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[00:00:01] of
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[00:00:21] Top stories here on
[00:00:22] of Press TV. Iran warns
[00:00:23] of all American bases and interests in the region will be targeted with no restraint
[00:00:27] if the US launches attacks on
[00:00:29] of Iran. President of Yemen's Supreme Political
[00:00:33] Council wars a further escalation of
[00:00:35] of Saudi Arabia continues its blockade
[00:00:37] of the
[00:00:37] of country
[00:00:41] of and the death oil from Ukraine's drone attacks and
[00:00:45] of Russia's main oil refinery and residential building has risen to three
[00:00:49] with nearly 20 people
[00:00:51] of wounded.
[00:00:54] of
[00:00:55] of
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[00:01:09] Hello everyone and welcome to Press TV, world news.
[00:01:13] of Our top store Iran's armed forces at
[00:01:15] of ambia central command has warned US and regional countries that any mistake will make
[00:01:19] them targets
[00:01:20] of the country's
[00:01:20] in attacks. The central command said Iran has information that US is
[00:01:24] planning to resume hostilities with a
[00:01:27] of green light from some regional countries, the top. body said that any
[00:01:31] such move will expose this entire
[00:01:33] of interest and bases in the region to effective back to back painful
[00:01:37] attacks. the central command warn Iran will not think twice
[00:01:40] of about its response, think twice about its response and also
[00:01:44] warn regional countries against the critical approach toward Iran by supporting America's
[00:01:48] aggression. The central command said anyone complicit in the
[00:01:52] vicious acts
[00:01:52] of the US should not expect restraint from
[00:01:55] Iran.
[00:02:00] and
[00:02:00] of join user
[00:02:01] to win on this more was a military and strategic
[00:02:04] of affairs analist ali ham from south
[00:02:05] lebanon.
[00:02:09] me describe the military American military situation in the region.
[00:02:13] we can tell that as we
[00:02:16] received and saw
[00:02:19] of on CNN that more than 17 American military
[00:02:22] bases either damaged or destroyed or
[00:02:27] of demolished, flattened and so many
[00:02:31] equipment been destroyed, it
[00:02:34] of obligates
[00:02:35] of united states to regroup its
[00:02:37] troops in the sea
[00:02:41] or in in Jordan, it was the straight of
[00:02:45] hormos and the war against Iran
[00:02:48] supported the
[00:02:50] of American still support supported by the
[00:02:54] GCC countries uh by money, we don't forget
[00:02:57] 5,200 billion
[00:03:02] a dollar or five trillion 5.2 trillion dollars been paid
[00:03:06] to united state in order to to be
[00:03:09] the
[00:03:10] of biggest dominator
[00:03:12] of the region. the Iranian are telling the countries in
[00:03:16] the
[00:03:17] of region. up
[00:03:17] in to now we can see your full support by
[00:03:21] given the bases to the american by
[00:03:25] letting them using your
[00:03:27] of
[00:03:27] of airspace. if you move little bit further than this, up to
[00:03:31] now we
[00:03:32] of are attacking and retaliating against the
[00:03:36] American bases in your country that if you move
[00:03:40] from supporting to participating in such war, it
[00:03:43] will be directly against you, it's a warning, it's
[00:03:47] a
[00:03:48] warning.
[00:03:53] all right, Iran's army has announced that it has shot down another advanced spy drone or
[00:03:57] stator hormose, according to the army, the orbitor drone. was detected, targeted
[00:04:01] and destroyed by Iran's indigenous air defense systems in the
[00:04:04] country's southeast, operating under the integrated national air defense
[00:04:08] network. announcement comes
[00:04:10] of as Iran's armed forces reported several other drone interceptions in recent
[00:04:17] of days. The US president says options before
[00:04:21] Washington against Iran are limited what he called obliterating Iran,
[00:04:24] letting its economy collapse or reaching
[00:04:27] of a deal. an interview with Fox News about on going war Donald Trump
[00:04:31] said he is a
[00:04:32] in a deciding
[00:04:33] a mode, adding the very big
[00:04:35] of things will unfold in the near future, and despite US travel warnings issued
[00:04:38] across
[00:04:39] of the region, Trump said this week is no different from any other week. He
[00:04:43] also said he'll probably be open to meeting with the Iranian
[00:04:45] president, on the sidelines
[00:04:48] of the UN general assembly in New
[00:04:53] of York. The Press TV, Zainani joined us earlier in our
[00:04:56] studio to give her take on recent claims by the US president.
[00:05:02] "if Trump has been consistent in something, it has been
[00:05:05] in making false claims, and the options also that
[00:05:09] they have presented, the three options
[00:05:12] is why. Iran out right the night
[00:05:15] before the seasfire was announced, he said that he was going to wipe out
[00:05:19] an entire civilization, it ended in sece fire, and then he
[00:05:23] is talking about another option which is to let
[00:05:26] Iran rot economically, well the sanctions that they have imposed
[00:05:30] their economic, the so-called economic dday operation, it's not something new, Iran has
[00:05:34] been facing sanctions for the past 47 years, Iran has not rotted
[00:05:38] economically, but it has indeed flourished, and by the way, none
[00:05:41] these... new sanctions that they have imposed on Iran, Russia
[00:05:45] and China rejected those outright because US credibility does not
[00:05:49] exist anymore, and then another one is making a deal with Iran.
[00:05:53] Iran has presented its options and its conditions that if you
[00:05:57] want to make deal, these are conditions, if you accept it then great, if you don't
[00:06:01] then there is not going to be deal, so this is the dual track strategy that the
[00:06:05] US has employed for the past several decades, it's
[00:06:08] not just Trump, several administrations have try the
[00:06:12] strategy of on the one and negotiations, but of course and
[00:06:16] negotiation, but of course Washington style, which is imposing
[00:06:20] their conditions on the other party, and if you don't, then of course they
[00:06:24] have the other option, which is sanctions and
[00:06:27] threats and pressure, but it has not worked in the past and it is
[00:06:31] not going to work in the future either, because Tehran has made it stance very clear in
[00:06:35] the past several decades that Iran does not respond
[00:06:39] to threats.
[00:06:43] senior yemeny officials reaffirmed sana's demands for sovereignty and an
[00:06:47] end to Saudi blockade. President of Yemen Supreme Political Council
[00:06:51] Mashat s Saudi Arabia's aggression and unjust
[00:06:54] blockade saying the situation has reached a stage and no longer can be
[00:06:58] tolerated. he noted yemeny army and people have taken action to end the
[00:07:02] blockade warning of further escalation if their demands are not
[00:07:05] addressed. he also renewed yemen's support for Iran, Lebanon
[00:07:09] and Palestine. the official made the remarks the 12. anniversary the
[00:07:13] Yemini
[00:07:14] Revolution.
[00:07:23] The Kuwait Field Hospital is one of key medical facilities serving displaced
[00:07:26] Palestinians with limited access to functioning healthcare in
[00:07:29] Alawasi, Westagan Unis. On Sunday, the hospital began
[00:07:33] drastically reducing its services after fuel supplies needed to
[00:07:37] operate, it's a generator stopped. Ahmed al najar
[00:07:40] reports.
[00:07:45] Every morning, the yards the Kuwait Field Hospital in El Mawasi are
[00:07:49] filled with Palestinian seeking medical care, but
[00:07:52] today it is empty and the makeshift clinics are
[00:07:56] closed, not because there are no patients, but because the hospital
[00:08:00] has suspended most of its services after the fuel needed to keep it operating was
[00:08:04] cut off under Israeli restrictions. The
[00:08:07] hospital has appealed for the fuel supply to be restored, warning that the
[00:08:11] suspension. services threatens the lives of many patients,
[00:08:15] we cannot provide the health services to the people
[00:08:19] about 2,500
[00:08:22] up to 300 people are receiving the services
[00:08:26] in the outpatient clinics in the operation room in the delivery room,
[00:08:30] addition to the endoscopic unit, they are they are
[00:08:34] receiving these
[00:08:35] surfaces
[00:08:39] under the terms the so-called seizfire, is obliged to
[00:08:43] facilitate the flow of humanitarian supplies to medical
[00:08:46] facilities, instead, it sie continues to criple care
[00:08:50] inside the hospital. Outside, displaced Palestinians
[00:08:54] incrowded almwasi continue to face Israeli bombing,
[00:08:57] without fuel. Ambulances here are also struggling to save
[00:09:01] lives.
[00:09:06] We face extreme challenges to keep our ambulances running. Almost every
[00:09:10] day we respond to emergencies. after Israeli
[00:09:13] strikes, fuel and supply shortages severely cripple
[00:09:17] our
[00:09:17] missions.
[00:09:21] the hospital says many patients are waiting for operations and other
[00:09:25] procedures, but as power is cut and medical devices shut
[00:09:29] down, even simple procedures are no longer
[00:09:32] available. mahmed just had a checkup and is in need of
[00:09:35] basic tests, but the hospital lab could no longer provide
[00:09:39] them,
[00:09:43] I just came for simple tests today, but they informed me that even the lab is out of
[00:09:47] service because the fuel
[00:09:48] crisis.
[00:09:52] For him and other patients, the options for medical care are only
[00:09:55] shrinking, as Israely violations leave the health care system on the
[00:09:59] verge of collapse. From simple services to critical
[00:10:03] care, this hospital is the first lifeline for displaced Palestinians
[00:10:07] here, yet like other hospitals across Gaza, it still faces
[00:10:11] repeated failures under. restrictions that could carry grave
[00:10:14] consequences.
[00:10:22] a protest marst. demanding the release of
[00:10:26] members the global summain in detention.
[00:10:30] Press TV's ascandanau reports from two
[00:10:32] news. Hundreds of
[00:10:36] demonstrators took the streets of central Tunis,
[00:10:40] calling for the release of members the global summod flotella
[00:10:43] activists remain in detention. The marsh began in front
[00:10:47] the headquarters the tinigian national syndicate of
[00:10:50] journalists before heading towards Habib Burgiba avenue.
[00:10:54] Sir. Society groups and political activists organized the
[00:10:58] demonstration as part the ongoing calls for the
[00:11:01] release the detained activists whose supporters
[00:11:05] say have been held in connection with their activities in
[00:11:09] support the
[00:11:10] palestinian.
[00:11:19] Demanding the release the members the sumut flotilla who are on hunger strike and have
[00:11:23] been in prison for months. This contradicts the position the
[00:11:26] Tunisian people.
[00:11:30] Organizers say today's demonstration comes as part
[00:11:34] of series of mobilizations seeking the release
[00:11:38] the activists, supporters the detaines
[00:11:41] maintain that there is no evidence proving their
[00:11:44] involvement any wrong doing related to their
[00:11:48] activities.
[00:11:55] This march is the result of continued mobilization to secure the release the
[00:11:58] sumed floatilla activists, especially since there is no evidence
[00:12:02] implicating the activists in connection with what they organized in support the
[00:12:06] Palestinian cause. The case has also drawn
[00:12:09] attention because of reports that detained
[00:12:13] activists have been on hunger strike for several
[00:12:17] days. Protesters say their demonstration is
[00:12:20] intended not only to demand their release, but also to
[00:12:24] refirm.
[00:12:40] We also stress that since October 7th we've continued to
[00:12:44] defend the Palestinian resistance, and that releasing these
[00:12:48] activists is
[00:12:49] a form of support for the
[00:12:50] resistance.
[00:12:55] in control Tunis demonstrators reiterated their
[00:12:58] demand for the release the detained activists,
[00:13:02] organizers say they intend to continue their
[00:13:06] mobilization until their demands are
[00:13:09] addressed. Protesters are gathering here in Tunis
[00:13:12] demanding the release of detained members the Somot
[00:13:16] Flotella who have reportedly been on hunger strike for
[00:13:20] several days organized by several civil society groups
[00:13:23] and political parties. This demonstration is drawing
[00:13:27] significant attention as participants call for their
[00:13:31] release. Ascandar reporting for press
[00:13:34] TV from
[00:13:35] Tunis.
[00:13:39] Death though from Ukraine's attack on Russia's main oil refinery and residential building in the
[00:13:43] Moscow region is now risen to three and strikes also left nearly
[00:13:47] 20 people injured. Ukraine useed hundreds of drones in this attack.
[00:13:51] President Vladimir Zelinski says the strike targeted key Russian oil.
[00:13:55] facility, the site supplies more than a third of Moscow region's
[00:13:58] fuel. Russian officials have described this attack as the largest drone strike in
[00:14:02] years, both Russian and Ukraine have escalated their long-range
[00:14:06] attacks against each other in recent
[00:14:08] months.
[00:14:14] And toway on this earlier uh we checked in with activists and a
[00:14:18] commentator at in New York Mr. Don
[00:14:20] debar.
[00:14:25] "desperation is uh,
[00:14:27] you know, it seems that's what's going on in Kiev.
[00:14:31] um, the oround Zelensky there
[00:14:34] have been all kinds of abdications, abandonments, people running
[00:14:38] out, selling their story about how crazy and
[00:14:42] chaotic it is, and that he doesn't even speak Ukrainian
[00:14:46] uh very well, um, and in the capitals in
[00:14:49] Europe though, in Bowen, sorry, in Berlin,
[00:14:53] and uh, and London, and Paris in
[00:14:55] particular uh, they're ramping up everything
[00:14:59] that they can dump into Ukraine that can be fired into
[00:15:03] Russia, while Russia says, look, we're going to
[00:15:06] put a stop to this. There was the report
[00:15:10] of whether
[00:15:11] it was true or not, a warning certainly was sold as
[00:15:15] one where uh the rail lines, one the rail
[00:15:18] lines uh running between uh Poland and Ukraine that
[00:15:22] has been used for supplying the Ukraine. troops was
[00:15:26] bombed and they took out the uh the trains that run on it too,
[00:15:30] they're trying to get the Germans to sell them trains, but they won't
[00:15:34] fit the gauge of track that's uh goes into.
[00:15:38] um and supposedly this hit was right after uh Boris
[00:15:42] Johnson and a couple of other knuckle heads from uh from western
[00:15:46] Europe had visited Ukraine and left
[00:15:49] um the fact that the
[00:15:53] British and the Germans and the French
[00:15:57] are conducting about me open now a war against
[00:16:00] Russia means that there is a war between uh Western
[00:16:04] Europe and Russia.
[00:16:10] exit pols in Germany's eastern states showed far right and far
[00:16:13] left taking the lead. Alternative for Germany or AFD has
[00:16:17] won 37% the vote in the Mecklinberg Western
[00:16:21] Pomerania. The AFD is ahead of a chancer Frederick Murs is a
[00:16:25] central right party which has taken just 5.5% the
[00:16:29] party's worst result since the second world war, the
[00:16:32] capital Berlin, the left party finished first with more than
[00:16:36] 24% the vote. pressure is mounting on Murts after
[00:16:40] a far right AFD delivered major defeat to his party two weeks ago
[00:16:44] in the state of a Saxant, the chancelor could face calls to
[00:16:47] step down if his party continues to perform poorly in regional
[00:16:51] elections.
[00:17:00] Vote counting is underway in Russia after three days of parliamentary elections, first
[00:17:03] national vote since start the war in Ukraine. According to a central election commit.
[00:17:07] voter turnout stands at around 56.4% higher than
[00:17:11] the previous parliamentary races. Press TV's Mikayan has your
[00:17:15] details. Three
[00:17:19] day parliamentary elections are now officially over.
[00:17:23] Poling stations across the country have closed after three days of
[00:17:27] voting and the final ballots have been cast. According
[00:17:31] to the latest figures from the central election commission,
[00:17:35] water turnout stands at approximate.
[00:17:37] 56.5%, this is higher than the final turnout
[00:17:41] the 2021 state doom elections, which was 50%
[00:17:45] 51.72%. vote counting has already begun across
[00:17:49] the country. preliminary results are expected to start
[00:17:52] emerging later this evening and overnight.
[00:17:56] third parties took part in the election, the main contenders for
[00:18:00] seats in the state duma are united russia, the clear front
[00:18:04] runner, the communist party, the liberal democrat.
[00:18:07] party address Russia and new people, the
[00:18:11] yabla party which held an anti-war position was removed
[00:18:15] from the federal party list and was only allowed to compete
[00:18:19] in single mandate constituences. counting is now
[00:18:22] underway, first official results should appear in the coming
[00:18:26] hours.
[00:18:32] Denmark and Greenland say any military deal with the US will not undermine Arctic
[00:18:35] Island sovereignty, cop and Hagan and Nuke issued a statement in response to
[00:18:39] claim by the US president, the deal will give Washington permanent
[00:18:43] control over a Greenland security. The greenish prime
[00:18:46] minister in Frederick Neils says the island sovereignty and the
[00:18:50] island's sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as people's right to
[00:18:54] self-determination. Trump however described the deal as an infinite life
[00:18:58] with no end. He said the agreement is a dream come true for the US and
[00:19:01] that he did something US presidents couldn't do for 100 years.
[00:19:05] The deal is expected to be signed. the UN general assembly next
[00:19:09] week
[00:19:14] and a political analyst christoph horstoll join us earlier he says the claim that
[00:19:17] this new security deal does not undermine greenland's sovereignty or
[00:19:21] territorial integrity is just another US president donald trump
[00:19:25] lie this
[00:19:29] is another bunch this is another bunch of
[00:19:32] trump lies very typical and what
[00:19:36] given to now uh right now is that
[00:19:40] they in have the right now
[00:19:44] um to be the only ones to maintain a you
[00:19:47] foreign military presence in Greenland? that was that is
[00:19:51] no change, the whole problem by the way was created by Trump
[00:19:55] himself and now it's very
[00:19:59] interesting that's new, nobody else is
[00:20:02] allowed to get out some the
[00:20:05] valuable raw material. from Greenland, this is
[00:20:09] new in this broadness of of
[00:20:12] context, and what I just got to know in
[00:20:16] the last minute before this interview is this, there are rare
[00:20:20] earths in Greenland, and these where
[00:20:24] earths in fact are vital to the American
[00:20:27] ability to defend itself or to attack Iran for
[00:20:31] example, because all the missiles, the big missiles as they
[00:20:35] needed petrories and others and the attack missile. are not
[00:20:39] working, cannot be produced without earths and
[00:20:42] that means in fact Trump hopes that
[00:20:46] he can revive his, taking
[00:20:49] this right off. taking this right off
[00:20:51] Greenland to take everything off Greenland
[00:20:55] whichever he wants, especially these rare earths and that makes
[00:20:59] the whole contract so very much important for the Americans and
[00:21:03] of course it's the grossest kind of interference in
[00:21:07] the sovereignty of Greenland and of Denmark Denmark
[00:21:11] both we can just
[00:21:12] imagine. That's it for your
[00:21:16] latest on Pres TV everyone, thanks for joining us and goodbye for now.
[00:23:17] On June 13th, 2025, came to Dr. Ali Fuladman's
[00:23:21] home when Israely strike killed his wife and left the Iranian scientist
[00:23:25] seriously wounded. It was not the last attempt on his life. Less than
[00:23:29] year later, during the 20-26 war, Fuladman was
[00:23:32] targeted again, this time he was martered. Fuladman was not
[00:23:36] a politician, he was not a military commander, he was
[00:23:40] scientist, a senior researcher who spent years
[00:23:43] working on strategic technologies and national defense
[00:23:47] projects. He served at Iran's organization
[00:23:51] of defensive innovation and research, known as SPND,
[00:23:54] eventually becoming his head of research, his work had already
[00:23:58] made him a target of American pressure. On October 1st,
[00:24:02] 2025, the US treasury department sanctioned him, but
[00:24:05] Fulotwan's most important contribution could never be captured
[00:24:09] in a sanction list or an official
[00:24:12] title. He taught, he trained young
[00:24:15] researchers, shared what he had learned and helped prepare new
[00:24:19] generation. to work in some of Iran's most advanced fields of
[00:24:23] science and technology, for him, scientific power was not simply
[00:24:27] about what one scientists could achieve, it was about what could be
[00:24:30] passed on from one generation to the next, and what may
[00:24:33] explain why scientists like fulatvan can become
[00:24:37] targets, eliminating scientist may silence one voice, but
[00:24:41] it cannot erase the knowledge of that voice has already passed to others,
[00:24:45] just days after his martterdom, the prestigious journal science in its
[00:24:49] April 6 2026 issue reported on the growing Israeli campaign
[00:24:53] targeting Iranian scientists and universities. full advanced death
[00:24:57] had become part of a larger story, a war in which
[00:25:00] those capable of advancing Iran's scientific and
[00:25:04] technological future were themselves being targeted, but there
[00:25:08] is limit to what an attack can destroy a laboratory
[00:25:12] can be hit, a researcher can be killed. a generation can lose
[00:25:16] one of its teachers, but knowledge survives. it is carried by the student.
[00:25:20] they trained, the researchers, they inspired, and the people continue the
[00:25:24] work after they are gone, that was full advance other
[00:25:27] legacy, eliminate,
[00:25:30] eliminate,
[00:25:48] مامانم میگه اسمش همین. خلیج فارس
[00:25:51] بوده. ما بچه های خلیج
[00:25:53] فارسیم. اینجا برای ما فقط یه دریا
[00:25:57] نیست. هویتمونه.
[00:26:01] جاییه که کنارش. بازی می
[00:26:03] کنیم.
[00:26:07] روزیمونو ازش می گیریم.
[00:26:11] باهاش شادی می کنیم و با صداش آروم
[00:26:14] میشیم. جاییه که
[00:26:17] اجازه یزدیک شدن دشمنامونو بهش
[00:26:21] نمیدیم. و تا همیشه ازش محافظت می
[00:26:25] کنیم. خلیج فارس ما انگار یه کتاب
[00:26:29] تاریخه. هر کدوم از موجاش قصه.
[00:26:38] خلیج فارس برای همه ما
[00:26:41] ایرانیاست.
[00:27:11] never really
[00:27:12] and know we'll how many people are dead, they drop bombs on innocent girls while they sleep
[00:27:16] in their bed, Israel is a terror state, the terroris that
[00:27:19] terror, how many
[00:27:23] more resolutions have to be violated, how many more children have
[00:27:26] to be annihilated, this is not a war,
[00:27:29] it is systematic genocide, but whatever they try.
[00:27:46] Hello, I'm Chris Williamson and this is Palestine declassified, but we
[00:27:50] focus on the international struggle to liberate Palestine and expose
[00:27:54] Israel's efforts to manipulate the political class and corporate
[00:27:57] media. In today's show we'll be asking who or what was
[00:28:01] behind the controversial. letter that was published by the Guardian last month
[00:28:05] and signed by range of previously prominent anti-imperialists.
[00:28:09] They claimed they wanted to express solidarity with what they described as
[00:28:12] political prisoners in Iran, but it was more like attempt to
[00:28:16] manufacture consent for the war being waged on Iran by the US and
[00:28:20] Israel, which is one the reasons why it's provoked such
[00:28:23] intense backlash from the anti-imperialist movements and progressive media
[00:28:27] outlets alike, resulting in some the original signatures
[00:28:31] withdrawing their names. as this report will
[00:28:33] explain to Iran's political
[00:28:37] prisoners trapped between two blades of a scissors, that was the
[00:28:41] headline of a controversial open letter published in the Guardian
[00:28:44] newspaper on the 20th of August
[00:28:47] 2026. It was signed by 24 widely
[00:28:50] known leftists and liberal figures. They included Angela
[00:28:54] Davis, famous for her involvement in black power in the
[00:28:57] 1960s, number of leftist academics in the US,
[00:29:01] Canada, the... in France, as well as the UK barrister Michael
[00:29:05] Mansfield and the US political prisoner, Mamuah
[00:29:08] Abujamal. There was quick and determined backlash from
[00:29:12] supporters the Palestinians and
[00:29:14] anti-imperialist. The primary rebuttle
[00:29:18] following the publication the Blades of a scissors letter, was a
[00:29:22] widely circulated counter letter authored by Indian
[00:29:26] historian and socialist VJ Prashad, on behalf the
[00:29:30] International People's assembly, the IPA. It was titled
[00:29:33] against the fall symmetry the scissors, an open letter
[00:29:37] while Iran resists an illegal war of aggression. The
[00:29:41] response was sufficiently intense to cause six signataries to
[00:29:45] withdraw their names. There was some question about the
[00:29:48] signature of Mamia Abu Jamal, the most high profile actual
[00:29:52] political prisoner on the list, message later surface
[00:29:56] showing him expressing explicit support of Iran's resistance
[00:30:00] against western forces. However, Abu Jamal, along with
[00:30:03] others like Walden Bellow, subsequently clarified their
[00:30:07] positions and defended their decision to keep their signatures on the
[00:30:11] document. A flavor the letter can be gleaned
[00:30:14] from some exerps. The letter opens as follow:
[00:30:18] August marks the anniversary the 1988 mass executions in
[00:30:22] Iran, a horror that echoes in the country's current surge in death
[00:30:26] sentences. What were the 1988 mass
[00:30:30] executions? Were they, as letter implies, left
[00:30:34] his political prisoners executed by cruel and vengeful
[00:30:37] regime. In fact, the executions were largely of
[00:30:41] members the Kultish Terror group, the Mujahadin.