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[00:00:08] a
[00:00:17] of
[00:00:22] in
[00:00:28] a
[00:00:30] of
[00:00:36] The headlines, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council says
[00:00:40] the straight of removes will not reopen until the US corrects its
[00:00:44] behavior and stops
[00:00:46] of threatening the Islamic Republic. The Iranian president says Tehran took
[00:00:49] reciprocal action
[00:00:51] a after the US violated the mou, stressing that the Islamic
[00:00:55] of Republic will continue to defend its interest while pursuing
[00:00:58] a
[00:00:59] of
[00:00:59] of diplomacy.
[00:01:04] in and this regime
[00:01:08] has launched new attacks on southern deban despite a ceasefire deal
[00:01:12] with the Arab
[00:01:13] country.
[00:01:30] It's half 10 pm here in the Iraining capital
[00:01:32] Tehran. The Secretary of Iran
[00:01:36] Supreme National Security Council says the straight of removes will not
[00:01:40] reopen until the US corrects its
[00:01:42] behavior. said Washington must stop
[00:01:46] threatening Iran and refrain from insulting the sacred
[00:01:50] believes
[00:01:51] of the nation. He said the US must permanently end aggression against
[00:01:55] Iran and its allies in Lebanon.
[00:01:58] Palestine. Um In Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and
[00:02:01] Iraq, the top security official also demanded the lifting
[00:02:05] of the naval blockade, withdrawal
[00:02:07] of the US military forces from around
[00:02:10] of Iran, and also the removal of unjust and illegal sanctions
[00:02:14] on the country. The statement further listed full
[00:02:17] compensation for the damage caused to Iran by the
[00:02:20] of two imposed wars and unconditional
[00:02:22] release of Tehran's frozen assets.
[00:02:26] Zulqadr noted that these measures reflected. demands
[00:02:30] voiced by the Iranian people in the nightly rallies and stress
[00:02:34] that the Supreme National Security Council will not back down,
[00:02:38] whether in war or in
[00:02:39] negotiations.
[00:02:44] of Iran's foreign
[00:02:48] minister says Tehran
[00:02:49] is closed to an agreement with Oman a new maritime transit route
[00:02:53] through uh the straight of Ramos, but negotiations between the two
[00:02:57] countries are still underway ambasar. she said talks with
[00:03:01] oman are regarding the legal framework and management
[00:03:04] of the waterway, specifically about determining a transit
[00:03:08] route. he noted that the previous traffic separation
[00:03:11] scheme is no longer acceptable to Tehran and that given
[00:03:15] the technical and legal complexities, a temporary
[00:03:19] route will be established for now as the basis for a
[00:03:23] permanent arrangement. she however emphasized that the
[00:03:26] reopening
[00:03:27] of the straight was contingent on under conditions, including the
[00:03:31] United States, remedying its violations
[00:03:34] of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding. The foreign minister
[00:03:38] pointed out that Washington was seeking to establish new roots
[00:03:42] in the straight and undermine Iran's management in violation
[00:03:46] of the MOU, warning
[00:03:48] that it is in no way
[00:03:50] acceptable.
[00:03:59] The spokes. person
[00:04:00] of the Islamic Revolution Gard Score has outlined Iran stance on the straight
[00:04:04] of removes saying the waterway will be reopen provided that
[00:04:08] the US accepts Iran's
[00:04:09] conditions.
[00:04:14] The reopening
[00:04:14] of the straight of hormas has its own specific mechanism and has
[00:04:18] nothing to do with the negotiations between Iran and
[00:04:21] Oman. Opening the straight of hormos depends on conditions under
[00:04:25] which the Islamic Republic will decide to reopen it and it depends on
[00:04:29] the extent to which the US accepts Iran's conditions, the
[00:04:33] straight of hormas is not merely
[00:04:35] of economic waterway for Iran, it's a component of geographical and
[00:04:39] strategic
[00:04:40] a power. The enemy has no choice but to accept arounds conditions to
[00:04:44] reopen the straight of hormas and must stop interfering in the negotiations
[00:04:48] between Iran, Oman and other countries, which are at their
[00:04:51] conclusion. Whenever the enemy accepts surrounds conditions, the
[00:04:55] straight will definitely be
[00:04:56] reopened. The
[00:05:00] Iranian army spokesperson has also warned that the United States has no
[00:05:05] of choice but to accept
[00:05:06] the current situation in
[00:05:07] the straight of remos or it will face far heavier costs
[00:05:10] than before. Brigity. General Akraminia said the Iranian
[00:05:14] order in the straight is irreversible and the armed
[00:05:18] forces will continue to stand firm until this control is
[00:05:22] fully consolidated. He emphasized that the armed forces will
[00:05:25] have both the will and the defensive capability to
[00:05:29] maintain this control. He also added that Iran's
[00:05:32] resistance against the US has elevated the countries are standing
[00:05:36] among free nations and Iranians are now known worldwide
[00:05:40] as resilient anchor.
[00:05:50] The Iranian president masoudan saran took
[00:05:54] reciprocal action after the US violated the
[00:05:57] mou, stressing that the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue to
[00:06:01] defend its interests while pursuing diplomacy.
[00:06:05] In a press conference, marking journalist
[00:06:07] day, said the memorandum of understanding did not
[00:06:11] involve. any concessions by Iran or any
[00:06:15] withdraw from the country's national interests. the
[00:06:18] Iranian president said that under the agreements, the parties were
[00:06:22] expected to operate based on guidelines jointly prepared by
[00:06:25] Iran and Oman for managing issues related to the straight of
[00:06:29] removes. however, he said the other side failed to
[00:06:33] follow those arrangements. Pesishgan also said dialogue
[00:06:37] has not altered Taran's longstanding position toward
[00:06:40] Washington and Iran's still believes US government is a
[00:06:44] colonialist and a criminal
[00:06:46] entity.
[00:06:54] academic and political analyst Hakim Saibir joined us earlier
[00:06:58] from Tehran to give us her thoughts on the Iranian president's
[00:07:02] remarks.
[00:07:07] Iran has never been and is is not
[00:07:11] going to be ready. to capitulate
[00:07:14] and of course
[00:07:14] the United States is learning that the hard way, it
[00:07:17] could basically abide by the
[00:07:21] by its part the mou, it
[00:07:24] could respect Iranian sovereignty,
[00:07:28] Iran is resilient, has shown that
[00:07:31] it is serious
[00:07:34] about its
[00:07:37] safeguarding of Iran's national interests, the United States
[00:07:41] has try. in the past
[00:07:43] decades after the second
[00:07:47] world war to create kind of
[00:07:50] hybrid system of domination in this region. with
[00:07:54] the Islamic Revolution, Iran actually started
[00:07:57] path of creating a hybrid system of
[00:08:01] resistance, part of which
[00:08:04] was trying to create the
[00:08:08] grounds for basically riding this region of
[00:08:11] foreign... interference, Iran has
[00:08:14] shown
[00:08:16] that you know it, it is able
[00:08:19] to use the the leverage that
[00:08:22] is its disposal, including you know
[00:08:26] the straight of hormos, you know, and that has
[00:08:30] very much elevated Iran's
[00:08:33] stance with regard to its
[00:08:36] ability to resist United States aggression,
[00:08:40] its ability to resist United States coersive diplomacy.
[00:08:44] and of course we have to wait and see
[00:08:47] whether is going to change this
[00:08:49] behavior. the deputy
[00:08:52] commander of Iran's central headquarters
[00:08:56] general has warned the US against
[00:09:00] launching a ground invasion. an interview with press tv he
[00:09:03] says the armed forces are fully ready to
[00:09:06] هم اینه
[00:09:10] که My advice is that
[00:09:14] our enemies, whether the great satan, America, or the
[00:09:17] cancerous tumor, Israel, should listen to the words of our
[00:09:21] commanders. Martter Suleimani addressed Iran's enemies and
[00:09:24] said, you start the war, but its end is in our
[00:09:28] hands. The same holds true today. Last week, when I
[00:09:32] visited Iran's islands, I saw that our forces are
[00:09:36] waiting for the day when America commits this mistake and launches
[00:09:40] a ground operation against us. "and that day we will put
[00:09:44] these American captives on display. Today, by
[00:09:48] the grace of God, no one fears Trump any longer, not
[00:09:52] even the young children. Now you see them come out into
[00:09:56] the streets, holding the Iranian flag in their hands and sending
[00:09:59] message to Trump. Well, Trump wanted the Iranian people
[00:10:03] to fear him and surrender. According to the words of our martered
[00:10:07] imam, in Iran, if only one person remains,
[00:10:11] the duty of..."
[00:10:25] you can see the evidence, wherever we decide, we strike
[00:10:28] immediately, even if vissle on the sea s to
[00:10:32] act on America's orders, we issued a warning and turned it
[00:10:36] back.
[00:10:41] In Sirick, one the hardest head cities in Iran's hormosgon
[00:10:45] province, attacks by the US on civilian infrastructure,
[00:10:48] left thousands without access to water after key
[00:10:51] reservoir was destroyed and another one was down.
[00:10:55] local emergency and crisis management teams responded swiftly
[00:10:59] restoring the water network and reconnecting around
[00:11:02] 2ous residents reflecting the city's
[00:11:05] determination to recover despite the attacks. moin
[00:11:09] amine
[00:11:09] reports.
[00:11:15] Sirik, city in Iran's southern province of
[00:11:18] hormozgan along the shores the Persian Gulf,
[00:11:22] ranking among the places that endured some the most... devastating
[00:11:25] US attacks, including the destruction of water reservoir
[00:11:29] a city where access to water remains a critical
[00:11:32] issue, directly striking the lives, health and well
[00:11:36] being of its residents.
[00:11:40] during the enemies attacks on Syric civilian infrastructure, the city's
[00:11:44] water reservoirs came under direct attack twice, one
[00:11:47] reservoir was completely destroyed while the other sustained damage and was
[00:11:51] put out of service, but this is Iran,
[00:12:25] infrastructure can instill fear among us, but that is a grave
[00:12:29] miscalculation, we will remain steadfast, and the
[00:12:33] swift restoration of Sirix water supply stands as clear
[00:12:37] evidence of that resolve. in the eyes of
[00:12:40] Iranians, the targeting of sirik's water reservoir has
[00:12:43] laid bear the true nature their country's enemies. the people of
[00:12:47] sirik will indeed never be the same again. for them, the
[00:12:51] homeland represents honor and dignity and variation of
[00:12:55] its soil is deeply personal, they view freedom as value
[00:12:59] greater than life or material possessions. attacks
[00:13:03] on civilian infrastructure and the deliberate targeting of people's lives and
[00:13:07] wellbeing have left an uglier image the US than ever
[00:13:10] before in the minds of Iranians and people around the world. the
[00:13:14] real question, however is whether international organizations and world
[00:13:18] leaders will have the courage and integrity to condemn such
[00:13:21] attacks. momini press tv,
[00:13:28] Donald Trump's latest remarks about the shortage of patriot missile
[00:13:32] systems have spark sharp criticism and widespread mockery
[00:13:35] online after he blamed former president Joe Biden for
[00:13:39] the shortfall. Critics across social media platforms accused
[00:13:43] Donald Trump of attempting to deflect the responsibility for the
[00:13:47] US failures and its latest aggression on
[00:13:50] Iran.
[00:13:57] President, on Ukraine, president Zelenski says his country desperately
[00:14:00] needs long-range missiles or those patriot missile
[00:14:04] batteries, is that something that you? Well, I mean we want missiles too,
[00:14:08] we when Biden gave him so much, Biden
[00:14:11] gave $300 billion dollars worth of ammunition. You
[00:14:15] know, when I left, this, it was full, and he gave lot of it away, now
[00:14:19] we're rebuilding it, and we're using munitions
[00:14:22] that are very powerful. very good, but we wouldn't have been
[00:14:26] using them, we could have used something
[00:14:28] else.
[00:14:34] That's a pretty brutal contrast between what's being claimed and what's
[00:14:38] happening on the ground. If the straight is still closed and no deal
[00:14:42] has been reached. Those are facts that matter. Results speak louder
[00:14:46] than political
[00:14:46] slogans.
[00:14:55] The US war on Iran is presumably the most stupid war in US
[00:14:59] history. Trump started it for no good reason, whether to detract from
[00:15:03] the Epstein files, or because he was carried away by
[00:15:06] Netanyahu, it was lose lose war and remains
[00:15:10] so.
[00:15:18] I agree, there was absolutely no need to start this
[00:15:22] war. It was only started because... Trump wanted to
[00:15:25] enrich himself and his
[00:15:27] friends.
[00:15:35] This potis is blaming by. for the lack of patriot interceptor
[00:15:39] missiles, trump wasted 800, yes,
[00:15:42] 800 patriot missiles in just three days on his stupid
[00:15:46] invasion of Iran, which he
[00:15:48] lost.
[00:15:56] We burned through two-thirds of our patriot missile stock pile a war with
[00:16:00] Iran. The war Trump was desperate to get out not long after it
[00:16:04] started, and which has resulted in the IRGC control the straight
[00:16:08] of
[00:16:08] horm.
[00:16:17] how on earth could dod say we were ready for war with China and or
[00:16:21] Russia, but run out of missils after few rounds of trading blows
[00:16:25] with second rate Iran, why isn't this top issue in
[00:16:28] Congress?
[00:16:36] this very... Regime continues its attacks across southern Lebanon
[00:16:40] despite a so-called
[00:16:42] ceasefire.
[00:16:57] Artillery shelling targeted several districts and Nabutya
[00:17:01] governorate entire district. Homes were also
[00:17:05] demolished in the... town of sar al shariya na
[00:17:09] nabatia. This is while Israely occupation forces advanced toward
[00:17:13] area on the outskirts of Kifar Shuba. Meanwhile,
[00:17:16] Disvery Army radio reported that a soldier from the
[00:17:20] 607th engineering battalion was wounded
[00:17:23] by sharpen um from friendly fire in
[00:17:27] Nabatia. Israely media also reported a soldier was
[00:17:30] moderately injured an operational accident in southern
[00:17:34] Lebanon. These violations are ongoing despite. a US
[00:17:38] mediated framework agreement that was signed between
[00:17:41] Lebanon and Israel in late June, requiring
[00:17:45] a phase
[00:17:46] this rudy
[00:17:46] withdrawal.
[00:17:53] Academic and political commentator Mohsen Sol says the Lebanese
[00:17:57] government would have achieved a lot more if it backed the
[00:18:00] resistance instead of holding direct talks with Dory
[00:18:04] regime.
[00:18:10] "I say that the Israelis never respect any kind of
[00:18:13] commitment, commitments about
[00:18:17] the seasfire, in spite of all the the
[00:18:21] promises from the Americans to to the Lebanese authority,
[00:18:25] but also the Americans, they could not dare to talk to the
[00:18:28] Israelis to stop their violations, not only
[00:18:32] violations, they are demolishing everything, so the
[00:18:35] Lebanese, the Lebanese of..." authorities who are talking to
[00:18:39] the Israelies directly, I guess they have been
[00:18:43] bluffed and fooled, if we don't say more than
[00:18:46] that, they are conspiring against the the
[00:18:50] resistance and the people, the the people in the south,
[00:18:54] so we are talking here about a situation that unsettled
[00:18:57] situation that the Israelies they are violating, the libanese
[00:19:00] authorities are trying to to appease the Israelis,
[00:19:04] they think that and the Americans, they think that... they can get
[00:19:08] something for them, but I guess they they are going to
[00:19:12] no aware, so we are talking here about a
[00:19:15] mess left by these talks, direct talks with
[00:19:19] the Israelies, if the authorities have lied
[00:19:23] or try to to cooperate with the
[00:19:26] resistance and with the people, the libanese people, I guess they
[00:19:30] they would have achieved a
[00:19:32] lot, goes
[00:19:35] children once cheered, a cease fire with theose regime
[00:19:39] came into effect in October 2025. they hoped that the
[00:19:43] war had finally come to an end, but nearly 10 months after
[00:19:47] the announcement. residents say the attacks continue a daily
[00:19:51] basis with UNICEF saying that at least 300
[00:19:55] children have been killed since the cease fire. qarada ibrahim reports on
[00:19:58] this.
[00:20:04] when the seas fire was announced in Gaza in October 20
[00:20:07] 25 with children like Damal briefly dard to
[00:20:11] believe that the killing was finally over. They cheered
[00:20:15] at the news, imagining quiet nights and return to the
[00:20:18] ordinary life of a childhood, but war for Gaza's
[00:20:22] children had not it truly
[00:20:24] ended. I first got injured
[00:20:28] while trying to bring food for my family from the aid distribution
[00:20:31] center, but while I was in hospital I knew my father was
[00:20:34] mattered. Since then I became responsible.
[00:20:39] now i have four different injuries from separate attacks across my
[00:20:43] body, i don't feel like a child
[00:20:46] an 300 children building
[00:20:50] Gaza since the seasfire was announced, roughly one
[00:20:54] child every day, hundreds more have been
[00:20:57] injured, behind every number is not only a child,
[00:21:01] but also family's life had changed
[00:21:04] forever. Ahmed was 9 years old
[00:21:08] when he was killed in attack on our home. He was a unique and
[00:21:11] smart child who memorized all quran. I can't
[00:21:15] believe that he is gone forever. What is the guilt of a child like
[00:21:19] Ahmed to? life can never continue normally when
[00:21:22] one loses their own son across gaza children
[00:21:26] continue to live with the consequences of a war that has
[00:21:30] killed, wounded, displaced and orphaned them. some
[00:21:34] carry physical scars, others carry the quiet wounds of
[00:21:38] losing parents, siblings and homes and the sense
[00:21:41] of safety every child
[00:21:43] deserves. unices
[00:21:47] report represents reminder to the the...
[00:21:49] world continuous war children in Gaza are enduring until this
[00:21:53] day. This is humanitarian catastrophe. Every day since the
[00:21:57] seasfire started, a child is killed. And add to this, that
[00:22:00] all the promises of relief and safety, children expected to come with
[00:22:04] ceasefire are not fulfilled. The world and the mediators
[00:22:08] may call it sess fire, but in reality, for children like
[00:22:12] Damal, it is difficult to call it peace when another child
[00:22:16] can still be killed before the day is over.
[00:22:20] because the children, the announced seas fire was supposed to mark
[00:22:24] the beginning of peace, but as peace is not simply reach
[00:22:27] with announcements, it has become another
[00:22:31] chapter of loss and fear. Gad brahim for press
[00:22:35] tv, gaza city,
[00:22:37] palestine. as
[00:22:41] temperatures swore in the world ravage gaza strip the summer heat
[00:22:44] as adding another layer of suffering to the
[00:22:47] Palestinians living in makeshift ten. no access to
[00:22:51] electricity and limited access to water has exacerbated the
[00:22:55] already dire humanitarian situation
[00:22:57] there.
[00:23:04] we are suffering terribly. for three years now we have been living in the
[00:23:08] streets. all the basic necessities of life in Gaza have
[00:23:11] disappeared. as you can see, we are sitting under pieces of
[00:23:15] cloth with the sun very close to us and we cannot bear
[00:23:18] it.
[00:23:19] i have
[00:23:50] tents make it even hotter and in these conditions there is no electricity and
[00:23:54] there are no fans, the situation is
[00:23:57] tragic, we cannot sleep, we go
[00:24:00] outside the tent at night to cool down, and in the morning we cannot sleep
[00:24:04] outside the tent because there are
[00:24:06] rodens,
[00:24:11] and that brings us to the end of this edition of world news bulletin, thank you for being with us
[00:24:15] and
[00:24:15] bye-bye.
[00:24:39] War takes lives, but sometimes it takes something even
[00:24:42] more cruel, the chance to say goodbye. This is story
[00:24:46] of a boy who never came home following a bloody..."
[00:24:50] unprovoked war weiged by the US and Israel against
[00:24:53] Iran. On the morning of February 28th,
[00:24:56] 2026, 7-year-old Makon Nasiri left home for school just
[00:25:00] as he always did. It was his birthday, his mother helped him put on his blue
[00:25:04] jacket to keep him warm in the cool morning air. She was preparing
[00:25:08] Makan's favorite food for lunch. With the
[00:25:12] quiet excitement of a first grade boy, he walked into Shajar
[00:25:16] Taybah elementary school, never knowing it would be the last time. anyone
[00:25:20] would see him. At 11:15 a.m., tomahawk cruise missiles
[00:25:24] struck the school within seconds, classrooms collapsed, walls
[00:25:28] crumbled, the sound of children reading and laughing were replaced
[00:25:32] by dust, fire and silence. rescue workers for
[00:25:35] days, parents searched with their own hands. one by one the
[00:25:39] victims were found. families were finally able to bury their
[00:25:42] children. but one child never came home,
[00:25:46] makon nasiri. his father searched through the rubble from the very first after.
[00:25:50] His uncle together with relatives spent 46 days searching
[00:25:54] every corner the destroyed school and the surrounding fields.
[00:25:58] More than 100 DNA tests were carried out. Investigators searched for.
[00:26:02] or anything, a strand of hair, the smallest trace that could bring
[00:26:06] certainty to agreeving family, nothing. the only things ever
[00:26:10] found were crumpled blue jacket and a single small trainer
[00:26:14] discovered far from the school after the blast had thrown it into a
[00:26:17] nearby orchard. experts later concluded that the American
[00:26:21] missile had struck directly where Macon had been standing. the
[00:26:25] explosion was so devastating that no identifiable
[00:26:29] remains were left behind. for most... parents
[00:26:32] grief begins when they lay their child to rest.
[00:26:36] Man's family was denied even that final act of love. They were forced
[00:26:40] to bury empty grave, a grave with nobody beneath it, only a
[00:26:44] name carved into stone. Even today, Malcon's mother returns to the
[00:26:48] ruins the school. She sits quietly a piece of broken
[00:26:51] concrete, waiting in the same place where she last knew her son
[00:26:55] existed. Makan's body was never recovered. His
[00:26:59] story reminds us that the deepest wound of war.
[00:27:02] مامانم
[00:27:25] میگه خلیج اسمش فارس
[00:27:27] همیشه بوده. ما بچه های خلیج
[00:27:30] فارسیم. اینجا برای ما فقط یه دریا
[00:27:34] نیست هویتمونه
[00:27:38] جایی که کنارش بازی می
[00:27:40] کنیم
[00:27:44] روزیمونو ازش می گیریم
[00:27:48] باهاش شادی می کنیم و با صداش آروم
[00:27:50] میشیم جاییه که
[00:27:54] اجازه نزدیک شدن دشمنامونو بهش
[00:27:58] نمیدیم و تا همیشه ازش محافظت می
[00:28:02] کنیم. خلیج فارس ما انگار یه کتاب
[00:28:05] تاریخه هر کدوم از موجاش قصه های
[00:28:09] قدیمی سرزمینمونو تو دلش
[00:28:11] داره خلیج
[00:28:15] فارس برای همه ما
[00:28:17] ایرانیاست.
[00:30:18] Hello and welcome to Atrition, I'm your host Omar Gasmi and
[00:30:22] in this show we delve into the forces of war, imperialism and Zionism
[00:30:25] exploring their impact on our world and what it will take to overcome
[00:30:29] them. I've just returned from nearly month long trip to Islamic
[00:30:32] Republic of Iran. I traveled there at the beginning of July to attend the
[00:30:36] historic funeral the martered leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Grand
[00:30:40] Ayatollah Sayid Ali Khamenei. Unexpectedly, I stayed longer
[00:30:44] than originally planned. While I was in Iran, I had the opportunity to
[00:30:48] speak to various interesting people, some of whom I interviewed for this show,
[00:30:52] and those episodes will be coming soon. Later in this show, you'll
[00:30:56] hear from journalist and anti-imperialist activist Calo Walsh,
[00:30:59] who was