Iran warns over Trump’s 'We all
die anyway' nihilism to justify
mass killing
October 1st, 7:05pm
(PressTV)
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced US President
Donald Trump’s dismissal of the human cost of war, warning
that the assertion that “it doesn’t matter” because
everyone dies “anyway” reflects a “modern
nihilism” that risks turning death into a
justification..... for indifference to
human suffering.
In a post on his X account on Thursday, Esmaeil Baghaei
was responding to comments by US media personality
and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson about a
conversation he said he had with Trump in the
Oval Office ....days before the war began.
In a short clip attached to his post, Baghaei quoted Carlson as
saying he had warned Trump that the war was not about
Iran’s nuclear program - and that Israel was pushing
the United States towards war.
“I said this to Trump to his face in the Oval Office, days before the
war began. And he looked at me and said: ‘Yes, you’re right. But
in the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn’t matter.’ That’s
exactly what he said,” Carlson stressed.
Baghaei opened his post by quoting the reported remark:
“In the end we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter.”
“This is no conventional political statement; it echoes... Albert
Camus’s Caligula at the exact moment existential 'absurdity'
curdles into tyranny - where the 'inevitability of death' is
used to strip the living of their value. Because life
ends, Caligula reasoned, the suffering of others
is inconsequential,” the diplomat said,
drawing a parallel with the play.
Baghaei said the danger is magnified --- by the
destructive power available to modern states.
“The terrifying difference today - is leverage. Caligula had only
the primitive tools of Rome; modern nihilism commands vast
stockpiles of mass destruction,” he stressed.
Caligula refers to the Roman emperor Gaius Caesar, notorious
in historical tradition for cruelty, capriciousness, and
megalomania. He is often cited -- as the archetype
of the unhinged, absolute ruler who threatened
to make his horse a consul and who
terrorized Rome's elite.
“The greatest geopolitical danger is not a leader confronting
mortality. It is a system that uses the inevitability of death
to justify indifference to human suffering. ‘We all die’ is a
fact; ‘so it doesn't matter’ is the leap where existential
dread becomes a political weapon,” Baghaei wrote.
Baghaei also warned against attempts
to appease such an approach.
“Those who think they can appease Caligula forget that the
absurd recognizes no rule or contract. Appeasement buys
no safety - it merely negotiates the order of the victims,”
he said.
Carlson’s account was made publicly in an NPR interview
released on September 24. He described Trump’s
reported response as “nihilism” and said the
future and the lives of people affected
by the war --- do matter.
In an interview with Time magazine published on Thursday,
Trump was directly confronted over his repeated threats
to “annihilate” Iran and the contradiction between
those threats and his self-description as a
“president of peace.”
“Last week, you said you might.... annihilate Iran.
That was the word you used,” Trump was asked.
“Yeah, I would do that. It’s possible,” Trump replied.
“You’ve made versions of that threat before. You’ve
also called yourself the president of peace,”
the interviewer continued.
the interviewer continued.
“Yeah,” Trump responded.
“How can the president of peace be calling for
the annihilation of an entire people?” Trump
was asked.
“Because by annihilating Iran, we’ve created
peace in the world. With Iran, I don’t think
you could ever have peace,” Trump said.
"My thing that I mention all the time is Iran cannot
have a nuclear power.... because they are crazy
and you can’t let crazy people have nuclear
weapons," he added.
Trump’s outrageous remarks come despite the fact
that Iran has never been found to be building a
nuclear weapon.
For years, Iran’s nuclear program has been subjected to
some of the most intrusive international inspections
ever conducted. The International Atomic Energy
Agency - repeatedly inspected Iranian nuclear
facilities --- and repeatedly confirmed their
peaceful purposes, finding no evidence
that Iran was constructing
nuclear weapons.
The same conclusion was reflected... in repeated US
intelligence assessments. US intelligence agencies
have repeatedly found no evidence that Iran had
made the decision to build a nuclear weapon -
or was pursuing a nuclear-weapons program.
According to many US pundits and politicians, Trump
launched the terrorist war on Iran on behalf of Israel
under the assumption that an invasion would be as
easy as the one in Venezuela and would provide
the US with extraordinary clout, including
access to the world’s second-largest
natural-gas reserves and fourth-
largest oil reserves, just as
in Venezuela.
The two wars of aggression - the 12-day war in June 2024
and the 40-day war that began on February 28 -
more than 4,500 Iranians and wounded over
70,000 others across the country.
On February 28, the first day of the 40-day aggression,
US Tomahawk missiles -- struck Shajareh Tayyebeh
Elementary School in Minab, Hormozgan Province,
killing 168 people, most of them children and
several teachers.
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Your war dramas cannot hide US
exhaustion, Iran warns Trump
October 1st, 7:03pm
(PressTV)
Acting Defense Minister Brigadier General Majid Ebn-e-Reza
has dismissed President Donald Trump's new claim that
Iran’s military has been obliterated, warning: that his
“imaginary war dramas” cannot conceal the reality
that US forces are exhausted.
“Do not hide the confusion in the White House
behind imaginary war dramas,” Ebn-e-Reza
wrote on X, on Thursday.
“Public pressure, the exhaustion of US forces, and the rising
costs of war --- have thrown your calculations into disarray.”
Ebn-e-Reza’s statement apparently came in direct response
to Trump’s interview with Time magazine, in which..... he
claimed Iran’s military had been completely destroyed.
“Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Everything’s
gone,” Trump said. He claimed that “159 ships are at
the bottom of the sea”.
The Iranian judicial authorities have revealed that
the overwhelming majority of vessels destroyed
were civilian fishing boats, not military targets.
Ali Kazemi --- spokesman for Iran’s Judiciary, announced
during a visit to the Posht-e Shahr pier in Bandar Abbas
that US attacks ..damaged approximately 420 fishing
vessels and 340 commercial vessels, in Hormozgan
Province, with scores of fishermen killed or injured.
In his typical bluster, Trump also claimed that “all their
planes are gone,” and that Iran has “no radar, no anti-
aircraft capability, nothing.” He went on further to
claim that “their whole military is gone” and
that “maybe they’ll ....be next”.
'False claims about the defense industry change nothing,”
Ebn-e-Reza responded. “You will see Iranian capability
and initiative on the battlefield ------- and will feel...
....its political impact.”
'False claims about the defense industry change nothing,”
Ebn-e-Reza responded. “You will see Iranian capability
and initiative on the battlefield ------- and will feel...
....its political impact.”
Classified US intelligence assessments directly undercut Trump’s
narrative. According to The Washington Post, a confidential CIA
assessment concluded that Iran retains approximately 75% of
its mobile missile launchers and about 70% of its pre-war
missile stockpile.
The New York Times also found that roughly 90% of Iran’s
underground missile storage and launch facilities were
“partially or fully operational”.
The CIA assessment further found evidence....... that Iran has
reactivated almost all of its underground storage facilities,
that new missiles are being assembled within them, and
that ballistic missile production has actually ---sped up.
While the Trump administration claims Iran’s military has been
destroyed, the US military itself..... is facing critical shortages.
According to The Wall Street Journal, US forces fired over
1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles during 2 months of war.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates
the US has used about one-third of its pre-war Tomahawk
stockpile ...and half of its Patriot interceptor inventory.
Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps, stated Wednesday that the United
States no longer enjoys the favourable conditions it once had.
He noted that the number of US bases in the region is now
roughly half of what it used to be, with US forces forced
to relocate to aircraft carriers at least 500 kilometres
from Iran, and .....to even more distant bases.
Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Mohebbi said military
confrontations occur roughly every 24 hours, yet
the US hs not responded to these actions....
for some time.
“The Americans have come to recognize Iran’s military
capabilities and strength,” he said, adding that
Washington had previously believed a mere
show of force would compel Tehran....
to capitulate.
Army Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi
has said that Iran’s armed forces are more prepared in terms of
capabilities, combat readiness and operational reserves
than before the imposed war.
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Iraqi MP: Genuine sovereignty lies in
independence in decision-making
after US pullout
October 1st, 10:55am
(PressTV)
Iraqi security officers flash victory signs while riding in vehicles
decorated with national flags during a convoy celebrating the
complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, in Baghdad,
Iraq, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by AP)
An Iraqi legislator says genuine sovereignty depends on the
government's authority to make decisions independently,
after US-led military forces withdrew from their bases
in Iraq, ending 23 years of occupation.
On Thursday, Mohammed al-Dulaimi underlined the need ---- for Iraq's
independence in the spheres of security, politics, and the economy.
He stated that the Arab nation must enjoy its own
independent decision-making power, free from
any foreign intervention or pressure.
He also stressed the importance of unity in taking political
decisions ----- in accordance with Iraq's national interests.
“There must be an independent decision-making process in Iraq.
We reject any foreign interference. Any decision, whether
security or economic, must originate from within Iraq
and must be taken --------- without any regional, or
international pressure,” Dulaimi pointed out.
The lawmaker emphasized that Iraqi political decisions must
be unified, seek to serve national interests --- and safeguard
the country’s sovereignty.
“Independence in decision-making ------- is essential for governing a
country that is capable of managing its internal affairs, as well as
foreign relations, on the basis of national interests,” he stated.
The US military presence in Iraq dates back to the 2003 invasion,
with Washington withdrawing its forces in 2011 before returning
them in 2014 ..under the pretext of combating Daesh terrorism.
The final withdrawal.. was carried out under an agreement between
Baghdad and Washington, with the Iraqi authorities now assuming
primary responsibility for the country’s security.
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The US exit from Iraq -- heralds the
‘beginning of expulsion’ from West
Asia, and the entire Muslim world:
IRGC
‘beginning of expulsion’ from West
Asia, and the entire Muslim world:
IRGC
October 1st, 9:13am
(PressTV)
A supporter of Iraqi resistance groups - holds up a portrait of Iran’s
top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani
who was martyred in a terrorist US airstrike early 2020, during a
rally celebrating the withdrawal of US occupation forces from
Iraq, in Baghdad on September 30, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the withdrawal of
US forces from Iraq ---- heralds their expulsion from the West Asia
region, and the entire Muslim world.
The IRGC issued a statement on Thursday ---- one day after the US
military formally completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq,
ending a 23-year occupation of the Arab country ------- that led to
hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths.
The IRGC said that the US, which has long relied on the language
of force, is now being compelled to withdraw from a country
it occupied for more than two decades.
It also described the expulsion of American forces as a testament to
Iraq’s steadfast determination ---- in confronting the terrorist, war-
mongering US regime and its foolish rulers at the White House.
“Without a doubt, the expulsion of the United States from Iraq -
marks the beginning of their withdrawal from West Asia in its
entirety and from the broader Muslim world,” it added.
“This major victory is the result of Iraq’s national resolve, the efforts
of resistance movements, popular support, and effective measures
taken by the Iraqi government.”
Meanwhile, the elite military force ...extended congratulations to the
Iraqi people, the Islamic Resistance, and the fighters of the Muslim
world, on their historic victory, which was the result ---- of the
nation’s unwavering commitment to independence.
Iraq’s long, dark night ends: 23 years of American
lies, occupation, abuse end in humiliating ouster
The US withdrawal from Iraq... ends a disastrous 23-year military
occupation launched on false WMD claims - marked by immense
civilian suffering and documented abuses and leaves the Iraqis
confronting the war’s enduring consequences - and rebuilding
their sovereignty.
Through historic resistance - it emphasized - the Iraqis
demonstrated that national will, is the most powerful
weapon against the ambitions of hegemonic powers.
“The US has gone — not through negotiations, not as a concession,
but through the determination of a people who stood their ground,
the blood of those who gave their lives, and a resistance - whose
resolve was never broken. Today, a proud and free Iraq stands
amid the ruins of two decades of occupation, witnessing
the dawn of its independence,” it said.
Additionally, the IRGC said the expulsion of US forces marks the first
step toward avenging the blood of Iraq’s martyrs, particularly Abu
Mahdi al-Muhandis --- the deputy commander of Iraq's Popular
Mobilization Units (PMU), who was assassinated alongside
Iran’s top anti-terror commander, Lt. General Qassem
Soleimani, in a US strike in Baghdad in 2020.
“The US must leave the region and allow the people of the region
themselves ------- to manage their own security. Two decades of
occupation demonstrated that the US presence did not bring
security; rather, it became a source of insecurity, terrorism,
and instability in West Asia,” it asserted.
“After twenty years of military intervention, with nearly 5,000 US
deaths by its own account - not the actual figure - and $4 trillion
in costs, the US was expelled from Iraq amid widespread public
resentment and hostility. These figures --- speak to the scale of
the US’ defeat, and the disgrace surrounding its intervention.”
The IRGC predicted that the people of Iraq will put an end to the US
interference in their country’s economy and oil sector, and that
they will build a brighter future ---- through national unity.
It further underlined the need for the Iraqi government, people,
and resistance forces ------- to remain vigilant in the face of
potential plots by the US and the country’s adversaries
aimed at creating insecurity and instability.
Moreover, the IRGC vowed ------- to keep standing beside the
justice-seeking nations of the region, in ridding West Asia
of US aggressors, as well as the child-killing and racist
Zionist regime.
The United States invaded Iraq in March 2003 to overthrow
Saddam Hussein’s regime, falsely claiming that Baghdad
possessed weapons of mass destruction.
US-led coalition forces withdrew from Iraq in December 2011,
but returned in 2014, using the seizure of large swathes of
territory by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group as a pretext
for their renewed military presence.