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Iran’s Former VP’s Fiery Doha Address Sends Shockwaves Worldwide!

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or the fact that after many decades now

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Israel comes up with the plan for

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greater Middle East.

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Isn't it time for our Arab friends to

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wake up and smell the coffee? We

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supported Palestine more than any Arab

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country supported Palestine. You know,

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I'm under two American designations.

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Why?

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Why do we have to be blamed for problems

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that are caused by Israel?

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We don't have territorial ambitions

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against our friends in the region. We do

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not want access to the high seas as

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Saddam Hussein wanted. Europe

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proved to be shooting itself in the foot

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in order to please the United States.

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Every time, my friend, every time. Every

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time. We don't need to sh

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Every time we went to talk about the

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Arash oil feed, it was Kuwait that

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refused to talk, not Iran.

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Relax.

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Let's let's be realistic. We've had ups

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and downs in our region. There was time

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when Iran was under attack by Saddam

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Hussein. Everybody was helping Saddam

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Hussein

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and Iran was on the verge of collapse.

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Uh I remember I mean some of you may not

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be old enough to to remember that but I

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remember when when Iraq invaded Iran

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everybody expected us to go down the

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drain in seven days. That is why the

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security council waited for 7 days

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before it issued its first resolution on

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Iran after it failed. Uh that wish that

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we would just expire. It didn't. Uh now

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we we've had our ups and certainly today

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is not one of our ups. Uh but does it

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remain the same? I don't think so. Iran

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has went through storms for almost seven

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millennia. We've been invaded. We've

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been occupied.

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But we never went down the drain. We are

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still standing up and we will continue

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to stand up. Two nuclear powers. Let's

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not forget two nuclear powers attacked

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Iran

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without any

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excuse even without any justification.

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Uh they were hoping

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uh as we all know

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that by by the Monday that Israel

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attacked our broadcasting as well as our

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national security council

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that we would be gone.

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Everybody expected that after the first

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few minutes of the war where we lost uh

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17 highest military commanders that we

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wouldn't be able to withstand. But Iran

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proved and I don't want to boast because

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killing people is not a matter of

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boasting.

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But we proved that we could inflict

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serious harm on Israel.

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We proved that Iran is the only country

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in the region. Why you are talking about

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a weak country? Iran is the only country

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in the region.

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When the United States wanted to attack

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us, it evacuated all of its bases in the

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region. That's not a sign of weakness.

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That's not humiliation.

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The United States, I mean, evacuated all

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its bases in the region and absolutely

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sorry. It was the base in in Qatar that

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was attacked. I had hoped that it would

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it would be somewhere else.

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certainly

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but but but be it as it may and I'm

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happy that I'm not in the government so

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I can say whatever I want freely but but

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the fact of the matter is the US had had

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to evacuate all its bases take this I

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think this has to be

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swallowed by everybody before they talk

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about a weak Iran

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which other country in this region that

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is going to be attacked by the United

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States and I know some of the countries

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in the region have been attacked by the

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United States including a nuclear power.

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When did the United States had to

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evacuate its bases before attacking? So

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Iran is strong.

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Iran has the capabilities and the

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capabilities are ingrained in Iran.

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They're not imported. We don't import

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our security. We don't purchase our

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security. We don't import our nuclear

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power. So we would put it in a on a

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platter like some of our friends in

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North Africa did and give it to the

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Americans. It's ours. So it's best for

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everybody to recognize this, to come to

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terms with it and to start working with

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Iran. And I think if they come to terms

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with this, if they abandon this feeling

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that I obliterated Iranian nuclear

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program, calm down, let's walk together.

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Okay. So Iran in your view in your

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assessment I think there would be many

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that would agree with you have not

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necessarily been weakened to that point

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but my question is more has Iran's

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strategy shifted no

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to the significant changes that have

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happened

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no Iran's you see the problem with JCPOA

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with the nuclear deal that I negotiated

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was that that was a shift in Iran's

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strategy from resistance we went to

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compromise and that's why it faced so

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much opposition in Iran. You see, both

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Iran and the United States basically did

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something that they were not used to.

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We're used to resisting. The Americans

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are used to imposing. So, we faced the

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greatest opposition in Iran and the

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Americans faced the greatest opposition

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in the United States because they could

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not impose the nuclear deal and we could

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we did not resist any deal that was

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offered to us. So that we are back to

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the resistance strategy which we are

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used to. We're very good at it. I may

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not I mean it it would may not be the

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best strategy that I would prescribe for

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Iran but it not it's not an a strategy

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that we're not very good at. We can

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resist. We have resisted. We can resist.

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We only had two years of JCPOA

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and that was an aberration not the

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resistance. One more thing that I I

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think it would be important for all of

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us to consider

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is is the fact that

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we can be prisoners of the past

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or we can look to the future. Now we

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have a great opportunity. I was in lunch

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upstairs

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and they were talking about the problems

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in Syria, the problems in in Palestine

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and you know nobody mentioned Iran.

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Every time we talked about Palestine,

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Iran was the obstacle. We we talked

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about Syria, Iran was the obstacle. Now

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we're talking about all of those places,

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Iran is not the obstacle. Now we see the

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obstacle as it was and it will be and

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that is Israeli aggression.

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So we now know what we need to treat.

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That is the malady of our region and

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that malady needs to be treated. A

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regime that considers itself above the

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law, above international law, above

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above humanitarian law. A regime that

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now goes on to publish maps.

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You've seen the maps of greater Israel.

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A regime that publishes maps that

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includes countries in the region. Entire

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Syria, entire Jordan, half of Iraq,

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parts of Saudi Arabia.

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That was always the problem. But we

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managed to make ourselves the problem.

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So thanks God we're no longer the

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problem. Look at the real problem.

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Unfortunately, and without all due

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respect,

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uh, everybody in Iran has lost faith

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with Europe

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because Europe

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proved to be shooting itself in the foot

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in order to please the United States,

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Europe. I mean, the exercise of the

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so-called snapback. I say so-called

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because you search the entire JCPOA, the

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entire 2231 and you won't find the word

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snapback. Not because we didn't think of

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it because if you look at the documents

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that are all reflected in my book, you

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see the word snapback, but we managed to

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remove it. It's called dispute

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resolution mechanism. And Europe had no

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right and it knew that it had no right.

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Even Joseph Burell had to withdraw the

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letter that it circulated on behalf of

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the EU on the dispute resolution

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mechanism because Iran had invoked the

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dispute resolution mechanism from 2nd

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September

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2016. That is while Obama was still in

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office.

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But Europe decided

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admittedly

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to follow American instructions

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to invoke article 36 of the JCPOA. Rubio

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shouted at the Europeans,

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yelled at the Europeans

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for them to go ahead and basically

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disempower themselves from playing any

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role

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in the Iran nuclear issue. The Europeans

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could have held the most important role

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because US was not part of of the JCPOA.

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Europe was still part of the JCPOA and

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Europe could have played a major role.

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So what did Europe gain

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by invoking 36?

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Absolutely nothing. And you read the

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national security strategy of the United

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States just published yesterday. It

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seems that based on that sec national

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security strategy, Europe is the

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greatest threat to democracy.

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That's that's the

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actually benefit that our European

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friends got

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from basically shooting themselves in

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the foot to please Donald Trump.

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So my suggestion to Europe and and this

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wasn't just the case with Trump. Let me

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give you just one example to if I can.

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We signed an agreement with Airbus to

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purchase 118

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Airbus airplanes in February 2016.

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Then we signed an agreement with Boeing

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to purchase 88 airplanes from Boeing in

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June 2016.

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In September 2016,

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when I threatened to invoke article

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paragraph 36 of JCPOA,

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the Americans, the Obama administration

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provided license.

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You know for how many airplanes out of

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118 European Airbus planes

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that placed the request in February, the

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Americans only approved 18.

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Out of the 88 Boeing airplanes that

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placed the request in June, the

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Americans proved 8080.

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Even then, our European friends did not

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come to realize that the United States

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did not have their best of interest in

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mind. When we negotiated the JCPOA,

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anytime we came to the American

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doing something, they said we have to go

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to Congress. We have to see whether

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Congress would agree. Anytime it came

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before without the European presence,

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anytime we came to the interest of the

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Europeans, the Americans said Europe

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will lift this sanction, Europe will

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lift the other sanction.

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So I think it is good for our European

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friends and for anybody else who

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believes that the United States will

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will support their interest to wake up

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and see the United States will only

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support its own interests and for the

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Israeli first there's Israel's interest

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instead of its own interest. Well, uh,

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Turkey is a part of the region.

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Uh, sometimes part of the problem,

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sometimes part of the solution.

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And we all need to consider ourselves,

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uh, people who are in this region and

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cannot leave this region. I mean, we

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didn't choose our neighbors. We are

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here. We are stuck together and we need

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to live together. Now let me just make

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one point and that is the point that the

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British ambassador made in the security

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council in 1971

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and they said let's not open that

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Pandora's box because Arab countries in

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the Persian Gulf will not be pleased

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with the outcome of opening what

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happened in 1967 to 1971. Nobody talks

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about their territory. Nobody goes to

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international court of justice on their

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own territory. Uh and we are affronted

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when people talk about our territory as

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if we owe them anything. Uh something

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happened in our region in the 1970s.

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Let's not open that box because there

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are a lot of Iranians who believe that

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they were wronged when our 19th province

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was separated from Iran in the same deal

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that gave us our islands back. So, as I

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said,

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if if we want to talk about if we want

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to talk about the past, the GCC owes

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Iran about hundred billion dollars that

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they paid to Saddam Hussein in order to

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bomb us with chemical weapons.

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GCC paid Saddam Hussein $und00 billion.

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But we're not coming to the doors of the

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GCC every other day telling them, "Pay

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us the money. Pay us 100 $1,000 billion

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dollars of damages that were caused by

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Saddam Hussein whom you supported.

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But when he attacked you, we came to

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your support.

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We came to the GCC support. We came to

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you to the Kuwaiti support. When Saddam

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Hussein attacked you and overnight took

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over your entire country, we did not

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start and say they deserve it.

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We could have said that because he came

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to us first.

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He came to us and said, "Why don't we

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cooperate? Because I'm going to control

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the entire P southern Persian Gulf. Why

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don't you cooperate with us?" We said,

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"No, although the Kuwaitis were your

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biggest supporters, although they

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allowed you to use Buban to export your

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oil, although they brought the Americans

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to our region and they downed our

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airplane, but we will not allow you to

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take over Kuwait. We will support

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Kuwait. We will allow the Kuwaitis to

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come to our region. So let's stop

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talking about the past, talk about the

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future. President Rouani

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came to Kuwait on the late Amir's

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proposal

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uh with his three conditions which I

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thought were impolite

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and I told your foreign minister at that

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time that he was impolite but president

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Roani came and accepted those. You went

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to Manama.

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The king of Bahrain said

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Trump has assumed office. Let him deal

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with Iran. Then we will deal with Iran

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from the position of strength.

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So let's talk about that. We wrote the

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book.

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Mr. Mr. Please finish the story. While

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Kuwait was

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that was the story that Kuwait made. I

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you see

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see I didn't I didn't I didn't interrupt

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you my brother that was the story that

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was I listened to you my brother

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remember

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that we caught in Kuwait while we were

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trying to help make what do you mean

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Kuwait made what story that story

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belonged to the Iraq war that story was

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18 years old what had happened just a

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few days before that was the king of

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Bahrain saying in Manama I

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President the late Amir was exuberant

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when we offered him the letter but then

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he went to Manama and the king of

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That's not correct my friend that's not

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correct we stopped the mediation because

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of the Iranian cell that was

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that was your excuse my friend

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not that was the excuse the reason the

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reason I'm going to I'm going to pause

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this at this point

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because uh we need to move forward and

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Everyone says we need to look forward

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and we're looking backwards right now. I

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saw there was a young lady over there

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who wanted to ask a question.

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There is there is one thing you have to

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know. This is frank discussion among

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brothers and this is how we should talk

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with each other in order to resolve. We

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have a wonderful relationship with Iran

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and we want to have a wonderful

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relationship.

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We have let's not talk about the past.

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We have three offers on the table.

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Hormones peace endeavor, manara, Middle

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East network for uh atomic research and

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advancement and we have ma

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Muslim West Asia Dialogue Association. I

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want to hear somebody from the GCC

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proposing another proposal other than

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give up your territory. Well, uh, in 19

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91

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and I want to quote Terita's,

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uh, entry in in the encyclopedia

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Iranica, which he wrote with David

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Manashiri, an Israeli

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and you know Dr. Terita Parci is an

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expert on Israel Iran relations. So he

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in his entry in Iran in encyclopedia

18:52

Iranica he says with with David

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Manashiri who's an Israeli and not a

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supporter of Iran that when in 1990

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Israel decided to start the talks with

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the Arabs the Madrid talks and the Oslo

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talks.

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uh Prime Minister uh Rabin decided to

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replace the enemy

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in order to convince the Israeli

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populace that it needed to talk to the

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Arabs and that enemy was Iran. So Israel

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started securityization of Iran first

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inside Israel in the first half of the

19:32

'9s then internationally. Netanyahu went

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to

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uh US Congress in 1997

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and stated before US Congress in 1997

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that Iran was 3 years away from a

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nuclear bomb and before the turn of

19:49

century Iran would have a nuclear bomb.

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That was the securitization in the

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international community. Then in order

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to subvert the resistance in the region,

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the United States came to the region.

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Uh, Secretary Clint Secretary Clinton I

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think and No, no, no. It was it was

20:12

Candera Rice creating the coalition of

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the moderates in the region portraying

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Iran as the enemy instead of uh the

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Israelis. Now Iran as they say are

20:29

friends in in

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Hezbollah

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are involved with their own security.

20:39

Hamas Islamic Jihad

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have their own trouble.

20:45

Why is it as you say the problems in the

20:48

region persist?

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Is Gaza genocide our fault?

20:56

or the fact that after many decades now

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Israel comes up with the plan for

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greater Middle East.

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Isn't it time for our Arab friends to

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wake up and smell the coffee?

21:12

We want to work with the Arabs.

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We have paid a heavy price.

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I tell you, not a single shot has been

21:21

fired in the past 45 years by our any of

21:26

our so-called proxies in order to

21:28

advance our interest. They have been

21:31

fighting for their own interest and we

21:33

have been paying.

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Iran has paid and we are resentful to

21:42

our Arab friends

21:45

because we supported the Arab cause more

21:48

than the Arabs did.

21:51

And we get to be blamed.

21:55

We supported Palestine more than any

21:57

Arab country supported Palestine. You

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know, I'm under two American

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designations.

22:04

Why?

22:07

Why am I under two American designations

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personally?

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Did I kill anybody?

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No. Just because Netanyahu wanted me to

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be under American designation.

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So which Arab is under American

22:22

designation because of Netanyahu's

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request?

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Tell me

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why do we have to be blamed for problems

22:34

that are caused by Israel? Our

22:38

friends in the region have everything to

22:41

gain through cooperation with Iran.

22:46

We have no desire. We are the biggest

22:48

country in the region. We have no

22:50

territorial ambitions against our

22:52

friends in the region. They're talking

22:55

about our territory. We're not talking

22:57

about their territory.

23:01

We don't have territorial ambitions

23:03

against our friends in the region. We do

23:05

not want access to the high seas as

23:08

Saddam Hussein wanted. We do not have I

23:12

mean every GCC country has territorial

23:15

dis disputes with each other. Now my

23:18

friend is talking about Arash oil fields

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which is disputed between Iran, Saudi

23:23

Arabia and Kuwait. And he says this is

23:25

Kuwaiti Saudi business. Why is it

23:28

Kuwaiti Saudi business? Because you say

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so.

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This is

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because

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because international law says so.

23:37

No, not because international law says

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so. Every time, my friend, every time

23:42

every time you don't need to shout,

23:44

every time we went to talk about the

23:46

Arash oil feed, it was Kuwait that

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refused to talk, not Iran.