Irans general election deals a blow to the religious establishment the conservatives did win the vote but the turnout was the lowest in 4 decades so how will to round deal with what seems to be growing public discontent this is inside story. Our welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan hardliners are set for sweeping gains in irans parliamentary elections but they appear to have less Popular Support voter turnout in fridays polls was the lowest since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 thats despite the Supreme Leader urging people to cast their ballots as a religious judy to show resistance in the face of u. S. Sanctions now conservatives are expected to have the upper hand in parliament and reformists could push for greater engagement with the west have been weakened some say many iranians are on happy with their government and felt discouraged from voting with more than 7000 potential candidates disqualified voters options were limited anyway but irans interior minister says that all th
Even youre watching r. T. International. Hasnt ruled out staying in power if thats what the people want the suggestion was 1st made by an m. P. Is the duma discuss potential changes to the constitution however the president said it would be up to the people to decide in a public vote next month and would also have to be approved by the Constitutional Court got more details from moderate gas the. Soma reported that mr putin say exactly well hes speeches address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendments are necessary he also address the number of points additional amendments that the parliament had come up with among them was an amendment that would potentially lift the constitutional limit on the number of president ial terms anyone president can serve here blog me of putin was asked whether he supported it. To which he replied no. For the long run society should have guarantees that the regular changes. We need to think about fu
Youre watching are to International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 8 pm welcome to the program. The u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran were also in the process of bringing their Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against up another potential iranian attack. Now for more on this we cross live to our to scale up and so more American Military kit in the middle east whats prompted this indeed well many believe the tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran had actually cooled down but now we are hearing the opposite take a listen. This is no easy task iran is persistent and its growing at source will boost missiles despite International Condemnation iran remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now iran certainly has plenty
Even watching r. T. International after firstly this hour after wall street suffered its 1st automatic hoped in trading in more than 2 decades stocks falling nearly 8 percent World Markets do seem to be slowly recovering today so is the price of oil which also went into freefall yesterday after a price war was triggered by saudi arabia. The u. S. The dow plunged more than 2000 points the worst one day point drop ever prompted by Oil Price War that stunned markets around the world we have a huge market event yesterday is there a lot of investors repriced oil shock the crash restart markets the no 2000 point swing on the dow since the scene for what happens today Business News now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst day since 100921. Well prices plunged 30 percent in what has been dubbed black monday in the biggest single day full since the 1st iraq war it was sparked by a spat between top crude surprise riyadh and moscow who couldnt agree on a
A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. The u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran in the process of bringing their Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against a bit another potential a track. For all the details we crossed live to r. T. As caleb mop and so it looks like theres going to be more American Military kit in the middle east what exactly has prompted this well just when many thought the tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen. This is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation iran remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terror