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00:00:22We still have to take care of one or two more sites, but we can do that
00:00:26in 10 minutes. Just 10 minutes. We have a plan
00:00:30for that too. We probably need to look at the Kulang
00:00:33Mountain facility. We can do all this very quickly.
00:00:37Marathon of Iran talks
00:00:41by Qatari mediators in Tehran and now in Doha.
00:00:44Trump says he is satisfied with the progress of the talks
00:00:48but does not trust Tehran. We ask a former US Department of Defense official
00:00:52whether negotiations or even the resumption of hostilities
00:00:55can break the current strategic stalemate between
00:00:59the two countries. The key role of Middle Eastern
00:01:02countries in Iran and the US exiting the crisis. A look
00:01:06at the mediators' efforts and the search for a way out
00:01:09of a war that has also engulfed the Arabs.
00:01:12We ask a Middle East affairs analyst
00:01:16what potential events the region is on the verge of
00:01:19and what conditions
00:01:27political divide in the US, analysis of the consequences
00:01:31of the Iran war on Trump's support base two days before
00:01:34the congressional
00:01:35elections.
00:01:40From handling weapons to collecting public information, in Iranian
00:01:44school curricula, with the increase in Basij activities, concerns
00:01:48about the securitization of children's education have
00:01:51risen.
00:01:57And the end of the World Freestyle Wrestling
00:02:00Championships. Iran finished third with two golds, one silver, and three bronzes.
00:02:26of Iran and Qatar continued for the third consecutive day.
00:02:30Part of diplomatic efforts to find a way to prevent
00:02:34another round of conflict between Tehran and Washington.
00:02:38US President Donald Trump called these talks constructive,
00:02:41but at the same time said he does not trust Iranian
00:02:45officials and has not yet decided on resuming
00:02:47attacks. In Tehran, the tone of officials regarding
00:02:51the outlook of these negotiations does not seem very optimistic.
00:02:55They warned that any new US attack would be met
00:02:59with a fierce and different response than in the past. Can
00:03:02the mediation of regional countries get the two sides out of the current
00:03:06stalemate and prevent the war from flaring
00:03:18from Washington, threats of new
00:03:21attacks, and from Tehran, a warning of a severe
00:03:24reaction if the enemy
00:03:27makes another mistake. With terrible
00:03:30blows and with a glorious defense,
00:03:34God willing, we will bring this historical period
00:03:37to an end. In the narrative of Iranian military
00:03:40officials, this country has so far won the war and still
00:03:44has high defensive capabilities.
00:03:47But Donald Trump claims that Iran's nuclear facilities
00:03:51are out of order and that it only takes a few
00:03:54minutes to attack the remaining
00:03:56sites.
00:04:00We are not in a hurry because we have destroyed their navy,
00:04:03we have destroyed their air force, and we have also
00:04:06destroyed their air defense systems. We have practically
00:04:10incapacitated all their military equipment. We have destroyed
00:04:13a large part of their production capacity. We have destroyed
00:04:17their nuclear program and nuclear facilities. We still have to
00:04:20take care of one or two more sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes.
00:04:24Just 10 minutes. We have a plan for that too.
00:04:28We probably need to look at
00:04:38Iranian military officials, following an order attributed
00:04:42to Mojtaba Khamenei, have spoken of an immediate
00:04:45response to threats and a change in the geography of conflicts.
00:04:49To respond to the US, even outside West Asia, we are fully prepared,
00:04:53and any potential future war could be far
00:04:56longer than the last war. Impactful and without limits.
00:05:42If not, we should be worried about the worst. I hope a diplomatic breakthrough
00:05:46is achieved before then. We in the UAE and
00:05:49Gulf countries do not want to witness a new round of confrontations
00:05:53in the region. However, amidst these open threats,
00:05:57Reuters reported on Iran's negotiations
00:06:00with Qatari mediation in Doha to end
00:06:03the crisis in the Persian Gulf. Talks whose
00:06:07details are not clear. Iran's foreign
00:06:10minister also said: there will be no meeting with the American
00:06:13delegation and consultations continue through a mediator, but
00:06:17no results have been achieved yet. I have not
00:06:20yet responded to this letter. Earlier, the Secretary of Iran's
00:06:23National Security Council had announced receiving a letter from Washington
00:06:27and a change in the Americans' tone, and evaluated it as a positive
00:06:31sign. The US President also
00:06:34recently said he has a positive view of the negotiations,
00:06:38although he expressed doubts about the honesty
00:06:41of Iranian officials.
00:06:45The negotiation process with Iran is currently going well, but the main
00:06:49problem is that they are not trustworthy.
00:06:53For a long time, both sides have claimed victory in a war that
00:06:56has not yet reached a conclusion, and behind their public
00:07:00stances, unofficial contacts and negotiations continue.
00:07:04But it is the people who pay the cost of war, pressure,
00:07:07and uncertainty.
00:07:30consecutive day, with Iranians and Qataris negotiating there. It seems
00:07:34that these negotiations are taking place with the green
00:07:37light from the US. Mr. Trump also says these negotiations have been constructive,
00:07:41but at the same time says there are a few other places left, a few nuclear sites
00:07:44that we need to hit, and in any case,
00:07:47while he makes positive comments about those negotiations,
00:07:51he talks about targeting other sites in Iran.
00:07:55What is your interpretation of his words and the ongoing
00:07:58negotiations?
00:08:04Yes, I think this is one of those really
00:08:07strange moments where President Trump is doing things
00:08:11right. We have four teachers.
00:08:42I think he is giving an urgency to this issue
00:08:46that it needs to have. I would be surprised,
00:08:48it would be unexpected for me if the US
00:08:52were to launch a military attack against
00:08:55Iran in the next day or two, despite these
00:08:59talks. But now, maybe it will happen
00:09:03sooner, in these two days, considering that Iran, for example, might
00:09:06think that in these two days, during the time
00:09:10these talks are happening.
00:09:42and contradictions. That community that supports
00:09:46Donald Trump has now , in any case, asserted
00:09:49itself in its positions. You either like Trump or you dislike him. In this election,
00:09:53Trump's supporters are divided
00:09:56into two groups: those nationalist
00:10:00groups who think that when the war started,
00:10:03President Trump should not have ended the war, he should have
00:10:06finished the job, and those who are isolationists and do not want the US
00:10:10to get involved in this war. Donald Trump
00:10:14into account, but in any case, Donald Trump sees himself as a top negotiator.
00:10:18He sees himself as very skilled in this area, and he sees
00:10:22himself as an expert in this area, and in any case, he is a good
00:10:37negotiator for how complex a problem I was able to solve. Foreign Affairs, in an article,
00:10:41stated that both the US and Iran have reached a strategic
00:10:45stalemate. Neither
00:10:48has a very clear way out of
00:10:51the current situation, and
00:10:55one of the only solutions they see, and in their opinion, this is the only
00:10:59accessible solution, is that
00:11:02these regional countries, that is, the Arab countries bordering
00:11:06the Persian Gulf, can find a solution. On the one
00:11:10hand, they would release those funds to Iran and
00:11:13help Iran achieve its goal, something Washington cannot do, and on
00:11:17the other hand, Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz. Do you think
00:11:21this will solve the problem or are the conditions more complex than this?
00:11:32I think that, in any case,
00:11:35both sides will have to make concessions of this
00:11:39kind. This is inevitable. However, these diplomatic
00:11:42positions and diplomatic lines have become very firmly
00:11:46established in the negotiations. But Iran's
00:11:50dire economic situation is not something
00:11:53that can be denied. The situation.
00:12:30Some other things, for example, guaranteeing freedom of navigation in international waters, or
00:12:34for example, progress in Iran's nuclear programs, or Iran's connection
00:12:38with proxy groups, or regarding Iran's missiles and
00:12:41drones, as a final question, in a part of your first answer,
00:12:45you said
00:12:48that you would be surprised if the US
00:12:51were to resume an attack in Iran in the next few days.
00:12:55While earlier, many analysts said that the US
00:12:59and Mr. Trump are waiting for these elections to end, and these
00:13:02elections will be held this week.
00:13:05What is the reason for what you said? Do you
00:13:09think their opinion might have changed by now?
00:13:13I don't know if they will
00:13:19attack before the elections. I said
00:13:22if they do, I won't be surprised.
00:13:25Anyway, they want to keep the surprise
00:13:29factor. If I said I won't attack before the elections,
00:13:33I will attack before the elections to surprise the Iranians,
00:13:36so that its shock value against the Iranians
00:13:39increases, especially attacks that target, for example,
00:13:43the Revolutionary Guard, because if they happen before the elections,
00:13:47they will be more effective politically,
00:13:50I think.
00:13:53Supporters of Donald
00:14:25As we said, diplomatic efforts in Doha, Qatar
00:14:28are still ongoing at the level of deputy foreign ministers.
00:14:32These are live images from the Strait of Hormuz,
00:14:36where the US government has repeatedly claimed
00:14:40that it is fully open, but as you can see in the images,
00:14:43it still cannot be said
00:14:46that this strait is fully open.
00:14:50I previously mentioned that an article
00:14:53was published in Foreign Affairs, in which the only
00:14:57way out of this current stalemate for
00:15:00both sides is that Iran agrees
00:15:04to remove transit restrictions in this strait,
00:15:08and in return, economic aid from regional
00:15:12countries comes and Iran can benefit from it, and
00:15:15the US also lifts its naval
00:15:38You saw that they believe that the only current way
00:15:42is for these regional countries to come and put
00:15:46a way forward for both sides, but in any case,
00:15:49it doesn't answer some key issues, the issue of Iran's
00:15:53regional influence, the issue of the nuclear
00:15:56issue. Do you think that this might
00:16:00be the first step and then
00:16:01we move towards the next steps?
00:16:08Look, I think the Gulf countries
00:16:12can be the biggest losers in this issue, and they can be the biggest
00:16:16winners as far as their economy is concerned. Anyway,
00:16:19it has been a difficult period, both because of the closure
00:16:23of the Strait of Hormuz and because
00:16:27their entire business environment, their
00:16:30ability and their capacity to attract global
00:16:33investments has been somewhat tarnished. Their security for
00:16:37investment is now damaged. For this reason, they export a lot
00:16:41of oil. If a ceasefire is established between Iran and the US,
00:16:45a ceasefire that is sustainable at least in the medium
00:16:48term, for this very reason, they will certainly
00:16:51try to find a middle ground
00:16:54between Iran and the US. This is why
00:16:58diplomatic consultations in the capitals of Arab countries and Tehran have
00:17:02intensified so much. What they essentially want to do
00:17:06is to find a solution that both sides
00:17:09accept, meaning that both sides can save face
00:17:13as much as possible from such an agreement.
00:17:16Just today, the advisor to the President of the UAE said that the resumption of war is not
00:17:20in the region's interest, but we are prepared
00:17:23for the worst conditions. Do you think that
00:17:27these countries are really prepared for the worst conditions,
00:17:30that is, the conditions where Iran says that if it is attacked, it will not
00:17:34impose any geographical restrictions on itself?
00:17:38And its responses may not be proportionate
00:17:42to the extent of the attacks it receives. Is the region prepared
00:17:45for such a thing?
00:17:53If you go back to March,
00:17:56March 2026,
00:17:59you will see that the United Arab Emirates is currently
00:18:03suffering the most, then Bahrain, then Qatar,
00:18:07then Oman. Even Saudi Arabia was targeted.
00:18:10Nominally, the targets that were hit
00:18:13were American bases,
00:18:16but in any
00:18:19case, many times the US and
00:18:23Israel attacked Iranian civilian sites,
00:18:27logistical sites, energy supply
00:18:31sites, and then Iran retaliated by attacking
00:18:34similar centers in the Middle East. This is why there is this
00:18:38concern from Arab countries. They are worried that their facilities will be destroyed, facilities
00:18:41that are the foundation and basis of their
00:18:45economy, their petrochemicals, their oil, all their
00:18:48logistical centers. In March, we saw the consequences
00:18:52of such an action. When
00:18:53the Rastafan
00:18:56gas facility in Bahrain was targeted,
00:18:59its economic growth sharply declined. We saw how the
00:19:03cash flow in the UAE was affected.
00:19:06Therefore, the concerns are understandable among
00:19:09Arab countries that if conflicts
00:19:13resume, how bad it will be for them,
00:19:17because these countries are on the front line, not only on the front line,
00:19:20but actually in the middle of the exchange
00:19:24of fire. Well, we know that the relations of these Arab countries,
00:19:28from the Emir of Qatar to Mohammed bin Salman and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,
00:19:31are very close to Mr. Trump. You yourself, when you see these negotiations now,
00:19:35are you optimistic? Do you think they can?
00:20:07Especially Saudi Arabia, where he made his first trip. Well, everyone
00:20:11saw how good their relationship
00:20:14is, but despite such a good relationship, everyone saw
00:20:18that it did not have much
00:20:21impact on the outbreak of war between Iran
00:20:25and the US, neither in February nor in March
00:20:28and April, and then eventually
00:20:31countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were forced to
00:20:34deny that the US was using their airspace for attacks.
00:20:44In any case, many American military bases in
00:20:48Arab countries were attacked, and we all
00:20:51see the extent of the destruction.
00:20:54That's why what we've seen in the past
00:20:58two months is that Arab
00:21:02countries are essentially reviewing their own security
00:21:05and security strategies. Look at the Mecca Pact,
00:21:09look at how Saudi Arabia is looking for other options because the agreement that always existed between
00:21:13Arab countries and the US is an unwritten agreement that
00:21:17we invest in you, you provide our security.
00:21:50because of the economic situation, and also
00:21:53because of the wars that this country
00:21:56is involved in outside of the US, including
00:22:00the war with Iran, because it has had a great impact on the price of gasoline
00:22:04and the price of diesel for Americans. Therefore,
00:22:08common sense dictates that one thinks that, in any case, he will
00:22:11carefully listen to the concerns and considerations of the leaders
00:22:14of Arab countries, but to be honest, no one knows
00:22:18what is on his mind and what.
00:22:42Now, after about nine months since the start of the war with Iran,
00:22:45many American families are facing higher living costs.
00:22:49This situation, on the eve of the decisive US congressional
00:22:52elections, has raised the question of whether the economic
00:22:56consequences of the war with Iran will be attributed to the White House
00:22:59and Republicans, or will voters trust Donald Trump's
00:23:03promises for better
00:23:12on, they often agree on their love
00:23:16for steak. A piece of meat
00:23:19on the grill with a little salt and pepper
00:23:23is both a social gathering and a celebration
00:23:26and a reminder of good memories for
00:23:30Americans. These days, however, the price of beef, like many
00:23:33other consumer goods in the US, has broken
00:23:36records. They always say that the price of diesel
00:23:39is included in the price of all our food. According to polls,
00:23:43nearly half of regular beef
00:23:47customers said:
00:24:20goods in the US are transported by truck, and the increase in diesel
00:24:23costs also raised the price of goods. This contributed to increased
00:24:27inflation for consumers. In the past five or six months,
00:24:30the rate of price increases has been higher than wage growth,
00:24:34meaning that people's salaries fall behind inflation every month, and
00:24:38they feel this pressure in their daily
00:24:41lives. However, for months, Donald
00:24:45Trump has been promising the people an end to the war
00:24:48and renewed affordability.
00:25:20this year will have nearly one billion dollars
00:25:24more in revenue. There is a difference
00:25:28between the income that goes to producers and oil companies,
00:25:31and the pressure consumers endure. Even if consumers
00:25:35live in oil-producing states or oil-rich
00:25:39regions of the country, places where this income can
00:25:42also have many benefits. The President's allied
00:25:46candidates in various states are
00:25:50torn between defending the White House and satisfying voters
00:25:53frustrated by high prices.
00:25:56I hope he explains more about when
00:26:00exactly he expects the Iran
00:26:02war to end and how long it will take for prices
00:26:06to come down
00:26:07after that.
00:26:11Ultimately, at the ballot box, it will become clear
00:26:15who the people hold responsible for high prices
00:26:18and inflation. Do they attribute the high prices
00:26:21to Donald Trump and his decision to start the war with Iran,
00:26:25or will they give him and his
00:26:28party members another two years
00:26:53the camp that supports him, care about this war
00:26:56and the situation it has created in the US?
00:27:00How much is this war changing their
00:27:04views when they go to the polls now?
00:27:07جنگ داره تغییر
00:27:10Well, I think the midterm
00:27:17elections will be very
00:27:21close and the competition will be neck and neck.
00:27:24Democrats have historically achieved more
00:27:28success. In the past
00:27:3120 midterms, in 18 of them,
00:27:34the incumbent president
00:27:38lost seats for his party,
00:27:41and in the Senate
00:27:45as well, they lost an average of three
00:27:48and a half seats. If history repeats itself,
00:27:52it will mean that Democrats will once
00:27:55again win the House,
00:27:58but not the Senate. Of course, this
00:28:03is the assessment of the best
00:28:05observers. I see that you are also a polling
00:28:09expert. In any case, history tells us something, but it would be good
00:28:13if you tell us what the polls
00:28:14are saying now.
00:28:22Today's NBC poll
00:28:24showed that Democrats
00:28:28are in something called.
00:29:02One of these is that white people who
00:29:06did not go to college and did not go to
00:29:09university were not surveyed. Another problem
00:29:13is that young people are overrepresented
00:29:16in this survey. Their proportion is higher,
00:29:20and finally, another problem is that
00:29:24Republicans in red
00:29:27areas, which are historically for
00:29:30Republicans, are far ahead, and that's why
00:29:34I say the competition is neck and neck.
00:29:37How much has this war influenced the views of American
00:29:41voters that you are looking at now, and in the questions asked
00:29:45of them, in which direction they want to vote,
00:29:48especially if, as it is said,
00:29:52both houses of Congress, meaning the House of Representatives
00:29:56and the Senate, are going to be lost
00:30:00by Mr. Trump, if, as some say.
00:30:38The second problem was fighting immigration, and
00:30:41then the law of war with Iran. But
00:30:44Americans were able to face the war with Iran
00:30:48for two reasons, with two sides of the
00:30:52story. One is the issue of fuel and rising
00:30:55prices, which is to their detriment.