00:00:30.000Iran's president declared war against U.S., Israel, and Europe.
00:00:34.540Just as Tehran looks to rebuild its nuclear capabilities, Masoud Pezashkian made the bold statement in an interview published in state media Saturday.
00:00:43.540Barron's reported, in my opinion, we are at total war with U.S., Israel, and Europe.
00:00:47.440They want to bring our country to its knees, Pezashkian said.
00:00:51.360This war, listen to what he says, this war is worse than the one launched against the U.S. by Iraq.
00:00:57.560This is in the 80s, when Saddam Hussein was there.
00:01:01.280On closer inspection, it is far more complex and difficult.
00:01:05.720He said in a reference to the 1980-88 war with Iran's Western neighbor, which when I lived in Iran, in Tehran during those eight years as well,
00:01:14.320the claims come amid UN sanctions on Iran orchestrated by France, Britain, and Germany due to the regime's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.
00:01:24.600It also followed the 12-day war with Israel in June, when the Jewish state obliterated much of the Islamic Republic's nuclear capabilities with the assistance of devastating U.S. strikes.
00:01:35.580As tensions between Middle East rivals ramps up, a Tehran-backed candidate is also likely to win a major election to a leading role with Hamas.
00:01:43.580Khaliyah El-Hayah, a Palestinian politician, is expected to beat out Hamas's chief Khalid Mishal in an election for head of the group's political bureau,
00:01:54.500which could be decided in the coming days, sources told Saudi Arabian outlet, Ashark reported.
00:02:02.180Let me give you some numbers, folks, before Adam I come to you.
00:02:04.620Real. Real. Real is like a dollar. Real. You know, their currency is Tuman and real. Like, we have the dollar. That's what Iran has.
00:02:16.100In 1979, when the revolution happened and a lot of Iranians escaped and they brought their dollar, their money from Iran to here,
00:02:25.540they had, for every dollar, it would cost you 70 reals to have a dollar.
00:02:30.760So if you had 7 million reals, you're probably coming here with $100,000, just to kind of give you some numbers of what it looks like.
00:02:40.960Today, each dollar today in Iran is 1.437,500 reals.
00:02:52.240You want one dollar? You need that amount of reals to buy a dollar.
00:02:57.320It dropped 7% this week. They're saying it's going to be going to 2 million reals.
00:03:02.900There's protesting in the bazaars. Rob, I'll send you a couple of the clips here.
00:03:06.680But first, Adam, I'll come to you and I will show some of the clips of what's going on in Iran.
00:05:45.640So the challenge isn't what's about to happen.
00:05:49.080The challenge is who is replacing this regime.
00:05:52.100A Wall Street Journal story just came out a couple days ago, day after Christmas, talking about how Iran is easing its social rules amid crisis, but crushes this end.
00:06:04.200Light music is blaring on the streets of Tehran.
00:06:08.660Women are ditching their mandatory hijabs, and young people are dancing in cafes as authorities allow a degree of social freedom not seen since the Islamic Revolution of 1970.
00:06:18.600At the same time, a widespread crackdown on dissidents and have executed more people this year than in nearly four decades.
00:06:36.400Preserving a system still shaken by last summer's 12-day war with Israel and by sanctions that have sent the economy spiraling.
00:06:42.740The regime has one goal, and that is to make sure there is no collective action, no uprising, said Fatameh Hariadju, a former member of the Iranian parliament who is now living in exile in the U.S.
00:06:54.880They feared that if they enforce the hijab, there will be another uprising.
00:06:59.300They decided they can't fight people on every corner.
00:07:02.020So what does this really mean, though?
00:09:37.820It turns out Trump knows what he's doing, is all I'm saying.
00:09:39.860Yeah, well, listen, too early to jump to conclusion as if the victory's been done.
00:09:45.060Never underestimate the power of Houthis, Hezbollah, and the IRGC to find a way to hold their people, a chokehold on their people, and not allow freedom to come their way.
00:09:57.860Right now, with everything that's happening, I think the spiritual battle that the nation, that the world is going through right now, I think it's more obvious than I think it's ever been.
00:10:08.560And I think letting people know, Pat, I was watching Gladiator, and they kept saying, hold the line.
00:11:00.74012 years old goes, Dad, no, I'm not afraid.
00:11:03.980I have faith because I'm not scared about anything because if anything, God forbid, happens, I'm going to be with God and Jesus Christ in heaven.
00:11:11.540So, again, wearing this shirt, guys, I can't tell you how many messages I get of people seeing the back of faith over fear and people like, hey, what does that mean?