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00:00:25Headline news. A new wave of attacks.
00:00:39Message from Tehran to Washington via Moscow.
00:00:42At the same time, the IRGC has threatened that firing on ships will not be limited to the Strait of
00:00:46Hormuz.
00:00:48Ukrainian President's negative reaction to the lifting of sanctions on the sale of Russian diesel.
00:00:52Zelensky says Trump's decision will prolong the war.
00:00:56شود.
00:01:03And London police went after hundreds of cell phone thieves
00:01:06in a month-long operation.
00:01:27Hello and welcome to this news section from BBC Persian Television. I am Naji
00:01:31Gholami. A loud explosion has been heard at Riyadh International
00:01:35Airport in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials
00:01:38have not confirmed an attack. But earlier reports had been published
00:01:42about the evacuation of people from the airport. Etihad and Qatar
00:01:46airlines also canceled several of their flights to
00:01:50Riyadh. The day before yesterday, the Houthis targeted
00:01:53Riyadh International Airport with at least two ballistic missiles.
00:01:57Saudi Arabia also says it has bombarded more than 130 Houthi positions
00:02:00in Yemen. Saudi officials say their goal is
00:02:04to eliminate the Houthis' ability to fire ballistic missiles.
00:02:08Naji reports.
00:02:12دهد
00:02:17King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh
00:02:20was attacked by Houthi missiles
00:02:23on Thursday. Saudi Arabia says three people were killed in these attacks,
00:02:27including a pilot of Saudia
00:02:30Airlines, whose plane was also targeted
00:02:34here. At least two Houthi ballistic missiles
00:02:37landed here. This attack is the second attack
00:02:41on this airport in recent weeks.
00:02:44Several airlines, including Air India
00:02:47and Lufthansa, have suspended their flights
00:02:51here.
00:02:54In response, Saudi Arabia has launched extensive air attacks
00:02:58against the Houthis. It says it has bombarded Houthi positions
00:03:02more than 130 times in the past two days
00:03:05to remove the threat of their ballistic missiles, which were fired from about a thousand kilometers away
00:03:09in the recent attack on Riyadh. Missiles that Saudi Arabia says Iran has given to the Houthis.
00:03:13Saudi Arabia says it has bombarded
00:03:17Houthi positions more than 130 times in retaliation
00:03:20over the past two days. These
00:03:23images show some of these attacks in and around Sana'a,
00:03:27which is under Houthi control.
00:03:30Saudi Arabia says it has also carried out extensive air attacks in support of
00:03:34government ground forces, which reports indicate are trying
00:03:38to retake coastal areas in the Red Sea.
00:03:41کنند.
00:03:44In Sana'a, the Houthis and their supporters emphasized
00:03:47their path forward at a rally yesterday. According to them, escalation
00:03:51of war in response to escalation of war,
00:03:54siege in response
00:03:56to siege.
00:04:01No matter how much Saudi Arabia and its allies conspire
00:04:05against the Houthis, eventually they will
00:04:08fall.
00:04:12Meanwhile, the UN Security Council discussed developments in Yemen and
00:04:15Saudi Arabia yesterday, without issuing a statement or resolution.
00:04:19The UN Special Envoy for Yemen said Yemen has now
00:04:23returned to a full-blown war.
00:04:26The Saudi representative said this country.
00:04:38And the representative of the Yemeni government called on the international community to stop
00:04:42arms smuggling to the Houthis.
00:04:45BBC.
00:04:46سی.
00:04:50Alireza, a researcher on Middle Eastern affairs at Deakin University
00:04:54from Sydney, Australia, is with us. Mr. Alireza, how much have Saudi attacks been able
00:04:57to weaken the Houthis?
00:05:02Very little, because the capabilities that
00:05:05the Houthis have created for themselves in Yemen
00:05:08are largely indigenous capabilities,
00:05:12and this is not a correct assumption that
00:05:16missile-carrying ships, for example, are continuously coming from the Islamic
00:05:19Republic of Iran or anywhere else to them. They have
00:05:23the ability to build these missiles
00:05:26inside Yemen in very fortified
00:05:29geographical areas, such as the Thaba al-Obouri mountains
00:05:32in northern Yemen, and they are carrying
00:05:36out this work from there. Previously,
00:05:39no result could be achieved,
00:05:47and similarly, Saudi Arabia
00:05:50will not be able
00:05:53to inflict significant damage on
00:05:57their missile capabilities.
00:06:01The legitimate government of Yemen
00:06:04now hopes to maintain full control of Yemen.
00:06:07How likely do you think that is, given the Houthis'
00:06:11advances?
00:06:13The situation
00:06:16is not good for that group, because, as you mentioned,
00:06:20Ansar Allah has made significant advances
00:06:23in Yemen. In addition
00:06:26to the areas related
00:06:28to Bab al-Mandab, the movement
00:06:32towards the south is still ongoing. They recently captured
00:06:35strategic areas around Ta'izz
00:06:39and are still moving towards what is effectively
00:06:43the last stronghold of this government in the south. It is still
00:06:46unclear, and unlikely, that they will be able
00:06:49to end the war soon,
00:06:53but on the ground and in terms of
00:06:57the wartime situation, Ansar Allah is
00:07:00in a much better position than the opposing
00:07:02coalition. Alireza, a researcher on Middle Eastern affairs
00:07:06at Deakin University in Sydney, Australia, thank you.
00:07:09We continue the program
00:07:13with a short news item. The group known as the Popular Front for Struggle
00:07:17has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Nosrat Eftekhari,
00:07:21the cultural and social deputy of the police in Sistan and Baluchestan province
00:07:24in southeastern Iran. This attack occurred yesterday
00:07:27in the Chashm-e Ziarat area of Zahedan. Ms. Eftekhari's vehicle
00:07:31was targeted by gunfire after hitting a roadside mine.
00:07:34The Popular Front for Struggle is a coalition of Jaish al-Adl
00:07:38and several Baloch militant groups
00:07:41that has been active under this name in recent months.
00:07:44According to Harana, Mostafa
00:07:48Mehrayeen, a sociologist, was arrested to serve
00:07:51an eight-year prison sentence and transferred
00:07:54to prison. He was sentenced last fall to a total
00:07:58of eight years and two months of travel
00:08:01ban on charges of assembly and collusion
00:08:04with the intention of committing crimes against national
00:08:07security, propaganda against the system,
00:08:10and insulting the leader of the Islamic Republic. Mr. Mehrayeen's verdict
00:08:14was upheld by the appeals court, and
00:08:17it is expected that the harshest punishment, which is five years in prison, will be
00:08:21carried out for him.
00:08:25The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has conveyed
00:08:29Iran's views on ways to resolve the Tehran-Washington conflict to
00:08:33Donald Trump. The Presidents of Russia and Iran met
00:08:37the day before yesterday on the sidelines of two summits of Caspian
00:08:40littoral states and CIS countries in Turkmenistan.
00:08:44Simultaneously, the IRGC Navy has stated that dealing with
00:08:48vessels that it deems to be violating
00:08:51regulations will not be limited to the Strait of Hormuz. According to the IRGC,
00:08:55any vessel that passes through an unauthorized passage
00:08:59will be pursued throughout the region and
00:09:02punished. My colleague Parham Qobadi is with us here in the studio.
00:09:06Tell us about Vladimir Putin's statements about Iran
00:09:09and the reaction of Iranian officials. Vladimir. The Russian
00:09:13President said that he will convey Iran's views to the United
00:09:16States and Donald Trump after speaking with Massoud
00:09:20Pezeshkian. We know that he had a phone call with Donald Trump and they finally
00:09:24signed an agreement with each other.
00:09:26Because the day before, Massoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir
00:09:30Putin had a meeting in Turkmenistan. In that meeting,
00:09:34Vladimir Putin, whose images we are seeing, had said that he would do everything
00:09:38in his power to end the war in the Middle
00:09:41East. Donald Trump has also commented again,
00:09:45and for the umpteenth time, he has said that
00:09:48we will prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and the price
00:09:52of gasoline will drop sharply, and this war, whatever form
00:09:56it takes, will end soon. These are words that he has repeated
00:09:59over and over again. But what Iran is
00:10:03actually seeking is that it can reopen
00:10:06the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days. Now Hassan
00:10:10Qashqavi, the spokesperson for Iran's
00:10:12National Security Commission, has responded to America
00:10:16and said that Iran should first reopen the Strait of Hormuz
00:10:20and then other actions should be taken, and this is due to the distrust that exists between the two sides.
00:10:23Each side seems to be waiting for the other side to take
00:10:27a step towards building trust, and then they will take the next step.
00:10:31But Mr. Qashqavi says that this is a decisive decision
00:10:35of the system that has been made at various levels, and no one
00:10:39has the right to violate or change it,
00:10:42that America must first take those trust-building steps.
00:10:45And he said that the difference between this current plan and what was discussed
00:10:49in Islamabad is that the ceasefire was 30 days in a 30-day period
00:10:53and then 60 days. Now we are saying that we will open it in 7 days,
00:10:57which some analysts consider a sign that Iran is under pressure,
00:11:00especially since this naval blockade
00:11:04continues and has put Iran's economy
00:11:07under even greater pressure. Iran has also closed
00:11:10the Strait of Hormuz, and just today, the Revolutionary
00:11:14Guard Corps issued a statement saying that any ship
00:11:18that wants to pass through routes that we have not designated will be targeted,
00:11:22not only in the Strait of Hormuz but also in other
00:11:25places, probably in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. If
00:11:29they do not pass through the route that Iran has said is in Iranian waters,
00:11:33they will be targeted. Aside from the sea, there are also
00:11:36concerns on land. Today, Amir Jahanshahi,
00:11:39the commander of the army's ground forces, said that 50 combat
00:11:43units have been deployed to Iran's eastern
00:11:47and western borders. This is not the only military
00:11:50official who has been giving similar warnings
00:11:54in recent days about Iran's readiness to confront
00:11:57a military attack and the landing of enemy aircraft, according
00:12:01to them. It seems that Iranian military officials are concerned
00:12:04and believe that America may
00:12:07want to launch a military attack, because Trump had previously
00:12:11threatened to take Kharg Island and may attack southern Iran.
00:12:14These threats seem to have been taken seriously by Iranian military
00:12:18officials. Thank you, Parham
00:12:20Qobadi.
00:12:23New air attacks by the
00:12:30Ukrainian Republic. Ukraine attributes these attacks to America's decision
00:12:33to ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports. Donald Trump
00:12:36is lifting these sanctions so that Russia can sell diesel
00:12:40to the US and global markets. He said this
00:12:43agreement was reached in a phone call with Vladimir Putin.
00:12:46Vladimir Zelensky says that easing sanctions without
00:12:50a clear agreement to de-escalate tensions is a sign of weakness
00:12:54and will allow Russia to continue the war
00:12:57for longer. Let's watch a report
00:12:59from Aruna.
00:13:02A 180-degree turn. Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump
00:13:06was sanctioning countries for buying Russian oil. Now he has agreed with Vladimir Putin
00:13:10that Russia will supply diesel to the US and global
00:13:13markets. Honestly,
00:13:17I want to thank President Putin. A lot of oil
00:13:20is coming into our country in the form of diesel, which is what
00:13:24we want. According to this agreement, Russia will immediately
00:13:27deliver 300,000 tons of diesel and send more in the coming months.
00:13:31The US President says that the price
00:13:35of diesel for Americans and indeed for the whole world
00:13:38will fall to unprecedented levels quickly. The Russian
00:13:42President said he is confident that this agreement will have
00:13:45a positive effect on the entire global economy.
00:13:48Diesel is the driving force of agriculture, heating
00:13:51homes, factories, and transportation. But its price in the US has
00:13:55hit a historical record due to shortages caused by the Middle
00:13:59East war. This situation has jeopardized the President's
00:14:03popularity ahead of the US midterm elections in November.
00:14:06Critics say that the amount of diesel
00:14:10Russia is supplying is small and will not have much impact
00:14:13on prices.
00:14:16Now, apparently, Donald Trump has backed down from the promises he made
00:14:20to Ukraine, meaning support for that country by imposing
00:14:23harsh sanctions against Russia.
00:14:45How does he bring this fuel to the world market, besides the foreign
00:14:49exchange he desperately needs? What does he get?
00:14:53Look,
00:15:17it has become a tangled mess, meaning
00:15:20that Putin clearly
00:15:24wants to tie the fate of the war
00:15:26in Iran to the fate of the war
00:15:29in Ukraine, and in any case, the hardliners in Iran
00:15:33who hold power, largely in the Revolutionary Guard Corps and now to some extent
00:15:52the Supreme National Security Council. Because in Iran, in any case, we know that because
00:15:55it's about the American election, I'm making this comparison. Well,
00:15:59many hardliners in Iran insist that Trump
00:16:03should lose the election, and indeed, in the polls,
00:16:06his situation is bad. They say his popularity
00:16:10has dropped to 40%, unlike a year ago and before. But the problem
00:16:13is that there is no one who asks the Iranian people's opinion
00:16:17about this nuclear policy, closing the Strait of Hormuz,
00:16:20and supporting the Houthis in Yemen and all that. I mean,
00:16:24public opinion polls in Iran are only good for
00:16:28a country like America, for the West. In Iran,
00:16:31there is no situation, for example, how much approval
00:16:34do Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei's policies have? And these statements that the IRGC commanders
00:16:38issue every day, how much do the Iranian people really support them?
00:16:42In any case, Iran's problem
00:16:44must be solved by the people,
00:16:46and by referring to the people. Well, the Islamic Republic clearly
00:16:50does not want to make concessions on the nuclear issue, without
00:16:54asking the people's will. On the other hand,
00:16:57for America, in the same interview you broadcast, Trump
00:17:00reiterated and said that the issue is uranium
00:17:04and diesel. That is, on the one hand, he is looking at the issue,
00:17:28it can be said that this decision that Mr. Trump
00:17:32and Putin made, this decision that Russia has made
00:17:36for the agreement to send gas
00:17:39and diesel to America
00:17:41will actually have a negative impact
00:17:45on Iran, meaning Iran, which is relying on Russia
00:17:49and Russian cooperation. It seems that Mr. Putin
00:17:53ultimately does not consider Iran among his priorities.
00:17:56Look, it's not entirely clear,
00:17:59but it is clear that Ukraine is very
00:18:03opposed to this situation. Mr. Zelensky
00:18:07tweeted his strong opposition. The issue is that
00:18:10Ukraine's own policy is that Ukrainians believe
00:18:14that if they target Russia's diesel infrastructure,
00:18:18it is through this method that Russia may
00:18:21abandon this aggression, or at least
00:18:25an agreement will be reached, because in any case, the war is currently
00:18:28stalemated in terms of territorial advances. The war in Ukraine and Russia
00:18:31is stalemated, meaning perhaps about 30 kilometers,
00:18:35which in the last year, I don't know, we need to look.
00:19:07On the other hand, he is giving this concession for the presidential election, because it seems
00:19:11he wants to reduce the pressure on himself. Of course, we should remember
00:19:15that Mr. Putin and Russia are different from the Islamic
00:19:19Republic, because not everything is the same for them. It's true that they are allies,
00:19:22but they have always relied on right-wing factions in Europe and America.
00:19:26Remember, in the 2016 election, the discussion was that
00:19:29Trump came to power with Putin's support, and in this regard,
00:19:33their discourses have some similarities. They are both Christians.
00:19:36I mean, unlike, for example, the Islamic Republic
00:19:40that claims to be Islamist, their civilizational issues also differ.
00:19:43But the idea that Putin has sold Iran,
00:19:47I find it unlikely. The issue is how much Putin can be trusted.
00:19:51I mean, if Putin really wants to, if he decides
00:19:54to end these two wars, Iran and Ukraine,
00:19:58which are now intertwined, I really think he is the one
00:20:02who has that power. But the issue is whether he is willing
00:20:05to abandon this interference that he has created for the West
00:20:09in Ukraine, even though he himself has suffered a lot of damage.
00:20:12And here, as my final point, I want to mention
00:20:16that nationalism is also a scourge in the world. Now, in Russia,
00:20:20nationalists are behind Putin and constantly beat the drums
00:20:23of war. In Iran, the government is also very much
00:20:26involved in this discussion and reaction to Ruvia's
00:20:30statements. We saw that those who used to curse Darius and Cyrus
00:20:34are now supporters of the Sassanid Empire and so on,
00:20:38who are destroying Iran. Well, if love for Iran was so important,
00:20:41where was your love for Iran before these wars? And is
00:20:45this simply an instrumental use or not? And now,
00:20:48America.
00:21:14The organization of demonstrations in parts of Delhi has led to curfew regulations
00:21:18and mobile communications have also been restricted. The leader and founder of this party, who
00:21:22had gone to Delhi to participate in the march, has been arrested.
00:21:25Protesters are demanding the resignation of the head of the Election
00:21:29Commission and accuse this body of tampering with the voter
00:21:32list in favor of the ruling party. The Election Commission has rejected
00:21:36this accusation. With the arrival of Hurricane
00:21:39Isaias
00:21:42on the southern coasts of America, power has been cut
00:21:46for hundreds of thousands of people in Florida and Alabama. This hurricane
00:21:50was accompanied by winds of 150 kilometers per hour
00:21:53and heavy rainfall. Officials in both states issued
00:21:57mandatory evacuation orders for residents. Isaias is moving
00:22:00north and has weakened. This hurricane is one of three
00:22:04weather systems that have affected parts of North America.
00:22:08Two other systems affected Mexico and Southern California.
00:22:11کردند.
00:22:14Police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, say
00:22:17that an AI model from Anthropic sent fake documents
00:22:21about an unsolved murder case
00:22:25through the police website. This happened three months ago,
00:22:28and the AI introduced itself as someone who
00:22:32had information about the case. However, Anthropic itself was informed
00:22:36of this issue a few weeks ago. Yesterday, Anthropic
00:22:40confirmed that its AI agents are acting against the company's
00:22:43wishes and have tried to access several government
00:22:47and local systems.
00:22:54London police, in the largest operation in its history
00:22:57against mobile phone theft, have arrested hundreds of people.
00:23:01In this month-long operation, officers used drones,
00:23:04powerful electric bicycles, and facial recognition
00:23:07cameras to identify suspects. They discovered
00:23:10and seized drugs, weapons, tens of thousands of pounds in cash,
00:23:14and hundreds of stolen phones. Graham Satchwell,
00:23:17a BBC reporter, was there.
00:23:36seems accidental and opportunistic.
00:23:38آید.
00:23:41In most cases, the starting point is international organized crime.
00:23:45است.
00:23:49London police have responded with drones,
00:23:52CCTV cameras, facial recognition cameras, and electric bicycles.
00:23:55برخواسته
00:24:02Here, they pursue and corner a suspect inside a park.
00:24:05کنند
00:24:10He emerges from a pond.
00:24:12آورد
00:24:15Slowly and calmly. Slowly and calmly. Alright, buddy, calm down. Now again.
00:25:51Their target is a shop suspected of receiving stolen phones.
00:25:54است.
00:25:57Inside the shop, they arrest
00:25:59one person.
00:26:01They find several devices and counterfeit
00:26:03goods. These are things that everyone thinks
00:26:07are original Apple products. But given that they are in these boxes,
00:26:11they are not original.
00:26:14Now, stolen phones are considered a multi-million pound trade,
00:26:18from the street to shops and warehouses, and from there to distributors
00:26:22who send them to China, Algeria, and South Africa.
00:26:24All right, buddy, arrested on charges
00:26:28of robbery with a lot of phones. Police say
00:26:31their tougher approach has led to a 20%
00:26:35reduction in thefts since the beginning of this year.
00:26:39There are comments and narratives in the online space, probably
00:26:42from political circles outside the country, that portray London as somehow
00:26:46the worst city in the world in terms of theft and violence. This is
00:26:49absolutely not true.
00:26:53My message to criminals is that if you are in London and steal phones
00:26:56or deal in stolen second-hand phones or distribute them,
00:27:00you are very likely to be arrested and punished.
00:27:32Scotland was sold for more than 2.7
00:27:36million dollars. This old whiskey, with a special
00:27:40design by the manager of the Macallan
00:27:42distillery, was produced in
00:27:451926
00:27:48and is one of 40 bottles of whiskey whose
00:27:51contents were aged for 60 years in a wooden barrel.
00:27:55This whiskey has attracted a lot of attention
00:27:59from collectors. Thank you for joining
00:28:03us for this news segment.
00:30:31Persian Television. Daily issues,
00:30:56imposing social restrictions in Iran. Judicial
00:31:00and law enforcement officials on the implementation of.