Transcript [00:00] So massive Iran update today. It is [00:02] Wednesday, February 4th, and let's get [00:05] let's get right to the biggest headline [00:08] we have. So the head this this story [00:11] literally just broke. The US has [00:13] informed the Iranians that talks [00:15] scheduled for this Friday have been [00:17] cancelled. The announcement comes amid [00:18] the Iranians refusal to discuss issues [00:21] beyond the nuclear issue. Now, I want to [00:24] get into exactly what the issues were [00:26] and why the Iranians cannot negotiate on [00:29] them. But first, I want to play a clip [00:31] also from today of Secretary of State [00:34] Marco Rubio talking about the Iranian [00:38] people. He then gets into what the [00:39] negotiations are about, and we'll get to [00:41] that in a couple minutes. But first, [00:43] this really caught my eye. [00:44] >> But I remind everybody what I've been [00:46] saying through my entire career in [00:47] public service. I said it in my hearing [00:49] when I was uh being uh asking for [00:52] confirmation through the Senate. Uh the [00:54] Iranian people and the Iranian regime [00:56] are very unalike. In essence, what the [00:58] Iranian people want, this is a a a [01:00] culture with a deep history. These are [01:02] people that that on are the leadership [01:06] of Iran at the clerical level do does [01:08] not reflect the people of Iran. I know [01:10] of no other country where there's a [01:12] bigger difference between the people [01:13] that lead the country and the people who [01:15] live there. And so our hope resides in [01:16] that. As far as the president's views on [01:18] the way protesters were treated, he was [01:20] very clear about it and and uh as you [01:23] saw [01:25] part of what the president said publicly [01:28] prevented mass executions that were [01:30] being planned and were on the precipice [01:32] of. [01:34] All right. So this is a fascinating [01:37] thing for him to say that he knows of no [01:39] other country where there's a greater [01:40] difference between the people who lead [01:42] the country and the people who live [01:45] there. uh you know so whether it's so [01:48] unique or not uh and whether that that [01:50] statement is absolutely true I don't [01:52] want to get into but the key point here [01:54] is that when you think of Iran and if [01:56] you picture ayatollas and and the and [01:58] the hijabs and chance of and crowds [02:00] chanting death to America that's the [02:03] regime okay that's performative that's [02:05] not the people of Iran that's this is [02:07] the irony Iran is ruled by these [02:09] religious clerics but it's one of the [02:11] most secular societies in the Middle [02:13] East it actually has the lowest rate of [02:15] mosque attendance of any Muslim nation. [02:18] I've mentioned this before. According to [02:20] polls, including polls leaked by the [02:22] government itself, most Iranians want [02:25] separation of religion and state. U they [02:29] want it completely out of politics. They [02:31] wouldn't need the morality police and [02:33] the prison sentences and there wouldn't [02:35] be massive hijab protests if the, you [02:38] know, if the country was so religious. [02:40] Meaning a lot of the other Muslim [02:41] countries [02:42] are very religious populations like [02:45] Egypt, Jordan, uh Syria. There's the [02:48] people are very religious. The people [02:49] are into Islam and that's part of the [02:51] whole jihadism there. That's not the [02:53] case in Iran at all. [02:56] [laughter] [02:57] Yeah. Sorry about that. Yeah. Iran's [02:59] also a very young country. This is a key [03:01] part of it. And the youth culture in [03:03] Iran, the Persian youth culture is very [03:05] modern. It's very outwardlooking. [03:06] They're very into music and fashion and [03:08] social media and dating culture that is [03:11] western much more western than Middle [03:13] Eastern. Western culture is everywhere [03:15] in Iran despite all the censorship and [03:18] the regime is losing that fight. And [03:20] that feeds into everything that we've [03:21] seen in the protests. [03:23] Here's the key point that I wanted to [03:24] make. Iranians don't hate the West. [03:27] Okay? Even in other countries where [03:29] there's unrest and they're overthrowing [03:30] regimes, in much of the Middle East, the [03:32] people actually hate the West. Iranians [03:34] do not hate the West. They want to be a [03:36] part of the west, okay? They want normal [03:38] lives with dignity and opportunity and [03:39] freedom and all those things in modern [03:42] society. So, you have this regime that [03:44] rules a an unwilling population. Okay. [03:49] Um and that's why they're also they have [03:52] no problem mowing down the protesters. [03:55] They see them as infidel. Look, the [03:57] regime knows these people aren't [03:58] religious. So, they're killing people. [04:00] They have they there's such a disconnect [04:02] between them and the people. Uh so yeah [04:06] that's the point I wanted to make there [04:08] and you know you even see this in you [04:12] know in the way celebrities are willing [04:14] to step forward. So back during the [04:16] 12-day war, one of the the biggest [04:20] Iranian soccer legend, okay, this guy [04:23] Ali Karimi, one of one one of Iran's [04:25] most celebrated soccer players and a [04:27] longtime critic of the regime, came out [04:30] in in support of Israel bombing in Iran. [04:35] This is June 14th. This is the second [04:38] day of the 12-day war when Israel [04:39] attacked. He came out in support of [04:41] Israel. This is one of the biggest [04:42] celebrities in Iran. Okay? If anyone [04:44] tells you that if you bomb Iran, it's [04:46] going to cause the people to rally [04:47] around the regime. I heard that Ran Paul [04:49] said that it's absolute nonsense. Okay, [04:51] the Iranian people. So, it was very [04:52] interesting to hear the Secretary of [04:54] State talk about this today about how [04:55] the Iranian people are so pro- Western. [04:58] And then he got into the issue of the [04:59] negotiations and he said something that [05:02] we had known from leaks to Axios and [05:04] leaks to the New York Times, but he said [05:06] it outright. He said that there were [05:07] four issues on the table in in the [05:10] negotiations. Okay? And this plays into [05:13] that, you know, what I started with, [05:15] which is the announcement [05:18] that the uh that the Iranians [05:21] refuse to discuss anything other than [05:23] the nuclear issue because there were [05:25] actually four issues. Listen to so [05:26] listen to Marco Rubio earlier today. [05:29] >> The topic of those discussions and what [05:31] the agenda needs to be. Look, I think in [05:33] order for talks to actually lead to [05:35] something meaningful, they will have to [05:37] include certain things and that includes [05:39] the range of their ballistic missiles. [05:40] That includes their sponsorship of [05:42] terrorist organizations across the [05:44] region. That includes a nuclear program [05:46] and that includes the treatment of their [05:47] own people. The fundamental Okay, so [05:50] there you go. Four issues that are on [05:52] the table. Let's review. The four issues [05:55] are uh the range of the ballistic [05:58] missiles, right? The range of the [06:00] ballistic missiles, the um the support [06:03] for terror proxies, the nuclear program, [06:05] and the treatment of their own people. [06:08] Right? So now when we go back to that [06:10] headline that I opened with, right? You [06:12] go you go back to that big headline of [06:14] the day. The announcement comes amid the [06:16] Iranians refusal to discuss issues [06:18] beyond the nuclear issue. So it's [06:20] actually referring to those three [06:22] specific things. What it means is that [06:23] they refuse to discuss they refuse to [06:27] discuss the support for the proxies. [06:29] They refuse to to discuss their their [06:31] ballistic missile program or the range [06:33] of their ballistic missile program, [06:34] their intercontinental ballistic [06:36] missiles. Who were they intended for? [06:37] intercontinental ballistic missiles, [06:39] right? And they refuse to discuss the [06:41] issue of the treatment of their own [06:42] people. They refuse to discuss issues [06:44] beyond the nuclear issue. Now, and [06:48] here's why they can't discuss those [06:50] things. I said at the beginning, I'll [06:51] explain why they can't. You see, [06:55] the Iranian regime, if it doesn't [06:57] support its proxies, if it doesn't [06:59] invest in ballistic missiles in nuclear [07:01] program, in in weapons, if it doesn't [07:03] invest in weapons and military to to try [07:06] to destroy Israel, to try to fight the [07:08] West, then it's giving up its core [07:11] identity. [07:12] Here's the proof. [07:15] The Iranian people almost just brought [07:18] down the regime in the biggest protests [07:21] in history and they shook the regime to [07:23] its core and it could still bring it [07:25] down. And the reason that these protests [07:27] broke out was because of economic [07:30] hardship in the country, right? Economic [07:33] hardship. They don't have water. They [07:35] don't have anything to eat. The [07:38] currency's collapsing. Now, Iran is a [07:41] oil producing nation that sells a lot of [07:44] oil. [07:45] to the massive manufacturing behemoth [07:48] known as China, the Chinese Communist [07:49] Party. 90% of their oil goes to the [07:52] Chinese. Where do all those billions of [07:54] dollars of oil sales go? So, take a [07:57] look. This is all recent news stories, [08:00] okay? 16 Chinese military cargo aircraft [08:03] landing in Iran. They're bringing [08:05] weapons in right now. Okay? Look at [08:07] this. From October, a few months ago, [08:09] but well after the 12-day war. Sapped by [08:12] war and sanctions, Iran seeks Chinese [08:15] arms as payment for oil. They're selling [08:17] oil to China. Their currency is [08:19] collapsing. The people are starving. [08:20] They don't have water. And they asked to [08:22] get paid in weapons. [08:25] In weapons. Okay, now think about this. [08:28] They're willing to risk the regime [08:32] and they're still buying weapons and [08:34] supporting the proxies, supporting the [08:35] Houthi, supporting, trying to ship [08:37] weapons over tobah, trying to get them [08:39] through. Okay. Why are they doing this? [08:42] They're going to lose their regime. They [08:45] if they simply stopped doing that and [08:47] directed the resources towards making [08:49] the life better for the people [08:50] internally, they wouldn't even have [08:51] these protests to deal with because the [08:54] protests only broke out because the [08:55] economy got so bad because the people [08:57] couldn't eat or drink water. So, they're [08:59] willing to risk the whole regime to [09:01] continue to fund their to continue to [09:03] fund their proxies and buy weapons. You [09:05] know why? Look, Iran orders materials [09:07] from China that can make 800 ballistic [09:09] missiles. Okay? Why do they do all this? [09:12] Because that is what they believe in. [09:14] That is who they are. Okay? And that's [09:16] why they can't they can't engage in [09:19] those negotiations with the Americans [09:21] because they can't give in on that. They [09:22] can't say we won't fund the proxies. We [09:24] won't buy weapons. Because then they [09:26] aren't who they are. They're so [09:28] ideologically committed. And that's why [09:30] this is so significant because we also [09:33] know now that the Americans actually had [09:34] these four topics they wanted to talk [09:36] about, the Secretary of State said them [09:37] outright. And then when Iran says we're [09:39] not willing to discuss those other [09:40] things, it's because they must continue [09:44] to try to attack and destroy Israel. And [09:46] the truth is Ali Kami has said this. He [09:49] has said that death to America and death [09:51] to Israel is not just a slogan. It is [09:54] the policy. It is the identity of who [09:56] they are. It's what they care about [09:58] most. Okay? And that's why, you know, [10:01] everyone's always so afraid of regime [10:02] change. Listen, not all regime changes [10:04] are the same. Okay? The Iranian people [10:08] are a very peaceful, civilized, [10:11] educated, pro-Western people. Okay? [10:13] There's there's real hope for Iran. And [10:15] this is why, and I've said this before, [10:17] this is why the Arab world is panicking [10:20] because they don't have democracies and [10:22] they don't have freedom for their [10:23] people. And it terrifies them that the [10:26] Iranian regime could fall and there [10:27] could be this massive behemoth. It's the [10:29] biggest country in the region by far [10:32] that the that this massive behemoth of [10:34] Iran would become a secular western [10:36] democracy, free market democracy or who [10:39] knows what. [10:41] It would threaten it would it threatens [10:43] all of them. They want a weak regime, [10:45] but they are terrified of the regime [10:47] falling. So, this is very interesting [10:48] where this is going because if the talks [10:50] are off, it presumably also means that [10:52] the opportunity for Qatar and Turkey and [10:54] and and Egypt and all of them who are [10:56] all going to gang up on the US at these [10:58] talks to try to, you know, to pressure [11:00] them not to attack Iran. I guess they [11:03] all don't get their chance to, you know, [11:05] you know, to do that now. So, this is a [11:08] this is a bombshell and uh yeah, we are [11:11] seeing history unfold. Okay, that's the [11:13] Iran update for today. Please continue [11:16] to uh share and spread the word. The [11:18] channel's growing and I'm I'm really [11:20] grateful to you for spreading the word [11:21] about what we're doing here. This is [11:23] still a brand new channel. 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