the e.u. isn't working to be frank look at the problems in the south of europe and even france and germany are going into recession the e.u. is not working it's hurting the economy it's creating unemployment and we're seeing the decline of europe because it's controlling approach makes business regulation uncompetitive and it just damages the economy and we see the growth of the southeast asia and other countries such as brazil where the economies are growing because they haven't followed the european union's model of over vague elation and excessive interference the e.u. is creating unemployment and it's better off that countries were to take back control of their own affairs and have their own currencies that suit their own best interest of the euro as well as the e.u. is a failure ok david i mean maybe it would say in theory more europe is necessary to save the union in the euro but how do you sell that to people saying all we're getting is austerity i mean how do you square the circle. it'

the e.u. is aggravating our problems and not solving them and first of all every year france pours twenty one billion euro into the e.u. budget and the e.u. gives us from seven to fourteen billion back it means that every year we lose seven billion euro spent on funding you operational work or financial institutions that provide aid for eastern countries secondly if we leave the eurozone we will be able to determine our monetary policy on our own again to set interest and exchange rates none of which we can do now. thirdly people think that the e.u. makes us stronger but in what way. there aren't any examples of joint manufacturing projects that have been successful thanks to the e.u. many people believe that airbus an area on space launchers were the result of e.u. cooperation but that's completely wrong these projects are international and i support international cooperation there is also a moral aspect to the european integration crisis people understand that they can't control the process

. >> but the e.u. has won the peace prize in the midst of an acute financial crisis which has led to violent demonstrations in greece and spain. in europe, all divisions are reopening. perhaps that's why the european -- the nobel committee wants to boost it, prevent it from fragmenting. >> well, it's turned up a lot of discussion. we'll be going to the self-appointed capital of the e.u., brussels in a moment. first of all, we're going to catch you up on other stories making headlines around the world. idea's winner of the nobel prize for literature says he hoping the compatriot who won two years ago would soon be freed as he was jailed in 2009 and serving an 11-year sentence for inciting subversion of to the power. >> and the president's mohammed to remove the country's top prosecutor. as a farce, the president's move follows an angry public response to the acquittal of a group of supporters of the outgoing regime. reducing the risk of extinction for threatened species and establishing protected areas

failing and it's creating a great deal of economic harm so the hour and serve having more union more e.u. control over these countries is of course just totally misguided problem that the european union is causing these countries to fail ok david what do you think about that more union or less if that's the divisional right now go ahead. slightly some. other guest touched upon independence or more nation states does not of itself offer a solution though naturally nationalist movements surplus movements around europe and less n.p. in scotland are a perfect example of this they argue constantly that their independence is a solution to all scotland's ills scotland will somehow become much wealthier much fairer much more prosperous and so on that there is very little to back that up you know our own the world smart some small countries do well some large countries do well and vice versa the you cannot apply blanket rules for this as i think robert is doing in the case of the european union ok you know what about competitiveness because that's the issue right here i mean if you're a small and

the e.u. has impose fresh sanctions on iran you measure a stark attack iran's banking sector and gas exports and are aimed at forcing it to curb its nuclear program on sunday iran said it might consider lifting limiting rather uranium enrichment if it's allowed to have fuel for a research reactor but anti sanctions campaigner professor our boss at the lot says it's not a fear of a nuclear armed iran that's behind the piling sanctions. u.s. policies against iran have always been designed by the new conservatives and these are already lobby so that the negotiations with iran trade rather than succeed in fact are absolutely no justification for any kind of sanctions against iraq including door to door you inside the church because the war has not had that version of its nuclear program program or your reports have always confirmed this so all of this is designed so the negotiations fail because the u.s. and the e.u. . all interested in a regime change they want the iranian people to hurt so much

to support our e.u. and you disagree with a nation state you want to see that on your mind well i don't the nation state is actually the cornerstone of democracy within any country when you have a nation state that's what works best because the e.u. has undermined the nation state and because german economic policy has been imposed on countries where it doesn't fit such as italy greece and as you know well and of course spain then we see economic harm and we see konami damage really the answer is to return powers to nation state not destroy it as you want ok david where you say look david please. i mean going in opposite direction and arguing that the european union should cease to exist altogether and it should break up into its component parts but the point then is where does it all end where does our own bit do do then remorseless terminators can to. produce escalators component parts and where does the end of the u. kid you have england boiled down to to its ancient paintings you know you cannot appl

well the e.u. one of millions of euros the nobel prize money still needs pre-natal trillion this is a lot more in the fights multi-use financial system one of the stories of your short break here and. talked in between the russian mainland japan and the saw coming island is the island of mine you don't. named after a french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit to know this picture rest place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction. to be has been exploring the deaths of the world seas for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the eye on the

one year after the e.u. hailed the measures to tackle its debt crisis the books financial turmoil is only worsening with greece failing to deal with its deficit and spain hitting record unemployment. look at how the upcoming presidential election in america could determine an attack on iran action that america's ally israel is increasingly pressing for. from moscow this is on the with me rule re sushi let's get straight now to our breaking news for you this hour a car bomb reportedly exploded in the syrian capital damascus killing a large number of people it's on the first day of an agreed truce between rebels and the government marking the four day muslim holiday of now some rebel groups the al qaeda linked al nusra front fighting on the side of the rebels announced earlier that they would not abide by the terms of a cease fire the deal also sore a rare agreement at the u.n. security council over syria with its members it unanimously calling on regional and international powers to use their influence on the

this is a war it is even more questionable to some because of the e.u. is rather dubious peacemaking record and that moreover the current financial turmoil is the biggest danger to peace europe has been bombing libya and europe has been bombing syria europe isn't bombing afghanistan or iraq yugoslavia a few years ago yes it's because they're trying to say ok guys we're giving you a whole year together europe has been spending money they don't have that's going to have to stop that is going to cause more riots in the streets more social unrest more governments failing even countries failing and perhaps even people pulling out of the euro could lead to war again in europe in two thousand and nine barack obama won the same award having been in office for only two weeks that was before he sent more troops to afghanistan and waged war in libya but as the latest nobel peace prize award is debated worldwide protesters in spain seem to care little about the prestige than their own survival calls for independence are heard loud and clear in the country's largest

while the e.u. has won a million euros of nobel prize money it still needs another four you know really to stay afloat more on the fate of the european financial system one of the stories around fifty. returning to our breaking news this hour russia's foreign minister says there was no illegal cargo on board the syrian passenger plane that was forced to land on al qaeda two days ago artie's dumbarton joins me now. please bring us up to date. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that the cargo taken off the syrian airliner on wednesday evening was completely legal but the equipment was dual use was not intended to be a crafty supply of the syrian government with weapons components but its documents were checked to be legal and that it broke no international laws we heard him speak a little earlier. and you could see what was it you can use as you know them saluting you were absolutely no weapons on syrians are no rules nor there could be any cargo that was dear he's perfectly legal stand by a

well the e.u. has won a million euros a nobel prize money it still needs another three and a half trillion to stay afloat more on the face of the european financial system and other stories around fifteen. dozens have been injured on egypt's tahrir square tonight in scuffles between supporters of president morsi and those disillusioned with his leadership what's been labeled accountability friday's become the most violent protest the country seen since he came to power just over one hundred days ago the latest now from journalist bell true in the capital. what happened was there were two protest organized today one by the liberal forces who are complaining against most these last one hundred days his plan that he said he would be able to to achieve significant changes to key social issues and egypt also going to the constituent assembly we're currently drafting egypt's national charter which is being dropped in quite an islamist way so we have the liberals who are here to protest against that for t

called the e.u.'s one billion euros nobel prize money it still needs another for you know really in this day and more on the face of the european financial system and other stories around it. while rallies in syria and egypt draw much of the world's attention others are slipping into the background breaking news now from bahrain is capital where peaceful protests have turned into ferocious clashes after riot police used tear gas to disperse people in the city center security forces attacked demonstrators after they crowded into a main street in their ongoing calls for greater freedoms and rights for the shiite minority population from the sunni rulers months of demonstrations have seen heavy crackdowns by regime forces. and after a short break we'll talk to political analyst patrick henningsen on the violent clashes in bahrain. seven elite british soldiers have been arrested in the u.k. on suspicion of murder in afghanistan last year an afghan man was killed in the incident with royal marines were bei

trashes greece's plan to deal with its massive deficit as the e.u.'s last line of economic defense celebrates one here in service. and we look at how the two main runners in the u.s. presidential race plan to deal with the powerful israeli lobby and tell of beeves on relenting etched into bomb iran. hello and thank you for joining our team this friday it's eight o'clock here in moscow i'm karen tara well gangs of foreign mercenaries reportedly from the gulf states and turkey have joined the assault on bani walid in libya this is according to ali for raj whose relatives are trapped inside the besieged town which is traditionally loyal to the country's toppled colonel gadhafi regime he's currently in egypt and wear a disguise in his identity over safety concerns. they told something dangerous that. the sniper but as a as the father and mother not me being now maybe if it got out of them somewhere else inside the city and you have the media to do it don't do this nobody you know i. nor by the world. if we didn't know do today to look to fit into this a b

the european stocks are magna mixed today that's really ahead of the e.u. summit actually kicked off now it's a two day summit vest is holding on to their positions the euro the common currency is still dropping actually now for you from one of my own time meanwhile the russian car is a is indeed makes as you can see that in the last thirty minutes of trade really out of the exit mark is they to all peg along with the price of oil off to the u.s. jobs data disappointed the market is now coming up in a few minutes here and i'll take we discuss iran's nuclear ambitions on the country's written tensions with academic dr alston to stay with us for that. iran's disputed nuclear program has managed to dominate headlines for years and today as us. continue debating over a potential strike against tehran a newly released court weighs the advantages and consequences of taking military action joining me now to talk more about this topic is dr alston long the associate professor of international public affairs at columbia university he's also the co-author of a new re

and the next hour here on r t we discuss how the e.u. was with the man known as the guru of the crisis and also just ahead for you. in the business bulletin i'll be taking a look at the global markets reaction won their rounds on the. get x. but analysis from thanks a banker referring to the situation as the rounds held to me right. nineteen iranian channels have been banned in the countries that's called iran for not tolerating free speech among other things well played lads well played i love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning personally but of censorship doesn't bother me that much because there has always been censorship and there were always be censorship if there are any words or symbols or opinions that could get you bumped off the air or legal trouble in your country guess what you have censorship sorry to say it but that's how it is i don't mind a country saying that there is something so at the thought of cult of their way of life that it must be banned i'm fine with that that's your business in your country and you should.

the e.u. has slapped the syrian government with fresh sanctions tons of claims emerge that soviet era cluster bombs are being used by us forces moscow says that cannot be confirmed because the region is being flooded with illegal weapons from abroad artie's peter oliver has the details. human rights watch the new york based watchdog has said this following what they've seen in a online video. that soviet era cluster bombs were being used by the syrian government against the civilian population in syria and the ongoing conflict there now russia has rebuffed these claims wholeheartedly. there are plenty of weapons in the region right now with huge amounts being supplied illegally to syria and neighboring countries in which they're immersed in reason for in trainers in the conflict zone human this is being confirmed by independent media through the region is flooded with domes reproduce it's very hard to determine where they're all coming from the alleged cluster bombs are said to be from the sov

well the e.u. has won a million euros a nobel prize money it still needs another three and a half billion to stay more on the face of the european financial system and other stories around fifteen. moscow's rejected turkish claims that there was a legal russian made military gear on board that syrian passenger plane was forced to land in ankara two days ago russia's foreign minister insists the cargo confiscated didn't violate any international regulations. as more of this diplomatic standoff. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that the cargo taken off the syrian airliner on wednesday evening was completely legal but the equipment was not intended to be a crafty supply of the syrian government with weapons components that it's documents were checked to be legal and that it broke no international law. you can use it was certainly no armaments on this and they simply could not have been any ideals of the aircraft was carrying a cargo that was being shipped from a legitimate russian supplier

nato nato masters in his bid to join the e.u. so he's been willing to do the bidding europe and the u.s. britain france and the u.s. they may be helping the hoping that they can somehow try and knowledge made into taking action as well and. the blitzkrieg is that she's the only thing really that would enable the rebels so we're now at this. fireworks jubilation and fiesta atmosphere right now in venezuela this only means one thing president hugo chavez is there to stay and so are he's plans for how to handle the country's economy including its enormous oil reserves and as archie's losing confidence reports it's a strong reason for some painful headaches in the west. six years on the to the top that may be at odds with the liberation of the workers of this one party that what we're. doing it on. it's a victory that supporters say has implications far beyond this country's borders carries shadows is the father of south america all the president's real friends among each other latin america understand the understand the significance

while the e.u. has won a million euros a nobel prize money it still needs another three and a half trillion to stay afloat more on the face of the european financial system and other stories in around fifteen minutes. peaceful protests in bahrain have reportedly turned into vicious clashes to riot police use tear gas to disperse people in the capital it's not security forces attacked demonstrators after they crowded into a main street in their ongoing calls for greater freedoms for the shiite majority from the sunni rulers hundreds of police officers are said to have been deployed to minimize strengths months of demonstrations have seen heavy crackdowns geo political analyst patrick henning sense says that while rallies in syria and egypt draw much of the world's attention. thing into the background. there's been a kind of a mainstream media blackout in the west recording the situation in bahrain the reason washington has this policy with regards to bahrain is because bahrain is a key piece on the c

zimmer says e.u. leaders are putting the interests of the people at the bottom of their list in a strategy that really must be challenged. one hundred twenty million people of the european union are living in poverty or and socially excluded that is not a good sign not a good symbol for a european union which was not by as a noble peace prize if we are not able to ensure social peace in the european union it's not a good sign it's not a good some of. the people on the contrary our door for situation if you if you use the same. reason for surprises you for you have to find methods at this hour here on our to discuss the e.u. woes with a man known as the guru of the crisis but also just ahead for you. all those they'd be looking at a one year on i'll be checking out the global x.e. market where young and have expert analysis from banks a bank naming it groundhog day join me in about ten minutes time. now though israel's calls to bomb iran have stoked the u.s. presidential debate making support for telev

and of human events all with the e.u.'s a peace prize drowned out by protests one i mean he explained what's going wrong with the system. was his day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of st hundred sheep in the mountains in panes of t.v. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he dition and familial duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father. he's just made camp at their winter farms did setting up his ute the traditional two fenian round tent made of diskin. he's pleased to be back amongst his family as his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving extremes of plus to minus forty degrees celsius it's just that i'm with them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and i spend a lot of time here probably most of us is simply carrying out

well for a publicist women doll says that all the measures the e.u. leaders are imposing a failing to address the core problems on the continent i can't imagine if you if you understood her you want to get everything wrong in the way that the e.u. governments have done in the last four years in this crisis for three and a half years but from the get go they have shied away from any resolute action on the banks involved in in the in the dodgy loan in the first place during the financial bubble years so those banks remain the source of the problem there's no lending going on to the real economy and that's what is the root cause of twenty five percent unemployment in spain and greece and elsewhere across the e.u. the same errors are being repeated again and again you have to isolate the dodgy credits of these banks that one honest. elation binge triggered back in the last decade by ear ultra low interest rates generated are with us from alan greenspan and others so earth until the problem of the banks is addressed we're not going to see economic recovery

and a lot of us are here on our i will be discussing of the e.u. words with no news the whole guru of the crisis but also ahead for you. all those they'd be looking for one here and i'll be checking out the global markets where yanks and other analysis probably tracks a bank naming its groundhog day join me in about ten minutes time. the iranian opposition has a new voice this on the airwaves of a london based television channel the founder of iraq hard t.v. a businessman and leader of the anti-government movement so its primary goal is regime change in tehran the launch came on the heels of a band of more than a dozen state run iranian t.v. and radio stations across the e.u. taking up this story are poorly boy. in london we went through the launch of a brand new and very different in reigning news channel this studio belongs to t.v. now from farsi translates to freedom and that could give an indication of the political agenda behind the t.v. station in fact its founder is so very many approaches to the current government that he says that he wants

trashers greece's plan to deal with this massive deficit is the e.u.'s last line of economic defense celebrates one year and. we look at how the two main runners in the u.s. presidential race plan to deal with the powerful israeli lobby and tell of the fundamental to bomb iran. twenty four hour world news live from moscow this is are with me rory sushi and goings of foreign mercenaries reportedly from the gulf states and turkey have joined the assault on bani walid in libya has been gathering first hand accounts of the situation in the besieged town traditionally loyal to the toppled khadafi regime more on this now towards he's paula syria. while fighting continues in the besieged libyan city of baghdad where it has been on the go for more than three weeks now we are beginning however to hear disturbing reports that a foreigner troops and snipers could be used in the assault on the city. they told something dangerous that. the snipers the flood and not the nuclear maybe if it got out of the key of the room somewhere inside the city today to look to fit

station that aims to be competent iran's government after the e.u. chopped temperament state run broadcasts on its airwaves all that after a short break here on our team. nineteen iranian channels have been banned in the countries that's called iran for not tolerating free speech among other things well played lads well played i love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning personally but of censorship doesn't bother me that much because there has always been censorship and there were always be censorship if there are any words or symbols or opinions that could get you bumped off dear or legal trouble in your country the guess what you have censorship sorry to say it but that's how it is i don't mind a country saying that there is something so antithetical to their way of life that it must be banned i'm fine with that that's your business in your country and you should be able to protect your culture and your values but the light in me and tell me that you have censorship free when you don't it's your choice you let your reading channels back on the air

max thanks for joining us now and the e.u. has won for its role in uniting the continent but at a time of rising separatism and the economy in a slump how do you explain that well this is the rise of the machines this is a machine selection that chose a machine the e.u. is a tech knocker see governed by machines joined with the banking establishment to suck wealth from all of the citizens of the e.u. and send it to brussels as set it to the banks and set it to the world bank and the e.u. and the troika this is the rise of the machines this is the machine choice is as far as far sickle i mean they could have given this nobel prize to bill clinton's left testicle and it would have been more legitimate then then giving it to a technocratic monstrosity this is like giving the prize to frankenstein for being the best monster created during the past twelve months where they go from here or they're going to give it to next i mean they're going to give it to a genetically modified seed in india where farmers are killing themselves by

so while politicians in greece and the e.u. mull over what to do next in russia it's about what not to do cracking down on stupid the russian parliament moves to filter out bills that have no hope of passing an effort to clamp down on reckless populism you can read more on the bills that have angered lawmakers on our website or to dot com. also there nelson comfort for new election monitors texas threatens to arrest international observers if they dare set foot polling stations on voting day. and we've got more on the upcoming presidential vote for you in just a few minutes. nineteen iranian channels have been banned in the countries that's called iran for not tolerating free speech among other things well played lads well played i love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning personally a bit of censorship doesn't bother me that much because there has always been censorship and there were always be censorship if there are any words or symbols or opinions that could get you bumped off the air or legal trouble in your country the g

and who took part in today's protest says the e.u. imposed measures will only result in more social unrest. we are facing another. live demo staging cuts in wages social protection pensions we are facing a new tax where facing is a social disaster in the world who says the living conditions that can explain day to day with such massive demonstrations in the last instant only were greece will have more hundred reached their limits and then they cannot stand it's the political class currently does. from society and the same goes from the troika under specific liberals is this the european union just building up the explosive material to make social experiences and. simply by being passed through parliament issues has no legitimacy in society and i think in the end in the end she is singing it's such an intense social crisis and. i was just going to see some sort of crisis after sort of crisis certain explosion of themselves explosion. then they need to do and incite. now the nationwide strike in greece was time to coincide with another

the jennette of the united nation of mr where does he know where is down at the nation where is the e.u. where does the evil rights work that we're i how we ask it forward and if in should know as soon as the voice of a police. well for those who did manage to escape the violence inside bani walid even then the suffering is not over paula slayer explains why many including children found themselves stranded on a desert road. there were conflicting reports that the city had fallen these reports have proven untrue but not before thousands of bani walid residents tried to make their way back to the city now we are hearing from our sources on the ground that these people have been stopped by word blocks that have been set up by militias at the entrances and exits to the city that there has been firing in the air why scale panic and that thousands of people are on the desert highway look at this. this get this gun and this people know this thing now why i don't know why we now. go outside and didn't know what we're doing when i was living when i think when when one of the government they wan

sturdy already though on top of eighty nine stalled reforms for that athens has yet to push through e.u. leaders are also mulling giving greece a time extension to implement the cuts but the timing of it all is rather symbolic it was on this day one year ago that a desperate e.u. agreed on some of its most extreme crisis fighting measures the effects of which is morry of financial reports approved somewhat under whelming. measures approved by european union leaders these day ego were designed to tackle the debt crisis the german chancellor angela merkel described as europe's worst economic crisis since the end of world war two the e.u. has spent months hammering this. out of the venture it was proclaimed and it was hoped to first save greece by writing of how awful for its debts which amount of that at that time again to one hundred is sixty percent of the country's g.d.p. and the second aim of this package was to protect other european countries from this financial instability to an approach that purpose it was decided that to more than double the european union bailout fund also known

for now as e.u. leaders gather in brussels to tackle the eurozone crisis and strikes and demonstrations are gripping the country's worst hit by thousands of people are descending on the streets of athens as a join a second nationwide strike against a harsh new austerity program these right here the latest and now the live pictures coming from athens protesters saying they will not tolerate a third straight year of crippling cuts that the government has been told by its creditors to reduce its budget by around ten billion euros. it will mean meanwhile that spain thousands of students marched in cities across the country wrapping up three days of industrial action against the slashing of the budget for education that is madrid prepares to last the e.u. for another aid package to save its economy expected to come with further austerity conditions jerome roofs a debt crisis researcher at the european university institute in florence says that no summit will help solve the crisis until it tackles the root

e.u. and forced cuts germany says it wants small control of a national budget. as the international envoy to syria warns the conflict could set the whole middle east a blaze clashes break out across the border with lebanon. and in libya before. colonel gadhafi under attack again as x. rebels launch an attack on the bani walid leaving at least eleven people dead. twenty four global news live from moscow this is on t.v. with me rule received scenes of violence returned to the streets of athens where police have resorted to tear gas to disperse the austerity protesters thousands of greeks the voice their anger over a new round of cuts being demanded by the country's lenders in exchange for another bailout payment this coincides with a general strike that has seen tens of thousands of people will know the job for the second time this month why we're joining me now is someone who took part in today's protest. the university of the a.g.m. thank you for coming on the program today a pleasure to see you just hearing right now reports of a sixty six year old man having d

today the european markets money seagate announces the e.u. two day summit started foundations in brussels all set to discuss how they plan to get away from an imminent why. when the calls of the euro is that she's continuing to fall short of as the u.s. dollar meanwhile the ruble how that makes her form of the equity markets here will stay they two makes and that's because oil was trading up while the mix today was a volatile session indeed to tolo the energy mage's so coming up a few seconds out she also discusses iran's nuclear ambitions and the country's ridden tensions with academic. long stay with us for. iran's disputed nuclear program has managed to dominate headlines for years and today as u.s. officials continue debating over a potential strike against tehran a newly released report weighs the advantages and consequences of taking military action joining me now to talk more about this topic is dr alston long the associate professor of international public affairs at columbia university he's also the co-author of a new report titled w

chancellor angela merkel described as europe's worst economic crisis since the end of world war two e.u. has spent months hammering this package out of the ventral it was proclaimed and it was hoped to first save greece by writing of awful for its debt which amount of that at that time again to one hundred sixty percent of the country's g.d.p. and the second aim of this package was to protect other european countries from this financial instability too and for that purpose it was decided to more than double the european union bailout fund also known as european financial stability facility we've been hearing skepticism already that but a year later it's clear that not only has the crisis is not drawn back but also the european financial climate has worsened with more and more countries now joining greece and experiencing financial economic fallout like spain or all to go experts say the rust several reasons behind this fiasco and one of them is some countries squandering in tough economic times they're still continuing to spend too much cash on military sector rather than on social need

from the air in england and now the e.u. is followed through with a similar ban. we discussed iran's relationship with western nations with the academic austin long as well as if its nuclear activities are and who are as dangerous as the are presented well here's a preview of what's coming up for you in about ten minutes time. there's a pretty good read on what iran's capabilities in terms of uranium enrichment are the big question which i don't think anyone can give a highly confident answer to with does iran want of what people refer to as a threshold capability you have the words its ability to produce a nuclear weapon quickly or do they want an actual deployed weapon according to u.s. intelligence community and the observers iran just hasn't made that decision in part because they don't need to they want to get to that threshold capability before they make any decisions about whether to go to go farther than that threshold because there's no point making that decision early in fact it might be detected by western intelligence and so you could tip your hand bef