00:00boots on the ground in Iran. Are you afraid of a U.S. invasion in your country?
00:06No, we are waiting for them.
00:09You are waiting for the U.S. military to invade the ground troops?
00:14Yes, because we are confident that we can confront them, and that would be a big disaster for them.
00:22So you're saying that Iran is ready and willing to take on the U.S. military if there were to
00:27be ground troops? Well, we were ready for this war even more than the previous war.
00:35So you can see, you know, the quality of our missiles, how much they are upgraded after the
00:40last war, because we learned lots of lessons. And we are prepared for any other eventuality,
00:46even, you know, a ground invasion. So our soldiers are prepared for any scenario.
00:52When I said that we are waiting for them, it didn't mean that we are waiting for
00:56for continuation of the war. No. But we have prepared ourselves to confront with any scenario,
01:03with any eventuality, any possibility. And we know that we can handle that.
01:07Are your allies, are your allies Russia and China helping you?
01:12Well, they are supporting us politically and otherwise.
01:17Are your allies, are your allies Russia and China helping you?
01:22Well, they are supporting us politically and otherwise.
01:26Are they are they supporting you militarily?
01:30Well, military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not is not a secret. You know,
01:37we have worked with each other in the past and that has continued, you know, and will continue,
01:43I hope, I guess.
01:45And they are actively helping you in this war?
01:48Well, they are. They have always helped us.
01:53So I'm going to I'm going to understand that to mean, yes, that they are they are actively
01:56assisting you in this war.
01:58Well, I'm not going to to give the details of our cooperation with other with other countries
02:03right in the middle of the war.