00:00I'm in escalating tensions in West Asia, Iran's supreme leader,
00:02Moshtabah, issuing a new statement.
00:04Moshtabah Khamenei, who's clearly now the next successor for Iran,
00:07calling Trump great Satan.
00:10He's calling Donald Trump, the US president, that he's a Satan.
00:14Moshtabah Khamenei says, I quote him here first,
00:16one of the unparalleled blessings of Almighty God
00:19is the gift of the Persian Gulf.
00:20This strategic asset has aroused the greed of many devils
00:23over past centuries.
00:25The history of repeated invasions by European and American foreigners,
00:28insecurities, damages, and numerous threats
00:31to the countries of this region.
00:33Sinister plans of world's oppressors
00:36against inhabitants of the Persian Gulf region.
00:39Moshtabah Khamenei has said these are provocations
00:42by the great Satan.
00:43Remember, Iran's remarks, reactions have consistently
00:47been ideological in nature.
00:49It's been about martyrdom, it's been about religion,
00:52about Islam, and now this time it's about
00:55great Satan, referring to nobody else but Donald Trump.
00:59India Today editor Global Pranay Upadhyay joins me
01:01for the latest Pranay.
01:03So now Trump is a Satan according to Iran.
01:07The latest statement put out by Moshtabah Khamenei,
01:09the new supreme leader of Iran,
01:10clearly indicates on two important things.
01:12A, that at a time when the state of Hormuz
01:15remained closed for over 55 days
01:17and the United States is holding a naval blockade there,
01:21Iran is trying to reassert its sovereignty
01:23on the Gulf of Persia
01:26because it's the occasion of the Persian Gulf Day.
01:28And at this time,
01:30Moshtabah Khamenei has issued this statement
01:32wherein he has reasserted the Iranian position
01:35of asserting its sovereignty in Persian Gulf.
01:39And besides that,
01:40he is maintaining the rhetoric
01:41that United States is playing the role
01:44of a destabilizer in the region.
01:45And that's why Iran is calling United States
01:47and its role as a great Satan.
01:50Certainly, it has always aided President Donald Trump.
01:52And he has mentioned it as well,
01:54in his previous statements as well,
01:56that the way Iranians are referring to United States,
01:59this clearly calls out an animosity,
02:01a statement which is not reconciliatory.
02:04And clearly,
02:06the very timing of the statement
02:07clearly indicates that Iran is also
02:09trying to play hardball here, Buja.
02:12Pranay, stay on with me.
02:14So these are strong remarks.
02:15Remember that one is a political rhetoric,
02:18but to call Trump devil, Satan,
02:22provocations of devil forces,
02:24that is what Iran's now Supreme Leader has said.
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