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00:00:26Headlines: Reports indicate
00:00:28Iran and Oman are nearing an agreement on the administration of the Strait of Hormuz, while
00:00:32Pakistan expresses optimism about the resumption of negotiations between Tehran and
00:00:35Washington. At least 71 people were executed in
00:00:39Iran
00:00:41in July, according to Iran Human Rights Organization. Hundreds of other
00:00:45protest defendants still face the death penalty.
00:00:48Concerns about 200 potential deaths from injectable
00:00:51weight-loss drugs.
00:00:53The UK's drug regulatory body states the benefits of these drugs outweigh
00:00:56their risks. FIFA apologizes for
00:01:00the controversial UEFA plan. UEFA says it's pointless;
00:01:03we don't trust
00:01:38Tehran. Reuters reported that
00:01:41the proposed agreement between Iran and Oman would allow Tehran
00:01:45to control the entry of ships into the Persian Gulf.
00:01:48Iran has announced significant progress in these talks
00:01:52and says that the route for ships will pass through
00:01:56Iranian waters. Meanwhile, news agencies reported
00:01:59Iran's threat to plunge the region into darkness
00:02:02in the event of a possible US attack. Mohammad Amini reports.
00:02:06The wait for the final outcome of negotiations between Iran and
00:02:09Oman on ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
00:02:13continues.
00:02:16Tehran has described these negotiations as positive and
00:02:19progressive. Some reports indicate closeness.
00:02:23Reuters, quoting sources in Iran and the region, said that if
00:02:26this agreement is finalized, Iran will maintain some control over the entry of
00:02:32ships into the Persian Gulf, which
00:02:35is considered a significant concession. US officials have not yet
00:02:39reacted to these reports. Donald Trump said
00:02:42an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is near, but US officials
00:02:46had previously repeatedly emphasized that they would not
00:02:50agree to Iran's dominance over this important energy
00:02:53transit route. For now,
00:02:57the shootings have decreased, even by the Houthi rebels in Yemen,
00:03:00whose entry into the scene in the Strait of Bab
00:03:04el-Mandeb and declaration of a naval blockade against Saudi
00:03:08Arabia had increased pressure on the energy market.
00:03:11Diplomatic movements have also intensified.
00:03:14The Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan
00:03:16are now in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit.
00:03:20In Jordan,
00:03:22Arab foreign ministers gathered
00:03:25yesterday. The Egyptian foreign minister said at the meeting that
00:03:28discussions are underway to shape the future order of the region
00:03:32and stressed that war with Iran has inflicted
00:03:35great damage on the region. He said that the countries of the region
00:03:39do not want to be excluded from the negotiation process and the final
00:03:43agreement, like the JCPOA negotiations in
00:03:462015. However,
00:03:49for now, the negotiation process between
00:03:53Iran and the US is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:03:56JD Vance, Donald Trump's deputy, in an interview
00:04:00with Fox News, acknowledged the criticisms and difficulties
00:04:04of the path. Iranians
00:04:07are incredibly difficult people to negotiate with.
00:04:10Their governmental structure is also fractured. Some
00:04:14want to end the war, and others insist on continuing it.
00:04:17Our job is to navigate these circumstances
00:04:21and achieve the best outcome for the American people and the President
00:04:25of the United States. I believe we will eventually
00:04:28reach such a point, but the path to get there will be
00:04:32complex and will take time.
00:04:33For now,
00:04:37some of the media's focus has shifted towards the US itself, where
00:04:41there is a debate over reports of a shortage
00:04:44of ammunition and long-range missiles for the US to counter
00:04:47Iran. US President Donald Trump
00:04:51said on Thursday that the country has vast reserves of ammunition
00:04:55and threatened to severely punish those who have published
00:04:58information to the contrary. The Washington Post
00:05:02had reported that last Friday, during a cabinet meeting
00:05:05at the presidential residence in Camp David, Mr. Trump
00:05:09asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
00:05:12for explanations regarding
00:05:23is with us. Mr. Khaldi, if Reuters' report
00:05:26is correct and the proposed agreement between
00:05:30Iran and Oman allows Tehran to control the movement of
00:05:33ships into the Persian Gulf, what do you think it means? Could
00:05:37it mean that Iran has the upper hand,
00:05:40the Islamic Republic?
00:05:49The Islamic Republic's narrative, as always,
00:05:52any agreement it has reached, even this so-called memorandum of understanding,
00:05:56which the Islamic Republic claimed the US
00:06:00is not implementing, and then
00:06:02said it had no obligation
00:06:06to implement it and launched attacks, the same
00:06:09could happen with the agreement with Oman.
00:06:13However, just two hours ago, I think
00:06:17it was two and a half hours ago, Reuters, following
00:06:20the report you mentioned, published
00:06:23a technical report
00:06:26from navigators and navigation specialists
00:06:29who said explicitly,
00:06:33without any doubt, without any
00:06:36ifs or buts, that such
00:06:39an agreement does not align with the realities
00:06:42of navigation. In fact,
00:06:46it doesn't match because, especially based
00:06:49on the joint proposal
00:06:52that the Imperial Government of Iran and the Sultanate
00:06:56of Oman submitted to the International Maritime
00:06:59Organization in 1968,
00:07:02and it should not be forgotten that in 1968,
00:07:05in the 60s and 70s,
00:07:09the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz was not at all comparable
00:07:12to the traffic today. The traffic today is much
00:07:15greater. And in that joint
00:07:18proposal, it was stated that since the Omani side is deeper,
00:07:22most of the traffic should take place on the Omani side. Now,
00:07:26I haven't seen this agreement, but based on this Reuters
00:07:30report,
00:07:32apparently, entry into the Persian Gulf
00:07:36is supposed to be from the Iranian side, and exit from the Omani side,
00:07:40according to the next Reuters report. which followed this report,
00:07:44this will make the issue of maritime traffic
00:07:48in the Strait of Hormuz very difficult
00:07:51and will be the root cause of new and very
00:07:55unpredictable problems. Mr. Khaldi,
00:07:58what can be said about the countries of the region? We know that
00:08:02Agence France-Presse and Reuters, quoting their informed sources, said
00:08:06that the Islamic Republic has threatened and said that if it is attacked,
00:08:09it will target all the infrastructure in the region.
00:08:13In principle, we know that during this period, the countries of the region have been
00:08:17under severe Iranian attacks. For them,
00:08:20what does an agreement in the Strait of Hormuz mean?
00:08:24They are taking several actions,
00:08:27I believe we have entered a regional arms race.
00:08:31Two days ago, news came out
00:08:34about the manufacturing of some components for
00:08:38THAAD missiles and Patriot missiles.
00:08:41Some components, like canisters and
00:08:45other components, though not very major, for example,
00:08:48are supposed to be manufactured by Saudi Arabia
00:08:51for missile defense. If this is the case, given the 300-400
00:08:55Ukrainian technicians in anti-drone defense
00:08:58who are in the Emirates, and the Israelis who are in the Emirates,
00:09:01it seems to me that an arms race is underway.
00:09:05And actually, I am very fortunate to be before you
00:09:08now. You recall it was two and a half months ago.
00:09:12I was with you and I mentioned that it seems
00:09:16the most important issue for Americans is the issue
00:09:19of ammunition, a quantity that in the face of these threats
00:09:23from the Islamic Republic, they are not showing the decisive action they should.
00:09:26I just want to make one point in this short time,
00:09:30and that is that the Americans have enough ammunition.
00:09:34The point is that according to the US national security doctrine,
00:09:37the United States must have enough ammunition to be able
00:09:41to operate with the highest operational power simultaneously
00:09:44on three different global fronts.
00:09:48And it seems that Arab countries, because they know
00:09:51the United States cannot guarantee them more than 100%,
00:09:55are dealing with the Islamic Republic hesitantly and cautiously.
00:09:58And their goal, from a diplomatic and this third rail perspective,
00:10:02is to bring about the same calamity
00:10:06for Iran in the Caspian Sea that Russia is causing with
00:10:09that convention. They are trying to gain the upper hand against
00:10:13the Islamic Republic and any country, government, or regime
00:10:17that replaces the Islamic Republic with a convention regarding the Strait
00:10:20of Hormuz, maritime affairs in the Persian Gulf, and continental
00:10:37that the country has ordered the closure of an Iranian
00:10:40school and revoked its license for reasons related to
00:10:44public interest. According to the report, Jala
00:10:47Tabatabaei, Kuwait's Minister of Education, revoked the school's license
00:10:51and instructed the relevant authorities to begin the process
00:10:55of its closure. According to the report, Kuwait's Ministry of Education announced that this
00:10:59decision also invalidates the school's registration.
00:11:02Further details about the reasons for this decision were not provided, and
00:11:06the Ministry only stated that this action is taken within the framework
00:11:10of public interest. The US President
00:11:14denied reports about the decrease in US arms
00:11:17stockpiles and said that those who publish such information
00:11:21will face severe penalties. Earlier,
00:11:26reports indicated that shortages caused Mr. Trump to cancel
00:11:30a widespread threat and attack on Iran.
00:11:33Atefeh Ramezanizadeh
00:11:37and Fatemeh Pasandideh, two former players of the Iranian
00:11:40women's national football team, have received Australian
00:11:43citizenship. After the end of the AFC Women's Asian
00:11:46Cup in that country, they had applied for asylum.
00:11:50The two were present at the citizenship ceremony in Brisbane
00:11:54alongside Tony Burke, the Australian Minister of
00:12:00Immigration. Ramezanizadeh and Pasandideh were among seven members of the women's national football
00:12:04team who received Australian humanitarian visas
00:12:07during the tournament. However, five others
00:12:11later changed their minds and returned to
00:12:14Iran.
00:12:19The Iran Human Rights Organization reported at least
00:12:2271 executions last month in Iran.
00:12:26The report states that 36 people were executed for
00:12:29murder, 26 for drug-related crimes,
00:12:338 for security charges, and one
00:12:36for rape. Six
00:12:40of those executed this month were protest defendants.
00:12:43The organization recorded at least 44 executions
00:12:47in the first seven months of this year.
00:12:50Meanwhile, UN experts today called on Islamic Republic officials
00:12:54to end the rising trend of arbitrary arrests,
00:12:57enforced disappearances, torture, and other forms of ill-treatment,
00:13:01as well as arbitrary executions against ethnic minorities,
00:13:05especially Kurdish and Baluch minorities.
00:13:08Hossein Raeisi,
00:13:11a jurist and university professor from Carleton University
00:13:14in Toronto, Canada, is with us. Mr. Raeisi,
00:13:17we are seeing that, in general, the number of executions has increased.
00:13:21There is no day that a human rights organization doesn't talk about
00:13:25the increase in executions. How do you assess
00:13:27this increase? Greetings to you and
00:13:30all your viewers. We must say
00:13:33that, in truth, given the judicial legal structure
00:13:37of the Islamic Republic, especially in
00:13:40the critical situation of war, the Islamic Republic has seen its
00:13:44security threatened more than ever before, and it wants
00:13:47to have the upper hand in the war, in a way,
00:13:51if not superior, then to resist the war.
00:13:55It wants to have a response to domestic protests
00:13:58and to say that power is in its hands.
00:14:01And given
00:14:04that public dissatisfaction
00:14:07in society has increased in recent years, especially
00:14:11after the Gina, Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in 1401,
00:14:15more than ever before and in short periods,
00:14:18these developments have not
00:14:22been responsive from the government at all. Not only has it
00:14:25not been responsive, but it has even enacted
00:14:28new laws during this period that
00:14:32increase the number of criminal offenses
00:14:35carrying the death penalty, Moharebeh (enmity against God),
00:14:38and Efsad-e fel-arz (corruption on earth).
00:14:41This shows that society
00:14:44needs a major transformation. The demand and advocacy
00:14:47for a major transformation
00:14:49are
00:14:52through various methods, both social, economic,
00:14:56and political, and also legally. And the legal
00:14:59sector of society is very backward.
00:15:02Still, the terms I mentioned, like blasphemy
00:15:06and enmity against God, are repeated, and this
00:15:09is essentially a translation of jurisprudential issues that
00:15:13have entered Iranian law and have no connection with society.
00:15:17It revolves around suppression; the needs of society are
00:15:20not being met. Mr. Raeisi, you mentioned
00:15:24the issue of protests and executions that have occurred
00:15:27after the protests. A while ago, the UN Fact-Finding
00:15:31Committee also mentioned that
00:15:34the process of trials for individuals
00:15:37arrested after protests and also during wartime
00:15:41is proceeding rapidly at the order of the Head of the Judiciary.
00:15:44How do you assess this acceleration of trials for these
00:15:48individuals, which has raised concerns?
00:15:51The assessment that can be made
00:15:55from this perspective is that the judiciary
00:15:58in the Islamic Republic is severely
00:16:02held back. It is the Islamic Republic;
00:16:05as I said, it has suppressed society. The judiciary
00:16:09does not grow, and neither in terms of
00:16:13governance principles nor acceptable governance
00:16:17standards, nor a worthy judiciary
00:16:19whose principles have been defined by the UN.
00:16:23The Islamic Republic does not adapt itself at all,
00:16:26and it doesn't even adapt to the needs of society.
00:16:30When, in fact, the management of the judiciary,
00:16:33from the very first day the Islamic Republic came to power, has been
00:16:37in the hands of clerics, and extremist clerics have gradually
00:16:41gained more power, and Iranian laws have not
00:16:45undergone the necessary transformation. We need
00:16:48a precise assessment by jurists
00:16:52to demand a major transformation and advocate for a major
00:16:55transformation through the legal body of lawyers,
00:16:59jurists in universities, and judges of the judiciary
00:17:03who, in fact, want to be in harmony
00:17:07with society. From this perspective, when we
00:17:10have a system that constantly
00:17:14creates enemies, constantly places society in a security
00:17:17atmosphere, well, it's natural that it needs more
00:17:21death penalties. And reports also show that
00:17:24most of these were ordinary crimes, common crimes.
00:17:28That means society should evaluate itself
00:17:32based on a non-violent approach, and
00:17:35Iranian society is not a violent
00:17:38society. But its judiciary is very
00:17:41violent because the rate of common crimes
00:17:45based on violence in Iran is not high
00:17:49by global standards. However, the judiciary's
00:17:52behavior is accompanied by violence because
00:17:55Iranian society does not deserve
00:17:59this number of death penalties, and the death penalty is not
00:18:02a deterrent, nor is it just. All
00:18:06of these are necessary for a demand-driven
00:18:09process based on legal structural reform to
00:18:13emerge and demonstrate. The final assessment
00:18:16is that this is an incorrect approach.
00:18:20Thank you very much, Hossein Raeisi, jurist and university professor
00:18:24from Toronto, Canada.
00:18:26The UK's drug regulatory body says more than 200
00:18:30deaths, potentially linked to injectable weight-loss drugs,
00:18:34have been reported to the agency. According to new statistics,
00:18:37over 158,000 reports of suspected
00:18:40side effects of these drugs have also been registered.
00:18:43However, the agency emphasized that merely receiving these
00:18:47reports does not prove that the drugs were the cause
00:18:51of death or side effects, but rather indicates the possibility
00:18:55of such a connection. According to the UK's drug regulatory
00:18:58body, despite millions of prescriptions, current
00:19:02evidence suggests that the benefits of these drugs, when
00:19:05used correctly, still outweigh their potential
00:19:09risks. Dr. Shahram Kurdesti,
00:19:12a specialist in blood cancers and professor of cancer immunology
00:19:16at King's College London, is with us.
00:19:19Mr. Kurdesti, what are the benefits of these
00:19:23weight-loss drugs that are said to outweigh
00:19:25their harms? Hello. Look, these
00:19:29drugs, which we generally refer to as
00:19:32PAN agonists,
00:19:36which are in fact one of
00:20:03those who used these drugs compared to those who did not use them.
00:20:37The question is whether these cancers, which are associated with
00:20:41obesity, have their risk reduced by weight loss, or whether
00:20:44these drugs have a direct effect. This is currently under investigation,
00:20:48but generally,
00:20:50patients who have used
00:20:53these
00:20:56have not only lost weight, but also
00:20:59a number of other factors have improved
00:21:02in them. The risks
00:21:05associated with stroke have been controlled,
00:21:09they have had better blood pressure, and
00:21:12in the long term, other diseases such as cancers
00:21:15have also seen their risk reduced.
00:21:19Now, whether these drugs themselves caused this or weight loss
00:21:22is still under investigation.
00:21:25However, there are reports that one or two types
00:21:28of cancer, especially in animal models, such as thyroid
00:21:32cancer, may increase in risk,
00:21:36but in humans, this evidence does not
00:21:39exist yet. There is also a concern
00:21:43that these may also have side effects, and
00:21:47in some cases, even lead to death. In what
00:22:37Now, the story of these side effects that have been mentioned
00:22:41has not yet been proven to be a direct effect of these drugs,
00:22:44but they have been reported. Therefore, it is important that
00:22:47those who meet the necessary criteria, are diabetic,
00:22:51and have severe obesity, which has its own specific criteria,
00:22:55can use these if they do not have
00:22:59other problems. However, unsupervised use without strict
00:23:02medical supervision, and in cases where it is really
00:23:06recommended, these cannot be
00:23:10recommended at all.