PRESSTV — broadcast 20261102 113000 UTC 437 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:00] home, they hope to celebrate the Persian New Year together. [00:00:04] In the final days of the year, Paris brought their daughter [00:00:07] to her father's bedside, placed their hands side by [00:00:11] side and took a photograph. She promised Muhammad Riza she [00:00:15] would show him the picture the following year, but he never [00:00:18] came home. Doctors confirmed that he was brain dead and [00:00:22] his family faced the most painful truth of their [00:00:26] lives and met their grief and memory helped guide them towards. [00:00:30] difficult decision. Muhammad Riza had once told his wife that [00:00:34] if anything ever happened to him, he did not want his organs to be [00:00:37] barried with them. He wanted them to save other [00:00:41] people's lives. Accepting his wish was not easy, [00:00:44] especially for his grieving mother, but in the end the family agreed [00:00:48] to donate his organs. By donating Muhammad Riza's [00:00:52] heart, kidneys and liver, the family gave several [00:00:55] patients a second chance of life. The US Israely attack [00:00:59] to... him away from his loved ones, but through his final [00:01:02] act of generosity he brought hope to other [00:01:05] families. mhammad riza in his wife had waited 10 years to have [00:01:09] a child when Oba was born, he cared for her with joy, made [00:01:13] plans for her future and dreamed of teaching her sports and music. he [00:01:17] wanted her to grow up strong and learn [00:01:20] some 60% of to stand up for her rights. now talks to her father through [00:01:23] his photograph and kisses it every morning. she's still too young to [00:01:26] understand why he will never come home again. [00:01:30] Perhaps one day when she's older, her mother will tell [00:01:34] her how her father lived, how he worked quietly and [00:01:37] tirelessly, helped those in need and thought of saving others [00:01:41] even as he was leaving this world. Muhammad Reza [00:01:44] Behbudi lived a simple life, but his legacy [00:01:47] reached far beyond it. The war took away of us chance to grow [00:01:51] up beside her father, yet his final gift gave other [00:01:55] people the chance to live, return home and remain with their loved ones [00:01:59] perhaps. This is the heartbreaking yet hopeful [00:02:02] meaning of Muhammad Riza's life, a man who lost his [00:02:05] life in the US Israely attack gave the gift of life [00:02:09] to others through organ donation while his own little [00:02:12] daughter must grow up with the pain of his absence. [00:02:16] apartheid, although it is a [00:02:43] Welcome to the Israel watch. In this episode, we will look at what [00:02:47] Israeli media had to say concerning what may happen between [00:02:50] Iran and the United States. Other topics include the Kenness [00:02:54] election results and the political bickering between rival factions [00:02:57] in the entity. Also on the agenda. [00:03:23] yeah. Now let's take a look at some of [00:03:30] casualties, and they are still suffering very severely [00:03:33] economically, and this is exactly the point, it is possible that this will force the [00:03:37] Iranians to indeed open the front first, and I think that is the reason right now, that [00:03:40] is also what I hear, that there is currently a discussion [00:03:44] between the Arab mediators and the Iranians, the mediators [00:03:47] who, of course, come to these [00:03:50] discussions on behalf of the Trump administration, they want [00:03:54] to ensure that this event does not begin before the midterm elections [00:03:57] and are trying to postpone it as much as possible and even reach [00:04:00] an agreement. Is this possible? There is great [00:04:04] pessimism in the United States that this will happen, but I suggest [00:04:07] waiting for the election results of November 3rd, and then [00:04:11] really deciding what will happen. Suleiman, regarding the Israeli [00:04:14] pressure, because we saw reports in recent weeks that Israel is finally [00:04:19] record for campaign spending in pressuring Trump to take some action, do we know if it's really increasing in recent [00:04:23] days leading up to the midterm [00:04:25] elections? [00:04:29] In my opinion, the fact is that we are a secondary player in this event and ultimately [00:04:32] what Trump decides we will do. [00:04:35] No matter how much Israel pressures Trump, if he doesn't want [00:04:39] to go to war, it won't happen, and we've seen that happen before. [00:04:43] And if Trump wants to go to war, then we will have no [00:04:46] choice but to join him, [00:04:49] and therefore the one who is supposed to make the decision is here [00:04:53] in Washington, D.C. We don't [00:04:56] influence him too much, and I even think that the influence [00:05:00] is decreasing, because as time passes, Republican voters are getting [00:05:04] more and more annoyed that Israel [00:05:06] supposedly [00:05:08] influences Trump, and I don't, and I think that among [00:05:11] the party. [00:05:42] agreement and they also in the [00:05:46] past, you know, several times, you know, in the middle of [00:05:49] negotiations, they started a war, they waged a war, they [00:05:53] bombed innocent people in Iran in the, uh, when the [00:05:56] negotiations were ongoing, so these are indicators that are [00:06:00] not very promising, you know, for any kind of agreement or [00:06:04] settlement with the between the Iranians and the Americans, [00:06:07] because, you know, Trump is not a negotiating guy, he [00:06:11] is a... person who wants to win, even if he [00:06:15] loses the war, he wants to announce that he is victorious, but [00:06:18] Dr. J. Vans has sent a letter for [00:06:21] MRI, don't you think this is the first time such thing happens? Well, [00:06:25] I think that Trump gave Vans a margin, [00:06:29] but that margin isn't large enough, so I think he's going to keep doing [00:06:33] these games, and I think it creates a frustration [00:06:37] also for the Israelis, because the Israelis [00:06:40] want immediate war and... [00:06:42] obvious, uh, it's not going to happen, uh, because Trump has like, [00:06:46] if an agreement happened, yeah, well no, I think that Trump has calculations that [00:06:50] are related to the to the midterm elections, so we're going to have to wait [00:06:54] until a couple of days, we'll see what will come out of these elections, and then I [00:06:58] think the decision will be made, yeah, but do you think that at this point [00:07:01] to this time Israel has little influence over America? I [00:07:05] think that the priority for Trump is is the [00:07:09] United States, yes, and you see there's a... [00:07:12] "You know, Trump wasn't very happy with the fact that the Israelis had promised him [00:07:16] that bombing Iran will actually make the regime [00:07:19] collapse. They they promised him that economic pressure [00:07:22] will, uh, will take Iran to be weaker and therefore [00:07:26] to accept on some of the conditions that, uh, you know, the Americans are put [00:07:29] forward. Well, it didn't happen, so I think that [00:07:33] Trump is, you know, is a bit deceived by what the Israel and with all [00:07:37] these facts, do you think that now Trump has learned his lesson and he [00:07:40] might not listen to them again?" " "Actually, Trump is not a good [00:07:44] learner, you know. He's he's not really the type of person who would [00:07:48] actually learn. He's a narcissistic bully, so he he's not really the [00:07:52] type to actually, you know, take things in a normal way, the way you [00:07:55] described it. So I think he's he's more, um, yeah, well, [00:07:59] he's he's getting more angry over the [00:08:02] fact that, you know, you know, this matter with Iran wasn't [00:08:06] resolved, because he has this narcissistic supremacy that [00:08:09] he thought that, you know, two wars." [00:08:21] give up and laid down their weapons, and you [00:08:24] know, countries with yeah, that's what he that's what he thinks. He [00:08:28] thinks, I mean, their economy is destroyed. He keeps saying that the economy in [00:08:32] Iran is destroyed, the the the economic pressure is massive, [00:08:36] the army is not there anymore, the navy is destroyed, they have [00:08:39] nothing, so they should, you know, give up and succumb to [00:08:43] all his requests. Well, this didn't happen, and he's [00:08:46] surprised at the fact that why, why, you [00:08:50] know, so he's asking the Chinese, it didn't go as he [00:08:54] can't believe it. So he's asking the Chinese, "Are you helping them?" He's [00:08:57] asking the Russians, he's asking everybody, you know. He [00:09:00] doesn't understand the idea of people who are [00:09:04] ready to resist no matter what the sacrifices are. [00:09:07] Israeli commentators strongly criticized the opposition, [00:09:10] accusing it of waiting. [00:09:23] I think that especially in light of these things, we need to gather for some kind of responsible action, but I want to briefly address the things that were said here [00:09:27] earlier. Yes, briefly. Yes, the boycott campaign [00:09:30] they waged against Netanyahu, and I don't [00:09:33] see that campaign fading. I see what's happening on the other [00:09:36] channels, and they still hope that they [00:09:39] will get Netanyahu. This is much more important to them than. [00:09:44] responsible and go for a unity government that will deal with the challenges ahead. [00:09:48] Hatred of Netanyahu has been put aside here, [00:09:51] and despite the fact that the public in the State of Israel, 27 [00:09:55] mandates said: We don't believe you, we don't believe [00:09:59] your campaign, we don't believe the campaign you led [00:10:02] together with the legal system, we believe in Netanyahu, we see [00:10:06] the correction he made throughout these three years [00:10:09] in the war, in the great achievements as a thing. [00:10:25] related to the administration formation in the entity? I [00:10:28] think that the opposition, I mean, or the so-called [00:10:32] opposition in the Israeli [00:10:35] entity is is waiting to attack against Netanyahu [00:10:38] because they realize that he, you know, he did more damage to [00:10:42] Israelis worldwide than he did anything [00:10:45] positive. Well, he created, you know, he committed [00:10:48] a massacre, genocide, [00:10:51] and he he went on with it. He didn't try to... you [00:10:55] know, tried to show a an image [00:10:58] of, uh, of Israel. He didn't even stress on the fact that, you know, the way the [00:11:02] Israelis usually do, that they are victims and they have been victimized. [00:11:05] No, he actually went full fledged on slaughtering children and [00:11:09] bombing hospitals, and he and this did not play well, and I [00:11:13] think many Israelis, okay, although they would support the [00:11:15] genocide, they would also think, okay, [00:11:19] now let's move on so we change, we support the [00:11:22] the genocide, but we can have a new face. [00:11:25] Maybe that would make our image better. But do you think on top of that, uh, one of the [00:11:29] reasons maybe they are attacking him is because he actually went and did [00:11:32] well in the Knesset election compared to what they thought he would? [00:11:36] Well, no, I think that what actually made them more angry is the fact [00:11:40] that Donald Trump actually had a say, you know, because if you [00:11:43] remember, before the election, a couple of days before the elections in the Zionist [00:11:47] entity, Donald Trump came out and endorsed, uh, Netanyahu [00:11:51] fully, true, and that that actually makes the Israelis. [00:11:55] because they they are so arrogant and so supremacist [00:11:59] that they even they don't even want the Americans to tell [00:12:02] him tell them how to run their own business. So, and that [00:12:06] Netanyahu has always been playing that card, you know, by saying that he's, you [00:12:10] know, he makes decisions and he's not like a puppet of the Americans, and he [00:12:14] makes his own decisions, so he brags about that. Now, uh, [00:12:18] I think that Netanyahu is also wanted for corruption [00:12:20] crimes inside the Zionist entity, [00:12:24] so therefore he's supposed to appear in court, and he's been trying to evade [00:12:27] the judicial all along. And also there's the [00:12:30] clash with the judicial because Netanyahu belongs to a camp who tried to [00:12:34] change the Israeli system, so to say. He wants it to [00:12:38] be more aggressive, more [00:12:41] regime of apartheid and racial segregation, but he wants it to be [00:12:45] even more. He wants to have an executive that has like full power, [00:12:48] extremist vision. But do you think this opposition that's judging [00:12:52] Netanyahu is capable of forming? Or do you think they [00:12:55] might go to form a minority administration without the [00:12:59] Arabs? No, obviously no, I don't think that will be possible. The [00:13:03] results came out, and the Israelis, the settlers, the [00:13:06] Israeli Zionists actually, you know, said their word, they want [00:13:10] Netanyahu. I mean, it's clear. I mean, the Likud got more seats [00:13:13] than anyone else. And yes, it's true that the the [00:13:17] so-called Arabs, they call them, they're Palestinian, but they [00:13:21] don't want to use the word Palestinian, so they say Arabs. We should actually [00:13:25] admitting that they are Palestinians, and they have, uh, [00:13:28] but they are inferior in the Israeli [00:13:32] system. One has to remind, I am happy to be on your [00:13:35] show to remind the viewers that Arabs or Palestinians who [00:13:39] have an Israeli passport are inferior to Jewish people who [00:13:42] have to have an Israeli passport. I have to, you [00:13:46] know, specifically, you know, shed light on that, because the [00:13:49] United Nations has issued so many reports [00:13:52] confirming that the system in Israel is [00:13:55] an apartheid system, and apartheid is a crime against humanity [00:13:58] according to international law. So, what does the [00:14:02] apartheid mean? It means that there is a group of people who are considered [00:14:06] inferior by birth, yeah, you know, as [00:14:09] in [00:14:12] status, not achieved status. I mean, and these are all the people who are non-Jewish, they are considered [00:14:15] inferior within the Israeli system. So therefore, even if they get [00:14:19] seats in the Knesset, that doesn't mean a lot. I mean, they're still [00:14:22] inferior. They just want to... actually show an image that, yeah, the [00:14:26] Israelis have like they're giving a voice to the people who are [00:14:30] under occupation. These people, even if they have Israeli [00:14:33] passports, they are under occupation indeed. And [00:14:37] Israeli analyst claimed that there was no doubt that foreign [00:14:41] interference in the Knesset elections occurred. He referred to [00:14:44] Qatar, saying that what happened falls within the same [00:14:48] category as Al-Aqsa Flood [00:14:49] operation. [00:14:55] Despite attempts already from noon by the entire [00:14:58] law enforcement system to try and simply lower [00:15:02] the flames, suddenly they already know that no [00:15:05] different [00:15:07] actions were taken, no funds were transferred in an extremely [00:15:11] unusual way. Let's put things in perspective. [00:15:14] Judge Solberg today speaks today [00:15:18] with the head of the Shin Bet, Ghasini, and says, [00:15:21] "Investigate thoroughly here and now. [00:15:25] The entire issue of foreign interference, of a foreign [00:15:28] country, a hostile country, it's already being said that it's Qatar, [00:15:31] in the transfer of funds, and simply in the contamination, [00:15:35] no less and no more than the results of the elections of the State of [00:15:38] Israel, and more than that, in a hostile [00:15:41] takeover of the Knesset of Israel." This is essentially what [00:15:44] is happening with those funds that Qatar [00:15:47] is injecting under some guise. I won't go into the guise so as not [00:15:51] to give it any normalization. We won't normalize anything [00:15:55] here, and this is not an earthquake, Noam, this is [00:15:58] much worse than that. This is simply a direct [00:16:02] continuation of October 7th, a direct [00:16:05] continuation, the same actions. [00:16:37] "This is not new in Israeli courts. There were [00:16:40] cases where they accused each other of getting paid by [00:16:44] by Qatar, and I want to remind that Israel actually bombed [00:16:48] Qatar, trying to kill the leaders of Hamas in [00:16:52] the past. Now it shows that the Israelis are [00:16:56] going through a kind of high tension internally. They're [00:16:59] frustrated, they are this, [00:17:02] this Zionist is actually this [00:17:05] Zionist is actually completely enraged [00:17:09] over the fact that the [00:17:12] opposite opposition was able to to [00:17:15] make a breakthrough actually, because I think [00:17:19] that contrary to what all many analysts are saying, [00:17:22] well, the opposition was able to break. I, [00:17:26] I, I personally had had suspected [00:17:29] that, you know, that that the opposition will have less seats than that. But [00:17:33] question, what Qatar could get in return or benefit [00:17:36] for? And seeing the Knesset election, well, the Qataris want to [00:17:40] be strong players in the region, so they want to have [00:17:43] influence in many countries, you know. I remember [00:17:47] how they actually interfered in Syria, they interfere in Iraq, they [00:17:50] interfere in elsewhere. They always want to have a hand. [00:17:53] So, and I have to remind also the viewers that before the Abraham [00:17:57] Accords and before everything else, the Qataris were the first, I think, in the [00:18:01] Gulf among the Gulf states to open a coordination [00:18:04] office in in their capital with the Israeli. "I think [00:18:07] they started this long before the, uh, the the the [00:18:11] Emirates or the the Bahrain or [00:18:14] other Arab Gulf countries actually negotiated with the [00:18:18] Israelis, you know. So I think that, you know, they have this [00:18:22] touch, they have this contact, and I think that the Gulf, there's so much [00:18:25] money in the Gulf that, you know, and the Israelis are known to [00:18:29] be to be, you know, to want to [00:18:32] collect, you know, large large amount of [00:18:35] wealth, and I think that's..." That's a possibility. I have to give you [00:18:39] an example, like for example, Hamas bought most of their guns [00:18:43] from Israeli soldiers and Israeli officers. So this [00:18:46] is how much the Israelis like money, they can be bought. So they would even [00:18:50] sell the the weapons that would actually, you know, be used to [00:18:54] kill them, and to resist getting the chance to make [00:18:57] money, [00:19:01] the Israeli social media commentary concerning the election [00:19:04] results. [00:19:06] Takselage. Eisenkot, Lieberman, and Bennett must make [00:19:10] bold decisions to form an administration that includes the [00:19:14] Haredim, the Arabs, or both. The important thing [00:19:17] is to remove Netanyahu. Offer. I fear that the [00:19:21] most likely option is holding another round of early [00:19:24] elections. Netanyahu would prefer a second [00:19:27] election. (asr) [00:19:30] Goner: Netanyahu prefers holding another election after failing to [00:19:34] secure a majority, while Eisenkot will refuse, and [00:19:37] we will find ourselves in a dead block because a unity [00:19:40] administration is an impossible [00:19:42] option. [00:19:45] Do you expect Dr. Omar to have a new administration [00:19:49] formed or it's a dead end for the meantime? I think I think all [00:19:53] of this, when we actually read these comments and we look at the [00:19:56] situation, that means that the Americans will be the ones to make the big [00:20:00] decisions in the Zionist entity, and they will they are [00:20:03] there, they're going to be the ones who will actually decide if there will be another [00:20:07] elections or because they have the influence, they they can [00:20:11] influence the Israelis whether they are in the Bibi camp, in the [00:20:14] Netanyahu camp, or in the Eisenkot [00:20:18] camp. I think there is the Americans have a lot of influence, and [00:20:22] this actually makes Trump more comfortable because he can deal [00:20:25] with the situation in a more controlling manner and take care of his [00:20:29] election first. And an indictment filed [00:20:32] against an Israeli soldier accused of spying for Iran [00:20:36] has turned grave. [00:20:40] combat soldier who spied for Iran. Our military correspondent, Nitzan Shapira, you [00:20:44] exposed this disturbing and especially sad case [00:20:48] which today reaches an indictment. Today it arrives. [00:20:52] This event begins during the month of September, when the Shin Bet, together [00:20:56] with military police investigators, arrive at the home of a combat soldier [00:20:59] in regular service in the IDF. They arrest him on suspicion of a connection he maintained with [00:21:03] the Iranians, during which he provided them with a lot of information about things happening within [00:21:06] the army. Among other things, in his interrogation, it emerged that he maintained contact with Iranian elements, [00:21:10] Danny, for over a year. He provided them with sensitive information about [00:21:13] military activity of his unit in the army, about IDF readiness, about IDF [00:21:17] mobilizations, among other things, also about the period of. [00:21:22] of male and female soldiers serving in the army. In addition, he photographed [00:21:25] military bases for the Iranians, gave the coordinates of those [00:21:29] bases, photographed ships, military vehicles, American [00:21:32] refueling planes that landed in Israel, and transferred everything to an Iranian agent with whom he [00:21:36] was in contact by various means and received money for it. In addition, I can [00:21:40] tell you, Danny, that in the indictment issued to this soldier, he was offered to travel [00:21:44] to Iran himself for a sum of 200,000 [00:21:47] dollars. He refused, he didn't do it, and he stayed here. [00:22:20] information to the Iranian intelligence, because that [00:22:23] means that there are many more, and he knows that, the Israelis know [00:22:26] that, and that's what is making them [00:22:28] so [00:22:31] feel this unease and how they're going to deal with that. And that takes us [00:22:34] back to the point that we were discussing a bit earlier about [00:22:38] money, you know, the Israelis are ready to sell their [00:22:41] weapons, uh, you for money, so so what about [00:22:44] information? I think so, and you know, you [00:22:47] know, many sides outside [00:22:50] the Israeli entity will pay money to receive information, and and [00:22:54] it's, you know, it's a society that is corrupted by [00:22:58] this obsession for accumulating wealth. [00:23:02] Israeli commentators called for tightening the [00:23:05] restrictions on the Muslim call to prayer in the [00:23:08] 1948 Palestinian occupied [00:23:11] territories. They claim that not enough has been done on this [00:23:15] issue. [00:23:20] you screwed us over. Elections number two, I don't [00:23:23] know, one before the previous government, the right wing, how many [00:23:27] good years we passed the Muezzin Law. Muezzins who make [00:23:30] noise, we shut them down. There are no decibels, everything is [00:23:33] low. Look at Magen Shaul, they have no [00:23:36] protection. Nobody cares about the law. A million complaints [00:23:39] to the police, and this is how it sounds. And we asked to photograph [00:23:43] this early morning. [00:23:44] Look. [00:24:03] Now this is long, this is long, it starts around 4:30, [00:24:07] and every fifteen minutes, [00:24:10] bang bang bang bang, we write a parking lot screen, Magen Shaul ship, [00:24:14] no, this is Israel, Magen Shaul corner, it's in many places in the country, it's [00:24:18] simply incomprehensible, there's... worn out, no one cares. [00:24:21] The residents there from Magen Shaul sent us recordings [00:24:25] with the police, many, many complaints, we have complaint numbers, sin zero, it's all [00:24:29] kinds of nothing, nothing. [00:24:32] Now what is this? This is the village of Muqeibila, there, whoever [00:24:35] knows our area. No, this happens in other places, this is just [00:24:39] one example, of course, Jerusalem is lacking, and what [00:24:42] now, so you don't get confused, of course, they amplify the muezzin there [00:24:46] more, yes, so they used to make all sorts of videos about "Shema Yisrael". [00:25:20] "This person is a criminal, you know, just [00:25:24] appeared on the screen. I mean, his attitude, I mean, and his [00:25:27] his words, they he wants to deprive people from [00:25:30] practicing one of their basic rights, which is [00:25:33] prayer, you know. And I think this is an international [00:25:37] crime. This is really horrendous. I mean, you don't [00:25:40] like stop people from practicing their religion. This is the very [00:25:44] basic, one of the very basic principles in the Universal Declaration of Human [00:25:47] Rights. So I think and..." what he's saying [00:25:51] is far beyond any kind of social policy, you [00:25:54] know. This is like a crime, he wants to, and this [00:25:58] doesn't come as a surprise. This is what the, uh, [00:26:01] Zionist expected such thing to happen. [00:26:05] Yes, well, thank you, Dr. Omar, for joining us today. [00:26:08] Thank you everyone for watching, and goodbye. [00:26:39] As long as there is one Palestinian child [00:26:43] in Gaza, no occupier will be able to [00:26:46] shed blood on the land of Gaza. Gaza is for the people of [00:26:50] Gaza. Neither Trump nor anyone else can take [00:26:54] Gaza. Gaza. [00:26:57] speak of the Jews, what is the Jewish [00:26:59] identity? [00:27:03] between Jews who are Zionists and those who are not. [00:27:06] A recent survey in the states in the United States of the [00:27:10] Jewish, the whole Jewish community, their representative [00:27:13] sample, and there are some [00:27:16] around six, eight million Jews in the [00:27:19] states, [00:27:23] them no longer identify themselves as [00:27:26] Zionist. It's an astounding [00:27:28] change. [00:27:41] In today's show, we'll be considering the impact of a motion that was adopted [00:27:44] by the Green Party of England and Wales at their recent conference in Brighton, [00:27:48] which clearly stated that Zionism is racism. [00:27:51] Colonialism is evil, slavery is [00:27:54] evil, settler colonialism is evil, racism isn't [00:27:58] evil, and therefore this Zionism as [00:28:01] it is realized in Israel [00:28:05] is racism and therefore must be condemned [00:28:09] as an ideology. It's a very significant step, but of [00:28:12] course we need to build on it, we need to build on it, most obviously by [00:28:16] dismantling Zionism as an ideology and as a movement in this country. [00:28:31] War does not end when the bombs stop [00:28:35] falling. [00:28:43] Wounded Soil follows scientists and researchers [00:28:47] into the scarred landscapes of Lebanon [00:28:50] to uncover the invisible legacy of [00:28:53] conflict, contaminated [00:28:55] earth, toxic remnants, and the [00:28:59] lasting impact of war on human health, [00:29:03] the environment, and future generations. [00:30:04] Press TV headlines: Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says the Strait of [00:30:08] Hormuz will not reopen unless the US lifts its [00:30:11] blockade and meets Tehran's [00:30:13] demands. [00:30:16] The latest figures show that this year's midterm elections have set a new [00:30:22] a US election [00:30:23] cycle. [00:30:28] And French students have resumed blocking schools throughout the country after [00:30:32] their return from two-week holiday, [00:30:54] good afternoon from Tehrana bahmanuray and this is Press TV [00:30:57] news, it is 3:30 p.m. local time.