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00:00:26Salman's trip to Cairo in an attempt to confront the Houthis.
00:01:00Western concerns about the Iranian government's new spyware. The US, UK, and Netherlands
00:01:03say it aims to collect
00:01:07information from activists, dissidents, and journalists.
00:01:10است.
00:01:12Concerns about the rapid development of artificial intelligence. One of the tech giants has suggested
00:01:16creating an emergency stop button.
00:01:20شود.
00:01:22The main danger is how much chance we have to confront
00:01:26a system that is 100 times smarter than the smartest human on Earth.
00:01:48Hello, good evening, and welcome to this news program from BBC Persian.
00:01:52I'm Farnoosh Shahrokhi. Saudi Arabia
00:01:55says it will respond decisively to Houthi attacks in Yemen.
00:01:59According to Riyadh, in the latest attacks by the Iran-backed group,
00:02:0313 people were injured in Saudi Arabia. Recently, the Houthis,
00:02:06in addition to intensifying attacks on Saudi Arabia, have captured
00:02:10strategic points on the western coast of Yemen
00:02:13and consolidated control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
00:02:17The possibility of further disruption to shipping in this important waterway,
00:02:21alongside the Strait of Hormuz, has heightened concerns about
00:02:24the global energy crisis. Brent crude oil prices
00:02:28rose 2% today to over $108
00:02:31a barrel. Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince,
00:02:35met yesterday with the Commander of the US Central Command about this crisis,
00:02:38and today he held talks with the Egyptian President in Cairo.
00:02:42Baran Abbasi has more details.
00:02:44بیشتر.
00:02:47Taiz, southwest Yemen. Houthi forces are celebrating
00:02:51after capturing several strategic cities that were previously
00:02:54held by the official Yemeni government.
00:02:57Among them is Perim Island at the mouth
00:03:00of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which has solidified the control
00:03:04of this Iran-backed group over this important waterway.
00:03:06A waterway whose potential closure
00:03:10could worsen the global energy crisis.
00:03:13Qatar has warned about its severe
00:03:17consequences.
00:03:19The world is already facing enough problems with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,
00:03:23and we cannot allow the Bab al-Mandab Strait to be
00:03:27added to this equation. This will be catastrophic
00:03:31for the whole world. Therefore, Qatar emphasizes
00:03:35diplomacy and dialogue.
00:03:37For weeks, the Houthis have banned Saudi ships from passing through
00:03:40this strait.
00:03:43At the same time, this group has intensified its attacks
00:03:46on Saudi territory. This photo, which the Saudi Civil Defense Organization
00:03:49says is a consequence of one of these attacks on a mosque
00:03:53in Jizan. But the Houthis say they targeted military
00:03:57objectives. In response to these attacks from Saudi Arabia and
00:04:00the official government of Yemen. This has increased concerns
00:04:04about further disruptions to energy supply, especially after
00:04:08the attack a few days ago on the East-West pipeline
00:04:11in Saudi Arabia. This satellite image shows a section
00:04:15of this pipeline south of Medina before the attack, and this
00:04:19is the same spot after the incident. Saudi Arabia
00:04:22has blamed Iran-backed proxies in Iraq for this attack.
00:04:25An attack that has temporarily halted oil
00:04:29transfers through this pipeline. Saudi Arabia's tool for transferring oil
00:04:32to the Red Sea without needing to pass through the Strait
00:04:36of Hormuz. The Islamic Republic says the Houthis
00:04:40and other militant groups it supports act independently.
00:04:43However, increasing tensions in the Bab
00:04:46al-Mandab Strait, alongside the Strait of Hormuz, have become
00:04:50another lever of pressure in Iran's hands. Hopefully,
00:04:53in the coming days, this response from the Secretary of Iran's Supreme
00:04:56National Security Council to the possibility of resuming negotiations
00:05:00by Donald Trump, with conflicting messages from the US President
00:05:04ranging from "no negotiations" to "we are ready for talks,"
00:05:07emphasizes that you should not be distracted because the oil and strait
00:05:11equations have changed. Attempts to manage
00:05:14the damage cannot stop what is coming.
00:05:17As long as Iran's conditions are not met,
00:05:21there will be no negotiations. That's it.
00:05:24Conditions that, according to the IRGC spokesman,
00:05:28also include what has been called the end of the blockade of Yemen.
00:05:31Alongside a complete ceasefire,
00:05:34Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, the release
00:05:37of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and the end
00:05:41of what is described as US interference in Iran's
00:05:45nuclear and missile capabilities. The question
00:05:47is whether relying on the leverage of the Strait of Hormuz and now
00:05:51Bab al-Mandab might lead Iran to achieve these demands?
00:05:53Or will increasing pressure on vital energy
00:05:57transfer routes eventually lead to a larger crisis
00:06:01whose consequences will also be difficult for Iran
00:06:04to control? Baran Abbasi, BBC.
00:06:08سی.
00:06:11Farzin Nadimi, military affairs analyst, is with us from Washington.
00:06:15Welcome, Mr. Nadimi. We know that so far the Houthis
00:06:19have expanded their control over one of the most important
00:06:22shipping routes in the world. But can we understand
00:06:26what their strategy is from now on?
00:06:30As you said, the Houthis have deployed
00:06:34on the eastern shore of Bab al-Mandab
00:06:37and have captured several islands.
00:06:40It seems that
00:06:43they want to have more control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait,
00:06:46but they are closer to the coast
00:06:49and can with
00:06:53short-range weapons have a significant
00:06:56impact
00:06:58on shipping. Currently, about 20 ships
00:07:02pass through Bab al-Mandab daily,
00:07:06compared to 50 ships before the war.
00:07:09But the Houthis are currently exercising what they call
00:07:12discretionary control over specific ships,
00:07:16such as Saudi oil tankers
00:07:19or Israeli ones that have historical ties
00:07:23to Israel. And in my opinion, one of the ways
00:07:27they will pursue in the future, given that they have specifically
00:07:30occupied these islands, is to establish a type
00:07:34of toll system for ships passing through
00:07:37the Bab al-Mandab Strait. This is because
00:07:41in the past, they could exert power from
00:07:45farther coasts in Bab al-Mandab. There was no need
00:07:49to physically occupy the coast of Bab al-Mandab.
00:07:52But now they can,
00:07:55if they decide, also take action to collect
00:07:59tolls. The clashes that are still ongoing in Taiz province
00:08:03give reason to expect that if the Houthis maintain
00:08:07their momentum and energy,
00:08:10and even increase it, they will advance towards Taiz,
00:08:13engage in conflict there, and try to capture
00:08:17this very strategic city. And then perhaps
00:08:20they might even consider Aden province
00:08:24in the future if Saudi Arabia's military
00:08:26support for government forces is not successful.
00:08:30On the other hand, Saudi Arabia is also trying
00:08:33to resolve the issue. Today, he went
00:08:36to Egypt, and it doesn't seem that Egypt wants to cooperate.
00:08:40As Sisi said, he
00:08:43actually supports diplomacy more. Do you think
00:08:47Saudi Arabia, in this case,
00:08:50has any other choice than to activate , for example, the Mecca Pact,
00:08:54or is there even such potential? Well,
00:08:58fundamentally, the Mecca Pact, although from Saudi Arabia's perspective
00:09:00it is a pact that helps the security of this country,
00:09:04helps Saudi Arabia's energy security,
00:09:07but perhaps it can be said that other
00:09:11countries that have joined and will join this pact
00:09:14will have their own specific views and will act more cautiously
00:09:18than Saudi Arabia expects. And even if
00:09:21we assume that Turkey and
00:09:25Pakistan decide
00:09:28to come to the aid of Saudi Arabia within
00:09:31the framework of the Mecca Pact in
00:09:34similar security conditions, this will take
00:09:37time. This pact is newly established, and coordination among
00:09:41the forces is still lacking. Although Pakistan has had
00:09:45a military presence in Saudi Arabia for years, it can perhaps
00:09:48be expected that Pakistan will play a defensive
00:09:51role. I doubt that
00:09:53Pakistan will play a significant offensive
00:09:56role in this war. It's not impossible, it might happen
00:10:00on a limited scale in the future. The Pakistani Air Force
00:10:04is an efficient air force.
00:10:08But I think at this stage, more in terms of defense,
00:10:11Saudi Arabia. They can deploy air defense systems
00:10:14in Saudi Arabia. Even now, for example, Greece is doing
00:10:18this, and Greek Patriot missile batteries are deployed
00:10:21in Saudi Arabia. Perhaps in terms of defense, this cooperation
00:10:31If the reports published that the US rejected
00:10:35Saudi Arabia's request for military cooperation in this area
00:10:39are true, how much do you think this published report
00:10:42about a critical strategic shortage of ammunition had an impact
00:10:46on the US decision-making? It's not without impact. It's not without impact. In
00:10:50Operation Raft Rider, the US
00:10:53consumed a significant amount of weapons.
00:10:58Of course, it will depend on what the Houthis' reaction will be.
00:11:00If the Houthis decide to use the relatively limited number
00:11:04of ballistic missiles they have against American targets,
00:11:08then of course, a significant portion of US air defense
00:11:12systems in the region will be focused on defending against
00:11:15Houthi missiles and drones. Both fighter jets
00:11:19and air defense systems make America's vulnerability
00:11:23to its capabilities and facilities in the region
00:11:27to the Iranian threat, which is on the opposite side, greater.
00:11:30But it can be expected that in the near
00:11:34future, America may expand its level of cooperation with
00:11:38Saudi Arabia because, after all, this threat from Yemen
00:11:41and Iran is almost a common threat against
00:11:45all countries in the region. Thank you very much, Farzin Nadimi,
00:11:48military affairs analyst.
00:11:51The US Treasury Secretary, in today's meeting with members
00:11:55of Congress, defended the imposition of sanctions that restrict
00:11:59Iranian students' access to international language
00:12:02exams and university entrance exams in the US. Mr.
00:12:05Mnuchin also said that other countries around the world
00:12:09have joined in putting economic pressure on and isolating
00:12:13Iran. Bahman Kalbasi, my colleague from New York, is with us to
00:12:16talk more about this issue. Bahman, tell us about the details
00:12:20of this meeting, which seems to indicate Mr. Mnuchin supports the Trump administration's policies
00:12:23regarding Iran.
00:12:28It was expected that at the beginning of this Q&A session with members of Congress,
00:12:32the relevant committee in the House of Representatives,
00:12:35Mr. Mnuchin also emphasized
00:12:39that this economic pressure and isolation that the US
00:12:42is leading against Iran is working very effectively
00:12:46and has been very successful. And many countries will join
00:12:49it or have joined it.
00:12:52And he even said about China
00:12:55that he will meet with the Chinese Vice President
00:12:58in the coming days ahead of
00:13:01the Chinese President's visit to Washington
00:13:05to discuss this. And it is expected
00:13:07that this will be raised during Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi's
00:13:11meeting, that the US wants China to join
00:13:15in this extensive economic
00:13:17isolation against Iran. And some representatives also
00:13:21questioned him about these
00:13:25so-called sanctions that have led to the exclusion of
00:13:28Iranians from exams like TOEFL, IELTS, and GRE,
00:13:31which are for language proficiency for university entrance,
00:13:35Mr. Mnuchin gave a strange
00:13:38answer by saying that
00:13:42our goal is to free the Iranian people
00:13:45and for them to gain their freedom. When he was asked
00:13:49if Iranian students not having access
00:13:52to these exams would make
00:13:55the Iranian people more powerful against their government,
00:13:59he said yes.
00:14:02And beyond that, in this same meeting, he was protested against several times
00:14:06by those who oppose sanctions against Iran.
00:14:09They came to the meeting with
00:14:13some placards and interrupted his speech
00:14:17several times, chanting against him and saying, "Stop the sanctions,
00:14:20they are killing the Iranian people." The police
00:14:24removed and arrested one of these individuals from the meeting.
00:14:28However, Mr. Mnuchin still insists
00:14:31that this economic isolation is working and is very effective,
00:14:35and many countries have joined it.
00:14:38Thank you, Bahman. Bahman Kalbasi, my colleague from New York.
00:14:42نیویورک.
00:14:44Let's take another look at the most important headlines of this
00:14:47program.
00:14:53Saudi Arabia says it will respond decisively to Houthi attacks.
00:14:56Meanwhile, Iran has emphasized that the equations related
00:15:00to oil and straits
00:15:02have changed.
00:15:10The US Treasury Secretary, in a meeting with members
00:15:13of Congress, defended his country's sanctions against Iran.
00:15:17Scott Mnuchin said other countries have joined
00:15:20the economic pressure and isolation of Tehran.
00:15:24More in this program.
00:15:26Concerns about the rapid development of artificial intelligence. One of the tech
00:15:30giants has suggested an emergency stop button be created.
00:15:34شود.
00:15:38The US, UK, and Netherlands, in a joint cyber security
00:15:42warning, published details of spyware that, according
00:15:45to them, agents linked to the Iranian government use
00:15:49to target dissidents, activists, and journalists.
00:15:53The UK's National Cyber Security Centre announced
00:15:57that cyber actors associated with the Iranian government
00:16:01have used a family of spyware known as "Chosun Break"
00:16:05to steal emails, messages, and other sensitive
00:16:08information through targeted phishing campaigns on messaging platforms
00:16:12like WhatsApp and Telegram.
00:16:15Alireza Manafi, a researcher
00:16:19in internet and digital rights from Toronto, Canada, is with us.
00:16:22Welcome, Mr. Manafi. So, how is this happening
00:16:26different from the activities
00:16:29that the Islamic Republic has previously carried
00:16:32out in this area?
00:16:34Greetings to you. Yes, these incidents are in line with the same
00:16:38activities that the Islamic Republic has been carrying out for several years.
00:16:42Even this campaign was written about in
00:16:452023, stating that it is active. In March
00:16:48of this year, the FBI also warned
00:16:52about it, and now it has been discussed
00:16:55again. The only things that distinguish
00:16:59this campaign a little are its technical
00:17:02features and the fact that its focus has become
00:17:05more precise. For example, they closely monitor
00:17:09individuals. If necessary, they encourage
00:17:13them to do specific things. They try to understand
00:17:16their interests so that they can influence them
00:17:19and understand their needs. In one case, it was even
00:17:23reported that one of the targeted individuals
00:17:27received a file titled
00:17:29"MRI result," meaning they knew that this person had undergone
00:17:33an MRI and was waiting for the results, and they sent something
00:17:37to them with that name, which was actually malware.
00:17:40However, the point I see that has received
00:17:44less attention is the method
00:17:47of distributing this malware through messaging apps
00:17:50like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram.
00:17:54But when they send these, they encourage
00:17:57the user in such a way that they install
00:18:00or run it on their Windows device. Because
00:18:04this malware that they have designed is currently
00:18:08only executable on Windows, at least according to the information
00:18:11we have so far. For this reason,
00:18:14it may not be effective on all devices.
00:18:18The next point is that if someone is affected,
00:18:21what they should do is also important, in my opinion,
00:18:25to inform them. Well, if
00:18:29someone is compromised through this method,
00:18:32they should consider the next steps, which are to quickly
00:18:35scan their computer with antivirus software,
00:18:39change the passwords of all their accounts,
00:18:42check their accounts to see if they are connected to other devices,
00:18:46change their banking passwords, and in this way,
00:18:49take the necessary subsequent actions.
00:18:53That is, when they are hacked, the next actions
00:18:56are much more important to have an accurate
00:19:00and correct response to that incident.
00:19:03You mentioned what to do after being hacked, and...
00:19:07there's a step before that. How do we protect ourselves
00:19:11from even being attacked
00:19:13by these groups and getting hacked?
00:19:17That's right. Since these attacks are more focused on activists
00:19:21outside the country, and according to what has been observed,
00:19:24the reality is that they focus
00:19:26on human emotions
00:19:29and, for example, pretend to be a friend
00:19:33from elementary school or a distant relative
00:19:36they haven't seen for years and miss.
00:19:39The most important step is this social
00:19:42engineering. That is, when someone receives such
00:19:45messages, they should verify and assess their authenticity
00:19:49to see how true they are. When a file
00:19:53is sent to them, they should not quickly click on
00:19:56that file. For example, when an
00:19:59MRI report is sent, as that report said,
00:20:03how can someone who is waiting for the test
00:20:06results distinguish that this might
00:20:10not be real, that it's phishing? Well,
00:20:13logically, I think that a hospital would not send
00:20:16MRI results via WhatsApp and Telegram. This is one
00:20:20of the most basic things. And in such cases, it's very
00:20:24easy for the person to call the hospital they
00:20:27visited, for example, and ask if
00:20:30such a thing is from them. Or, for example, an
00:20:34MRI result is not an executable file.
00:20:37At most, it's a PDF file or an image. When
00:20:41someone clicks on such a thing and sees a message displayed
00:20:45on their device asking if they want to install this file,
00:20:49because all malware are software and installation
00:20:52files, and as a result, when such a message
00:20:55is displayed, it means there's something suspicious that wants to be
00:20:59installed on your device. In all these cases,
00:21:02the first thing is authenticity that needs to be checked.
00:21:05A person who has received malware under the guise
00:21:09of an image, for example, or this MRI file,
00:21:12for example, should go and make sure that this is really
00:21:16what it claims to be. Is it an MRI examination
00:21:19file? Is it a family photo that was sent to me?
00:21:23They should check its authenticity and make sure.
00:21:26Thank you, Alireza Manafi, internet and digital
00:21:29rights researcher. A few
00:21:33short news items. Reports from Gaza indicate
00:21:36that two people, including a child, were killed
00:21:40and seven others were injured in Israeli airstrikes
00:21:43on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. Palestinian media say
00:21:47the adult killed was a member of the civil defense forces.
00:21:51Witnesses said the Israeli army said it had targeted
00:21:55an armed individual in the area, but provided no further
00:21:58details. Israeli attacks have continued almost daily,
00:22:02despite a US-backed ceasefire.
00:22:05داشته.
00:22:07Russia and Ukraine continued their attacks on each other's
00:22:10energy facilities last night. This is while US President
00:22:14Donald Trump claimed yesterday that the parties had agreed
00:22:18to target energy facilities.
00:22:28In response, Ukraine
00:22:30targeted the Taganrog
00:22:33region with missiles and drones.
00:22:36Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is ready
00:22:40to de-escalate, provided Russia shows willingness
00:22:44to end the war.
00:22:47China, warning of an arms race in space,
00:22:50has called on the US not to seek to create war
00:22:54in space. Beijing's reaction came hours after
00:22:58the US confirmed that it had deployed a space weapon
00:23:01in Earth's orbit. An action that Washington confirmed
00:23:05for the first time publicly. Senior US military officials
00:23:08had previously cited Russia's and China's plans to disrupt
00:23:12US satellites as the reason for this action in space.
00:23:16بودند.
00:23:20The founder of one of the world's largest AI companies told the BBC
00:23:24that AI companies might need to be required
00:23:28to have an emergency kill switch so that if this
00:23:31technology gets out of control, it can be stopped.
00:23:35Jack Clark, the director of Anthropic, says
00:23:38that AI becomes smarter and more capable every few
00:23:42months, and this could be a serious threat to humanity.
00:23:46However, Donald Trump angrily rejected calls
00:23:50to slow down the development of AI and called
00:23:53concerns about its threat to humanity a big
00:23:57hoax. Faisal Islam, the BBC's economics editor,
00:24:01has a report
00:24:01on this.
00:24:05One of the AI giants, Anthropic, has called for slowing down
00:24:08the competition in this field. One of the whistleblowers and a number
00:24:12of the company's safety experts say that the probability
00:24:15of this technology leading to the destruction of all
00:24:19humans is 10% or
00:24:50even, if they decide to shut down power plants or destroy financial institutions,
00:24:54I think now is the time to clarify what this danger looks like
00:24:57in practice. The main danger is, what chance
00:25:01do we have to confront a system that is 100 times smarter
00:25:05than the smartest human on Earth? I think the likelihood
00:25:08of being able to control such a situation and come out of it safely is very low.
00:25:12In general, AI should be controlled as a technology
00:25:16because we are building things that might be smarter
00:25:20than humans. And things that are smarter than humans can
00:25:23be very dangerous. This is a matter
00:25:26that raises the question of an emergency kill switch.
00:25:30Do you have such a capability? Can you shut down the system?
00:25:33I think most companies have different ways to stop
00:25:37their systems. Yes, we also have ways to do this,
00:25:40but this should be part of a broader discussion about
00:25:44policymaking. Should companies be required to have a kill switch?
00:25:48Can an independent body verify
00:26:02it's not too late. I don't think we've reached the highest level
00:26:06of danger yet, but we've come close enough that we need to
00:26:09take the matter seriously and discuss it at national
00:26:12and public levels. The executives of other large
00:26:16companies in this industry, from Elon Musk to the CEO of ChatGPT,
00:26:19also agree with slowing down the development of AI,
00:26:22similar to Anthropic. But Donald Trump
00:26:26does not share this view. He has criticized Anthropic, called these concerns
00:26:30a hoax, and said that the only place
00:26:33that needs control is himself. Calls for countries to cooperate
00:26:37and establish a set of basic principles in this area are increasing.
00:26:40This has happened before with technologies that have dual
00:26:44uses, meaning both beneficial and harmful. Let's not forget
00:26:48that AI has tremendous benefits for us, but we must
00:26:51also be fully aware of its potential harms.
00:26:55Currently, investing in AI appears to be helping the UK
00:26:59economy grow. There is even talk of using this technology to treat
00:27:03cancer. But Jack Clark's team has warned that if AI is not
00:27:06reined in, its economic consequences could be unprecedented,
00:27:10and a large number of administrative and professional
00:27:14workers could lose their jobs. When you put all this together,
00:27:18is it really worth thinking about what might happen?
00:27:20It's terrifying.
00:27:23We certainly must do this correctly. If we act correctly in the development
00:27:27of this technology, we can change the world in many positive
00:27:31ways. We can truly transform the face of science
00:27:34and healthcare, and expand the boundaries of our capabilities
00:27:38and those of our children. But if we make mistakes,
00:27:41we will severely disrupt the economy and condemn
00:27:45people to poverty
00:27:45and misery.
00:27:50The clear message is that there is still an opportunity to control
00:27:54the pace of AI development, but not much time
00:27:57is left. Fazel Azlam, BBC News.
00:27:59With this report, we've reached
00:28:03the end of this news segment. Thank you for staying with BBC.
00:29:14Oh Joanna It's cold
00:29:18What's going on It burns Wake up
00:29:22Our lips are cold and
00:29:26silent Your heart is a sign I went into the
00:29:29shadows Without
00:29:33return I turned the colors
00:29:36of the rainbow black, one by one
00:29:39Let's hide our lover's nest
00:29:42کنیم
00:29:45Let's make our heart crazy,
00:29:47bruised
00:29:50Where will the light pass through our chest? Go,
00:29:54go. I know
00:29:57very well.
00:30:00You are so
00:30:03kind.
00:30:06We are the red children of Aban, we are light on the darkness.
00:30:09We are Woman, Life,
00:30:13Freedom.
00:30:18And now, on BBC Persian TV, current
00:30:22affairs.
00:30:26The islands around the Bab al-Mandab Strait, under the control
00:30:29of the Houthis backed by Iran, are now the Republic. Islamic talk of change.