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This edition of India First covers global developments, starting with a ceasefire framework established between the US and Iran to end the roughly four-month-long war in West Asia.
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00:00Good evening, you're watching India First. I'm Gaurav Savan.
00:03There is finally a ceasefire framework in place to end the roughly four-month-long war in West Asia
00:11that started with the bombing of Iran on the 28th of February.
00:17I want to show you some images on your television screen.
00:20The image of an Indian gas tanker among the first to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
00:28And you must look at that image on your television screen.
00:31This is a story of hope.
00:34A gas tanker that's finally leaving the Strait of Hormuz with a blockade gradually being eased.
00:43Another big story on India First.
00:45Iran has just announced it will keep the Strait of Hormuz crossing toll-free for the next 60 days.
00:52So no charges on any merchant vessel or tanker crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
00:58Till negotiations are on for the next 60 days.
01:02According to reports from Tehran, Iran intends to generate revenue post the 60-day negotiation period
01:09by charging for navigation, safety and insurance.
01:14But during the 60-day period, Iran is also expected to clear the waterways of sea mines.
01:21The more contentious issues like enriched uranium and war reparations will be discussed during the ceasefire talks.
01:29But Israel very clearly is not on board.
01:33Israel's opposition leaders have strongly condemned the deal.
01:36They've labelled it a catastrophe for Israel.
01:40They've called it a catastrophic strategic failure.
01:43They've blamed Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for leaving Israel isolated.
01:48So we will decode the deal framework on this special broadcast.
01:53But before that, I want to get you the story with an India First connect.
01:58Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently in Slovakia.
02:02The first visit by an Indian Prime Minister since Slovakia gained independence in 1993.
02:08India and Slovakia, they've decided to elevate ties to comprehensive partnership.
02:15Slovakia has reaffirmed support for India's bid for the United Nations Security Council.
02:20There is a joint working group on counter-terrorism that will be established.
02:25Because remember, terrorism is not a regional problem.
02:29It's not India's problem.
02:30And especially Pakistan state-sponsored radical Islamist terror, that's actually a global problem.
02:36Both India and Slovakia, they condemned the Pahelgam terror attack.
02:41There's also a defense cooperation framework in the works.
02:46And this is to expand not just in military hardware, but also expand in technology transfer and research and development.
02:55There are reports that now there's forward movement on artillery and engineering cooperation between the two countries.
03:02And this is significant.
03:04India-EU free trade deal receives a very strong backing post these negotiations.
03:11In fact, the Prime Minister, and we'll show you those images,
03:13the Prime Minister, presented a jacket, a bandi, a Modi jacket, as he put it, to Robert Fico, the Prime
03:23Minister of Slovakia.
03:24And he said it fits him perfectly.
03:27But there's also talk of cooperation.
03:29And I must tell you about this.
03:30Artificial intelligence, semiconductors, 6G cooperation.
03:33That is to deepen one of the biggest threat the world faces right now is cyber security.
03:40Cyber security cooperation will increase, as will cooperation in post-quantum cryptography.
03:45That's a focus.
03:46That's a part of this agreement.
03:48Nuclear energy, green transition partnership, the manufacture of batteries, better batteries, all of that.
03:56And Indian manpower in heavy demand, not just in one part, not just in West Asia or in Australia or
04:06in the United Kingdom or in Europe, but across.
04:09So, labor mobility agreement, that is also being worked at to benefit skilled professionals.
04:16Social security pact will also be fast-tracked.
04:19And of course, direct India-Slovakia flights, that's under consideration.
04:23Another major part of cooperation between the two countries is automobiles.
04:29Advanced manufacturing tries, there'll be cooperation in that.
04:33Joint support for free and open Indo-Pacific.
04:36Slovakia has backed India's entry to the nuclear suppliers group, NSG.
04:42There's talk of cooperation in space, in healthcare, in education.
04:46Prime Ministers of India and Slovakia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Robert Fico,
04:50they've also pledged a new phase of bilateral engagement.
04:55Before I get you more on the story, let's listen in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister
05:00of Slovakia, Robert Fico.
05:06Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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05:43With great respect, I follow how international law, how important it is to you. Only if we comply with the
05:51international law, only in that way we'll be able to resolve conflicts and wars.
05:55And we also share the same opinion when it comes to the importance of multilateralism in international politics.
06:02I would like to publicly declare that the government of the Slovak Republic supports a reform of the United Nations
06:11and we're strongly convinced that countries like India have to be, I will repeat this, they have to be the
06:21part of the Security Council of the United Nations as permanent member.
06:29Now, that will reflect the changing world order, multilateralism and countries that don't just reflect the previous century's world order,
06:38but the emerging world order in 21st century.
06:41Before we move forward, I want you to listen in to Vande Matram that was sung in Slovakia, in Bratislava.
06:49Listen in.
06:58Vande Matram
07:21I want to cut across to India Today Groups Foreign Editor Gita Mohan, who joins us with the latest on
07:27this big story.
07:28The first visit by an Indian head of government since independence of Slovakia in 1993. Big signal on India's Central
07:37Europe deepening partnership. What's the key takeaway according to you, Gita?
07:41Well, it's the tectonic geopolitical shifts that we are seeing, Gaurav, because of which India is focused on diversification and
07:51ensuring that it concentrates its energies in enhancing of cooperation and partnership across the length and breadth of continents, Europe
08:00being one such very important area for India.
08:04And with the recent changes in how countries are looking at the international world order, international rules-based order, particularly
08:14the United States of America, it's very important for India to diversify.
08:18But Slovakia, again, Gaurav, you and I, we both have been reporting Prime Minister's visits for a while now.
08:25And Prime Minister Modi has always ensured that every visit to a country that he goes to for a multilateral
08:31meeting, he ensures that there are a few bilateral meetings that he does have, not just on the sidelines, but
08:37through visits as well.
08:39He's done most of the European countries when it comes to bilateral cooperation and meetings, Slovakia, again, a rare country
08:49when it comes to a visit, like you said, the first by an Indian premier since Slovakia gained independence and
08:55trade enhancement and cooperation on various factors such as strategic as also AI and data.
09:04These are important areas and therefore we'll have to wait and see how the two sides actually walk the talk
09:11on the arrangements, the agreements and the conversations that have taken place.
09:17Because this is, again, a lot of people might not even be able to place, you know, where the country
09:25is.
09:25But it is an important country when it comes to enhancement of ties and the diversification that India seeks when
09:31it comes to manufacturing.
09:33And certainly Slovakia is one of the countries that India is focusing on.
09:39Geetha, keep tracking that story.
09:40I will come back to you for more.
09:42There's breaking news coming in on the Strait of Hormuz front.
09:45I quickly want to cut across to that big story.
09:48U.S. President Donald Trump, he's talking about commercial and maritime trade and vessels moving finally.
09:57Vessels which were struck in conflict on Strait of Hormuz for months in some instances.
10:03Those ships have started moving after Washington, D.C. and Tehran agreed on a ceasefire and a proposed peace deal.
10:12So the truce pact is expected to be inked on the 19th of June in Geneva.
10:19But talking about these developments on his Truth Social account, President Trump wrote, and I quote,
10:25Ships are starting to move, many loaded up with oil out of the Strait of Hormuz.
10:32They are now going along the Southern Highway, which is totally safe, secure and pristine.
10:40President Trump on social media also gave details of the movement.
10:46The image that you see, of course, there on your television screen, those ships that are lined in the Strait
10:53of Hormuz,
10:54each waiting to move.
10:56There is a pattern to this movement.
10:59I also want to show you images of that Indian tanker that was amongst the first to leave.
11:06Of course, U.S. and Iran have agreed to a true steal, which is aimed at ending that ongoing conflict,
11:13opening the Strait of Hormuz first and then restarting negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program.
11:20According to reports, look at these images, removing mines from the Strait of Hormuz.
11:27Iran will start that now, but that process could take weeks, if not months.
11:32That image that you see on your television screen is an Indian ship, a gas tanker that is finally leaving.
11:39The operation, of course, will be carried out by conventional minesweepers and state-of-the-art underwater drones.
11:45This is expected.
11:47That is the clearance of sea mines.
11:49That operation is likely to take the next 40 to 50 days.
11:53And then the ships start to move on both the axis, the Oman axis and the Iran axis.
12:01For the next 60 days, Iran has said it will not charge any money.
12:06So there will be free movement as long as negotiations continue.
12:10Once the negotiations are completed, then Iran will start charging money for movement.
12:17But what are the broad points of the agreement?
12:19I get you more in this report.
12:33After two months of West Asia burning, where missiles lit up the skies and fears for wider regional war grew
12:41by the day,
12:43today there has been a dramatic breakthrough.
12:48A surprise announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump claiming the war with Iran is over
12:55and declaring that a historic peace deal has finally been sealed.
13:01Iran's Supreme National Security Council has also confirmed the understanding,
13:06saying months of difficult negotiations have culminated in a memorandum to end hostilities.
13:11The formal signing is expected in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday.
13:16The official signing of the Islamabad memorandum will take place on Friday in Switzerland.
13:27An immediate and permanent end to the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, is declared from tonight,
13:33he said.
13:34The lifting of the U.S. naval blockade against Iran also begins from tonight.
13:45The agreement could reshape the geopolitical map of the region.
13:49Trump announced reopening of Strait of Hormuz and that oil will flow again.
13:53Iran, on the other hand, says the U.S. naval blockade will be lifted within 30 days,
13:59insisting Hormuz will reopen under Iranian supervision.
14:03Prime Minister Modi welcomed the understanding and said that India hopes agreement would restore stability in the region
14:11and safeguard the global trade routes.
14:15But question remains, Israel has already signaled discomfort.
14:20Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the 14-clause U.S.-Iran truce,
14:26as Trump calls him a difficult guy.
14:30Tel Aviv says the deal does not bind Israel and has ruled out any withdrawal from captured territories.
14:37Warning of strong retaliation to any future attack, raising fresh questions over the durability of the peace pact.
14:46For now, the guns may have fallen silent.
14:48But whether this becomes lasting peace or merely a pause in a long conflict is the question the world is
14:55watching closely.
14:57Bureau Report, India Today.
15:02Israel is very miffed with this deal.
15:05It's calling it a catastrophe.
15:07A bad deal.
15:08An agreement that throws a lifeline to a murderous regime in Tehran.
15:13These are words that are emerging from Jerusalem today.
15:16Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's supporters and critics,
15:20they've come together to make it very clear,
15:23Israel is not very happy with President Trump's deal with Iran.
15:27In fact, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security minister, Ben Gavir,
15:31he publicly hit out at the U.S.-Iran agreement by saying that it's not binding on Israel.
15:39The minister insists Israel should not settle for anything short of Hezbollah being dismantled completely
15:45and should retain control of territories captured during military operations.
15:50In fact, Ben Gavir has pledged that there should be a forceful military response
15:55to attacks that originate from Hezbollah in Lebanon.
16:00Benjamin Netanyahu is yet to publicly comment on this,
16:03but then there are reports that say Prime Minister Netanyahu told President Trump,
16:08Israel is not bound by this agreement and will not accept Iran's requirements on Lebanon
16:15if there is a strike from the Hezbollah.
16:17Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, he too has flatly rejected Trump's plan.
16:24He's pledged that IDF troops will remain in Lebanon, in Gaza and in Syria.
16:30Israel Katz added that territories under Israeli occupation would be cleared
16:35of all elements of Hezbollah and their supporters,
16:40which they've designated as terror infrastructure.
16:43The entire terror infrastructure will be destroyed.
16:47So there are multiple levels of reactions that are coming in and this criticism is not restricted
16:53to the ruling party alone in Israel.
16:55The opposition too wants a stronger response.
16:58They say that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now stands isolated.
17:02But the world has heaved a sigh of relief.
17:06The markets have reacted positively.
17:08The big question is, will this pave way for lasting peace in the region,
17:12especially with Israel being extremely unhappy and zero trust between US and Iran?
17:16So let's try and make sense of these latest developments.
17:19Joining me on India first is James Borden,
17:22Middle East combat studies expert and research historian.
17:25Dr. Shukhi Friedman is Director General of Jewish People Policy Institute,
17:30joins us from Jerusalem.
17:32Ali Mohibi is Iran's foreign policy and international experts expert who joins us from Tehran.
17:38General D.P. Pandey is former General Officer Commanding of Jinar Kor,
17:41somebody who tracks developments very closely in West Asia.
17:44Ahmed Saleh, he is a global economy analyst and expert who joins us from Iran.
17:50Dr. Friedman, there is hope of peace.
17:55Why is Israel so unhappy with the framework of that peace deal, sir?
18:01I think everybody in Israel is looking for peace.
18:05For already almost three years, we were in the war, started October 7th.
18:10And then we fought with Hezbollah and then Iran.
18:13And Israelis are tired of being hit by missiles from the south, from the north and from the east.
18:23So we want peace.
18:25But the question is whether this agreement will bring peace to the region.
18:29And we all have to recall that the reasons for the war that were initiated by President Trump
18:37is that because Iran is trying to achieve a nuclear bomb and supporting terror around the Middle East,
18:48it supports Hezbollah, it supports the Houthis, it supports Meishas in Iraq.
18:52And all these militias, including Hamas, have been also supported by Iran,
18:58gained from this agreement because if Iran will get more money,
19:04and more money that's been freezed by the United States and others will be released,
19:09and the sanctions will be lifted from Iran,
19:12it will enable this regime to gain more financial stability
19:19and then support the militias and going forward towards nuclear bombs that they seek
19:26without any real limitation.
19:28So let me get Ahmed Salehi to respond to what Israel's apprehensions are.
19:35Ahmed Salehi, is that also your reading that once Iran gets the money,
19:40it will continue to fund militia against Israel,
19:44whether it's Hezbollah, Houthi, or perhaps even Hamas,
19:47as the case has been in the past.
19:49And once it has money, it'll have longer-range missiles
19:51and may even make the nuclear bomb, sir.
19:55Yes, as your guest explained, this scenario to read the book from the second season
20:02or the third season does not have its—nobody buys such scenarios.
20:11The story between Israel and peace started two decades before the Islamic Republic,
20:16and even it is continuing right at the moment after Syria government changed
20:23and the new government did anything they could to ease the tension between Israel and Syria,
20:30the level of the bombing that took place in Syria in the new government of Syria
20:36is not even comparable to those conflicts between Israel and Syria before.
20:41So these type of stereotypings, the people of the world are not buying these false scenarios.
20:52And, of course, Iran explicitly have vowed during the four or five decades,
20:59during the last four or five decades, that unless the occupation is finished,
21:05unless the right of the people are respected, Iran will continue to support its allies.
21:12It is exactly like the same scenario that other countries over the Atlantic countries like the United States
21:20and even in Europe, they support their allies.
21:24Yes, but supporting armed groups that may target civilians and non-combatants in terror attacks
21:30clearly cannot be justified, sir, but be that as it may.
21:34That's a separate debate.
21:36I want to stay on the proposed peace plan for today.
21:38We have to remember that—please, we have to remember that Hezbollah, for example,
21:43is acting against the interests of Lebanon.
21:45Lebanon government trying to disarm Hezbollah because it's hurting.
21:50It's serving Iran, but it's hurting the interests of Lebanon.
21:53They want peace with us.
21:54They have negotiations with peace with us, but Hezbollah is rejecting it
21:57because they want to serve the interests of Iran in the region.
22:01They're supporting it.
22:02So it's a terror not protecting its allies.
22:05And clearly, in case there is any disagreement between two countries,
22:10it has to be settled amicably through rules-based order,
22:14through organizations like the UN that may have to reform and have to reform
22:18to keep up with 21st century.
22:20But James Borden, is there merit in the commentary
22:22that the world's most powerful military and economic power, the United States,
22:28it appears that they want to cut their losses and retreat?
22:31The U.S. is desperate to ink a deal.
22:33They're celebrating the opening of Strait of Hormuz,
22:36which anyways was open when the conflict started on the 20th of February, sir.
22:42Well, thank you for that question.
22:43And what I would say is that this goes to the heart of my previous analysis
22:47and other platforms, that Donald Trump uses the American military
22:52from a very different perspective than traditional American presidents
22:56and leaders before him.
22:58He uses it in a very Middle Eastern, Arab kind of way for the purpose of negotiation.
23:05He builds up the forces.
23:07He threatens.
23:08He tries to say, look, let's go and meet at the negotiating table.
23:13People failing that, they end up going in and bombing,
23:17and then he pushes it to the maximum, and then he suddenly pulls off.
23:22That is not a typical American response and use of military power.
23:26Usually when America uses its military, we fight to ultimate victory.
23:32You know, and this is something I'm dealing with in multiple classes even today.
23:36We get to a point where there is absolute, very clear, unambiguous victory.
23:43And so by using the American military as a negotiating tool,
23:48the president has created a victory that looks like a loss
23:52because we really wanted to see something much more definitive
23:57and much more sustainable.
23:59And again, that's why many people misunderstand this whole thing
24:03about nation building and restabilization.
24:07That is a sign of having completed
24:10and brought the war to a complete termination.
24:13And so I think that it is a victory.
24:16But again, it's a victory that looks like a defeat
24:19because it's not something that we are used to seeing victory.
24:21So you say it's a victory that looks like a defeat.
24:25Before I come, bring in Ali Mohibi.
24:27Can you quickly explain how is it a victory
24:30if the only thing that Americans are celebrating
24:33is the opening of the Strait of Hormuz,
24:35which anyways was open?
24:36What has America been able to achieve?
24:44James Borden, 30 seconds.
24:45What has America been able to achieve?
24:49Well, I think that there has been a lot that's been achieved.
24:53We have seen Iran damaged heavily economically.
24:57We have seen them damaged heavily in their infrastructure
25:00and militarily.
25:02My organization has been tracking a large number of economic
25:07as well as military targets that have been destroyed.
25:11And so Iran is not in the same position that it was
25:14even before these strikes.
25:16I mean, understand, Iran was a fundamentally weakened country
25:19because it is dealing with massive numbers of power outages,
25:23water instability, economic crisis.
25:27And that has only been exacerbated by the bombing campaign
25:32that was carried out at the beginning of the war.
25:34And so Iran's attempt to say,
25:37hey, we're still strong is completely a false argument.
25:42Let me get Ali Mohibi to respond to that.
25:45Iran claiming that the ceasefire actually has resulted
25:49in a historic victory, whether President Masood Pazeshkian
25:54or other leaders, they've been quoted as saying
25:56this is a historic victory for Iran.
25:58Explain, sir, how is this a historic victory
26:01when the analysis in the United States is
26:04that Iran is considerably weaker today
26:07than it was on the 27th of February?
26:11Well, first of all, we have to understand
26:15the U.S. objectives when they waged this war.
26:19U.S. started this war to bring a regime change in Iran
26:23and fundamentally change the Iranian state
26:28but failed in that object.
26:32And now he have to make a lot of concessions
26:36to make Iran accept a ceasefire and a peace deal.
26:42That sounds a great and major victory to me.
26:47And also, I have to say that this war made Iran gain a leverage
26:56that he hadn't before, and that's the Strait of Hormuz.
27:02Iran now claims the sovereignty of Strait of Hormuz
27:06and gained more leverage than before the war.
27:10And also, the U.S. domestic policies has been damaged
27:17and the popularity of Donald Trump has been damaged to this war.
27:22And Iran considers this as a very great victory for itself.
27:26So let me bring in General Pande to weigh in.
27:30As a military analyst, you've heard the American side,
27:33you've heard the Iranian side, you've also heard the Israeli side.
27:35General, weigh in.
27:37Iran claims it's a historic victory.
27:40U.S. says Iran is considerably weaker.
27:43Who has an upper hand compared to the 27th of February?
27:48Yeah.
27:49Thank you, Gaurav.
27:51Good evening to all my co-panelists.
27:56I just want to just simply say,
27:58Iran prepared for this eventuality for about five decades worth, 47 years.
28:03They've been evolving over a period of time,
28:05and we've been watching how the world is fighting.
28:08They took measures when the Ukraine-Russian war evolved,
28:12and they understood the low-end technologies, exploitation to fight a war
28:18against a high-precision, long-distance, expensive munitions will be carried out
28:23to carry out strikes on them.
28:25The second, what they did was, the Americans did.
28:29Americans prepared, I think, maybe for two months, two and a half months.
28:32It was a very short-sighted, quick move, thinking that they will just bomb the hell out,
28:39maybe kill all the regime leaders, and thereafter the entire country will capitulate.
28:44These two contradictions in terms of preparations, readiness, evolution,
28:50and a very short term with part forces.
28:53Actually, American power was not fully exploited or employed.
28:57With just about, maybe 10% of American power was applied,
29:01and that was also long-distance.
29:04And I think, today, Iran has truly had a historic win.
29:11Frankly…
29:11You're calling it a truly historic win?
29:14Let me quickly get James Borden…
29:16I'll come back to you.
29:17Let me get James Borden to respond to this,
29:18because that's a big point you're making, sir.
29:20Because, you know, on the 27th of February, James Borden,
29:25Iran looked very desperate to prevent a war.
29:27It was ready to sign the dotted line to prevent an attack.
29:30They agreed to zero stockpiling.
29:32They agreed to downblending of existing stock of enriched uranium.
29:35Today, after four months, they're demanding their pound of flesh, sir.
29:40Well, definitely.
29:41And I think that we're going to see the victory emerge over the next few months.
29:46I think there's been a lot of internal damage that has been done to Iran
29:51that they are being able to cover up.
29:54And eventually, it's going to weigh against them.
29:56It's going to tell against the country.
29:58And we will see that change eventually result.
30:02And so, again, with the amount of military damage that was done to them,
30:09with multiple bunkers, storage facilities, warehouses,
30:13a large percentage of damage over a number of categories,
30:18I think that Iran is going to have a very difficult time to recover.
30:23And, again, and I wanted to stress also that I believe that I was framing it as
30:29it could be a victory that does look like a defeat.
30:33And so, you know, we have a lot of time between now and Friday.
30:37We have a lot of time in which Israel could come in and play a spoiler
30:42and just come and knock away all of this progress in a single strike.
30:46And I think that that was one of the great failures.
30:49Is that a big apprehension even now, Ali Mohabi,
30:53that Israel could once again, it hit Dahiye yesterday,
30:59three people were killed in the southern part of Beirut yesterday.
31:02Is that one big apprehension?
31:04Because Israel says what's happening in Lebanon predates 28th of February offensive.
31:11Well, the memorandum of understanding hasn't been signed yet.
31:17So we couldn't say that this could violate the peace agreements.
31:23The Israelis definitely want to sabotage the peace deal.
31:27They want to have a major historic victory over Lebanon.
31:33And also they want to keep their leverage on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
31:36But Iran is pressuring U.S. very hard to pressure Israelis in order to put their—to step back from Lebanon.
31:51And I think it's working because yesterday when the Israelis attacked Dahiya,
32:01Iran showed its preparedness to attack Israel again.
32:06And America, in many reports that came out from Israeli outlets,
32:12were suggesting many concessions to halt Iran's attack to Israel and sign the peace deal.
32:21Ahmed Salehi, is that a big fear?
32:23No, sir, that's a big point you're making.
32:25And let me get Ahmed Salehi to respond to that.
32:26Does everything hinge on whether Hezbollah will strike Israel or Israel will strike Hezbollah in Lebanon?
32:34What would Iran go in for?
32:36Restoring its economy or protecting Hezbollah?
32:41It's the number one article of the 14 articles, memorandum of understanding.
32:47And it shows the importance of this item, which is called locally here in Tehran as the unity of battlefields.
32:54This is a new concept that Iran is bringing to the political era of the region,
33:00that if there is an alliance, a transatlantic alliance or the alliance between the United States and America,
33:06there is another alliance here called the unity of the battlefields.
33:10But with reference to your previous question about the victories,
33:14your colleagues—our colleagues mentioned some of the victories of the United States.
33:18If you just mind, I want to count some of the victories that Iran gained in this war.
33:25Number one is the military gains.
33:27Of course, Iran had a lot of impacts, which are digested,
33:31unless your colleagues said that the symptoms will be seen during the next month.
33:37No, Iran is a big country, and apparently they have digested these impacts.
33:41But there are some gains.
33:42For example, there is a collection of the aircrafts.
33:45Some of them, like F-35, for the first time, being targeted by Iran air defense.
33:52Iran abandoned the parachute and the infiltration of troops on the ground.
34:00It was a failure.
34:01It was done under the pretext of saving the pilots.
34:06But we know that two heavy aircrafts with 400 personals on the ground was a complete maneuver in order to
34:15practice.
34:17The second victory of Iran is the integrity, the continuation of the political integrity of Iran,
34:25because everybody was expecting that targeting the leaders, the result would be collapse of the system.
34:30The third victory is the social wealth of the system in Iran.
34:37The people come back to the system.
34:40And there is a lot more power in this region, in this country, about the people coming back to the
34:46government
34:46and unity under the flag.
34:48This is called the unity under the flag.
34:50Let me get General Pandey to quickly weigh in on these three points you've raised.
34:55General Pandey, has Iran also successfully driven a wedge between America and Israel?
35:03And is that also a major part of its victory?
35:06Yeah.
35:06So, I don't think it will only Iran, Israel and U.S.
35:10More importantly, I think the Gulf countries.
35:12Please look at the change in the pattern of the allies.
35:15On one side, the unity of battlefield countries to grow stronger in terms of proxy in Iranians.
35:21But on the other side, you've got a fractured alliance in which the NATO is not with America.
35:27You've got the Gulf countries who are directly dealing Qatar, UAE, Kuwait,
35:33directly after some time with the Iranians paying huge sums of amount of money not to fire back at them.
35:41So, there is a fractured conflict.
35:43So, you look at, that is why I'm saying the win comes out not in terms of damaging of infrastructure.
35:49I just slightly disagree with our, with Borden is because, you know, what precision strike?
35:56They've lost about 1,000 troops, I agree.
35:58But all these infrastructure will be rebuilt, start to end.
36:03They are richer by $324 billion.
36:06That is going to be working in their favor.
36:09No sanctions.
36:11There's a power.
36:11The entire hormones are going to flow easy.
36:14Yes.
36:14But the fact also, please just look at this facet, which is very, very important.
36:21Where was Iran pre-Feb 28 and where it is now in terms of the matrices of the global...
36:29Absolutely.
36:30That you know to see.
36:31Yeah.
36:31Where was Iran on 27th of February and where Iran is today?
36:36Where will it be on Friday is the story we'll be tracking very closely.
36:40Because, Dr. Shukif Friedman, that's the time.
36:43Reports seem to indicate that Israel will continue to mount pressure to ensure that its borders are safe.
36:51I'll, we'll be tracking that story very closely.
36:53I want to thank all my guests for joining me on this show.
36:57U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Ibyan in France to attend the G7 summit.
37:03This comes ahead of a key Iran-U.S. peace deal signing in Geneva in Switzerland.
37:09The U.S. President quit the last G7 summit in Canada last year.
37:13He left early this year.
37:15After the peace deal, he will be meeting at least six fellow leaders.
37:19Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.K.
37:23There is also a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
37:26What's also extremely crucial, their tensions with Europe, over NATO, over Greenland, over Ukraine.
37:33These are some of the issues that will be discussed as part of the President's visit to France.
37:44Did you know, every year, millions of Indians are affected by dengue?
37:50A tiny mosquito, but one that can have a devastating impact, devastating consequences for an entire family.
37:59Dengue is not just another fever.
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38:14Children, senior citizens and those with weaker immunity, they're especially vulnerable.
38:20What makes dengue particularly concerning is that the mosquito responsible for spreading dengue is not a breed in some distant
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39:57Well, that is all I have for you on this India First special broadcast.
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