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[00:00:00] and economic pressure and declared Iran's oil must belong
[00:00:04] to Iran. The oil industry was nationalized. Two years
[00:00:07] later, a coup backed directly by the United States and Britain
[00:00:11] overthrew his government. Mosadeg was removed from power and
[00:00:15] spent the remaining years of his life in imprisonment and house
[00:00:18] of arrest, but one demand could no longer be erased. Iran's wealth
[00:00:22] must remain
[00:00:23] of in Iranian hands, land,
[00:00:26] water, oil. But now the issue is... no
[00:00:30] longer only land, water, or oil, it is something greater
[00:00:34] than all
[00:00:34] of them, independence. The question of who has the
[00:00:37] of right to decide Iran's future. In June, 2025,
[00:00:41] the United States directly attacked Iran's nuclear facilities,
[00:00:45] and since February 2026, Iran has been engaged in
[00:00:49] direct military
[00:00:50] of confrontation with the United States and Israel. For months,
[00:00:54] military and economic pressure has continued, but Iran has never
[00:00:58] been willing to trade its independent. for temporary peace,
[00:01:01] bows, arrows and horses have given way to launchers,
[00:01:05] missiles, tanks, drones
[00:01:09] of and of fighter
[00:01:10] of jets,
[00:01:11] of but the blood of arash still runs through Iranian
[00:01:15] veins, and now let us return to the same question, where did
[00:01:19] arash's arrow land? the arrow flew more
[00:01:22] of than a thous kilometers all the way to the banks
[00:01:25] of the oxis river, arash lost his
[00:01:27] life, but he did not... allow the enemy to decide
[00:01:31] Iran's and that
[00:01:32] of legacy passed from one and that legacy passed from one generation to the
[00:01:36] next. An Iranian may give his life for his
[00:01:40] homeland and independence, but he will never surrender their fate to
[00:01:44] foreign
[00:01:44] power.
[00:02:03] a
[00:02:04] of
[00:02:12] Good evening, Iran says the United States has failed to achieve its
[00:02:15] objectives through military confrontation and is now relying on economic
[00:02:19] pressure to force Terran into submission. In an exclusive
[00:02:23] interview with Press TV secretary of Iban Supreme National
[00:02:27] Security Council, Major General Mossenre. has declared that the
[00:02:31] end
[00:02:31] of the confrontation will depend on Iran's demands being met.
[00:02:35] He has also placed the straight of hormos at the center
[00:02:37] of the crisis, arguing that Washington itself is responsible
[00:02:41] for the continuing instability surrounding this vital
[00:02:45] waterway. While the United
[00:02:47] of States maintains that maritime
[00:02:48] of traffic must remain open, Iran insists that the situation cannot be
[00:02:52] separated from the blockade of its ports
[00:02:55] of and the broader military confrontation. Razay has gone
[00:02:59] further warning. the renewed American attack could trigger retaliation
[00:03:02] against major US-linked assets, including data centers
[00:03:06] and artificial intelligence infrastructure in the region,
[00:03:10] so is Washington confronting a strategic stalemate and
[00:03:14] how much leverage does Tabbon now possess? What does the
[00:03:18] in of struggle over
[00:03:22] a of Hormus reveal about the balance of power, and are both sides moving towards a
[00:03:22] of negotiated settlement or
[00:03:24] of preparing for another round of escalation? Welcome to spotlight, I am
[00:03:28] Bahman Roy,
[00:03:29] of allow me to... introduced my
[00:03:30] guests.
[00:03:34] Mr. Resoved, the academic researcher and author joining us from
[00:03:38] Moscot
[00:03:43] of and Sayid Muaz Shah, international law
[00:03:46] a expert and geopolitical analyst joining us from
[00:03:49] Geneva. Very good to have you both gentlemen on
[00:03:52] this spotlight
[00:03:53] of show. of I'm going to start the conversation with you,
[00:03:56] of Mr. Rey, the general said that the United. has suffered
[00:04:01] of repeated defeats and turned into economic warf
[00:04:04] now, what strategic objective has
[00:04:07] of Washington failed to achieve, and how should we measure the outcome of
[00:04:11] this
[00:04:11] of confrontation?
[00:04:12] of we have to look at the history of Iran. Iran
[00:04:15] has militarily in the last 150, militarily in the last
[00:04:19] 150, maybe even 200
[00:04:21] of years. The reason being is, even though before the revolution during the time
[00:04:25] of of of the show, Iran
[00:04:26] of may have had more at that time modern technology for.
[00:04:30] for the time they had uh sold to it by the United States, it was still
[00:04:34] reliant a foreign power to supply military capabilities and even
[00:04:37] possibly training for its military. now Iran is
[00:04:41] completely independent, there is this discussion about Iran getting support
[00:04:45] and assistance from China and Russia, but we can't forget that under the
[00:04:49] leadership of Imam
[00:04:51] of Khamaini and then Khamenei, Iran
[00:04:53] of managed to develop native industrial
[00:04:57] of complex for creating military equipment. that serves the
[00:05:01] Iranian people a much
[00:05:03] of fraction
[00:05:03] of the price that the arabs, the saudis for example are paying to the Americans
[00:05:07] and
[00:05:08] to the Europeans, so Iran,
[00:05:10] of so general when he speaks... He's speaking from a
[00:05:13] place where he had experienced the Iraq war with Iran didn't have
[00:05:17] support or the military equipment, but now Iran has that
[00:05:21] capability and is projecting that power and has demonstrated it to the United
[00:05:25] States and the world that it can defend itself, and now United States is not the
[00:05:29] same power it was in 1990 when it the Persian gulf war when it
[00:05:32] attacked and took um attacked Saddam to
[00:05:36] force Saddam out of Kuwait, the US military
[00:05:40] is completely weakened, it's hallowed out. from the inside, its
[00:05:44] navy is not the same navy, and so Iran is able to not
[00:05:47] only stand toe
[00:05:48] to toe with the United States and all of its allies, we don't forget that it's not just United
[00:05:52] States, it's Israel, it's the Europeans, is these arab countries all supporting
[00:05:56] the United States to attack Iran, but it's managed to defeat it
[00:05:59] militarily, and so then what other card do the United States
[00:06:03] have is this use of um economic
[00:06:07] warfare, and just final point, the economic warfare, we must not forget
[00:06:11] that have has been used again. Iran since 1979, the Islamic
[00:06:15] revolution, and now it's its height of pressure that it's being
[00:06:19] placed on Iran, so the United States was not able to
[00:06:22] through political and internal divisions and
[00:06:26] riots try to dislodge the Iranian government and system, and it
[00:06:30] couldn't do it through militarily, now it's trying to put all of its might and
[00:06:33] pressure, however the issue is the Iran isn't the Iran
[00:06:37] of 10, 15 years ago where the sanctions would have impacted Iran more, Iran now
[00:06:41] is more integrated. with China and Russia and other countries and the power
[00:06:45] the sanctions are also waining because less people want to listen to the
[00:06:49] United States and follow its dictator. Right, Sad Maz
[00:06:52] Shah, um, Washington continues to rely on
[00:06:56] sanctions and now this naval blockade of Iranian ports. Does this
[00:07:00] shift suggest that military pressure has failed against iran
[00:07:02] or does Washington believe that economic warfare
[00:07:06] still can make some change to the strategic balance
[00:07:09] here? Oh, thank you for having. mean, I think that's a very
[00:07:13] important question, I think the element of lack of military
[00:07:17] operation, I think Trump is trying to avoid some sort of mishap
[00:07:21] that may happen right before the mid-term election, so I think the military
[00:07:25] escalation is politically motivated to avoid
[00:07:29] simply because he doesn't want another disaster that's happened, and there's been quite a few
[00:07:33] disasters militarily by the United States, as we remember
[00:07:36] that the helicopters and the planes that were lost,
[00:07:40] so there
[00:07:41] the that's why I think... they're trying to avoid military escalation, still trying to
[00:07:45] attempt to put pressure on Iran economically. now to say those
[00:07:49] economic sanctions or those economic measures are actually having impact
[00:07:53] is questionable, yes they're having some impact, but
[00:07:57] is it enough to make a strategic change the Iranian resolve?
[00:08:01] absolutely not, and i think that's something that Iran has proven itself since the
[00:08:04] revolution of 1979, the resilience the Iranian
[00:08:08] people, the Iranian state is much more stronger than just -
[00:08:12] this type of confrontation for something like this, for
[00:08:16] something like this, and I think that straight of hormos is
[00:08:20] illustration of this dilemma, if you if you actually look at it from
[00:08:24] economic perspective, what actually has happened is
[00:08:28] yes, maybe perhaps the flow is not entirely
[00:08:31] ended, but it's not entirely closed either, so one the
[00:08:35] questions is, but the element the insurance cost, the
[00:08:39] cost to move that oil products out there. has increased,
[00:08:43] which is putting domestic pressure and on the markets.
[00:08:46] now if we go back to the Islamabad mou, what's very important to
[00:08:50] remember is that it was agreed that Iran would first try to
[00:08:54] move on it through its element, and it has been talking to the government of
[00:08:57] oman to set up some sort of corridor to allow transit of pass, so it's been working
[00:09:01] its part, whereas on the other side, the United States that agreed to
[00:09:05] release the economic pressures, which unfortunately has not happened, it
[00:09:09] has only double, so I mean if we look at it independently. "I understand there was a
[00:09:13] breakdown the MOU, but in principle, what was discussed is
[00:09:17] that these are going to be the initial steps. Unfortunately, the United States has
[00:09:20] not and has went back against it, and I don't know what the what the
[00:09:24] future holds, but if there's going to be any reasonable deal, we have to go back
[00:09:28] to those words that were exchanged with the mou to try to see if there's some sort of
[00:09:32] resolution that can come out of this. Right, Mr. Vedudi, um, the
[00:09:35] Americans keep boasting about the effectiveness their sanctions
[00:09:39] and the blockade, they're talking about trying even..." try to uh
[00:09:43] close terrestrial lands um land roads that Iran has with
[00:09:47] Pakistan and Turkey and and and that sort of stuff, at the same
[00:09:50] time we keep hearing rumors and speculations about another round
[00:09:54] of confrontation and another full military aggression by
[00:09:58] the Americans, the Israelis or both, so what does that tell us about the
[00:10:02] effectiveness the well,
[00:10:05] this is just demonst, well this is just demonstrates the United
[00:10:09] States uh um kind of dead end that they are at.
[00:10:12] that they are using narrative control to control the
[00:10:16] um the price of oil and they're also trying to use
[00:10:20] psychological pressure on Iran and the neighbors of Iran
[00:10:23] to constantly threaten Iran with another
[00:10:27] uh start of rounds of kinetic action and
[00:10:31] war and then this way they trying to demoralize the Iranian
[00:10:34] citizens and we can see the only country
[00:10:37] in the world in history that has had over 200 days every single day
[00:10:40] Iranian since the war has started have come out if you remember the beginning the war during the
[00:10:44] bombings and come out and in protest of in support
[00:10:48] the government and they've been doing this every single night ever
[00:10:52] since the war started on the 28th of February. so they trying
[00:10:56] to break down this morale that the Iranians have, the 30 million
[00:10:59] people that signed up to defend their country, and all these other things we've
[00:11:03] seen on social media that Iranian women are learning how to defend
[00:11:07] using weapons and men and so forth and so on, so they're trying to demoralize
[00:11:11] the population, because they know the only way that the United States and its allies can
[00:11:15] defeat Iran is only when the Iranian people, the citizens, they
[00:11:19] then decide that they're defeated, right? sayid marz, Iran is
[00:11:23] tight and end to the conference. to demands including an end to the
[00:11:27] blockade and the release of Iranian frozen assets, what would a
[00:11:31] credible agreement need to contain, and which side currently
[00:11:35] faces greater pressure to compromise?
[00:11:39] yeah, no, that's a very good point, i think this shows the constructiveness of
[00:11:42] Iran still in this situation with the whole disaster
[00:11:46] that happened with Israel and the United States and collapsing the first
[00:11:50] mou, is that they mentioned these seven points that you that you
[00:11:54] that you into that in your question, and I think this with Kathy
[00:11:58] intermediaries and and those elements, the United States has a
[00:12:02] framework, and I think that's important that Tehran is still offering a
[00:12:05] framework to come within negotiation, and then at the same
[00:12:09] time still making its independent efforts through regional
[00:12:12] partners like Oman to reopen the straight, so it shows constructive
[00:12:16] ability. On the other side, unfortunately, we are not seeing that, we are
[00:12:20] seeing rhetoric that still is symbolic of
[00:12:24] unquestionable. attacking Iran its economic
[00:12:26] pressure and threats of military even attacks, but we
[00:12:30] know that that probably the likeliness of that happen before midterm
[00:12:34] is unlikely, so I think the framework is there, and those seven
[00:12:38] points that are that were mentioned gives us an idea that even though
[00:12:41] negotiations have collapsed, there is some elements there for us to
[00:12:45] build this negotiated settlement on, and that's the only way this is going to
[00:12:49] end, United States thinks that economic pressure on Iran is
[00:12:53] going to change the the... dynamics and move towards a different political
[00:12:57] settlement, that is unlikely and very unlikely that's going to bring
[00:13:00] any success and if anything I think Trump is more
[00:13:04] likely to be benefiting from the seasowing oil
[00:13:07] prices that unfortunately him and some of his close
[00:13:11] circle have been benefiting from
[00:13:13] the from the stock market and that evidence is also present so there's that
[00:13:17] questioning of that as well that perhaps president Trump maybe for
[00:13:21] other reasons is still keeping this conflict on t
[00:13:25] because there's still the market to play, perhaps
[00:13:29] we'll see, but it does have negative domestic impact, global
[00:13:33] impact, which I think the elections
[00:13:35] are are going to be paying for it if he doesn't come up with some sort of reasonable solution
[00:13:39] before that. Mr. Vadadi, general insis that the
[00:13:43] end the confrontation is in Iran's hands and that resistance
[00:13:47] will continue until Iran's demands are met, what leverage does
[00:13:51] Tehran um possess at this moment and how realistic is.
[00:13:55] this position given the cost to both
[00:13:57] sides? we know that Iran, one of its major
[00:14:01] leverages is the straight of hormos and how much it
[00:14:05] allows oil or any other commodity, resources,
[00:14:09] gas, so forth to leave that region. we all also know that Iran is
[00:14:12] capable of supporting the ansarah yemini government, and if it
[00:14:16] does that, that would devastate the whole region on that side of west
[00:14:20] Asia, there's no way in the world the saudis could be able to defend against a
[00:14:24] support. uh from Iran for for the Yemenis on
[00:14:28] that side, which will close then the Babande, which will prevent
[00:14:31] even other commodities and shapes to
[00:14:34] transit through the uh Babel Mandib, red sea and then
[00:14:38] through the the Suis canal which is
[00:14:42] joining the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, but then
[00:14:46] also the other issue is Iran can put great amount of pressure, can
[00:14:50] put great amount of pressure on the um on
[00:14:54] the groups that are... in Iraq that I've been set up to
[00:14:57] cause problems for Iran. Iran can put great pressure on Syria
[00:15:01] and has warned Syria that if Syria goes towards close to
[00:15:04] attacking Lebanon or Hizbollah that Iran will
[00:15:08] attack Syria with missiles. So Iran has this is the
[00:15:12] military capabilities are vast for Iran that Iran has never used
[00:15:16] and
[00:15:16] we know that because many the leadership in Iran stated that they only
[00:15:20] used 20 to 30% their military capability when they were
[00:15:24] fighting in the... round in Ramadan war, so that's
[00:15:28] one aspect of Iran, but then if Iran decides to completely cut any
[00:15:31] oil coming from that from this region, then instead the small
[00:15:35] amount that comes out now on the... Iranian control, that would
[00:15:39] devastate not just the US economy, but the world economy, so Iran
[00:15:43] has great number of leverage and pressure points that he can use,
[00:15:47] but it also wants to be smart in how and he uses it, because it doesn't want to
[00:15:50] hurt and damage his allies such as China, such as Brazil,
[00:15:54] such as Pakistan or South Africa, so it's trying
[00:15:58] to play play a long-term smart game of
[00:16:02] putting pressure on the United States and its allies, but less its own
[00:16:06] allies. Right said, staying with the economic side of
[00:16:09] this, well, of course
[00:16:11] we know that the confrontation has and and andy stalemate after that
[00:16:15] has disrupted energy markets around the world, raised shipping cost and
[00:16:19] intensified economic uncertainty, is Washington
[00:16:22] underestimating the consequences for the global
[00:16:25] economy, and could the international cost the crisis
[00:16:29] ultimately strengthen Iran's position in the
[00:16:32] negotiations, any potential ones? Absolutely,
[00:16:36] absolutely, I think you really. hit it on the nose there with that point,
[00:16:40] militarily, as my colleague mentioned, Iran does have capabilities, we do know
[00:16:44] that, but I think the strongest part of what Iran has
[00:16:48] is the economic factor, the United States can impose
[00:16:51] enormous cost on Iran definitely to these sanctions and they are felt, it's not
[00:16:55] like
[00:16:55] they aren't, but it cannot escape the economic
[00:16:59] consequences the instability in the Persian gulf, which is of
[00:17:02] course started by its own actions with Israel when they
[00:17:06] started that campaign. "the real test of economic power
[00:17:10] is not how much damage you can inflict on your adversary,
[00:17:14] but whether the pressure can produce a sustainable political
[00:17:17] settlement, that is what Iran has been able to do with the straight of hormos
[00:17:20] and that has been the achiles hill against the
[00:17:24] United States,
[00:17:26] and so when
[00:17:26] we look at this, Iran does have that, so when general has made that statement,
[00:17:30] he's absolutely right, the cards are in Iran's hands, cards
[00:17:34] are in Iran's hands and the straight of hor moves is..." that key
[00:17:38] even even if some oil flow is happening, what people don't realize
[00:17:42] is that the insurance cost, the shipping cost that all get added
[00:17:45] on cost increase energy-wise across the globe, and it
[00:17:49] impacts not only the United States but Europe and the rest
[00:17:53] of Asia and the world, and so this is something that Iran was
[00:17:57] able to demonstrate that really surprised Israel and the United States
[00:18:01] and to be honest, there isn't any real counter that they
[00:18:05] have other than negotiated settlement. which Iran has presented
[00:18:08] a very seven-point program that I think goes
[00:18:12] back to reflect on the mou that was initially agreed and something that
[00:18:16] they were negotiating with the United States prior to this conflict, but the
[00:18:20] problem is that as Iran has stated again and again, as they said
[00:18:24] in Switzerland as well, we want to see sincere partners who want to
[00:18:28] negotiate, but not someone who wants to negotiate on the
[00:18:31] surface and then attack us in the back, and that's unfortunately what's been
[00:18:35] going on, so the... is that lack of trust that
[00:18:39] I think Iran is trying to build with partners like Pakistan who are
[00:18:43] assisting in the process and Qatar and Turkey but the United States
[00:18:47] has to show that and I think the leadership
[00:18:49] in the United States is also a little bit split as we know JD Vans
[00:18:53] has a little bit different stance than some the other people in the cabinet and I think that's
[00:18:57] something that's problematic where Trump's maybe personal interest or
[00:19:01] the various parties internally are suggesting to
[00:19:04] Israel some other alternative that maybe be more destructive for the United
[00:19:08] States, and so Trump has to ask himself, what's good for
[00:19:12] the United States, what's good for the mid-term elections and negotiated
[00:19:16] solution is the only thing that he can go for, unfortunately he's going to have to
[00:19:20] backtrack some the stuff that he used to say about Obama's deal, but
[00:19:24] that's the reality that he's going to
[00:19:26] have to face, because Iran has shown the achiles hill is the straight of
[00:19:30] hormones, right? Mr. Verdad, the Persian golf states, you're based
[00:19:34] in one them, they depend on stable maritime trade. and
[00:19:37] energy exports, yet the confrontation increasingly threatens
[00:19:41] regional security, how much continued pressure on Iran
[00:19:45] and instability around Turmus affect the calculations the
[00:19:49] likes the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and other regional
[00:19:52] actors? Well, the the thing is with these
[00:19:56] countries that you mentioned in the Persian Gulf, many them
[00:20:00] are really there to serve the best interest the United States and its
[00:20:04] allies and even UK. These countries didn't exist, for example. uae, there
[00:20:08] was no UAE in 1970, it was a group
[00:20:11] of tribes that were brought together by the British, and
[00:20:15] then Qatar were created Qatar and then Kuwait and UAE
[00:20:19] and these countries, so they don't really have that
[00:20:23] much say on what happens in the sense that when the United
[00:20:27] States for example attacked Iran, they not really seek their
[00:20:30] consent or permission or even consultation, even
[00:20:34] though all the bases for the United States were in these countries. and they
[00:20:38] were paying for these bases and these bases were there to defend them, these bases were
[00:20:42] not able to defend these arab countries, not only that, but if these bases
[00:20:46] were not there, the arab countries
[00:20:47] were not been attacked, so if these arab countries. had not enabled the United
[00:20:51] States to attack Iran, use its locations and its
[00:20:54] facilities and its you know jet fuels to attack
[00:20:58] Iran. Iran would have not attacked it, because you
[00:21:00] can see Oman was not attacked, why? because Oman didn't participate in enabling
[00:21:04] United States in Israel and its allies to attack Iran, so these countries
[00:21:08] unfortunately we would have thought logically if you're thinking as
[00:21:12] an analyst that what has happened demonstrates that
[00:21:15] it's best that they remove themselves from the conflict between Iran and the United
[00:21:19] States. ask United States to uh take their bases away,
[00:21:23] take all their military equipment away so they so they become safe, however
[00:21:27] what they've done is double down, we can see how Saudi Arabia is doubling
[00:21:30] down, attacking the Yemenis, the richest arab
[00:21:34] country is attacking the poorest arab country and and killing civilians
[00:21:37] and we see the UAE had attacked Sudan and other countries and
[00:21:41] interfered in Yemen and in Syria and all these Arab countries had interfered in
[00:21:45] Syria and caused and we can see the end result in Syria and
[00:21:49] Libya so. "I think they have become so
[00:21:52] embedded, sorry, so wedded to the United States and its
[00:21:55] elites that they find it hard to look at the logical outcome the
[00:21:59] progression their policies that will bring destruction to them, and it's
[00:22:03] unfortunate that it may be the the case may be that if they continue to
[00:22:07] support united states in its conflict against Yemen and Iran, it
[00:22:11] could be to their downfall, kudatas or any other ways
[00:22:15] that the the countries may crumble from inside,
[00:22:18] right, sayid." General Risai has warned that American
[00:22:22] assets like including key data centers and
[00:22:26] artificial intelligence infrastructure in the region could be targeted
[00:22:29] if Washington launches another act of aggression against Iran. What does
[00:22:33] this warning reveal about Iran's um deterrant strategy
[00:22:37] now? Well
[00:22:39] I think it's very interesting that you mentioned AI as we know the
[00:22:43] horrendous incident that happened in Minab school where the
[00:22:47] girls died and were murdered in the first. the
[00:22:51] United States aggression and Israel's aggression was result of
[00:22:54] misuse of AI, and so AI has actually become a
[00:22:58] component of war, it's not just data center
[00:23:02] just for business operations or some inocuous
[00:23:05] activity, it's being used in military, so I think this
[00:23:09] is a potential military target as well when we look at it from
[00:23:13] that analysis, so I think Iran targeting AI data
[00:23:17] centers, if there's verifiable. uh, if there's
[00:23:21] verificable information that that data was being used in the war
[00:23:24] against Iran, may act international law perspective on the laws of war,
[00:23:28] but as a threat,
[00:23:29] it is very serious threat because the United States military is increasingly
[00:23:33] reliant on AI to make its decisions, hence the horrendous
[00:23:37] incident that happened in the early days the war, and this is something that I
[00:23:41] think should be telling from all of us and so if Iran
[00:23:45] has threatened that, I think this is within military
[00:23:48] reason ' At the same time, it is something
[00:23:52] that's very serious economically as well, I
[00:23:54] mean if the straight of hor moves is very important for the oil trade, AI and data
[00:23:58] centers are very important for modern day business, and so this will drive
[00:24:02] up the cost of data and data storage, and
[00:24:06] securing that in a place and location that might
[00:24:09] be like more sensitive now as result of this threat,
[00:24:13] so that can only build more further economic pressure in for
[00:24:16] sure, and I'm pretty sure that uh, "the the data
[00:24:20] that's being used at these data centers are not necessarily, like I said, for
[00:24:24] commercial purposes only, but they might be mixed in, hence they might fall
[00:24:28] victim and therefore the cost of running business may go up, which will have a
[00:24:32] broader impact across, so definitely that's it,
[00:24:36] it will have only creased dramatic impact, even this the threat of
[00:24:39] it, but like I said at the end, one the most, but like I said at the
[00:24:43] end, one the most important things we need to realize, United States economic
[00:24:47] pressure, if it's not pushing towards a political..." settlement it wants,
[00:24:51] it's a failure, and that is exactly what's going to happen, but
[00:24:54] Iran's economic pressure through the strategy the straight of homose
[00:24:58] is having a global impact, and that shows you the weapons
[00:25:02] of economic war that Iran has the bigger weapon, it may not
[00:25:06] have the bigger military, but economically it has the bigger
[00:25:09] weapon. Right, and Mr. Vadady, final question, please
[00:25:13] answer briefly, let me end with the central question raised by general
[00:25:17] Raz interview, what would a sustainable and? to this
[00:25:20] confrontation look like would it require the lifting of sanctions and the
[00:25:24] blockade, new security arrangement for the straight
[00:25:27] of horms and guarantees against renewed aggression, or are the two
[00:25:31] sides you think still too far apart for a durable
[00:25:35] settlement? 100%. i think quickly
[00:25:38] the arrangement or new security arrangement
[00:25:41] and the safety and security of Iran was paramount to any end
[00:25:45] result, and also that the United States removes itself from the
[00:25:49] region. so that there's it's not a threat not just to Iran but to many the
[00:25:53] other countries in the region and then also that uh United States
[00:25:57] stops interfering in Iranian affairs and stops blocking Iranian
[00:26:01] growth, they don't need to... necessarily remove sanctions or they do need to
[00:26:05] give back Iranian assets, however Iran without the with the
[00:26:09] sanction has demonstrated it can develop and grow,
[00:26:13] so I don't think Iran needs the sanctions removed because many people are not abiding by these sanctions
[00:26:17] anymore. Right, Mr. Radadi, Mr. Say
[00:26:20] Shah, it was indeed a pleasure to have you on this spotlight and that brings
[00:26:24] us to the end of this edition, the truth will always come out. Thank you so much for staying with
[00:26:28] us for this spotlight, I am Bahman Roy.
[00:26:46] In today's show, we'll be scrutinizing the way in which the British state is
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[00:26:54] journalists and pro-Palestine political activists. This is all
[00:26:57] about intelligence gathering and community surveillance
[00:27:01] and I think it's also about sending a
[00:27:04] signal that we as the british
[00:27:07] intelligence services, we as SO15 the Metropolitan
[00:27:11] police, we're keeping an eye on you, many these cases now
[00:27:15] we've seen have been the result of
[00:27:18] pressure put on the police or the
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[00:30:17] transits saying all ships doing this will be considered
[00:30:21] hostile and will be targeted. And Hamas strongly
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