Goldie Ghamari - April 16, 2026


Sky News Iran Interview - April 12, 2026


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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer flies to the Middle East and takes credit for a ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the United States. Goldie and I discuss this and much more on this week's show.

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00:00:00.000 Well, how embarrassing is the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer?
00:00:03.840 Once again, finding himself on the wrong side of history when it comes to Iran. 1.00
00:00:09.480 I mean, the nerve of this village idiot to actually insert himself 1.00
00:00:14.160 as playing some sort of a key role in the conflict and ceasefire. 1.00
00:00:19.900 Have a look at his latest propaganda montage.
00:00:24.900 Prime Minister, what is the purpose of your visit here in the Gulf?
00:00:29.340 What kind of influence do you think he can have?
00:00:40.740 I mean, really?
00:00:42.280 Really?
00:00:43.340 UK Labor is trying to portray him as some sort of international man of mystery,
00:00:47.980 international statesman.
00:00:49.680 And so first he says that the Iran war is not our war.
00:00:53.880 Remember, he repeated that multiple times.
00:00:55.980 that he hops on a flight to Saudi Arabia
00:00:59.040 as soon as a ceasefire is reached by Donald Trump.
00:01:02.840 He puts out that propaganda,
00:01:05.440 takes the time out to pose for a photo
00:01:07.760 during his golf tour, seriously,
00:01:12.260 and then bizarrely takes all the credit.
00:01:16.400 Well, we've just reached this ceasefire,
00:01:18.280 which is both welcome,
00:01:20.140 and I think there'll be a sense of real relief.
00:01:22.180 There certainly is across the region.
00:01:23.360 uh who is this we that he speaks of we he did nothing okay he is about as useful 1.00
00:01:34.940 as a useful idiot as someone pointed out on social media 0.99
00:01:39.720 Keir Starmer's assistance in the Strait of Hormuz is akin to this 1.00
00:01:43.700 well joining me now is iranian-born human rights activist goldie gamari goldie good to have you on
00:02:07.280 the show i mean what on earth is this weak and hopeless uk prime minister keir starmer doing
00:02:11.940 what input has he had into the war? Well, he's had absolutely no input. Him and his, you know,
00:02:20.160 his disastrous government policies have basically made the UK irrelevant. The United Kingdom is one
00:02:27.120 of the few countries, I think maybe the only country in Europe left that has not designated
00:02:32.380 the IRGC as a terrorist organization. So I have a feeling that when Keir Starmer says we, he's
00:02:38.700 referring to himself and the Islamic regime, because it seems more and more to me and the
00:02:43.160 vast majority of the Iranian diaspora and Iranians in occupied Iran as well, that Keir Starmer is
00:02:48.780 basically just supporting the Islamic regime. And I think this very bizarre and sad video
00:02:54.760 shows exactly that. Look, I completely agree with you. I noticed that even Reza Pahlavi,
00:03:01.120 the Crown Prince of Iran, he put out this social media post. We'll bring it up. He said,
00:03:04.620 the United Kingdom has endlessly appeased the criminal regime in Iran. The Prime Minister
00:03:09.680 speaks of protecting the innocent civilians of Iran, but failed to act to help stop the regime's
00:03:14.620 massacre of 40,000 innocent Iranians in January. He goes on to say the Iranian people will remember
00:03:20.780 who stood with them in their hour of need and who stood against them. Goldie, is he right? Because 0.96
00:03:26.720 I mean, it's not just Starmer, is it? There's other world leaders from the West in particular,
00:03:30.960 even Australia, who have been really hopeless on this matter. Will the Iranian people remember 1.00
00:03:36.520 this moment? Absolutely, we will. We will remember who spoke out in support of the
00:03:43.120 innocent unarmed Iranians, over 45,000 slaughtered in two days alone. We're also going to remember
00:03:48.920 who was silent. And we're going to remember who has been trying to appease the Islamic regime. 0.57
00:03:54.280 You know, ultimately, I feel like the United Kingdom has been invaded by a lot of these, 0.99
00:03:58.700 you know, jihadi, terrorist-supporting-type individuals. And Keir Starmer is more worried
00:04:04.700 about his jihadi voter base and pleasing his jihadi voter base than he is about doing the
00:04:09.380 right thing right now. And it's very obvious. And His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Iran, 0.92
00:04:13.880 Reza Pahlavi, 100% right. We will remember the people that stood with the Iranian people,
00:04:20.120 but we will also remember those who stood against the Iranian people. And Keir Starmer
00:04:25.160 is going to go down in history as one of the worst prime ministers in the United Kingdom
00:04:29.920 and shame on him and his government.
00:04:32.140 Yeah, absolutely. 0.99
00:04:33.100 He really is the worst. 0.99
00:04:35.660 He's just an absolute appalling, appalling leader. 0.99
00:04:39.280 Let's talk about this news that we heard.
00:04:41.340 The US President Donald Trump, he's announced the US will begin a sweeping
00:04:44.680 all or nothing blockade, he's calling it, of the Strait of Hormuz,
00:04:49.120 vowing to fight back against world extortion and choke off Iran's oil profits.
00:04:54.000 He's warned that no country, so no ally even or adversary, will be allowed to bypass this crackdown.
00:05:00.780 Goldie, Donald Trump is not mucking around here.
00:05:03.200 What does this development mean?
00:05:05.800 You know, good for President Trump. 0.98
00:05:07.400 You know, when it comes to the Middle East, they only understand the language of strength. 0.82
00:05:11.540 If you try to appease, if you try to negotiate, if you try to meet in the middle, the way that the Islamic regime will view that is from a position of weakness, not a position of negotiation.
00:05:22.260 So President Trump, 100 percent doing the right thing. I fully support him. Iranians fully support him. The Islamic regime is ultimately a bully. They have been holding the entire world hostage. And the only ones who are trying to appease the Islamic regime right now are basically doing so because they want cheap oil. But that cheap oil comes at the price of the blood of the innocent Iranian people who have been oppressed for the last 47 years.
00:05:46.880 So good on President Trump. This is going to put a lot of pressure on the rest of the world to do the right thing, to support the Iranian people in their fight to liberate themselves from a brutal Islamic dictatorship that has held our country hostage for the last 47 years. 0.76
00:06:02.780 Absolutely.
00:06:03.380 I mean, Donald Trump is doing what no other world leader has had the guts or the courage
00:06:06.920 to do.
00:06:07.420 I mean, you've got an Iranian regime massacring its own civilians with its finger on the nuclear
00:06:12.420 pulse.
00:06:12.860 And Donald Trump is the only one to say, no, enough is enough.
00:06:15.700 So I, too, absolutely commend his bravery on this.
00:06:18.860 Now, we saw over the weekend the Vice President J.D.
00:06:21.820 Vance, he conducted talks in Islamabad between the US and Iran.
00:06:26.940 But that ended without a deal after Iranian officials refused to accept the American terms.
00:06:34.260 This is what J.D. Vance said.
00:06:38.180 We've been at it now for 21 hours and we've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. 0.70
00:06:46.100 That's the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached the agreement.
00:06:50.260 And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.
00:06:53.920 goldie so look the ceasefire is obviously fragile as it is there's a blockade happening as we've
00:06:59.460 just discussed no deal was able to be reached on nuclear how do you see it playing out now
00:07:04.940 um the way i see it playing it out is president trump is going to finish the job and that's
00:07:10.360 exactly what we iranians want i mean um i had a feeling that these uh so-called negotiations
00:07:16.300 it was basically just a front uh for president trump to do whatever he needs to do behind the
00:07:21.020 scenes. Ultimately, President Trump gave the Islamic regime one final chance to come to a 0.84
00:07:26.540 deal. And let me be very clear about something. The deal that President Trump wants, he has been 0.93
00:07:31.260 very open and clear about that. His deal has always been unconditional surrender or we eradicate you.
00:07:37.860 So basically, he gave the Islamic regime one final opportunity for unconditional surrender. 0.96
00:07:42.640 The Islamic regime said no. They still think that they have the right to nuclear and uranium 0.97
00:07:50.920 enrichment which they absolutely don't because uh iran signed the non-proliferation treaty before
00:07:56.280 1979 uh before the islamic regime came into power um so they have no no right to do that anyway um
00:08:03.000 but basically what's happening right now is president trump is showing the world that you
00:08:07.240 cannot negotiate with terrorists and this is exactly what we iranians who have been held
00:08:12.680 hostage by them have been saying so we're very grateful for this and i have a feeling president 0.98
00:08:16.920 Trump is going to move forward and he's going to eradicate the Islamic regime and get rid of this 0.99
00:08:21.280 cancer that has been infesting not just Iran but the rest of the world once and for all. And look 1.00
00:08:26.640 that's what we you know hope and pray for and we hope for a better life for Iran absolutely. Donald
00:08:32.800 Trump actually did speak. He following those failed peace talks I thought it was interesting
00:08:37.200 what he said. Let's have a listen. Regardless we win. Regardless what happens we win. We've
00:08:45.400 totally defeated that country. And so let's see what happens. Maybe they make a deal. Maybe they
00:08:51.340 don't. Goldie, what's your take on that? Does America still win, even if Iran does not come
00:08:59.060 to the table on this? Oh, absolutely. Of course, America has already won regardless. I mean, 0.98
00:09:05.140 the Islamic regime is collapsing. It's just a matter of how long it's going to take. I mean, 0.64
00:09:09.760 Ultimately, we're dealing with this brutal 7th century, like, weird Shia Islamic death cult that glorifies martyrdom. 1.00
00:09:19.860 So there are a lot of radicals still, you know, alive, controlling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 0.99
00:09:26.680 And for them, they believe that, you know, their purpose is to bring about the end of the, you know, end times and Armageddon or, you know, whatever.
00:09:34.220 So they're never going to surrender.
00:09:36.240 And I think President Trump has essentially shown the rest of the world how brutal and savage these people are.
00:09:42.420 You cannot negotiate them.
00:09:43.520 You cannot rationalize with them.
00:09:45.200 But, you know, like all their leaders are dead.
00:09:47.360 The current supreme dictator, Moshtav Khomeini, we don't even know if he's alive or not.
00:09:53.440 No one has seen him or heard from him.
00:09:55.500 All their leaders are dead.
00:09:57.020 The Navy is gone.
00:09:58.120 The Air Force is gone.
00:09:59.300 They have no air defense system left.
00:10:00.760 So basically what we're seeing is the last dying breaths of a collapsing dictatorship.
00:10:07.220 And President Trump is absolutely right.
00:10:08.660 Whether or not they come to a deal or not, America has already won.
00:10:13.140 Well, I just want to ask you about that.
00:10:14.560 You mentioned Moshtaba Khamenei.
00:10:16.940 There are reports that he's reportedly severely disfigured after sustaining leg and face injuries
00:10:22.140 during the initial US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran back in February.
00:10:27.220 I mean, you know, we've seen statements that have apparently come from him, Goldie, but nobody's actually seen his face.
00:10:34.400 Nobody has seen him in public since February.
00:10:37.100 How much longer can the regime really keep up this facade that he's alive and doing so well?
00:10:44.200 Not much longer.
00:10:45.440 I mean, Iranian people inside of occupied Iran already know the truth. 0.96
00:10:49.420 Iranians outside already know the truth.
00:10:51.020 But for some reason, there's this weird phenomenon where you have these like woke lefties, these Democrats, these communists, these jihadis, pretty much anyone who is anti-America and anti-Israel. 0.77
00:11:02.300 They're going out there and pretending as if the Islamic regime is winning, which is the farthest thing from the truth. 0.67
00:11:08.480 You know, one thing that no one ever talks about is the fact that the previous supreme dictator, Khamenei, the father of the current one who's, you know, is figured or whatever, they still haven't had an official public burial for him. 0.72
00:11:20.600 So they haven't even buried the first Khamenei, and that's because the Islamic regime is too afraid to hold a state funeral for the previous supreme dictator. 0.57
00:11:31.900 So how is that winning when the Islamic regime is too afraid to even have a burial for the previous one? 0.81
00:11:38.540 Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, does it? 0.96
00:11:40.340 I think that it's so clear, you're right, that the regime is putting on this facade right now.
00:11:46.260 No, everything's fine.
00:11:47.680 They are on their knees.
00:11:48.920 Like the regime is literally gasping for air day by day.
00:11:52.960 And I just want to pick up that point because, you know, you mentioned the woke left, the Democrats in particular, that they have really lost the plot on this issue.
00:12:00.940 They are all standing on the wrong side of history.
00:12:04.160 They should be actually supporting Donald Trump.
00:12:06.420 You know, Donald Trump is not the enemy here.
00:12:08.780 And I want to ask you about this because I saw this picture of you with your MAGA hat on, wearing it with so much pride.
00:12:15.760 how much appreciation do iranians have for what donald trump has done here uh and and the noise
00:12:23.380 that's coming from from the left and the democrats well all i can say is uh if you know president
00:12:30.560 trump is probably more uh popular in occupied iran than he is in the united states like he
00:12:35.700 probably has like i don't know over 90 approval uh in occupied iran which just goes to show
00:12:40.200 that I think the woke left and the Democrats have really lost the plot
00:12:44.440 because Iranians understand and know that President Trump
00:12:47.480 and his administration are fighting to liberate the Iranian people.
00:12:52.240 Meanwhile, you have Democrats who are actively attacking President Trump.
00:12:56.720 And what's even more concerning about that is that
00:12:58.700 I constantly monitor Islamic regime state TV, 0.65
00:13:01.940 and Islamic regime state TV is actually promoting Democrats
00:13:05.600 and their posts that are attacking President Trump.
00:13:09.420 For example, just a few days ago, the Islamic regime was promoting Chuck Schumer's posts, and he was criticizing President Trump. 0.78
00:13:18.260 And, you know, to me, it just goes to show if the Islamic regime is broadcasting and promoting posts made by Democrats to attack President Trump, it really goes to show that the Democrats have lost the plot. 0.75
00:13:29.540 And to me, it kind of seems a little bit treasonous, too. 0.76
00:13:33.340 Oh, absolutely. I agree. It is really, really treasonous.
00:13:36.080 I mean, their behavior has been just absolutely appalling. 1.00
00:13:39.560 Goldie, before we let you go, what are you hearing from Iranians right now in that country? 1.00
00:13:44.600 How are they feeling about everything that's been happening?
00:13:48.880 I mean, there was a little bit of concern initially when President Trump said that there was going to be a ceasefire,
00:13:53.700 because the one thing that Iranians in occupied Iran are saying, despite the Internet shutdown, you know, we still get a few messages coming through.
00:14:00.780 And the main message is that they want President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu to finish the job.
00:14:07.700 Iranians are more afraid of the Islamic regime surviving and remaining in power than they are of the bombs that are currently being dropped on IRGC facilities. 0.91
00:14:18.360 And that just goes to show you how evil, barbaric and cruel the Islamic regime is and what sort of hell Iranians have been living under for the last 47 years. 0.76
00:14:28.140 So the message that Iranians have right now is President Trump, please finish the job. 0.98
00:14:32.340 And what I can say is that after news came that these negotiations were unsuccessful, that actually made Iranians very happy and very hopeful because ultimately the only person that we Iranians trust to transition Iran from an Islamic dictatorship to a functioning democratic secular society is the Crown Prince of Iran, the leader of Iran's Lion and Son revolution, His Royal Highness King Rezobah Levy. 0.54
00:14:56.360 As I said earlier, I mean, we can only pray that it gets to that point
00:14:59.720 and Iranians are liberated once again.
00:15:02.660 Goldie Gamari, it's been a pleasure having you on the program.
00:15:04.960 Thank you so much for your wonderful insights.
00:15:06.880 Really appreciate it.
00:15:08.580 Thank you so much for having me on.
00:15:09.960 Happy to come back any time.