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[00:00:00] F-15 fighters were targeted.
[00:00:03] Iranian media said that this attack on the US
[00:00:06] airbase was in response to the country's attacks on Iranian
[00:00:09] oil tankers. This brings us
[00:00:12] to the end of this hour's news package. See you next time.
[00:00:15] به این ترتیب رسیدیم به پایان مجموعه خبری این ساعت ها دیدار بعد اللهدار.
[00:01:12] Ali Reza Beigdeli, said that economic
[00:01:16] and commercial cooperation between Afghanistan and Iran is expanding.
[00:01:20] Beigdeli added that the goal of both countries
[00:01:23] is to increase the trade volume to 10
[00:01:27] billion dollars, which is currently close to
[00:01:32] this. What should be done to reach the 1
[00:01:36] billion dollar trade target between Afghanistan
[00:01:39] and Iran?
[00:01:41] Will the 10 billion dollar trade
[00:01:44] target
[00:01:46] change the economic equation and make Afghanistan
[00:01:49] an important regional
[00:01:52] hub?
[00:02:25] Trade, economic and investment issues are of strategic
[00:02:28] importance. Because Afghanistan, as you know better,
[00:02:32] is a landlocked country, and in order
[00:02:36] to expand trade and
[00:02:40] develop transport and transit,
[00:02:43] we need to use one of our two
[00:02:46] neighboring countries' seaports
[00:02:50] for our access to the open waters of the world.
[00:02:53] And trade by ship and trade
[00:02:56] by sea
[00:02:59] is considered a very cheap form of transport
[00:03:03] and transit. Especially in
[00:03:05] landlocked countries like Afghanistan,
[00:03:09] transport and transit costs and the price of transport
[00:03:12] and transit are very important, meaning they are the first factor
[00:03:16] in determining the final price
[00:03:19] of goods in the market
[00:03:22] of the country. Therefore, strengthening
[00:03:24] our economic, trade, political, and bilateral investments
[00:03:28] with the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:03:31] can enable us,
[00:03:34] after our political and economic interactions
[00:03:38] with our neighboring country Pakistan have stopped,
[00:03:41] to still have access to the market
[00:03:45] and the seaports of the Islamic Republic,
[00:03:48] such as Bandar
[00:03:51] Abbas and Chabahar port. And
[00:03:54] this issue, as I mentioned, as a consumer country
[00:03:58] and as a landlocked country,
[00:04:01] in terms of transport and transit costs
[00:04:05] for bringing goods to the markets of Afghanistan
[00:04:08] for the people, and the cheapness of trade by ship
[00:04:11] to Afghanistan, can, first of all,
[00:04:14] have strategic benefits. And
[00:04:18] as you mentioned at the beginning of the program,
[00:04:21] the ambassador of the Islamic Republic said that we intend
[00:04:24] or plan to increase
[00:04:28] the trade volume between the two neighboring countries to 10 billion dollars.
[00:04:31] This means that
[00:04:35] this year and in
[00:04:38] 2025, the World Bank has estimated Afghanistan's total trade transactions
[00:04:42] and imports and exports to be around 13 billion
[00:04:46] dollars, of which about
[00:04:50] 4 billion was with the Islamic
[00:04:53] Republic of Iran, compared to other countries
[00:04:56] in the region. And if we can
[00:05:00] increase Afghanistan's trade volume with the Islamic Republic of Iran to 10
[00:05:04] billion dollars, this means that
[00:05:07] a large part or 90
[00:05:11] or 85% of Afghanistan's total trade.
[00:05:19] and Afghanistan's economic interactions have the capacity and means to take place through the Islamic Republic of Iran, or to take shape. With the closure of routes with Pakistan, most of Afghanistan's current trade is with Iran, and it carries out exports and imports with Iran through Iran. Now, how big an opportunity is this if this target reaches 10 billion dollars? How big an opportunity is it for Afghanistan?
[00:05:22] بگیره و یا شکل بگیره بشیری با مسدود شدن راه ها با پاکستان بیشترین
[00:05:26] تجارت فعلاً افغانستان با ایران داره و از ای را
[00:05:30] از راه ایران با ایران صادرات و واردات
[00:05:33] میکنه حالا این چقدر یک فرصت بزرگ است اگر این هدف به
[00:05:37] ۱۰ میلیارد دالر میرسه چقدر یک فرصت بزرگ به افغانستان
[00:05:40] As I mentioned
[00:05:44] to you, easy access
[00:05:47] and facilities for Afghanistan to open
[00:05:50] waters and its seaports
[00:05:53] is a strategic opportunity for Afghanistan,
[00:05:56] both as a landlocked country and as an
[00:06:00] importing consumer country. Yes,
[00:06:03] I mentioned to you that the issue of
[00:06:07] transport and transit costs in Afghanistan is very important.
[00:06:10] The more we
[00:06:13] incur high transport
[00:06:16] and transit costs, the more these
[00:06:20] costs are added to the final price of goods in the country's markets.
[00:06:23] Yes, and the price of goods goes up. Yes.
[00:06:26] And with the rise in prices of goods,
[00:06:30] the people of Afghanistan have to pay that cost
[00:06:34] or that difference that results
[00:06:37] from transport costs imposed on the price of goods. Therefore,
[00:06:40] having easy access to open waters
[00:06:44] and seaports is of strategic importance
[00:06:48] to Afghanistan and is a strategic opportunity. And during this period,
[00:06:51] after the cessation of our interactions with Pakistan, it was proven
[00:06:55] that the Islamic Republic of Iran stood by
[00:06:59] Afghanistan and provided its seaports for Afghanistan's
[00:07:03] trade, transport, and transit. And in addition to that,
[00:07:06] the pressure that was supposed to be felt
[00:07:10] by the closure or cutoff of our access from Karachi
[00:07:13] port and Gwadar
[00:07:17] by the markets of Afghanistan, or the shock that the markets
[00:07:20] of Afghanistan should have seen after the cessation of our interactions
[00:07:24] with Pakistan, that shock
[00:07:26] was compensated by Bandar Abbas and Chabahar port.
[00:07:30] And this compensation and cooperation
[00:07:34] and our closeness to Chabahar and Bandar
[00:07:38] Abbas caused that the shock that was supposed
[00:07:41] to come from Karachi port to the markets of Afghanistan
[00:07:44] did not happen. We did not witness
[00:07:47] such a big and huge shock in the markets and in the prices of goods
[00:07:50] inside Afghanistan in the Afghan market. Yes, this issue caused
[00:07:54] this cooperation, this
[00:07:57] اصطلاح نزدیکی سیاسی ما با
[00:07:59] ایران و این همکاری اقتصادی ایران به لحاظ
[00:08:02] جیوپلیتیک جغرافیاویی و تجارتی باعث از ای
[00:08:06] شد که بازارهای افغانستان کمماکان سر جای خود
[00:08:09] باقی ماند و یک انرشزم و به اصطلاح
[00:08:13] بی نظمی و بلند رفتن سرسام آور قیمت ها را در
[00:08:16] بازار شاهد نبودیم در پلوی از من عرض کردم
[00:08:19] خدمت شما که یک کشور محاد به خوشکه هستیم یک کشور مصرفی
[00:08:23] هستیم ما شدیداً نیاز داریم
[00:08:26] بر تعامل با منطقه نه در تقابل با منطقه ما اگر
[00:08:29] مثل پاکستان با گیریم که با ایران هم در
[00:08:33] تقابل قرار میگیریم شما
[00:08:35] میتانید که تغییر تجارت افغانستان به آسیای
[00:08:39] مرکزی میتانه که شامل بلند رفتن قیمت ها باشد. چرا که
[00:08:43] عرض کردم خدمتتان که تجارت با کشتی ارزان
[00:08:46] ترین وسیله است مثلاً یک تن معموله یا یک تن کالا را
[00:08:50] اگر شما با کشتی انتقال بدین از مسیر بندرعب وارد
[00:08:54] افغانستان کنین یا از از مقصد که چین
[00:08:57] باشه تا مبدا که بندر اباز باشد تن ۳۰۰ دالار بله
[00:09:01] بگونه مثال اگر یک تنه شما از مقصد که چین باشد
[00:09:05] توسط خط آهن و از مسیر بندر حیرتان و
[00:09:09] مسیر زمینی وارد افغانستان کنین یک تون کالا قیمت.
[00:09:12] هزینه ترانسپورت از او از ۵۰۰ دلار یعنی هزینه است این
[00:09:16] مثال میدانی را دادم که مردم عزیز ما بیشتر
[00:09:19] بفهمن که اهمیت نزدیکی و
[00:09:23] داشتن رابطه ایدهال سیاسی خوب با جمهوری
[00:09:26] اسلامی ایران چقدر مهم هست چقدر بالای
[00:09:29] قیمت کالا کالاهای روزمره که مردم مصرف
[00:09:32] میکنن تعامل ما با ایران میتواند تاثیر مثبت داشته ایی
[00:09:36] تجارت بطوری که سفیر ایران در صحبت
[00:09:40] های خود گفته بود که
[00:09:42] گویا به ۱۰ میلیارد دلار خواهد رسید چی فکر میکنین که
[00:09:46] سود اصلی از این ۱۰ میلیارد دلار تجارت که بلند
[00:09:50] میشود به نفس کی خواهد بود افغانستان یا ایران سوال
[00:09:53] به خاطر پرسان میکنم که افغانستان بیشتر
[00:09:57] کشور وارداتی است
[00:09:59] خب هر دو طرف سود میبره من از شوک بازار
[00:10:03] خدمتتان عرض کردم از ورود انارشزم در بازار افغانستان
[00:10:07] خدمتتان عرض کردم اگر با تواقف شدن
[00:10:10] دسترسی ما با بندر کراچی.
[00:10:13] شوک وارد بازار افغانستان به لحاظ قیمت ها می شد انرشزم
[00:10:17] وارد بازار میشد انحصار و احتکار وارد بازار
[00:10:20] میشد خب بیشترین زیان و ضرره مردم
[00:10:23] افغانستان میدید. بله ولی چنین
[00:10:27] حالت های منفی را ما شاهد نبودیم که در بازار
[00:10:31] افغانستان رخ داده باشه نه انحصار را شاهد
[00:10:34] بودیم نه احتکار را شاهد بودیم شوک نارشیزم که
[00:10:37] همچنان بنابراین درست است افغانستان کسر بیلانس
[00:10:41] تجارتی از گذشته ها داشته نه حالا یعنی من تا جایی که
[00:10:45] تاریخ اقتصادی افغانستانو مطالعه میکنم تقریباً حدود از
[00:10:48] یک قرن به این طرف ای کشور کسر بیلانس تجارتی داشته بله
[00:10:52] و همیشه وارداتی بوده. وارد کرده
[00:10:56] بنی های تولیدیش ضعیف بوده و به اصطلاح
[00:10:59] بیشتر کالاهای تجارتی مختلف ال
[00:11:03] نوسر دنیا وارد شده شما تاریخ اقتصادی را
[00:11:06] که یک نظر اجمالی روی از بندازین میبینید
[00:11:10] در تمامی ادوار تاریخ و دولت های مختلف ما یک
[00:11:14] کشور وارداتی بودیم از اتحاد شوروی وارد واردات می
[00:11:17] کردیم قبل از او از سایر کشورهای دیگه
[00:11:20] دنیا بنابراین همی که
[00:11:23] حفظ حالت.
[00:11:52] if we have Central Asia as an option. And if we go
[00:11:56] towards production and alternative
[00:11:58] production, meaning investing
[00:12:02] in the production of what we import, it will take
[00:12:05] years. It will take years
[00:12:08] until for example
[00:12:12] we reach mass production so that
[00:12:16] domestic needs are met and we can then export
[00:12:20] the surplus, like China. Perhaps
[00:12:23] about 40 to 45
[00:12:55] years. The Chinese lost 45 million people to hunger
[00:12:58] in one period, and today
[00:13:01] they are an economic power in the world. So if
[00:13:05] we go towards domestic foundations, it will also take years.
[00:13:09] What are the solutions for Afghanistan?
[00:13:11] How should Afghanistan
[00:13:14] change from an importing country
[00:13:18] to an exporting country, and how can we
[00:13:22] benefit more from this
[00:13:25] increased trade with Iran,
[00:13:28] as Mr. Begdeli said? Well,
[00:13:31] look, Mr. Begdeli is one of
[00:13:34] the ambassadors of the Islamic Republic who has greatly
[00:13:37] increased the Islamic Republic's economic,
[00:13:41] political, and social interactions with Afghanistan.
[00:13:44] Recently, you have witnessed numerous meetings
[00:13:48] with officials in Afghanistan, with the Ministry
[00:13:51] of Mines, with the railway authority,
[00:13:55] to expand the railway project, railway projects that
[00:13:58] are planned to be jointly launched by Afghanistan and Iran
[00:14:02] to Uzbekistan. Meetings with the private sector,
[00:14:05] with industrialists, with traders, meaning a kind
[00:14:08] of closeness has been created between Iranian traders,
[00:14:12] industrialists, and investors and Afghanistan,
[00:14:15] which was not there in the past. The familiarity,
[00:14:19] acquaintance, and closeness
[00:14:22] they have today were not there in the past.
[00:14:25] And this interaction was created by Mr. Begdeli as an
[00:14:29] active ambassador in Afghanistan, and he is very much in contact
[00:14:32] with the masses of people in Afghanistan. That is,
[00:14:35] never before in history has the Iranian embassy been
[00:14:39] in such close contact with the masses of people in Afghanistan,
[00:14:42] and it did not feel close to itself. It always
[00:14:45] carried out official work through diplomatic
[00:14:48] channels or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But today you see that the embassy
[00:14:52] of the Islamic Republic in Kabul meets closely with all segments of the people,
[00:14:55] especially with economic activists and investors. Different
[00:14:59] groups of Iranian investors
[00:15:02] have traveled to Afghanistan during this period
[00:15:06] more than in any other government. Well, from these relations,
[00:15:09] the government of Afghanistan and also those
[00:15:12] who are in power and those who
[00:15:16] are investors in this Afghanistan should use them
[00:15:20] so that Afghanistan can turn from an importing country
[00:15:23] into an exporting one, and
[00:15:26] we can benefit more from trade with Iran. This issue
[00:15:29] that our trade capacity
[00:15:33] and economic interactions with the Islamic Republic will reach up to 10 billion dollars,
[00:15:36] as the ambassador said, this itself
[00:15:40] is not limited to bilateral trade. in terms of geopolitics, geography,
[00:15:44] One of the axes that I have always mentioned in the media is that
[00:15:47] one of the axes that the current
[00:15:49] economy of Afghanistan needs is the expansion
[00:15:53] of bilateral trade. That is,
[00:15:56] reaching 10 billion dollars in trade between the two countries
[00:16:00] means that bilateral trade is a very
[00:16:04] good opportunity embedded in it that Afghanistan.
[00:16:16] We import from the Islamic Republic, meaning, according to
[00:16:20] the World Bank report, more than 60%
[00:16:23] of all transport and transit interactions of Afghanistan
[00:16:26] have been carried out through the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[00:16:30] For example, we import strategic goods, oil, and gas
[00:16:33] from Iran. We import food items.
[00:17:07] If we lose Chabahar, we are a country
[00:17:11] that does not have access to open waters. If we lose
[00:17:14] sea trade, if we lose sea trade, it means we lose the cheapest
[00:17:18] means of trade. Well, do you think US
[00:17:22] sanctions will have any impact
[00:17:25] on Afghanistan-Iran trade? US sanctions
[00:17:29] are oppressive. The sanctions of US allies
[00:17:32] are oppressive. For 40 years, they have been sanctioning
[00:17:36] the Islamic Republic, and as you can
[00:17:40] see, the Islamic Republic became stronger
[00:17:43] and more prominent. And
[00:17:47] in the recent war, it was the US
[00:17:51] and the UK, I mean, Israel and the UK and their allies, who were defeated,
[00:17:54] not the Islamic Republic. Therefore,
[00:17:57] Afghanistan, during the last two or three
[00:18:01] years, during which most of its interactions have been with the Islamic Republic,
[00:18:04] has shown that the two
[00:18:08] countries are not worried about the oppressive US sanctions,
[00:18:12] and they cannot have any effect. And even if they do have an effect,
[00:18:15] just as the Islamic Republic, with 40 years of US sanctions
[00:18:19] and its allies,
[00:18:21] reached a position where it is today one of the regional
[00:18:25] and global powers and plays a leading role in the political and economic spheres,
[00:18:29] Afghanistan can also resist these oppressive
[00:18:32] sanctions and fight them,
[00:18:36] and ultimately, in this region, we can
[00:18:39] live alongside Iran, while the US
[00:18:43] is on the other side of the world. Right now, as I am talking to you,
[00:18:47] it is night there, it is day there. We cannot
[00:18:50] get along with a country that is on the other side
[00:18:53] of the world. It is very far,
[00:18:57] it is very far from us. But with the Islamic Republic
[00:19:01] of Iran, we can live together. We are in the same region.
[00:19:04] We are in a hegemonic region and neighbors.
[00:19:08] Thank you for also mentioning that trade and
[00:19:11] political relations with Iran are very important for Afghanistan.
[00:19:15] Now, the question is exactly here, Mr. Bashiri, which Afghan goods
[00:19:19] can have more sales in the Iranian market,
[00:19:22] and on which goods should Afghan traders focus more
[00:19:26] so that Afghanistan can benefit more? Yes, I
[00:19:29] mentioned to you a few items that we import
[00:19:33] from Iran in this discussion.
[00:19:35] Regarding the increase
[00:19:39] or reaching the trade capacity of the two countries to 10 billion dollars,
[00:19:42] it is a very good opportunity to examine
[00:19:45] the relative advantages of the two countries, especially Afghanistan,
[00:19:49] which suffers from a trade deficit. The relative advantages
[00:19:53] of the two countries mean that
[00:19:56] both countries, and especially Afghanistan,
[00:20:00] should focus on goods in which they have more potential.
[00:20:03] Currently, some of our
[00:20:06] exports to the Islamic Republic include
[00:20:10] carpets, medicinal plants,
[00:20:13] and precious and semi-precious stones of Afghanistan,
[00:20:17] and mostly mineral elements
[00:20:20] that we export to the Islamic Republic.
[00:20:24] But mostly this opportunity of 10 billion dollars,
[00:20:26] I think, the plan to increase our trade
[00:20:30] to 10 billion dollars, I think, should create an opportunity
[00:20:33] for us to focus more on areas in which we have
[00:20:37] a relative advantage over the Islamic Republic of Iran,
[00:20:41] and investment should be made in that area. I am confident that
[00:20:44] Afghanistan's exports will increase significantly
[00:20:48] to the Islamic Republic.
[00:21:50] As a landlocked country and as a consumer country,
[00:21:53] it was to our benefit to have a very close
[00:21:56] political interaction with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[00:21:59] We also saw its economic advantage.
[00:22:03] If we did not have this close political interaction
[00:22:07] with the Islamic Republic, today you would see
[00:22:10] that Central Asia Some countries in Central Asia
[00:22:14] are doubly landlocked. If Afghanistan
[00:22:18] is once landlocked, for example, Uzbekistan
[00:22:21] is twice landlocked. This means
[00:22:25] that if Uzbekistan or Tajikistan wants to connect
[00:22:28] to the open waters of the world, it has to pass through two countries.
[00:22:32] For example, it has to pass through Afghanistan and Iran, or through Afghanistan
[00:22:36] and Pakistan to connect to the open waters. Therefore, Central
[00:22:40] Asia itself is confused about accessing open waters, meaning it is an
[00:22:44] option for Afghanistan's trade, and we
[00:22:47] have experience in it. I have said many times in my discussions.
[00:22:57] All our economic and trade interactions were with the Soviet Union. We did not
[00:23:00] have such an interaction with Iran and Pakistan politically and economically.
[00:23:04] Therefore, today, access to open
[00:23:07] waters raises strategic and geopolitical issues,
[00:23:11] not that we can have an option. I am in favor
[00:23:15] of various options, but priority should be given to open waters.
[00:23:18] Thank you, thank you.
[00:24:31] Their special qualities are severity against
[00:24:34] the disbelievers and mercy among themselves. Our mujahid forces
[00:24:38] are the soldiers of Allah who have the most pleasant
[00:24:42] relationship in the world among them. All
[00:24:45] of them are heroes of that place. This
[00:24:48] quality
[00:24:53] is to fight with high determination and morale against
[00:24:56] every oppressor. This blessed and great
[00:24:59] path has directed the anger and wrath of Allah
[00:25:02] towards the oppressors. That oppressor who was defeated
[00:25:06] in the face of the world of Islam. Commitment and vitality
[00:25:10] are not only the military and descriptive
[00:25:12] qualities of this group, but we also have examples
[00:25:16] in political and cultural fields. The negotiating team,
[00:25:20] who after years of negotiations, still defended
[00:25:24] their position, they are the political pillars
[00:25:28] of this group. The idea of martyrdom
[00:25:32] in this group is a sufficient reason
[00:25:35] for the perfect loyalty and commitment of its mujahideen.
[00:25:57] That is, a group whose majority of members are engaged in defending
[00:26:00] their system, cause, and religion.
[00:26:35] Today, the protection of the Islamic system and the people is manifest in various
[00:26:39] stages. This is the result of their sacrifices
[00:26:42] that occupation was broken, and today, due to their sincerity
[00:26:46] and commitment, they have brought security to the nation. They
[00:26:49] consider the defense of Islam, the establishment of an Islamic government,
[00:26:53] and their pains
[00:26:56] as their responsibility. In the fourth century,
[00:26:59] the Prophet's Sunnah and mercy
[00:27:06] after the battle of Ahzab, serving the believing communities,
[00:27:09] thinking about the liberation of Islamic cities.
[00:27:13] Only these united forces can
[00:27:16] heal the wounds. Our
[00:27:19] united forces have built a foundation
[00:27:22] of belief, spirit, and ideology
[00:27:24] for the new generation, to which they will refer.
[00:27:28] The coming generation will draw inspiration from them, and will follow
[00:28:02] and did not deviate from their path. These are the
[00:28:06] united forces of the Islamic Emirate, those who
[00:28:10] yesterday, with their sacrifice, broke the occupation, and today,
[00:28:13] with their sincerity and commitment, brought security
[00:28:17] to the nation.
[00:28:19] For the sake of their people's happiness and to protect their honor,
[00:28:23] they have made their tall and young youth
[00:28:27] a symbol of the mountains and the winds
[00:28:29] of cities.
[00:28:48] They move forward under the banner of monotheism. That is why their qualities
[00:28:52] are united, and in a united manner, they protect
[00:28:56] the plains and mountains of the country.
[00:29:00] They have a strong army and are
[00:29:13] the defense of the Islamic system, those proud and brave
[00:29:17] people who are very
[00:29:20] tired
[00:29:26] They have strong builds and mountains of resilience. That
[00:29:29] is for
[00:29:34] the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Interior Affairs,
[00:29:38] and the special Mujahideen forces related to intelligence,
[00:29:41] in our dear country, for the Islamic system, faithful and
[00:29:44] united forces that
[00:29:47] have endured hardship and ease, hunger and thirst, and heat,
[00:29:51] and have taken on heavy
[00:29:53] responsibilities.
[00:29:56] and assurance and commitment. Where there is commitment,
[00:29:59] the result of every action is.
[00:30:03] As a result of the commitment of the forces of the Islamic Emirate,
[00:30:07] the country has taken firm steps
[00:30:10] to uphold the holy word and to preserve
[00:30:13] the full independence of our dear country.
[00:30:17] For the survival of a pure Islamic system.