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[00:00:00] Lines on press DV, the Islamic Revolution Gars Core captures two
[00:00:03] American MQM 170 drones over Keshp
[00:00:07] of Island while destroying the
[00:00:09] of 55th USMQ9
[00:00:11] in drone east
[00:00:11] of the Hurmus straight. An Iranian army commander says the aggression
[00:00:15] against Iran shattered the image of US power while inflicting
[00:00:19] $47 billion dollars in
[00:00:21] of direct losses to the Pentagon and the Yemani armed
[00:00:25] of forces fresh reprisal attacks target Saudi
[00:00:28] of
[00:00:28] of Arabia's Dammam airport. radar site in
[00:00:33] of Gizaan.
[00:00:39] of
[00:00:48] Hello everyone, you're watching Press TV live from the studios in
[00:00:52] Tehran. Thank you for joining
[00:00:54] us. Let's begin with our top
[00:00:57] story, the Islamic Revolution Gast course. says it has captured two more
[00:01:01] American MQM 170 reconnaissance drones in the
[00:01:05] skies
[00:01:05] of the southern
[00:01:06] of island of Qisp.
[00:01:07] in a statement, the IRGC said the reconnaissance drones were
[00:01:11] grounded
[00:01:12] of using advanced electronic warfare systems operated by
[00:01:15] its aerospace division. the statement added that the new
[00:01:19] capture increases the total number of US
[00:01:22] MQM-170 drones seized by the
[00:01:25] IRGC to four. the IRGC said it
[00:01:28] also managed to disc destroy the 55th
[00:01:31] of American MQ9 drone east
[00:01:33] of of the straight of
[00:01:35] of Furmus, it added that Iranian forces have already captured 14
[00:01:38] American MQ1 drones as well. The IRGC said
[00:01:42] the invading American enemy has once
[00:01:45] of again of failed to achieve this objectives through the deployment of
[00:01:49] such drones. It stress that the new deployment is another
[00:01:52] chapter of defeat and failure
[00:01:56] of adding adding to
[00:01:57] in the of track record
[00:01:58] of the terrorist commander
[00:01:59] of the US. Command Brad
[00:02:01] Cooper.
[00:02:07] of
[00:02:14] of
[00:02:18] Welcome back and now to the news review section we delp defer
[00:02:22] into one
[00:02:23] of the day's top stories so stay with
[00:02:25] us. A senior Iranian
[00:02:29] commander or Commander says the aggression against Ivan has shattered the
[00:02:32] image
[00:02:33] of the United States power, proving that America's military
[00:02:36] superiority is no longer a certain advantage. The Iranian
[00:02:40] army's deputy chief for executive affairs said during the
[00:02:44] of aggression US military power failed to overcome
[00:02:48] the national will
[00:02:49] of the Iranians who have a civilization spanning thousands
[00:02:53] of years. Brigadier general Ariras Sheikh added that
[00:02:57] during the US war of aggression 17. american bases were
[00:03:01] damaged, 65% of his patriot interceptor
[00:03:04] of missiles were used, and the Pentagon surfered more than 47
[00:03:08] billion dollars in direct losses. The commander added that
[00:03:12] the greatest military
[00:03:13] of setback for
[00:03:14] of the US goes far beyond casualties and material losses and
[00:03:17] lies in the collapse
[00:03:19] of the image of power is spent years and vast
[00:03:22] resources
[00:03:23] of building. of General Sheikh noted that the US launched this aggression against
[00:03:27] Iran to restore a superpower. image and show the world that it
[00:03:31] could impose his will through military force, however the
[00:03:35] of battlefield exposed the limits of his power proving that military
[00:03:38] superiority does not guarantee political or
[00:03:42] strategic
[00:03:43] success.
[00:03:48] now to talk more on this, we have miss Laila Hatum with us, editor and chief
[00:03:52] of men are uncensored joining us from Beirout
[00:03:55] of and also Dr. Wilm
[00:03:56] of Leon, political scientists joining us from
[00:03:59] of Washington DC. see Miss Hatum and uh Dr. Wilmer, thank you for being
[00:04:03] with us, Miss Hatum, let's begin with you and your assessment
[00:04:06] of the US is really wars of aggression on Iran and how
[00:04:09] of the two sides are now perceived, and Miss Hatum, I
[00:04:13] got to add that, it wasn't just the US, it was Israel, the
[00:04:17] Arab allies and Europe as well, they were all in on
[00:04:21] it, well first of all um, I don't
[00:04:25] a know if I should say good evening to you or good morning because it's after midnight over here, but
[00:04:29] I do hope uh
[00:04:30] of I do
[00:04:34] hope all is well on your side because we just heard that there might
[00:04:37] of be a American attacks against one part of
[00:04:40] of Iran uh tonight that happened few moments earlier we need to double
[00:04:44] check on those that news but having said that the
[00:04:48] of Americans so far have lost so much across the past two
[00:04:52] years at least or the year in the half in terms
[00:04:55] of their what you call reputation as a
[00:04:58] superpower. in terms
[00:05:00] of their expenses, in terms of what you call the superiority
[00:05:04] of their arms as well, so when the Americans attacked Iran, they
[00:05:08] expected that Iran was going to be weak, after
[00:05:10] of decades of what you call economic... sanctions and dragging Iran into war
[00:05:14] etc. they were surprised that the Iranians were ready, that means
[00:05:18] the Americans failed in their intel on the readiness of Iran and
[00:05:22] its power. two, the Iranians were able to swiftly
[00:05:26] retaliate to American assets and the region and that's military assets. they didn't
[00:05:30] target civilian assets any point except when the Americans took civilian
[00:05:34] assets as military bases and we're talking about the
[00:05:37] hotel in Bahrain and that means Iran was superior in terms the Intel
[00:05:41] warfare. the region, the third thing is that the effectiveness
[00:05:45] the American bombs, yes, of course, you can use the largest bombs, you can use your
[00:05:49] air force when you're your enemy doesn't have that one, or basically your opponent doesn't have
[00:05:53] that one, but at the same time when the Americans continue to
[00:05:56] lose their superior multi million
[00:06:00] dollar worth drones, the MQ9s, the MQ1,
[00:06:03] etc., and their war planes started steering away from
[00:06:07] the skies of Iran at one point in time because they were threatened by the Iranian air
[00:06:11] defenses, that means... "the American war toys failed at one point
[00:06:15] in time to achieve their goals and eventually the face
[00:06:19] the US and its reputation as the world police and the strongest
[00:06:22] power fell apart, that all combined
[00:06:26] has caused much strain on the American military
[00:06:29] expenditure and budget and eventually that led
[00:06:33] to the Pentagon ramping up on basically its losses, of course we
[00:06:37] know that the Pentagon does money laundering by claiming that it
[00:06:41] gives aid to its allies and basically they over charge for that
[00:06:45] aid in in terms the prices the the war toys
[00:06:49] they sent to the Israelis and to the arab allies. the pentagon couldn't
[00:06:53] cover those losses, they couldn't cover for their human capital losses when they
[00:06:57] lost a lot of soldiers, we had to hear the numbers from the Iranian side, not from the
[00:07:00] Israeli side, not the American side, and eventually the American public as
[00:07:04] well has lost its support to its administration and we're
[00:07:08] going to see it soon as of tomorrow, november 3rd with the term
[00:07:12] elections
[00:07:12] we do expect that all of that has will
[00:07:16] will has created a dent in the reputation the current US
[00:07:20] administration and they might lose on the ground several seats if not basically the
[00:07:24] elections as a whole. that's right, that's right, so many interesting points there,
[00:07:28] miss Hatum,
[00:07:30] dr. dr. leon, what has caused this, thank you for the
[00:07:34] way, first of all, sorry for that, mr. leon, dr. leon,
[00:07:38] what has caused the us to get to this stage and also the european countries as
[00:07:42] well? because they're a fast decline and now it seems
[00:07:45] that uh Iran finally shattered that facade of
[00:07:49] being the US is facada being the big
[00:07:53] bad bully and do you
[00:07:54] see other countries uh following suit changing the posture towards the
[00:07:58] US in the
[00:07:59] future
[00:08:06] hegemony has been significantly damaged
[00:08:10] uh America's ace symmetric vulnerability
[00:08:14] has been exposed, the smaller and less conventionally
[00:08:18] resourced actors such as Iran
[00:08:22] and Yemen have
[00:08:24] been able to inflict severe damage
[00:08:27] to uh US spaces and installations and to
[00:08:31] those of number of US allies as well such as the
[00:08:34] Saudis, the U.S. empire, I
[00:08:38] believe, has has fallen victim to the same
[00:08:41] reality. that every empire before
[00:08:45] it has fallen victim to:
[00:08:47] arrogance, extensive uh military expansion
[00:08:51] and overreach and as well as
[00:08:54] technological advancements that it has failed
[00:08:58] to incorporate into its arsenal and has
[00:09:01] underappreciated as its adversaries have
[00:09:05] incorporated things such as hypersonic
[00:09:09] missile technology uh into in to the
[00:09:12] Iranian uh missile arsenal uh we can look
[00:09:16] at uh Iran's ability to decimate the
[00:09:19] Bahran uh base where the US fifth fleet is
[00:09:23] stationed uh the ability of Iran to control the Strait of
[00:09:26] Formus and Ansar Alah to control the Red
[00:09:30] Sea and thereby uh demonstrating to its
[00:09:34] allies the ability to impact and
[00:09:38] almost control the global supply chain
[00:09:41] as well as global markets, I think
[00:09:45] that uh, the United States dramatically
[00:09:48] underestimated Iran's
[00:09:50] resilience, and they have also
[00:09:54] misinterpreted Iran's
[00:09:58] restrained action as
[00:10:01] weakness, and now Iran is
[00:10:03] demonstrating uh
[00:10:05] what a true uh
[00:10:08] resistance movement is really all about,
[00:10:12] and the fact that the the goals and the objectives
[00:10:16] and the strategies of a resistance
[00:10:19] movement are very different than those the
[00:10:23] hejam. That's right. Dr. Lee
[00:10:25] will get back to the military part of it as well. Miss Hatum, do
[00:10:29] you see the US foothold in the future out the west Asia
[00:10:33] region? um, like
[00:10:36] a way, do you think that their arab allies, the US's arab allies,
[00:10:40] as he himself, Donald Trump said, milking cows have now
[00:10:43] realized uh, that the US doesn't bring much security for
[00:10:47] them uh, but will sell sell them out all them
[00:10:50] because of Israel. Well, I mean,
[00:10:54] unfortunately. I highly doubt that they're going to change their path, it's just like a drug
[00:10:58] addict, they know that the person who's supplying them with drugs is hurting them, but they need
[00:11:02] those drugs and they need their fix and they will continue to be followers of that drug
[00:11:06] dealer, so it's the same thing over here, the the
[00:11:10] fear of losing the American illusion
[00:11:12] of support any point, the continued reliance on
[00:11:16] American, what you call war toys and
[00:11:19] technology, and the fact that the Americans control every aspect of technology they
[00:11:23] sent to the Arab world means that... Americans will continue to have hold or a
[00:11:27] grip on the Arab nations that basically support it, and those arab nations
[00:11:31] are not going to back off anytime soon, and I'm saying unfortunately because
[00:11:34] this is the reality,
[00:11:35] I mean we hope
[00:11:37] that they wake up and smell the roses, but even when they
[00:11:40] do that, it's going to take a long time before they back off
[00:11:44] from this toxic relationship they have with the Americans. Um, having said
[00:11:48] that, when it comes to the Americans, American presence in this region, I
[00:11:52] highly doubt that we're going to see an American withdrawal and... time soon, not because
[00:11:56] the pride or the false ego that the Americans
[00:12:00] have, because if they do withdraw from here, they that means they're going to be hit in
[00:12:04] every other region as well, because the whole world will know that they can beat this
[00:12:07] big empire, it's the beginning the end their empire, but it's it's going to take
[00:12:11] some time, so the way I look it after spending trillions of dollars on wars
[00:12:15] in this region and building these military bases, it's going time to get
[00:12:19] rid them, so it's just
[00:12:20] like basically again putting addict in asylum
[00:12:24] and... cutting off the daily fix, it's going to
[00:12:28] be hard, but it's it's going to take time, but it's eventually might
[00:12:31] happen, but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon, the Americans
[00:12:35] also have spent trillions of dollars to actually change the face the middle
[00:12:39] east and their end game
[00:12:41] is not finished yet, and in that sense they will continue to create
[00:12:45] disruption and create
[00:12:48] internal upheaval in the countries that they couldn't change the
[00:12:52] the leadership within, that includes Iran and I do hope the... understand the
[00:12:55] situation when it comes to like negotiating with the Americans, the Americans will
[00:12:59] tell
[00:13:00] you we're negotiating with you, we want to reach peace, but they will backstabut just like they did in
[00:13:04] June 20 last year, just like they did earlier this year and just like
[00:13:07] they're doing now, so at the end the day I do believe that the Americans if they
[00:13:11] cannot change something by war, what they're going to do is basically put
[00:13:15] further sanctions on Iran, use their allies to do that, and
[00:13:18] eventually they're going to start sending their operatives on
[00:13:22] the ground inside Iran to create peval over there, because they do believe that they can
[00:13:26] actually make this change after spending all these trillions. let's hope that the Iranians
[00:13:29] actually continue to be vigilant with all their borders and it's it's
[00:13:33] a hard task, but I know that the Iranian people are supporting their their
[00:13:37] leadership and they are aware the situation on the ground, they can actually report
[00:13:41] on people who are creating sedition internally.
[00:13:44] Iran is is surrounded by nearly 15 to 14 states and
[00:13:48] borders, that means it's it's easier for the Americans to send infiltrator
[00:13:52] somewhere, but it's harder for them to change the mindset. the people on the
[00:13:56] ground on the shorter to medium term, so hopefully the Iranians continue to be well
[00:14:00] aware the situation, when i say Iranians i'm talking about the population and that they continue to
[00:14:04] support their leadership against the Americans, that's right, as you said it's a
[00:14:07] multi-faceted war. doctor Leon, what are we
[00:14:11] expecting this time around, is the war inevitable, many are saying yes
[00:14:15] definitely, and what could the US do that he hasn't done before,
[00:14:19] especially now with the depleted munitions, uh,
[00:14:22] patriot missiles, much the base... is destroyed in the region
[00:14:26] as well as the cost of it for the US and also for the
[00:14:30] entire world, the world is basically paying the price for uh Netanyahu and
[00:14:34] Trump's dreams. Well, trying to
[00:14:38] predict what the Trump administration is going to do is incredibly
[00:14:42] difficult because he's such a transactional
[00:14:45] individual and he spends so much time
[00:14:49] bluffing and posturing and engaged in gingoistic
[00:14:53] rhetoric uh and... he and as they say uh
[00:14:57] Trump always chickens out the
[00:14:59] the the taco theory, so that's one side the
[00:15:03] equation. Unfortunately, the other side the
[00:15:06] equation is that he is, he is
[00:15:08] narcissistic bully who may very well
[00:15:12] want to take the world into World War II, simply
[00:15:16] because he can't figure out how to put a stop to
[00:15:20] an illegal, immoral war that he
[00:15:23] started,
[00:15:24] so this... is is very very difficult uh to
[00:15:28] predict, and we also then have to, if Donald
[00:15:31] Trump and his allies, such as Netanyahu and
[00:15:35] Israel, do decide to... the conflict,
[00:15:39] then the question becomes,
[00:15:40] what is China going
[00:15:41] to do, what is Yemen going to do, what is Russia going
[00:15:45] to do, all these things
[00:15:47] contriburation
[00:15:51] that makes this thing just fire that burns out
[00:15:55] of control, and one
[00:15:59] would think that at some point the
[00:16:03] Europeans would get to point and understand that they
[00:16:06] themselves. have to make some very serious, important
[00:16:10] decisions, do they want to contribute to World War
[00:16:14] II and possibly the end the world as we know
[00:16:18] it, or are they eventually going to find some
[00:16:21] backbone and stand up to the United
[00:16:24] States as the declining hegemon and say,
[00:16:28] enough is enough, we're paying enough for gas, we're paying
[00:16:32] too much for wheat, we are putting too much into our
[00:16:35] budgets uh for defense. at the expense of
[00:16:39] social programs our people are an uproar as they are
[00:16:43] in France, as they are in Germany, as they are in other countries in
[00:16:46] Europe, and enough is enough. I wish I could
[00:16:50] predict this, unfortunately I can't. That's
[00:16:54] right, by the looks of here, we could very well see another world war,
[00:16:58] so there you have a miss Laila Hatum, editor and chief of men
[00:17:02] on sensor from Beirot, Lebanon, and also Dr.
[00:17:05] Wilm Leon, political. Scientist from Washington DC,
[00:17:09] US, Miss Hatum, and Dr. Leon, thank you for your
[00:17:13] time, uh, it was an honor talking to both of
[00:17:15] you, and also the viewers, stay with us, more headlines
[00:17:19] coming
[00:17:20] up,
[00:17:32] welcome back, the spokesman the Yemeni Armed forces says Yemen has carried out
[00:17:36] retality attacks on... Saudi Arabias Jisan and Dammam
[00:17:40] over the past two days. Brigadier general Yahya Sari said two
[00:17:44] drone strikes targeted Dammam airport disrupting air traffic
[00:17:48] and another hit early warning radar site in Jizan.
[00:17:51] He also said a military transport aircraft at Jizan airport was
[00:17:55] targeted. The spokesman added that Saudi fighter jets conducted
[00:17:59] 109 attacks on Yameny provinces over the past
[00:18:03] day. The strikes have left several civilians dead or
[00:18:06] wounded.
[00:18:11] Over a century has passed since the British government represented by his
[00:18:14] then Prime Minister Balfot issued
[00:18:18] inhumane declaration to the Zionist movement. This declaration
[00:18:21] promised them a state on Palestinian land. In essence, it was an
[00:18:25] endorsement for the Israeli gangs to occupy Palestine. Here's
[00:18:29] more in this report.
[00:18:33] Over 109 years have passed painfully since that is
[00:18:36] speakable. b for declaration issued by the British government to the
[00:18:40] Zionist on November the 2nd, 1917, promising them
[00:18:44] a stay on Palestinian land, a promise given by those who had no
[00:18:48] right to give it to those who didn't deserve
[00:18:50] it. from a historical
[00:18:53] perspective, the Palestinian people had been living on these lands for
[00:18:57] centuries before even the British mandate. Palestine was part
[00:19:01] the Ottoman Empire, but the British government decided to reward the
[00:19:05] Zionists for their role in World War II, by granting them Palestine to
[00:19:09] establish new entity. This declaration unequivocally
[00:19:13] authorized the Zionists to commit massacres and forcibly displace
[00:19:17] the indigenous
[00:19:18] population. That
[00:19:21] declaration was issued on the false and unjust premise that
[00:19:25] Palestine is a land devoid of people and should be given to people
[00:19:28] without land. This premise laid the foundation for one the
[00:19:32] most brutal occupations the humanity has ever witnessd as
[00:19:36] perceived by the Z
[00:20:07] direct result the balf declaration, which allowed the Israeli
[00:20:11] occupation to expel us
[00:20:12] from our
[00:20:12] lands.
[00:20:17] for many, the Israeli genocidal war against Gaza
[00:20:20] is viewed as
[00:20:21] the culmination of western complicity. this complicity primarily
[00:20:24] enabled the establishment the Israeli regime on palestinian land and
[00:20:28] allowed Israeli gangs to commit atrocities against
[00:20:31] Palestinians.
[00:20:36] we mark the balf declaration. this year emits the ongoing
[00:20:39] genocidal war in Gaza, which is one of its significant
[00:20:42] consequences. Even after over a century since the
[00:20:46] declaration, the glaring double standards persist. I
[00:20:50] firmly believe that as long as western countries continue to show more
[00:20:53] complicity, the Israeli crimes will
[00:20:55] persist. more than a century
[00:20:59] after that declaration, Palestinians across all Palestinian
[00:21:03] titories continue to suffer its consequences. They face
[00:21:07] increased violence, displacement and injustice. With over
[00:21:11] 7 million Palestinians still living as refuges is scattered
[00:21:15] worldwide. The consequences the
[00:21:18] uphorrent ball for declar. ation continue to profoundly affect the
[00:21:22] Palestinian people who remain subjected to ongoing injustice
[00:21:26] and suffering, they continue to b the devastating
[00:21:30] human coast of western complicity and the international
[00:21:33] communitys persistent failure to take meaningful action to end
[00:21:37] their suffering and uphold their fundamental
[00:21:40] rights, but the central area of gaza
[00:21:44] step, they have those were the top
[00:21:48] stories on press tv, thank you. Being with us, take care and as
[00:21:51] usual, stay
[00:21:52] safe.
[00:22:14] When you are born on Iranian soil, something is born with you,
[00:22:18] the belief that a homeland is not. really a place to live, but
[00:22:21] sometimes a place you must be willing to die for. The roots of this
[00:22:25] belief can be found even in the legends of Iran, and perhaps no
[00:22:29] legend expresses it more powerfully than the story of Arash.
[00:22:33] After the war between Iran and Turan, it is decided that Iran's
[00:22:37] new frontier will be determined by the flight of a single arrow.
[00:22:41] Arash stands a top mount damavant. He puts all his
[00:22:44] strength, all his life into the arrow and releases it.
[00:22:48] Arash dies, but the arrow. flies on, where did it
[00:22:51] land? To find the answer, we must leave legend behind and
[00:22:55] enter history. 330 BC, Alexander
[00:22:59] had crushed nearly every major power in his path and was advancing toward
[00:23:03] Presepolis. At the Persian gate, Ario Barzanis stood
[00:23:07] with around 700 warriors against an army of more than
[00:23:10] 10,000. They knew that if they resisted, they would die, but
[00:23:14] they chose an honorable death over life under domination. They
[00:23:18] stopped Alexander's first. assault and forced him to retreat, and
[00:23:22] for the generations that followed, they left behind a legacy.
[00:23:25] Resistance means knowing that you may lose your life, yet refusing to
[00:23:29] let an enemy cross your land without paying a price. Two
[00:23:33] centuries later, this time Rome came from the west. In
[00:23:36] 53 BC, Crasus invaded Parthian territory with
[00:23:40] vast army. Facing him stood young commander,
[00:23:44] Sirena, with his mounted archers and a thousand camels carrying
[00:23:48] an endless supply of arrows. Arena filled the skies with a storm
[00:23:52] of arrows. The Roman army suffered one the most devastating
[00:23:55] defeats in its history, but for Iranians, land is not the
[00:23:59] only frontier. The sea is a frontier too. At the beginning
[00:24:03] the 16th century, the Portuguese seized Hormus, a
[00:24:07] small island at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, whose control meant
[00:24:11] command over one the most important trade roots between east and
[00:24:14] west. They built fortresses, they brought cannons, and they
[00:24:18] remained for more than a century. In 1622,
[00:24:22] Iranian forces under the command of Imam Koli khan reached
[00:24:25] Hormusz. After a hard fought siege, Portuguese power in
[00:24:29] Hormus was broken and the island was
[00:24:32] retaken, but the Persian Gulf never
[00:24:35] disappeared from the ambitions of colonial powers. In
[00:24:39] 1915, British forces occupied Bucher
[00:24:42] against an army backed by warships, artillery, and the power of
[00:24:46] one the world's greatest empires, the people of southern Iran. stood
[00:24:50] with simple rifles. Their resistance was led by a man named
[00:24:54] Rais Ali Delvari. During the months of occupation, he
[00:24:58] organized the resistance
[00:24:59] the people of Tangistan. For Rais Ali, the question was
[00:25:03] never how many soldiers stood on either side. The principle was
[00:25:07] simple: Iranian soil is not negotiable, even if
[00:25:10] defending it costs your life. Rais Ali was eventually
[00:25:14] martered in that struggle. September 3rd, the anniversary of his
[00:25:18] marterdom is commemorated. in Iran as the national day of
[00:25:21] struggle against British colonialism, but the resistance did not
[00:25:25] end with his death. Years later, British forces finally left
[00:25:29] Bucher, yet the ambitions of foreign powers toward Iran did
[00:25:33] not end there, because Iran
[00:25:37] also had oil. For decades, much of Iran's oil industry
[00:25:41] remained under the influence of a British company, until
[00:25:44] 1951, Mohammed Mosadeg stood against threats,
[00:25:48] political pressure and economic. pressure and declared, Iran's
[00:25:52] oil must belong to Iran. The oil industry was
[00:25:55] nationalized. Two years later, a coup backed directly by the
[00:25:59] United States and Britain over threw his government. Mosadeg was
[00:26:03] removed from power and spent the remaining years of his life in
[00:26:06] imprisonment and house arrest, but one demand could no longer be
[00:26:10] erased. Iran's wealth must remain in Iranian
[00:26:13] hands, land, water,
[00:26:17] oil. But now, the issue is no longer only land,
[00:26:21] water, or oil. It is something greater than all them,
[00:26:24] independence. The question of who has the right to decide
[00:26:28] Iran's future. In June, 2025, the United States
[00:26:32] directed. attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, and since
[00:26:35] February 2026, Iran has been engaged in direct
[00:26:39] military confrontation with the United States and Israel. For
[00:26:43] months, military and economic pressure has continued, but
[00:26:46] Iran has never been willing to trade its independence for temporary
[00:26:50] peace. Bows, arrows and horses have given way to
[00:26:53] launchers, missiles, tanks,
[00:26:57] drones and fighter jets, but
[00:27:01] the blood of Arash still runs through Iranian veins
[00:27:05] and now let us return to the same question: where did
[00:27:08] arash's arrow land? The arrow flew more than a,
[00:27:12] kilometers all the way to the banks the Axis river. Arash
[00:27:16] lost his life, but he did not allow the enemy to
[00:27:20] decide Iran's fate, and that
[00:27:23] legacy passed from one generation to the next.
[00:27:27] An Iranian may give his life for his homeland and independence, but he
[00:27:31] will never. their fate to foreign
[00:27:34] power.
[00:28:30] Good evening, even
[00:28:31] is prepared. for every possible scenario, whether that means reaching
[00:28:35] a diplomatic agreement with Washington or confronting
[00:28:39] another round of military aggression. Terron has reiterated
[00:28:43] that its seven stage proposal remains on the table with foreign minister
[00:28:47] Dr. Abbas Arakshi, saying its implementation could be
[00:28:50] accelerated from seven days to just two, the foreign
[00:28:54] ministry says the ball is now in Washington's court,
[00:28:58] while China is stepping up diplomatic engagement with Iran and
[00:29:01] Oman, an effort to revive negotiations and restore
[00:29:05] regional stability. At the same time, Supreme National
[00:29:09] Security Council's secretary Mohsen Rii has confirmed that
[00:29:13] Iran is debating whether to maintain its existing nuclear doctrine
[00:29:17] if an other war breaks out, and following the
[00:29:21] leaders directive on Saturday, Iran's armed forces have
[00:29:24] asserted that any renewed aggression would be met with a
[00:29:28] far reaching response. So is diplomacy approaching a break?
[00:29:32] through or are we witnessing preparations for another
[00:29:35] confrontation? that's our focus tonight with our
[00:29:38] guests.
[00:29:43] we have joining us Alessandra Bruno, author and geopolitical analyst
[00:29:47] joining us from the city of
[00:29:48] Toronto. and also
[00:29:52] joining into this conversation will be Ali Hamiah, military and
[00:29:56] strategic affairs analys, joining us from the southern Lebanon
[00:29:59] areas. gentlemen, thank you both. for joining me in
[00:30:03] this hour, I'm going to begin with our guest in Toronto, Mr.
[00:30:06] Bruno,
[00:30:07] uh, let me begin with the central issue, Tehran says right now, the
[00:30:11] ball is right now in the US court, and that its seven
[00:30:15] state proposal could be implemented in just two days if the
[00:30:19] US meets its conditions. um, would you say that
[00:30:23] Tehran right now is offering Washington
[00:30:26] Washington clear and a relatively short way to
[00:30:30] come back to diplomacy and prevents another
[00:30:33] war? well, i think tehran has offered
[00:30:36] washington this diplomatic solution for a long
[00:30:40] time from the very beginning, in fact
[00:30:44] before right up to february
[00:30:46] 27th, 2026, and
[00:30:50] we've had on that occasion and on the previous
[00:30:53] occasion in june
[00:30:57] 2025, both times it was Washington
[00:31:00] that broke the...