and sovereignty of syria and lebanon for years now, and of course this escalation now brings in other actors and i believe not only iran will respond, but i believe also the russian federation uh who is a partner in syria and has bases in syria will also have to take uh this regional security issue into account uh given the fact that they have uh great relations uh with iran and so i think that this is uh this is going escalate very quickly uh and this is uh this is probably one of the darkest moments uh since october 7th in terms of the escalations in the region. well, thank you very much mr. halali for your comments right there. i was just informed that we have the statement issued by iran's ambassador in damascus and i am reading the statement right now in persian translating it to you in english. it says that we are not afraid of any of the atrocities of the israelis. akbari who is the

ambassador of the islamic republic of iran in syria has reacted to this terrorist attack carried out by the zionist regime in israel on the consulate of tehran in damascus, he said that this regime has no respect for international law whatsoever, he also said that iran will continue to support the people of palestine and they are... not afraid uh for the atrocities that the israeli regime will be committing. okay, so now let's uh bring out some questions from this very interesting statement, iran is not afraid of the atrocities of the israeli regime. firas on najim, if you're still with us, could you, could we have your comments on that? i mean, um, from the foundation of the islamic republic of iran, imam khumeini, um, may is

soha rest in peace, always said that we are people of the lovers of imam hussain and that is the grandson of the prophet muhammad, and that he was the master of murters and that we seek murtredom to stand up against oppression against any tyranny, and at that time, 1400 years back, imam hussein stood against thousands and he had very minority of people, and he stood for what's right, and he sacrificed for the better of the... the islamic world and all the world, and today we see that the islamic republic of iran is taking the same stand, that they're willing sacrifice and they they support all the oppressed people against all the tyranny. when when isis daesh came in and and controlled a big masses amount of areas of iraq and killed and raped and stole and did all kinds of crimes, the islamic republic of iran was in the forefront of supporting the iraqis to liberate their land from these terrorists and destroy them, and that we know that that happened with the great general. of

qasim sulaymani and many other generals that are iranian that support it, we seen that syria when it was becoming a terrorist hub and so many different groups and they were supported by the west and some of these gulf puppet regimes, same thing there, iran intervened, supported obviously in collaboration, they didn't just intervene without having coordination with the government at the time, the they obviously did it with consultation and with agreements and they got inside and helped supporting the syrian government to fight all these terrorist groups. and same time with um lebanon when when when lebanon was was occupied by the israeli regime and they were having the worst type of civil wars and problems because of the israeli regime's work inside lebanon and all their seditions uh iran stepped up at that time in the beginning in the 80s and in the forefronts supported the lebanese resistance groups and united them against the israeli regime until they were kicked out in 2000 from lebanon and lebanon was liberated and same time now with

palestinians for instance, the palestinians are being supported by the islamic republic of iraq, so this is their stand, and they're willing sacrifice their generals, their most important people, and willing to suffer sanctions and all kinds of different measures, because they believe in standing up for humanity, they believe in standing up for what's right, and they believe in standing against tyrani and arrogance, and this is what's happening right now, this is a war of with the... against the oppressor and the arrogance of global arrogance powers and america is supporting israel and and and and giving oxygen to this regime that has no in respect for any laws and and doesn't care about humanity or whatsoever doesn't care about the palestinians, we're not talking about just muslims, we're talking about even christians or jewish people that are palestinians or indigenous to that land, they don't care, they attack everybody and they attack every religious. facility and iran is

supporting with whatever they can, and iran is going to make take the right response, because they want to keep supporting the palestinians, maybe the response. might not be attack from the islamic republic of iran towards tel aviv, it might, it might not be that, and some people might look it as a as a weak retaliation, but iran knows what they're doing, they're strategically working in a in a very wise way to support the palestinians and keep the resistance there going and and and and strengthening the whole access of resistance, and that is obviously in yemen, hisballah in lebanon, in iraq, syria. government, i mean this is this is a collaboration of of of resistance groups that are fighting all this arregance in the region and they are their their i mean their master plan and their end plan is to liberate this region and the holy land from the colonial powers and these puppet regimes that are

serving and and hosting these military bases for the british and the americans and the french and you know helping with the israely intelligence and all that so that's the that's the end resolution obviously but that's going to take some time and that's why 'iran has to be very strategic and and and very calculating with their moves and i believe they will they will make the right move in in this in this situation. well, you're absolutely right, and it's quite interesting the analysis that you just gave us, mr. alnijin, because we also do have the ambassador of iran in syria saying that iran will be giving decisive response to that attack, and your analysis was quite interesting, showing that iran is prior'. parting a strategic approach towards this entire dealings with the zionist entity and of course keeping the resistance, the axis of resistance going, which is of course paying off right now, we're seeing the hezballah in

lebanon and of course the yemenis defending the palestinians, so let's go back to mr. christopher halali from vermont, if you could please give us your analysis on this sentence. from the iranian ambassador in syria, he has said that iran will be giving decisive response, what does that decisive response in your opinion entil? i think my colleague and and brother firas was absolutely right that iran uh sees this conflict not necessarily merely as a political one, but as one of just as one where you have the oppressed you know uh versus or the oppressors versus the the oppressed versus the oppressors here right, you have you have a site that is one of righteousness and one of injustice and unrighteousness right, so i think the decisive, the decisive response might come in

a different way, it might come in a way that we are not really expecting, i think it's important to recognize that iran has been throughout this ongoing genocide clear. that it does not want the escalation of the conflict to turn into a wider regional confrontation, iran also wants to prevent and and tries to play the role of a regional power that wants to maintain some level of stability in southwest asia, which the imperialist powers and their regional allies like the zionist regime do not want, they want a region of permanent instability, and so i think it's really important to understand that the decisive... blow against the zionist regime might come in a form that we are not yet really fully aware of um and it might as faraz rightly pointed out it might not come with a strike on tel aviv but it might come in another way and of course there are numerous methods for iran to respond but one thing is clear that the world

is recognizing more and more the injustice the criminal and barbaric nature of the zionist regime and the zionist pr. object and they are realizing that the palestinians and those who are on the side of the palestinians who side on the side of justice and of righteousness and of of defending the oppressed against the oppressors, that is the side that is garnering the wide support of the global south, it's garnering the wide support of the majority of the countries of the world, and we are slowly seeing the increased isolation of the zionist regime and the imperialist western countries. so i think in that regard uh this strike will further galvanize the support, and of course iran is unafraid, iran is is powerful country with powerful history, with a with a history that is far greater and longer than that of of the zionist project and the zionist regime, and

so iran will stay as a bullwork uh for regional peace and stability and they will not allow the west and their regional proxies to continue to destabilize, to continue to oppress. and to continue to commit this genocide against the palestinian people indigenous to that land who are struggling for their survival, and i think we will see decisive strike, we will see some decisive blow against the zionist regime. and moreover, the zionist project is doomed to failure, it cannot stand forever uh because unjust systems, unjust rulers will always crumble amits their own tyranny. thank you very much, that was mr. christopher halali, researcher and political analyst joining us live from vermont. now before we go back to our other guest from toronto, mr. farasal najim, once again let's go over that statement from the iranian ambassador in... damascus and of course i have been informed that uh he will be giving an interview uh on

live television, we will definitely not miss that one uh in his statement he did mention that iran is not afraid of any of the atrocities committed by the israelis uh the ambassador hussain akbari the ambassador of iran in damascus has also said that iran will continue to support the palestinian people at all costs and is not afraid of uh such consequences and the atrocities of the israeli regime, it also, he also mentioned that there will be decisive response to this attack. now back to uh mr. firas al-najim, human rights activist who's joining us live from toronto, um, you did mention that iran is taking a very strategic approach towards uh its um dealings with the zionist entity, and of course you did point to the fact that

the axis of resistance is of great importance and it is the priority in the region. we see today now that israel is uh continuing its genocidal war on gaza, how important this axis of resistance is, so how do you think this axiss will be affected by the recent israeli attack? "i don't think really it will be affected, i think if if anything they will become more um decisive in their attacks against the israely regime to retaliate um uh on behalf of the islamic republic of iran, because not because the islamic republic of iran will tell them to do that, but i think just because of their um good relationship and good friendship um that you know when somebody supports you and you're in a hard time and he's helps you build your house, you're going to want to help him out when he has any kind of troubles, because he helped

support you in the hardest time in the time of you being in a bad situation or hard situation, so you will always want to somehow repay that person that supported you and helped you in your hard time and your hardships, and i think that these resisting groups uh really feel loyalty and and respect towards the islamic republic of iran, and when the the... their diplomatic facility was attacked, they feel like this was attack on them, and they will, they will strike back, i think the zionist regime, um, to teach this zionist regime a lesson from different angles, this is, this is the, the fruitful change that we have, and that you know that israel regime is being slapped from different sides, they don't know where the attacks are going to come from, so a certain point it's coming. iraq, a certain points coming from lebanon, at certain points is coming from yemen, certain point could be coming from

syria, so they don't know where it's going to be coming from, and this is what's really keeping them, very angry and destabilized, science regime right now is very destabilized, they have problems in the west bank in gaza, they are not accomplishing anything, it's a total failure, they're losing in the media battle, the majority. now um of the world knows about the palestinian israeli problem and and the occupation, the protests are everywhere, the western politicians are getting sick of the israelis because they've been backing them up and supporting for such a long time, and you see that the politicians wherever they go, they're being bombarded and they're being put under accountability by random protesters, even ones that are indigenous to the land in the western world, for instance the canadian prime minister. wherever he goes, there's a a video released in a few hours of people

shouting free palestine, stop supporting the genocide, shame on you, i mean they can't even have normal interaction in any facility, any event in anywhere, the prime minister was skiing, he was top of a mountain skiing, and he was also caught up there and people were telling him free palestine and so on, even foreign minister of canada, i mean all these all these politicians now are feeling the heat and they're kind of slowly slowly disassociating, getting sick of support. israel now because their life is miserable now and that's it should be miserable because if you support genocide and you support killing innocent people so you should not be left to have and enjoy your events and your and your outings and wherever you go even 'if you're having a good time with your family, you're going to feel it, because you are supporting the killing of families day and night, so this is what's happening, you know, i you participate in a lot of these protests and sometimes lead some of these protests or different events and seen something very unique that there's a diverse - um protesters, diversity, like the other day

seen somebody walking in the snow with a flag going to a protest and he was chinese, he was asian you ' "you see people that are africans, you see people that are whites, you see lots of whites now, like you know, um, all types of people that are europeans, i mean it's it's the allies to towards supporting the palestinians and the people that have consciousness, because imam khamani said that this is a battle of consciousness, a battle of the humanity waking up at humans, and it truly is in this in this fight and this war that really the israeli regime is being exposed and losing." support losing allies um and people are now more brazing and more brave to speak, even university scholars, you know um employees and companies, before they were always scared of losing their job and so on, but now i think there's more people even in the media that are speaking up as well, even journalists even ones that were biased, i think they're trying to become unbiased and a little bit more neutral or something like that, so

there's a big change and it's it's crafting towards supporting the palestinian cause and this is obviously uh the beginning. of something that will hopefully get to the liberation, the full liberation of passan from the river to the sea, and that is the plan of iran, that is the plan of iran, iran is wants to liberate and support the palestinians to claim their sovereignty and to have their identity reclaimed and to have their land and to get rid of this cancerous, criminal genocidal regime called the israeli regime, as they call it, the jewish state has nothing to do with judaism, has nothing to do with religion, i was having discussion actually the other day with a christian religious person and he told me how can they claim to be people that care about the holy land if they're bombarding the holy land where they believe the prophets used to walk there, if they believe that jacob that his nickname is israel, if him and his you know 12 leanages right, the tribes, if they were

walking in that area that they're claiming that is the holy land, how can you drop bombs and and and destroy and... area where prophets walked, how could you claim that you care about holy land where you can destroy the land uh fully, buildings, human beings, killing their animals, killing plants, trees, everything, you destruct the whole area and you you bombard it and in a way that's so savagery and so barbaric and then you claim that you care about holy land and that you have holy mission, this is this is why i think that this battle had to happen in october 7th had to happen for for the israeli regime to be exposed. "you know, if the palestinis didn't rise up, then we would not see the cruelty and and the criminal nature of this regime to this level, so it had to happen a certain point, no matter what journalists say and and and and try to condemn hamas and so on, you know what i mean, at the end of the day the pastins have to rise up one day because the united nations is silent, it's idol, it's not punishing

designist regime, nobody truly is doing something in the international world you know except." obviously the access of resistance, but i'm saying the other countries, they're only focused on putting sanctions on iran, sanctions on russia, sanctions on china, sanctions on this, these are the countries that they're worried about, you know, and when there's 30,00 women and children being killed and it's live on tv and you can see all the videos and all the cruelty and destroying hospital a shif hospital, nothing, you don't see any sanctions against israel, so this shows you the biased world, you shows you the... unjust world and this shows you that the palestinians have other option and other uh hope but to fight this regime and to hold arms and and and and to unite and and and keep fighting forward and and and also praying for support from regional countries because you know obviously because israel is being supported by the west, we're talking about us, canada, all these european

countries supplying them with weapons, intelligence, information, everything, so the palestinians also... deserve to have some allies and supporters right, so hopefully that's gonna that's that will will grow over time, because the people in the middle east, west asian region, like the people of nations, they're they're growing, they're growing their voice for polistan and they want to get in, and even their slogans are open the border for us, we want to go inside and fight, so even in jordan and egypt, like there's there's this type of slogans being shouted in the protest, so that means the nations are awakened and waking up and they do want to do something, but they're governed by tyrants and puppets unfortunately, but there's a movement growing and that's what we're hoping for and what we're hopeful with. uh, you're absolutely right in the saying that this the events, the developing events right now are actually showing the true face of israel, and of course actions speak lot

louder than words, so uh, the way israel is treating a land that it is considered holy, um, has plenty of things to say about the zianist regime itself right there, so uh, back to the... confirmed uh iranians uh who have been martered in this attack, how do you think this will affect uh iran and uh the way it's dealing with the whole situation and having its forces in syria? i think it's not gonna in any way disturb their performance and their alliance with syria, i think if anything it will make them more um stronger and more... determined and more you know building more security for their for their facilities and their ally their the troops on the ground and so on. i don't think it's

going to affect them negatively in any way. i just think that they will just uh do things more stronger and more awareness maybe in their work uh and they have to keep a lookout for such terrorist you know treaturous moves by the... israel is because that's all they are, right? the israelis all they commit is treaterous moves, they hide and they assassinate and things like that, they will not confront the iranian troops or you know any other troops, same thing with hizballah, they've been fighting with them for years on the borders uh and uh you know they only used drones and things like that, the they use the fighter jets, even in 2006 war they would not go on the ground and face to face with the hizballah fighters, they are a bunch of cowards right because "every criminal is always usually a coward. um, i think that uh, the alliance and the historical support of

the islamic republic of iran to syria, and also for syria, serious support of the islamic republic of iran, because when islamic republican was established, when imam komaini rose up and defeated the shah regime, one of the few countries, rare few countries that supported the islamic republic of iran." of syria, so it's a very, very deep and historical support and and relationship that will not be broken, and when syria was in a hardship and one of the worst hardships in their history, iran stood with them and backed them up and supported them, so there's lots of blood that was shed together between the syrians and iranians, so mr. najim, i'm sorry to cut you off right there, ambassador in damaskus.

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