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[00:00:03] Keeping of you up to date with world news every half
[00:00:06] hour on press
[00:00:09] TV.
[00:00:16] of
[00:00:30] Iran says a meeting with the Persian gulf
[00:00:32] a literal states on the hormo street in Roman has been postponed through joint
[00:00:36] decision by Tehran and
[00:00:38] Muscat.
[00:00:42] Yemen's
[00:00:42] of army conducts new missile and drone attacks and Saudi Arabia hitting
[00:00:46] sensitive targets including oil facilities in the southern part
[00:00:49] of the kingdom.
[00:00:53] Palestinian officials warned that Israel's ban on the entry of
[00:00:56] vehicle spare parts has pushed Gaz's public. transport
[00:01:00] sector to the break of complete
[00:01:01] shutdown.
[00:01:08] a
[00:01:10] a
[00:01:18] hello and of welcome everybody, it's 9:30 a.m. here in the Iranian
[00:01:21] a capital
[00:01:21] and you're watching press tv's world news.
[00:01:24] a top story for this half hour, a meeting which was to be held in
[00:01:28] oman between the Persian golf cont and Iran to discuss possible
[00:01:31] agreements on the straight of hormos has been postponed. the meeting was
[00:01:35] originally scheduled to be held on Monday, according to the Iranian foreign ministry's
[00:01:39] director general for the Persian Gulf, the meeting
[00:01:42] of the Persian Gulf literal states foreign
[00:01:44] of ministers will be held a later date. Muhammad Ali Bek added
[00:01:48] that the decision was made jointly by Tehran and Muscat at the request
[00:01:52] of some regional countries. The official stress that Iran will continue
[00:01:56] consultations with
[00:01:57] of Oman
[00:01:57] of to set a suitable date for the meeting. Earlier Omani foreign minister
[00:02:01] Badrsaidi said
[00:02:03] in a social media post that the meeting which was set to be
[00:02:07] held in the city of Salala has been postponed in the
[00:02:11] interest of
[00:02:12] a consensus among regional states. He said Muscat remains committed to
[00:02:15] fostering dialogue that supports
[00:02:17] of stability
[00:02:18] of a and lasting cooperation in the region. The
[00:02:20] of meeting was aimed at discussing ways to decrease
[00:02:24] tensions in the straight of
[00:02:25] hormos.
[00:02:29] And... Investigative journalist Rick Sterling says
[00:02:32] of Bahrain's refusal to take part in the meeting and Saudi Arabia's request to
[00:02:36] postpone it suggests that both countries are
[00:02:38] a not yet ready to follow through a policy
[00:02:41] change. I
[00:02:45] think they're a point where they are not yet ready to
[00:02:48] realize or to uh follow through a change of
[00:02:52] policy. They're kind of stuck
[00:02:53] in a hard place because of course the US naval
[00:02:57] central command is is in Bahrain. and yet to
[00:03:01] quote the uh the naval secretary
[00:03:04] of the US command there, he said quote, they
[00:03:08] the Iranians blew the hell out of Bahrain, so that's what
[00:03:12] happened, that's what the consequence was of
[00:03:15] Bahrain's collaboration and the use
[00:03:19] of of their territory in the US unprovoked attack on
[00:03:23] Iran, and I think they're they're a point where they're
[00:03:27] not yet ready to recognize reality. and
[00:03:30] recognize the their long-term interests, which
[00:03:34] are to move away
[00:03:36] from support for
[00:03:36] the US toward support for Iran, which after all is
[00:03:40] is
[00:03:41] of one
[00:03:41] of their neighboring countries. um, so I think we're a
[00:03:45] critical time, and it's
[00:03:47] a better that the meeting be postponed and to
[00:03:51] establish greater, greater
[00:03:54] coherence and agreement on on the path
[00:03:57] forward. We've seen in the past. where
[00:04:00] of negotiations have been used by both you US and
[00:04:03] Israel for uh for
[00:04:05] attacks, Russia has called the United
[00:04:09] States
[00:04:11] of agreement
[00:04:11] incapable. Oil
[00:04:15] prices have jumped by more than $3 a barrel as tensions
[00:04:19] in the straight of hormos and ansorlas advances in the
[00:04:22] balbel shake global markets. Brent's crude
[00:04:26] climbed above $107 a barrel extending its rise after jumping more.
[00:04:30] than 8% last week. West Texas intermediate is also
[00:04:33] of trading above $103 a barrel. The rise follows Ansarlas
[00:04:37] advances in Yemen growing tensions around the red
[00:04:39] in sea and attacks
[00:04:41] of a key Saudi pipeline that bypasses a straight of hormones.
[00:04:45] Saudi Arabia's ministry of energy has announced the precautionary closure
[00:04:49] of the East-West pipeline. The disruption is already causing
[00:04:52] fuel shortages and price pressures, including in the
[00:04:56] US where Diesel is selling for average of six.
[00:05:01] a gallon, pushing up production and
[00:05:04] household
[00:05:07] cos illegal us is really war on iran keeps
[00:05:11] sending tremors. Through the global economy, Italy remains one the EU
[00:05:15] countries most exposed to fossil fuel shocks.
[00:05:19] Rome imports part, practically all of its gas and oil it
[00:05:23] uses. Max Sheley
[00:05:24] reports. The
[00:05:28] effects the unprovoked war of aggression which is being waged on Iran
[00:05:32] by the Epstein coalition continues to bite hard on Italy's
[00:05:35] family finances and businesses. As tensions keep building
[00:05:39] throughout the whole of West Asia, the cost of fuel. at the pump
[00:05:43] keeps rising with the Italians struggling to cop with the
[00:05:47] consequent growing cost of living, the illegal war in Iran has
[00:05:50] driven up agricultural and energy costs in Italy by
[00:05:54] nearly 50%, putting intense pressure on food production
[00:05:58] and consumer prices. Rome's fragility on energy
[00:06:02] issues is evident in the European scenario. Italy is the
[00:06:06] most exposed country to fossil fuel shocks, being
[00:06:10] among the blocks most dependent being. among the blocks most
[00:06:14] dependent on gas and oil, which are almost entirely
[00:06:18] imported. energy supply situation in Italy and
[00:06:21] across the EU is being affected not only by the worsening situation in
[00:06:25] west Asia, but also by severe shortage of refining
[00:06:28] capacity. here in Italy, several refineries have been shut down in
[00:06:32] recent years. as result, Rome has already begun drawing its
[00:06:36] strategic fuel reserves, while fuel prices have reached record
[00:06:40] highs. costs are likely to continue rising, if international tensions
[00:06:44] do not ease high fuel costs have been putting enormous pressure
[00:06:47] on supply chains since over 80% of goods in
[00:06:51] Italy are transported by road. surveys have
[00:06:54] consistently shown over the past months that a large majority of
[00:06:58] Italians think the country should have avoided getting involved
[00:07:02] in the Iran war. sicuramente quello sta.
[00:07:06] for sure the war on Iran is impacting greatly on the
[00:07:09] cost of living. had our government made different choices, the... situation here
[00:07:13] wouldn't be this bad. the government has made things
[00:07:17] worse as they have not been able to find effective solutions. it keeps
[00:07:20] patching things up while the international situation deteriorates.
[00:07:24] recent report by the Italian confederation of craft trades
[00:07:28] and small and medium-sized enterprises has found that
[00:07:32] between the start the illegal war on Iran on February
[00:07:35] 28 and August 31st the
[00:07:38] increased outlay for fuel, electricity and gas
[00:07:42] estimated in Italy at over 11 billion euro
[00:07:46] compared to pre-crisis levels, max chively press
[00:07:50] tv,
[00:07:50] rome. the eminy army
[00:07:54] has carried out fresh retaliatory operations against Saudi Arabia, hitting a
[00:07:58] number of sensitive targets deep inside the country. the attacks reportedly
[00:08:02] targeted locations in Hamismush, Najron,
[00:08:06] Jizon and Abha. according to local sources, a large salvo of
[00:08:09] missiles, rockets and drones was used in Yemen's fresh strikes on
[00:08:13] Saudi Arabia, some reports indicate that sensitive positions in the country's
[00:08:17] south have been targeted, including oil facilities in Jazon as well as
[00:08:21] facilities belonging to Saudi State oil company,
[00:08:24] Aramco. There are no immediate reports of
[00:08:27] casualties, but fire broke out in some oil facilities, the attacks
[00:08:31] came in response to the Saudi aggression against Yemen, which is so far
[00:08:35] claimed the lives of scores of people. Yemen's Ansarla
[00:08:38] movement had warned that it would target positions inside Saudi Arabia
[00:08:42] if on and the blockade of Yemen
[00:08:45] continued.
[00:08:49] Well, this justin, the IRGC says that it has intercepted and shot down
[00:08:53] a US MQ1 drone over the state of
[00:08:57] hormos. We'll
[00:09:03] on Press TV. While the emmy armed forces are maintaining full control over the
[00:09:06] strategic city of Ma following a large-scale
[00:09:10] military operation that saw them take. control the entire
[00:09:14] red sea coastline, the armed forces have emphasized that they will continue their
[00:09:18] operations in the region until they people's rights are restored. of course
[00:09:22] by yah al-wazer is in the newly liberated city of
[00:09:26] moka to bring us more on this strategic
[00:09:29] achievement.
[00:09:33] the many armed forces launched a military operation
[00:09:37] in the 3rd of september for seven days and
[00:09:41] successfully with separated about a
[00:09:44] 5,400 square kilometers in
[00:09:48] the west coast line, now we are
[00:09:51] standing a part the
[00:09:54] liberated coastline in almoka
[00:09:58] uh city and we are just about
[00:10:01] 75 km away from babel mandab
[00:10:04] straight that was also controlled by the yemani
[00:10:08] armed forces in this operation uh the san
[00:10:12] Authorities and the Yemani armed forces with the Ansarullah
[00:10:15] movement uh describe this operation as
[00:10:19] reclaiming sovereignity over the west
[00:10:23] coast of Yemen and "this operation
[00:10:26] had massive gain for the coastal
[00:10:30] line and it is not just
[00:10:34] locally, it's not affecting just the
[00:10:38] inside of Yemen,
[00:10:39] it is affecting all the world now,
[00:10:43] we see how the USA is not
[00:10:46] happy by the Yemani armed forces advance, even the Israeli
[00:10:50] regime was saying that
[00:10:54] they are..." offering to join regional
[00:10:57] air strikes against Ansarullah movement to halt
[00:11:01] their advance in the uh coastal line.
[00:11:05] However, Yamen Armed forces uh say that they will not
[00:11:09] stop until all rights of
[00:11:12] Yemani people is restored and they just
[00:11:16] view this operation as reclaiming
[00:11:19] sovereignty over Yemani
[00:11:21] soil.
[00:11:26] Sana has successfully established a new era of stability
[00:11:30] in the Babel Mandip straight proving its capability
[00:11:34] safeguard international shipping and keep the vital waterway open despite
[00:11:38] hostile smear campaigns.
[00:11:41] reports from the eminy
[00:11:42] capital
[00:11:45] maritime passage through proactive measures authorities have
[00:11:49] successfully secured the strategic route ensuring that commercial
[00:11:53] vessels continue to gate safely and without
[00:11:56] interruption, thereby restoring confidence to international
[00:12:00] maritime shipping across the southern red
[00:12:02] sea.
[00:12:06] International navigation in Babel Mandeb has been secured, leaving
[00:12:10] no opportunity for Somali pirates or Israel to carry out military
[00:12:14] operations against ships and attribute them to us. Visual
[00:12:18] surveillance is now conducted at very close range, not exceeding
[00:12:21] 24 kilometers, leaving no room for terrorist. military
[00:12:25] acts. Consequently, the Babel Mandeb region has become fully
[00:12:29] secured. Reassuring global trade operators. Sana
[00:12:33] issued direct messages confirming that the straight remains
[00:12:36] entirely safe for merchant vessels agent fleets to maintain
[00:12:40] their normal route. Back in these guarantees with clear
[00:12:43] results, the ministry of transport announced that 73
[00:12:47] commercial ships transited seamlessly over just 48
[00:12:51] hours, proven that operations remain completely smooth.
[00:13:25] people, as for addressing internal affairs, reclaiming
[00:13:28] domestic rights and extending state control over internal
[00:13:32] territory, this is inherent right guaranteed to
[00:13:35] us. this impressive traffic flow serves as
[00:13:38] concrete proof dismantling false allegations from
[00:13:42] hostile parties who claim the waterway is unstable.
[00:13:46] sana has kept the passage fully open to global trade,
[00:13:49] applying restrictions strictly to Saudi shipping, the
[00:13:53] continuous save for transit of... international fleet firmly
[00:13:56] validates sana's power to protect this viral global trade
[00:14:00] artery and ensure its long-term
[00:14:02] stability by successfully securing the
[00:14:06] babel mandab is trading guaranteeing smooth passage for international
[00:14:10] commerce sana has approven itself as reliable guardian of
[00:14:13] global navigation effectively neutralizing enemy claims
[00:14:17] of regional
[00:14:18] instability.
[00:14:25] Palestinian officials in Gaza war that Israel's ban on the entry of AID, including
[00:14:29] spare parts for vehicles, has pushed the territory's public
[00:14:33] transport sector to the brink of complete shutdown. According to Palestinian media,
[00:14:36] roughly 70% of Gaza's public transportation, fleet has already
[00:14:40] gone out of service due to severe shortages of tires,
[00:14:44] lubricants and spare parts, and the rest will stop working within
[00:14:48] days. The transportation crisis comes amit widespread
[00:14:51] destruction of roads and infrastructure across Gaza.
[00:14:55] due to Israel's genocidal war on the territory, Gaza's public transportation
[00:14:59] companies syndicate has announced that the Israeli restrictions on
[00:15:03] the entry of maintenance supplies will lead to
[00:15:06] total transport shut down within days. It called on
[00:15:10] international organizations to intervene urgently and pressure the
[00:15:14] regime to allow the entry of tires ubricates and spare parts into
[00:15:18] Gaza.
[00:15:25] Academic and researcher Jim Kavano says Israeli officials not only openly
[00:15:29] admit to this policy but are also actively making living conditions in
[00:15:32] Gaza so unbearable that Palestinians are driven from their
[00:15:36] homes.
[00:15:40] "they don't hesitate to say it explicitly, that's
[00:15:43] their their goal, their objective is to make
[00:15:47] Gaza unlivable and to force the Palestinians
[00:15:50] out, and just said the
[00:15:53] other day, well, if only if European countries take 20 or
[00:15:57] 30,000 Palestinians from Gaza each, then you this whole thing will
[00:16:01] be over soon, and that's their objective is
[00:16:04] to create a situation.
[00:16:08] where
[00:16:09] you know based on their great humanity, the European and western countries and
[00:16:13] other countries who are going to be bribed by the
[00:16:17] west with debt, relief etc. are going to take
[00:16:20] 20, 30, 50 thousand palestinians each and get
[00:16:24] them out of gaza, and they'll be happy to go, because there's their lives in
[00:16:28] Gaza are miserable and they can't live,
[00:16:31] you know this, that's what Israel is doing, they're
[00:16:35] making life unlivable for. palestinians and there's
[00:16:39] no entity, there's no force that's
[00:16:42] stopping this. Gaza has been handed
[00:16:45] over by the United Nations to
[00:16:49] Israel's patron, Israel and its patron, the United States in the form
[00:16:53] of Donald Trump and the board of peace and Jared Kushner who
[00:16:57] just went and said, oh yeah, Israel has to finish the job, we're okay, we're telling them they
[00:17:01] can finish the job, that's the job they're going to finish is to is
[00:17:04] to kill or expell the Palestinians.
[00:17:09] A deepening humanitarian crisis is unfolding across the Gaza Strip where the
[00:17:13] war has profoundly disrupted traditional family structures. More than
[00:17:17] 86,00 households are now headed entirely by women leaving
[00:17:20] mothers to shoulder, the devastating dual burden of providing
[00:17:24] for their families while navigating displacement loss and
[00:17:28] systemic protection failures. Mina
[00:17:31] reports.
[00:17:36] For me that. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not an
[00:17:40] abstract statistic, but a daily struggle to keep her family safe
[00:17:44] and fid. A mother of sex, she has experience reflects a
[00:17:48] wider crisis. According to United Nations estimates,
[00:17:51] 68% of female headed households in Gaza
[00:17:55] lack adequate shelter, leaving thousands of women and their
[00:17:59] children endure displacement, insecurity and deepening
[00:18:02] hardship. During
[00:18:06] the war. When I lost my husband, I became the head the household
[00:18:10] and the sould provider. I'm the one source of income. I tried to
[00:18:14] work, even simple project like baking inside the tent and
[00:18:18] selling it, but it's difficult because I can't raise six children on my
[00:18:22] own, and work at the same time. I rely only
[00:18:25] aid from people and food
[00:18:28] parcels. As life was turned
[00:18:31] upside down as she found herself acting as both
[00:18:35] mother and father to three children. battling severe anemia
[00:18:39] with no financial savings, unable to secure medicine or
[00:18:43] a livelyhood emit a devastated
[00:18:45] reality.
[00:18:49] I lost my husband in the war. I became responsible for taking my sick
[00:18:52] children for medical treatment and the burden has become much heavier on
[00:18:56] me. No one supports me. I rush between hospitals and take all my
[00:19:00] children with me because I don't feel safe leaving them with anyone. My hands
[00:19:04] are exhausted from carrying water gallons alongside. long
[00:19:07] distances, I don't even have money for transportation. I used to live a
[00:19:11] good life where my husband took care of me and now everything is
[00:19:14] gone. The devastating scale
[00:19:18] the crisis is reflected in United Nations reports,
[00:19:22] documenting the deaths of 246 women and
[00:19:26] girls, average of six lives lost every week since the
[00:19:30] October 2025, seesfire. At the same time, thousands
[00:19:34] of women have been forced into the rule of solid. winners for
[00:19:38] families fractured by war left to provide for their children
[00:19:42] while confronting the constant threat of death,
[00:19:45] displacement, deprivation and the destruction the
[00:19:48] systems meant to protect
[00:19:50] them. palestinian women have
[00:19:54] shouldered immense responsibilities to keep their families alive, securing
[00:19:58] basic necessities such as water, medicine and food amid the
[00:20:02] war, yet despite an international legal framework designed to
[00:20:05] protect women in conflict, including UN security council
[00:20:09] resolutions and the Rome statute the international criminal court, the
[00:20:13] international community has repeatedly failed to enforce these
[00:20:16] protections or hold Israel
[00:20:18] accountable. In Gaza
[00:20:21] today, one in f families is lit by
[00:20:24] woman.
[00:20:26] 86,290
[00:20:29] households have no bread winner. The war didn't just
[00:20:32] destroy homes, it would define them. Gazan women
[00:20:36] are now...
[00:20:50] Iraq is facing a growing fuel crisis with gasoline shortages and long
[00:20:54] cues at filling stations, adding to the pressure on
[00:20:58] citizens and the government. The disruption comes in geopolitical tension
[00:21:01] surrounding the straight of hormos, production problems in major
[00:21:04] facilities and difficulties transporting and distributing
[00:21:08] fuel across the country. Now our file
[00:21:10] reports.
[00:21:14] The fuel crisis is deepening in the Iraqi capital,
[00:21:17] Baghdad and several southern. provinces with
[00:21:21] long lines of vehicles stretching for considerable
[00:21:25] distances outside gas station amid a
[00:21:28] shortage of imported gasoline, the crisis has
[00:21:32] placed additional burden on Iraq citizens, coming
[00:21:36] a time when the country is already facing growing
[00:21:40] economic
[00:21:40] challenges. This is
[00:21:44] the fourth
[00:21:45] gas station I have visited in search of gasoline. I've spent the hours driving
[00:21:49] around Baghdad. moving from one area to another, but i could not find
[00:21:53] a station with fuel available. now i have finally found a
[00:21:57] station where gasoline is available and hope this crisis will not continue for
[00:22:00] much longer. honestly, the
[00:22:04] iraqi people are suffering greatly because the gasoline crisis. i came from
[00:22:08] southern Baghdad to central Baghdad, and we could not find a single
[00:22:12] open station to refuel. taxi drivers are also suffering because of
[00:22:16] limited fairs and the fuel shortage. we have to stand in long.
[00:22:20] for hours just to get gasoline. I hope this crisis ends
[00:22:24] soon because it has placed a heavy burden on the Iraqi people.
[00:22:27] Earlier this month, oil minister Basam
[00:22:30] Muhammad said efforts were underway to
[00:22:34] address the shortage of gasoline, noting that new
[00:22:38] fuel shipments were expected to arrive in Iraq soon.
[00:22:42] Observers, meanwhile believe that the
[00:22:45] repercussions the closure the straight of hermus by the United States.
[00:22:50] along with disruptions a number of fuel
[00:22:54] stations have contributed to worsing the crisis
[00:22:57] and affected the fuel supplies to the local
[00:23:00] market.
[00:23:04] the fuel crisis in Iraq has emerged against the backdrop the closure
[00:23:08] the straight of hormous and the resulting geopolitical risks
[00:23:12] creating a combination of challenges for the Iraqi government. there should have been
[00:23:16] a strategic plan in place to ensure sufficient supplies. to meet
[00:23:20] domestic consumption, at the same time, several major production
[00:23:24] facilities are facing technical problems, while fuel transportation
[00:23:28] is also experiencing disruptions. there is currently lack of
[00:23:32] efficiency and smoothness in the process of delivering fuel to the
[00:23:36] local market. the Iraqi government is seeking urgent
[00:23:39] solutions to secure fuel supplies and ease the pressure
[00:23:43] on citizens as the gasoline crisis continues
[00:23:47] to occupy a significant place in Iraq's current
[00:23:50] economic and service landscape. Iraq's
[00:23:54] fuel crisis is placing a growing burden on citizens with
[00:23:58] long cues at gas stations and hours of waiting for
[00:24:02] gasoline. The crisis comes as the Iraqi government
[00:24:06] faces additional challenges from the current situation the
[00:24:10] straight of hermus. Press TV, Nawar Faek.
[00:24:50] اسمش همیشه خلیج فارس بوده. ما بچه
[00:24:54] های خلیج فارسیم. اینجا برای ما فقط
[00:24:58] یه دریا نیست.
[00:24:59] هویتمونه. جایی که
[00:25:03] کنارش بازی می
[00:25:04] کنیم.
[00:25:08] روزیمونو ازش می گیریم.
[00:25:12] باهاش شادی می کنیم و با صداش آروم
[00:25:15] میشیم. جاییه که
[00:25:19] اجازه ن.
[00:25:24] و تا همیشه ازش محافظت می کنیم. خلیج
[00:25:28] فارس ما انگار یه کتاب تاریخه. هر
[00:25:31] کدوم از موجاش قصه های قدیمی سرزمینمونو
[00:25:35] تو دلش داره.
[00:25:39] خلیج فارس برای همه ما
[00:25:42] ایرانیاست.
[00:26:03] 20 days, that was all the time Mohammad Ali Khalaha had in
[00:26:07] this world. He was born in Gazwi in Iran a time when the
[00:26:11] country was already at war, but war was never supposed to define his
[00:26:14] life. He was supposed to grow up, sleep safely in his mother's
[00:26:18] arms. Here his seven-year-old brother left and slowly discovered the
[00:26:22] world around him. Instead, his life lasted just
[00:26:26] 20 days during a US-Israeli air strike on Tehran
[00:26:29] a residential building in the Majida area. was strike.
[00:26:33] Muhammad Ali, his mother, his seven-year-old brother, and several other family
[00:26:37] members were killed while visiting relatives at their
[00:26:40] home. The explosion was so powerful that the baby's body
[00:26:44] was thrown out the house. He was only 20 days
[00:26:47] old. He was not a soldier, he was not a
[00:26:51] politician. He carried no weapon and had no role in the conflict. He
[00:26:55] was simply baby. Wars are often described through statistics,
[00:26:59] how many missiles were fired, how many buildings were destroyed. how many
[00:27:03] people were killed, because the true cost of war is not
[00:27:06] measured only by numbers, sometimes
[00:27:09] it is measured by silent cradle, by tiny piece
[00:27:13] of clothing that will never be worn, by room where a
[00:27:17] baby's cries will never be heard again. that
[00:27:21] is why the story of Muhammad Ali is more than the story of one
[00:27:25] victim, it forces simple question: when war
[00:27:29] reaches baby's room, what happens to our ideas of...
[00:27:32] security, humanity and the value of human life. For many Iranians,
[00:27:36] Muhammad Ali's name carries even deeper meaning. In
[00:27:40] Shia Muslim tradition, the name Aliaskar recalls the youngest
[00:27:44] son of Imam Hussein a baby who became one the most
[00:27:47] powerful symbols of innocence and suffering during the tragedy of
[00:27:51] Karbala. Senturies separate Alias caught in violence. He did
[00:27:55] not choose and could never understand. For many Iranians, Muhammad
[00:27:59] Ali became modern reminder of that same. innocence, a
[00:28:03] child who had not even had the chance to discover what life
[00:28:07] was before war took it away. he was born into war and he
[00:28:10] died in it. his entire life lasted 20 days. that is why his
[00:28:14] name should never disappear into a list of casualties. for his
[00:28:18] memory to survive, his story must be told for years to
[00:28:22] come. 20 days of life, lifetime of
[00:28:25] remembrance.