Pezeshkian's Meeting with Mojtaba Inside a Car Without Seeing Him

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0:01 Hello. It is Friday, 2 Amordad 1405, July 24, 2026. Last night was the thirteenth night of the new round of war between Iran and America. Over a total of five hours of operations carried out by the US Air Force, attacks were launched on various parts of Iran, in the provinces of Gilan, Kurdistan, Isfahan, Khuzestan, Hormozgan and Markazi, Tehran and elsewhere. In return, Iran launched attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and other countries of the region. It is interesting

0:58 that Mr. Trump said today that, at the same time, we are negotiating with Iran. He also said that Xi and Putin, the presidents of China and Russia, told him that they are not selling, and will not sell, weapons to Iran. Of course, Mr. Trump's words cannot be trusted at all, especially when he holds press conferences and reporters question him. Usually, depending on the publication, say the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, if they ask him things he doesn't like, he usually says things

1:50 that cannot be relied upon. In any case, Mr. Ali al-Zaidi, the prime minister of Iraq, who went to Tehran yesterday after a trip to America, had, according to the New York Times, carried a message from America to Iran, although the Iraqi prime minister's office has denied this. On the other hand, today a Mozambican gas carrier with 30 Indian crew members was hit by a missile at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, in Iran's territorial waters. In a statement, the IRGC says the Americans struck it, believing the ship

2:50 was carrying gas to or from Iran. So far, America has not reacted, but according to the IRGC, two of the crew members were killed. Also, Yemen's Houthis, the Ansarullah group, attacked two Saudi ships in the Red Sea today, and in return Saudi Arabia attacked the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, which is in Houthi hands, although Saudi Arabia has not officially claimed responsibility. Interestingly, the Houthis say their target is only Saudi Arabia and they don't want to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. But this affair caused oil to go up;

3:47 its price rose above $100, and it is fluctuating at around $100, plus or minus $2. It is also said that Saudi Arabia has spoken with Egypt about delivering oil through the pipeline it has to Egypt, so that it can be loaded and shipped from an Egyptian port. Also Kpler, an institute that tracks ships, has stated that today — sorry, yesterday — only one ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz, and the day before yesterday only three ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz. So it can be seen that the war has intensified on various fronts.

4:50 Also, after publications reported that Hamas has rebuilt itself with the support and money of the Islamic Republic, it is said that Hamas, instead of Gaza, has become active in the West Bank. Today, in the Jewish settlements on the outskirts of Nablus, which is part of the so-called Palestinian Authority area, there was unrest and clashes, and two Israelis were killed. This turmoil throughout the region has led to more activity by mediators. An Omani delegation went to Tehran today, Friday, and Mr. Araghchi spoke by phone with Badr Albusaidi, the foreign minister of Oman. On the sidelines of the

5:52 ASEAN summit, Mr. Araghchi spoke with the foreign minister of Pakistan, who reportedly said that progress on Pakistan's mediation and a ceasefire depends on Iran stopping its attacks on the countries of the region. Iran, for its part, said America must stop first so that we stop. In any case, this tug-of-war and these talks are continuing. This comes as Mr. Netanyahu is also coming to America for the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and it is said that despite the friction he has had with Mr. Trump, he may meet with Trump in

6:49 Washington on Tuesday, and discuss an attack on Iran's energy infrastructure by America and possibly by Israel, if the Americans bring it back into the war. Because right now they have held Israel back and told it not to intervene for now, since that would provoke the Islamic world and the Arab world, as well as various parts of the European countries. So Israel's absence is in fact a political decision. But if the war and conflict reach the point where the Americans strike the country's energy centers, then the lives of millions of Iranians will be confronted not only with

7:45 poverty, hunger and destitution, but even with death, famine and so on. Meanwhile, the talk of the pro-war camp in Iran these days has largely gone beyond the issue of managing the Strait of Hormuz. Besides revenge — and it isn't clear how that is supposed to happen — or the Strait of Hormuz, which is highly controversial, they are talking about setting a goal that American forces must leave the region. That is a very difficult and unattainable goal whose outcome may be intense conflict, or even if it were ever achieved, our country would be in ruins before then.

8:43 Interestingly, a statement by the Government Information Council was published today, pointing the finger of blame and accusation at the IRIB, which is under the supervision of the Leader. It said that this broadcaster censored the remarks of Mr. Pezeshkian, the head of the government, on the National Day of Mining and Industry — the part of his speech where he had said that Mr. Khamenei, the father, had given him permission to negotiate, and so on. The same statement by the Government Information Council says that previously they had also cut off Ghalibaf's remarks halfway, and

9:35 had censored Ejei's remarks too, and that the IRIB is pursuing a political line contrary to the country's policies. In fact, the IRIB, which is known as the "Jebelli–Jalili IRIB" because the brother of Mr. Saeed Jalili is the deputy head of the IRIB, is completely pro-war in its news, in its analyses and in the experts it brings on, and it constantly promotes the very strategy I mentioned, namely revenge, the Strait of Hormuz, and the withdrawal of American forces from the region. And interestingly, the IRIB is in the hands of forces who — in any case, the appointment of its director is up to the Office of the Leader, and

10:33 that council inside the Office, a three-member council headed by the son of Haddad-Adel, the son of Mohammadi Golpayegani and Meysam Khamenei, effectively holds control of this nationwide national broadcaster, and dismissals and appointments are also made with the approval of the Office of the Leader. It is interesting that it is said that a country in which everything comes down to the Leader and the Guardian Jurist, and whose real name is not the Islamic Republic but the system of Velayat-e Faqih, has a Leader who has been absent for more than 100 days. Nobody has shown him. And Mr. Pezeshkian, who had said he saw him for two hours — it is now said that they took him into a car, and in that car he spoke with Mr.

11:32 Mojtaba, or the so-called Mojtaba, from behind, and he did not see Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei with his own eyes. This clearly shows that either there is no Mojtaba at all and anyone could sit behind him, because nobody has even heard his voice, except for one or two instances, which are very rare and very brief; or, if he does exist, he is in such bad shape that they can't even sit him face to face with the second-ranking person in the country to talk. Akbar Abdi, the well-known actor known for playing numerous comedic and dramatic roles and a variety of characters, died of heart disease in Tehran at the age of 66. In hope of victory for Iran and Iranians.