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[00:00:13] of
[00:00:24] in
[00:00:30] Iran's president says
[00:00:31] of assassinations
[00:00:32] of the marted leader
[00:00:33] of the Islamic Revolution, military commanders and scientists proved the
[00:00:37] falsehood
[00:00:38] of the aggressor's claims to human rights. A
[00:00:42] Palestinian media group warns that human rights violations against
[00:00:45] Palestinian abducties in Israeli jails have reached
[00:00:49] unprecedented
[00:00:51] of levels. Also the US
[00:00:54] of state of New Mexico sews the department of justice over access
[00:00:58] to
[00:00:59] of unbreducted absteam.
[00:01:01] a files saying the department refuses to provide the
[00:01:03] documents.
[00:01:14] of
[00:01:14] of very good morning to
[00:01:18] you from Tehran a Bahman Ray and you're watching Press TV news. It is
[00:01:22] 6:30 am local
[00:01:24] time. Iran's president
[00:01:28] says all enemy plans and press. are aimed at making the people
[00:01:32] a dissatisfied and provoking them to
[00:01:34] of protest, but the Iranian people will stand for their
[00:01:37] country.an added that the entire Iranian nation
[00:01:41] helped to keep the country together, even those who had
[00:01:44] objections to the
[00:01:45] government.
[00:01:50] the enemies been trying to
[00:01:53] disman us, but the fact that we could continue,
[00:01:57] it's because
[00:01:58] of the noble people of Iran, not just the people.
[00:02:14] of
[00:02:30] "the government has managed the country under the most difficult
[00:02:33] of conditions since the Islamic revolution by relying on the
[00:02:36] people's
[00:02:39] of solidarity. He cited war, sanctions,
[00:02:41] of energy imbalance and water crisis as the most important
[00:02:44] challenges facing the nation. Pesishgan stressed that the enemies
[00:02:48] plotted
[00:02:48] in to
[00:02:49] of cause social collapse and force the country to submission through
[00:02:53] of missile strikes and destruction, but the people's support
[00:02:56] of prevented that. The Iranian president asserted that the..."
[00:03:00] assassination
[00:03:00] of the marted leader
[00:03:02] of the Islamic Revolution as well as military commanders and scientists
[00:03:06] by the US is really aggressors has proved the falsehood
[00:03:09] of their claims to human rights, freedoms and similar
[00:03:13] topics. He praised the new leader
[00:03:14] of the Islamic Revolution Khamani
[00:03:18] describing his character in terms of ethics, logic and
[00:03:22] humility as truly
[00:03:25] of exceptional.
[00:03:30] Earlier we talked to former US government advisor Paul
[00:03:33] Larudi, he said the US pressure campaign against the Iranian
[00:03:37] government and nation cannot meet Washington's interest in
[00:03:41] the long run, and Iran has already proved
[00:03:44] this.
[00:03:49] Overall goal is to make Iran
[00:03:52] basically submit to the will
[00:03:54] of the
[00:03:55] of the US and to control the the
[00:03:58] government uh of Iran, I think that the Iran
[00:04:02] is perfectly within its rights and it
[00:04:06] is the
[00:04:09] logical kind of position to
[00:04:12] take that that they will not accept
[00:04:16] of this and that they will not be
[00:04:20] dominated by by such things actions
[00:04:23] of the United States have been against both the
[00:04:27] people
[00:04:27] of and
[00:04:32] in the the government. these countries, and
[00:04:33] a so I think that holds
[00:04:36] perfectly, well, the United
[00:04:39] States does not act on behalf
[00:04:41] of the people, it has created so many death
[00:04:45] and and
[00:04:47] of misery and refugees, this
[00:04:50] of is, this
[00:04:50] of is the attacks and the
[00:04:54] invasions and the attempts to use
[00:04:59] of force to get, the will
[00:05:01] of the United States to be
[00:05:05] the primary force in the government of of a
[00:05:08] country, um, this is, this has
[00:05:11] been, foolish way of trying to do things,
[00:05:15] in the long run, it cannot work, and and Iran certainly
[00:05:18] is proof
[00:05:19] of that.
[00:05:23] Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says a joint statement between
[00:05:26] Iran and Oman on the straight of hermus is not at the stage of
[00:05:30] final review and drafting. Ism bagai described the talks
[00:05:34] with aman on managing maritime traffic a strategic water
[00:05:38] bay as professional, adding that both sides have agreed on the
[00:05:41] route. ordinates he stressed that the closure the straight was the
[00:05:45] result of US and Israeli regime's aggression against Iran,
[00:05:49] the spokesman said and Iran orman understanding alone cannot mean
[00:05:53] that the straight has become safe for passing vessels as
[00:05:57] the factors causing in security including the US's naval
[00:06:00] blockade still remain. he also said talks between Iran
[00:06:04] and Oman as the two coastal states the straight have been
[00:06:08] underway over the past two months to establish safe root for.
[00:06:13] shipping:
[00:06:21] historian and investigative journalist Tony Gosling says it is on Iran
[00:06:25] an oman to decide about the management the home straight and
[00:06:29] no superpower has the right to
[00:06:30] intervene.
[00:06:36] Iran will always have influence over the straights of horm, I
[00:06:40] mean if they want to close it, 'you want to close the
[00:06:43] straights, you can't - no one is going to be able to stop you doing that,
[00:06:47] in fact that it would be almost unthinkable uh, it's like
[00:06:51] saying that the British have got no influence over the English channel or the
[00:06:55] Americans have got no influence over the hudson river uh next to
[00:06:59] Manhattan Island uh so you anyone that says
[00:07:02] otherwise is going into the realms of absurdity, oman
[00:07:06] and Iran are on the scene, America is
[00:07:09] four, four and a half, maybe even more'. thousand miles
[00:07:13] away and so obviously the
[00:07:16] American um involvement with the straight
[00:07:18] supporters is is really an
[00:07:22] imposition, it's a bit of chutsp, the Americans are trying to
[00:07:26] project their power around the world, they're not doing too well, this
[00:07:30] is something for oman and Iran to decide, it's not
[00:07:34] for the superpowers to intervene, the Chinese are not intervening, the Russians are
[00:07:37] not intervening, but the Americans seem to think it's their
[00:07:41] business to shut. off fertilizer and
[00:07:44] oil for the rest the world - and I can tell you why I think that
[00:07:48] is, if you look at the um profits the oil company
[00:07:52] BP in the last quarter, those profits have soored
[00:07:55] 50% in one quarter, so that's an
[00:07:58] equivalent of 200% a year,
[00:08:02] profits that is, not turnover, profit soaring,
[00:08:05] and so what you've seen is the oil majors uh
[00:08:09] making an absolute fortune and of course all in siders
[00:08:13] who know what Trump's about to announce just
[00:08:15] before.
[00:08:20] Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazam Gardi says reaching an
[00:08:24] understanding with oman over the straight of Formus does not mean the borterway will
[00:08:28] be reopened. Garbadi said the understanding will be solely between
[00:08:32] Iran and Oman adding that Tyron does not accept any foreign
[00:08:35] interference. He stressed that reopening the straight is subject
[00:08:39] to its own conditions including US commit. went under the
[00:08:43] Islamabad Mou, he added that it was Washington who
[00:08:46] violated the mou citing the naval blockade and the
[00:08:50] reimposition of sanctions against
[00:08:52] Iran.
[00:08:59] Journalist and political analyst Laila Hatum joined us earlier, she
[00:09:03] believes Iran's control over the straight of hormus is the country's
[00:09:07] natural right and also a tool to stop the US Israely
[00:09:10] aggression.
[00:09:15] "it's a peaceful agreement that ensures the rights of every other side
[00:09:19] that controls the strate of hermous and the freedom of
[00:09:23] movement or lack of it in that area,
[00:09:26] the international hegemonic powers the Israeli occupation entity
[00:09:30] and the Americans were trying to actually create disruption between the Iranians
[00:09:34] and the amanis, both nations that control the state of
[00:09:37] hermus and they fail in doing so, they continued
[00:09:41] negotiation and diplomacy" between both countries have ensured that there
[00:09:45] is no conflict between either side and at the same time it
[00:09:49] ensures Iran's right to continue to impose what you
[00:09:52] call stoppage
[00:09:56] of freedom of shipment in the state of formost or at least in its
[00:10:00] territorial waters over the next period because
[00:10:04] it is under war under aggression by the Americans and the Israelies
[00:10:08] any point under the table so in that sense Iran has the right
[00:10:11] to actually the stop any ship from going in and out
[00:10:15] without it expecting it or getting information about it
[00:10:19] before allowing in it in or out. it's a form of what you call tool for
[00:10:23] nations that are under aggression to create pressure on their opponents
[00:10:27] and their adversaries to stop this war, and this is what
[00:10:31] you call the peaceful diplomatic means
[00:10:34] of stopping a war or resolving a war by
[00:10:38] cutting off the financial and trade roots of the enemy
[00:10:42] any
[00:10:42] point.
[00:10:47] a palestinian media group has released new report warning that
[00:10:51] human rights violations against palestinian apdocties in Israeli pr.
[00:10:55] have sharply risen during July, according to the Astra media
[00:10:59] office, as the number of Palestinians in the regimes
[00:11:03] jails reaches unprecedented levels, there has been a remarkable
[00:11:07] optic in such rights violations as torture,
[00:11:10] stuvation, medical neglect and isolation. The office
[00:11:14] said it has documented escalation in the use of repressive
[00:11:18] tactics inside Israely prisons, including rates on
[00:11:22] sections, beatings of prisoners, the use of rother. bullets and
[00:11:25] police dogs and solitary confinement, it added that
[00:11:29] torture in Israeli jails is not limited to physical
[00:11:32] harm, but also extends to psychological damage,
[00:11:36] leaving prisoners with lasting trauma, fear and
[00:11:39] nightmares. The office noted that there are about 9,500
[00:11:43] Palestinians in Israeli jails including hundreds of women and
[00:11:47] children, and over 3200 administrative detonees
[00:11:51] who are being killed without a charge or trial.
[00:12:01] The Israeli forces launched a large scale rate on calandia
[00:12:04] refugee camp in the central occupied west bank in the early hours
[00:12:08] of Wednesday. Hundreds of soldiers, armed vehicles and
[00:12:12] bulldosers were deployed. Residents faired the operation could
[00:12:16] turn into a prolonged military campaign similar to those carried out
[00:12:20] in refugee camps across the Northern West Bank in the past
[00:12:23] month. Press. Ahmed reports from
[00:12:26] calandia
[00:12:31] refugee camp north of occupied al-quds woke to the sounds of
[00:12:35] military buldozers as Israeli forces stormed the camp
[00:12:38] overnight, neighborhoods were surrounded and hommes were
[00:12:42] searched.
[00:12:49] with large numbers of infantry, military jeeps, bulldozers
[00:12:53] and armored vehicles.
[00:13:03] two paramedics were arrested and we came under direct fire inside the
[00:13:07] camp, but despite everything we remain here and we will
[00:13:10] stay. community volunteers say many people have remained
[00:13:14] confined inside their houses since the operation
[00:13:17] began. we've started
[00:13:21] delivering bread, baby formula and essential medicines.
[00:13:55] bank the same model it applied in the northern refugee camps. beyond the
[00:13:59] military dimension, the operation also sends a political message
[00:14:02] that pressure on Palestinian communities will continue while
[00:14:06] Israel's leadership seeks to strengthen its position among right-wing and far right
[00:14:10] voters. for
[00:14:14] residents of qalandia, today's operation has raised
[00:14:17] fears that their camp could face the same prolonged military
[00:14:21] campaign experienced elsewhere in the west bank. Many
[00:14:25] worry that what began as overnight raids could evolve into a
[00:14:29] broader strategy, targeting refugee camps across the occupied
[00:14:33] territories. The escalation targeting refugee camps across the
[00:14:37] west bank is nothing new, but the latest attack on calandia
[00:14:41] marks another step in efforts to undermine Palestinian rights
[00:14:45] of return and erode their broader
[00:14:47] rights. Reporting for Press TV, qalandia, the
[00:14:51] occupied West bank.
[00:14:55] Palestinians in Shahur, village in South
[00:14:58] Lebanon's tire district is among many communities that have played the
[00:15:02] central role in the region's history of resistance against
[00:15:06] occupation. It residents were among the last to leave their
[00:15:09] village during the most recent war as well. Now with the
[00:15:13] village located near Israel's so-called yellow line, returning
[00:15:17] residents are undergrowing pressure as they try to rebuild
[00:15:20] a correspondent Hussain Amad spoke with some the residents
[00:15:24] and officials
[00:15:25] there,
[00:15:30] nestled against the edge of valley with its homes hugging its sheer cliffs and
[00:15:33] hilltops shur, village less than 25 km.
[00:15:37] any direction from Israeli regime forces, sites of destruction
[00:15:41] across it are common and evident, yet they do not defile the simple
[00:15:45] beauty of its architecture, nor wipe out the history carefully woven into
[00:15:49] its narrow streets and the banks the litani river, the base of its
[00:15:53] valley. horse people were the first to return, and the last to leave
[00:15:56] southern Lebanon during the latest Israeli aggression, even their current
[00:16:00] stay is underscored by constant sounds of massive explosions
[00:16:04] and drone surveillance. As soon
[00:16:07] as the threat against the village resinded, the municipality immediately
[00:16:11] began all the required maintenance to welcome back its residents. Many
[00:16:15] families of our village have sacrificed their loved ones for the privilege of returning
[00:16:19] to and staying in their homes. It is also a thing of beauty seeing
[00:16:23] how all residents cooperated with us to achieve that goal as effectively as
[00:16:26] possible. Amits the narrow web-like streets the village, one can feel
[00:16:30] the history etched into its walls. The village was home to two central
[00:16:34] figures who represent the history the South's defense. alliance and
[00:16:38] pursuit of rights
[00:16:39] s popular
[00:16:42] mobilization against the french occupiers
[00:16:44] and established the first popular
[00:16:48] armed resistance movement against the Israeli occupation the
[00:16:52] time and led efforts to secure the south natural right to
[00:16:55] development and civic recognition after years of government
[00:16:59] neglect role
[00:17:03] encompassed not just raising the first banner of armed resistance
[00:17:07] but setting the cultural, social and economic
[00:17:10] foundation for the emancipation the southern Lebanese people,
[00:17:14] especially the Shia population. His efforts to connect the southerners
[00:17:18] with their compatriots of other sex, thanks to his open-minded
[00:17:21] strategy, caused the government to finally pay attention to the
[00:17:25] south needs and rights. At night, as the heat subsides,
[00:17:29] the village comes alive with residents gathering to commemorate Imam Hussein
[00:17:33] and Shur's most recent marters, Haj
[00:17:36] Ali Az Zain.
[00:17:37] the father of two marters leads food distribution initiative
[00:17:41] serving the villages residents. my
[00:17:45] martered son established this food distribution stall and run
[00:17:48] it every year during ashura through the 13th of
[00:17:51] maharam. we are continuing that tradition on his behalf even
[00:17:55] now. we have received more than enough support from generous
[00:17:59] village residents and the municipality, which allows us to do
[00:18:03] this weekly throughout the month. almost all residents have returned.
[00:18:07] 'and the presence of Israeli forces does not scare us,
[00:18:11] neither do their daily attacks.
[00:18:14] I don't know if the mic caught what we just fell, but those sounds are an example
[00:18:18] the costs of people's attachment to and resilience a
[00:18:22] land that they have given everything to hold. The village of Shur lies right
[00:18:26] above the banks the litani river and has rich history tucked into its narrow cable
[00:18:29] streets. One the oldest lived in places in the south. The town is the original
[00:18:33] home the first legendary resistance leader Imam Musadr. The
[00:18:37] town has given many murders to the cause, including its own municipal president, and is
[00:18:41] only a short distance away from Israel's yellow line, yet its people waste no
[00:18:45] time returning to bring life back to old alleways. From south Lebanon
[00:18:49] Shur for Press TV, Hussain
[00:18:50] Amad.
[00:18:55] The enemy armed forces have struck saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of
[00:18:59] Aiden with ballistic missile, forcing it to turn back. The Yemani
[00:19:03] army spokesperson announced they successfully hit the Saudi
[00:19:06] tanker. Daisy marking the latest operation under the siege
[00:19:10] for siege maritime blockade, he warned that no Saudi oil
[00:19:14] vessel will be allowed to pass through either the southern or northern red
[00:19:18] sea until the Saudi blockade on Yemen is lifted. The
[00:19:21] incident followed Yemen strike on the Saudi vessel Wafa north of
[00:19:25] Yanbo which Ansaralah official called a new phase in
[00:19:29] the maritime confrontation proving that efforts to
[00:19:32] bypass the blockade of
[00:19:34] futil.
[00:19:40] Yemany health officials have worn that years of blockade and air
[00:19:44] restrictions have pushed the country's healthcare system to the brink of
[00:19:47] collapse. a press conference in sana they said millions of
[00:19:51] people are being denied access to essential healthcare
[00:19:55] while thousands of critically ill patients remain stranded. press
[00:19:59] tv reports from
[00:20:01] sana
[00:20:07] air. report, the primary lifeline for millions of civilians remains
[00:20:11] under crushing stranglehold, following a trust between Yemen's
[00:20:14] warning sites in April 2022, flights were restricted to
[00:20:18] just a single destination, breaking agreements to expand
[00:20:22] route. The crisis escalated further after Israeli strikes
[00:20:26] forced the airport to closer last year, that comes as Saudi authorities
[00:20:30] continue to deny commercial carriers access to Sanha's
[00:20:33] airspace, most recently preventing an Iranian flight from
[00:20:40] Before the aggression, more than 2.5 million
[00:20:43] passengers international airport
[00:20:46] annually, while during the truth period, that number
[00:20:53] That's only about 3%, restricted to a single destination and
[00:20:57] a single
[00:20:57] airline.
[00:21:01] The air blockade has transformed infrastructure crisis into a mass
[00:21:05] health catastrophy. Over 1600 pharmaceutical
[00:21:09] items have completely disappeared from Yemani markets, since
[00:21:13] temperature sensitive medications cannot survive months of delayed
[00:21:16] land transport through hudaida port, the cluster.
[00:21:19] patients
[00:21:30] who need apet scan, this means they are forced to travel
[00:21:34] abroad just to get apet scan, which is a form of
[00:21:38] imaging and then return back here with the results. this is
[00:21:42] completely unreasonable and illogical. the
[00:21:46] crisis stems from direct military targeting and economic
[00:21:50] as result, local drug production has been cribbled, leaving
[00:21:54] millions of people with chronic disease unable to afford even
[00:21:58] basic care. two pharmaceutical factories were
[00:22:02] directly targeted by enemy air strikes. top of that,
[00:22:06] the airport closure and transport delays have inflated medicine prices by
[00:22:10] 200% and 83 medicine companies have withdrawn from the market due
[00:22:14] to the import
[00:22:14] restrictions.
[00:22:19] officials sympathize that the air blockad acts as silent war
[00:22:23] that kills patients long before medical supplies
[00:22:27] ever reach the tarmac. with Sana airport handling
[00:22:30] 90% of Yemen's medical import, officials stress that
[00:22:34] keeping these runways closed isn't just a blockate for 31 million
[00:22:38] people, it is deliberate death sentence.
[00:22:41] Yahyazir, press TV,
[00:22:43] Sanha. The US
[00:22:46] state of New Mexico suit the department of Justice. is for
[00:22:50] access to unredacted files on Jeffrey Absteen, saying the
[00:22:54] federal agency is stoneballing investigation into the late
[00:22:58] sex offender by refusing to provide the documents. The
[00:23:01] Democratic Run State reopened its absten
[00:23:04] investigation in February, requesting unredacted
[00:23:08] files to identify visitors and staff a property owned by
[00:23:12] Absteen in New Mexico. The department of Justice says it can
[00:23:16] provide some files but cannot supply other material.
[00:23:20] to privacy protections, the New Mexico lawsuit argues
[00:23:24] that federal inaction does not merely stall the
[00:23:27] investigation, but also prolongs and compounds the suffering
[00:23:31] of survivors. It has requested the US district
[00:23:34] court for the district of Colombia compel acting
[00:23:38] attorney general Tot Blanch to release the requested
[00:23:42] files. The development came after New Mexico legislators
[00:23:46] released an interim report on their independent investigation.
[00:23:50] into the absteen case, they said evidence today shows
[00:23:53] absteen abused at least five women and girls at his New
[00:23:57] Mexico Ranch between 1996 and
[00:24:00] 2012,
[00:24:07] and that brings us to the end of this news bulletin, thank you so much for staying with us on
[00:24:11] Press TV and until next time, it's goodbye from me
[00:24:14] Bahman.
[00:25:16] the picture behind me is that the marcha leader and when you look at that.
[00:25:20] picture, it really signifies who it was a sense someone
[00:25:24] larger than life, because it was not just the leader of Iran, it was
[00:25:28] also a marger taqlid, and within Shia Islam, that is someone
[00:25:31] where people around the world, especially Shia Muslim take their
[00:25:35] jurisponds from him, his translation the Quran, his
[00:25:38] exigices on some the ahadit the prophet, and
[00:25:42] in reality how people should live their daily
[00:25:45] life,
[00:25:49] and so when... the news of ismardom was delivered, the
[00:25:52] grief did not stay here in Iran, we saw people mourn
[00:25:56] in Lagos, in Kinshasa, in Kenya,
[00:26:00] in India, in Pakistan. in Syria all over the
[00:26:04] world, he had people who loved him, even people who
[00:26:08] were not religious, mourned his martrodom, because he
[00:26:12] stood as figure who stood against injustice, who
[00:26:16] stood against the episten class and he was marchered for
[00:26:19] that,
[00:26:25] his voice will be greatly missed, not just because of by the people in
[00:26:29] Iran, but people outside Iran who... love
[00:26:33] this man who embodied everything Iran is, it was lover of
[00:26:37] heart, lover of poet and someone who
[00:26:40] loves to read, and so when you look at the
[00:26:44] personality of sayid was marchered, there is something
[00:26:48] you can pick that makes you love him, and that is why it does not
[00:26:52] just belong to the people of Iran, and the coming days we will be seeing and
[00:26:56] perhaps interviewing people from all over the world who have come to Iran to
[00:27:00] say the goodbyees.
[00:27:46] The early hours of July 29th shattered the region's
[00:27:50] uneasy calm. Ballistic
[00:27:54] missiles launched by the aerospace force of Iran's Islamic
[00:27:57] Revolution guard core streaked across the night sky toward the
[00:28:01] US Air Force. and central command headquarters in
[00:28:05] Jordan. At the same time, the IRGC
[00:28:09] Navy announced
[00:28:10] that it had sees three non-complint oil tankers in the straight of
[00:28:13] hormos, tightening Iran's grip over one the world's most
[00:28:17] strategic waterways. The
[00:28:21] coordinated operations student decision makers in both Washington and
[00:28:25] Tel Aviv. US President Donald Trump admitted that
[00:28:29] Iran's attack had come
[00:28:30] as a surprise and immediately threatened a massive assault
[00:28:34] on Iranian infrastructure, yet as the
[00:28:38] region braced for another major escalation, trump abruptly
[00:28:42] reversed course. Just days later, he announced
[00:28:46] that the planned operation had been cancelled, claiming that the outlines of
[00:28:50] a possible agreement had
[00:28:52] emerged.
[00:29:24] Donald Trump declared that the United States was locked and loaded and
[00:29:27] prepared to unleash military power not seen since World War
[00:29:31] II. but said the attack had been suspended because Iran and
[00:29:35] several regional states had asked Washington to wait while
[00:29:39] negotiations
[00:29:40] continued.
[00:29:47] Tehran flatly rejected that account.
[00:29:51] Iranian officials dismissed Trump's statement as another lie,
[00:29:55] insisting that the country's armed forces remain on full alert and
[00:29:59] prepared for any scenario.
[00:30:32] falsely of negotiations, even now they continue to
[00:30:36] lie, when they find themselves at the height of weakness, they call
[00:30:39] for seas fire. from the past until today, they
[00:30:43] continue with shameless audacity to speak of human rights,
[00:30:47] yet the crimes they have committed are unprecedented
[00:30:51] in
[00:30:51] history.
[00:30:57] so what was really happening?