Discussion on War and Negotiations

How did it lead to war again?

Did your handling of things lead to war again?

Honestly, it wasn't my handling.

But sir, if we had continued the war, it would have been better.

With all due respect,

the decision is not up to you and me. And it's a good thing it isn't.

Was it predicted by some in the country? No. Panic had set in…

it had fallen for three, four, five hours.

Mr. Busaidi called me first from Washington, then from there.

Netanyahu had said many times that there is an unfinished job,

an unfinished task remains.

Did you hear they pulled Mr. Hejazi out of the rubble?

As I was leaving Mr. Hejazi's, I asked," Is he here?" He said," No." Oh!

They hit here. Oh!

But the negotiators' credibility

is ruined when you keep negotiating and war keeps breaking out.

Have you ever attended

a meeting where you thought at any moment the whole meeting might blow up?

We won't broadcast this for now. I doubt we can broadcast it.

Do you think negotiation is a deception? Very well, don't be deceived.

One of the senior military commanders was a bit offended.

He said,' Sir, why does he keep saying every time," let no one be deceived"?

We are not going to be deceived, we are fully prepared.'

I don't consider this coincidence of multiple meetings to be natural.

Mr. Shamkhani's meeting was a target,

Mr. Shirazi's office was a target,

Mr. Hejazi's office was a target.

Nothing can destroy the Islamic Republic except meetings.

We don't say this unless the cost of not fighting is higher than the cost

of fighting. If we had accepted that, wouldn't there have been a war?

If we had given the enemy what they wanted in the nuclear issue,

meaning we had established a pattern where whenever they wanted something from the

Islamic Republic,

they would come, strike, and destroy, and the Islamic Republic would say,' Okay,

come and take whatever you want,' this shouldn't have happened.

The perception really was that this place is like Venezuela.

When the region's infrastructure started getting hit,

they finally realized that war is war.

Well, we should have hit the infrastructure sooner.

Wasn't there a scenario for what to do if they hit the leadership?

So, was this anticipated? It even had a code. But in the meeting…

no one had the heart to say it.

If we had such an upper hand,

then why did we accept the ceasefire?

Can you just fight and end it with war?

You're behind their tent, can you go and burn it down? Well, get there then.

If we calculate the ceasefire,

if we had done it ten days earlier…

You had Larijani, you had Khatib, you had Assaluyeh, you had Mobarakeh Steel.

I'm saying those

15 days might make them more hopeless so they won't come back next time.

You can't make decisions based on' mays' and' shoulds'. It was certain.

There are no' ifs' and' buts'.

You can't gamble with the country's fate, with people's lives.

Well, I'm asking, did the military agree?

Actually, the military was the main driver.

So the ceasefire is up to Mr. Mojtaba, right?

Is this tea for drinking or is it a stage prop?

No, please drink it, it's getting cold. Yeah.