what kind of people do they think we are? is it possible they do not realize that we shall never sease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson. which they and the world will never forget, now i am become death, we now have a name for the diseases and it is covid-19, a statewide order for people to stay at home, that's why comes from china really deeply that if people are sharing more then the world will be a more. open place where people can understand

what's going on with the people around them, and that's really what we want to get towards. did you appear on the on the um and give a presentation to the launch of leave.eu? yes, did. the ninth president of the islamic republic of iran has been sworn in in his speech uh to domestic and foreign dignitaries attending his ceremony in the iranian parliament, suit position elaborated and number of his plans as new president, he out he'll try to boost relax. and interactions with other countries,

especially the neighboring ones and those in the west asia region. he also stress that while iran is for negotiations, it will not bow down to coersion and pressure from world powers that need to treat iran on equal footing and on the basis of mutual respect. welcome to the spotlight, i'm your host, love me introduce our guests in this episode. activist and commentator is joining me out of houston. also with this is masoud shajar chairman of the islamic human rights commission in london. welcome to the spotlight gentlemen, let me make houston texas first. m nag president said in his speech that his administration which is among

one of the things that has top priority in his administration is to forge relations with other parts of the world, with the entire world, except for, the israeli occupation regime, there a very few exceptions, so he said that he wants to create balance in foreign relations, national interests and requisites of peace and security in this part of the world and beyond, let's have your thoughts on: this aspect of his speech, yes, surprisingly, the the president's speech was was truly a, it was a, it was a good surprise for, i guess most people, especially his critiques, because we weren't expecting him to to describe his plans and his his intentions as a president in such a wholesome manner, he covered his intent to not only secure... with their neighbors emphasizing on

the neighbors, hence continuing the legacy of sheikh ibrahim raisi, shaheed ibrahim raisi, but also ensuring that the world sees the of islamic republic of iran as a power, as a regional power, they see them with respect on equal footing, and he has he also said that he will try his best while maintaining dignity to lift sanctions. with on on the islamic republic of round because it is the, it is the right of the islamic republic to be able to compete with other economies on equal on equal stage, so this is these were very good comments that were made by him in my my opinion, also the fact that he emphasized on the justice, the the inherent justice that the paris means have claimed and are fighting

for is a right that he as president would ensure that the islamic republic of iran carries forward and that their struggle for a free pal sign and the support for the access of resistance will continue, so we won't see much change in terms of external policies and some of his statements on internal policies were also very similar to shahit rais government, right? masudkan also said that his administration, he said that we want interaction with the world, we want cooperation and ties with the world, but his administration is thres. not surrender to bullying, to coersion and double the standard, and that's in reference to the west, as you know, so he said we have two decades of experience negotiating with world powers and that has taught us this lesson that we and that iran has been in compliance

with its commitments, but at the same time it's for negotiations, at the same time it's not going to give in to excessive demands and pressure, so how would you predict, i mean, maybe let me put it this way, what would be advisable for the west and western states, what kind of approach and poster had they better adopt vis iran? well, the reality is that there was illusion have been created, especially in the west where we are, both myself and that the elections in iran, the process is... is these are sort of opponents of one another and it's sort of elections everywhere else is being promoted as as a sign of democracy if there is a difference of opinion, but in iran has been promoted by

west, be at bbc, be at cnn or anything else, is that you know they trying to put um sort of candidates against each other, and saying that you know the people are uh, this is a fight, a fight beyond what is described as a good part of democracy, and so when it comes to you, today in inauguration, people are surprised that really when it comes to major issues, iranians, no matter who represent them, from which side is they have sort of the same vision of dignity and their inherent right and they're demanding the international community and the west in particular to sort of deliver what they preach, deliver when it

comes to sort of promoting democracy, deliver when it comes to sort of fair play, deliver when they talking about they make decisions on economical basis and the concept of justice when it comes to world economy and and so forth, so and and what was very clear today that mr. raisy re-emphasized that the experience that iran has gone through in the last uh few decades, it gives it first that determination. to seek its just position internationally and also is not going to be con and fooled by rhetorics and he wants to see action, action which are based on mutual understanding, mutual respect, etc. etc. in

some ways really one would have expected that the shaheed raisi to give exactly the same speech, because this is comes not a personality of this president or the previous president, this comes in in the sort of way the expression of the public opinion in iran, overwhelmingly public opinion, there isn't really two side of the story when it comes to people in iran demanding to be respected and have the... relationship with everyone based on mutual respect and mutual interest. and i, answering your question, what west should do, west should wake up, that they cannot go around bullying people, and definitely their

past experience, if they will draw on on their past experience in the last few decade, should bring them to the realization that they cannot bully iran any longer and they should respect. footing and based on respect, this is the language that iranians should be addressed to, and he also promised to win iran the appropriate status in the world in terms of economic and commercial ties with other countries, and also at the same time dealing with the unjust anti-iran sanctions imposed on the country, and you know european seption reaction, president macron of france the other day called pasishgan and he said that we are eager and we are hopeful to see improve. relation between europe and iran, the question is, would they would they do that or is it only

lip service buse the us is not allowed them to do what they said they would do, like they said they would compensate, they came up with this plan, 11 12 point article plan, they said no worries, we will try to compensate what the us didn't do in terms of jcpo, but they failed to do it under pressure, what about this time, well the us has had a history of not abiding by their contracts, not abiding by the commitments that they have made with different countries, and obviously in particular with the islamic republic of iran as well, and another mistake that the west in general has made that they have always underestimated their their fose, and they have exact, they have done exactly that with the islamic republic of iran as well, the islamic republic is has become a force to reckon with, they cannot be ignored and let's not forget that they have become a regional power in spite of the sanctions, the illegal

sanctions that have been imposed by them on the west. all of them, all of this seems like lip service, because that's what history teaches us that the united states and its allies, specifically those in europe, they do not want to see a strong, powerful force in the region of. asia, the only powers that they want to see are the ones that they have placed, which is which are the monarchs in jordan, in saudi arabia, in bahrain and others, and unfortunately for them things have changed over the past 20 years, the islamic republic has positioned themselves in a way that they have not only to strengthened themselves, but they have also empowered their allies, they don't dominate. their allies, they empower their allies, allies in iraq, allies in afghanistan, allies in

lebanon, and and and others obviously, and the fact that that iran, that the islamic republic of iran is now focusing towards focusing towards stability, economic stability within the region, their focus is now to move away from the dollar, in partnership with russia and china, these are all concerns that... the west has and the west doesn't have an option anymore, it is not a matter of predicting what the islamic republic can achieve, it is matter of facing reality at this point, meaning the nine month war that has been imposed upon the innocent palestinians, those groups, the acts of resistance who are supported by the islamic republic of iran, who are trained by the islamic republic of iran, islamic republic of iran is part of the... axis of resistance, they have defeated the they have defeated the

united states, they have defeated their allies in this region, and this is not the first time that they're doing this. hisbolla defeated them in 2000, in 2006, we saw yeman defeating defeating saudi arabia, we saw the hashad shahbi fight against us backed isis in the region, so consistently and continuously the plans of the us have failed, they don't have a chance anymore. "it has become a matter of existence for the zianist regime in the region of west asia, so they have to take them seriously, and as far as president is concerned, as my my colleague also mentioned, that it almost seemed as if this was that perfect continuation that the islamic republic required, and inshallah we see that rehber's guidance and legacy will be implemented from what we see from today's speech. okay, just mentioned palestine and

the resistance front, so let me ask you this question first, then i was ask about some other aspects of the speech that made, well the president said that those provide weapons that to the israeli regime that bombs the women and children in gaza, they... cannot teach other countries lessons of moral virtues and said that no one on the planet endorses backing your regime that fights women and children in gaza and they act as of human rights are determined. on the basis of complexion, race or faith, as selected by the west, so that's part of his another highlight of his speech today, so the question is on what basis that us congressman, stood up and gave a standing ovation to the child killer regime prime minister and applated netan

yahoo during his speech, yeah i mean that that's so... watching that scene was so absurd and and really showed the why united state is not a power anymore, why united state is losing, is sanity, is morality, and indeed its power, military power and influence around the world, and it deserves to do so, i mean it it is really outrageous after everything. that we have witnessed on our tv screens and after all that has been said by the international community and international court, icj, they there to come and behave so in such abomination, in such a way that is actually a front to humanity, but

i think this is what we are expecting now, and from now on united state is... is not the power that it was and is not, it hasn't sort of dictate any morality around the world or power, be it economical or political or militarily, it's diminishing by by day, and it it it's opposite, we are seeing iran is becoming much more powerful, much more independent and much more respected, i mean, "you know, in the last 10, 20 years we seen the influence of united state diminishing, not just in west asia, but right across the world, and in same time irans have become more popular, more sort of powerful and more respected, and you know, joining organization

like brexit, etc., etc., having a better relationship, much better relationship with his neighbors, which in past there were satellite states of united states of america, so things are moving, this is a real world, and uh, nothing united state could do to stop this or change it, and i think those who got visions for the future need to recognize this, and i mean europeans, they need to wake up and smell the coffee and realize that things are changing. beyond um sort of what they could imagine and the bot has you know moved on, the things are moving on, and if they want to be part of a sort of international community which is based on international law, respect, mutual respect and all those principles, then they need to

drop us as as a sort of boogie man, as as a sort of sorry bully man right and and stop that really yeah that europeans have been smelling coffee musoed your american made coffee so that better try iran made exquisite tea this time it's will prove to be much better than you has made coffee okay it's it's worth a try at least now uh mensen uh of the essence in iran's foreign policy is uh having better relations with neighboring countries we have already uh great relations with neighbors and regional states, but iran is saying, and the new president is also stressing that this needs to be augmented and further expand it. he believes that we need to join hands in this region, in the west asia region, or in other words, middle east, as people in the west call it, we need to rely on one another's capabilities and possibilities, join hands together, we won't

need extra extra regional players in this part of the world, in terms of security, in terms of whatever you name. it so is this the right policy to be pursued at this sensitive juncture or there are some people who say that we got to turn to the west and talk directly to the americans and get what we want them uh to get, but given the us past performance and west performance, do they really care and iota about iran or other people in the west asia region? mean i think it would be foolish to to try policy that have... already been tested and failed, we saw in the governments of president khatmi, we saw under president rohani, while agarif was... minister that there was so much hope that was put in to the nuclear negotiation, there was so much hope that was put in to the lifting of those sanctions and so much time

was spent on that to no avail, but in such less time we saw within present racy's time, his focus naturally was to live those sanctions, but he kind of shifted the focus more towards region. powers in empowering their neighbors, empowering the region as a whole and to expand their ties. so if russia and china are sanctioned, if they have limited sanctions by the west and the islamic republic does as well, it only makes sense that they that they expand their their economic ties. it only makes sense that the islamic republic increases its ties with azerbaijan, with the with the with iraq, with pakistan. instance and and within aag's tenure we saw that this that this focus seemed to bear more fruits than the previous

ones and so it wouldn't make any logical sense if that foreign policy was shifted towards focusing on lifting on on seeing hope from the us in general there were two main contracts that were find it was bricks and the shanghai corporation. "the islamic republic became member, is the islamic republic has so much to offer, so much to offer to the world, and i was just thinking about this the other day, the one area that the islamic republican really, really empower this region is in academics, the islamic republic's academia is underestimated, and i i think there we will see a shift in that that the that the islamic republic will become a regional power." in terms of their ideology now as well as we see the world progress towards fighting against oppression. all right, we have one minute left only, and

there is only one highlight, i just wanted to comment on saying we're all in the same boat in this tumoous world today, so let's move forward with the aim of tranquility and progress for our people, what needs to be done to this end? well, i think we need to be realistic, we need to recognize. that what was tried that the sort of by mr. zarif and others is no longer uh that that train has already left the station and we are now dealing with the united states which is rapidly losing its power and its influence and indeed could become much more dangerous and the rest of the world needs to unite and think of their future, mutual respect, mutual inter and that is those are the key words and the fact is that as he said we want to iran mus to have relationship with everyone based on respect, but is not going to hold his

breath waiting for united state to change his mind and and it will move forward with them or without them. okay, that's all the time we have, gentlemen, thank you so much, mon in houston and masu shajar in london and thank you for watching. this episode of the spotlight on press tv, i've been your host najafi, i'll see you next time, i've seen more incinerated children than i've ever seen in my entire life combined. how many kids are in danger of starvation in gaza? all of them, absolutely all of them.

i've never seen that before, never seen that. so of all the disaster zones you've seen, how does gaza compare? all of the disasters i've seen combined, combined, 40 mission trips, 30 years, ground zero, earthquakes, all of that combined doesn't equal the level of carnage that i saw against civilians in just my first week in gaza, and when you say civil. is it mostly children? almost exclusively children. i've never seen that before. never seen that. i've seen more shredded children in just the

f'. first week, shredded, shredded, what do you mean, missing body parts, being crushed by buildings, the greatest majority, or bomb explosions, the next greatest majority. i have children that were shot twice, wait, you're saying that children in gaza are being shot by snipers, definitively. i have two children that i have photographs of that were shot so perfectly in the chest, i couldn't put my stethoscope over their heart more accurately, and directly on the side of the head, in the same child, no tther. shot twice by mistake by the world's best sniper and their dead center shots. what about the emotional rooms? how can you measure that? i can't measure my own. how do you be a uh an orphan and watching your family you know melted in front of you and shredded in front of you? how do you fix that? ever fix that? for dozens of miles, we saw 18 wheelers parked bumper to bumper, engines off outside

of. gott sei dank, weil ich kannte ja gar nichts von der schia, daraufhin wurde ich rechtgeleitet. zu einer objektiveren sichtsweise beizutragen, diese menschen zu vermitteln, dass ich das vorlebe auf der schöne art und weise in islam.

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