Press TV – July 19, 2022
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei describes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as “dangerous,” saying that the US-led military alliance knows no boundaries and had to be stopped in Ukraine or it would have eventually started war using Crimea as a pretext.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Tehran earlier on Tuesday to take part in a three-way summit with Iranian and Turkish presidents Ebrahim Raeisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Syria peace process.
“War is a harsh and difficult reality, and the Islamic Republic will in no way be happy if it entangles ordinary people,” the Leader said.
“In the case of Ukraine, however, if you had not taken the initiative, the opposite side would have caused [the outbreak] of war with its own initiative,” the Leader added, addressing the Russian president.
Ayatollah Khamenei stated that Western countries resolutely oppose a strong and independent Russia, adding that if NATO had not been stopped in Ukraine, it would have started the same war using Crimea as a pretext.
The Leader said the US and West have become weaker than before, adding that despite great efforts and spending, “their policies in regional countries, including Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, are being less effective.”
‘Iran, Russia need to be vigilant in face of West’s deception’
The Leader said Iran and Russia must maintain their vigilance in the face of the West’s deceptive policies.
Ayatollah Khamenei also emphasized that economic cooperation between Tehran and Moscow is a necessity and will serve the two sides’ interests, particularly in the wake of the West’s sanctions against them. “Long-term cooperation between Iran and Russia will be deeply beneficial to both countries.”
The Leader said it was paramount that the oil and gas agreements currently in the works between the two energy-rich countries are “followed through to the end and become operational.”
The Leader also stressed the importance of launching Rasht-Astara railway in an effort to complete the North-South Transport Corridor and benefit both countries.
Ayatollah Khamenei voiced support for the policy of replacing the US dollar with national currencies in bilateral trade ties, saying, “The dollar should be gradually removed from global transactions.”
Putin: No one is in favor of war
For his part, the Russian president addressed the situation in Ukraine, saying, “No one is in favor of war,” adding, “The loss of ordinary people’s lives is a great tragedy.”
“However, the West’s behavior has left us with no other option than to react,” the Russian head of state said.
Putin considered his country’s rifts with Ukraine to be rooted especially in the provocative measures that have been taken by the West, including the United States, over the past recent years, including the coup in Ukraine, which brought a Western-backed government to power there.
He also cited NATO’s expansion toward Russia’s borders in spite of its earlier promises to avoid such a move to be another source of difference between Moscow and Kiev.
“Some European countries said they were opposed to Ukraine’s membership in NATO, but [eventually] acceded to it under America’s pressure,” Putin said, adding that this indicated the countries’ “lack of sovereignty and independence.”
The Russian statesman considered the US’s assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in early 2020 to be another instance of Washington’s “iniquity.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Putin said the West’s sanctions against Russia were to its own detriment, causing such problems as rising oil prices and food crises.
He pointed to the United States’ use of dollar towards deployment of sanctions against and plundering of other countries.
The approach would eventually backfire against Washington itself since it undermines the global trust in the currency, and prompt countries to use alternative currencies. “Russia and Iran [for instance] are devising new methods of using their respective national currencies in their relations,” he added.
Putin considered his country and Iran’s position concerning Syria, including their opposition to a military attack against the northern parts, to be completely concordant. “The Eastern Euphrates region should come under the control of Syrian military forces,” he added.
Iran and Russia are fighting a joint fight against terrorism in Syria, the Russian president also noted, adding that in the military sphere too the countries would try to increase their cooperation and also try to increase their cooperation and trilateral military drills with China.
Raeisi meets Putin
Prior to the meeting, Putin and Raeisi exchanged views about the latest developments in the region.
They reviewed the latest state of Tehran-Moscow relations, which has developed significantly in recent years, and commended the leap in bilateral ties, especially in the fields of economy, security, infrastructure, energy, trade and industry.
The Iranian and Russian presidents pointed to successes achieved by the two countries in countering terrorism and emphasized the necessity of developing cooperation in new regional and extra-regional fields.
They also announced their serious will to help strengthen the security of independent countries in the region.
Raeisi said Tehran and Moscow are remarkably determined to expand relations, and that cooperation between the two sides should continue to grow.
The Iranian president said successful cooperation between the two countries in the fight against terrorism in Syria has prepared the ground for promoting security and stability in the region.
“Those countries in the West Asian region that claimed to fight terrorism did not take any effective steps in this regard, but it was the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia that showed their sincerity and determination in this field through serious cooperation in the battle against terrorism,” he added.
The Russian president, for his part, said Tehran and Moscow have increased cooperation in various fields, particularly in the field of international security.
Putin added that Iran and Russia play a major role in solving the crisis in Syria.
I can’t argue much with this. It’s a translation, and words are chosen very carefully.
Iran can make nukes if they decide they need them. But don’t forget, Iran has at least two Soviet era nukes, and all the players know this.
Any attack on Iran, and you can kiss your ass to the Saudi oil fields, because they’ll be destroyed.
Does Assad get a say in this ‘peace process then ?
We are to believe Turkey don’t like the ‘tribe’
Iran certainly don’t.
Russia had recent issues with them,
There’s the problem. get rid of the local antagonists, those who claim they make war through deception. and the problem will be nigh on solved.
Syrians come to Europe and rape and murder children, just like other good Allah boys, who encompassed Jesus as the sixth of seven prophets “yeah, you sit there, number six, we got a better than you. Maybe we never quote you again, but don’t worry, we got you in there somewhere–Christians need raping, dough”
Sudden change in the Wests television adverts….wtf?.
It seems NZ is not the only example……it appears to be the same in all “democracies”…
That is tv advertising has gone all multicultural….in other words Europeans featuring in adverts have become rare……which is decidedly ODD considering Europeans form the majority of most populations??.
If there are adverts with Europeans they are either crypto jews or females in a mixed relationship…..and homosexuals are increasing in number.
Okay,what you SHOULD take from this is the fact that all western democracies have introduced this anti European policy on advertising at about the same time,which means it has almost certainly been coordinated …..
Maybe this may convince doubters that there IS a racist conspiracy against Europeans…coordinated by the Jewish elites…..hence the vast third world immigration is unchecked when sensible domestic political planning suggests it needs to be tightly controlled….
(Currently screening on tv in nz is the programme….Nazi secret Bases….fronted by Rob Bell who is a professional jewish suffering propagandist (Bell is usually a crypto jewish surname) The program is idiotic pitched at dumbed down idiots…..)
The “lovable clown” Boris Johnstein is standing aside to allow the Mr Chocolate Roland 🐀 Rat to get the Prime Ministers job where in ordinary circumstances the Rat wouldnt have a hope in hell being voted in…..
Is the 🐀 a crypto jew…..it is quite possible.You could determine this with the right information.
I have just had a replay of an incident a few years back….”they” organised a blackish immigrant to get all cosy with some blonde trout in order to be noticed….(this being connected to comments about multicultural tv adverts….most likely).
If it happens again I’ll attempt to provide names and places….it won’t be so much fun then will it.
Jacinda Ardern the WEF go-fer has brought so much trouble to NZ …..you would have to say she is an ideologue, a fruitcake……lauded overseas like Trudeau but hated at home…..and mad as a fucking Hatter.
USA NEVER STOPS
because its ruled by jews + jews
want the whole world .
@ TEDDY
Europa has merited its destruction by so
many traitors,corruptos+perverts in its
rangs . mediterranian sea + english channel
are open arseholes to fuck for afros + islamos
and even spain lets after 500 years jews in .
i dont find a bucket big anough to vomit .
Israel provokes Russia ( https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=255235 ) – Russia meets with Iran (Persia) and Turkey (Togarmah?) – Are we seeing the buildup to the following prophecy?
“And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.” Ezekiel 38:1-7
@ PAUL M
spare us this jewish hate wish scenario .
this desert demon JHWH why is he(male tsss)
so concentrated of the northern people and
not against asians , latins or afros ? may he
only want stupid slaves for his chosen ?
the northern are too inteligent for him .
but he forgets the asians are more inteligent +
WISE !
why cant we have decent leaders like this in the UK
all we get is dirty jews or jew arse lickers like blair and thatcher
we need some proper real ;eaders
Glenn Ashton: while I am no Syria specialist (lol), a big problem, and not. Just Syria, is that there are many nubies in Syria, and that’s a problem.
We have ghettos, so do the French. Very bad for social harmony, but great at limiting their political influence.
So easy to see Assad’s problems.
What Khamenei doesn’t tell you though is that NATO & Soviet Russia are covertly governed by the same transnational cult of Zionist-Communist Cryptocrats behind their various visible shills to advance their anti-white globalist agenda. The Russian Commies & mongrel Iranians (both anti-white) are trying to justify & legitimatize the extermination of thousands/millions of Aryan Ukrainians..
GREAT MOSCOW CALIPH HE UP TREE NO COME DOWN!
For me, Ayatollah Khamenei is the real Leader…I’m all in support of Iran, even Putin is very good Leader but he would be even better if he completely publicly denounced zionism and world jewry. Erdogan, well, he seems to play on both sides, but he obviously is already fed up of western agression so i hope he will quit nato soon. But anyway, this meeting is a very good sign for the future.
What a bizarrely sparse room they’re shown in in that photo. I’ve been in interrogation chambers that had more stylistic flair and comfort.