Struggle within Iranian elite

[PersianPimp31]

Fuck islam , Death to the Mullah's , Death to the Taleban ! Fuck Mekka !!! Shit on Qoran !

[ammaryasir56]

Well Iran

[azkeyz]

If you expected real news from fox , you're a serious dreamer.

[babu22111]

Iran people kick out their king -Balewei and build a islam country, now they know they pay for it!

[rudabeh]

The real problem with Iran is Islam. Islam is the cancer of the world and a cancer that has made Iran sick for 1,400 years. Get rid of Islam and we will see many (but not all) of the problems disappear.

[nilo723]

Ahmadinejad kicks ass! This man-

1) Won the elections

2) Won Arab public opinion, a big achievement considering the prevalent racism between the two groups

3) Made that nuclear deal last week and broke American jaw!

4) Has increasing support from Western public too despite of all media propaganda!

[anikgol]

also the only reason the economy during the war was ok was because the money from the Shahs era was still there. Now moussavi would not be much better than ahmadinejad. and for the record these two guys are both khomeinists and will not do iran any good.

[shabirmcbul]

@anikgol well said man they r both fucking khomeinists

[anikgol]

its called the REVOLUTIONARY guard you idiot; not republican!

[Taghayee]

Ahamdinejad won the election by a large margin because he literally campaigned his entire presidency- going to places in Iran that the elites like Mousavi or Rafsanjani probally dont even know that exist. Ahmadinejad worked for it and got to enjoy the fruits of his hard work. Mousavi and Co are nothing more than SOUR Loosers.

[seanamico]

Taghayee, The view of an ignorant Muslim has been placed in front of us.

This is beyong Ablahnajess & other scum, this is to free Iranians from Islamic pigs and you will see the end of these Mullah SOB soon.

Death to Islamic pigs, Basijj, Mullah.

[Taghayee]

Escobar seems to be high. As a farsi speaker, I can honestly say that Ahmadinejad won the debate by a long shot. He was logical, he was sound, and he was calm. On the other hand Mousavi seemed and sounded bitter and often got personal.

Dont believe me? Watch the debate yourselves.

[FarhadOnUtube]

This man is so ignorant... Iran does not have republican guard.

[Eyebrownking]

they are 12 million you idiot

[essipoolaki]

im watchin this video 6 month after election....what the nice predictions and analysis

thanks

[AMIRsarkari]

come on this is bullshit all propaganda

fucking zionist

[JimmyDistant]

Ha haha..the revolutionary guards thats a big laugh. arent they the same people who fought iraq's revolutionary guards for eight years and couldnt kick ass? in comes the United States and kicks Iraq's army right in their ass in a few weeks. what do you think the United States would do with irans army/ id give it 2 weeks and they will be with their allah in HELL.

[nimaazdk]

baraye ehteram be khodeton va digar hamvatanan ;

1) be Farsi zbane asli va shirine khodeton type konin.

2)in hame fohsh che faydei dare, kasi ke nemifahme va falanje, hala az sobh ta shab tu goshesh bekhon, nemifahme !

Merci az hame shoma

[saeedireland]

we (Iranian) will fuck and destroy this Government very soon.

[raminss80]

Ahmadinejad won get over it holly shit

[jendeh32]

They killed your brother get over it.....

[raminss80]

AHMADINEJAD WON and i'm sorry if your brother got killed but we cant hold 70 million people for your brother

[jendeh32]

Well i'm losing my brothers and sisters this right very moment as we speak, AHMADINEJAD AND AKHOOND REGIME IS KILLING PEOPLE IN IRAN, DUMB ASS, stop supporting terrorists hopefully one of your family members get raped and their body chopped off maybe you will stop supporting terrorists:))))

[raminss80]

your are a CIA agent i belive mother fucker and you should stop talking nonesence they were only 20 killed in 10 days of riot in iran

but u.s army in passed month has killed more than 300 afghan civilians so i dont know what are you talking about. U.S army the biggest terrorist it self plus their popet Israel.

[jendeh32]

whoa only 20 killed in 10 days riot!??!?!

WTF world you live in?? stop living in your camel's ass and wake up and look if you're not blind.

CIA my ass, you dumb sand nigger. my dad just came from Iran, you dumb piece of shit, your hero terrorists are raping and killing women and children, fuck you and your mother and once again eat shit and enjoy :))))

[raminss80]

and about iran iraq war for your information iran just had a huge revolution and the armed forces were not ready second iraq was much stronger at that time comparing to 2003.third iran was not only fighting iraq we were fighting the whole world 50 countrys were supporting sadam including america and european counrtys and arabs in the region and last but not least america didnt win in iraq they got their ass kicked 75000 of their soldiers died but they say 4500 loool

[jendeh32]

WoW!!

dude where did you get your info dude!?!?!

Iran was fighting 50 countries in 1980-1988 Iran-Iran war??!!?!?!

America lost to Iraq what????

dude stick your head in out of Osama's ass bro so you can see the truth okay? :)

[raminss80]

well you dont know the history go read the histroy and see how many arab counrtys  european counrtys plus america ans U.S.S.R helped sadam hossein americans and europeans provided them with chemical weapons to use agianst iranian troops.and yes america didnt win in iraq their economy is about to collaps because of iraq war and bush and cheiney war crimes

[jendeh32]

haha you're stupid.

America economy colapsing doesn't mean they losing war in Iraq. They don't have to take over the whole Iraq to say they won, they got rid of Iraq's regime and saddam and that's called WINNING. If Europe helped Iraq than Russia and china helped Iran in your case.. cuz what you're saying is Iran is stronger than the whole world, retard. Not only you don't know shit about your history but your IQ is very low and your common sense you got none.

[raminss80]

i think your fuckin stupid because you watch cnn and fox news looooool they spended 3 trillion in iraq and didnt get any result  in iraq sadam hossein was dieing regim and it was really weak plus the new government in iraq is close to iranian government and its IRAN the real winner of this war.

in iran iraq was russian and china didnt help iran we were fighting with the weapons from shah's time

[jendeh32]

I think you are fucking stupid because when I told you that I was born and raised in Iran and I have relatives there you say that I got my information from cnn, dude you got dick stuck in your head

[shabirmcbul]

@jendeh32 us can wip iran in 4 weeks i bet, these irsnisns on u tube r so iggnorent n wrong informed by their dictator that they dont kbow power of us but soon they will come to knoe when F 22 n B 52's will b dancing in their skies n out tanking will roll in their small desearts

[Laysoles]

Hey man I wish you and your family the best in this troubled time.

[jendeh32]

thanks brother

[jendeh32]

I wish the same about you bro thanks

[shahpor12341]

Over time, Western democracy has evolved from accepting slavery to its present form. However, money, the interest groups, the religious view and other forces have always influenced it. In Iran, the same forces are involved in the dynamics of its democracy. The difference is not as much about the elements involved as it is about the balance and the amount of the involved elements. Giving Irans democracy some time, it might evolve to a more meaningful form than the western one.

[seandelaney2]

Why ask the opinion of somone from Brazil who's in Brazil about the affairs of Iran? is it because he's from a less afleunte country than some & people will believe him? is this more propaganda?

[arigreenblatt]

Of course he means the latter, namely a South African type solution. Bear in mind that from the Jewish point of view, we had no "natural" solution for 2000 years, until returning to our ancient homeland. We have prayed for this for thousands of years. Now we have a situation where, through politics, millions of innocent Arab people called Palestinians are suffering. They despise us wishing to kill us all. If only the Jews were given some indication that the Arabs understand our own needs.

[arigreenblatt]

OK. Of course no one has anything against nuclear power for peaceful means. The problem begins when an existential threat begins to effect Israel. Like it or not, Israel is the product of history, of thousands of years of persecution by the west. This was solved by transferring the 'Jewish problem' to the middle east,creating a very suspicious Israel.

[arigreenblatt]

I'm talking about Iran.

certainly America also has problems worth addressing. There is some truth to your statements however, be so kind as to directly address my insight on Iran.

[peymaania]

Pepe...get out ... them folks are crazy!!!

Long Live pepe, Long Live Pepe!

[tejaspics]

LIVE!! From some guys bathroom!! LOLOLOL

[tyrone1son]

see Rose Revolution

[havabord]

Please keep white americans from comming in here and make stpid retarded comments- for 30 years these bastards kept their mouth shut about the crimes of islamic republic against innocent IRANIANS- NOTE: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC WAS CREATED AND FINANCED BY JIMMY THE BASTARD CARTER AND ITS MASTER ENGLAND IN 1979

[shirin2556]

yo havabord, tell em how it is comrade...

[walkwalkslow]

Yeah, awesome analysis guys!

I believe that Iranians, particularly the youth movement (possibly also partly due to their "green" movement) see what's happening not only around the world for the first time in generations, but also in Iraq and they ask, in a sense, 'Where is our upward mobility?'. Where is our freedom, or promise of freedom?

I think they are suddenly gripped by an extreme sense of being isolated, and mocked by freer societies. That won't do in today's world.

[shirin2556]

"for the first time in generations..."?????????? u should do research/history before using those fingers on the keypad, just a suggestion comrade.....

[jhnwhltn]

Thanks so much for getting a complicated situation and explaining it in such an easy way to understand.

John

[luckysahraa]

well done!! you said it really nicely just like you are an Iranian yourself and have been lived there.I agree with you.

[Gonzoidz]

Thirty years of despotic rule by these vicious raghead fck wits, no wonder the Iranians have had enough. Mullah's Out!

[negin37]

As an iranian I disagree of waht he said!!!!! Is this a funny program? or what???

[shanaqbaimuru]

Why do you disagree? I realy want to know.

I hope your contry will be free.

[arigreenblatt]

It seems to me that Iran's educated echelon feel what is coming - a deadly coalition of military nuclear power backed by radical fundamentalism. They cannot openly criticize their own Islam but inherently they know that their own faith is being abused by their leaders

[Behnoud236]

I don't know why people keep criticizing him on his facts. Everything I've heard him talk about has been true from what I've heard myself. Some people need to research things instead of opening their mouths and blabbing like the Canadian-Iranian idiot below me.

[zlopogledja]

it is possible to count even a 100 000 000 votes in four hours with enough counters.

[ArashKamangar]

ما همه آگاهیم که اختلاف فعلی آقازادهای درون رژیم بر سرقدرت وچپاول مالی ومنافع نفتی است اما این فرصتی استسثنائی را برای مردم ایران پیش آورده است که با هوشیاری و ذکاوت و بکارگرفتن استراتِژی مرحله ای، ریشه حکومت استبدادی-مذهبی را برای همیشه از خاک پاک ایران بکنند

[ArashKamangar]

The program's anchorman seems lost by the complexities of Iranian politics as described proficiently by Pepe Escobar.

Much kudo to Iranians who navigate the muddy and stormy waters of Iran's internal politics so masterfully.

Viva Iran and Viva Iranian People.

[PresidentTeleprompte]

Whats with all the movement when talking

[vyaghini]

I'm Iranian and I have been following events in past several years and I tell you this guy is very accurate and his analysis very close to the real truth going on in Iran. Good source of information for poeple outside to get a grasp of what the hell is going on in here.

[canadianzainab]

Well I'm Iranian too, and I completely disagreed with the guy on 80% of what he said. I thought he was a well-versed buffoon.

[nycemail]

interesting but what are his credentials to opine on this rather unusual situation adn developments? love the fact that he has dedicated the time to understand Iranians and the complicated situation at hand. Owe him a thank you!

[budcork]

This was very informative. Long live Iran and our Iranian sisters and brothers who are standing against the evil forces of the regime.

[IranElectionFraud09]

Great job and very clear!

[Ashtyian]

It makes damn good sense. Thank you

[colmmernagh]

Yep, i have to agree with SomWay, pepe is talkn crap, wtf makes him judge and jury on weather Irans elections were a fraud ?? "people in the "blogisphere" say its rigged, and my man whan inside iran says its rigged so it must be true, give me break !

[SomWay]

WHO is this Brazilian clown? Why don't you interview Iranians?!?!?!?!?

[spartan2600]

these 16 minutes have been more informative than a week of (passively) listening to fox, hln, cnn for a week (that other people were watching- I can't help it).

[yo1dude1man]

Great Insight by Pepe Escobar. Very knowledgeable on Iranian economic, social, and political infrastructure. Something that is greatly missing in American main stream Media.

[runiter]

This is a beautiful report by Pepe and RealNewsNetwork. I became a fan of RealNews since the time of American election. They cover the news Truely as they are with correct analysis.

[sexdrugsRnR]

"state capitalist"

is there such a thing as "non-state capitalism"?

has there ever been?

how can there be when states retain monopolies on monetary systems?

if states allowed capitalism to actually be capitalism, we wouldnt have states anymore.

[obamacare]

state capitalism is the chinese model the world elites are all falling in love with- free market innovation with state control of people

[sexdrugsRnR]

state capitalism /= free market

monopolies /= free market

free market = capitalism

what we have now is a 'mixed market'.

[APatrioticRose]

This is exactly what our current administration is aiming toward.

[bonobo80]

It has been state capitalism since the beginning. The enclosures and other repressive laws were pushed by the state to force the peasants to work for the factories.

[sexdrugsRnR]

capitalism is not force.

[shirin2556]

you should do your history comrade

[sexdrugsRnR]

no explanation?

[envanje]

Enclosures were indeed pushed by the state but at it's turn the state was pushed to do this by large farming lobby groups.

The aim was, and is for it still exists, to rob the poor peasants of their land and give it to the rich peasants.

Most disgusting thing i ever experienced and those things do exist in the so called civilised countries in europe in the form of "realotment" !

[sexdrugsRnR]

it is expected that corporations would use the guns of the state for their own interests.

[sexdrugsRnR]

force peasants to work for the factories?

people chose factory life of there own free will.

[envanje]

People need a financial income so by realotment the poor peasants need to stop their business and most of them sell their land to the rich farmers. Their descendents need to find another job and relocate. Its deportation as Stalin did and still existing in so called civilised countries. you'll find a good example in "Viva Zapata" first part, the meeting with the president, where the poor farmers complain their land has been taken away though still difficult to understand without experience.

[AndrewMann552]

Pepe is probably on the mark. But it would be funny if it is discovered this whole mess was also CIA-funded.

[mikezephyr]

so i was flipping through today's Toronto Star and on a photo of Toronto Iranian demonstrators against the botched vote, a dude had the Real News dot kom as a t-shirt!

[sheytan2008]

gay

[colmmernagh]

Pepe makes a lot of assumptions

[osiris2669]

what are the assumptions? Just curious, since I'm about to watch the vid.

[imnodog]

yeah, but isn't him here to express his "expert" opinion on the matter? that's basically what an assumption is...

[grinzella]

Pepe and real news were very bright and energetic yet again, thank you so very much for all that exillarating discussions, this is the greatest news on the internet for sure.

[amanzour]

where is the second section of the interview?

[discoinfern0]

yeah where is it?

[ecoloscabos]

Mexican elections! Thats all I have to say, shit any election. Florida?! Pfft!! We need to finally get rid of politicians!! They can buy, scam, con, intimidate, radicalize electors, and normally they do!!! Its just not covered by mass media. Thats why its so important to protect internet and free speech. Great job Real News!!

[gjs2519]

Another illuminating interview and great video on The Real News! A 5-star performance from Paul Jay and Pepe Escobar in explaining the current political situation in Iran.

[IgnoranceIsNoExuse]

So far the youth gangs sanctioned by the gov sounds like what Obama is doing in the US to create a civ. force for battle inside the US. Choosing a leader by the rich, sounds like the Rothchild's in the West. It was said that the Bush admin. also did electoral fraud. The US gov & the Iranian gov have things in common. Both beat their people for speaking out & protesting. I think if Iran would just take it in the ass from Israel & suck US gov oil greed cock, then relations would be good w Iran

[fl00ders]

Pepe is amazing.

[alephba61]

It is called "Revolutionary Guard" not the "Republican Guard"

[meeputube]

Great insight.

[DD826]

Good video. They should air it in the US on the 'state rum media"!

[alizeentraedy]

What about USA electronic unaccountable votes and electoral frauds by the Bush administration,then following this,who is Barack Obama??,answer:9th cousin of Dick Chenney and Bush,and they all are relatives of the Queen Elizabeth of England........All stays in the family...I mean the illusionist democratic familyXDXDXD!!!Jewish masonic zionist mafia!!

[skinnychef]

pepe & paul!!!!

great work!

xoxox

skinnychef

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

Another great video, TheRealNews!

[DD826]

Where Ahmadinejad went wrong was, making the fraud a "landslide". Everyone knows, he didn't have that kind of support.

[JixMa]

Thank you Pepe Escobar and The RealNews! Great report and really makes me understand what is happening there in Iran.

[Parsa1859]

Can you show me links to the bloggers where you get information from =)

[boots920]

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

Joseph Stalin

In the computer age there should be a way to ensure proper voting, very easy to do now why don't governments implement an audit. They would loose control of the power, without a unique identifier elections are a farce. The states has electronic voting , its a total sham.

[CitizenCindy]

I think he's gotten this one wrong. The middle and upper class opposed Ahmadinejad, but they are a minority within Iran. Most Iranians are either peasants or belong to the nonrural working class. Ahmadinejad ALWAYS had their votes. The Western media towed the US government line by pretending that Mousavi had majority support in Iran. Mousavi's loss was inevitable, and by propagandizing the public to think he was a shoein, the media has reinforced the image of Ahmadinejad as a dictator.

[1140Cecile]

My condolences to the Iranian people and their Green Revolution. I think I can understand what you're feeling at the moment. I remember my utter disbelief followed by weeks of dismay after Bush was re-elected in 2004. 4 more years seems like a very long time but it will pass, so keep up with your struggles for liberalization of your country. Also, work to ensure that elections and results are properly monitored in 2013. Good luck to you all!

[chuckiej]

He sounds expert but please tell us why he is. Thanks guys

[PsyogiBottoms]

So it was the same as Bush's win in 2004.

I'm sure they had Diebold do it for them. lol Worked for our criminals.

[skibee50]

What ?

[conciousgood]

Good reporting guys. Thank you.

[danmanjones]

THanks again Pepe

Google -> Pepe Escobar aitimes

[SubmarinerAndroid]

God bless the people of Iran!

The American and Iranian people are not enemies!

[harryfmk]

Nicely said.

[camb702]

Military Coup? Mousavi is no different to Yuvchenko or Saakashvili.

[danmanjones]

What makes you say that?

[camb702]

Just looking at the evidence; and all the posturing from Washington leading up to the election results (from Obama in particular on his recent visit to Cairo).

Another "color revolution" or CIA people power coup? No thanks.

[CIAMONTYCIA]

It seems obvious that something is strange in the vote count this time. At any rate, the Iranian government has really made some enemies this time. You can't beat people like that and get away with it. It was like they sent out a mob to attack the protesters. They must have killed several people. We are finally seeing change within Iran. Hopefully this will lead to a new phase in Iran. Great people! Best of luck to them!!

[danielnz1]

"The homogeneous picture of extreme belief where the majority of people believe in orthodox Islam which comes out of Iran is not true."

Iran is a country of different ethnic minorities and different religionsIranian women have become canaries of the mind. If you want to guage a society and how free it is, you go to its women.

[harryfmk]

I think the quote suggests you see how they treat their criminals...

Women aren't oppressed all over the world, just in agricultural places. The hunter/gatherers, like in Africa, are much more often matriarchal.

But yes, in Iran, the women are oppressed. And hot.

[otraverdad]

looooooooooooooooool military coup?! this guy is an idiot...

Congratulations Iran

[otraverdad]

Military coup???? looool burn zionists burn, this guy look idiot...

Congratulation Iran

[harryfmk]

You type idiot.

[byemef]

Mandou muito, Pepe!

Thank you for such nuanced analysis, The Real News. Even TeleSur's coverage (usually far more trustworthy and outside the usual state-corporate alignments - a bit like DemocracyNow! but on actual television) was unbelievably bad on this matter (saturated with knee-jerk enemy-of-my-enemy readings). So thank you for showing how complex this situation is.

[flyhead2]

Very interesting interview.

[abarzilai664]

I'd say the rigging was more last minute considering the sloppy job the rev. gaurds did.

[ya19375]

i lol'd at the pork comment xD

[ArcticSlicer]

Great Interview.  Can't wait for part 2.

[AndrewMann552]

This doesn't a lot like Chile. More like Stalin- A coup within the revolution by members of the revolutionary system.

[mikezephyr]

except it too is all solidly counter-revolutionary.