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00:00:11Good evening, welcome to spotlight here on Press TV. I am Bahman
00:00:15a Nuray. As diplomatic efforts continue to avert another
00:00:19of of military confrontation between Iran and the United States, tensions remain
00:00:23of dangerously high with Tehran
00:00:24a warning that any renewed American aggression could trigger
00:00:29of
00:00:30of of a conflict extend extending. far beyond west Asia. Iranian and Qatari officials have been engaging
00:00:34intensive consultations in Doha with a proposed two-day
00:00:37arrangement to reopen the straight
00:00:39of of hormoves emerging as a potential breakthrough. yet
00:00:43Washington continues to leave the military option on the table while reports
00:00:47suggest preparations for possible renewed us strikes against
00:00:50Iran after the November the third midterm elections. Taran
00:00:54meanwile insists that its military is prepared to respond without
00:00:57any geographical limitations. so is diplomacy finally
00:01:01creating a pathway towards ending this conflict or are both
00:01:05sides preparing for another
00:01:07in and potentially wider confrontations. welcome to spotlight. once again,
00:01:11allow me to introduce my
00:01:12guests.
00:01:19our international law expert and geopolitical analyst joining me from
00:01:23Islamabad in
00:01:25of Pakistan and Dr. Tamis
00:01:29Zimas assistant. Professor of International Law, University of
00:01:32of Nicozia, joining me from Tassaloniki in Greece. Very good
00:01:36to have you both on this um
00:01:40of spotlight show, it's very important topic and I hope I'm going to get
00:01:43lot um from this session and this conversation. I'm
00:01:47going to start the conversation with you Said Muaz, and that is the fact that after
00:01:51eight months of
00:01:52of war of we are witnessing renewed diplomatic activity involving
00:01:56Iran, Qatar and the United States. What has changed? the
00:02:01in calculations
00:02:04of of the parties that has brought negotiations back to the forefront, are be seeing genuine shift towards ending this
00:02:08conflict or simply another attempt to manage
00:02:10escalation? well, thank you very much for
00:02:14having me. i think one
00:02:15of the most important things about this element is that
00:02:19this new kind of statement, particularly from the
00:02:23IRGC
00:02:24in commander is illustrate that look
00:02:27a at the same time we can have diplomacy. but understand that we
00:02:31are
00:02:32of having diplomatic relations from a
00:02:34of position of strength. I think we need to understand this development in three
00:02:38of dimensions: the first, Iran is signaling that
00:02:40of deterrance is no longer simply a question of responding proportionately within
00:02:45of a familiar geographic theater, and I think they've been able to
00:02:48demonstrate that, and attempting to communicate this, that renewed
00:02:52military aggression against the
00:02:54of Islamic of Republic of Iran will generate consequences beyond the immediate
00:02:58battlefield. Secondly, "this announcement by the RGC
00:03:01commander must be read alongside with diplomatic efforts that are
00:03:05already underway, as you mentioned in
00:03:08of Qatar, but the military readiness at the same time having the
00:03:11diplomatic engagement are not necessarily
00:03:15of contradictory. we have to understand that both used to influence the strategic
00:03:18calculations
00:03:19of the parties, and thirdly, from an international law perspective, the right to
00:03:23self-defense
00:03:24of remains the
00:03:25of fundamental overarching point. military response by
00:03:28the Islamic republic Iran." must remain subject to the necessity of
00:03:32proportionality in international humanitarian law, so ultimately the
00:03:36of challenge for the international
00:03:37of community in at of this moment, particularly
00:03:39in the context
00:03:39of these Doha talks, is to help facilitate them further, but there's
00:03:43playing its role other parties, state parties around the world that are part of
00:03:47this discussion, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, all
00:03:50of them need to push the parties together, and
00:03:53of it's not necessarily the Islamic Republic of Iran concerns, as you know the United States has
00:03:57been repeatedly when it comes to these talks. in the one to back
00:04:00pedal and perhaps these midterm elections, we got that
00:04:03statement from Donald Trump earlier saying
00:04:07that probably that there won't be any action until the mid terms
00:04:11happen, and abbas sarashi, I think comment that was very
00:04:14important, we
00:04:15can we can handle it this way in Doha or we can handle it another way,
00:04:19we're prepared to handle it either or way, and I think that's the message that Iran wants to
00:04:23give. Right, um, Dr.
00:04:26Zemus, world diplomats are
00:04:29a talking.
00:04:30of Iran's supreme leader has and leader
00:04:34a of the Islamic Revolution has ordered the armed forces to prepare immediate response to any renewed
00:04:38aggression without geographical limitations. How should we
00:04:41interpret this military directive? East Iran signaling
00:04:45that it will it will not allow another round of attacks to unfold under
00:04:49the same circumstances as the two previous
00:04:52conflicts. I think that this is
00:04:56a continuation
00:04:57of the military order from the mark. Supreme
00:05:01leader who had before the initiation of
00:05:04this war by before the Ramadan war by the US and
00:05:10in Israel, um, the previous supreme leader. of Iran had
00:05:14informed everybody that such attack would be
00:05:17confronted with regional war, the US and
00:05:21Israel didn't count his words
00:05:25as they should, and indeed we had regional war with global
00:05:29consequences. now the new supreme
00:05:31leader, given that the US
00:05:34has a significant
00:05:37extent been harmed in terms
00:05:40the of significantly. in terms their military
00:05:44presence in the gulf area, the
00:05:48um, so the they probably will use
00:05:51some their allies who are a bit more
00:05:55from more far from Iran than than the gulf
00:05:59region, the new supreme leader informs
00:06:02that the Iranian response,
00:06:06apart from Israel will include possibly
00:06:09Cyprus or Greece or other area or...
00:06:12other countries which will assist the United
00:06:15States and this is quite, but also it's not
00:06:19only about the place, it's also about the quality, we know that
00:06:22AI, data centers, under sea
00:06:25cables, other choke points of global
00:06:29commerce may be involved as well,
00:06:32um, so the global consequences of this
00:06:36already regional conflict will become much much
00:06:40wider um and "this is particularly
00:06:43important given the fragility of global economy,
00:06:47i think that the it is mainly in this regards that
00:06:51um ahead the
00:06:53uh that while we're waiting for the midterm elections, probably the US
00:06:57administration wants to send the sign uh
00:07:01possibly to calm the market somehow that you know
00:07:04negotiations are happening and maybe there will be a peaceful
00:07:08solution, i'm not buying that to be honest
00:07:11um" um, the odds are that the United
00:07:15States of America and Israel will launch attack right
00:07:19after the midtem elections in the US, and
00:07:23they're just buying time. Iran is forced
00:07:26to climax in terms of its response, of
00:07:30its military response, um, because
00:07:33until now, the US attacks either a
00:07:37bleach greek mode or an attition war mode, but
00:07:41the US main goal is the... same change of political
00:07:45system in Iran and mutilation the Iranian state right
00:07:48um state most bars significant
00:07:50one developments um um is Iran's
00:07:54proposed today arrangement for the reopening the straight of most
00:07:58conditional on Washington meeting Tan's demands how
00:08:02significant do you see this initiative as a confidence building
00:08:05measure and could it become the starting point for a broader
00:08:09agreement to end the war? Well
00:08:12absolutely, I think the straight of Hormus has always been the key
00:08:16pinnacle issue and the Islamic Republic of Iran has
00:08:20strategically understood this, has always provided and I must
00:08:23say from the beginning of this conflict
00:08:26reasonable kind of discussions around
00:08:29it, and the United States has been
00:08:32unfortunately frustrated by the strategic use of the
00:08:36straight of parms in this conversation, because it was never a calculated
00:08:40measure when they initiated this aggression.
00:08:43action many months ago, and so I think Iran
00:08:47has all, said that, look, if you remember in the Islamabad
00:08:51talks, this was key element, but Iran would be responsible for
00:08:54it, and Iran would also then be able to govern, the
00:08:58execution of it, it was very clearly written in the mou, and
00:09:02unfortunately the United States then of course went back on that, the
00:09:06situation Lebanon got out of hand, and
00:09:09there was a lot of elements that fell back, but what was really surprised said that
00:09:12okay, the Britain talks are broken said that, okay, the Britain talks are
00:09:16broken down with the United States and there's still some conflict going
00:09:20on, but we're going to still talk with the regional powers and
00:09:24the regional partners, we're going to make this straight of hormoves arrangement of
00:09:28reality, and they started talks with Oman, and it goes to show you that the
00:09:31Islamic Republic is intended well, even without the United
00:09:35States to come with solution to the straight of hor moves that is
00:09:39equitable, that protects it interest
00:09:42um and the interest the reasonal allies and the countries came around, they
00:09:46looked at Iran as reasonable partner, a partner we could talk to, a good
00:09:50example is the sultanate of Oman, has realized
00:09:53in the length of since this conflict has started that Iran is the
00:09:57more responsible partner and coming to terms with in creating a viable
00:10:00solution to help with global shipping, but again Iran has to
00:10:04look for its defense interest, and people have to understand that when a
00:10:08country is at war with another country, all its allies as well...
00:10:12their ships are subject to special restrictions and that's what
00:10:16the Islamic Republic of Iran has always said that peaceful countries we have
00:10:20no conflict with us are allowed to use the straight of moves a responsible
00:10:23manner with their guy. and this is something that international law gives
00:10:27coverage to, so we're hoping that the United States finally, finally has understood
00:10:31this and is coming to that solution that's always
00:10:35been lying there, but I think Trump has been very tough about this
00:10:39for some odd reason, and I think he's always looking for some sort of
00:10:42joker out the hat to try to solve this trade of moves, which is just not
00:10:46possible without the collaboration the Islamic Republic, so this is I
00:10:50think the Americans have understood, and
00:10:53I hope that Donald Trump understands. and they can go back to the plan and
00:10:57allow Iran and regional um the countries around the straight of
00:11:01hormos to come together for an amicable solution that will be long
00:11:05lasting, but that requires the United States to kind of give up its one
00:11:08lop sided demands when it comes to the straight
00:11:11apart. Dr. Zeam, are mixed signals coming
00:11:15from Washington though, President Trump has described negotiations as
00:11:19productive, while Secretary of State Marko Rubio says the military
00:11:22option is still very much on the table. and available, how should
00:11:26Terran interpret this dual track approach? is
00:11:30Washington genuinely interested a negotiated settlement or is
00:11:34diplomacy also being used to extract further
00:11:37concessions? look,
00:11:41we can only, obviously, i don't have information from within
00:11:44the US establishment, but we can only be
00:11:48based on
00:11:49on our experience. as of
00:11:52today, there has been no honesty on. Today there has been no
00:11:56honesty on behalf the US, it is obvious that
00:12:00the United States of America use
00:12:03negotiations, the use
00:12:05negotiations in terms of
00:12:08manipulating their internal public audience global and
00:12:12us to reach a peaceful settlement with
00:12:15Iran, first of all the war would not have
00:12:18begun since 2025 in the first
00:12:22place, or at least it would have been... concluded with
00:12:26the mou of Islamabad, the Mou of Islamabad was
00:12:29a very accurate way towards peace, it was
00:12:33pathway to peace, it included specific
00:12:37benchmarks, specific
00:12:40provisions that would have led us to a peaceful
00:12:44settlement. It was the United States that decided not
00:12:47implement the Mou as soon as they
00:12:51signed it, so in order to guess whether war will...
00:12:55resume or not, we need to go back to the fundamentals of this
00:12:59world, to the initial causes of this war.
00:13:03why did this war begin? it didn't begin because the straight of
00:13:06hormos, it began because the united states together with
00:13:10Israel attempted to move towards, as they
00:13:14call it regime change in Iran, which is a code
00:13:18name for the destruction the Iranian state, so have they
00:13:21abandoned this plan, if they... see that they
00:13:25have
00:13:26been defeated, yes, but as of today, the
00:13:30US administration doesn't seem ready to
00:13:33accept that it has been defeated. will they do so
00:13:37after the mid-term elections? it's possible. i don't
00:13:40consider it very much likely, but yes, there is a
00:13:44possibility. unless this is the case,
00:13:47unless president trump is ready to accept
00:13:49implicitly, obviously, or even
00:13:53explicitly, that he has been. defeated, which will lead
00:13:57to, which will lead to cataclysmic transformations
00:14:01the region with global consequences, the main
00:14:04transformation is that the US will be finished from the
00:14:08region, unless president Trump is ready to
00:14:11do so, the other solution, the
00:14:15let's say solution, the other path is the path of war, this is
00:14:19why do not trust very much these
00:14:23diplomatic initiatives. "Sade Mars, reports
00:14:27indicate, turning more realistic, reports indicate that
00:14:30Washington has privately edged regional allies to
00:14:34prepare for possible renewed strikes against Iran following the November the
00:14:38third midterm elections. How seriously should this be
00:14:41taken, this possibility be taken, and I'll be looking at
00:14:45preparations for a limited military option, or could this develop into
00:14:48a much wider confrontation. Your take on
00:14:51that? Well, um, as..."
00:14:55you know, in the history of this conflict, we have seen that
00:14:59market manipulation has actually been the primary
00:15:02goal, and it's actually the world market economy
00:15:06that's suffering, and few people are benefiting in off that. there's been many new stories that
00:15:10have already exposed white house's engagement with
00:15:13that, and I think that's really what Donald Trump is actually
00:15:17pandering to is that baseline support, particularly those who
00:15:20fund um him in his political campaigns, to
00:15:24gain... on that market manipulation for those announcements and
00:15:28sudden changes that happened right before the weekend and then right after the weekend there's
00:15:32something else and I think that's something that we've seen repeatedly, the
00:15:36markets have proven it, the record. is there and we see these massive trades
00:15:39happening 15 minutes before Trump makes these outlangeish statements
00:15:43and and comments from peace to war, and I think that's
00:15:47something that's actually very, it's sadly the the truth, I mean we can't
00:15:51deny the the quantifiable truth that's before us and so if
00:15:55Donald Trump does try escalate this post uh
00:15:58election time period and uh will it expand to
00:16:02regional conflict um there is a possibility, I mean I'm not
00:16:05taking that out the mix. because as we know that there has been
00:16:09some interesting activity with the Yemen and Saudi
00:16:12Arabia and they're kind of pushing this idea that the
00:16:16Saudies to get engaged in some sort of process, but I was very
00:16:20happy to note that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and the
00:16:23Iranian leadership met in Tehran of all places, not in
00:16:27Riyadh, not in Istanbul, not in Islamabad, but met in Tehran, I think
00:16:31that's a very powerful message that whatever the situation may
00:16:35be on the border of Yemen ' that is trying to trigger
00:16:39into some uh possible
00:16:40you know relationship deterioration, there is a
00:16:44greater goal at at play, and I think this is the sort of
00:16:48narrative of a broader regional conflict, which is something that the Americans had hope for. I
00:16:52mean, Lindsay Graham's famous clip that went viral after he
00:16:55died, clearly indicated this is what the Americans wanted, they wanted
00:16:59to strike a match, and they wanted the oil the
00:17:03Gulf nations to flare up this fight uh between Iran and its Gulf
00:17:07brother. and I think that's what brothers and I think
00:17:11that's what Israel in America intended, it didn't go down that way, but as
00:17:15my colleagues rightly, rightly, Israel had initial war goals
00:17:19that essentially have been absolutely unsuccessful, let
00:17:22alone they have actually lost ground than what was had before, lot
00:17:26the gulf nations do not trust the United States to be a
00:17:30military deterrant for their own protection, now they're looking to other
00:17:33parties like Turkey and Pakistan and this
00:17:37mecca defense. for example, so these are illustrative of America's loss
00:17:41of regional hegemony, and Israel of
00:17:44course, um, attempting to
00:17:47deescalate its own kind of attention around
00:17:51Gaza and other areas, so unfortunately it's gone back, I don't see this going into
00:17:55regional conflict, but I see this more as market manipulation if it does happen,
00:17:59small flaarup after the midterm elections, right, professor Zimas,
00:18:03Iranian officials have also described recent letter from US vice
00:18:07president and to um Iran's secretary the
00:18:10Supreme National Security Council, as a positive indication
00:18:14of a change in Washington's diplomatic tone, yet Teran says
00:18:18it is not currently prepared for direct negotiations with American
00:18:22representatives, what does this tell us about the level of mistrust
00:18:25between the two sides and what guarantees would Iran need before
00:18:29entering new negotiating process? I i
00:18:33will say it as clearly as possible, if the Iranian...
00:18:38makes the mistake of accepting anything
00:18:42else uh than the full implementation the
00:18:46mou of islamabad, it will
00:18:49lose significant ground, both diplomatically and on the
00:18:53ground. the only thing that Iran should
00:18:56accept, as I see it, would
00:19:00be the full implementation the Mou of
00:19:03Islamabad, because this is the foundation.
00:19:08on which both parts agreed in terms of a pieces
00:19:12of a peace settlement of a peaceful settlement the conflict. so why should
00:19:16iran accept any
00:19:19other document that
00:19:22would give to Iran much less? I'm not, I'm not
00:19:26saying much less in terms of making profit
00:19:30after because the world.
00:19:32I'm referring
00:19:32to much less in terms of
00:19:34peace.
00:19:37guarantees of mean there is an mou and it was
00:19:41violated by the united states, so why should iran accept
00:19:45anything else? any kind of letter from jdvance or from anyone
00:19:49else? what is the actual value of any such
00:19:52document? we have an mou that was
00:19:55signed and it was violated the
00:19:58next day or few days afterwards by us administration and
00:20:02why was it violated? because the us administration
00:20:06actually won't
00:20:10let me change that, not necessarily wants, but it is ready to
00:20:14accept the destruction of its allies in the
00:20:17gulf region in order
00:20:20safeguard larger zionist
00:20:23interests, this is the main issue
00:20:25here, so the mistrust is
00:20:29complete, there is no actual basis other than the
00:20:33mou of islamabad, there
00:20:36is any other? actual basis for any
00:20:39type of diplomatic solution, the crucial
00:20:43question is whether the Iranian leadership will
00:20:47accept to step back and negotiate. on some
00:20:50other document other than other than the mou,
00:20:54which most likely if it does, if the Iranian leadership accept some
00:20:58other basis, it will be
00:21:02tricked again, and there will be
00:21:06no actual guarantee eventually, but the war of
00:21:10of attrition will go on. right, say speaking about Iranian
00:21:13leadership, the warning that new war could extend
00:21:17beyond and west Asia is particularly. significant,
00:21:21what is the exact geopolitical message Terran is trying to send to
00:21:25Washington and its international partners? is Iran attempting to
00:21:29demonstrate that the consequences of another aggression against
00:21:32it would not be confined to the Persian gulf
00:21:35region? yeah, like I
00:21:38said, it's most important to understand this from these
00:21:42perspective that this message is that deterrence is
00:21:45ultimately about changing an advisory
00:21:48advisor uh adversaries calculation and not
00:21:52merely by demonstrating military capability, and I think a
00:21:56military unrestricted warning does not
00:21:59translate into an unrestricted right to necessarily use
00:22:03that, but what it does, it creates the environment
00:22:07to push forward a dialogue that may be necessary, and as we
00:22:11know with the United States, the most important stimulated question is whether
00:22:15both sides can establish curtable grounds against another cycle of
00:22:19violence. "and I feel like the Islamic Republican Iran
00:22:23has elevated the conversation and not just
00:22:26said that you know we're going to strike wherever we are getting targeted, we
00:22:30are now expanding the geographical limits and the targeting, and
00:22:34I think that's a very strong message that has elevated the conversation, I
00:22:38think the United States is beginning to consider the possible attacks
00:22:42outside the region in response to that, if those facilities are used
00:22:46to attack Iran, Iran has legal right and..."
00:22:50self-defense to target them and I think that's something that would change the
00:22:54dynamics
00:22:54the conflict if
00:22:55for example Iran for would
00:22:57to strike in the United States and I think that's something that I think really
00:23:01would shake up things which is something that you know I
00:23:05think the strategists and geopolitical analys are really suggesting that this
00:23:09would then change the ball game uh but I think that's an important message
00:23:13because if you're going to have talks unfortunately with the United States it
00:23:17needs to be done for a place of power and I think that's what Iran has attempted to do with
00:23:21these words. right, and um, professor
00:23:24Zemer, of course, there is a third element to this equation and that
00:23:28is the Israeli regime. um, how central is
00:23:32Israel's position to the current diplomatic deadlock, could Israeli
00:23:36calculation undermine the potential US-Iran
00:23:39agreement? yes,
00:23:42profoundly, yes, there is a hybrid
00:23:46relationship between US and Israel establishment.
00:23:50on the basis of obviously some very
00:23:54important lobbies within the US
00:23:57and some strategic
00:23:59interest on
00:24:02on some strategic interest on behalf the US which
00:24:06are served by the existence of Israel. i'm sorry i
00:24:10have to interrupt you professor zimas, there is also another program that needs to
00:24:14come in and we are pressed for time, i'm really sorry professor zimas
00:24:18and also say it was a... to have you on this
00:24:22spotlight and that brings us to the end the program, the truth will
00:24:25always come
00:24:26out.
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00:25:58America mourned a suspect was arrested.
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00:27:34from bombs stop falling, casualty figures are tallied, names are added
00:27:38to lists, but numbers cannot measure the lives that unravel
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00:28:01really strike reduce. her family home a neighborhood
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00:28:27debris. The fallen sofa had shielded her head from the
00:28:30collapsing building, but her injuries were severe, her
00:28:34greatest wounds, however, were invisible. weeks later, a video
00:28:38of at home standing on the ruins of her home spread across
00:28:42Iran. in her hands was a handritten note rescued from the
00:28:45rubble, one her young son had written before the
00:28:49attack. as she read it, her voice faltered. around
00:28:53her lay the remains the life she had built. her
00:28:57father says that after losing her husband, her children
00:29:01and her home, she was was never the same, she withdrew from
00:29:05the world, spoke consently of her family and
00:29:08struggled to bear even ordinary sounds. after more than
00:29:12two months of overwhelming grief after losing her family in
00:29:16US-Israely attack, she suffered fatal stroke and
00:29:20died. her story speaks to a quieter, taller war of
00:29:23survivors who carry the destruction with them
00:29:27long after the dost settles. it also reflects a
00:29:31wider pattern of you. is really aggression across the
00:29:34region that has left behind a deeper toll not only a
00:29:38single moment of impact, but in the lasting human
00:29:41consequences that
00:29:43follow.
00:30:07The reminder of our top stories, Iran's forum ministry spokesman says
00:30:11the straight of hormos will not reopen until the US lifts its
00:30:15blockade and meets Teran's
00:30:16demands. With the US mid-term
00:30:20elections, just a day away, candidates from both parties are making
00:30:24their final push to win over
00:30:26voters
00:30:32and French students have resumed blocking schools throughout the country after
00:30:36their return from two-week
00:30:37holiday,
00:30:56good day from Tehran, I'm Bahman and this is Press TV news.