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00:00:31The President said on a television program that with the aim of eliminating
00:00:35rent-seeking and corruption, subsidies will be transferred from the beginning of the supply chain to
00:00:38the final consumer to establish justice. Mr. Pezeshkian added that the government is trying
00:00:41to increase purchasing power and support
00:00:45low-income people by implementing a
00:00:48progressive payment system. We are managing
00:00:51this process to prevent
00:00:54corruption, rent-seeking, and smuggling.
00:00:57No matter how many
00:01:00observers you assign to stop this,
00:01:03we've had these observers for 48 years. Why haven't we been able to solve
00:01:07it? As long as there is
00:01:10a breeding ground for corruption, you can't stop
00:01:13corruption. Once you eliminate the breeding ground, there will be
00:01:17no corruption. When I freed the dollar, anyone
00:01:21who received a government dollar had a rent, a privilege.
00:01:24Everyone had a privilege. As a result, they used to fight
00:01:27over who would get it. To get
00:01:31a signature, they would take bribes. To get
00:01:34a privilege, well, we broke all of that. Now, no signature is needed. They can
00:01:38easily go and bring it and sell it easily in the market. Both
00:01:42administrative signatures and administrative corruption have been eliminated. The problem
00:01:45in customs has also been eliminated. The market issues have been self-corrected.
00:01:49Of course, we have not yet
00:01:52reached the point we should have with these sanctions, but
00:01:56when you eliminate the breeding ground for corruption, then
00:02:10accept the realities and fulfill your commitments.
00:02:14The Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly wrote on his social media account
00:02:17in response to recent claims by US officials
00:02:20about their failed and repetitive performative
00:02:24diplomacy: "A big attack is coming. Wait.
00:02:28Forget them. They want to use
00:02:36intimidation, unfulfilled promises, and fake news
00:02:40as leverage for negotiations.
00:02:42This is a failed strategy. We don't need
00:02:46more shows."
00:02:47New revelations
00:02:50about the US Army's situation indicate a severe shortage
00:02:54in its air defense and offensive missile
00:02:58reserves. According to
00:03:30the current government, the situation where many
00:03:33reserves were depleted, and then they threatened to imprison
00:03:37those who leaked this shortage. Those
00:03:41who leak these meaningless words should be imprisoned.
00:03:44But there was no need to leak it, because
00:03:48the images of successive Iranian missile impacts and their destructive
00:03:52effects clearly showed the reality. The fact that the main US defenses,
00:03:55namely Patriot and THAAD, have been severely depleted
00:03:59after 5 months of war with Iran and also the 12-day war,
00:04:02and have now reached a critical point. Statistics released
00:04:06by the Center for Strategic and International Studies show
00:04:10that Patriot missiles have decreased from 2300 to about 800,
00:04:13and THAAD missiles have decreased from 450 to about
00:04:16250. Wait,
00:04:20how is it possible that our Patriot missiles are running out?
00:04:24Didn't they say that Iranian military forces were destroyed?
00:04:27The situation became so critical that US commanders,
00:04:31in some cases, do not launch defenses at all
00:04:35in response to Iranian attacks to preserve ammunition reserves.
00:04:38And now it has become clear that the ammunition crisis is not only in the defense
00:04:42sector but also in the offensive sector of the US Army.
00:04:45According to a recent Reuters report,
00:04:48US long-range PrSM and ATACMS missile
00:04:52reserves have been almost depleted. These two types of missiles are long-range missiles
00:04:55whose application is to hit targets with high accuracy
00:04:59and range. Specifically, the PrSM missile, whose first use in
00:05:03battle was the massacre of the Lamerd girls' volleyball team.
00:05:06Reuters reported today, quoting
00:05:09three informed officials, that
00:05:17they were used during the 5-month war with Iran. The Reuters report also claims
00:05:21that the reason Trump backed down from continuing attacks
00:05:24against Iran was warnings from his commanders about ammunition
00:05:27shortages, although Trump later claimed he backed down
00:05:31due to requests from Persian Gulf Arab leaders.
00:05:34The reason for Trump's failure
00:05:38to launch a full-scale attack was this report about missile
00:05:41shortages, not false negotiations.
00:05:57Foreign media say that Iran will reopen
00:06:01the Strait of Hormuz if its
00:06:04goals in the Islamabad agreement
00:06:06are met. The latest
00:06:10field observations
00:06:12and images from the Strait of Hormuz confirm that traffic
00:06:16of vessels through these strategic waterways, if not zero,
00:06:20is limited. Regional media reports
00:06:23such as Al Jazeera also confirm this limitation.
00:06:27The daily passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz
00:06:30has not reached double digits in the past week. Normal
00:06:34traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, of course, with the exercise
00:06:37of Iranian sovereignty, requires the definition of a safe route,
00:06:40which will be finalized during talks between Iran
00:06:44and Oman. This is the latest statement
00:06:47from the Foreign Ministry spokesman. The Foreign Ministry also said
00:06:51that if a third country does not interfere in this process,
00:06:54it can be hoped that the path of Tehran-Muscat talks will reach
00:06:58its final station. Of course, even if
00:07:02a new management regime for the Strait of Hormuz is finalized,
00:07:05is not necessarily
00:07:07going to be immediately
00:07:10reopened. Tehran's message has been that if the siege
00:07:13against us is lifted and if the management of the Strait of Hormuz
00:07:17is recognized for us, we will cooperate in reopening the passage
00:07:21for the hundreds of oil tankers stranded in the region. In return for such an action,
00:07:25Iran expects financial benefits and concessions,
00:07:28but at the same time warns the US that if the necessary
00:07:31guarantees are not provided, if the naval blockade is not lifted,
00:07:35and if military threats continue, the Strait will not be reopened.
00:07:38Mearsheimer says that not succumbing to the conditions...
00:07:53The reality is that Trump foolishly started a war that was doomed to fail from the beginning. Many
00:07:57of his advisors knew very well that the strategy he had adopted
00:08:01was doomed to fail, and it ultimately failed.
00:08:04The global economy is in a very dangerous situation due to the blockage
00:08:08of the Strait of Hormuz, and if this war is not resolved
00:08:12soon, there is a real danger of a global recession.
00:08:15Therefore, we are in a situation where the United States
00:08:19has not only failed to achieve any of its stated
00:08:22goals, including the destruction of the Islamic Republic,
00:08:26but is now facing a bigger challenge. The occurrence
00:08:29of a major defeat for America, which Mearsheimer
00:08:33talks about, has various reasons, only one
00:08:37of which is Iran's superior geographical position.
00:08:41During his visit
00:09:12to the Soumar border, he said that the Soumar border
00:09:16will be approved at the first meeting of the Central Arbaeen
00:09:19Headquarters, and Soumar will receive a budget from this year. Mr. Pourjamshidian
00:09:23said that at least 100,000 pilgrims will cross
00:09:26the Soumar border next year, and this border
00:09:29will become one of the best Arbaeen borders
00:09:32in the country. The head of the Central Arbaeen
00:09:35Headquarters, during a field visit to the Soumar border
00:09:39in Gilan-e Gharb county, said that the Soumar border
00:09:42will be approved at the first meeting of the Central Arbaeen
00:09:46Headquarters. Soumar will receive a budget from this
00:09:49year. It was a desert until recently, and it was
00:09:53almost abandoned. They have built roads,
00:09:56built canopies, prepared the gates,
00:09:59and brought and activated all the agencies
00:10:03responsible at the border. Most importantly, the people
00:10:06of Gilan-e Gharb have also come here to serve.
00:10:10Dr. Ali Akbar Pourjamshidian, referring
00:10:13to the fact that the Soumar border will become one of the best
00:10:17Arbaeen borders in the country, said that
00:10:20the management of Kermanshah province in Soumar
00:10:24has performed exceptionally well and beyond expectations.
00:10:27He stated: "We predict that at least 100,000
00:10:31pilgrims will pass through this border during next year's Arbaeen."
00:10:35Proximity to Baghdad and Kadhimiya is one of the most
00:10:38important advantages of the Soumar border. To the next section.
00:12:06Today, we want to talk to a man whose entire
00:12:09experience has been focused on economic diplomacy.
00:12:12When I look at his background, from economic advisor
00:12:16in South Korea from '72 to '82, economic advisor
00:12:19in Italy from '78 to '91. After this,
00:12:23he was the head of the Economic Policy Department
00:12:27of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Economic Deputy of the East Asia Department, Iran's representative
00:12:30to the OPEC Fund, Deputy Representative of Iran to the World
00:12:34Bank and Development Bank, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Director,
00:12:38and President of the Organization for Investment and Economic
00:12:42Assistance, and many other responsibilities that he has held
00:12:46in various economic
00:13:05others who were our professors, always said that if
00:13:09China has this economic position today,
00:13:12we owe it to the policy of de-Maoization
00:13:16during a period that has passed
00:13:19from this, and if those doors had not been opened, it would not have reached this position today. This
00:13:23statement is accurate. It is not
00:13:25like that at all.
00:13:28You see, our de-Maoization
00:13:31was itself what actually pursued
00:13:34the open-door policy through the Foreign Minister
00:13:38when he was with Zhou Enlai.
00:13:40Through that, this policy of de-escalation
00:13:44was pursued. The first issue I mentioned was that the Chinese spoke of three
00:13:48opportunities. They said we appreciated three opportunities
00:13:51at the international level.
00:13:53Well, the first opportunity, what did they say? They said that
00:13:57America and the Soviet Union came to the conclusion
00:14:00that they couldn't overpower each other.
00:14:03That is, neither of the blocs could
00:14:07defeat the opposing bloc, and their retreat would mean
00:14:11their collapse. Well, the Americans at that time
00:14:14came to the conclusion that they should give concessions to China,
00:14:18which at that time was considered a second-rate or shadow power.
00:14:22On the other hand, the Soviet Union was also threatening
00:14:25China. That is, instead of going towards giving
00:14:29concessions to China, it was constantly
00:14:33threatening China, and now the Chinese, as
00:14:36Eastern imperialists, from the Soviets, yes,
00:14:40at the time of Khrushchev, Soviet threats against
00:14:44China were serious, even atomic missiles were aimed
00:14:47at China. That is, they were creating this rumor that we had
00:14:50a nuclear shelter in the embassy. Yes, yes, that's why.
00:14:54Of course, it was never used, but well,
00:14:57they had built such a thing at the time they had designed
00:15:01the embassy. Well, these
00:15:04missiles were aimed in that direction.
00:15:07The Chinese were able
00:15:10to, I can say,
00:15:13use the foolishness of the head of the Eastern
00:15:16Bloc in a managed way to establish
00:15:20their position as an effective
00:15:24player in the East who acts
00:15:28independently of the West. This has nothing to do with de-Maoization.
00:15:31Mao himself had started this path,
00:15:35and in a managed way,
00:15:38meaning they never allowed, the Chinese
00:15:42never allowed Americans
00:15:45or Westerners
00:15:48or now multinationals, whatever we want to call
00:15:52them, to rule
00:15:54over their destinies.
00:16:11If you are interested, because now these Western-leaning
00:16:14friends in academia always mock the Chinese
00:16:18model, like the elimination of sparrows,
00:16:20I don't know, the deaths of tens
00:16:24of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands, due to the food
00:16:27crisis in China and these events
00:16:31that happened in this way.
00:16:33And they narrate
00:16:37the progress of China in a Western
00:16:40way. You have also witnessed this. As a university professor,
00:16:56years later. Now, I will return to Italy and so on, but the topic of China
00:17:00is hot. Please tell me, how do
00:17:02the Chinese view Iran? Were they in a policy
00:17:06of foreign isolation, or not? How was their view
00:17:10of Iran? You see, Iran
00:17:13had an advantage that perhaps many countries have,
00:17:17and Iran still has this advantage,
00:17:20which perhaps fewer countries, at least in our region,
00:17:24have, and that is Iran's independence.
00:17:27That is, economic decisions, economic
00:17:30benefits and harms, I don't care if they are right
00:17:34or wrong, meaning how correct our decisions were.
00:17:38But both the Chinese and the rest of the world
00:17:42are sure that these decisions were made in Tehran,
00:17:44not elsewhere. This makes Iran very different.
00:17:48This was the most important value that
00:17:52so to speak, directed the type of relationship
00:17:55between Iran and China towards a strategic
00:17:58relationship. This was the most important
00:18:02feature they saw in Iran, that Iran
00:18:05is an independent country. It makes its
00:18:09own decisions based on its interests. Now, these
00:18:12interests can have various aspects, but based on its interests,
00:18:16it makes decisions in Tehran. Decisions regarding Iran's
00:18:19behavior towards, for example, China, or any other
00:18:22country, are not made in London
00:18:26or Washington or other capitals. They are made
00:18:29in Tehran regarding its foreign
00:18:33relations and its relationship with
00:18:36its other partners. This was Iran's
00:18:39most important value, in addition to the fact
00:18:42that Iran had a special position
00:18:45in the model
00:18:49of surface development or in fact, China's land
00:18:52development or China's continuous development. I saw
00:18:56this development after the Chinese completed
00:18:59their development stages from east to west.
00:19:03That is, sometimes I went to the province
00:19:41and for example, mosques and squares and so on,
00:19:44very rarely if you saw a Muslim,
00:19:48he was a student or a trader. Yes, yes, mostly Iranian,
00:19:51mostly from Iran. There are two cities,
00:19:55Kashgar and Khotan. Oh, Khotan, you must have heard
00:19:59of it in Persian literature. Well, these cities
00:20:03are in Xinjiang province, China. These two
00:20:07cities, I wanted to go from one to the other,
00:20:10from Kashgar to Khotan. The road was so bad
00:20:14that it took five hours to go to a smaller
00:20:18city between them, which was once the center
00:20:21of one of the empires of Central Asia, called Yarkand.
00:20:25It took five hours to get there because the road
00:20:29was so bad. Whereas, when you went
00:20:32to eastern China, in addition to the various
00:20:36highways, there were high-speed
00:20:40trains that allowed you to travel thousands
00:20:44of kilometers in a few hours. The distance between Kashgar
00:20:47and Khotan is about 400-422 kilometers.
00:20:51They started their development from the east and moved
00:20:54towards the west. And almost later,
00:20:58the second time I went to China, and the time
00:21:01I was with the investment organization, I went to
00:21:05Xinjiang province again. It had completely changed.
00:21:08The development, that is, it was conveying another
00:21:12message to an external observer, and that was
00:21:15that China should now move beyond
00:21:18its borders. Now, it can expand
00:21:22in two ways. It can go to different
00:21:25parts of the world and find economic
00:21:29partners for itself and develop its relationship
00:21:32with them. But more importantly, it is to be
00:21:36able to continue the path of development
00:21:40it knows from Central Asia and from Pakistan
00:21:43towards the West. For this reason,
00:21:45Iran has a special position in
00:21:49the Belt and Road Initiative, which
00:21:52started in 2013. This is the revival
00:21:55of the historical Silk Road. Yes,
00:21:58this is not actually a road. In Iran, they have a very
00:22:02different view on this
00:22:05issue. They think it means connecting a series of roads
00:22:09and paths. It is not like that at all. The Belt
00:22:12and Road is a development program.
00:22:15That is, we can jointly,
00:22:19we and China, we and Pakistan,
00:22:22China and Kazakhstan, China and Pakistan, can
00:22:26write joint development programs
00:22:29in various frameworks. Well, many people
00:22:33at that time were talking about a 25-year plan or
00:22:36a 25-year cooperation document between Iran and China.
00:22:40This was the main framework of the 25-year document. You yourself
00:22:44mentioned the 25-year document. What is its story?
00:22:47I mentioned that it is indeed
00:22:50a roadmap for how we
00:22:53can bring the development programs
00:22:56of China and Iran closer together. First, so
00:23:00our audience knows, China's biggest economic
00:23:04partner is America, and we are very far behind.
00:23:07Here a question arises: Do the Chinese
00:23:11sacrifice their significant and large trade
00:23:14with the Americans for their relationship
00:23:17with Iran or not? This is fundamentally
00:23:20wrong. Yes, it is not
00:23:23supposed that
00:23:25any two other countries would sacrifice
00:23:29their national interests. Yes, and also that a bilateral
00:23:32relationship with a country necessarily
00:23:35means confrontation with a third country.
00:23:37It is not necessarily so. Of
00:23:41course, it can be said that China, from the time
00:23:45I mentioned, when it reached the farthest
00:23:48east of itself, had no choice but to expand
00:23:52beyond its land borders. Well,
00:23:56it is natural that if the world, if the world
00:23:59economy cannot grow very large and grow,
00:24:03the growth of one will mean the decline of another.
00:24:06In this regard, the Americans are in
00:24:09conflict and competition, and now we can say
00:24:13that the world has reached a point where their
00:24:16competition has become fierce. They have not yet reached
00:24:20the Cold War stage between America and China, but
00:24:24they are in fierce competition. When fierce competition
00:24:28arises, this question you raised is not only
00:24:31about Iran. Does China's relationship with Uzbekistan,
00:24:35China's relationship with Kazakhstan, sacrifice its relationship with America?
00:24:38I say this question is fundamentally wrong. China has a relationship
00:24:41with, because the world is not one-sided. Yes, yes,
00:24:45that is, different countries try
00:24:48to cover their own interests
00:24:52and especially their common interests with each
00:24:55other. That is, we can say that if
00:24:59project 1, 2, 3 is implemented in Iran, it will help our
00:25:03development. The Chinese also reach the conclusion
00:25:07that this 1, 2, 3, now 4 and 5, we may go
00:25:10one way and they another, but these projects
00:25:141, 2, 3 of the Chinese also enable them to implement
00:25:18their regional development
00:25:27as an independent country where decisions are made
00:25:30in Tehran. I have a special view. But we also
00:25:34have a traditional view of these regional countries. During the Cold
00:25:37War, they said Pakistan was close to the Americans,
00:25:40India was close to the Eastern Bloc.
00:25:44But today, as we speak, the Chinese have seriously
00:25:47invested in Pakistan. And the ports of this
00:25:51country are considered rivals to our Chabahar port. On the other hand, in recent
00:25:55events in recent years, we have seen that
00:25:59in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi Arabia that reminded us of big
00:26:03American companies, the Chinese now have a serious foothold
00:26:07and are growing. Their outlook on Afghanistan is serious,
00:26:10and perhaps when we compare, especially in relation
00:26:13to our regional rivals, Turkey has a serious
00:26:16presence. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a smaller
00:26:20share. We, compared to Chinese investment and Chinese presence
00:26:23in the market, now everyone thinks China has swallowed our market
00:26:27and for example, we have become subordinate to China.
00:26:30Countries that also have very
00:26:39good relations with the West. The Chinese
00:26:42have always, it is true that we are independent,
00:26:46this is a special privilege for us. However,
00:26:48there are two questions that they always ask
00:26:52us. The Chinese have two specific questions.
00:26:56This is not only about the Chinese. If you
00:26:59want to establish a model of strategic relationship
00:27:03with any other country - by "you" I mean Iran or
00:27:07any two countries that want to form a strategic relationship -
00:27:10they must answer these questions. The first question:
00:27:13Do our decision-makers in the Islamic Republic
00:27:17within Iran have the mental
00:27:21image that our resources are sufficient for development
00:27:24and that we only need
00:27:26technology
00:27:29and in fact, management of implementation?
00:27:32Do we not need resources?
00:27:35Well, in Saudi Arabia, this question has been answered.
00:27:38In the Emirates, it has been answered. They say we don't need
00:27:41resources. Therefore, they go to China
00:27:44and place orders, just as they go to
00:27:48America and place orders. And they say,
00:27:52"We'll pay you to do these things for us."
00:27:56But can we do this in Iran too?
00:27:59That is, can we still continue
00:28:03our work as an oil-rich country and our foreign
00:28:06cooperation, or do we now need to act
00:28:09like Pakistan or Turkey,
00:28:13needing Chinese resources? They say our
00:28:16resources are not sufficient. In their
00:28:19relations, I have seen many times
00:28:22that one of the officials of the Pakistani
00:28:26embassy in China said that he is here
00:28:29to attract investment for his country,
00:28:33to bring money to the country.
00:28:36But our behavior does not show this. That is, we often
00:28:39go, because you raised an important question,
00:28:42why can't we be like them?
00:28:46I say because we have not yet reached
00:28:49an agreement on this issue. If
00:28:52you come to the conclusion that you need foreign
00:28:56resources like Pakistan and Turkey, then
00:28:59you should start thinking about how this
00:29:06development program aligns with China's development
00:29:09program and how they can complement each other.
00:29:13Then you can ask China to bring money.
00:29:17At one time, two cities in Iran had a railway.
00:29:21I was with the investment organization at that time.
00:29:23The esteemed representatives of those cities came
00:29:27and said that they are interested
00:29:30in the Chinese investing in the railway project
00:29:34of these two cities. You are probably talking
00:29:37about the years 2021-2024. Yes, yes.
00:29:41I told them, "Well, what benefit does China have
00:29:44here?" They said, "These two cities will be very prosperous
00:29:48if this happens." I said, "Well, what does that have to do with China?"
00:29:50That is, you see, every country pursues its own interests
00:29:54in its foreign relations. Now, sometimes you say that
00:29:58you have the money, like Saudi Arabia,
00:30:00the Saudi Arabian model. I have an investment
00:30:04fund where I collect oil money, and through
00:30:08this money, I self-finance the projects that
00:30:11I think are good. Now, I don't care
00:30:15about their current situation. I don't care about the situation
00:30:18of the Emirates and Saudi Arabia now. I am talking about that specific
00:30:22period. But if we want to be a model
00:30:25that is, then this is the first decision.
00:30:28We must clarify this. We must clarify
00:30:32which model we think is the model.
00:30:35I tried a lot during my time at the Ministry
00:30:39of Economy to make everyone understand that this work
00:30:43has requirements.
00:30:43Thank you very much.