THE WHITE HOUSE TO VASE THEIR
SUPPORT FOR THE OPPOSITION.
ARTHEL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ERIC: PROTESTERS TOGETHER
UNTHINKABLE.
KHOMEINI'S PHOTO.
THEY ARE CALLING FOR QUOTE THE.
WILL THIS BE A TIPPING POINT
THAT COULD LEAD TO ITS DOWNFALL?
WITH US, JOHN BOLTON, FORMER
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
NATIONS.
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND
CHAIRMAN OF THE GATES STONE.
WHAT MORE CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO,
CAN HE DO TO ENCOURAGE AND HELP
THE IRANIAN PEOPLE?
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THESE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE
AHMADINEJAD STOLE THE ELECTION.
THOSE OPPOSITIONS WERE RUN BY
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT THEY WERE NOT PROTESTING THE
REGIME ITSELF.
SOME PEOPLE WERE.
BUT THAT'S WHY THE
DEMONSTRATIONS STARTED.
THESE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE LIMITED
PRESS COVERAGE OUT THERE THAT
THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR THE
ENDS OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION,
AND THEIR ECONOMIC COMPLAINTS
ARE NOT NEW.
THESE ARE GONE BACK FOR A LONG
TIME.
I THINK IT SHOWS THE REGIME IS
IN TROUBLE.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THE UNITED
STATES CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT
ROLE HERE.
SUPPORTING THE LEGITIMATE
OPPOSITION.
ERIC: YOU TALK ABOUT THE
OPPOSITION.
THE OPPOSITION SAID THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE PARALYZED
AND FALL LIKE NELSON MANDELA,
THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AND
THE PRAGUE SPRING.
>> CHANGE WILL OCCUR.
WHETHER WE LIKE THE OR NOT.
IT'S A HISTORICAL CONCLUSION
THAT THIS KIND OF REGIME CANNOT
SURVIVE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS AT WHAT
COST.
>> YOU HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ONE
DAY THIS REGIME WILL FALL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
ERIC: HOW CAN THE GOVERNMENT
EXPEDITE THAT?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
MAKE CLEAR WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE
IS.
IT'S NOT JUST TO COMMENT ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
AND THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD.
WHETHER IT'S THE CROWN PRINCE OR
OTHER OPPOSITION ELEMENTS TO
BENEFIT FROM MATERIAL SUPPORT
FROM THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S
SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT
SERIOUSLY.
THE MOST OF DRAMATIC CHANGE HAS
ALREADY OCCURRED.
YOU HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP,
MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION,
TAKING THE SIDE OF THE
DEMONSTRATORS.
180 DEGREES THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT
SOVIET PRISONERS, WHEN RONALD
REAGAN SPOKE OUT ABOUT THEIR
DISSENT FROM THE COMMUNIST
GOVERNMENT, IT GAVE THEM HOPE
AND SAID THE REST OF THE WORLD
WAS WATCHING.
THE OPPOSITION INSIDE IRAN AND
THE VAST IRANIAN DIASPORA
OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY CAN SEE THIS
IS SAY DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION
IN AMERICA.
WITH THE REGIME AND DEALING WITH
INTERNATIONAL BANGING SYSTEM TO
THE TRY AND STRANGLE THE MULLAHS
OF IRAN.
>> IF YOU CAN HAVE THE OVERTHROW
OF THE RULING DICTATORSHIP.
IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO TOPPLE THIS
OPPRESSIVE REGIME.
AND I EMPHASIZE REGIME CHANGE IN
IRAN IS WITHIN REACH.
ERIC: IS THIS THAT PRIME MOMENT
THAT THEY CONTINUE SOME OF THESE
PROTESTS AND POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE
SOME TYPE OF REFORM AND FREEDOM
THOSE LOYAL TO THE
THOSE LOYAL TO -HE
THOSE LOYAL TO --E
THOSE LOYAL TO -- TO THE SHAH
WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THOSE
DEMONSTRATIONS WILL TAKE HOLD
AND GROW OR WHETHER IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WILL PASS AND
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE A LONGER
STRUGGLE.
POSITION.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CURRENTS
MISMANAGEMENT OF THE ECONOMY.
NOT JUST IN THE WAKE OF THE IRAN
NUCLEAR DEAL.
BUT EVER SINCE 1979 THERE IS
ETHNIC DISCONTENT.
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE, NEARLY 2/3
OF THE POPULATION UNDER 30.
THEY KNOW THEY CAN LEAD A
DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE THAN
UNDER THIS THEE KRATTIC REGIME
SPEAK UP AND SAY THAT THEY
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
I THINK THE U.S. GOAL HAS TO BE
TO SEE THE REGIME TOPPLED.
I WOULD SAY BEFORE THE 40th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISLAMIC
REVOLUTION OF 1949.
MOSCOW TO EASTERN EUROPE.