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[00:00:22] Headlines I can say that we have now reached
[00:00:24] a two-day plan. Tehran declares readiness
[00:00:27] for opening the Strait of Hormuz in 48
[00:00:31] hours, coinciding with increased
[00:00:34] tensions with the US. China supported Iran. Russia said
[00:00:38] it was concerned.
[00:00:41] Criticism of the attack on a Qatari gas tanker in the
[00:00:44] Persian Gulf. The Revolutionary Guards claimed to have targeted
[00:00:47] 11 vessels in the past 9 days.
[00:00:50] شد.
[00:00:56] Controversy in Michigan one day before
[00:00:59] the election. In that period in America, a Democratic
[00:01:02] representative supported the Republican candidate
[00:01:05] against the Arab-descended nominee of her
[00:01:08] party. And around the world in
[00:01:11] 28 years, a British man returned home
[00:01:15] after walking 50,000 kilometers.
[00:01:36] Hello, good evening, and welcome to another news segment from BBC
[00:01:40] Persian. I am Majid Afshar. Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign
[00:01:44] Minister, says that as a result of ongoing talks with Qatari
[00:01:48] mediators, Iran's proposed seven-day plan has now been reduced
[00:01:52] to two days, such that if the US meets Iran's conditions on the first
[00:01:56] day, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened on the second day.
[00:02:00] These statements by Mr. Araghchi have coincided with the targeting
[00:02:04] of several other commercial ships in the Persian
[00:02:07] Gulf. One of these vessels was carrying Qatari
[00:02:10] gas, and the attack on it has been met with widespread condemnation.
[00:02:13] At the same time, Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's former
[00:02:16] Foreign Minister, has also warned that a new conflict with the US
[00:02:20] would extend the scope of the war to Europe. Kiana Naji reports.
[00:02:24] میدیم
[00:02:28] In Mahabad, in western Iran, today we witnessed a military
[00:02:32] parade of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),
[00:02:35] the heroic army, a ceremony
[00:02:38] to mobilize more forces on the eve of what
[00:02:42] could be a new round of a major war with the US
[00:02:45] and Israel, after indirect talks with the US
[00:02:49] in Doha in recent days apparently
[00:02:52] led nowhere. At the same time, speaking of threats and diplomacy,
[00:02:56] you say what were the results of the Doha consultations? The talks
[00:03:00] are ongoing, and in any case, the issue is a complex one, or rather,
[00:03:03] the issues are very complex, and
[00:03:07] the passage of time,
[00:03:10] given America's actions, has added to the complexities.
[00:03:13] You cannot talk about the Strait of Hormuz and be concerned
[00:03:17] about insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz, but still continue
[00:03:21] the economic siege of Iran,
[00:03:24] and disregard all the things that you accepted
[00:03:28] in the framework of the Islamabad agreement, and expect
[00:03:32] Iran to unilaterally accept
[00:03:35] commitments. In
[00:03:38] America, these are the latest statements from US President
[00:03:41] Donald Trump. The only reason we are not ending
[00:03:44] the work immediately is because I want to do them a favor. I want to try
[00:03:48] to save many lives. My opponent is sitting there doing nothing.
[00:03:51] Eventually, at some point, we have to deal with them with a
[00:03:54] hammer. Iranian newspapers today are busy
[00:03:58] preparing public opinion. Inside Iran, it is said that in
[00:04:02] case of renewed war, not only will targets in the region
[00:04:05] be attacked, but also countries
[00:04:09] in the region,
[00:04:12] unfortunately, I must say some of them
[00:04:15] even encouraged the Americans to attack
[00:04:18] Iran. I hope that they
[00:04:22] have also learned their lessons. The best way is for
[00:04:25] their friends to convince America not to start
[00:04:29] a new war. Because we are forced
[00:04:32] to defend ourselves. China, with its close relations with
[00:04:36] Iran, is concerned about the consequences of such a war
[00:04:39] for the region and the world. This was
[00:04:42] today's meeting between the Chinese Foreign Minister and the Deputy Secretary
[00:04:45] of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in Beijing. China is expected
[00:04:49] to send a special envoy of the President to Iran and the region
[00:04:52] soon. China wants the Strait of
[00:04:56] Hormuz to return to its pre-war arrangements. Kian Nazib.
[00:05:00] BBC. Nafiseh Konood, our senior correspondent for Middle
[00:05:03] Eastern affairs, is with us. Nafiseh, we know
[00:05:07] that the Iranian delegation has returned from Doha to Tehran,
[00:05:10] but how different was this round of talks
[00:05:14] rounds?
[00:05:17] Majid, what I'm hearing from various sources,
[00:05:21] diplomatic sources and officials who are following
[00:05:24] these developments here in the region, it seems there is a difference
[00:05:27] between Qatar's
[00:05:30] mediation and what Pakistan
[00:05:33] was trying to do. On one
[00:05:36] hand, it seems that the Americans consider Qatar's influence
[00:05:40] to be more significant. After all,
[00:05:42] it has played a role in many negotiations, including even negotiations
[00:05:46] between the US and the Taliban in Afghanistan, and
[00:05:50] many other important regional
[00:05:53] negotiations. In addition, it seems
[00:05:57] that every sentence in these indirect negotiations
[00:06:01] is being conducted in writing, unlike in the past,
[00:06:05] especially during Pakistan's mediation.
[00:06:08] It's not just words, it's writing.
[00:06:11] That is, it was interesting for me to understand
[00:06:15] that a large part of the exchange of messages through Pakistan
[00:06:19] was actually in the form of sentences
[00:06:22] spoken over the phone, but apparently here,
[00:06:26] everything is being exchanged in writing through
[00:06:29] Qatar, and Qatar is recording them as a document
[00:06:33] and proof, which would make it
[00:06:37] difficult for both sides to deny many issues.
[00:06:40] And both sides can
[00:06:44] threaten each other that they can publish the details
[00:06:48] of this negotiation. In addition
[00:06:51] to this, however, despite all these factors combining
[00:06:54] to create a kind of hope that perhaps
[00:06:58] Qatar's influence will be
[00:07:01] effective, the level of pessimism
[00:07:04] in the region
[00:07:08] continues, Majid. I wanted to ask
[00:07:11] you about the current situation. Given that
[00:07:14] the situation is very sensitive, one day before
[00:07:18] the US midterm elections, what is the regional perspective on this
[00:07:21] situation? Look,
[00:07:24] if we look at the reactions of foreign
[00:07:27] embassies, all of them are, in
[00:07:30] turn, making their preparations for
[00:07:34] any sudden departure, although
[00:07:37] no such departure has occurred yet, because
[00:07:40] after all, in these past few
[00:07:51] years, these preparations in various embassies are increasing,
[00:07:54] and it is viewed that there is a high
[00:07:58] probability that these negotiations will not lead anywhere. On the other hand,
[00:08:02] we see that Israeli channels, including Israeli
[00:08:05] Channel 14, have now announced that
[00:08:08] Israeli army forces are on
[00:08:12] high alert on the eve
[00:08:15] of the US midterm elections,
[00:08:19] which also shows that they are also
[00:08:23] preparing for such a movement, and when
[00:08:26] military movements are also looked at in the region,
[00:08:30] and the statements that are being made by various
[00:08:33] countries in the region, from Jordan to Iraq
[00:08:37] and Turkey, all indicate
[00:08:40] that war is
[00:08:44] at the door,
[00:08:46] and in such circumstances,
[00:08:50] some attention is naturally drawn
[00:08:53] to groups supported by Iran in the region, such as
[00:08:56] Hezbollah in Lebanon. Is this time different
[00:09:00] for them if they want to get
[00:09:02] involved?
[00:09:07] Majid, whether Hezbollah will get involved or not has now
[00:09:10] become a question known as the million-dollar
[00:09:14] question, because it's mostly speculation,
[00:09:17] and as it seems and I'm hearing
[00:09:20] from our own sources, the communication
[00:09:23] of the new military branch of Hezbollah
[00:09:27] with others, including apparently even some
[00:09:30] members of Hezbollah's parliament, is so limited
[00:09:34] that achieving
[00:09:37] a precise understanding of what Hezbollah
[00:09:40] will do or if it has made any promises,
[00:09:44] is unclear. However, when I spoke with Western sources
[00:09:48] who have direct or indirect channels with Hezbollah in some
[00:09:51] way, they say that Hezbollah officials
[00:09:54] have not made any promises or given any assurances
[00:09:58] that they will enter
[00:10:01] this battle or not. But the situation we
[00:10:05] are seeing here and the trend that Israel is pursuing in southern Lebanon,
[00:10:08] and the destruction and the pattern
[00:10:12] of all the situations that are changing in southern Lebanon, indicate
[00:10:16] that Israel is effectively preparing for further
[00:10:19] advancement, and if we look at Israeli
[00:10:23] media, many
[00:10:26] senior Israeli officials,
[00:10:29] including the Israeli Defense Minister, have said that they are
[00:10:32] preparing to launch a large-scale attack
[00:10:36] against Hezbollah, and the general perception is that even if Hezbollah
[00:10:39] hypothetically does not enter this battle, ultimately
[00:10:42] Israel, on the pretext
[00:10:46] that the Lebanese army and the Lebanese government have not been able
[00:10:49] to take weapons from Hezbollah, will most likely do so, and the trend
[00:10:53] that is advancing indicates that there is a plan to advance
[00:10:57] towards Nabatiyeh and Tyre, very important
[00:11:01] cities in southern Lebanon, and Israeli
[00:11:04] officials explicitly say that we have Israeli
[00:11:08] flights over Beirut every day, which shows
[00:11:12] that this event
[00:11:14] will probably happen in the entire region. Considering
[00:11:18] one last thing, considering what Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei
[00:11:22] said about the unity of the fronts, the general understanding now
[00:11:26] is that it is practically expected that all groups allied
[00:11:30] with Iran will enter this battle, perhaps
[00:11:33] step by step or perhaps together, even if they are
[00:11:37] forced to. Although so far none of them have
[00:11:41] made any direct statements, neither from Iraq nor here. Thank you, Nafiseh
[00:11:44] Konood, our senior correspondent for Middle East affairs.
[00:11:48] Let's continue the program with two short news items. In the United Arab
[00:11:51] Emirates, the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
[00:11:59] warned that global crude oil reserves have sharply declined. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said that since the disruption in oil
[00:12:03] tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, nearly one billion barrels of crude oil have been
[00:12:07] withdrawn from global reserves. According to the Emirati
[00:12:10] official, the cost of cash and logistics, which was more
[00:12:13] than 5% of the price per barrel, has now reached over 30%.
[00:12:17] He called for an increase in strategic reserves
[00:12:21] capacity.
[00:12:23] The Ansar Allah group in Yemen, known as the Houthis, say that
[00:12:27] seven people were injured in Saudi airstrikes on Ras Isa port
[00:12:31] on the Red Sea coast and an oil facility
[00:12:33] in Hodeidah province. The Houthi Health
[00:12:37] Ministry spokesperson called these attacks a clear violation of international
[00:12:40] humanitarian law. The Saudi-led coalition says
[00:12:44] the aim of these operations was to disable the resources that the Houthis
[00:12:47] use. According to the United
[00:12:51] Nations, more than 1,600 people have been killed
[00:12:54] in the Yemen conflict this
[00:12:55] year.
[00:12:59] One of the most sensitive and controversial US election
[00:13:03] races is the battle for the Senate seat from Michigan.
[00:13:06] Polls show the two rivals, the Democrat and the Republican,
[00:13:09] neck and neck. On one side of this
[00:13:13] race is an Arab Muslim who is nominated by the Democratic
[00:13:17] Party, and from the US President to her
[00:13:20] fellow party members, have leveled very harsh
[00:13:24] criticisms against him.
[00:14:37] are either Arab or Muslim. Muslims
[00:14:41] in Dearborn are concerned about the increase in anti-Islamic
[00:14:44] views. Even someone like Mike Hashem who was
[00:14:48] involved in Mr. Trump's election campaign just two
[00:14:52] years ago. I am here.
[00:15:29] Many Arabs and Muslims who voted for Mr. Trump in the previous
[00:15:33] round because they thought he would keep his promise
[00:15:36] to end the war in Gaza and Lebanon are now
[00:15:40] unhappy and want to make up for their vote
[00:15:44] from two years ago.
[00:15:47] President Trump made a promise and did the exact opposite. He dragged
[00:15:51] us into another endless war. This time with Iran.
[00:15:54] He can no longer run for office. But I will no longer vote for him
[00:15:58] or anyone he recommends.
[00:16:01] Like anywhere else in America, economic issues have also caused
[00:16:04] many Dearborn Arabs to become
[00:16:28] many Muslims and Arabs here are excited and want to vote
[00:16:32] even earlier than election day, within the early
[00:16:36] voting period. We will see
[00:17:20] if a Muslim can win votes from the entire
[00:17:24] state in a state that is neither very liberal
[00:17:28] nor very conservative. Sam
[00:17:31] Farzaneh, BBC, in Dearborn, Michigan.
[00:17:34] میشیگان.
[00:17:37] Sam is with us right now from Dearborn, where it seems
[00:17:41] the rollercoaster of electoral developments has no
[00:17:45] end. Yesterday, one of Michigan's Democratic
[00:17:48] representatives in the House of Representatives supported
[00:17:51] Mr. Sayed's Republican opponent in the Senate
[00:17:54] election. It's very strange that a Democratic
[00:17:57] representative would come out and support
[00:18:00] the Republican candidate due to opposition
[00:18:03] to this person. Why is this so important? It's
[00:18:13] become like those TV series where suddenly strange
[00:18:17] things happen. Someone you thought was dead comes
[00:18:21] back to life, and the living one seems dead. It's like strange things are all happening
[00:18:25] here at once. This person, this
[00:18:29] lady, her name is Haley Stevens. This lady is currently
[00:18:32] a member of the House of Representatives until
[00:18:35] the end of this current
[00:18:38] year. This lady was one of those who volunteered
[00:18:42] to become the Democratic nominee,
[00:18:45] and she lost in that primary stage.
[00:18:48] She lost the competition to Mr. Sayed. After that
[00:18:52] stage, they came and said, "No, we are all united.
[00:18:55] The point is for a Democrat to win, and it's
[00:18:59] good that we are united." And she supported
[00:19:02] Mr. Sayed. But it gradually became clear that her
[00:19:06] support was not
[00:19:09] real or comprehensive. She started raising
[00:19:12] different objections, including saying that
[00:19:15] Mr. Sayed should say that
[00:19:18] a certain advertisement someone did for him
[00:19:22] is anti-Semitic, or say that, for example, that
[00:19:26] action was wrong, that person is, for example, someone
[00:19:29] who is very left-wing and speaks very
[00:19:32] anti-Jewishly. Say I have no relation to him.
[00:19:36] These demands seemed to increase until
[00:19:40] the day before yesterday, Saturday,
[00:19:43] Mr. Sayed says, "Well, I don't want this lady to be in my campaign
[00:19:47] anymore," because they were supposed to go to church together on Sunday, for example, and pray.
[00:19:51] He says, "She doesn't need to come to me, and
[00:19:55] I don't need her to come to me."
[00:19:58] On Sunday morning,
[00:20:01] televisions show Ms. Stevens going to
[00:20:04] church with Mr. Rogers, who is a Republican. And after
[00:20:08] that, she announces her support for Mr. Rogers,
[00:20:12] and says that this is due to the hatred in Mr. Sayed's
[00:20:15] election campaign, and she says several
[00:20:19] times, "They told me they don't want me to come, they told
[00:20:22] me I won't come, I shouldn't come," and it seems
[00:20:25] that the issue was very personal for her,
[00:20:28] that this turning away from her caused
[00:20:32] her to make such a decision. Ms. Stevens is someone who has
[00:20:36] gained votes among African Americans in America. She is not African American herself, but she has been able to gain votes among them.
[00:20:39] There was a perception that she could
[00:20:43] add the votes of Jews and African Americans
[00:20:46] to Mr. Sayed's election campaign.
[00:20:50] The fact that she is now withdrawing her support
[00:20:53] in this situation, in these remaining days, after many
[00:20:57] people have voted early, it's not clear
[00:21:00] how much impact it will have. But some
[00:21:04] believe it can have an impact. If someone trusts
[00:21:07] her and is not very sure that they want to vote
[00:21:10] for Sayed, now is a good opportunity
[00:21:14] for them to separate and vote for the Republicans.
[00:21:17] Why is this Senate seat so important
[00:21:20] right now?
[00:21:24] Look, Majid, the Senate has 100 seats,
[00:21:28] and if the two parties are tied at 50-50, the Vice President
[00:21:32] casts the 101st vote, and then something
[00:21:35] can be approved there. Well,
[00:21:39] most of these seats in each election,
[00:21:43] for example, one-third of them are up
[00:21:46] for election. This year, because two people left and went to the government,
[00:21:50] Mr. Marco Rubio and Mr. Vance, we have 35
[00:21:53] elections. Well, among these 35,
[00:21:57] a significant number are from states
[00:22:00] where the majority is Republican or the majority
[00:22:04] is Democratic. Therefore, it's not very likely that an opponent
[00:22:07] can win votes there, and it's already
[00:22:11] known that the Democrat from this state
[00:22:15] can win votes and be elected.
[00:22:18] Therefore, the election
[00:22:55] So the competition is a sensitive one. It's a competition
[00:22:58] that is quite unique. There are only 7 of them
[00:23:02] in the entire US, and these seven or eight are the ones
[00:23:06] who decide. For Republicans who might lose seats elsewhere,
[00:23:10] winning this one is very important. Therefore,
[00:23:13] they have put a lot of energy into it, and Mr.
[00:23:16] Trump has gone to places to win this seat.
[00:23:20] As was also mentioned in the report, many say
[00:23:24] this is Islamophobia. The things they say, the way they
[00:23:27] talk about Mr. Sayed and try to portray
[00:23:30] him as a Jihadi, this has caused
[00:23:33] many to pay more attention to this campaign
[00:23:37] and yesterday's event involving Ms. Stevens.
[00:23:40] Thank you, Sam Farzaneh. We will
[00:23:44] be with you in the coming days.
[00:23:47] Let's continue the program with two short
[00:23:50] news items. Ukrainian and Russian officials reported cyber
[00:23:54] attacks on emergency alert centers in both
[00:23:57] countries. On Sunday night, Ukrainian citizens received
[00:24:01] fake messages on their mobile phones about the risk
[00:24:05] of radioactive materials, chemical attacks, and the possibility
[00:24:08] of street clashes in Kyiv. Ukraine blamed Russia
[00:24:12] for hacking and sending these messages. The BBC cannot independently
[00:24:15] verify these details. A few hours later, Russia also claimed that its
[00:24:25] The governor of Hebron says Israeli forces withdrew
[00:24:29] from the center of this province in the southern occupied West
[00:24:32] Bank after a 10-day siege. According to him,
[00:24:36] Palestinian security forces took control of the area.
[00:24:40] The mayor of Hebron also said that families who were forced to leave
[00:24:44] their homes can now return. Students
[00:24:47] also went to schools and universities for the first
[00:24:51] time in the past 10 days. The Israeli army had
[00:24:54] besieged the city about 10 days ago following a deadly
[00:24:58] shooting of its soldiers.
[00:25:02] The man who set out 28 years ago to walk around the world
[00:25:05] returns to his home in Britain today. Karl Bushby
[00:25:08] is the first person to complete a 50,000
[00:25:12] kilometer walk around
[00:25:14] the world.
[00:25:19] The last stage.
[00:25:50] In 1998, he left his home in Hull and flew
[00:25:53] to South America to begin his walk. According to
[00:25:57] a rule he set for himself, he was not allowed to use
[00:26:01] any vehicle for this
[00:27:32] challenge. We thought we would receive a warmer welcome. We were wrong. In
[00:27:36] the end, from the day we arrived on the Russian coast until
[00:27:40] we entered Mongolia, I think it took more than 10 years.
[00:27:43] Just this part of going across the entire American continent took 6
[00:27:47] years.
[00:27:54] Last month, he swam across the English Channel and reached
[00:27:58] the Kent coast. The mayor of Hull will officially welcome
[00:28:01] him. He will meet his 36-year-old son, and then
[00:28:05] walk the last few miles to the home he left 28 years
[00:28:09] ago, where his mother Angela says she will be
[00:28:12] waiting for him.
[00:28:17] This news segment has come to an end. Thank you for being with us.
[00:29:37] The water and sufferings of Iranians. When the
[00:29:41] Tehran subway destroys the Qanat-e Mehri
[00:29:45] in Toopkhaneh, we disrupt
[00:29:48] the physical environment.
[00:29:52] There are other fishermen like us. They are also
[00:29:55] unemployed. The same fate has befallen
[00:29:58] Hamoun as has befallen our other Talibs. It's brackish water because.