00:00In yesterday, I also earlier spoke to David Spector from the New York Post
00:04on the possible involvement of Iran in the Dubai flight IJAC bid.
00:10These are concerning claims or at least an angle that's now being looked at,
00:15a possible angle of Tehran being involved behind the planning of this very attack.
00:21If indeed found true, it would bring about a whole different level of escalation to the West Asia war
00:28that's already been stretched out for far too long without any definite conclusions.
00:36Yes, and first of all, good morning, Shia. Good morning to the good people of India.
00:41It's a pleasure and an honor to be joining you in your TV screens this morning.
00:45You're absolutely right. It would potentially drastically escalate the war between Iran, Israel,
00:53the United States and the Sunni Gulf states in the region if it is indeed true that they're behind this.
01:00Now, President Trump's remark is not the same thing as a fully concluded intelligence assessment,
01:07but there is also Israeli reporting that the UAE is also starting to suspect that Iran might be behind this
01:15plot.
01:16You know, David, I'll have to bring one thing up here, and this is something that was a question even
01:25yesterday
01:25when the initial details of this entire flight had come in.
01:29The fact that this pilot, firstly, is an Omani pilot, if we go back to the Israeli UAE treaty,
01:36it does state that pilots or flying crew that will be flying to Israel have to be from nations
01:46which share a good relation with Israel.
01:51So if Oman plays in, I mean, from what I understand, my knowledge of the entirety of the matter,
01:59Oman doesn't fall in the list of those countries, does it?
02:03No, no, it does not. And additionally, Oman has been on the United States bad side throughout the negotiations with
02:12Iran.
02:13They were essentially kicked out as mediators by the United States over a feeling that they were too close with
02:20Iran
02:21and they were double dealing or not being honest with the U.S. in these talks.
02:26So Oman is a very precarious position in this entire conflict.
02:31There was Israeli reporting, I believe, in the Times of Israel that was saying that while, yes,
02:37that was the agreement regarding pilots and crew, in reality, there have been many instances
02:43of Omani pilots flying to Tel Aviv.
02:48Trump and Bibi, now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
02:54have come out and has come out and said that this was a radicalized pilot and jihadist ideology.
03:02And that's what has been said so far.
03:04And we have a lot more to see as the investigation continues.
03:09Something interesting, though, is if Iran is behind this,
03:13the target, while, of course, would be Israel, obviously, it's not so far away from the anniversary
03:22of the October 7th attacks.
03:24But the target, actually, you brought up friendly countries with Israel,
03:27is also the existence of the Abraham Accords.
03:30This attack could have done tremendous damage to the Israeli-Emirati relationship.
03:36I hate to say that.
