“Punish Them As Traitors” - Iranian Soccer Team THREATENED By State TV Over Defection
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
A tense BBC interview with Iran’s UK ambassador goes viral as he struggles to answer accusations that the regime killed thousands of its own protesters. The PBD Podcast panel reacts to the exchange, the dangers faced by Iranian athletes, and what it reveals about the Iranian regime.
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| 0:15.1 | There was a BBC reporter that's sitting down with, I believe he's the ambassador, if I'm not mistaken, is it? |
| 0:22.0 | Iran's ambassador to UK, Saida Ali Mosavi, about protesters being killed by the Iranian government. |
| 0:28.4 | Look at the way he answers. |
| 0:30.3 | This we know that Iran, unlike any other country, is willing to kill their own people. And not by one or two or three, |
| 0:41.8 | by the thousands. Now, whether the number is 5,000 or 100,000, they're doing that to themselves. |
| 0:47.9 | Watch this interview with BBC, Rob. Go ahead and play this clip. Go for it. Your country is under |
| 0:51.7 | attack, but your people have also been under attack. |
| 0:55.3 | Since we last spoke, your government has killed thousands of its own people in the streets. |
| 1:00.5 | Watch this. |
| 1:01.0 | You have the courage to stand up to protest against the suffering that they have been experiencing |
| 1:05.6 | at the hands of the regime. Thousands of people were killed. How on earth do you justify that, ambassador? The Iranian side has their own problems due to the sound of the regime. Thousands of people were killed. How on earth do you justify that ambassador? |
| 1:11.6 | The Iranian side has their own problems due to the economic sanctions against us. And |
| 1:16.6 | the Iranian people unfortunately has their own problems, you know, in this matter. But I do believe, |
| 1:22.6 | I do believe, yes, now our people are in a very painful and sensitive period of time, but they are, they are supporting the government against the foreign invaders. |
| 1:40.3 | To say, Ambassador. |
| 1:42.3 | You see, if you go to the inside of Iran, you can see one solidarity, one unity among the people. |
| 1:48.4 | Ambassador, we would love to be able to report independently from inside Iran to see what is |
| 1:53.9 | really going on. |
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