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00:00:00It can be considered the beginning of a new phase after
00:00:03the aggression of America and Israel against Iran, and does
00:00:07Iran have proposals or a roadmap for organizing relations with
00:00:10Persian Gulf countries in mind? For now,
00:00:14it has been postponed
00:00:18and will not be held today.
00:00:20However, such a
00:00:24meeting could have been
00:00:28a step, however small, towards
00:00:30reviving dialogue between
00:00:33Iran and the Persian Gulf
00:00:36countries. Let's also keep in mind that it's not just about Iran
00:00:40and those countries; those countries themselves need to talk to each other.
00:00:44You are aware that
00:00:47some differences, which are also very serious, among these
00:00:51countries have themselves been
00:00:54whatsoever, just as all of the cause of many problems in our region, including in Yemen.
00:00:58Therefore, this dialogue is not
00:01:01only a necessity for Iran and
00:01:06claims that they are in control of the southern Persian Gulf countries; it is a necessity that exists among This opportunity has unfortunately
00:01:10been lost for now. We hope
00:01:12that everyone will seriously
00:01:16try to revive this opportunity or create a similar one.
00:01:20We will certainly use every
00:01:23opportunity to remind
00:01:27people of past experiences.
00:01:30Past experience,
00:01:32especially in these last 6 months,
00:01:34shows
00:01:37that the security and sovereignty of the region's countries
00:01:40were subjected to the Zionist regime.
00:01:44To attack a Muslim country, the first step towards
00:01:48establishing mutual understanding and trust is
00:01:52for the countries of the region
00:01:55to prevent the use of their territory,
00:01:58their land, their resources,
00:02:00for military aggression against Iran.
00:02:03TRT
00:02:04Sami Barhoum, official Turkish TV.
00:02:08TRT Arabic. Diplomatic
00:02:11communications between Ankara
00:02:14and Tehran are ongoing. Does
00:02:18Turkey, through the communications between Fidan and Araqchi, carry
00:02:22messages to de-escalate tensions either between Washington and Tehran or
00:02:25between Tehran and the Gulf neighboring countries?
00:02:29And
00:02:54is Tehran, through Araqchi and Fidan, only for conveying messages between Washington and Tehran, or
00:02:58is it within the framework of real mediation to reduce
00:03:01tension between Tehran and Washington, and also between
00:03:05Tehran and the Gulf countries? Let's just say, Persian Gulf.
00:03:09Well, you see,
00:03:12we certainly have much
00:03:15more important work with Turkey as two
00:03:19neighbors, two partners,
00:03:21than
00:03:23just
00:03:25being concerned with sending and exchanging messages.
00:03:31The relationship between Iran and Turkey,
00:03:34and the Republic of Turkey, is an excellent
00:03:38relationship in all areas,
00:03:41and naturally, the communication between
00:03:44the foreign ministers is also continuous.
00:03:47In many areas, in addition
00:03:50to common interests, which themselves are based on the long-standing
00:03:54ties between the two countries and two nations,
00:03:58we have shared concerns and perspectives
00:04:01on many
00:04:03issues,
00:04:06name of God, who created especially concerning the domineering nature of the Zionist regime and the crimes
00:04:10that this regime is committing against various
00:04:13countries in the region and the Levant.
00:04:17Therefore, we always use the opportunity of talks
00:04:21with Iran's Foreign Minister to address a very
00:04:24wide range of issues.
00:04:28Hello, Dr. My question is about the Security
00:04:32Council's action. This council, at the request of the United States
00:04:35and with the support of Britain, and despite the opposition
00:04:39of China and Russia, approved the agenda for the meeting on Iran sanctions. What is the position of the Ministry
00:04:43of Foreign Affairs?
00:04:53No, the US
00:04:56has brought up the so-called snapback mechanism and claimed
00:05:00that the Security Council's rescinded
00:05:03resolutions have returned.
00:05:06A fundamental disagreement arose in the Security Council.
00:05:09China and Russia rightly
00:05:13believed that the snapback was an illegal
00:05:16and ineffective measure, and they have
00:05:19persisted in this position to this day. For this reason,
00:05:23there has been no consensus in the Security Council on the formation
00:05:26of the relevant committees. From time
00:05:29to time, the US and European
00:05:32countries hold
00:05:36meetings at the
00:05:39council level to give
00:05:43their position a sense of continuity, but
00:05:47China, Russia, and other countries that opposed this process
00:05:51expressed their positions. I have two more questions for you,
00:05:54goodbye Tabnak. Hello, Dr.
00:05:58Good day. Regarding Mr. Pezeshkian's meeting with
00:06:01the Crown Prince of the UAE on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, given the regional
00:06:05developments, what new topics were discussed in this meeting,
00:06:07and what new significance or meaning
00:06:11does this meeting have in the current situation?
00:06:17The advantages of participating in multilateral meetings are
00:06:20that it provides
00:06:23opportunities for consultation and dialogue with
00:06:26a significant number of countries.
00:06:30The meeting was arranged at the request
00:06:33of the Emirati side, and
00:06:36as a country whose
00:06:39principled position is based on
00:06:43efforts to
00:06:46strengthen trust and relations between
00:06:49neighboring countries and the region,
00:06:52this request was accepted.
00:06:53And
00:06:56naturally, in such meetings,
00:06:59the priority is on bilateral issues, and in such
00:07:02circumstances, issues related to peace and security
00:07:06in the region are
00:07:09paramount.
00:07:12Hello and good health to you, Dr. My question is regarding
00:07:16the closure of two of Iran's borders with Iraq.
00:07:19According to their government's announcement, the Shalamcheh
00:07:23and Chazabeh borders were closed, and flights from Iran to Basra
00:07:27airport have been suspended. I wanted to know what
00:07:30measures the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking to facilitate
00:07:34the movement of Iranians to Iraq, and what was the main reason
00:07:38for closing these
00:07:41borders? one of the important reasons is that
00:07:44work is being done, and discussions
00:07:48between our embassy and the relevant Iraqi authorities have taken
00:07:52place. Also,
00:07:55contacts at higher levels
00:07:57between the Foreign Minister and his
00:08:01Iraqi counterpart.
00:08:05The route, meaning
00:08:08traffic, has started.
00:08:11The movement of travelers and pilgrims has begun,
00:08:14and within the next day or two,
00:08:18it is expected that trade issues and so on
00:08:21will return to normal. Thank you very much. See you next
00:08:25week. Thank you.
00:11:32In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Hello and welcome
00:11:35to the "Narrative of Power" program. In this episode of the program, we will take a look
00:11:39at the latest news about Iran in foreign media.
00:11:43I invite you to stay with us until the end of the program.
00:11:46In the studio, we are hosting Dr. Ebrahim Shakouri,
00:11:50an expert and researcher in international affairs. Dr., I greet you and welcome.
00:11:54Thank you.
00:12:01If you agree, let's start the discussion with the statements
00:12:05that American political officials are making about
00:12:08President Trump's positions, where an American
00:12:12senator said that while Trump demanded
00:12:15a one-and-a-half trillion dollar budget to
00:12:18continue the war with Iran, he is not willing
00:12:22to spend even a penny on children.
00:12:26Yes, Pat Murray published this on his social
00:12:29network and referred to the treatment costs for children
00:12:33and said that from the war until now,
00:12:36it's 100 billion dollars. The official figures were actually higher,
00:12:40and he says that this budget that Trump is sending for the war,
00:12:44I, as a senator, am willing to throw it in the trash. He used this term.
00:12:47He is a senior Democratic senator from the state
00:12:50of Washington. From 2023 to 2025,
00:12:54he was also the temporary president of the Senate. Therefore, he has a position
00:12:58that now holds a special place among the Democrats
00:13:01in the Senate. In any case, this shows
00:13:04a deep contradiction in the US power structure. While Republicans try to
00:13:08maintain their economic base among these
00:13:12large trusts and cartels
00:13:15by discussing warmongering
00:13:18and military spending and injecting money into arms factories,
00:13:21Democrats are trying to bring up these issues of health
00:13:25and medical insurance and public
00:13:28expenses by criticizing war budgets, especially on the eve of the midterm elections.
00:13:32They believe that this war is harming the public's demands.
00:13:35Is this request for more budget
00:13:39for the US Department of War unprecedented
00:13:43or has it been customary? This more than one and a half trillion
00:13:46dollars that Trump has requested, is it
00:13:50more than what was allocated in recent
00:13:54years?
00:13:57Republicans are usually known for being warmongers,
00:13:59for always being hawks, so this increase
00:14:03has always been their approach. Well, about 10 years ago, this figure was about
00:14:07800 billion dollars, but now it has almost doubled in this decade,
00:14:10and this shows the Republican Party's militaristic approach.
00:14:14Considering that we are on the eve of the midterm elections
00:14:18in Congress and the Senate, if there are changes
00:14:21in these two houses, problems will arise
00:14:25for the approval of the budget. In any case, if
00:14:29the Democrats gain a majority,
00:14:32an amendment to this budget is likely, because their slogans are slogans
00:14:35supporting insurance and health
00:14:38issues and similar issues. They will certainly increase
00:14:41calls for reducing the military budget. An American
00:14:44political official also complained about the increase
00:14:48in fuel prices and said that diesel
00:14:51prices in some states are even more than
00:14:55$10 per gallon per week. One of the most
00:14:58important issues being discussed in various American
00:15:02media today is this exorbitant
00:15:06increase in fuel prices in America. Yes, this Mr. Bill McKibben
00:15:09is an American social and environmental activist
00:15:13who used the word "catastrophe"
00:15:16for the increase in fuel prices, especially diesel above $10
00:15:20in California, and actually said
00:15:23that the hatred that is created by this high price and the war expenses that are being imposed on
00:15:27the American household is due to this
00:15:30senseless war in West Asia, especially Iran.
00:15:34And he has a history of opposing the warmongering of Republicans like
00:15:38Bush in Iraq, and it's interesting that now
00:15:41in California, yesterday we also had it in the program,
00:15:45the counters for the amount of liters of
00:15:48diesel no longer count above $10,
00:15:51otherwise the price might be sold for more than $10.
00:15:54Sarah Flounders, a famous
00:15:57American analyst, had an interview and referred
00:16:01to Iran's absolute power in the West Asian
00:16:04region and said that the regional equations
00:16:16says and all of its different officials has turned out to be a complete
00:16:20fraud, shockingly so, even a world
00:16:24scale, so their recent claims on the straight of
00:16:27hormos have no credibility
00:16:32their claims of how well they've done in this war against
00:16:35Iran, when it has been a houling. defeat a complete
00:16:39setback, but the latest uh
00:16:44the straight of homose when they are not able to get
00:16:48any of their ships through, it really
00:16:51shows once again that they're dealing in total fiction,
00:16:55the world can see the reality, and they can see that
00:16:58Iran has developed over
00:17:01many years, the ability to defend
00:17:03itself, to defend its territorial waters, defend
00:17:07and its rights and its sovereignty, and that is unique, even
00:17:11in world developments, the
00:17:14asymmetric, low cost weapons, highly
00:17:18sophisticated, are actually changing
00:17:21historically the balance in West
00:17:23Asia.
00:17:29You are still watching the "Narrative of Power" program
00:17:32on Khabar network. But an American
00:17:35senator also criticized
00:17:38the promises that the American president had made before
00:17:42the election. He refers to the fact that one of the promises
00:17:45that the American president had made was to reduce fuel
00:17:49and energy prices, but after a few months,
00:17:53these prices are increasing due to the war with Iran.
00:17:56It seems that this gap and internal
00:18:00differences in the US are also increasing on the eve of the elections.
00:18:04Yes, Mr. Warnock is one of the senators from Georgia,
00:18:08and he has been a senator since 2002. In his statement, he mentions that
00:18:11Trump promised a 50% reduction in energy costs,
00:18:15but everyone knows that with the current trend, such a thing will not happen.
00:18:19As is mentioned, Trump in the 2004
00:18:22election campaign, when he wanted to become president,
00:18:26promised to reduce fuel prices by 50%.
00:18:29At that time, economists said that he was lying and that such a thing was not possible.
00:18:33There was no war at that time. Now that the war has broken out, they are citing that
00:18:37under these circumstances, even this senator says that Trump
00:18:41didn't even lift a finger to suggest he wanted to lower prices,
00:18:44and he's sure that his promises won't be fulfilled. It seems that one of
00:18:48the most important issues that American citizens
00:18:51and other officials and opposition groups to
00:18:55the American president are paying attention to is this fuel price,
00:18:58because Adam Smith also pointed out in a note
00:19:02that every American household pays at least
00:19:05more than $4,000 more for fuel.
00:19:09Adam Smith points out
00:19:12that he has actually summarized
00:19:15the costs and says that $1,172,243
00:19:18more
00:19:22has been paid in Washington state alone for
00:19:25fuel costs due to the war with Iran, and he says that almost every family
00:19:29is paying an extra $412. $400 and more than
00:19:32$410. He says that his clients
00:19:36cannot afford such an expense, and the war
00:19:39is a futile war that has reached a dead end,
00:19:43and it is the president who has caused this situation,
00:19:46and they demand an immediate end to the war. He is a veteran
00:19:50Democratic representative from Michigan. He has worked in political
00:19:53and security fields since 1997.
00:19:56From 2019 to 2022, he was the chairman of the Armed Services Committee,
00:20:00meaning he is an informed person about the American military
00:20:03and political arena. He is saying this and with this new
00:20:07statistics, he is showing that the American household can no longer
00:20:10tolerate the war. While the wave
00:20:14of criticism against the performance of the American
00:20:18president has increased on the eve of the elections,
00:20:21many members of Congress are talking
00:20:25about the fact that during this war of America against
00:20:28Iran, the American people and citizens were under
00:20:31economic pressure, but Trump and his
00:20:35entourage made a huge profit from this war.
00:20:38Rashida Tlaib, one of the prominent figures
00:20:42of the Democratic Party from Michigan,
00:20:44says in the House of Representatives that Trump, like many
00:20:48of her colleagues, meaning Trump and many
00:20:51members of Congress and senators, personally profit
00:20:55from the war with Iran, as we saw in previous reports,
00:20:58Trump's family has become richer. She says that large oil companies
00:21:02and arms manufacturers are pocketing money from these wars.
00:21:06People are being killed for them to become richer,
00:21:10and this is truly shameful. This is what she posted on social
00:21:13media, and in fact, she is now saying
00:21:17that this war is a war for economic gains for certain individuals
00:21:21in America. The majority of the people are bearing
00:21:25the costs of the war, whether in fuel prices or other household
00:21:28expenses, they are paying out of pocket, and those companies and those
00:21:32individuals who are senators and members of parliament, and
00:21:36who hold shares in these arms manufacturers and oil companies,
00:21:39including Trump's family, are profiting. As we have presented
00:21:43in previous reports from various media outlets for our dear
00:21:46viewers, the fuel price in America is being
00:21:50discussed in many world media outlets.
00:21:53The exorbitant increase in fuel prices has caused many
00:21:57media outlets to address this issue. The Associated
00:22:01Press also referred to this issue in
00:22:04a note and spoke of an unprecedented
00:22:07increase in diesel prices. Yes, this
00:22:11Associated Press article was written by White Graham
00:22:14Phillips, an economic reporter for this large
00:22:17news agency, who works in the field of market
00:22:21economics, economic policies, and business news. He refers
00:22:24to an average fuel price of over $6 for gasoline. Well, this is the national average.
00:22:28In California, we saw diesel reach above $10,
00:22:31and my question was exactly that, while many
00:22:35states have gone beyond $10, the Associated Press is talking
00:22:38about $6. This is actually
00:22:41a cognitive war, meaning they want
00:22:44to bring public opinion to the national
00:22:48level and say that it's $6, while I, for example, go to San Diego
00:22:52and fill up with $10 worth of gasoline or diesel. This means they are
00:22:55downplaying the crisis that has actually arisen
00:22:59in the fuel sector. Some media outlets,
00:23:03despite actually expressing this, are seeking
00:23:05to reduce and alleviate this crisis
00:23:09and want to say that the situation is not so bad. Yes, this is what Trump's
00:23:13supporters are doing. They want to manipulate public opinion
00:23:17with these words and keep them calm until the elections, but the American citizen
00:23:20who goes to the gas station or diesel pump and pays
00:23:24is aware of the real costs. And in fact, polls also
00:23:27show that this psychological warfare that they launch
00:23:30and are trying to make the crisis seem
00:23:34as if there is no crisis at all,
00:23:37they have not accepted it, and Trump has also questioned
00:23:40all the polls in his latest press conferences, saying that they are trying to discredit him.
00:23:44He says he is very popular, but his Democratic
00:23:48rivals say that his popularity and that of the Republican
00:23:51Party will be determined at the ballot box. Middle East
00:23:54Eye also pointed out in a note that Israel,
00:23:58or the Zionist regime, seeks to weaken
00:24:02the Gulf countries. The equations in
00:24:05the region are moving in a direction that is not
00:24:09beneficial to regional actors in West Asia,
00:24:12but rather to the benefit of the Zionist regime.
00:24:16This is according to the US plan, not what is actually happening on the ground,
00:24:20as many analysts believe that the US war against
00:24:23Iran has changed everything in Iran's favor.
00:24:26Yes, this point that you mentioned from Middle East
00:24:29Eye was actually written by Tucker Carlson, one of the well-known
00:24:33hardline conservative figures who supports Trump,
00:24:37but has since become a critic of Trump, especially regarding this war.
00:24:40He said that Israel is actually behind
00:24:43these events, aiming to diminish America's role in West Asia
00:24:47and make its own role more prominent. He says, "I once told Trump
00:24:50that this war is against us," and he argues
00:24:54based on the events in the region and what Israel has done,
00:24:58and in a way, he is saying the same narrative that many independent
00:25:02media outlets around the world have said, that Trump fell for Netanyahu's game at the beginning of this war.
00:25:05It's interesting that he also says the same thing,
00:25:09and I saw that Fareed Zakaria said that Iran's point
00:25:13is that you start the war, but Tehran determines its end. Now Fareed Zakaria
00:25:16is also mentioning this point, like other critics of the war.
00:25:20Now, a point that might be raised is the criticism
00:25:23against Tucker Carlson's article. In the US National
00:25:27Security Strategy, it was fundamentally not
00:25:31intended for the US to play a direct role.
00:25:34Perhaps in a way, the Americans themselves have realized
00:25:38that in the West Asian region, they cannot
00:25:41act directly and must delegate
00:25:45their destructive and hostile role to the Zionist regime.
00:25:49That's why Trump plays with words and says it's not a war,
00:25:52it's a temporary military action, for example,
00:25:56to refer to that document, as you mentioned, and say that we are not warmongers.
00:26:00Trump claims to have ended several wars, but
00:26:03in practice, his Democratic rivals say that he started
00:26:07an official war beyond the legal limits of his authority,
00:26:10and now playing with words does not change the reality on the ground.
00:26:14Exactly, playing with words is also seen in these
00:26:17American media outlets. The exact term they use for the war with Iran
00:26:21is "conflict" and they use "war" less often. Exactly.
00:26:24Daily Beast also pointed out
00:26:28in a note that Trump's son-in-law was ridiculed
00:26:31at a diplomatic meeting. These days, in social
00:26:35media and in the media,
00:26:39there is a lot of talk about Trump and his entourage,
00:26:42and they are looked at with ridicule regarding what they say.
00:26:46Yes, this is an interesting event. Apparently, there was a meeting
00:26:49in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, called the European
00:26:53Strategy Yalta meeting, and Kushner participated there on behalf of the US.
00:26:57He gives a speech and says things that, according to this news,
00:27:00made the hall erupt in laughter, and he said
00:27:04that for example, if Ukraine compromises,
00:27:08Russia will also compromise and the war will end. But those politicians there said, "You served a diplomatic salad here."
00:27:12And this phrase he used caused an explosion of laughter
00:27:15in the room, meaning he views everything
00:27:19so simply. In fact,
00:27:22at the beginning of Donald Trump's
00:27:25second term as president, he also announced that the war
00:27:28in Ukraine would end in less than 10 days. They are exactly referring
00:27:32to this view that has actually caused America to suffer
00:27:36a tension and entered
00:27:40endless wars and a quagmire that it has prepared for itself
00:27:43in various places. Yes, he points out that he is a businessman, not
00:27:47a diplomat. He doesn't know this language, and this ignorance
00:27:51has caused these blows. And a few days ago, we also had that those two people,
00:27:54Kushner and another US negotiator in the Iran nuclear talks,
00:27:58had not brought any nuclear experts to Geneva or even to the Oman meeting, and their lack
00:28:02of knowledge of the intricate diplomatic and technical issues
00:28:06caused Trump at that time not to accept Tehran's proposals
00:28:09for negotiations and understanding, leading to a war
00:28:12in which it is now stuck in a quagmire. USA Today
00:28:16also pointed out in a note to what extent
00:28:20Republicans can tolerate the scandals that Trump and
00:28:23his entourage have caused for this party in America.
00:28:27Yes, this USA Today article was written
00:28:30by Rex Huppke, an American journalist and columnist,
00:28:34who has written many articles in this newspaper and has
00:28:38a somewhat humorous and critical view of the Republican
00:28:41Party's policies. He shows in this article
00:28:44that Trump has become more unstable
00:28:48and unpredictable. His corruption has become more apparent,
00:28:51and his narcissism has gone further. Most importantly, Americans
00:28:54feel a sense of collapse. Very well, thank you very much, Dr. Ebrahim
00:28:58Shakouri, expert and researcher in international affairs. Thank you for your company, dear
00:29:03viewers. While saying goodbye, I invite you to continue
00:29:05watching Khabar channel.