hello, welcome to the debate, i'm. in iran, people have marked the fourth assassination anniversary of the anti-terror commander lieutenant general qasim sulaymani, and while this honorable event was taking place, horrible terrorist incident has occurred here in the islamic republic, claiming the lives of many iranians were paying omage to him. why did this terrorist incident take place at this time? was it to use erons interior minister words? track iranian's love and honor for the anti-terror icon, assimmani. also, in terms of this incident, terrorist incident, was it to use means to detract from the way that iranians were paying respect to him? in this addition of the spotlight we will look at the legacy of this prominent figure in iran's history, which revitalized the axis of resistance in the region a basis for the courageous fight the resistance fighters are waiting against the israeli in regime forces in the gaza strip. "and this is

while iran's president has said that the resistance groups will make israel pay heavy price for its terrorist act. first let me introduce our guests for this edition of the spotlight. say muhammad marandi, university professor and political analyst, joins us from tehran. also joining us in saint mustaphash, political analysts from tehran. welcome to you both, my condolences obviously go out on this uh s'. occasion that was uh meant to uh uh honor the late lieutenant general sulaymani, but uh obviously an analysis needs to be uh put into the picture and if you could put things into context for us, first i think it's worth remembering uh and i'll start with you sayid mohammed marandi uh the reasoning that was given back when uh the targeted assassination took place by the us on uh letenant general sulaymani the former secretary of state mike pompeo saying that uh there was imminent attacks

that he had planned, which we understand obviously is false premise, maybe you can recount to us why that type of thinking went into play as the basis for what was said at the time was the assassination of uhmani, well if an imminent attack was about to take place, the last place where he would be would be in baghdad, obviously that's not. and we also recall that the iraqi prime minister at that time he said very specifically that general solemani came to iraq to visit me because he had received a letter from the saudi crown prince and they wanted to discuss raproshma so after midnight general sulaimani when he arrived in baghdad from damascus he was leaving the airport with his colleagues.

and with abu mahdial mahandis who was leading the fight against isis in iraq, the iraqi commander, and he was to meet the prime minister at 8 a.m. if i'm not mistaken, in the morning, hours later, and that's when the americans killed him, and obviously the americans had information about the intention of general soleimani to meet the prime minister and to discuss the peace and rapprooch with. because the americans are everywhere in iraq, and therefore that's that's all nonsense, the americans wanted revenge, because they had been humiliated by the resistance, whether in syria, where the americans had supported extremist groups, they supported isis, that supported al-qaed, one example is the email from february the 12th, 2012 from jake sullivan, to um hillary

clinton who was the secretary of state at that time and jake sullivan who is now the national national security advisor of biden in that email and you can everyone can find this online he said al-qaed is on our side in syria this is early 2012 and we know that later on isis which was a part of al-qaeda broke away from al-qaeda so they were supporting these extremist groups defeat of isis, the defeat of al-qaeda was something that angered the united states, it angered trump, both their defeat in syria in iraq, and it and the americans were angry that it created a bond, a strong bond between the iranian people and the iraqi people, and they they got their revenge, but in my opinion, the americans miscalculated, because it mobilized the iranian nation, millions of people came to the streets to commemorate.

fact that you have, i believe one of our guests actually said this, which i'm going to ask you, that this terrorist incident that has now taking place in the islamic republic, um, he said that the us and israel actually fear uh death even more now that he's dead than alive, because the legacy that he left behind, and what he stood for in terms of the anti terror icon is inspiration for? for example resistance groups to continue this fight that they're having in terms of imperialist powers like the us and therefore that aspect of it is what stands out right now do you think that that is valid perspective and what what this represents in this case? thanks for having me and hello to

well that's true actuallymani was a unique commander. um when he uh before he they marted him uh he had already told friends in force as well as in lebanon that he had planned of the future of the resistance uh against the americans and israelies for the next years to come and that's true uh it's no secret everyone knows that the general sulayman money, provided logistical backup and everything to the resistant groups including hamas and others all across the region, and i do believe not much, but all of the things that we see these days is the product of qasim sulaymani, and he is even

more frightening to the americans and israelies these days even more than before, the kind of a strategy that he started over 20 years ago... some 20 something years ago, still continues, let's remember that back in 2001, the united states invaded afghanistan, later after a couple of years they invaded iraq, and they were on both sides of iran, 38 original us bases, they all incirculed iran, threatening iran, it was then the qasim sulaymani started his mobilization paradigm. or or formula based on what we had already experienced during the war, iraqi and post war on iran in the 1980s and then he embraced success everywhere that he went after this paradigm and formula in afghanistan, iraq and

all across the region. now after 20 years where are the americans uh on those days they were incirculing us and we were inside the borders, now our influence. and regional uh might and power has immediately expanded to the mediterranean, but what are the americans, they are, they have been fading away in this region, now they have threatened even one of the iranian alliesbullah to step back from engaging in the war in uh the israeli war against gaza, but they stayed unintimidated and they uh you know uh uh started attack. on israel, they also sent their warships to the red sea to threaten the yemini nation and yemen's army, but so they failed and as you can see yemen continues attacks on on you know israely bound ships

and they have stayed on the terror so as you can see these are the products these these groups and allies they they are the products. the efforts made by haj qasim sulaymani, the the respectable market and market general, and also in response to your question, yes we could still see uh haj qasim sulaimany uh in on the scene pretty well and very much clearly. okay, let's look at what has occurred today in terms of the terrorist incident, um mohammed marandi, if we were to take a look at the three incidents that... uh have taken place um sayid razi musavi uh the irani military advisor in syria and then you have what happened in bayrut um in terms of uh seniormas leader uh salah aruri and then you have what's happened today in the islamic republic why do you think this uh occurred of course uh no matter who uh has analyzed this

as pointed the finger at israel being behind it but what do you think in terms of the timing of it uh today and after these two uh targeted assassinations? i'm sorry, we don't have your audio, sorry about that, okay, now we have you, go ahead. "the fact that this terror attack today occurred immediately after the terror attack in beirut and the terror attack in damascus before it makes people think that it was probably the israelis that carried out this operation either alone or with uh ally like isis because the israelis and isis cooperated in the dirty war in syria, isis was..." they had bases alongside the golan heights for years, their injured uh militants were treated in

israeli hospitals, whenever the syrian army would try to attack isis, israeli air force and artillery would support isis, so there is a strong relationship between the two, they tried to bring down the syrian government along with nato regimes and regional allies of nato to break the uh uh resistance and create gap between iran and its friends in gaza, the west bank and lebanon, and they failed, so it is quite possible that the israeli regime was behind this, and the reason obviously would be that the israelis are angry, they've lost the war in gaza, they've lost the military war in gaza, they've lost the intelligence war in gaza, and they've destroyed... their credibility across the world and they've destroyed the credibility of the collective west by through

this genocide, through this holocaust, so this has been a catastrophic defeat for the regime, so they are angry, but on the other hand, netanyahu wants to expand the war, because if the war and he wants to continue the war, because if the war ends, he will be put on trial and he will probably go to jail, so the longer the... the better it is for netanhu, the longer the genocide continues, the better it is for netanyahu's allies as well, so he has incentive to continue the war and also to spread the war, because he's losing, and that is how he can, he can hope, he hopes that the americans could be brought into the battlefield, which i think is obviously very detrimental to the interest of the united states, because this is not... libya, we're not talking about iraq, a broken iraq under saddam hussein a sanctioned iraq,

we're talking about a network of resistance that goes from the red sea to the mediterranean to the hindu kush, it is an enormous uh alliance and the resistance block or the resistance access, and if there's confrontation obviously with iran, it's not a battle that the americans can win. because iran could destroy all the facilities in the persian gulf, those countries, if the americans attack iran, all those countries that have military bases, american military bases would be hostile, would be considered as hostile, so their oil and gas installations would be fair gain, and in addition to that, the that would create a global economic meltdown, sure, and that would be enormous loss to the united states, so i don't think that the american. "i have no doubt that the americans don't want the war to be to expand, but netanyahu has vested

interest in expanding the conflict. all right, well since you mentioned the vast area that the resistance groups cover, i i think it's only appropriate that i ask you uh about what iran's leader has said, and you can expand on this further for us, how uhmani was instrumental reviving the resistance front in the region in the areas that i guess are just..." mentioned, how did was he able to do that? as i said earlier, um, when americans attacked afghanistan and iraq, um, the resistance actually moved to second stage when you know qasim sulaymani started mobilizing groups and all across the region, especially in and in a region. when we were uh under threat by the united states actually

and uh the other muslim nations were also under threat, they were being threatened, they were invaded by the united states and it was clear that the us wanted to uh you know push uh seven countries all across the region into chaos in compliance with its greater middle east plan, so this mobilization that was uh you know uh on iran's mobilization during the irakin post war started and expanded and it could recavoc on americans every. where now it's doing the same to the israelis and americans everywhere and as dr. marandi said they know the dire costs of any kind of hostile action against iran, they realized in washington, though netanyahu is very much desperate to keep himself in power because he knows the aftermates uh if the war

goes on and without expansion, even if we don't see a cease fire many... believe now that in about four five months even if the goza war continues, netan yaho will be you know brought down from power and that would be the end of his career, not just that, but also he will be put in put behind bars because of his corruption cases and his failure, you all his greatest sin, not not his sin, but guilt uh and flaw of the israeli army and security. piradas as well as netanyahu's uh you know uh uh guilt and and shortcoming is that the the the israeli defense doctrine was shattered in the first six hours that hamas went to went on attacking them and they lost all uh the principles of their military doctrine and

they found themselves surprised and shattered so uh these are all the products, i mean what hamas did, what isbullah is doing, what the yemen's army is doing, these are all the products of the model of the move that that that that was started by martin sulaimani and his efforts and paradigm. okay, so still trying to figure out the uh reasoning that is given when it comes to the genocidal war itself morandi. "are we looking at israel uh seeing this as an existential threat if they don't succeed there in the gaza strip uh or is it because they're losing there they realize it and therefore they are trying to open up the war in different fronts like i mentioned about the assassination of uh saluri the seniormas leader and sayid razi musabi and of course now what has happened to

the islamic republic? i think there are two layers here. one is sheer anger and emotions: the israelis are very upset, very angry, they're openly talking about genocide, and they are repeating it day after day. you see mps speaking about genocide, major military commanders, speaking about genocide, government ministers, the israeli president spoke of genocide, the prime minister netanyahu, the defense minister, this is... "the genicidal intent is usually something that even the most evil of regimes hide from the international community, but in the case of israel, out of sheer despare and anger, they've been saying it day after day, and this is highly detrimental because they're admitting to the world what they're doing,

but and they are extremely angry towards the iranians because the capabilities of hamas and" gaza, the tunnels, the what hamas and its allies, the islamic jihad and others have have been able to help them defeat the israeli regime, so there is an emotional component to this in their terror attacks, whether it's against hamas officials in lebanon or the iranian general in syria, or potentially that if the israelis were indeed behind it, the terror attack in uh... kerman. the second layer is, as you pointed out, the is have lost the war, and this, the the aura of israeli invincibility is gone, it it took its first blow in 2000 when it retreated from lebanon, then the defeat in 2006 was second blow, but this was decisive blow, especially

since ansarullah, the yemeny armed forces blocked... israeli ports in the south, hezbolah drew half of its army to the north and hamas and its allies were hammering the israeli armed forces in gaza and the israeli regime out of sheer anger and racism and rage was constantly massacring ordinary people, so israel has destroyed its credibility across the globe, it's shown itself to be genocidal both in language and words, but in also in action, so the israelis are in a... very bad situation, they're in a very painful and difficult situation, and they need, or at least netanyahu, both for his, okay, uh, selfish interest as mr. rightly pointed out, but also they need the americans to come in to save the day, and that is not going to help the israelis, and this proves that the

israeli regime, not only is it detrimental to the interest of the west, it's very existence, but also it shows that the israeli regime is willing sacrifice its western allies for its own selfish interest, that's the key question here, then so what do you think, when is that red line going to be crossed? we're looking at three different incidents. almost back to back, um, if israel is to continue down this path, are we looking a massive retaliation? uh, what are we looking at? all the resistance fronts, some iran to be included or not, how do you see this? we're israel to continue down the path that it is. how much time are you going to give me about that? just keep it short, i'm sorry, we're almost reaching the end of the program. okay, so let let me, let me put it a not show. um, okay, first of all, let me... add something to my earlier response that uh general sulaymani uh when he did this mobilization program and planning for the muslim world for the muslim the oppressed

muslim nations um he had you know very good principle that he established uh he we in iran we never look at these allies as proxiposis that's our difference with others with the americans and israelies because they use them as you know some proxy forces, some terrorists that they hire, but we in iran look at these groups as well as the states like iraq and syria as our allies, the difference comes in this that uh we do not try to feed them with fish, but we teach them to catch fish, this is difference, different because we look at them as allies, equal allies on equal food. now uh, in response to your questions, definitely i agree with dr. marandi that uh this is you know somehow masterminded by israel or conducted by

israel, and this could have been israel or this could have been some terrorist group likeol, or isis who have been amast, i mean the plot has been... masterminded and done by the israelis definitely there is no doubt about that and and i do agree that yahu because of his failures uh and this war, he wants escalate the tensions to the region, he wants to bring in the us and he wants to bring the nato and but definitely they will receive a response. iran has shown on multiple cases according to the israelis whenever they have done something wrong like assassinating doctorzade, the jerusalem post reported. that the father of their aerospace program, avihar even was killed at the heart of israel few months later when they uh

conduct a sabotage attack at nathan's two times, their main ballistic missile factory offer went into the air and experienced explosion when they started attacking uh iranian ships they said that their own ships more than the number mean greater number became under attack, so there are different ways that iran will definitely provide a response uh, itself and through its allies, definitely this is going to happen. okay, i'm sorry, we just fresh out of time, i do apologize, i do apologize for that, say must political analyst, sorry, we're just fresh out of time, say thank you, university professor and political analyst, both from tehran, with that we come to an end for this edition of the spotlight from the team, it's goodbye.

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