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[00:01:30] and this independence has become more
[00:01:33] beautiful than ever and we are proud
[00:01:36] of it. We had a lot of problems with the destruction
[00:01:40] of public property. I don't want to talk about
[00:01:43] this issue but I built this pool
[00:01:46] in 192. It is the largest reflective pool
[00:01:50] the size of two Empire State
[00:01:53] buildings. It is extraordinary
[00:01:56] in its vastness. It is one of the landmarks.
[00:02:38] Next to that famous pool which is next to the White House and
[00:02:42] the Capitol building, on one side of this
[00:02:45] pool is the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
[00:02:48] which is a building and on the other side of that pool
[00:02:51] is the George Washington Memorial
[00:02:54] which is a needle-shaped
[00:02:58] side, of course,
[00:03:02] the famous statue of Abraham
[00:03:05] دیگه قرار دادن و در میان اون ها همین استخریست که
[00:03:09] that we see behind Mr. Trump and
[00:03:13] he is also speaking here. Mr. Trump recently
[00:03:16] allocated the budget and they renovated
[00:03:19] this pool. He is referring
[00:03:22] to this issue as an effective measure. Mr. Trump
[00:03:26] also joked that he wants to name this pool.
[00:04:30] People are very excited
[00:04:33] about the plans that the Democrats have announced. The Senate
[00:04:36] for the Democrats, in any case, looks
[00:04:43] war and its consequences affect
[00:04:47] جمهوریخواه ها در این انتخابات اثر گذاشت و روی حالا
[00:04:50] situation that the Democrats have in the polls?
[00:04:53] دارن؟
[00:05:00] I think there are a few things that people need to remember. Look,
[00:05:04] this president's election slogan
[00:05:07] was "War is enough."
[00:05:10] This was one promise among many.
[00:05:21] He waged a war that he wanted and his allies in the Middle East and
[00:05:24] Israel wanted, and we even saw the
[00:05:28] result in the Israeli election.
[00:05:30] The first issue that Americans
[00:05:34] are currently discussing is their own livelihood.
[00:05:37] The Iran war has driven up gasoline prices.
[00:05:41] بالا برده.
[00:05:43] It has raised the prices of food and consumer
[00:05:47] goods in supermarkets, not just because of
[00:05:50] inflation, but also because of the way goods
[00:05:52] and materials are transported around the world.
[00:05:56] Americans are feeling this now,
[00:05:59] and this president and this
[00:06:02] government, this is part of their failures just in the past
[00:06:06] two years. Imagine if the Democrats
[00:06:09] don't have power in Congress for the next two years. What
[00:06:13] disaster will this government bring upon the people? Mr. Trump
[00:06:16] says that he has contained Iran's nuclear
[00:06:19] threat, and he says
[00:06:22] that the price that the American people are
[00:06:25] paying is insignificant compared to the threat that he has removed from
[00:06:29] America.
[00:06:29] کرده.
[00:06:35] Well, we all remember. I don't
[00:06:39] think this president is a historian.
[00:06:43] It wasn't long ago when Barack Obama was the President
[00:06:47] of the United States, and he was the president who entered
[00:06:51] into negotiations with Iran and guaranteed that Iran's hands would not reach
[00:06:55] nuclear weapons. Two years later, Donald Trump comes and tears up
[00:06:58] that agreement, and look at the situation we are in today.
[00:07:01] He is like a bull that has been thrown into a
[00:07:05] glass and crystal shop, and we are constantly trying
[00:07:08] to repair everything that he destroyed.
[00:07:11] People are just beginning to understand that this president, this
[00:07:15] foreign minister, and this defense minister are incompetent
[00:07:18] هستند
[00:07:20] and do not have public
[00:07:23] support. Regarding
[00:07:26] our policy, our strategies around
[00:07:30] the world, this president feels
[00:07:32] that he must break everything and then pretend
[00:07:36] that he wants to fix it, instead of following the path of his
[00:07:40] predecessor. When Mr. Trump came to power
[00:07:43] two years ago, he started a red wave, meaning he conquered
[00:07:47] many states, and many say
[00:07:50] that it was a big failure for the Democrats. Are
[00:07:53] the Democrats in a position
[00:07:57] that defeat?
[00:07:58] بکنند
[00:08:08] I think the Democrats are
[00:08:10] in a position
[00:08:12] to show the future path.
[00:08:15] Anyway, when they
[00:08:18] gain the majority in the Senate,
[00:08:21] this very Los Angeles electoral
[00:08:23] district, Robert Garcia was someone
[00:08:27] who, well, can establish many investigative
[00:08:30] committees so that not only the American people,
[00:08:34] but the world understands how much failure
[00:08:38] and disaster this president
[00:08:41] and this government have brought.
[00:08:44] Then they can make a better decision about who they want to be president in 2028,
[00:08:48] because the strategy that this government has adopted has not
[00:08:52] of their leadership,
[00:08:55] now have this opportunity. We showed this in 2008 with Barack Obama.
[00:08:59] We saw then how the Democrats
[00:09:03] managed national security, governance, and
[00:09:07] relations with our allies,
[00:09:54] midterm elections, the shadow of war over Iran has become heavier than ever.
[00:09:57] Coinciding with reports of new military actions being discussed
[00:10:01] in Washington, the tone of Islamic Republic officials has also become sharper,
[00:10:05] speaking of responses beyond Iran's borders. Some
[00:10:08] American media reported that Tehran is trying to influence
[00:10:12] Donald Trump's calculations
[00:10:16] economic and political pressure. Meanwhile, indirect negotiations between
[00:10:19] the two countries are still ongoing. Farin Asemi reports.
[00:10:22] دهد.
[00:10:26] A new war threat, this time perhaps more widespread.
[00:10:29] The language of threat inside Iran has also become sharper.
[00:10:32] Coinciding with a new round of consultations,
[00:10:36] news agencies say that Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic,
[00:10:39] has met with military commanders. In his attributed
[00:10:43] statements, he has not appeared in public for 8 months, it is stated
[00:10:47] that in case of an attack by the US and Israel, the armed forces
[00:10:50] must respond to any threat immediately and without geographical limitations,
[00:10:54] and... all types of material and non-material assets of the US and
[00:10:58] Israel should be within the range of the armed forces. In
[00:11:01] England, in Italy, in Portugal, in
[00:11:04] Germany, in some other countries, they have set up their bases
[00:11:07] for planes to be bombed there
[00:11:11] and then drop them on the Iranian nation. This
[00:11:14] is the naked truth of the story. Such
[00:11:18] crime. Removing
[00:11:21] geographical restrictions,
[00:11:26] for our fighters, our nation,
[00:11:30] and foreign parties and our
[00:11:33] This means
[00:11:36] that our war, if it starts,
[00:11:39] will not be a regional
[00:11:42] But even if there is talk of the necessity of changing
[00:11:46] the doctrine and building an atomic bomb, this
[00:11:50] is the demand of our dear nation. We are facing
[00:11:53] a national demand. This is not the demand of
[00:11:57] a specific group. Dr. Mohsen Rezaei,
[00:12:00] the secretary, although the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has said that no
[00:12:04] official decision has been made to change the doctrine. The Iranian
[00:12:07] nation has demands.
[00:12:10] They are looking for a logic.
[00:12:14] After all, they see the enemy has attacked all our nuclear facilities.
[00:12:18] For what reason did they attack? We
[00:12:20] passed all the agency's
[00:12:24] inspections. We gave positive responses. We helped
[00:12:27] them to come and inspect. They didn't have cameras in all our sites
[00:12:30] so that all the events inside
[00:12:34] our sites would immediately go to the center
[00:12:37] of the International
[00:12:40] Agency.
[00:12:42] Therefore, when people see these things, naturally their demand from us is
[00:12:46] why do you want to continue this? Iran's nuclear
[00:12:49] doctrine should change, but
[00:12:51] officially, or suppose
[00:12:55] there has been a meeting of the Supreme National Security Council or a decision
[00:12:59] has been made by the cabinet. Of course, our
[00:13:02] friends in parliament are apparently
[00:13:05] doing some preliminary
[00:13:08] work, but no governmental decision
[00:13:12] has been made yet. The Washington Post quoted Iranian
[00:13:15] officials as saying that Tehran wants to increase the cost of war for Trump
[00:13:19] and Republicans by keeping oil prices high.
[00:13:23] دهد.
[00:13:25] Reuters also reported that the Islamic Republic is trying to prevent
[00:13:28] a political victory for Donald Trump before the midterm
[00:13:32] congressional elections by prolonging
[00:13:34] negotiations.
[00:13:39] But in Washington, the option of war is also on the table.
[00:13:42] The Associated Press reported that the US has warned
[00:13:46] its regional allies about the possibility of new attacks after the elections,
[00:13:50] but Trump says he has not yet made a final decision.
[00:13:53] Peace be upon you. Meanwhile, mediators are still trying
[00:13:57] to reach an agreement, but differences remain.
[00:14:00] Tehran says these elections will not affect
[00:14:04] its decisions. But international media reports
[00:14:07] indicate different calculations.
[00:14:11] Farin Hasemi, BBC.
[00:14:14] Babak Darbiki, analyst of Iranian political issues from London, is with us. Mr.
[00:14:18] Darbiki, the Iranian government has placed
[00:14:21] great hope in the outcome of the midterm elections.
[00:14:28] First, we need to consider one point: Donald Trump, in any case, said two or three months ago that
[00:14:32] the war would end immediately after the
[00:14:35] elections. I don't think
[00:14:38] the importance that the Islamic
[00:14:41] Republic attaches to this statement is due to its veracity
[00:14:45] trust in Trump.
[00:14:48] The issue is that with this statement,
[00:14:51] Trump has, in fact, intentionally or unintentionally, given himself a political
[00:14:55] think that, in any case, the
[00:14:58] Islamic Republic will also change its calculations
[00:15:02] based on this timeline. Its logic is that I don't want
[00:15:06] to, for example, ignore these things and, with some
[00:15:09] of the words that are now being repeated by some, that America
[00:15:13] is an eternal enemy whether you make peace with it or not, unless
[00:15:16] with that viewpoint. But if we want to proceed
[00:15:19] with the logic of
[00:15:23] these calculations are different. And
[00:15:26] also, when Trump makes
[00:15:29] a public commitment with this statement,
[00:15:33] he is actually doing something so that after
[00:15:36] the elections, he can no longer put his decisions behind
[00:15:40] the electoral calendar. He must, in any case, fulfill his promise quickly.
[00:15:43] That is, he has a heavy political capital if
[00:15:47] he doesn't want to do that. In this commitment trap that Trump
[00:15:50] has created, whether intentionally
[00:15:53] Republic has calculated this. That is, in a
[00:15:56] psychological and logical assessment
[00:16:00] that has prevailed in Tehran, they say that after the elections,
[00:16:03] at least 72 hours to perhaps even one or two
[00:16:06] weeks, there will be a better, more open
[00:16:10] space for them to move towards new decisions
[00:16:13] or play new cards. But look, what
[00:16:17] is important is that the Islamic Republic
[00:16:20] is not waiting for a miracle or a radical
[00:16:23] change in US foreign policy.
[00:16:27] I think Iran is not waiting for a miracle, but
[00:16:31] it is waiting for friction in the power
[00:16:34] structure in America. Therefore, it has calculated more on that. In my opinion.
[00:16:37] So you mean that if the Democrats
[00:16:41] come to power, at least take control of two houses, and
[00:16:45] they get into conflict and controversy
[00:16:47] against Mr. Trump and get busy
[00:16:51] with each other, is that what you mean?
[00:16:54] Look, one issue is that this is the first time
[00:16:58] we are facing a situation where foreign
[00:17:01] policy is determining US domestic policy. Well, that's a very
[00:17:05] important point. And then the issue is that, in any case, Israel is also
[00:17:08] in the same, to the same extent, in a state of almost
[00:17:12] uncertainty. If we assume that, in any case,
[00:17:15] a part of Congress
[00:17:18] comes under the control of the Democrats, or if the Democrats
[00:17:22] of the tools of power,
[00:17:26] then, in any case, the speed of the decision-making
[00:17:29] machine in Washington can be slowed down
[00:17:33] by oversight and budgetary tools. This slowing down in
[00:17:36] a battle...
[00:17:42] the Islamic Republic and to be able to play its cards more and also
[00:17:46] to be able to better
[00:17:49] assess the situation. Look, this is a kind of strategic
[00:17:52] breathing room for the Islamic Republic,
[00:17:56] but look at this, keep this point
[00:17:58] in mind: This behavior that they have adopted
[00:18:02] is not about a position of power, meaning, in my opinion,
[00:18:05] it is managing the limitations that it
[00:18:09] is facing, and it is making decisions based on that.
[00:18:13] I think if the Democrats can take control of a large part
[00:18:17] of power, Trump will be forced to focus a part
[00:18:20] of his time, when he actually directs his attention inwards,
[00:18:24] and the Islamic Republic will also consider
[00:18:27] بردن هزینه برای ترامپ رو هم بیشتر در نظر
[00:18:30] In this case, thank you very much, Mr.
[00:18:34] Darbiki. Babak Darbiki, political
[00:18:43] Director at the Peace and Diplomacy Institute, foreign relations
[00:18:46] analyst from Los Angeles, is also with us. Mr. Moeini, when
[00:18:50] we talk about polls, we need to be very cautious,
[00:18:53] but the polls, at least so far, are not
[00:18:57] very favorable to Republicans or to Mr. Trump. In your opinion, what
[00:19:01] is the main factor that led to this situation?
[00:19:04] What do you think?
[00:19:15] the main issue is that Mr. Trump had made a series of promises.
[00:19:18] He had an election campaign
[00:19:22] in 2024 about ending the war
[00:19:26] and especially improving
[00:19:30] people's financial situation,
[00:19:32] to make people's financial situation better, to solve the
[00:19:35] crisis of goods
[00:19:38] and so on, and in both areas, due
[00:19:42] to the war with Iran, he has not succeeded, and well, many
[00:19:46] Americans, many voters, especially
[00:19:50] independents, but even those who had actually
[00:19:53] supported him
[00:19:56] in the
[00:19:59] past, their feeling is that he has betrayed them and
[00:20:02] their votes, and it is very likely that they will not
[00:20:06] participate this time. They will not vote, they will not come
[00:20:09] to the polls, and this will cause Mr. Trump
[00:20:12] to have a very weak chance
[00:20:15] for his party, the Republicans,
[00:20:18] to succeed this time, and I predict that
[00:20:22] the Democrats will win the US Senate tomorrow. Mr.
[00:20:25] Moeini, well, it has become a bit
[00:20:29] difficult to predict the US elections
[00:20:32] based on polls because in the past,
[00:20:35] polls also predicted things that didn't
[00:20:39] turn out to be true. Why is that? The same thing happened
[00:20:42] with the Israeli elections. For example, many thought that Mr.
[00:20:46] Netanyahu should have much more.
[00:21:22] But in America, the situation is different. In America,
[00:21:24] it is true that in past polls,
[00:21:28] especially concerning Mr. Trump's vote,
[00:21:32] we had statistical problems with these stories, but
[00:21:36] this time it will not be like that, in my opinion. One, because Mr. Trump has faced
[00:21:39] many problems among his supporters and those who voted for him.
[00:21:43] He has not lost 30-35%
[00:21:46] but for example, those who joined his coalition,
[00:21:50] those under 45 years old, those
[00:21:53] who actually consider themselves part of the working
[00:21:56] class, those who, I say, for economic reasons, believed
[00:22:00] that Mr. Trump would solve America's economic problems,
[00:22:03] that belief has been lost with his selfish
[00:22:06] war, this war with Iran, which was a completely
[00:22:10] unwise war, and well,
[00:22:13] the problems that exist are that now many of them
[00:22:17] will probably not come to the polls.
[00:22:33] Republicans or Democrats usually had a resemblance
[00:22:37] to what we saw in the
[00:22:39] statistics, but I predict that this time it will be even much
[00:22:43] more than ever. I mean, we will have a historic midterm election
[00:22:47] where foreign relations, which are generally
[00:22:50] not that important in US elections, will directly
[00:22:54] and indirectly, due to the price of goods,
[00:22:58] due to the price of diesel, due to the price of goods, due to
[00:23:01] excessive inflation, due to all these reasons, have caused
[00:23:04] this to be an election, a
[00:23:08] referendum on America's war in
[00:23:11] Iran and on Mr. Trump's foreign policy, which
[00:23:14] has affected the American people. Well,
[00:23:18] probably a big answer will
[00:23:21] be received by the Republicans, and they won't like this answer. Well, when you say
[00:23:25] that this will be a historic defeat, what do you mean? Because
[00:23:29] most US presidents in their
[00:23:32] second term
[00:23:35] concede one of the two houses to their rivals.
[00:23:38] I mean that
[00:23:42] we have to go back to 1946
[00:23:46] when Mr. Truman, who was a Democrat, was the only president who,
[00:23:50] at this point, well, you see, America is a very divided country. There is a strong
[00:23:53] bipolarity in America, but given this bipolarity, we are seeing
[00:23:57] these results. In Mr. Truman's time, for example, in '46, this bipolarity
[00:24:01] did not exist in America, and he had a very
[00:24:05] low approval rating,
[00:24:08] under 20%, perhaps 12%. The only
[00:24:12] one who is lower than Mr. Trump in modern polls
[00:24:16] is Mr. Truman, and he suffered a very big defeat, and that
[00:24:55] and now if after that Mr. Trump continues his war
[00:24:59] and, for the sake of his legacy, so that he doesn't
[00:25:03] suffer this defeat, even wants to fight
[00:25:06] likely because Mr. Trump has nothing
[00:25:09] left to lose, but Mr. Trump works for himself, and
[00:25:13] I think Republicans this time will suffer a big defeat because of the policies
[00:25:17] they had regarding Iran, but well.
[00:25:20] The big issue is that yes, we only saw such
[00:25:23] a wave in 2006, and I don't mean
[00:25:27] only one of the houses, both the House and the Senate
[00:25:31] will probably be lost by the Republicans. Thank
[00:25:35] you very much, Mr. Moeini. Artan Moeini, Research Director at the Peace and Diplomacy
[00:25:39] Institute and foreign relations analyst
[00:25:42] from Los Angeles, with us. We have live images right now
[00:25:45] of Mr. Trump speaking in the area
[00:25:50] or the area or the pool
[00:25:53] in front of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial and also
[00:25:56] in front of the Washington
[00:25:58] Memorial.
[00:26:04] It is next to the Congress and also the White House.
[00:26:07] هست
[00:26:11] But follow the US midterm elections and their results moment by moment
[00:26:15] on BBC Persian Television. The special program
[00:26:18] covering the results of the US midterm elections on BBC Persian will start
[00:26:22] on Wednesday, November 4th, at 12 PM Iran
[00:26:26] time, and for the latest results, we will join our correspondents
[00:26:29] in the US. A close
[00:26:33] race for both houses of Congress. The Democrats' bid to control
[00:26:37] Congress in the midterm elections. The war with Iran has significantly
[00:26:41] increased gasoline and diesel prices and intensified
[00:26:44] economic pressure on American voters. Will
[00:26:48] Republicans pay the price for Trump's declining
[00:26:51] popularity? What is the impact of these elections on America's
[00:26:55] future? Our analysts will provide
[00:26:58] an analysis of the results and their impact on the Iran war. Also, on the website
[00:27:02] and on BBC Persian's social media channels, you can follow
[00:27:06] the results. Thank you for being with our news segments and also
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[00:28:00] The water and suffering of Iranians. When
[00:28:04] I take the Tehran Metro, the shrine that is destroyed
[00:28:07] in Toopkhaneh, we have disrupted
[00:28:11] the physical environment.
[00:28:15] Other fishermen are like us. They are also
[00:28:18] unemployed. The same disaster has befallen
[00:28:21] the Hamouns as has befallen our other wetlands. It's saline
[00:28:25] because water is scarce, the water became saline. Boni and
[00:28:29] Gatan fish no longer exist.
[00:28:32] The sea, the Karun was not like this.
[00:28:35] The Karun, a wronged
[00:28:39] and grieving mother, has benefited Iran, but Iran
[00:28:43] has forgotten it. Isn't it a shame that beauty
[00:28:47] is disappearing?
[00:28:53] Water season with Kaveh Madani on
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[00:30:25] Breaking news.
[00:30:27] I can say that we have now reached a two-day plan.
[00:30:30] Tehran announces
[00:30:32] readiness to open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours. Mohsen Rezaei spoke
[00:30:36] with Putin. Beijing said it supports
[00:30:40] Iran's right
[00:30:41] to defense.
[00:30:47] Commotion in Michigan one day before the midterm elections
[00:30:51] in the US. A Democratic representative supported
[00:30:54] the Republican candidate, abandoning
[00:30:57] her party's Arab-American candidate.
[00:31:01] Supermarket refrigerators hacked.