Iran Warns Trump - Ben’s Analysis

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The top advisor to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khomeini posted the following message: "If the U.S. launches another war against Iran, every military base involved in the aggression, from West Asia to Europe, will be a legitimate target for Iran's lethal strikes." No safe distance, no safe haven, no immunity. And all of that is in caps, so Donald Trump can actually read it. Because apparently Trump can't read it unless it's in all caps. Now, this comes at the same time that all reporting suggests that Donald Trump is having J.D. Vance try to negotiate with Moshe Razai, who is the top advisor to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khomeini. But Moshe Razai says there's nothing to negotiate unless and until the Trump regime agrees to the seven conditions that we've laid out before, which are in the MOU, and we are not discussing anything to do with the nuclear file until you agree. We agree to the seven conditions, the seven conditions, or we don't even want to talk J.D. Vance. Then you had Ismail Bekai, who is the foreign ministry spokesperson, posting a meme of The Simpsons that's from the principal of The Simpsons that says, "Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong." And here's the message that the foreign ministry spokesperson of Iran posted: "In its joint aggression against Iran, alongside the Israeli regime. The United States committed not only abhorrent war crimes, but also grave acts of state terrorism through the cowardly assassination of Iranian officials and scientists. Now, through a coordinated disinformation campaign built around fabricated headlines of 'Iranian terrorism,' Washington seeks to cast itself as the victim. It expects the world to ignore its own long record of aggression and terrorism. And to accept unsubstantiated claims of a 'terror plot.' However, no amount of media frenzy can rewrite history, erase responsibility, or conceal the identity of those truly responsible for aggression, terrorism, and war crimes." And so Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson is basically saying, "Trump regime in Israel. You slaughtered children in Manab Elementary School. You slaughtered children at the Lemaire Sports Hall who were playing volleyball. You killed 21 children there. 168 little girls in Manab. And now you are claiming to be the victim of Iranian aggression. You're acting like we're going after you. So the Trump regime has announced that it was evacuating air bases in the UK, the Royal Air Force Base Fairford, the Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall. And they've evacuated B1s and B52s from the Royal Air Force Base Fairhold, and then the other one. All the Stratotakers were moved to Germany. You also have Treasury Secretary Bessen saying he's now living on a military base because he's afraid Iran's going to kill him after he said that we're going to chop off the head of the Iranian snake. And so Iran's like, "Y'all came after us. You killed the Ayatollah, the granddaughter of the Ayatollah, the daughter of the Ayatollah, the son-in-law. You've been killing all of our scientists. You're killing all of our leaders. You're acting like you're the victim now?" That's like what they're saying right there. Foreign Minister Araghchi then posted this video of Marco Rubio from just the other day this week. And Araghchi said eight years ago, a cartoon character like Pompeo, referring to Mike Pompeo in the first Trump administration, said Iranians must follow White House diktat if they want to eat. Today, Rubio, whose fellow Cubans are victims of the same policy. He repeats that drivel. Forget about the inhumanity. It's the delusions that are producing failed U.S. policy. Foreign Minister Araghchi reminds the world that it was actually Mike Pompeo who was one of the top leaders in the Trump regime who said, "We need to starve Iran to death. They're not going to eat." And eight years later, this is where we are with Iran and the Trump regime is basically saying the same things. And you have Treasury Secretary Besant. Who's now in high office. Hiding at a military base and has evacuated his home, fearful, he claims, that Iran is going to kill him. You have Donald Trump putting all of these Avengers surface-to-air anti-ballistic and anti-drone missiles all around his property in Mar-a-Lago. Then you have Marco Rubio here saying, "We're going to make sure that Iran can't eat." And there's also an embargo or a blockade around Cuba to starve the people of Cuba. And the embargo that's around Iran. It's not going to stop the people of Iran from getting to Iran. It's not going after Iranian military targets. It's going after the people because the Trump regime says, and this is how they've always felt, if you torture the people of Cuba, if you torture the people of Iran or elsewhere, then they're going to rise up against their regime, against their government, and then want to invite you in. Thanks for torturing us, Donald. Now, we want you and Netanyahu to do here what you did in Gaza. You think that's the right thing to do? Do you think that's the right thing to do? Do you think that's how Iranians are going to respond regardless of what Iranians think about their regime and their government? You think that's a winning strategy to win hearts and minds? Here's what Rubio said the other day, and Foreign Minister Aragchi posted this, play this clip. Certainly, I mean, the pain that they're feeling is eventually you have to eat, eventually you have to be able to pay. Now, finally, New York Times is coming around to the reporting that we did at the Midas Touch Network. What have I been saying? And I know I sounded like a broken record. There's more to it. There's more to Iranian borders than the Strait of Hormuz. Hello, United States. And so the Trump regime has always been bragging about, oh, we have this bulletproof blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, but we have our own blockade with the two aircraft carriers. I'm saying, first off, it's not a bulletproof blockade. In my view, Iran is still doing ship-to-ship transfers, working with other Arab nations or with Arab nations in the region and figuring out how to smuggle some goods through. Some of those ships that are getting out of the Strait of Hormuz, which are flagged in other countries, not Iranian. So I think they are getting some stuff out of the Strait of Hormuz that way. I thought really it's pretty logical that that's what's happening. But look at the countries that border Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Turkey. Just take a look at what it looks like over there, okay? And I've been saying Iran is getting out a lot of their supplies through land routes and also through the Caspian Sea. And then recently Motionrazi met in Moscow with Putin. They talked about gas pipeline deals. They talked about railway deals. They also talked about enhanced economic cooperation and deals around nuclear, not just the Bushir nuclear plant, which is a JV between Russia and Iran, but other nuclear plants as well. But I said Iran's also clearly getting out a lot of their supplies of things that they can trade with in and out of the country through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, and Turkey. And these borders are pretty much open. And whenever the U.S. tries to apply pressure, these countries have trading relationships with Iraq. So the New York Times article is, U.S. efforts to tighten blockade of Iran rely on reluctant neighbors. Washington wants to intensify its economic pressure on Iran by closing its land borders. Neighboring states fearing economic fallout are pushing back against the United States. What blockade, as Bashar report explains? You've heard about Iran's swarm attack boats and drones, but have you heard about its swarm of fuel smugglers? An estimated 6 million liters of Iranian diesel and gasoline enter Pakistan daily, transported by small boats, trucks, motorbikes, and even pack animals along the Balochistan coast, which is the biggest province in Pakistan. And it also is right along the kind of Gulf of Oman area. Take a look at a map where it is right around Gwadar, Jwani, and Pasni. Take a look at the map right here. You'll see Gwadar. You'll see where Iran borders Pakistan, Balochistan, the biggest province in Pakistan right there. And so all they got to do is take their boats and they hug the coast right there and they get it into Pakistan. And from there, it goes out to the rest of the world. Now, this is certainly less. Look at these videos I'm showing you. Show the B-roll, guys. Now, this is certainly less efficient than putting it on a large, anchor and going through the Strait of Hormuz. But you could do it. I mean, Iran has ingenuity. Iran has some of the best engineers. Stop underestimating what they're capable of. You underestimate them at your own peril. And then in the last 24 hours, last 24 hours, at least six ships were attacked by Iran. Iran says they hit naval mines. I don't fully buy the naval mine part. I think Iranian drones are striking 50 to 60 percent of these ships. Iran wants to say naval mines to deter more VLCCs because if they're in naval mines, then ship, then Iran doesn't have to actually use a lot of its weapons. It can deter ships that way. But I think it's mostly drones, in my opinion. Nonetheless, Iran has destroyed six tankers in the past 24 hours. You can see for yourself. Let's play it. And now Iranian journalists are reporting from ships that are struck. This is not being shown in the United States. I think it's important that we, again, have a clear-eyed picture of what is happening. For example, this is an Iranian journalist reporting from a Emirati-struck ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Take a look at what this is. This is an Iranian journalist reporting from a Emirati-struck ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Take a look at what this looks like you can see for yourself. Look at this. All the pictures you see, we took them. We are proud to say that we took them. Why? Because we are defining the law here. You see these pictures for the first time. This ship is being targeted by the forces of our country's sea. You may see the news every night that the U.S. has brought dozens of F-35s, F-16s, PAHVATs in this ship of Hormuz to support this ship that we are on now. Why can't it get out of the ship and give us a warning? The mind thinks it is wrong. We hit it. Why? 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Apparently, the reporting says that an Iraqi intermediary, said the United States, has agreed to four of the seven. We don't know which four of the seven it is, but four of the seven they've agreed to. And Iran has said, "No, no, all seven. We did this last time with the MOU. We don't trust you. All seven or nothing." Also, remember yesterday I did the video about Iran's secret weapons. I showed you these military cities. That they're building underneath the mountains. That the Iranian army chief and the Iranian IRGC head were showing off their military cities underneath the mountains. A lot of videos are surfacing from that showing Iran's new stealth cruise missiles over here were among the weapons that were being showcased. Now, look, as Iran is also talking about how Trump and Israel are trying to create these false flag events. Remember the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson? Saying, "You think that, you know, you're trying to create these false flag events?" Now, even top leadership in Israel that is opposed to Netanyahu, they're saying, "Yeah, this is precisely what Netanyahu is trying to do." So, a guy by the name of Gadi Eizenkot, he's the former head of the IDF. He's the leader of the opposition party to Netanyahu, the Yishar party. They're likely going to have the coalition government. They're building a government right now with the Arab bloc. So, Gadi Eizenkot is about to be the new prime minister. They have like 68, 69 seats. Netanyahu is about to be out of power. During the opening of the Knesset, that's Israel's parliament. Netanyahu has been making all of these statements to basically use the opening of the Knesset as a way to try to provoke war with Iran. So, even Gadi Eizenkot, former head of the IDF, who's now the main opposition leader, who's going to be the new prime minister. That is what he is posting. This is Gadi Eizenkot. "If so, why did you refuse my request to receive an operational update through official channels as is customary? Why are you trying to delay the convening of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee until next week? I will not allow a vacuum in oversight of government that has lost the Knesset's confidence. I will not allow even a millimeter deviation from security considerations. I give you my word." Now, the minister of defense in the 33rd and 34th government of Israel, so a former defense minister, posted the following message about Netanyahu's plot right now. According to this evening's media reports, the outgoing prime minister, Netanyahu, and the man ultimately responsible for the October 7th massacre, who has defeated the Knesset, in the election is trying to initiate action in Iran through the Mossad that would lead to war, which he sees as a last chance to remain in power. Folks, this is coming from Israel's former defense minister. I'm reading you what they're saying in Israel right now, okay? Against this backdrop, there is a tension between him and the IDF chief of staff. The cabinet has not convened since October 5th. Against this backdrop, Gadi Eisenkot sent him a warning letter saying he has no legitimacy to do this as a caretaker prime minister. That's what Netanyahu is considered, a caretaker prime minister, because a new government is being formed by Gadi Eisenkot and the Arab bloc. So this is kind of the interim. It's like a lame duck session, if you will. Against this backdrop, we should view his arrival, Netanyahu's, at the Knesset today, seeking to postpone the convening of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee until next week. What else needs to happen for people to understand that this may not be the case? The man is acting against the country's interests and is even willing to let the country burn so he can remain in power. What could be a more blatant conflict of interest than this in a way that makes an imperative to remove him from power? The leaders of the change bloc consult with the attorney general about declaring him incapacitated or urgently form a national emergency government and save the country. Get him out. That's coming from the former defense minister. That's what, there's not a lot of reporting on all these different things happening here in the U.S. It's not happening or anywhere internationally. So I want to let you know what's actually happening. Meanwhile, you have Miriam Adelson, one of Donald Trump's top donors. You know, she's a billionaire. She runs Israel's High Om newspaper, the largest daily free newspaper in Israel. Her husband, Sheldon Adelson, passed away, but he was one of the richest men in the world. She's given Trump hundreds of millions of dollars. She was responsible for working with Trump and Kushner to have the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem. And she's one of the main people saying, get rid of Iran, regime change, regime change. She's ultra kind of Netanyahu, in my opinion. And so she gave a speech yesterday at the Intercontinental in New York for this Israel High Om, that's her paper, a speech where she said, we have two years to get it done. Two years to defeat our common enemy together, referring to Iran. And she's the one who gives Trump all of this money. Play this clip. Now, at the same time, that's going on. Iran's supreme leader, who I talked about earlier, Moshe Razai, put out a speech. And he said, we have two years in this administration to create true change. To face and defeat our true common enemy together. That is our responsibility as Israelis and Americans. And he said, we have two years to get it done. We want this union to include cooperation in the economic security affairs. And we want to cooperate together in various fields. As I said, Iran's initiative here is to create a new security architecture in the Middle East and to have China serve as kind of a guarantor of that security architecture, replacing the United States. Take a look, by the way, at footage showing China's next generation fighter, the J-36, during its flight testing. China's developing these weapons very quickly. Now, we also know that China has gotten a lot of these U.S. semiconductor chips, which has certainly, pun intended, jet-fueled or was fuel for their military expansion as well. Here, play this clip. Okay, going back to Iran's supreme leader, Moshe Razai, here's what he says as well. Before the war, before the United States and Israel invaded Iran, Iran believed that spending billions of dollars on F-35 aircraft, AWACS systems, and other equipment would guarantee security. But the confrontation proved that faith comes before technology. When fighters stand beside their missiles while drones fly above their heads and fire at them, yet they continue to remain at their launch positions and fire their missiles, where can you find such faith in the American military? And where can you find it in the Israeli military? Israeli soldiers currently do not approach Hezbollah's lines within 24 hours. do not approach Hezbollah's lines within 20 kilometers or even 10 kilometers. We currently have seven drones that we captured intact. We have now reached this level in electronic warfare. We have also captured two highly advanced submarines capable of diving to depths of 6,000 meters in the ocean. So what Motion Raza is talking about, we have confirmation of this. The Lukash drones are the U.S. versions of the Shahid drones. So Iran developed the Shahids. Russia upgraded those to Garan-4. Russia's Garan-5 is more of like a hybrid cruise missile, But the Garin 4 is more of like the upgraded Shaheed that's jet-fueled. It goes about 450 kilometers an hour. The U.S. version, which is basically a remake of the Shaheed, is called the Lucas. And what we've seen is some Lucases flying over Iran. And Iran's been able to basically capture the Lucas, land him in Iran, and then take photos with the Lucas. We've also seen Iran take photos with the unmanned submersives of the U.S. as well. And Iran has struck, what is it now, 55 to 60 MQ-9 Reaper drones, dozens of MQ-1 Reaper drones, some MQMs as well. Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Moshe Razai says, we are working on designing nuclear-powered ships and nuclear-powered submarines. We therefore need our enriched material. We may also want to produce smaller module reactors or SMRs at some stage, and we will need these materials for that as well. Not even the smallest particle of enriched material will leave Iran, meaning we're never going to give any enriched uranium to the United States or the IAEA, period. They say they want to bomb a mountain, referring to Trump wanting to bomb a mountain. They say they want to bomb a mountain, pickaxe mountain, on the pretext that there is a nuclear facility inside it. They say the mountain is approximately 500 meters high and they might drop a bomb on it. Such a theatrical operation would be meaningless. And then they say, Israel is now threatening Turkey as well, directing insults and threats against Erdogan, even though Turkey is a major country. What prevented Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq from falling under Israeli occupation? It was the resistance front and Iran. The sacrifices made by Iran and the resistance front to preserve the Islamic countries of this region are unprecedented in history. We want to impose a cost on the Americans that makes aggression against Iran expensive and becomes a deterrent. We are facing an aggressive and criminal regime. Should we allow it to escape punishment and let the Americans leave without securing our rights? If that happens, what would prevent other countries from believing that attacking Iran carries no cost? The Americans constantly claim they are negotiating with Iran, that we held the meeting in Qatar, for example, or that Iranian officials will travel to Qatar to meet the American officials. All of this is lies and fabrication intended to ease economic pressure and lower oil prices. We have communicated our conditions, the seven conditions, to the Americans, and we are awaiting for a clear and explicit response. The truly inexperienced Hegseth was unable to keep up with the Iranian generals. We demonstrated our superiority over the United States and Israel in defense management, particularly in managing the defensive battlefield. Also referring to how the Trump regime ran out of weapons, ran out of interceptors, Patriots, Thads, Tomahawks, offensive weapons as well. And Iranian's president, Pazeskian, said the following about nuclear weapons and the environment. Our martyred leader, referring to Ayatollah Khomeini, emphasized that the use of unconventional weapons, including nuclear weapons, amounts to the destruction of crops, human life, and future generations. No power has the right, in the name of security or military superiority, to endanger the foundations of life on Earth. So Iran's President Pazeskian is saying there was a fatwa that was issued by Ayatollah Khomeini where we didn't have nuclear weapons. If we want to, we can do it. Iran has the capabilities. Their engineering is superior, in my view, to Pakistan and North Korea. The issue is, do they want to basically up blend? Because if they can do it, they can do it pretty quickly. They probably already are able to do it right now. His point is, why would we go in that direction? And if we wanted to, we would do it already. So that gives you the full comprehensive lay of the land of what's going on. There's very, there's nothing, I mean, that's where we are right now, okay? And so I don't, I'm not, I just want you to do with that information whatever you want to do with the information. But that's the info right there of what's happening. WTF America, The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy is our book. Let's keep it on the New York Times bestseller list. We appreciate you. We're grateful for you. Shout out Midas. oh, go to store.midastouch.com. We got great merch there. We got the Blue Wave merch. We got the Lawyer Up merch and a bunch of other great stuff. Check it out. WTF America is officially out now. My brothers and I wrote it, but this book is also about you, the millions who refused to back down when it mattered most. Scan the QR code, click the link in the description, or find it anywhere books are sold and order your copy today. You've seen the headlines. 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