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00:00:23At 4 o'clock, the president said, "We are not looking for
00:00:26expansionism, but the Zionists are looking for
00:00:30something very big." Dr. Pezeshkian, on a television program,
00:00:34comparing Iran's and Israel's approaches towards the countries in the region,
00:00:37added, "We have common borders with neighboring countries
00:00:41and must live together. But the Zionist regime,
00:00:44which does not have borders with many Islamic countries,
00:00:48is thinking of aggression and seizing their
00:00:51land."
00:00:54For a human's ignorance, it is enough that they do not know their
00:00:57power. They wanted to completely disarm us.
00:01:01Well, if they disarm us, they will
00:01:04come like Gaza and plow all our water and soil
00:01:08and we won't be able to do anything.
00:01:11Is that right? We should do that?
00:01:14Accept that they come and take all our military authority and defensive power
00:01:18from us, and we bow our heads to them? We will
00:01:21not. But we will not attack other countries. We are not looking for
00:01:24land, I don't know, seizing land
00:01:28and reports.
00:01:41The comprehensive legal report on American aggression and crimes with the Zionist regime in
00:01:45Iran has been finalized and registered at the United Nations.
00:01:48According to the Judiciary, Branch 55
00:01:51of International Affairs of Tehran's Judiciary is the authority
00:01:55to handle the complaints of the Iranian people against America and
00:01:59the regime.
00:02:02The legal follow-up of the recent American-Zionist aggressions against
00:02:05Iran has entered a new phase. One is the level of
00:02:09domestic courts, and the other is foreign courts,
00:02:12which, within the framework of the principle of universal jurisdiction,
00:02:16we can pursue. From registering complaints and
00:02:19lawsuits by the people against America and the Zionist regime, this
00:02:23power of attorney that we give for legal follow-up regarding the damages
00:02:26inflicted on the country and on us against
00:02:30criminal Israel
00:02:33and terrorist America,
00:02:36we will complain so that the documentation of damages and finalization
00:02:39of cases can be presented in domestic and international forums.
00:02:43In this legal battle system, we have so far
00:02:46received more than 5 million powers of attorney from the people. Branch
00:02:5055, special crimes of international
00:02:53affairs, has been dedicated to this matter. As
00:02:57not abandoning the criminals is also the Imam's demand.
00:03:03The follow-up of
00:03:06this
00:03:09issue and referral to international, legal, and
00:03:13domestic courts must be pursued. The criminals
00:03:16must be held accountable and punished for their criminal
00:03:20acts. Based on this, the Legal and International Affairs
00:03:24Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Center of Lawyers of the Judiciary
00:03:27have launched joint collaborations
00:03:31based on a memorandum of understanding. Documentation must be done at three
00:03:34levels. At the level of damages to
00:03:38government facilities, public damages,
00:03:40and private damages. According to Mr. Gharibabadi,
00:03:44forming a joint team to compile a comprehensive legal report
00:03:48as an official document presentable at the United Nations is another program
00:03:51pursued in this memorandum of understanding. We
00:03:55presented the war report as a
00:03:58preliminary document in more than 10...
00:04:13in a government building in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
00:04:17So far, more than 100 firefighters have been
00:04:20dispatched to control the fire. Published images show
00:04:24that the flames have spread from the eleventh to
00:04:27the sixteenth floor of the building.
00:04:30So far, no report on the cause of this fire, possible
00:04:34casualties, and the extent of
00:04:36damages
00:04:38has been released.
00:04:42Shahab News Agency announced with published images that an 80-year-old
00:04:46man with American citizenship was beaten
00:04:49during a raid by the occupying regime's soldiers on
00:04:52a village north of Ramallah and was injured by a sound
00:04:56bomb. According to this report,
00:05:00this individual suffered a head injury and had several
00:05:03bruises on his body.
00:05:07شده
00:05:12The US Senate
00:05:14passed a bill for extensive sanctions on Russian
00:05:18energy with an overwhelming majority. This
00:05:21bill, which was approved with 86 votes in favor and 11
00:05:25against, aims to penalize major buyers
00:05:29of Russian oil and gas, impose new sanctions
00:05:32against officials of that country, and levy tariffs on large
00:05:35importers of Russian energy. It was drafted and sent to the US House
00:05:39of Representatives for review.
00:05:46The US Army's Cyber Warfare Unit confirmed the deaths of at least
00:05:505 of its personnel due to suicide.
00:05:53Bloomberg attributed the cause of suicide among the personnel of the
00:05:57Army's Cyber Warfare Unit to the war with Iran and other
00:06:01foreign conflicts, as well as the pressure from competition in the field of
00:06:05artificial intelligence. These suicides have raised concerns among
00:06:08officials and lawmakers about the mental health of personnel
00:06:12and their well-being. In this regard, the Commander of Cyber Command,
00:06:16the US Army's Cyber Warfare Unit, has warned
00:06:18that without providing an $11 million
00:06:22budget for studying and improving the mental state of forces,
00:06:25job burnout and a decrease in operational
00:06:28capability will increase. General Josh Rad also
00:06:32said that the army is struggling
00:06:35with a suicide rate of 23 people per
00:06:39100,000, which is almost twice the average suicide rate in the entire
00:06:42US population.
00:06:45The US President,
00:06:48continuing his trade war, threatened Switzerland with
00:06:52trade restrictions. Donald
00:06:55Trump, in his latest interview, referring to the fact that the US
00:06:58has a trade deficit of about 39 billion dollars
00:07:02with Switzerland, said, "I can eliminate
00:07:05this deficit with one signature, and Switzerland will
00:07:09no longer be a top country." Trump further
00:07:13threatened to ban the import of Swiss watches and goods
00:07:16so that Switzerland would turn from a privileged country into a country with
00:07:20serious problems. The US President
00:07:23had previously threatened other European countries, Canada, Greenland, and China
00:07:27with heavy trade tariffs.
00:07:29سنگین تهدید کرده
00:10:59Hello, I am John Mearsheimer, a university professor
00:11:02and also an international relations theorist.
00:11:05This time, I want to talk about the war with Iran.
00:11:09I want to argue that it's time for Trump to end
00:11:13this war. He should also reach an agreement
00:11:16with the Iranians and end the war,
00:11:20meaning he should practically accept defeat and admit that Iran
00:11:23won this war and we lost.
00:11:27I want to first, in fact, go over the goals that America
00:11:31set for itself at the beginning of the war. Then we will see how
00:11:35we failed in achieving any of these goals.
00:11:39And I will explain how terribly
00:11:42we performed in pursuing these goals.
00:11:45And then I will go over the military strategies that
00:11:49we employed to achieve those goals. My
00:11:52main point is that none of those strategies that we
00:11:55used were able to achieve our initial
00:11:58goals. I want to explain in more detail
00:12:02what each of these strategies was and
00:12:06why they failed. As we
00:12:09proceed, it will become quite clear that there were
00:12:125 possible strategies before America. Among these five
00:12:16cases, America has only implemented three
00:12:20in practice. Regarding the other two, I must say
00:12:24he didn't go for them at all. I will talk about the three strategies
00:12:27he implemented and the reason for their failure.
00:12:30Then we will discuss the two strategies that
00:12:34were not implemented at all, and I will say
00:12:37why America abandoned them. The point
00:12:41you should always keep in mind is that I
00:12:45constantly refer to the relationship that exists between
00:12:48the goals we had and the strategies we chose
00:12:52to achieve them, or now
00:12:55did. Very well, let's go to the main
00:12:58thing.
00:13:01In fact, the goals. When the war started, America and
00:13:04consequently Israel pursued four goals. The first goal
00:13:08was regime change in Tehran. The second
00:13:11goal was to eliminate Iran's capability,
00:13:14in a way, for uranium enrichment, and
00:13:18the third goal was to destroy Iran's long-range ballistic
00:13:21missile program. The fourth goal was that Iran...
00:13:32The very important point is that, in my opinion, regime change was the most
00:13:36important of all, because if, in fact,
00:13:39regime change did not happen, there was practically no way to achieve
00:13:43those other three goals. So regime
00:13:46change was the first priority, but those other three goals were
00:13:50also very vital, although in my opinion, they
00:13:53fell under the same first goal.
00:13:57Now, the question that arises here is, what
00:14:00is our current situation regarding those goals today?
00:14:04Let me examine the discussion
00:14:08from two different angles. First,
00:14:11if we only focus and look at those four goals themselves,
00:14:15we must say that none of them were achieved.
00:14:18None have been achieved, and there is no sign
00:14:22that they will be achieved soon.
00:14:26Well, besides that, I must say
00:14:29that we are now, in fact,
00:14:32in a situation and a period of time
00:14:36where, before the actual
00:14:39war, I must say that on February
00:14:4327th, meaning one
00:14:46day before the start of the war,
00:14:49we didn't have it. Now Iran controls
00:14:52the Strait of Hormuz, I must say, and as I
00:14:56am talking to you now, that is, at this very
00:14:59moment, it has prevented maritime traffic into and
00:15:03out of this strait. On the other
00:15:06hand, on February 27th, that is, the same
00:15:09day before the war, America had a strong alliance
00:15:13with the Persian Gulf littoral countries
00:15:16in the region, and had established several
00:15:19important military bases there.
00:15:23But today, I must say that either those
00:15:27bases have been severely damaged, or they
00:15:30can be said to be completely destroyed, and those alliances
00:15:34that America had with the Arab countries in the region...
00:15:41Worst of all, the global economy is in a very
00:15:44dangerous situation due to the blockade
00:15:46of the Strait of Hormuz,
00:15:50soon, the possibility of a major
00:15:53global recession is very serious. So, not
00:15:57only have we not achieved any of the four initial goals,
00:16:00but today we are facing new and serious
00:16:03problems that, one day before the war,
00:16:07that is, on February 27th, can be said
00:16:10to have not existed at all.
00:16:13Well, now let's look at the situation from
00:16:16another angle. If you examine
00:16:20the memorandum of understanding that Trump signed with
00:16:23the Iranians on June 17th of this year,
00:16:26the same memorandum of understanding that was drafted to end
00:16:30the war, we see that this document
00:16:33is practically a surrender document.
00:16:38I must say that Trump has retreated
00:16:41on all points of contention between Iran and America.
00:16:45The structure of the memorandum of understanding
00:16:48is such that first, a ceasefire
00:16:52is established, conflicts end, and
00:16:55the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. In addition,
00:16:59Iranians are allowed to sell their oil
00:17:02in free markets,
00:17:05something that did not exist
00:17:08at all before the signing of the June
00:17:1217th memorandum of understanding, and
00:17:14they will no longer worry about US
00:17:18sanctions. This was the first part
00:17:21of the agreement: ceasefire and reopening of the Strait.
00:17:25After a 60-day period was envisioned
00:17:28for negotiations, during which they were supposed
00:17:32to reach a conclusion on the nuclear issue, it was very
00:17:36clear that Iran would retain its capability for
00:17:40nuclear enrichment, while this
00:17:44issue completely contradicted one of the initial
00:17:47goals of the war. It was also
00:17:50clear that the US had to return
00:17:54all of Iran's blocked assets
00:17:56and pay compensation for all
00:18:00the damages inflicted on Iran in this war,
00:18:03and indeed, the damages were
00:18:06very heavy, and therefore, a huge
00:18:10amount must be paid to Iran.
00:18:12In addition to these matters, Iranians
00:18:16could freely
00:18:18sell their oil
00:18:22in the global market. So if
00:18:24you look at the memorandum of understanding, you will see
00:18:28that America has given in on all
00:18:32key points, and practically
00:18:35Iran was the winner of the field.
00:18:39This means that in terms of the goals we had
00:18:42in mind at the beginning of the war and were cultivating
00:18:45in our thoughts, we did not achieve
00:18:48any of them, and after
00:18:51the start of the war, our situation, I must say,
00:18:54became much worse. Now, I must say that
00:18:58the fundamental question is, what
00:19:01exactly happened? We had various
00:19:05military strategies in
00:19:11The question is, what exactly were those strategies
00:19:14and why did they fail? Well, let me
00:19:18proceed with the discussion by saying that there were 5
00:19:22important potential strategies available to America.
00:19:25Then I will explain what happened and analyze
00:19:29why these strategies did not achieve
00:19:32their goals. These five strategies
00:19:36were: The first three were actually
00:19:39related to the air force,
00:19:43the fourth to the navy, and
00:19:46the fifth to the ground forces or land
00:19:50armies. In the air force
00:19:52section, the first strategy is
00:19:56a technique called, or what
00:19:59I call, selective air
00:20:02campaign, meaning a strategic bombing
00:20:06campaign. During this campaign, some
00:20:09targets are not bombed. In other words,
00:20:13targets are, in fact, selectively
00:20:16bombed. A selective air
00:20:19campaign means that we bomb a limited
00:20:23number of military targets, non-military targets, and
00:20:26non-military infrastructure, but we fundamentally refrain
00:20:30from widespread attacks on non-military
00:20:33infrastructure and also
00:20:37Iran's oil facilities.
00:20:40When I say non-military infrastructure, I mean avoiding
00:20:44hitting bridges, power plants,
00:20:47and also of course
00:20:51oil and gas facilities
00:20:54inside Iran. This approach is called a selective
00:20:57air campaign, or in other words, a selective
00:21:01strategic bombing
00:21:04campaign. I compare this to a non-selective
00:21:07air campaign. In a non-selective air
00:21:11campaign, the US and Israel do not only attack
00:21:14the targets I mentioned, but rather
00:21:18go after non-military infrastructure,
00:21:21power plants, bridges, and also
00:21:24oil facilities, meaning they practically
00:21:27bomb all possible targets
00:21:31in Iran. This is a non-selective air
00:21:35campaign, in contrast
00:21:37to a selective air campaign.
00:21:41And the third strategy is an approach that
00:21:44I call a retaliatory
00:21:48campaign. This can be a type
00:21:52of air campaign, but on a very small scale, meaning one side
00:21:55attacks the other, the other side responds,
00:21:58and then the first side responds again. This is called
00:22:02retaliation, which is much more limited
00:22:05and smaller than the two types of
00:22:08air campaigns, selective and non-selective. This
00:22:11was the three strategies related to the air force.
00:22:15However, the strategy that relates
00:22:19to the navy is a naval
00:22:22blockade, meaning Iran is blockaded by
00:22:26the US Navy. And the last option
00:22:29is related to the army, which is practically a ground
00:22:32attack, meaning an attack on Iranian soil.
00:22:36America can try to seize one or two
00:22:40Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf,
00:22:43or attack the main Iranian territory, or
00:22:47focus on the areas that Iran controls around the Strait of Hormuz
00:22:50to reopen the Strait with ground forces.
00:22:54These were the five strategies that were available
00:22:57to America. Very well.
00:23:01Now let's move on to when and where America employed
00:23:04each of these strategies. Then we will
00:23:07analyze this approach and I will
00:23:11try to explain why these
00:23:14strategies could not
00:23:17achieve the goals that America pursued
00:23:21at the beginning of the war, meaning February 28th.
00:23:24To review the story,
00:23:27on February 28th, America starts air
00:23:31attacks that continue until April 8th,
00:23:35forming a 40-day war. It uses
00:23:39a selective air campaign. They start
00:23:42the work with a shock attack and,
00:23:45in fact, a shock and
00:23:48awe campaign,
00:23:51the goal of which was to assassinate the leaders
00:23:54and officials of the Iranian regime. In fact, America and Israel succeeded
00:23:58in this and assassinated the leaders and officials
00:24:02of Iran. All of this happened within the framework
00:24:05of that same selective air campaign.
00:24:09It is very important to know that America and
00:24:13Israel did not extensively attack military
00:24:16targets, power plants, bridges.
00:24:20In fact, civilian bridges or Iranian oil and gas
00:24:24facilities. So it's not a non-selective
00:24:28campaign, but rather a selective campaign that lasted
00:24:3140 days. Eventually, a ceasefire
00:24:34is established. But the very important point
00:24:38is that just before the ceasefire on April 8th,
00:24:42Trump said that he would send Iran back
00:24:45to the Stone Age. On April 7th, meaning one day
00:24:49before tonight, an entire civilization will be destroyed,
00:24:53or tonight, an entire civilization
00:24:55goes.
00:24:58The thing is, during those 40 days of war,
00:25:01Trump was slowly thinking that maybe it would be better
00:25:05to move from a selective campaign to a non-selective
00:25:09campaign.
00:25:11On April 7th, he said this, but the next day, April 8th,
00:25:14he suddenly retreated, something we witnessed
00:25:18several times, and said
00:25:24it was time to start negotiations. You
00:25:27remember that J.D. Vance went to Islamabad to talk
00:25:31with the Iranians. On April 11th and
00:25:3412th, negotiations to end the war
00:25:38came about. Remember that the ceasefire
00:25:42started on April 8th, the bombing,
00:25:45in fact, the 40-day bombing, ended. On April
00:25:4911th and 12th, the Vice President negotiates
00:25:52with the Iranians, but it does not lead to
00:25:56a result, and the negotiations
00:25:59fail, although, in fact,
00:26:03the ceasefire itself is still in effect.
00:26:06This is a very important point. But
00:26:10what we do on April 13th, the next day, is that
00:26:13we decide to impose a naval blockade against
00:26:17Iran. From April 13th to
00:26:20June 17th, America blockades the Strait of Hormuz,
00:26:23which practically means a naval blockade
00:26:26of Iran. Then on June
00:26:3017th, America signs that memorandum of
00:26:33understanding that I mentioned earlier, and as
00:26:36I said, this memorandum of understanding was practically a surrender
00:26:39document. This action proves that the blockade did not
00:26:43work. So on June
00:26:4617th, we sign the memorandum of understanding with the Iranians,
00:26:49and it seems that we are ending the war.
00:26:53But in early July, America
00:26:56decides to violate the memorandum of understanding.
00:26:59Very important.
00:27:06During the 60-day negotiation period,
00:27:09Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. So from
00:27:12June 17th, a 60-day period begins
00:27:16during which both sides must negotiate and resolve
00:27:20all issues. During these 60 days,
00:27:23the memorandum of understanding explicitly states that Iran has control
00:27:26over the Strait of Hormuz. But America
00:27:30decides in early July to violate
00:27:32this agreement and, in cooperation with Oman,
00:27:36create a channel for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
00:27:39that is not under Iranian control,
00:27:43but rather in its own hands. Iranians say such
00:27:46an action is unacceptable and start targeting
00:27:50ships passing through that channel.
00:27:53Naturally, America retaliates, and then Iran
00:27:57responds again. America retaliates again. This
00:28:00becomes the same retaliatory campaign.
00:28:04So what happened? First, we had
00:28:06a 40-day selective air
00:28:10campaign. It ended.
00:28:13Then we went for a naval blockade. Now
00:28:16we have entered into retaliatory attacks.
00:28:20The retaliatory campaign
00:28:23can be said to have started on July 7th and seems to last
00:28:27until July 31st. The ceasefire is
00:28:30over, remember that.
00:28:33The ceasefire was from April 8th, and practically between Iran and America,
00:28:37Iran and Israel, and Arab countries with Iran, a ceasefire
00:28:40was in effect. This ceasefire lasted from April 8th to
00:28:44July 7th, which is the start of the retaliatory campaign.
00:28:47The retaliatory campaign
00:28:50lasted from July 7th to July 31st.
00:28:54In my opinion, until last Friday,
00:28:57during this period, Iranians and Americans
00:29:01almost more. Trump
00:29:06refer
00:29:10again begins to to a non-selective air
00:29:14campaign and again talks about returning Iranians
00:29:18to the Stone Age. On August 1st
00:29:21and 2nd, people thought that Trump might start
00:29:25this non-selective campaign, but
00:29:28in the end, on August 1st, he said
00:29:31he wouldn't do it and would return to negotiations.