00:01:52.140Yet, even as external pressures ease, Iran's leadership is doubling down on internal repression.
00:01:59.700The protests, widely described as the most serious challenge to the Islamic Republic since 1979,
00:02:05.840continue to simmer despite a brutal crackdown earlier this year that killed thousands and triggered nationwide Internet blackouts.
00:02:13.400What began as an economic unrest in Tehran's Grand Bazaar in late December rapidly evolved into a broad based ground revolution with demonstrators in hundreds of cities demanding an end to the regime itself.
00:02:28.320Though authorities claimed victory in quelling this initial wave by mid-January, fresh waves of student-led and provincial protests have reignited since February, fueled by economic collapse, war fatigue, and long-simmering grievances toward the regime.
00:02:44.460And against this entire backdrop, human rights organizations warn of eminent executions Iran is preparing to carry out.
00:02:53.340The death sentence of Bida Hamadi, for instance, set to become the first woman executed in connection with the recent anti-regime demonstrations.
00:03:02.300Several other protesters and dissidents, including those arrested during the January unrest phase, face execution in the coming days.
00:03:09.920part of a surge in capital punishment that has seen dozens executed by hangings since the protests
00:03:16.340have erupted. Amnesty International and other monitors have documented secret executions and
00:03:21.420last-minute warnings from prosecutors, calling the campaign a deliberate effort to crush dissent,
00:03:27.900even as the regime engages in high-stakes diplomacy abroad. The contrast is stark,
00:03:34.760A regime signaling openness on the global stage while tightening its grip at home?
00:03:40.960Whether the Hormuz reopening and the proposed nuclear deal can translate into lasting stability
00:03:46.980or whether the unresolved revolutionary pressures inside Iran will derail the fragile progress
00:03:52.720remains all the central question going into the days ahead.
00:03:56.640Joining us now to give us her expert read on the latest in Iran is Iranian-born Canadian,
00:04:01.680former member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, Goldie Gamari.
00:04:05.600Goldie, what is your take on the current simmering situation on the inside?
00:04:12.760Well, there's a lot of things going on.
00:04:14.820Of course, the Islamic regime is increasing the rate of executions.
00:04:20.040And, you know, you just mentioned Bita.
00:04:22.620It's true that she is the, you know, the first woman who has been officially sentenced to execution.0.88
00:04:30.440and that execution is by hanging. However, it doesn't mean that the Islamic regime has not
00:04:35.940unofficially executed and murdered Iranian women. They've been doing so for the last0.87
00:04:40.46047 years, but now they're being even more open. The situation is pretty bad with the Islamic
00:04:50.660regime. They're just as evil, just as dangerous. It's not a regime that anyone can trust.1.00
00:04:57.900And, you know, ultimately, what Iranian people are saying is unless and until the Islamic regime is overthrown and eradicated, there will be no peace in the Middle East.
00:05:10.780So we are seeing videos of resistance leaders, and we're not entirely sure who they are, but they're armed resistance groups that claim to have gunned down IRGC forces.
00:05:24.200How much weight do you put into those videos?
00:05:27.140It's hard to verify where they're coming from and who they are,
00:05:30.000but how much weight do you put into the groundswell rising up against the current regime?
00:05:37.480So, you know, we have heard reports and we've seen videos of Iranian freedom fighters
00:05:42.580who are going out and they're starting to target Basij militia forces.
00:05:48.060We're still waiting for 100 percent verification.
00:05:51.700However, what I can say is that at this point, they do seem pretty legitimate, but it's very difficult because the Islamic regime has shut down the Internet for the last 48 days.
00:06:04.300And the reason they've shut it down is because they don't want the outside world to know that Iranians are getting ready to overthrow them and that Iranians are grateful to the United States and Israel for going in and attacking the Islamic regime.
00:06:21.700Yet against all of this in the in the background, we still have negotiations going forward.
00:06:29.260The U.S. forces are set to meet with Iranian leaders in Pakistan.
00:06:34.760What do you make of this upcoming meeting?
00:06:36.420I know that the hardliners, you know, the hard anti-regime voices out here are extremely skeptical that any kind of deal could possibly be made realistic.
00:06:49.180What do you make of the terms that are they're setting now?
00:06:53.360Yeah, so, you know, it's not only that they're skeptical.
00:06:55.860They're actually very, very angry at Arakchi, who's the foreign affairs minister,
00:07:01.540and, of course, Qalibov, who's the speaker of the parliament.
00:07:04.520And the reason is because Arakchi and Qalibov, essentially, you know, according to President Trump,
00:07:10.620they agreed to stop uranium enrichment 100%, not, you know, on a term-limited or time-limited deal,
00:07:20.080but essentially 100% just, you know, never enrich uranium again.
00:07:26.400And according to President Trump, they've also agreed to give up all of the uranium,
00:07:31.820and apparently they've allowed and agreed to the United States going in to get rid of the uranium.
00:07:37.180Now, what's really interesting about this is that neither Araqqi nor Alibov have denied this statement from President Trump.
00:07:47.640However, what we are seeing is footage of other hardliner officials inside of the Islamic regime
00:07:54.780who are now openly saying that, you know, nothing that the Americans have said regarding uranium is acceptable.
00:08:03.200Enriched uranium in Iran will not be moved anywhere under any circumstances.
00:08:08.300So already you're seeing the internal divisions.
00:08:11.840Like that statement was said by someone named Ismail Baghoi, who's the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman.
00:08:18.880So I think what President Trump is doing here with these negotiations and talks and ceasefire is he's exploiting the internal fractures within the IRGC, within the Islamic regime.
00:08:31.340and he's pretty much pitted them against one another
00:08:34.700because right now the Islamic regime is pointing fingers
00:08:37.180and saying who the heck agreed to give up uranium enrichment
00:08:59.520they would not come to the table on that. So that, I guess, begs the question, who in these
00:09:06.420camps are actually now engaging with Trump? Are they engaging with Trump and saying, yes,
00:09:11.820we can consider stopping uranium enrichment because they're backed in the corner,
00:09:17.740because of the naval blockade, because that's what's changed since Vance went to Pakistan?
00:09:23.740Yeah, absolutely. So, you know, what's really happening is that President Trump is exposing
00:09:28.480the power struggle within the Islamic regime. Back when Khamenei was still alive, he was the
00:09:33.940glue that held all of these factions together. Now that Khamenei is dead—and by the way,
00:09:38.480they still haven't buried Khamenei. It's been, like, what, 50 days now, and they still haven't
00:09:41.860buried him, which is hilarious. But now that Khamenei is dead, you're seeing the internal
00:09:46.940factions, and you're seeing the, you know, cracks within the system. So, you know, you have people
00:09:52.420like Arakchi and Qalibov, who, you know, pretend that they're being more reasonable. And yet even,
00:09:58.920you know, J.D. Vance was not able to tolerate them for longer than 21 hours. And I think this
00:10:05.420is really important, because when President Trump says, you know, we're dealing with people that are
00:10:09.720more reasonable and less radical, you have to take that into context. When President Trump says,
00:10:15.520you know, these people are more reasonable or, you know, less radical, yeah, I mean,
00:10:19.780Sure, compared to Khamenei, they are a little bit more reasonable and radical, but compared to less radical,
00:10:25.420but, you know, compared to the average, normal, regular person, these people are Islamists.0.99
00:10:31.480They're terrorists. And, you know, I think this negotiation was a genius move because President Trump exposed them to the rest of the world.
00:10:40.400And he basically demonstrated once again that you cannot negotiate with terrorists.
00:10:46.600What happens in the next week or so now that the strait is open?
00:10:50.020Wasn't that the number one, you know, bargaining chip that the world had on Iran, closing it in?
00:10:57.420So now that it's open, what do you predict happens now?
00:11:01.820So, you know, what's really interesting about this is that President Trump,
00:11:04.600this is another genius move by President Trump, because initially the Strait of Hormuz was closed,
00:11:09.940except for ships leaving from ports like Iranian ports.
00:11:14.600Now, President Trump basically played like a reverse UNO card.
00:11:20.060The Strait of Hormuz is open to all ships, except for ships leaving from Iranian ports,
00:11:25.960which means that the naval blockade is still there.
00:11:28.280So this is why the Islamic regime right now is internally struggling and they're attacking
00:11:35.260one another, because they pretty much agreed to open up the Strait of Hormuz.
00:11:41.220However, afterwards, President Trump said that the U.S. naval blockade will continue to remain until all of our, you know, all of our points are being agreed to.
00:11:51.660And I think within the next week, we're going to see a lot more action because the Islamic regime is now being held in a chokehold.
00:11:58.140So the Islamic regime really has two options.
00:12:00.400They can agree to unconditional surrender, which is what President Trump has said from the beginning.
00:12:06.080Or if they don't agree to that, well, you know, the two-week time limit for the ceasefire is coming up.
00:12:11.800We have the USS Tripoli and USS Baxter that are—sorry, Boxster that are on their way to the Middle East right now.