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