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Greetings once again to each and every one of you, dear ones. I am Saeed Behbahani. On this Friday, the 26th of Tir, which is the 17th of July. I am happy and pleased that these programs have gained your attention, and infinite thanks to those dear ones who help us improve the programs with their kindness.
What I said is the reality. I mean, truly, if it weren't for, he says, all this your help, your empathy, and your support, where could we have walked this path? This winding path; mystics call it 'solouk'. 'Solouk' literally means a winding and dangerous mountain path, a path where, I don't know, snakes and scorpions and wild animals exist, and there is a possibility of falling at any moment. But in any case, it is only your effort, your support, that has, in fact, guided us here. That is the right word, to be guided.
I must say that I have always said you follow the news better and more accurately than I do, and therefore, I basically don't believe much in the story of the news these days. Once upon a time, yes, the news was very important. Suppose that, truly, a friend, a dear one, a beloved, may his memory be cherished, the late Safa Haeri. This great man was present for years as a representative of Iranian news agencies in France and prepared reports, and sometimes we would hear his reports on the radio saying: "Report from Safa in Paris." This had meaning. Because this late individual, who was always our supporter from the day I started the program on television and it came onto satellite, because this television has a long history. Television abroad initially started locally in America. Of course, it existed in other places too, but not as firmly and solidly as the work being done in America. And until it reached, for example, the year '98 [1398/2019] and so on; in fact, from '97 [1397/2018] when the vile regime itself first brought this television onto satellite so that this sound and image could be received everywhere. Which, of course, back then the story was that you also needed a receiver. You had to get an extra device so that, excuse me, you could decode these waves that they were, in fact, encoding and sending as code. This device could decode them; meaning, open the codes and read them and deliver that image and sound to us. That he mentioned, a decoder. That device or receiver was called a decoder. Its job was to open the codes, which is a long story in itself. When this television emerged in this form so that everyone could see it, so that Iranians all over the world could watch the television. And I also started my own work in television from the very beginning of this story. The late Sefahri was always my supporter. Even his noble wife, Noshi-jan, told me that he had requested that this support never be cut off, and she always sent his support to me. Even when that great man had left us, his wife, following that great man's request, in fact, continued this work and has continued it until now. We truly must thank her.
My discussion was about news. Back then, news meant that you would go to the scene of an event, bring us the news, and say: "Sir, I went there and I am here, and these are the people present, this is the scene that occurred, these are the photos, these are the films, these are the images, and these are the reports from, I don't know, firefighters, ambulances, police, whatever, the municipality, any subject related to that organization, parks, whatever it is, and these are the people who were at the scene," and they would bring these to us.
But in dictatorial systems and closed systems, there is no such phenomenon as news. Rather, it is the state apparatus, which is a souvenir because, as you know, these things happen simultaneously. Meaning radio, I don't know, television, these were just adapted to current events. Simultaneously, when the Soviet Union was formed, the Russian Revolution happened, and I don't know, Stalin came to power and such, news became state-run, and they named the news agency "Pravda," which means "truth" in Russian, and the one thing that did not exist was truth, and it dictated whatever it wanted. And since the foundations of the Islamic Revolution align and overlap with the foundations of Iranian Marxists, this happened quickly in Iran as well, and the state apparatus took control. Of course, it existed during the Shah's time too; not that the Shah's time was all roses and nightingales, I don't know, no, it wasn't like that. It existed during the Shah's time too, but in any case, a facade was maintained, and because there were different media outlets and different schools of thought existed, and society was moving toward modernization, it was doomed to bring parts of modernity along with it. It couldn't be that they were separate from each other. One playing one tune, and another playing a different tune. They absolutely had to be in harmony. Therefore, it is incomparable. The Pahlavi era compared to this misery that exists today is, as they say, in fact, it is a philosophical term, a false analogy; it cannot be compared at all, the comparison is wrong. This system is not compatible with any other structure in any way; it is an amalgamation all unto itself. It is the same thing that I have named the "Demonic System," and I define Ahriman as a being in religious tales, and you can find it there, you can look for it in religions, you can look for it in religious stories; its work is exactly what the Islamic Republic does: misguidance, corruption, blackness, darkness, misery, wretchedness. Everything attributed to the devil in stories, we can see clearly in the Islamic regime.
Let me take a look here to see how our situation is; it’s not bad, but let me keep it here so I don't have to keep turning my head every minute and ruin your mood. Let me go here. Of course, we should have done these things sooner, but well, our work has gone past such talk. Yes. No, you don't want this; we want to get the person himself. Let's go to the section. Live ten. And ask him that. What's the news and what do you see? He had a point. He had a point. Well. I didn't mean to disrespect you, but truthfully to you. I didn't want to. Let me see, no, this is wrong like this. To tell you and Shahin-par. Why, you senseless people, is now the time to address this nonsense? I mean, how long does this Shahin-par want to do what? Well, I don't know. Well, look, my dear, one of the things that. I am proud to have done, and you don't see this in other media, is fundamentally that I. Email address. Of all those who participate in this program, with their own permission, I put on the screen. You can contact them yourself. Like this program, which coincidentally was based on this today. Someone had sent an email. It was a detailed email, and as Mr. Shahin-par said, I wrote to him that, yes, I learned from your email, and I am sending this to Mr. Shahin-par as well. Mr. Shahin-par came to give his viewer an answer. Now, is it relevant? What you are looking for, I don't know. This is a connection between. In fact, the program maker with his host, with his viewer, with his audience. His audience has raised a point, he must answer. Now, it wasn't to your liking; you like to hear bizarre talk. Easy, elevator talk! Elevator means that. You say something every day. One day you say war is good, one day you say war is bad, one day you say it's like this, one day you say Trump is good, one day you say Trump is a donkey. Saying something every day; these are things you see on Iran International, constantly being repeated. Its videos are available, fortunately, we are living in an era [that] is digital.
Actually, I was talking about this very subject, why I don't believe in news and such reports. First of all, I have no connection to anyone who speaks here. Everyone is free. If you are willing, come and let's talk. If you are inclined, I will give you the microphone. You come and state your opinion. Sitting in the dark and throwing stones from the dark is not an ethical act, it is not the right thing to do. The very foundation of this television was built on this basis. I will search and find those videos, and I will play them for you regularly. They are teasers. I had made some teasers early on, 15, 16, 17, 18 years ago, about why this media outlet was created? What is its goal? Of course, these things appear in the subtitles, but those teasers help us by saying if you can do it yourself, do it, but if you know someone, invite them. We provide them with a microphone so they can speak. Many of these people who have come to this TV station, left, stayed, or are no longer here, came through this method. For example, let's say Mr., as an instance, Dr. Ansari; I didn't know Dr. Ansari myself. He is a doctor in Quebec, Canada, who wrote articles for the Peyvand newspaper in Montreal, and through a mutual friend, he was introduced and you said, "Dr. so-and-so is doing this work, can we invite him?" I said, "By all means, invite him." Or Mr...these are old ones. Dr. Zia Sadr-ol-Ashraf. We have a friend, an audience member, a patriot who introduced himself as Mr...Mr. Manager. He used to call sometimes early on, we would talk and chat, and he would say on the phone line, on the TV line, then he said, "I have a cousin, I have a cousin," who is a great orator and well-read, can I invite him? I said, "Certainly, and we would be honored to be at his service." And then we posted their address. You don't see in other media that when they invite someone, they put their address on the screen and say, "Sir, you can contact him." These are things I have done and I am proud of them; it's unique, there is nothing like it, it doesn't exist anywhere else.
Let me return to the topic of news and the fact that news under the demonic regime is a lie; they express it however they wish. When it attacks other countries, look at their nerve. They don't dare attack Israel. They can't overpower America either. They go and hit Kuwait, they hit Iraqi Kurdistan, then they say our great missiles went and hit such and such. Like this, our ballistic missiles; when others hit them, they say, "Oh, they just threw a pebble," as if they shot a stone with a slingshot. That is their way of reporting it. When you see an old media outlet like the BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, which started its work back in the day, it's very old, its world service had stories, had programs. From the era of Reza Shah in Iran, from the time radio came to Iran, the BBC was right there with it. When you see the BBC gets its news from a Telegram channel, I don't know, Vahid Online. That's not called news; because it doesn't know who is who, and what is what. It’s not allowed to send a reporter, and if you see that America sends its reporter to a war zone, in Iran that reporter doesn't have the right to go and publish any word or news. With 30 people standing around him, he says what he’s told to say. They arrest him, they harass him. Therefore, he speaks based on certain principles, based on a program they’ve given him. So, news doesn’t really mean anything anymore, especially today when we are facing a new phenomenon called social media, where, in fact, everyone carries a TV station with them. Well, these days, you cannot give any credibility to that news. Anyone today, without you knowing who or what they are, can use a fake address, a fake name, and a fake photo. A man uses a woman's photo. He chooses a female name for himself, and we’ve seen it; we’ve witnessed these things. We saw this in the Ruhollah affair; the video came out where the guy is sitting there telling Ruhollah, "Say this, say that." He asks: "But why?""Just do it," he says, "You say it, I've got your back, I'll help you." And in the end, the same people trap him, deceive him, seduce him with money, with the display of money. What happened to it, anyway? Why aren't we following up? Why is there no mention anymore of that guy who was in Australia and was dealing with Amin Ghalibaf's son? Why isn't it being pursued? It isn't. This isn't because of the flow of events; it’s not just because of the flow and speed of events. That is a part of the story, but the bulk of it is intentional; there is a deliberate effort to distract you and prevent that coherence from forming, so you don’t understand what is what, or where things stand. It is constantly changing, constantly shifting. I don’t know where I should be looking all the time; should I look here? Should I look here? Ali? Anyway. But, what is happening in that country? Why did I say they call their own a ballistic missile and call the other one a projectile? What is happening, and what plan has Mr. Trump adopted? We are facing a new world. We no longer deal with those heavy-hitting politicians of the past, those giants; we don’t face them anymore, they are all small men. Look at America itself. Once upon a time, a man like Nixon was in the White House, and people like Kissinger stood by his side. What about today? Ford was his vice president. Look at where the story of the White House has ended up today. Great America. Last night, Mr. Trump had a speech. Mainstream media, like ABC, NBC, these are big American media outlets. They didn't broadcast Trump's speech. How is such a thing possible? Why would the President of America speak and his words not be broadcast? Let’s see why this isn't working. Go ahead.
Greetings to you, sir. Greetings, how are you? I am grateful. I am calling from England, from London to be of service. Yes, you are speaking from England. Tell us what happened with Mr. Starmer, what happened to him? Finally, what took place first? Well, he has resigned, waiting for me...let me tell you the main thing I wanted to say so I don't forget it. This is very important. The only way we can watch you is through Roku. Well done. Then there is the Panjereh application; I’m sure you know it, the Panjereh app. Yes, yes, this application has been constantly cutting out for the past seven or eight days, meaning we cannot watch you continuously like before. In which one? In Panjereh or Roku? Panjereh, Panjereh. Roku doesn't have you anymore, only Panjereh does. If you are still on Roku, please guide us. Search again, it will come back. You are definitely there. I follow it on Roku myself. Seriously? Aha, well I wanted...because we only found Panjereh, not among the channels, Mihan TV comes up. Surely, we were the first TV station to be on Roku; let me state this first. We were pioneers in this field as well. Yes, I have been a viewer of yours for a long time, from the old days with Mr. Davar and the others, until you became independent later; you always promoted that we could watch you on Roku. But we were never able to watch you on Roku, only through Panjereh, and that is just recently. Before, I used to watch on my mobile through your own websites. But I wanted to inform you that this problem has occurred where it keeps cutting in and out. It means all channels on Panjereh are cutting out. This Panjereh has a completely chaotic situation; I don't know what it is. It seems when they want to watch it themselves, they remove the ads. When they go to sleep at night, they turn the ads on. You see four or five ads, for instance, that have absolutely nothing to do with this television station. They are all English and things like that. I wanted to say, if possible, I don't know if I have to...if it is necessary, for example, there is a Tamasha application, it is very straightforward. If you suggest a way, I could, for instance, put your station in there. I don't know how the money aspect works, but I am willing to do this voluntarily. I don't know, because I didn't find you on Roku. Maybe it is in America but not in England. Roku, no, in Roku just search for Mihan TV, you will definitely and certainly see it. We are also on Apple; I mean... Which model of Roku do you have? Excuse me, we have one of those dongles that plugs into...It makes no difference, no difference at all, no difference. It makes no difference. No, no, no difference; it is an application. The dongle has some limitations and the box is a bit more extensive, but in essence, it makes no difference. They are both the same, there shouldn't be any difference. Thank you for calling about this important issue, I really appreciate it. If you search on Roku, Mihan TV will definitely come up. We were the first ones to be on Roku. I'll tell you the story of Panjereh too, and what it's all about. Yes, thank you, always excellent, thanks, much appreciated. Thank you, I appreciate it. Definitely do that and let me know, I'd be grateful. For sure, absolutely, thank you. Thanks, mercy.
As I was saying, the story of Panjereh...First, with...This dear person of ours who is the innovator of this Panjereh platform contacted me and said, "Since my mother is very fond of you and follows your programs...""I made this app as a gift and put it on Roku, and no one else is on Roku yet." Apple TV had just come out; Roku was next, and we had been struggling a bit. We were busy building an app on...Apple TV when this friend of ours called and said, "I'm giving you this gift because of my mother, and I have placed you on the Roku application—meaning on the Roku system—and the Mihan TV app." I was happy and thanked him, and I told my good friend, the late Mohammad, who actually handled our streaming work. He was truly a genius at this work, and he launched many TV stations. Many Persian-language TV stations truly owe him a debt. He built several TV channels for Afghans, in Iraq, and for the Vietnamese. He was a genius in his field. Unfortunately, Roku took him away from us. When I told Mohammad about this, he was happy too. He said, "Good, but do one thing." I said, "What should I do?" He said, "Get the username and password from this friend of yours so that it's in our own hands." I asked that dear friend. He said, "Actually, I am building a platform for myself called Panjereh and am launching it." "Come, here is the username and password." "I don't have anything to hide." He gave us the username and password, and we made some changes to it. Since that date, 2014, it has been in our possession and we have been moving forward. Panjereh started, but someone in England—coincidentally right where you are—raised an objection, saying, "You are posting movies there that you don't have the rights to, they don't belong to you," and they used some copyright laws and things like that to block it. And to avoid further trouble, some parts were removed, some parts were added, and if you look at this section, Panjereh has 1 and 2, it's two things: one is these movies and series and such, and the other is the TV channels. So, Panjereh also has two applications on "Roku," however. Regarding the ads, no, no one interferes with them. These ads are by... "Roku," in fact, means there are companies that have asked me many times if I want them to place ads for me; but when I spoke to our friend at Panjereh about what this was, he said, "No, it's not worth it. I also made a mistake by going with them. First of all, they don't pay, and second, the ads are annoying—they put up weird stuff that isn't useful to us at all. So I suggest you don't do it." And I accepted and didn't do it. I will definitely talk to him and share this problem with him, and I’m glad you contacted us and mentioned this. Thank you; we will certainly speak with this friend so the problem is resolved. But if you have an Apple TV or a "Roku," definitely search for Mihan TV and it will come up; I said because we were the first. Then I told other friends about this too; I even made a suggestion and said let's...I talked to several of these television stations and said let's create a portal and all get into one collection; similar to the things that, for example, "Jeez" and others did later on. If you have, for instance, Jeez, you see that it houses a lot of these Iranian and non-Iranian channels inside it; it’s called a portal. In that portal, I talked to several channels like Pars and others, but they didn't show any interest. We didn't insist much either; because while it had no financial benefit—I mean, it had no material benefit, it had plenty of spiritual benefit—but they didn't show interest, therefore, we moved away from it.
Now let's return to the situation so these friends don't complain and say, "Sir,""Everyone, why are we moving away from the daily discussions?" We have actually defined the discussion of the day as well. Well, someone else has written, "Greetings to Nasser Shahinpar, his words are gold." Well, that is his opinion. You can't please everyone. First of all, that’s a rule—you can't; such a thing is simply not possible. But back to the topic; if you remember, last Friday I raised a topic, and throughout the week wherever possible—meaning on Monday when I was speaking with my good friend Mr. Dastmachi, or say, on Tuesday when I talked with Dr. Keyvan Yahya—I spoke about this subject, about what is happening and what they are doing, and I explained that, in fact, the West or America and Israel and whoever is in this group, I said that now it is different from the past. Everything has changed. You look and see the things J.D. Vance is saying, it’s actually surprising that he talks about Israel and says, "No sir, why should we do this?" "Why should we do this," and so on. I don’t think this Mr. Vance, who has set his sights on the next election to take Mr. Trump’s place, I see zero chance for him; meaning he will have no chance at all. Considering the developments, and the things he says: "What does it have to do with us? We are this and that." Look, those things you see, they belong to the 19th century; meaning the 1800s, early 1800s, the Monroe era. Monroe defined this theory of isolationism. That was a period when England was in decline and they were in a state of emerging. And his intention was, he would tell those English, saying you shouldn't do this, go mind your own business, the era of conquests has ended, everyone should be occupied with their own affairs. And they occupied themselves with their own affairs; they became so occupied that you then see in the twentieth century, in the First and Second World Wars, how they shined, and in the second war especially, how they became world heroes and became the world's number one. And they divided the world into two parts, you know, East and West; America and its satellites on one side, Stalin and his satellites on the other. Who was the victor of the story? Who won? History showed us that those theories failed. The Soviet empire collapsed in 70 years later. But here you see after 250 years, how it is at the peak and how it has reached the highest point imaginable. But these things that Mr. Vance is saying, this duality and this schism will lead to a collapse and this is not a pleasant thing at all.
On Friday we said that this thing they did, meaning creating doubt, suspicion, jealousy, and competition among these thugs who, after that scum Khamenei, have raised their heads and declare authority, declare victory, and everyone is grabbing a corner of this blanket and pulling it toward themselves. This story of suspicion and competition and jealousy and such, how it will bring them down. We said, with the story of someone we are talking about. The first shot was fired and everyone inside there looked at each other. While the putrid corpse was on the ground, they looked at each other, asking "So why?" "What happened?" "Who is this?" "Who is this betraying us, betraying our ideals?" Doubt, we moved forward a little. Then finally the Chinese rolled a ball, the Pakistanis became the representatives, and it became clear that their "sympathizer" was in truth Mossad or something. Mohammad something, Mohammad-Ghalibaf, M. Their Mohammad-Bagher, one of the most corrupt people this regime has ever seen; that whole story about the IRGC Cooperative Foundation, or the Bahar Foundation or whatever it was—the video came out where he was talking, saying "Soleimani is with me, I'll handle that," and so on. And you saw him say that Qasem Soleimani has a different kind of relationship with me; the type of relationship like Toosi’s. After all, he is a Kermanite and this one is a Mashhadi; they matched up well on the front lines in the darkness of the trenches. Then on Sunday, this arrow that The New York Times released, claiming that Ahmadinejad—what are you waiting for, Ahmadinejad met with the CIA chief in Hungary, saw this person, saw that person, said this, said that, and in short, they said a hundred things like this; all while the Israelis haven’t said a single word about it, they haven't denied it, saying, "Sir, this is a lie, when did we do such a thing?" Of course, if you remember, during the 12-day war, news also came out saying that a bomb was dropped on Ahmadinejad's house, and a car came and picked him up and left, and things like that were said, but no one took it seriously, until Sunday when The New York Times described this scenario in detail. And this is while these reporters who went to Iran to report say we requested to meet with Ahmadinejad, but they didn't allow us; it became clear that Ahmadinejad is under house arrest, he is in prison. And this arrow has hit a good spot. So keep this matter in mind, make a note of it in a corner for yourself, and know the lasting effect of this example from Othello and Shakespeare, that Othello, a black Moorish commander, rose to high positions among the whites, became a very great commander, and fell in love with the governor's daughter, and so on; but in the end, suspicion, jealousy, and rivalry drove him mad; he ended up killing his beautiful beloved, became a wanderer himself, fell from that glory and power, and ended up ruined. This is what is happening, this is the arrow they have released.
But the war situation itself, in the circumstances we are in, is this statement by Trump that "I will destroy the IRGC like ISIS" really true? Will he do it? I have doubts about this; because they have gained experience in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Libya, all these places, in Syria; they learn the lessons, set them aside, and talk to each other. Let me see, okay, yes. Thank you very much. Let me see if I can play this for you or not. Excuse me. All right, let me see if I can here. Yes. Well, let's see if we can watch this together and see what the intention is. Let me do something else, I think it's better to do it this way. Excuse me. Let me see. I think...Teto. Ja. Oh boy. No, this needs to be fixed. Let me fix it. Let me look here. I don't know why it doesn't have sound. This whole thing of ours has become quite a story. Ah, here it is, I found it. Now, I think...Server error. Well, this gave an error too. No, sir, we must move on from this. I don't think it's our luck in this program.
The economy in our society is in danger and at definite risk. Why? Because it has not been Islamicized in this aspect. Our revolutionary men, women, youth, and teenagers today—I ask my spouse, my children, and my relatives to help so we can be pioneers in realizing this party and theory, and it is this. I say it plainly and explicitly. What am I saying? Our Islamic Revolution. With the current economic trends and relations in our society, it is in danger and at definite risk. Why? Because it has not been Islamicized in this aspect. Our revolutionary men, women, youth, and teenagers today—I ask my spouse, my children, and my relatives to help so we can be pioneers in realizing this thesis and theory, and it is this. I say it plainly and explicitly. Our Islamic Revolution. With the current economic trends and relations in our society, it is in danger and at definite risk. Why? Because it has not been Islamicized in this aspect. Our revolutionary men, women, youth, and teenagers... Alright, okay. Okay, you were right, it didn't work. What should we do now? You tell me what I should do. I mean, anyway, I thought this might help, but it wasn't anything worthwhile that our friend had sent us. I wanted to keep you in the loop, but I saw it wasn't worth it.
Some wars are not outside of a person. They start right in the middle of the mind. Yes? Who? Very well, let's go back. Let's move past this; it didn't help us, it had no use, it only kept us away from our main point, which is that...What were we going to say? We were talking about the current situation, to see what is happening and what plans they have ahead. Does what Trump says, that he wants to make there like—I don't know—ISIS, the Revolutionary Guard like ISIS, is it actually feasible? With this disagreement that exists in his own administration, the things his deputy says, Mr. "Jidion," that no, we are not going to do such a thing; it's not like—I don't know—if they want to do something, they should go and do it themselves instead of the people of Iran. This is while they themselves know all this disaster that they brought upon the region—not just Iran, but the Middle East region—was orchestrated by America; it was an American plan, they were the ones there from the beginning; who was there 100 years ago? 1921 and 1954. Same age as me. From the time when an Ikhwani comes here named Said Ramadan, who is in fact a relative of the same...What was his name? That...No, Hassan al-Banna and that other one whose name slipped my mind, they enter America and talk to Mr. Eisenhower and say, "Go ahead." Go ahead.
Hello, go ahead. Greetings to dear Mr. Behbahanir, to you my dear, I am at your service, please go ahead. Mr. Behbahanir, so what is our Prince doing at the moment? Does he have any activities or something? Well, his activity is in these meetings he is holding; he cannot do much, what do you think he can do? What should he do? If you were in his place, what would you do? If I were in his place, Aha. I would grab Mr. Netanyahu by the collar and say, "I want to come to the Western Wall, which is a memento from Cyrus the Great, our father. I want to hold my coronation ceremony there, and you should recognize me as the King of Iran." Period. There is no other way. What happens then? We have no other way. Well, what happens next? Well, what will happen is that the world, with the influence that Israel has in the world, one by one, countries will come—first the countries of the region, then others—and recognize us, and save us from this horrible situation. People have no life right now with these bombings and these missile launches from all around Iran. To save Iran, the only way is for this gentleman—put aside the formalities—to go there and say: "Sir, save us; we saved you, now it is your turn to save us from the evil of these devils." And come to the Western Wall as a symbol of Cyrus, hold a magnificent ceremony right there, and have him ascend the throne and declare that he is the King of Iran. This is our only way of salvation. We have no other way. Mr. Behbahanir. You can see that for 47 years now, Iran has been being destroyed. With this war, nothing will be left. Yes. That southern part of Iran, especially Bandar Abbas and Chabahar; they are completely destroyed, they have stolen the money; they are doing something so that Iran...and then they might, for instance, attack, take Kharg Island, take Qeshm, and in general, squeeze the throat of Iran's economy as much as they can, and it is the miserable people who endure this. They themselves have money; some of them own properties and various businesses in foreign countries. It is the people of Iran, and the only person who can save us, in my opinion, is Mr. Netanyahu; he has this power. Yes. And save us from the evil of the devils, how much longer, sir? Very well, thank you my dear, I heard you, thank you. You're welcome, anyway, you're welcome, sir. Goodbye. Goodbye.
Sir, Mr. Netanyahu! The mentality we have and the reality on the ground are two different things. Mr. Netanyahu, you see now that this Mr. J.D. Vance has drawn his sword against him and openly says, "Sir, we are this and that," and is acting with hostility. Under such circumstances, Netanyahu now must first solidify his position, he must pull himself out of this predicament; elections are approaching, the elections are in 3 months, the elections are in October; therefore, no, he will not do such a thing. Besides, Prince Reza Pahlavi never said he wants to become the Shah of Iran, who ever said such a thing? He doesn't accept this at all, unless he has spoken double-sidedly or lied. I do not think he is a liar. I don't have such an impression. A person who grew up in a different environment since childhood, from adolescence, he came to America when he was 15 and grew up here; lying is an ugly thing, he always says regarding his own character that he doesn't believe in this story of inheritance at all. He asks, what does it mean? What should be inherited? He says he has said these things; and don't say that, he never said I want to go and become Shah, he never said I want to come there and become President, he didn't say such things. He says I want to use the position I have to help the people through the transition period, until reaching the ballot box; for the people to go and choose for themselves, elect their representatives, write a constitution, and approve the constitution. He must start from these points, and he has started correctly. These days he is also busy, he is talking to people, he is restructuring his team; after all, it is important. Look; the meeting between Jazani's son and the Prince is an important matter. Bijan Jazani's father, the foundation of this guerrilla organization, the Fedaian guerrillas in Iran, goes back to Jazani. Bijan Jazani's father was among the group that fled Iran during the 1953 events and went to Russia (the Soviet Union); later he requested to return, saying he made a mistake, so-and-so; he said these things and the Shah would not accept it. His uncle, Bijan Jazani's uncle, the brother of that person, the brother of the father, who has influence, is a figure, finally obtains permission that they pardon the father, and allow him to return to spend the end of his life in Iran. When the father comes to Iran and speaks about the situation in the Soviet Union, the people in the Soviet Union, this Mr. Bijan Jazani believed that he was saying these things under the influence of SAVAK's thoughts, under SAVAK's suggestions; otherwise, how could it be? I myself, I remember, personally, this relates to the year 1972, '71, '72, it's that same period, '70, '71, around that time; the world military championships were in one of those Soviet republics. It was Armenia, or maybe Ukraine, I don't remember where, but I know it was in the Soviet Union. They called it the Soviet Union. There was a swimmer from Azerbaijan, I don't remember his name. His face is in my mind. I don't recall his name. He had participated in these competitions as a military swimmer who was a soldier. When he returned, I remember we were talking in Anjadieh, and he was telling us: "Look, this cucumber you see here, it's different in California now." "In California, they grow these Iranian Isfahani cucumbers; you can go to the store and buy small, thin, green cucumbers. But in Europe and other U.S. states, there's this regular, long, large cucumber that is for salads, that's it." "A cucumber isn't a fruit; it's a salad cucumber." When he had returned from there, he said mockingly —it was unbelievable to him—he said: "The kind of cucumber we give to donkeys and cows here, they wrap in plastic in stores over there, and people go and buy it to make salad." And it was hard for him to digest this. Even back then, the guys would look and say: "No, he's saying this under SAVAK provocation, how could the Soviet Union be such and such?" And Bijan Jazani was among them; he would say: "My father is saying these things under SAVAK influence, otherwise how could the Soviet Union be first-rate?" Now, after the wall fell, the same story happened with Albania; it was considered a first-rate country. This Enver Hoxha, he was like a god. After the wall fell, when they went there, they saw, oh man, people here still ride horses and mules, there is no television, the radio doesn't cover the whole country, only in Tirana and surrounding areas does the radio signal reach; it was backward, but they were very strong in propaganda. Now, the son of this very Mr. Bijan Jazani has gone to meet the Prince and has accepted him; well, this is an important matter, this is a task, this is a job he is doing, and it is an important one too. In my opinion, some people, let's assume someone like Ms. Shahla Shafiq, who doesn't bow to anyone, yet she goes to the Prince and accepts him; why? Because the Prince has a demeanor that is acceptable and believable. A friend who writes a lot and is very active had written to me, saying: "I am surprised why people like Dr. Nourizadeh have moved toward the Prince?" Because the Prince is speaking the right words. He is neither claiming the throne nor the presidency; he has one message: "I want to use this opportunity and these conditions I have for my people and my homeland, so they can reach the point where they can go and vote, and have their vote and opinion respected; you know, casting a vote." "Vote" literally means opinion, belief, to be respected. To be acceptable, and for your opinion to be taken into account. You too should be able to express your opinion. I prefer Kambiz over Parvaneh. They prefer Parvaneh over Mansour. This is an opinion, it's a vote. Why did Mr. Trump talk so much here last night, what did he say? What does he want to do? He wants to change this opinion. That’s the whole story. The Prince is working, in my opinion. It’s not about drawing swords and making noise. Those things are done by the charlatans around him, and they are being exposed. The charlatans are being revealed. This Ms. Shiva Nezamfar, who is a good producer and has recently joined us, last week on her program, she suddenly started thanking me unnecessarily; after the program I asked her, "Ma'am, what is this you're saying?" She said, "Well, you allow it." I said, "Well, you should allow it, what else should you do?" She said, "But over there..." I said, "Where is 'over there'?" She said, "Shahram." I said, "He is a sycophant, he is a charlatan." She said, "Over there, they wouldn't even let me mention the Prince, or his name." Then it turned out to me...these are Ms. Nezamfar's words (the narrator is responsible for what they've said) she said, "They charged us 25 to 50 pounds for flowers to be taken to Egypt. Later we realized he hadn't even spent 10 dollars, yet he took 25 pounds from me for flowers that were supposed to be placed on Mohammad Reza Shah's tomb on August 5th." I said, "Well, he is a charlatan, dear, you were mistaken." No, the Prince is doing the right thing. What does it mean for him to go there and say "I am the King"? He doesn't say anything of the sort. When did the Prince ever say, "I am the King"? When did he say, "I want to become King?" A group of people define their wishes as reality. These are two different issues. My desire versus what is actually happening are two different things. He has never said such a thing. He has never made such a claim. His whole point is that we must help the people so they can achieve their rights. To have the right to express their opinions. Freedom. That is what he is striving for, not to become King. But unfortunately, you see that...I was talking to a friend, to a respectable person yesterday; I told him, look, don't just look at today! Society is forgetful; because society is just a collection of people. Individual people, when they come together, become a collection, they become a society; a group of these individuals. Humans are inherently forgetful beings, and that is a very good thing; because if it were otherwise, they would suffer, it would be a hassle, it would create problems for them. We forget, and it's very good that we forget, but there are some things it never forgets: It never forgets oppression, and never forgives the oppressor.
I saw that this Mr. Alireza Amirghasemi, despite all the opinions you might have about him, yesterday had a program, as usual, doing his thing. He and his colleague, Ms. Vida, were sitting down in a reasonable program where they played Reza Rashidpour's remarks, and he was making a good point and speaking accurately. He was saying that it is true, the story of Minab and the killing of the children in Minab is very bad. It is very agonizing for the children. But Mr. Rashidpour, did you ever give a thought to the heart of that mother who lost her child in '88 and '89? Why do you not talk at all about this massacre of 30,000 to 40,000 people? If the children of Minab are a few, say 60 or 70 people, my friend, 30,000 to 40,000 innocent people were killed here for no reason. Why don't you talk about them? My dear, we must know what we want. I was talking to a friend yesterday and told him that one day, finally, these things will be talked about. I believe in this history. I believe in the society's memory. And I give examples and say that, sir, Ghavam os-Saltaneh's services were more than Mossadegh's, but why does the society not accept Ghavam but has accepted Mossadegh? There is something in between there. It is the memory; Ghavam disrespected the King, he disrespected his King. That part where he turns to Mohammad Reza Shah and says, "Mashallah, the Prince has grown up!" The people never forgive this. For this reason, historical memory is important.
The days when I started the program on television, I practically showed that the system of Iranian society, the political society of Iran, is not uniform, nor a single shape, nor a single entity. Meaning, if you refer to any of these political factions in Iran, you cannot see unity in them. One of the reasons for our defeat against the demonic system is precisely that the demon has managed to highlight these rifts, put them on display, and turn them into a club and use it to hit us over the head. Look at the leftists; you don't have it; they don't have a cohesive organization. That is why when you ask them, "Very well, you introduce your own representative, if you say the Prince is bad, you introduce your good one," they are helpless. You go to the National Front section; you say, "Sir, introduce your representative," and you see that one of them is worse than the others. The two of them make one organization; if those three of them make one organization, these two have turned into a National Front. This is our pain. Who created this? Who creates this deviation and decay? The stories of religions say the Devil. What is the embodiment of the Devil, its objectivity? The Islamic Republic has been able to, by creating discord, by creating rifts, create dispersion; keep us away from cohesion and unity. We saw in this same period in the royalist front, look at what distance it created. Someone like Amir Taheri, Hojat Kalashi, and that other one; each one of them, someone like Aria, what is it, Yar Kangarloo becomes Aria; they did not help us, not at all, none of them. These people were very effective in our separation, effective in tearing us apart. And this story of social media, which is a boundless ocean whose source is unknown, has played a major role in this chaos, in this division. People like, what's his name, Amir-Abbas, Fakhravar, Ali Javanmardi; just keep counting them. See, what positive or good work have these people actually done? What positive work have they performed? What have they done that has been in the interest of society? Nothing. I remember. The year 2012, who...Ahmad Batebi, I don't know, the late Siamak Sanjari, I don't know him, him, him. You go and read their stories. A swindler like Fakhravar, I remember, I have his video, I mean...There was a meeting these kids had organized, there was a lecture, they invited them to a panel to speak; this jerk entered. And he said "I am his friend," they said, "You were never our friend, you are a con artist." When were you ever our friend? Our problem is this, my dear; our problem isn't whether the Prince goes there to stand by the wall of Darius and Cyrus; our problem is ourselves. We have lost our way, we cannot find the path. Our entire struggle is this; we zig-zag, we go up, we come down. You must find your path, define your goal. Goal, strategy, tactics. These must be clear. What is my goal? To reach this goal, which path—or rather, strategy—is the right one? Within this strategy, what tactics can I use? These are all blurred. The goal gets mixed up with the strategy. [One] has still lost why the Islamic Republic must go. Doesn't know why. This must be clear. Why do I not want the Islamic Republic? Write it down for yourselves, define it. And look at it every day. Don't forget. Continuity.
Look at the path this country has taken over the last 250 years to reach this point. Is it at this point where it stands...Secure? No, if it doesn't strive, if it doesn't protect it—that man said it. When the Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia and wrote the Declaration of Independence, as they came out the door, a woman stopped them and asked: "Well, what is it, a monarchy or a republic?" He said, "A republic, if you can keep it." The Soviet Revolution, the great revolution of 1917. How long did it last? Nothing, 70 years. It collapsed 73 years later. None of those slogans it chanted were ever implemented; social justice was not implemented. It used to say... "It's true I don't give you freedom, but I give you social justice in return." It didn't provide social justice. It was lying. The closer you were to the Party, the more justice you had. The further you were from the Party, the less justice you enjoyed. It collapsed. But these guys have only been able to make it this far. That thing George Washington said to that lady on the steps has been proven in practice; they were able to keep it, and they have been more successful every day than the day before. Is the future the same? Does it depend on the people? It depends on themselves. If they are able to. We are in the same situation. We are also dealing with a monster, with a deceptive devil. We must be able to overcome it; we must recognize it to overcome it.
My effort at Mihan TV over these years has been to create this awareness in society and provide information by presenting diverse thoughts and various programs. Look at these programs by Mr. Ali Azimshad; Mr. Ali Azimnezhadan. Look at the people he talks to, he talks to this lady, Mahboubeh; he is presenting the history of pre-revolution Iranian cinema and theater for you through the words of an actor, without bias, malice, or settling of scores, and without pushing a specific ideology. Look at the other programs. You won't see this diversity in any other media. And we are, in fact, moving this work forward with difficulty and hardship. Therefore, I ask you to introduce Mihan to your friends so they can use its various sections. By way of comparison, my experience tells me that this media is a successful media. How was this success achieved? Through the audience. You. Therefore, I invite you once again to introduce this media to your friends, introduce the Mihan website to your friends so they can benefit from its various sections. I am grateful for all your support and empathy. Like the program's video, share it, and don't forget to subscribe. Do not deprive us of your financial support. I invite you to stay with us for the rest of the program. It is a conversation, and these conversations are good. These conversations are constructive conversations. Mr. Ali Azimnezhadan will talk in a moment with an Iranian cinema figure, Mr. Mohammad Motevaselani. I think it is the sixth or seventh session where he is analyzing pre-revolution cinema. Stay with us. I am grateful for all your empathy and support. And on Sunday, the Mahestan program is, in fact, an answer to all your questions, dear ones. Don't miss that program either. Thank you.