Military Struggles and Political Accountability

His words. And then they turn around and blame the military.

What is the poor military supposed to do?

Mr. Alizadeh, how is a

military officer supposed to fight on 20 million a month, Mr. Alizadeh?

How are we supposed to say this?

I said this back in December too, and I'm saying it now.

Our ministries' administrative staff,

who are counter- revolutionaries,

who watch Iran International, were leaking information in this war.

Look at the espionage cases in this war, how many of them were ministry

staff and administrative personnel.

Many of them received salaries and benefits of 50, 60 million or more

during this war,

while the military personnel blown to pieces at the launcher get 20 million,

or under 20 million, and how much bonus did they give them? How much overtime?

They still haven't even settled with many of them.

And then the president of the country has to talk like this?

So where are we supposed to take this pain?

And he even acts like he's doing a favor to...

Where in the world do they fight like this?

You should coat these kids in gold.

By God, even that wouldn't be enough.

If the Israelis had these martyrdom- seeking forces at our launchers,

they would be ruling the region now.

By God, they would be ruling like kings.

If the Americans had these martyrdom- seeking forces, forget this region,

they would've ruined China by now.

What are we standing against America with? Is our technology superior?

Is our power superior?

These kids are fighting the enemy with their own bodies.

And yet they take hits from the military…

from politicians, media, intellectuals, professors, and on the streets.

How much can a person take?

Many of them still haven't come out of those tunnels.

We've had cases where 40 of our boys suffocated in those tunnels because the

Israelis hit the entrances and exits,

and they suffocated and were martyred there.

By God, these are unprecedented in history…

in our own history, let alone history…