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[00:00:00] according to the vision document,
[00:00:21] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Greetings to you,
[00:00:25] dear viewers and listeners. The esteemed Minister
[00:00:28] of Foreign Affairs, in a meeting with the head of the Patriotic Union
[00:00:32] of Kurdistan-Iraq, referred to terrorist movements on the shared
[00:00:35] borders and the enemies' attempts to exploit these
[00:00:38] circumstances, deeming the strengthening of cooperation essential for the protection of borders.
[00:00:42] Mr. Araghchi emphasized that our Kurdish friends and regional countries
[00:00:46] must be vigilant against the false flag
[00:00:49] ploy designed to create discord among neighbors.
[00:00:53] Mr. Araghchi, by announcing readiness to strengthen relations
[00:00:56] with this region, emphasized the expansion of
[00:01:00] trade relations, the improvement of
[00:01:03] security coordinations, and the fight against terrorism.
[00:01:07] The head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-Iraq
[00:01:10] also emphasized that Iraq and the Kurdistan Region
[00:01:14] will never allow the country's territory to become a sanctuary
[00:01:18] for threatening the security of regional countries, especially Iran.
[00:01:22] The head of the foreign policy apparatus
[00:01:22] for meeting and consulting with
[00:01:26] each other. State-owned loss-making companies
[00:01:56] quickly determine the task. The Minister of Economy, referring to the
[00:02:01] President's serious determination to reform the management procedures
[00:02:04] of state-owned companies, said that the Ministry of Economic Affairs and
[00:02:08] Finance, by reviewing audit reports, will seriously pursue
[00:02:11] the reform of the management process of loss-making
[00:02:15] state-owned companies. Mr. Madanizadeh also emphasized
[00:02:18] greater transparency in the financial statements of
[00:02:21] state-owned companies and called for the publication of
[00:02:25] these companies' financial statements simultaneously with the holding of
[00:02:28] their general assemblies. The head of the National Security
[00:02:32] Commission of the Parliament,
[00:02:36] referring to the recent assassinations of Sunni scholars,
[00:02:39] emphasized the necessity of decisively dealing with the perpetrators
[00:02:42] and designers of these
[00:02:45] terrorist acts. Mr. Azizi stated that the
[00:02:48] National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Parliament, due to
[00:02:52] its inherent duty, has put this issue on its agenda
[00:02:55] and will comprehensively investigate the various dimensions and
[00:02:59] aspects of this incident. He said: The enemy,
[00:03:02] who has failed against powerful Iran,
[00:03:06] has resorted to blind assassinations
[00:03:08] and creating discord, and intelligence agencies
[00:03:11] must give a decisive response to the designers
[00:03:15] and perpetrators of this criminal project.
[00:03:19] The commander of the border
[00:03:23] guard of FARAJA announced the discovery and seizure
[00:03:27] of one ton of psychotropic drugs at the Urmia border.
[00:03:30] General Javidan said: The border guards of Urmia border
[00:03:34] regiment, by carrying out intelligence and operational
[00:03:37] measures, identified this consignment, and a smuggler was
[00:03:40] arrested in this regard. According to the border guard
[00:03:43] commander, the accused was handed over to the judicial authorities
[00:03:47] to complete the legal procedures. The publication of a message
[00:03:49] from the official White House account on the social
[00:03:53] network X has once again called into
[00:03:57] question the mental health of the US President.
[00:04:00] This account recently thanked Trump for preventing
[00:04:04] a storm in the Atlantic Ocean.
[00:04:07] A picture showing the price board at one of the gas
[00:04:11] stations in America. A picture that is being circulated
[00:04:15] these days because the bottom row of the board, meaning the
[00:04:19] price of diesel, due to an unprecedented price increase,
[00:04:22] can no longer show the rate correctly, and all its numbers
[00:04:26] have become 9s. This is only one of the
[00:04:29] economic effects of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran,
[00:04:33] or in other words, Iran's economic counterattack
[00:04:36] against America. Gasoline has become so expensive
[00:04:39] that I'm afraid to go to the gas station.
[00:04:42] Every week I have to pay $80 for my van's fuel.
[00:04:46] Many American citizens are now struggling under the cost of Trump's
[00:04:50] self-imposed war, and many have spoken out,
[00:04:53] such that currently about two-thirds of Americans demand an immediate
[00:04:57] end to the war with Iran. Every cocoa pod
[00:05:01] is now $3, whereas before, I think it was
[00:05:04] 50 cents. I bought a pack of chicken
[00:05:08] nuggets for my kids, which cost $16.
[00:05:11] I'm very angry.
[00:05:42] but also caused many analysts to say that he
[00:05:46] lives in an imaginary world where everything goes according
[00:05:50] to his wishes. In this world, the Strait of Hormuz
[00:05:54] is open and its name has become the Strait of Trump.
[00:05:58] He has defeated Iran dozens of times. Trump himself has personally
[00:06:01] ended 10 wars. Now it seems that Trump
[00:06:05] even attributes divine powers to himself. On Sunday, one
[00:06:09] of the White House's official accounts announced that Trump
[00:06:12] even controls the weather and has managed to prevent all
[00:06:16] hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean this summer.
[00:06:18] The White House Quick Response Team account, which has two
[00:06:22] million followers, thanked Trump in this message for the
[00:06:26] absence of storms in the North Atlantic. This is not the
[00:06:30] first time Trump has claimed divine powers, as a few
[00:06:33] months ago, he caused anger among many
[00:06:37] Christians by posting a picture of himself as Jesus. I believe
[00:06:41] this.
[00:07:13] Usually, if someone says they are Jesus and have supernatural
[00:07:16] powers, we consider that a sign of mental breakdown.
[00:07:20] Now, the American people, who are witnessing the daily increase
[00:07:24] in prices, national debt, and budget deficit in their country
[00:07:27] due to the war, are asking whether their president lives
[00:07:30] in the real world or an imaginary world.
[00:07:34] Mohammad Sadeghzadeh, IRIB News Agency. Every corner of our
[00:10:44] Every mother understands how painful it is for a mother to leave
[00:10:48] her child at home and never come back.
[00:10:51] Be calm. Be calm.
[00:10:55] Don't cry. Don't hurt yourself.
[00:10:57] There is no law that says
[00:11:01] why someone should be killed.
[00:11:02] What the Immigration and Customs
[00:11:09] Enforcement is doing is not a good thing. It is not
[00:11:12] something that makes people happy. Their job is to
[00:11:16] terrorize and kill people. I don't like this at all.
[00:11:19] The harsh crackdown by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
[00:11:22] in Minnesota has been
[00:11:35] unprecedented in American history due to its unprecedented
[00:11:38] scale and widespread use of
[00:11:42] State and city officials say that the agency's officers
[00:11:46] have acted far beyond what the law allows them,
[00:11:49] which includes mobile patrols.
[00:11:53] Literally pulling
[00:12:55] him out of a snowdrift. I saw a woman wearing
[00:12:59] a full green uniform. You know what I mean,
[00:13:02] a military uniform. Are we in Germany?
[00:13:06] Why are you doing this? You tell me, sir,
[00:13:09] why are you wandering around asking people if they are American citizens or not?
[00:13:13] Aren't you supposed to patrol the border? Why should I answer?
[00:13:17] Where is your warrant? Show me your warrant.
[00:13:20] Ahmed, as an American citizen for whom no arrest warrant
[00:13:24] had been issued, refused to provide identification
[00:13:28] and quickly got into an argument with the agents.
[00:13:31] And if I go, I'm afraid you'll shoot me.
[00:13:35] You are an American citizen, right?
[00:13:39] Why should I answer? Because if you are not a citizen of this country,
[00:13:42] you must have immigration documents. Why should I not be a citizen of this country?
[00:13:46] They all have guns, pepper spray, tasers, and
[00:13:50] all sorts of such equipment, and they only came to instill
[00:13:53] fear and harass people.
[00:14:18] you used? What was the necessity? And he didn't even care. Someone was just killed.
[00:14:21] Why? Why did he shoot that woman? They will do anything to
[00:15:25] make us believe that they hate anyone who isn't
[00:15:28] like them, meaning white men. The tension is so high that,
[00:15:32] I apologize, but this woman saw you here
[00:15:35] and thinks that you are also
[00:15:38] from the agency. She came and said they want my documents.
[00:15:42] We are journalists. This is against the agency. Everyone is scared, especially women.
[00:15:45] They are really scared of these people. Do you know what I mean?
[00:16:03] This was not just a matter of civil resistance and the Somali
[00:16:06] community being targeted by the agency.
[00:16:37] Alright guys, about 5 ICE cars
[00:16:41] are currently moving on Tenth Street.
[00:16:45] There are two behind me. One is going
[00:16:48] that way now, and I'm going this
[00:16:52] way. On January 15th, she had just finished
[00:16:55] a 12-hour night shift and dropped her daughter off
[00:16:59] at school when she passed a convoy of ICE agents.
[00:17:02] There was another one there.
[00:17:06] This one.
[00:17:14] Yes, and then he said, "Get out of the car," and you said no,
[00:17:18] right? Well, we made a very brave decision at that moment.
[00:17:21] Yes, well, I was scared for my life. What do you want?
[00:17:25] What is it?
[00:17:29] What do you want? I was completely
[00:17:32] engaged. They pulled me out of my car.
[00:17:35] They threw me on the ground. Since I am small,
[00:17:39] they could easily pick me up from the ground and then
[00:17:43] throw me against the car. I told them that I am an American
[00:17:46] citizen. I told them that I am even
[00:17:49] a nurse. When you told them you were an American citizen, what did they say?
[00:17:52] They said it doesn't matter who you are. They said
[00:17:56] it doesn't matter at all. At that moment,
[00:17:59] did you feel like a US citizen? No, I felt like
[00:18:03] a criminal. During the arrest, Melina's phone fell
[00:18:07] out of her hand, but a local resident started filming
[00:18:10] the scene as the officers handcuffed Melina.
[00:18:13] At that time, did they pay attention to why they were doing
[00:18:17] this to you or not? The officers said that I attacked
[00:18:20] them. They were telling each other, "You saw it too, right?"
[00:18:24] And they confirmed it, saying, "Yes, we saw her attack."
[00:18:28] I said, "What are you talking about? I didn't touch you."
[00:18:31] I felt like this scene was unreal. How can someone lie so easily?
[00:18:35] This whole thing was like a kidnapping. Melina was not told where
[00:18:38] she was being taken, and she was eventually transferred
[00:18:42] to the Whippie Detention Center. They never even gave her a chance to call a lawyer or anyone.
[00:18:46] I thought my whole life was falling apart.
[00:18:50] When they were registering my information, one of the agents
[00:18:53] said, "You're a nurse. Say goodbye to your nursing career.
[00:18:57] You'll never nurse again." They said I would even
[00:19:01] lose my children and go to federal prison. They laughed
[00:19:04] and mocked me, as if they were mocking me. They treated
[00:19:08] me
[00:19:10] as if I wasn't human. I felt that they
[00:19:14] didn't want me here, as if
[00:19:18] I didn't belong
[00:19:18] here.
[00:19:25] After 9 hours, Melina was handed over to her family.
[00:19:28] What effect do you think these events have had
[00:19:31] on your children? I feel like the children
[00:19:35] can no longer trust what we believe in as a country.
[00:19:39] Have you finally asked your friends if they're coming to the party or not?
[00:19:41] I asked Diego Santiago
[00:19:45] and he promised to come. Nigel also agreed and said
[00:19:49] okay. He promised. He promised
[00:19:51] to come. I see that they are trying to be
[00:19:55] strong, but I also feel that they are living
[00:19:58] with fear. Melina and other individuals
[00:20:02] who have been illegally arrested have united.
[00:20:05] They are looking for
[00:20:11] We hope that we can make sure that these
[00:20:14] ICE agents, both individually and as an organization,
[00:20:17] are held accountable for their unlawful actions.
[00:20:21] We will not let them force us out of our homes.
[00:20:24] Following the deaths of
[00:20:25] Rangood and Alexberty,
[00:20:32] the community has strengthened its resolve.
[00:20:36] Many in Minneapolis view the harsh crackdown by the
[00:20:39] Trump administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement
[00:20:43] as political retaliation. I believe that
[00:20:46] there must be an accounting and a revival in this
[00:20:50] land. This state has voted for Democrats since 1972,
[00:20:53] and this city is led by a Democratic mayor.
[00:20:57] This city provides sanctuary to immigrants who do not
[00:21:00] have residency citizenship documents, and the police
[00:21:04] and city officials do not allow immigration agents in.
[00:21:08] They have long refused
[00:21:08] to cooperate with the federal
[00:21:13] immigration agency. In retaliatory actions,
[00:21:16] the Minneapolis community began organizing a counter-response.
[00:21:20] A powerful example of civil resistance. Hello, how are
[00:21:24] you? You're very welcome. Please come in.
[00:21:28] This is what I call
[00:21:31] my escape bag or mission bag. I have everything in it.
[00:21:35] Of course, it's not something I only take when I want
[00:21:39] to be active. I take it with me everywhere I go.
[00:21:43] This person's name is Lizzy. When the ICE raids began,
[00:21:47] she joined a social network that was local.
[00:22:38] Our network is very extensive. It has
[00:22:41] different people. There are people who are aid workers,
[00:22:45] people who deliver groceries, people who take people to the doctor
[00:22:49] or their court hearings. In short, this civil
[00:22:52] resistance is very organized. It relies on the unique
[00:22:56] abilities of each of its members. This is a downloadable bot
[00:23:00] that is placed on encrypted chat and was built by community
[00:23:04] members here. Local people can register alerts and
[00:23:07] notifications when they see ICE agents nearby,
[00:23:11] and then it is registered on this map, and each of those red dots
[00:23:15] indicates some kind of ICE activity here.
[00:23:18] Something that helps protect our neighbors in the true sense
[00:23:22] of the word, our Black and brown communities,
[00:23:25] and our indigenous community that are being arrested.
[00:23:29] We are a blue state and pro-Democrats. We are a city
[00:23:33] that hosts immigrants and is against ICE.
[00:23:36] We pass by a group that has taken control of
[00:23:39] a neighborhood intersection.
[00:23:43] This is a temporary checkpoint essentially set up
[00:23:46] by ICE observers. No one wants to talk
[00:23:50] to our camera because everyone is somewhat afraid
[00:23:54] of their identity being revealed, but the goal is to watch
[00:23:57] for potential ICE vehicles passing through the intersection.
[00:24:00] They write down the license plate details and send
[00:24:04] them to the control center, and then this information is published
[00:24:08] through encrypted chat so that everyone
[00:24:16] knows that certain cars may be full of ICE agents.
[00:24:20] Following President Trump's unprecedented crackdown on immigrants
[00:24:23] in Minnesota, many Americans consider it a turning
[00:24:27] point for the country. I am a historian
[00:24:31] of 20th-century totalitarianism. Professor Marcy Shaw taught
[00:24:34] at the university for 20 years. But last
[00:24:37] year she decided that it was time for her and
[00:24:40] her family to leave America. On the one hand, I feel happy
[00:24:44] that I went to another country, but I also feel a lot of guilt
[00:24:48] that I left my country at a moment
[00:24:55] when it was moving towards fascism. It happened step by step,
[00:24:59] just like everywhere else. Very soon, when Trump entered
[00:25:03] the political arena, I saw how America's political
[00:25:06] and moral boundaries retreated. The blatant disregard for
[00:25:10] any rule of law was evident. I knew that people have
[00:25:14] an extraordinary capacity to normalize the abnormal.
[00:25:17] So, something that you think is completely unimaginable,
[00:25:20] for example, men in masks taking a 5-year-old child
[00:25:24] out of kindergarten and taking him to prison, can become
[00:25:28] a normal thing a few months later, and you won't be surprised
[00:25:32] at all. Do you feel that America is moving on a slippery
[00:25:35] slope towards something like fascism? I feel like we have
[00:25:39] already reached that point. One of the classic characteristics
[00:25:42] of all fascist regimes is the division of society
[00:25:46] into us versus them. There must always be some
[00:25:50] kind of enemy. Today it's immigrants,
[00:25:53] and tomorrow it will be another group. The point is that there is
[00:25:57] always a kind of victim. Yes, we essentially have
[00:26:00] a system of checks and balances, but when the government
[00:26:04] says "get lost," we don't respect such a thing.
[00:26:08] So what happens here is that violence is used.
[00:26:11] The head of the Department of Homeland Security has consistently
[00:26:15] defended ICE's aggressive tactics in Minnesota.
[00:26:18] Amidst the escalating political reactions,
[00:26:20] the Trump administration sent Tom Homan, its border
[00:26:24] enforcement official, to calm the situation.
[00:26:28] In mid-February, Homan announced the end of operations
[00:26:32] in Minnesota. This is a broader community.
[00:26:36] More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested
[00:26:40] here, including murderers, sex offenders, threats to
[00:26:44] national security, gang members, and other criminals.
[00:26:47] The United Nations, including the Office of the High Commissioner
[00:26:51] for Human Rights and special rapporteurs, strongly condemned
[00:26:54] the operations against immigrants in Minneapolis and the deaths
[00:26:58] of Rangut and Alex Peretti. The High Commissioner for
[00:27:01] Human Rights criticized the repeated use of unnecessary and disproportionate
[00:27:04] force and normalized insults and humiliation against immigrants,
[00:27:08] and called for an independent and transparent investigation
[00:27:11] into the increasing deaths in ICE detention centers.
[00:27:15] A group of UN special rapporteurs also considered
[00:27:19] ICE's actions to be extrajudicial expulsions and emphasized
[00:27:23] the necessity of an investigation based on the Minnesota Protocol
[00:27:26] and access for victims'
[00:27:27] families to truth, justice,
[00:27:31] and reparations. Some of those who opposed
[00:27:35] the Minnesota operations are being prosecuted by the
[00:27:39] Trump administration through the courts, and now they have come
[00:27:42] for Lizzy. What is she accused of?
[00:27:46] Currently, what I have been told is Article 11
[00:27:49] of Section 11 of the United States Code,
[00:27:53] which is almost a comprehensive article for anyone who,
[00:27:57] in their view, obstructs the work of the federal
[00:28:00] government, and in my opinion, is a constitutional observer.
[00:28:04] How does it feel? I feel very
[00:28:06] sad. I feel Yes, we are ahead
[00:28:10] at this moment. Yes, so thank you.
[00:28:14] Well, I'll go back
[00:28:16] and then I'll see what I need to do.
[00:28:21] In court, Lizzy is accused of an incident that led
[00:28:25] to her arrest by ICE agents a few weeks ago.
[00:28:28] They claim she hit an agent's car and
[00:28:32] disrupted their operation. Lizzy, however, denies
[00:28:36] these allegations.
[00:28:38] If you are in the United States, please know that this is
[00:28:42] happening to your community too. Start building community,
[00:28:46] start protecting people. Don't sit silently.
[00:28:50] This is what they want. They want to scare us.
[00:28:53] They try to silence people. But the truth
[00:28:57] is that we are here to fight for people who do not
[00:29:00] have the same privileges. Unfortunately, cameras are
[00:29:03] not allowed.
[00:29:06] State and federal investigations into the deaths of Alexberty
[00:29:09] and Rangood have not yet concluded, largely due to
[00:29:13] legal disputes and lack of cooperation from
[00:29:16] federal and state officials. The US Department of Justice
[00:29:19] has also not issued any indictments against
[00:29:23] the agents involved, and has even refused
[00:29:26] to open a civil rights case regarding
[00:29:30] Good's death. Furthermore, federal agencies have long
[00:29:33] refused to hand over key documents, including body camera
[00:29:37] footage, witness statements, and Good's damaged car, to justice
[00:29:40] investigators, and justice has still not been served.
[00:30:00] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Ladies and gentlemen,
[00:30:03] good evening. It is 4:30 PM.
[00:30:06] Welcome to this news section. The First Vice President,
[00:30:10] in the first meeting of the National Women and Family
[00:30:13] Strategy, emphasized the presence of women in managerial
[00:30:17] and social spheres. Mr. Aref expressed
[00:30:20] satisfaction with the managerial performance of women and said that,