Dennis Prager Show - Dennis Recounts Visiting Tehran Aired: 2020-01-14 Duration: 06:03 === Two Anchors Quit (02:14) === [00:00:00] This is an amazing story from Fox Business. [00:00:06] Iran State Television sees at least two news anchors quit. [00:00:13] At least two Iranian journalists at a state-owned media outlet reportedly resigned from their jobs, with one of them apologizing to viewers for the 13 years I told you lies. [00:00:26] As Tehran continues to grapple with the fallout from protests stemming from a cover-up of its accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner, TV anchor Jelare Jabadi addressed her viewers on an Instagram post that appears to have been deleted. [00:00:48] It was very hard for me to believe that our people have been killed, the post read according to The Guardian. [00:00:55] Forgive me that I got to know this late and forgive me for the 13 years I told you lies. [00:01:01] Two other news anchors at the Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting thanked their supporters in separate statements. [00:01:11] Thank you for accepting me as anchor until today, said Zahra Khatami. [00:01:17] I will never get back to TV. Forgive me. [00:01:22] Fellow anchor Sabah Rad said she was leaving journalism after 21 years. [00:01:28] Thank you for your support in all the years of my career, she said. [00:01:33] I announced that after 21 years working in radio and TV, I cannot continue my work in the media. [00:01:40] I cannot. [00:01:46] Wow. [00:01:48] That's a big deal. [00:01:53] Do you realize how this president has changed the way in which Iran is viewed from a colossus on the march to a pathetic dictatorship? === In Tehran Before the Revolution (04:02) === [00:02:09] I had Caroline Glick on yesterday, one of the most important writers writing today. [00:02:16] She's simply brilliant and She spoke about that this is a change in 41 years, Republican and Democrat, since 1979 and the Revolution. [00:02:32] I don't know if I ever mentioned to you folks, I was in Tehran right before the Revolution. [00:02:40] It was like, it was sort of, to be in Tehran at that time was to be in a major metropolis. [00:02:52] The alphabet was different, but many of the people spoke English. [00:02:57] It was a relaxing joy to be in Tehran. [00:03:02] And here's the kicker. [00:03:04] This is really the kicker. [00:03:07] I flew from Tehran to Tel Aviv. [00:03:13] And I flew on El Al, the Israeli airline. [00:03:21] If there are five material items from my past I wish I had, that airline ticket is one of them. [00:03:29] I would have laminated it and put it up in my home. [00:03:33] Tehran, Tel Aviv, El Al Airlines. [00:03:38] The Shah was so pro-Israel and pro-America. [00:03:48] Poor Iranians. [00:03:50] It's such an intelligent and advanced people living under these primitives, just primitives. [00:04:02] By the way, talking about the Ayatollah, what is the name of that program that I watched? [00:04:17] After my surgery, all I did is watch episodes with Larry David. [00:04:25] What's it called again? [00:04:28] Half of you are screaming at the radio, which is very painful for me. [00:04:32] I'll get it in a moment. [00:04:34] Anyway, the first time I watched it, curb your enthusiasm, the first time I watched it, it was on a plane. [00:04:43] I almost never watch anything on a plane. [00:04:46] I have no idea what prompted me to do so. [00:04:49] I do a lot of work on planes. [00:04:51] Anyway, it was Fatwa. [00:04:54] If you were to watch one Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, I would recommend Fatwa. [00:05:03] The absurdity is what I love. [00:05:11] He made a musical. [00:05:12] He spent years writing a musical called Fatwa. [00:05:18] It's not exactly a happy topic. [00:05:21] It is when a Muslim leader puts a death sentence on you. [00:05:28] And he goes around on American TV and it gets tremendous attention. [00:05:37] And then the Ayatollah. [00:05:40] In Tehran, puts a fatwa on Larry David. [00:05:47] And you have this scene, and it's perfectly, it is perfectly enacted, you must understand. [00:05:54] They have a guy looking like Khamenei, talking to an audience. [00:05:58] I mean, it is identical. [00:06:00] There is no, you would believe it.