Talks

Mohsen Sazegara's weekly video talks, each with a full English translation. New talks are added as they are published. Older talks without a translation are on the Persian site.

Ghalibaf's meeting with Mojtaba in a metro tunnel for peace

Today the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency, followed by agencies like Mehr, IRNA and others, reported that Mr. Ghalibaf had met with Mojtaba Khamenei. They repeated the usual boilerplate: that in this meeting they…

Elections in Israel and America and their impact on the war with Iran

Over the past few days, the intensifying war between the Houthis, that is, the Ansarullah government in Yemen, and Saudi Arabia has taken on new dimensions and quickly rose to the top of the world news. Saudi Arabia has…

The Guardian's report on the trial of Parviz Sabeti, deputy of the Shah's SAVAK

Mr. Trump announced today that, after talks with Putin, Russia is to send 300,000 tons of diesel to the world market immediately, another 500,000 tons next month, in November, and one million tons later on. He said, and…

The resignation of the Oil Minister and speculations

The resignation of Mohsen Paknejad, the Minister of Oil, and its acceptance by Mr. Pezeshkian, the head of the government, has prompted a great deal of speculation and analysis. The official position announced by the…

The 256,000-toman dollar and Mojtaba's claim of the world's fourth power

According to Mr. Araghchi and Ms. Mohajerani, the spokesperson of the Pezeshkian government, last night, Tuesday night, America responded to Iran's seven-point plan, and Tehran is now evaluating the American response.…

End of the meeting between Xi and Trump, without a joint decision regarding Iran

The meeting between Mr. Xi, the President of China, and Mr. Trump, the President of the United States, has come to an end. Naturally, a meeting between the world's two leading economic, and even military, powers drew…

Review of speeches and negotiations between Iran and America in New York

The annual session of the UN General Assembly, where the heads of various countries come and give speeches, began yesterday. Mr. Trump, who by General Assembly tradition naturally gave the first speech yesterday,…

War or peace, which one has become more likely?

Developments over the past few days have raised the likelihood of war, and at the same time the likelihood of peace. On the war side, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which is responsible for running the war,…

Anniversary of Iran's girl revolution, strike in Kurdistan

It shows the continuity of this deep social and cultural movement. The Woman, Life, Freedom revolution, for which the killing of Iran's daughter, Mahsa Amini, Jina Amini, at the hands of the agents of the regime was the…

The Houthis' control over the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and its political implications

The most important event of the past two days was the lightning victory of Ansarallah, that is, the Houthi government of Yemen. In this war, which lasted perhaps less than a week, the Houthis managed to seize Yemen's…

The dollar crossed the threshold of 232,000 tomans, and pharmacies are on the verge of bankruptcy

The news we are hearing is that the Paydari people are holding secret meetings and want to send an official letter to Ghalibaf seeking the impeachment of Pezeshkian, in effect pursuing a vote of political incompetence…

In Semnan, harassment of an Iranian girl by Iraqi students and people's clashes with them

After Iran fired missiles at two American warships, which, to be clear, did not hit them, on Saturday the US attacked three empty Iranian oil tankers at the Kharg terminal and announced a "ship for ship" policy. That…