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[00:00:01] of in
[00:00:12] The headlines of Palestinian Journalist Syndicate condemns Israel's abduction of Press
[00:00:16] TV's
[00:00:17] of reporter Nagmet warning about her death, excuse me, her health
[00:00:21] conditions in the regime's
[00:00:22] prisons. The United States Federal
[00:00:26] Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in three years and
[00:00:30] to curve inflation driven by soaring fuel prices amid the US war
[00:00:33] on Iran, and also in our
[00:00:37] headlines, Russia carries out fresh strikes across Ukraine, including the capital
[00:00:41] Kiev, killing one person and injuring over dozen
[00:00:45] of others.
[00:00:48] of
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[00:01:01] Hello and welcome everybody, it's 1:30 p.m. here in the Iranian capital Tehran,
[00:01:05] this is Press TV's world news. Our top story for Palestinian
[00:01:09] journals, journalists often find themselves working under growing
[00:01:12] a pressure and facing detention and harassment. The latest case
[00:01:16] is that of press TV corresponent Named whose arrest has raised
[00:01:20] fresh concerns over the treatment of Palestinian journalists and her own
[00:01:24] safety while in detention.
[00:01:27] Checkpoint as she was returning from
[00:01:29] a report. assignment, her
[00:01:32] of cameraman who witnessed the incident recounts how the events
[00:01:34] unfolded. It was three female soldiers who ushered
[00:01:38] our car to stop.
[00:01:39] of They demanded we hand over our identification cards and they photographed each
[00:01:43] ID as well as took our pictures. After a short while the soldiers
[00:01:47] ordered the team to get out
[00:01:48] of the car and follow them to a military watch tower nearby. We were forced
[00:01:52] to sit on the ground for around 45 minutes and in that time naka was
[00:01:56] taken by the female soldiers to the side around 15. minutes later, the
[00:02:00] soldiers asked Hamed to collect her phone and laptop, and she was
[00:02:04] a taken into custody. The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate has condemned
[00:02:08] Israel's continued abduction and targeting of Palestinian
[00:02:11] journalists including Naqa Hamed. The syndicate said
[00:02:14] in a statement that her abduction is the latest example of Israel
[00:02:18] detaining a journalist. It noted that Hamed has diabetes and other
[00:02:22] health problems. It warned that Hamet's continued detention
[00:02:25] raised serious concerns about her health and safety given the harsh
[00:02:29] condition. and lack of adequate medical care in Israeli prisons and
[00:02:33] detention centers. the journalist has been working as a
[00:02:37] of prostifi correspondent since 2024. over the past few
[00:02:40] weeks she has been reporting about rising settler attacks
[00:02:44] especially in the town sitement on telegram channels and israely
[00:02:48] media. the campaign has been slammed as part of a targeted
[00:02:52] effort to put psychological and media pressure,
[00:02:56] limit the space available to journalists and media outlets and obstruct.
[00:03:00] Press TV's
[00:03:01] of coverage of Israeli crimes from reaching audiences around the
[00:03:04] world. Ahmed was also injured in December last year while
[00:03:08] reporting from Palandia refugee camp after Israely forces
[00:03:12] targeted her with rubber bullets. Hamed is from the village of
[00:03:15] Baitin northeast of Romallah holding American
[00:03:18] citizenship and is married with three young children.
[00:03:22] Hamed family contacted the US embassy in al-Quds about her
[00:03:26] arrest but has yet to hear
[00:03:28] a back. Israeli news. outlets cited unidentified Israeli military
[00:03:32] sources as saying Hamed is suspected of cooperating with an
[00:03:36] enemy entity and may also be under suspicion of
[00:03:39] espionage. Hamed's detention is part of escalating wave of
[00:03:43] arrest
[00:03:43] of of Palestinian journalists by
[00:03:45] of Israeli authorities. Nearly 40 journalists are currently in Israeli
[00:03:49] detention according to the Palestinian prisoner
[00:03:51] of society, all of whom were abducted following the start of
[00:03:56] of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza nearly three years ago over.
[00:04:00] half
[00:04:00] of the journalists behind bars are being held in administrative
[00:04:04] detention, mechanism that allows Israeli authorities to
[00:04:08] imprison people
[00:04:09] of indefinitely of without charge or trial. For hammed's
[00:04:12] family, however, the case is deeply
[00:04:15] a personal. Three days after her arrest, they're still waiting for
[00:04:19] of answers about where she's being
[00:04:21] of held, the charges against her, and whether she's receiving the medical
[00:04:25] care, medical care. The case of hammed is yet another
[00:04:28] reminder
[00:04:29] of the... Palestinian journalists face simply for
[00:04:33] documenting events on the ground, for now her
[00:04:36] of family remains without answers and the questions surrounding her
[00:04:39] abduction remain
[00:04:41] unresolved.
[00:04:47] An Italian lawmaker has filed a parliamentary question over Israel's abduction
[00:04:51] of press TV reporter naramed in the occupied West Bank, the
[00:04:54] Italian journalist union has also condemned the abduction that once again
[00:04:58] highlighted concerns. over Israel's deliberate targeting of journalists reporting
[00:05:02] its crimes (press tv's
[00:05:04] of max) report from
[00:05:05] rome on
[00:05:09] wednesday five star movement laker
[00:05:12] submitted a parliamentary question to Italy's lower house addressing
[00:05:16] the Italian government over the abduction by the Israeli forces of
[00:05:20] press tv correspondent nakamed in the occupied
[00:05:24] west bank. Naka was abducted a military
[00:05:27] checkpoint near Bethlehem on Tuesday after
[00:05:31] documenting Israeli settler violence. In Italy,
[00:05:34] opposition law
[00:05:36] maker Askari publicly criticized the arrest, urging the foreign
[00:05:40] ministry to mobilize its diplomatic. network to
[00:05:43] ensure press freedom and protect international journalists
[00:05:47] reporting from the occupied territories. il
[00:05:51] governo terrorista israeliano ha ucciso terrorist israely government
[00:05:55] has killed over 300 journalists because journalism is
[00:05:59] what Israel fears the most. when i learned about the
[00:06:02] arbitrary arrest of this young journalist, i felt it was my
[00:06:06] duty to file a parliamentary question addressing Italy's
[00:06:10] foreign minister. we yet don't know. where she's been taken,
[00:06:14] how she is, if she's assisted by a lawyer, she is
[00:06:17] mother, her children want to know where she is. Palestinian
[00:06:21] American reporter Naka Hamed had previously been
[00:06:25] targeted while covering Israeli military operations in the
[00:06:28] occupied West Bank. Over the years,
[00:06:32] reports by international media organizations have found that the
[00:06:36] Israeli regime killed, wounded or kidnapped an
[00:06:39] unprecedented number of journalists in the... occupied palestinian
[00:06:43] territories, trade unions and associations
[00:06:47] representing journalists in Italy have
[00:06:50] repeatedly condemned the Israeli conduct and
[00:06:53] deplored the regime's destruction of telecommunications
[00:06:57] and media infrastructure in gaza and the west
[00:07:01] bank.
[00:07:05] the arrest of a colleague in the west bank forcefully brings up number of
[00:07:09] issues, including Israel's targeting of journalists in occupied
[00:07:13] Palestinian territories and in Lebanon, the public's right to know
[00:07:16] the facts on the ground from a war zone, and the fact that Israel has
[00:07:20] blocked all independent press access to Gaza. We have several
[00:07:24] times condemned the killing of colleagues in the strip, and we regret
[00:07:28] that Israel has not heated our calls, internet about Israel's
[00:07:32] war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied
[00:07:35] Palestinian territories, and in Lebanon, get arrested or
[00:07:39] killed in the worst case scenario. We must stop all
[00:07:43] this once and for all. Protesters and
[00:07:47] activists have on numerous occasions strongly
[00:07:51] condemned the Italian media for showing a bias toward
[00:07:54] Israel in the coverage, accusing them of complicity in
[00:07:58] laundering genocide and promoting an openly
[00:08:01] anti-palestinian view. Max Chively Press
[00:08:05] TV. Rome. Israel is using
[00:08:09] quadcopter drones to target and kill civilians in Gaza.
[00:08:12] based human rights monitor has documented at least 60
[00:08:16] killings by these weapons from October of last year until
[00:08:20] early September, the Euromed group has spoken of a systematic
[00:08:23] pattern of deliberate killings and called for an international investigation. Press
[00:08:27] Stev's mosaper reports from Central
[00:08:30] Ganza. Israel
[00:08:34] continues to use armed the quad copter drones to deliberately kill
[00:08:37] Palestinian civilians in the Gaza strip. That's according to report
[00:08:41] released at weakened by euromed human rights monitor, the Geneva
[00:08:45] based group says it has documented the killing of at least 60
[00:08:49] civilians by attacks using equipters since the seasfire took
[00:08:53] effect on October the 10th 2025 through early September this
[00:08:56] year. Israel the use of
[00:09:00] quadcopter drones to target Palestinian civilians is occurring
[00:09:04] amits the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza. Israeli
[00:09:08] forces have employed a diverse range of weapons and military equipment,
[00:09:12] against Palestinian women and children. Despite the ceasefire
[00:09:16] agreement, the killing of Palestinians continues unabated.
[00:09:20] The fact that these drones can identify their targets further
[00:09:23] underscores the deliberate targeting of children and women, which is seen
[00:09:27] as a flagrant violation of international law and
[00:09:30] regulations. The Euromaid report speaks of a
[00:09:34] continuing pattern to target civilians from a children to farmers,
[00:09:38] shepherds and the displaced people returning to check on their homes.
[00:09:42] It says Israel uses military technology that allows it to
[00:09:45] identify specific individuals, track their movements and
[00:09:49] strike them with the
[00:09:50] precision. Undoubtedly,
[00:09:54] developing quadcopter drones as killing tools is in violation of
[00:09:57] international law and conventions that prohibit targeting civilians
[00:10:01] under any circumstances. We are witnessing first hand how these
[00:10:05] drones are targeting children and women despite their advanced
[00:10:09] capabilities to identify their targets. This calls for immediate
[00:10:12] action from mediators and international humanitarian
[00:10:16] organizations to stop the widespread killing of
[00:10:19] palestinians. for many palestinians,
[00:10:22] what dones are perceived as the... mostly weapon due to
[00:10:26] the multifunctional capabilities, beyond their precision strikes
[00:10:30] on civilians, these drones can maneuver and hover
[00:10:33] effortlessly in confined spaces, including mixshift
[00:10:37] tents. this versatility allows them to be employed
[00:10:40] militarily and
[00:10:41] beyond. every night we
[00:10:45] witness and hear the Israeli quadcopter drones hovering over
[00:10:49] our makeshift tents, usually at low altitudes and sometimes
[00:10:53] firing on the sleeping people below. "a few days ago, my nephew was
[00:10:56] shot and injured by an Israeli quadcopter drone, while a friend of mine
[00:11:00] was tragically killed under similar
[00:11:02] circumstances. It's not
[00:11:06] a coincidence that this report was released while the impact the
[00:11:10] 2026 British documentary film NASA is still being filled
[00:11:14] worldwide. The documentary demonstrates the same truth, the Israeli
[00:11:18] regime uses artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in
[00:11:22] its war on Gaza to indiscriminately kill.
[00:11:25] is seen on women and children as the
[00:11:28] genocidal war on Gaza persists, the Israeli
[00:11:32] forces armed with cutting edge technology continue to employ
[00:11:36] more lethal weapons against civilians, the world must now ask
[00:11:40] itself, what more evidence is needed before halting this
[00:11:44] israeli madness, the central
[00:11:48] area of gaza
[00:11:49] step.
[00:11:52] Israeli forces have carried out air strikes the southern Lebanese towns of
[00:11:56] Almansuri and majdal zone were also opening
[00:12:00] machine gun fire toward the Wadial Hojair area. At dawn,
[00:12:03] Israely drones have also been reported flying at low altitude
[00:12:07] over Beirout and its southern suburb of Dahya. Our correspondent
[00:12:11] Hardy is joining us now from South Lebanon with more. What do
[00:12:15] you have to share with us? Like you
[00:12:19] said since the early morning the Israeli killer drones did not
[00:12:22] escape the skies over. Leban, not only over
[00:12:26] south Lebanon, over Tier region mainly south of
[00:12:30] tire and tire region towards bjbal and the
[00:12:33] western and the central sector, also
[00:12:37] here above Marjayon region
[00:12:41] and above al garbi, the western biqa region
[00:12:45] which is the biqa region that is right next to
[00:12:49] south lebanon under Haramon mountain
[00:12:52] and also above the cap. the killer drone
[00:12:56] activity is increasing day of after
[00:13:00] day of course because right
[00:13:03] now the situation in Ali Tahir region and
[00:13:07] in Nabati region is calmer than it was of course the artillery
[00:13:11] shelling didn't stop actually just moments ago an
[00:13:15] artillery strike targeted the road
[00:13:18] between and Jarma region
[00:13:21] after artilleries were striking.
[00:13:26] earlier this morning, the strikes on that
[00:13:30] region right now is mainly using artillery
[00:13:33] shelling and during the night the Israelis are
[00:13:37] insisting every night on conducting many
[00:13:41] air strikes, massive air strikes that are using
[00:13:44] 100 pounds and 2000 pounds bombs,
[00:13:48] sometimes above or they are targeting
[00:13:51] nabatia and the hill of Ali. they are still
[00:13:55] targeting that region added to
[00:13:58] it and the shiif arnon
[00:14:02] area including under the Bofor castle where the
[00:14:05] Israel is right now they said that they are
[00:14:09] positioned so despite all of
[00:14:12] this operational dominance they are a
[00:14:16] fact that there are any kind of threats in that region they
[00:14:20] are most the times using these earth strikes to
[00:14:23] conduct ' more or inflict more destruction on
[00:14:27] these areas and also
[00:14:29] they are using nighttime to cause maximum
[00:14:32] psychological effect on lebanon and west biqa when
[00:14:36] they conduct these very heavy strikes on the hill tops
[00:14:39] of south lebanon. also after
[00:14:42] this the focus the military effort the
[00:14:46] Israelis is focused now on
[00:14:50] Almansouri region in the western sector on the
[00:14:53] coastal region. Almansouri
[00:14:55] is the main urban area and the last main urban
[00:14:59] area between the borders, 10
[00:15:03] kilometers or 11 kilometers south of
[00:15:07] al-mansouri and tire city, the main
[00:15:11] city in south lebanon and the main city
[00:15:14] in south of litani that is still under
[00:15:18] Israeli pressure until now. Thank you, we're going to
[00:15:21] have to leave it there. Joining us from South Lebanon.
[00:15:28] Elsewhere, the fourth day the annual IAA General Conference is
[00:15:32] underway in the Austrian Capital, Vienna, the prohibition of
[00:15:35] attacks on nuclear facilities. is at the top the agenda
[00:15:39] of today's discussions, for more details, we go live to our
[00:15:43] correspondent, deterine issues with us now from vienna theater,
[00:15:46] over to
[00:15:47] you,
[00:15:52] stay here from the conference hall at the UN
[00:15:56] headquarters in Vienna, and as you said the main
[00:16:00] agenda item is the one that has been submitted
[00:16:04] by Iran and it's about the proh. of
[00:16:08] attacks on nuclear facilities
[00:16:11] under NPT safeguards in this agenda
[00:16:15] item that will start in the afternoon
[00:16:18] session uh at the moment there's still the morning session
[00:16:22] going on here in
[00:16:24] Vienna, so the agenda item on Texas
[00:16:28] nuclear facilities will be discussed in the afternoon we can
[00:16:32] expect the heat of other countries so far it has not
[00:16:36] been published. the joint statement
[00:16:38] so we don't know who uh which countries uh will
[00:16:42] sign uh this uh statement, we can
[00:16:45] expect that the allies of Russia, China and Iran
[00:16:49] like Ganisha, Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Cuba,
[00:16:52] Belarus, Sudan uh will sign
[00:16:56] it, I'm hearing also that South Africa will sign
[00:17:00] it, probably also Brazil, maybe Pakistan,
[00:17:03] Indonesia countries uh like um
[00:17:07] that this agenda item and this
[00:17:11] joint statement is in direct relation to the
[00:17:15] attacks the in june
[00:17:18] 2025 on nuclear facilities in iran in
[00:17:22] spring, but also
[00:17:23] the ongoing attacks on Russian nuclear
[00:17:26] facilities by Ukraine, most
[00:17:30] most importantly the attacks nuclear power plant,
[00:17:34] the largest nuclear power plant in
[00:17:39] last year at the general conference um resolution was
[00:17:43] tabled by the three countries Iran, Russia and China prohibiting
[00:17:46] attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities and nuclear
[00:17:50] facilities under NPT safeguards,
[00:17:54] this was at last minutes
[00:17:57] then withdrawn because the United States put
[00:18:01] lot of pressure on various member states not to
[00:18:05] vote in favor of this resolution. This year there is no
[00:18:09] resolution but the joint statement, but we can still accept the heated
[00:18:13] debate in the afternoon. In the morning session, the morning session started with
[00:18:16] number of technical issues and uh the right to
[00:18:20] reply to uh and China
[00:18:23] and Russia and Iran. Russia and Iran
[00:18:27] once again raised uh that the question of
[00:18:31] visa denial on
[00:18:34] Monday um...
[00:18:37] Islami, the head the atomic energy agency of Iran was
[00:18:41] refused entry to Austria. Austria
[00:18:44] revoked his visa because of US pressure, and
[00:18:48] we we we see a policy of of of Austria,
[00:18:52] the host country of international organizations of
[00:18:56] withdrawing and revoking visa to several diplomats,
[00:19:00] not only rain diplomats, the Russian
[00:19:03] and mentioned that 26 visas.
[00:19:07] has been denied for Russian diplomats, I know of cases from
[00:19:11] Libanese, Bangladeshi, Russian
[00:19:13] diplomats, so uh, many countries
[00:19:17] accusing Austria of not fulfilling its obligations
[00:19:21] under international law and
[00:19:22] that they are using uh diplomatic visas as a
[00:19:26] political pressure tool uh on behalf the United
[00:19:30] States, so that was the topic of - heated discussion in the in the
[00:19:33] morning uh session, so we see uh
[00:19:37] IEA is deeply split between the US and
[00:19:41] and its European allies and many countries the
[00:19:45] rest the world. Another interesting agenda item that will be
[00:19:49] discussed in the afternoon is nuclear safecars in the middle east. It's
[00:19:53] resolution tabled by many Arab countries are
[00:19:56] calling for nuclear arms free zone in the middle east and in fact
[00:20:00] this is a traditional resolution that shall put
[00:20:04] pressure on Israel.
[00:20:08] because Israel uh in possession of nuclear arms, but
[00:20:12] not
[00:20:12] the signatory to the NPT, and this
[00:20:15] resolution shall put pressure on on Israel, but
[00:20:19] once again it is protected by the west, by
[00:20:23] US and Europe, so we we see this resolution every
[00:20:27] year, but no action is has been
[00:20:30] taken against against this this
[00:20:33] state. all right, thanks lot dear, we're going to leave
[00:20:37] it there. joining us from the Austrian capital,
[00:20:40] Vienna. Moving
[00:20:44] on
[00:20:44] Iran to four administra abosadocchi says he held successful consultations in
[00:20:48] China with his counterpart. Wang a post on xot she said
[00:20:52] Iran what she noted uh has been built which she
[00:20:56] noted uh has been built over time, he added the
[00:20:59] decisions made today will shape the future strategic
[00:21:03] balance in west Asia, the potentially far reaching consequences. He
[00:21:06] also highlighted Chinese president Shijin Ping's global security initiative as key
[00:21:10] element. During his meeting with Wang, she discussed the post-w situation
[00:21:14] in West Asia saying the region has entered new order based on
[00:21:18] dialogue and cooperation. among regional countries with no place for
[00:21:22] foreign interference. Wangi for his part described the US war
[00:21:26] against Iran as illegal and stress the need for peace and dialogue
[00:21:30] out of she arrived in China on Wednesday for a one-day
[00:21:33] visit. The
[00:21:37] United States Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in three years
[00:21:41] a bit to curb inflation driven by soaring fuel prices in
[00:21:45] at the US war on Iran. The central bank the US said the rates were
[00:21:48] highed by 25. basis points, bringing them to
[00:21:52] 3.7% to 4%. the decision was made
[00:21:56] despite fears opposition from president Donald Trump who had called for
[00:22:00] interest rates to be lowered. it also comes just weeks before the
[00:22:04] US mid-term elections. fed chair Kevin Wars
[00:22:08] said the move was because inflation is too high and
[00:22:11] has been for too long. crude oil prices have
[00:22:15] soored since the imposed US-Israely war on Iran in February
[00:22:19] Brent. is currently trading over $104 a
[00:22:23] barrel and the US is seeing record high diesel
[00:22:26] prices with the average price reaching over
[00:22:29] $6 a gallon, roughly double the
[00:22:33] level of year
[00:22:34] ago,
[00:22:38] and Russia has carried out fresh strikes across Ukraine, including the capital
[00:22:42] Kiev, killing one person injuring over dozen people, Ukraine says
[00:22:46] 18 people have been injured in Russia's missile strikes in K. and the
[00:22:50] black sea port city of Odessa. Russia has also carried out air
[00:22:54] strikes against several locations in the eastern Ukrainian
[00:22:57] city of Sumi, killing at least one person.
[00:23:01] Ukraine has also launched a drone attack against the Russian oil refinery in
[00:23:05] the city of Yaroslav, damaging the
[00:23:08] facility. Both Russia and Ukraine have escalated
[00:23:12] long-range uh strikes in recent months targeting
[00:23:15] infrastructures such as warehouses, energy facilities and industry.
[00:23:20] real
[00:23:20] sites,
[00:23:26] that's rap for now, but stick around, we've got plenty more to come here on Press TV, see you
[00:23:30] soon.
[00:23:50] The question now circulating through business and political circles around the world
[00:23:54] is this: does Iran have the right to charge ships for passing through the
[00:23:58] straight of Hormus? The answer is not simple: Hormus is
[00:24:02] natural international straight, but does being natural mean being
[00:24:06] cost-free, the modern world still runs on maritime
[00:24:09] transport. More than 80% of global trade moves by sea
[00:24:13] oil, gas, food, metals,
[00:24:16] medicine, cars, industrial components. and
[00:24:20] consumer goods all travel between continents by ship in other
[00:24:24] Panama Canal. Bab
[00:24:26] el Mandeb, the straight of Malaca,
[00:24:29] Gibraltar, and the straight of Hormus, the
[00:24:33] energy artery the Persian Gulf. Some these roots are
[00:24:36] artificial. They were once land, then transformed into waterways
[00:24:40] through massive human investment. Sues and Panama are clear
[00:24:44] examples: giant engineering projects built and operated
[00:24:48] through excavation, dredging, traffic management, constant
[00:24:51] maintenance and complex infrastructure.
[00:24:54] That is why passage through them is not free. Economic,
[00:24:58] it is deeply political. Economic, it is deeply
[00:25:01] political. For years, Britain and France benefited from the canal's
[00:25:05] revenues. In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasir
[00:25:09] nationalized the SUS Canal and declared that waterway
[00:25:13] located on Egyptian soil had to be under Egyptian
[00:25:16] sovereignty. Despite the military attack launched by Israel. and
[00:25:20] France to reverse that decision, and despite intense international
[00:25:24] pressure, control and revenue the canal ultimately
[00:25:27] remained with Egypt, a canal whose annual revenue in peak
[00:25:31] years has passed the $10 billion dollar mark, but not all choke
[00:25:35] points are artificial, some are natural such as the bosperos and the
[00:25:38] dardinels in turkey, the straight of Malaca,
[00:25:42] Gibraltar, and the straight of
[00:25:45] Hormus. In natural straights, states generally
[00:25:49] cannot chart. vessels simply for the active passage, in the same way
[00:25:53] road tol is collected, but that does not mean these roots carry no
[00:25:57] costs. in many such passages, fees are collected for
[00:26:01] specific services. now navigational assistance, lighthouse
[00:26:04] services, search and rescue,
[00:26:07] pilotage, tug support, port
[00:26:10] management, traffic control, and environmental
[00:26:14] protection. Now return to Hormus, the Straight of
[00:26:18] Hormus is one the busiest and most sensitive maritime roots on
[00:26:22] earth. Every day, around 200 vessels may pass through
[00:26:26] this narrow corridor, oil tankers, LNG
[00:26:29] carriers, chemical tankers, container. ships
[00:26:32] and even naval vessels. In such an
[00:26:36] environment, a collision between two ships is not a simple
[00:26:40] accident. Lives can be put at risk, chipping lanes can
[00:26:44] be disrupted. Millions of dollars in damage can occur,
[00:26:47] oil, fuel or chemicals can spill into the waters the
[00:26:51] Persian Gulf. This is not two cars scraping bumpers a
[00:26:55] street. It can become an environmental and economic
[00:26:59] crisis, but unlike cars, massive vessels. need
[00:27:02] significant time, distance and coordination to change course
[00:27:06] or come to a full stop. That
[00:27:10] is why passage through Hormus requires constant
[00:27:13] management. Just like crowded urban road, the straight of
[00:27:17] Hormus needs designated inbound and outbound
[00:27:20] lanes, traffic separation zones, maritime
[00:27:23] warnings, coastal monitoring, radio
[00:27:26] coordination and crisis management
[00:27:29] mechanisms. For years, Iran and Oman,
[00:27:33] as the coastal states the straight, have carried
[00:27:36] major share of this responsibility. While the global economy has
[00:27:40] benefited from this route, much the burden has remained with the
[00:27:44] region: air and water pollution, the risk of fuel
[00:27:47] spills, possible collisions, search and rescue
[00:27:51] operations, wider security and
[00:27:55] environmental consequences. In this context, Iran's
[00:27:59] question becomes easier to understand, is it? reasonable for the
[00:28:03] world to benefit from vital straight without contributing
[00:28:06] to the cost of keeping it safe, and more importantly, is it fair for
[00:28:10] countries that depend on the security of this route to impose political
[00:28:14] pressure, economic sanctions and even war on Iran,
[00:28:18] while still expecting essential services in this corridor to continue
[00:28:22] free of charge. From Iran's perspective, the era of
[00:28:25] providing such services without compensation is over. This does
[00:28:29] not mean closing maritime roots or using the... of hormos as a
[00:28:33] weapon, it means creating a transparent, legal and predictable
[00:28:37] mechanism for sharing the costs the services that keep this route
[00:28:41] safe and usable, if Suez and Panama collect fees for their
[00:28:45] artificial waterways and if some natural straights also
[00:28:49] have financial mechanisms for safety related services,
[00:28:53] then the straight of Hormus cannot be treated exactly why financing its
[00:28:57] safety and management must be taken serious.