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[00:00:21] Dear viewers, welcome to the 13:00 news
[00:00:25] section. The food coupon account of 40 million
[00:00:28] compatriots has been established. According to the Deputy Minister of Welfare of the Ministry
[00:00:32] of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, families covered by support
[00:00:35] institutions and holders of national ID numbers ending
[00:00:39] in 0, 1, and 2 can begin
[00:00:42] their food coupon purchases. Mr. Andish said: Sellers should be informed
[00:00:46] that the process of settling accounts with stores connected to the
[00:00:50] food coupon scheme will take between 3 and 4
[00:00:53] weeks. From August 16th,
[00:00:57] households with national ID numbers ending in 3
[00:01:00] to 6, and from August 27th,
[00:01:02] households with national ID numbers ending in 7
[00:01:06] to 9, will begin their purchases, God willing.
[00:01:10] From now on, every month, there will be a
[00:01:14] 10-day interval between each of these household groups
[00:01:17] to standardize the supply
[00:01:20] of goods and demand, as well as the payment
[00:01:24] process with stores. The
[00:01:27] Conscription Organization, FARAJA, in
[00:01:30] an announcement, refuted rumors in virtual space
[00:01:33] regarding the exemption of fugitive soldiers, stating that
[00:01:36] those service personnel who, for any reason,
[00:01:40] have not completed their military service, must clarify their military
[00:01:44] status through their service unit, and no new
[00:01:47] exemption has been considered for them.
[00:01:51] Based on this announcement, service personnel,
[00:01:54] fugitive service personnel, if they do not clarify their
[00:01:58] service status
[00:02:01] through their service unit, will face social deprivations, including the inability to receive
[00:02:05] bank facilities, employment, and exit from the country.
[00:02:08] The
[00:02:12] US President, in response to the release of reports about the decline
[00:02:15] in the country's missile stockpiles, threatened the
[00:02:19] whistleblowers of this information with prison. Trump, in a message
[00:02:22] on the social media platform Truth Social,
[00:02:25] rejected the published reports and claimed
[00:02:29] that America possesses vast ammunition stockpiles. These statements were made after
[00:02:33] the Washington Post reported, citing informed sources,
[00:02:37] that Trump had demanded an explanation from the US
[00:02:40] Secretary of War about the decline in missile stockpiles
[00:02:43] at a cabinet meeting. According to reports from
[00:02:47] American media, Washington has used almost all
[00:02:50] its surface-to-surface missiles in the war against
[00:02:53] Iran, and a significant portion of Patriot and THAAD
[00:02:57] interceptors, as well as nearly half of Tomahawk
[00:03:01] cruise missiles, have also
[00:03:02] been used.
[00:03:05] This week's Friday Prayer in Tehran will be
[00:03:08] led by Hojjat-ul-Islam Haj Ali Akbari tomorrow at Imam
[00:03:11] Khomeini's Musalla. The Tehran Friday Prayer Headquarters
[00:03:15] announced that the doors of the Musalla will open at 10 AM
[00:03:19] for worshippers. Also this week, service
[00:03:22] desks of the Judiciary, the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee,
[00:03:26] Tehran Municipality, the Endowments and Charity Affairs Organization, and the Service
[00:03:30] Foundation will be ready in the courtyard of Tehran
[00:03:33] Musalla to provide cultural
[00:03:35] and social services to the people.
[00:03:39] Iranians, on the 15th
[00:03:42] night of their nightly gatherings, declared
[00:03:45] that Iran's upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz
[00:03:48] and the steadfastness of the nation's resistance against
[00:03:52] Trump's excessive demands are the reasons for the repeated
[00:03:56] retreats and ultimate defeat of the enemy.
[00:03:59] The war. The same old war.
[00:04:03] The 15th promise of the Iranian nation
[00:04:06] on the wave of resistance. We had an economic war,
[00:04:10] we had a political war, but the people,
[00:04:14] considering that they were raised in the school of our martyred
[00:04:17] Imam, are committed to this
[00:04:20] system. We learned resistance from the Ahl al-Bayt, we learned
[00:04:23] resistance from the Quran, we learned resistance from our martyrs. We are
[00:04:27] a resistant nation because we follow the Wilayat.
[00:04:30] Because we are followers of the pure Islam of Muhammad.
[00:04:34] Our school is the school of Imam Husayn, and we grew up with this school
[00:04:38] from childhood and learned not to give in
[00:04:41] to oppression. We are a storm,
[00:04:44] a storm,
[00:04:49] a storm. We are all in this field until the end, and by continuing our presence in nightly
[00:04:52] gatherings, we emphasize unity and resistance as
[00:04:56] the strong fortress of victory against the enemy.
[00:05:00] We must be more present in the field than before. Our armed
[00:05:03] forces are also doing their job on the battlefield.
[00:05:07] We are in the streets,
[00:05:08] at the command of our dear leader.
[00:05:35] Iran has the upper hand with its people, with its resistance.
[00:05:38] The Strait of Hormuz is still in the hands of the Iranian nation
[00:06:50] and this conscious presence of the people has a clear
[00:06:54] message for the world that the Iranian
[00:06:57] nation, with unity and resistance, is the
[00:07:00] victor in the field. Mahboub Hadavinejad, IRIB News
[00:07:14] heatwave, Italy placed all 27 of its major cities
[00:07:18] on the highest red alert level. The Guardian reported
[00:07:21] that temperatures in some parts of Italy have reached close
[00:07:25] to 40 degrees Celsius, and four heatwave-related
[00:07:29] deaths have been reported so far. Officials asked people to avoid
[00:07:33] direct sunlight between 11 AM and 6 PM.
[00:07:36] This is the first time this year that all Italian cities
[00:07:40] are under a full heatwave warning. Europe
[00:07:43] has faced unprecedented heatwaves and droughts this summer.
[00:07:47] France and Spain have been severely affected by the heat
[00:07:51] in recent weeks. According to a report by the World Health
[00:07:54] Organization, more than 1,300 deaths were recorded
[00:07:58] across Europe by early July this year, which were
[00:08:02] linked to the severe heatwave in these countries. The heatwave
[00:08:05] is expected to continue
[00:08:06] in the coming days.
[00:08:11] Thank you for watching News Channel.
[00:08:46] Well, simultaneously with regional developments, and foremost among them,
[00:08:50] the continuation of talks between Iran and Oman
[00:08:53] to consolidate the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:08:57] over the Strait of Hormuz, we are still witnessing
[00:09:00] various analyses from the mainstream Western media
[00:09:04] emphasizing that the US President and the White House have
[00:09:07] not been able to achieve their predetermined goals regarding
[00:09:11] aggression against Iran. The most readable analysis
[00:09:15] published these days is an analysis that
[00:09:18] The Guardian has published, emphasizing that Trump's
[00:09:21] foreign policy towards Iran is a confused
[00:09:24] and ambiguous approach. It concludes that
[00:09:27] the diplomacy of the US President towards Iran
[00:09:31] should rather be called "kindergarten diplomacy."
[00:09:34] Here, in the studio of the News Channel,
[00:09:38] we are hosting Mr. Seyed Nezamuddin Mousavi,
[00:09:41] a former member of the Presidium of the
[00:09:44] Islamic Consultative Assembly, to discuss this issue
[00:09:48] and other regional developments with him.
[00:09:51] Mr. Seyed Nezam
[00:10:03] "kindergarten diplomacy," in your opinion,
[00:10:06] what characteristics and features does it
[00:10:10] have? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
[00:10:13] Well,
[00:10:16] you referred to an article
[00:10:19] that The Guardian published
[00:10:22] regarding the diplomacy and the wave-like model
[00:10:26] of Trump and his administration with the Islamic
[00:10:28] Republic of Iran, and used
[00:10:32] the term "kindergarten diplomacy." In fact,
[00:10:36] The Guardian is pointing
[00:10:38] out that after the attack
[00:10:41] that the US and the Zionist regime
[00:10:45] launched against Iran, after the so-called acceptance
[00:10:48] of the ceasefire, Trump is actually
[00:10:52] following a completely recurring
[00:10:55] pattern of threats and retreats.
[00:10:58] And
[00:11:01] this pattern is actually known to other analysts and is
[00:11:04] predictable. Everyone knows that these threats,
[00:11:08] these grand and impossible
[00:11:11] threats that Trump raises, they
[00:11:15] probably disappear a few hours or a few days later,
[00:11:19] and then he uses repetitive phrases
[00:11:22] like, "I didn't want to cause more
[00:11:26] bloodshed," or "some people
[00:11:29] in the region, some regional leaders, mediated,
[00:11:32] and we are seeking negotiations
[00:11:36] with Iran." Trump's rhetoric
[00:11:39] involves threats and humiliation
[00:11:42] towards Iran, and immediately after that,
[00:11:46] in a way,
[00:11:49] he emphasizes that Iranians are tough people,
[00:11:53] and they
[00:11:55] are good people. This recurring
[00:11:59] pattern of threats and retreats is referred to by
[00:12:03] The Guardian as "Trump's kindergarten diplomacy,"
[00:12:06] and it explicitly states
[00:12:10] that this war is a great defeat
[00:12:13] for Trump, and
[00:12:15] it has caused Trump,
[00:12:19] in addition to losing his popularity in the US,
[00:12:23] to also register
[00:12:25] a great and historic defeat for the US
[00:12:28] in the West Asian region. A US that
[00:12:31] has constantly had wars in this
[00:12:35] West Asian and North African region, and has
[00:12:39] usually been able to overthrow governments
[00:12:42] and force states to surrender.
[00:12:46] This defeat has actually led
[00:12:48] to the decline of US influence in the region.
[00:12:52] This is an analysis that is consistent
[00:13:06] is mentioned within the framework of this kindergarten
[00:13:09] diplomacy is that, for example, over the past 48
[00:13:13] or 72 hours, the US President has repeatedly
[00:13:16] claimed to be in talks with Iran. Various officials
[00:13:20] from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other institutions
[00:13:24] have emphasized that there are no talks with the Americans,
[00:13:27] and the only talks that are taking place are between
[00:13:30] Iran and Oman. On the other hand, we are witnessing
[00:13:34] that mediators have become active again. We are seeing various
[00:13:38] statements from Pakistani officials and Qatari officials, and
[00:13:41] it was even announced yesterday that Pakistan had requested
[00:13:45] a visit from our officials to travel to Islamabad.
[00:13:48] How do you analyze these kinds of statements
[00:13:51] from the US President, who has a great desire to talk
[00:13:55] with Iran, and the subsequent
[00:14:06] viewers of the program. Trump's problem is not
[00:14:10] that he doesn't want to, but that
[00:14:13] he can't. That is, the conditions that
[00:14:17] Trump envisioned for himself at the beginning of the war,
[00:14:21] and in the posts he published on social media,
[00:14:29] he spoke of the destruction of Iranian
[00:14:33] civilization and, in fact, regime change.
[00:14:36] After more than five months,
[00:14:40] it's been more than 160 days since the start
[00:14:43] of the war. All of
[00:14:45] Trump's dreams have collapsed.
[00:14:49] All those imaginations he had about the war against
[00:14:52] Iran have collapsed.
[00:14:55] Western media, I think it was the Washington Post,
[00:14:58] recently reported that Trump, in a meeting
[00:15:01] with his cabinet, severely criticized his
[00:15:05] Secretary of Defense regarding the initial portrayal of
[00:15:09] the war. His Secretary of War, now his Secretary
[00:15:12] of Defense, who they themselves said, meaning
[00:15:16] they admitted to the war, yes, the reason is that
[00:15:18] he hasn't achieved any of his goals.
[00:15:22] From those goals, Trump has now reached the point of whether
[00:15:25] the Strait of Hormuz should be open
[00:15:28] or not, and he constantly emphasizes that
[00:15:31] the Strait of Hormuz is open, but
[00:15:34] no ship or oil tanker can leave
[00:15:38] or enter without Iran's permission. On the other
[00:15:41] hand, Trump is facing a very severe domestic
[00:15:45] crisis. Just as I want to explain the reason
[00:15:49] for these behaviors of Trump to you,
[00:15:52] we actually have midterm elections
[00:15:56] in the US this November, less than three
[00:15:59] months away. As you know, midterm elections are usually
[00:16:03] very important, and there is also a historical
[00:16:07] pattern in US politics, especially in recent
[00:16:10] periods, actually under the title
[00:16:14] of "midterm penalty," meaning the punishment
[00:16:17] of midterm elections or the midterm election penalty.
[00:16:21] If the incumbent president's popularity
[00:16:25] or approval rating in polls is below
[00:16:28] 45%, then he is very
[00:16:32] likely to lose a large portion of the
[00:16:36] elections, and his party will be defeated in the elections.
[00:16:39] As you know, it's called a midterm election, but
[00:16:43] almost the entire House of Representatives, 435
[00:16:46] representatives of the US House, are elected,
[00:16:49] about one-third, about 33 members
[00:16:52] of the Senate, about 36 or 37
[00:16:56] state governors are determined in
[00:16:59] this election. And based on the pattern
[00:17:02] I mentioned, the midterm penalty, if
[00:17:06] the president's popularity is below
[00:17:09] 45%, he will lose a portion of this election,
[00:17:12] and his party will be defeated, which, except
[00:17:15] for a few exceptional cases in historical periods,
[00:17:19] has always been the case. Within the framework of the point
[00:17:23] you just mentioned, the latest poll says 80% of Americans are against
[00:17:26] continuing the war. Yes, both of them are against continuing
[00:17:29] the war, and Trump's popularity, which was about 48% at the
[00:17:32] beginning of his presidency, has now reached
[00:17:35] 36%. So how much below 36%,
[00:17:39] almost 9% below 45%.
[00:17:41] Well, this means that Trump,
[00:17:45] and a large part of this unpopularity and decline
[00:17:48] in popularity, is explicitly stated in polls
[00:17:52] to be due to the defeat that Trump
[00:17:56] suffered in the war with Iran, his inability against
[00:17:59] Iran. Right now, a part
[00:18:02] of the so-called MAGA movement, which is
[00:18:05] actually Trump's political
[00:18:08] base, they were also in that group, just yesterday
[00:18:11] news came out that some of
[00:18:14] them, including Tucker Carlson, the famous host,
[00:18:18] and Joe Kent, the former head
[00:18:21] of counter-terrorism, have gathered and are trying to create
[00:18:25] a new movement. They have practically
[00:18:28] separated from Trump's faction. Well, all
[00:18:32] this indicates that Trump is dealing with a domestic
[00:18:36] crisis due to the war with Iran, and he is struggling.
[00:18:39] The price of gasoline, which had dropped to around
[00:18:43] $3, has again returned to around $4.
[00:18:47] Therefore, Trump's "kindergarten diplomacy"
[00:18:50] is partly because of his arrogance and pride; he doesn't
[00:18:54] want to admit defeat in the war and wants to say that he
[00:18:58] brought Iran to its knees. On the other hand, he faces
[00:19:01] realities on the ground. For the first time since
[00:19:05] World War II, the US has encountered a country
[00:19:08] and a nation that has no fear
[00:19:12] of the US. You see, after
[00:19:15] World War II, no country, no military government,
[00:19:18] dared to confront the US in
[00:19:22] war. The Iranian nation did this. Our
[00:19:25] armed forces did this. Now, he is facing
[00:19:29] the issue of the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:19:32] in addition to the closure of
[00:19:35] Bab al-Mandab by Ansarullah. You know
[00:19:38] that this is also a severe blow to the position
[00:19:41] of the petrodollar and the economic geography
[00:19:45] of the US in the region, because Saudi Arabia,
[00:19:48] Qatar, and the UAE are part of the economic
[00:19:51] geography of the US in the region, they are the petrodollar
[00:19:55] zone. And even though the US
[00:19:59] tries to bring down oil prices by using
[00:20:01] its reserves and other tricks, it also knows
[00:20:05] that if this situation of
[00:20:11] the closure of these two straits continues in the long term, the US, Europe, and the world
[00:20:14] will face an economic crisis. Therefore, Trump
[00:20:17] is now, in a sense, as they say,
[00:20:20] pushing with his hands and pulling
[00:20:23] with his feet. He is doing this,
[00:20:26] and he himself knows that he has no
[00:20:30] other choice but to come to terms with
[00:20:33] powerful Iran. Mr. Mousavi, you mentioned that the US
[00:20:37] can no longer continue its aggression and pursue
[00:20:41] its goals as it had planned against Iran,
[00:20:44] but it still does not want to admit
[00:20:48] its inability, and this is an important point.
[00:20:51] He has threatened seven times in the past
[00:20:55] five months with extensive, devastating attacks,
[00:20:58] to return Iran to the Stone Age, and then
[00:21:02] at the last minute, he retreated. Even now, while
[00:21:05] Iran and Oman are holding
[00:21:14] he doesn't have the capability, at least militarily,
[00:21:17] his army reports to him that it doesn't have the
[00:21:21] necessary capability for this, and yet he keeps uttering
[00:21:24] these threats? Look, I also want to
[00:21:27] mention this point: whether the US cannot
[00:21:31] attack us. We must speak realistically.
[00:21:35] It can finally bombard and hit somewhere.
[00:21:38] But, as the saying goes, its hands are tied.
[00:21:42] That's the point. That is, the
[00:21:46] issue of deterrence that Iran
[00:21:49] has created in this area. He says I will destroy
[00:21:53] Iran's infrastructure. Well, it's not
[00:21:56] that he can't do it, but he fears
[00:21:59] the consequences. Yes, he might hit a few power plants
[00:22:03] and bridges. Now, I'm not talking about whether
[00:22:06] these actions and undertaking such actions
[00:22:10] can bring Iran to its knees. That's another discussion.
[00:22:14] The resilience of the people's economy and, in fact,
[00:22:17] our infrastructure are designed in such a way
[00:22:21] that he can't say, for example, "I'll destroy all of Iran overnight."
[00:22:25] This is not possible for a vast, large country.
[00:22:28] But my point is that he might hit, but
[00:22:31] the second step and the next stage, the consequences that
[00:22:35] he will face, that's his hands being tied.
[00:22:39] I mentioned the petrodollar region. You see,
[00:22:42] Trump, at the beginning of his presidency, made
[00:22:46] a promise to this MAGA movement and his supporters that
[00:22:51] he would go to West Asia and, in fact,
[00:22:54] promised to bring $3 trillion from this region and invest
[00:22:58] it in the US. One of the first
[00:23:01] trips by the US was actually to this region.
[00:23:05] You and the viewers remember that he made this promise
[00:23:09] to the leaders of those countries. He knows that if
[00:23:12] he wants to attack Iran with the threats he is making,
[00:23:16] all the infrastructure of the region, all
[00:23:19] the oil and gas infrastructure, and the fields
[00:23:23] of artificial intelligence and desalination plants
[00:23:26] in the region and the Zionist regime are within
[00:23:29] the range of Iran's missiles. And for Iran, just
[00:23:32] as easily as he says "with a button or with
[00:23:36] one attack I will destroy Iran's infrastructure,"
[00:23:40] Iran will also destroy all this infrastructure
[00:23:43] with a few attacks. Therefore, Trump has
[00:23:47] no choice but to come to terms
[00:23:50] with powerful Iran. But on the one hand,
[00:23:54] because he has made statements and threats, he doesn't
[00:23:57] want to back down from them, because Trump knows
[00:24:01] that backing down from his words is, in any
[00:24:04] case, a global retreat for him, meaning the world
[00:24:08] will lose its international standing. You see, Trump
[00:24:11] will not miss a red card in the
[00:24:15] World Cup to assert his existence and power.
[00:24:19] Come back.
[00:24:39] to negotiate with Iran, while Iran,
[00:24:43] in this regard, is moving with
[00:24:45] a policy of patience and power. That is,
[00:24:49] it doesn't make a lot of noise, but at the same
[00:24:52] time, where necessary, you see, I can
[00:24:55] almost say that there is no unnecessary
[00:24:59] caution within the decision-making body of the Islamic
[00:25:02] Republic of Iran against Trump and US threats.
[00:25:06] Necessary caution is in its place, but when
[00:25:10] it decides to close the Strait of Hormuz, it closes it.
[00:25:13] You see, in the past, even when the discussion
[00:25:17] of closing the Strait of Hormuz was raised, many in
[00:25:20] the country said, "Is it possible? Is it feasible? It's a disaster."
[00:25:24] But now, in Iran, in closing the Strait of
[00:25:27] Hormuz, in responding to US attacks,
[00:25:30] meaning if the US attacks once, it gets
[00:25:33] hit ten times. And all
[00:25:36] the credible US military bases in the region
[00:25:40] were under Iran's missiles. They didn't admit this before.
[00:25:43] In Jordan, we inflicted casualties on
[00:25:47] the US. It was unbelievable
[00:25:50] for them. The US President admitted that they
[00:25:53] were caught off guard. The action we took
[00:25:57] in striking US bases in Jordan and inflicting
[00:26:01] casualties on the Americans was an unprecedented
[00:26:05] move since World War II. You see, the Americans
[00:26:09] might have suffered casualties in suicide
[00:26:12] operations or guerrilla operations, but in
[00:26:15] conventional, face-to-face and missile warfare,
[00:26:19] this exposed the military discredit of the US.
[00:26:23] And after that, despite the fact that in such cases
[00:26:26] Trump usually makes big, grand threats, he only
[00:26:30] expressed regret.
[00:26:32] Even though he had always threatened, he only
[00:26:36] expressed regret. This means Trump has no
[00:26:39] choice. His main problem right now, if
[00:26:43] we want to look at it in today's analysis,
[00:26:46] is that Iran says, "I have no negotiations
[00:26:50] with you. What I am doing with Oman is a
[00:26:54] bilateral negotiation between two coastal
[00:26:57] countries of the Sea of Oman. We want these arrangements
[00:27:00] for passage through the Strait
[00:27:02] of Hormuz for the future, not now." That is,
[00:27:06] we have explicitly declared that the Strait of Hormuz, these
[00:27:10] negotiations we have with Oman, do not mean opening the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:27:13] Mr. Mousavi, we have about two minutes. What is your
[00:27:17] outlook for the future of traffic in the Strait
[00:27:20] of Hormuz and the exercise of sovereignty by the Islamic Republic of Iran over this
[00:27:24] strait? You see, the whole world has
[00:27:27] accepted that the Strait of Hormuz will no
[00:27:30] longer return to its previous
[00:27:32] arrangements. For the first time after 200 years,
[00:27:36] during which we always lost territory and geographical
[00:27:40] positions, in this war, we have
[00:27:43] asserted our complete sovereignty, authority,
[00:27:46] and control over the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:27:49] And we have set new arrangements for
[00:27:53] the Strait of Hormuz. I believe the world
[00:27:57] will accept these arrangements. The world will yield.
[00:28:00] And the US will eventually
[00:28:03] be forced to accept Iran's role in the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:28:07] Even though, as I said, it will do
[00:28:10] anything it can, Iran's authority in the Strait
[00:28:13] of Hormuz, with the blood of our martyrs and
[00:28:17] the heroism of our armed forces and the steadfastness
[00:28:21] of our people, this authority and these
[00:28:24] arrangements will always be strengthened and
[00:28:35] Nezamuddin Mousavi, political affairs expert. Thank you
[00:28:39] for joining us in this discussion. The latest developments
[00:28:43] regarding the Strait of Hormuz
[00:30:21] Greetings to you. A member of the political office of
[00:30:25] Yemen's Ansarullah movement stated that Riyadh's obstinacy
[00:30:28] in continuing the unjust siege of Yemen will ultimately
[00:30:32] lead it to destruction. Hazam al-Assad wrote on
[00:30:36] social media that the brave Yemeni nation is determined
[00:30:40] to fully reclaim its rights, and the least costly way
[00:30:43] for the Saudi enemy is to positively respond
[00:30:47] to the legitimate demands of the Yemeni people, which means
[00:30:51] lifting the siege and stopping interference in Sana'a's
[00:30:55] internal affairs. The Yemeni government's Ministry of Foreign
[00:30:59] Affairs also issued a warning to Saudi Arabia, stating: The Saudi regime's forward escape to renew tension with