Guest Name: Mohsen Sazagara MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 • Affiliation: Democracy activist from Iran • Summary: Mohsen Sazagara confirms Iran's rearmament efforts, fueled by its leadership's belief in success against Israel and continued ant
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🗓️ 5 September 2025
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• Affiliation: Democracy activist from Iran
• Summary: Mohsen Sazagara confirms Iran's rearmament efforts, fueled by its leadership's belief in success against Israel and continued anti-US policies. Iran is seeking arms from Russia (via Belarus) and China (via North Korea), though Russia is reportedly less generous than expected. The speaker notes growing internal opposition within Iran and a high probability of another military conflict with Israel, especially concerning nuclear development or air defense rebuilding.
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| 0:31.8 | Mosun Sazagara, democracy activist from way back in Iran, now our eyes on the Iranian regime. |
| 0:38.7 | Mosen, I have a report that Iran is re-arming because it believes there's another chapter or two in the war with Israel, |
| 0:47.9 | and re-arming via cutouts, Russian arms through Belarus to Iran, and Chinese arms through North Korea to Iran. |
| 0:58.4 | The other detail is it is said that Russia is not being as generous as Tehran expects or needs. |
| 1:05.5 | Is there any confirmation you can offer to any of those reports? |
| 1:08.8 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:10.5 | Good evening, John. Good evening to Malcolm. |
| 1:14.3 | Generally, I can say, yes, this is the effort of the regime of Iran. Two things. First, when we say |
| 1:23.7 | regime of Iran, we should notice that all the powers are at the hands of the leader. |
| 1:30.3 | And he's, according to the Constitution, he's in charge of key policies of Iran. |
| 1:39.3 | And 10 days ago, he again emphasized that the key policies are the same. It means elimination |
| 1:48.1 | of Israel, competing or fighting with the US, and the anti-Western policy of Iran, |
| 1:59.8 | and joining the |
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