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[00:00:21] Headlines.
[00:00:21] خبرها.
[00:00:27] Russia's proposal to help end the war.
[00:01:00] Former International Criminal Court Court in the US imposed new sanctions
[00:01:03] on this institution.
[00:01:07] And BBC's findings on the working conditions of workers producing official football club
[00:01:11] jerseys in Cambodian factories.
[00:01:31] Hello to you and welcome to this news program. In
[00:01:35] a meeting with Masoud Pezeshkian, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready
[00:01:39] to do whatever is necessary to help end the US-Iran
[00:01:42] war. The President of Iran also told his Russian counterpart
[00:01:46] that even though the US has repeatedly attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations,
[00:01:49] Tehran remains committed to negotiation and diplomacy.
[00:01:53] This meeting took place on the sidelines of the Caspian Sea
[00:01:56] and Eurasian countries summit in Turkmenistan.
[00:02:00] Hours earlier, US President Donald Trump had said that
[00:02:03] Washington is in constructive talks with Tehran and
[00:02:07] will under no circumstances attack Iran before the US midterm
[00:02:10] elections on November 3rd.
[00:02:13] Mohammad Amini reports.
[00:02:17] Masoud Pezeshkian's presence at the Commonwealth of Independent States
[00:02:20] (CIS) summit, which was held in Turkmenistan.
[00:02:23] This country is hosting the meeting of the Caspian
[00:02:26] Sea coastal states, a summit of independent
[00:02:30] Commonwealth states that gained independence after the collapse
[00:02:33] of the Soviet Union. These
[00:02:37] are the collective photo opportunities of the leaders. This is the
[00:02:40] first time that a president from Iran participates in such a meeting.
[00:02:44] Vladimir Putin had a warm reception
[00:02:48] with his Iranian counterpart. No, it's not bedtime
[00:02:51] after all. They also
[00:02:53] had a friendly chat.
[00:02:56] At the official meeting table, he also referred to Iran as a country
[00:03:00] that, according to him, had no fault in the ongoing war
[00:03:03] with the US.
[00:03:08] Of course, today the biggest problem is the situation in the region. We know that
[00:03:11] Iran has really tried to end the conflict and
[00:03:14] to stop a war that Iran had no fault in starting.
[00:03:18] Iran is now once again trying to resolve the issue with new proposals
[00:03:21] peacefully.
[00:03:23] آمیز.
[00:03:27] Mr. President, you know Russia's position. We have come to do whatever
[00:03:31] we can to solve the problem. This opportunity that arose,
[00:03:34] I immediately presented it to you. This is the second meeting
[00:03:38] between the leaders of Iran and Russia in the past 40 days.
[00:03:41] Masoud Pezeshkian told Vladimir Putin today
[00:03:44] that Tehran is still negotiating. We are talking.
[00:03:47] Every time we talked to them, they attacked again.
[00:03:51] But still, we are not leaving the negotiation
[00:03:54] table. We had made proposals.
[00:03:58] The Americans gave new proposals.
[00:04:04] We made our own adjustments to these proposals and it is planned that after it is finalized,
[00:04:08] we will sit together with the relationship they are currently
[00:04:12] working on to be able to summarize these proposals.
[00:04:14] Russia and China are referred to as two superpowers supporting
[00:04:18] the Iranian government. The level and details
[00:04:21] of cooperation and support between Moscow and Beijing for Tehran in the ongoing
[00:04:25] war with the US have many ambiguities, but some observers believe
[00:04:28] that Iran has been able to withstand the widespread
[00:04:32] and heavy blows from the US and Israel partly because
[00:04:36] of the support from Russia and China.
[00:04:39] Iran and the US are still talking about mutual contacts and exchanging
[00:04:43] diplomatic plans. US President Donald Trump
[00:04:47] said that Iran will not be attacked before
[00:04:50] the November 3rd elections in the US, meaning for another
[00:04:54] 24 days. However, he emphasized that the economic
[00:04:57] blockade is still being powerfully implemented. It remains
[00:05:01] to be seen what agreements Masoud Pezeshkian will reach
[00:05:04] with his Russian counterpart in the ongoing meetings
[00:05:07] in Turkmenistan. Mohammad Amini BBC, Alireza
[00:05:11] Namvar Haghighi, expert on Iranian political issues from Toronto, Canada.
[00:05:15] Mr. Namvar Haghighi, Russia said that if anything is necessary
[00:05:18] to end the war between Iran and the US,
[00:05:21] it will do it. Is Mr. Putin in a position
[00:05:25] to mediate, pressure one of the parties, or do something
[00:05:28] in this regard?
[00:05:30] Yes, greetings to you
[00:05:34] and the dear viewers of BBC Persian TV.
[00:05:38] Well, Mr. Putin, after all,
[00:05:41] regarding the war in Ukraine,
[00:05:44] compared to the Democrats' era, has a better relationship with Mr.
[00:05:48] Trump. Mr. Trump doesn't have the previous support
[00:05:52] that the US government
[00:05:53] provided to
[00:05:56] Kyiv, and today,
[00:05:59] as Mr. Putin's government has agreed
[00:06:02] to send diesel to the US, meaning it has helped Mr. Trump's
[00:06:06] election position, naturally,
[00:06:10] in this regard, Mr. Putin
[00:06:13] can play a role in the issues of
[00:06:16] guaranteeing the two countries,
[00:06:19] including the issue of transferring uranium
[00:06:23] or guaranteeing that uranium will not be transferred,
[00:06:26] and Israel and the US will agree not to attack Iran.
[00:06:29] This is one of the most important issues that is ambiguous
[00:06:32] between Iran, the US, and Israel. Both China and Russia
[00:06:36] have the ability to play a role as two
[00:06:40] members of the Security Council and two powerful countries
[00:06:43] that have relations with both countries. This is one point.
[00:06:47] The second point is that in the past, if you remember,
[00:06:51] before the 12-day war, Mr. Lavrov visited Iran
[00:06:54] and made the same mediation offer, but even then,
[00:06:58] Iran did not agree. Even the Sepah
[00:07:02] magazine "Sobh-e Sadegh" wrote that Russia wants
[00:07:05] to resolve the issue of Iran under the Ukraine issue,
[00:07:09] and therefore we should not accept it. It seems that
[00:07:13] this level of opposition has decreased
[00:07:16] and it seems that Iran now needs a powerful mediator
[00:07:20] who can guarantee any kind of agreement
[00:07:24] more than before. It can trust.
[00:07:27] The third point is that the level
[00:07:31] of cooperation between Iran and Russia has increased,
[00:07:34] especially in the field of
[00:07:38] food issues and relations with
[00:07:41] neighbors, who were formerly members of the Soviet Union,
[00:07:45] such as Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan,
[00:07:48] who also had a meeting today, Mr. Aliyev, Pezeshkian, Putin.
[00:07:51] And the third point is that they also have
[00:07:55] relations regarding defense issues. But strategically,
[00:07:58] the reality is that if
[00:08:00] Iran does not want to change its strategy,
[00:08:04] Putin's mediation will not help Iran.
[00:08:07] That's right, Mr. Namvar, our time is very limited,
[00:08:09] but now Iran seems to
[00:08:13] desperately need this ceasefire or
[00:08:16] peace, whatever we call it. But the American side,
[00:08:19] which is really involved in Ukraine,
[00:08:23] Russia, briefly please. Yes.
[00:08:26] Look, America has besieged Iran.
[00:08:29] This siege will not be broken easily. Second,
[00:08:33] and because of this, it wants more concessions
[00:08:36] than before. Second, that dissatisfied actors
[00:08:40] like Arab countries and Israel are pressuring
[00:08:43] Mr. Trump that he must resolve the issue,
[00:08:46] meaning he must create a fundamental
[00:08:49] change or reach a stable agreement. The third point
[00:08:53] is that the ambiguities that exist in Tehran
[00:08:57] are about who makes the final decision and whether they will implement
[00:09:00] an agreement if they reach one. And third, Iran's strategic
[00:09:04] approaches. These three issues are what it seems to me that if Iran
[00:09:08] does not want to make a consensus for decision-making
[00:09:12] and change its approach, then even if Russia
[00:09:15] and China are here, Iran's strategic problem
[00:09:18] in the conflict with the US will not be solved, and Iran could enter a long period of chronic wars.
[00:09:22] Alireza Namvar Haghighi, political analyst from Iran, thank you for being on the program.
[00:09:26] The Wall Street Journal, in a recent
[00:09:30] report based on internal documents of the Binance
[00:09:33] cryptocurrency exchange, claimed that a network consisting
[00:09:37] of 21 accounts and companies linked to Babak Zanjani,
[00:09:40] an Iranian businessman, used this platform to transfer hundreds
[00:09:44] of millions of dollars. According to these documents, some of the accounts
[00:09:48] in this network remained active for a while despite warnings
[00:09:52] from Western financial and security agencies, and at least $67 million
[00:09:55] from two accounts was transferred to wallets that Israel
[00:09:59] considers linked to the Revolutionary Guard. Binance says it eventually
[00:10:02] blocked these accounts and considers any assumption
[00:10:06] about the total volume of transactions' connection to the Revolutionary Guard
[00:10:10] misleading.
[00:10:19] What's new in the Wall Street Journal report
[00:10:22] is mostly the path
[00:10:25] of money and cryptocurrency, meaning
[00:10:29] we had this news about sanctions and that Babak Zanjani's network
[00:10:32] was involved in these cryptocurrencies. Now
[00:10:35] we see how these monies were moving around.
[00:10:39] Meaning, first, for example, oil revenues would first
[00:10:43] enter the network through companies in the UAE and
[00:10:47] Turkey. These would enter
[00:10:50] this network. Then, for example, a company called Z-Pic,
[00:10:54] which is a platform in Turkey, would convert
[00:10:58] it to cryptocurrency, and then from cryptocurrency, through
[00:11:01] accounts linked to Babak Zanjani,
[00:11:05] as this report states, for example, the name
[00:11:09] of Babak Zanjani's sister, his romantic partner, and
[00:11:13] a few others have appeared in these accounts,
[00:11:16] and through this network and Binance,
[00:11:20] they were carrying out monetary exchanges, of which nearly
[00:11:23] $850 million was transferred this way,
[00:11:27] and as you said, only
[00:11:30] $67 million of it apparently
[00:11:33] went to wallets that are linked to the Revolutionary
[00:11:36] Guard. This is another issue that we see
[00:11:39] in the report. Just today, the US Treasury
[00:11:43] Secretary announced that soon,
[00:11:47] meaning this week and next week, the US will confiscate
[00:11:50] nearly $1 billion of Iranian cryptocurrencies.
[00:11:53] Where this source
[00:11:57] is, which wallets or which accounts they are going
[00:12:01] to confiscate, is still unclear and no one else
[00:12:04] has talked about it. Thank you very much
[00:12:08] from Maroush Pouzei, our correspondent
[00:12:10] in Washington.
[00:12:12] The US Treasury Department has sanctioned 17 oil tankers
[00:12:16] and several companies linked to Iran's maritime transport network. Washington said that this
[00:12:20] action targets one of the regime's last
[00:12:23] major sources of income.
[00:13:02] We have passed. An operation whose goal is the complete isolation
[00:13:06] of the terrorist regime of Iran. Even in the past few days,
[00:13:10] we have witnessed significant developments in the Iranian
[00:13:13] government. Last weekend, the oil minister resigned.
[00:13:17] Also, on Saturday, the President of Iran spoke about the country's
[00:13:20] economic decline. Therefore, in recent days,
[00:13:23] we have seen that the pressure.
[00:13:59] I believe the economic pressure we have applied so far
[00:14:03] has brought the Iranian regime to its knees, and now we see that
[00:14:07] they don't have much time left. Their financial resources
[00:14:10] have become very limited. Only $1.5 billion
[00:14:14] of oil remains outside the scope of the naval blockade. When
[00:14:18] this oil is not sold, it's over. There will be no
[00:14:21] income left for the Iranian regime.
[00:14:55] Their purchases have decreased, and their quality of life
[00:14:59] is declining. Aren't you worried that at
[00:15:02] some point, with the continued fall of the rial,
[00:15:06] we will see a negative reaction from the Iranian people
[00:15:09] to US policies towards Iran? President
[00:15:13] Trump has a great deal of empathy for the Iranian people.
[00:15:16] In fact, at every stage, he has tried
[00:15:20] to provide humanitarian facilities and exceptions
[00:15:24] to ensure the flow of food and medicine to Iran. We
[00:15:27] actually believe that the Iranian people will ultimately hold
[00:15:31] the terrorist regime of Iran responsible for this situation.
[00:15:34] They will understand that the United States government
[00:15:38] is doing everything it can to provide more peace and prosperity
[00:15:41] for the Iranian people. During the Shah's rule,
[00:15:45] Iran had a dynamic, prosperous economy with a highly educated
[00:15:49] workforce. We want that dynamism and prosperity
[00:15:52] to return to Iran. Do you hope that economic
[00:15:55] pressure will lead to regime change?
[00:15:58] I think we hope that this economic pressure will eventually
[00:16:02] lead to the end of the terrorist regime in Iran.
[00:16:05] Do you expect people to once again take to the streets?
[00:16:09] I don't want to predict what the Iranian people will eventually do.
[00:16:13] But what I want to see is the return of dynamism,
[00:16:15] peace and prosperity to the lives
[00:16:17] of the Iranian people.
[00:16:20] You referred to the Iranian President's statements about
[00:16:24] economic problems. However, the Governor of the Central
[00:16:28] Bank of Iran announced that the government will inject
[00:16:31] $2 billion into the market to support the value of the rial.
[00:16:35] This shows that the Iranian government also.
[00:17:08] We are talking about the pressures that these policies have exerted on Iran.
[00:17:12] But the war and crisis in the Persian
[00:17:16] Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz have had widespread effects
[00:17:19] on the American economy as well as the global economy.
[00:17:22] How long do you think this situation
[00:17:26] will be tolerable and sustainable?
[00:17:29] If you look at the amount of oil that is now being exported
[00:17:33] from this region, you will see that it is almost at the same level
[00:17:37] as before the war. But the interesting point is that none of this oil
[00:17:40] belongs to the terrorist regime of Iran. All of it
[00:17:44] is supplied from other countries other than Iran.
[00:17:46] میشه.
[00:17:53] When you talk to the Iranian people, they believe that
[00:17:56] the main pressure is on them. Ordinary Iranian
[00:18:00] citizens who have no connection to the government
[00:18:03] and have played no role in the war.
[00:18:07] They say that many government officials and their associates
[00:18:11] still live a prosperous life
[00:18:14] and have been able to transfer their assets and money
[00:18:18] abroad to foreign banks.
[00:18:22] We are targeting those who are part of the terrorist regime of Iran.
[00:18:25] We identify their money and assets and sanction
[00:18:29] them. The United States government in no
[00:18:33] way wants to harm the Iranian people or prevent their
[00:18:36] wealth.
[00:18:40] For a very long time, people have suffered from terrorist acts. We try
[00:18:44] to find a way for Iran to be reintegrated into
[00:18:47] the global financial system when this conflict
[00:18:51] ends and we see that the terrorist regime of Iran
[00:18:54] has ended its war and its dominance over society.
[00:18:58] This was an interview with
[00:19:02] my colleague Khashayar Ghandi with Ervin Brown, Deputy
[00:19:05] Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the US Department of the Treasury. The program will continue with a few news items.
[00:19:12] The co-pilot who caused an incident on a FlyDubai flight last week
[00:19:15] intended to crash the plane into the terminal building of Ben Gurion
[00:19:19] Airport in Tel Aviv. The prosecutor said that in the investigations
[00:19:23] conducted by the UAE, this Omani co-pilot confessed
[00:19:26] that he was inspired by al-Qaeda's September 11th attacks on the US.
[00:19:30] He reportedly said that the September 11th attacks were among the reasons
[00:19:34] for his decision to learn to fly.
[00:19:37] Following the Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport, more
[00:19:40] airlines are canceling their flights to Saudi Arabia.
[00:19:44] Saudi officials announced that three people were killed
[00:19:48] in yesterday's attack, one of whom was a pilot
[00:19:51] of the national airline of Saudi Arabia. Several people were also injured and
[00:19:55] one plane was damaged. After the Houthi attacks two days ago
[00:19:59] on the same airport and another airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia,
[00:20:02] Pakistani, Indian, and Lufthansa airlines stopped
[00:20:05] their flights to Riyadh.
[00:20:09] The US announced that it will impose financial sanctions against the International
[00:20:12] Criminal Court. Based on this, after a six-month
[00:20:16] grace period, transactions with this court will be prohibited. The US Secretary of State
[00:20:20] said that the President of this country will never allow a
[00:20:23] court, which he called arbitrary, to prosecute Americans.
[00:20:27] The International Criminal Court and the UN Secretary-General
[00:20:31] described these sanctions as an attack on international justice.
[00:20:35] کردند.
[00:20:38] Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, won the Nobel
[00:20:42] Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that Ms.
[00:20:45] Pillay was awarded this prestigious prize for her efforts
[00:20:49] to promote peace and international law. The current UN
[00:20:52] Human Rights Commissioner said that awarding this prize to Ms.
[00:20:56] Pillay is a collective victory for human rights. But
[00:20:59] Israel expressed dissatisfaction. Nasser Madani reports.
[00:21:03] دهد.
[00:21:08] The 102nd Nobel Peace
[00:21:10] Prize.
[00:21:12] The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel
[00:21:16] Peace Prize for 2026 to.
[00:21:30] This year's winner played a decisive role in ensuring the prosecution of war crimes,
[00:21:33] crimes against humanity, and genocide.
[00:21:37] Navi Pillay, an 85-year-old lawyer,
[00:21:41] was born into a poor family of Indian descent in South Africa.
[00:21:45] She experienced apartheid. She fought against discrimination.
[00:21:49] تبعیض را.
[00:23:20] to tell me which of our documents was wrong.
[00:23:23] They call me an anti-Semite. How come when they accepted me
[00:23:26] as the only UN reporter in Israel to report
[00:23:30] on their oppression, my work was considered
[00:23:33] credible then?
[00:23:38] This morning was different for Navi Pillay.
[00:23:41] She didn't know that she had won one of the most prestigious
[00:23:45] international awards. Please encourage
[00:23:48] the award.
[00:24:25] Official football jerseys are produced by workers
[00:24:29] in Southeast Asia whose basic wages are less than $1.50
[00:24:33] an hour for some of them. BBC Sports' investigation
[00:24:37] tracked the production of official jerseys for clubs including Arsenal,
[00:24:40] Celtic, and Liverpool and reached two factories
[00:24:44] in Cambodia. These findings are being released as fans
[00:24:47] complain about rising prices
[00:24:50] for official jerseys, and at the same time are warned against buying
[00:24:54] cheaper counterfeit versions. Dan Roan reports.
[00:24:58] می دهد.
[00:25:01] I want foreign customers to know that every single one of these jerseys
[00:25:05] is drenched in the sweat of Cambodian workers. These jerseys
[00:25:08] are a popular commodity for fans and a profitable source of income
[00:25:12] for clubs and manufacturers. The official jersey production industry
[00:25:16] is a multi-billion dollar market and buying them is not cheap.
[00:25:19] But only fans pay the cost. We tracked
[00:25:22] the supply chain of official jerseys to factories in Cambodia,
[00:25:25] where the basic wages of some workers are at or
[00:25:29] slightly above the minimum wage, less than $1.50
[00:25:32] an hour. Workers receive less than $10 US
[00:25:35] for producing about 400 to 500 shirts daily. Huge profits
[00:25:39] are made from these products, but a very small share goes
[00:25:43] to the workers. These factories do not belong to Adidas, but
[00:25:46] are considered its main suppliers. In these same factories,
[00:25:50] we found official jerseys of some of the world's biggest football clubs.
[00:25:54] Workers, whose identities we are not revealing for their safety,
[00:25:57] speak of the pressure they say they face at work.
[00:26:01] Workers.
[00:26:35] But these findings will probably make many fans wonder if the
[00:26:39] actual product is really worth it or not, and what is
[00:26:42] the role of clubs in this matter? This situation exists in a large part
[00:26:45] of the clothing industry, and millions of workers around
[00:26:49] the world face such a situation. Clubs must send
[00:26:53] a very clear message that if workers are not treated
[00:26:56] with respect and dignity, they are not willing to have their names
[00:27:00] on these jerseys. Adidas has told us that it has taken various
[00:27:04] steps to ensure fair and safe working conditions throughout its supply chain.
[00:27:08] The company said it monitors supplier performance,
[00:27:11] strives to resolve problems, and takes action to improve
[00:27:15] conditions where necessary. Adidas also said that workers usually
[00:27:18] receive wages significantly higher than the minimum wage.
[00:27:22] There are specific guidelines to combat heat stress, and
[00:27:25] the company's standards do not tolerate any harassment.
[00:27:29] Tens of thousands of kilometers away from where these jerseys are produced,
[00:27:33] fans might expect that when they buy an official uniform,
[00:27:36] adherence to specific standards is guaranteed.
[00:27:39] باشد.
[00:27:43] Thank you for watching our news segments.
[00:28:18] are standing. Is it in the territory of Iranian Kurdistan or in the territory
[00:28:21] of Iraqi Kurdistan? We try to cover
[00:28:25] everything that happens here live
[00:28:27] for you.
[00:28:30] Tell us what we know, new details.
[00:28:34] They move the meeting up an hour and quickly leave
[00:28:37] here. They are not tourists
[00:28:41] at the Turkish border, but they are not refugees
[00:28:45] either. Here, they were attacked
[00:28:48] by Israeli forces.
[00:28:51] The images we receive are very
[00:28:55] limited due to internet
[00:28:56] outage.
[00:28:59] Continuous coverage of news on television.
[00:29:02] Social media and BBC Persian website.
[00:29:05] They use fake names.
[00:29:09] Their phones are disposable and they remain hidden
[00:29:12] from view. Not to escape the law, but to
[00:29:16] expose lawbreakers. They
[00:29:18] are BBC World Service journalists.
[00:29:22] And this program is Global Eye from BBC Persian.
[00:29:26] Nawaz Sharif returned, and I said they will never
[00:29:29] reach an agreement. Until Afghans decide
[00:29:33] to put aside their personal interests and reach an agreement
[00:29:37] in which everyone has a stake, no peace will be established.
[00:29:40] Iran shares more than a thousand kilometers of border with
[00:29:43] Afghanistan. As long as Iran is not involved in the peace
[00:29:47] agreement, no peace will be established in Afghanistan.
[00:29:50] An interview with Ben Swann, former UN representative in
[00:29:54] Afghanistan, who recently
[00:29:55] passed away.
[00:30:00] And now on BBC Persian TV, a TV series.