IRINN — broadcast 20260915 200000 UTC 463 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:00] a human rights criminal. Thank you very much, [00:00:04] Ms. Zohreh Elahian, political analyst. Thank you for [00:00:08] joining us in this interview. Please watch the news section. After [00:00:11] that, we will continue with the World [00:00:14] Today program. Thank you. [00:00:29] The US attempt to prevent Iran's membership in the General Committee [00:00:33] of the IAEA conference [00:00:37] failed. During the election process, the American delegation tried to prevent [00:00:40] Iran's election by deviating from consensual procedures, [00:00:44] but it failed. [00:00:46] The conference today dedicated part [00:00:50] of its session [00:00:54] to determining the [00:00:57] conference's deputies. Also, [00:01:00] the members of the General Committee. [00:01:03] Regarding the members of the General Committee of the conference, [00:01:06] Iran was nominated by the NZA group, which is a geographical group, [00:01:10] to be a member of this group. When it was [00:01:13] presented at the conference and approved by the conference, the US [00:01:17] objected to Iran's membership in the General Committee and requested [00:01:21] a vote. The Islamic [00:01:23] Republic of Iran, along with several other countries, requested that this vote be taken [00:01:27] secretly so that the US could not pressure countries. This decision [00:01:31] was made, and a secret vote [00:01:35] was held. The result of the secret vote was that Iran was elected [00:01:38] as a member of the committee, and this is [00:01:41] actually a political defeat for the US at this [00:01:44] conference. We hope that this defeat will be a prelude [00:01:48] to its next [00:01:49] defeats. [00:01:52] 48 Iranian citizens imprisoned in Iraq [00:01:55] have been returned to the country through the Mehran border, [00:01:59] within the framework of the agreement on the transfer of convicted prisoners [00:02:03] between the two countries. The Director General of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announcing this news, added [00:02:06] that according to this agreement, these individuals will serve [00:02:09] the rest of their sentences in Iran. Mr. Shasti [00:02:12] Karimi said that with the coordination of the judiciary and the two [00:02:16] ministries of foreign affairs and justice, next [00:02:19] Sunday, 159 Iranian [00:02:22] prisoners in Iraq will also be returned to the country [00:02:26] through the Shalamcheh border to serve the rest of their sentences. [00:02:32] The head of the Yemeni negotiating delegation emphasized that Saudi [00:02:36] attacks on Yemen will not achieve any of Riyadh's [00:02:39] goals and will only complicate [00:02:43] the situation. Mohammed Abdulsalam said that Saudi Arabia [00:02:46] continues its air attacks against Yemen, and [00:02:49] the number of these attacks in recent days has exceeded [00:02:53] 350. He announced that these attacks [00:02:57] targeted public and private property and led to the martyrdom and [00:03:00] injury of civilians. He warned about the consequences [00:03:04] of violating Yemen's sovereignty and targeting its people and [00:03:08] their property. Abdulsalam stated that Saudi [00:03:11] Arabia has previously experienced military options and has achieved nothing but [00:03:15] defeat. He said that returning to a failed [00:03:19] option indicates an aggressive [00:03:21] mentality that does not believe [00:03:24] in dialogue [00:03:26] and peace. Media [00:03:33] in this country report that according to statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Health, [00:03:35] the number of people aged 100 and above [00:03:39] has exceeded [00:03:41] 10,000 for the first time, reaching 17,677 [00:03:43] people. [00:03:46] Also, the number of Japanese citizens has decreased [00:03:49] by 917,000 compared to last year, reaching approximately [00:03:53] 119.7 [00:03:55] million people. Last year, Japan had about 670,000 [00:03:59] births. [00:04:03] The increase in the elderly population has also imposed heavy costs [00:04:07] on the Japanese government, such that the cost of long-term [00:04:11] care for the elderly has more than tripled in the past two decades, [00:04:15] reaching more than 11 trillion yen. [00:04:18] The decline in the active population and labor shortage, along with [00:04:22] the increase in pension and healthcare costs, are among the most important [00:04:25] consequences of Japan's demographic crisis. The news at 24: [00:04:31] 00. [00:04:48] You are still watching the World Today program, [00:04:51] but let me open the second file [00:04:55] with the topic of Yemen and developments [00:04:58] related to the widespread advances of the Yemeni [00:05:01] army. The Yemeni armed forces [00:05:05] announced in a statement that 52 [00:05:09] attacks have been carried out on various Yemeni points from Saudi bases [00:05:12] in Khamis Mushait and Taif, and [00:05:16] that these attacks will not go unanswered. [00:05:19] The news that has been published in the recent [00:05:23] minutes regarding the targeting of Aramco facilities [00:05:26] in Saudi Arabia by the Yemeni army once again proves [00:05:30] that the policy of an eye for an eye and escalating [00:05:34] tension in response to escalating tension still holds true, [00:05:38] and the Yemenis will by no means back down from the path [00:05:41] they started to break [00:05:44] the siege. However, an interview [00:05:47] by Abdul Qader Mortada, head of the National [00:05:51] Committee for Prisoners' Affairs of Yemen, has been published, which clarifies [00:05:55] the policy and strategy of the Yemeni [00:05:59] army and Ansar Allah during the recent tensions [00:06:03] and conflicts with Saudi Arabia. I invite you [00:06:06] to watch this interview, and after that, we will be at your service [00:06:10] with a discussion with the program expert. [00:06:16] Any party that tries to stop the aggression of the Saudi regime and end [00:06:20] its occupation against our country, as well as stop the siege [00:06:23] of Yemen, Sana'a welcomes any initiative from any party, [00:06:27] especially if these parties are from Arab countries. [00:06:30] Regarding any intervention by Arab countries [00:06:33] to stop the aggression, oppression, and injustice of the Saudi regime, [00:06:37] we never have any negative stance. We have been attacked and [00:06:40] aggressed against. It is impossible for us not to accept peace. [00:06:44] The Saudi regime must also seek peace and respond positively to calls [00:06:48] for peace. They are aggressors and have [00:06:52] aggressed against our country. We are in our own country and on our own land, and we have [00:06:55] not attacked the Saudi regime. Even when the Saudi regime launched its attack [00:06:59] against Yemen in 2015, the Yemeni borders with Saudi Arabia [00:07:02] did not respond to the Saudi regime's attacks for more than 40 days, and this shows [00:07:06] that Sana'a had no intention or goal of attacking the Saudi regime or infiltrating [00:07:10] Saudi borders and does not. But when the Saudi regime attacked [00:07:13] our country and destroyed it, it destroyed everything in our country [00:07:17] and continued to destroy and devastate our country, and this [00:07:21] destruction was systematic and it occupied Yemen [00:07:24] with dozens of armed groups and violated the sovereignty of this country. [00:07:28] Certainly, this issue fundamentally and extensively [00:07:31] changed, and it became very seriously necessary [00:07:35] for us to confront these attacks and aggressions and fight [00:07:38] this aggressor until the last day. But we reject any attempt to [00:08:12] Mr. Hossein Hajilou, an expert on West Asian issues, has been connected [00:08:16] to discuss the developments in Yemen further with him. [00:08:20] Mr. Hajilou, I would like to greet you and wish you [00:08:23] a good evening. Well, one of the analytical lines [00:08:27] that is being expressed these days and is being [00:08:30] emphasized is Saudi Arabia's isolation in recent [00:08:33] developments, that the US president has officially announced that he has no intention [00:08:37] of interfering in the tensions that have [00:08:41] arisen between the Yemeni army and Saudi Arabia. Also, [00:08:44] the defense alliance between [00:08:47] Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia has practically yielded [00:08:51] no results for Al Saud. We even [00:08:54] witnessed the recent visit of Mohammed bin [00:08:57] Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, to Egypt, where it was emphasized that during this trip, [00:09:01] he is seeking help to somehow [00:09:04] prevent the advances of the Yemeni army into his own [00:09:07] territory and the recapture of occupied areas. Please tell us about [00:09:11] this isolation, which some call [00:09:15] strategic isolation and some call tactical isolation. [00:09:18] Please tell us about this and what happened, what series [00:09:22] of events occurred that brought the Saudis [00:09:24] to this point. First of all, I wish you [00:09:28] greetings and a good evening, dear viewers. Let me tell you [00:09:31] that what is currently [00:09:35] happening in the developments is that [00:09:39] field developments require field capabilities, [00:09:42] meaning beyond these numerous conferences that Saudi Arabia [00:09:46] holds, these treaties it holds. Today we witnessed [00:09:49] France requesting a Security [00:09:53] Council meeting for the next few hours. [00:09:57] We had Mohammed bin Salman's visit [00:10:00] to Egypt. On the other hand, we had [00:10:04] the European Union's statement in support of Saudi Arabia. [00:10:07] That means the support is mostly political, [00:10:11] but we need to see what developments [00:10:14] happen on the ground, and it seems [00:10:17] that reactions, even consensus building, and even the participation [00:10:21] of other countries, where Saudi Arabia usually [00:10:25] enters these spaces and recruits in these political spaces, [00:10:28] when there is an inability to control the field, [00:10:32] it generally cannot bring [00:10:36] achievement for Saudi Arabia, especially since [00:10:39] Saudi Arabia had tested this process [00:10:43] for nearly five years from 2015 [00:10:46] to 2020. It had practically [00:10:49] shown the poor [00:10:52] quality of its own forces in confrontation [00:10:55] and its so-called mercenary forces in Yemen. [00:10:59] And now it seems that other countries, [00:11:01] especially in the last few days, these advances [00:11:05] that took place in the provinces of Lahj, [00:11:08] Shabwah, and Marib [00:11:11] showed that Saudi Arabia's [00:11:14] biggest problem in this regard is that it does not [00:11:18] want to adapt itself to the realities [00:11:20] of the Yemeni field. [00:11:23] And that it is trying [00:11:27] to impose by force, and it has currently shown [00:11:30] that it does not have the necessary military [00:11:34] quality to impose this force. It wants to advance this issue, but [00:11:38] what is currently determining the situation on the scene [00:11:41] is that the forces [00:11:45] of the Yemeni national army have been able [00:11:48] to consolidate their positions in various [00:11:51] regions, make advances, and [00:11:55] although the conflicts are still many, as announced by [00:11:58] the Yemeni forces, [00:12:02] Yemen has endured nearly 350 [00:12:05] attacks, and in return, we have witnessed many operations [00:12:09] against Saudi interests. Yemen's demand [00:12:12] from the Saudis is very clear: [00:12:16] the lifting of the siege that has been unjustly [00:12:19] imposed on this country, and it seems [00:12:22] that Saudi Arabia, as you [00:12:25] said, the issue [00:12:29] of strategic isolation, more than [00:12:32] suffering from strategic isolation, Saudi Arabia suffers [00:12:35] from weakness in military field management [00:12:38] and is overly reliant on allies [00:12:42] who have proven not to be reliable allies, [00:12:45] including the United States of America. And today, the news that [00:12:48] has emerged from various [00:12:52] sources shows that the Saudis [00:12:55] have established contacts with the Zionists to obtain military intelligence, [00:12:59] and this shows that Saudi Arabia is facing serious [00:13:03] challenges in the field and its [00:13:06] allies in the political arena of Yemen, [00:13:09] they also seem to have more [00:13:12] capabilities in participating in [00:13:16] political circles in [00:13:19] Saudi Arabia and in a way receiving [00:13:23] funds from Saudi Arabia without having [00:13:27] the necessary military quality. And [00:13:31] what truly shapes this issue is that [00:13:34] the belief and conviction of the Yemeni forces [00:13:38] to defend themselves remain strong and stable, [00:13:42] and they have been able to protect them from [00:13:45] the Saudis' excessive demands. Mr. Haj [00:13:48] Al-Rou, we have witnessed devastating blows [00:13:51] to Al Saud's energy sector in recent [00:13:55] days, so much so that it was announced that Saudi [00:13:58] oil export shipments [00:14:01] along the Red Sea coast are ending, and [00:14:05] even today, news was published regarding the fact [00:14:08] that Saudi Arabia is unable [00:14:11] to fulfill its commitments regarding [00:14:15] energy carrier exports to European countries, [00:14:17] and has somewhat shirked its responsibilities. [00:14:21] Given your assessment and the observations [00:14:25] you have from the field, does Al Saud [00:14:27] have a solution to overcome the energy crisis it is currently [00:14:31] grappling with? [00:14:35] Well, regarding whether there is a solution [00:14:39] or not, of course, the most important solution is to [00:14:42] lift the naval blockade because it has shown [00:14:46] that it faces challenges in military balance. This is the solution, [00:14:50] but unfortunately, it is offering another solution in [00:14:54] confronting the system. The issue that [00:14:57] the Yemeni national army had been pursuing [00:15:01] in recent years never entered [00:15:04] into economic warfare processes. It had a national [00:15:07] territorial war, but this round of development, [00:15:11] especially since Saudi Arabia, by targeting [00:15:14] and targeting the Iranian plane, [00:15:18] meaning preventing it from landing, [00:15:21] in a way, acted to economically [00:15:26] and socially besiege [00:15:28] Yemen. I think in response to that, in [00:15:32] response to this, the Yemeni national army has taken [00:15:35] action to besiege Saudi Arabia. [00:15:38] As you rightly said, Saudi Arabia has canceled [00:15:42] its oil deliveries in September and October. [00:15:46] That is, this is news that we witnessed. [00:15:49] Oil prices increased by nearly 5% today. [00:15:53] For that matter, as you can see, we are at the beginning [00:15:57] of the cold season, and Saudi Arabia is one of the largest oil producers and exporters, [00:16:00] and these lines are really facing problems, [00:16:04] and the price reflects the realities. [00:16:08] It does not reflect the slogans and desires of some [00:16:11] parties, and here, Yemen's [00:16:14] action is in two directions: one is targeting [00:16:18] shipments in the Red Sea, which is [00:16:20] an alternative route [00:16:23] for oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz is facing [00:16:27] serious challenges and disruptions, and Bab al-Mandab has also [00:16:30] been disrupted in the area of oil exports. At the same [00:16:34] time, the Yemeni army has been able to [00:16:37] successfully target [00:16:40] the oil corridors [00:16:43] in the Saudi region, especially [00:16:46] from the eastern region towards the Red Sea [00:16:50] and in Yanbu. And this has created [00:16:54] serious disruptions in the oil sector for Saudi Arabia, and part of [00:16:57] Saudi Arabia's actions in this direction, and part of the political support for [00:17:01] Saudi Arabia, is to control this matter. Mr. [00:17:05] Ajlou, you mentioned the holding [00:17:08] of the Security Council meeting at France's proposal, [00:17:11] and certainly the goals that the Americans are pursuing [00:17:15] within this framework for more pressure [00:17:18] against Yemen. What do we predict [00:17:21] about the outcome and result that this [00:17:24] meeting will have, and what will be the output of this meeting? Can we [00:17:28] expect support from Russia and China, and that they [00:17:31] will veto the proposed Western resolution? [00:17:33] Look, regarding whether this will lead to [00:17:37] a resolution or not, [00:17:41] this meeting is mostly a discussion for now. It might [00:17:44] not result in a statement or a resolution, and might be more of a discussion, [00:17:48] and finally, a statement might come out of it, because [00:17:51] it's the beginning of reviewing an issue. But regarding [00:17:54] what we should expect from this matter, [00:17:58] well, the world really witnessed that the first [00:18:02] country that, in the new era, in these recent times, [00:18:05] openly... [00:18:30] however, what is still decisive, as [00:18:34] the issue itself, this wrong standard, [00:18:37] is having the field capability and defense [00:18:41] of countries, and international law, in my opinion, [00:18:44] has now unfortunately become a tool of great powers. [00:18:47] Thank you very much, Mr. Hossein Ajorlou, expert [00:18:51] on West Asian issues. Thank you for joining us in this conversation. [00:18:53] Well, [00:18:57] we start the third file, a file [00:19:01] that is related to developments in the [00:19:05] occupied territories. According to the latest poll [00:19:08] from the occupied territories that has been reported [00:19:12] and published, the party [00:19:15] of Ben-Gvir, the internal security minister [00:19:19] of the Zionist regime, has lost one-third [00:19:22] of its electoral power in the past two months [00:19:26] and has experienced a significant decline. This issue is important because [00:19:30] Ben-Gvir and his party are [00:19:33] among Netanyahu's main allies, and the Likud [00:19:36] party, which is seeking to gain votes in [00:19:39] the November parliamentary elections [00:19:43] of the Zionist regime, to be able to keep power within its [00:19:46] own party. We are now connected with Mr. [00:19:50] Sajjad Gheytasi, an expert on West Asian issues, [00:19:53] to discuss the latest situation in the occupied [00:19:57] territories, the political situation of Netanyahu and his [00:20:00] cabinet with him. Mr., I greet [00:20:04] you and wish you a good evening. What we see [00:20:07] and what your evidence shows from inside the occupied [00:20:11] territories on the eve of the Zionist regime's [00:20:14] Knesset elections, what is it, and do Netanyahu and his allies [00:20:18] once again have a chance to be re-elected [00:20:21] and form a cabinet? [00:20:24] Well, [00:20:26] in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Greetings and respects [00:20:30] to you and [00:20:33] dear viewers, as well as esteemed colleagues. Look, [00:20:36] the election that is going to be held in November [00:20:40] requires that the parties that win get [00:20:43] 61 [00:20:46] seats, that is, half plus one. Well, [00:20:49] given the recent polls [00:20:52] conducted by the internal sources of the Zionist regime, [00:20:56] Channel 12, [00:20:58] 13, and Ma'ariv newspaper, none [00:21:01] of these parties have succeeded in gaining [00:21:05] that majority. Well, according [00:21:08] to the polls, the ruling [00:21:12] government's coalition or Netanyahu's coalition is now [00:21:14] at its lowest level. In the previous [00:21:18] period, they only had seats for the Likud party, [00:21:22] which has almost [00:21:24] fallen to 23 seats in this [00:21:28] poll. Well, the ruling coalition collectively [00:21:31] has 51 seats. The opposition also [00:21:35] has 57%. Well, again, none [00:21:39] of them can form a government [00:21:43] alone. They need coalitions [00:21:45] with Arab parties, [00:21:49] which they later rejected. Given this [00:21:53] situation as we move towards the future, [00:21:56] that is, towards the next election, Netanyahu's [00:21:59] entire effort is [00:22:03] to prevent the opposition from forming a coalition [00:22:06] and succeeding. Mr. Gheytasi, well, you mentioned [00:22:09] the political situation inside [00:22:13] the occupied territories, but I want to ask [00:22:16] you this question specifically. Well, we witnessed movements [00:22:22] in the region, such as what happened in Tal Ali Taher in [00:22:26] southern Lebanon, and other similar actions [00:22:30] that the Zionists take to have a positive impact [00:22:34] on the elections, but we still see that [00:22:37] their trend in the polls is downward. [00:22:40] Please explain this to us as well. How much have Netanyahu's actions in [00:22:44] recent weeks affected his popularity [00:22:48] in the occupied territories? [00:23:16] Given the current situation in the occupied [00:23:20] territories and the differences between the parties, [00:23:23] look, the Likud party itself, [00:23:26] Mr. Ofer Winter, if I'm not mistaken, formed [00:23:29] the Israel's Hope party. They also had a [00:23:32] decline of approximately four seats in the Likud party. [00:23:36] Well, they are forced to form a coalition. In my opinion, [00:23:39] the formation of the Israeli government [00:23:42] will be postponed until after the elections [00:23:45] and the consultations that take place in parliament [00:23:49] after that. So, we certainly cannot [00:23:53] determine the result of this election now because [00:23:56] it's a poll, it fluctuates a lot, and in the time that's left, [00:24:00] things might happen and [00:24:03] affect these [00:24:06] votes and the number of seats. Mr. [00:24:09] Gheytasi, in one minute, if Netanyahu and his [00:24:13] allies lose the Knesset elections, can we [00:24:16] expect specific changes in the foreign policy of the Zionist regime? [00:24:27] Mr. Gheytasi, can you [00:24:29] hear me? [00:24:32] Well, it seems that our connection with Mr. [00:24:35] Gheytasi, an expert on West Asian [00:24:38] issues, has been cut or encountered a problem. However, we had [00:24:41] a conversation with him about the latest developments related [00:24:45] to the occupied territories, including the situation of Netanyahu and other [00:24:49] allies of the Likud party and other parties [00:24:52] that had formed a coalition and were managing and running [00:24:55] the cabinet inside the occupied territories, [00:24:59] and how this poll has cast a shadow [00:25:02] over the upcoming parliamentary elections of the [00:25:05] Zionist regime in early November, [00:25:08] and that the actions [00:25:10] that Netanyahu and the Zionist regime's cabinet are taking [00:25:14] in recent weeks are directly focused on this [00:25:17] election and that they are trying [00:25:20] to somehow compensate for this unfavorable and [00:25:23] inappropriate situation in the polls. Thank you [00:25:27] for watching tonight's [00:25:30] World Today program. Good night. Goodbye. [00:25:34] There are [00:27:03] other cases where they face problems with troop morale. It is not clear to the US Army [00:27:06] what their goal is, because it is apparent that to defeat Iran, we must [00:27:10] occupy that country. Since this is impossible and would result in excessive [00:27:14] casualties, such a thing will not happen. [00:27:17] We are now witnessing a war of attrition, where the economy of which side [00:27:21] will be more damaged. Iran has endured all sorts of economic [00:27:25] blows for 40 years. Therefore, its citizens seem to be much [00:27:28] more resilient. On the other hand, we face the problem of continuously [00:27:32] rising oil prices and the problem of strategic reserves. Another issue [00:27:36] we should mention is the impatience and discomfort of US allies in [00:27:40] the Persian Gulf region. All oil exporters whose [00:27:43] shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz face major problems. [00:27:47] Now that the Yemenis have started their campaign against Saudi Arabia, [00:27:50] the Red Sea is no longer safe. [00:27:54] Therefore, in my opinion, the final renewal of the conflict, meaning the occurrence [00:27:57] of some kind of open war or ground war, cannot [00:28:01] happen. Americans can say, "We won, [00:28:05] we sank five oil tankers." This seems impactful from a media [00:28:08] perspective and may even be interesting to the American public, [00:28:12] but from a strategic, military, and ultimately [00:28:15] political perspective, it yields no results. In my opinion, nations [00:28:19] and cultures like Iran, meaning such civilizations, [00:28:22] do not consider quality of life and economy as their core value, [00:28:26] as we see in the Western world. It doesn't matter much to them whether they have [00:28:30] an iPhone 17, 13, or 15. But it is more important [00:28:33] to them that the martyrdom of their leader will be avenged. [00:28:37] It is important whether revenge will be taken for the killing of children in schools [00:28:41] and people who died at weddings. This is something we must [00:28:44] consider. Therefore, I am not sure if sanctions are the right [00:28:47] way to deal with Iran. Yes, in a certain period of time, sanctions will become [00:28:51] a very destructive weapon, and Iran will suffer [00:28:55] immense damage. But I doubt they can destabilize the political [00:28:58] system of that country, while the goal of sanctions is precisely that. [00:29:03] In my opinion, at least concerning the United States and the government of Donald [00:29:07] Trump, they use all these economic measures more for political [00:29:10] purposes. In these actions, there is more inclination to achieve [00:29:14] some kind of political result. But I don't really see any specific political result achieved. [00:30:25] The most important news in 24 [00:30:27] tonight. [00:30:31] The president. By making maximum use of the unutilized [00:30:35] capacities of the country's coasts and seas, let's move towards [00:30:38] making the country sea-oriented. [00:30:40] The First Vice President: [00:30:44] Women should lead in the economic war. [00:30:48] The performance of women in managerial and social [00:30:51] spheres has been extraordinary. [00:30:54] Registration. [00:30:59] ثبت نام.