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.

Tehran residents welcome Yalda with dancing and celebration

We are on the eve of Yalda. Sunday night, the night of the first of Dey, which is really the first night of winter, is Yalda night, the longest night of the year. People have known this night since ancient times,…

Khamenei at an impasse over discontent among military and security forces

The commander of the country's air defense, that is, the commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, has been changed. We should note that we have three headquarters by the name of Khatam al-Anbiya. One is the…

The regime's plan to sow division and the need for vigilance

The seventh-day memorial for Khosrow Alikordi, held on Friday in Mashhad, which I reported on in the previous program and which ended with the arrest of a number of participants, now totaling 40 people, provoked a wave…

Anti-regime slogans in Mashhad and Tehran residents honor Rasoul Khadem

First, I apologize: in the previous program I misspoke and said 19 Dey instead of 19 Azar, though the date in the written text below the program was correct. Today, Friday, 21 Azar, the seventh-day memorial in Mashhad…

Where is Mojtaba Khamenei? Why has he disappeared?

Their demands include issues such as wages and the job classification plan, and, above all, settling their employment status and getting rid of these intermediary contracting companies, among others. In this gathering…

Dollar at 126,000 tomans and gasoline price hikes: a tsunami of inflation is coming

The suspicious death of Khosrow Alikordi, a defense attorney for freedom-seekers and someone whom all political activists and political prisoners know well and have benefited from, has created a wave of concern that the…

New Mossad chief and escalating targeted operations inside Iran

Today, the fourteenth of Azar, on the twenty-seventh anniversary of the killing of Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh, two members of the Iranian Writers' Association, a ceremony was supposed to be held at…

Ousting Venezuela's dictator cuts off Khamenei's reach

Today the dollar crossed the 120,000-toman mark on the open market. The collapse of the national currency, the rial, has accelerated, and it is predicted that by the end of the current year the inflation rate will pass…

Rising risk of war and a major rift within the regime

Ayatollah Sistani's fatwa has set off an earthquake in the pillars of the regime. In a written statement, he said: "I advise the faithful not to pray behind anyone who receives a government salary." He went on to say…

Khamenei returns to his hole and issues a message full of lies

Khamenei was supposed to speak to members of the Basij on the occasion of Basij Week, and they had gathered them at his residence so that he could come and address them. But, probably because of an operation by Israeli…

The "white internet" scandal exposes regime agents

A new scandal called "white internet" is perhaps the main topic of discussion these days on social media, in the media and among the people. Here is the story. Since 2009 (1388), Twitter, which was later renamed X, has…

With threats from the IRGC and Larijani, is the risk of renewed war serious?

First, I apologize that on Friday I was unable to present the program to you, as per the schedule of three days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, because of the many issues and problems that had come up. Today I…