in the name of god, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the world. today, in the first episode of tonight's program , we will host dr. manouchehr mottaki, the former minister of foreign affairs of our country, to examine the foreign policy legacy of martyrs raisi and amir abdullahian . mr. mottaki, hello, welcome to the program if in first, you have a point. we are at your service in the name of allah , the most merciful, the most merciful.

i would like to offer my condolences to the good viewers of the news network of the mualmea incident, and for the opportunity to talk about their precious heritage and those of our martyrs in various fields. let's have a chat in the specialized field of foreign policy. i am happy and at your service. i have a range of questions, but first i think we should talk about the most basic part, that is, the view that was ruling the world during these 3 months that shahid raisi and shahid amir abdullahian were leading the affairs . a stalemate was depicted in the foreign policy of the country, it was even said clearly that it is not possible to manage the country with these conditions of communication with the world

now, but when we look at the past 33 months, we see that in the first days without if, for example, the sanctions issue is resolved or the foreign vaccine import considerations are resolved, then we had the restoration of relations with some countries, our membership in important international organizations such as shanghai brics was realized, and even the country's foreign trade reached such a level that it was an issue. iran's crude oil export two months ago , i think it broke the record of the last 6 years. what happened that we reached such a point from that point of that illusory deadlock? what was the outlook on the world and foreign relations? with reference to the points you

covered very soon for any viewer for any an analyst proves that there were misconceptions about governance, misconceptions about the world and the position of the islamic republic. in the field of foreign policy, the most basic axis that we have to rely on is our foundations and principles in foreign policy. these principles and principles are actually extracted from our islamic texts, our qur'an, and the teachings of our imam in our constitution. this promotes our principles that independence is a very expensive product.

it is for every nation and this is the product that imam brought to the nation of iran on 12 bahman 1357 after 15 years of exile, we will not forget. when we were in a country where the highest power of this country , the king, was under the command of the british and american ambassadors , they said come. they say go, it means that this father and son are treated like this. well, this nation and this country has become a country that decides for itself. this is the starting point of a new policy of the ferryman. in fact, a new plan has emerged, a new look has been created. on this basis, we actually

demanded justice in the international system. on this basis, we considered anti-tyranny as a sacred thing , while toleration of tyranny had become a habit of the world. d to be a superpower. these are to the countries under their domination after all, they are oppressing. whatever they say , say it very well. a new system has emerged and this is my statement: i will accept what is in the direction of goodness and justice and the interests of our nation and i will not accept anything else. therefore, a new system came with new policies in different governments. to the extent that we looked at the foreign policy measures in accordance with this and chose the right direction

, we were successful in foreign policy. you can count the lambs of different governments. it has an effect if you are oriented. that's right, your target audience knows you exactly where you want they understand that it is not you who teach us the political and diplomatic dealings, that is, you are saying that according to the different coordinates of our country's history, the originality of the foreign policy and its conformity with the ideals of the revolution is our position. the world determines and any achievement can proceed based on this, exactly yes, this is diplomacy, this relationship with the world is based on honesty, that is, what we say we believe in, we say it is based on the desire for justice

, that is, we have some kind of objection to the ruling opinions on international relations. it is based on width. according to the united nations charter, every country should be treated equally the country has one opinion, but they don't apply it in practice . did you notice that the imam of the islamic revolution brought a kind of justice to arbaghan for the muslims, and the world expects the same from iran. day by day, a delegation from europe came to his country. i don't want to say that it came to discuss religions. here and here, some of the professors and some of the people on their side are sitting at the negotiating table after the iranian parties, and

some of the iranian parties who spoke there were very intimidated. western culture, western view, western thought and western influences. this is the discussion of the discussions and the issues in this way bringing up that almost the foreigner said, dad , we used to say this 30 years ago in europe. we came to iran, iran to see the dialogue of religions based on islam and the islamic revolution. what are your positions? yes , when we speak honestly, when we explain our principles, we give a correct image of ourselves to the world. this real picture is needed by both our friends and our enemies, our enemies know what we are talking about. our words

are not hidden words. we have a defensible logic in the field of foreign relations. thank you very much for this legacy that separates the powerful components in the country each other. your power comes from your culture, your history, your literature, your economy, your culture,

your military power, your international power, the power of your diplomacy, your social atmosphere, these are all teachers. production of power is in a society, the rosary of these is in the islamic system in the islamic republic of velayat. that is , in fact, it is the capacity that coordinates these, you must believe in the coordination of these , you must believe that these must synergize in order to show the true power of a country . it came from each other. that these

are not only separated from each other, but also facing each other. in america , the pentagon will never say that the foreign ministries and the american diplomatic system are not against each other. they talk instead of this, they talk instead. but the direction of their words is the same, their goals are the same. who is the same in the islamic republic? well, this problem in our diplomacy caused the world to not get a real picture of us. they also thought that if they were pressed , this false perception, which i believe was a political perception and indoctrination, had an electoral application when this issue has been raised. we were in 1400 elections, shortly before the 1400 elections

, we saw the field diplomacy debate. at the same time, i said that this is the use of this election debate, and with this slogan, they wanted to create a special atmosphere on the society, get their votes, and continue to impose their presence, which means that the problem is where it is. that these components of quds. then, if they face each other , they will be portrayed opposite , they will weaken the country, definitely the same way, definitely the same way. well , the 13th government came to work. ok the main work tool. diplomacy is negotiation . i never left the negotiating table. this is exactly what i want

. let's continue to talk about it. despite the fact that the relationship with other countries was followed, the world was not seen as limited to negotiating with a few western countries, but mr. amir abdullahian and raisi also left the negotiating table. not exactly, precisely because we have to believe our foundations and principles , we have to cross the blind paths of current reality in the world. this becomes realistic principleism in diplomacy. this becomes dignity, expediency wisdom, which is the center of our diplomacy in the words of leadership. we are not at war with the world. we are logical words we want to play for the world. and... this is our right. we are a member of the international community. we are a member of the united nations. when we

come to talk about our rights regarding the nuclear issue, because we are among the first members of the npt , we are part of the npt treaty and there is an obligation. we gave two, we must enjoy its privileges . what is the privilege of having peaceful nuclear energy? well, when we are negotiating , no one can speak for us in front of this region. we were in the 9th government when we were discussing nuclear energy. and the tenth one sat we held an international event here, and many people from different countries came . nuclear power for all, nuclear weapons for none. when this

slogan is used, it will find its target audience. the world sees that this logic is a strong logic. while a month later, the americans held an international nuclear meeting in america and talked about how many nuclear weapons we need. how many nuclear weapons should russia have , how should countries with nuclear weapons interact while in this our logic says that nuclear weapons should not be for anyone. which one does the world's public opinion accept? he accepts this. why was this not mentioned in the past? because the media was under the control of those who did not want these things to be said. well, the islamic republic came and said this. slowly,

the fifth wheel and the fifth pillar of diplomacy, which is media and then virtual space. they are able to spread the word all over the world. shahid raisi accepted these principles in the foreign policy program of the 13th government, it became the basis for work and the foreign policy of the 13th government came, he used both the tools and the perspective. in the area we, the two countries , broke their relations with the islamic republic in the previous government

and ended up in trouble like yemen. it became serious and a series of measures were taken to create more grounds for regional synergy. iran- saudi relations were cut off after years of being cut off , and the cut off was not like this in one trip. talks between iran and saudi experts have been taking place in baghdad for a long time he was under the supervision of mr. amir abdollahian, the person of martyred amir abdollahian, he used to monitor these sometimes , their phone calls, the instructions they gave , the land on the sides of this bed was prepared for them, and during

the visit of the president of china to the region, in fact, when a field was proposed you are ready, it bore fruit , the result was that they were able to build the country, the relationship was established between iran and saudi arabia without us being fair from our positions, but what was the first product? no shots were fired. no bomb was dropped on yemen. no woman or child was killed in yemen. no house was destroyed, no infrastructure was destroyed. did not go. well, this is the result of a diplomacy that you chose realistically.

there is a point here about this revival of relations with arab countries, some of these countries which themselves were pioneers. their relationship with us is reduced by the fact that mr. amin abdollahian was for a time the arab-african deputy of the ministry of foreign affairs, and later when he was somehow left aside and became active in another part of the hekran regime, at that time it was brought up that the relationship of mr. amir abdollahian it is not so good with some arab countries we see a relationship during these two or three years. the relationship with saudi arabia has been restored, and the relationship with egypt has been restored. i think mr. amir abdullahian was able to go through the final steps, and i think there are only one or two steps left to make it happen, and it was even yesterday that the king of one of these countries made a request from somewhere. we would like you

to help us improve our relationship with iran. finally , how did that country achieve this progress in the relationship with the arab countries? bahrain, bahrain, i didn't want to. yes , no. you see, i was the foreign minister, i went to bahrain for several trips , and i played a key role for amir abdullahian during his embassy in bahrain. it was privileged . it was privileged when you were the minister. yes, yes , see what our problem was with bahrain. well, finally, bahrain. it was a part of iran, it was separated as a country and it was recognized in the united nations that i don't want to go back to that history, right, but there was always a concern in bahrain, and that was that the majority of

bahrain's population is shia, and we wanted the shia to live with their brothers and sisters. his sunni sisters should have a peaceful life, so this was the requirement the government of bahrain is at your weakest point. it means that they pay attention to the fact that their brothers in iran are proud of the situation they have. i saw the interest in mr. amir abdallahian in bahrain during my trips , in various meetings, in various occasions, well, his

art was this, you can see, that is, even when he was the ambassador of iran in bahrain , he had a kind of privileged model, he is his son. this was the region in his diplomacy. he has been in this region all his service life, whether he was in line as an expert ambassador . he first went to iraq as an expert after he came to the ministry of foreign affairs, then he became an ambassador. other responsibilities in the center, his responsibilities were actually related to the region when he returned from bahrain, later he was asked to take over the management of this region and he became our general manager. right, mr. amir abdollahian, that's enough because the supreme leader's diplomacy says that the work of diplomacy

is like a miniature work, very delicate, very technical, very specialized . a certain diplomat is responsible for the other side in the sense of transferring his logic , this is said by the capable and successful diplomat mr. amir abdollahian was such a diplomat. i will share a source of his work. i told you that his embassy was in bahrain. now, let me tell you a source inside. when he was in charge , i gave him the same management. americans are faced with the problem of lack of respect for iraqi issues after the fall of saddam, clashes, explosions and various issues that

we, the same americans who said before , even planned to collect the garbage in baghdad , yes, this is seeing that they are not opponents in iraq. send a team to investigate why we are successful. we will be in iraq from this team the republicans were mr. james baker, who was the former secretary of state of the united states. the government was also a republican government, that is, mr. george bush was a democrat. mr. lee hamilton was a democratic senator. the impossibility of america in iraq. they prepared a 150-page report , which i have nothing to do with that report, but the key point that was expressed was that you

did not pay attention to the main element and actor in iraq and did not include it in your calculations, and that is the iran of the george bush administration after receiving this report is through the swiss embassy applied. that we want to negotiate with iran, we circulated the official request of the american government , but it was not agreed within the country. approximately what year was this in 2008? yes, yes, it was 2008. now let us adjust it . of course, it is possible that after the past 15 years, our deal will not fall apart because of one or two years. it should be mentioned

that this was after the trip we went to egypt for the meeting in iraq, where the american official contacted my deputy and made the request that it was opposed, then the high officials of the iraqi government wrote a letter to the supreme leader and requested that you negotiate with america for us. we have given this letter to the tourist rome . the negotiations reached the limits of progress, but what did we

see as full progress? because we had simulated these negotiations in the secretariat of the security council. to one side of the table the title of america, our children are sitting. one side is called iran. interesting to pay attention to these details? yes, yes. let it be said that when two rounds of negotiations were completed , i asked martyr haj qassem soleimani to allow the third round of negotiations from the ministry of home affairs and the ministry of foreign affairs to be chaired by someone. haj ghasemi looked at me and said, "when did i say mr. amir?" abdollahian immediately said yes, mr. amir abdollahian went to the third round of negotiations in baghdad and convinced the americans to carry machine guns as long as you are in military uniform. hats on

the head in the streets of iraq, machine guns in hand do you think these people will not accept you , reconsider your presence in america, it is very interesting when this logic was transferred to the american and this opinion of mr. obama was warming himself , you paid attention to the american presidential election. he was warming himself. this matter was informed. in his interview and speech, he said that if i become the president of the united states, american soldiers and forces will be withdrawn from iraq. well, this helped him a lot. because american people and families wanted to save their children from the war and that they were being killed every day . ok. obama won. president

it took a while to get hold of it. our sadness was conveyed that iran is sad that they did not fulfill their promise. mr. obama sent a message to hajj qassem soleimani in his position as president that you should not worry, i will definitely leave iraq in 2011. this message. the president of the united states and hajj qassem soleimani personally left the united states in 2011, of course they are no longer on the streets , they took their armies, but their forces remained in their bases, away from the eyes of the people, so see how much influence amir abdullahian has as a diplomat, and how far his influence can go. how far can it affect you? you read shahnameh as a woman. how

did he succeed in preventing a war between iran and a neighboring country in a rational diplomacy? this is the role of diplomats, but a diplomat who knows his own values , who believes in the world and has the tools of diplomacy. ok and to. he can be a strong negotiator, with the correct orientation of shahid raisi in the foreign policy of the 13th government, mr. amir abdullahian became the most excellent, honest, and successful executor of that foreign policy. did you notice that when he was proposed as the foreign minister, he was one of the options.

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