Transcript [00:00] So I mentioned in an earlier video when [00:01] I was talking about Iranian regime media [00:05] that it's quite common in totalitarian [00:09] regimes that the regime mouthpiece the [00:12] regime media will feature as its top [00:15] news story [00:17] something that's actually not news at [00:18] all but an editorial because they're [00:21] because again these aren't normal media [00:23] sources. They're really just putting out [00:25] messaging and it's so useful to pay [00:29] attention to what is being said in the [00:32] media of your enemies and regime media [00:35] look I mean the truth is any [00:37] any country that you're covering any [00:38] country that you want to know about you [00:40] want to understand a certain aspect of [00:42] what's going on you have to read the [00:44] media the local media in those [00:45] countries. So if you're looking at [00:47] something that has to do with Turkey you [00:48] got to read Anadolu you got to read [00:50] what's going on in Turkey. If you want [00:51] to if you're reading something that has [00:53] to do with Saudi Arabia you got to pay [00:54] attention to Al Arabiya or Arab News the [00:57] other Saudi controlled outlets to see [01:00] how they're spinning it because as [01:02] opposed to a country with free media [01:05] where what's written there could just be [01:07] what the journalists want to write [01:09] because there's no such thing as that [01:11] you really get a sense of the position [01:16] of the government. Okay with that [01:17] introduction what we're going to do in [01:19] this video is go through how the Iranian [01:23] regime has been covering the war over [01:25] the last few days. I did this a few days [01:27] ago and I'm going to do this every [01:29] couple of days to see where they're [01:31] going with this and this is a great day [01:33] to do it because the top story the top [01:36] news item on WANA English on the Iranian [01:40] media outlet is this thing. Okay so it [01:44] has a picture of a billboard [01:46] and this is in Palestine Square in [01:48] Tehran and they always put up [01:50] anti-Israel billboards here and and they [01:52] even put things up in Hebrew because [01:53] they know that the Israelis pay [01:54] attention. So the picture is [01:58] it says Matar I says our goal is clear [02:02] the 51st [02:05] Trump state. [02:06] Welcome to Israel 51st state of America [02:10] and it shows it in flames. Okay? [02:13] Like uh okay but but that doesn't have a [02:17] lot to do with the story and the story [02:19] is ceasefire precondition [02:22] a region without US military bases. Now [02:25] what exactly does that mean? [02:27] Ceasefire precondition that doesn't [02:29] sound like a new story. Well here's what [02:30] it says and we're going to read this [02:32] carefully I'm going to explain as we go [02:34] because it is very revealing. Here we [02:36] go. [02:38] In the years leading up to the military [02:39] operation in Ukraine [02:42] when Vladimir Putin repeatedly declared [02:44] from official podiums that Russia would [02:47] not tolerate NATO's eastward expansion [02:50] many dismissed the warning as a bluff. [02:54] History however proved otherwise. [02:57] Okay and then and then it spends the [02:59] next [03:00] four five [03:03] six paragraphs. Most of this piece is [03:05] talking about [03:07] Putin's red line that NATO should not be [03:11] expanding eastward. Now it's true NATO [03:13] violated a commitment to not expand [03:15] eastward and Putin continually warned [03:17] about this. The roots of the [03:19] Russia-Ukraine conflict can largely be [03:21] traced to this geopolitical logic. [03:24] Ukraine was relying on Western provinces [03:27] and was pursuing NATO membership [03:29] bringing a military alliance that Moscow [03:31] viewed as hostile. [03:33] Okay it says that Moscow communicated [03:35] this their their red line very publicly [03:39] makes a point of that. They didn't [03:41] communicate it behind closed doors. [03:43] Moscow stated it openly and loudly. [03:45] Russian officials repeatedly warned that [03:48] any expansion of NATO's military [03:49] infrastructure around Russia would be [03:51] treated as a direct threat to the [03:53] country's national security. Notice they [03:55] haven't mentioned this war yet. This is [03:56] this is the top news item in in today's [04:01] WANA. Okay? [04:03] Sergey Lavrov Russia's foreign minister [04:06] emphasized in one such statement that [04:07] the deployment of Western troops and [04:09] military facilities would be regarded as [04:11] an intervention posing a direct threat [04:13] to Russia's security. In the same [04:16] context Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov [04:19] warned that if NATO were to station [04:21] nuclear weapons in Estonia Russia's own [04:24] nuclear arsenal would target the country [04:26] in response. At the same time he [04:27] stressed that Russia did not seek to [04:29] threaten Europe but rather to guarantee [04:31] its own security. So he's he's telling [04:33] the story from Russia's perspective that [04:35] Russia was basically saying we just want [04:38] to be left alone. We don't want NATO [04:39] expanding this this American/NATO [04:42] expansionism [04:44] coming at our doorstep. We view that as [04:46] a threat and if you put [04:48] if you put nuclear weapons in Estonia we [04:51] will target them with our nuclear [04:52] weapons and he's [04:55] and and this article is [04:57] praising Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov [05:01] and or Sergey Lavrov it's it's praising [05:03] the Russians for being very public and [05:06] very tough about their stance. Okay [05:08] that's the point of these paragraphs. [05:11] This approach reflects what is often [05:13] described in international relations as [05:15] active deterrence not passivity not [05:18] retreat but the explicit definition of [05:21] costs for the opposing side meaning that [05:24] by Russia being public and making [05:26] threats that if you cross certain lines [05:28] we're going to take action that that [05:30] Russia was was engaging in active [05:34] deterrence against the West. Okay? [05:38] Shaping the strategic environment in [05:40] such a way that the adversary would [05:42] think twice before even considering an [05:44] attack that this is this is active [05:46] deterrence by the Russians [05:49] against [05:51] um against against NATO. All right. [05:55] From this perspective [05:58] the Islamic Republic of Iran now finds [06:00] itself in a comparable situation. [06:03] West Asia has become a theater shaped by [06:06] long-term US strategic planning. So this [06:09] is so here's the piece so far. Track [06:11] with me. The opening paragraphs of the [06:13] piece lay out the logic behind Russia's [06:17] approach to NATO expansion eastward [06:21] and the warnings about Ukraine NATO [06:24] membership being a threat and putting [06:26] nuclear weapons in Estonia being a [06:28] threat praising the Russians for being [06:31] very public about this red line and also [06:33] threatening military action [06:36] if this red line is violated. Right? [06:38] That's that's the framing and then it's [06:41] saying from this perspective the Islamic [06:44] Republic of Iran now finds itself in the [06:47] same situation. [06:49] Okay so what does that mean? That means [06:50] that [06:52] it's a theater in their words is shaped [06:55] by long-term US strategic planning [06:57] meaning US expansionism [07:00] doing the same thing to Iran that was [07:02] done to Russia by expanding eastward by [07:05] you know sticking their nose into [07:06] Ukraine and by expanding NATO. [07:12] He's saying that they're doing that the [07:13] US is doing the same thing. [07:15] Okay. [07:16] And then it explains the deployment of [07:18] American military bases in Iraq Syria [07:22] the Persian Gulf and the Arabian [07:23] Peninsula has been widely interpreted as [07:27] part of a broader effort to encircle [07:29] Iran and maintain constant pressure on [07:32] Tehran. You see it's again positioning [07:35] the Iranian situation as equivalent to [07:38] the Russian situation with NATO. [07:40] Forces stationed thousands of kilometers [07:42] from US territory yet positioned close [07:45] to Iran's borders [07:47] carry little defensive or peace-oriented [07:50] justification. Their presence is [07:52] inherently strategic and coercive in [07:55] nature. Seen through this lens if Iran's [07:58] armed forces [08:00] and diplomatic institutions act in a way [08:04] that leads Washington to believe it can [08:06] continue maintaining its regional bases [08:10] despite facing serious costs. [08:15] Such a perception could weaken [08:17] deterrence and potentially encourage [08:19] further pressure or escalation. Now [08:21] there's a there's a diction mistake a [08:23] syntax mistake here and there often are [08:26] in these stories and I had to read this [08:27] paragraph [08:28] it's really one [08:30] one long sentence. I had to read it [08:32] three or four times to understand it. [08:33] Let me read it again and fix the word. [08:35] Seen through this lens if Iran's armed [08:38] forces and diplomatic institutions act [08:40] in a way that leads Washington to [08:42] believe it can continue to main [08:44] maintaining its regional bases and it [08:46] should say without facing serious costs [08:49] such a perception could weaken [08:51] deterrence and potentially encourage [08:53] further pressure or escalation. So what [08:55] they're saying is that [08:58] now that we've laid this out for you [08:59] that America has all these bases [09:01] surrounding Iran and they're thousands [09:03] of miles from the United States. They [09:04] serve no purpose for defense or security [09:06] for the US. They're really just coercive [09:08] and and and strategically expansionist [09:11] in nature. That's what the Americans are [09:13] really doing there. So we're we're in [09:15] the same situation as Putin was in with [09:17] America expanding eastward with NATO. [09:20] So therefore we have to do the same [09:21] thing that the Russians do. Right? The [09:22] Russians put up red lines and threatened [09:25] military action [09:27] made it very clear what the red lines [09:28] were. [09:30] So they're saying seen through this lens [09:33] if the [09:35] if Iran's armed forces and diplomatic [09:37] institutions if they behave such that [09:40] Washington thinks that this is no [09:41] problem and that they're not going to [09:42] suffer any any any uh they're not going [09:45] to pay any price for this. [09:47] So that perception [09:50] could weaken deterrence and encourage [09:52] further pressure or escalation. You see [09:54] why I had to read this a few times. It's [09:56] a [09:58] It's complicated. [10:00] But it goes on. In such circumstances, [10:02] silence or reliance on diplomacy alone [10:06] may not be sufficient. [10:09] In such circumstances, meaning if [10:10] American troops are surrounding Iran [10:13] and America is doing all this, [10:16] then [10:17] silence or even just diplomacy is not [10:20] sufficient. We have to act. The Russian [10:22] experience suggests that major powers [10:24] tend to engage seriously at the [10:26] negotiating table only when the costs of [10:28] confrontation become tangible and [10:31] credible. [10:32] Within this framework, Iran would be [10:33] expected to send would be expected to [10:36] send a clear message to Washington and [10:38] its allies. And then And then this part [10:39] is bolded. Any military deployment in [10:43] neighboring countries, [10:45] any ceasefire that serves merely as [10:48] cover for regrouping forces in the [10:50] region, and any move that threatens [10:52] Iran's security could provoke a firm [10:55] response. Could provoke a firm response. [10:58] By this logic, deterrence becomes [10:59] effective only when the costs of [11:01] conflict are concrete and measurable for [11:04] the opposing side. In other words, [11:07] if the United States has any military [11:09] deployments in neighboring countries [11:11] around Iran [11:12] after a ceasefire [11:14] and that ceasefire is clearly then only [11:17] serving as a cover for regrouping their [11:19] forces around us, [11:21] then that threatens Iran's security [11:24] and will provoke a firm response. [11:27] Because the logic is that deterrence is [11:30] effective only when there's costs [11:34] and concrete and measure of a cost of [11:36] con- of conflict that are concrete and [11:39] measurable for the opposing side, for [11:41] the Americans. According to this view, [11:43] and this is again bolded, a ceasefire [11:46] would only be meaningful when the [11:47] American military presence in the region [11:49] effectively loses its operational [11:51] purpose. Meaning, the only really [11:54] acceptable ceasefire, once we've laid [11:57] out the logic, [11:58] that Here we go. [12:00] American troops in neighboring countries [12:03] around Iran, far from the United States, [12:06] clearly have an aggressive agenda [12:09] and a coercive agenda and therefore [12:13] the only way to really deter them is [12:16] through the threat of military action. [12:18] And therefore, if you really want a [12:20] ceasefire, the only real ceasefire to be [12:23] meaningful would be when the American [12:26] military presence in the region [12:28] effectively loses its operational [12:30] purpose. Within the framework of [12:32] realpolitik, such a position is not [12:35] necessarily a threat, but rather an [12:37] attempt to define national security in [12:39] national terms. A country that fails to [12:41] make the costs of war clear to its [12:43] adversaries may inadvertently signal [12:45] weakness. [12:46] Conversely, Iran, with its missile [12:48] capabilities, its network of regional [12:50] partners, and decades of experience [12:52] resisting external pressure, possesses [12:55] tools that could make such deterrence [12:57] credible and sustainable. In other [12:58] words, don't test us. We have tremendous [13:01] capabilities and we're going to make [13:02] that the Americans pay if they leave [13:04] their forces in the region when all is [13:06] said and done. Now, this is obviously [13:08] delusional, [13:10] but it's also [13:12] it's it's Iran's opening position [13:16] looking for what's going to happen when [13:18] when the fighting stops and there's a [13:20] ceasefire. They're already laying out [13:23] that one of their demands I mean, this [13:25] isn't this isn't going to happen. The [13:26] regime's going to fall. These people [13:28] won't be in charge anymore. But they're [13:29] positioning themselves to say [13:32] that [13:33] that a ceasefire needs to include a [13:36] withdrawal of American forces from the [13:39] region. [13:41] Now, what's ironic about this is that if [13:43] and when the regime actually falls [13:46] and this and Iran maybe becomes governed [13:49] by people who are [13:51] peaceful [13:52] and favorable to the West and to the [13:55] United States, then [13:57] uh yeah, look at the region. [14:00] Uh what are the What are the real [14:02] threats to the West anymore in the [14:04] region? [14:05] I mean, there's still all sorts of [14:06] little militias running around. There's [14:07] still some bad actors. [14:09] But if the Iranian regime falls, you [14:11] know what? [14:12] The Americans probably will be able to [14:14] draw down their presence in the region, [14:16] especially with a a powerful and capable [14:18] ally, Israel, uh kind of keeping an eye [14:21] on things and protecting American [14:23] interests in the region. [14:25] So, ironically, they might get their [14:26] wish. It won't matter because the regime [14:28] won't be around anymore. But you see [14:30] where they're going here. They're And [14:32] this is again, this is the top story [14:35] today. Here's the front page of WANA [14:36] today. Top news. [14:38] And this is the top story. Ceasefire [14:40] precondition, a region without US [14:41] military bases. This is the top story [14:43] today. [14:44] Which means this is their key messaging. [14:45] It's it's not a story. Remember, this is [14:47] regime media. This is their press [14:49] release. This is their newsletter. It [14:50] means that this is their top messaging [14:52] for the day is that they are already [14:56] They are already signaling what their [14:57] ceasefire position will be [15:00] if Trump's looking for an off-ramp to [15:03] stop the bombing because maybe you've [15:04] destroyed enough ballistic missiles, [15:05] you've destroyed enough nuclear, and you [15:08] know, and they're saying like these are [15:09] our terms. [15:11] It's just I mean, again, it's [15:12] delusional, but you see where they're [15:14] going. [15:15] And this it also dovetails well with a [15:18] couple of other stories where they've [15:20] been signaling uh American weakness. [15:23] So, let me show you uh let me show a few [15:25] examples of this. So, one of them is [15:27] This is a story from yesterday. Signs of [15:29] US desperation on the fifth day of the [15:31] war. Signs of US desperation, really? [15:33] What are they? An assessment of [15:34] political and battlefield developments [15:36] suggests that for structural reasons, [15:38] the United States lacks the capacity to [15:40] sustain a prolonged war with Iran. Of [15:42] course, this is delusional. This [15:44] limitation is shaped by three main [15:46] factors. Domestic political costs, and [15:48] that's true. There are domestic [15:50] political costs. Uh much of America In [15:53] Israel, this war is very popular, but [15:54] much of America is unhappy with this [15:56] war, and Trump is getting a lot of heat [15:58] for that from certain quarters. [16:00] Um the US economic consequences of war, [16:03] particularly rising rising global oil [16:05] prices. That is [16:07] one of the side plots of this war. I I [16:09] really need to focus on this more in [16:12] some of my videos, maybe make a separate [16:13] video about it, is one of the Iranian [16:15] strategies here. One of their One of the [16:18] things they're trying to to do is [16:21] cause oil prices to skyrocket. [16:25] See, they want the global consequences [16:27] and the economic consequences of this [16:29] war to be maximum [16:32] because they feel Their whole strategic [16:34] thinking, and I talked about this even [16:36] before the war. Their whole strategic [16:37] thinking is that escalation, turning it [16:39] into a regional war, a spike in oil [16:41] prices, lots of casualties, all kinds of [16:43] escalation helps them because that makes [16:46] the cost of what Trump did going to war [16:48] higher and makes it politically uh [16:51] harder on Trump. [16:53] Okay? The faster this is, the less [16:56] escalated it is, [16:58] right? The more stable the world economy [17:00] is, the better for the Americans. Okay? [17:02] So, that's So, they're trying to signal [17:04] that there's a Yeah, and and there has [17:06] been a spike in oil prices. [17:08] And the impact on the American economy [17:10] and the direct military costs of of [17:12] sustained conflict. At this stage, all [17:15] three pressures appear to have [17:16] intensified for Donald Trump, and the [17:18] signs are increasingly visible. [17:21] Okay? And then it talks about uh during [17:23] a a recent government briefing with [17:24] senators, the reactions were telling. [17:26] Figures such as Elizabeth Warren, Chris [17:28] Van Hollen, and Don and Don Bayer or [17:30] Beyer emphasized two common points. The [17:33] alleged illegality of Trump's action and [17:35] the absence of a clear plan or defined [17:38] end game for the war. And the illegality [17:39] is nonsense. It's based on the uh [17:43] the War Powers Act, which every [17:45] president pretty much uh ever since the [17:47] law was passed in the '70s has said is [17:49] it's it's an unconstitutional law, [17:52] um and therefore no one has ever really [17:53] paid attention to it. [17:55] Their remarks highlight the president's [17:57] difficulty in persuading America's [17:58] political establishment. [18:01] Okay? And um on the And then they say on [18:03] the economic front, this is causing all [18:05] sorts of problems for energy security. [18:08] And [18:12] Yeah. [18:14] Estimates suggest that more than $2 [18:16] billion has already been spent since the [18:18] start of hostilities, a figure expected [18:19] to rise given the costs of replacing [18:22] military equipment and rebuilding [18:23] damaged infrastructure. Several [18:25] high-value US assets in the region have [18:27] reportedly sustained significant damage. [18:29] Now, let me make it very clear. $2 [18:30] billion is not a lot of money compared [18:33] to the economic benefits that there will [18:35] be uh if the regime falls in terms of [18:38] oil. [18:39] And certainly, uh the United States has [18:41] made many, many billions more than that [18:43] on the oil from Venezuela, which is [18:45] which we can't see as separate from this [18:47] conflict. Let's remember that Venezuela [18:49] and Iran were partners. The United [18:50] States is going to be just fine [18:52] economically. Um internationally, [18:54] tensions of all have have also surfaced [18:57] between Trump and certain European [18:59] allies. Countries such as the United [19:00] Kingdom and Spain have shown limited [19:02] willingness to align themselves with [19:04] Washington, for which they are paying a [19:05] price. [19:07] They don't say that. That was me. [19:09] Um [19:10] uh trade-related threats. [19:14] From this perspective, Iran's central [19:16] strategy for achieving victory is framed [19:19] And this is the last paragraph. Listen [19:21] to this. This is in state media, the [19:22] final paragraph, and they're saying what [19:24] Iran's strategy for victory is. Look at [19:26] this. From From this perspective, Iran's [19:29] central strategy for achieving victory [19:31] is framed as the imposition of strategic [19:34] costs on its adversary, a process that [19:37] could solidify as the war lengthens. [19:40] In this view, the conflict would [19:42] continue until a point is reached when [19:44] the future regional order can be shaped [19:47] without American presence. [19:49] They just said at the In the bottom at [19:52] the bottom paragraph of this piece, [19:55] they're saying this is their strategy [19:57] and it's exactly what I said their [19:58] strategy was before the war started. [20:00] They want the the war to lengthen [20:04] and they want there to be strategic [20:06] costs for America. [20:08] Okay? They want there to be strategic [20:10] costs for America politically, [20:12] economically, [20:13] uh they want all kinds that's what [20:15] they're looking for and they want it to [20:17] lengthen. They want the war to be as [20:19] long as possible. [20:21] Okay? Because that helps that helps [20:23] their agenda here. That helps them [20:24] survive. [20:26] Um [snorts] they also uh there was also [20:28] another story and this is from uh [20:30] from um [20:32] from yesterday. We will fill American [20:34] coffins warns deputy commander of Khatam [20:36] headquarters. [20:37] And [snorts] [20:39] I'm not going to bother reading it. You [20:40] understand what it is. It's just a [20:41] threat that they're going to kill lots [20:42] of Americans. And then it said and then [20:44] there's this other story. This one's [20:45] from today. What does the [20:47] intensification of attacks on Israel [20:49] signal? Now this one's laughable. I I I [20:51] couldn't believe the headline when I saw [20:52] it cuz it starts off by saying joint and [20:54] coordinated attacks by Iran and Lebanon [20:57] against Israel are increasing. In the [21:00] early hours and days of the [21:01] confrontation, Iran had already been [21:02] carrying out heavy bombardments on [21:04] occupied Palestine. [21:06] And [21:08] it talks about defensive weakness on [21:09] Israel's side, but it's talking about [21:11] how things are ramping up [21:14] and that Israel is facing all these [21:15] crises [21:17] um and that Israel's airspace is more [21:19] penetrable. [21:20] And again, the headline, intensification [21:23] of attacks on Israel. Now let me tell [21:25] you something. Uh this is in Hebrew, but [21:26] I'll just tell you what it says here. [21:27] This is a new story that's been all over [21:29] Israel. [21:30] Uh there were 90 [21:33] there were around 90 attacks per day in [21:36] the opening day or two of the war. [21:38] And yesterday or two days ago we had [21:42] 20. [21:44] Okay? [21:46] And yesterday we had less than two days [21:48] ago. [21:50] And today there's been almost nothing. [21:54] Okay? [21:55] So I don't know what they're talking [21:57] about. There's no intensification of [21:58] attacks. In fact, the attacks are [22:00] dwindling so much so that is that the [22:02] home front command in Israel actually [22:03] eased up on the regulations for people [22:06] in terms of moving about [22:08] and uh and public activity and public [22:10] gatherings because there's been such a [22:12] significant drop-off [22:14] in Iranian missiles and that's because [22:16] they they're running out and the US and [22:19] Israel have achieved air dominance of [22:21] Iran and now they're just sort of taking [22:22] out all the missile stores and all the [22:24] launchers. So [22:26] but in Iran world, there's been an [22:28] intensification of the attacks. [22:31] And here this is this is really rich [22:32] also. This is from today. IRGC launches [22:35] 22nd wave of True Promise. That's what [22:37] they call this war. They call it True [22:39] Promise. True Promise 4 operation. But [22:41] look what it says in here. The public [22:43] relations office of Iran's Islamic [22:45] Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the [22:47] 22nd wave of operation True Promise 4 [22:50] has begun under the code phrase Ya [22:53] Hussein ibn Ali. [22:55] So they've named this new wave of [22:57] attacks after [22:59] Ya Hussein [23:01] ibn Ali. [23:03] According to the state I'll get to that [23:04] in a minute. According to the statement, [23:05] a large number of Khorramshahr 4, [23:08] Khaibar and Fateh missiles were launched [23:10] towards targets in the heart of the [23:12] occupied territories. That means Israel. [23:16] Okay? And it comes as an as a part of [23:18] the ongoing response to enemy actions [23:20] etc. Okay. Now what Who's Ya How is [23:22] Who's Hussein ibn Ali? So Hussein ibn [23:25] Ali what is This goes all the way back [23:28] to the very beginnings of Islam and [23:29] there was a war [23:32] um there was a war in which [23:35] which started the whole split between [23:38] Shia and Sunni Islam. It was it was [23:39] actually a civil war among Muslims, the [23:41] first battle among Muslims over who [23:43] would who would inherit and who would be [23:46] the caliph. [23:47] And Hussein ibn Ali, who's considered [23:49] this great hero by [23:52] by Shiites, was killed in that war. [23:56] Okay? [23:57] He was he was killed in that war. It was [23:59] a civil war between Muslims. So this is [24:01] interesting considering the fact that [24:03] Iran has attacked all these Sunni Muslim [24:06] states in the region. Right? They've [24:09] they've been attacking UAE and Qatar and [24:11] Oman and Bahrain and uh and Saudi Arabia [24:15] and and and they attacked they're [24:17] attacking all these Sunni states. They [24:19] even they've even launched apparently [24:21] launched a missile at Turkey. They [24:22] attacked they attacked Iraq. They're [24:24] attacking everybody. [24:26] Attacked Jordan. [24:28] So it's interesting that they named this [24:30] next wave of attacks after a guy who was [24:32] martyred martyred in a in a war between [24:36] Muslims and Muslims. [24:38] Now also, you notice that [24:40] the missiles that they're sending, one [24:42] of the newest one of the new missiles [24:43] they're using is called Khaibar. And [24:45] they're and they've been talking about [24:46] this missile a lot. They've been firing [24:48] them at Israel. Khaibar is also a [24:50] historic Khaibar is the name of a [24:53] it refers back to a Jewish town where [24:55] there was a massacre of Jews [24:58] uh in Khaibar by Muhammad and his [25:00] followers in the early early days of [25:03] Islam. [25:04] And still to this day Muslims, when they [25:07] want to chant like death to the Jews, [25:08] they'll chant this chant, Khaibar [25:10] Khaibar all Yahud. [25:12] Khaibar Khaibar oh Jews, the army of [25:14] Allah is coming back to get you is [25:16] right? And it's so it's referencing back [25:18] to the massacre of Jews. [25:20] Uh so they named this missile Khaibar. [25:22] So I found that interesting. And [25:25] um another point that that they're [25:27] emphasizing uh in in Iranian state media [25:31] and I talked about this in my previous [25:32] video on the subject [25:35] is Persian culture and Persian heritage. [25:37] They're painting themselves as the [25:40] defenders of the Persian people. Okay? [25:42] So uh they did this whole uh [25:45] they did this story on the Golestan [25:47] Palace being damaged. It wasn't even [25:50] hit. They're not even claiming it was [25:51] hit. They're they're claiming there was [25:52] an attack near it and there was some [25:54] damage caused to it and they're showing [25:56] these pictures where they're trying to [25:57] make the damage look really bad. [25:59] But you notice that the windows are even [26:01] still intact and there's some stuff on [26:03] the floor, but the building's intact. In [26:05] any event, the spokesperson for Iran's [26:07] Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacting to [26:08] the damage inflicted at Golestan Palace [26:11] during a US and Israeli missile strike. [26:13] Remember cuz there was no strike on the [26:14] palace. So they can't say damage [26:16] inflicted by a missile strike on [26:18] Golestan Palace. They can't say that. So [26:19] they say damage inflicted on Golestan [26:21] Palace during a missile strike wrote [26:24] that the objective of American and [26:25] Israeli aggressors is to erase Iran's [26:28] cultural heritage as the cradle of [26:30] ancient history and civilization. Look [26:32] at that. [26:33] Um and then it talks about uh how this [26:36] is a UNESCO [26:38] protected site. And then this is this is [26:40] the second story [26:43] that they've done on this site. [26:46] It's and and they're claiming that [26:47] there's a goal to erase Persian [26:49] heritage. Now what are they doing here? [26:51] What they're doing is they're trying to [26:52] signal [26:54] that they are protecting Persia and the [26:56] Persian people because the Iranian [26:58] people who hate them [26:59] and who increasingly hate Islam identify [27:02] as Persians. So they're pivoting and [27:05] trying to present themselves as the [27:06] leaders of the ancient Persian people [27:08] even though they're Islamists who are [27:11] hostile to the ancient Persian cultural [27:14] heritage. [27:15] So that's one of the narratives that [27:17] they're that they're still running with. [27:19] And here we have a nice little story [27:20] from yesterday where all it is on their [27:23] news website is it says Tehran daily [27:26] life on March 5th. [27:28] March 5th is yesterday, right? So then [27:30] you have this this picture montage. [27:34] Right? Of here's some people shopping at [27:36] a market buying buying chicken and [27:39] here's abundant fruits and vegetables, a [27:42] guy in a marketplace. [27:44] People shopping at a market, more people [27:46] shopping at a market. Life looks very [27:48] nice. Look at this. Fruits and [27:50] vegetables, piles of food. Right? This [27:53] is daily life in Tehran. Everything is [27:55] just fine. [27:57] Right? [27:59] The point of this story is, yeah yeah, [28:01] you're not affecting us. We're good. [28:02] Look at all this abundant food. You [28:04] know, Iran is doing just great. Here's [28:06] some birds flying. People sit as birds [28:09] fly amid the US-Israeli conflict with [28:12] Tehran. That's the that's the caption [28:13] they put on this picture. Okay? So this [28:15] is their their montage of how daily life [28:18] in Tehran is just [28:20] just peachy keen and everyone's doing [28:22] just great. [28:24] And I'll leave you last one is is is [28:27] another laughable story. Foreign [28:29] Ministry spokesman lists civilian [28:31] targets hit by US and Israeli strikes [28:34] and it lists a whole bunch of hospitals. [28:37] Uh residential area, densely populated [28:39] residential complex, historic uh [28:42] Golestan Palace, [28:44] Gandhi Hospital, Tehran Grand Bazaar, [28:46] Abu Zar Hospital, [28:49] Red Crescent Society, another hospital, [28:51] welfare organization, another hospital, [28:53] another hospital, another hospital, an [28:55] infant care center, another hospital. [28:57] They're saying that the Americans and [28:59] Israelis have bombed all these [29:00] hospitals, medical bases, medical bases, [29:02] hospitals, primary schools, another [29:04] school, [29:06] a park for children, an emergency [29:07] medical center. They have this long list [29:09] of civilian sites that they're claiming [29:12] the Americans and Israelis hit and this [29:13] is of course absolute nonsense. Okay. Uh [29:16] I've gone on long enough. There's your [29:18] update on how the Iranian regime is [29:21] covering this war. So it's of course [29:23] delusional, but it's very important to [29:25] notice [29:26] uh the just the big takeaway is where [29:29] they see this going. They are not [29:32] looking for negotiations. [29:34] They are signaling [29:36] that uh that they're still going to be [29:38] around when this war ends and they're [29:40] trying to signal that the Americans [29:43] actually don't have time on their side. [29:46] Right? [29:47] Let's remember that last paragraph of [29:48] that second article I read where they [29:50] actually laid out what their strategy [29:52] is. Their strategy is to prolong the war [29:55] and make it politically more [29:57] uncomfortable for the Americans to [29:58] continue. [30:00] All right, folks. [30:01] Thanks for watching and I hope you have [30:02] a great weekend and [30:05] and please keep sharing and telling [30:07] people about what we're doing on this [30:08] channel. 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