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[00:00:00] Claiming that the outlines of a possible agreement had
[00:00:03] in emerged.
[00:00:09] of
[00:00:27] a
[00:00:35] Donald Trump declared that the United States was locked and loaded and
[00:00:38] prepared to unleash military power
[00:00:41] of not of seen since World War II, but said the attack had been
[00:00:44] suspended because Iran and several regional states had asked
[00:00:48] Washington to wait while negotiations
[00:00:51] continued.
[00:00:58] Tehran flatly. protected that account.
[00:01:02] Iranian officials dismissed Trump's statement as another lie,
[00:01:06] insisting that the country's armed forces remain on full alert and
[00:01:10] prepared for any
[00:01:11] scenario.
[00:01:16] General Mohammad Ismail Kosari, a former deputy chief
[00:01:20] of the IRGC Sarah headquarters and a current
[00:01:23] of member of Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy
[00:01:27] committee.
[00:01:33] us
[00:01:39] imposed while upon we were in the midst of negotiations. We should know that they
[00:01:43] speak falsely of negotiations. Even now, they continue to
[00:01:46] lie. When they find themselves at the height of weakness, they call for
[00:01:51] sease
[00:01:52] of fire. of From the past until today, they
[00:01:54] of continue with shameless audacity to speak of human rights,
[00:01:58] yet the crimes they have. committed are unprecedented
[00:02:02] in
[00:02:02] history,
[00:02:08] so what was really happening? was
[00:02:11] of Washington stepping back because diplomacy had suddenly prevailed or
[00:02:15] because the military
[00:02:16] of balance was changing in ways it could no longer
[00:02:18] ignore.
[00:02:24] the war that Donald Trump launched against Iran, the one he once
[00:02:28] believed would only last for few... two weeks has now entered its sixth
[00:02:32] month. casualties continue to mount, weapon stock pots
[00:02:36] are being depleted and gasoline prices have once again
[00:02:39] surged. Trump is eager to bring the conflict to an end, but it is
[00:02:43] becoming increasingly clear that his wishes alone are no
[00:02:47] of longer enough to determine whether the war ends or
[00:02:50] continues.
[00:02:55] former Israeli military intelligence official Dennis Setrunovits
[00:02:59] offered a revealing assessment. Iran, he
[00:03:03] argued, is no longer reacting to events set in motion by
[00:03:06] Washington. It is increasingly dictating the pace,
[00:03:10] timing, and direction
[00:03:11] of the
[00:03:11] confrontation.
[00:03:17] General Kosari told us that Trump has already become irrelevant and
[00:03:21] that his remarks carry no
[00:03:23] a significant weight.
[00:03:25] ترامپ مثلاً تا به حال خودشون بیرون دادن. 106 بار گفته ما ایران
[00:03:29] را. According to what western media themselves
[00:03:33] have published, Trump has so far claimed 106
[00:03:37] times that he has defeated Iran,
[00:03:40] a 95 times that he has destroyed Iran, 88 times then
[00:03:44] an agreement with Iran is imminent and
[00:03:47] a 75 times that the
[00:03:48] of street of hormos is open. Well, if the street is open,
[00:03:52] why is America still struggling there? I tell you
[00:03:56] that all these lies will eventually produce
[00:03:59] a reaction. Against Trump
[00:04:00] himself.
[00:04:04] Diplomatic efforts continued behind the
[00:04:06] scenes. Reuters reported that Oman had
[00:04:10] proposed replacing Iran's exclusive
[00:04:12] of role in securing the straight of hormos with
[00:04:15] a regional security arrangement involving Persian Gulf states and
[00:04:18] funded through voluntary user contributions.
[00:04:22] A day later, Reuters reported that Tehran had rejected the proposal
[00:04:26] outright, concluding
[00:04:28] in that it offered no realistic path.
[00:05:00] This estate has been used against the lives of our officials,
[00:05:04] our people and our territorial integrity.
[00:05:07] Naturally, what we have secured through the self-sacrifice
[00:05:11] of our youth. and the resistance of our people will not accept
[00:05:15] any plan that seeks to eliminate our independent
[00:05:18] will and the exercise of our sovereignty the
[00:05:22] straight.
[00:05:25] meanwhile, many observers assumed that the daily exchanges had
[00:05:29] quietly evolved into undeclared ceasefire, that Iran
[00:05:33] would avoid striking American forces unless directly
[00:05:36] attacked. the battlefield told different
[00:05:40] story: Iran is no longer fighting according to
[00:05:44] the old rules. Iran's uh recent surprise
[00:05:47] attacks against US military bases in Jordan could uh signal
[00:05:51] a major shift in its military strategy, meaning that
[00:05:55] it is now prepared to carry out preemptive strikes to
[00:05:59] deter Washington.
[00:06:01] now what does this shift actually entil and how does it differ from
[00:06:05] Iran's previous military strategy?
[00:06:09] این تغییر در اصل the change in Iran's future
[00:06:12] doctrine was fundamentally based a plan prepared by the armed
[00:06:16] forces. According to that plan, in the first stage we maintain
[00:06:20] a defensive posture and never initiate war. At the
[00:06:24] same time, however, in certain periods we adopt an
[00:06:28] offensive posture. As you can see in the recent developments in the
[00:06:31] straight of armus, Iran has introduced changes to its
[00:06:35] monetary doctrine. This was only one aspect of
[00:06:39] our strategy which shifted to an offensive. mode so that
[00:06:43] the enemy would understand it cannot simply do whatever it
[00:06:47] wishes while we remain subordinate to
[00:06:49] it. during the
[00:06:53] 12-day war the United States and Israel seized the initiative
[00:06:57] leaving Tehran to respond. This time Iran
[00:07:00] chose to strike first. Preemptive
[00:07:04] operations, strategic surprise and attacks on high-value
[00:07:08] military targets has become central to its evolving
[00:07:11] doctrine. As Major General Ali
[00:07:14] Abdullahi, Commander of Iran's Khatam Andiya Central
[00:07:17] Headquarters declared, the Americans and their mercenaries
[00:07:21] have learned that their coffins are now part their military equipment in the
[00:07:25] region. As our late leader always said, the air of
[00:07:29] hit and run is
[00:07:30] over.
[00:07:37] We also talked with General Muhammad Jafar Asadi, the deputy
[00:07:41] commander of Khatam.
[00:08:12] should listen to the words of our commanders. Martter Sulaimani addressed
[00:08:16] Iran's enemies and said, "You start the war, but its
[00:08:20] end is in our hands. The same holds true
[00:08:23] today. Last week, when I visited Iran's islands,
[00:08:27] I saw that our forces are waiting for the day when America
[00:08:30] commits this mistake and launches a ground operation against
[00:08:34] us. And that day, we will put these American captives
[00:08:38] on display."
[00:08:42] After six months of war under Donald Trump, Iran can claim one
[00:08:46] significant advantage: Washington is increasingly being forced to
[00:08:50] fight on Tehran's terms. Despite Trump's administration's
[00:08:54] increasingly aggressive rhetoric, growing evidence suggests that the
[00:08:58] United States lacks the resources needed to sustain a
[00:09:02] large-scale military campaign against
[00:09:04] Iran.
[00:09:08] While the Trump administration continued escalate its rhetoric,
[00:09:12] different...
[00:09:42] to Trump, well, Trump wanted the Iranian people to fear him
[00:09:46] and surrender, according to the words of our martered Imam, in
[00:09:50] Iran, if only one person remains, the duty of
[00:09:54] that one person is to fight against
[00:09:56] depression.
[00:10:00] According to investigation by the intercept, conditions at
[00:10:03] moaffalti airbase in Jordan have exposed the weakness of
[00:10:07] repeated claims that Iran's military capabilities had been
[00:10:11] crippled. Instead, Iran's combination of
[00:10:15] loitering drones, maneuverable hypersonic ballistic missiles
[00:10:18] and advanced electronic counter measures has placed
[00:10:22] unprecedented pressure on America's. retreat and thought
[00:10:26] air defense systems.
[00:10:30] One US official admitted that interceptor missile stockp
[00:10:34] had been depleted so severely that commanders were now
[00:10:37] instructed to engage only missiles posing immediate threat
[00:10:41] to human life. Replenishing those
[00:10:44] inventories, the officials said could take as long as three
[00:10:48] years.
[00:10:54] امروز هم
[00:11:25] It is reaching American households. As
[00:11:29] gasoline and diesel prices climb, inflation remains
[00:11:33] stubbornly high and billions of dollars continue to flow into the war
[00:11:37] effort, public support for the conflict steadily
[00:11:40] eroded. A recent political poll found
[00:11:44] that only about one third of Donald Trump's own maga
[00:11:47] supporters now believe the war is worth its economic
[00:11:50] cost, a sharp decline from just few months
[00:11:52] earlier. The
[00:11:56] economist reported that among modern U.S. military conflicts with
[00:12:00] comparable poling, the war against Iran has become the least
[00:12:04] popular.
[00:12:08] Meanwhile, we had at our studio Mr. Hamed Nasedon, an expert
[00:12:12] in American Affairs. It seems as though the United
[00:12:16] States has failed to achieve its stated objectives at the beginning the
[00:12:19] war. What is the main reason for this failure, according
[00:12:23] to American analyst?
[00:12:56] This crisis has therefore arise and both among American
[00:13:00] politicians and within the American
[00:13:02] society.
[00:13:06] With congressional midterm elections approaching, those numbers carry
[00:13:10] growing political significance. If the conflict
[00:13:13] continues, the greatest price may not be paid on the battlefield, but at
[00:13:17] the ballot box. Why is it that most Americans and American
[00:13:21] media uh are worried and concerned about?
[00:13:55] why this happen? situations such as the Vietnam war
[00:13:58] arise in which civil protests take place,
[00:14:02] and if America fails to manage these protests, crisis
[00:14:06] insues.
[00:14:10] for millions of Americans, this is no longer distant foreign
[00:14:13] war. it has become a question of fuel prices,
[00:14:17] household budgets and economic
[00:14:20] security. the political pressure on the white house
[00:14:23] is mounting just as tensions with Israel are becoming increasingly
[00:14:27] visible. shortly before Iran's strike,
[00:14:31] Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Trump in
[00:14:35] Washington, describing their talks as one the best
[00:14:38] conversations they had held despite months of growing
[00:14:41] friction. Yet only hours earlier, Israeli
[00:14:45] Minister of Military Affairs, Israel Cats had revealed that Israel
[00:14:49] wanted to attack Iran's energy infrastructure, but had been restrained by
[00:14:53] the Trump administration.
[00:15:37] of it, today you see Trump threatening to strike Iran's
[00:15:41] infrastructure and few moments later ordering the attack
[00:15:45] to stop. It's clear that this is the seventh time
[00:15:49] Trump has repeated this lie without wanting to strike Iran's
[00:15:52] infrastructure.
[00:15:57] For decades, American military interventions across West Asia
[00:16:01] have left behind countless innocent victims and
[00:16:05] immeasurable human suffering. The... War against Iran is no
[00:16:08] exception, beyond the headlines and geopolitical
[00:16:12] calculations are personal tragedies that rarely appear
[00:16:15] in the world's major news reports. This is one
[00:16:18] them. It
[00:16:22] was just after 10 o'clock in the evening, the Imam Hassan community
[00:16:26] gathering in the city of Ray had began empty. Eight-year-old
[00:16:30] avin Amir Khashani, a little girl with brown hair, dimples and bright
[00:16:34] eyes, was walking hand in hand with her mother.
[00:16:38] Without warning, the night sky turned yellow, deafining explosion from the
[00:16:42] nearby oil refinery shook the ground beneath them. Mom,
[00:16:45] mom, run, run! Avina screamed, then came the
[00:16:49] dust, the smoke and the
[00:16:51] silence. The night before avine had
[00:16:55] written in her diary, dear leader, I want to become a marcher like
[00:16:59] you, less than 24 hours later she died in her
[00:17:02] grandmother's arms. This is story of Oven's brief life
[00:17:06] told through. the memories of her mother, deil, who was herself
[00:17:10] seriously wounded in the attack. when the war began, Leila
[00:17:14] recalls, I rush to collect oven from school, two fighter jets flew
[00:17:18] overhead and she kept asking what was happening. I told her, I think
[00:17:22] America has attacked, but don't worry, you're safe, nothing will
[00:17:26] happen to you. As Laila reaches the night the
[00:17:30] explosion, her voice begans to shake. That evening, after
[00:17:33] breaking our fast, we went shopping for New Year's clothes. We bought a...
[00:17:37] new pair of trousers. They were a little too long. I plan to
[00:17:41] shorten them later, yet never happened. Her husband
[00:17:45] dropped Laila Avine and her younger brother at her mother's house.
[00:17:49] Together, they walked to the nightly gathering. Ovine happyly
[00:17:52] carried picture the martered leader. On their way
[00:17:56] home, everything changed, the refinery was struck. The flash was
[00:18:00] blinding, people scattered in every direction. Alvin kept shouting, mom,
[00:18:04] run, mom, run. I can still hear her voice. When the dust settled,
[00:18:08] I realized my hand had been hit by Sharpnow and my left leg had been
[00:18:12] severed below the ankle. Her mother was holding Alvin. She
[00:18:16] looked peaceful. There wasn't a scratched on her face. We thought she
[00:18:19] had simply lost consciousness. A stranger picked her up and ran
[00:18:23] towards the hospital. I kept screaming, "don't take ovin
[00:18:27] away," but I couldn't move, I couldn't even hold my own
[00:18:30] daughter, one last time. For 10 days, while Laila lay in
[00:18:34] hospital, everyone told her Alveene was intensive care.
[00:18:38] Only the day before the funeral did they tell her she had died. Despite the
[00:18:42] pain. Leila smiles when she remembers her daughter. She was like a
[00:18:46] bottle of perfume. Whenever she entered her room, she filled it with
[00:18:49] warmth. Everyone loved her. Today, perhaps no one feels
[00:18:53] Ovine's absence more deeply than her six-year-old brother, Amir
[00:18:57] Ali, who was also injured that night. He didn't just lose
[00:19:00] sister, their mother says he lost his closest
[00:19:03] friend.
[00:19:07] Having come under intense military pressure and suffered several
[00:19:11] setbacks in recent days, the United States is now trying to
[00:19:15] draw other countries into the conflict in attempt to avoid what could
[00:19:19] become a historic, strategic
[00:19:21] defeat. The
[00:19:25] consequences the confrontation with Iran are now extending far
[00:19:29] beyond the battlefield. Critics argue that Trump has
[00:19:33] repeatedly prioritized Israel's security objectives over
[00:19:37] broader. American and regional interests, but the
[00:19:40] consequences of that approach may now be reaching even Washington's
[00:19:44] closest allies. After
[00:19:48] exhausting portions of its cruise missile inventories abroad and naval
[00:19:52] assets operating in the Indian Ocean, the United States is preparing
[00:19:56] to expand the use of B1 strategic bombers deployed from
[00:19:59] Raf Fairford in Britain. Yet, several
[00:20:03] European allies have refused to participate any expanded military.
[00:20:37] 20th centuries, in my view, lacks the capacity
[00:20:41] safeguard gibraltar, let alone conference rising lion
[00:20:44] named iran in a straight of
[00:20:46] hermus.
[00:20:50] Washington's relationships with its Arab partners in the Persian Gulf have
[00:20:54] also come under unprecedented pressure. According
[00:20:58] to multiple reports, one factor behind Trump's decision to
[00:21:01] postpone another major strike on Iran was the repeated warnings of
[00:21:05] Arab leaders. Their countries home to key American
[00:21:09] military bases have become increasingly exposed to possible
[00:21:13] Iranian retaliation. Iran has stated
[00:21:17] as one of its objectives uh the withdraw.
[00:21:50] permanent war,
[00:21:54] meanwhile, the conflict has begun intersecting with another major global
[00:21:58] crisis. On July 25th,
[00:22:01] Ukraine struck an Iranian commercial cargo vessel in the
[00:22:04] Caspian Sea, killing a civilian
[00:22:07] sailor. Tehran condemned the attack as
[00:22:10] a violation of article 2, paragraph 4 the United Nations
[00:22:14] Charter and warn that such actions risked expanding
[00:22:18] the conflict into new. theaters. The incident
[00:22:22] highlighted a growing concern. The boundaries between the world's
[00:22:26] major conflicts are becoming increasingly difficult to
[00:22:29] separate. Following Ukraine's attack
[00:22:33] on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian
[00:22:36] Sea. Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described the incident
[00:22:40] as a violation the UN charter. Now just Tehran
[00:22:43] regard this as primarily a bilateral dispute with Ukraine
[00:22:47] or as a part of a broader coalition.
[00:22:49] decision
[00:23:20] making situation. Naturally, this is not soly about
[00:23:24] Kief. Naturally, one must act with patience. There
[00:23:28] is sufficient time and the Iranian nation will punish any
[00:23:31] aggressor a proper
[00:23:33] moment. The
[00:23:36] timing the attack also attract
[00:23:38] attention. It came shortly before
[00:23:42] Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky's plan meeting with President
[00:23:45] Trump in Washington, where he was expected to see continued American
[00:23:49] support. for Ukraine while emphasizing Russia's growing
[00:23:53] partnership with Iran. Reports have
[00:23:56] suggested that the United Kingdom may allow the United States
[00:24:00] to use its military bases for attacking Iran.
[00:24:04] Now, by doing so, with that make the United
[00:24:07] Kingdom accomplice in the Israeli US
[00:24:11] aggression against Iran, if so, what are the legal
[00:24:15] consequences for the United
[00:24:16] Kingdom?
[00:24:50] Europe must realize that working with Iran will bring it far
[00:24:54] greater benefit than hostility toward the Iranian nation
[00:24:57] and standing beside an America that is now struggling for its
[00:25:01] own
[00:25:02] survival. The
[00:25:06] greatest danger of war against Iran is not that Washington will
[00:25:10] suffer military defeat, it is the fact that it will become trapped in
[00:25:14] a cycle of attritional war, one from which is harder
[00:25:17] escape than to enter. This is the... scenario that American
[00:25:21] strategic thinkers have long described as an endless
[00:25:24] war.
[00:25:28] The phrase forever war entered the American political
[00:25:31] vocabulary after the United States became trapped in the prolonged
[00:25:35] conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those wars
[00:25:39] began with clear objectives, but no clear path to
[00:25:43] conclusion. Many analysts warn that a confrontation with
[00:25:46] Iran carries the same danger. Over
[00:25:50] four decades, Iran has developed a vast network of regional
[00:25:54] partnerships while building its own military capabilities in
[00:25:58] ballistic missiles, drones and asymmetric
[00:26:00] warfare. I
[00:26:36] Iran's geography makes the challenge even greater,
[00:26:40] any prolong conflict would threaten some the world's most important
[00:26:43] energy roots, including the Persian Gulf and the straight of
[00:26:47] hormos.
[00:26:49] It could disrupt global markets, place America's regional allies under
[00:26:52] severe pressure and create a chin reaction extending
[00:26:56] for borders. تا زمانی که
[00:27:00] ظلم هست ما در مقابل.
[00:27:32] emerge from this struggle with honor, success and
[00:27:35] victory.
[00:27:39] Donald Trump has long criticized America's wars in Iraq and
[00:27:43] Afghanistan as costly failures. During
[00:27:47] his 2024 presidential campaign, he repeatedly promised that
[00:27:51] he would prevent the United States from becoming trapped in another endless
[00:27:54] conflict. Yet, today he faces the
[00:27:58] possibility of leading exactly the kind of war he once
[00:28:01] promised. to
[00:28:02] avoid.
[00:29:58] The headlines, yemini armed forces conduct a major military operation
[00:30:02] against. backed mercenaries in Yemen, causing massive
[00:30:05] casualties and destruction.
[00:30:09] Iran dismantles a network spying for Musad in
[00:30:13] Kermon and a terrorist cell planning attacks in seistan and
[00:30:16] Baluchistan
[00:30:17] province. And also
[00:30:21] coming up therey troops raid the londia refugee camp in the
[00:30:25] west bank for the second day. They've also injured at least eight
[00:30:28] people in southern Lebanon.
[00:30:46] You're watching Chris TV World News with me Kyrash Punemati here in the Iranian
[00:30:49] Capital Tehran welcome to the program. The Yemen Armed
[00:30:53] forces say they have carried out a large scale military
[00:30:57] operation against Saudi-back troops and