Valuetainment - January 13, 2026


＂The Fog Of War＂ - Reza Pahlavi BEGS Trump To Back Iran’s Regime Revolt


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18 minutes

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3,520

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340

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In this episode, I talk about the role of the CIA and MI6 in helping bring down the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, and the role they played in bringing down Ayatollah Khomeini.

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00:00:00.000 What is the difference between now than before?
00:00:03.240 Here's the difference between now and before.
00:00:07.680 Then, if you think about, do you think Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
00:00:13.300 independently came in and replaced Mossadegh,
00:00:17.200 or do you think somebody intervened?
00:00:19.880 Do you think the CIA, the MI6, intervened to bring a Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
00:00:26.740 to be the king of Iran, or do you think he did it independently?
00:00:28.580 There was likely intervention, from what we understand, right?
00:00:30.320 I would say 95%.
00:00:31.500 Of course there's intervention.
00:00:33.320 What did Mossadegh want to do with the oil?
00:00:35.420 He wanted to nationalize it?
00:00:37.200 Like what he did in Venezuela.
00:00:38.660 Okay, so, of course.
00:00:40.920 You're talking about a treaty of 1954.
00:00:43.060 1954 consortium, oil agreement consortium.
00:00:46.240 It was almost like a constitution.
00:00:47.960 And it was a 25-year contract that they signed.
00:00:50.520 But here's the thing with that.
00:00:52.800 So think about it.
00:00:53.580 Think about this whole intervention.
00:00:55.660 They brought in the Shah.
00:00:58.660 The Shah was a dealmaker.
00:01:00.520 He did deals, so oil companies were happy,
00:01:02.980 and similar to, you know, what happened afterwards.
00:01:05.620 Then when he became too powerful, he was talking about maybe raising prices.
00:01:09.660 In an interview with Mike Wallace, he says,
00:01:11.680 why are you raising prices on oil?
00:01:13.620 Can you pull up this clip?
00:01:15.240 They're asking him, why are you raising prices on oil?
00:01:17.740 He says, why am I raising prices on oil?
00:01:19.440 He says, yes.
00:01:20.280 He says, why are they raising prices on corn?
00:01:22.500 Why are they raising prices on everything?
00:01:24.000 You think what I'm buying right now is the same prices?
00:01:26.520 They're raising prices on everything with me.
00:01:28.560 What am I supposed to do?
00:01:29.840 Sit there and take all the increases on my end?
00:01:32.480 But then they pay the same price for oil?
00:01:34.500 No, I have a product you want.
00:01:36.260 And by the way, I agree with them.
00:01:38.040 Good.
00:01:38.360 As a businessman.
00:01:39.240 So imagine you sell lumber.
00:01:41.820 I sell sheets.
00:01:43.280 I sell whatever cement supply that you want.
00:01:47.060 And I'm coming to you, you raise the prices on me 80%, not because the market's gone up 80%.
00:01:53.260 You just choose to raise prices by 80%.
00:01:55.560 But you expect me to charge the same price for oil.
00:01:58.580 What do you think the person's going to do?
00:02:00.800 Are you out of your mind?
00:02:01.960 No.
00:02:02.760 The moment, now here's the part, the moment they realized he was about to strong arm other people with oil,
00:02:12.100 that's when they said, we got to get rid of this guy.
00:02:14.200 And then they thought Khomeini was going to be better than him.
00:02:19.180 And then Carter, who you could say was a non-interventionist.
00:02:24.160 So let me explain to you how this works.
00:02:27.180 Intervened, Reza Shah Pahlavi comes in.
00:02:29.920 Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi comes in.
00:02:31.760 The Middle East is peaceful.
00:02:33.440 Jimmy Carter, non-intervened, Khomeini comes in.
00:02:37.080 So this debate between intervention and non-intervention, you know what it ends up being?
00:02:42.160 Here's the part.
00:02:42.760 It is never fluid.
00:02:46.320 That's the word the president used.
00:02:48.080 We are fluid when it comes down to decision-making.
00:02:50.720 There is situations that you shouldn't intervene, and there are situations that you should intervene.
00:02:56.300 By the way, what percentage of the time do you think you shouldn't intervene?
00:03:00.500 Should not intervene?
00:03:01.460 Should not intervene.
00:03:02.180 90% of the time.
00:03:03.360 I think 95% of the time.
00:03:04.780 Stay out of it unless you absolutely have to.
00:03:06.860 95% of the time you should not intervene.
00:03:09.200 Yeah, I fully agree.
00:03:09.960 Now watch.
00:03:10.680 If, say, Iran falls, Khomeini falls, somebody else goes in his place.
00:03:13.880 And the place is peaceful.
00:03:16.080 Do you think we have the war with Afghanistan?
00:03:17.680 Do you think we have what happened with weapons?
00:03:19.920 Do you think we have all this stuff that's going to be taking place?
00:03:22.240 Probably not.
00:03:23.080 Do you think it's going to be the same issues that is taking place with all these other places in the Middle East?
00:03:27.760 Who does that benefit?
00:03:28.520 So that's the part that is going on right now.
00:03:31.440 Now bring it to today.
00:03:32.900 Last 47 years.
00:03:34.700 What is the biggest difference between the last 47 years and today?
00:03:37.960 One thing.
00:03:39.000 Last 47 years, the IRGC's been their control the last 47 years.
00:03:44.740 Khomeini, Khomeini, 47 years they've had control, right?
00:03:48.160 Last 47 years.
00:03:49.240 The number one draft pick to go back to Iran to help Iran be free again is who?
00:03:54.740 Reza Pellevi, who I've been very critical of.
00:03:57.620 And I'm going to continue to criticize this guy, even though I'm seeing play offense right now, which is good.
00:04:02.600 I like what he's doing.
00:04:03.700 He is playing offense.
00:04:05.060 47 years, he has been a number one candidate.
00:04:08.660 So for 47 years, if it benefited him to say good things about Biden, he did.
00:04:13.680 If it benefited him to say good things about Obama, he did.
00:04:16.760 If it benefited him to say good things about Bush, he did.
00:04:19.680 Now he's on TV saying, well, under Biden and Obama, this would never happen, but under Trump.
00:04:24.280 And now he's pleading to Trump, which, by the way, it's better late than never.
00:04:29.340 At least you're doing it, which is good.
00:04:30.880 So the only difference is what?
00:04:33.580 President Trump today is the guy.
00:04:36.440 Finally, with enough of the pressure.
00:04:39.280 This is one of the issues that you have to realize that happens in the Iranian community, which it becomes cult-like.
00:04:45.860 Yes.
00:04:47.120 Let me explain.
00:04:48.780 Some of Reza Pallavi's supporters, you know who they sound like?
00:04:53.500 Let me tell you who they sound like.
00:04:55.140 There was this guy that reacted and he said a couple things in a video.
00:04:57.760 I got 50 videos sent my way.
00:05:00.060 I was seeing those all weekend.
00:05:01.120 I mean, listen, it's being sent to me my way.
00:05:03.500 It's nonstop.
00:05:04.320 Let me tell you, who got those videos?
00:05:07.280 You know who got those videos on 2015, 2016?
00:05:10.080 A guy named President Trump.
00:05:11.520 Who did he get it from?
00:05:12.460 People that were rhinos, people that were Republican traditional rhinos who were always.
00:05:19.600 It's the Karl Rove way.
00:05:21.920 It's the Bush way.
00:05:23.120 That's the, you have to come get through me.
00:05:24.720 And Trump's like, I don't need to get through you.
00:05:26.240 Who the hell are you?
00:05:27.140 I don't need your approval to go through RNC.
00:05:29.480 I'm sorry.
00:05:30.020 I made my own money.
00:05:31.060 I don't need your help.
00:05:32.020 You go begging people for money.
00:05:33.520 I don't go around begging people for money.
00:05:35.340 I'm my own man.
00:05:36.460 Trump made it clear.
00:05:37.860 He's his own man.
00:05:40.100 And then you realize there's a cult on the Republican side with rhino.
00:05:44.980 There's a cult on the Democratic side.
00:05:47.140 God forbid if you oppose Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side.
00:05:51.280 You know who this is happening to on the Democratic side right now?
00:05:54.000 Stephen A. Smith.
00:05:54.900 Look what they're doing.
00:05:55.880 God forbid you call out the black Democrats, which he's doing.
00:05:58.980 What is happening to him?
00:06:00.420 You're an Uncle Tom.
00:06:01.940 You're a this.
00:06:02.640 Michelle Obama's calling him out.
00:06:03.960 Don Lemon called him out.
00:06:04.820 Crockett called him out.
00:06:05.860 All this weekend they're calling him out, right?
00:06:08.000 So I think a little bit of pressure he's never had.
00:06:11.920 He's never had an opponent.
00:06:13.540 So he finally has some pressure.
00:06:15.820 However, his last seven tweets, his last seven tweets,
00:06:22.180 I don't know how many of them are directed to Trump.
00:06:24.820 Stephen A. Smith or Reza Pellavi?
00:06:26.260 Reza Pellavi.
00:06:26.980 Which, by the way, I love it.
00:06:28.660 Good.
00:06:29.400 Good for him because you know what he's starting to realize?
00:06:31.920 You can't do it by yourself.
00:06:33.620 No.
00:06:34.280 Some Iranians who criticize, they're like, just leave us alone.
00:06:37.620 We can do this.
00:06:38.760 Yeah, really.
00:06:39.360 We don't need anybody's help.
00:06:40.520 No, no.
00:06:41.200 You need Trump's help.
00:06:42.860 Period.
00:06:43.540 Oh, my.
00:06:44.240 You need Trump's help.
00:06:45.320 Stop acting like you don't need anybody's help.
00:06:47.400 You definitely need Trump's help to go out there and pull this off.
00:06:50.800 You need America's help.
00:06:52.120 Without America and any of this stuff, it hasn't happened.
00:06:54.600 And I wish Reza Pellavi would have met with the president 10 years ago, 11 years ago,
00:06:59.780 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 1 year ago.
00:07:05.280 I hope he would have reached out, but he hasn't.
00:07:08.580 But I will tell you, it's better late than never.
00:07:12.820 If he approaches to play a game, by the way, this whole thing that they're doing as well,
00:07:17.180 I'm convinced a big part why Khamenei and Iran has shut down the internet,
00:07:25.100 I'm also convinced they don't want to see the videos that are going viral here directing them what to do.
00:07:32.160 I'm convinced they don't want to see that either.
00:07:34.120 So the biggest difference on why I believe, if I rank it here,
00:07:37.980 I'm ranking the most important people that are helping this regime take place if it becomes free again.
00:07:44.580 Number one, who's the number one group of people that are helping this happen?
00:07:48.340 The Iranian people in Iran.
00:07:50.540 They're number one.
00:07:51.600 Without them, nothing else matters.
00:07:53.540 They're number one.
00:07:54.680 You know who's the number two person that is helping this revolution possibly happen?
00:07:59.200 It's the guy in the White House.
00:08:00.280 You know who's number three?
00:08:02.080 Most likely Delta Force.
00:08:03.660 You know who's number four?
00:08:05.300 I have Reza Pahlavi as number four.
00:08:07.340 He's playing a role now this last week, these last two weeks.
00:08:09.900 And then number five is the pressure to hurry up and go.
00:08:13.760 Urgency, to get it done.
00:08:15.340 So, yes, but the biggest factor after the people is Trump.
00:08:21.660 We've never had a guy like Trump that is getting behind it.
00:08:24.540 The Iranian people are so glad that he's out there putting the thread because these people in Iran are starting to feel the fear that something could possibly happen.
00:08:34.120 There's a few places if they were going to attack that I would, you know, encourage them to be thinking about.
00:08:39.340 But that's a whole different story.
00:08:40.640 Anyways, Vinny, your thoughts?
00:08:43.420 I mean, like you said, step up and the urgency.
00:08:47.740 It's like you have this opportunity.
00:08:49.460 And I saw some of those videos of just angry Persian men wearing sunglasses in a car, yelling in a hot-ass car in California.
00:08:57.340 Oh, we don't need you and stay out.
00:08:59.360 47 years?
00:09:00.960 What are you guys doing?
00:09:02.500 Biding your time?
00:09:03.960 Okay?
00:09:04.440 The time is now.
00:09:05.980 People are trying to get involved.
00:09:07.220 For them to go after you as if you're not from there, as if you didn't have to flee and go to a freaking refugee camp with your family, all the stuff that comes with it, all the trauma, all the everything.
00:09:18.120 And I get it.
00:09:19.300 It comes with the territory, Pat.
00:09:20.580 You're going to open your mouth.
00:09:21.920 You care about the people as if you have some investment that you give a damn about.
00:09:26.120 Your investment is the people.
00:09:28.080 Your investment is Iran.
00:09:29.300 Your investment is to be able to go on an airplane, fly where you were born, and not worry about getting your head chopped off because of stuff that you said about the freaking people that are in charge.
00:09:38.640 By the way, even the guy, one guy called him the angry little elf.
00:09:42.860 Even that guy that was upset saying what he was saying.
00:09:45.660 Yeah.
00:09:46.540 Sweating in his car for no reason.
00:09:47.900 You know what I will tell you?
00:09:49.040 I understand emotions.
00:09:50.520 You know why?
00:09:51.420 This is a very sensitive time.
00:09:52.860 For sure.
00:09:53.480 This is something that's important to you.
00:09:55.660 Yes.
00:09:55.940 Your entire life you've been waiting for this.
00:09:58.080 You've dedicated your life to this.
00:10:00.940 Intensity is so high.
00:10:02.620 Emotions are so high.
00:10:04.740 During the fog of war, Humberto was saying this in the back.
00:10:08.500 You know the whole concept of fog of war?
00:10:11.020 What does fog of war mean?
00:10:11.940 There's so much happening.
00:10:13.960 Things that are said are misconstrued.
00:10:16.120 Bombings are happening.
00:10:17.060 People are dying.
00:10:17.700 So much is happening.
00:10:18.900 And speed.
00:10:19.620 The situation is changing with great speed.
00:10:22.160 It's a lot of confusion.
00:10:22.620 And you're only getting partial information or you're getting obstructed information.
00:10:25.940 Confusion caused by the chaos of war or battle.
00:10:29.180 So much is happening.
00:10:30.020 With Iran right now, we are in the fog of war.
00:10:33.880 Yes.
00:10:34.700 And there are the people that have their own strong opinions and their loyalty.
00:10:38.980 The people that, no matter what Reza Pahlavi does, he's never going to get their support.
00:10:43.100 Yes.
00:10:43.480 They're not supporters of him because they're like, you've took everybody's money.
00:10:46.440 You've never had a job in your life.
00:10:48.140 You call yourself a fighter pilot, but you've never been to war before.
00:10:51.240 That's like saying I'm a boxer, but I've never been in a ring before.
00:10:53.760 You think very highly of yourself.
00:10:55.660 You've lived in America for 47, 48 years.
00:10:57.780 Even you left before the war happened, the revolution happened in Iran.
00:11:00.820 You have no place for this.
00:11:02.140 That he's never going to win these guys over.
00:11:04.560 Then there's the guys over here that no matter what, it's going to be what.
00:11:07.120 Reza Pahlavi, he can't do anything wrong in their eyes.
00:11:10.380 Yes.
00:11:10.680 And then you have the different political factions in Iran that are doing their thing.
00:11:14.400 Then you have the outside who could care less about Iran.
00:11:17.280 Somebody that's living in America that's like, I'm America first non-interventionist.
00:11:21.220 Who gives a shit what's going on in Iran?
00:11:23.820 That's the community as well.
00:11:25.600 Then you got mainstream media that wants to report based on what they're being told.
00:11:29.600 Then you got the small group of people in the 20% that are in the middle saying, honestly, what the hell is going on?
00:11:38.080 Who do I trust?
00:11:39.260 Who do I believe?
00:11:39.940 They said that guy's part of this.
00:11:41.900 They said this guy's part of that.
00:11:43.300 The other day, like, oh, Patrick's part of Mujahideen.
00:11:46.660 Mujahideen is M-A-K, who are, you know, Islamists, communists, Marxists, you know.
00:11:53.000 But here's the part, though.
00:11:54.040 Even if 5% believes it, that's part of the fog of war.
00:11:59.400 I am not worried about the fog of war.
00:12:01.660 If we go right now the way we're going, the amount of pressure that's on Iran, on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, something's going to break.
00:12:11.600 Something's going to break.
00:12:12.740 My long-term concern is a complete different thing, but I think you got a question.
00:12:15.960 This was one question.
00:12:17.140 Yeah.
00:12:17.520 This whole concept of intervention or isolationism, right?
00:12:21.260 I see people coming from Iran.
00:12:23.200 We don't need anybody's help.
00:12:24.640 We need to do this ourselves.
00:12:26.240 This is all us.
00:12:27.640 And I'm like, okay, no help.
00:12:31.560 We don't want America intervening.
00:12:34.080 Israel, stay out of this.
00:12:35.540 Okay.
00:12:36.500 So I was watching movies this week, and I actually watched your favorite movie, My Cousin Vinny.
00:12:41.340 And there's a scene where, you know, she's like, my biological clock is ticking like this.
00:12:47.580 The reason that they're arguing is he's saying, stay out of my life.
00:12:50.780 I don't need your help.
00:12:51.540 Are you picking these movies, or is she picking these movies?
00:12:53.360 Yeah, who's picking these movies?
00:12:54.220 Because at this point, it's like, she's very strategic.
00:12:56.960 I'm not a good one.
00:12:58.020 She's very strategic.
00:12:59.080 One where the guy's abusive.
00:13:01.120 Exactly.
00:13:01.740 It's a beautiful weekend in Miami.
00:13:03.380 He says, we'll get married.
00:13:04.620 He's speaking with the enemy.
00:13:05.700 Exactly.
00:13:06.680 This is what happens when you're in a relationship.
00:13:08.400 You got to watch movies now.
00:13:09.000 I'm worried about this one.
00:13:10.140 So he says, stay out of it.
00:13:13.180 We'll get married when I win my first case.
00:13:16.200 Yeah.
00:13:16.400 And she's like, I'm watching you lose left and right.
00:13:20.160 And she goes, imagine this.
00:13:22.780 You go around solving all these cases, winning all these cases, and God forbid, people help
00:13:29.440 you along the way.
00:13:30.320 Oh, my God.
00:13:31.080 Yeah.
00:13:32.240 Why are they so opposed to outside pressure, outside forces helping them get their freedom?
00:13:38.340 I think that's a very small percentage.
00:13:39.540 Please explain.
00:13:40.600 I think that's a very small percentage of people that are saying this.
00:13:43.480 You know, I have one basic rule.
00:13:46.900 Call me out, but if you're respectful, I'll respond.
00:13:49.660 One of the guys made a video, called me out, but he was so respectful, he DMs me respectfully.
00:13:54.640 I respond back to him.
00:13:55.680 It's one of the videos that went viral, by the way.
00:13:57.420 I said, hey, I don't know who you are, but you seem very respectful.
00:14:01.100 I'll tell you exactly what I told him in this message.
00:14:06.660 I said, I don't know who you are, but I respect your approach.
00:14:12.160 I said, I wish, matter of fact, I want you to read this, and I'm going to show you the
00:14:16.200 guy's face.
00:14:17.040 So when you respond, people know who you're, man, I got to find this.
00:14:22.160 He sends this message, if I can really get to this message.
00:14:24.820 Guys, the reason why I probably won't be able to get to the message, because I got 10,000
00:14:28.780 messages this year.
00:14:29.640 That's a pretty big time.
00:14:30.560 No, no, no.
00:14:31.420 Let me tell you what I mean by that.
00:14:32.860 What I mean by that is, guys, this was a very rough weekend for Iran.
00:14:40.040 Yeah.
00:14:40.300 Rough and emotional weekend for Iran.
00:14:41.960 No doubt.
00:14:42.220 I understand the emotions are very high.
00:14:44.700 This guy sends me the message, and I respond back to him.
00:14:48.580 Want me to read it?
00:14:49.520 Yeah.
00:14:49.900 I mean, you see all these videos.
00:14:52.680 You see the videos in the middle with him?
00:14:54.620 Yes, sir.
00:14:54.960 Yeah.
00:14:55.220 Okay.
00:14:55.240 So now I want you to go and see my message to what he said.
00:14:58.560 What did I send the message to him?
00:14:59.920 All the way in the bottom.
00:15:00.780 Yeah.
00:15:00.940 The red.
00:15:01.340 Yeah, purple.
00:15:01.580 Should I say his name or no?
00:15:02.420 No, no, no.
00:15:02.880 Not his name.
00:15:03.380 Just read it.
00:15:04.040 Hey, I don't know you, but you sound respectful.
00:15:08.560 I hope RP pulls this off.
00:15:11.260 I wish you nothing but the very best.
00:15:13.880 Thank you for your service.
00:15:14.860 Beautiful.
00:15:15.320 So let me tell you what I mean by this.
00:15:16.940 I get the emotions.
00:15:19.180 I get it.
00:15:20.540 I've been in fights.
00:15:21.460 I've been in, you know, when I'm building a company and I put all my money into it and
00:15:24.920 I'm vested like my entire life savings is tied to the company, it's emotional.
00:15:30.880 This is very emotional to the Iranian people.
00:15:33.260 Let me tell you what's going on and who the real MVP in America is the last four weeks,
00:15:38.540 the last three weeks.
00:15:39.400 You know who the real MVP in America is?
00:15:42.000 That unfortunately, they will not get the credit.
00:15:45.000 They will not be talked about.
00:15:46.800 You will not know their names.
00:15:48.680 You will not be able to give to their GoFundMe.
00:15:50.940 You will not be able to do anything with those guys.
00:15:53.240 You know who the real MVP the last few weeks has been in America?
00:15:56.120 The Delta Force.
00:15:57.760 The Delta Force.
00:15:59.080 When I was in the Army, I asked my orders to be, I was going to go be 18 Delta, fifth
00:16:03.720 group.
00:16:03.960 I did all my interviews.
00:16:05.260 I got my orders.
00:16:06.100 I was going to re-enlist six years, go to DLI, go to Sears School, go to, you know,
00:16:10.140 airborne, go to Special Forces.
00:16:13.060 And then I was going to go straight to Vicenza, Italy to be in that area.
00:16:15.640 My friend ends up getting the orders.
00:16:17.460 He ends up becoming Delta.
00:16:19.440 The stuff you're hearing about on how they're going in in Venezuela and how they got them,
00:16:23.660 the reports that are coming out, unreal.
00:16:25.820 And by the way, you know who's watching that very quickly?
00:16:28.880 Khamenei and Iran better be watching very closely because our Delta Force is really strong.
00:16:32.640 If they want to do something, they could get a lot of stuff done.
00:16:35.420 So, guess what is back?
00:16:37.000 You know these USA hats that we had, these beautiful USA hats with the future looks bright
00:16:41.860 on the side and the future looks bright on the bottom?
00:16:45.480 These sell out within seconds when we launch these.
00:16:48.800 If you haven't picked one of these up, you love America.
00:16:52.300 There's never been a more important time, especially the 250-year anniversary, to go wear
00:16:57.380 this.
00:16:57.580 This is the USA on the front, American flag on the side, future looks bright on the back,
00:17:03.680 and then you got future looks bright here.
00:17:05.560 You can go back on this link, Rob, if you can put it below.
00:17:09.280 We also have the shirts to go with it.
00:17:11.220 Go back on that page as well.
00:17:14.080 It's right there.
00:17:15.800 There's the shirts to go with it.
00:17:17.360 There's the different kind of hats for women, for men.
00:17:20.720 Go a little bit lower if you could, Rob.
00:17:22.160 But if you haven't yet ordered one of these USA hats, buy one for yourself, for a friend,
00:17:27.800 for a family member who loves America.
00:17:29.880 Anybody who wears this with the USA being lifted, they love these hats.
00:17:33.600 One of the fan favorites that we have.
00:17:36.040 Click on the link below, order a few, give it away to your friends, colleagues, and employees.
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