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00:01:30and this independence has become more
00:01:33beautiful than ever and we are proud
00:01:36of it. We had a lot of problems with the destruction
00:01:40of public property. I don't want to talk about
00:01:43this issue but I built this pool
00:01:46in 192. It is the largest reflective pool
00:01:50the size of two Empire State
00:01:53buildings. It is extraordinary
00:01:56in its vastness. It is one of the landmarks.
00:02:38Next to that famous pool which is next to the White House and
00:02:42the Capitol building, on one side of this
00:02:45pool is the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
00:02:48which is a building and on the other side of that pool
00:02:51is the George Washington Memorial
00:02:54which is a needle-shaped
00:02:58side, of course,
00:03:02the famous statue of Abraham
00:03:05دیگه قرار دادن و در میان اون ها همین استخریست که
00:03:09that we see behind Mr. Trump and
00:03:13he is also speaking here. Mr. Trump recently
00:03:16allocated the budget and they renovated
00:03:19this pool. He is referring
00:03:22to this issue as an effective measure. Mr. Trump
00:03:26also joked that he wants to name this pool.
00:04:30People are very excited
00:04:33about the plans that the Democrats have announced. The Senate
00:04:36for the Democrats, in any case, looks
00:04:43war and its consequences affect
00:04:47جمهوریخواه ها در این انتخابات اثر گذاشت و روی حالا
00:04:50situation that the Democrats have in the polls?
00:04:53دارن؟
00:05:00I think there are a few things that people need to remember. Look,
00:05:04this president's election slogan
00:05:07was "War is enough."
00:05:10This was one promise among many.
00:05:21He waged a war that he wanted and his allies in the Middle East and
00:05:24Israel wanted, and we even saw the
00:05:28result in the Israeli election.
00:05:30The first issue that Americans
00:05:34are currently discussing is their own livelihood.
00:05:37The Iran war has driven up gasoline prices.
00:05:41بالا برده.
00:05:43It has raised the prices of food and consumer
00:05:47goods in supermarkets, not just because of
00:05:50inflation, but also because of the way goods
00:05:52and materials are transported around the world.
00:05:56Americans are feeling this now,
00:05:59and this president and this
00:06:02government, this is part of their failures just in the past
00:06:06two years. Imagine if the Democrats
00:06:09don't have power in Congress for the next two years. What
00:06:13disaster will this government bring upon the people? Mr. Trump
00:06:16says that he has contained Iran's nuclear
00:06:19threat, and he says
00:06:22that the price that the American people are
00:06:25paying is insignificant compared to the threat that he has removed from
00:06:29America.
00:06:29کرده.
00:06:35Well, we all remember. I don't
00:06:39think this president is a historian.
00:06:43It wasn't long ago when Barack Obama was the President
00:06:47of the United States, and he was the president who entered
00:06:51into negotiations with Iran and guaranteed that Iran's hands would not reach
00:06:55nuclear weapons. Two years later, Donald Trump comes and tears up
00:06:58that agreement, and look at the situation we are in today.
00:07:01He is like a bull that has been thrown into a
00:07:05glass and crystal shop, and we are constantly trying
00:07:08to repair everything that he destroyed.
00:07:11People are just beginning to understand that this president, this
00:07:15foreign minister, and this defense minister are incompetent
00:07:18هستند
00:07:20and do not have public
00:07:23support. Regarding
00:07:26our policy, our strategies around
00:07:30the world, this president feels
00:07:32that he must break everything and then pretend
00:07:36that he wants to fix it, instead of following the path of his
00:07:40predecessor. When Mr. Trump came to power
00:07:43two years ago, he started a red wave, meaning he conquered
00:07:47many states, and many say
00:07:50that it was a big failure for the Democrats. Are
00:07:53the Democrats in a position
00:07:57that defeat?
00:07:58بکنند
00:08:08I think the Democrats are
00:08:10in a position
00:08:12to show the future path.
00:08:15Anyway, when they
00:08:18gain the majority in the Senate,
00:08:21this very Los Angeles electoral
00:08:23district, Robert Garcia was someone
00:08:27who, well, can establish many investigative
00:08:30committees so that not only the American people,
00:08:34but the world understands how much failure
00:08:38and disaster this president
00:08:41and this government have brought.
00:08:44Then they can make a better decision about who they want to be president in 2028,
00:08:48because the strategy that this government has adopted has not
00:08:52of their leadership,
00:08:55now have this opportunity. We showed this in 2008 with Barack Obama.
00:08:59We saw then how the Democrats
00:09:03managed national security, governance, and
00:09:07relations with our allies,
00:09:54midterm elections, the shadow of war over Iran has become heavier than ever.
00:09:57Coinciding with reports of new military actions being discussed
00:10:01in Washington, the tone of Islamic Republic officials has also become sharper,
00:10:05speaking of responses beyond Iran's borders. Some
00:10:08American media reported that Tehran is trying to influence
00:10:12Donald Trump's calculations
00:10:16economic and political pressure. Meanwhile, indirect negotiations between
00:10:19the two countries are still ongoing. Farin Asemi reports.
00:10:22دهد.
00:10:26A new war threat, this time perhaps more widespread.
00:10:29The language of threat inside Iran has also become sharper.
00:10:32Coinciding with a new round of consultations,
00:10:36news agencies say that Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic,
00:10:39has met with military commanders. In his attributed
00:10:43statements, he has not appeared in public for 8 months, it is stated
00:10:47that in case of an attack by the US and Israel, the armed forces
00:10:50must respond to any threat immediately and without geographical limitations,
00:10:54and... all types of material and non-material assets of the US and
00:10:58Israel should be within the range of the armed forces. In
00:11:01England, in Italy, in Portugal, in
00:11:04Germany, in some other countries, they have set up their bases
00:11:07for planes to be bombed there
00:11:11and then drop them on the Iranian nation. This
00:11:14is the naked truth of the story. Such
00:11:18crime. Removing
00:11:21geographical restrictions,
00:11:26for our fighters, our nation,
00:11:30and foreign parties and our
00:11:33This means
00:11:36that our war, if it starts,
00:11:39will not be a regional
00:11:42But even if there is talk of the necessity of changing
00:11:46the doctrine and building an atomic bomb, this
00:11:50is the demand of our dear nation. We are facing
00:11:53a national demand. This is not the demand of
00:11:57a specific group. Dr. Mohsen Rezaei,
00:12:00the secretary, although the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has said that no
00:12:04official decision has been made to change the doctrine. The Iranian
00:12:07nation has demands.
00:12:10They are looking for a logic.
00:12:14After all, they see the enemy has attacked all our nuclear facilities.
00:12:18For what reason did they attack? We
00:12:20passed all the agency's
00:12:24inspections. We gave positive responses. We helped
00:12:27them to come and inspect. They didn't have cameras in all our sites
00:12:30so that all the events inside
00:12:34our sites would immediately go to the center
00:12:37of the International
00:12:40Agency.
00:12:42Therefore, when people see these things, naturally their demand from us is
00:12:46why do you want to continue this? Iran's nuclear
00:12:49doctrine should change, but
00:12:51officially, or suppose
00:12:55there has been a meeting of the Supreme National Security Council or a decision
00:12:59has been made by the cabinet. Of course, our
00:13:02friends in parliament are apparently
00:13:05doing some preliminary
00:13:08work, but no governmental decision
00:13:12has been made yet. The Washington Post quoted Iranian
00:13:15officials as saying that Tehran wants to increase the cost of war for Trump
00:13:19and Republicans by keeping oil prices high.
00:13:23دهد.
00:13:25Reuters also reported that the Islamic Republic is trying to prevent
00:13:28a political victory for Donald Trump before the midterm
00:13:32congressional elections by prolonging
00:13:34negotiations.
00:13:39But in Washington, the option of war is also on the table.
00:13:42The Associated Press reported that the US has warned
00:13:46its regional allies about the possibility of new attacks after the elections,
00:13:50but Trump says he has not yet made a final decision.
00:13:53Peace be upon you. Meanwhile, mediators are still trying
00:13:57to reach an agreement, but differences remain.
00:14:00Tehran says these elections will not affect
00:14:04its decisions. But international media reports
00:14:07indicate different calculations.
00:14:11Farin Hasemi, BBC.
00:14:14Babak Darbiki, analyst of Iranian political issues from London, is with us. Mr.
00:14:18Darbiki, the Iranian government has placed
00:14:21great hope in the outcome of the midterm elections.
00:14:28First, we need to consider one point: Donald Trump, in any case, said two or three months ago that
00:14:32the war would end immediately after the
00:14:35elections. I don't think
00:14:38the importance that the Islamic
00:14:41Republic attaches to this statement is due to its veracity
00:14:45trust in Trump.
00:14:48The issue is that with this statement,
00:14:51Trump has, in fact, intentionally or unintentionally, given himself a political
00:14:55think that, in any case, the
00:14:58Islamic Republic will also change its calculations
00:15:02based on this timeline. Its logic is that I don't want
00:15:06to, for example, ignore these things and, with some
00:15:09of the words that are now being repeated by some, that America
00:15:13is an eternal enemy whether you make peace with it or not, unless
00:15:16with that viewpoint. But if we want to proceed
00:15:19with the logic of
00:15:23these calculations are different. And
00:15:26also, when Trump makes
00:15:29a public commitment with this statement,
00:15:33he is actually doing something so that after
00:15:36the elections, he can no longer put his decisions behind
00:15:40the electoral calendar. He must, in any case, fulfill his promise quickly.
00:15:43That is, he has a heavy political capital if
00:15:47he doesn't want to do that. In this commitment trap that Trump
00:15:50has created, whether intentionally
00:15:53Republic has calculated this. That is, in a
00:15:56psychological and logical assessment
00:16:00that has prevailed in Tehran, they say that after the elections,
00:16:03at least 72 hours to perhaps even one or two
00:16:06weeks, there will be a better, more open
00:16:10space for them to move towards new decisions
00:16:13or play new cards. But look, what
00:16:17is important is that the Islamic Republic
00:16:20is not waiting for a miracle or a radical
00:16:23change in US foreign policy.
00:16:27I think Iran is not waiting for a miracle, but
00:16:31it is waiting for friction in the power
00:16:34structure in America. Therefore, it has calculated more on that. In my opinion.
00:16:37So you mean that if the Democrats
00:16:41come to power, at least take control of two houses, and
00:16:45they get into conflict and controversy
00:16:47against Mr. Trump and get busy
00:16:51with each other, is that what you mean?
00:16:54Look, one issue is that this is the first time
00:16:58we are facing a situation where foreign
00:17:01policy is determining US domestic policy. Well, that's a very
00:17:05important point. And then the issue is that, in any case, Israel is also
00:17:08in the same, to the same extent, in a state of almost
00:17:12uncertainty. If we assume that, in any case,
00:17:15a part of Congress
00:17:18comes under the control of the Democrats, or if the Democrats
00:17:22of the tools of power,
00:17:26then, in any case, the speed of the decision-making
00:17:29machine in Washington can be slowed down
00:17:33by oversight and budgetary tools. This slowing down in
00:17:36a battle...
00:17:42the Islamic Republic and to be able to play its cards more and also
00:17:46to be able to better
00:17:49assess the situation. Look, this is a kind of strategic
00:17:52breathing room for the Islamic Republic,
00:17:56but look at this, keep this point
00:17:58in mind: This behavior that they have adopted
00:18:02is not about a position of power, meaning, in my opinion,
00:18:05it is managing the limitations that it
00:18:09is facing, and it is making decisions based on that.
00:18:13I think if the Democrats can take control of a large part
00:18:17of power, Trump will be forced to focus a part
00:18:20of his time, when he actually directs his attention inwards,
00:18:24and the Islamic Republic will also consider
00:18:27بردن هزینه برای ترامپ رو هم بیشتر در نظر
00:18:30In this case, thank you very much, Mr.
00:18:34Darbiki. Babak Darbiki, political
00:18:43Director at the Peace and Diplomacy Institute, foreign relations
00:18:46analyst from Los Angeles, is also with us. Mr. Moeini, when
00:18:50we talk about polls, we need to be very cautious,
00:18:53but the polls, at least so far, are not
00:18:57very favorable to Republicans or to Mr. Trump. In your opinion, what
00:19:01is the main factor that led to this situation?
00:19:04What do you think?
00:19:15the main issue is that Mr. Trump had made a series of promises.
00:19:18He had an election campaign
00:19:22in 2024 about ending the war
00:19:26and especially improving
00:19:30people's financial situation,
00:19:32to make people's financial situation better, to solve the
00:19:35crisis of goods
00:19:38and so on, and in both areas, due
00:19:42to the war with Iran, he has not succeeded, and well, many
00:19:46Americans, many voters, especially
00:19:50independents, but even those who had actually
00:19:53supported him
00:19:56in the
00:19:59past, their feeling is that he has betrayed them and
00:20:02their votes, and it is very likely that they will not
00:20:06participate this time. They will not vote, they will not come
00:20:09to the polls, and this will cause Mr. Trump
00:20:12to have a very weak chance
00:20:15for his party, the Republicans,
00:20:18to succeed this time, and I predict that
00:20:22the Democrats will win the US Senate tomorrow. Mr.
00:20:25Moeini, well, it has become a bit
00:20:29difficult to predict the US elections
00:20:32based on polls because in the past,
00:20:35polls also predicted things that didn't
00:20:39turn out to be true. Why is that? The same thing happened
00:20:42with the Israeli elections. For example, many thought that Mr.
00:20:46Netanyahu should have much more.
00:21:22But in America, the situation is different. In America,
00:21:24it is true that in past polls,
00:21:28especially concerning Mr. Trump's vote,
00:21:32we had statistical problems with these stories, but
00:21:36this time it will not be like that, in my opinion. One, because Mr. Trump has faced
00:21:39many problems among his supporters and those who voted for him.
00:21:43He has not lost 30-35%
00:21:46but for example, those who joined his coalition,
00:21:50those under 45 years old, those
00:21:53who actually consider themselves part of the working
00:21:56class, those who, I say, for economic reasons, believed
00:22:00that Mr. Trump would solve America's economic problems,
00:22:03that belief has been lost with his selfish
00:22:06war, this war with Iran, which was a completely
00:22:10unwise war, and well,
00:22:13the problems that exist are that now many of them
00:22:17will probably not come to the polls.
00:22:33Republicans or Democrats usually had a resemblance
00:22:37to what we saw in the
00:22:39statistics, but I predict that this time it will be even much
00:22:43more than ever. I mean, we will have a historic midterm election
00:22:47where foreign relations, which are generally
00:22:50not that important in US elections, will directly
00:22:54and indirectly, due to the price of goods,
00:22:58due to the price of diesel, due to the price of goods, due to
00:23:01excessive inflation, due to all these reasons, have caused
00:23:04this to be an election, a
00:23:08referendum on America's war in
00:23:11Iran and on Mr. Trump's foreign policy, which
00:23:14has affected the American people. Well,
00:23:18probably a big answer will
00:23:21be received by the Republicans, and they won't like this answer. Well, when you say
00:23:25that this will be a historic defeat, what do you mean? Because
00:23:29most US presidents in their
00:23:32second term
00:23:35concede one of the two houses to their rivals.
00:23:38I mean that
00:23:42we have to go back to 1946
00:23:46when Mr. Truman, who was a Democrat, was the only president who,
00:23:50at this point, well, you see, America is a very divided country. There is a strong
00:23:53bipolarity in America, but given this bipolarity, we are seeing
00:23:57these results. In Mr. Truman's time, for example, in '46, this bipolarity
00:24:01did not exist in America, and he had a very
00:24:05low approval rating,
00:24:08under 20%, perhaps 12%. The only
00:24:12one who is lower than Mr. Trump in modern polls
00:24:16is Mr. Truman, and he suffered a very big defeat, and that
00:24:55and now if after that Mr. Trump continues his war
00:24:59and, for the sake of his legacy, so that he doesn't
00:25:03suffer this defeat, even wants to fight
00:25:06likely because Mr. Trump has nothing
00:25:09left to lose, but Mr. Trump works for himself, and
00:25:13I think Republicans this time will suffer a big defeat because of the policies
00:25:17they had regarding Iran, but well.
00:25:20The big issue is that yes, we only saw such
00:25:23a wave in 2006, and I don't mean
00:25:27only one of the houses, both the House and the Senate
00:25:31will probably be lost by the Republicans. Thank
00:25:35you very much, Mr. Moeini. Artan Moeini, Research Director at the Peace and Diplomacy
00:25:39Institute and foreign relations analyst
00:25:42from Los Angeles, with us. We have live images right now
00:25:45of Mr. Trump speaking in the area
00:25:50or the area or the pool
00:25:53in front of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial and also
00:25:56in front of the Washington
00:25:58Memorial.
00:26:04It is next to the Congress and also the White House.
00:26:07هست
00:26:11But follow the US midterm elections and their results moment by moment
00:26:15on BBC Persian Television. The special program
00:26:18covering the results of the US midterm elections on BBC Persian will start
00:26:22on Wednesday, November 4th, at 12 PM Iran
00:26:26time, and for the latest results, we will join our correspondents
00:26:29in the US. A close
00:26:33race for both houses of Congress. The Democrats' bid to control
00:26:37Congress in the midterm elections. The war with Iran has significantly
00:26:41increased gasoline and diesel prices and intensified
00:26:44economic pressure on American voters. Will
00:26:48Republicans pay the price for Trump's declining
00:26:51popularity? What is the impact of these elections on America's
00:26:55future? Our analysts will provide
00:26:58an analysis of the results and their impact on the Iran war. Also, on the website
00:27:02and on BBC Persian's social media channels, you can follow
00:27:06the results. Thank you for being with our news segments and also
00:27:10with our 60-minute program.
00:28:00The water and suffering of Iranians. When
00:28:04I take the Tehran Metro, the shrine that is destroyed
00:28:07in Toopkhaneh, we have disrupted
00:28:11the physical environment.
00:28:15Other fishermen are like us. They are also
00:28:18unemployed. The same disaster has befallen
00:28:21the Hamouns as has befallen our other wetlands. It's saline
00:28:25because water is scarce, the water became saline. Boni and
00:28:29Gatan fish no longer exist.
00:28:32The sea, the Karun was not like this.
00:28:35The Karun, a wronged
00:28:39and grieving mother, has benefited Iran, but Iran
00:28:43has forgotten it. Isn't it a shame that beauty
00:28:47is disappearing?
00:28:53Water season with Kaveh Madani on
00:28:56Aparat.
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00:30:00food.
00:30:25Breaking news.
00:30:27I can say that we have now reached a two-day plan.
00:30:30Tehran announces
00:30:32readiness to open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours. Mohsen Rezaei spoke
00:30:36with Putin. Beijing said it supports
00:30:40Iran's right
00:30:41to defense.
00:30:47Commotion in Michigan one day before the midterm elections
00:30:51in the US. A Democratic representative supported
00:30:54the Republican candidate, abandoning
00:30:57her party's Arab-American candidate.
00:31:01Supermarket refrigerators hacked.