Why are hardliners in Iran and Israel aligned?

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0:01 Hello. Today is Monday, 18 Khordad 1405, June 8, 2026. First, I apologize that because of travel, which is still continuing, I was not with you for two sessions. In the past 48 hours, tension between Iran and Israel has escalated. The Islamic Republic announced that Israel had violated the ceasefire in Lebanon, because the Islamic Republic's condition for a ceasefire is a ceasefire in both Iran and Lebanon. Especially after Israel attacked the Dahiyeh area in southern Beirut, the Islamic Republic fired 11 missiles at

1:02 northern Israel and Haifa. Officials on the two sides are now making different claims. The Israelis say they intercepted all the missiles and none of them hit. The Islamic Republic says at least six of them hit; they released videos and say they caused heavy damage. Whether it caused damage or not, this may be the first time that the Islamic Republic has initiated an attack on Israel. After the Islamic Republic's attack, Israel, despite Mr. Trump's insistence, retaliated, and as far as has been confirmed, it struck

2:03 areas in Tehran, including Mehrabad Airport, as well as Isfahan, and it attacked the petrochemical plant in Bandar Mahshahr. In Karaj there is contradictory information about where the missiles hit and what facilities they destroyed. What is certain is that it damaged one of the most important petrochemical units in Mahshahr. Israel actually attacked with missiles, not with its air force, because CENTCOM, the US Central Command, explicitly announced that it had no involvement in Israel's attack and that the US military was not engaged. It seems

3:04 that because America did not want to take part in this operation, Israel was forced to use missiles instead of its air force. In any case, both sides then stopped. First, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced that it would carry out no further attacks. Israel also announced that it would not attack for now. But as for Lebanon, it was reported today that Israel has told people to evacuate areas of southern Lebanon because it wants to carry out operations there.

4:00 This event, which may be the first of its kind, in which the Islamic Republic attacked Israel in defense of another country, or in response to Israel's attack on another country, created new tensions. Mr. Trump, who is eagerly pursuing peace and the signing of an agreement with the Islamic Republic, stated that the agreement is in its final stage. He told Iran, "You fired your missiles; come back to the negotiating table," and he also asked Israel to stop. Mr. Trump spoke with Mr. Netanyahu by phone. News agencies say his tone was not as harsh

5:03 as in last week's conversations, but he insistently asked Israel to stay calm and let the agreement be finalized. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump, who perhaps gives several interviews a day, has said other things as well. Setting aside Mr. Trump's contradictions and his scattered and confused remarks, what is interesting is that he emphasized that if they sign an agreement with Iran, Israel will have no choice but to endorse it. He also said that Netanyahu must listen to whatever I say. In any case, there are various analyses. One

6:00 analysis I found interesting, which I heard mainly from circles close to the Reformists in Iran and from circles close to the Pezeshkian government, is this: the memorandum of understanding between Iran and America has reached its final stages and is ready to be signed, perhaps within the next few days. But Israel, knowing that one of the Islamic Republic's conditions is a ceasefire in Lebanon, deliberately attacked the Dahiyeh area despite Mr. Trump's warning not to attack Beirut and to stay calm. Then, through the influence it has among a segment of the hardliners

6:58 in Iran, it brought about Iran's counterattack; it knew this would happen. In short, according to this analysis, Israel is shrewdly trying to prevent this agreement and to reignite the war to the point where America backs it as it did last time, and then to go after Iran's energy infrastructure. In any case, the political situation is very complicated. On one side is Mr. Trump, who is under pressure in America and wants to reach an agreement as soon as possible, get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, be able to say that the nuclear

7:55 issue has been resolved, and, after everything he has said, at least come out with a peace treaty so he can say, for example, "Obama did it this way, I did it better." Mr. Trump is criticized not only by the Democrats and critical media but even by members of his own party, especially since the elections in America are coming up in Aban [November]. On the other side, Mr. Netanyahu will also face elections in October. In those elections, three parties of Muslims inside Israel, who number more than 2 million people, have formed a coalition, and it is reportedly predicted that they will win 30 percent of the seats in parliament. They could then

8:50 play a role in the formation of any government. In addition, Mr. Netanyahu's rivals are also sharply criticizing him these days, and unless some particular event, war, or emergency situation arises, there is a strong chance that Mr. Netanyahu will lose the upcoming elections. But the most complicated situation of all is in Iran. Politically there are conflicts within the regime: between hardliners and moderates, between Principlists and Reformists, within the Principlists themselves, between the pragmatists and the sloganeers and apocalyptic believers,

9:44 and so on, and there are fights and conflicts among the mafia-like factions too. But the bigger problem is in the economic arena, which is making the situation harder and more complicated day by day. The people are lost and bewildered, caught between a state of neither war nor peace and a crushing inflation that is troubling and dizzying enough in itself. Meanwhile, the Kalameh website reported that Mr. Mousavi has been transferred to a hospital and that his health is in danger. Engineer Mousavi, who is 84 years old, has been under house arrest for 17 years along

10:41 with his wife, Zahra Rahnavard. After the 40-day war began, because of the damage done to Akhtar Alley, Mousavi was moved to a place no one knows exactly. According to his family and those close to him, he is currently in hospital in poor physical condition. Also, Jafar Panahi, the well-known Iranian filmmaker, was abroad at the Oscars ceremony in America for his latest film, "It Was Just an Accident," when he was sentenced in absentia to

11:36 one year in prison and a two-year travel ban. Panahi returned to Iran, and now the Revolutionary Court has upheld this sentence. The Association of Independent Iranian Filmmakers issued a statement condemning the sentence and defending independent filmmaking and freedom of expression. Hoping for the victory of Iran and Iranians.