Iran Challenges Trump Over Control of Strait of Hormuz (with Hussain Albukhaiti)

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And they can see and the world can see who really controls it, right? So if the Trump regime really controls the Strait of Hormuz and if it's true what the Trump regime says that more oil is getting out of the Strait of Hormuz now than before the war started, which makes very little sense. Why is it that on Monday and Tuesday the Trump regime announced that it will be offering up to 40 million barrels of crude oil from the strategic patrols? Currently, there's only about 283.8 million barrels left in the strategic petroleum reserve. That's the lowest level since 1982. And this marks the 27th consecutive weekly decline, putting inventories down more than 132 million barrels from their high. So why is that? So why is that happening if more oil is getting out from the Strait of Hormuz than from before the war? Also, why is the 30-year Treasury note yield rising above 5.6% for the first time since June 2002? The bond market doesn't seem to be buying what the Trump regime is selling. All bluff, all bark, no bite, all fraud. That's the Trump regime. That's another 36 basis. On the 30-year note yield, this month alone, folks, 8% mortgages will likely be arriving next week, maybe the end of this week. Now, going back to that IRGC spokesperson's press conference, he also addressed the claims from the Trump regime and the Netanyahu regime that Iran is about to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program. Netanyahu has been meeting with MBC. The president of the United Arab Emirates and also top Saudi officials over the past week or so. And Netanyahu saying Iran is developing nuclear weapons at Pickaxe Mountain. Iran is about to strike Israel. We need to do a peremptory strike against Iran immediately. And multiple people who have been at these meetings between Netanyahu, between the leaders of UAE and Saudi Arabia are saying this is what Netanyahu is telling the Trump. And other leaders in the region. We need to strike Iran immediately. And the IRGC spokesperson is saying, how is it that Netanyahu and other American leaders have been saying essentially that we were going to be developing nuclear weapons imminently for the past multiple decades, yet we don't have the nuclear weapons? Does that make any sense at all? Also, top Iranian officials like Moshe Razai, who's the top advisor to Mojtaba. Khomeini, the Ayatollah and other top Iranian leaders are saying they see no chance of ever doing a deal with Donald Trump, not just before the midterm elections, not just this year, but ever. They say that Donald Trump is someone who you are just incapable of doing a deal with. He lies. He commits fraud. He's a maniac. He's all over the place. He can't be trusted at all. And Iran told Qatari mediators, look, we're happy to go back to the. Memorandum of understanding that was previously signed between Iran and the United States. Donald Trump signed it. Iran's President Pazeshkin signed it. We'll do the MOU, but we're not going to move away from those terms. We're not going to make concessions. Yeah, the United States media may be propagandizing the people in the United States who no longer buy it anymore. And there's a lot of worldwide propaganda saying the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz. But the actual data. Reveals the contrary. And, you know, we just feel confident in our position is essentially what Iran is saying at this point. I mean, here's what we're learning about these Netanyahu meetings. Netanyahu is sharing purported Israeli intelligence with MBZ, the leader of UAE, showing that Iran is resuming nuclear progress, including new construction at Pickaxe Mountain, 140 miles south of Tehran. He also told this meeting, which included Saudi security officials. That he was going to be also dealing with issues regarding the Houthis, regarding Bab al-Mandab, regarding the Strait of Hormuz. And so Netanyahu is, you know, at it again right there. And as this one account says, I have a question for all the geniuses out there. Look, if oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz and the Saudi East-West pipeline is operational, then why is Donald Trump releasing another 40 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? The math just ain't mathing. Can somebody help me understand this? And I also want to point out this story. It's getting more and more weird. The event that took place at the Royal Air Force Base in the UK at Fairford. Apparently, this purported plot was foiled when one of the alleged suspects phoned the police on himself. And so a farmer driving home in the early hours of Sunday morning saw the van surrounded by these men. Alerted police at 1.36 a.m. However, the Times understands the authorities were already on the scene by then because the suspect had called nearly one hour earlier. It's why I said I want to monitor very carefully what's happening there because we heard a lot of international media and media here in the United States also trying to link this to Iran. It's very close, right, to the Air Force Base that's used by the U.S. to strike Iran. And so I said I want to get more data here given all of the developments. Now, as I noted before, apparently Netanyahu was speaking to MBZ of UAE and Saudi officials about Ansarallah, the Houthis. And I want to see what's going on there right now. I mean, last we learned, the Ansarallah, the Houthis, were moving east after pretty much taking all over western Yemen and controlling the Bab el-Mandab Strait over there. We heard that certain schools in Riyadh have been canceled. A lot of information that seems to be all over the place, let's just say, from officials saying, well, the east-west pipeline is working in Saudi Arabia. But when you actually look at the satellite footage, it looks like the pumping stations are still very seriously damaged. And it's always like sources close are saying. And so is this a massive effort for market manipulation? I want to bring in Hussein al-Bukhari. Hussein al-Bukhari is a pro-Houthi journalist reporting from Sanaa. His brother, also, Muhammad al-Bukhari, is a top official in Ansarallah, who is a governor and is also part of the political bureau. And so Hussein al-Bukhari is very connected. And I want to ask him some questions about what he is observing in Sanaa, what his perspective of these developments are, what his perspective is of Donald Trump's United Nations. And I want to ask him some questions about what he is observing in Sanaa, what his perspective of these developments are, what his perspective of these developments are, what his perspective of these developments are. And I want to ask him some questions about what he is observing in Sanaa, what his perspective of these developments are. I want to bring in Hussein al-Bukhari right now, pro-Houthi journalist. Here's my interview with him. Now I want to bring in pro-Houthi reporter Hussein al-Bukhari. We previously had Hussein on, and we're getting another update of what's actually going on in Sanaa from Hussein's perspective. It's good to see you again. I want to get your perspective, and you're also very well connected to the top-level leaders within Ansarala. We say Houthis here, but Ansarala, I mean, your brother's one of the top kind of governors over there. So you're in the know. You're in these discussions. That's awesome. You're at the highest level, and you're a top reporter out there in Sanaa. I want to get your perspective and what you're hearing, how Ansarala viewed Donald Trump's appearance before the United Nations, and what you observed when President Xi Jinping of China visited the White House and Trump rolled out the red carpet. Is that something being discussed, both how Trump acted at the United Nations and President Xi at the White House? I would be interested in the perspective from Ansarala. Yeah, I mean, it was clearly that Trump at the United Nations, he kept just repeating his lies. I mean, what war that he has stopped, and as well, creating a nation like Iran in the United Nations. totally ignoring uh the the i mean people around the world i mean they know what he has done they know that he's the one who's affecting the lives of millions of people especially in in in the middle east and we see him as well since he took power he keep attacking and countries like allies like britain like as well uh canada but when it come to china we've seen that he's rolling like those red car but i mean we can say this fine i mean it's like we can consider it as a state visit but he look like uh some of his behavior that's actually made us a lot here like in sanaa laugh at trump uh when he uh after the president of china has gone out of his plane and then that uh b2 or i didn't know that uh united states uh fighter jet or what they call him b2 i mean trump he brought it there he thought he was scared that guy and trump was looking at it like a child and trying to tell him oh have you seen what we have i mean he totally ignored a trump i mean china knows everything about the united states i mean china is building their their own army so it is exactly actually what we say here is like a child now who is in control a stupid child actually who is in control of the of the white house one of the most powerful uh countries someone who keeps threatening country that he will annihilate iran he will wipe out uh uh iran and as well uh keep lying about uh uh his his uh peace process and ending war so i think that uh it should be like the the united the people in the united states actually they should uh at one point i don't know uh to change him through election or or by from the uh congress or the um at the senate and one of the main thing that's actually damaging the united states just imagine launching a war without any green light from the congress or the senate this is actually against the institution of the united states and all that to help a foreign country like israel in their war so united states it cost them billions of dollars and it damaged their reputation in those act of war that that are totally illegal let me ask you you mentioned the u.s constant attacks of canada and of nato has that surprised you and others in ansarala that that would take place this way you know you you mentioned you know does that how does that make ansarala perceive the united states from your discussions when trump attacks canada and attract and attacks nato and countries that the u.s used to be allied with actually what what was clearly that uh trump uh he he uh which is like leading the united states he doesn't care about his ally and the only thing he cares is not either that he care about the united states he doesn't care about the the people of the united states he only care about himself he keep like the statement targeting countries like canada china and and european country and the navy and the i mean the uh the nato uh and always keep saying is us who protect you if we leave you this can happen and uh the the taxes on on on on goods that coming from uh that country keep like increasing it keep threatening a country threat in mexico so here actually they to be honest with you for us it's good as yemeni as ansarala as as a country that has been affected by trump and its support to the saudi and its war effort against yemen during the prosperity uh guardian because it exposed the united states and it shows everyone uh what the united states is about and as they say here trump actually exposed uh what was hidden uh within the united states control uh by uh lobbyists it doesn't care about its own uh people so uh for us and for ansarala actually what what trump uh is doing is damaging the united states reputation is either politically uh military and uh and as well the human right that the united states does not respect they have formed sanction on the on the international criminal court so this shows uh both the united states and it's good for anyone who consider the united states as an enemy uh of them you know we were hearing that mbs crown prince of saudi arabia was requesting help from donald trump and uh apparently first trump said no and then trump said yes um in terms of striking ansarala striking you know within a lot of these cities some of the advances that have been made in the west by ansarala and then i guess a lot of the planes were being loaded up you know to to do potential strikes then at the last minute donald trump according to all the reporting kind of said no we're actually not going to be doing those strikes against ansarala um but then saudi arabia has been striking taiz and other areas killing a lot of civilians also and then we've been seeing houthi strikes um in you know near riyadh and other areas since you and i last talked so um talk to us about where we are now i mean there were supposed to be those u.s strikes are you hearing any other reasons about why why you believe those strikes didn't take place with the u.s joining saudi arabia let's start there and then let's go over to then we'll then next we'll talk about the saudi arabia strikes and then what you're hearing the houthis are doing yeah i think we've seen it like really strange since trump like got into power uh this always this leaks in the waiters the washington post it says like almost everything about what's going in the white house and the white house and the white house and the white house and the white house that they were about to attack and then it was canceled i mean i didn't think this happened before with any president those things or those talk it should be secret shouldn't go out uh to the media but i think trump actually is behind uh and his media team is behind that they keep leaking uh this information he's trying to blackmail uh saudi arabia i mean his allies i mean if you blackmail like uh your enemy like he's considered iran his enemy this is something that we can understand but i think with those statements he's just trying to blackmail saudi arabia to get more uh money uh from them even when he visits saudi arabia in his first term and the second term he kept talking uh we take their money they have a lot of money we should take it i mean a country have the right to have money you don't have the right to take their money to to blackmail them and i think that those uh uh uh release of a statement just trump as well try to manipulate as well the price of of of oil i'm sure that he have a big businessman or he have company that's linked to him uh that when he keep releasing statement we will attack we are not going to attack it affect the oil price and they could buy a lot of oil if it go down and then they will sell it if it go up and the gold as well so he's making profit for him and his family from those kind of of statement but to be honest with you i don't think that trump uh wanted to to launch a war against him but he didn't say this clearly to the saudi to his allies because he knows that if he launched a war it will be exactly the response from him like the response against the prosperity guardian who was trying to protect uh israel uh yemen will target the united states battleship commercial chip and they will block the ritzy in front of the united states and i'm sure this actually will affect the united states effort and its war against iran where are we right now in the war with saudi arabia saudi arabia i'm seeing within on sarala statements about these daily strikes that are in the war with saudi arabia that are in the war with where are we right now in the war with saudi arabia saudi arabia um i'm seeing within on sarala statements about these daily strikes that are in the war with saudi arabia um i'm seeing within on sarala you know seemingly hitting a lot of you know seemingly hitting a lot of you know seemingly hitting a lot of areas under the authority of ansarala areas under the authority of ansarala areas under the authority of ansarala with these you know f-15s and and fighter with these you know f-15s and and fighter with these you know f-15s and and fighter jets and then ansarala has you know jets and then ansarala has you know jets and then ansarala has you know responded there was news about riyadh responded there was news about riyadh responded there was news about riyadh schools being closed for a few days and schools being closed for a few days and schools being closed for a few days and obviously there's not a lot of obviously there's not a lot of obviously there's not a lot of information that's getting out even from information that's getting out even from information that's getting out even from saudi arabia and you know and so saudi arabia and you know and so saudi arabia and you know and so everything we are hearing is either everything we are hearing is either everything we are hearing is either coming from kind of answer all the coming from kind of answer all the coming from kind of answer all the videos that are being released or saudi videos that are being released or saudi videos that are being released or saudi videos that are being released and so videos that are being released and so videos that are being released and so it's hard for us to truly know what's it's hard for us to truly know what's it's hard for us to truly know what's going on and what's being hit we saw going on and what's being hit we saw going on and what's being hit we saw videos two weeks ago in saudi arabia videos two weeks ago in saudi arabia videos two weeks ago in saudi arabia looked like a storage facility and by looked like a storage facility and by looked like a storage facility and by the airport that was hit by ansarala the airport that was hit by ansarala the airport that was hit by ansarala near riyadh and then we know the east near riyadh and then we know the east near riyadh and then we know the east west pipeline seemed to have been struck west pipeline seemed to have been struck west pipeline seemed to have been struck as well as well as well and saudi arabia claims the east west and saudi arabia claims the east west and saudi arabia claims the east west pipelines back open but it sources that pipelines back open but it sources that pipelines back open but it sources that say which seem like a lot of perhaps say which seem like a lot of perhaps say which seem like a lot of perhaps market manipulation because when i look market manipulation because when i look market manipulation because when i look at some of the satellite imagery it's at some of the satellite imagery it's at some of the satellite imagery it's about the pumping stations still look about the pumping stations still look about the pumping stations still look pretty damaged so what what from your pretty damaged so what what from your pretty damaged so what what from your perspective what's the status right now perspective what's the status right now perspective what's the status right now of the of the of the war of the of the of the war of the of the of the war i've been in saudi arabia i mean we know i've been in saudi arabia i mean we know i've been in saudi arabia i mean we know that it started the war against yemen that it started the war against yemen that it started the war against yemen 2015 and it was announced by a saudi 2015 and it was announced by a saudi 2015 and it was announced by a saudi ambassador in washington in 26th march ambassador in washington in 26th march ambassador in washington in 26th march 2015 and that war lasted till 2000 2015 and that war lasted till 2000 2015 and that war lasted till 2000 and 22 when we had a truce with saudi and 22 when we had a truce with saudi and 22 when we had a truce with saudi arabia they have destroyed the entire arabia they have destroyed the entire arabia they have destroyed the entire country using american weapons and country using american weapons and country using american weapons and launched more than 300 000 airstrikes launched more than 300 000 airstrikes but when they have broke the ceasefire but when they have broke the ceasefire but when they have broke the ceasefire in mid-july by targeting the airport in mid-july by targeting the airport in mid-july by targeting the airport saudi arabia has been conducting attack saudi arabia has been conducting attack saudi arabia has been conducting attack and strikes against yemen even though and strikes against yemen even though and strikes against yemen even though the leader of ansarullah has warned the leader of ansarullah has warned the leader of ansarullah has warned saudi even before they have saudi even before they have saudi even before they have broke the ceasefire and targeting sanaa broke the ceasefire and targeting sanaa broke the ceasefire and targeting sanaa airport that any attack or any violation airport that any attack or any violation airport that any attack or any violation of yemeni airspace that yemen will of yemeni airspace that yemen will of yemeni airspace that yemen will respond and he said we will target all respond and he said we will target all respond and he said we will target all your all uh your uh oil aramco facility your all uh your uh oil aramco facility your all uh your uh oil aramco facility so this is the first time i think in in so this is the first time i think in in so this is the first time i think in in history of a war that someone who will history of a war that someone who will history of a war that someone who will target you he said what we're gonna what target you he said what we're gonna what target you he said what we're gonna what we're gonna target that's why yemen Yemen actually, they are hitting really badly, I mean, strongly those Saudi oil Aramco facility across Saudi Arabia because they want to enforce a blockade embargo against Saudi Arabia because we have been under blockade since 2015, I mean, around 400,000 Yemeni civilians have died because of preventable diseases, severe malnutrition, malnutrition, lack of food, lack of water, malaria, cholera, so that's why we focused on Saudi first to form a blockade in the Red Sea because what damaged Yemeni most is this blockade, the closure of the airport, the obstruction of ship going to Hodeidah port, so Saudi has actually threatened the navigation by not allowing Yemeni ship to go freely to our port and we've seen Saudi has expanded all their attack and strikes against Yemen, they have targeted the market in Taiz a few days ago, killing an Indian. Thousands of civilians, including women and children, they have targeted schools, they targeted villages in Yemen in the last week and as well, they are focusing as well in targeting communication towers across the country, but what's funny and what's silly for the Saudi, they still keep denying that they are the one who conducted this attack, they say it is their backed government or the so-called internationally recognized government, we know. The Saudi government, they don't have those fighter jets, they don't have the ability to conduct any type of airstrike, so Saudi Arabia, we just shut down a week ago an F-15 and Saudi are crying now out loud to the Omani, to some other country like Egypt, they want to know the fate of those two pilots, of course, some Ansar leadership here has announced that they have those pilots, two pilots, but they didn't say their status, are they dead, are they alive, are they injured. So it's clearly that Saudi, they cannot actually defend themselves from Ansar, or as we call in the Yemeni army in Sana'a, that's why they try to have pressure on the Yemeni civilians by targeting all infrastructure or what's left of it, and we see them crying out loud toward the United States and Pakistan, Turkey, they are even using those Wahhabis to release as they call fatwa, to say that Ansarullah, or the F-15, they are using those Wahhabis or the Houthis, are not Muslim, that Jihad should be like up on them, and there is a clerk from Pakistan who said that we are not Muslim, we want to target Mecca, and anyone who's fighting Saudi Arabia is not Muslim, like is kafir, as they say, infidel. So it shows you that the Saudis, I'm sure at one point they will use ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and all those fighters, and they will bring them from all around the world to Yemen to fight Ansarullah, the Houthis, but I'm sure that they will fail because now Yemen has the upper hand that they could actually damage the Saudi oil infrastructure more than they have done already. And Hussein, finally, you know, when we last talked, Ansarullah had made these advances that we can see in Mocha, throughout all of the West, and the question was, how far east would Ansarullah move? I haven't really heard much since you and I spoke last about kind of advances to the East. I mean, obviously, the prime real estate, if you will, is the real estate. It's the West, because that's by Bab al-Mandab, and that controls, you know, all of the Red Sea, so all of that area, but I guess the question is, I mean, are you hearing anything about potentially moving into Aden, or Maneeb, or some of these other areas, you know, kind of to the East, or do you envision that this is kind of where it stays right now? I just want to figure that out before we go. Yeah, for the Rizzi, to be honest with you, when they have liberated the areas in Rizzi, from Bab al-Mandab and all islands in that area, it was not because that this area is important to control the Rizzi. We know that Ansarullah were in control of the Rizzi since 2023 when they blocked the shipping of Israel in the Rizzi, and as well targeting the United States ship after the Prosperity Guardian attack against Yemen, so they didn't need to be by the sea. They launched missiles from inland, from the mountains. But it was an area that should be liberated, and the main goal for that area to be liberated was the largest Saudi-united Arab Emirate-backed forces base there. They built four airports in a small area. Just imagine what they want to do. As well, they are actually advancing in Marib. Marib, it contains 14 districts. What they is in control, under the control of Sana'a forces or Ansarullah, is 12 districts. It's only the city that's left, the city itself, and the so-called the Sahara or the Wadi district. But regarding to the South and to the East. They are not going to be able to do anything. They are going to be able to do anything. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.