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[00:02:17] Good evening, Iran says the United States has failed to achieve its
[00:02:21] objectives through military confrontation and is now relying economic
[00:02:25] pressure to force Tehran into submission an exclusive
[00:02:28] interview with Press TV. Secretary of Iban Supreme National
[00:02:32] Security Council, Major General Mosan Rezay has declared that the
[00:02:36] end
[00:02:36] of the confrontation will depend on Iran's demands being
[00:02:39] met. He has also placed the straight of hormos
[00:02:42] at the center
[00:02:42] of the crisis, arguing that Washington itself is responsible
[00:02:46] for the continuing instability surrounding this vital
[00:02:50] waterway. While the United
[00:02:52] of States maintains that maritime
[00:02:54] of traffic must remain open. Iban insists that the situation cannot be
[00:02:57] separated from the blockade of sports
[00:03:00] of and a broader military confrontation. Razay has gone further
[00:03:04] warning that the renewed American attack could trigger retaliation against
[00:03:08] major US linked assets, including data centers and
[00:03:12] artificial intelligence infrastructure in the region. So is
[00:03:16] Washington confronting a strategic stailmate and how much
[00:03:20] leverage does Tabon now possess? What does the
[00:03:23] of struggle over
[00:03:25] in of Hormus reveal about the balance of power and are both sides moving towards a
[00:03:28] of negotiated settlement or preparing? for another round of
[00:03:31] escalation. Welcome to spotlight. I am Bahman Ray.
[00:03:34] of Allow me to introduce my
[00:03:35] guests.
[00:03:40] Mr. Reserved, the academic researcher and author joining us from
[00:03:43] Mascat.
[00:03:48] of And Sayid Muaz Shah, international law expert and
[00:03:52] geopolitical analygos from Geneva. Very good to
[00:03:56] have you both gentlemen on this spotlight show. I'm going to start.
[00:04:00] conversation with you, Mr.
[00:04:02] of Radi, of the General Mon has said that the United States has suffered
[00:04:06] of repeated defeats and turned into economic warfare
[00:04:10] now, what strategic objective has
[00:04:12] of Washington failed to achieve and how should we measure the outcome of
[00:04:16] this
[00:04:17] of confrontation? of We have to look at the history of Iran. Iran has
[00:04:21] never been as
[00:04:22] of powerful is military in the last 150, maybe even 200
[00:04:26] years. The reason being is 100 years, the reason being is even
[00:04:30] though before
[00:04:30] of the of
[00:04:31] of revolution, during the more at that time modern technology for for
[00:04:35] the time they had sold to it by the United States, it was still
[00:04:39] reliant a foreign power to supply military capabilities and even
[00:04:43] possibly training for its military. now Iran is
[00:04:47] completely independent, there is this discussion about Iran getting support
[00:04:51] and assistance from China and Russia, but we can't forget that under the
[00:04:55] leadership of Imam
[00:04:56] of Khamaini and then Khamenei, Iran
[00:05:02] of of managed to develop a... native industrial complex for creating military equipment that serves
[00:05:06] the Iranian people a much
[00:05:08] of fraction
[00:05:08] of the price that the Arabs, the Saudis for example are paying to the... americans
[00:05:12] and to the Europeans, so Iran, so General
[00:05:16] Raz, when he speaks, he's speaking from a place where he had experienced
[00:05:20] the Iraq war with Iran didn't have support, all the military
[00:05:24] equipment, but now Iran has that capability and is projecting that
[00:05:28] power
[00:05:29] and has demonstrated it to the United States and the world that it can defend itself, and now
[00:05:33] United States is not the same power it was in 1990 when it the
[00:05:37] Persian gulf war when it attacked and took attacked Saddam
[00:05:40] to force Saddam. from out of Kuwait, the US
[00:05:44] military is completely weakened, it's hallowed out from the
[00:05:48] inside, its navy is not the same navy, and so
[00:05:51] Iran is able to not only stand toe
[00:05:54] to toe with the United States and all of its allies, but don't forget that it's not just United
[00:05:58] States, it's Israel, it's the Europeans, is these arab countries all supporting
[00:06:02] the the United States to attack Iran, but it's managed to defeat it
[00:06:05] militarily, and so then what other card do the United States
[00:06:09] have is this use of um? economic
[00:06:12] warfare and just final point, the economic warfare, we must not forget
[00:06:16] that have has been used against Iran since 1979, the Islamic
[00:06:20] revolution, and now it's its height of pressure that it's being
[00:06:24] placed on Iran, so the United States was not able to
[00:06:27] through political and internal divisions and
[00:06:31] riots try to dislodge the Iranian government and system, and it
[00:06:35] couldn't do it through military, now it's trying to put all of its might and
[00:06:39] pressure, however the issue is the Iran in the Iran
[00:06:42] of 10 15 years ago where the sanctions would have impacted Iran more, Iran now
[00:06:46] is more integrated with China and Russia and other countries, and the power
[00:06:50] the sanctions are also waining, because less people want to listen to the
[00:06:54] United States and follow its dictator. Right, sayid Shah,
[00:06:58] um, Washington continues to rely on sanctions and now
[00:07:02] this naval blockade of Iranian ports, does this shift suggest that
[00:07:06] military pressure has failed against iron or does
[00:07:09] Washington believe that economic warfare still? make some
[00:07:13] change to the strategic balance here? well, thank you
[00:07:17] for having me. i think that's a very important question. i think the element
[00:07:21] of lack of military operation, i think trump is trying to
[00:07:24] avoid some sort of mishap that may happen right before the
[00:07:28] mid-term election. so i think the military escalation is
[00:07:32] politically motivated to avoid simply because he doesn't
[00:07:36] want another disaster that's happened and there's been quite a few disasters militarily
[00:07:39] by the United States as we remember that uh... the the
[00:07:43] helicopters and the planes that were lost, so there the that's
[00:07:47] why I think they're trying to avoid military escalation, still trying to attempt to put
[00:07:51] pressure on Iran economically. now to say those economic
[00:07:55] sanctions or those economic measures are actually having impact
[00:07:58] um is questionable, yes they're having some impact, but is
[00:08:02] it enough to make a strategic change the Iranian resolve?
[00:08:06] absolutely not, and I think that's something that Iran has proven itself since the
[00:08:10] revolution of 1979, resilience the Iranian
[00:08:13] people, the Iranian state is much more stronger than
[00:08:17] just this type of confrontation that the United States is putting pressure on, so
[00:08:21] they're built for something like this, and I think that straight of
[00:08:24] hormos is illustration of this dilemma, if you if
[00:08:28] you actually look at it from economic perspective, what
[00:08:32] actually has happened is yes, maybe perhaps the flow is not
[00:08:36] entirely ended, but it's not entirely closed either,
[00:08:39] so one the questions is, but the element... the
[00:08:42] insurance cost, the cost to move that oil
[00:08:46] products out there has increased, which is putting domestic pressure
[00:08:50] and on the markets. now if we go back to the Islamabad
[00:08:54] mou, what's very important to remember is that it was agreed that
[00:08:58] Iran would first try to move on it, talking to the government of oman to set up some
[00:09:02] talking to the government of oman to set up some sort of corridor to allow transit of
[00:09:05] pass, so it's been working its part, whereas on the other side, the United
[00:09:09] States had agreed to release the economic pressure. which unfortunately
[00:09:13] has not happened, it has only double, so I mean, if we look
[00:09:17] at it independently, I understand there was a breakdown the Mou, but in
[00:09:20] principle, what was discussed is that these are going to be the initial
[00:09:24] steps, unfortunately the United States has not
[00:09:29] what the and what
[00:09:29] don't the has went back against it, and I future holds, but if there's going to be any reasonable deal, we have to
[00:09:33] go back to those worst ever exchange the mou to try to see if there's some sort
[00:09:37] of resolution that can come out
[00:09:38] of this. Right, Mr. Vaddy, um, the Americans keep boasting.
[00:09:42] about the effectiveness the sanctions and the blockade they're talking about
[00:09:46] trying even uh try to uh close terrestrial
[00:09:49] lands um land roads that Iran has with Pakistan and
[00:09:53] Turkey and and and that sort of stuff
[00:09:55] at the same time we keep hearing rumors time we keep hearing
[00:09:59] rumors and speculations about another round military
[00:10:03] aggression by the Americans the Israelis or both so what
[00:10:07] does that tell us about the effectiveness the economic warfare
[00:10:10] now? This is just demonstrates the United
[00:10:14] States kind of dead end that they are at
[00:10:17] that they are using narrative control to control
[00:10:21] the the price of oil and they're also trying to use
[00:10:25] psychological pressure on Iran and the neighbors of Iran
[00:10:29] to constantly threaten Iran with
[00:10:32] another start of rounds of kinetic
[00:10:35] action and war, and then this way they trying to demoralize the
[00:10:39] Iranian citizens and we can see the only country in the world in
[00:10:42] history that has had over 200 days every single day, if you
[00:10:46] remember at the beginning the war during the if you remember at the beginning the world during the bombings
[00:10:50] and come out and in protest of in support the
[00:10:54] every single night. ever since the every single night, ever since the
[00:10:58] war started on the 28th of February, so they trying to
[00:11:01] break down this morale that the Iranians have, the 30 million people that
[00:11:05] signed up to defend their country, and all these other things we've seen
[00:11:09] on social media that Iranian women are learning how to defend
[00:11:13] using weapons and men and so forth and so on, so they're trying to demoralize
[00:11:17] the population because they know the only way that the United States and its allies can
[00:11:20] defeat Iran is only when the Iranian people, the citizens, they
[00:11:24] then... decide that they're defeated, right? sayid marz, Iran
[00:11:28] is tied an end to the confrontation to demands including an end
[00:11:32] to the blockade and the release of Iranian frozen assets. what would
[00:11:36] a credible agreement need to contain, and which side
[00:11:39] currently faces greater pressure to
[00:11:42] compromise? yeah, no, that's a very good point.
[00:11:45] you know, I i think this shows the constructiveness of Iran still in this
[00:11:49] situation with the whole disaster that happened with Israel
[00:11:53] and the United mo. is that they mentioned is that
[00:11:57] they mentioned these seven points that you that you that you hinted at in your
[00:12:01] question, and I think that you hinted that in your question, and I think this with
[00:12:04] Katari intermediaries has a framework, and I
[00:12:08] think that's important that Tehran is still offering a framework to come
[00:12:12] within negotiation, and then at the same time still making its
[00:12:16] independent efforts through regional partners like Oman to reopen
[00:12:20] the straight, so it shows constructive ability, on the other side,
[00:12:23] unfortunately, we are not. seeing that, we
[00:12:25] are seeing rhetoric that still is symbolic of
[00:12:29] unquestionable attacking Iran, it's economic
[00:12:32] pressure and threats of military even attacks, but we know that that
[00:12:36] probably the likeliness of that happening before midterm is
[00:12:40] unlikely, so I think the framework is there, and those seven points
[00:12:43] that
[00:12:44] are that were mentioned gives us an idea that even though negotiations have
[00:12:47] collaps, there is some elements there for us to build
[00:12:51] this uh negotiated settlement on, and that's the only way this is going to end.
[00:12:55] "United States thinks that economic pressure on Iran is going to
[00:12:59] change the the dynamics and move towards a different political settlement,
[00:13:03] that is unlikely and very unlikely that's going to bring any success
[00:13:06] and if anything I think Trump is more likely
[00:13:10] to be benefiting from the sea sawing oil prices uh that
[00:13:14] unfortunately him and some of his uh close circle have been benefiting
[00:13:18] from the from the stock market and that evidence is also present so there's
[00:13:22] that questioning of that as well that perhaps" President Trump, maybe
[00:13:26] for other reasons
[00:13:27] is still keeping this conflict on teaters,
[00:13:30] because there's still the market to play, perhaps
[00:13:34] we'll see, but it does have negative domestic impact, global
[00:13:38] impact, which I think the elections are are
[00:13:40] are going to be paying for it if he doesn't come up with some sort of reasonable solution
[00:13:44] before that. Mr. Vidadi, general insis that the
[00:13:48] end the confrontation is in Iran's hands and that resistance
[00:13:52] will continue until Iran's demands are made. "what leverage
[00:13:56] does Tehran um possess at this moment and how realistic
[00:14:00] is this position given the cost to both
[00:14:03] sides? we know that Iran, one of its major
[00:14:06] leverages is the straight of homose, and how much it
[00:14:10] allows oil or any other commodity, resources,
[00:14:14] gas, so forth to leave that region. We all also know that Iran is
[00:14:18] capable of supporting the Ansarullah Yemani government, and if it
[00:14:22] does that, that would devastate the whole region on that
[00:14:24] side of..." uh west Asia, there's no way in the world the Saudis could be able to
[00:14:28] defend against a support uh from Iran for
[00:14:32] uh for the Yemanies on that side, which will close then the Babande, which
[00:14:36] will prevent even other commodities and shapes to
[00:14:40] transit uh through the uh Bobble Mandib, red sea and then
[00:14:43] through the uh the Suis canal which is
[00:14:47] a joining the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, but
[00:14:51] then also the other issue is Iran can put great amount of
[00:14:55] pressure on the on the in
[00:14:57] on the in on Iraq on the basis or the
[00:15:01] groups that are in Iraq that have been set up to cause
[00:15:05] problems for on Syria and has warned Syria that if Syria goes towards
[00:15:09] close to attacking Lebanon or Hizbollah that Iran
[00:15:13] will attack Syria with missiles so Iran has this
[00:15:17] is the military capabilities of vast for Iran that Iran has never
[00:15:21] used and we know that because many the leadership in Iran state.
[00:15:25] that they only used 20 to 30% their military capability when
[00:15:29] they were fighting in the last round in Ramadan War, so
[00:15:33] that's one aspect of Iran, but then if Iran decides to completely cut
[00:15:36] any oil, coming from that from this region, then
[00:15:39] instead of that small amount that comes out now under Iranian
[00:15:43] control, that would devastate not just the US economy, but the world
[00:15:47] economy, so Iran has great number of leverage and pressure
[00:15:50] points that he can use, but it also wants to be smart and how it uses
[00:15:54] it, because it doesn't want to hurt and damage his allies such as
[00:15:58] China, such as Brazil, such as Pakistan or
[00:16:02] South Africa, so it's trying to play play a
[00:16:05] long-term smart. game of putting pressure on the United States
[00:16:09] and its allies, but less its own allies. right
[00:16:12] said, staying with the economic side of this, well of course we know that the
[00:16:16] confrontation has and and
[00:16:18] the stalemate after that has disrupted energy markets around the
[00:16:22] world, raised shipping costs and intensified economic
[00:16:25] uncertainty, is Washington underestimating the
[00:16:29] consequences for the global economy, and could the
[00:16:32] international cost the crisis ultimately strengthen Iran's
[00:16:36] position. in the negotiations, any potential
[00:16:39] ones? absolutely, absolutely, I think you really hit, hit it
[00:16:43] on the nose there with that point, militarily, as my colleague mentioned,
[00:16:47] Iran does have capabilities, we do know that, but I think the
[00:16:50] strongest start of what Iran has is the economic
[00:16:54] factor, the United States can impose enormous costs in Iran,
[00:16:58] definitely do these sanctions and they are felt, it's not like
[00:17:01] they aren't, but it cannot escape the economic
[00:17:04] consequences the instability in the Persian gulf with. which is of
[00:17:07] course started by its own actions with Israel when they
[00:17:11] started that campaign, the real test of economic power
[00:17:15] is not how much damage you can inflict on your adversary,
[00:17:19] but whether the pressure can produce a sustainable political
[00:17:22] settlement, that is what Iran has been able to do with the straight of hormos
[00:17:26] and that has been the achiles hill against the
[00:17:30] United States and so when we look at this, Iran does have that,
[00:17:34] so when general is made that statement, he's absolutely right, the... parts are
[00:17:38] in Iran's hands and the straight of horm is that key
[00:17:41] player, as you mentioned, it's causes,
[00:17:44] even even if some oil flow is happening, what people don't realize is that
[00:17:47] the insurance cost, the shipping cost that all get added on
[00:17:51] cost increase energy-wise across the globe, and it
[00:17:55] impacts not only the United States but Europe and the rest
[00:17:58] of Asia and the world, and so this is something that Iran was
[00:18:02] able to demonstrate that really surprised Israel and the United States
[00:18:06] and to be... honest, there isn't any real counter that
[00:18:10] they have other than negotiated settlement, which Iran has presented
[00:18:14] a very seven point program that I think goes
[00:18:18] back to reflect on the mou that was initially agreed, and something that
[00:18:21] they were negotiating with the United States prior to this conflict, but the
[00:18:25] problem is that as Iran has stated again and again, as they said
[00:18:29] in Switzerland as well, we want to see sincere partners who want to
[00:18:33] negotiate, but not someone who wants to negotiate on the...
[00:18:38] and
[00:18:38] then attack us in the back and that's unfortunately what's been going on, so
[00:18:42] there's that lack of trust that I think Iran is
[00:18:45] trying to build with partners like Pakistan who are assisting in the
[00:18:49] process and Qatar and Turkey, but the United States has to show
[00:18:53] that, and I think the leadership in the United States is also a little bit split,
[00:18:57] as we know JD vans has a little bit different stands than some the other people in
[00:19:01] the cabinet,
[00:19:02] and I think that's something that's problematic where Trump's maybe personal
[00:19:05] interests or the various parties internally are
[00:19:08] suggesting, to Israel some other alternative that may be
[00:19:12] more destructive for the United States, and so Trump has to ask
[00:19:16] himself, what's good for the United States, what's good for the mid-term
[00:19:20] elections, and negotiated solution is the only thing that he can go
[00:19:24] for, unfortunately he's going to have to backtrack some the stuff that he used to say
[00:19:27] about Obama's deal, but that's the reality that he's going to
[00:19:31] have to face, because Iran has shown the achiles hill is the straight of
[00:19:35] hormones. Right, Mr. "the Persian gulf states, you're based
[00:19:39] in one them, they depend on stable maritime trade and
[00:19:43] energy exports, yet the confrontation increasingly threatens
[00:19:46] regional security, how much continued pressure on Iran
[00:19:50] and instability around hermus affect the calculations the
[00:19:54] likes the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and other regional
[00:19:58] actors. Well, the the thing is with these
[00:20:01] countries that you mentioned in the Persian Golf, many them
[00:20:05] are really there to serve the best." interest the United States and its
[00:20:09] allies and even UK, these countries didn't exist, for example UAE, there
[00:20:13] was no UAE in 1970, it was a group
[00:20:16] of tribes that were brought together by the British and
[00:20:20] then Qatar were created Qatar and then Kuwait and UAE
[00:20:24] and these countries, so they don't really have that
[00:20:28] much say on what happens in the sense that um when the United
[00:20:32] States for example attacked Iran, they not really seek the
[00:20:35] consent or permission or... even consultation, even
[00:20:39] though all the bases for the United States were in these countries,
[00:20:43] and they were paying for these bases and these bases was there to defend them, these bases
[00:20:47] were not able to only that, but if these bases were not there... only that, but if these
[00:20:51] bases were not there, the Arab countries would not have been attacked,
[00:20:54] so if these arab countries had not enabled the United States to attack Iran
[00:20:58] use its locations and its facilities and it's
[00:21:01] you know jet fuels to attack Iran, Iran would have not attacked it, because you can
[00:21:05] see Oman was not attacked, why? because Oman didn't participate in enabling
[00:21:09] United States and Israel and its allies to attack Iran, so these countries
[00:21:13] unfortunately we would have thought logically, if you're thinking as
[00:21:17] an analyst that what has happened? demonstrates that
[00:21:21] it's best that they remove themselves from the conflict between Iran
[00:21:24] and the United States, ask United States to take their bases
[00:21:27] away, take all their military equipment away so they so they become
[00:21:31] safe, however what they've done is double down, we can see how
[00:21:34] Saudi Arabia is doubling down, attacking the
[00:21:37] Yemenis, the richest arab country is attacking the poorest arab
[00:21:41] country and killing civilians and we see the UAE had attacked
[00:21:45] Sudan and other countries and interfered in Yemen and in Syria and all
[00:21:49] these. had interfered in Syria and caused and we can see the end result
[00:21:53] in Syria and Libya, so I think they have become
[00:21:56] so embedded, sorry, so wedded to the United States
[00:22:00] and its elites that they find it hard to look at the logical
[00:22:04] outcome the progression their policies that will bring destruction to
[00:22:08] them, and it's unfortunate that it may be the the case may be
[00:22:12] that if they continue to support united states in his conflict against Yemen
[00:22:15] and his conflict against Yemen and Iran, it could be to the
[00:22:19] downfall. or any other way from
[00:22:22] inside right? sayid marz, general
[00:22:26] has warned that american assets like including
[00:22:30] intelligence infrastructure in the region, intelligence infrastructure in the region
[00:22:34] could be targeted if Washington launches another act of aggression against
[00:22:38] Iran, what does this warning reveal about Iran's
[00:22:40] deterrant strategy now?
[00:22:44] well, I think it's very interesting that you mentioned AI, as we know the
[00:22:48] horrendous incident that happened.
[00:22:50] that the minab school where the girls died and were murdered
[00:22:54] in the first days of the United States aggression and Israel's
[00:22:58] aggression was result of misuse of AI and
[00:23:02] so AI has actually become a component of war, it's not
[00:23:05] just data center just for business operations
[00:23:09] or some inocuous activity, it's being used in
[00:23:12] military, so I think this is a potential military target as
[00:23:16] well when we look at it from that analysis so... I think
[00:23:20] Iran targeting AI, there's verificable information that that, there's
[00:23:24] verifiable information that that data was being used in the war
[00:23:28] against Iran,
[00:23:29] may actually be even justifiable when we look at it from international law perspective or the laws of
[00:23:33] war, but as a threat, it is very serious threat, because the United States
[00:23:37] military is increasingly reliant on AI to make its decisions
[00:23:41] and this incident that happened in the early days the
[00:23:44] war, and this is something that I think should be telling from all of us
[00:23:48] and so... Iran has threatened that, I
[00:23:52] think this is within military reason, um, at
[00:23:55] the same time, it is something that's very serious economically as
[00:23:59] well, I mean this trade of moves is very important, I mean the trade of hormoves is
[00:24:03] very important for the oil trade, AI and data centers are very important for modern
[00:24:07] day business, cost of data and data
[00:24:10] storage and security and data storage and securing
[00:24:14] that a place and so that can only build
[00:24:17] more, so that can only build. more further economic pressure
[00:24:21] in for sure um and I'm pretty sure that you know that
[00:24:25] the data that's being used at these data centers are not necessarily like I said for
[00:24:29] commercial purposes only but they might be mixed in hence they might fall
[00:24:33] victim and therefore the cost of running business may go up which will have a
[00:24:37] broader impact across so definitely that's it it
[00:24:41] will have only increased dramatic impact even this the threat of
[00:24:45] it uh which of course can be very serious but
[00:24:47] I like I said at the end one the most important things we need to realize united states
[00:24:51] economic pressure, if it's not pushing towards a political
[00:24:55] settlement it wants, it's a failure, and that is exactly what's going to
[00:24:59] happen, but Iran's economic pressure through the strategy the straight of
[00:25:03] hormos is having a global impact, and that shows
[00:25:06] you the weapons of economic war that Iran has the bigger
[00:25:10] weapon, it may not have the bigger military, but economically it has
[00:25:14] the bigger weapon. right, and Mr. Vedadi, final
[00:25:17] question, please answer briefly. the end with the central question
[00:25:21] raised by general reiz's interview, what would a sustainable end to
[00:25:25] this confrontation look like, would it require the lifting of sanctions
[00:25:29] and the blockade, new security arrangement for the straight of hormos
[00:25:33] and guarantees against renewed aggression or are the two
[00:25:36] sides you think still too far apart for a durable
[00:25:40] settlement? 100%, i think quickly
[00:25:43] the arrangement or new security arrangement
[00:25:47] and the safety and security of Iran was paramount. to any end
[00:25:51] result and also that the United States removes itself from the
[00:25:54] region so that it's
[00:25:56] not a threat not just to Iran but to many the other countries in the region
[00:26:00] and then also that United states stops interfering in Iranian
[00:26:04] affairs and stops blocking Iranian growth, they don't need to
[00:26:07] necessarily remove sanctions, they do
[00:26:10] need to give back Iranian assets, however Iran without
[00:26:14] the with the sanction has demonstrated it can develop and
[00:26:17] grow, so I don't think Iran needs the sanctions removed because many people are not abiding
[00:26:21] by these sanctions anymore, right,
[00:26:24] Mr. say, it was indeed a pleasure to
[00:26:28] have you on this spotlight, and that brings us to the end of this edition, the
[00:26:32] truth will... was come out, thank you so much
[00:26:33] for staying with us for this spotlight, I am Bahman
[00:26:36] Roy.
[00:26:49] In Astanie ashrafiya, a home that should have been a place of
[00:26:53] safety became a scene of death and destruction. on Tuesday
[00:26:57] morning, June 24th, an Israely missile strike hit
[00:27:01] residential homes in the... city, four homes were completely
[00:27:04] destroyed and more than 10 others were damaged, 15
[00:27:08] civilians were killed, among them was a child,
[00:27:11] sayede Mahiya Seddiqi Saber, second grade student at SMAT
[00:27:15] Elementary School. Mahya was a bright, kind and
[00:27:19] cheerful little girl. She used to walk into the school with smile on her
[00:27:23] face, now the only things left of her at school is a photograph a
[00:27:26] frame. The principal of Esmat Elementary School
[00:27:30] still struggles to talk about her. She says Maho was so sweet that she would often
[00:27:34] pick her up and hold her in her arms, calling her affectionately, sweet
[00:27:38] little girl, how are you? but mahi's family had already suffered another
[00:27:42] loss. her brother had been killed in an Israeli attack on
[00:27:46] their home in Tehran. after his death, the family left Tehran and
[00:27:49] went to anih ashrafia hoping to find a safer place,
[00:27:53] but the war followed them there. Mahya, her father,
[00:27:57] her mother and her older sister were killed in the missile strike
[00:28:01] along with other members. their extended family. The school
[00:28:04] principal remembers calling Mahya's mother after her son was
[00:28:08] killed. She says the mother's voice was calm and patient. She had
[00:28:12] told her, we are fine, thank god, but they killed my son. Now
[00:28:15] that the mother is buried beside her children, but Maahya's absence
[00:28:19] is still felt at her school. A few days after the attack a memorial
[00:28:23] ceremony was held at Esmat Elementary School. Her classmates,
[00:28:27] teachers and one person was missing. One
[00:28:30] person was missing. Her close friend
[00:28:34] Elena spoke through tears. She said she missed Maho and wished she could
[00:28:38] still be beside them. She wanted Mahya to stay with them and
[00:28:42] grow up with them, but Mahya will never enter the third grade. The new
[00:28:46] school year is just around the corner. Soon the school bell will
[00:28:49] ring again, children will return to their classrooms, new books
[00:28:53] will be opened and third grade will begin,
[00:28:56] but this time there will be one less student. Madhya was supposed to be
[00:29:00] there, but all that remains in her classroom. room is empty seat and the
[00:29:04] memory of a little girl who was supposed to grow up,
[00:29:07] study
[00:29:10] and.
[00:30:07] The IRGC says a non-complint oil super tankers caught fire
[00:30:11] after striking sea mine in the straight of
[00:30:13] hormos.
[00:30:19] The Emmy Armed Forces spokesman says a major wave of long-range
[00:30:23] missile and drone strikes has targeted key airports and energy
[00:30:27] infrastructure across Saudi Arabia.