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[00:00:06] of
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[00:00:29] You had lah. on press TV, Iran's top security official says the only
[00:00:33] way for the US to
[00:00:34] in get out
[00:00:34] of the predicament it has
[00:00:36] of created is
[00:00:37] of to accept Iran's seven
[00:00:39] of conditions. Yemen warns Saudi Arabia that any escalation
[00:00:43] against the country will
[00:00:44] of be met with a stronger response and increases the price that
[00:00:48] Riath has to pay. An
[00:00:52] of association representing hundreds of American journalists slams Trump's move to
[00:00:56] ban several outlets from the White House calling is decision on constit.
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[00:01:19] of situational: in hello everyone, you're watching Press TV live from the
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[00:01:27] in us, let's
[00:01:29] of begin of with: The top story, Iran's top security official says if the
[00:01:33] United States really intends to get out
[00:01:35] of the d
[00:01:36] of situation, it has
[00:01:37] of created in the west Asia region, it has other way but to
[00:01:41] accept Iran's conditions. Major General Mosen Ray said
[00:01:44] in a social media post
[00:01:46] of that
[00:01:46] of Ivan has announced seven conditions to the US government for the start
[00:01:50] of any negotiations. He added
[00:01:53] of that Tivan's messages clear and
[00:01:56] unambiguous, if Washington wants to get out
[00:01:59] of the predict. ment it has created, it has no choice but to accept
[00:02:03] Iran's rights and
[00:02:04] of conditions. Earlier, Mohsen
[00:02:06] of Razali
[00:02:07] in said an exclusive interview that Iran has sent his seven conditions for
[00:02:11] ending the war
[00:02:12] in to the US via Qatar and is awaiting a response from
[00:02:16] Washington. He said the conditions including include
[00:02:19] stopping wars on all fronts, the release of Iran's
[00:02:23] frozen assets
[00:02:25] of and termination of US naval blockade on Iran. He warned
[00:02:29] that in case of a... war Iran will strike US bases
[00:02:32] a and
[00:02:32] of interests in the region with greater force.
[00:02:35] of Razai added that Iran is aware
[00:02:37] of the US military's vulnerabilities and is more prepared than
[00:02:40] of ever to counter it. He asserted that US president Donald
[00:02:44] of Trump's threats will yield no results and Iran is prepared for
[00:02:48] of decisive
[00:02:50] of war.
[00:02:56] Meanwhile author and journalist Sakina
[00:02:58] in Datu joined
[00:03:02] of of us earlier she said. a Tehran's conditions for negotiations with Washington show that Iran is not a warmungering country and is
[00:03:06] seeking to end the war started by the US and
[00:03:12] of Israel. Why do we see Iran keep on
[00:03:16] trying to reach some kind of agreement so that there is
[00:03:20] no war
[00:03:20] and this is simply because you know Iran is not a war mongering
[00:03:24] country. It does want to reach the end of war.
[00:03:28] It's not good for anyone. people die in wars, but also there are
[00:03:32] other two aspects, i think there
[00:03:34] in is the issue
[00:03:35] of the neighbor
[00:03:37] you know relations as well as the division within the
[00:03:40] muslim
[00:03:41] of world, of of
[00:03:41] of if you look at what is happening in Saudi Arabia with the Yemen at the
[00:03:45] moment, the people who benefit from all
[00:03:49] these
[00:03:50] you know problems and divisions within the Muslim world and in the
[00:03:54] west Asian region are the zionis
[00:03:56] of and therefore I think on the side of Iran it does not
[00:03:59] of want to... give up trying to find a way to end the
[00:04:02] war,
[00:04:04] a and even though these countries have been so complicit in
[00:04:08] waging a war against Iran, and it doesn't make any sense at all,
[00:04:12] for example why Saudi Arabia you know continues to wage a war
[00:04:16] on Yemen, and that is the reality, even though the western media
[00:04:20] continuously tells us that
[00:04:22] it is Yemen who is creating a blockade, it is not true because it is
[00:04:26] of Saudi Arabia that has you know invaded and was
[00:04:30] occupying Yemen and what Yemen has done is just simply
[00:04:33] to basically
[00:04:34] you know liberate their own
[00:04:37] of nation, so are we looking at escalation? I most definitely think
[00:04:40] that
[00:04:41] we are.
[00:04:45] Terwan says Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on establishing a
[00:04:49] safe route for vessels transiting the straight to Furmus. Iran's foreign
[00:04:53] ministry spokesperson Ismail bagai said countries should look at
[00:04:57] this agreement as an opportunity
[00:04:59] of and he said this is because the two literal states sat
[00:05:03] down and held talks for several
[00:05:05] in weeks to determine the coordinates
[00:05:07] of of safe route for
[00:05:08] of commercial shipping stated that the outcome
[00:05:11] of these negotiations was supposed to be shared with regional countries at
[00:05:15] the meeting in oman which did not materialize, however he
[00:05:19] emphasized that this does not negate the efforts made by Iran
[00:05:23] and speaking about the illegal US war on Iran, the spokes
[00:05:27] person said that Tehrance conditions were the basis the
[00:05:30] negotiations and the Islamabad
[00:05:33] MOU. He pointed out that the US
[00:05:36] violated the agreement and unilaterally exited it without any
[00:05:40] reason. that the US naval blockade is
[00:05:44] violation, and as long as it persists, it is not possible
[00:05:48] to speak the end the
[00:05:50] war.
[00:06:00] our colleague Farzane Ashurion says the iran oman understanding
[00:06:03] shows that Ivan and his regional partners are shaping the future of
[00:06:07] maritime security in the region, and that Terron has not challenged
[00:06:11] its resolve, changed this resolve to exercise his
[00:06:14] authority over the straight of
[00:06:16] Urmus.
[00:06:22] This basically shows that first of all how
[00:06:25] Iran is and its allies in the region or
[00:06:29] determining uh the future the maritime
[00:06:33] security in the region and of course Iran is
[00:06:36] signaling that not only
[00:06:39] it it is not changing its resolved to uh
[00:06:43] is uh hold its authority over the straight of hermos, but
[00:06:46] it is at the same time uh respecting uh
[00:06:50] its regional uh of course countries
[00:06:53] sovereignties, this basically signals and sense this
[00:06:56] message to other regional countries that how
[00:07:00] Iran uh respects the uh
[00:07:04] territorial integrity of its territorial integrity of its
[00:07:07] neighboring countries and how it is pursuing the good neighborliness
[00:07:11] policy can we have to mention that how it is of course high on the
[00:07:15] agenda of Iran's foreign policy, Iran has always said
[00:07:19] that it is respecting, and it is of
[00:07:21] course uh the country's foreign policies aimed at
[00:07:25] boosting its times with this regional countries. This is very important for the
[00:07:29] regional countries to understand that uh after years of
[00:07:33] years of depending on the uh US uh
[00:07:37] dependence on the US uh dependence on the US security
[00:07:40] umbrella in the region now. is Iran uh emerge
[00:07:44] as regional power now is shaping the future the
[00:07:48] regional security uh let's say
[00:07:50] order.
[00:07:55] Pakistan and China have coached talks in the city of Hangiu to
[00:07:59] finalize the operational framework for the development bank the
[00:08:03] Shanghai cooperation organization. The meeting was held as
[00:08:06] dedollarization and using national currencies in trade
[00:08:10] are on the agenda the SCO. Here is report by a correspondent
[00:08:14] in Pakistan's capital, Mariam
[00:08:16] Nawaz.
[00:08:22] The fifth round of multilateral consultations on the establishment the SEO
[00:08:26] development bank has concluded in Hankzu China marking a
[00:08:29] massive leap toward alternative global finance. Co- chaired by senior
[00:08:33] finance and commerce officials from Pakistan in China, the today when brought
[00:08:37] together policy makers determined to construct an economic firewall
[00:08:41] protecting south. and centralian trade from western geopolitical
[00:08:45] leverage, petrol dollar ho, the SEO development platform the
[00:08:48] Shanghai cooperation at form the Shanghai cooperation
[00:08:52] organization, the monopoly and dominance the petrodollar is breaking
[00:08:55] down, the war imposed by the US on Iran has backfired causing
[00:08:59] self-inflicted damage to the US. Now countries are focusing
[00:09:03] much more on conducting trade in local currencies. I believe that in the next
[00:09:07] 10 years 70% the world's countries will move away from the petro
[00:09:11] dollar. The establishment the bank widely referred to as SEOB
[00:09:15] is moving ahead rapidly following critical political decree
[00:09:18] adopted during the heads of state summit. Major regional players
[00:09:22] including Iran and Russia are driving technical proposals to
[00:09:25] bypass the US dominated global banking network, shifting the
[00:09:29] focus instead to independent multilateral funding blocks.
[00:09:33] importance of regional allies, there is
[00:09:36] an there is very much need the strengthening
[00:09:40] of regional organizations to have. have their own infrastructure to have their own
[00:09:44] economic infrastructure and it would obviously reduce the
[00:09:48] dependency on the western powers. with China's annual trade with
[00:09:52] seo partners now sering past 500 billion dollars,
[00:09:55] the incoming development bank provides the structural teeth needed to
[00:09:59] protect regional supply chains. by defining clear guidelines on
[00:10:03] voting rights, decision making procedures and capital
[00:10:06] contributions, the institution aims to replace conditional western
[00:10:10] aid packages with localized. equity models, if it is
[00:10:14] improved, security concerns are properly addressed, i am
[00:10:18] quite confident that the entire
[00:10:21] this seo block or seo region,
[00:10:25] would definitely benefit from doing doing trade
[00:10:29] in local currencies, so main focus of this suo
[00:10:33] financial network which you say Sco bank, your member
[00:10:36] country as western member country as western financial
[00:10:40] frameworks face mounting scrutiny over their political weaponization,
[00:10:44] the progress formalized in Hangzu offers an immediate
[00:10:47] blueprint for regional self reliance. Islamabad and
[00:10:51] beijing are turning the SEO development bank into a functional. through
[00:10:55] these historic framework talks, this shift accelerates
[00:10:58] dedollarization and builds a permanent financial shield,
[00:11:02] proving that the economic corridors the global south will no longer be
[00:11:06] dictated by western monetary pressures. Mariam
[00:11:09] navas, press tv,
[00:11:11] Islamabad.
[00:11:16] Yemen's government spokesman has warned Saudi Arabia that any escalation
[00:11:20] against the Yemani people and territory will be met with a stronger and
[00:11:24] more forceful. response Omar Al-Bakhaiti said Yemen's armed
[00:11:28] forces will not hesitate to deliver the harshest blows to the south
[00:11:32] the enemy to deterrorist criminal aggression and escalation
[00:11:35] against the country. He other that the Saudi regime's recourse to
[00:11:39] Daesh style tactics including criminal bombings targeting
[00:11:43] civilians in San Ar reflects its brutal nature.
[00:11:47] Buhati emphasized that continued escalation the Saudi regime's crimes
[00:11:50] against the Yemani people will only increase the price it will have to
[00:11:54] pay. He also rejected Riyada's allegations about
[00:11:58] Yemen's attack on the holy city of Mecca, calling it the lie
[00:12:02] the century. His warning came after Yemen's Army
[00:12:06] came after Yemen's army spokesman announced two new operations on
[00:12:10] Saudi targets with. Yahya Sari
[00:12:13] said the operations hit sensitive sites in the Saudi capital,
[00:12:17] Riyadh and Aramco facilities in
[00:12:20] Yambu.
[00:12:28] to dissect the situation, we have Mr. Jim Cavernor with us, academic
[00:12:32] and researcher joining us from New York, US. Mr. Cavanar, good to have
[00:12:36] you with us again on Press TV. Mr. Kavana, what are we looking at right now
[00:12:40] with Yemen and Saudi Arabia and how have you seen
[00:12:43] it uh unfold so
[00:12:45] far?
[00:12:56] Can you hear me now? Yes, yes, I can. Mr. Cavaner, sorry for the, yes, I can.
[00:13:00] Mr. Cavaner, sorry for the Mr. Caviner, what are we looking at with Yemen
[00:13:04] and Saudi Arabia, how have you seen it unfold so far,
[00:13:08] and especially with the Yemeni advances, especially
[00:13:12] in the western region the
[00:13:13] country. Yes, well, thank you for having
[00:13:17] me, since we saw spoke last, I think the Emmy, the Encerala
[00:13:21] has done a great job of advancing it.
[00:13:25] interest in the country and it's moved to the straight themanda
[00:13:29] straight and it's now
[00:13:31] you know on the offensive, it really launched attack
[00:13:35] against Riyad, that's dangerous and effective,
[00:13:39] so they have demonstrated, they they
[00:13:42] forced the the capitulation of large numbers of troops
[00:13:45] and they are entrenching their
[00:13:49] position, so this is a dangerous
[00:13:51] situation, you know Muhammad bin Salman.
[00:13:55] out yesterday or today and said, well we could have gotten rid of
[00:13:58] won the war in Yemen a week if we hadn't been so kind,
[00:14:02] so so concerned about the Yemani people, which is a bunch of nonsense, they've
[00:14:06] been
[00:14:10] keeping Yemen at under sanction and under
[00:14:14] a blocade for years, they've killed many people,
[00:14:18] but now we have a situation again now that
[00:14:21] Ansara is not just reacting but acting,
[00:14:26] preemptively and effectively, the
[00:14:29] west, the United States has to make decision about what it's going to
[00:14:33] do, can it abide uh, Saudi
[00:14:36] Arabia will not does not want to abide Yemen
[00:14:40] Saral taking over Yemen, and it's a danger to the also
[00:14:43] dynasty, uh, can the United States, whatever Donald
[00:14:47] Trump's uh, he
[00:14:50] seeming unconcerned about this, I don't think he can be unconcerned
[00:14:54] about.
[00:14:55] it, and now I'm hearing today, just the last couple of hours, that the Americans
[00:14:59] have put out security alerts for all their embassies in the Middle
[00:15:03] East, and that Trump is heading back to Washington tonight
[00:15:06] unexpectedly, so there's some, hints that
[00:15:09] something big is going to happen in the next few days, and uh,
[00:15:13] this is the point, we got again not pay much attention to what Trump
[00:15:17] says any given moment, he's been seaming unconcerned about what, it's not
[00:15:21] my business, let them, let the saudis take care of it, but he can't really...
[00:15:25] that
[00:15:26] we are creating reaching a situation in in both the
[00:15:30] situation in Yemen and Iran where decisions have to
[00:15:34] be made
[00:15:34] and I don't think that the United States uh
[00:15:38] that the the American imperialist or the zionists in the American in the American
[00:15:41] government, the American policy establishment will allow Trump
[00:15:45] to just sit back and and allow the the Hutis to
[00:15:49] essentially win the war against Saudi Arabia, so we're going to see it's a very
[00:15:52] dangerous situation, we're i would not be surprised to see
[00:15:56] major escalation, including a inter intervention by the United
[00:16:00] States sometime soon, that's Mr. Cavanor,
[00:16:04] don't don't you think the U.S.
[00:16:08] honest allies, Saudi Arabia, Israel, they're stuck a quick son,
[00:16:12] the more they make moves or the more they move, the deeper
[00:16:16] they go, yes, but
[00:16:20] you know, it's it's the
[00:16:22] great zuok swang, the chess position
[00:16:25] where you know you you, any move you make is going to weaken
[00:16:29] your position, but you have to move, it's your move, and and as I
[00:16:33] say, I think that you
[00:16:36] know, "if Ansarala keeps
[00:16:39] advancing and maintains its position and really, as I say, that's a
[00:16:43] threat to the Saudi regime a profound sense, yemen is really the the
[00:16:47] profound, not just the the back door of
[00:16:51] Saudi Arabia, it's really the the the source of Saudi Arabia
[00:16:55] a very profound historical sense, and and I i just
[00:16:59] don't think that they can allow Yemen to defeat
[00:17:03] Saudi Arabia, now Saudi Arabia has to make a choice, I mean they could, and they are making a
[00:17:07] choice,
[00:17:07] I don't..."
[00:17:07] I mean they
[00:17:08] have to make Saudi Arabia is in that position too, they are
[00:17:12] stuck, Mr. Caven, I was going to ask you that question, I was going to ask you if do
[00:17:16] you think that Saudis would escalate the situation, could it afford it
[00:17:19] though, if it does, because uh Yemen could completely
[00:17:23] hal Saudi oil exports, it even targeted Riyadh,
[00:17:27] the the capital, maybe message to MBS,
[00:17:31] Mohammed bin Salman that he could be very well targeted as well, so
[00:17:35] it doesn't look good for Saudi Arabia, they hit the... bromco facility
[00:17:38] today apparently, so they are, the
[00:17:42] Saudis are in this position too, they have been firmly insconced in the
[00:17:46] American and frankly Zionist position,
[00:17:50] and given what's happened, they've seen that the United
[00:17:53] States is not really going to protect them, there they to protect
[00:17:57] Israel, and if they if they can protect Saudi Arabia they'll do
[00:18:00] it, but there is kind of crucial element to
[00:18:03] the for the Americans in Saudi Arabia, so the Saudis have to...
[00:18:07] decide are they going to stick with the United States and and and the American and
[00:18:11] Israeli position or are they going to make peace with
[00:18:14] Iran and and respect Iran and respect Yemen
[00:18:18] and and and stop being pawns the Americans and the
[00:18:22] Israelis so I don't know what they're going to do but they just they just
[00:18:25] bought what how many f35s from the United States
[00:18:29] and what s what NBS said yesterday or today about we
[00:18:33] could have destroyed this the Yemen and Yemen a week if we had had been so
[00:18:36] concerned about people poor people, that's i i don't i don't
[00:18:40] think they're capable yet of actually breaking
[00:18:44] with the Americans in the Israelis and if something happens they're going to have to
[00:18:48] get the Americans to help them and i think they probably
[00:18:52] will, it seems that they don't they don't have any plan, no
[00:18:56] uh the Saudi Arabia and also the US
[00:18:59] uh before we let you go mr cavanar uh quick if you can just in one minute
[00:19:03] your thoughts on the desperate move by Saudi Arabia uh saying Yemen was
[00:19:06] targeting the holiest site for the muslims, so uh
[00:19:10] Yemen hitting Mecca seems to be a joke, so it must
[00:19:14] be a desperate move, yeah, it's like the Israeli saying
[00:19:18] anti-zionism is anti-semitism, anti
[00:19:22] anti-saudi attacks from Yemen must be
[00:19:25] anti-islam, they're attacking Mecca, yeah,
[00:19:29] look, things like that are going to come up, that's what they need, Saudi
[00:19:32] Arabia, rests its legitimate notion of
[00:19:35] legitimacy on his protection of. holy sights and that's what they're going to use,
[00:19:39] so uh, I don't really believe that happened, and I don't think anybody
[00:19:43] else does either, but uh, Saudi's going to use that, that's the kind of thing they're going to
[00:19:47] use, and the question really is, will there
[00:19:51] be decision in the United States over the next few days to come
[00:19:55] to the aid of Saudi Arabia to defeat Yemen, and the Americans may
[00:19:59] think they can get away with that, now as you say, it's not a great
[00:20:02] situation, because if that happens, both Yemen and Iran are going to react
[00:20:06] very strongly. "and it's going to blow the whole thing up in everybody's face,
[00:20:10] exactly. Thank you, Mr. Cavaner, there you have Mr. Jim Kavana as always
[00:20:14] academic and researcher joining us from New York, US.
[00:20:18] Mr. Caviner, thank you for your time and your
[00:20:20] analysis. Now
[00:20:24] US president Donald Trump's move to ban several media outlets from the White House
[00:20:28] has drawn serious backlash from media outlets and a journalist
[00:20:31] rights group. Trump claimed that CNN, MS Now and
[00:20:35] Politico report fake news. The White House Correspondents
[00:20:39] Association, which represents hundreds of journalists who cover the White
[00:20:42] House, called the ban violation the first amendment the
[00:20:46] US Constitution. The Association called for immediate.
[00:20:50] restoration of access to the white house for banned media outlets,
[00:20:54] saying the first amendment in shrinds freedom the
[00:20:57] press. It said US courts have repeatedly held that
[00:21:01] once the white house provides access to journalists, it cannot deny
[00:21:05] that access orbitary or based on the content the
[00:21:08] reporting. The band outlets have also lashed out at
[00:21:12] Trump's ban highlighting the constitutional right to report
[00:21:16] without government interference. The New York Times and the...
[00:21:20] on post also condemn Trump's move as another retaliatory and
[00:21:24] unconstitutional threat, saying their access to the White House is a
[00:21:27] non-negotiable constitutional
[00:21:30] right.
[00:21:36] The protest marge has taken place in Tunisia's capital with demonstrators
[00:21:40] demanding the release of members the global sumtilla who remain
[00:21:44] in detention. Press TV's skandanuar reports from
[00:21:48] Tunis.
[00:21:52] hundreds of demonstrators took the streets of central
[00:21:55] Tunis, calling for the release of members the global summod
[00:21:59] flotella activists remain in detention, the marsh began
[00:22:03] in front the headquarters the tunisian national syndicate of
[00:22:07] journalists before heading towards Habib Burgiba avenue,
[00:22:11] civil society groups and political activists organized the
[00:22:15] demonstration as part the ongoing calls for the
[00:22:18] release the detain.
[00:22:19] activists
[00:22:20] whose supporters say have been held in
[00:22:23] connection with their activities in support the palestinian
[00:22:27] cause.
[00:22:35] demanding the release the members the sumut flotilla who are on hunger strike and have
[00:22:39] been in prison for months. this contradicts the position
[00:22:43] the tunician people.
[00:22:46] organizers say today's demonstration comes. As part
[00:22:50] of series of mobilizations seeking the release
[00:22:54] the activists, supporters the detaines
[00:22:58] mentain that there is no evidence proving their
[00:23:01] involvement any wrong doing related to their
[00:23:04] activities in support of Palestine and are calling for
[00:23:08] their immediate release. This march is the
[00:23:12] result of continued mobilization to secure the release the sumoed floatilla
[00:23:16] activists, especially since there is no evidence implicating the active. in
[00:23:20] connection with what they organized in support the palestinian
[00:23:23] cause. the case has also drawn attention
[00:23:27] because of reports that detained activists have
[00:23:31] been on hunger strike for several days.
[00:23:34] protesters say their demonstration is intended not
[00:23:38] only to demand their release, but also to reaffirm what they
[00:23:41] describe as
[00:23:43] continued.
[00:24:20] say they intend to continue their mobilization until
[00:24:24] their demands are addressed. protesters are
[00:24:27] gathering here in Tunis demanding the release of detained
[00:24:31] members the sumod flotella who have reportedly been on
[00:24:35] hunger strike for several days organized by several civil
[00:24:39] society groups and political parties. this demonstration
[00:24:43] is drawing significant attention as participants call
[00:24:47] for their release. iskandar nawa Reporting for Press
[00:24:51] TV from
[00:24:52] Tunis.
[00:24:56] They have those with the top stories on Press TV. Thank you for being with us,
[00:25:00] take care and as usual, stay
[00:25:02] safe.
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[00:25:28] figures are tallied, names are added to list, but numbers
[00:25:32] cannot measure the lives that unravel after the explosions.
[00:25:36] wars count those killed by missiles, they rarely count those
[00:25:40] who survived them and may later die of
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[00:25:47] old sayqi became one the In the early
[00:25:50] hours of March 26th, a US Israel strike reduced her
[00:25:54] family home a neighborhood to rubble, her
[00:25:58] husband, local football coach Hussein Maliki and their two.
[00:26:02] young sons, age, two young sons, age five and
[00:26:06] three were killed. around 24 people died from the US,
[00:26:10] 24 people died from the US Israely attack. alham
[00:26:13] survived, for seven hours, rescuers searched through
[00:26:17] concrete and twisted steel before pulling the fallen sofa had
[00:26:21] shielded her head from the collapsing building, but her injuries
[00:26:25] were severe. her greatest wounds however were invisible.
[00:26:29] weeks later, a video of elham standing on the ruin. of her
[00:26:32] home spread across Iran. In her hands was a handritten note
[00:26:36] rescued from the rubble, one her young son had
[00:26:40] written before the attack. As she read it, her voice
[00:26:44] faltered. Around her lay the remains the life she
[00:26:48] had built. Her father says that after losing her
[00:26:51] husband, her children and her home, she was never the
[00:26:55] same. She withdrew from the world, spoke
[00:26:58] constantly of her from ordinary sounds after.
[00:27:02] nearly sounds after more than two months of overwhelming in US
[00:27:06] Israely attack, in US-Israely attack, she
[00:27:10] suffered fatal stroke and died. Her story speaks to a
[00:27:14] quieter, taller war of survivors who carry the
[00:27:17] destruction with them long after the Doth settles.
[00:27:21] It also reflects a wider pattern of US-Israeli aggression
[00:27:25] across the region that has left behind a deeper tol, not
[00:27:29] only a single moment of impact, but in the... lasting human
[00:27:33] consequences that
[00:27:35] follow.
[00:27:45] That night was supposed to be night of joy. In Kuhestak a
[00:27:49] port town and Siri County Hormosgon province. Families were
[00:27:53] getting ready for a wedding, night for new clothes, seeing the
[00:27:57] bride and groom, music and laughter and children playing
[00:28:01] among their relatives. but at around 9 o'clock on September
[00:28:05] 1st, a US military attack on the wedding ceremony
[00:28:08] changed everything a matter of seconds. The explosion filled the
[00:28:12] wedding venue with smoke and rubble, music and laughter
[00:28:16] gave way to screams and cries. In the attack carried out by US
[00:28:19] force, five people were killed and nearly 70 were
[00:28:23] injured. One of those killed was four year old
[00:28:27] boy named Amir Ali Khadimi. Amir Ali had not gone to war, he had
[00:28:30] gone to a wedding that. day he had taken a bath, fixed his
[00:28:34] hair and could hardly contain his excitement about going to the
[00:28:38] celebration. his mother was supposed to leave a little later with
[00:28:42] him and the rest the family, but Amir Ali, his 14
[00:28:45] year old sister, Kiana and several other children left early. few
[00:28:49] minutes later, the explosion happened. Amir Ali's
[00:28:53] mother later said there was a terrible sound, everything was filled with
[00:28:57] smoke, my heart sank. I ran into the street and started looking
[00:29:00] for my children, but she... could not find Amir Ali or Kiyana.
[00:29:04] Through the smoke and dust, she had only one question, where are my
[00:29:08] children? Then the phone rang. He told me your son has been
[00:29:12] killed. Amir Ali, the youngest child in the family, was no
[00:29:16] longer among the injured. His body had been taken to the
[00:29:20] hospital within the first few minutes, so quickly that his
[00:29:23] mother did not even have the chance to hold her son
[00:29:27] one last time, but Kianna had survived. Sharpnel had wounded her
[00:29:31] and she was taken to the hospital. doctors saved her home was not only
[00:29:35] a physical one, was not only a physical one, the brother's
[00:29:38] final moments, the brother's final
[00:29:41] moments, her mother says that kyona kept crying and
[00:29:45] saying, i saw kyona kept crying and saying i saw blood coming from amir
[00:29:49] ali's head, i saw him fall to the ground, now
[00:29:53] this mother must learn to live without the little boy who filled their
[00:29:56] home with his energy, the child who was supposed to start
[00:30:00] preschool this year, the home home that was supposed to be filled with
[00:30:04] laughter and memories after the wedding is now
[00:30:08] missing one voice, Amida Ali's voice, and perhaps the
[00:30:12] hardest question in his grief is this: a child who only wanted to
[00:30:16] go to a wedding and play with his relatives children, why did
[00:30:20] his last night have to be spent among smoke, sharpenel, blood
[00:30:24] and
[00:30:24] tears?