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[00:00:22] The latest news
[00:00:24] continues reactions in Iran to the defeat of Trump's allies in
[00:00:28] the congressional elections.
[00:00:32] President Trump to advise his deputy to prevent another
[00:00:34] attack. Democratic leaders' plan after
[00:00:38] winning the midterm elections in the US Congress. They say ending
[00:00:42] the war in Iran is one of their priorities.
[00:00:44] It is. The reaction of Iran's Ministry of Youth to
[00:00:48] the removal of the Adam and Eve dating app from Google Meta says
[00:00:52] that the registration of 13 and 14-year-old girls with the consent of families
[00:00:56] has been legal for marriage in Iran at this age.
[00:01:02] And the disclosure of the secrets of the espionage network against Hungarian citizens
[00:01:05] during communism. Secret police files were published after
[00:01:09] about four decades.
[00:01:29] Hello, Your Excellency.
[00:01:34] Following the Democrats' victory in the US midterm congressional
[00:01:37] elections, the leaders of this party say that ending the war
[00:01:41] with Iran will be one of the priorities of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
[00:01:45] but in Iran, there is still talk of preparing for the possibility of
[00:01:49] another attack from the US. Iranian officials consider themselves
[00:01:52] effective in the Democrats' victory, but they say there is no
[00:01:56] difference in the hostility of the two parties towards the Iranian government.
[00:02:06] are mostly against war with Iran, are now intoxicated by
[00:02:10] their victory in the midterm congressional elections.
[00:02:13] They are.
[00:02:15] But for now, on the other side of the world, in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, nothing
[00:02:19] has changed. Last night, in two separate incidents,
[00:02:23] the Revolutionary Guards are still reporting attacks and incidents
[00:02:27] that are happening to oil tankers in the waters of the Persian Gulf and on the coasts of
[00:02:30] the Arab countries of the region. Today, the commander of
[00:02:34] the IRGC Ground Force visited the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
[00:02:38] He visited. His goal is to maintain readiness in
[00:02:42] the face of a possible US attack.
[00:02:45] The question everyone is asking now is whether Donald Trump
[00:02:49] still intends to attack Iran or not. He tasted
[00:02:53] the defeat of his party at a time when both
[00:02:56] intensive diplomatic negotiations to reach an
[00:03:00] agreement with Tehran were underway and military preparations
[00:03:03] for an attack on Iran. Now
[00:03:06] nothing is clear. The latest diplomatic news is
[00:03:10] that the Iranian Foreign Minister spoke with his counterpart in Oman.
[00:03:13] But only to this extent. Iranian officials
[00:03:16] feel victorious over the Republicans' defeat. Because they believe
[00:03:20] that by resisting the pressures of the Trump administration,
[00:03:23] they have turned most Americans away from him.
[00:03:27] Although the victory of the Democrats also, as stated in a message attributed to
[00:03:31] the Iranian leader, makes no difference to the Islamic Republic
[00:03:34] and he views the two ruling parties of that country with
[00:03:38] the same hostility. On
[00:03:41] the other hand, the deputy of Dan Trump, who formally admitted that the cause
[00:03:44] of the Republicans' defeat was the war with Iran, became the target of sarcasm
[00:03:48] and blame from Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who told
[00:03:52] him to go tell these things to your boss who has prepared himself for an attack on
[00:03:56] Iran. The Trump administration still has two years left.
[00:04:39] all eyes are on this party. Clive Myrie
[00:04:42] reports on the priorities and policies of the Democrats in
[00:04:46] the new season of confrontation with the Republicans over the next two
[00:04:49] years. He has paid.
[00:04:51] Everything goes to those who won.
[00:04:56] Their hope is American. A new
[00:04:59] era under Donald Trump.
[00:05:01] I am your representative.
[00:05:05] Hello Carolina
[00:05:08] North Carolina, Ohio chose unity and honor.
[00:05:42] The message that voters gave Democrats on Tuesday was that they are looking
[00:05:46] for leaders who can get things done.
[00:05:50] They need to deliver.
[00:05:52] With the power they now have, Democrats should not betray
[00:05:56] the trust of voters. They must address the crisis of the high cost of
[00:05:59] living. They must reform
[00:06:03] the broken US healthcare system. They must get to work and show
[00:06:07] the American people that they take the responsibility entrusted to them
[00:06:10] seriously. Is it?
[00:06:37] that people felt last night in one word,
[00:06:41] earthquake. It was an earthquake. If you don't like
[00:06:45] earthquakes, floods.
[00:06:48] Mahnoosh Pooyayi joins us from Washington. Mahnoosh, the Democrats were able to achieve
[00:06:52] a significant success. Since yesterday,
[00:06:55] we have witnessed faster reactions and stances. They said they
[00:06:59] want to address people's issues, including high prices
[00:07:02] and so on, as well as their concern about the war
[00:07:06] with Iran. How likely is it that they will actually
[00:07:09] succeed?
[00:07:13] The plans that the Democrats have, as you said,
[00:07:16] have been announced. The main issue is what difference
[00:07:20] they have in the short term and long
[00:07:23] term. There are almost two months left before
[00:07:26] the new Congress begins its work. In these
[00:07:30] two months, they can take advantage
[00:07:34] of the situation and prepare
[00:07:37] for the really important
[00:07:41] move they want to make against Mr.
[00:07:44] Trump's policies and
[00:07:47] from the decisions he has made regarding tariffs
[00:07:51] to the aid they can provide to the people in terms of
[00:07:55] health insurance or fuel subsidies
[00:07:58] to somewhat alleviate the effects
[00:08:01] of the price increases that have occurred in the short term.
[00:08:05] Because all the economists who are here
[00:08:07] generally agree
[00:08:11] that the situation that has arisen
[00:08:14] in the US due to the war is not something that
[00:08:18] will disappear anytime soon, and you can't just press a button
[00:08:22] overnight and make everything cheap again. Therefore,
[00:08:25] the Democrats' hands and the tools they have
[00:08:28] are limited. Naturally, in the field of war, it's
[00:08:32] pretty much the same. In these two months, they can still
[00:08:36] continue their resistance to prevent
[00:08:39] the approval of new funding that the Pentagon has been seeking
[00:08:42] for a long time. The last time
[00:08:45] Mr. Hecht, the US
[00:08:48] Secretary of Defense, came to Congress was in May.
[00:08:52] And he has not had a very good relationship
[00:08:55] with the members of Congress and
[00:08:59] has not shown much transparency.
[00:09:02] And this has led to his name
[00:09:06] being mentioned as the main victim
[00:09:08] due to the consequences of the midterm
[00:09:13] elections. Now we know that a Republican
[00:09:16] representative has also prepared a plan for his impeachment
[00:09:19] that he wants to present in the parliament
[00:09:23] on Monday. And how likely is it that such an event
[00:09:26] will happen and will it have any impact on the situation of the war with Iran?
[00:09:29] The discussion
[00:09:33] about Mr. Heckscher is actually
[00:09:35] one of the most overt
[00:09:38] and symbolic figures
[00:09:41] whose name is intertwined with the war. But Mr.
[00:09:45] Trump has repeatedly, even this morning,
[00:09:48] Thursday, in an interview he had with ABC,
[00:09:52] defended him and said that he will support
[00:09:55] him. Therefore, it seems that at least Mr. Trump has no intention
[00:09:59] of removing P. Text and can
[00:10:03] actually stand in the way of his impeachment
[00:10:06] and not accept its result,
[00:10:09] for example. But other names have also been mentioned.
[00:10:13] The Washington Post, in particular, has suggested
[00:10:16] that Mr. Trump might go for the dismissal of
[00:10:19] Admiral Cooper, who is currently managing the war
[00:10:23] in the region, or
[00:10:26] even General Genk Keane, the Chairman
[00:10:29] of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
[00:10:33] These names are being mentioned for those who
[00:10:36] may become victims of the
[00:10:39] consequences of the war. But what Mr. Trump will ultimately do
[00:10:43] about the war is another matter, because
[00:10:46] it's not a problem that can be
[00:10:50] solved with a button. Mr. Trump
[00:10:53] is very unpredictable. The American military is still
[00:10:55] ready
[00:11:00] in the region, and Mr. Trump has the possibility
[00:11:03] to launch an attack against
[00:11:06] Iran to show his victory
[00:11:09] and his decisiveness.
[00:11:22] Iran's Supreme National Security Council met with Russian President Vladimir Putin
[00:11:25] in Moscow. The Kremlin did not provide details
[00:11:29] on the content of their talks. It is reported
[00:11:32] that a senior Russian military official and one of Mr.
[00:11:36] Putin's aides were also present at this meeting. Mohsen Rezaee had also spoken
[00:11:40] with Putin by phone two days ago about developments in the Middle East.
[00:11:43] The British government has
[00:11:47] described the bomb threat to commercial flights in Europe as
[00:11:51] fake and sabotage, but said it takes all
[00:11:55] cases seriously. Following the latest round of threats, at least
[00:11:59] 12 passenger flights were forced to make emergency landings
[00:12:02] or change course. Italian and French fighter jets escorted
[00:12:06] at least two planes until landing. Four flights
[00:12:10] also landed safely in Prague. No explosive materials were found
[00:12:14] on these planes. This is the second wave of similar threats
[00:12:17] in Europe this
[00:12:18] week.
[00:12:22] A group of Israeli settlers, in what they called
[00:12:26] secretly, seized eight houses in the occupied West Bank.
[00:12:30] They are members of a family of supporters
[00:12:33] of Israeli settlement expansion who have bought
[00:12:36] these houses. Reports indicate that armed members
[00:12:40] of this group injured a Palestinian. They are demanding the dismantling
[00:12:44] of the Oslo Accords, which define the areas under Israeli and
[00:12:48] Palestinian control. The United Nations has declared
[00:12:51] settlement construction in the occupied territories illegal.
[00:12:58] The Wall Street Journal, quoting informed sources, reported on
[00:13:01] negotiations between the Houthi rebels of Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
[00:13:05] According to the publication, this group, allied with Iran, demanded
[00:13:08] 51 billion dollars in compensation and recognition of its rule
[00:13:12] over Yemen to end the conflict with
[00:13:16] Saudi Arabia. In recent weeks, the Houthis have repeatedly attacked oil facilities and
[00:13:19] some major airports in Saudi Arabia, and Saudi Arabia has retaliated
[00:13:23] with extensive attacks on the group's positions
[00:13:26] in Yemen. Our colleague, Nafiseh Kouhnavard,
[00:13:29] our senior Middle East correspondent from Beirut, Lebanon, is with us.
[00:13:33] Nafiseh, please explain more about what the issue is and whether
[00:13:36] the Houthis have had any reaction
[00:13:39] so far or not?
[00:13:42] Parizad,
[00:13:45] this is in a report that the Wall Street Journal
[00:13:49] has published, quoting informed sources from
[00:13:53] these talks.
[00:13:55] And it is claimed
[00:13:59] in it, quoting these sources,
[00:14:02] that the negotiations took place at
[00:14:05] the request of Saudi Arabia. That is, Saudi Arabia,
[00:14:09] Saudi officials sent a message to the Houthis and asked
[00:14:12] them to say what they want
[00:14:15] in exchange for stopping their attacks.
[00:14:19] However, as of this moment, neither the Houthis
[00:14:23] nor even the Saudi government
[00:14:27] has made any statement
[00:14:30] and has even not responded to the Wall Street Journal's
[00:14:33] questions. But previously,
[00:14:37] at the peak of the Houthi attacks, some reports
[00:14:40] were published stating that Tehran had also
[00:14:44] proposed to the Houthis that it is possible to negotiate
[00:14:47] with Saudi Arabia over
[00:14:49] the cost of stopping
[00:14:52] these attacks.
[00:14:58] However, this point has not been confirmed
[00:15:01] by Iranian officials,
[00:15:04] but immediately after these reports
[00:15:08] were raised, senior Houthi
[00:15:11] officials appeared on social media and
[00:15:15] on television and gave this
[00:15:19] message that they do not take orders from anyone
[00:15:22] and that they will stop their attacks or advances
[00:15:26] in Yemen only when it is in the interest of this group
[00:15:29] and when this blockade and attacks that have continued
[00:15:33] against this group for years are stopped.
[00:15:35] There are many details in this report,
[00:15:39] but it seems that even according to
[00:15:42] these sources, behind-the-scenes negotiations have also taken place,
[00:15:46] and the price has been brought down, but there have also been concerns
[00:15:49] from Saudi Arabia that if it agrees to
[00:15:53] pay such a billion-dollar
[00:15:56] cost, it might become
[00:15:59] an excuse for the Houthis to launch other attacks later
[00:16:03] and in return, according to them,
[00:16:07] they will get nothing.
[00:16:14] Saudi Arabia has done so far, and the siege that has been imposed
[00:16:18] for years against the areas under
[00:16:20] the control of this group, which has,
[00:16:24] of course, plunged many of the people in these
[00:16:27] areas into complete poverty
[00:16:31] and put a lot of pressure on them, despite
[00:16:35] this, the Houthis' advance on the ground
[00:16:38] continues. Parizad, and Saudi Arabia, Nafiseh, we know that it was trying
[00:16:42] to gain regional and international support to confront
[00:16:45] the Houthis. How far have these efforts by Saudi Arabia reached
[00:16:48] so far?
[00:16:51] That Mecca Pact, which indirectly included
[00:16:55] Egypt, Egypt,
[00:16:59] Turkey, and Pakistan, has so far emphasized
[00:17:02] that their support for Saudi Arabia
[00:17:05] will not involve entering a ground war
[00:17:09] or direct war with the Houthis,
[00:17:12] and they will specifically protect the territories
[00:17:15] of Saudi Arabia. They will protect
[00:17:19] them, meaning that they will probably, for example, strengthen
[00:17:22] their radar systems or provide more
[00:17:26] consultations to Saudi Arabia.
[00:17:29] This is what they have officially announced so far, and the evidence
[00:17:33] also shows that this is the case. But at the peak of this election,
[00:17:42] Saudi Arabia visited. The President of Syria. Because Saudi Arabia
[00:17:46] had also asked Syria for help for ground forces,
[00:17:50] and as I heard from sources close to
[00:17:53] the Syrian government and informed
[00:17:56] sources of these negotiations,
[00:17:59] it was decided that some of the foreign
[00:18:02] forces that are part of the Syrian forces, including
[00:18:06] the Uighurs, for example,
[00:18:08] would go and protect
[00:18:12] the Saudi borders. However, it seems that these
[00:18:15] groups did not accept this offer to leave
[00:18:19] Syria and go to Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless,
[00:18:22] Syria is negotiating to provide ground support,
[00:18:26] which is what Saudi Arabia needs most,
[00:18:39] from Google and Meta. Iran's Ministry of Sports has said that marriage counseling centers
[00:18:42] must obtain a license from the Islamic Propaganda Organization
[00:18:46] to operate. Bahman Abdi said that the registration of girls over
[00:18:50] 13 years old in marriage counseling systems
[00:18:53] with the consent of the family based on the laws
[00:18:55] of the Islamic Republic is not considered a legal violation.
[00:18:59] According to this official of the Ministry of Sports, marriage counseling centers
[00:19:02] have been advised to increase the minimum age for admitting girls
[00:19:06] to over 15 years old. Hossein Ghazian, sociologist and
[00:19:09] social science researcher from Washington, is with us. Mr.
[00:19:13] Ghazian, how is it possible that in defense of
[00:19:16] the registration of girls over 13, 14 years old,
[00:19:20] the issue is raised that this age is legal for marriage, instead of referring
[00:19:24] to issues such as child rights or the problems
[00:19:27] that child marriage will create
[00:19:30] for these individuals in the future? In fact, we are dealing
[00:19:33] with two
[00:19:36] different views or approaches here. One
[00:19:39] view, which is traditional, dates back
[00:19:42] to the pre-modern era, and that is
[00:19:46] that a child is just someone who is younger
[00:19:49] and there is no significant difference between
[00:19:52] them and adults. Consequently, since there is no
[00:19:56] different entity, their rights and responsibilities are not
[00:19:59] different from adults. But childhood is
[00:20:03] a relatively new concept in modern
[00:20:06] life. Through this concept, we
[00:20:10] attribute specific rights and responsibilities to a child,
[00:20:14] that is, someone who is under a certain age. Therefore,
[00:20:17] the pre-modern view essentially has no legal discussion. It has
[00:20:21] foundations based on ideas that have come from Islam here
[00:20:25] and wants to defend them. Here, the discussion of rights
[00:20:28] and responsibilities is not considered, whereas in the modern
[00:20:32] view, we are actually faced with the fact
[00:20:35] that a child does not have the ability to choose
[00:20:38] based on responsibility. Consequently, they do not have
[00:20:42] the rights that adults have, but they have exclusive
[00:20:46] rights that adults cannot decide on. Rather, these rights exist
[00:20:50] intrinsically for children. Well, when these two views meet,
[00:20:54] you no longer see any trace of legal discussions,
[00:20:57] and you still see the defense of those ideas.
[00:21:01] On the other hand, we see that you mentioned that a child does not have
[00:21:05] the ability to choose based on responsibility. Officials say
[00:21:08] that because the parents of these children have given
[00:21:11] consent, there is no problem with this, whereas
[00:21:15] in many cases, it is the family itself
[00:21:18] that is the source of pressure on the child.
[00:21:22] Yes, that's right, but the point is that
[00:21:25] parents, while they are responsible for
[00:21:28] the care of children, cannot decide
[00:21:31] on their rights on their behalf. These rights are given
[00:21:35] to the child because they are a child, not because
[00:21:39] they are the child of someone who can then
[00:21:43] make decisions about them. Therefore,
[00:21:46] the decisions of the father and mother or parents
[00:21:49] in general cannot negate
[00:21:52] the rights of children. But as you also
[00:21:56] mentioned, the unfavorable economic situation, especially
[00:21:59] in marginal areas, as well as the issue of tradition
[00:22:03] and culture and the pressure it puts on families,
[00:22:06] has become a factor that essentially, as I said, also negates
[00:22:10] the issue of rights here. The guiding ideas
[00:22:13] that the government has and implements through these
[00:22:17] so-called legal regulations allow them to escape
[00:22:21] these economic and traditional pressures and marry
[00:22:24] off children in the tens of thousands
[00:22:28] under 13 and hundreds of thousands under 18.
[00:22:31] Mr. Bahman Abdi, an official from the Ministry of Sports
[00:22:35] who spoke, said that this action by the government
[00:22:38] actually prevents illegal places on
[00:22:42] social networks from trying to do something similar. Do you think
[00:22:45] that when the government gives
[00:22:48] such a license to such a system, how much it opens
[00:22:52] the way for child marriage? In fact, it opens the way and makes
[00:22:56] it more legal. This is like filtering. The government itself
[00:22:59] filters, then says, "Come and buy our filter breaker."
[00:23:02] It's the same here. It says, "We have prohibited
[00:23:05] this in other ways. Just come and do this
[00:23:09] on the website we provide you." That is, it not
[00:23:13] only puts a stronger legal stamp on that
[00:23:16] legally wrong act, but it also takes
[00:23:20] economic and systemic control, so to speak, and does not
[00:23:24] allow others to interfere in this regard. It seems that this is
[00:23:27] more due to the continuation of control that the government wants
[00:23:31] to have over all aspects of life, including
[00:23:35] marriage and divorce, and also child marriage.
[00:23:38] That's right, but when the government gives it a license,
[00:23:42] and the government has also given a license for children to get
[00:23:45] married, therefore, we see that thousands
[00:23:49] of children, especially girls, get
[00:23:52] married every year, and child
[00:24:07] We know that today
[00:24:10] demonstrations have resumed again after
[00:24:13] five labor unions in France
[00:24:17] called for a one-day general strike.
[00:24:41] Widespread protests are underway in France. High school
[00:24:45] students and
[00:24:47] protesters against the rising cost of living
[00:24:51] have also joined these protests.
[00:24:54] By 1 PM local
[00:24:58] time today, it was announced that more than 250,000
[00:25:01] people in nearly 70 cities in
[00:25:04] France took to the streets. These images we are
[00:25:08] seeing are from Paris today,
[00:25:11] the capital
[00:25:13] of France, and labor unions have promised to
[00:25:17] take the wave of protests that began in March
[00:25:21] in protest against the unfavorable conditions and lack of facilities
[00:25:25] in high schools to a new
[00:25:27] stage.
[00:25:34] Tens of thousands of files related to the secret police during
[00:25:37] communism in Hungary have been released. These files reveal
[00:25:41] a network of informants who spied on citizens.
[00:25:45] Peter Magyar, the Prime Minister of Hungary,
[00:25:49] said this action is intended to.
[00:25:54] However, this decision has opponents. Nick Thorpe
[00:25:58] reports from Budapest. Thirty-six
[00:26:01] years after the fall of communism, secrets have been revealed.
[00:26:05] The entire archive, including the names of 60,000 secret police
[00:26:08] informants, has been made publicly available online.
[00:26:12] Previously, each individual could only search for their own file,
[00:26:16] but now anyone's name can be found.
[00:26:19] I think this can be an opportunity
[00:26:22] to learn more about people and face the past more deeply,
[00:26:26] not only on an individual level, but also on a societal
[00:26:28] level.
[00:26:31] The release of this file was one of the election promises of
[00:26:34] Peter Magyar, the Prime Minister of Hungary.
[00:26:38] These wounds should not be hidden or swept under the rug, but rather
[00:26:42] we should talk about them so that a collective
[00:26:44] process of healing and reconciliation
[00:26:47] can begin. There were many reasons why
[00:26:51] some agreed to spy on their family members and friends.
[00:26:54] Some were subjected to pressure and threats. Some
[00:26:58] initially agreed but later failed
[00:27:01] to follow through. A minority also enthusiastically
[00:27:05] informed. One of their targets
[00:27:09] was a priest in the underground church.
[00:27:12] Ignaz Kray, whom dozens of fellow believers
[00:27:15] informed on. But he opposes the public release
[00:27:19] of the archives, fearing that this action will cause
[00:27:22] division and distrust instead of reconciliation.
[00:27:25] This would have been good 35, 36 years ago. But
[00:27:29] now it's suspicious. Why should we do this now when maybe
[00:29:59] we ourselves had sheep when the lakes