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[00:02:30] الاتصالات of الدبلوماسيه بين انقره وطهران
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[00:08:46] holding his weekly press briefing. Let's quickly go over what was
[00:08:50] just said to he opened his comments by honoring by honoring the victims the
[00:08:54] deadly US attack on the Iranian city of
[00:08:57] Lamer. He said that the US attacked an Iranian vessel
[00:09:01] near the island of Hangom killing injuring
[00:09:05] uh killing one and injuring several others. He said that two Pakistani
[00:09:08] citizens were also injured in that attack as well.
[00:09:12] the agreement between Iran and Doman on the safe
[00:09:16] hormos, safe passage in the hormos straight, he said that
[00:09:20] that uh agreement was reached after weeks
[00:09:23] of talks, the Iran Oman deal sets
[00:09:27] safe navigation root through the straight of hormos with
[00:09:30] respect for sovereignty of both
[00:09:34] countries, he continued in his statement
[00:09:38] saying that the continuation the war among Muslim
[00:09:41] countries. only serves the Israeli regime's goal
[00:09:45] of regional insecurity, he said us claims of construction in
[00:09:49] Iran's pickaxe mountain or part of Washington's psychological
[00:09:53] warfare, also Mr. Bai said that the
[00:09:56] Hormo's
[00:09:57] policy will not be dictated by outside
[00:10:01] forces. Also, regarding Austria's visa
[00:10:04] denial to the Iranian delegation for the IAA conference,
[00:10:08] Mr. Bai said that that is a breach the bodies.
[00:10:12] international obligations, also he
[00:10:16] uh categorically rejected claims of Iran's involvement in the
[00:10:19] recent attack on uh the Saudi a
[00:10:23] Saudi oil pipelines. so that's it with the latest um
[00:10:26] from the Iranian foreign ministry in the capital
[00:10:30] Tehran where the foreign ministry spokesmini was conducting
[00:10:34] his weekly press briefing and now the news.
[00:10:38] the meeting which was to be held in ommon between the Persian Gulf
[00:10:42] countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements on the straight of
[00:10:45] hormos has been postponed. the meeting was originally schedule to be held on
[00:10:49] Monday. according to the Iranian foreign ministry's director general for the
[00:10:53] Persian Gulf the meeting the version golf literal states foreign ministers will
[00:10:57] be held a later date. Mohammed Aliebek added that the
[00:11:01] decision was made jointly by Tehran and Muscat at the request of some
[00:11:05] regional countries, the official stress that Iran will continue consultations with
[00:11:08] Oman to set a suitable date for the meeting. Earlier Omani
[00:11:12] foreign minister Albusaiidi said a social media post
[00:11:16] that the meeting which was set to be held in the city of Salala has
[00:11:20] been postponed in the interest of consensus among
[00:11:24] regional. states, he said muscat remains committed to fostering
[00:11:28] dialogue that supports stability and lasting cooperation in the
[00:11:31] region. the meeting was aimed at discussing ways to
[00:11:35] decrease tensions in the straight of
[00:11:37] hormones.
[00:11:42] investigative journalist rick sterling says Bahrain's refusal to take part in
[00:11:46] the meeting and Saudi Arabia's request to postpone it suggest that both
[00:11:49] countries are not yet ready to follow through a policy
[00:11:53] change.
[00:11:58] "I think they're a point where they are not yet ready to
[00:12:01] realize or to uh follow through a change of
[00:12:05] policy. They're kind of stuck a hard place because of
[00:12:08] course the US naval central command is is in
[00:12:12] Bahrain and yet to quote the uh the
[00:12:16] naval secretary the US command there, he
[00:12:19] said quote, they the Iranians blew the hell out of
[00:12:23] Bahrain, so that's what..." happened, that's what the
[00:12:26] consequence was of Bahraine's uh
[00:12:29] collaboration and the use their territory uh in
[00:12:33] the US unprovoked attack on Iran, and I think
[00:12:37] they're they're a point where they're not yet ready
[00:12:41] to recognize reality and recognize
[00:12:45] the their long-term interests, which are to move away
[00:12:49] from support for the US towards support for Iran, which after
[00:12:52] all is is one their.
[00:12:56] neibing countries um, so I think we're a critical time, and it's better
[00:13:00] that the meeting be postponed and to
[00:13:04] establish greater greater
[00:13:07] coherence and agreement on on the path
[00:13:10] forward, we've seen in the past where negotiations have been
[00:13:14] used by both you US and
[00:13:16] Israel for for
[00:13:19] attacks. Russia has called the United
[00:13:22] States agreement.
[00:13:25] incapable,
[00:13:29] well, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards course says it intercepted an advanced
[00:13:33] MQ1 military drone over the straight of hormos, a short statement, the
[00:13:36] IRGC said, the drone was shot down by its aerospace forces using
[00:13:40] their advanced modern air defense system. The system is part of
[00:13:44] Iran's uh integrated air defense network. MQ1, predators are the US
[00:13:48] military's primary remote controlled aircraft for
[00:13:51] offensive operations during the recent US Israely. aggression against
[00:13:55] iran armed forces and shot down dozens of drones and other
[00:13:59] aircraft operated
[00:14:00] by the US over the straight of hormos and across the
[00:14:03] country.
[00:14:07] well this just in we do have breaking news now of
[00:14:11] yemeny major and large scale operations against the king
[00:14:15] Khalid airbase in Saudi Arabia, aircraft
[00:14:19] hangers, radar installations, runway,
[00:14:22] runways and depots have been. with missiles,
[00:14:25] drones uh, at that Saudi Arabase, we are going to keep close eye
[00:14:29] on the details of that story and much more as we get it for you right here on Press TV,
[00:14:33] oil prices have jumped by more than $3 a barrels tensions in the
[00:14:37] straight of hormos and Ansarlas advances, and the Baba
[00:14:40] mandib shake global markets, brent crude climbed
[00:14:44] above $107 a barrel extending its rise after
[00:14:48] jumping more than 8% last week, west texas intermediate is also trading
[00:14:52] above $103 a barrel, the rise
[00:14:55] advances in Yemen, growing tensions around the Red Sea and attacks a
[00:14:59] key Saudi pipeline that bypasses the straight of hormose.
[00:15:03] Saudi Arabia's ministry of energy has announced the precautionary
[00:15:07] closure the East West pipeline. The disruption is
[00:15:10] already causing fuel shortages and price pressures, including in the
[00:15:14] US where diesel is selling for average of $6
[00:15:18] a gallon pushing up production and household
[00:15:20] costs.
[00:15:26] As the illegal US-Israely war on Iran keeps sending tremors through the global
[00:15:30] economy, Italy remains one the EU countries most exposed to
[00:15:34] fossil fuel shocks. Rome imports practically... all of its
[00:15:38] gas and oil that it uses. Max Chively
[00:15:40] reports. The
[00:15:44] effects the unprovoked war of aggression which is being waged on Iran
[00:15:48] by the Epstein coalition continues to bite hard on Italy's
[00:15:52] family finances and businesses, as tensions keep building
[00:15:55] throughout the whole of West Asia, the cost of fuel at the pump
[00:15:59] keeps rising with the Italians struggling to cope with the
[00:16:03] consequent growing cost of living. The illegal war in Iran has
[00:16:07] driven. up agricultural and energy costs in Italy by
[00:16:11] nearly 50%, putting intense pressure on food,
[00:16:14] production and consumer prices. Rome's fragility on
[00:16:18] energy issues is evident in the European scenario.
[00:16:21] Italy is the most exposed country to fossil fuel
[00:16:25] shocks being among the blocks most dependent on gas and
[00:16:29] oil, which are almost entirely
[00:16:32] imported. Currently the energy
[00:16:35] supply situation. and across the EU is being
[00:16:39] affected not only by the worsening situation in west Asia, but also by
[00:16:43] severe shortage of refining capacity. here in Italy, several
[00:16:47] refineries have been shut down in recent years. as result, Rome has
[00:16:51] already begun drawing its strategic fuel reserves, while fuel
[00:16:54] prices have reached record highs. costs are likely to continue rising
[00:16:58] if international tensions do not ease. high fuel costs have
[00:17:02] been putting enormous pressure on supply chains since over
[00:17:06] 80% of...
[00:17:07] goods in Italy are transported by road, surveys have
[00:17:11] consistently shown over the past months that the large majority of
[00:17:14] Italians think the country should have avoided getting involved in
[00:17:18] the Iran war, for sure the
[00:17:22] war on Iran is impacting greatly on the cost of living, had
[00:17:26] our government made different choices, the situation here wouldn't
[00:17:30] be this bad, the government has made things worse
[00:17:34] as they have not been able to find effective solutions, it keeps patching. things
[00:17:37] up while the international situation deteriorates, recent report by
[00:17:41] the Italian confederation of craft trades and small and
[00:17:45] medium-sized enterprises has found that between the start
[00:17:49] the illegal war on Iran on February 28 and
[00:17:53] August 31st, the increased outlay for
[00:17:56] fuel, electricity and gas is estimated in Italy
[00:18:00] at over 11 billion euro compared to pre-crisis
[00:18:04] levels. Max Chively Press TV, Rome.
[00:18:12] carried out fresh retaliatory operations against Saudi Arabia hitting a number of sensitive
[00:18:16] targets deep inside the country, the attacks reported the targeted
[00:18:19] locations in khamismus, jizan and
[00:18:23] Abha. According to local sources, a large salvo of missiles,
[00:18:26] rockets and drones was used in Yemen's fresh strikes on Saudi
[00:18:30] Arabia, some reports indicate that sensitive positions in the country's
[00:18:34] south have been targeted, including oil facilities in J. as well as
[00:18:38] facilities belonging to Saudi State oil company,
[00:18:41] Aramco. There are no immediate reports of casualties, but fire broke
[00:18:45] out in some oil facilities, the attacks came in response to Saudi
[00:18:49] aggression against Yemen, which is so far claimed the lives of scores of
[00:18:52] people. Yemen's ancerlo movement had warned that it would target positions
[00:18:56] inside Saudi Arabia if attacks on and blockade
[00:19:00] of Yemen
[00:19:01] continued.
[00:19:05] And the Emmy Armed forces are maintaining. full control over the strategic city of
[00:19:09] muka following a large-scale military operation that saw them take
[00:19:13] control the entire red sea coast line. the armed forces
[00:19:17] have emphasized that they will continue their operations in the region until the emity people's
[00:19:21] rights are restored. a corresponding wazer is in the newly
[00:19:25] liberated city of macat to bring us more on this
[00:19:28] strategic
[00:19:29] achievement.
[00:19:34] yeah, many armed forces launched a military. the operation
[00:19:38] in the 3rd of September for seven days and
[00:19:41] successfully liberated about a
[00:19:45] 5,400 square kilometers in
[00:19:48] the west coastline. now we are
[00:19:51] standing a part the
[00:19:55] liberated coastline in al muka
[00:19:58] uh city and we are just about
[00:20:01] 75 km away from Babel Mandab
[00:20:05] straight that was also uh controlled by the Yemani
[00:20:09] armed forces in this operation uh the
[00:20:12] Sanha authorities and the Yemani armed forces with the Ansarullah
[00:20:16] movement uh describe this operation as
[00:20:20] reclaiming sovereignity over the West
[00:20:23] Coast of Yemen. This operation
[00:20:27] had massive gain uh for the coastal
[00:20:31] line and it is not just uh uh
[00:20:34] locally it's not affecting just the
[00:20:38] inside of Yemen, it is affecting all
[00:20:42] the world now, we see how the USA
[00:20:46] is not happy by the Yemani armed forces that van.
[00:20:50] even the Israeli regime was saying
[00:20:53] that uh they are offering to join
[00:20:57] a regional air strikes against Ansarullah
[00:21:00] movement to halt their advance in the uh
[00:21:04] coastal line uh however Yemani armed forces uh
[00:21:08] say that they will not stop until all rights
[00:21:12] of Yemani people is restored and
[00:21:15] they just view this operation as reclaiming.
[00:21:20] sovereignty over yemy
[00:21:22] soil, that's a wrap for now,
[00:21:25] but stick around, we've got plenty more to come here on press tv, see you
[00:21:28] soon.
[00:22:51] On June 13th, 2025, war came to Dr. Ali Fuladman's
[00:22:55] home when Israeli strike killed his wife and left the Iranian scientists
[00:22:59] seriously wounded. It was not the last attempt on his life. Less than
[00:23:03] year later, during the 2026 war, Fuladman was
[00:23:06] targeted again. This time he was martered. Fuladman was not
[00:23:10] a politician, he was not a military commander, he was
[00:23:13] scientist, a senior researcher who spent years
[00:23:17] working on strategic technologies and national defense
[00:23:21] projects. He served at Iran's organization of
[00:23:25] defensive innovation and research, known as SPND eventually
[00:23:29] becoming his head of research. His work had already made him
[00:23:32] a target of American pressure on October 1st, 2025, the
[00:23:36] U.S. Treasury department sanctioned him, but Fuladwan's
[00:23:40] most important contribution could never be captured in a
[00:23:44] sanction list or an official title. He
[00:23:48] taught, he trained a young researcher. shared what he had learned and
[00:23:51] helped prepare new generation to work in some of your
[00:23:55] technology, for him, scientific power was technology. for him,
[00:23:59] scientific power was not simply about what one scientist could
[00:24:02] achieve, it was about what could be passed on from one generation to
[00:24:06] the next, and what may explain why scientists like
[00:24:09] Fuladvan can become targets, eliminating scientist
[00:24:13] may silence one voice, but it cannot erase the knowledge of that voice
[00:24:17] has already passed to others, just says is martterdom, the
[00:24:21] prestigious journal science in its April 6th, 2026 issue
[00:24:24] reported on the growing Israeli campaign targeting Iranian scientists and
[00:24:28] universities. full advanced death had become part of a
[00:24:32] larger story, a war in which those capable of
[00:24:35] advancing iran scientific and technological future
[00:24:39] were themselves being targeted, but there is limit to what
[00:24:43] an attack can destroy a laboratory can be hit, a
[00:24:47] researcher can be killed, a generation can lose, One of its
[00:24:50] teachers, but knowledge survives. It is carried by the students, they
[00:24:54] trained, the researchers, they inspired, and the people who continue the
[00:24:58] work after they are gone. That was Fuladvan's other
[00:25:01] legacy, one no missile could
[00:25:04] eliminate.
[00:25:36] Ali Tahir heights in Lebanon are being sold to the Israeli entity
[00:25:39] colonial public as victory, but when we look beyond the headlines, very
[00:25:43] different picture emerges, for more than five months, an army
[00:25:47] possessing overwhelming airpower, intelligent. capabilities, precision
[00:25:51] weapons, engineering units and advanced technology has
[00:25:55] struggled to impose uncontested control of a single
[00:25:58] strategically important area, and even now Israeli occupation forces
[00:26:02] have not simply walked into the heart the position, they have relied
[00:26:06] extensively on bunker busting, bombs, remote systems and sustained
[00:26:10] bombardment to penetrate a complex underground network. that
[00:26:14] matters, because when an army needs months of preparation and overwhelming
[00:26:18] fire power to claim a tactical objective, the question is no longer simply whether
[00:26:22] a hill has fallen. the question is, what that tells us
[00:26:25] about the resilience of those defending it? zyinus Israel may
[00:26:29] declare operation control, netan yahu may present it as another
[00:26:33] achievement, but these declarations also serve a political purpose,
[00:26:36] particularly for a government under enormous domestic pressure, to demonstrate
[00:26:40] military success, and there is a larger danger here.
[00:26:44] Ali thahir is not an isolated hill, it can become part of a wider network
[00:26:48] of Israeli entity positions designed to create security belt inside
[00:26:52] Lebanon, a reality that could transform temporary military
[00:26:55] positions into a permanent security
[00:26:58] architecture, yet history warns against confusion because...
[00:27:02] occupation with victory is a confusion. In 1982,
[00:27:06] Zyanus Israel reached Beirout itself. Lebanon nevertheless demonstrated that even the most
[00:27:10] powerful occupying army cannot permanently dictate the destiny of
[00:27:14] another people. And today's regional battlefield tells another story.
[00:27:18] Resistance in Palestine has survived an extraordinary Israeli entity
[00:27:21] genocidal campaign in Gaza. Resistance in Yemen continues
[00:27:25] to exert pressure against the enemy despite immense military pressure against their
[00:27:29] own people. And resistance in Leben. Leban presented by
[00:27:33] Hisbollah's tactical contraction and Lebanon does not really automatically translate into
[00:27:37] the collapse the wider resistance paradigm. The central
[00:27:40] lesson is simple: military power can sease to rain but it cannot
[00:27:44] manufacture legitimacy. Ali Tahir may be height a map, but
[00:27:48] for Lebanon it has become a question of dignity, sovereignty and the refusal to accept
[00:27:52] occupation as a permanent reality. The heights can
[00:27:56] be bombed, the ground can be contested, but the will of people that
[00:28:00] refuses to bow cannot be measured. by the number of bombs dropped upon
[00:28:04] it, chin up people, it's not over until we, the natives
[00:28:08] of this land say it is, and we say never will an
[00:28:12] occupier be safe in our land, never will an
[00:28:15] occupier remain in it. welcome to the mid
[00:28:18] streamman.
[00:28:25] for more than five months, ali thahir has been at the center of
[00:28:29] intense and costly confrontation with zinus Israel. launching
[00:28:33] 19 major attacks in an effort to impose control over a
[00:28:37] strategically important height and its underground network, but
[00:28:40] if overwhelming firepower and prolonged operations have not produced
[00:28:44] uncontested control, what does that tell us about the resilience
[00:28:48] the defenders and what could come next on the military
[00:28:52] map of southern Lebanon? to discuss this issue with us from
[00:28:56] Beirot is Brigadier general Baha Hallal, military strategist and analyst, it's a pleasure
[00:29:00] having you with us, brigadier general. Now starting with uh
[00:29:04] what is happening at the moment in Ali Tahir. Zinist Israel has
[00:29:08] announced complete control the heights after five months of
[00:29:11] operations, 19 major offensives, yet reports are indicating
[00:29:15] that Israeli occupation troops have relied heavily on bombardment, they have
[00:29:19] relied on bunker, buster munitions, engineering units,
[00:29:23] robotic systems. They even conducted also
[00:29:26] straightforward bombing with cluster bombs, but
[00:29:30] never an actual military. by soldiers, they didn't allow the
[00:29:34] soldiers to get there, from purely military perspective, from your
[00:29:37] experience, brigadier general, what does the length, the
[00:29:41] intensity and the method of this operation tell us about the
[00:29:45] tactical difficulties that zianist Israel actually faced and encountered at
[00:29:49] Ali Tahir, and should the announcement of operational control be understood
[00:29:53] as genuine battlefield breakthrough, or is it just a more limited
[00:29:57] tactical possibly achievement by the Israeli occupation
[00:30:00] army?