iran hasn't been hurt because iran has been prevented by truck ironically from exploiting the oil and because of the sanctions iran has not had a very powerful tourist industry or the airline industry it hasn't been able to trade easily so it's been increasingly producing at home being independent of the international market and the international finances and financial centers and financial sector of society of the international order so iran has been largely business as usual except for the problem with the virus itself which everyone is dealing with on the other hand iran's adversaries countries like saudi review have been badly damaged by the united states it's an economic catastrophe and therefore relatively speaking iran's position in the region is and its allies by extension is much greater than before ok mohammed thank you for that jill you want to come in the yeah i think that's completely inaccurate and dangerous to say that iran has not been impacted by the coronavirus iran has over 100000 cases according to the world. helped organise it sent thousands died many iranian amer

the extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the united states alexia brian el jazeera let's get the view from iran joins us now live from tehran says zain what are the bahraini is saying about all this. well fall ever since these oil vessels left iran the government here has been preempting and preparing for some kind of american action or american protest to the shipment in the last week we've seen the foreign ministry to send letters to the swiss embassy the liaison between iran and the united states here into iran and a letter as well to the united nations from foreign minister zarif in which they protest any sort of action that the united states might take as well as the ongoing sanctions against iran and late last night the defense minister brigadier general tommy also echoed the remarks of civilian leaders saying that any sort of disruption to the voyage of these oil vessels would be seen as an act of piracy and a violation of international maritime law he also said that

both iran and venezuela are currently being sanctioned by the u.s. that they are effectively on america's nadi list if you will if american allies aren't allowed to do business with either country what's the problem with them doing business with one another. well it would be pirates in the car or be in the pretty johnny depp type of pirates but the ugly mike pompeo pirates of the caribbean it's a not draw of war which is evidently being contemplated and indeed the blockading or of another country's ports in this case venezuela is literally legally an act of war and saw the united states better caliber especially in the room up to a presidential election these are no countries with anything to lose they are very likely to retaliate in the most embarrassing really possible to the united states if any interference in this entirely legal exchange between iran and venezuela to explain this that our north sunshines between iran and venezuela no power on earth not even my kind will it to be otherwise and our mike mike maloof these takers they are carrying a

iran has left a treaty but iran won't do that because they know what the consequences would be i mean it's really interesting is that it's you if you watch this closely you know iran's position is you know how it's going to react the actor that you don't understand you don't know how it's going to react is the united states because pump ayos attempt to really shuffle the cards here and that is very dangerous yet i think that's a great point because it knows how to handle the situation they've been at the song and dance for many many decades they know what they're doing especially at such a high diplomatic level. came into office and i'm going to reference back our 1st segment on flynt because trump came into office and he was inexperienced i think going after iran even though it was a key campaign promise it was keep it wasn't the most important you know you had bill the wall you had immigration you had other things that were taking priority trump came in and i think dealing with the ron was a mistake he should have left it once again for the 2nd term because he bit off more than he c

hoax and a fraud there is now ample evidence to prove this and what explains trump's flip flop on the iran nuclear deal. across stopping this and more i'm joined by my guest alexander macarius in london he's a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the brand dot com and in nicosia we cross to our special for news the director of the durandal regiment crossed up rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to negotiate a 1st over the last few days we've had blockbuster revelations about things that you and i know and we care so talked about for years that that michael flynn when he was national security adviser the early days of the trump administration he was set up by the f.b.i. now we believe this from the very beginning because logic using logic we deduce this now we have evidence that it's absolutely true that he was and traps and more than that explained all right so there's no doubt shadow of a doubt now that the f.b.i. was targeting flynn and they were targeting him to either get him to commit perjury . or get him t

these warnings also come as iran's supreme leader renewed calls for u.s. troops to withdraw from iraq and syria going as far as to say that if the americans stay in iraq and syria they will be expelled now it is not clear exactly how the plan to expel u.s. troops would be carried out but iran has argued that any presence in the countries was requested by their governments as opposed to the us which has maintained its presence through force after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal in may 20 the trumpet administration has continued to implement crippling sanctions even as other countries have called for the us to show mercy in the midst of a corona virus outbreak that has led to around 7000 deaths in iran as for venezuela the trumpet administration has spent the last year working to overthrow elected president nicolas maduro by putting their support behind opposition leader one why do so while the sanctions have been aimed at creating an uprising among the venezuelan people they have left thousands impoverished and in need of food and medical supplies whil

russia and iran. 's question, should the usb doing more to offset the disinformation campaign going around the sources and growth of the pandemic? >> i think we should. the best response would be for investigative journalists and our open press. russia and iran, free and open society as a weakness. they see freedom of speech and freedom of press is a weakness. that is our strength so i think we are to be very active at exposing or the media should be, expanding their nefarious activities, dishonesty and disinformation efforts, if government does have a role trying to figure out how to bypass these firewalls, and reach these people, and whether than disinformation, countdown the state-sponsored propaganda information in the united states, when they don't have access into the chinese market. answering the question directly, we should do more to expose disinformation and propaganda. >> host: let's go to the middle east, iraq, iran, syria, how has the virus and pandemic affected that region. >> guest: whe

in this fight with iran this is in tali driven by vincent. considerations he had people there although many people in the united states are just like iran that's the trouble here baby it's been always been a cobr a problem surrounding himself with the wrong people it's all the time we have i want to thank my guests and in a go c.n.n. london i think our viewers are watching us here are to see you next time remember. when i was told seemed wrong. roles just don't call. me. yet to shape out this day. and in detroit because the trail. went on many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. thousands of american men and women she was just sort of in their country's military decision little sheltered lives every thing came to a complete. the day that i was raped and. told you know told to shut up or they'd kill me and i see how destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in the gram my arm and he raped me. if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation and it's probably somewh

the extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the united states alexia brian el jazeera well let's get the view from tehran as robin joins us live so what iranian saying about all this. well fawley senior iranian leadership have been preempting any sort of possible military or political diplomatic reaction from the united states to these shipments as such official letters have been sent to both the swiss embassy the liaison between iran and the united states here into iran as well as to the united nations the foreign ministry protesting any potential reaction from the u.s. and late last night iran's defense minister brigadier general amir hatami echoed a lot of the remarks that civilian leaders have already been making for several days he said any disruption would be considered piracy and as against international maritime law he also said that any disruption to this voyage will receive a decisive and crushing response familiar words from the senior leaders here in iran when it c

for years and its effectiveness was ending iran's president said u.s. sanctions had helped his country become less susceptible to the tumbling market iran he said is now less reliant on oil how many. only rich countries including us were hit by the situation some more some less don't we will be here at least in other countries iran has spent years trying to move away from an oil based economy but still sells oil through back channels i guess. if we want to say that iran's economy was not affected by the oil price drop i think that's wrong it has definitely been impacted but if other countries fell from the 10th floor then iran fell from the 2nd floor because iran has already fallen in the past due to sanctions. iran is trying to make up for lost oil revenue by manufacturing more goods it can sell abroad as well as building up other industries such as plastics mining and agriculture. the government says non oil exports to china and neighboring countries have increased but oil and gas are still vital to its economy iran has expanded refining capacity in r

most of the shieh only the majority, iran, 20% of pakistan -- >> 35, so the largest outside of iran. >> is in pakistan. >> yes and then iraq. >> some of these actually brought up prince of a con who is the leader within shieh islam and even they objected, they said he's a here today not and i brought it up to a saudi diplomat once and he yelled at me and said they are not muslims and on and on. so even within these great traditions, their subsets and of course -- i walked into a surface mosque in morocco about 15 years ago in the chanting of the men was very similar to the chanting and orthodox church. >> part of the heritage that we lost. >> that is exactly right. so the question is, how is it that a country that only makes 10 - 15% whatever% you want, why does it pose a threat to saudi arabia -- you talk to the king and jordan are objections, there is a huge turnaround. there is a small percentage of the arab world and there's a fear of the muslim world. why? >> i think it goes to two factors, in a nutshell, after 1979 as i mentioned, he wanted to appeal to the wider muslim world,

runs iran. and i think covid-19 is going to make it worse for iran there. as well as how iran is perceived elsewhere, from iraq to lebanon, syria, to human. i really think it's going to -- let's go to another one in venezuela. these are all connected. these people are connected to each other in these regimes are connected to each other. >> venezuela of course depends almost exclusive on oil revenue. once the bottom has fallen out of the market the way they've tn able to survive is really with stipends from china and russia in exchange for oil, venezuelan oil provide a below-market prices which in russia and china would sell at a profit. how's that working out box that's not working at that. and russia has had to bail out within venezuela for about $4 billion and that does not play back with an rush and that is sort of exacerbating the sentiment against putin. i think guaidÓ has an opportunity within the venezuelan to pose as a leader who actually helps them get out of this crisis, and really th

troops inside iran who want to repeat that there are already u.s. troops inside iran the u.s. has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what you've seen the u.s. doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level we've seen a report in a new yorker by seymour hersh that a u.s. so are sold in the u.s. marines who are operating in the blue key missouri and kurdish regions of iran have you ever heard of that report i've never heard of the report i've never read the article nor do i intend to do you have any end. christe as to whether or not as the us ambassador i don't have any interest as to whether or not u.s. marines are actually operating in iran right now and i said i had not heard of the report and i didn't intend to read the article in the new yorker if i gave you this article right now walked it over would you look at it i don't think so honestly congressman because i don't i don't have time to read much fiction. we have teams inside iran and these include joint special operation forces mostly commando unit it has been given execut

we already talked a little bit about iran what iran is going through a crisis of the regime's own making its pariah state because it acts like a terrorist organization rather than a nationstate. it's reaping what it deserves at this stage in connection with a corrupt economic system where Ãbat the top of their families which are these criminalized networks as well as the guards corps with members of the guards corps being the beneficial owners a lot of the iranian companies. they are suffering from their economic isolation and now covid and now the collapse of world presence. their external adventures in the region support for hootie surgeons and llama their support for assault with the proxy army in syria support for has below the malicious Ãb militia in iraq. the terrorist organizations that pose a threat to israel. this is really going to have to draw the question of as it was before covid and before the utter collapse of oil prices among the iraqi Ãbthe irani people is what is the party of this government? is this government the government they want in the future?of course it will

the extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the united states alexia brian el jazeera well we can ask for it izadi he is a professor of wealth studies at the university of tehran he joins us now from the iranian capital for what let's start with the practicalities of this arrangement how confident can tear on be that the u.s. isn't actually going to intercept this shipment. you know it's going to be under international law if the united states does that iran and there's a 2 independent countries they can trade in oil over any other goods if they wish to and the u.s. doesn't have any a standing under international law to threaten the shipment of oil the sanctions that iran out of it are facing are passed by the u.s. congress and iran and venezuela not under any obligation to follow u.s. congress dictates so i think both countries iran and find quite confident that the u.s. with nothing gaijin any illegal behavior and if you u.s. does that there would be a response for that me a

because of the now iran supreme leader has also called for all u.s. troops to leave iraq and syria and he has gone as far as to say that if they don't we voluntarily then they will be expelled and it's not clear yet again. actually how that would happen but of course making statements like that is likely to once again increase tensions in another area between the u.s. and iran the united states has played sanctions on both of these countries say they've placed them for quite some time now how are are these really affecting these 2 countries right well the u.s. is targeting 2 countries that are known for their oil reserves and they have essentially cut off business with the rest of the world as a result of that and when we take a look at iran specifically we find that the country's g.d.p. fell 4.8 percent in 2018 when the trump administration began implementing sanctions and it fell another 9.5 percent in 2019 and employment rates also rose from 14.5 percent in 20000 to 16.8 percent in 2019 and the i.m.f. is forecasted 0 growth for 2020 now the sanctio

since iran was created back in 1079 as soon as the iran iraq war began u.s. imposed. all right well gareth porter investigative journalist thanks so much for talking to us today gareth see next time. thank you. other news making headlines today supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was hospitalized on tuesday with an infection caused by a goal stone despite that the 4 time cancer survivor remains active with her duties joining her fellow justices by phone and from her hospital bed to take part in court arguments now the 87 year old justice was even heard on the day that she was hospitalized taking part in a case related to using tax funds to fight aids around the world over to texas regulators there are now relaxing rules when it comes to companies storing oil underground now environmentalist groups immediately raised concern about these new rules pointing to potential groundwater contamination and other dangers up until this point companies could only store oil underground insult caverns because it was seen as the best option for preventing leaks now wit

now at the same time iran's supreme leader is also renewing calls for u.s. troops to get out of iraq and syria and he went as far as to say that if they didn't leave voluntarily they would be expelled now it's not clear yet exactly how that would happen but a statement like that is enough to increase tensions even further between the u.s. and iran. very sticky situation how the u.s. sanctions impacted both countries where will the u.s. is pacifically targeted countries that are known for their oil reserves and they have done everything they can to cut off their business and hurt their economies and that has had a major impact specifically on the civilians of these countries especially when it comes to getting access to medical supplies and even basic things like food and clean water now this partnership that we're seeing between iran and venezuela is coming up because they're saying ways that they can work together in a minimal way because iran has the chemicals that venezuela needs in order to refine its crude oil but of course because the u.s. does have th

iran is fighting on 2 fronts one is fighting the unilateral u.s. sanctions and the other is trying to cope with the coroner virus pandemic iran's economy has been hit hard by u.s. sanctions while it has been trying to. slow down the spread of pandemic but iran's oil sector and banking sector have been hard have been hit hard in recent years mainly due to u.s. sanctions. so iran has taken this new policy of trying to are undermining the u.s. policy of maximum pressure come pay. research has shown that if sanctions or sanctions against a country that expects to continue conflict and challenges will not result to significant concessions so under such circumstances that country calculates that giving to pressure today will lead to more pressure tomorrow so therefore iran. has decided that it has to resist against u.s. sanctions at any cost ok how do you reenter just to interrupt you for a 2nd if i may so how do you read the recent comments from the iranian leadership where they basically seem to be saying to the international community and the european

was iran. covid-19 is going to make it work worse for iran there. as well as to help them proceed elsewhere to iraq to lebanon, to syria to yemen. i really think that will come down to the benefit of the dictators and let's go to another and, venezuela. these are all connected these people are all connected to each other the regimes are connected. so venezuela asked conclusively on revenue once it's fallen out of that market the way they been able to survive is really what stipends from china and russia in exchange for oil, venezuelan oil provided at the local market prices which then russian china would sell at a profit. will how's that working out? that's not working out. and then russia's had to bail out within venezuela for about $4 billion. that's not playing well back in russia. that is exacerbating the sentiment against putin. i think there is an opportunity within venezuela to pose as a leader who will actually help them get out of this crisis. and really the key factor to watch his ven

and it's definitely been hurting both countries but how has iran responded to this right while iran has actually filed a complaint with the united nations arguing that if the united states goes so far as to try to stop these shipments then it would be seen as a legal in an act of piracy and any consequences that come out of that are on the fault of washington now iran's a spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry also spoke out and he argued that the u.s. has no right to try to dictate where runs tankers are around the world take us no he had to say you know by your own kind of what american stated regarding our oil tankers in various locations around the world is illegal and shameful if they make any moves against this really legitimate the ceiling of our ships i would definitely place reaction by the islamic republic of iran because of them now iran's supreme leader has also called for all u.s. troops to leave iraq and syria and he has gone as far as to say that if they don't we voluntarily then they will be expelled and it's not clear yet exactly how that would happen but of cours

and iran will continue to push it. there is a chance for an escalation with a reprisal of iranian assets. but what they demonstrated with a strike that when they attack us we know the return address. so it is a dangerous time in the gulf as a result but as you see with iraq as a country in crisi crisis, you have that political crisis and the satisfaction with the government. and then the next prime minister he is blocked by the iranians and has been the head of the intelligence agency, and effective leader , but will be stuck with a very difficult situation. the iraqi budget is at least two times bigger this year and that's probably an understatement. than the covid-19 crisis as well as the subversion of the government. so iraq is a country that goes into an even worse crisis and we should maintain our influence. i think they will want that more is a see their fate tied to the alternative. the iraqi government has refused the demands to open the border to protect people from covid-19. in syria we are seeing the latest

for years and its effectiveness was ending iran's president said u.s. sanctions had helped his country become less susceptible to the tumbling market iran he said is now less reliant on oil how many. countries including us with it by the situation some more some less don't we will be hit list in other countries iran has spent years trying to move away from an oil based economy but still sells oil through back channels i guess. if we want to say that iran's economy was not affected by the oil price drop i think that's wrong it has definitely been impacted but if other countries fell from the 10th floor then iran fell from the 2nd floor because iran has already fallen in the past due to sanctions. iran is trying to make up for lost oil revenue by manufacturing more goods it can sell abroad as well as building up other industries such as plastics mining and agriculture the government says non oil exports to china and neighboring countries have increased but oil and gas are still vital to its economy iran has expanded refining capacity in recent years and u

now i know people get confused about iraq and iran but mr. president speaking to the president of the united states, please get out a map and understand that iraq is not iran and this is not giving you authority to go to war against iran. the president also cites article ii of the constitution and he c goes on at some lengthn his veto message saying what unlimited power this gives him. well mr. president and to get him speaking to the president of the united states, that is not what is written in the constitution.th that is what is imbibed in the war powers resolution. that is not what international law provides as a basis for going to war that the president has sole power. it is absolutely contrary to the complete history and founding of this united states of america given the power of four to this body and the house that is down the hall. in fact international law and u.s. law to refer to issues like force beings used necessary proportion and for the president scale back when there's an p imminent threat and the mmpresident takes a shot at

and we have helped iran before we have a very close relationship. with each other and then we actually bought gasoline from venezuela because we have not been able to produce gasoline in the last months because of the sanctions because we cannot import the spare parts for our refineries because we cannot import all the chemicals that you need in order to produce the gasoline from coming from the heavy oil that we have in venezuela so we are importing from iran gasoline and also some spare parts for the refineries in order to activate them fully and the united states threatened the around that they would block by some way tankers that are already arriving to venezuela so we took some special measures it's a legal operation it's a commercial operation nothing international law can stop it from happening so in any case the venice ruling on forest scored to the the iranian tankers from the moment that they were close in international waters to our territory to our waters and they are already arriving into the center of the country in the refinery of and

the extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the united states alexia brian el jazeera. a chinese leaders have observed a minute's silence oh coronavirus victims at the start of the biggest political gathering of the year the opening session of the top political adviser a body started a day ahead of the national people's congress us when china's leaders will likely announce measures to kickstart an economy hit hard by the pandemic katrina you reports from beijing on that and other pressures faced by china's leaders. just over a year ago president xi jinping was surrounded by allies and moved with an air of confidence and leadership on the world stage. this week he sat alone at a world health organization conference defending china against accusations it failed to do nothing to prevent the coronavirus pandemic. china has acted was openness transparency and responsibility. china's leaders and the $3000.00 strong parliament will meet on friday amid growing international anger and

gether if iran ships fuel to venezuela the u.s. is reportedly looking for ways to intervene which could signal a new conflict amid increased tensions parties rachel blevins joins us now to discuss the details welcome thank you for having what is the latest conflict praising we have these reports that iran is in the process of sending supplies to venezuela and now we're sort of waiting to figure out what the united states is going to do and there are reports of the u.s. is planning on intervening in some way and that could be directly for sending u.s. navy ships out to the caribbean sea to try to stop these 5 iranian tankers that are carrying more than $45000000.00 worth of gasoline and supplies so they could try to stop them in their path before they even get to venezuela now the u.s. has yet to confirm that but we do know that they have these incredibly strict sanctions i'm both iran and venezuela and they've really spent the last year trying to cut these countries off from the rest of the world it's really breaking my heart here