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[00:00:40] Hello and welcome to this short news segment from
[00:00:43] BBC Persian Television. Reuters has reported that the proposed
[00:00:46] agreement between Iran and Oman to end
[00:00:50] military tension in the Strait of Hormuz will allow Tehran
[00:00:53] to control the entry of ships into the Persian Gulf.
[00:00:56] The United States has not yet commented on this.
[00:01:00] Iran and Oman have held bilateral talks
[00:01:03] regarding the Strait of Hormuz as part of regional diplomatic
[00:01:06] efforts. Iran has reported significant progress in these
[00:01:10] discussions and says that the route for ships to and from
[00:01:14] Iran's waters will pass through them. Previously, US officials had repeatedly
[00:01:17] emphasized that they would not agree to Iran controlling
[00:01:21] access to this important energy route.
[00:01:24] The US President has denied reports
[00:01:28] of a decrease in US arms stockpiles
[00:01:32] and said that those who published this information will
[00:01:35] face severe penalties. Earlier, the Washington
[00:01:39] Post reported that Mr. Trump on Friday, at a meeting in Camp
[00:01:43] David, asked Defense Secretary Mattis for an explanation
[00:01:46] about the ammunition shortage. The Washington Post wrote that these
[00:01:50] shortages caused Mr. Trump to cancel the attack despite
[00:01:54] threatening a widespread attack on Iran. CNN also reported
[00:01:57] that the shortage of guided long-range
[00:02:00] missiles and air defense interceptors affected
[00:02:04] Mr. Trump's decision regarding engagement with Iran, and that the US
[00:02:08] military has used nearly 80% of its THAAD
[00:02:12] missile stockpiles.
[00:02:15] The Iran Human Rights Organization reported the execution of at least
[00:02:19] 71 people last month in
[00:02:22] Iran. The report states that 36 people
[00:02:25] were executed on charges of murder, 26 people on charges
[00:02:29] related to drug offenses, 8 people on security
[00:02:33] charges, and one person on rape charges.
[00:02:36] Six of those executed this month were protesters
[00:02:39] against the government. This organization recorded the execution
[00:02:43] of at least 44 people in the first seven
[00:02:47] months of this year. Simultaneously, UN experts today
[00:02:50] called on officials of the Islamic Republic to end the increasing
[00:02:53] arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture,
[00:02:57] and other forms of ill-treatment, as well as arbitrary executions
[00:03:00] against ethnic minorities, especially Kurdish and Baluch
[00:03:04] minorities. Currently, hundreds of people arrested in the January
[00:03:08] protests are at risk of being
[00:03:12] executed.
[00:03:13] Thank you for joining
[00:03:16] us for this short news segment.