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00:00:00A live look at the most important news and events in Iran and
00:00:04the world.
00:00:11Stay with us for the latest developments of the
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00:00:24This is London, BBC Radio. 8 PM Tehran. Headlines:
00:00:28Continuation of Iran-Oman talks over the Strait of
00:00:32Hormuz. Pakistan hopes that if an
00:00:35agreement is reached, talks between Tehran and Washington will
00:00:39resume. Reports say that a
00:00:42big concession has been given to the Iranian side in this agreement. We ask if it can
00:00:46be considered a victory for Tehran. Also,
00:00:50in this program, news about the shortage of
00:00:53US ammunition in the war with Iran has intensified. Donald
00:00:56Trump has denied the claims, and the White House has threatened
00:01:00whistleblowers with imprisonment. We ask an expert about the military
00:01:04power of the US currently compared to five
00:01:07months ago and before the Iran war.
00:01:10The Iran Human Rights Organization says that the judiciary of the Islamic Republic executed
00:01:1471 people in July on various charges.
00:01:18Good evening,
00:01:23wherever you are in the world, welcome to Jam-e Jahan-nama
00:01:26on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
00:01:31I am Mina Joshghani. In the next half hour,
00:01:34together with our reporters, we will talk about
00:01:38developments related to the US war with Iran and also
00:01:41reports of a possible agreement between Iran and Oman. Pakistan says
00:01:45that it hopes that the agreement between Iran and Oman on the
00:01:49Strait of Hormuz will soon lead to the resumption of talks between Washington
00:01:53and Tehran. Reuters news agency has reported
00:01:56that the proposed agreement between Iran and Oman allows Tehran
00:02:00to control the entry of ships into the Persian Gulf.
00:02:04Iran has announced significant progress in these
00:02:07talks and says that the route for ships to pass through
00:02:11Iranian waters will be established. Earlier,
00:02:14US officials had repeatedly emphasized that they would not
00:02:18agree to Iran controlling access to this important
00:02:20energy transit route. Mohammad
00:02:24Amini, my colleague, is with us here in the
00:02:28studio. Can you
00:02:38first explain to us what has been agreed upon between Oman and Iran? Nothing has been finalized yet, but what can be seen
00:02:41in the reports is
00:02:45that, as the saying
00:02:47goes, the main framework of this agreement is that
00:02:51ships and vessels enter the Strait of
00:02:54Hormuz from the Iranian side
00:02:57of the Strait and
00:03:01with the agreement and coordination of the parties with
00:03:04Iran, they exit from the Omani
00:03:08waters. Reuters, as you mentioned,
00:03:11said that if this happens,
00:03:14a very big concession will be given to Iran because
00:03:17I saw that Israeli newspapers also highlighted
00:03:21that if this happens and the US
00:03:24practically accepts it, we know
00:03:27(let me say this in parentheses) we know that Iran says I am only
00:03:31talking to Oman, negotiating, but there is no
00:03:35doubt that the Omanis coordinate with the Americans.
00:03:39What will ultimately come out of this, but what is now
00:03:42certain is that if Iran controls the entrance
00:03:46of the Strait of Hormuz, its exit must also
00:03:49be coordinated with Iran. Practically,
00:03:53experts say that what Iran wanted regarding controlling
00:03:56the Strait of Hormuz will be achieved. And what about
00:04:00the issue of tolls that Iran insisted on,
00:04:04but the US was not even willing to talk
00:04:08about it? Marco Rubio, I think,
00:04:11said most clearly that our problem is that if we
00:04:15accept this, even voluntarily, the talks that
00:04:18were held, this will happen, that a, as
00:04:21the saying goes, a precedent will be set that
00:04:25did not exist before. Then it might happen in different parts of the world. There are straits
00:04:29in different parts of the world.
00:04:42We take it that Mr. Araghchi returned with a humorous tone and said
00:04:45that we take much less and are more fair, but the numbers
00:04:49I have seen in writing are that Iran's
00:04:53request is that between 5 to 7 percent of the value of the cargo
00:04:57of each vessel be charged as a
00:05:00fee or whatever name they
00:05:03put on it. But the Omani
00:05:07side apparently has a 3 percent figure in mind,
00:05:11which is a small problem. Let me say in
00:05:14one sentence, the small problem, meaning a major problem, is that
00:05:18the Strait of Hormuz management body that Iran created,
00:05:21the Americans immediately sanctioned it. Now,
00:05:25the owners of those vessels, if they pay this money,
00:05:29will be subject to its consequences, sanctions and
00:05:32secondary sanctions. Thank you, Mohammad
00:05:35Amini, my colleague here in the studio.
00:05:39To make a deeper analysis
00:05:42of these details that we
00:05:45heard from Mohammad Amini, we are live with Meysam
00:05:49Moradi, international relations analyst from Copenhagen,
00:05:52the capital of Denmark. Welcome to the program, Mr.
00:05:56Moradi. American media, as my colleague
00:05:59just explained, have interpreted this
00:06:03as if
00:06:05such an agreement and understanding between Iran and Oman were
00:06:09to become a reality and be announced, it would be a big concession
00:06:13for Iran. In your opinion, in the region,
00:06:16will it change the balance of power
00:06:19and give Iran more power?
00:06:22Thank
00:06:25you very much for inviting me. Well, the US approach is
00:06:28to open the Strait of Hormuz in any case.
00:06:31Now, if Iran claims that
00:06:34it controls the Strait of Hormuz and
00:06:38does not create security problems for ships
00:06:41passing through the strait, I think Americans will be satisfied
00:06:44with this at this
00:06:47current juncture.
00:06:50And for Iran, this can be declared
00:06:54a victory. But what we hear in the
00:06:57news is that the specified period is
00:07:0060 days for this agreement
00:07:04or memorandum of understanding that they are talking about.
00:07:08And we have the experience of the previous memorandum
00:07:12between the US and Iran that was not implemented
00:07:16and they could not implement that
00:07:19understanding that was between them. Regarding whether the balance of
00:07:23power in the region has changed or will change in general
00:07:26in the Middle East, Arab countries now, after
00:07:30the 12-day war, have approaches in mind. For example,
00:07:33from a political, security, and economic perspective, countries
00:07:37like the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait have
00:07:40completely adopted an approach. From other countries
00:07:44like Saudi Arabia, we see that the blocs
00:07:48that are starting, just today, it was
00:07:52said that Saudi Arabia is establishing
00:07:55its own senior command for the alliance
00:07:59it formed in Bab al-Mandeb. And
00:08:03we also hear that, for example, the UAE, Kuwait, and even
00:08:06Bahrain have moved closer to Israel and want
00:08:09to use their security and military capabilities.
00:08:24Hormuz brings to the US and the countries of the region, and
00:08:28the threats it makes to attack their
00:08:31vital infrastructures, tells us that Iran also wants to
00:08:34play a role in this new order that they want to implement in the Middle East.
00:08:38Now it goes back to how countries like Israel
00:08:43and other powers should react. That is exactly the question
00:08:47I want to ask you, Mr. Moradi. At the beginning
00:08:50of your speech, you mentioned that the
00:08:53US might agree to this, but we know
00:08:56it has been talked about for months that Mr.
00:09:00Trump quickly gets bored, and there is a lot
00:09:03of opposition within the
00:09:07US, there are severe problems,
00:09:10etc. and unfair. But
00:09:12what about other countries, both in the region
00:09:16and Arab countries in the region, and also
00:09:19Israel? What will their opinion be about
00:09:23such an agreement? Well, the countries
00:09:27of the region, including Iraq, Syria, the UAE, Bahrain,
00:09:30and Kuwait, have taken a different approach,
00:09:33and they want to export their oil
00:09:36through other routes. They have
00:09:39started, I think, two or three months ago,
00:09:43and new ports, new oil pipelines,
00:09:45just a while ago, it was said
00:09:49that Iraq and Syria have come closer and want to reactivate
00:09:53the pipelines that they were not using before, and through
00:09:57that, they want to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
00:10:00to some extent. I think for
00:10:03Americans, at this juncture, as they approach the elections,
00:10:07the US midterm elections, for Donald Trump,
00:10:10the domestic problems that you mentioned
00:10:13are important to him, that the Strait of Hormuz
00:10:17be opened. It is not important to him that
00:10:20Iran claims to control it.
00:10:24But during this period, if
00:10:27he can, for example, keep the price of gasoline
00:10:31low in the US, if the Republicans can
00:10:34win the midterm elections, I think for Donald Trump
00:10:38at this juncture, this is important.
00:10:41From another perspective, well, countries like Israel,
00:10:45I think the Israelis' problem cannot be summarized
00:10:49in the Strait of Hormuz, and naturally, they have
00:10:52not issued any statement about the Strait of Hormuz.
00:10:58For example, Iran's nuclear and missile program
00:11:01and Iran's proxies in the region, and they also work in the
00:11:04same direction. For example, the preparations they have made
00:11:08during this period, I think, are in the same direction. Mr.
00:11:11Moradi, unfortunately, we don't have much time,
00:11:15but the Egyptian foreign minister said at a meeting in Jordan
00:11:18that the countries of the region had no role
00:11:22in the JCPOA agreement that was signed more than 10 years
00:11:26ago, and he said that one of the reasons for
00:11:29its failure was this. What role can the countries of the region
00:11:33play in this new order? Well,
00:11:37as I said, the countries of the region are not united,
00:11:40their views differ. The Emiratis have moved closer
00:11:43to Israel, they work with Israelis, but
00:11:47Saudi Arabia is different. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan,
00:11:51Turkey, and other countries want to come closer together.
00:12:25They have come closer to the Israelis and want
00:12:29to make their military bases, for example,
00:12:32or their vital infrastructure more resilient.
00:12:34Thank you, Meysam Moradi, international relations
00:12:38analyst from Copenhagen. The
00:12:41US President has denied reports about the depletion
00:12:45of US arms stockpiles and said that those who publish
00:12:48such information will face severe penalties.
00:12:52Earlier, the Washington Post and CNN had reported that shortages
00:12:55had forced Mr. Trump to cancel the widespread attack
00:12:59on Iran despite threatening it. Bahman Kolbasi,
00:13:03my colleague from New York, is with us.
00:13:06Bahman, first, tell us about these reports
00:13:10of arms shortages. It seems that it has even
00:13:13caused a disagreement between Trump and
00:13:16his Secretary of Defense. Those
00:13:19reports about the reduction of US arsenals
00:13:23are about ammunition for long-range
00:13:27and high-precision missiles and defense
00:13:31systems. These similar reports have
00:13:34been published several times in recent weeks.
00:13:37The latest ones are CNN and
00:13:40Reuters, but what has attracted attention
00:13:44today is this Washington Post report that you mentioned,
00:13:48which says that Mr. Trump on the sidelines of the
00:13:51cabinet meeting at the presidential retreat on Friday.
00:14:14And as a result, this is in contradiction with the repeated
00:14:17claims and denials of the White House and Mr.
00:14:21Trump himself that there is no shortage and no problem.
00:14:49have been greatly reduced, some have ended.
00:14:53Rather, the replacement process is not
00:14:56a fast process. It may take
00:15:00weeks, excuse me, months, or even years
00:15:04to replace this number of missiles and defense
00:15:08systems that have been consumed. But Bahman, if
00:15:11we want to talk about
00:15:15these developments between Iran and Oman,
00:15:18have there been any reactions
00:15:21in the US or comments about
00:15:25this agreement between Iran and Oman? Mr.
00:15:28Trump himself made a statement today and very
00:15:32optimistically said that things are going very well.
00:15:35His deputy, Mr. Vance, spoke with a little more
00:15:39caution and said in an interview with Fox News
00:15:43that sometimes these talks with the Iranian side
00:15:46are three steps forward, two steps back. There are some
00:15:49progress, but the Iranian side, the officials of the Islamic Republic,
00:15:53are very difficult people to negotiate with. This is
00:15:57what Mr. Vance said, and he also emphasized
00:16:01that some in the system of the Islamic Republic want the war to end and to
00:16:04reach an agreement, while some are extremists and crazy and want to continue
00:16:08the war. But in any case, Mr. Vance
00:16:11also tried to give an impression that these direct
00:16:15and indirect talks and efforts will eventually reach
00:16:18a desirable conclusion and the issue will be settled.
00:16:22But what is in the American media is more questioning
00:16:25and, in fact, an investigation into whether what
00:16:29is being discussed in the details of the
00:16:32Tehran-Oman agreement and may be achieved, can the US
00:16:36accept it? And if it accepts it, will
00:16:39this be a strategic defeat for the US? Because based
00:16:43on what we heard, Iran will have significant
00:16:46control over the Strait of Hormuz if what they are discussing
00:16:50is approved by Washington. Thank you, Bahman
00:16:53Kolbasi, my colleague from New York. We
00:16:57also have Hooshang Hassaniari, military affairs analyst
00:17:01from Kingston, Canada,
00:17:03with us. Welcome to the program. Greetings to you, Mr. Hassan.
00:17:10Of course, now I hear from my colleagues
00:17:13that our connection is not yet fully established. We want to talk
00:17:16with Mr. Hassaniari, who is a military affairs analyst,
00:17:19about these reports of the depletion
00:17:22of US arsenals. As my
00:17:25colleague Bahman Kolbasi said, from
00:17:29the very first weeks or months
00:17:32of the conflict and war between the US and Israel
00:17:35and Iran, reports were being made. But in recent
00:17:39weeks, these reports have intensified because it is
00:17:43said that the reason why Donald Trump keeps
00:17:47threatening Iran with attacking infrastructure and power
00:17:50plants and then backs down is that weapons
00:17:53and arsenals have been greatly reduced.
00:17:57Mr. Hassaniari, I hope you are connected
00:18:00to the program now. Military affairs analyst from
00:18:04Kingston, Canada. Mr.
00:18:06Hassaniari, how do you see the military power
00:18:10of the US today compared
00:18:13to five months ago and before the start of the 40-day war?
00:18:15Greetings to you and greetings to the noble,
00:18:19brave, and history-making people of Iran. Look, the war that is happening
00:18:22causes a lot of
00:18:26ammunition to be used
00:18:30by both sides, both by the Americans
00:18:33and by the Revolutionary Guard. As a result,
00:18:36this is a natural thing that happens in war.
00:18:39What is important is
00:18:41that you mentioned
00:18:44earlier the reports that various
00:18:48media have published in this regard.
00:18:50The impact
00:18:53of the shortage, or the fact that
00:18:56it does not exist today to the extent it did in the past,
00:19:00can be seen, but this impact is
00:19:02not strategic on operations. This means
00:19:06that the US can, for example,
00:19:10instead of using Tomahawks, well,
00:19:13use airplanes, fighter jets, and bombers,
00:19:17which use other weapons
00:19:20or ammunition. Therefore, in this
00:19:23particular case, there is no essential
00:19:27issue that would affect the course
00:19:30of the war. On the other hand, it should be noted
00:19:33that this shortage exists for very
00:19:36obvious reasons. One is that this war itself
00:19:40is prolonging. Second is the
00:19:43supply of Ukraine's needs. Third is
00:19:46the supply of the needs of US military partners around
00:19:50the world, which in turn affects US ammunition
00:19:54stockpiles. It also affects this,
00:19:58but that effect will not be in
00:20:01the sense of preventing US strategic
00:20:03operations. Well, if it is correct
00:20:37that the allies of the US, its partners,
00:20:41both in Europe and in the region, create
00:20:44problems, then if
00:20:47the ammunition stockpiles or purchases of
00:20:50these allied countries of the US
00:20:53are not sufficient to be able
00:20:56to use this ammunition
00:21:00in case of need
00:21:02in a war, either with the Islamic Republic or
00:21:06in another war, or their use against
00:21:09the terrorist groups of the Islamic Republic in the
00:21:12region, then it can better affect
00:21:16the course of the war in those countries. But what is very important
00:21:32is that Americans usually, throughout their history, have shown that they turn these problems into a kind
00:21:36of success in the end. This means that,
00:21:39well, we saw that since this issue
00:21:42arose, over the past few days,
00:21:45a lot of pressure has been put on various
00:21:49companies, various companies that are producers
00:21:53of these munitions. Although it takes time to produce
00:21:56some of these munitions, more
00:22:00companies have been added to the existing
00:22:03companies to speed up
00:22:07the production of these munitions. Regarding
00:22:10THAAD and Patriots that you correctly mentioned,
00:22:14these need missiles to intercept
00:22:17missiles of the Islamic Republic,
00:22:21especially the important
00:22:22ballistic
00:22:25missiles of the Islamic Republic,
00:22:28to intercept them. If there is a need
00:22:32in this area for more use,
00:22:36then there is talk of a shortage.
00:22:39But we saw that during this
00:22:42period, in the 12-day war, Israel was
00:22:46with the Islamic Republic for 39 days, and then
00:22:50the war continued for a while between US
00:22:53forces and the Islamic Republic. At that
00:22:56time, what was important was
00:23:00that we saw the US replaces
00:23:03the needs that were previously used.
00:23:07For example, so far, there has
00:23:10not been much use of strategic
00:23:13bombers by the Americans, or
00:23:17of F- 35s.
00:23:24These have capabilities that, in the
00:23:27absence of an air defense system
00:23:31of the Islamic Republic, can be used more.
00:23:34Thank you, Hooshang Hassaniari, military affairs
00:23:38analyst.
00:23:44The Iran Human Rights Organization reported that at least
00:23:4771 people were executed last month in Iran. The report
00:23:51states that 36 people were executed for murder, 26 for drug-related
00:23:55crimes, 8 for security charges, and one
00:23:59person for rape. Six of those executed
00:24:02this month were defendants in protests. This organization
00:24:05has recorded the execution of at least
00:24:0844 people in the first 7 months of this year.
00:24:12Meanwhile, UN experts today called on the officials
00:24:15of the Islamic Republic to stop the increasing trend
00:24:19of arbitrary arrests, disappearances, torture, and other
00:24:22forms of ill-treatment, as well as arbitrary
00:24:26executions against ethnic minorities, especially Kurdish
00:24:29and Baloch minorities. Earlier, Mahmoud Amiri
00:24:32Moghadam, the director of the Iran Human Rights Organization,
00:24:35spoke about the details of this report. In the
00:24:38first three weeks
00:24:40of the war, a relatively small
00:24:44number of executions was reported, and immediately
00:24:47after that, the execution
00:24:50of protesters and political prisoners began, and it seems
00:24:54that the system is returning to its normal
00:24:57routine, meaning that we have executions
00:25:00of drug defendants, those
00:25:03accused of murder. More than one person
00:25:06is executed per day on these charges,
00:25:10and at the same time, the execution of protesters continues,
00:25:14and we think this is due to the low
00:25:18cost of these executions, because all the
00:25:22attention of the international community, especially the countries
00:25:25that have diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic,
00:25:29is on the war, and the Islamic Republic
00:25:33uses this. The United Nations can issue statements,
00:25:36condemn, request, but what is important
00:25:39is that member states of the United Nations,
00:25:43especially European countries, react. I think
00:25:46the Islamic Republic currently
00:25:50tends to improve its relations with
00:25:54European countries, and in this situation, Western
00:25:57European governments, in particular, can put more pressure
00:26:01on the Islamic Republic to stop executions.
00:26:04And as I said,
00:26:06unfortunately, in the past few months,
00:26:10this has not been the case. We remember
00:26:14that after the Woman, Life, Freedom protests,
00:26:17for every protester who was executed, the European
00:26:20Union condemned and reacted strongly.
00:26:24But now, in the past few months, 28
00:26:28protesters have been executed, 13
00:26:30political prisoners, 10 people for espionage,
00:26:34but we have not seen such reactions.
00:26:38Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam was the head of the Iran
00:26:41Human Rights Organization. At the end of this program,
00:26:45thank you for listening to BBC
00:26:49Persian Radio. Thank you for choosing
00:26:52us. I am Mina Joshghani, and the producer of this
00:26:56program is Soheil Nazemi. We wish you all a good day and
00:26:59time.
00:30:24Control of strategic waterways is currently considered the most
00:30:27important deterrent tool for Iran, and
00:30:31the importance of the Houthis in such a strategy
00:30:35has become a question that has engaged many.
00:30:38To what extent can Tehran control them?
00:31:00Good day.