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[00:00:22] Headlines.
[00:00:22] Russia's offer of help.
[00:00:28] To end the Iran-US war.
[00:00:31] Peskyan told Putin Tehran will not leave the negotiating table.
[00:00:35] کند.
[00:00:41] The Trump administration insists on continuing sanctions until
[00:00:44] the collapse of the Iranian regime. The US Deputy Treasury Secretary tells
[00:00:48] the BBC that the economic pressure operation has brought
[00:00:52] the Islamic Republic to
[00:00:52] its knees.
[00:00:58] Nobel Peace Prize awarded to.
[00:01:03] The US imposed new sanctions against the entity.
[00:01:06] کرد
[00:01:08] And BBC findings on the conditions of workers producing official football
[00:01:12] club apparel in Cambodian factories.
[00:01:32] Hello and welcome to this news program. Vladimir Putin said in a
[00:01:36] meeting with Masoud Pezeshkian that Russia is ready to do
[00:01:40] whatever is necessary to help end the US-Iran war.
[00:01:43] The Iranian president also told his Russian counterpart
[00:01:47] that even though the US has repeatedly attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations,
[00:01:50] Tehran remains committed to negotiation and diplomacy.
[00:01:54] This meeting took place on the sidelines of the summit of
[00:01:57] Caspian Sea and Eurasian countries in Turkmenistan. Hours
[00:02:01] earlier, US President Donald Trump had said that Washington was
[00:02:05] engaged in constructive dialogue with Tehran and would by no means
[00:02:08] attack Iran before the US midterm elections
[00:02:11] on November 3rd. Mohammad Amini reports.
[00:02:15] دهد.
[00:02:18] Masoud Pezeshkian's participation in the summit of Commonwealth
[00:02:21] Independent States, which was held in Turkmenistan.
[00:02:24] This country hosted the meeting of
[00:02:27] the Caspian Sea littoral states, the summit of
[00:02:31] Commonwealth Independent States that gained independence
[00:02:34] after the collapse of the Soviet Union. These
[00:02:38] are the photo ops of the leaders. This is the first
[00:02:41] time that a president from Iran participates in such a meeting.
[00:02:45] Vladimir Putin had a warm welcome with his
[00:02:49] Iranian counterpart. No, it's not time to sleep yet.
[00:02:52] He also
[00:02:54] greeted him.
[00:02:57] At the official meeting table, he also referred to Iran as a country that,
[00:03:01] in his words, had no fault in the ongoing war with the US.
[00:03:04] نداشته.
[00:03:09] Of course, today the biggest problem is the situation in the region. We know that
[00:03:12] Iran has truly tried to end the conflict and confrontation.
[00:03:15] To stop a war in which Iran had no fault at the beginning.
[00:03:19] Iran is once again trying to resolve the issue with new proposals
[00:03:22] peacefully.
[00:03:24] آمیز.
[00:03:28] Mr. President, you know Russia's position. We are ready to do
[00:03:31] whatever we can to resolve the issue.
[00:03:35] The opportunity that arose to serve you. This is the second meeting
[00:03:38] of Iranian and Russian leaders in the past 40 days or
[00:03:42] so. Masoud Pezeshkian told Vladimir Putin today
[00:03:45] that Tehran is still negotiating. We are
[00:03:48] talking. Every time we talked to them, they came and
[00:03:52] attacked again. But we will not leave the negotiating
[00:03:55] table. We had given proposals.
[00:03:59] The Americans gave new proposals. We made our
[00:04:03] own amendments to these proposals
[00:04:06] and after they are finalized, we will be able
[00:04:09] to summarize these proposals with the
[00:04:13] relationship they currently have. Russia and China are referred
[00:04:17] to as two superpowers supporting the Iranian regime.
[00:04:20] The level and details of cooperation and support
[00:04:23] from Moscow and Beijing to Tehran in the ongoing war with the US
[00:04:27] have many ambiguities, but some observers believe
[00:04:31] that Iran's ability to counter the extensive and severe blows
[00:04:35] from the US and Israel has partly been due to the support
[00:04:39] of Russia and China. Iran and the US continue to speak
[00:04:42] of mutual contacts and the exchange of diplomatic plans.
[00:04:46] US President Donald Trump said that Iran will not
[00:04:49] be attacked before the November 3rd elections
[00:04:53] in the US, i.e., in 24 days. Although
[00:04:56] he emphasized that the economic blockade is still in full
[00:05:00] force. It remains to be seen what agreements
[00:05:03] Masoud Pezeshkian will reach with his Russian counterpart
[00:05:06] in the ongoing meetings in Turkmenistan. Mohammad Amini
[00:05:10] BBC Alireza. Namvar Haghighi, analyst of
[00:05:14] Iranian political issues from Toronto, Canada. Mr. Namvar Haghighi, Russia has said
[00:05:18] that if anything is necessary to end
[00:05:20] the war between Iran and the US,
[00:05:24] it will do it. Is Mr. Putin in a position to mediate, put pressure on
[00:05:27] one of the parties, or do anything in this regard?
[00:05:31] Yes, with greetings to you and
[00:05:35] the dear viewers of BBC
[00:05:38] Persian Television. Well, Mr. Putin, after
[00:05:42] all, regarding the war in Ukraine,
[00:05:45] has a better relationship with Mr. Trump compared to the period
[00:05:49] of the Democrats. Mr. Trump does not have the previous support
[00:05:52] that the US government
[00:05:54] gave to Kiev. And today,
[00:05:58] when Mr. Putin's government has agreed to
[00:06:01] send diesel to the US, it has helped
[00:06:05] Mr. Trump's electoral position.
[00:06:09] Naturally, in this regard, Mr. Putin
[00:06:12] can play a guarantor
[00:06:16] role in issues
[00:06:18] between the two countries, including the issue
[00:06:22] of uranium transfer or guaranteeing that uranium
[00:06:26] will not be transferred, and Israel and the US will agree
[00:06:30] not to attack Iran. This is one of the most important issues that is ambiguous
[00:06:33] between Iran, the US, and Israel. Both China and Russia
[00:06:37] have the ability to play a role as
[00:06:41] two members of the Security Council with two powerful
[00:06:44] countries that have relations with both countries. This is one point.
[00:06:47] The second point is that in
[00:06:50] the past, if you remember, before the 12-day war,
[00:06:53] Mr. Lavrov traveled to Iran and made the same
[00:06:57] mediation proposal, but at that time, Iran did
[00:07:01] not agree. Even the Sepah Sobh-e Sadeq newspaper wrote
[00:07:05] that Russia wants to resolve the issue of Iran
[00:07:08] alongside the issue of Ukraine, and therefore we should not accept it.
[00:07:12] It seems that this level of opposition has decreased
[00:07:15] now, and it seems that Iran now needs
[00:07:19] a powerful mediator who can guarantee any
[00:07:23] agreement more than before
[00:07:26] and can trust them. The third point is that the level
[00:07:30] of cooperation between Iran and Russia has increased,
[00:07:33] especially in the field
[00:07:37] of food issues,
[00:07:40] relations with neighbors who were previously
[00:07:44] members of the Soviet Union, such as Turkmenistan and
[00:07:47] Azerbaijan, who also had a meeting today, Mr. Aliyev
[00:07:50] and Pezeshkian and Putin. And the third point
[00:07:54] is that they also have relations regarding defense
[00:07:57] issues. However, strategically, the reality
[00:08:01] is that if Iran does not want to change its strategy,
[00:08:04] Putin's mediation will not help Iran.
[00:08:08] That's right, Mr. Show, our time is very short,
[00:08:10] but now Iran, which
[00:08:12] seems to be in dire need of this ceasefire
[00:08:16] or peace, whatever we call it, but the American
[00:08:20] side, what really
[00:08:22] in Ukraine, Russia is involved.
[00:08:25] Please be brief. Yes,
[00:08:28] you see, the US has besieged Iran.
[00:08:32] This siege will not be broken easily. Second,
[00:08:36] because of this, it wants more concessions than before. Second,
[00:08:39] discontented actors like Arab countries.
[00:08:42] The issue
[00:08:43] is to
[00:08:47] solve it, meaning to create a fundamental change
[00:08:50] or reach a sustainable agreement. The third point is
[00:08:54] that the ambiguities that exist in Tehran. These ambiguities
[00:08:57] are about who makes the final decision and whether
[00:09:01] they will implement it if they agree, and third, Iran's strategic
[00:09:05] policies. These are the three issues that it seems if Iran
[00:09:09] does not want to unite for decision-making,
[00:09:12] and change its assessment, I believe that even if Russia and China are here,
[00:09:16] Iran's strategic problem in conflict with the US
[00:09:19] will not be resolved, and Iran may enter a chronic war.
[00:09:23] Alireza Namvar Haghighi, analyst of Iranian political issues, thank you for being
[00:09:27] on the program. The Wall Street Journal, in a recent report
[00:09:31] based on internal documents of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange,
[00:09:34] claimed that a network consisting of 21 accounts and companies
[00:09:38] related to Babak Zanjani, an Iranian businessman,
[00:09:41] used this platform to transfer hundreds
[00:09:45] of millions of dollars. According to these documents, some
[00:09:49] of the accounts in this network, despite warnings from Western financial and security
[00:09:52] agencies, were active for some time, and at least 67 million
[00:09:56] dollars were transferred from two accounts to wallets that Israel considers
[00:10:00] linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps. Binance says that it
[00:10:03] eventually blocked these accounts and considers any suggestion
[00:10:07] of a connection between the total volume of transactions and the Revolutionary
[00:10:11] Guard Corps misleading.
[00:10:13] Manouchehr Pourzayee, our correspondent from Washington, is with us. Manouchehr, what more information
[00:10:17] do we have in this regard?
[00:10:20] What is new in the Wall Street Journal
[00:10:23] report is mostly
[00:10:25] about the movement of money and cryptocurrencies.
[00:10:29] So we had this news about sanctions and that Babak
[00:10:32] Zanjani's network was involved in these cryptocurrencies.
[00:10:36] Now we see how these funds were moving around.
[00:10:40] For example, the oil revenue
[00:10:43] would first enter the network through companies in
[00:10:47] the UAE and Turkey.
[00:10:49] These would enter this network. Then, for example,
[00:10:53] a company called ZP, which is a platform
[00:10:57] in Turkey, would convert it into cryptocurrency, and then
[00:11:01] from cryptocurrency, through accounts related to
[00:11:04] Babak Zanjani, as this report
[00:11:08] says, for example, the name of Babak Zanjani's sister,
[00:11:12] his romantic partner, and a number of others have appeared
[00:11:15] in these accounts, who, through this network
[00:11:19] and Binance, were making
[00:11:22] financial transactions, of which nearly 850
[00:11:26] million dollars were transferred through this, and
[00:11:29] as you said, only 67 million
[00:11:32] dollars apparently went to wallets that
[00:11:36] are linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps. This is another
[00:11:39] issue that we see in the report.
[00:11:42] Today, the US Treasury Secretary also announced
[00:11:46] that soon, next week, and the week after,
[00:11:49] the US will confiscate nearly one billion dollars
[00:11:53] of Iran's cryptocurrencies. It is not yet clear
[00:11:57] where the source is, which wallets or accounts
[00:12:01] they are going to confiscate, and no one else has talked
[00:12:05] about it. Thank you very much
[00:12:08] for your time, Manouchehr Pourzayee, our correspondent in
[00:12:11] Washington.
[00:12:13] The US Treasury Department has sanctioned 17 oil tankers and several companies
[00:12:17] related to Iran's maritime transport network. Washington said that this
[00:12:20] action targets one of the major remaining sources of revenue
[00:12:24] for the government. These sanctions are part of an operation called
[00:12:28] economic pressure, which the administration of Donald Trump started about a month
[00:12:32] and a half ago with the aim of intensifying economic pressure on
[00:12:35] the Islamic Republic. But what effect will these pressures have on
[00:12:39] the behavior of the Islamic Republic, and what answer does the US
[00:12:43] government have to concerns about the growing pressure of sanctions on
[00:12:46] the lives of the Iranian people? Khashayar Jundi, our correspondent in Washington,
[00:12:50] asked these questions to Erin Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary
[00:12:53] for International Affairs at the US Treasury Department.
[00:13:03] We went through an operation whose goal is the complete isolation
[00:13:07] of the terrorist regime of Iran. Even in the past few days,
[00:13:11] we have witnessed significant developments in the Iranian
[00:13:14] government. Last weekend, the oil minister resigned.
[00:13:18] Also, on Saturday, the Iranian president spoke about the economic
[00:13:21] decline of the country. Therefore, in the past few days, the Shah.
[00:13:55] They can
[00:13:56] achieve?
[00:13:59] I think it will be so. In my opinion, the economic pressure
[00:14:02] we have imposed so far has brought the Iranian regime to its knees,
[00:14:06] and now we see that they have little time left. Their financial
[00:14:09] resources have become very limited. Only one
[00:14:13] billion five hundred million dollars of oil remains outside
[00:14:16] the maritime blockade. Once this is not sold,
[00:14:20] it's over. There will be no other source of income for
[00:14:24] the Iranian regime.
[00:14:40] The last time I asked about the exchange rate in the Tehran
[00:14:44] market, each US dollar was equivalent to 2 million
[00:14:47] 700 thousand rials. Inflation has sharply
[00:14:50] increased, putting severe pressure on the Iranian
[00:14:54] people. Their purchasing power has decreased, and
[00:14:58] their quality of life is declining. Are
[00:15:01] you not concerned that at some point, with the continued fall
[00:15:05] of the rial, we will witness a negative reaction from
[00:15:09] the Iranian people to US policies towards
[00:15:12] Iran? President Trump has a great deal
[00:15:15] of empathy for the Iranian people. In fact, at every step,
[00:15:19] he has tried to provide humanitarian facilities and exceptions
[00:15:23] so that the flow of food and medicine to Iran
[00:15:26] continues. We actually believe that the Iranian people
[00:15:30] will ultimately hold the Iranian terrorist regime responsible
[00:15:33] for this situation and will understand that the United
[00:15:37] States government is doing everything in its power to provide
[00:15:41] more peace and prosperity for the Iranian people. During
[00:15:44] the Shah's rule, Iran had a dynamic, prosperous, and
[00:15:47] highly educated workforce. We want that dynamism and
[00:15:51] prosperity to return to Iran. Do you hope that
[00:15:55] economic pressure will lead to regime change?
[00:15:57] شود؟
[00:15:59] I think we hope that this economic pressure will ultimately
[00:16:03] lead to the end of Iran's terrorist regime.
[00:16:06] You expect it.
[00:16:42] In your opinion, how long can the Iranian government
[00:16:45] continue to do this? I think their time
[00:16:48] has run out. Their financial resources have become very,
[00:16:52] very limited. We know where their resources are, and
[00:16:56] we have repeatedly cut off their access to these resources. We are doing
[00:17:00] everything possible to eliminate the last remnants of the Iranian
[00:17:03] terrorist regime's financial ties with global financial markets.
[00:17:09] We are talking about the pressures that these policies have exerted
[00:17:13] on Iran. But the war and crisis in
[00:17:17] the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz have had widespread
[00:17:20] effects on the US economy and also
[00:17:23] on the global economy. How long do you think
[00:17:27] this situation can be tolerated and continued?
[00:17:30] If you look at the amount of oil that is now leaving
[00:17:34] this region, you will see that it has almost reached the same
[00:17:38] level as before the war. But the interesting point is that none of this oil
[00:17:41] belongs to the Iranian terrorist regime. All of it
[00:17:45] is supplied by other countries other than Iran.
[00:17:47] میشه.
[00:17:54] When you talk to the Iranian people, they believe
[00:17:57] that the main burden is on them.
[00:18:00] Ordinary Iranian citizens who have no connection with the government
[00:18:04] and have played no role in the war.
[00:18:08] They say that many government officials and their associates
[00:18:12] still live a lavish life and
[00:18:15] have been able to transfer their assets and money abroad
[00:18:19] to foreign banks.
[00:18:23] We target those who are part of the Iranian terrorist
[00:18:26] regime. We identify their money and assets and
[00:18:30] sanction them. The United States government by no
[00:18:34] means wants to harm the Iranian people or
[00:18:38] hinder their wealth creation. People who have suffered
[00:18:41] for a very long time from terrorist acts. We are trying
[00:18:44] to find a way to reintegrate Iran into
[00:18:48] the global financial system when this conflict ends
[00:18:52] and we see that the Iranian terrorist regime has
[00:18:55] ended its war and ended its dominance over society.
[00:18:59] This was an interview
[00:19:01] with my colleague Khashayar Jondi with Erin Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary
[00:19:05] for International Affairs at the US Treasury Department.
[00:19:22] The prosecutor said that in investigations conducted by the UAE,
[00:19:25] this Omani co-pilot confessed that he was inspired by
[00:19:29] Al-Qaeda's September 11th attacks on the US. It is reported that he said
[00:19:33] the September 11th attacks were among the reasons for his decision
[00:19:36] to learn to fly. Following the attacks by Yemen's
[00:19:40] Houthis on Riyadh airport, more airlines are canceling
[00:19:44] their flights to Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials announced that
[00:19:47] three people were killed in yesterday's attack, one of whom
[00:19:51] was a pilot for the national Saudi airline. Several
[00:19:54] people were also injured, and one aircraft was damaged. After
[00:19:58] the Houthi attacks two days ago on the same airport and another
[00:20:01] airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, Pakistan International
[00:20:04] Airlines, India, and Lufthansa stopped their flights to
[00:20:07] Riyadh. The US has announced that
[00:20:11] it will impose financial sanctions against the International
[00:20:14] Criminal Court. Accordingly, after a six-month grace period,
[00:20:18] transactions with this court will be prohibited. The US Secretary of State said
[00:20:22] that the country's president will never allow a court,
[00:20:25] which he called arbitrary, to prosecute Americans.
[00:20:29] The International Criminal Court and the UN Secretary-General
[00:20:32] described these sanctions as an attack on international justice.
[00:20:36] کردند.
[00:20:39] Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
[00:20:43] won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee
[00:20:46] awarded Ms. Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international
[00:21:15] decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026.
[00:21:19] اهدا.
[00:21:50] Discrimination began in her hometown.
[00:21:53] Her motivation to defend human dignity led her to
[00:21:57] chair the UN Commission of Inquiry into the Occupied
[00:22:00] Palestinian Territories.
[00:22:04] An organization that later said Israel committed
[00:22:08] genocide in the Gaza War.
[00:22:10] شده.
[00:22:14] Genocide is ongoing in Gaza and continues, and the responsibility
[00:22:18] for it rests with the Israeli government.
[00:22:21] Ms. Pillay specifically held the Prime Minister,
[00:22:25] the then Minister of Defense, and the President of Israel
[00:22:28] responsible for the genocide in Gaza. She concluded
[00:22:31] that the Israeli government committed genocide. An accusation
[00:22:35] that Israel has
[00:22:36] never accepted.
[00:22:41] On October 9, 2023,
[00:22:44] the then Israeli Minister of Defense said that his country
[00:22:48] is fighting human animals and will act accordingly.
[00:22:51] When a group of people are dehumanized,
[00:22:55] killing them becomes easier and more justifiable
[00:22:58] in the eyes of those who commit violence.
[00:23:01] The Israeli government, in response
[00:23:05] to her Nobel Peace Prize, described the award as legitimizing
[00:23:08] hatred against Israel. Ms. Pillay is
[00:23:12] no stranger to these descriptions.
[00:23:14] نیست.
[00:23:19] I am a critic of this.
[00:24:20] answer. Nasser Madani, BBC.
[00:24:23] سی.
[00:24:26] Official football shirts are produced by workers in Southeast
[00:24:30] Asia, some of whom have a basic wage of less than one and
[00:24:34] a half dollars per hour. Research by BBC Sport
[00:24:37] has traced the production of official club kits, including
[00:24:41] Arsenal, Celtic, and Liverpool, to two factories
[00:24:44] in Cambodia. These findings are released as
[00:24:48] fans complain about rising prices of official
[00:24:51] shirts, and at the same time, they are warned against buying cheaper
[00:24:55] counterfeit versions. Darren reports.
[00:24:58] دهد.
[00:25:02] I want foreign customers to know that every single one of these shirts
[00:25:06] is steeped in the sweat of Cambodian workers. These shirts
[00:25:09] are beloved items for fans and a profitable source of income
[00:25:13] for clubs and manufacturers. The industry of producing official shirts is a multi-billion
[00:25:17] dollar market, and buying them is not cheap. But the cost
[00:25:20] is not only paid by fans. We traced the production chain of official
[00:25:24] shirts to factories in Cambodia, where the basic
[00:25:28] wages of some workers are at or slightly above the minimum
[00:25:31] wage, less than one and a half dollars per hour. Workers
[00:25:35] earn less than $10 USD for producing about
[00:25:38] 400 to 500 shirts daily. Huge revenues are generated from these products,
[00:25:42] but a very small share goes to the workers. These factories
[00:25:45] do not belong to Adidas, but are among its main suppliers.
[00:25:49] In these same factories, we found official shirts of some of the biggest
[00:25:53] football clubs in the world. Workers, whose identities we do not reveal
[00:25:56] for their safety, speak of the pressure they say they face
[00:26:00] at work. Workers are forced to work
[00:26:03] at a very high speed to meet production targets,
[00:26:07] so much so that they don't even have time to go to the bathroom. This leads
[00:26:11] to severe exhaustion and fatigue. If semi-finished clothes pile up
[00:26:14] on their workstations, they are reprimanded. 7,000 people work
[00:26:18] in these factories. We have also received reports about concerns
[00:26:21] regarding electrical safety, and there is also evidence of temperatures
[00:26:25] exceeding 35 degrees Celsius in
[00:26:27] the workplace. All of this is raised at a time
[00:26:31] when football fans are asked to buy official
[00:26:34] clothes instead of cheaper counterfeit products. However, these
[00:26:38] findings probably make many fans wonder if the
[00:26:41] real product is worth it at all, and what is the role of clubs in this matter?
[00:26:45] This situation exists in a large part of the apparel industry,
[00:26:48] and millions of workers around the world face such a situation.
[00:26:52] Clubs must send a very clear message that
[00:26:55] if workers are not treated with respect and dignity, they are
[00:26:59] not willing to put their name on these shirts. We have been told
[00:27:03] that various steps have been taken to ensure fair and safe
[00:27:07] working conditions throughout its supply chain. The company said that it
[00:27:10] monitors supplier performance, strives to resolve problems, and
[00:27:14] takes action to improve conditions wherever necessary. Adidas also said
[00:27:18] that workers typically earn wages significantly higher
[00:27:21] than the minimum wage. There are specific guidelines to
[00:27:25] combat heat stress, and the company's standards do not tolerate
[00:27:28] any harassment. Tens of thousands of kilometers away from your location.
[00:27:32] These shirts' fans might expect that when they buy
[00:27:36] an official outfit, certain standards are guaranteed
[00:27:40] in it. Dan BBC News.
[00:27:44] Thank you for watching our news segments.
[00:28:32] The rulers and the agency are going
[00:28:34] for the meeting.
[00:28:38] Every day, dozens of people give the details
[00:28:41] of their loved ones with the message: "Please
[00:28:45] mention our martyr as well." Iranians
[00:28:48] have taken King Street
[00:28:51] in downtown Toronto. This level of year-on-year
[00:28:54] inflation is unprecedented in at least a decade.
[00:28:57] You see, there are two types of reactions. Live
[00:29:01] coverage of news on television, social
[00:29:04] media, and the BBC Persian website. Is Iranian
[00:29:08] culture a suitable environment for violence? It can
[00:29:12] be said that insensitivity to violence in public or
[00:29:15] verbal violence are among the signs of violence
[00:29:19] in Iranian culture. For example, imagine if
[00:29:23] you attend an execution
[00:29:26] ceremony, do you see this as violence
[00:29:29] or as the execution of justice?
[00:29:37] An old American politician has a famous saying. He says
[00:29:41] that all politics is local. That is, before reaching
[00:29:45] the streets of Washington, those who want to enter Congress
[00:29:49] must pay attention to the demands of local people,
[00:29:52] from whom only one candidate will be chosen.
[00:29:56] Hello and welcome to the US Election podcast.
[00:29:59] Fridays on BBC Persian TV
[00:30:32] Her head, Vahideh Mohammadi-Far, was only a few