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Irans leadership has a serious internal split, retired general says · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: Iranians in this country want to understand why there is
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  Speaker 1: such a commitment to building a nuclear program, even saying
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  Speaker 1: that it's an energy program, rather than helping people to
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  Speaker 1: live better lives, have better water, better electricity, lower inflation,
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  Speaker 1: all of these issues that they would like to perhaps
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  Speaker 1: see be the priority. A better Iranian economy.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, we seek a better economy America on a
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  Speaker 2: daily basis increases sanctions. Well, there you have Iranian President
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  Speaker 2: pezeshki In speaking with Martha McCallum after its twelve day
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  Speaker 2: war with Israel. In new comments today, he seems to
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  Speaker 2: push for an end to the conflict with the US,
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  Speaker 2: saying quoting here, the war must end at some point.
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  Speaker 2: It is better to end the war today when we
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  Speaker 2: are in power and dignity in the whole world acknowledges
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  Speaker 2: our victory. That according to state media as Remo, here's
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  Speaker 2: the reality for some in Tehran.
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  Speaker 3: People are struggling to make ends meet. They can't afford it.
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  Speaker 3: They buy us. In my opinion, they really have no
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  Speaker 3: other choice. It has to negotiate and somehow work things out.
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  Speaker 2: Let's bring in retired for Star Air Force General Charles Wald,
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  Speaker 2: former deputy commander of US European Command. He served more
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  Speaker 2: than thirty five years in the military and flew combat
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  Speaker 2: missions over the Middle Aged General, it's great to have
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  Speaker 2: you on. It seems to me like you have the
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  Speaker 2: Iranian President Pezeshkian looking for an off ramp, and yet
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  Speaker 2: the IRGC wants to keep going. Where does that put us?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think it's where we've been for a while.
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  Speaker 3: It's the go and back and forth, thinking that if
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  Speaker 3: we punish them enough, they want to come to the
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  Speaker 3: negotiating table, excuse me, and every time they do that,
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  Speaker 3: of course, they reneg on their promises. So I think
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  Speaker 3: we're seeing a couple of things. I think the IRG
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  Speaker 3: has there back to the wall again. As I've said before.
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  Speaker 3: Number two's I think there's an internal a serious internal
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  Speaker 3: split in the leadership in Iran, the president versus the
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  Speaker 3: IRGC leadership versus Iatola for that matter. So I think
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  Speaker 3: we need to probably take any discussions we have with
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  Speaker 3: the Iranians with a grain of salt. I've said this
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  Speaker 3: before and I'll say it again. I think we need
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  Speaker 3: to continue to make sure we keep the Iranian military
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  Speaker 3: capability to threaten externally down as much as we can,
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  Speaker 3: and certainly start opening up the straits of horror moves,
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  Speaker 3: and we can talk about that, but I have ways
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  Speaker 3: to say that. But I would not trust the Iranians
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  Speaker 3: as far as I can throw them. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you look at this.
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  Speaker 2: Here's what the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces
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  Speaker 2: said about Trump's threat of economic warfare. Goes on to say,
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  Speaker 2: quoting with preparedness across land, sea, air, air defense in cyberspace,
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  Speaker 2: Iran's armed forces will respond to the enemy's new threats
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  Speaker 2: with crushing, punishing, and devastating responses. Does Iran think these
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  Speaker 2: types of specious statements are going to make the president
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  Speaker 2: just turn tail and run away? What's what's the thinking
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  Speaker 2: here by, you know, by by fomenting this kind of
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  Speaker 2: stuff with these types of statements.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'll give them some credit for, uh, the fact
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  Speaker 3: that they understand what you're applying and that the United States,
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  Speaker 3: the President certainly in the United States at large, is
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  Speaker 3: not going to, you know, power to the rhetoric of
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  Speaker 3: kind of bellicos from the Iranians based on no ability
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  Speaker 3: to follow up with it.
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  Speaker 2: There.
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  Speaker 3: The message to me is for the Iranian people, I
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  Speaker 3: really do firmly believe that, uh, the Iranian military leadership
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  Speaker 3: I RGC and the government whatever that is, is really
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  Speaker 3: concerned with population turning on. Obviously, when they had the
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  Speaker 3: protest months ago in January and reportedly killed up forty
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  Speaker 3: three thousand Iranian citizens, that is a deterrent from people protesting.
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  Speaker 3: But if you look at the economic situation, the reports
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  Speaker 3: that you've seen, and I've seen, it's been several sources
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  Speaker 3: seventy percent inflation. I read an article today where a
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  Speaker 3: lady reported in I Ran she went to buy some
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  Speaker 3: simple groceries. It cost her eighty five million Real, which
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  Speaker 3: is sixty five US dollars. It's amazing what their money
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  Speaker 3: has become nothing, And so I think they're buying time.
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  Speaker 3: I think they're talking big, but I think we have
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  Speaker 3: to stick to our guns, so to speak, and be careful.
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  Speaker 3: But I think we stick it out and we start
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  Speaker 3: opening the straits, maybe for a six hour period every day,
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  Speaker 3: Iran's going to crumble.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, General, great to have you on the show. Thank you,
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