PRESSTV — broadcast 20260806 210000 UTC 459 transcript segments Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp) 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. [00:00:03] The headlines: Yemani armed forces say they have conducted [00:00:07] major military operation against Saudi-backed mercenaries in [00:00:11] a Yemen who were planning to attack the [00:00:13] of of capital Sana. Iran dismantles a network [00:00:17] spying for masad in Kerman and a terrorist cell planning attacks [00:00:20] in insistan and Baluchestan [00:00:23] province. And [00:00:26] also coming up, there's really troops to raid the Gollandia refugee. have been the west [00:00:30] bank for the second day, they have also injured at least eight [00:00:34] people in southern [00:00:36] of Lebanon. [00:00:41] of [00:00:55] armed forces say they have carried out a larger scale military [00:00:59] operation against. troops in the [00:01:01] country. [00:01:06] As the criminal Saudi enemy persists in its blockade and [00:01:09] of aggression against dear Yemani people for nearly 12 years, our armed [00:01:12] forces have monitored large Saudi military mobilizations that were in their [00:01:16] of final stages [00:01:17] of and were intended to escalate against the free governorates and the Yemani people in [00:01:20] order to force them to abandon their position demanding an [00:01:24] of end to the unjust blockade. Our armed forces conducted a [00:01:28] large scale and high quality military. operation targeting the Saudi enemies [00:01:32] troop concentrations using a large number of ballistic missiles and [00:01:35] drones. [00:01:40] the spokesman said the armed forces targeted the areas of al [00:01:44] of ruveik, al-abr, al-thania and other camps belonging to the [00:01:48] so-called first and third emergency [00:01:51] of brigades. he added that the operation is killed and wounded hundreds of [00:01:55] Saudi [00:01:56] of mercenaries and destroyed a large number [00:01:58] of their camps troop. concentrations, warehouses, military [00:02:02] vehicles and weapons in the Al-Vadia area [00:02:05] east of Yemen. The senior official [00:02:08] warn Saudi Arabia against committing any reckless act which [00:02:12] would only cause fertil [00:02:15] of escalation. He vowed that Yemen will continue the equation of [00:02:18] blockade for blockade until the Saudi siege is [00:02:22] lifted. Yahya Alwazir our [00:02:26] correspondent in the Yemeny Capital San A tells us more about the Yemeny. [00:02:30] forces military operation against [00:02:32] of Saudi [00:02:32] of mercenaries, [00:02:36] the latest attack on the Saudi [00:02:40] forces that was being mobilized in [00:02:44] order to start a new aggression against the Yemani [00:02:47] people. Yemeni armed forces have warned multiple times [00:02:51] Saudi Arabia that resisting in its aggression against [00:02:55] of Yemen would only uh lead to a full [00:02:59] scale. with the Yemani armed forces and [00:03:03] it will not go fine for Saudi Arabia, this [00:03:07] operation shows the determinant [00:03:09] of the Yemani armed [00:03:10] of of forces escalating [00:03:14] until the siege is left to Yemen, hundreds [00:03:17] are being [00:03:19] of reported to being dead or wonded after [00:03:23] this operation, and the [00:03:25] of significant part about this that the emergency forces of Saudi [00:03:29] Arab... [00:03:31] ia uh were actually launched in late [00:03:33] 2025 and it is the [00:03:36] main arm of Saudi Arabia in Northern [00:03:40] Yemen, it is, it has [00:03:43] in about 36,000 recruit and [00:03:46] they were at their [00:03:49] of latest mobilization [00:03:53] phases, so that was a big blow for [00:03:56] them, that would need months to... to be [00:04:00] able to reach the same level of [00:04:03] of mobilization [00:04:04] again. [00:04:10] Iran's ministry of intelligence says it has dismantled a uh [00:04:14] dismantled a masad linked spinage network [00:04:18] arresting 21 operatives in Kermon province. According [00:04:21] to the ministry, the operatives provided masad with intelligence about [00:04:25] sensitive and classified military and air defense sites. [00:04:30] a Intelligence Ministry has also announced seasing military great [00:04:33] firearms from five armed suspects detained in the [00:04:37] January Riots. Meanwhile, [00:04:40] the IRGC's ground force says it has eliminated a terrorist group in [00:04:44] the Seestan and Balutistan [00:04:46] a province. The armed group had entered Iran from a neighboring [00:04:50] country carrying weapons and ammunition when they were confronted by the [00:04:54] IRGC before their planned terrorist [00:04:57] operation. The IRGC has also [00:05:00] arrested eight armed criminals linked to terrorist groups who [00:05:04] had form cells to create insecurity in the seaston and [00:05:08] Baluchestan [00:05:12] of province. Iran's industry minister Mohammad Atabak has [00:05:16] visited Pakistan for talks aimed at boosting bilateral [00:05:19] economic cooperation. He and Pakistan's commerce [00:05:23] minister co-chared the latest session the joint trade [00:05:26] committee between the two countries. Both sides reaffirmed their [00:05:30] commitment to increasing annual trade to $10 billion [00:05:34] dollars. We have more in this [00:05:35] report. [00:05:40] Pakistan and Iran have signed a memorandum. of understanding to deepen [00:05:43] trade and commercial cooperation, marking another milestone in their [00:05:47] efforts to strengthen bilateral economic relations. the [00:05:51] agreement was signed during the 10th session the Pakistan Iran joint [00:05:55] trade committee co- chaired by Iran's minister of industry [00:05:58] Mine and trade Mohammad Atabak and Pakistan's commerce [00:06:02] minister Jaam Kamal Khan. The two sides reaffirmed their [00:06:06] commitment to increasing annual bilateral trade to 10 billion US [00:06:10] dollars. It's not something. out of reach, I'm [00:06:14] quite optimistic that this amount will be [00:06:17] reached and it's not something that [00:06:21] is out of touch, so there are few [00:06:24] things that if we solve it, definitely will [00:06:28] be even above that, discussion were [00:06:32] mainly on trade, how we [00:06:35] can increase the trade amount [00:06:39] with Pakistan. a [00:06:43] neighboring and brother nation right beside [00:06:46] us. the memorandum outlines a road map for expanding economic [00:06:50] cooperation by activating border economic regions, [00:06:54] increasing border trade with greater private sector participation, [00:06:58] exchanging technical delegations and immediately [00:07:01] implementing existing bilateral agreements. [00:07:04] Iranian and pakistani officials also agreed to continue [00:07:08] working toward a formal free trade agreement. the aim is [00:07:12] to see in strengthen the bilateral [00:07:16] trade relationship in between both the countries for [00:07:19] which both the country's leadership have set a [00:07:22] target of 10 billion dollars and for that [00:07:25] purpose we are seeing those opportunities way [00:07:29] forward the bottlenecks [00:07:31] which restrict free [00:07:35] trade in between the countries and at the same time we are [00:07:39] also working a FTA in between [00:07:42] sidelines the [00:07:44] and committee on meeting, the business officials of both [00:07:47] countries met at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and [00:07:51] Industry. They discuss the challenges facing bilateral [00:07:55] trade and propose measures to increase commercial exchanges through [00:07:59] stronger private sector engagement, improved border [00:08:02] infrastructure and simplified trade [00:08:04] procedures. One the key topics [00:08:08] discussed with the visiting Iranian minister was the establishment. of [00:08:12] a joint industrial zone where a wide range of industries could [00:08:16] operate. We also discuss the gas pipeline project. Since [00:08:20] energy is one of Pakistan's highest production costs, the pipeline could [00:08:24] significantly reduce the cost of gas and electricity in our [00:08:27] country. There are also many products that Iran manufactures at [00:08:31] very reasonable prices and we intend to import them from [00:08:35] Iran. During his visit, Minister Atabak met Prime [00:08:38] Minister Shahbaz Sharif. He thanked Pakistan for its media. [00:08:42] Asian efforts aimed at ending the war the United States and Israel [00:08:46] launched against Iran earlier this year. The frequency [00:08:50] of high level visit suggests Pakistan and Iran are committed to [00:08:54] deepening their strategic economic partnership. Both countries are [00:08:58] now focused on expanding trade, strengthening industrial [00:09:01] cooperation and achieving their shared 10 billion dollar [00:09:05] annual trade [00:09:13] deserty [00:09:14] forces, [00:09:20] deserty forces have launched a larger scale military incursion [00:09:23] into the occupied west bank, arresting dozens of Palestinians and [00:09:27] injuring several others in the Kolondia refugee camp, at least [00:09:31] 16 people have been injured and some 60 others, [00:09:35] including women and children have been abducted. [00:09:39] The IOF has also continued attacks across other part. the [00:09:43] occupied was bang, including the cities of Golgelia, Nablis [00:09:46] and Al Khalil. On Wednesday, they rated village near Al [00:09:50] Khalil, wounding several Palestinians including woman and [00:09:54] a girl. They also set several homes on fire, [00:09:58] mean while lady forces fired tier gas at Prest TV's crew [00:10:02] while they were covering IOF rates in the galandia [00:10:05] region. [00:10:11] Nour corresponds. [00:10:13] and has an update on the ongoing Israelity crimes in the occupied west bank as [00:10:17] well as assault on the press tv's [00:10:19] crew. as [00:10:23] the as the Israeli atrost. cities continue, [00:10:26] but - so does the Israeli suppression for the [00:10:30] entire media crew that is around surrounding us, our [00:10:34] colleagues are just few meters away [00:10:38] uh standing because we were faced with [00:10:41] tear gas canisters and sound bombs more than once, [00:10:45] so as um as for as for the Israeli [00:10:49] side and the israeli forces, of course it's the answer [00:10:52] is always suppression, but [00:10:55] from our side [00:10:56] the answer is always to uh to continue [00:11:00] coverage and to continue this um to continue [00:11:04] making the camera rolling, this is this is a [00:11:07] high price that we pay as pris tv [00:11:11] and as the entire Palestinian body, [00:11:15] because we know that we are the voice of those who are [00:11:19] voiceless, until this moment the Palestinian red crecent [00:11:22] have have made an official number. the total injuries [00:11:26] risen up to 13 injuries, among [00:11:30] them are elderlies and and [00:11:33] people, we have more than 60 documented [00:11:37] cases of suffocation inside kalandia refugee camp [00:11:41] who were not be able, the palestinian ampulus was not able to extract [00:11:45] them from inside the the separated area and [00:11:49] inside this area that has been declared [00:11:52] as um as a mili military as a military [00:11:56] zone. [00:12:00] Missouri regime launches new air strikes on southern Lebanon and violation of [00:12:04] sease fire deal with the Arab country. The latest strikes targeted [00:12:08] areas in and around the town of Almansuri. Local [00:12:11] sources say in two waves as we fighter jets targeted [00:12:15] residential buildings in the town. Earlier in the day, the [00:12:19] regime also conducted eraid in several areas [00:12:22] entire region wounding at to least four [00:12:26] people. The attacks force the many residents to leave their [00:12:29] homes. Witnesses also cited continuous artillery shelling [00:12:33] in the area. The attacks came after the Israely regime [00:12:37] confirmed the killing of two of its soldiers and the injury of [00:12:41] several others in an explosion in the city of [00:12:44] Tyre. According to Lebanon's health ministry, since March the [00:12:48] 2nd, Israely attacks have killed over [00:12:51] 4,300 Lebanes and wounded more than 120. [00:12:56] 250 [00:12:57] others. [00:13:02] Amas has called on mediators to prevent Israel from [00:13:05] sabotaging the cease fire agreement reached last October. The [00:13:09] Palestinian Resistance movement has urged the ceasefire signatories, the [00:13:13] mediators and the US to take effective action [00:13:17] against those regimes continued aggression against the Palestinians [00:13:21] and refusal to fulfill its obligations under this. [00:13:25] fire agreement. Hamas also urged them to stop the [00:13:29] regime from continuing to obstruct the agreement. Hamas also [00:13:33] welcomed a joint statement by several countries including Turkey, [00:13:36] Qatar and Saudi Arabia condemming desberry crimes in [00:13:40] Gaza. It said the statement underscores the gravity [00:13:44] the escalation and the violations committed by the [00:13:47] occupation regime which threatened the future the entire [00:13:51] cease fire agreement. Hamas has also condemned as [00:13:55] violations in the occupied west bank saying the campaign of repression [00:13:59] would not weaken the Palestinians resolve to [00:14:02] resist and defend the al-Aqsa [00:14:04] mosk. One [00:14:08] child a day has been killed in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire [00:14:12] announced in October 2025. The United Nations [00:14:16] Children's agency says at the least 300 children have been [00:14:20] killed in Gaza and hundreds more wounded, many [00:14:24] severely. Families are confined to about a [00:14:27] third the enclave, sheltering among rubble and [00:14:31] waste. UNICEF added that children continue to face acute [00:14:34] malnutrition, disease, unsafe water and damaged [00:14:38] sanitation. Over 58,000 children [00:14:42] have lost one or both parents, and more than [00:14:45] million, require protection and psychosocial [00:14:49] support. Residents uh have recovered the remains [00:14:52] of an unborn baby. after recent israely [00:14:56] attack killed a pregnant woman, her husband and their [00:14:59] five-year-old son. unicef welcomed the recent [00:15:03] pledges of support, but said the real test is whether the [00:15:07] killing stops and whether aid actually reaches the [00:15:11] children who need it. [00:15:15] the euromet human rights monitor warns that Israel is attempting to [00:15:18] erase war crime scenes in Gaza by removing rubble [00:15:22] before independent investigators can document or [00:15:25] examine them. the group says this could destroy crucial [00:15:29] evidence and the last races of thousands of people are still missing [00:15:33] beneath the debris. restiv's gada ibrahim reports from [00:15:36] cost. [00:15:41] for thousands of Palestinians, Gaza's rabel is more than remains [00:15:45] of destroyed homes. It is a crime scene. In report [00:15:49] this week, Euromediterran human rights monitor said Israel is [00:15:52] carrying a large scale operation to remove and crush [00:15:56] debris across Gaza before independent investigators and [00:16:00] forensic experts can examine the [00:16:02] sides. During the genocide, the Israeli army [00:16:06] tried to... [00:16:45] monitor, at least 10 million tons of rubble have already been [00:16:49] cleared with around 100 Israeli trucks entering eastern and [00:16:53] southern parts the gaza strip each day. concerns [00:16:57] are growing as Israel continues to bar international journalists and [00:17:01] investigative teams from entering this [00:17:03] trip. my sons are buried beneath. [00:17:07] the rubble of my home, which is now inaccessible behind the yellow [00:17:11] line, they say Israeli bulldozers and trucks are clearing the [00:17:14] rubble to erase our neighborhoods, that rubble holds my [00:17:18] sons, i'm terrified, i'll never be able to recover their bodies [00:17:22] or give them a dignified burial, the [00:17:26] bodies of my mother, father, sisters and cousins, [00:17:30] 27 members of my family in total are still buried [00:17:34] beneath the rubble of our building, we have no chance of rec'. [00:17:37] to their be bodies and now i fear that even in death they may [00:17:41] be taken away or removed by the Israeli [00:17:44] army, [00:17:50] gaza's death [00:17:53] has surpassed 73,300 nearly three years into the [00:17:56] war. according to official figures around [00:18:00] 8,500 people are trapped still missing beneath [00:18:02] and this believe same rubble. in gaza, the rubble [00:18:06] is not only. reminder of destruction and the aftermath the [00:18:10] genocide, it is the last remaining link to the [00:18:13] missing as it disappears so do hopes of recovering [00:18:17] loved ones, [00:18:32] 81 years since the United States dropped a nuclear [00:18:35] bomb on Hiroshima and leaving some [00:18:38] 150,000 people dead. Government [00:18:42] officials and delegates from many countries have attended the memorial ceremony to [00:18:46] show respect to the victims the 1945 bomb [00:18:50] attacks. [00:18:54] The final stages of World War II in 1945, US [00:18:58] Army Air Force preparing to drop the 4000 kilogram uranium [00:19:02] bomb code-named Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and the morning [00:19:06] of August 6th. turned into a time of tragedy the world will never [00:19:10] forget. when the little boy was dropped on the city, 70,00 [00:19:13] people were incinerated immediately. another 70,00 died of [00:19:17] injuries and radiation exposure in the following years. the US [00:19:21] dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki just few days [00:19:25] later, right a time when news the first catastrophe were [00:19:28] surfacing. that second attack took the lives of 70,00 [00:19:32] more [00:19:32] people. [00:19:38] 81 years on, the Japanese nation is still grieving, [00:19:42] thousands including aging survivors, relatives and government [00:19:46] officials attended the annual ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial [00:19:49] Park. Speaking at the ceremony, Japanese prime minister said the [00:19:53] lessons of Hiroshima must not be forgotten. Hiroshima, the [00:19:57] devastation wrought by the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and [00:20:01] the unspeakable suffering endured by so many must never be [00:20:04] repeated. Our nation firmly upholds the three non-nuclear. principles [00:20:08] and as the world's only country to have suffered atomic bombings and [00:20:11] war, bears the mission of tirelessly continuing efforts toward the [00:20:15] realization of a world without nuclear weapons. The [00:20:18] Japanese are hoping for a world free from nuclear weapons so that other [00:20:22] people will have to go through similar tragedy. But in a world where nuclear [00:20:26] states are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade their atomic [00:20:30] arsenals, that appears to be a farfetched wish. The United [00:20:33] States is the only country that ever used nuclear weapons against its. [00:20:38] and after all these years it was never held accountable for [00:20:41] the deaths and destruction it caused to [00:20:42] Japan [00:20:48] has become a member the... World artificial intelligence Cooperation [00:20:52] Organization, the membership grants Iran enter into a global [00:20:55] governance structure independent of western influence [00:20:59] while also providing access to the organizations resources [00:21:03] for training, research and a standard setting. We have more in this [00:21:07] report. [00:21:12] AI is a strategic goal for Iran, which aims to be top 10 [00:21:16] global player by 2032. It has already... [00:21:50] and scientific computing, Iran developed Seamor [00:21:54] Supercomputer at America the University of Technology, one of its most [00:21:58] significant heavy processing projects. Both Amir Khabir [00:22:01] University and Shariff University's AI center have [00:22:05] previously been targeted by US and Israel during the Ramazan [00:22:09] war. Now Iran is expanding its [00:22:12] capabilities and joining Vico to depen its [00:22:15] infrastructure and framing AI as a tool for technology. [00:22:39] AI is currently considered one the most important, effective and [00:22:43] efficient technologies, AI can truly play a role in every [00:22:46] imaginable field. An organization with the same name was launched. by the United [00:22:50] States and western countries, however, this organization launched here can be [00:22:54] more effective and better for us in terms of participation. The Shanghai [00:22:58] Cooperation Organization, Bricks and now the artificial intelligence [00:23:01] organization are institutions that somehow encompass all the countries the global [00:23:05] south. Given China's approach in this field, I am confident that this [00:23:09] is very good opportunity for us too, and it can play a better role across [00:23:13] different fields. Vico is the world's first [00:23:16] intergovernmental international organization that. [00:23:20] dedicated itself to artificial intelligence, it has been [00:23:23] created to foster cooperation and capacity building, [00:23:27] promote AI applications and open ecosystems [00:23:31] and build a just global AI governance [00:23:34] system. China proposes that artificial [00:23:38] intelligence should be used for good and for progress, serving all [00:23:42] countries and all of mankind. The US, on the other hand, [00:23:46] applies it in many ways to control the world, treating it as a platform. [00:23:50] predominance and increasingly applying it to the military field. [00:23:54] China is responding comprehensively in this regard. Wiko has been [00:23:57] established to use artificial intelligence to serve all of humanity so that [00:24:01] everyone can derive greater benefits from it. In this context, [00:24:05] China has joined with Iran and many other countries to establish an artificial [00:24:09] intelligence cooperation organization, aiming to promote the application [00:24:13] of AI technology for all of humanity. Iran's marty [00:24:17] leader Ali Khamenei insisted that must produce [00:24:20] AI and not just consume it, he warned against any power [00:24:24] imposing its will, with this viko membership, Iran joins [00:24:28] a global south platform where every nation has a voice, [00:24:32] that's sovereignty [00:25:11] As an African, I can't help but think about sanction as in Zimbabwe, [00:25:14] because that was what introduced me to sanction in the first place, where the [00:25:18] Zimbabwe people... had to suffer because of US unilateral [00:25:22] sanction and also the EU sanction, and what that sanction did to [00:25:26] the entire economy? but having come to Iran, I realized the [00:25:30] sanction can be treated as swatt. what is what? in [00:25:33] business, swat means s [00:25:36] wot, which means strength, weakness, [00:25:40] opportunities and threat, and that is how Iranians have treated [00:25:43] sanctions by turning it into strength, and [00:25:47] today Iran produces open [00:25:50] 90% of its food [00:25:52] consumption. [00:26:06] According to the most recent sensors, Iran has 90 million [00:26:10] people or over 90 million people, and this [00:26:13] produces over 90% the food that its people [00:26:16] need. It is so self-sufficient in creating food and [00:26:20] producing food that [00:26:21] it is also exporting to other countries. We are only [00:26:25] very few countries that have been able to attain over [00:26:28] 70% of food sufficiency according to the UN. [00:26:33] and those countries are China, Russia, the United [00:26:36] States and Iran is also one them, but the [00:26:40] difference is Iran is heavily [00:26:42] sanctioned. [00:26:51] According to UN estimates, export of agricultural [00:26:55] products now amounts for 12% of Iran's [00:26:58] total GDP. When you compare that to... [00:27:02] countries around Iran that are well relatively much [00:27:06] much richer than Iran, but they cannot produce [00:27:10] even 2% the food that they consume, [00:27:13] countries like Saudi Arabia, like Kuwait, like [00:27:17] Oman, what we can argue that some these countries are [00:27:20] experiencing drought and their geography does not allow [00:27:24] food but for production, one the lies we've been told is that [00:27:28] to be self-sufficient in food and consumption you have to be. [00:27:32] be very, very rich. you can also compare that to African [00:27:36] countries that have huge hurriable land that allow them [00:27:40] to be able to farm, but most African [00:27:44] countries still import over 70% the food [00:27:47] they [00:27:48] consume. [00:27:58] well, this is one the good restaurants in Tehran and I've come to try [00:28:02] very... famous Iranian dish known as [00:28:05] kormi sapsi. this is [00:28:08] considered by Iranian as the king of food. one thing [00:28:12] Iran has taught us from the very first moment that have incovering [00:28:16] sanctions around the world and especially in Iran, whether it is from their [00:28:20] military doctrine to their technology when it comes to [00:28:24] medicine or the ability to be able to produce your own food is that [00:28:28] when a nation takes decision that it [00:28:31] can't do it, it will find ways, whether you're [00:28:35] sanctioned by everybody in the world, or you're sanctioned by the United [00:28:39] States, [00:28:46] very [00:28:46] delicious. [00:28:54] Iran had warned, if war begins, this time it will not remain within Iran's [00:28:58] borders. Washington did not take Tiran's warning seriously, but followed was a... [00:29:02] widening battlefield, Israel and US bases in Saudi Arabia, the [00:29:06] UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait came under [00:29:10] attack. The war began in the skies, but soon reached the veins the economy, [00:29:14] then Tehran issued its next warning, if Iran's infrastructure is [00:29:17] targeted, your infrastructure will be targeted as well, and the world [00:29:21] quickly understood that even silence and neutrality in this war could carry heavy [00:29:25] price, but Iran's next warning is even more [00:29:28] consequential. The war could become extra [00:29:31] regional. [00:29:32] No official evidence says that all recent incidents are connected, but this [00:29:36] is where the central question begins: when Iran speaks of an [00:29:40] extra regional war, does it only mean an expansion of [00:29:43] geography, or does it refer to a chain of energy routes, [00:29:46] supports, military bases, markets and the global [00:29:50] economy? United States once ignored Iran's warning about the [00:29:53] regionalization of war and it is still dealing with the [00:29:56] costs. Now the question is, if Washington ignores [00:30:00] the warning of an extra regional war this time as well. Will it be able to pay the [00:30:03] price. [00:30:50] This week on expose we examine the stories shaping public debate [00:30:54] from political profiteering allegations covered by ms [00:30:58] now economic and excited.