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If the negotiations Qatar is pushing produce nothing, Iran will act to break the “no war, no peace” stalemate. That is what a source in the office of Mohsen Rezaei told Zulfiqar Ali hours before this broadcast.
Pepe Escobar asks what that means in practice. Ali: “They are planning to take a preemptive attack if this does not go somewhere.” The source’s words, as Ali relays them: “We will take action to break out of this situation.” The same source says Tehran has agreed to talks with JD Vance in Doha — talks, not a deal.
These are Zulfiqar Ali’s source’s claims as he reports them; they have not been confirmed by the Iranian government. The Doha meeting, the approval chain, the move-first warning and the Russia–China–Pakistan backing are the host’s own sourcing from a person in Mohsen Rezaei’s office and cannot be independently verified. Iran’s foreign minister said on 1 November that no meeting with US officials is planned.
Pepe Escobar asks what that means in practice. Ali: “They are planning to take a preemptive attack if this does not go somewhere.” The source’s words, as Ali relays them: “We will take action to break out of this situation.” The same source says Tehran has agreed to talks with JD Vance in Doha — talks, not a deal.
These are Zulfiqar Ali’s source’s claims as he reports them; they have not been confirmed by the Iranian government. The Doha meeting, the approval chain, the move-first warning and the Russia–China–Pakistan backing are the host’s own sourcing from a person in Mohsen Rezaei’s office and cannot be independently verified. Iran’s foreign minister said on 1 November that no meeting with US officials is planned.
Timeline:
00:04:29 The room: Rezaei and Vance in Doha, with Pakistan, not Qatar, speaking for Iran
00:06:19 The Qatari plan: $8 billion, the naval blockade, Iron Gate and Hormuz
00:24:15 If the talks fail: what the source says Iran will do