Goldie Ghamari - IRAN EXPLAINED： Trump Rejects Regime Deal as Araghchi Warns of Doomsday War

00:00:00.000 Like, do you see the audacity? 1.00

00:00:02.300 Like, these Durkhas are so smug and they're like,

00:00:05.040 they didn't give us a good reason for... 1.00

00:00:06.600 The good reason for rejecting it is that you are terrorists

00:00:10.240 and President Trump does not want to negotiate with terrorists.

00:00:13.420 And he's been playing you along this entire time

00:00:15.640 because I think something bigger is going on behind the scenes.

00:00:24.340 I want to see what sort of, like, insane freak show

00:00:27.340 is happening here with Adelchi.

00:00:28.640 And joining me now is the Foreign Minister of Iran, Abbas Arachi.

00:00:32.620 Mr. Foreign Minister, welcome back to Meet the Press.

00:00:35.680 Well, good morning, Kristian, and thank you for having me in your program.

00:00:39.180 Thank you very much for being here.

00:00:41.020 Let's start right there with your seven-day ceasefire proposal.

00:00:46.140 President Trump has rejected it.

00:00:48.580 What is your response?

00:00:50.760 Well, first of all, let me say that it's very interesting to listen to an ambassador,

00:00:56.780 U.S. ambassador, who is desperately going back to old, unproved accusations in order

00:01:03.480 to answer a very simple question of why they are rejecting a seven-day plan, a seven-day

00:01:10.180 plan, which can… 1.00

00:01:11.180 Because they don't need to, because your plan was stupid and President Trump doesn't 1.00

00:01:16.720 like it. 1.00

00:01:17.720 President Trump doesn't need to explain himself to you.

00:01:21.320 Like, do you see the audacity? 1.00

00:01:23.880 these durkas are so smug and they're like they didn't give us a good reason for the the good 1.00

00:01:29.240 reason for rejecting it is that you are terrorists and president trump does not want to negotiate 1.00

00:01:34.120 with terrorists and he's been playing you along this entire time because i think something bigger

00:01:38.280 is going on behind the scenes bring the life back to normal and to answer a very simple question

00:01:44.040 that why they are rejecting a seven-day plan a seven-day plan which can bring the life back to

00:01:51.560 normal in the persian gulf and in the strait of hormones why they uh are they rejecting this this

00:01:57.800 is a very uh you know important question that they have to answer by the way guys uh if you

00:02:03.960 didn't know adachi means from iraq right so adachi means from iraq remember that

00:02:12.840 also i'm surprised that uh the ambassador is talking about uh seven day plan as he has not

00:02:21.320 read it maybe maybe he has not given a copy uh our proposal is very clear

00:02:30.600 we are ready uh to open the strait if certain things are done by the us and these certain things

00:02:42.040 are not new have not come from the space these are our rights that we want to be respected

00:02:49.800 first of all we want to end this war this war of aggression very interesting that this Durka

00:02:57.400 this terrorist is talking about rights what about the rights of the Iranian people what about the

00:03:03.700 rights of the Iranian people what about the Iranians that you literally murdered today

00:03:07.040 what about the hundred thousand they started this war eight months ago no actually you started the

00:03:13.380 war 47 years ago when you occupied iran and started yelling aloha akbar and took americans 0.59

00:03:20.080 hostage and ever since then you've been chanting death to america and you've been exporting your 0.70

00:03:25.180 revolution you've been exporting your jihad and you're responsible for all the terrorism happening 0.63

00:03:30.440 in the united states in israel and everywhere you started the war 47 years ago uh with the hope that 0.61

00:03:38.820 two three days you know they can win the war it's now eight months and we want it to be ended

00:03:45.620 we want our monies our assets which are illegally uh frozen be released we want you know we be able

00:03:55.620 to sell our oil so we want certain things that u.s has already uh committed itself in the previous

00:04:03.140 uh you know uh deals but mr foreign minister you heard you heard the ambassador's point was

00:04:10.580 united states is not going to unfreeze assets on the front end it's not going to lift sanctions

00:04:15.700 on the front end is it possible to negotiate a new peace plan at this juncture or has diplomacy failed

00:04:25.700 well why why they are not ready to to release our money it is our own money no it's not it's

00:04:31.300 the iranian people's money you've been stealing it to buy multi-million dollar properties around 0.59

00:04:35.700 the world and funding your terrorism in lebanon and gaza and and in iraq and you use the money 0.66

00:04:43.300 to build secret underground nuclear facilities i'm glad that all of that money is frozen because that

00:04:49.460 money belongs to the iranian people not to you i'm grateful i'm grateful that america has frozen

00:04:57.620 those assets i would like i would only trust america and israel to freeze the assets if any

00:05:05.180 other country that is any other country that is freezing assets even canada i wouldn't feel secure

00:05:10.980 about that i would be like something is up this is shifty why is canada getting involved and i say

00:05:16.520 that as a canadian because unfortunately our government is taking over right now but the fact

00:05:21.020 that, you know, America has frozen the assets, that gives me comfort. Because I know the kind

00:05:29.800 of country that America is. And I know, right, Scott Besant is a man of his word. And he said

00:05:35.040 that they're holding the funds in trust for the Iranian people to be released to the Iranian

00:05:40.120 people. When Iran is it's not like America is taking the money and spending it. They're just

00:05:44.900 holding on to it. They're basically choking the Islamic regime and good for America. And he's 1.00

00:05:49.460 whining about it like a baby remember so he he whines about this but but then when he's asked

00:05:57.380 about all the Iranians that that he's murdered he has like this evil smile on his face like 0.99

00:06:02.820 they're so they're they're absolutely disgusting they're disgusting people well why why they are 1.00

00:06:08.080 not ready to to release our money it is our own money it is not uh you know any other's money 0.96

00:06:13.960 because they want to see some actionable items from Iran like opening the Strait of Hormuz before

00:06:18.800 they do that has diplomacy failed mr foreign minister well this diplomacy can never uh

00:06:25.200 there is also always hope for diplomacy but we have no reason to be honest with you we have no

00:06:32.320 reason to come back to diplomacy and engage with this uh administration once good good yes go okay

00:06:37.920 guys there you go there you go he just said it they have no reason to come back to the negotiation

00:06:43.040 table so hey guys open season open season on the durkhas let's go let's boom boom bam

00:06:49.440 it's again because of they behaved in the past two years you know in 2025 they offered negotiation

00:06:55.840 we accepted and we engaged in into negotiation and then you know i don't i don't actually you

00:07:00.320 know i don't always agree with the durkhas but when i do it's for a good reason so there you go

00:07:05.600 he's like we have no reason to get back to the negotiation table i agree i agree then in the 0.99

00:07:10.640 the middle of negotiations they attacked us that's so funny that was such a classic move

00:07:15.840 i love how they're whining about it as if like this is a bad thing oh we were in the middle of

00:07:20.560 talking and they talked that was the strategy that was the strategy just because you're talking

00:07:28.080 doesn't mean that that you are uh that that that's a defense they're they're pretending as if the

00:07:37.920 fact that america was talking to them means that america should not have attacked if their lips are

00:07:45.200 moving they're lying because look at what he just said and this interview was just a few days ago

00:07:50.320 they had signed themselves so if you ask us there is no reason why we should go back go back to

00:07:55.920 diplomacy but i'm still trying diplomacy because i think we shouldn't miss any chance for peace

00:08:02.720 we we don't care about uh you know u.s uh midterm elections we don't oh really you don't care about

00:08:09.840 u.s midterm elections okay yeah sure all right do you see how they lie like it's just

00:08:20.880 they lie shamelessly if their lips are moving they're lying that's all i can say

00:08:25.840 that that's literally all i can say

00:08:27.120 we don't we don't care about the the u.s midterm elections i'm still trying diplomacy because i

00:08:37.360 think we shouldn't miss any chance for peace we we don't care about uh you know u.s uh midterm

00:08:43.680 elections we don't care about any other things we care about our national interest we are ready to

00:08:48.240 negotiate as much as we are ready to face any challenge we stand firm in the face of any challenge

00:08:54.720 any any aggression sorry we stand firm in the face of any aggression against us

00:08:59.880 even it comes to a doomsday war well at the same time we are ready for diplomacy

00:09:05.480 but and now there is a very reasonable plan on the table if they rejected for needs for no with

00:09:13.460 no reason this is their their fault and i have to say that although we heard from president trump

00:09:18.680 that he's rejecting. I don't like that finger. I don't like that. Why? Why do they do the finger

00:09:25.420 thing? Ready for diplomacy. But and now there is a very reasonable plan on the table. If they 0.99

00:09:34.160 rejected for no reason, this is their fault. And I have to say that although we heard from President

00:09:41.200 Trump that he's rejecting this deal, but we are still waiting for an official response through

00:09:45.780 the mediators well and what uh the mediators answer to president trump so if president trump

00:09:57.860 says that he's rejected the deal what how does that even make any sense and i love how he said

00:10:07.180 that as if that's like a slam dunk. He's like, oh, I just showed that. Trump said that, but

00:10:16.120 we're waiting for the official. It is worth noting you're saying that they violated the

00:10:23.000 last agreement. Iran did fire first on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, but let me ask you

00:10:28.740 broadly speaking, because it doesn't sound like you have a lot of faith in diplomacy. Do you trust

00:10:33.200 president trump but first of all uh we didn't violate the deal they violated it first but if

00:10:42.720 they had their story and they think that we have violated the deal why they did bomb us 0.94

00:10:48.640 they could have activated paragraph 12 because you're terrorists you're terrorists 0.72

00:10:53.840 i'm glad they bombed you that we have violated the deal why they did bomb us they could have 0.83

00:10:58.800 activated paragraph 12 of the mou which is for uh you know dispute settlement the mou is not a thing 0.99

00:11:05.680 the mou is not a thing you you idiots the mou isn't a thing an agreement to agree is not a 0.99

00:11:13.120 legally binding contract that's not a thing president trump was playing you with the mou 1.00

00:11:21.440 president the mou was just just to lead you on that's so funny guys they're acting as if the mou

00:11:28.800 is like a binding legal document or like a treaty.

00:11:34.800 President Trump plagued you

00:11:36.260 and you're basically complaining about the fact 1.00

00:11:38.600 that President Trump plagued you like a fool. 1.00

00:11:42.500 He tricked you. 1.00

00:11:43.480 He tricked you into bringing out Khamenei 0.83

00:11:46.800 and then he sent Khamenei to hell. 0.92

00:11:48.960 He tricked you again with the MOU

00:11:50.280 and then he started bombing you again.

00:11:53.680 You're basically admitting

00:11:54.900 that you're falling for President Trump's plan

00:11:57.340 every single time 1.00

00:11:58.180 and you're too stupid to realize that because they say you were firing a commercial ships in 1.00

00:12:03.140 the strait of hormous but but to my question do you trust president trump 1.00

00:12:10.100 well we uh trust ourselves we are ready for diplomacy we are ready for war at the same time

00:12:17.060 they have tested us in both cases they tested us in in in their aggression twice and they are uh

00:12:23.620 welcome if they want to test us once again they have tested us also in diplomacy in 2015

00:12:30.100 we had a deal we remain committed to that deal it was the u.s who withdrew with no justification

00:12:36.100 now we had a deal uh and they withdrew they violated it with no justification and still

00:12:43.540 we have offered the plan uh if they want if they are serious that they want a deal to reopen the

00:12:50.900 straight of hormone they don't want to deal with you they're serious about destroying you like 1.00

00:12:55.860 they want to destroy you and you're falling for it so stupid now there is the possibility 0.99

00:13:01.380 we have offered this seven day plan we we we want them to do certain things which we think they can 0.99

00:13:06.900 do it in four or five days and and then in on on day six the street will be open on on day seven

00:13:12.660 we resume talks with them for the final mr mr foreign minister we're we're i want to get through

00:13:17.380 a lot more here i just want to ask you because the wall street journal is reporting that president

00:13:22.820 trump expects to resume bombing iran after the midterms as you know he stood at the u.n and

00:13:28.580 threatened to annihilate iran are you preparing for this war to resume we are fully prepared for

00:13:36.980 the time for the war to be resumed and i repeat we stand firm in the face of any new aggression 0.95

00:13:43.940 even it comes to a doomsday war but at the same time oh whoa whoa big words look the islamic 0.77

00:13:51.300 regime is calling it a doomsday war literally literally insane people we are ready we stand 0.67

00:13:57.220 ready for diplomacy it is up to the up to president trump to choose he wanted unconditional

00:14:03.700 surrender in the previous war in two days and now it's eight months that they are fighting

00:14:08.420 with no results. A new aggression would be certainly the same. We are fully prepared for 0.65

00:14:15.540 that. We have learned our lesson from the two previous wars and we have corrected our tactics.

00:14:22.820 We have changed our tactics and we are fully prepared to do that.

00:14:25.700 All right. Iran's president said this week that Iran has, quote, never sought nuclear weapons,

00:14:30.500 but Iran has enriched uranium to 60 percent. That's 20 times more than enriched uranium

00:14:37.220 percentage needed to produce electricity. Why does Iran need a stockpile of 60% enriched uranium?

00:14:44.980 Well, it is a question that we have answered this during the negotiations we had with the U.S.

00:14:51.540 First of all, enriching up to 60% is not illegal. It is still in the framework of NPT and our

00:14:58.900 peaceful program. We have done it for certain purposes, medical purposes, other purposes.

00:15:05.300 okay yeah guys guys so again again rose already explained this you don't need 60

00:15:12.100 for medical purposes or scientific purposes you don't you don't need it right he's lying

00:15:18.500 he's lying you don't need 60 for that she went over all of it

00:15:24.580 we're we're enriching to 60 for for peaceful purposes there's literally there's no legitimate

00:15:31.300 reason for enriching beyond 20 percent but we have offered a deal on our 60 percent uh material

00:15:41.140 uh in 2025 in 2026 and still it is uh something that uh you know could be considered if they

00:15:51.140 prove their good will and and their real determination for a piece we decided to put

00:15:56.980 everything nuclear for the for for for uh later stages and go for confidence building in this

00:16:04.580 stage this is why we have offered this seven-day plan based on the act based on understanding that

00:16:09.300 we had with the u.s interlocutors in the past the first uh confidence should be built uh our money

00:16:18.260 which are illegally frozen should be released a blockade should be removed but again and other

00:16:24.660 things that they know what to do there but mr foreign minister again we're talking about 20

00:16:29.780 times more enriched uranium than is needed to produce electricity all that is needed is three

00:16:36.900 to five percent so why do you need that sixty percent of enriched uranium would you let the

00:16:41.700 u.s come in and take it to end the world i can explain why do we need that but but you you you

00:16:47.220 answer one question is this illegal or not according to him we are a committed member of

00:16:52.260 npt but my question is whether this is 60 enrichment is not illegal no but is it for

00:16:57.700 peaceful purposes though is it for people is i'm not talking about legal or illegal i'm talking

00:17:02.340 about for peaceful purposes when it's 20 times the amount of enriched uranium needed for electricity

00:17:09.540 no it is it is for peaceful purposes and we have answered this question we have removed any any

00:17:16.580 concern in in in our past negotiations if there is still such a question there isn't uh why they

00:17:23.380 they bombed us are they uh you know uh allowed to bomb anything that they think is illegal or there

00:17:31.220 is no justification for that yeah yeah yeah yes yes you know what that's how the united states

00:17:37.220 uh keeps the world free from terrorism that there's a reason the united states is a leader

00:17:41.220 of the free world not a solution that that was a subject for negotiation and we did it we did

00:17:48.180 it in the past we have enriched uranium up to 60 percent for in for peaceful uh purposes and

00:17:56.420 guys i whenever he says peaceful purposes i can't stop laughing

00:18:01.540 for negotiation and we did it we did it in the past we have enriched uranium up to 60 percent

00:18:07.300 for peaceful purposes, and it is within our commitment in the NPT.

00:18:13.360 We have not violated NPT.

00:18:15.400 Okay, there are questions.

00:18:16.840 We answered that question in the past during the negotiations,

00:18:19.740 and we can do it again.

00:18:21.580 There is no need for military operation.

00:18:23.760 Mr. Foreign Minister, final question to you.

00:18:25.980 The President of Iran said this week he has spoken to the Supreme Leader.

00:18:30.700 He says he is in good health.

00:18:32.120 Why has there been no proof of life of the Supreme Leader since he took power in March?

00:18:42.900 Well, there are security concerns, and you're well aware of that.

00:18:51.020 You know, our Supreme Leader was illegally assassinated during the...

00:18:57.780 No, he wasn't. He wasn't illegally assassinated.

00:19:00.640 he was sent to hell where he belongs thank you israel thank you america the the the last war

00:19:08.480 and i think it is very logic that we protect our leader why not put out a video why not put out a

00:19:14.480 video no no there are for for security reasons there are lots of indications that he's under

00:19:21.280 threats by americans and there are other indications that he is in full control he is in

00:19:26.320 full order we receive uh his his uh you know uh comments and orders and opinions and there is a

00:19:34.560 national consensus on decision making it is it is it is false if somebody think that there are

00:19:41.920 different source of power in inside iran no we move based on national consensus we in the foreign

00:19:47.280 ministry are in close coordination with the government with irgc with the national supreme

00:19:52.720 national security council with the parliament we are all in one front facing all challenges imposed

00:20:00.080 and also Spidey.

Goldie Ghamari - October 16, 2026

IRAN EXPLAINED： Trump Rejects Regime Deal as Araghchi Warns of Doomsday War

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