IRINN — broadcast 20260920 233000 UTC 437 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. [00:00:23] Grand Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani, the great religious authority [00:00:26] of the Shi'ite world, passed away. The office of Grand Ayatollah Shobairi [00:00:30] Zanjani announced in a statement that his blessed [00:00:33] life and glorious life as a great religious authority were characterized [00:00:37] by deep thought, continuous scientific endeavor, and dedicated [00:00:41] efforts to preserve authentic [00:00:44] jurisprudence and compassion [00:00:47] for the people. According to this announcement, [00:00:50] the time and details of his funeral and burial [00:00:54] will be announced to the public later. He passed away in recent days [00:00:57] due to pulmonary edema and infection [00:01:00] at the age of 97. Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani was among [00:01:04] the most respected religious authorities [00:01:07] who had many students. He [00:01:11] taught. [00:01:14] A new round of Saudi attacks on residential areas [00:01:17] in Saada province, Yemen, residential areas and [00:01:21] border villages in the districts of Zahir and Haydan [00:01:24] in Saada province in northern Yemen were targeted by heavy [00:01:28] missile and artillery attacks by Saudi forces. According [00:01:32] to Yemen's Al-Masirah network, the Saudi army, [00:01:35] in its new round of aggression against Yemen, targeted densely populated [00:01:39] areas and several border villages in Zahir district. [00:01:42] According to this report, Saudi forces used dozens of [00:01:46] missiles and artillery shells to target residential areas in the districts [00:01:50] of Zahir and Haydan, causing damage to [00:01:54] infrastructure and civilian [00:01:57] homes. Yemeni sources reported the martyrdom of four workers and the injury of three others in Saudi airstrikes [00:02:04] on communication towers in the Khabb [00:02:07] and Shaf regions. Yemeni sources [00:02:10] also reported a new aggression [00:02:13] by the Saudi regime on Jawf province [00:02:17] in northern Yemen. According to the spokesman [00:02:20] of the Yemeni Armed Forces, the invading Saudi fighter jets [00:02:23] have carried out 760 airstrikes [00:02:27] against Yemen and its people since the escalation [00:02:30] of tensions. [00:02:32] The Secretary [00:02:35] of the Supreme National Security Council said: "Civilized [00:02:38] Iran will never surrender, and if a war starts, we will attack [00:02:42] American warships even in the Indian Ocean." [00:02:46] Major General Rezaei, in an interview with Al Jazeera network, described [00:02:49] Iran's defensive capability as popular and said that Iran is fully aware [00:02:53] of the weaknesses of the US army and will go into the next war with more [00:02:57] power and more painful blows [00:03:00] against America. The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council [00:03:03] also announced the reverse engineering of a captured [00:03:07] American submarine and said: "The Iranian Armed Forces [00:03:11] have increased the speed of their supersonic missiles from 6 months to [00:03:14] 10 months. They have improved [00:03:17] electronic warfare systems and also strengthened air [00:03:21] defense." The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council also announced [00:03:25] on social media Iran's seven conditions for starting [00:03:28] any negotiations with the government. [00:03:31] Tehran's message is clear and unambiguous, and if Washington wants [00:03:35] to get out of its self-made predicament, there is no [00:03:39] way but to accept Iran's rights [00:03:42] and conditions. [00:03:45] Efforts of the judiciary to promote a culture of peace and reconciliation [00:03:48] led to 17 prisoners sentenced to retribution being on the verge of release. [00:03:52] The head of the Tehran Provincial Justice Department, emphasizing [00:03:55] the reduction of judicial tensions, ordered that the capacities of actors, [00:03:58] athletes, and local dignitaries be used [00:04:02] in the form of jihadi cells for mediation in cases. [00:04:05] to be employed. The involvement of social activists, cultural, [00:04:09] sports, artistic, and literary figures, [00:04:13] as well as the families of martyrs, especially [00:04:16] the fathers of martyrs, respected clerics, [00:04:20] and respected Friday and congregational prayer leaders, to help us [00:04:24] in matters of peace and reconciliation, in the framework of jihadi [00:04:27] forgiveness cells, we will use. [00:04:43] What they reported, almost all of these murders that [00:04:46] today lead to forgiveness and reconciliation are [00:04:50] those that were not [00:04:53] the result of premeditated criminal intent. [00:04:56] They were emotional incidents [00:04:58] under circumstances of psychological arousal [00:05:02] and a lack of behavioral control, [00:05:06] and unfortunately, this has happened [00:05:07] so much. [00:05:10] The continuation of this news segment with a few brief news items: The Ministry [00:05:14] of Intelligence announced the destruction of three operational [00:05:17] centers belonging to American-Zionist terrorist groups in the provinces [00:05:21] of West Azerbaijan, Alborz, and Kerman. These terrorists [00:05:25] intended to carry out assassinations, send coordinates of military [00:05:28] installations, and plan explosions in infrastructure [00:05:31] facilities. [00:05:33] An illegal [00:05:37] center affiliated with the French embassy in Tehran, [00:05:41] known as [00:06:12] illegal gas, in a cryptocurrency mining unit [00:06:15] in Eshtehard. In this complex, 362 [00:06:19] cryptocurrency mining devices were identified, and after the discovery [00:06:23] of an underground tunnel and an unauthorized [00:06:26] connection to the 4-inch gas inlet line, [00:06:29] the complex was shut down and the station was sealed. [00:06:31] and the discovery of a large [00:06:33] drug shipment in two statements. The police announced the discovery of [00:06:37] a trailer carrying 665 kilograms [00:06:40] of crystal meth [00:06:43] on the Anarak-Naein-Esfahan axis. According to [00:06:46] Brigadier General Montazer Al-Mahdi, 371 kilograms [00:06:50] of various drugs were also seized in Sistan and Baluchestan province, [00:06:54] 13 smugglers were arrested, and 11 vehicles were seized. [00:06:57] The CNG project [00:07:06] manager of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said [00:07:09] that applicants for all high-mileage vehicles [00:07:17] can convert their cars to dual-fuel for free. Mr. Salari [00:07:20] said that so far, about 5,000 applicants from all over the country [00:07:24] have registered in this system. He said that the list [00:07:28] of vehicles has been sent by the online [00:07:32] platform and they will gradually receive text messages. [00:07:34] In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [00:08:32] Dear and respected viewers, [00:08:35] as usual every day, we are at your service [00:08:38] from the news channel studio in Beirut, the capital [00:08:42] of Lebanon. With the Shamal program [00:08:46] and the latest developments in the region, Dr. Mohammad Shams, [00:08:50] our esteemed program expert, is present in the studio. [00:08:54] Mr. Shams, in the past few hours, the US Embassy [00:08:57] in Beirut, in addition to [00:09:00] the US embassies in the region, [00:09:04] warned American citizens not to travel to the Middle [00:09:06] East, and again, [00:09:10] they created a media atmosphere that something might happen [00:09:13] in the general Middle East. [00:09:17] The Zionist regime also, as usual, [00:09:20] just like in the past three months, [00:09:24] announced again that its army [00:09:28] is on full alert, and of course, [00:09:30] this is not new for the regime. [00:09:33] The situation in Lebanon, apart from [00:09:36] the issue of the south of the country, [00:09:39] is experiencing a relative calm. [00:09:43] In these circumstances, Walid Jumblatt again warned. [00:09:46] Walid Jumblatt is usually said to be the former [00:09:50] head of the Progressive Socialist Party [00:09:53] of Lebanon and practically the most [00:09:56] important Druze figure in Lebanon. They say he [00:09:59] is the antenna [00:10:01] receiving future developments in Lebanon and the region. [00:10:05] He warned that the situation is very [00:10:08] bad and said that the solution is to return to the Islamabad [00:10:11] agreement. That it should be revived between Iran and America, [00:10:15] and Lebanon will also find a positive [00:10:18] outlook based on that [00:10:21] agreement. In addition to Mr. Jan Aziz Jumblatt yesterday, [00:10:55] let's put the situation together. How do you see the situation? That is, [00:10:59] in the period before the American elections [00:11:02] and the Zionist regime's elections, whether [00:11:06] this remaining period until the general or [00:11:09] parliamentary elections of the Zionist regime, which is about 40 days, [00:11:12] about 42 days more, [00:11:16] will pass in the same way, or whether we [00:11:20] will witness an explosion after which [00:11:23] we will have to examine. [00:11:29] In fact, in recent weeks, [00:11:31] a change in the approach to Hezbollah [00:11:35] and the weapons of resistance was seen or observed [00:11:39] in the words and actions of Lebanese government officials. [00:11:42] Now, a superficial change remains to be seen whether it is [00:11:46] real or merely superficial [00:11:49] and media-driven. The previous talk [00:11:53] of resistance by force. [00:12:01] Resistance and this media and political atmosphere of Lebanese government pressure against [00:12:04] resistance, but now they have returned to talking [00:12:07] about containing the weapons of resistance. This plan that the French [00:12:11] presented, the Turks presented, and the Egyptians also [00:12:15] put forward, that Hezbollah's weapons cannot be removed by force. [00:12:18] They do not have the power, nor does Lebanon allow [00:12:21] it, and Israel on the other side of the framework agreement has not fulfilled [00:12:25] its commitments, so it is useless for Lebanon to reach a dead end [00:12:29] or be drawn into internal conflict and civil war. These [00:12:32] plans are now being brought up again, especially now after the Lebanese government [00:12:36] realized that Israel [00:12:39] does not want to abide by the framework agreement. Their view of Lebanon [00:12:42] is a military one, occupying the buffer zone, that talk [00:12:46] that Ms. Ortagus, the representative or [00:12:49] former US special envoy, [00:12:52] said that this opportunity [00:13:25] Hezbollah proves that their theory is stable. It loses the chance for peace. Yes. [00:13:28] And it is proven that Hezbollah's theory is correct, that resistance is the only [00:13:32] solution for expelling Israel from southern Lebanon. [00:13:36] After the words of the head of the Maronite Church of Lebanon, [00:13:39] Patriarch Raï, and also Mr. Walid Jumblatt, who himself [00:13:43] sees the future outlook of the region [00:13:46] as dangerous, unless they return [00:13:49] to the Islamabad agreement, they say the solution now [00:13:53] is to get out of these wars. In the region, which may [00:13:56] expand, they should return to the Islamabad agreement, especially [00:14:00] regarding Lebanon. This is [00:14:03] concurrent with those words. President Michel Aoun [00:14:07] sent several messages to Hezbollah through his advisors [00:14:09] that he wants to talk to Hezbollah and open a new page, [00:14:13] but Hezbollah has not yet given [00:14:16] a positive answer. There was also news in the media [00:14:20] that it is possible [00:14:22] that negotiations or talks [00:14:29] between a representative of the president and Mohammad Raad, the head of the Hezbollah [00:14:33] parliamentary bloc in the Lebanese parliament, [00:14:36] is this atmosphere positive, or do you believe [00:14:39] that the ground is not yet ready? Yes, no, it is not [00:14:43] yet ready because Aoun's advisor sent [00:14:46] several messages to Hezbollah. Mr. Hassan [00:14:50] Fadlallah, the speaker of parliament, announced his readiness for talks. [00:14:53] His messages are being reviewed. [00:15:01] Of course, these changes in the government's behavior, in their statements, and [00:15:05] for talks with Hezbollah are related to regional [00:15:08] variables, from Bab al-Mandeb and Yemen [00:15:12] to this Iran-America war, and [00:15:15] the situation is the most important point for this development. [00:15:18] In my opinion, the Lebanese government has realized that this [00:15:21] path of dialogue with Israel will not yield results. [00:15:32] The solution is to return to the Islamabad agreement and revive [00:15:36] that agreement, which in the general atmosphere of that agreement between Iran and [00:15:39] America, the entire region and consequently [00:15:43] Lebanon will [00:15:45] benefit from this opportunity. Do you think that Jumblatt's [00:15:48] words are now understood by Lebanese [00:15:52] government officials, specifically the president, the prime minister, and one might [00:15:56] say almost the president [00:15:58] himself? [00:16:01] Is this statement meaningful now? Do they feel this need? Of course, the very [00:16:05] revival of that agreement itself is now [00:16:08] in a state of general ambiguity. Well, Mr. Berri, the speaker of parliament, [00:16:12] once said that this framework agreement went to waste. [00:16:15] Has this belief reached the presidential palace as well? [00:16:18] Have they been convinced by Jan Aziz's words, Masha'allah, and the president [00:16:22] on this American website? This shows that we in the presidential [00:16:26] palace have come to the conclusion that Israel is not seeking [00:16:29] peace, tranquility, ceasefire, and withdrawal, unless [00:16:33] there is one way: Trump puts pressure on Netanyahu [00:16:36] for withdrawal from Lebanon, [00:16:40] or in other words, the expulsion of Israel from Lebanon, [00:16:44] at which point the Lebanese government can stand on its own two feet, and I can [00:16:47] say that the path of dialogue and diplomacy that I mentioned [00:16:51] has yielded results, and if not, the government will fall or weaken, [00:16:55] or its goals will not be achieved, and Hezbollah will become more powerful. [00:16:59] This is the statement of Jan Aziz, a senior advisor to Joseph, [00:17:02] in this context that we are now referring to, which again raises [00:17:05] many questions, because there is no clear answer. [00:17:07] Regarding the ongoing developments in light of the policies of the US and [00:17:11] the Zionist regime, we currently [00:17:14] do not have a precise and clear answer. In southern Lebanon, [00:17:17] what happened in Deir Mimas and its images were broadcast, [00:17:20] the Lebanese army, there, [00:17:23] at the command of the Zionist [00:17:25] military, evacuated a point, and then, in the framework [00:17:29] of coordination with the mechanism committee, that is, [00:17:33] the ceasefire monitoring committee, which now is [00:18:00] How, based on Israel's criteria regarding [00:18:03] the regions, the yellow line regions, [00:18:08] where the Israelis consider their security zone, how should [00:18:12] the Lebanese army act there? That is, where [00:18:15] the army of the Zionist regime wants to dictate decisions [00:18:18] about the role of the Lebanese army, this army must understand [00:18:22] that the Lebanese army, on the other hand, considers this a violation of national [00:18:26] sovereignty and does not accept being [00:18:29] an executor of the orders of the Israeli army. [00:18:32] In this situation, the situation [00:18:35] in southern Lebanon, from this perspective, from this equation. [00:18:39] A few months ago, we saw that one of the senior [00:18:42] officers of the Lebanese army was assassinated by the Israelis, [00:18:45] the head of ground operations, and the one who [00:18:49] coordinates the Lebanese army's connection with Israel, [00:18:53] albeit indirectly, was assassinated. They gave the excuse that [00:18:56] he was moving in the area without our consultation, [00:19:00] without our coordination, and this was a warning message from Israel. [00:19:04] This second message in Deir Mimas, [00:19:08] which was the village of Deir Mimas, was the day before yesterday [00:19:11] or two days ago. This is the same message that the Lebanese [00:19:15] army, you receive orders from us, [00:19:18] you must listen to us, the Israelis are saying, [00:19:22] and the field of the equation, the field is in our hands, [00:19:26] not in the hands of the mechanism, not in the hands of the framework agreement, [00:19:30] not in the hands of the Lebanese government, not anyone. The Israelis decide [00:19:32] whether the army stays here or leaves. [00:19:35] This trend at the end of the current Gregorian year [00:19:39] brings us to the point after UNIFIL. [00:19:42] UNIFIL, or the UN peacekeeping forces, [00:19:45] their mission will end at the end of the current Gregorian year. [00:19:49] It will not be extended. The US [00:19:53] and Israel are against extending the presence of these forces. [00:19:56] The issue of an alternative force is raised, [00:20:00] a force composed of some European countries, especially [00:20:03] France and Italy. Israel still [00:20:26] What connection will it have with the concept of the UN? What will be the situation [00:20:29] in the south? That is, Israel no longer [00:20:33] accepts any UN flag [00:20:36] being present there. [00:20:39] Does the Zionist regime want to turn [00:20:42] the situation in southern Lebanon into exactly the same [00:20:46] situation as Quneitra in the occupied Golan Heights, where [00:20:50] the armed forces affiliated with the Syrian [00:20:54] government receive orders from the army of the Zionist regime [00:20:57] to control security there? Well, despite the fact that UNIFIL [00:21:01] forces in recent years have mostly [00:21:04] reported their activities and [00:21:07] either supported Israel or [00:21:11] sometimes spied for Israel, the presence of these UN [00:21:14] forces creates a relative calm for Lebanon. [00:21:18] Hezbollah agrees that these UN forces should remain. [00:21:22] The Lebanese government and army also want this. Mr. Nawaf Salam, the Lebanese [00:21:25] prime minister's visit to New York and his meetings there [00:21:28] with American officials to convince them to give the green [00:21:32] light again for the continued presence or extension of UNIFIL forces. [00:21:36] Of course, the US does not support UNIFIL [00:21:39] for two reasons: First, Israel does not want it, [00:21:43] and second, the US does not want to spend money. The US [00:21:46] said that the UN forces there already have money. [00:22:00] Spain, European countries that we send troops there [00:22:03] to replace the UN forces. Hezbollah made it clear [00:22:07] to these European countries and the countries that brought up this issue [00:22:11] that any foreign force that wants to enter Lebanon must be [00:22:13] under the umbrella of the UN agreement and Resolution [00:22:16] 1701. Otherwise, [00:22:23] we will consider them as occupying forces. [00:22:26] Therefore, Spain and Italy regretted and withdrew. France is still [00:22:30] pursuing this plan. In short, the Lebanese government [00:22:33] is now trying to keep UNIFIL forces, [00:22:37] to extend their mandate, because if they are not there, [00:22:41] Israel will exert its power throughout southern Lebanon, where they are, [00:22:44] and their word will be final. That means no one [00:22:48] else will even report Israeli aggressions [00:22:52] to the UN. Well, regarding Lebanon's domestic [00:22:55] issues, in recent days, [00:22:58] in two impeachment sessions, [00:23:01] Nawaf Salam's government, this issue was also raised. [00:23:04] The problems arising from the war [00:23:07] in the Middle East, and especially [00:23:10] the issue of energy, have now affected Lebanon. [00:23:13] I saw that the head of the Association of [00:23:17] Fuel Distributors in Lebanon says: About [00:23:21] 30% of gasoline consumption in Lebanon has decreased. [00:23:25] It has gone down because, with [00:23:27] this price of fuel, 20 liters [00:23:31] of gasoline became 30 dollars. Many [00:23:33] Lebanese, except for essential needs, no longer [00:23:36] start their cars. Now, the issue of bread is also raised. Bread has also [00:23:40] become expensive in Lebanon, or they decided to make it expensive, I don't know. [00:23:43] Now, what I know is that each loaf [00:23:46] of bread became 100,000 Lebanese pounds. [00:23:50] With this situation, the internal situation [00:23:53] of Lebanon and now the protests that are fundamentally [00:23:57] against the policies of Nawaf Salam's government, which has tied Lebanon's [00:24:01] issues, Lebanon's livelihood and economy, to the interests of the US and [00:24:05] the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia. How does the internal situation of Lebanon [00:24:09] tolerate this atmosphere [00:24:11] resulting from this situation, the economic conditions, [00:24:15] given that Nawaf Salam's government has not fulfilled all the promises [00:24:18] it made? I mean, some of you. The economic [00:24:33] and livelihood situation of Lebanon, and that [00:24:36] the Lebanese government has not done anything about its promises [00:24:39] to the people. For about two years, the Lebanese government has only been pursuing [00:24:43] reconciliation with Israel and the framework [00:24:46] and exclusive disarmament of Hezbollah and legitimizing the soldiers of Islam. [00:25:20] Earlier, aid from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, [00:25:24] France, would flow in, and this situation would improve somewhat, but [00:25:27] these countries themselves are now facing problems. Yesterday, one of the famous [00:25:31] writers of Arab countries said that [00:25:35] this 50-year golden age for the Gulf Arab countries [00:25:38] has ended. Now, this money that they give to Samir Geagea, their [00:25:42] own forces, some in Saudi Arabia say that money is being [00:25:45] wasted there. In Lebanon, the situation is getting [00:25:49] worse, but unfortunately, in Lebanon, the economic and livelihood situation [00:25:52] puts pressure on the government, but the government, since it was appointed from outside, [00:25:56] their connection with outside, meaning Saudi Arabia and the US, decides [00:26:00] whether the government exists. Today, in Tripoli [00:26:03] in northern Lebanon, a call [00:26:06] has been made for a gathering [00:26:09] in protest against the policies of Nawaf Salam's government, even though Tripoli, which is [00:26:12] an almost Sunni majority [00:26:15] city, is considered Sunni-majority in northern Lebanon. In Tyre [00:26:19] in southern Lebanon, a gathering was held [00:26:22] there. Gatherings are in fact frequent [00:26:26] against the policies of Nawaf [00:26:27] Salam's government. [00:26:30] Regarding the deceased, [00:27:03] no, unfortunately, the answer to your question is clear. [00:27:07] The root cause of Lebanon's economic problems cannot be solved [00:27:10] with loans from international banks. [00:27:14] This policy, which we brought to a dead end in 2019 [00:27:18] and caused the collapse of the country's economy [00:27:20] and a revolution that was a coup or whatever [00:27:24] you call it, the revolution and demonstrations [00:27:27] against the government started. Now, popular gatherings [00:27:30] and pressure and protests against the government are increasing. [00:27:34] Not only in Tyre and northern Lebanon, but also in Beirut. This coming [00:27:38] week, there will be several popular gatherings in Beirut, [00:27:42] in the southern suburbs, and in various places against the Lebanese government, saying [00:27:45] that you must solve these economic problems. So, the issue [00:27:49] is not just dialogue with Israel. [00:27:52] This is the same humiliating agreement that has not solved [00:27:55] the main problem of the country for the Lebanese people. [00:27:59] This debt or borrowing from international [00:28:02] banks will worsen Lebanon's situation [00:28:06] and will not solve the problem. Because these loans are conditional [00:28:09] with well-known political conditions. All banks [00:28:13] and international organizations set [00:28:17] conditions for the government, conditions for economic reforms, [00:28:21] political reforms, the management of governments [00:28:24] that are actually dependent on these loans. Today, the Lebanese [00:28:27] people who in 1992, [00:28:30] meaning 34 years ago. [00:28:38] The government at that time received heavy interest rates that keep [00:28:42] multiplying. They are paying them without Lebanon's basic [00:28:46] infrastructure being properly developed [00:28:49] and facing fundamental problems. For example, regarding gasoline in Lebanon, [00:28:52] we don't have a proper public transport [00:28:55] system at all. So a Lebanese person [00:28:58] is forced to drive his own car [00:29:02] in most places, and of course, this raises the costs. [00:29:05] This is just a brief mention of the situation. One point [00:29:09] regarding domestic issues, I just want to mention the possibility [00:29:13] of changing a number of ministers in the government cabinet. [00:29:17] The removal of the prime minister and the entire government is not [00:29:20] being discussed because Saudi Arabia supports Nawaf Salam's government. The serious [00:29:24] talk is about a ministerial reshuffle, a few ministries [00:29:27] will be changed. Well, we'll have to see what happens in [00:29:31] Lebanon, in Gaza. The model that Netanyahu [00:29:34] is currently pursuing is the continuation of targeted, [00:29:37] continuous assassinations against [00:29:40] Palestinians in Gaza, and especially against the resistance [00:29:44] in Gaza. The assassination of Hamas commanders, [00:29:47] the commander of the Khan Younis brigade, the commander of the Rafah brigade, [00:29:50] and the emphasis by both Netanyahu and [00:29:54] the defense minister of the regime that this trend will continue, [00:29:57] and all of them must be assassinated, even those who are outside of Palestine. [00:30:01] The unconventional [00:30:32] trap is what is in the south, in southern Lebanon, I mean, [00:30:35] including assassinations in a series of assassinations [00:30:39] deep inside Lebanon. The situation in Gaza shows [00:30:43] that stopping the war does not mean stopping [00:30:46] assassinations. How long can [00:30:49] this policy continue? Well, today, one [00:30:53] of the senior officers of the regime's army [00:30:57] for Channel 13, I think, Israeli 13