1 00:00:04,839 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,599 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,439 to three on WBT Radio and Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,519 --> 00:00:16,679 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,719 --> 00:00:19,199 my daily show prep with all the links. Become a patron, 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,559 go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,120 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,679 smartphone or tablet, And again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,719 --> 00:00:32,320 your support. Last hour we started going over some of 10 00:00:32,359 --> 00:00:35,880 the the latest developments with What's going on. You know, 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:40,479 with Iran, there's an eight pm deadline tonight for them 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,719 to agree to reopen the Street of Hormuz. Iranians have 13 00:00:45,039 --> 00:00:48,679 so far refused to do so. Trump has said that 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,479 this will be Bridge and power Plant Day if they 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,039 don't hit the eight pm deadline and reopen the street. 16 00:00:57,079 --> 00:00:57,479 Speaker 2: Now over. 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,759 Speaker 1: In the United Nations today there was a measure resolution 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,719 that ran through the UN Security Council. This was sponsored 19 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:09,640 by several countries, UAE being one of them. 20 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 2: It failed. 21 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:15,879 Speaker 1: This resolution failed today to endorse a clear framework for 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:20,280 international cooperation in ending Iran's illegal attacks and threats to 23 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,560 the global economy by adopting a draft resolution demanding the 24 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:29,200 immediate cessation of all attacks on vessels and attempts to 25 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,640 impede freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The 26 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,920 Strait of Hormuz, they say, must be must remain open 27 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,120 to all, and the freedom of navigation must be preserved. 28 00:01:40,439 --> 00:01:43,040 No country should have the power to shut down the 29 00:01:43,159 --> 00:01:46,280 arteries of global commerce and drive the world to the 30 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,719 brink of economic calamity. The Security Council's failure to act 31 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:53,840 does not diminish the urgency of this crisis or the 32 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:57,920 UAES resolve. We thank Bahrain for its leadership on the 33 00:01:57,959 --> 00:02:01,680 Security Council and for its diplomatic efforts. We will continue 34 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:04,760 to push for international efforts to restore the straight OFFOEMUS 35 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,520 and work with partners to advance coordinated action to secure 36 00:02:08,599 --> 00:02:13,080 navigation and restore the flow of global commerce. So do 37 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,560 you want to take a guess who voted against the resolution? 38 00:02:16,759 --> 00:02:21,159 Which countries? There were two? There were two countries that 39 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:27,840 voted against it. I guess China and Russia. Correct. Yes, 40 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:33,560 blocking any kind of international resolution demanding that Iran stop 41 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:40,759 attacking vessels. Iran did come up with a proposal. I 42 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:44,560 believe This was late yesterday. They sent a ten point 43 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:51,639 proposal through the Pakistani intermediaries, and the New York Times 44 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:57,400 published some of their demands. And so under their proposal, 45 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:04,319 they would allow the straight to reopen if they got 46 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:09,199 to charge two million dollars per ship going through the strait, 47 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,919 and then they would split the proceeds half seats half 48 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,400 and half with Oman, which is on the other side 49 00:03:16,439 --> 00:03:20,879 of the waterway from Iran. Tehran would use its share 50 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,199 of the funds to rebuild infrastructure that was damaged in 51 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,759 US and Disraeli strikes rather than what they initially demanded 52 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:35,240 was direct compensation. Right, so they're like, okay, fine, let 53 00:03:35,319 --> 00:03:38,360 us charge all the ships going through the strait and 54 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,199 we'll use that money to kill more Jews and Americans. 55 00:03:44,199 --> 00:03:46,159 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I mean rebuild the infrastructure. 56 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: And by infrastructure, I assume they mean they're ballistic and 57 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:56,680 drone manufacturing facilities. They also want a binding guarantee I 58 00:03:56,719 --> 00:04:00,680 don't know what that means against any future attack or 59 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:07,560 a renewal of war. And they want all the sanctions 60 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:14,479 lifted against them, and they want recognition of Iranian sovereignty 61 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:20,120 over the Strait of Hormuz, and they want a broader 62 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:27,439 regional ceasefire, including halting Israeli strikes on Hezbollah and all 63 00:04:27,519 --> 00:04:33,240 of its allied groups. So they're trying to protect the 64 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:39,759 arms of the octopus here, right. Like for people who 65 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,040 haven't been paying attention to Iran's history and the rise 66 00:04:43,079 --> 00:04:47,279 of these proxy Jihatis groups over the last thirty years 67 00:04:47,399 --> 00:04:54,720 or so forty years, like, it's difficult to understand how 68 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:59,720 different today is versus what it was like twenty years ago. 69 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,639 These proxy armies, they I mean, they they like a cancer. 70 00:05:04,759 --> 00:05:08,360 They infected all of these other areas. You got the 71 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,879 Hooties in Yemen, and you've got Hesbala in Lebanon, destabilizing 72 00:05:13,879 --> 00:05:19,560 that country. That's been since the eighties, right, you got Hamas, right, 73 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,519 and so these proxy armies have been waging the war. 74 00:05:22,639 --> 00:05:26,600 So Iran can say, oh, that's not us, but it 75 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,519 is and it always has been. And everybody's just kind 76 00:05:30,519 --> 00:05:32,240 of put up with this. Is like, well, that's the 77 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,279 price I guess of you know, having Israel be a 78 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,839 state or something, or that's the price of you know, 79 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:45,000 America existing or something. Right, But now you've gotten this 80 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,560 reaction and from these other Arab countries, and they've been 81 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,079 getting bullied and threatened by Iran too, and they're sick 82 00:05:54,079 --> 00:05:57,279 of it. Also now they're getting attacked. They got all 83 00:05:57,319 --> 00:06:01,079 sorts of their facilities that have been hit, and so 84 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,959 now they're trying to get the UN Security Council involved. 85 00:06:05,079 --> 00:06:07,279 I don't know if that's gonna make a difference or not, 86 00:06:07,439 --> 00:06:10,240 but you know, they can take steps, and some have. 87 00:06:12,519 --> 00:06:14,519 I'm trying to remember which country it was that started 88 00:06:14,519 --> 00:06:18,560 dismantling the money changers the uh SO. Iran has all 89 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:23,240 of these sort of black market banks and stuff, these 90 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,959 money exchangers and stuff that that's how they they wash 91 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:34,480 their trade to get around sanctions, and so a bunch 92 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:37,079 of them got shut down over the last month. I 93 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:43,040 think it was in It may have been Oman, but 94 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,519 I forget. Maybe it was Bahrain. And then there's this 95 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:53,120 from Iran International out of London. A deepening rift at 96 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,800 the top of the Islamic Republic has spilled into an 97 00:06:55,959 --> 00:07:03,279 unusually sharp confrontation with the President, sud Pezeshkian, accusing senior 98 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:08,279 Guards commander so the IRGC commanders of unilateral actions that 99 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:13,639 have wrecked ceasefire prospects and pushed Iran toward disaster. So 100 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:18,519 you have so when Trump says that we've got regime change, 101 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,120 and people like Alexander are like, well that means you lie, 102 00:07:21,199 --> 00:07:25,480 Like yeah, they say, like he says he's dealing with 103 00:07:25,519 --> 00:07:29,079 different people now who are less radical and they're more 104 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,920 logical and rational or whatever. 105 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 2: Is that true? I don't know. 106 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: Is this guy, is this president more rational and logical? 107 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,079 I don't know, but they he definitely has a different 108 00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:47,959 opinion about how the war is progressing than the IRGC jihadists. 109 00:07:48,439 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 2: Right. 110 00:07:49,959 --> 00:07:54,519 Speaker 1: Two sources close to the presidential office said that there 111 00:07:54,639 --> 00:08:00,240 was a tense exchange that took place Saturday, April fourth. Okay, 112 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,319 so this past weekend between Pozeskian and a guy named 113 00:08:04,519 --> 00:08:11,800 Hossain Tayeb, a powerful figure close to the NEPO Ayatola 114 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:16,800 the Supreme leader Machaba come Any. Those present described the 115 00:08:16,839 --> 00:08:22,759 conversation as unusually difficult and highly charged. During the meeting, 116 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:30,120 Pizzeskian accused IRGC Chief Commander Akhmad Vahidi along with Ali 117 00:08:30,279 --> 00:08:37,440 abdu Lahi, who is the commander of Central Headquarters katam 118 00:08:37,639 --> 00:08:43,039 al Anbia Central Headquarters. So the president accuses these two 119 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:51,320 IRGC top officials. The country's Armed Forces Unified Command accuses 120 00:08:51,399 --> 00:08:55,480 them of acting unilaterally and driving escalation through attacks on 121 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:00,960 regional countries, especially against their infrastructure. The president of Iran 122 00:09:01,399 --> 00:09:04,639 is like, what are you guys doing shooting these rockets 123 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:09,759 and stuff at gas facilities, oil facilities, you know, airports 124 00:09:09,799 --> 00:09:12,679 and stuff of these other Arab countries. Like you're turning 125 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,960 everybody against us. What are you doing this for? According 126 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,679 to the sources, Pozeskian said those policies had destroyed any 127 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,039 remaining chance of a ceasefire and were steering the Islamic 128 00:09:25,039 --> 00:09:30,279 Republic directly toward quote a huge catastrophe. He also warned that, 129 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,039 based on what he described as precise assessments, that Iran's 130 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,440 economy would not be able to withstand a prolonged war 131 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,440 for much longer, and that full economic collapse was inevitable 132 00:09:44,919 --> 00:09:51,559 under current conditions. See this started a while ago. It 133 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,559 started when Trump put the sanctions back on them. Their 134 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,360 currency collapsed. The people then poured into the streets protesting, 135 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,000 right they are on. 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Visit creative video dot com just 155 00:11:08,159 --> 00:11:13,039 saw this come down on the Twitter machine. New York 156 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:19,120 Post's chief DC correspondent Stephen Nelson with a scoop. The 157 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:25,279 CIA used a secret tool called ghost Murmur to find 158 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:32,679 the airmen in Iran. Ghost Murmur pairs long range quantum 159 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:40,679 magnetary magnetitometry sensors magnetometry sensors, so it pairs that long 160 00:11:40,799 --> 00:11:50,159 range quantum magnetometry sensors with AI to find human heartbeats. 161 00:11:51,000 --> 00:12:01,879 Speaker 2: That is wild and kind of terrifying. Smokes. 162 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:08,159 Speaker 1: No one's hidden, no more hiding. That's what that tells me. Like, 163 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,159 depending on how well this thing works, I mean, it 164 00:12:10,159 --> 00:12:11,279 doesn't only work outside. 165 00:12:11,279 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 2: I don't know, but. 166 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:19,279 Speaker 1: All right, So Iran International reporting on this confrontation between 167 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:25,200 the President of Iran and the IRGC leadership amid these 168 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,039 concerns that the president is saying, like you guys, you 169 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,840 know you're flinging all these rockets and missiles into our 170 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:34,360 neighboring countries, and you're escalating this and you're going to 171 00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:37,679 make it impossible for us to be able to recover. 172 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,159 The confrontation comes amid mounting evidence of a broader power 173 00:12:42,279 --> 00:12:47,080 shift inside the Islamic Republic, with military and intelligence networks 174 00:12:47,159 --> 00:12:53,960 increasingly displacing both the elected government and the traditional clerical order. 175 00:12:55,080 --> 00:13:00,639 So the IRGC is elevating itself over these others of 176 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:06,000 the governance model. A regional source familiar with internal developments 177 00:13:06,799 --> 00:13:11,039 told Iran International in February, so months ago that the 178 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,519 model of what they what they call guardianship of the jurist, 179 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,360 that model has defined the Islamic Republic for more than 180 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:25,159 four decades. They said, it's now undergoing a fundamental transformation 181 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:31,600 and even an ideological collapse. The appointment of the Nepo 182 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:36,759 Ayatola Mojaba KAMENI that that process, and I talked about 183 00:13:36,759 --> 00:13:39,799 this a couple of weeks ago when they named him, right, 184 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:44,679 that process was corrupted by the IRGC. They strong armed 185 00:13:44,799 --> 00:13:49,279 Mullah's or the Council of Experts into naming the Sun, 186 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,879 even though they weren't supposed to name the son of 187 00:13:53,919 --> 00:13:57,559 an existing Iyahtola because they don't believe in hereditary monarchies 188 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,279 and so this was a complete violation, but they were 189 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:06,639 forced to do so. On March twenty eighth, the President 190 00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:13,879 Posesskian criticized the IRGC's approach to escalating tensions and continuing 191 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:17,679 attacks on neighboring countries and warned that without a ceasefire, 192 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,480 the economy could collapse within three weeks to a month. 193 00:14:21,879 --> 00:14:24,320 So that was March twenty eighth, so we are a 194 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,399 week into this three to four week timetable that the 195 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:33,679 President of Iran told the IRGC again hard to know 196 00:14:33,759 --> 00:14:37,600 what to trust coming out of Iran, but there are 197 00:14:37,639 --> 00:14:39,559 a lot of people inside Iran that are feeding a 198 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:43,639 lot of information out of Iran as they can. The 199 00:14:43,679 --> 00:14:49,960 IRGC resisted the President's various appointments and some of his decisions. 200 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,360 They basically stripped the government of executive control and directed 201 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,559 a security barrier around the core of power, which is 202 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:02,080 the IRGC, and they are insisted that all wartime positions 203 00:15:02,159 --> 00:15:05,200 must for now be chosen and managed directly by the IRGC. 204 00:15:06,799 --> 00:15:10,480 Then there is the worsening human and logistical crisis inside 205 00:15:10,559 --> 00:15:15,240 the IRGC, as well as their militia thugs the besiege. 206 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:21,759 Over the past seventy two hours, operational forces have faced 207 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:27,279 acute shortages of basic supplies, including edible food, hygiene facilities, 208 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,639 and places to sleep. Recent strikes on infrastructure and bases 209 00:15:31,679 --> 00:15:34,559 have left a lot of guards and besiege personnel sleeping 210 00:15:34,639 --> 00:15:38,120 in the streets and sometimes only with access to a 211 00:15:38,159 --> 00:15:43,960 single meal per day. I mentioned the economy. The sanctions 212 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:50,600 that Trump put in place on Iran decimated their currency. 213 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:55,200 Their currency was devalued. It's like it's a crazy amount 214 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,559 of like what they're I think it's the real it's 215 00:15:57,639 --> 00:16:01,000 like a billion reals to a dollar or something, and 216 00:16:01,039 --> 00:16:02,200 so they're hemorrhaging this money. 217 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:02,799 Speaker 2: And then. 218 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,919 Speaker 1: There was a widespread disruption a day or two ago 219 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:16,480 in the computer network of Bank Sepah, a major Iranian 220 00:16:16,519 --> 00:16:19,679 owned government owned bank that is tied to the IRGC. 221 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,720 Sources told Iran International. The disruption on Sunday left the 222 00:16:24,799 --> 00:16:29,200 bank unable to pay the salaries of the IRGC personnel 223 00:16:29,399 --> 00:16:34,919 along with military officials. How long do you think folks 224 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,720 like that are going to stand around waiting on a 225 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:42,039 drone strike to take them out right if they're not 226 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:47,919 getting paid. Iran went on, as they're they're executing more 227 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,919 people they're prisoners. They executed five men over the past week. 228 00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:55,200 These were protesters that took to the street for liberty 229 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:01,960 and they were all hanged. The jurist, the Mullah jurists 230 00:17:02,639 --> 00:17:04,839 are saying we need to streamline our process. There was 231 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,839 a video that was sent out that they're like, we 232 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,400 need to be doing more executions faster, faster, which is 233 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,559 one of the signs by the way of a collapsing regime. 234 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:18,559 Then there is this statement from doctor Enat Wilf. She 235 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:24,000 is the chair and founder of the OZ Party in Israel. 236 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,000 She says the US is forcing Iran to confront the 237 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:34,680 central question that Kissinger once framed. Is Iran a state 238 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:40,039 or is it a cause? 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So Iran is having a ton of 269 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:34,839 problems feeding and supplying their troops. They've got severe shortages 270 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:40,720 of ammunition, water, and food, according to Iran International, growing 271 00:19:40,799 --> 00:19:46,359 numbers of desertions in the regular army and in some 272 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:52,559 of these missile units, the IRGC missile units as well. 273 00:19:52,799 --> 00:19:58,440 Trey yinst from Fox News reports that the US conducted 274 00:19:58,559 --> 00:20:03,720 B two bomber strike on an underground IRGC headquarters in 275 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:10,680 Tehran during the rescue of the downed airmen. So they 276 00:20:10,759 --> 00:20:15,519 dropped bunker buster bombs. Multiple B two s flew thirty 277 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:19,000 six hours round trip from Whiteman Air Force Base, ordered 278 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,000 by Sentcom Commander Admiral Brad Cooper. The facility was destroyed 279 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,240 a bunch of senior IRGC commanders presumed to be dead. 280 00:20:31,319 --> 00:20:34,839 Israel took out the heads of all three major intelligence 281 00:20:34,839 --> 00:20:38,839 agencies of the Islamic Republic within a month. Major sorry 282 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:44,559 Majid Kademi, head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, was killed yesterday. 283 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,359 Over the past month, they also took out Ismael Katib, 284 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:54,839 the Minister of Intelligence, and Golam Reza REZAIAII on because 285 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,720 how he pronounces that or did, head of the Greater 286 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:07,440 Tehran Police intelligence Organization. Al Jazeera reported yesterday that the 287 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:11,640 US pilot rescue operation may have been covered to steal 288 00:21:11,839 --> 00:21:16,400 enriched uranium, according to the Iran Foreign Ministry, so that's 289 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:22,960 what they are telling their people. Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned 290 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,400 on Tuesday their response to the US could extend beyond 291 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:33,240 the region and target energy infrastructure, saying previous restraint had ended. 292 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:36,960 From now on, all these considerations have been lifted, the 293 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:39,359 IRGC said in a statement. It said it would act 294 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,960 against US and partner infrastructure in a way that would 295 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,680 deprive them of the region's oil and gas resources for years. 296 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:50,839 Regional partners of the US should know that Iran has 297 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,079 exercised restraint due to good neighborly relations. 298 00:21:54,319 --> 00:21:55,559 Speaker 2: That was what restraint looked like. 299 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: Send sending cluster munitions into neighborhoods in Gulf Arab states, 300 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:09,799 that's restraint for them. Trump outside of the White House 301 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:14,839 yesterday he was asked about arming the Iranian people, and 302 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,880 he said guns were supposed to go to the protesters, 303 00:22:18,519 --> 00:22:21,000 but a certain group of people kept them. I am 304 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,720 very upset. They are going to pay a big price 305 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:24,000 for that. 306 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 2: The Kurds. Yeah, that's the Kurds. 307 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: So apparently we did try to give weapons to the 308 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,400 people of Iran, and we apparently tried to send it 309 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:43,440 through the Kurds, and the Kurds kept the weapons. Meanwhile, 310 00:22:43,519 --> 00:22:47,839 in Turkey, sorry Turquia, as they want it pronounced now. 311 00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:52,440 Istanbul specifically, the governor of Istanbul said there was an 312 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,519 attack on our police officers. As a result of the attack, 313 00:22:55,559 --> 00:22:58,079 two of our officers were slightly injured, one of the 314 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:03,880 terrorists was killed, to others neutralized. This attack occurred at 315 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,440 the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, but. 316 00:23:08,079 --> 00:23:11,039 Speaker 2: The consulate was not staffed. It wasn't anybody there. 317 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:17,039 Speaker 1: Reports indicate the Al Jubail industrial city in Saudi Arabia 318 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:22,240 on fire after Iranian strikes. Israel and the US carried 319 00:23:22,279 --> 00:23:26,759 out strikes on Karg Island, targeting military installations including a 320 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:30,359 radar station, a base, and docking facilities there. I think 321 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:35,519 the last count I saw was fifty hits on Krg Island. 322 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,720 A bridge on the Tabriz Zanjan Highway in northwest Iran 323 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,039 was hit in an attack by US and Israeli forces. 324 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,119 A strike hit the Yayabad railway bridge near Kashan in 325 00:23:50,279 --> 00:23:56,440 central Iran. Additionally, Iranians report strikes against Tabriz railway lines, 326 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,599 the Miane railway lines, a bunch of other railway Okay, 327 00:23:59,599 --> 00:24:02,880 there's like six of them there. Iran had canceled all 328 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:10,079 trains from running after Israel gave them the warning, which 329 00:24:10,079 --> 00:24:14,559 I'm sure Iran would totally do to all of their neighbors. 330 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:25,640 Fires burned at petrochemical facilities in Assaluja after airstrikes. Reports 331 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:30,359 said the Zagros, Mobin and Dama Vaned petrochemical complex were 332 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:35,440 among the sites hit. Those were Iranian petrochemical facilities. The 333 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:41,079 IDF struck another complex petrochemical complex in Shiraz, one of 334 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:47,920 the few facilities that produces materials for explosives and ballistic missiles. Separately, 335 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,240 the air force the Israeli Air Force hit a northwestern 336 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:54,559 missile site used to launch dozens of missiles at Israel. 337 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:01,519 The IRGC military site near Kaamalak, western Tabriz was hit 338 00:25:01,559 --> 00:25:05,279 by airstrikes on Monday as well, the IDF set it 339 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:08,240 carried out a large scale strike on Tehran airports, targeting 340 00:25:08,279 --> 00:25:13,400 dozens of Air Force and IRGC aircraft planes, helicopters, military infrastructure. 341 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,279 IDF also blew up the regime's Air Force munitions facility 342 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:25,720 in Boucher, Iran, and also reportedly bombed Iran's Aerospace Research 343 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:33,319 Institute headquarters, also in Tehran. They also struck the Sharif 344 00:25:33,559 --> 00:25:37,319 University of Technology, which by the way, that school is 345 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:42,880 under EU sanction. It lists it as a central repository 346 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,200 for nuclear research in the field of ballistic missile research 347 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,920 and production. It cooperates with the sanctioned Aerospace Industries Organization, 348 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,359 which oversees Iran's ballistic missile program on behalf of the 349 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:59,680 Ministry of Defense. It cooperates with the IRGC supports other activities. 350 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:05,920 So that's why they hit this University of Technology. Semaphore 351 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,480 reporting that Saudi Arabia advised companies to keep staff out 352 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,079 of Riyad's main financial district over concerns it could be targeted. 353 00:26:14,799 --> 00:26:18,079 The IDF says several drones were launched from Yemen towards 354 00:26:18,079 --> 00:26:22,240 southern Israel. Some of them were intercepted, lost contact and 355 00:26:22,279 --> 00:26:25,880 may have crashed for the others, no injuries or damage reported. 356 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,920 Six officers from the IRGC were killed in the Speedan 357 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,960 district in an attack carried out by a US helicopter. 358 00:26:35,839 --> 00:26:40,519 This may have been during the rescue operation. Okay, so 359 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,720 there is a rundown of how all of this indicates 360 00:26:44,759 --> 00:26:47,759 we are losing, right, I mean, that's obvious. Iran is 361 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:51,079 totally winning this thing. Guys, all right, if you're listening 362 00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:52,680 to this show, you know I try to keep up 363 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,480 with all sorts of current events, and I know you 364 00:26:54,519 --> 00:26:56,960 do too, and you've probably heard me say, get your 365 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,880 news from multiple sources. Why, Well, because it's how you 366 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,920 detect media bias, which is why I've been so impressed 367 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,680 with ground News. It's an app, and it's a website, 368 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:10,480 and it combines news from around the world in one place, 369 00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:13,799 so you can compare coverage and verify information. You can 370 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,599 check it out at check dot ground, dot news slash pete. 371 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,279 I put the link in the podcast description too. 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Let me get to some of the messages 383 00:27:56,839 --> 00:28:00,480 here on the text line, Oh, I mean hang on, 384 00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:03,160 let me write that Mike okay, uh, I think I 385 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:09,440 already read Mike's though and answered that I did yes, 386 00:28:09,759 --> 00:28:16,319 uh from rob liars are gonna lie indeed indeed? 387 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 2: Mm. 388 00:28:20,279 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, So the Iranians are telling people and children come 389 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,599 out and be the human shield. It sounds like Country 390 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,400 Joe and the Fish, be the first one on your 391 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,880 block to have your kid come home in a box. Yeah, 392 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,480 and that's I mean, but that is what the you know, 393 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:44,200 apocalyptic death cult, that's what they're about. And by the way, 394 00:28:44,759 --> 00:28:50,279 think of this also what happens if you don't If 395 00:28:50,319 --> 00:28:52,839 the IRGC knows that you live in the area and 396 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,880 you did not come out to act as a human 397 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,839 shield as a sacrifice, then do they just come and 398 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:05,240 kill you? After regarding Alexander Pete, when you said he 399 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:12,119 gets a couple of views, you weren't lying literally too. Yeah, 400 00:29:12,119 --> 00:29:15,559 Shua says, rules for thee but not for me, cry 401 00:29:15,599 --> 00:29:18,839 the wicked who presupposed the self restraint and goodness of 402 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,519 others who have had enough of the evil end of 403 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:32,440 the cruel to This is from Kevin Pete. I was 404 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,799 surprised how many foundries, metal processing plants, and metal mining 405 00:29:35,839 --> 00:29:39,039 there is in Iran. Destroying these and every piece of 406 00:29:39,079 --> 00:29:42,119 mining equipment will further destroy their ability to produce weapons 407 00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:45,119 without hurting the general public. Yeah, and so people keep 408 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,039 asking like, well, what comes next, you know, what's after 409 00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:48,839 this and all that? 410 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 2: And I don't know, Okay, I have no idea. 411 00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: However, if I had to guess, I would guess it 412 00:29:56,039 --> 00:30:00,440 would be something like we leave it up to Israel 413 00:30:01,079 --> 00:30:06,720 and the Arab countries to do this thing that they 414 00:30:06,759 --> 00:30:11,759 call that the Israelis call mowing the lawn, which means 415 00:30:12,039 --> 00:30:14,680 every so often they come in and they wiped out 416 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,799 a whole bunch of other IRGC leadership, and that just 417 00:30:18,839 --> 00:30:21,799 becomes sort of a normal thing that they are doing, 418 00:30:23,319 --> 00:30:26,759 because that is a that that's a tactic that the 419 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:30,160 Israelis have been doing with these other uh, with the 420 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:37,599 Iranian proxy jihadist groups like Hesbala. Jen says, uh, you 421 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,200 handled Alexander the terrible very well. Way to go, Thank you, 422 00:30:40,279 --> 00:30:43,039 Jen Pete. When you say that was a caller in 423 00:30:43,079 --> 00:30:47,000 the last hour, I believe when you say the Mullahs, 424 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,519 what do you mean? Those are the clerics, the guys 425 00:30:50,519 --> 00:30:53,359 that you know, dress in the black robe and they 426 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,400 got the big thing on their heads, a turban looking thing, 427 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,799 you know, and so they all sit around, but they 428 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:03,359 like they're the ones because it's like this hybrid integrated 429 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,960 theocracy with the civilian government. 430 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 2: Right. 431 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: But then there they got their hands in all of 432 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,240 these different companies and they set you know, they set 433 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,680 the rules like women have to wear the head coverings 434 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,759 and all that stuff. So like that's the mullahs a 435 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:24,640 mulla is the is the cleric. The Iatola that Trump 436 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,559 killed even said his son would never be a ruler, right, 437 00:31:27,599 --> 00:31:29,680 he's just not cut not cut out for Yeah. That 438 00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:32,839 was one of the reports early on was that the 439 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,720 Iatola Kamane who got taken out on the first day 440 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,279 that he had said his son is not to be 441 00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:46,319 the iatola. You know, no hereditary monarchy kind of a 442 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,359 system and no, and he's just not cut out for 443 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:55,039 the gig. Brenda says that caller who keeps changing his name, 444 00:31:55,119 --> 00:31:58,000 I think he was very disrespectful to you and Brett, 445 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,799 that makes me angry. It's okay to disagree, but be respectful. Yeah, 446 00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:03,960 And that's the thing too. And I've got some of 447 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,079 these folks on the UH on the text line as well, 448 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,920 like if if you want to actually have a conversation 449 00:32:10,039 --> 00:32:13,519 and try to persuade people to your view, like that's 450 00:32:13,559 --> 00:32:16,359 not the way to go about doing it. I'm perfectly 451 00:32:17,279 --> 00:32:22,079 willing and actually prefer to have a debate or a 452 00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:28,119 discussion where we disagree, but it's on ideas, it's on philosophy, 453 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,519 it's on policies. But if you're just gonna come at 454 00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:35,720 me with personal insults like well again, I can, I can, 455 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,839 I can argue with you in that regard to I 456 00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:39,839 don't prefer it, but I am equipped to do so. 457 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:47,559 Jenny in Gastonia says Pete. Your second language is definitely Persian. 458 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,599 Hooked on phonics worked for you. I think I'm doing 459 00:32:51,599 --> 00:32:58,880 a fantastic job with the pronunciations. What else, Oh, speaking 460 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:03,440 of the proxies, Israeli troops have now completed the capture 461 00:33:04,119 --> 00:33:08,920 of an eight to ten kilometer deep strip of southern Lebanon. 462 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,400 So while Israel has been using all of this air 463 00:33:12,519 --> 00:33:16,640 power over Iran and helping US rescue our airmen with 464 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,000 two commando units that they sent to help, they have 465 00:33:20,119 --> 00:33:25,680 also been invading Lebanon. So Lebanon is on the northern 466 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,799 border of Israel, and Hezbala controls the southern part of 467 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,319 Lebanon along the Israeli border, which that's the area that 468 00:33:34,359 --> 00:33:37,160 they have been launching all of these rockets and missiles 469 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,119 from so Israel is. 470 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 2: Like, you know what, mow the lawn. And so they 471 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:43,880 went up into Lebanon. 472 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: They've been up there for like two weeks, three weeks now, 473 00:33:47,079 --> 00:33:50,160 and they have now secured an area eight to ten 474 00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:56,680 kilometers wide, basically a buffer zone across their border with Lebanon. 475 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:58,720 I don't know how far up they're going to keep pushing, 476 00:33:58,759 --> 00:34:01,839 because on you get far and up and there is 477 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,519 an actual government in the northern part of Lebanon. The 478 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,920 southern part is has Bala controlled, and that was sort 479 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,880 of their deal, you know, they're kind of like, okay, 480 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,679 you take that area and leave us alone, kind of 481 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:16,280 an idea. So Israel has been very successful there. They 482 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,320 deployed along a ridgeline running roughly parallel to their border. 483 00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:22,639 The military also said that a fifth division, the elite 484 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,119 ninety eighth Paratroopers Division, had joined the fighting against Hisbala 485 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:31,039 in southern Lebanon as well. And then Amit Siegaal, who 486 00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:36,239 is an Israeli journalist, citing one of his sources in 487 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,480 the government who told him the next twenty four hours 488 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,880 are the most decisive. 489 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 2: In the war. 490 00:34:42,559 --> 00:34:45,119 Speaker 1: If it were up to the political leadership in Iran, 491 00:34:45,599 --> 00:34:48,679 there would have been a ceasefire long ago. There is 492 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:53,159 doubt about their control though, which is another piece of 493 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:57,280 evidence as I reported earlier that the Iranian leadership has 494 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:02,599 split and the IRGC is in control. All right, that'll 495 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:05,239 do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. 496 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,519 I could not do the show without your support and 497 00:35:07,559 --> 00:35:10,280 the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, 498 00:35:10,639 --> 00:35:12,719 so if you'd like, please support them too and tell 499 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,440 them you heard it here. You can also become a 500 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,159 patron at my Patreon page or go to dpecleanershow dot com. Again, 501 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,960 thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything 502 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,679 while I'm gone.