Iran's Perspective on Current War

received a request to reject it.

We would like for our voice to reach the ears of people in Western countries.

It's Western media that don't like our voice to be heard.

There's nothing we do that's indefensible and outside the values of humanity

that we would wanna cover up or not discuss.

Let's talk about this war.

Where do you see Iran in this juncture of the war?

Do you see yourself as winning? Are you in control?

Certainly, victory is on our side.

After the defeat of America's two main objectives, the toppling of the

leadership and the breaking up of Iran, we saw confusion and

bewilderment in America.

It became a war without a strategy.

Every two or three days, they announced a new objective.

For several nights, they said they want to invade Kharg

Island.

They said they wanna open the Strait of Hormuz.

They mobilized their battleships.

Everything they tried, we can show how we were victorious.

In your view,

is it inevitable that Iran has won?

No, we have not yet reached our final

objective. This is clear.

Up until now, we are victorious. In the future, we will continue to be

victorious. The longer this war lasts, the more experience we

gain. We had never seen a real war to gain real

experience,

to learn how to fight with America.

In these five months, we have learned how.

We have also seen how the American military is weaker than what we perceived.

Is it Iran's objective to drag out this war, to maybe

wait until Mr. Trump is out of office?

Look, we have to attain deterrence so that the enemy never dares to attack

us, so we can live with security. One way is to prolong this war

until we get to the next term of the presidency and cause attrition,

so that if anyone else wants to attack Iran, they will know there is a

cost.

Um, this week, on at least two occasions, maybe more,

Iranian forces attacked non-military

ships that were trying to cross through the Strait of Hormuz.

What is Iran's objective in attacking civilian ships?

When we are at war,

vessels need to pass through a region we can control.

When they leave an area that we control, it could be that they're transporting

supplies for the enemy.

Do you not see that as a violation of international

law, attacking civilian ships?

When you're in a state of war, any

thoroughfare deemed to be a threat, we can control it.

This is international law. Anywhere in the world where there is war,

this law exists.

One of your most effective weapons in this war, uh, has been your

missiles and your drones. Reports said before the war

you had about 3,000 to 4,000 missiles.

How many missiles do you have in your stockpile right now?

First of all, we are not reliant on missiles and drones.

If we are victorious, we relied on our faith to be victorious.

God is with us.

As for our missiles, the Americans and the Zionists always wanna count our

missiles. First of all, the number of missiles we manufacture

every day

is more than the number we launch.

In a country this vast, we can make them wherever we want.

Where are you making them? Is it deep underground?

We do it in different ways. We have various ways to manufacture them

securely. Rest assured, even if this war lasts for

years, until the last day, Iran's rockets will be launched.

I will make this point, and this is more important than missiles.

If there comes a day when Iran has no more missiles left,

that's when we

will be even more dangerous for America.

How would you be more dangerous?

Because America has thousands of economic interests throughout the world, and

all of them can be easily destroyed.

Military officers often put themselves in the

place of their rivals and the enemy to maybe predict what

they're

gonna do. Put yourself in Pete Hegseth's

place. What is he thinking? What is your prediction as

to what he might do?

I will never put

myself in his place. He is a criminal who killed

168 innocent children. Not only do these people not

work for the benefit of humanity, they don't even work for America.

They work for their own interests.

As soon as the stock market closes, they start hostilities.

When the stock market opens, they send positive messages to raise stock

prices. All the while, they are buying and selling the stocks

themselves. If I was in the place of the American

Congress, I

would call for an investigative committee to compare the assets of Mr.

Trump, his family, and his inner circle before the war

to their assets after the war.

Many observers say Iran has put up a strong fight,

but that America has one weapon that Iran doesn't,

and that's a nuclear bomb.

In your view, how likely is it for America to

use a nuclear bomb?

Naturally, it can end up being a mistake for them.

The morning after they use a bomb, all of America's military bases

around the world would be occupied.

Today, things are different than World War II.

The people of the world have awakened.

No one in the world will allow for such a crime to be committed, because the

next time it could be themselves.

Washington has long claimed that Iran is a threat to Israel.

Israel says Iran wants to build a bomb to destroy

Israel. Does Iran want to destroy Israel?

Iran has only one thing to say about occupied Palestine, and this is

something our martyred leader has also said.

The leadership there must be chosen based on a majority vote by the people who are

connected to that land. This will certainly not be done with a

nuclear

bomb, but we certainly prefer if the Zionist regime did not

exist. Just

like the previous South African regime, an apartheid and White supremacist

regime that was discarded by the people, the same thing must happen

in Palestine.

Iranians are often seen, uh, shouting the slogan,

"Death to America," and many American politicians point

to that slogan and say Iran wants to destroy America.

Look, we have no enmity with the people of

America

So what does that slogan mean?

The meaning of death to America means death to America's leadership, a

leadership that has invaded or violated more than 70 countries since

becoming a

superpower.

Increasingly, many observers inside Iran and outside say

that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, America would

not attack it, that it would be a deterrent.

Is the Revolutionary Guard, is Iran even discussing the

possibility of pursuing a nuclear bomb?

I will say this clearly. Our nuclear bomb is the hearts of the

people of the

world that we won fighting oppression.

Islamic values and the divine values of the Islamic Revolution are

taking over the world. There is no need for nuclear bombs.

There is no need for slaughter.

After the death of the late Supreme Leader, his son, Mojtaba

Khamenei, was appointed Supreme Leader.

But during this war, he has never been seen in

public. Can you tell us why?

The strategy belongs to him. Our enemy is criminal and doesn't

abide by any law.

So is it, is it because of security reasons?

Naturally, it is due to security. Certainly, there is no other reason.

Have you seen him?

Let's leave this matter alone.

Uh, Commander Naqdi, thank you very much for your time.

You're welcome. I, too, thank you.