Iran ‘scared’ American soft power could dismantle the Ayatollah regime

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29 күн бұрын

“The supreme leader of Iran is more scared of American soft power than American hard power.”
Ayatollah Khamenei is “prepared to pay the price” to keep America out of Iran to prevent them “spreading democracy, spreading women’s rights”, explains professor of Iranian politics at Reichman University, Meir Javedanfar.
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@ffpredator5214 27 күн бұрын

Using 50 years old Americans made helicopters and blaming Americans🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Patendyck76 27 күн бұрын

Sanctions.😊

@frankleespeaking9519 27 күн бұрын

Iran should have spent money on new helicopters instead of exporting drones to Russia and Yemen……

@ffpredator5214 27 күн бұрын

Why don't they make their own , even the president have new ones, and most importantly why they running in complete 🌫fog is

@nfuryboss 27 күн бұрын

They could have bought and used Russian or Chinese helicopters, no? Xi would be happy to export some cheap helicopters to Iran.

@jordancobb7553 27 күн бұрын

@Patendyck76 if you blame sanctions for this failure on Iran's part you can blame sanctions when Iranians start to learn English and dump that silly Islam business 😂

@krisradjpaul278 27 күн бұрын

A mass murderer not being popular who would of thought 😂

@NaserHekmat 26 күн бұрын

These people are gathered by regime for the purpose when someone dies. They are family of Army personnel, the people called “Bassijies” . These are the people who shoot protesters in the eye.

@iFryTube 26 күн бұрын

Xi is popular Xi is the greatest killer in the world currently Slaughter of Uighurs, slavery, ethnic cleansing. Way worse than North Korea.. keep in mind all 3 of these countries are best friends

@MrZZooh 22 күн бұрын

Would "have" thought.

@user-ct5fp3tu7h 14 сағат бұрын

احمق قاتل بابات

@peterrichard9769 27 күн бұрын

He had blood on his hands. Those souls were crying day by day.

@saeedsandhu530 24 күн бұрын

and what about Palestinians?

@Bertrum123 24 күн бұрын

@@saeedsandhu530its Allah's will they are both murders .

@noahpatterson5667 24 күн бұрын

@@saeedsandhu530aren't they the same as hamass

@billytheweasel 27 күн бұрын

Iranian people want change, freedom, and choices. Their leaders... not so much.

@jake90052 27 күн бұрын

I have very good friends in Iran. It is shocking how far apart the regime and the people are. They are two completely worlds

@RoyalBlue292 27 күн бұрын

To be a Western puppet...not!

@frankleespeaking9519 27 күн бұрын

@@RoyalBlue292 says the guy with the freedom to post on KZfaq.

@Matt1975ism 27 күн бұрын

@@RoyalBlue292 Are you another RuZZtroll, or an iranbot?

@bob.s795 27 күн бұрын

not all Iranians, it looks like only 30% of Iranians want a different government the other 70% are good with this government, to have a revolution you do need 70% of people who want change. it is only Western propaganda that shows all the people of Iran want change.

@GroverWillis 27 күн бұрын

If your whole system is under threat of collapse from people experiencing Western democracy, I would contend it's not very strong anway.

@user-yb6eo1xp2f 27 күн бұрын

Free Iran

@addamr2052 26 күн бұрын

They don't want to be freed

@Bertrum123 24 күн бұрын

@@addamr2052not what ive seen .50000 mosques closed out of 75.000 speaks volumes .not long now and the regime will over .all oppressive regeims eventual fall .

@MrZZooh 22 күн бұрын

Free you.

@mikeyperfect1838 21 күн бұрын

Free yourself.

@Elirides 27 күн бұрын

My heart goes out to the helicopter's family 😢 R.I.P

@gerardogallardo7824 25 күн бұрын

Me 2

@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311 27 күн бұрын

"I hadn't thought of it that way" (regarding the chances of democracy spreading to Iran) - really?? It is the thing all dictstors are MOST scared of, surely - Putain included. Partly of course because in at least 50% of cases, it spells not only the end of their reign, but their life....

@botmfedr1m291 27 күн бұрын

In case you weren’t aware. Iran was like the US, or Mexico.. women wore jeans, didn’t have to dress with hijabs, they had religious freedoms- But then they Ayatollah got power and it all fell apart. You can watch old videos of Iran on KZfaq.

@128Benja 27 күн бұрын

It is important to distinguish between the people and the leadership when mentioning a nation, as in the case of Iran. The whole of Iran includes the common citizen and most has been in an iron grip. The leadership is scared and with strong motivation since their methods are inhumane and cruel. Their people in the other hand are in a position to retake their country from their leadership if they are willing enough.

@ronamain8689 27 күн бұрын

Look at the women. It's sad for them but they have no idea how good life can be!

@flowerpower8722 27 күн бұрын

They do because only a couple of generations ago they were fairly 'western'. Certainly women didn't wear the stuff they've been made to wear.

@piccalillipit9211 27 күн бұрын

They had an amazing life in Iran until Am3ric4 overthrew the democratically elected government - so blame the right people...!!!

@ma55382uk 27 күн бұрын

Yeah they can be as liberated as American women.sex objects

@johndewey6358 27 күн бұрын

Remember the men and women you are seeing in this footage are the pro regime idiots, not the other 98% of Iranians who are dancing on the streets and offering sweets to public to celebrate the crash that killed Raisi the Butcher of Tehran, when in summer of 1988 he along with two other judges issued the orders of mass execution of between5000 to 30,000 political prisoners. Raisi on Iranian TV admitted that he had signed off the killing of 3000 and he was very proud of that record and said the country should give him a medal! Amnesty International has confirmed at least 5000 political prisoners being murdered by the deaths squad judges (Raisi and two other judges). The families of the executed political prisoners to this day have never received the bodies of their loved ones. We know they must be hiding the bodies of the 30,000 killed in secret mass graves, one mass grave (Khavaran) was accidentally discovered and now has walls around it so people cannot access it. As Iranians, we urge the governments of UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Australia to classify the Khameni's private armies (IRGC and the Basij militias) as terrorist entities and prevent companies and financial institutions owned and controlled by IRGC from engaging in commerce, investments and any type of financial transactions, just like USA has, if EU and Canada cooperate with with the Iranian opposition we will topple this regime and get rid of this public menace, but we cannot do that so long as EU, UK and Canada shield the terrorist IRGC and Khamenei.

@jonm7272 27 күн бұрын

They are paid mourners, fake as fk

@masonhancock5350 27 күн бұрын

Ah yes the 2 Islamist emotions: anger and sadness.

@darshanajayawickrama2804 27 күн бұрын

Well said professor.

@nightlegals-gm2cl 27 күн бұрын

You lot just do not understand that many of these are paid mourners, its a cultural norm.

@yogi8010 27 күн бұрын

Not a cultural norm, the regime pays or force some people to mourn

@markusgorelli5278 27 күн бұрын

@@yogi8010 In the Islamic supplemental literature called the Hadith, I'm going to copy paste two (there are others) on this matter: Narrated Ibn 'Umar from his father: The Prophet said, "The deceased is tortured in his grave for the wailing done over him." Narrated Shu'ba: The deceased is tortured for the wailing of the living ones over him . and It was narrated that Umm 'Atiyyah said: "When I wanted to give pledge to the Messenger of Allah, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, women helped me (in wailing for the dead) during the Jahiliyyah; shall I go and help her (in wailing) and then come to you and give you my oath of allegiance?' He said: 'Go and help her.' So I went and helped her, then I came, and gave my pledge to the Messenger of Allah." So it does seem to be a cultural norm and I do not doubt that there aren't paid professional wailers in the crowd. And to be honest, I have to agree with the Prophet's opinion *so long as it is against people paid to wail over the dead.*

@riendebien2746 27 күн бұрын

More crocodile tears than a Bayou swamp

@mandanaaryanpur 27 күн бұрын

@@yogi8010stop saying nonesense.

@yogi8010 27 күн бұрын

@@mandanaaryanpur what I said is the reality and you know it. I live in Iran and it’s common knowledge that in events such as this the regime organize and gather people from different cities, provides free commute and food to gather as many people as it can to show the world that people of Iran support this blood thirsty regime. But people of Iran hate this regime and want to overthrow them.

@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311 27 күн бұрын

"Flux" is not EXACTLY the word I was thinking of to describe Iran

@He-de-hi-js2yu 27 күн бұрын

Sounds similar to another word!!

@markmcculloch2570 27 күн бұрын

Ya fukcs

@frankleespeaking9519 27 күн бұрын

Waiting to see these “pro Iranian “ people pack their bags and move there…….. still waiting

@markusgorelli5278 27 күн бұрын

As someone pointed out, if the Iranian system is so delicate that it cannot withstand a few people with their ideas, then it isn't very robust. I mean the American system is under enormous stress testing right now on all fronts from what one might classify as anti-American soft power influences even from within the government. We will have to see if they can hold together - but could any other country have remained standing this long?

@bravewarrior1218 27 күн бұрын

Ebrahim Raisi, the former president of Iran who died in a helicopter crash, was indeed a brutal and ruthless figure known for his role in mass executions and violent crackdowns on dissent. As a young cleric in 1988, Raisi served on the "death committees" that ordered the executions of thousands of political prisoners, earning him the moniker "the butcher." He proudly defended these killings as "divine punishment" and a "proud achievement." During the 2019 protests over fuel price hikes, Raisi, then head of the judiciary, played a central role in the violent suppression that left at least 1,500 protesters dead. As president from 2021, he oversaw a harsh crackdown on the 2022 protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody, with over 500 killed and 22,000 arrested. Raisi strictly enforced the mandatory hijab laws, with morality police brutally targeting women like Amini for perceived violations. His presidency was marked by an emboldened stance against the U.S., further uranium enrichment, and a major missile attack on Israel in 2023. Raisi rose through the ranks as a hardline protege of Supreme Leader Khamenei, who facilitated his path to the presidency by disqualifying opposition candidates. His reputation for lethal repression made him a divisive figure both domestically and internationally.

@monkeymagic4555 27 күн бұрын

Some say they were last heard screaming Ally's At The Bar...ALLY'S AT THE BAR!......Which is as we all know a load of nonesense Ally does not even drink and was far too busy putting helicopter co ordinated into the missile system database........

@nicholasmaude6906 27 күн бұрын

LOL😉😁🤣!

@He-de-hi-js2yu 27 күн бұрын

🤣🤣

@bravewarrior1218 27 күн бұрын

#monkeymagic 😂😂😂😂

@jasperchance3382 27 күн бұрын

About time!

@goochpunchtickles3617 27 күн бұрын

It seems Allah has sent a message to Iran. Peace is better than tyranny.

@Mozart69938 27 күн бұрын

I think they haven’t opened the mail box yet

@hlc95 25 күн бұрын

Ali Khamenei is also a tyrant. Raisi was his puppet.

@ConnieMoumas-hl5sp 24 күн бұрын

Iranians should see this as a chance for change.This is their chance

@loum.4377 27 күн бұрын

Regime change in Iran would be very welcome by the Iranian Citizens. They want the freedom they had under the Shaw.

@Mozart69938 27 күн бұрын

And what should Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis do? Nobody thinks of them !

@for-real-countrygirl4192 26 күн бұрын

In every video of coverage ive watched on this situation, ive seen so much crying but not 1 single tear. Lots of people wiping dry eyes and dry noses and lots of hands covering faces but not 1 tear

@rgrgraterol 27 күн бұрын

Very interesting the classic mic used by the first guy interviewed…

@IAC83 26 күн бұрын

Yeti by Blue. Not a classic

@Thomasvodka-dx5ug 24 күн бұрын

Iran doesn't fear America. Iran knows what America can do they know

@giabe8470 27 күн бұрын

Bunch of weirdos!

@OrionOsiris777 27 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@Mozart69938 27 күн бұрын

Stone age species

@jerome6578 26 күн бұрын

Cult athmosphere in there

@artlieberman5783 23 күн бұрын

Mourning the loss of a perfectly good helicopter. My condolences to the Iranian people.

@goodguy2627 27 күн бұрын

According to china's foreign minister, Raisi was a good friend of the iranian people and a role model for the younger iranian generation. What a downfall for the china's international diplomacy!

@FelixKalemba-sg3sp 24 күн бұрын

Hypocrisy

@stancromer3362 26 күн бұрын

Flying low in a helicopter in bad weather is always dangerous. I suppose the Iranians didn't get the news about Kobe Bryant's accident.

@JohnMarochko-hs5em 27 күн бұрын

Won’t even make good fertilizer

@philipperholland 27 күн бұрын

Freedom costs a buck o five

@philipperholland 27 күн бұрын

Plus Islam is doodoo

@AmericanPatriot4-19-95 25 күн бұрын

Thoughts it was "just" a hard landing.....?

@davidedbrooke9324 24 күн бұрын

Best for Iranians!

@davidjma7226 24 күн бұрын

It is significant that not one GCC country has declared a mourning period. Rafsanjani got three days - years after his presidency ended. Iran is not seen as a good neighbour.

@JuanSanchez-ik7wx 27 күн бұрын

Harry the Homeless Guy at the microphone yet again.

@RoyalBlue292 27 күн бұрын

You'll never leave other countries alone to run their affairs, without wanting them crush..never!

@LaLaOhyah-co4wi 27 күн бұрын

Democracy to IRAN Now ! From the River to the Sea 🌊 Iran will be Islamic Freeeee ! Islamic religion & State of Iran should be seperate!

@RockCorley-im1si 23 күн бұрын

They are afraid of their own people!

@ericjayfederizo3549 25 күн бұрын

Iran needs new leader.

@rickmoore8293 23 күн бұрын

Iran and the Iranian people are awesome. As in every country it's the leadership! Just heard a really interesting interview with Nixon. He said the American people and the Russian people could and should be friends, but that the two governments couldn't be because their ends and means are contrary to each other. It is time for all people everywhere to start pushing our governments to advocate for peace. Can you imagine if all countries on earth could stop funding their military. Imagine what could be accomplished with those young men and women, not to mention the money.

@REktSigMa 24 күн бұрын

Welp it is becoming clear what happened in that chopper crash. Sounds like this pilot helped out the Iranians by listening to that guy.

@DetroitMicroSound 27 күн бұрын

This will help isolate those in power, from the rest. A handful crying in the village square, while millions rejoice, all around them.

@charlieremaneses7650 26 күн бұрын

That's the thing you should fear. US can never be match by any country.

@moremoola 26 күн бұрын

I bet you the Iranian people are probably just like us. They just need to muster up the courage to demand free and fair elections.

@DashRiprock513 26 күн бұрын

The shahs of sunset should weigh in on this.

@Eged282 21 күн бұрын

Hayatolas your days are numbered!!🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

@proudsm735 23 күн бұрын

Free iran from Islamic regime.

@eaglespoint9193 23 күн бұрын

These innocent humans in black, are celebrating and not mourning, what an event?😂😂😂😂

@gangaiahchaluvaiah4839 23 күн бұрын

The fear is natural. Newton's 3rd law works against those who destruct others will get destructed. Modern world doesn't wars and inhuman acts.

@danmano478 26 күн бұрын

Solovyov said that a Mossad agent named Eli Copter shot down that Helicopter. Solovyov knows what he’s saying, he is smart. 🤭

@itheuserfirst3186 27 күн бұрын

What were all of those nuns blubbering about?

@johnsting2783 27 күн бұрын

American Horse power!

@user-ij5lc1kw8r 27 күн бұрын

How smart do i have to be to realize how dumb i am?

@J.M.254 25 күн бұрын

Iran has to maintain themselves, as the Shia Capital of the Shia world at all cost. They have no choice.

@rushelm8101 26 күн бұрын

This is the culture which feminists fail to criticize. At what point should we question that?

@jerrychurchill8765 24 күн бұрын

Iran needs what we have in US, “Seperation of church and State”. Under the Shah Iran was making changes that were good for Iran. If Ishmael was not fit to inherit why now do we have to deal with his founding !!

@laurawalker6431 26 күн бұрын

They should use this time as an opportunity to go democratically sociable. Be democratic could advance their position and wisdom of the universe!

@peterhenson4048 27 күн бұрын

This will be a selibration for lot's of people.

@TomatoFettuccini 27 күн бұрын

Look at all that leopard food in that crowd of Raisi mourners.

@williambranch4283 25 күн бұрын

Worked before

@emagoutard2576 23 күн бұрын

Pas plier pour ça faut pas vous laisser diviser c’était bien ils ont réussi à l’avoir à ça on sera la vérité et on va la chercher

@rushelm8101 26 күн бұрын

Hollywood in the east. Don't bother auditioning guys, your crocodile tears won't break the reality drought.

@somwayptyltd7634 27 күн бұрын

He was most strategical proxy war player in the region hands down !!

@masonhancock5350 27 күн бұрын

Was

@kronos7110 27 күн бұрын

Was:)

@JohnAnderson4242 27 күн бұрын

Nobody's taking selfies!? What is wrong with this country?

@Mozart69938 27 күн бұрын

They don’t like horror movies

@LaLaOhyah-co4wi 27 күн бұрын

How many Raisi wives, children and grandchildren are there ?

@user-qg1pe2jw2f 20 күн бұрын

Ochenta y siete hijos Cuarenta y cinco mujeres, treinta y ocho nietos,

@MarcoGarcia-nj3cf 27 күн бұрын

Now focus on North Korean leader and Putin.

@juliancoulden1753 27 күн бұрын

This says it all. All these women covered in black. In mourning for a murdering despot

@anabelyoung4304 27 күн бұрын

Put a democratic president. Not a dictator

@Mozart69938 27 күн бұрын

Or at least somebody without a beard

@JohnAnderson4242 27 күн бұрын

Good, they should definitely be 'scared' of usA. May be someone there has a lick of sense.

@elizaphansiringi5364 27 күн бұрын

Iran has ashamed itself that it has no capabilities of aerial Search & Rescue operation, but had to seek help from Turkey . Then how can Iran threaten USA, when they can't satisfy basic domestic needs of their country with VIP choppers being >3 decades old? Simply surprising as a clear case of leadership with wrong priorities🤦

@rouruapera2711 26 күн бұрын

Hey!!! Iran u beta not to make war wirh America cos America is one of the country that helps countries who are in needs

@suwarto3548 23 күн бұрын

American enemy is not Iran but Saudi and Iran enemy is not Amerika but Saudi

@yesand5536 27 күн бұрын

Curious: what's the soft power of Iran? Who's going crazy worldwide for Iranian culture and love of the form of government in Iran (other than Terry Wrist)?

@ohno521 27 күн бұрын

In the words of spock*Live long and prosper*

@jabraun00 27 күн бұрын

it was an israeli fog gun that downed the heli come on guys ! lol

@CitizensoftheKingdomofHeaven 22 күн бұрын

That is how religion powerless is. Religion cannot fight ideas of suppressing it by pure political and military actions of purely civilized nations.

@user-ug4nh7hj1h 27 күн бұрын

god works 24/07 ❤

@Flaaaaanders 27 күн бұрын

Wait a sec, why are all those women wearing bin bags?

@jameshallahan4376 26 күн бұрын

The Middle Ages

@riendebien2746 27 күн бұрын

God really is Great.

@Mozart69938 27 күн бұрын

He is. But there is room for improvement, Putin, Kim Jong Un,

@IslandBoyzICECOLD44CD 21 күн бұрын

Argentina that's where #SATXSpursNation Basketball player Manu ginobili#20SG Olympics Basketball dream team That's the same thing what happened to RIP Kobe Bryant 🙏 helicopter crash based on a TRU story

@hichic4390 26 күн бұрын

To be honest, when you see the pictures of people's presence the other day, you will realize the stupidity of what you keep repeating. Of course, there is nothing new, your ignorance has a historical record.

@SwyTashee 27 күн бұрын

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@kalayne6713 25 күн бұрын

The crying women? Wives and daughters of the Islamic regime. The Iranian people want peace, not persecution and killings.

@titob.yotokojr.9337 26 күн бұрын

The butcher of tehran got butchered by the mountain.

@user-xk4jo7ov4e 24 күн бұрын

The moment the guy named Javier Milei I realized this channel is really just a joke.

@user-py6bo1jz2m 25 күн бұрын

Ware that hijab women answer: no more misogynist.

@colinjames7961 26 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@user-fb5rk3ko4c 21 күн бұрын

He'll be more afraid when Trump wins.

@joancramer7484 27 күн бұрын

medieval

@abdalahgunda1319 21 күн бұрын

One of the lteligince of amatoller Khomeini has creat more lranian sayantist beyond what western country and lzrael thinking time lzrael were hanting lran sayantist were few lran sayantist now from 2000 Antilles now how many lran creat more sayantist because national driven by sayantist not president country has got no Short on politician because politician are just voice sensitive is the sayantist who creat security and creat economy within the nation

@anastasiabeaverhausen5467 26 күн бұрын

Two old women pretending to cry 😂

@user-ug4nh7hj1h 27 күн бұрын

all the opprest women there crying with dry eyes✌

@ponamarujon 24 күн бұрын

US is powerful in the world

@emagoutard2576 23 күн бұрын

Qu’est-ce qu’il a fait lui il a fait sauter les tours ah non c’est pas lui c’est c’est c’est Israël les tours de 2001

@briano9397 27 күн бұрын

My guy says spreading women's rights like it's a disease 😂

@1faustus 27 күн бұрын

The same soft power that has been bringing down the Ayatollah regime since 1979?

@JuneBaby01 27 күн бұрын

Yeah, U.S. sanctions has left them living in the 1970's ever since the attack on the U.S. Embassy...all from soft power too...every time Iran tries something the U.S. slaps it down with soft power!!!

@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311 27 күн бұрын

Look - even the Americans know they can't get rid of EVERY government around the world which irks them.....

@piccalillipit9211 27 күн бұрын

Thats it - LOL. Yo uonly have soft power if countries want to emulate you. NO ONE wants to emulate the US any more. Odly massive wealth inequality, unaffordable housing, unaffordable healthcare, spiraling food costs, and zero hour contracts os NOT want most countries want to aspire to.