00:00We actually, we are in position to defend our people, our government, our country, in the best way.
00:07We are under attack. We have to defend.
00:10And our actual retaliatory action, it is based on the self-defense,
00:15which is enshrined in the Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
00:19We hope that America doesn't enter into this conflict,
00:23because it would be on the beneficiary of none of actually players in the region,
00:30Iran or Israel.
00:33And Iran actually expected, and still from the other countries,
00:39the friendly countries like India, to condemn these aggressions,
00:43apart from the Iran-Israel conflict.
00:45In a series of posts on his truth social,
00:48Trump had claimed that the United States had full control of Iranian airspace
00:53and warned that the country's top leader was within reach.
00:56Do you think Israel is looking for a regime change in Iran?
00:59Your comments on Trump's posts so far.
01:02As you mentioned, it is allegation, and there is no any truth.
01:06Since 13th of June, we were attacked by the Israeli regime as an aggression,
01:13which is a flagrant violation of international law
01:18and violation of sovereignty of one independent state.
01:23This is a matter that it was highly expected that the free nations of the government
01:32who are seeking the justice in the world to condemn such kind of the aggressions,
01:38which is a vibrant violation of the international law.
01:42We actually, we are in position to defend our people, our government, our country in the best way.
01:50We have shown that we are able and we will continue.
01:54Because we are under attack, we have to defend.
01:58And our actual retaliation action, it is based on the self-defense which is enshrined in the Article 51 of United Nations Charter,
02:07which gives us this power to defend our people.
02:11You know that the Israeli government, the Israeli officials, they officially announced some threats against Iranian high-ranking officials.
02:24They assassinated some of the Iranian military officials, which is totally against any regulations.
02:31For the, until now, you have been maybe informed that several rounds of the exchange of the,
02:41actually we can say missiles and drowns, what happened between two sides and that.
02:46But we are defending in a proper way, and we are confident in what we are doing.
02:54We will continue until this migration is going to be stopped.
02:58Is U.S.-Iran nuclear deal still on the cards, and how do you see Trump's role in the crisis as he calls for unconditional surrender?
03:09We were at the table, actually, at the negotiating table.
03:12It was the America who gave the green light to Israelis to have these military attacks against Iran.
03:20On the basis of even false accusation, they have made a lot of accusation, but there was no proof.
03:29But if there is any kind of allegations, it should go through the, we can say, some mechanism,
03:35which is considered, actually it has been considered by the international organization like the UN.
03:40But they just bypassed everything, and with the help of Americans, to destroy these negotiations.
03:48We are still, we are at the table of negotiation, but nobody can force us to do whatever they want.
03:55They cannot tell us to stop it or to continue the war or defending ourselves.
04:00We hope that America doesn't enter in this conflict, because it would be on the beneficiary of none of, actually, players in the region,
04:12Iran or Israel, or even those who are in the region.
04:17This is our decision, that to defend until it is necessary.
04:22Recently, our external affairs minister, Jayashankar, spoke to your foreign minister.
04:29How was the conversation, what was all discussed, and how do you see India's role in this conflict?
04:34Yes.
04:35After starting these military attacks, they had a conversation.
04:41And Iran actually expected, and still from the other countries, the friendly countries like India,
04:48to condemn these aggressions, apart from the Iran-Israel conflict.
04:53Because the aggression by itself, it is violation of the international law.
04:57Nobody can make a kind of excuse to attack the other countries.
05:02Because even if there is even imminent threat, they should have the proof.
05:08Israel didn't have.
05:08You know that based on these issues, even the IEA director, I mean Mr. Garusi, he had the interview last night with the CNN.
05:20He mentioned we didn't have any proof for diversion or any kind of thing shows Iran is going for the nuclear weapons
05:29or whatever it is they are claiming.
05:31It means this is the double standard, this is the kind of hypocrisy that they are making in this matter
05:39to show that Iran is looking for something which is illegal, which is against any MPT, we can say, agreement that we have it.
05:51We also have concerns regarding the Indian students who are studying in Tehran, and we have seen that, you know,
05:59what is the latest update on evacuation of Indian students from Tehran?
06:03How is Iran coordinating with India?
06:06Actually, that our Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, with your embassy, I mean Indian embassy in Tehran,
06:13they had a very good cooperation.
06:14As far as we know, that the Iranians had provided the ground, the safest ground for the Indian students to be evacuated safely
06:23through some borders of another country, I mean the third country, that they can come back to India.
06:31Here I think it is necessary to mention that these kind of the actions for military aggressions of Israeli,
06:40which targeting the hospitals, kindergartens, and the others also affected the Indian students.
06:47They were also targeted by the Israelis, just on the excuse of there is some suspicious activity regarding nuclear issues.
06:56You know that even they don't care about the lives of the people.
07:00But for us, it is important, the life of our people who are living inside the Iranian border.
07:06We do our best to protect the lives of the people.
07:15But from the other hand, it is also expected that those countries who actually play a big role in the international community,
07:23they put pressure on the Israelis by condemning these kind of actions
07:26and to stop him from continuing such this kind of vicious actions against civilians,
07:34especially ladies and babies in the country.
07:39How are you coordinating with the Indians when it comes to evacuation?
07:42I think a lot of Indian students are coming to Armenia since the airspace is closed.
07:47You know that because the air, as you mentioned rightly, the airspace is closed due to security issues.
07:53The only it is on the, I mean, what we can say, by the car or the routes.
07:58We provide the safety for the transportation.
08:03Some of the students were located from Tehran to another city, which is safe.
08:07Safe, yes, comb, yes, exactly.
08:10To be away from the actually affected area, especially because Tehran is under the, we can say,
08:16these kind of the military aggressions.
08:19And is Iran talking to other countries as far as mediation is concerned?
08:25No, we didn't talk about mediation.
08:27We ask the international community, including India, to stop these aggressions,
08:34because these aggressions, it is not beneficial for anybody.
08:38In a series of posts on his truth social,
08:42Trump had claimed that the United States had full control of Iranian airspace
08:46and warned that the country's top leader was within reach.
08:49Do you think Israel is looking for a regime change in Iran?
08:52Your comments on Trump's posts so far.
08:55As you mentioned, it is an allegation, and there is no any truth.
09:01Will this war have any impact on the Chabahar port as far as connectivity going on?
09:06No.
09:07So far, no.
09:08I don't think there would be any effect on that one,
09:10because that would be, we can say, far from the affected areas.
09:18And it will work properly, and we hope that it will continue.
09:23What are your expectations from India as far as this conflict is concerned?
09:29We actually expect from India as a country which has a rising power,
09:35and a country who actually is trying to be as a voice of the South countries,
09:41to play actually a more active role in this situation.
09:46Because India has a good relation with both sides, with Iran and Israel.
09:53And if this conflict continues, definitely India will be affected as well,
09:59because India, it is the importer of the oil.
10:03They wanted to use the active region, access to other countries,
10:07and also, actually, even for the students.
10:11And it is good that if India, as a collective actions with the international community,
10:19to put more pressure on Israel to accept and stop,
10:24because first of all, they should condemn and then stop him from doing,
10:29because if it continues, because if we don't want to go to another level of the escalation,
10:34I mean, just of this tension.
10:37But if it goes to the next level, definitely it will affect many other countries,
10:42and we don't want such a thing to happen.
10:44But as far as related to Iranian side, we are defending ourselves.
10:48Until there is an attack, definitely there will be defense.
10:51And this defense is based on the international, actually, we can say treaties,
10:57between international organizations like the UN Charter, whatever it is.
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