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[00:00:11] Good evening, welcome to spotlight here on Press TV. I am Bahman
[00:00:15] a Nuray. As diplomatic efforts continue to avert another
[00:00:19] of of military confrontation between Iran and the United States, tensions remain
[00:00:23] of dangerously high with Tehran
[00:00:24] a warning that any renewed American aggression could trigger
[00:00:29] of
[00:00:30] of of a conflict extend extending. far beyond west Asia. Iranian and Qatari officials have been engaging
[00:00:34] intensive consultations in Doha with a proposed two-day
[00:00:37] arrangement to reopen the straight
[00:00:39] of of hormoves emerging as a potential breakthrough. yet
[00:00:43] Washington continues to leave the military option on the table while reports
[00:00:47] suggest preparations for possible renewed us strikes against
[00:00:50] Iran after the November the third midterm elections. Taran
[00:00:54] meanwile insists that its military is prepared to respond without
[00:00:57] any geographical limitations. so is diplomacy finally
[00:01:01] creating a pathway towards ending this conflict or are both
[00:01:05] sides preparing for another
[00:01:07] in and potentially wider confrontations. welcome to spotlight. once again,
[00:01:11] allow me to introduce my
[00:01:12] guests.
[00:01:19] our international law expert and geopolitical analyst joining me from
[00:01:23] Islamabad in
[00:01:25] of Pakistan and Dr. Tamis
[00:01:29] Zimas assistant. Professor of International Law, University of
[00:01:32] of Nicozia, joining me from Tassaloniki in Greece. Very good
[00:01:36] to have you both on this um
[00:01:40] of spotlight show, it's very important topic and I hope I'm going to get
[00:01:43] lot um from this session and this conversation. I'm
[00:01:47] going to start the conversation with you Said Muaz, and that is the fact that after
[00:01:51] eight months of
[00:01:52] of war of we are witnessing renewed diplomatic activity involving
[00:01:56] Iran, Qatar and the United States. What has changed? the
[00:02:01] in calculations
[00:02:04] of of the parties that has brought negotiations back to the forefront, are be seeing genuine shift towards ending this
[00:02:08] conflict or simply another attempt to manage
[00:02:10] escalation? well, thank you very much for
[00:02:14] having me. i think one
[00:02:15] of the most important things about this element is that
[00:02:19] this new kind of statement, particularly from the
[00:02:23] IRGC
[00:02:24] in commander is illustrate that look
[00:02:27] a at the same time we can have diplomacy. but understand that we
[00:02:31] are
[00:02:32] of having diplomatic relations from a
[00:02:34] of position of strength. I think we need to understand this development in three
[00:02:38] of dimensions: the first, Iran is signaling that
[00:02:40] of deterrance is no longer simply a question of responding proportionately within
[00:02:45] of a familiar geographic theater, and I think they've been able to
[00:02:48] demonstrate that, and attempting to communicate this, that renewed
[00:02:52] military aggression against the
[00:02:54] of Islamic of Republic of Iran will generate consequences beyond the immediate
[00:02:58] battlefield. Secondly, "this announcement by the RGC
[00:03:01] commander must be read alongside with diplomatic efforts that are
[00:03:05] already underway, as you mentioned in
[00:03:08] of Qatar, but the military readiness at the same time having the
[00:03:11] diplomatic engagement are not necessarily
[00:03:15] of contradictory. we have to understand that both used to influence the strategic
[00:03:18] calculations
[00:03:19] of the parties, and thirdly, from an international law perspective, the right to
[00:03:23] self-defense
[00:03:24] of remains the
[00:03:25] of fundamental overarching point. military response by
[00:03:28] the Islamic republic Iran." must remain subject to the necessity of
[00:03:32] proportionality in international humanitarian law, so ultimately the
[00:03:36] of challenge for the international
[00:03:37] of community in at of this moment, particularly
[00:03:39] in the context
[00:03:39] of these Doha talks, is to help facilitate them further, but there's
[00:03:43] playing its role other parties, state parties around the world that are part of
[00:03:47] this discussion, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, all
[00:03:50] of them need to push the parties together, and
[00:03:53] of it's not necessarily the Islamic Republic of Iran concerns, as you know the United States has
[00:03:57] been repeatedly when it comes to these talks. in the one to back
[00:04:00] pedal and perhaps these midterm elections, we got that
[00:04:03] statement from Donald Trump earlier saying
[00:04:07] that probably that there won't be any action until the mid terms
[00:04:11] happen, and abbas sarashi, I think comment that was very
[00:04:14] important, we
[00:04:15] can we can handle it this way in Doha or we can handle it another way,
[00:04:19] we're prepared to handle it either or way, and I think that's the message that Iran wants to
[00:04:23] give. Right, um, Dr.
[00:04:26] Zemus, world diplomats are
[00:04:29] a talking.
[00:04:30] of Iran's supreme leader has and leader
[00:04:34] a of the Islamic Revolution has ordered the armed forces to prepare immediate response to any renewed
[00:04:38] aggression without geographical limitations. How should we
[00:04:41] interpret this military directive? East Iran signaling
[00:04:45] that it will it will not allow another round of attacks to unfold under
[00:04:49] the same circumstances as the two previous
[00:04:52] conflicts. I think that this is
[00:04:56] a continuation
[00:04:57] of the military order from the mark. Supreme
[00:05:01] leader who had before the initiation of
[00:05:04] this war by before the Ramadan war by the US and
[00:05:10] in Israel, um, the previous supreme leader. of Iran had
[00:05:14] informed everybody that such attack would be
[00:05:17] confronted with regional war, the US and
[00:05:21] Israel didn't count his words
[00:05:25] as they should, and indeed we had regional war with global
[00:05:29] consequences. now the new supreme
[00:05:31] leader, given that the US
[00:05:34] has a significant
[00:05:37] extent been harmed in terms
[00:05:40] the of significantly. in terms their military
[00:05:44] presence in the gulf area, the
[00:05:48] um, so the they probably will use
[00:05:51] some their allies who are a bit more
[00:05:55] from more far from Iran than than the gulf
[00:05:59] region, the new supreme leader informs
[00:06:02] that the Iranian response,
[00:06:06] apart from Israel will include possibly
[00:06:09] Cyprus or Greece or other area or...
[00:06:12] other countries which will assist the United
[00:06:15] States and this is quite, but also it's not
[00:06:19] only about the place, it's also about the quality, we know that
[00:06:22] AI, data centers, under sea
[00:06:25] cables, other choke points of global
[00:06:29] commerce may be involved as well,
[00:06:32] um, so the global consequences of this
[00:06:36] already regional conflict will become much much
[00:06:40] wider um and "this is particularly
[00:06:43] important given the fragility of global economy,
[00:06:47] i think that the it is mainly in this regards that
[00:06:51] um ahead the
[00:06:53] uh that while we're waiting for the midterm elections, probably the US
[00:06:57] administration wants to send the sign uh
[00:07:01] possibly to calm the market somehow that you know
[00:07:04] negotiations are happening and maybe there will be a peaceful
[00:07:08] solution, i'm not buying that to be honest
[00:07:11] um" um, the odds are that the United
[00:07:15] States of America and Israel will launch attack right
[00:07:19] after the midtem elections in the US, and
[00:07:23] they're just buying time. Iran is forced
[00:07:26] to climax in terms of its response, of
[00:07:30] its military response, um, because
[00:07:33] until now, the US attacks either a
[00:07:37] bleach greek mode or an attition war mode, but
[00:07:41] the US main goal is the... same change of political
[00:07:45] system in Iran and mutilation the Iranian state right
[00:07:48] um state most bars significant
[00:07:50] one developments um um is Iran's
[00:07:54] proposed today arrangement for the reopening the straight of most
[00:07:58] conditional on Washington meeting Tan's demands how
[00:08:02] significant do you see this initiative as a confidence building
[00:08:05] measure and could it become the starting point for a broader
[00:08:09] agreement to end the war? Well
[00:08:12] absolutely, I think the straight of Hormus has always been the key
[00:08:16] pinnacle issue and the Islamic Republic of Iran has
[00:08:20] strategically understood this, has always provided and I must
[00:08:23] say from the beginning of this conflict
[00:08:26] reasonable kind of discussions around
[00:08:29] it, and the United States has been
[00:08:32] unfortunately frustrated by the strategic use of the
[00:08:36] straight of parms in this conversation, because it was never a calculated
[00:08:40] measure when they initiated this aggression.
[00:08:43] action many months ago, and so I think Iran
[00:08:47] has all, said that, look, if you remember in the Islamabad
[00:08:51] talks, this was key element, but Iran would be responsible for
[00:08:54] it, and Iran would also then be able to govern, the
[00:08:58] execution of it, it was very clearly written in the mou, and
[00:09:02] unfortunately the United States then of course went back on that, the
[00:09:06] situation Lebanon got out of hand, and
[00:09:09] there was a lot of elements that fell back, but what was really surprised said that
[00:09:12] okay, the Britain talks are broken said that, okay, the Britain talks are
[00:09:16] broken down with the United States and there's still some conflict going
[00:09:20] on, but we're going to still talk with the regional powers and
[00:09:24] the regional partners, we're going to make this straight of hormoves arrangement of
[00:09:28] reality, and they started talks with Oman, and it goes to show you that the
[00:09:31] Islamic Republic is intended well, even without the United
[00:09:35] States to come with solution to the straight of hor moves that is
[00:09:39] equitable, that protects it interest
[00:09:42] um and the interest the reasonal allies and the countries came around, they
[00:09:46] looked at Iran as reasonable partner, a partner we could talk to, a good
[00:09:50] example is the sultanate of Oman, has realized
[00:09:53] in the length of since this conflict has started that Iran is the
[00:09:57] more responsible partner and coming to terms with in creating a viable
[00:10:00] solution to help with global shipping, but again Iran has to
[00:10:04] look for its defense interest, and people have to understand that when a
[00:10:08] country is at war with another country, all its allies as well...
[00:10:12] their ships are subject to special restrictions and that's what
[00:10:16] the Islamic Republic of Iran has always said that peaceful countries we have
[00:10:20] no conflict with us are allowed to use the straight of moves a responsible
[00:10:23] manner with their guy. and this is something that international law gives
[00:10:27] coverage to, so we're hoping that the United States finally, finally has understood
[00:10:31] this and is coming to that solution that's always
[00:10:35] been lying there, but I think Trump has been very tough about this
[00:10:39] for some odd reason, and I think he's always looking for some sort of
[00:10:42] joker out the hat to try to solve this trade of moves, which is just not
[00:10:46] possible without the collaboration the Islamic Republic, so this is I
[00:10:50] think the Americans have understood, and
[00:10:53] I hope that Donald Trump understands. and they can go back to the plan and
[00:10:57] allow Iran and regional um the countries around the straight of
[00:11:01] hormos to come together for an amicable solution that will be long
[00:11:05] lasting, but that requires the United States to kind of give up its one
[00:11:08] lop sided demands when it comes to the straight
[00:11:11] apart. Dr. Zeam, are mixed signals coming
[00:11:15] from Washington though, President Trump has described negotiations as
[00:11:19] productive, while Secretary of State Marko Rubio says the military
[00:11:22] option is still very much on the table. and available, how should
[00:11:26] Terran interpret this dual track approach? is
[00:11:30] Washington genuinely interested a negotiated settlement or is
[00:11:34] diplomacy also being used to extract further
[00:11:37] concessions? look,
[00:11:41] we can only, obviously, i don't have information from within
[00:11:44] the US establishment, but we can only be
[00:11:48] based on
[00:11:49] on our experience. as of
[00:11:52] today, there has been no honesty on. Today there has been no
[00:11:56] honesty on behalf the US, it is obvious that
[00:12:00] the United States of America use
[00:12:03] negotiations, the use
[00:12:05] negotiations in terms of
[00:12:08] manipulating their internal public audience global and
[00:12:12] us to reach a peaceful settlement with
[00:12:15] Iran, first of all the war would not have
[00:12:18] begun since 2025 in the first
[00:12:22] place, or at least it would have been... concluded with
[00:12:26] the mou of Islamabad, the Mou of Islamabad was
[00:12:29] a very accurate way towards peace, it was
[00:12:33] pathway to peace, it included specific
[00:12:37] benchmarks, specific
[00:12:40] provisions that would have led us to a peaceful
[00:12:44] settlement. It was the United States that decided not
[00:12:47] implement the Mou as soon as they
[00:12:51] signed it, so in order to guess whether war will...
[00:12:55] resume or not, we need to go back to the fundamentals of this
[00:12:59] world, to the initial causes of this war.
[00:13:03] why did this war begin? it didn't begin because the straight of
[00:13:06] hormos, it began because the united states together with
[00:13:10] Israel attempted to move towards, as they
[00:13:14] call it regime change in Iran, which is a code
[00:13:18] name for the destruction the Iranian state, so have they
[00:13:21] abandoned this plan, if they... see that they
[00:13:25] have
[00:13:26] been defeated, yes, but as of today, the
[00:13:30] US administration doesn't seem ready to
[00:13:33] accept that it has been defeated. will they do so
[00:13:37] after the mid-term elections? it's possible. i don't
[00:13:40] consider it very much likely, but yes, there is a
[00:13:44] possibility. unless this is the case,
[00:13:47] unless president trump is ready to accept
[00:13:49] implicitly, obviously, or even
[00:13:53] explicitly, that he has been. defeated, which will lead
[00:13:57] to, which will lead to cataclysmic transformations
[00:14:01] the region with global consequences, the main
[00:14:04] transformation is that the US will be finished from the
[00:14:08] region, unless president Trump is ready to
[00:14:11] do so, the other solution, the
[00:14:15] let's say solution, the other path is the path of war, this is
[00:14:19] why do not trust very much these
[00:14:23] diplomatic initiatives. "Sade Mars, reports
[00:14:27] indicate, turning more realistic, reports indicate that
[00:14:30] Washington has privately edged regional allies to
[00:14:34] prepare for possible renewed strikes against Iran following the November the
[00:14:38] third midterm elections. How seriously should this be
[00:14:41] taken, this possibility be taken, and I'll be looking at
[00:14:45] preparations for a limited military option, or could this develop into
[00:14:48] a much wider confrontation. Your take on
[00:14:51] that? Well, um, as..."
[00:14:55] you know, in the history of this conflict, we have seen that
[00:14:59] market manipulation has actually been the primary
[00:15:02] goal, and it's actually the world market economy
[00:15:06] that's suffering, and few people are benefiting in off that. there's been many new stories that
[00:15:10] have already exposed white house's engagement with
[00:15:13] that, and I think that's really what Donald Trump is actually
[00:15:17] pandering to is that baseline support, particularly those who
[00:15:20] fund um him in his political campaigns, to
[00:15:24] gain... on that market manipulation for those announcements and
[00:15:28] sudden changes that happened right before the weekend and then right after the weekend there's
[00:15:32] something else and I think that's something that we've seen repeatedly, the
[00:15:36] markets have proven it, the record. is there and we see these massive trades
[00:15:39] happening 15 minutes before Trump makes these outlangeish statements
[00:15:43] and and comments from peace to war, and I think that's
[00:15:47] something that's actually very, it's sadly the the truth, I mean we can't
[00:15:51] deny the the quantifiable truth that's before us and so if
[00:15:55] Donald Trump does try escalate this post uh
[00:15:58] election time period and uh will it expand to
[00:16:02] regional conflict um there is a possibility, I mean I'm not
[00:16:05] taking that out the mix. because as we know that there has been
[00:16:09] some interesting activity with the Yemen and Saudi
[00:16:12] Arabia and they're kind of pushing this idea that the
[00:16:16] Saudies to get engaged in some sort of process, but I was very
[00:16:20] happy to note that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and the
[00:16:23] Iranian leadership met in Tehran of all places, not in
[00:16:27] Riyadh, not in Istanbul, not in Islamabad, but met in Tehran, I think
[00:16:31] that's a very powerful message that whatever the situation may
[00:16:35] be on the border of Yemen ' that is trying to trigger
[00:16:39] into some uh possible
[00:16:40] you know relationship deterioration, there is a
[00:16:44] greater goal at at play, and I think this is the sort of
[00:16:48] narrative of a broader regional conflict, which is something that the Americans had hope for. I
[00:16:52] mean, Lindsay Graham's famous clip that went viral after he
[00:16:55] died, clearly indicated this is what the Americans wanted, they wanted
[00:16:59] to strike a match, and they wanted the oil the
[00:17:03] Gulf nations to flare up this fight uh between Iran and its Gulf
[00:17:07] brother. and I think that's what brothers and I think
[00:17:11] that's what Israel in America intended, it didn't go down that way, but as
[00:17:15] my colleagues rightly, rightly, Israel had initial war goals
[00:17:19] that essentially have been absolutely unsuccessful, let
[00:17:22] alone they have actually lost ground than what was had before, lot
[00:17:26] the gulf nations do not trust the United States to be a
[00:17:30] military deterrant for their own protection, now they're looking to other
[00:17:33] parties like Turkey and Pakistan and this
[00:17:37] mecca defense. for example, so these are illustrative of America's loss
[00:17:41] of regional hegemony, and Israel of
[00:17:44] course, um, attempting to
[00:17:47] deescalate its own kind of attention around
[00:17:51] Gaza and other areas, so unfortunately it's gone back, I don't see this going into
[00:17:55] regional conflict, but I see this more as market manipulation if it does happen,
[00:17:59] small flaarup after the midterm elections, right, professor Zimas,
[00:18:03] Iranian officials have also described recent letter from US vice
[00:18:07] president and to um Iran's secretary the
[00:18:10] Supreme National Security Council, as a positive indication
[00:18:14] of a change in Washington's diplomatic tone, yet Teran says
[00:18:18] it is not currently prepared for direct negotiations with American
[00:18:22] representatives, what does this tell us about the level of mistrust
[00:18:25] between the two sides and what guarantees would Iran need before
[00:18:29] entering new negotiating process? I i
[00:18:33] will say it as clearly as possible, if the Iranian...
[00:18:38] makes the mistake of accepting anything
[00:18:42] else uh than the full implementation the
[00:18:46] mou of islamabad, it will
[00:18:49] lose significant ground, both diplomatically and on the
[00:18:53] ground. the only thing that Iran should
[00:18:56] accept, as I see it, would
[00:19:00] be the full implementation the Mou of
[00:19:03] Islamabad, because this is the foundation.
[00:19:08] on which both parts agreed in terms of a pieces
[00:19:12] of a peace settlement of a peaceful settlement the conflict. so why should
[00:19:16] iran accept any
[00:19:19] other document that
[00:19:22] would give to Iran much less? I'm not, I'm not
[00:19:26] saying much less in terms of making profit
[00:19:30] after because the world.
[00:19:32] I'm referring
[00:19:32] to much less in terms of
[00:19:34] peace.
[00:19:37] guarantees of mean there is an mou and it was
[00:19:41] violated by the united states, so why should iran accept
[00:19:45] anything else? any kind of letter from jdvance or from anyone
[00:19:49] else? what is the actual value of any such
[00:19:52] document? we have an mou that was
[00:19:55] signed and it was violated the
[00:19:58] next day or few days afterwards by us administration and
[00:20:02] why was it violated? because the us administration
[00:20:06] actually won't
[00:20:10] let me change that, not necessarily wants, but it is ready to
[00:20:14] accept the destruction of its allies in the
[00:20:17] gulf region in order
[00:20:20] safeguard larger zionist
[00:20:23] interests, this is the main issue
[00:20:25] here, so the mistrust is
[00:20:29] complete, there is no actual basis other than the
[00:20:33] mou of islamabad, there
[00:20:36] is any other? actual basis for any
[00:20:39] type of diplomatic solution, the crucial
[00:20:43] question is whether the Iranian leadership will
[00:20:47] accept to step back and negotiate. on some
[00:20:50] other document other than other than the mou,
[00:20:54] which most likely if it does, if the Iranian leadership accept some
[00:20:58] other basis, it will be
[00:21:02] tricked again, and there will be
[00:21:06] no actual guarantee eventually, but the war of
[00:21:10] of attrition will go on. right, say speaking about Iranian
[00:21:13] leadership, the warning that new war could extend
[00:21:17] beyond and west Asia is particularly. significant,
[00:21:21] what is the exact geopolitical message Terran is trying to send to
[00:21:25] Washington and its international partners? is Iran attempting to
[00:21:29] demonstrate that the consequences of another aggression against
[00:21:32] it would not be confined to the Persian gulf
[00:21:35] region? yeah, like I
[00:21:38] said, it's most important to understand this from these
[00:21:42] perspective that this message is that deterrence is
[00:21:45] ultimately about changing an advisory
[00:21:48] advisor uh adversaries calculation and not
[00:21:52] merely by demonstrating military capability, and I think a
[00:21:56] military unrestricted warning does not
[00:21:59] translate into an unrestricted right to necessarily use
[00:22:03] that, but what it does, it creates the environment
[00:22:07] to push forward a dialogue that may be necessary, and as we
[00:22:11] know with the United States, the most important stimulated question is whether
[00:22:15] both sides can establish curtable grounds against another cycle of
[00:22:19] violence. "and I feel like the Islamic Republican Iran
[00:22:23] has elevated the conversation and not just
[00:22:26] said that you know we're going to strike wherever we are getting targeted, we
[00:22:30] are now expanding the geographical limits and the targeting, and
[00:22:34] I think that's a very strong message that has elevated the conversation, I
[00:22:38] think the United States is beginning to consider the possible attacks
[00:22:42] outside the region in response to that, if those facilities are used
[00:22:46] to attack Iran, Iran has legal right and..."
[00:22:50] self-defense to target them and I think that's something that would change the
[00:22:54] dynamics
[00:22:54] the conflict if
[00:22:55] for example Iran for would
[00:22:57] to strike in the United States and I think that's something that I think really
[00:23:01] would shake up things which is something that you know I
[00:23:05] think the strategists and geopolitical analys are really suggesting that this
[00:23:09] would then change the ball game uh but I think that's an important message
[00:23:13] because if you're going to have talks unfortunately with the United States it
[00:23:17] needs to be done for a place of power and I think that's what Iran has attempted to do with
[00:23:21] these words. right, and um, professor
[00:23:24] Zemer, of course, there is a third element to this equation and that
[00:23:28] is the Israeli regime. um, how central is
[00:23:32] Israel's position to the current diplomatic deadlock, could Israeli
[00:23:36] calculation undermine the potential US-Iran
[00:23:39] agreement? yes,
[00:23:42] profoundly, yes, there is a hybrid
[00:23:46] relationship between US and Israel establishment.
[00:23:50] on the basis of obviously some very
[00:23:54] important lobbies within the US
[00:23:57] and some strategic
[00:23:59] interest on
[00:24:02] on some strategic interest on behalf the US which
[00:24:06] are served by the existence of Israel. i'm sorry i
[00:24:10] have to interrupt you professor zimas, there is also another program that needs to
[00:24:14] come in and we are pressed for time, i'm really sorry professor zimas
[00:24:18] and also say it was a... to have you on this
[00:24:22] spotlight and that brings us to the end the program, the truth will
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[00:24:50] ABC News Australia news 24 reveal competing narratives behind the
[00:24:54] onbust, while half post and business insider
[00:24:57] exposes the all giants cashing in as American families
[00:25:01] struggle to survive Trump's economic fallout. Then comes the
[00:25:05] bill, billions in military spending, rising
[00:25:09] fuel, military spending, rising fuel prices and
[00:25:12] inflation squeezing US tanya deeper into confrontation with
[00:25:16] Iran. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia faces resilient.
[00:25:20] and social media challenges the narratives surrounding the war
[00:25:24] when war comes home on
[00:25:26] expos
[00:25:36] 2nd
[00:25:36] 1963
[00:25:41] Dallas stood still as President John F. Kennedy's motorcade
[00:25:44] entered Deeli Plaza. Moments
[00:25:48] later gunshots. shattered the silence and changed history
[00:25:52] forever.
[00:25:58] America mourned a suspect was arrested.
[00:26:02] Then before the truth could be uncovered, he was silenced on live
[00:26:06] television. The official story was
[00:26:09] written, but the questions never died: was it the mafia, the
[00:26:13] FBI, the Soviets or Castro? Or did the real
[00:26:17] secret begin thousands of miles away, buried deep beneath
[00:26:21] the sands the Negeb desert near Demona? It is a
[00:26:24] mystery, a conspiracy, and assassination that still
[00:26:28] haunts the world.
[00:26:44] War does not end when the bombs stop
[00:26:48] falling.
[00:26:56] Wounded soil follows scientists and researchers
[00:27:00] into the scarred landscapes. of Lebanon to
[00:27:04] uncover the invisible legacy of conflict,
[00:27:07] contaminated earth, toxic
[00:27:10] remnants and the lasting impact of war and
[00:27:14] human health, the environment and future
[00:27:18] generations.
[00:27:34] from bombs stop falling, casualty figures are tallied, names are added
[00:27:38] to lists, but numbers cannot measure the lives that unravel
[00:27:42] after the explosions. wars count those killed by
[00:27:45] missiles, they rarely count those who survive them and
[00:27:49] may later die of grief. yes, you heard that right,
[00:27:53] grief. 31 year old, say became
[00:27:57] one of those. in the early hours of march 26, a US is
[00:28:01] really strike reduce. her family home a neighborhood
[00:28:05] to rubble, her husband, local football coach Hussein
[00:28:08] Maliki and their two young sons, age five and
[00:28:12] three were killed, around them nine homes were destroyed and
[00:28:16] 24 people died from the US Israely attack. Alham
[00:28:19] survived, for seven hours, rescuers searched through
[00:28:23] concrete and twisted steel before pulling her from beneath the
[00:28:27] debris. The fallen sofa had shielded her head from the
[00:28:30] collapsing building, but her injuries were severe, her
[00:28:34] greatest wounds, however, were invisible. weeks later, a video
[00:28:38] of at home standing on the ruins of her home spread across
[00:28:42] Iran. in her hands was a handritten note rescued from the
[00:28:45] rubble, one her young son had written before the
[00:28:49] attack. as she read it, her voice faltered. around
[00:28:53] her lay the remains the life she had built. her
[00:28:57] father says that after losing her husband, her children
[00:29:01] and her home, she was was never the same, she withdrew from
[00:29:05] the world, spoke consently of her family and
[00:29:08] struggled to bear even ordinary sounds. after more than
[00:29:12] two months of overwhelming grief after losing her family in
[00:29:16] US-Israely attack, she suffered fatal stroke and
[00:29:20] died. her story speaks to a quieter, taller war of
[00:29:23] survivors who carry the destruction with them
[00:29:27] long after the dost settles. it also reflects a
[00:29:31] wider pattern of you. is really aggression across the
[00:29:34] region that has left behind a deeper toll not only a
[00:29:38] single moment of impact, but in the lasting human
[00:29:41] consequences that
[00:29:43] follow.
[00:30:07] The reminder of our top stories, Iran's forum ministry spokesman says
[00:30:11] the straight of hormos will not reopen until the US lifts its
[00:30:15] blockade and meets Teran's
[00:30:16] demands. With the US mid-term
[00:30:20] elections, just a day away, candidates from both parties are making
[00:30:24] their final push to win over
[00:30:26] voters
[00:30:32] and French students have resumed blocking schools throughout the country after
[00:30:36] their return from two-week
[00:30:37] holiday,
[00:30:56] good day from Tehran, I'm Bahman and this is Press TV news.