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[00:00:19] In recent days, he has been heavily
[00:00:23] involved in the election
[00:00:26] campaign. We have an interview
[00:00:31] with Drexler,
[00:00:34] a strategist for the Democratic Party of America,
[00:00:37] and also the former
[00:00:39] executive director of the Democratic Party in Los Angeles. But
[00:00:43] for now, let's hear a few words from Mr. Trump.
[00:00:45] بشنوییم
[00:00:55] Well, we want to change its name
[00:00:58] here. We want to change the name of this pool behind me. We want to name it
[00:01:02] Trump Pool.
[00:01:06] I will announce this tomorrow.
[00:01:08] I know you'll be happy to announce this. I'm just kidding with you.
[00:01:12] I'm joking. Don't report this.
[00:01:16] I'll cut off my sound right now. They'll say Trump changed the name of this pool.
[00:01:19] No, I'm just kidding.
[00:01:22] کردم
[00:01:24] Well, the people in the Ministry of Interior have really done an extraordinary job,
[00:01:28] and this
[00:01:46] pool reflects the size of two
[00:01:50] Empire State buildings.
[00:01:53] It's extraordinary. It's one
[00:01:56] of the indicators. It's like
[00:02:00] a precious gem in our nation's capital,
[00:02:03] alongside other memorials
[00:02:06] and statues. Unfortunately, since this pool was built,
[00:02:10] it has always leaked. It had weather
[00:02:13] problems. President Obama and
[00:02:17] many presidents before him tried to
[00:02:21] repair it, but Biden and
[00:02:24] Obama spent $144 million to fix
[00:02:28] this pool.
[00:02:36] Next to that famous pool, which is next to the White House and
[00:02:40] the Capitol building, on one side of this
[00:02:43] pool is the Abraham Lincoln Memorial,
[00:02:46] which is a building, and on the other side of that pool
[00:02:50] is the George Washington Memorial, which is a
[00:02:54] needle-shaped building or a needle-shaped
[00:02:57] memorial. And on the other side, of course,
[00:03:01] they placed the famous Abraham Lincoln statue in another building,
[00:03:05] and among them is this pool that we
[00:03:08] see behind Mr. Trump, and he is also talking here.
[00:03:11] Mr. Trump recently allocated
[00:03:15] the budget and renovated this pool.
[00:03:19] He is using this issue as
[00:03:22] an effective action. Mr. Trump also joked, saying he wants to change the name of this
[00:03:26] pool to ...
[00:03:46] What is your assessment of the Republicans' or Democrats' situation
[00:03:50] now?
[00:03:55] Well, look, I think the Democrats are currently in a very
[00:03:59] good position.
[00:04:41] How much did the Iran war and its
[00:04:44] consequences affect the Republicans' position
[00:04:48] in this election and the better situation that Democrats
[00:04:51] have in the polls?
[00:04:52] دارند؟
[00:04:58] I think there are a few things that people should remember.
[00:05:01] Look, this president's election
[00:05:04] slogan was "No War."
[00:05:06] This was one promise among several
[00:05:10] promises that he broke.
[00:05:12] He broke his promises to the American people
[00:05:16] and dragged us into a war that he wanted and
[00:05:19] his allies in the Middle East and
[00:05:22] Israel wanted. And
[00:05:26] we even saw the result in the Israeli
[00:05:29] elections. The first issue that Americans
[00:05:32] are currently discussing is their livelihood.
[00:05:36] The Iran war has raised gasoline prices
[00:05:39] and
[00:05:42] the prices of food and consumer goods
[00:05:45] in supermarkets, not only due to
[00:05:48] inflation but also due to the way goods
[00:05:51] and materials are transported across the world.
[00:05:55] Americans are now feeling this,
[00:05:57] and this president and this
[00:06:00] government, this is only a part of their failures in the past two years.
[00:06:04] Imagine if the Democrats
[00:06:08] don't have power in Congress in the next two years. What
[00:06:11] disaster will this government bring upon the people?
[00:06:15] Mr. Trump says he has contained Iran's nuclear
[00:06:18] threat and says that
[00:06:21] the price that the American people are paying
[00:06:24] is insignificant compared to the threat that he has removed
[00:06:28] from America.
[00:06:34] Well, look, we all remember. I don't think this president
[00:06:37] is a historian.
[00:06:40] It wasn't
[00:06:43] long ago that Barack Obama was the president
[00:06:47] of the United States, and he was the president who entered into negotiations with Iran
[00:06:51] and guaranteed that Iran's hand would not reach the nuclear year. A year
[00:06:55] later, Donald Trump comes and tears up that agreement. See what
[00:06:58] we have fallen into today. He is like a bull
[00:07:02] that they have thrown into a glass and crystal shop,
[00:07:05] and he is constantly breaking everything. We have to
[00:07:08] fix everything that he broke. People are just realizing
[00:07:11] that this president, this foreign minister, and this
[00:07:15] defense minister are incompetent and
[00:07:19] do not have popular
[00:07:22] support. In connection with
[00:07:25] our policy, our strategies around
[00:07:28] the world, this president feels
[00:07:30] that he has to break everything and then pretend that he
[00:07:34] wants to fix it, instead of continuing the path of his
[00:07:38] predecessor. When Mr. Trump came to power
[00:07:42] two years ago, he started a red wave, meaning he
[00:07:45] conquered many
[00:07:48] states, and many say it was a big failure for
[00:07:51] the Democrats. Are the Democrats in a position to
[00:07:55] compensate for that
[00:07:56] defeat?
[00:08:06] I think the Democrats are in a position
[00:08:10] to show the future path.
[00:08:14] Anyway, when they
[00:08:16] take the majority in the Senate,
[00:08:20] this Los Angeles electoral district of Robert
[00:08:23] Garcia was someone who
[00:08:26] can establish many investigation committees
[00:08:30] so that not only the American people but the world
[00:08:34] understand how much failure and
[00:08:37] disaster this president and this government
[00:08:40] have brought.
[00:09:12] He turns us into enemies and turns enemies like Vladimir Putin
[00:09:16] into friends, and then he
[00:09:19] arrests someone like the Venezuelan
[00:09:22] president and brings him to America.
[00:09:26] He has now put himself in a position where he only
[00:09:29] surrounds himself with
[00:09:32] allies whom he considers allies, but not
[00:09:36] the people. I hope that the Democrats will finally clarify
[00:09:39] these issues by forming those investigation committees I mentioned. Thank you
[00:09:43] to you, Drexler, a strategist for the US Democratic Party,
[00:09:47] former executive director of the Democratic Party in Los Angeles.
[00:09:51] One day before the US midterm elections, the shadow of war over Iran has become heavier
[00:09:55] than ever. Simultaneously with reports of
[00:09:57] the consideration of new military attack plans in Washington, the tone of the Islamic
[00:10:01] Republic officials has also become sharper, and they speak of responses beyond
[00:10:05] Iran's borders. Some American media outlets have reported that Tehran
[00:10:09] is trying to influence Donald Trump's calculations
[00:10:12] on the eve of the election by increasing economic and political pressure.
[00:10:16] Meanwhile, indirect negotiations between the two countries are still ongoing.
[00:10:20] Farin Asami reports.
[00:10:21] دهد.
[00:10:24] Threat. A new war, perhaps more widespread this
[00:10:27] time. The language of threat within Iran has also intensified.
[00:10:31] Simultaneously with a new round of consultations,
[00:10:34] news agencies say that Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, has met
[00:10:38] with military commanders. In his attributed statements,
[00:10:42] who has not appeared in public for 8 months, it is stated that in
[00:10:45] case of an attack by the US and Israel, the armed forces must respond
[00:10:49] to any threat immediately and without geographical
[00:10:53] restrictions, and all tangible and intangible assets
[00:10:57] of the US and Israel must be within the reach of the armed forces. In England,
[00:11:00] in Italy, in Portugal,
[00:11:03] in Germany, in some other countries,
[00:11:07] they have set up their bases for planes to bomb
[00:11:10] there and drop them on the Iranian people.
[00:11:13] This is the naked truth
[00:11:16] of the story. They committed such a crime, so they are partners in
[00:11:20] the crime. Lifting
[00:11:21] geographical restrictions,
[00:11:25] its meaning for our fighters,
[00:11:28] our nation, and foreign parties
[00:11:31] and our enemies is clear. It means
[00:11:34] that our war, if it
[00:11:38] starts, will not be a regional war.
[00:11:41] It is an order, but the fact that there is even talk of
[00:11:45] the need to change the doctrine and build
[00:11:48] an atomic bomb, this is the will of our dear nation.
[00:11:51] We are facing a national demand. This
[00:11:55] issue is not the demand of a specific group. Mr.
[00:11:59] Dr. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has said
[00:12:02] that no official decision has been made to change the doctrine.
[00:12:06] The Iranian nation
[00:12:09] has demands. They are looking for a logic. After all,
[00:12:13] they see the enemy has come and attacked all our nuclear
[00:12:16] centers. Well, for what reason? We have given
[00:12:20] positive responses to all the Agency's
[00:12:23] inspections. We helped them come and inspect
[00:12:27] all our sites. They didn't have cameras to
[00:12:30] broadcast all the events inside our
[00:12:34] sites directly to the International
[00:12:38] Agency. So when people see these things,
[00:12:42] their demand from us is, why do you want to continue
[00:12:46] this situation? Iran's nuclear doctrine should change, but
[00:12:50] officially, or if,
[00:12:53] let's say, the Supreme National Security Council has held a meeting or the
[00:12:57] cabinet has made a decision.
[00:12:59] Of course, our friends in the Parliament
[00:13:03] are apparently doing some preliminary work,
[00:13:07] but no government decision has been
[00:13:10] made yet. The Washington Post, quoting Iranian
[00:13:14] officials, wrote that Tehran wants to increase the cost of war for Trump
[00:13:17] and the Republicans by keeping oil prices
[00:13:21] high. Reuters also reported
[00:13:25] that the Islamic Republic is trying to prevent a political
[00:13:28] victory for Donald Trump before the midterm
[00:13:32] congressional elections
[00:13:33] by prolonging negotiations.
[00:13:37] But in Washington, the option of war is also on the table.
[00:13:41] The Associated Press reported that the US has warned its regional
[00:13:44] allies about the possibility of new attacks
[00:13:48] after the election. But Trump says he has not yet made
[00:13:51] a final decision.
[00:13:54] Meanwhile, they are still trying to reach an agreement,
[00:13:57] but the differences remain. Tehran says
[00:14:01] this election has no impact on its decisions. But
[00:14:04] international media reports indicate different
[00:14:07] calculations. Farin Hashemi, BBC.
[00:14:11] Babak Dorbiki, political analyst on Iran
[00:14:15] from London, is with us. Mr. Dorbiki, the Iranian
[00:14:18] government has placed great hope
[00:14:21] on the outcome of the midterm elections. How true is this?
[00:14:25] Look, first we need to consider something. After all, Donald
[00:14:29] Trump said two or three months ago that the war
[00:14:33] would end immediately after the election. I think that
[00:14:36] the importance that the Islamic Republic attaches
[00:14:39] to this statement is not due to its accuracy
[00:14:43] or inaccuracy, or for example, trusting Trump.
[00:14:46] Look, the point is that with this
[00:14:49] statement, Trump has, wittingly or unwittingly, given himself a political
[00:14:53] deadline. For this reason, I think that,
[00:14:57] after all, the Islamic Republic will also change
[00:15:01] its calculations based on this timeline.
[00:15:04] Its logic is that it would want to, for example, without paying attention
[00:15:08] to these and with some of the statements that are now being repeated by some,
[00:15:12] that America, whether you make peace with it or not, is
[00:15:15] a permanent enemy, unless with that perspective. But if we want to proceed
[00:15:18] with the perspective of the logic of foreign policy, I think
[00:15:22] these calculations are different, and then see that
[00:15:26] when Trump actually makes a public commitment
[00:15:29] with, in fact, with this statement, he is actually doing
[00:15:33] something that he can no longer postpone his decisions
[00:15:36] after the election. He must, after all,
[00:15:40] fulfill his promise quickly. This means he has a significant
[00:15:43] political capital. If he doesn't want to do that, he will fall
[00:15:47] into this trap of commitment that Trump has created, wittingly or unwittingly.
[00:15:50] The Islamic Republic has counted on this, meaning
[00:15:54] that in a psychological
[00:15:56] and logical assessment in Tehran, they say
[00:16:00] that after the election, for at least 72 hours, or perhaps
[00:16:04] even two weeks, there will be a better
[00:16:07] and more open atmosphere for them to move
[00:16:11] towards new decisions or play new cards.
[00:16:14] But look, what matters
[00:16:17] is that the Islamic Republic is not waiting for
[00:16:20] a miracle or a radical change in US foreign
[00:16:24] policy. I think Iran
[00:16:27] is not waiting for a miracle, but it is waiting
[00:16:31] for friction in the power structure in America. Therefore, it has counted
[00:16:34] on that more, in my opinion.
[00:16:38] Do you mean that if the Democrats come to power, they will at
[00:16:41] least take control of two houses and they will get involved
[00:16:45] in a dispute against Mr.
[00:16:48] Trump and get busy with each other? Is that what you mean?
[00:16:52] Look, one issue is that it's the first time
[00:16:56] we're facing a situation where
[00:16:58] foreign policy is determining America's domestic policy.
[00:17:02] Well, that's a very important point. And then the issue is that
[00:17:06] Israel is also in a similar state
[00:17:09] of uncertainty, almost. If we assume
[00:17:13] that, after all, a part of
[00:17:16] Congress, at least, will fall into the hands
[00:17:19] of the Democrats, or if the Democrats take control of a larger part,
[00:17:23] they will have more power tools. After all, they can slow down
[00:17:27] the decision-making machine
[00:17:30] in Washington through oversight and budgetary tools.
[00:17:34] This slowing down in a war of attrition,
[00:17:37] this attrition that has been going on, greatly helps the Islamic Republic
[00:17:41] to both play its cards more and actually
[00:17:45] to better assess the situation.
[00:17:48] Look, this is a kind of strategic breath
[00:17:52] for the Islamic Republic, but look, also consider
[00:17:55] one point: this behavior
[00:17:59] that the Islamic Republic has adopted is not about a position of power.
[00:18:02] Meaning, in my opinion, it is managing
[00:18:05] the limitations it faces.
[00:18:09] It is making decisions based on that. I think if the Democrats
[00:18:13] can take control of a large part of the power, Trump
[00:18:17] will be forced to focus a part of his time and attention
[00:18:21] internally, and the Islamic
[00:18:24] Republic will also consider increasing the cost for
[00:18:27] Trump more in this situation.
[00:18:30] Thank you very much, Mr.
[00:18:33] Dorbiki, Babak Dorbiki, political analyst on Iran
[00:18:36] from London. We also have Arta
[00:18:40] Moeini, Research Director of the Institute for Peace
[00:18:43] and Diplomacy and foreign policy analyst from Los Angeles.
[00:18:47] Mr. Moeini, when we talk about polls,
[00:18:50] we need to be very cautious, but
[00:18:53] the polls, at least so far, are not very favorable to Republicans
[00:18:57] or Mr. Trump. What do you think
[00:19:00] is the main factor that caused this situation?
[00:19:04] چییه.
[00:19:08] Yes, greetings to you and our esteemed listeners and viewers.
[00:19:11] Look, the main issue is that Mr. Trump
[00:19:15] had made a series of promises and commitments.
[00:19:18] He had a 2024 election campaign
[00:19:22] about ending the war
[00:19:24] and, especially,
[00:19:28] the financial well-being of the people.
[00:19:31] He wanted to improve the financial well-being of the people. He wanted to solve
[00:19:35] the crisis of
[00:19:38] commodities and so on. But in both areas, due to the war with Iran,
[00:19:42] he failed. And many Americans,
[00:19:45] many voters, especially independents,
[00:19:48] but even those who had actually supported
[00:19:52] him in
[00:19:54] the past,
[00:19:57] feel that he has betrayed them and their
[00:20:01] votes, and it is very likely
[00:20:03] that he will not vote this time.
[00:20:07] They will not come to the polls, and this will cause Mr. Trump
[00:20:11] to have a very weak chance
[00:20:14] for his party, the Republicans,
[00:20:17] to succeed this time. And I predict that the Democrats
[00:20:21] will win the US Senate tomorrow. Mr.
[00:20:24] Moeini, well, it has become
[00:20:26] a bit difficult to predict the US elections
[00:20:30] based on polls, because in the past,
[00:20:34] polls also predicted that it is very true.
[00:21:20] But in America, the situation is different. In America,
[00:21:24] it is true that in the past polls, especially regarding Mr.
[00:21:27] Trump's vote, we had statistical
[00:21:30] problems with these stories. But this time,
[00:21:34] it will not be like that, in my opinion. Firstly, because Mr. Trump has faced
[00:21:38] many problems among his supporters and
[00:21:41] those who voted for him. He still has 30-35%
[00:21:44] support, but for example, those who joined his alliance,
[00:21:48] those under 45 years old, those
[00:21:51] who actually consider themselves
[00:21:55] working class, those who, as I said, for economic reasons, believed
[00:21:58] that Mr. Trump would solve America's economic problems,
[00:22:02] that issue has been lost with his selfish
[00:22:05] war, this war with Iran, which was a completely
[00:22:08] unwise war. This issue is gone, and
[00:22:11] well, the problems that exist are that now many of them
[00:22:15] probably will not come to the ballot box. The second issue
[00:22:18] is that Mr. had specific votes
[00:22:22] during the presidential election, but during
[00:22:25] normal times, for example, when we are talking about
[00:22:29] a midterm, the votes that Republicans
[00:22:32] or Democrats received usually resembled
[00:22:36] what we saw in the statistics. But
[00:22:40] I predict that this time, it will be even more than that, meaning we will
[00:22:43] have a historic midterm election where
[00:22:47] foreign relations, which generally
[00:23:17] a big answer. Republicans will receive
[00:23:20] and they will not like this answer. Well, when you say
[00:23:23] that this will be a historic defeat, what do you mean? Because
[00:23:27] mostly US presidents
[00:23:31] in their second
[00:23:33] term have handed over one of the two houses to
[00:23:37] their rivals. So, what I mean is that
[00:23:41] in comparison, we should,
[00:23:44] for example, go back to 1946, when Mr. Truman,
[00:23:47] who was a Democrat, was the only president. At this
[00:23:50] point, well, look, America is a very divided country. There is
[00:23:54] severe bipolarity in America, but given this bipolarity,
[00:23:57] we are seeing these results. At the time of Mr. Truman, for example, in 1946,
[00:24:00] this bipolarity did not exist in America, and he had
[00:24:03] a very low approval rating,
[00:24:07] under 20%, 12%. The only person who is
[00:24:10] lower than Mr. Trump in modern statistics
[00:24:14] is Mr. Truman. Well, he suffered a very big defeat,
[00:24:17] and that alliance that
[00:24:45] will completely reject his war with Iran
[00:24:48] from the public's
[00:25:11] perspective. It works, and I think Republicans will suffer a big defeat this time because of their policies
[00:25:15] regarding Iran. But the big
[00:25:19] issue is that, yes, we only saw such a wave
[00:25:23] in 2006, and I am not talking
[00:25:26] about just one of the houses, both the House and the Senate
[00:25:30] will probably be lost to the Republicans.
[00:25:33] Thank you very much, Mr. Moeini. Artan Moeini, Research Director of the Institute
[00:25:37] for Peace and Diplomacy and foreign policy analyst from Los
[00:25:40] Angeles. We have live footage
[00:25:44] right now of Mr. Trump speaking
[00:25:46] at the Reflecting Pool
[00:25:50] in front of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
[00:25:54] and also in front of the
[00:25:57] Washington
[00:26:00] George Washington Memorial,
[00:26:03] which is next to Congress and also the White House.
[00:26:05] هست.
[00:26:10] But follow the US midterm elections and their results
[00:26:13] moment by moment on BBC Persian Television. The special program
[00:26:17] covering the results of the US midterm elections on BBC Persian
[00:26:20] will start on Wednesday, November 4, at 12 PM
[00:26:24] Tehran time. And to get the latest results,
[00:26:27] we will join our reporters in the US. A close
[00:26:30] race for both houses of Congress. The Democrats' bid
[00:26:34] to control Congress in the midterm elections. The war with
[00:26:38] Iran has significantly increased gasoline and
[00:26:41] diesel prices, and has intensified
[00:26:44] economic pressure on American voters. Will Republicans
[00:26:48] pay the price for Trump's declining popularity? What
[00:26:51] is the impact of this election on the future of America?
[00:26:55] Our analysts will analyze the results and their impact on the war
[00:26:59] with Iran. Also, on the BBC Persian website and social media channels,
[00:27:02] you can also follow the results. Thank you for staying
[00:27:06] with our news sections and our 60-minute program.
[00:28:24] Water and the sufferings of Iranians from it, when
[00:28:28] Tehran's subway destroyed the Mehri Qanat
[00:28:30] in Toopkhaneh.
[00:28:33] We disrupted the physical environment.
[00:28:35] زدیم
[00:28:38] Other hunters are like us, they are also
[00:28:41] unemployed. The same thing happened to Hamoun's
[00:28:45] as happened to our other talibs. The water is salty now,
[00:28:48] because of water shortage, the water became salty. Fish
[00:28:51] like Bani and Gatan no longer
[00:28:54] exist.
[00:28:56] The Karun River was not
[00:28:59] like this. Karun is a mother
[00:29:03] who has suffered and lost, and has benefited Iran, but Iran
[00:29:06] has forgotten it. It is a pity that such beauty is being
[00:29:10] destroyed.
[00:29:17] The season of water with Kaveh Madani
[00:29:19] on Aparat.
[00:29:25] The US midterm elections, a close race for
[00:29:29] both houses of Congress. The Democrats' bid to control
[00:29:33] Congress in the midterm elections. The war with Iran has significantly
[00:29:37] increased gasoline and diesel prices,
[00:29:40] and has intensified economic pressure on American
[00:29:44] voters. Will Republicans pay the price for Trump's
[00:29:47] declining popularity? What is the impact of this election
[00:29:50] on the future of America? Stay with us for our
[00:29:53] comprehensive coverage of the midterm elections from BBC
[00:29:56] Persian.
[00:30:23] Top headlines.
[00:30:25] I can say that we have now reached a two-day plan.
[00:30:28] Tehran's readiness to open the Strait
[00:30:32] of Hormuz in 48 hours. Mohsen Rezaei spoke with Putin.
[00:30:36] Beijing said it supports Iran's right to defend
[00:30:39] itself.
[00:30:45] Controversy in Michigan one day before the midterm elections
[00:30:49] in America. The Democratic representative, with the
[00:30:52] Arab-American candidate of his party, supported
[00:30:55] the Republican candidate.