French → English transcript

Always, as always…

This is not the first time that the Iranians have protested against this regime,

that they have called for the fall of this regime, and this is not the first time

et ce n'est pas la première fois que les bains de sang sont les réponses que

the Islamic Republic gives to the Iranians.

The images that are reaching us are heartbreaking. I cannot even put into words…

Je n'arrive même pas à exprimer...

put into words my feelings when I see the mothers… Yesterday I

saw a mother who was crying over the body of her…

her child and who was saying:“ Wake up, stand up! ” It tore my heart apart.

» Ça m'a déchiré le cœur. Je partage évidemment votre émotion...

at a moment when everything can tip over, these hours are crucial.

Maybe there will be intervention or not.

It is actually very difficult to speak, no one can do it, Obviously you

have both the skills and the commitment to do it on behalf of the Iranians.

We have heard a lot, I would like to maybe already bring up this topic,

We have heard a lot, I would like to maybe already bring up this topic,

many journalists in particular or specialists talking about the possibility or not

ou de spécialistes évoquer l'éventualité ou pas d'un retour ou en tous les

of a return or in any case an arrival of the Shah’s son, Reza Pahlavi.

Some to condemn it, others not. How do you see such…

I mean such interference, that is to

say once again we put ourselves in the place of the Iranian people? That is exactly

the French- style paternalism that obviously revolts me.

I really do not understand how a journalist or so- called experts who

do not even know the Iranian context,

avec les Iraniens, se permettent d'aller sur

les différents plateaux télévisés et être

méprisants avec le choix du peuple. Aujourd'hui,

selon ce que nous voyons, ce que nous entendons, selon ce que mes

according to what my investigations reveal to me, it is that Iranians have

c'est que les Iraniens se sont solidarisés derrière une seule figure qui est

le fils du Shah d'Iran. Est-ce que c'est un bon choix ?

Is that a good choice? Is it a bad choice? No one can answer you. But we can tell

you one thing: today, it is the choice of a majority of Iranians.

Obviously, Reza Pahlavi, the prince, is not unanimously supported,

which is completely normal because Iranian society is a pluralistic society,

there are all kinds of currents,

but what I have been able to observe through the testimony

of the people with whom I am in contact,

of a vast network with who I was in touch with before the… the internet shutdown,

qui j'étais en relation avant le... la coupure de

and today I still continue to get some information

information

The problem is that Iranians have decided

to stand in solidarity

behind Reza Pahlavi because they felt that the reason why the previous protest

ont estimé que la raison pour laquelle les anciens mouvements de contestation qui

movements that were strong and massive failed is that they did not have a leader.

Today, they have chosen

their leader. Who are we, the French, to judge, to look down on the choice of

mépriser le choix d'un peuple courageux qui est à mains nues devant des armées,

not one army but the regime’s armies, the regime’s proxies,

the regime’s mercenaries, all armed to the teeth,

they are in the process of losing their lives, and we, in France,

we allow ourselves to look down on them by saying… we treat them like children:

“ They are a people who do not know what they want and who

why they are…”

We do not know what the Iranians want.

The only thing they want today is that they chant the name of Reza Pahlavi.

scandent le nom de Reza Pahlavi. C'est-à-dire quoi ?

It means they have chosen their leader.

What is more important than that?

As long as the Iranians had not spoken out,

silencieux, on pouvait deviner, parler à leur place. Mais aujourd'hui,

But today, no one, not even me, who is in contact with them,

has the right to speak in their place because they are in the

process of speaking for themselves,

of shouting themselves in the streets of Iran.

They say“ Down with the dictator,”“ Down with the Islamic Republic ” and“ Javid

Shah,”“ Long live the King.” So the message

is clear.