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00:00Mr. President, thank you very much for doing this.
00:03There is a pause or seems to be a pause in the war between the United States and Iran.
00:09How do you think this will end?
00:11How would you like to see it end?
00:15We did not start this war and we do not want this war to continue in any way.
00:23From the very beginning, it was the motto of my administration that I always adhere to and that was fostering the national unity inside the country and also fostering peace and tranquility and friendship with the neighboring countries and with the rest of the world.
00:44The American President Donald Trump has said that the United States bombed your enrichment facilities because the government of Iran refused to give up its nuclear program and that there can be no peace until Iran does give up that nuclear program.
01:03Would you be willing to give up the nuclear program in exchange for peace?
01:07I would like to tell you what has happened and it was Netanyahu since 1984 has created this false mentality that Iran seeks a nuclear bomb and it has insinuated
01:29that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear bomb in the past and it has put it in the minds of every U.S. president since then and to make them believe that we would like to have a nuclear bomb.
01:46But the truth is that we have never been after developing a nuclear bomb, not in the past, not presently or in the future,
01:56because this is wrong and this is in contrast to the religious decree or the fatwa which has been issued by his eminence,
02:11the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, that so it is religiously forbidden for us to go after a nuclear bomb.
02:21And this was always corroborated thanks to our cooperation with IAEA because they were always there to verify this and to substantiate that we have never wanted a nuclear bomb.
02:40But unfortunately, this cooperation was disturbed by the unlawful attacks against our nuclear facilities.
02:48So you have, according to news reports, withdrawn your cooperation from IAEA, the International Nuclear Irrigatory Agency.
02:59And so there's, I suppose, no way for the rest of the world to know how much uranium you're enriching and to what extent, to what percentage it's being enriched.
03:10And so is there any way to verify, and would you be willing to allow other nations to verify that you are not building nuclear weapons?
03:21Mr. Carson, sir, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that we were right in the middle of holding talks with the United States.
03:32And the President of the United States invited us to hold such talks in order to have peace.
03:42And we were told during the process of these negotiations and talks that as long as we don't give the permission to Israel, they are not going to attack you.
03:55And we were going to have the next round of the talks very soon.
04:02But in the middle of it, suddenly Israel torpedoed the negotiating table.
04:10We were sitting at the negotiating table when it happened.
04:14And by doing this, they totally ruined and destroyed diplomacy.
04:19And in order to answer your question with regards to the surveillance or the supervision over our nuclear program, I would like to say that we are ready to hold talks over it.
04:33We have never been the party that has run away from verification.
04:40We stand ready to have these supervisions.
04:45But unfortunately, as a result of the United States unlawful attacks against our nuclear centers and installations, many of the pieces of equipment and the facilities there have been severely damaged.
05:00Therefore, we don't have any access to them.
05:02We cannot we cannot we cannot see and unless this access is going to be back there again, we have to wait for it and to see what happens and how much they have been damaged so that we can go for the supervision.
05:19There have been news reports that you believe your government believes that the IAEA was spying on the government of Iran and passing information to Israel.
05:30Do you believe that and if so, do you have evidence that that's true, that the world could see?
05:37I would like to tell you that we were, yes, somehow pessimistic about the activities of the IAEA because somehow we realized that Israel get information from the inspections which were carried out by the IAEA.
05:55But it never prevented the IAEA from carrying out their activities inside Iran and they had full access to supervise and to have surveillance over our nuclear facilities.
06:08But there was this lack of trust as a result of the last report by IAEA.
06:20The type of the report and the way they prepared the report somehow gave an excuse to the Israeli regime and prepared the ground for their unlawful and unauthorized attack against our nuclear facilities.
06:37And even after that, the IAEA failed to condemn these attacks or try to anyway to stop them.
06:48And this ran counter to the international law.
06:54And this resulted in a widespread lack of trust among the Iranians, Iranian legislators and the public opinion here.
07:04You've suggested that you were anxious to resolve your conflicts with the United States through diplomacy and that that was derailed by war.
07:13Would you be willing to restart diplomacy?
07:15And could you tell us in general but precise terms the kind of deal you would be willing to accept?
07:22You see, I am of the belief that we could very much easily resolve our differences and conflicts with the United States through dialogue and talks.
07:39And, you know, the international law could serve as the framework or the basis for a deal in which the rights of all nations, Iranian nation, would be respected.
07:57But unfortunately, it was Netanyahu that destroyed this diplomacy and these efforts, diplomatic efforts.
08:10We have always, we never wanted anything beyond the respect for our rights, rightful rights, enshrined in international law.
08:22But as I said, it was Netanyahu that wanted, that brought unrest to our region and is fomenting unrest and tensions in the region.
08:35As I have always said, we have always been after peace.
08:40It has been my motto, it has been my belief, it has been my heartfelt opinion that we need to live in peace and harmony during this short and limited time granted to us by God Almighty to live in peace and tranquility with everybody.
09:00And everybody in the world should live like that.
09:03But I would also like, on the other hand, to reiterate that our people are capable enough to defend themselves in self-defense during any kind of attack.
09:17And I believe that the United States president can very well guide the region and the world to peace and tranquility or, on the other hand, to lead it to forever wars.
09:36Do you have plans to re-enter negotiations with the United States, with Envoy Steve Witkoff or anyone else?
09:45And if not, what do you think will happen?
09:52We see no problem in re-entering the negotiations.
09:58But before that, I have to remind you that because of the atrocities by the Zionist regime, by Israel, not just against my country, but in the whole region, we are now facing a crisis.
10:14The people are facing a crisis that we need to put it behind ourselves.
10:19Our commanders were off-duty.
10:24They were spending the night at their homes with their families, but they were killed.
10:31And this is considered a war crime, according to the international law, because they were off-duty, as I said.
10:40Or our scientists were also killed and assassinated, along with their families and their wives and their children.
10:48They were also killed, pregnant women, children.
10:54They were killed in the atrocities, in the attacks of the Israeli regime.
11:00Just because they wanted to kill one single person, they had to demolish and destroy a whole building.
11:09And as a result of this, a lot of innocent people were killed.
11:14A lot of people were killed.
11:16And as I said, there is this crisis that we have to put it behind ourselves.
11:23And there is a condition, there is a provision for the restarting the talks.
11:32How are we going to trust the United States again?
11:37We re-enter the negotiations.
11:40Then how can we know for sure that in the middle of the talks, the Israeli regime will not be given the permission again to attack us?
11:54Do you believe the Israeli government tried to assassinate you?
12:00They did try, yes.
12:02And they acted accordingly, but they failed.
12:09And as a true believer, I believe that it is in the hands of the God Almighty to determine when a person will die or will not die.
12:21If He wills, the God Almighty wills, then you can die when you are walking freely in the streets.
12:29But I would like to tell you that I am not afraid of sacrificing myself in defense of my country and in safeguarding and defending the sovereignty, the freedom and independence of my country.
12:49I am willing to give my life, to give blood for that.
12:53And nobody here, I mean, none of the government officials is afraid of losing their lives in line of defense.
13:04But will it bring security to the region?
13:08I mean, bloodshed, more bloodshed, assassination, killing others.
13:13Will it bring peace and tranquility and stability to the region?
13:17With respect, can you tell us how you know that you were an assassination target a week and a half ago?
13:25I don't believe I've seen that confirmed to anywhere.
13:28How are you certain they tried to kill you?
13:32Of course, it was not the U.S. that was behind the attempt on my life.
13:42It was Israel, I was in a meeting, we were discussing the ways to move forward, but thanks to the intelligence by the spies that they had, they tried to bombard the area that we were holding that meeting,
14:04in which we were holding that meeting, but as I told you before, it is God who wills when a person will die and give up his life.
14:16And once again, I would like to emphasize that we are not afraid of martyrdom, we are not afraid of sacrificing our lives for our people, for our independence.
14:29And I would like to tell you that disimposed war by the Israeli regime resulted in one thing, and that was more solidarity and unity amongst the Iranian people.
14:42And it proved yet once again that the Iranian people, no matter where they are in the whole wide world, they do care about their country, about the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of their motherland.
14:56And as I said, this brought about solidarity and united us further, thanks to this act of aggression by the Israeli regime.
15:07My proposal is that the U.S. administration should refrain from getting involved in a war that is not its war, that is not America's war, it is Netanyahu's war that is having its devilish machinations for the whole region.
15:31It has its own agenda, it has its own agenda, it has its own agenda, it has its own agenda, Netanyahu, I mean, inhuman agenda, and that is having forever wars, wars that go on and on and on.
15:45And this is my proposal to the United States, not to be fooled by Netanyahu, not to be dragged into this kind of war.
15:53Many Americans are afraid of Iran, you say you're not afraid, but Americans are afraid of Iran, and they believe that Iran would like to strike the United States with a nuclear weapon.
16:05They see video of Iranians saying death to America, describing our country as the great Satan.
16:13What is your opinion of that?
16:16Should we be afraid of Iran?
16:18I believe that this is a very wrong impression that anybody might have of Iran or the Iranians.
16:31I would like to remind you that Iran has never invaded another country in the last 200 years.
16:39When they say death to the United States, it doesn't mean death to, they don't mean death to the people of the United States, or even to the officials of the United States.
16:53They mean death to crimes, death to killing and carnage, death to supporting, killing others, death to insecurity and instability.
17:06This is, have you ever heard that an Iranian killing an American?
17:13Have you ever heard that?
17:15Or a terrorist that was Iranian and he carried out a terrorist attack against the Americans?
17:22No, it was your president who confessed that the Americans created ISIS in our region.
17:30And they were responsible for this wrong image that is portrayed of religion or the Muslims in the world.
17:41And once again, I would like to tell you and remind you that this is not death to the American people or to the officials.
17:49It's not death to crimes and atrocities, to bullying, to the use of force and anybody who would like to become an accomplice in the crimes that perpetrated by others.
18:04Two Iranian ayatollahs have issued fatwas against Donald Trump.
18:09What does that mean exactly?
18:11And what do you think of it?
18:13To the best of my knowledge, they have not issued decrees or fatwas against any individual or against Donald Trump.
18:25And first off, it has nothing to do with the Iranian government or to his eminence, the supreme leader of Iran.
18:33What they actually meant by the fatwa was in condemnation of an insult to a religion or religious personalities.
18:45And they were actually saying that this is deplorable, this is unacceptable.
18:50So it was not directed towards the U.S. president or any other individual.
18:57And there might be people with their own ideas and opinions.
19:03But I can assure you that the meaning of this fatwa should not be construed or considered as a threat against an individual.
19:13Has Iran ever backed an assassination attempt against Donald Trump?
19:17This is actually what Netanyahu is trying to insinuate and to make your people or the president of your country to believe.
19:29But this is wrong because Netanyahu, as I said, has his own agenda.
19:34It wants to drag the U.S. into forever wars, as I said, and to bring more insecurity, instability and unrest to the whole region.
19:44There are a number, some large number of Iranian nationals living in the United States.
19:52Some have said they are, quote, sleeper cells.
19:56They are terrorists who are acting at the command of your government.
20:02Would you right now make a statement to Iranian citizens living in the United States not to commit acts of violence in the United States?
20:10You see, these things you're telling me, this is the first time I'm hearing them from you or from anybody.
20:21You know, the Iranians are known for their knowledge, for their science, for their courtesy, for being civilized.
20:29Have you seen otherwise from them?
20:32Any other kind of behavior from them or any violent behavior?
20:36Has anybody ever seen anything from them?
20:39Yeah.
20:40As I said, this is what Israel is trying to put into your minds.
20:46They are propagating that Iranians might be capable of doing such a thing.
20:50But this is totally untrue.
20:53Because by nature, Iranians are pro-peace and tranquility.
20:57And they're trying to actually make, to somehow impact the minds of the decision makers and the people of the United States
21:11and to scare them into getting involved in a war in my region that is not going to ensure any kind of interest for the United States.
21:25It is not to be in the interest of the United States to be involved in any kind of war in my region.
21:34It wasn't that long ago, it was during the revolutionary period in Iran, that Iran had relations with Israel
21:40and commercial relations with Israel and reputedly bought weapons from Israel.
21:44What happened?
21:45How did that change?
21:47Who changed it and why, that relationship?
21:49You know, Israel itself is to blame because just look at what they have been doing in the last couple of years
22:01in Palestine, in Gaza, what Netanyahu has been doing, killing women and children, bombing schools and hospitals
22:11and the civilian and residential areas.
22:16This is nothing short of a full-scale genocide there.
22:22They have blocked the entry of food and medicine, any kind of humanitarian relief to Gaza.
22:32So this has adversely impacted the way my country and the whole region looks at Israel.
22:41And this, I mean, their own behavior and their own actions are to blame
22:47because this is unacceptable what they have been doing in my region.
22:51And as far as I know, we have never received any kind of weapon from Israel.
22:59And I would like to tell you, even at that time, we did not want to have weapons.
23:03We did not want to have wars.
23:05We did not want to fight the Iraqis.
23:07It was the war that was imposed on us.
23:11And just like the way that this war was imposed on us by the Israeli regime, we did not attack Israel.
23:23They attacked us.
23:25Can you imagine at the end of the diplomatic exchange with the United States,
23:31a world in which American companies invest again in Iran, sanctions are lifted.
23:37There is peace in the region.
23:39Is that your goal?
23:41And do you think it's possible?
23:44You know, from the very beginning of my administration,
23:47I first tried to have the domestic solidarity and unity, further unity amongst Iranian people.
23:59Then we tried to have better relations with our neighboring, with our neighbors, neighboring countries of Iran.
24:06And then I had this talk with his eminence, the Supreme Leader of Iran,
24:12and during which his eminence emphasized that there is no limitation
24:17and there is nothing preventing the U.S. investors to come to Iran and to make investments in Iran,
24:27even presently.
24:31And there has never been any limitation, anything barring them from coming into Iran.
24:38But once again, I would like to tell you that it is Israel that does not want such things to happen in the region.
24:50Israel does not want to see peace and tranquility in the region.
24:56But I would like to once again repeat that.
24:59The United States President, Mr. Trump, he is capable enough to guide the region towards a peace and a brighter future
25:09and put Israel in its place or get into a pit, an endless pit or a swamp.
25:20And that is a war that Netanyahu wants the United States or the U.S. President to be dragged into.
25:27So, it is up to the United States President to choose which path that I told you about.
25:36And as I told you, there is nothing preventing the commercial or industrial or economic activities
25:45by the U.S. business people and investors.
25:50And, of course, if there was a limitation, it was caused by the U.S. sanctions, not by us.
26:00Mr. President, my final question.
26:01If we wind up in a broader war, could Iran, could you expect assistance from Russia and China,
26:13military and economic assistance from your allies, Russia and China?
26:16We have always put our trust in God and in God we trust.
26:23And we are capable enough to defend ourselves and to stand on our own to feet
26:31and to defend our country, our territorial integrity to the last drop of our blood.
26:39As I have said again and again, we don't want wars, we don't want to develop a nuclear weapon.
26:49And this false image, this wrong mentality created in the minds of the U.S. decision makers and officials
26:59is because of the devilish machinations instigated by Netanyahu and the Israeli regime
27:08and its policies based on war-mongering.
27:13And the U.S. president should know that another war will only spread more instability in the Middle East
27:25and it is not going to be in the interest or in favor of the U.S. president or the U.S. government
27:34to move in that or towards that direction.
27:39They instead need to choose peace and tranquility, which is something that I am,
27:47my government and my country are after.
27:51And I also, as I said, I believe that the U.S. president is powerful enough to put Israel to Netanyahu in their place
28:02to contain them and replace the war-mongering, bloodshed and conflicts with peace and tranquility.
28:11Mr. President, thank you for taking the time to explain your perspective.
28:14I appreciate it.
28:15Thank you very much for providing me with an opportunity to tell you about what is going on in my mind
28:24and in my heart, and I hope that peace and tranquility will prevail, not just for the people of the United States,
28:34for the U.S. officials, but for the whole world and especially the people of my region.
28:40And thank you again.
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