is there is no if about it. iran will get a nuclear capability. if we been serious about stopping it, we would have stopped our european allies from selling iran the necessary elementary technology in the 1990s. providing leadership, moreover, from has heard nothing from washington, israe

is threatening action and slamming syria's alliance with iran. russian security forces killed ten militants in the caucasus region including the leader of a terrorist cell responsible for a series of attacks. and a russian pilot faces prison after new york court finds him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. the constantini are shakos defend say he committed no crime against america. four pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story as the syrian government intensifies its crackdown on protesters the opposition has answered with a friday of rage thousands came out on to the streets across the country to remember the killing of demonstrators and the u.s. is accusing the embattled president assad of turning to iran for help or he's a really go look at what those accusations could mean for tehran. some like it hot but this spring things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world is ips sneezy a libya now syria northern african region and the middle eastern gotten brutal civil wars with the weste

in iran and in terms of iran's relationship with the u.s.. i think if you ask any book reader in the english-speaking world on suspect any part of the world and ask what are the major problems about iran, but they would point to the nuclear program, the space movement, and they would probably point to the events of august 1953 as a turning point in the u.s. iran relations. august 1953 is when the government was overthrown and dismissed and the new phase in his power again and some have pointed to september 11th as having its origin and that even at this hospital that is supposed to be. the iranian democratic movement as i would argue shortly, hiram's nuclear program as i will try to argue shortly, and the even to august 53 by definition have all of them at the center and the figure of the shah, and i think it is extremely urgent because understanding him as in the chest about understanding the past but it's also about mapping out the future role in understanding why we have the tortured past two today. if you ask politics and the society woul

enter and iran america's list at some point they will. thank you just the way in libya many say iran's would be a tough car and no matter how much washington would want the regime there too far for now it's seen as a mission impossible i. sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . the libyan rebels are to bring in shipping oil from opposition held areas of the country

and when they look into iran iran is going to play this shoe ation and it's going to be very much difficult for the united states to maintain a secure base in the country where they are ignoring the majority of the people and the legitimate grievances of the country ok stephen can i go to you real quickly before the break i want to talk about iran on now and in the second part of the program is this is opening the door to around. the pro-democracy movement is not opening the door to iran but the continued u.s. support for the regime and the ongoing repression i think very well could a muslim very upsetting as are some people in the ministration who are exaggerating the iranian influence in the pro-democracy struggle as a rationalization for continued backing of the theater let me just show you the right not to jump in here and i'll let you finish and we come back from the break and after the break we'll continue our discussion on western policy in the arab world stay with our people. can still. come to the. will of russian republic planes historic diversity economic diversification oil dril

homeini in his car in iran. unless you're unable to see this, there are a bunch of life hitting his face in his life there in the car. of course the idea is to glorify and make them locally. there's a constant association between him and the way the rhetorical discourse have gone. so therefore you can't turn on them khamenei. i just mention that the islamic republic underwent a reinvention of state authority khamenei who was the key figure in mr. bring charisma back to khamenei is a difficult task, but nevertheless you're beginning to see them in khamenei in the political discourse of the people involved in the reading government at various levels. you no longer hear the term ayatollah khamenei. now here it been called imam khamenei. what does this have to do with a powerful uprising? let me just briefly go three short history. after elections of course everyone knows the massive uprising and cnn was there, actually wasn't there, but somehow was wonderful coverage of the election. but there is going to be a majo

calls for sanctions over the violent crackdowns i'll see also looks at how iran could be next to be drawn into the arab uprisings that could spell trouble for israel. a russian pilots faces life in the u.s. jail of conspiring to smuggle drugs is noise insisting it's a miscarriage of justice it's a truck that was full of holes. and the world's biggest oil producer finds itself in russia petrol exports to satisfy demand the fire. of business russia's most popular search engine yandex hopes to raise up to a billion dollars in the coming floating and your journey of war stories. you're watching are broadcasting live from the heart of the russian capital welcome our top story now syria's opposition is planning a day of rage after friday prayers a sort of violent crackdown on protesters the u.s. is calling for sanctions against syria blaming president assad for turning to iran in a way that could unite to win against washington's closest ally the region israel he's going to let's go to the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east. some like it hot but this spring things have heat

further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary card for the syrian army to quote empower and grab aleutian and follow the example of egypt's military syria. a road of. some heat. thank you just the way libya many say you ran down would be a tough car and no matter how much washington you want the regime there to fall for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the war

majority of the people in bahrain are shiite and when they look into iran iran is going to play this shoe ation and it's going to be very much difficult for the united states to maintain a secure base in the country where they are ignoring the majority of the people and the legitimate grievances of the country he's feeling can i go to you real quickly before the break i want to talk about iran on now and in the second part of the program is this opening the door to around. they've heard an odyssey moving is not opening the door go to iran but they continued u.s. support for the regime in the ongoing repression i think very well could with some very upsetting is there some people in the ministration who are exaggerating and the iranian influence in the pro-democracy struggle as a rationalization for continued backing of the. right enough to jump in here and i'll let you finish when we come back from the break and after the break we'll continue our discussion on western policy in the arab world stay with r.t. . if. you want to. come to the. we're a russian republic plinths historic div

the majority of the people in bahrain are shiite and when they look into iran iran is going to play this shoe ation and it's going to be very much difficult for the united states to maintain a secure base in the country where they are ignoring the majority of the people and the legitimate grievances of the country hey stephen can i go to you real quickly before the break i want to talk about iran on now and in the second part of the program is this is opening the door to around. the for democracy movement is not opening a door go to iran but the continued u.s. support for the regime in the ongoing repression i think very well could a muslim very upsetting as are some people in the ministration who are exaggerating the iranian influence in the pro-democracy struggle as a rationalization for continued backing of the d.v.d. let me jump to the right time to jump in here and i'll let you finish and we come back from the break and after the break we'll continue our discussion on western policy in the arab world stay with r.t. . if. you want to. come to the. russian republic clint's histor

a human being with him and it's where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think iran has been targeted for some time now and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming. iran is helping syria oppress protesters what's different about syria about clojure in both cases really know for a fact that the united states government was supporting opposition groups and so it's only those two countries where washington there's an interest in continuing to iran has been a longstanding alliance with syria in this strategically important region right next to iran's arch nemesis israel syria syria isn't the same as libya geopolitically we always realize that syria is iran's springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful sunni jesica impact on iran's positions this brings us back to the question what country will follow syria events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately patti's iran will repeat the syrian scenario iranian ships have dropped anch

in time the deputy foreign minister of iran muhammad ali abbas ally told r.t. that afghanistan has a strong example of how international intervention in the region only deepens the crisis. countries from outside the region that have military bases here intervening in our affairs they try to change the interaction between governments and people in the region and the changes that are taking place in the arab world in the reaction to that the west and the u.s. leadership is trying to use these changes for their own purposes and if for example the interference of nato has been unsuccessful they've failed to bring security to production is now forty times bigger than before and extremism is on the right but the u.s. is planning to create a permanent basis in the region and that only boosts radicalism as many afghans are against this. hour if you have to get on the latest developments in libya at around the globe on air and whining and follow twitter stream at a target score. now correspondents are bringing you the latest developments and eyewitness accounts of the f

alone at least in the arab world and would facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary card with the syrian army to quote empower arab revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. a road america's list. eight. if you choose the way you will be many say you ran though would be a tough car and no matter how much washington you want the regime there are too strong for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that with libya being torn apart

the more i think it is going to unite the people of iran you see there is this ridiculous story that iran wants to develop nuclear weapons there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say they don't know i can see that the revolutionary guards may be same look we must develop them for forty terence but the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did have a few nuclear weapons do you think it would launch a first strike on israel of. it wouldn't because iran would be obliterated this is just a bluff and it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking peace and continue to expand settlements and israel must be actually its leaders must be very happy with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on the building more and more settlements like. it almost almost how possible to think it is that in the wake of all these revolutions in the middle east islamists will come. with

who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mosul there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests any momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . next hour look at this specific role britain one of venter's most active members has played in the rest of course the arab world. we are providing the means by which the country's regime can come tell them to see. the report on the scale of the u.k.'s own sales of some of the most brutal regimes damage down with such weapons. a priest in finland is facing charges of inciting racial hatred openly criti

syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses their their bridge their land bridge to lebanon and they're hit hezbollah in force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some experts even believe that destabilize ation is part of a strategy the west pursues in the region we are seeing with a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran leaving very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will leave iraq pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out and marriage has involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary card with the syrian army to quote empower around aleutian and follow the example of egypt's military syria

syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses there and there are a bridge there a land bridge to lebanon and there here has the one force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its cower in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some expert even believe that this table lies ation is part of a threat to the west pursues in the region we are seeing with a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran. with very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will then leave iran pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary car. the syrian army to quote empower around volution and follow the example of egypt's military

at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary crafted the syrian army to quote empower arab revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. this is some great. thank you just the way you live you're going to say you ran down would be a tough car and no matter how much washington would want the regime there to fall for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mosul back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the

is calling for sanctions against syria blaming president assad for turning to iran in a way that could you know it's the two against washington's closest ally that israel wants he's going to this code looks at the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east. some like it haunts but this spring new things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world egypt tunisia libya nala syria northern african region and the middle eastern gulf and brutal civil wars with the western powers playing an important hand some believe this won't stop anytime soon so who's next in line for the graves of fuel in the region the answer may lie on the surface. president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while at the same time seeking a rainy and assistance in repressing syria's citizens this week is the only thing here and that's where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think around has been targeted for some time now and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming. iran is helping the syrian press protesters what's different about syria about t

ports enormous books and seek to tel aviv but damascus crippled by crisis iran may lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the international machinery to achieve your national objectives under the pretext that you are actually trying to protect human rights should the u.s. and its allies decide to go through with a habit of meddling in aiding revolution. the result may be catastrophic but if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the us invaded that country and if suspicions proved true the road may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran and the us involved in a real confrontation it involves quite. well the un is giving the go ahead for an investigation into serious but a crackdown on protesters and demanding the immediate release of political prisoners and top senior u.s. officials say president obama looks likely to hit top syrian officials with sanctions over the brutality that's being dealt the protest

who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one nine hundred fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that with libya being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . well colonel gadhafi could have used british made weapons to slaughter hundreds of rebels in libya a new report by a palm tree committee shows the u.k. sold libya almost one hundred million dollars worth of weapons since the start of two thousand and nine it's prompted criticism that it misjudged the risk of british weapons being used for internal suppression across the arab world well let's no

alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary caspar the syrian army to quote empower arab revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. thank you just where you live then you say you ran though would be a tough call and no matter how much washington you want the regime there to sault for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the war and anti-gov

steal horses some more than two million afghan refugees or the sons sorel and of course iran has a lot on stage you're not going to stand and on the same time we many times heard from iranian officials about all their concerns so are all the american military presence in afghanistan be believe these presence is a look at the iran iranian influence another regional power pakistan neighbor pakistan secret service and not on the secret services but that well practically officially was supporting taliban a lot now after the regime change has this situation changed or is it is it continuing the support oh well. pakistani officials. stated many times of them favor over saddam and and start illustration of going to stand and they have been lied to and lee in war one that i am supporting undergarment forssell sar i'm going on think i will force us but at the same time there is a growing three hundred five so. many taliban fighters under their structures so they have by a network a logistic and other sort of network deployed on the pakistan who sort of. are if practiced on real or wants to cond

unfortunately patti's iran will repeat the syrian scenario iranian ships have gone up. syrian ports enormous proximity to tel aviv with damascus crippled by crisis iran me lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the international machinery to achieve your national objectives under the pretext that you are actually trying to protect human rights should the u.s. and its allies decide to go through with a habit of knurling in aiding revolution you forces in the region the result may be catastrophic but if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the u.s. invaded that country and if suspicions proved true the world may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran in the u.s. get involved in a very real hot competition it involves quantity. well russia as opposed to any international interference in syria saying it could spark a civil war global policy analyst women dole says this experience shows how easil

at least in the arab world and would facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary caught up with the syrian army to quote empower arab revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. you just the way you will be many say you ran though it would be a tough call and no matter how much washington you want the regime there to fall for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mosul back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the war and anti-governmen

iran you see there is this ridiculous story that iran wants to develop nuclear weapons there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say they don't know i can see that the revolutionary guards maybe same's the ayatollah look we must develop them for forty turns the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did have a few nuclear weapons do you think it would launch a first strike on israel of course. because iran would be obliterated this is just a bluff and it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking peace and continue to expand settlements israel must be actually its leaders must be very happy with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on quietly building more and more settlements like. you know almost almost how possible to think it is that in the wake of all these revolutions in the middle east it's the best swell comes. with this it's terrifying thing if we stand bac

know the outside pressure comes on iran the more i think it is going to unite the people of iran you see there is this ridiculous story they do run wants to develop nuclear weapons there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say they don't know i can see that the revolutionary guards may be same look we must develop them for forty terence but the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did have a few nuclear weapons do you think it would launch a first strike on israel of course it wouldn't because iran would be obliterated this is just a bluff i mean it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking peace in continue to expand settlements in israel must be actually its leaders must be very happy with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on quietly building more and more stuff. like. almost almost how possible to think it is that. in the wake of all these revolutions

alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary caught up with the syrian army to quote empower a rabble lucia and follow the example of egypt's military syria. some heat. you just the way you. you ran though would be a tough card and no matter how much washington would want the regime there too far for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the war and anti-governmen

is threatening action slamming syria's alliance with iran. russian security forces killed ten armed militants including in the south responsible for a number of contacts. at a russian pilot faces prison after a new york court fives him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. constantini or shackles defense team says he committed no crime against america. six pm in moscow i'm mad tresor good to have you with us here on r t our top story syrian security units use force against thousands of protesters across the country as people are poor onto the streets for a friday of rage there's reports at least five people have been injured as agents in plainclothes fired on demonstrators in the coastal city of la taika the base of the ruling elite in the capital damascus police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters opposition promised president assad the biggest rally yet following a series of killings of demonstrators. the bloody crackdown has caused international condemnation with the u.s. even pointing at iranian interference on t

iran is helping syria oppress protesters which different about syria. protesters in both cases really know for a fact. the united states government was supporting our position groups and so only those two countries where washington has an interest in going to t.v. ron has been a long standing alliance with syria in this strategically important region right next to iran's arch nemesis israel syria syria isn't the same as libya geopolitically we've always realized that syria is iran's springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful signature to impact on iran's positions this brings us back to the question what country will follow syria events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar development in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat a syrian scenario iranian ships have dropped anchor in syrian ports. enormous proximity to tel aviv but damascus crippled by a crisis iran may lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the interna

syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses their their bridge their land bridge to lebanon and their hit has the one force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime with the fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some expert even believe that this stabilize ation is part of a threat to the west pursues in the region we are seeing reflect a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran. with very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will then lead erode pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary carter the syrian army to quote empower and gravel lucia and follow the example of egypt's military syria.

syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses their their bridge their line bridge to lebanon and they're hit hezbollah and force and so of course hezbollah will suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some experts even believe that destabilize ation is part of a strategy the west pursues in the region we're seeing reflect a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran leaving very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will then leave iran pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's been. the syrian army to quote empower a revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. and. iran. if you just

is threatening action and slamming syria's alliance with along with iran. russian security forces killed ten armed militants including elite alpha terrorists out responsible for a number of attacks. that are russian pilot faces prison after a new york court finds him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. but constantini are shankar's defense says he committed no crime against america. and the business news the cost of borrowing goes up in russia the central bank increases its refinance rate for the second time to zero by another twenty five basis points find out more in around twenty minutes time of this is because the. five pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story syrian security units use force against thousands of protesters in the two centers of unrest the cities of damascus and tehran people are pouring into the streets for a friday of rage across the country i agree with a series of killings of demonstrators the bloody crackdown has caused international condemnation with the u.s. even pointing at iranian interferen

syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in need in the region and without syria iran loses their their bridge their land bridge to lebanon and their hit has the one force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefits and even call american forces some expert even believe that this stabilize ation is part of a strategy the west perceives in the region we are seeing reflect a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran leaving very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will believe iraq pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary caught up with the syrian army to quote empower and revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syr

at least in the arab world and we facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's pick and secretary card for the syrian army to quote empower arab revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. any. rate. thank you just the way in libya. iran though would be a tough heart and no matter how much washington would want the regime there to fall for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one hundred fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being torn apart by the war and anti-gover

is calling for sanctions against syria president assad turning to iran in a way that could unite the two against washington's closest ally in the region israel he's going to go to school and looks at the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east some like it hot but this spring things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world egypt tunisia libya now syria northern african region and the middle eastern gulf the brutal civil wars with western powers playing an important hand some believe this won't stop anytime soon so who's next in line for the great upheaval in the region the answer may lie on the surface . president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while of the same time seeking a rainy and assistance in repressing syria's citizens this need to be a hint that's where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think iran has been targeted for some town and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming that iran is helping syria oppress protesters what's different about syria about the protest music in both cases really k

outside pressure comes on iran the more i think it is going to unite the people of iran you see there is this we did get the story that he ran wants to develop nuclear weapons there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say they don't know i can see that the revolutionary guards maybe same to the ayatollah look we must develop them for forty terence but the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did a few nuclear weapons do you think you would launch a first strike on israel of course it wouldn't because iran would be obliterated this is just a bluff and it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking peace in continue to expand its settlements and israel must be actually its leaders must be very happy with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on the building more and more settlements like you know almost almost how possible to think it is that. in the wake of all

calls for sanctions over the violent crackdown the party also looks at how iran could be next to me join into the arab uprisings that could spell trouble for israel. a russian pilots faces a life in the u.s. jail convicted of conspiring to smuggle drugs is noise insist it's a miscarriage of justice thanks trolleys full of polls. and the world's biggest oil producer finds itself running russia caps petrol exports to satisfy them on the planet. oh you're watching r t we're live from moscow welcome to the program syria's opposition is planning a day of rage after friday prayers in the face of banned crackdown on protesters the u.s. is calling for sanctions against syria blaming president assad for turning to iran the way that could unite against washington's closest ally in the region israel. looks at the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east. some like it hot but this bringing things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world egypt tunisia libya and olive syria northern african region and the middle eastern gulf and brutal civil wars with western powers playing an

who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of most of their back in one hundred fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that libya being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington. and who might be next a lot of geopolitical strategic interests aptly in the region earlier i was joined by stephens yunus professor of politics and chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco and i asked him what the motives were behind u.s. military involvement in libya and what it means for syria here's what he had to say . this is an effort that least initially the west thought

in reality the people in bahrain are shiite and when they look into iran iran is going to play this shueisha and it's going to be very much difficult for the united states to maintain a secure base in the country where they are ignoring the majority of the people and the legitimate grievances of the country ok stephen can i go to you real quickly before the break i want to talk about iran on now and in the second part of the program is this opening the door to around. the pro-democracy movement is not opening the door to iran but the continued u.s. support for the regime in the ongoing repression i think very well could and with some very upsetting is there some people in a ministration who are exaggerating and the iranian influence in the pro-democracy struggle as a rationalization for continued backing of the seemingly jump you know the right not to jump in here and i'll let you finish when we come back from the break and after the break we'll continue our discussion on western policy in the arab world stay with our. sister. wealthy british style. stock. market why not. come to. f

majority of the people in bahrain are shiite and when they look into iran iran is going to play the situation and it's going to be very much difficult for the united states to maintain a secure base in the country where they are ignoring the majority of the people and the legitimate grievances of the country he's feeling i got to you real quickly before the break i want to talk about iran on now and in the second part of the program is this is opening the door to around. the for democracy movement is not opening the door to iran but the continued u.s. support for the regime and the ongoing repression i think very well could almost and very upsetting as there are some people in the ministration who are exaggerating the iranian influence in the pro-democracy struggle as a rationalization for continued backing of the team in the jungle to bring them to jump in here and i'll let you finish and we come back from the break and after the break we'll continue our discussion on western policy in the arab world stay with our. key. story. download the official anti allocation show i phone the

urges sanctions over the crackdowns but as the uprising spread it could be the iran next in line. the world's biggest oil producer feels the petrol rush exports to keep the fuel running at home. life behind bars in the cards for a russian pilot after the u.s. finds him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs but his defense insists there were critical flaws in the conviction. and the cost of borrowing is on the rise in the us as the central bank increases its key interest rates joining me at twenty past the hour in a place that puts. three pm in moscow i'm not treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's opposition is planning a day of rage after friday prayers in the face of a violent crackdown on protesters and u.s. is calling for a sanctions against syria claiming president assad blaming president assad for turning to iran in a way that could unite the two against israel washington's closest ally in the region or he's really glue show looks at the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east. some like it hot but this string of things have heate

unfortunately patti's iran will repeat the syrian scenario. iranian ships have dropped anchor in syrian poor its enormous proximity to tel aviv with damascus crippled by crisis iran me lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the international machinery to achieve your national objectives under the pretext that you are actually trying to protect human rights should the u.s. allies decide to go through with a habit of meddling in aiding revolutionary forces in the region the result may be catastrophic if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the us invaded that country and if suspicions proved true the world may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran and the us involved in a real hot confrontation it involves quietly. i turned the un's give the go ahead for an investigation into syria's bloody crackdown on protesters and demanding immediate release of political prisone

the more i think it is going to unite the people of iran you see there is this ridiculous story that iran wants to develop nuclear weapons there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the regime wants to develop nuclear weapons i mean they categorically say no i can see that the revolutionary guards maybe same look we must develop them for forty tyrants but the nonsense of it comes down to this supposing iran did have a few nuclear weapons do you think it would launch a first strike on israel of course it wouldn't because he ran would be obliterated this is just a bluff and it serves israel's purpose because it takes the world's attention away from what israel is doing which is talking increasing continue to expand the settlements and israel actually its leaders must be very pleased with what's going on in the arab world actually because again it's taken all the focus away from israel and it gets on the building more. like. they're almost almost how possible to think it is that. in the wake of all these revolutions in the middle east islamists will come to power in egypt. with thi