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[00:00:22] Headlines.
[00:00:24] A new wave of Saudi attacks on the Houthis. Riyadh says it seeks to eliminate the threat.
[00:00:28] میان برداشتن تهدید.
[00:00:33] Tehran's message to Washington via Moscow.
[00:00:36] At the same time, the Revolutionary Guard has threatened that firing at ships will not be limited to the Strait
[00:00:40] of Hormuz.
[00:00:43] Negative reaction from the Ukrainian president to the lifting of sanctions on the sale
[00:00:46] of Russian diesel. Zelensky says Trump's decision will prolong the war.
[00:00:50] شود.
[00:00:57] And London police in a month-long operation went after hundreds
[00:01:01] of mobile phone thieves.
[00:01:22] Hello and welcome to this news section from
[00:01:30] told Agence France-Presse that government forces are advancing against
[00:01:33] Houthi rebels in areas around the Bab el-Mandeb
[00:01:36] Strait, a waterway that is considered an alternative
[00:01:40] to the Strait of Hormuz for oil transport. However, Houthi-affiliated media
[00:01:44] say they repelled government forces' attacks.
[00:01:47] Previously, Saudi Arabia announced the bombing of more than 130
[00:01:50] Houthi positions in Yemen. Saudi officials
[00:01:54] say the goal is to eliminate the Houthis' ability
[00:01:58] to fire ballistic missiles.
[00:02:24] including a Saudi Arabian Airlines pilot whose plane
[00:02:28] was targeted here.
[00:02:38] In this attack, which is the second attack on this airport in recent weeks,
[00:02:41] several airlines, including Air India and Lufthansa,
[00:02:45] have suspended their flights
[00:02:47] here.
[00:02:50] In response, Saudi Arabia has launched widespread air attacks against
[00:02:54] the Houthis. It says it is to eliminate the threat
[00:02:58] of their ballistic missiles,
[00:03:00] which in the recent attack on Riyadh took place from about a thousand kilometers away.
[00:03:04] Missiles that Saudi Arabia says
[00:03:08] Iran has given to the Houthis.
[00:03:11] Saudi Arabia says in retaliation it has bombed
[00:03:14] Houthi positions more than 130 times
[00:03:17] in the past two days. These are some images of these attacks in
[00:03:21] Sana'a and its surroundings, which are under Houthi
[00:03:24] control.
[00:03:26] Saudi Arabia says it has also conducted widespread air attacks in support of
[00:03:30] government ground forces who are reportedly trying
[00:03:33] to retake coastal areas in the Red Sea.
[00:03:37] In Sana'a, the Houthis and
[00:03:40] their supporters yesterday in a
[00:03:43] rally emphasized continuing their path. According to
[00:03:47] them, escalation of war in مقابل escalation of war.
[00:03:50] Siege against
[00:03:52] siege.
[00:03:56] This man says it doesn't matter how much Saudi Arabia and its allies
[00:04:00] conspire against the Houthis; in the end, they
[00:04:04] will fall.
[00:04:08] Meanwhile, the UN Security Council discussed developments in Yemen and
[00:04:11] Saudi Arabia yesterday without issuing a statement
[00:04:15] or resolution. The UN Special Envoy
[00:04:18] for Yemen said Yemen has now returned to a full-blown war.
[00:04:22] The Saudi representative said his country will not allow
[00:04:25] the terrorist Houthis, as he called them, to control the Red Sea
[00:04:29] or Bab el-Mandeb and threaten
[00:04:32] the region. And the Yemeni government representative
[00:04:36] urged the international community to stop arms smuggling to the Houthis.
[00:04:40] Ksarono B B
[00:04:44] C. Arash Azizi, lecturer and
[00:04:47] history researcher at Yale University and Middle East analyst from New York, is with us.
[00:04:50] Mr. Azizi, the legitimate
[00:04:53] government of Yemen is saying that its main
[00:04:57] goal is still to fully retake Yemen. Does it
[00:05:00] have such capability now?
[00:05:04] It doesn't seem so, well, I think they themselves know that at least
[00:05:07] in the medium term, even with the ability to take
[00:05:11] over the entire territory.
[00:05:20] In the entire history of Yemen, it has rarely happened that a government could unite all of Yemen. Really, in the entire history of this
[00:05:23] country, let alone now, when the Houthis, with the support of the Islamic Republic, control
[00:05:27] large parts of the capital, Sana'a. But if the legitimate
[00:05:31] government can retake Bab al-Mandab
[00:05:35] completely, expel
[00:05:38] the Houthis from Taiz,
[00:05:42] maintain the de facto capital of Aden, and be able to create
[00:05:45] an alliance between different factions, it can coordinate the support
[00:05:49] from Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
[00:05:52] It has still taken steps
[00:05:56] between its supporters and itself, and will probably be able to
[00:05:57] enter
[00:06:00] into a dialogue with the other side after some time. But for them to overcome
[00:06:04] the Houthis will be a very difficult task.
[00:06:07] How much consensus and unity of opinion is there for the government
[00:06:11] to help the government?
[00:06:23] A month before the war, Iran and Saudi Arabia launched a military attack
[00:06:26] on, in fact, a series
[00:06:29] of emirates, and this caused a lot of friction.
[00:06:32] But now that they are facing the united
[00:06:36] threat of the Houthis,
[00:06:39] I think they will put aside these differences. We saw, well, a meeting between Mohammed bin
[00:06:43] Salman and Mansour bin Zayed, the Deputy Prime Minister,
[00:06:47] Deputy Head
[00:06:50] of the Emirates, and well, in Britain and France, support came. More important than
[00:06:54] all is the Mecca Pact, which was signed
[00:06:57] this year, and in this emergency meeting they had in Riyadh, well,
[00:07:01] Turkey and Pakistan showed that they seriously support the Saudis.
[00:07:05] I think a stronger determination will be created
[00:07:09] to defend a government.
[00:07:19] Azizi, lecturer, history researcher at the university, Middle East analyst. Thank you and I apologize
[00:07:22] خاورمیانه ممنونم ازتون و معذرت
[00:07:25] that the quality of this conversation was not very good. The Kremlin says
[00:07:29] Russian President Vladimir Putin
[00:07:32] on ways to resolve the Tehran-Washington dispute
[00:07:36] The presidents of Russia and Iran
[00:07:39] met the day before yesterday on the sidelines of two summits of Caspian Sea littoral states
[00:07:43] and Commonwealth of Independent States
[00:07:46] in Turkmenistan. At the same time, the naval force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
[00:07:50] has stated that dealing with vessels that
[00:07:53] they consider violators will not be limited to the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:07:57] According to the IRGC, any vessel that passes through
[00:08:00] an unauthorized passage will be pursued throughout the region
[00:08:04] and punished. Parham Qobadi is here in
[00:08:07] the studio with us to talk about the discussions between
[00:08:10] Iran and Russia
[00:08:12] and the comments of Russian officials about Mr. Putin's remarks. Tell us more.
[00:08:16] See, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he conveyed Iran's views on resolving
[00:08:20] this war with America to Donald
[00:08:23] Trump after his meeting
[00:08:26] with the Iranian president, Massoud Pezeshkian, which took place in Turkmenistan
[00:08:29] yesterday. There, he also told Mr. Pezeshkian that he would do
[00:08:33] everything in his power to end the war with Iran.
[00:08:37] However, apart from that, Iran's plan, which
[00:08:40] it has stated many times before, is that it has proposed an eight-point plan
[00:08:44] to be able to open the Strait of Hormuz in seven days.
[00:08:47] Now, Hassan Qashqavi, the head
[00:08:50] of the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament, has said that
[00:08:54] the American side has apparently responded to Iran's proposal and
[00:08:58] said that Iran must first open the Strait of Hormuz, something
[00:09:02] that Iran also does not accept due to the mistrust that exists between
[00:09:06] the two sides. Mr. Qashqavi has said that this
[00:09:09] is what we expect, that they, the Americans, must
[00:09:12] actually fulfill their promises and build trust, and in return, this
[00:09:16] is the firm decision of the system, according to him, and it is not something that can be changed
[00:09:19] at other decision-making levels. In other words, he is saying
[00:09:23] that those who go to negotiate on behalf of Iran cannot change this,
[00:09:27] and America must first take steps to
[00:09:30] actually gain
[00:09:33] Iran's trust. On the other hand, he also said that we know that
[00:09:37] the situation inside America is not good, and the economic pressures
[00:09:40] on the Iranian people are accepted. But he said that
[00:09:43] our level of resilience and experience against foreign pressures and sanctions
[00:09:47] is greater than that of the American side. This is what Hassan Qashqavi,
[00:09:51] spokesman for the National Security Commission of Iran, has said. Apart from that, now
[00:09:55] the main dispute is over the Strait of Hormuz. The Revolutionary Guard
[00:09:57] has also issued a statement, as you yourself mentioned in the introduction.
[00:10:01] It said that for any ship, we will not confine
[00:10:05] ourselves to the Strait of Hormuz, and ships that do not pass through the route we have designated,
[00:10:09] and pass through other routes, especially probably referring
[00:10:12] to the southern route that passes through the waters of Oman, and America is pointing
[00:10:16] out that it has managed to open that route. If they go through there,
[00:10:20] they will be pursued and targeted.
[00:10:23] داد.
[00:10:32] The possibility of a ground attack and taking this threat seriously. The last
[00:10:36] thing we have is Amir Jahanshahi, commander of the army's ground forces, who said
[00:10:39] we have deployed 50 combat units on Iran's borders, both in the east and
[00:10:43] in the west. Thank you, Parham
[00:10:46] Qobadi.
[00:10:49] Last night's Russian air attacks on Zaporizhzhia in
[00:10:52] Ukraine killed at least 15 people, including three children.
[00:10:56] The Ukrainian president attributed these attacks to America's decision
[00:11:00] to reduce sanctions on Russian diesel exports.
[00:11:03] Donald Trump is lifting these sanctions so that Russia can sell diesel
[00:11:07] to the US and global markets. He
[00:11:10] said this agreement was reached in a phone call with Vladimir
[00:11:13] Putin. Vladimir Zelensky says reducing sanctions
[00:11:17] without a clear agreement to de-escalate tensions is a sign
[00:11:21] of weakness and will allow Russia to prolong the war.
[00:11:25] oil. Now he has agreed with Vladimir Putin Let's watch a report from Aruna Iyengar.
[00:11:28] A 180-degree turn.
[00:11:31] Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump was sanctioning countries for buying
[00:11:35] Russian
[00:11:40] that Russia will supply diesel to the US and global markets.
[00:11:43] To be honest, I want to thank President Putin.
[00:11:47] A lot of oil is coming into our country in the form of diesel,
[00:11:51] which is what we want. Based on this agreement,
[00:11:57] it will deliver, and in the coming months, it will send more.
[00:12:00] The US President says that diesel prices for Americans
[00:12:03] and, of course, for the whole world, will rapidly
[00:12:07] drop to unprecedented levels. The Russian President
[00:12:10] said he is confident that this agreement will have a positive
[00:12:14] effect on the entire global economy.
[00:12:17] Diesel is the driving force for agriculture, home heating,
[00:12:20] factories, and transportation. But its price in the US has reached
[00:12:24] a historic record due to shortages caused by the Middle East war.
[00:12:27] This situation, on the eve of the US midterm elections
[00:12:31] in November, has jeopardized the president's popularity.
[00:12:35] Critics say the amount of diesel Russia
[00:12:39] is supplying is small and will not have much impact on prices.
[00:12:42] ندارد.
[00:12:45] Now, Donald Trump has apparently backed down from the promises he made to Ukraine,
[00:12:49] which was to support that country by imposing harsh sanctions against
[00:12:52] Russia.
[00:13:14] How does it bring this fuel to the global market, and what does it gain
[00:13:18] besides the foreign exchange it desperately needs?
[00:13:21] آورد.
[00:13:28] Mahnoush Pourziai, my colleague in Washington, is with us. From Washington's perspective, is this decision by Trump
[00:13:32] more of an economic decision to
[00:13:35] control prices, or a real shift in
[00:13:39] US policy towards Russia?
[00:13:41] Ostensibly, it's an economic
[00:13:45] decision, but its political consequences are so
[00:13:48] vast that these two cannot really be separated.
[00:13:51] Moreover, Mr. Trump has done this before.
[00:13:55] We know that in April and in
[00:13:58] May, twice,
[00:14:01] he issued economic exemptions for sanctions against Russia.
[00:14:04] He did this, and now once again,
[00:14:08] with a longer period, he has done this.
[00:14:12] But just two weeks ago, Mr.
[00:14:15] Trump, on the sidelines of the General Assembly, again tried to start
[00:14:19] negotiations with Ukraine and Russia and give them momentum. Just last night,
[00:14:23] the Ukrainian negotiating
[00:14:27] delegation was in the middle of negotiating when
[00:14:30] they heard Mr. Trump's remarks and found themselves in a difficult position.
[00:14:34] Effectively, negotiations have stopped,
[00:14:37] and it is unclear where they will really go from here.
[00:14:41] What has been the reaction in the US to this news? In
[00:14:45] your report, it was also mentioned that just yesterday,
[00:14:49] it was discussed that Mr. Zelensky met with a bipartisan
[00:14:52] Congressional delegation, meaning American lawmakers
[00:14:56] are probably still either in Kyiv or on their way
[00:14:59] back from Kyiv, which shows
[00:15:02] how much this decision by Mr. Trump is even inconsistent
[00:15:06] with his own Congress. And the sanctions,
[00:15:09] which were the heaviest sanctions against Russia,
[00:15:13] were signed by Mr. Trump himself just two weeks ago,
[00:15:16] but this again violates
[00:15:19] them. And at least three American lawmakers,
[00:15:23] senators and representatives, reacted very
[00:15:26] strongly to Mr. Trump's decision
[00:15:29] and said that this strengthens the Kremlin's war machine.
[00:15:33] Thank you, Mahnoush Pourziai, in
[00:15:36] Washington.
[00:15:39] Ata Hosseinian, energy journalist from Berlin,
[00:15:43] Germany, is with us. Mr. Hosseinian, how much can this decision by Mr.
[00:15:47] Trump affect global markets?
[00:15:55] If the numbers speak to us, they say that the numbers indicate
[00:15:59] it's more of a show, more of a maneuver,
[00:16:02] more to provoke news agencies, the psychological atmosphere in
[00:16:06] America as the elections approach. Because the very
[00:16:09] 300,000 tons that they promised in the first installment that Russia wants to
[00:16:12] supply diesel to the US, to the US market, is almost
[00:16:16] half of the US's one-day consumption. The US
[00:16:20] consumes almost 4 million barrels of diesel per day.
[00:16:23] This 300,000 tons that Russia wants to supply
[00:16:27] diesel to the US in the first installment is almost
[00:16:30] 2 million, a little more than 2 million barrels.
[00:16:34] And overall, if this contract that Trump has made with Russia
[00:16:37] and Putin, the promises Putin has made to Trump,
[00:16:41] the volume of diesel that is supposed to flow into the US in the coming months,
[00:16:45] in the coming days, is almost
[00:16:49] 5 million tons. 5
[00:16:52] million tons is almost 36 million
[00:16:55] barrels of diesel entering the US market, which, based on
[00:16:59] the US's daily consumption of 4 million barrels of diesel,
[00:17:02] is a very negligible number.
[00:17:05] It's probably, at best, a temporary solution
[00:17:09] until the election. After the election, the issue of the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:17:12] the danger
[00:17:16] of the Islamic Republic's attacks on the refineries in that region,
[00:17:19] must be resolved somehow. Otherwise, this
[00:17:23] volume of diesel that Russia will now import into the market is not
[00:17:26] much. But the game between Russia and China is exciting
[00:17:29] because China has also promised that from this month,
[00:17:33] almost 300,000 barrels
[00:17:36] of diesel will enter the market. It has lifted its export ban.
[00:17:40] From this perspective, if we look at it,
[00:17:43] the two strategic allies of the Islamic
[00:17:46] Republic made such a decision at this critical juncture. For me, it's much more interesting from this perspective
[00:17:50] what happened that China and
[00:17:54] Russia are giving such a boost to Trump
[00:17:57] in the days leading up to the election. How is the energy market situation in
[00:18:07] advantage. In the contracts, in the discussions, in
[00:18:11] the news that has come out, Putin has promised to deliver these 5 million
[00:18:15] tons of diesel to the US, provided that
[00:18:17] Ukrainian attacks on refineries stop.
[00:18:21] Let's not forget that out of six large and major
[00:18:25] Russian refineries that produce
[00:18:28] and export a significant portion of Russian diesel,
[00:18:31] almost three refineries have been taken offline or are operating
[00:18:35] at 25% capacity. This is Putin's important condition:
[00:18:39] if we are to give 5 million tons,
[00:18:42] 36 million barrels of diesel to the US, it is contingent
[00:18:46] on Zelensky stopping his attacks on our refineries.
[00:18:49] This is very important from two aspects: first, Ukrainian attacks
[00:18:53] have been very painful for Russia, and we are seeing the results.
[00:18:56] And I think this lifting
[00:19:00] of sanctions and import of diesel from Russia is as
[00:19:04] credible and will last and be effective as
[00:19:07] the 60-day agreement Iran had with Trump
[00:19:11] for the Pakistan agreement, which included the lifting of Iranian oil sanctions
[00:19:15] and lasted only about two weeks, and both sides walked away.
[00:19:18] I also think this will ultimately
[00:19:22] last until the election, because currently, Russia's refinery
[00:19:25] situation absolutely does not allow the production and export
[00:19:29] of this volume of diesel all at once. Let's not forget that Russia itself
[00:19:32] has been importing diesel from India in recent months
[00:19:36] due to
[00:19:40] being offline, and it is itself somewhat dependent on importing
[00:19:44] diesel from India. That's why
[00:19:46] it seems to me more like a Trumpian game,
[00:19:50] a news game, a media game, to some extent control the psychological
[00:19:53] atmosphere close to the election. Prices will probably temporarily
[00:19:57] decrease by a percentage, but the main issue is the Strait of Hormuz
[00:20:01] and damage to Middle Eastern refineries, which is the handiwork
[00:20:04] of the Islamic Republic, and until this month,
[00:20:11] the energy market for oil products regained its pre-war
[00:20:14] calm. Thank you, Ata Hosseinian, energy journalist in
[00:20:17] Berlin. We will continue the program with a few
[00:20:21] short news items. Hundreds of supporters of the People's Party
[00:20:24] were arrested in India. Police imposed curfews
[00:20:28] in parts of Delhi to prevent demonstrations,
[00:20:31] and mobile communications have also been restricted.
[00:20:34] The leader and founder of this party, who had gone to Delhi to participate
[00:20:38] in the rally, was also arrested.
[00:20:41] Protesters are demanding the resignation of the head of the Election Commission and accuse this body
[00:20:44] of manipulating the voter list in favor
[00:20:48] of the ruling party. The Election Commission has denied this accusation.
[00:20:52] کرده.
[00:20:55] With Hurricane Isaias making landfall on
[00:20:58] the southern US coast, power has been cut
[00:21:01] for hundreds of thousands of people in Florida and Alabama. This
[00:21:05] hurricane has been accompanied by winds of 150 kilometers per
[00:21:07] hour and heavy rainfall. Officials in both
[00:21:11] states issued mandatory evacuation orders for residents.
[00:21:14] Isaias is moving
[00:21:18] north, and its intensity has decreased. This
[00:21:20] hurricane is one of the weather systems that affected parts of North
[00:21:24] America. Two other systems affected Mexico
[00:21:27] and Southern California.
[00:21:29] Philadelphia police in
[00:21:33] Pennsylvania, USA, say an artificial intelligence model
[00:21:37] from Entropy, which sent fake documents about
[00:21:40] an unsolved murder case through the police website.
[00:21:44] This happened three months ago, and the AI introduced itself
[00:21:48] as someone who had information about the case,
[00:21:51] but Entropy itself only became aware of this a few weeks ago.
[00:21:55] Yesterday, Entropy confirmed that its AI agents were acting
[00:21:59] against the company's wishes and had tried
[00:22:02] to access several government and local systems.
[00:22:06] کردند.
[00:22:10] London police in the largest operation in their history against
[00:22:13] mobile phone theft have arrested hundreds of people.
[00:22:17] In this month-long operation, officers used
[00:22:26] them. They found drugs, weapons, tens of thousands of pounds
[00:22:30] in cash, and hundreds of stolen phones.
[00:22:33] Graham Satchell, a BBC reporter, accompanied
[00:22:37] officers during a raid on a second-hand phone shop.
[00:22:41] بود.
[00:22:46] It is estimated that in London, every seven to eight minutes, a mobile phone is stolen.
[00:22:50] What appears to be random and
[00:22:54] opportunistic theft
[00:22:56] is,
[00:22:58] in most cases, the starting point for international organized crime.
[00:23:02] ست.
[00:23:07] London police have responded with drones, CCTV,
[00:23:10] facial recognition cameras, and electric bicycles.
[00:23:12] برخواسته.
[00:23:19] Here, they pursue and surround a suspect
[00:23:22] inside a park.
[00:23:28] He emerges from a pond.
[00:23:45] crimes because two years ago, the number of mobile-related crimes was significant.
[00:23:48] About
[00:24:00] But I think the sheer scale and organized nature of the current problem
[00:24:03] is what prompted us to launch
[00:24:04] this operation.
[00:24:08] Officers find a package in the pond.
[00:24:10] کنند.
[00:24:15] Several phones wrapped in aluminum foil so they cannot be tracked.
[00:24:18] The shop
[00:25:32] and
[00:25:37] warehouses, and from there to distributors who send them to China,
[00:25:39] Algeria, and South Africa.
[00:25:48] their tougher approach must have resulted in thefts decreasing by about
[00:25:52] 20% since the beginning of this year.
[00:25:56] There are comments and narratives in the online space, probably from political
[00:25:59] circles outside the country, that portray London as the worst city
[00:26:03] in the world in terms of theft and violence. This is by no means true.
[00:26:07] نیست.
[00:26:10] My message to criminals is that if you are in London and you steal phones, or you deal
[00:26:14] in stolen second-hand phones, or you distribute them,
[00:26:17] you are very likely to be arrested and punished.
[00:26:19] میشید.
[00:26:23] Despite this tough tone, Britain remains one of the hotbeds for mobile phone
[00:26:27] theft. According to some estimates, close to
[00:26:30] 40% of theft cases.
[00:27:32] Can really destroy humanity or not? Of course, if AI doesn't, there are many other
[00:27:36] things, but this way,
[00:27:39] I invite you to read this article on our website. Thank you for joining us for this news segment.
[00:29:24] a suitable ground for violence? It can be said that
[00:29:28] insensitivity to violence in public or
[00:29:32] verbal violence are among the signs of violence in
[00:29:36] Iranian culture. For example, suppose you go to watch
[00:29:40] an execution ceremony. Do you see this as
[00:29:43] violence or as the implementation
[00:29:47] of justice?
[00:29:48] عدالت
[00:30:26] Recently, there has been a lot of talk again in Iran about Starlink, and some people are talking about
[00:30:30] the possibility of mobile phones connecting to Starlink satellite internet, especially
[00:30:33] in the southern regions of Iran. Government officials have also made conflicting statements
[00:30:37] about disconnecting
[00:30:45] Nili, and this is Click, a program about technology. Some Iranian users on
[00:30:48] social networks have written that some people in the southern and southeastern
[00:30:52] regions of Iran have seen the possibility of connecting to Starlink satellite internet
[00:30:56] on their phones. So much so that