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00:00:24Headline
00:00:25news.
00:00:30Russia's proposal to help end the Iran-US war.
00:00:33Pezeshkian told Putin Tehran will not leave the negotiating table. Will not
00:00:37leave.
00:00:43Trump administration emphasizes continued sanctions until
00:00:46the collapse of the Iranian regime. US Deputy Treasury Secretary tells BBC that the economic
00:00:50operation has brought the Islamic Republic to its knees.
00:00:54That's
00:00:55all.
00:01:00Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay, former judge of the International
00:01:04Criminal Court. The United States imposed new sanctions against this entity.
00:01:07Attached them.
00:01:10And BBC findings on the working conditions of workers producing official football club
00:01:14apparel in Cambodian factories.
00:01:34Hello everyone, and welcome to this news program. Vladimir Putin, in a
00:01:38meeting with Masoud Pezeshkian, said that Russia is ready to do whatever
00:01:41is necessary to help end the US-Iran war.
00:01:45The Iranian President also told his Russian counterpart that
00:01:49despite repeated US attacks on Iran during negotiations,
00:01:52Tehran remains committed to negotiation and diplomacy.
00:01:56This meeting took place on the sidelines of the Caspian
00:01:59Sea and Eurasia regional summit
00:02:02in Turkmenistan. Hours earlier, Donald Trump, the US President, had said that
00:02:06Washington is engaged in constructive dialogue with Tehran and will not
00:02:10attack Iran under any circumstances before the US midterm elections
00:02:13on November 3rd. Mohammad Amini reports. reports.
00:02:17Masoud Pezeshkian's presence
00:02:20at the summit of Commonwealth of Independent States in Turkmenistan.
00:02:23This country hosted the summit of the Caspian
00:02:26Sea littoral states, the summit of the Commonwealth of
00:02:30Independent States leaders, which gained
00:02:33independence after the collapse of the Soviet
00:02:37Union. These are the formalities
00:02:40of the leaders' group photo. This is the first time that an
00:02:44Iranian president participates in such a meeting.
00:02:48Vladimir Putin had a warm encounter with his Iranian counterpart.
00:02:51No. After all, it's not
00:02:54bedtime. They exchanged pleasantries.
00:02:56You're welcome. Behind the
00:02:59formal meeting table, he also referred to Iran as a country
00:03:03that, in his words, had no fault in the ongoing war with the United States.
00:03:06Of course,
00:03:11today the biggest problem is the situation in the region. We know that Iran has truly
00:03:14tried to end the conflict and struggle, to stop a war that Iran
00:03:18had no fault in starting. Iran is now once again trying
00:03:22to solve the issue with new proposals in a peaceful manner.
00:03:26Mr. President,
00:03:30you know Russia's position. We are ready to do whatever
00:03:33we can to resolve the issue. The opportunity that
00:03:37has arisen for you, this is the second meeting
00:03:40between Iranian and Russian leaders in the past 40 days.
00:03:44Masoud Pezeshkian told Vladimir Putin today
00:03:47that Tehran is still negotiating. We are talking.
00:03:50Every time we talked to them, they attacked again.
00:03:54But we still will not withdraw from the negotiating
00:03:58table. The proposal.
00:04:27Tehran's role in the ongoing war with the US is very ambiguous.
00:04:32But some observers believe that Iran's ability to withstand widespread
00:04:36and severe US and Israeli strikes has been partly
00:04:39due to the support of Russia and China. Iran
00:04:43and the US still speak of mutual contacts and diplomatic
00:04:46initiatives. Donald Trump, the US President, said
00:04:50that Iran will not be attacked before the November
00:04:533rd elections in the US, meaning for another 24 days.
00:04:57Although he emphasized that
00:05:00the economy is still operating strongly, it remains to be
00:05:03seen what agreements Masoud Pezeshkian will reach
00:05:07with his Russian counterpart in the ongoing meetings
00:05:10in Turkmenistan. Mohammad.
00:05:19He said that if anything needs to be done to end the war
00:05:22between Iran and the United States, he will do it.
00:05:26Is Mr. Putin in a position to mediate, pressure one of the parties,
00:05:29or do something in this regard? Yes, with
00:05:33greetings to you and the dear
00:05:37viewers of BBC Persian Television.
00:05:41Well, Mr. Putin has, in any case,
00:05:44a better relationship with Mr. Trump
00:05:47in comparison to the period of the Democrats regarding the Ukraine war. Mr. Trump does not
00:05:51have the previous support that the US government
00:05:54used to provide
00:05:56to
00:05:59Kiev, and today,
00:06:02since Mr. Putin's government has agreed to send
00:06:05diesel to the United States, meaning it has helped Mr. Trump's
00:06:09electoral position, naturally,
00:06:13in this regard, Mr. Putin
00:06:16can play a guarantor role in the
00:06:19issues between the two countries,
00:06:22including the issue of uranium transfer or
00:06:26guaranteeing that the uranium will not be transferred.
00:06:30That Israel and the US will agree not to attack Iran. This is one of the most important
00:06:33issues that is ambiguous between Iran, the US, and Israel.
00:06:37Both China and Russia have the ability
00:06:41to play a role as two permanent members of the Security Council
00:06:44and two powerful countries that have relations
00:06:47with both countries. This is one point. The second point
00:06:51is that in the past, if you remember, before the 12-day
00:06:54war, Mr. Lavrov traveled to Iran and
00:06:58made the same mediation proposal. But at that
00:07:01time, Iran did not agree. Even the
00:07:03Sepah Sabh Sadegh newspaper wrote
00:07:07that Russia wants to resolve the Iran issue
00:07:10under the umbrella of the Ukraine issue. And as a result, we should not agree.
00:07:14It seems that now this level of opposition has decreased,
00:07:17and it seems that now Iran
00:07:21needs a powerful mediator who can guarantee
00:07:25any agreement more than before.
00:07:28It needs to trust. The third point
00:07:32is that the level of cooperation between Iran
00:07:35and Russia has increased, especially in
00:07:39the field of the issue of
00:07:54Putin, and the third point is that they also
00:07:57have communication regarding defense issues. But strategically,
00:08:01the reality is that if Iran does not want
00:08:05to change its strategy, Putin's mediation
00:08:08will not help Iran.
00:08:42discontented countries like Arab countries and Israel are pressuring
00:08:46Mr. Trump to resolve the issue,
00:08:50meaning to make a fundamental change or reach a lasting
00:08:53agreement. The third point is that
00:08:57the ambiguities in Tehran are about who has the final say
00:09:01and whether, if an agreement is reached, it will be implemented.
00:09:04And third, Iran's strategic strategies. These are three issues
00:09:08that it seems that if Iran
00:09:11does not want to unite for decision-making and change
00:09:14its strategy, in my opinion, even if Russia
00:09:18and China are here, Iran's strategic problem in
00:09:21conflict with the US will not be solved, and Iran could enter
00:09:25a period of chronic wars. Alireza Namvar Haghighi,
00:09:28political analyst, thank you for being on the program.
00:09:31The Wall Street Journal, in a recent report based on internal documents
00:09:34of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, claimed
00:09:38that a network of 21 accounts and companies linked to Babak
00:09:42Zanjani, an Iranian businessman, used this platform
00:09:45to move hundreds of millions of dollars. According to
00:09:49these documents, some of the accounts in this network remained active for
00:09:53some time despite warnings from Western food and security
00:09:56agencies, and at least 67 million
00:10:00dollars were transferred from two accounts to wallets that Israel considers linked to the Revolutionary Guards.
00:10:04Binance says it eventually blocked these accounts and considers
00:10:08any inference about the total volume of transactions'
00:10:11connection to the Revolutionary Guards misleading.
00:10:14Mahnoush Pourzaiee, our correspondent from Washington, is with us.
00:10:18Mahnoush, what more information do we have in this regard?
00:10:22What is new in the Wall Street Journal report
00:10:25is mostly the
00:10:28path of money and cryptocurrency. That is, we
00:10:31had this news of sanctions and that Babak Zanjani's network
00:10:35was involved in these cryptocurrencies. Now we see
00:10:39how these monies were moving.
00:10:42That is, the money, for example, oil revenue,
00:10:46first entered the network through companies in the Emirates
00:10:50and Turkey. These would enter
00:10:53this network. Then, for example, a company called ZDPIC, which is a
00:10:57platform in Turkey, would convert it
00:11:01to cryptocurrency, and then from cryptocurrency, through
00:11:04accounts that were linked to Babak Zanjani,
00:11:08as this report states,
00:11:11for example, the name of Babak Zanjani's sister, his emotional partner,
00:11:15and a number of others appeared in these accounts,
00:11:19through this network and Binance,
00:11:22they were carrying out money transfers.
00:11:26Approximately 850 million dollars were transferred
00:11:29through this method, and as you said,
00:11:33only 67 million dollars apparently
00:11:36went to wallets that are linked
00:11:39to the Revolutionary Guards. This is another issue
00:11:42that we see in the report. Just today,
00:11:46the US Treasury Secretary announced that soon,
00:11:49meaning this week and next week, the US will confiscate
00:11:53nearly one billion dollars of
00:11:57Iran's assets. The source of these assets,
00:12:00which wallets or accounts they plan to
00:12:04confiscate, is still unclear, and no one else
00:12:07has commented on it. Thank you very much,
00:12:11Minoosh Pourzaiee, our correspondent in
00:12:13Washington.
00:12:15The US Treasury Department sanctioned 17 oil tankers and several companies
00:12:19linked to Iran's maritime transport network. Washington said
00:12:22this action targets one of the regime's
00:12:25main sources of income. These sanctions are part of
00:12:29what is known as the "economic strangulation" operation, which the Donald
00:12:32Trump administration began about a month and a half ago with the aim
00:12:36of increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic. But what
00:12:39effect will these pressures have on the Islamic Republic's behavior,
00:12:43and what is the US government's response to concerns about the growing
00:12:47pressure of sanctions on the lives of Iranian people? Khashayar Janani, our correspondent in Washington,
00:12:50asked these questions of Erin Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International
00:12:55Affairs at the US Department
00:12:55of the Treasury.
00:13:00In the past six weeks, we have transitioned from a maximum pressure operation
00:13:04to an economic strangulation operation. An operation
00:13:07whose goal is the complete isolation of the Iranian terrorist regime.
00:13:11Even in the past few days, we have witnessed significant
00:13:14developments in the Iranian government. Last weekend,
00:13:18the oil minister resigned. Also, on Saturday, the Iranian president
00:13:21spoke about the country's economic decline.
00:13:25Therefore, in recent days, we have seen that pressure on the Iranian
00:13:28government has sharply
00:13:30increased.
00:13:37Iran has been involved in two wars with two military
00:13:40powers, the US and Israel, over the past two years,
00:13:43and has not yet surrendered to the pressures. Do
00:13:47you think economic pressure can force the Iranian
00:13:51government to accept demands that military
00:13:55operations have not been able to achieve?
00:13:58I
00:14:01think it will. In my opinion, the economic pressure we have
00:14:04applied so far has brought the Iranian regime to its knees,
00:14:08and now we see that they have little time
00:14:11left. Their financial resources have become very limited. Only
00:14:151.5 billion dollars of oil remains outside
00:14:19the maritime blockade. Once this is not sold,
00:14:22it's over. There will be no more sources of income for.
00:14:55It affects the Iranian people. Their purchasing power
00:14:58has decreased, and their quality of life
00:15:02is declining. Aren't you worried that at some point,
00:15:05with the continued fall of the rial, we will see a negative
00:15:09reaction from the Iranian people towards US policies
00:15:12regarding Iran? President
00:15:16Trump has a great deal of empathy for the Iranian people.
00:15:19In fact, at every stage, he has tried to provide
00:15:23humanitarian facilities and exceptions to ensure
00:15:26the continued flow of food and medicine into Iran. We
00:15:30actually believe that the Iranian people will ultimately hold
00:15:34the Iranian terrorist regime responsible for this situation. They will
00:15:37understand that the United States government is doing
00:15:41everything in its power to provide more peace and prosperity
00:15:44for the Iranian people. During the Shah's rule, Iran had a
00:15:48dynamic, prosperous, and highly educated workforce.
00:15:52We hope that dynamism and prosperity will return
00:15:55to Iran. Do you hope that economic pressure will lead
00:15:58to regime change? I
00:16:01think we hope that this economic pressure will ultimately lead
00:16:05to the end of the terrorist regime in Iran.
00:16:08Do you expect people to take to the streets again? I don't
00:16:12want to predict what the Iranian people will ultimately do. But what
00:16:16I want to see is the return of dynamism, peace, and prosperity
00:16:19to the lives of the Iranian people.
00:16:23You referred to the Iranian President's statements about
00:16:27economic problems. However, the Governor of the Central
00:16:31Bank of Iran announced that the government will inject
00:16:342 billion dollars into the market to support the value of the rial.
00:16:38This shows that the Iranian government still has the necessary
00:16:41financial resources. In your opinion,
00:16:44how long can the Iranian government continue this?
00:16:48I think their time is up.
00:16:51Their financial resources have become very, very limited. We
00:16:55know where their resources are, and we have repeatedly cut off their
00:16:59access to these resources. We are taking every possible
00:17:02action to eliminate the last remnants of the financial
00:17:05ties of the Iranian terrorist
00:18:07regime and had no part in the war. They
00:18:10say many government officials and their affiliates still
00:18:14live lavish lives and have been able
00:18:18to transfer their assets and money abroad
00:18:21to foreign banks. We target
00:18:25those who are part of the Iranian terrorist regime.
00:18:28We identify their money and assets and sanction
00:18:32them. The United States government absolutely
00:18:36does not want to harm the Iranian people or hinder
00:18:40their wealth creation. People who have suffered
00:18:43from terrorist acts for a very long time. We
00:18:47are trying to find a path for Iran's reintegration
00:18:51into the global financial system. When this conflict ends
00:18:54and we see that the Iranian terrorist regime
00:18:58has ended its war and its domination over
00:19:01society. That was a conversation
00:19:04with my colleague Khashayar Janani with Erwin Brown,
00:19:08Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the US Treasury Department. We continue the program with a few short
00:19:10news items. The UAE Attorney General says
00:19:14the co-pilot who caused an incident on a FlyDubai flight
00:19:18last week intended to crash the plane into the Ben Gurion Airport
00:19:21terminal building in Tel Aviv. The prosecutor said that in
00:19:25the investigations conducted by the UAE, this Omani
00:19:28co-pilot confessed that he was inspired by Al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks
00:19:31on the US. He reportedly said that the September 11 attacks
00:19:35were among the reasons for his decision to become a pilot.
00:19:38Following the Houthi attacks on
00:19:42Riyadh Airport, more airlines are canceling their flights
00:19:46to Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials announced
00:19:49that three people were killed in yesterday's attack, one of whom was a pilot
00:19:53for Saudi Arabia's national airline. Several people
00:19:56were also injured, and one plane was damaged. After
00:20:00the Houthi attacks two days ago on the same airport and
00:20:03another airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Airlines,
00:20:06Air India, and Lufthansa stopped their flights
00:20:09to Riyadh.
00:20:11The US announced that it would impose financial sanctions
00:20:15against the International Criminal Court. Based on this,
00:20:19after a six-month grace period, dealing with this court will be prohibited.
00:20:23The US Secretary of State said that the President of this
00:20:26country would never allow a "rogue" court, as he called it,
00:20:30to prosecute Americans. The International Criminal
00:20:34Court and the UN Secretary-General called these sanctions an attack
00:20:37on international justice. Navi
00:20:41Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
00:20:45won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said
00:20:48that Ms. Pillay won
00:20:50this prestigious award for her efforts to promote peace
00:20:54and international law. The current UN Human Rights Commissioner
00:20:57said that awarding this prize to Ms. Pillay is a collective
00:21:01victory for human rights, but Israel expressed dissatisfaction.
00:21:04Naser Madani reports.
00:21:06The
00:21:11102nd Nobel Peace
00:21:13Prize.
00:21:15The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
00:21:50She experienced. She began her fight against discrimination
00:21:53in her birthplace. Her motivation to defend
00:21:57human dignity led her to chair the UN Commission
00:22:01of Inquiry into the Occupied Palestinian
00:22:04Territories. The organization later stated that
00:22:08Israel had committed genocide in the Gaza War.
00:22:12Genocide
00:22:16is occurring in Gaza and continues to do so,
00:22:20and the responsibility for it lies with the Israeli
00:22:23government. Ms. Pillay specifically blamed the Prime Minister,
00:22:27the then Minister of Defense, and the Israeli President
00:22:31for the genocide in Gaza. She concluded that the Israeli
00:22:34government had committed genocide, an accusation
00:22:37that Israel has never accepted.
00:22:41On October 9,
00:22:432023,
00:22:46Israel's then-defense minister said his country was fighting
00:22:50"human animals" and should act accordingly.
00:22:53When a group of people are dehumanized,
00:22:57killing them becomes easier and more
00:23:00justifiable in the eyes of the perpetrators
00:23:03of violence. The Israeli government, in response
00:23:07to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to her, described
00:23:10this award as legitimizing hatred against Israel.
00:23:14Ms. Pillay is no stranger to these definitions.
00:23:16I
00:23:21ask these critics to tell me which of our
00:23:24documents was wrong. They call me an anti-Semite.
00:23:27How can that be when they accepted me as the only UN reporter
00:23:31in Israel to report on the oppression against them?
00:23:35At that time, my work was
00:23:36credible.
00:23:41This morning was different for Navi Pillay.
00:23:44She didn't know that she had won one of the most prestigious
00:23:48international awards. A little more applause,
00:23:52and I'll share my award
00:23:53with Trump.
00:24:01Honestly, I'm still not sure if this news
00:24:03is true. The problem was
00:24:07that she didn't have a good relationship with her phone.
00:24:10Unfortunately,
00:24:14we couldn't find her. My message to Ms. Pillay is this:
00:24:18if you see a formal
00:24:28football shirt is produced by workers in Southeast Asia
00:24:32whose basic wages for some of them are less than one
00:24:36and a half dollars per hour. BBC Sport's investigation
00:24:39traced the production path of official kits for clubs
00:24:43including Arsenal, Celtic, and Liverpool, and arrived at two
00:24:46factories in Cambodia. These findings are being published
00:24:50while fans are complaining about the rising price of official
00:24:53jerseys, and at the same time they are being warned against
00:24:57buying cheaper fake versions. Dan Rann reports.
00:25:00I
00:25:04want foreign customers to know that every single one of
00:25:08these jerseys is stained with the sweat of Cambodian workers.
00:25:11These jerseys are a popular commodity for fans and a lucrative
00:25:15source of income for clubs and manufacturers. The official jersey production
00:25:19industry is a multi-billion dollar market,
00:25:47These factories do not belong to Adidas, but
00:25:50they are considered its main suppliers. In these same factories, we
00:25:54found official kits for some of the world's biggest football clubs.
00:25:58Workers, whose identities we are not revealing for their safety, speak
00:26:01of the pressure they say they face at work. Workers
00:26:05are forced to work at a very high speed to meet production
00:26:08targets, so much so that they don't even have time to go
00:26:12to the bathroom. This leads to severe exhaustion and fatigue.
00:26:15If semi-finished garments are piled up on their workstations, they
00:26:19are scolded. Seven thousand people work in these factories. We have
00:26:23also received reports of concerns about electrical safety and
00:26:27evidence of temperatures above 35 degrees
00:26:29Celsius in the workplace. All of this
00:26:33comes at a time when football fans are urged to buy official
00:26:36kits instead of cheaper fake products. But these findings
00:26:40will likely make many fans wonder if the authentic product
00:26:43is really worth it, and what is the role of the clubs in this?
00:26:47This situation exists in a large part of the apparel industry,
00:26:50and millions of workers around the world face such conditions.
00:26:54Clubs should send a very clear message that if
00:26:57workers are not treated with respect and dignity, they are not willing
00:27:01to put their names on these jerseys. Adidas told us that it
00:27:05has taken various steps to ensure fair and safe working conditions
00:27:09throughout its supply chain. The company said it monitors
00:27:12supplier performance, strives to resolve problems, and acts
00:27:16to improve conditions wherever necessary. Adidas also
00:27:19stated that workers typically receive wages significantly higher
00:27:23than the minimum wage. Specific guidelines exist to combat
00:27:27heat stress, and the company's standards do not permit any
00:27:30harassment. Tens of thousands of kilometers away
00:27:34from where these jerseys are produced, fans might expect that when they
00:27:38buy an official kit, compliance with specific standards is guaranteed.
00:27:41Dan BC
00:27:43News.
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00:28:28news
00:28:29and fact-checking
00:28:32it.
00:28:55A true and comprehensive picture of the news
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00:29:02Persian. Nawaz Sharif returned, and I said
00:29:05they will never reach an agreement. Until Afghans
00:29:09decide to set aside their personal interests and reach
00:29:13an agreement in which everyone has a share,
00:29:16no peace will be established. Iran shares over a thousand
00:29:20kilometers of border with Afghanistan. As long as Iran is not involved
00:29:24in the peace agreement, no peace will be established
00:29:27This was an interview with Benon Sevan, former UN
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00:30:08And now on BBC Persian Television, current
00:30:12affairs.
00:30:18In the American elections, is it the voters who elect
00:30:21their representatives, or is it the parties that choose
00:30:25the voters? And the Senate race
00:30:28in Texas, can Democrats really win
00:30:31in Texas?
00:30:33Welcome
00:30:40to the Underbelly of the American Elections, a podcast from
00:30:44BBC Persian. I am Sameh Farzaneh.
00:30:47The system of government in the United States is
00:30:50representative democracy or electoral democracy,
00:30:54or something along those lines. That is, the people themselves.