Below again welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered Peter Lavelle describing the Trump Administrations iran policy is confusing contradictory and even incoherent would be an understatement as members of his administration beat the drums of war the president suddenly inject themselves into the conversation with words to the contrary what is the world to think. Cross talking in iran im joined by my guest Mohammad Marandi and he is a professor at the university of tehran in beirut. Become ill was me he is a professor and political analyst and in florida we cross to robert rebel he is a professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic university all right gentlemen crossed rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mohamed let me go to you 1st and to ron give me your side or how irans sees this whole thing playing out because irans point of view is virtually silent in western media so western audiences dont know the other side of this
Experts that we so i call the see in think tanks in the United States in europe and pundits yes exactly they are people who know nothing about iran or very little about iran or if they do know a thing or 2 about the country they really cant say the truth because if they do then they lose their position their think tanks or their theyve ceased to be invited to different organizations or platforms so this is Economic Warfare everything that comes after it is the foundation of that is is this Economic Warfare so the heightened tension in the region in the persian gulf in the strait of hormuz in the sea of oman of the gulf of oman is based upon this Economic Warfare now there are conflicting. Perspectives or conflicting reports as to what is actually happening the iranians are very suspicious about about some of the attacks the attacks of the port of jade in the United Arab Emirates have to have happened right after bolton said that he received intelligence from the israelis there iran is
In western media so western audiences dont know the other side of this story or as i would put it a artificially generated impending conflict go ahead mohamed. The most important thing in this story is that the United States is waging Economic Warfare against iranian women and children the United States has exercised in what our foreign minister said Economic Economic terrorism and that they are trying to make the iranian people suffer and to force the iranian people to suffer so much that the government will submit to the United States and basically raise the white flag and this is based in my opinion on calculations that are due to these socalled iran experts that we so i call the see in think tanks in the. I did say that in europe. Yes exactly these are people who know nothing about iran or very little about iran or if they do know a thing or 2 about the country they really cant say the truth because if they do then they lose their position at their think tanks or their theyve cease
Put place under the water and finally that this attack took place as the japanese Prime Minister was about to visit the iranian law that doesnt i just ask that just ask. That just has to be a coincidence do you really get capitol hill lets go lets go to beirut. If you look at the administration the Trump Administration you certainly have john bolton in my column pale beating the drums of war its really obvious and bolton is wanted this were a very very long time and then trump introjects himself this is not the 1st time a dinner jackson says there are reports that hes telling his aides to kind of calm down a little bit i mean is this a plan is this a strategy i mean if this is you know kind of a bluffing game here because it looks amazingly unprofessional and quite vulgar in its approach go ahead in beirut well obviously the run by the ministration and the pro. Other than personally hes a hes part of an article that is taken place around around the world he is a basically launching the
Sees this whole thing playing out because irans point of view is virtually silent in western media so western audiences dont know the other side of this story or as i would put it a artificially generated impending conflict go ahead mohamed. The most important thing in this story is that the United States is waging Economic Warfare against iranian women and children the United States has exercised in what our foreign minister said Economic Economic terrorism and that they are trying to make the iranian people suffer and to force the iranian people to suffer so much that the government will submit to the United States and basically raise the white flag and this is based in my opinion on calculations that are due to these socalled iran experts that we so i call the see in thing. Tanks in the United States in europe. Yes exactly they are people who know nothing about iran or very little about iran or if they do know a thing or 2 about the country they really cant say the truth because if