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00:00:15بنویسین.
00:00:22And now on BBC Persian Television, current
00:00:26issues.
00:00:43The continuation of the "neither war nor peace" situation between Tehran and
00:00:47Washington, coinciding with reports of US and
00:00:50Israeli readiness for an effective attack on Iran. Reuters
00:00:54says Qatar has put a new agreement on the
00:00:57table.
00:01:00The breaking of the record for the most expensive US
00:01:04congressional election. More than $4 billion
00:01:08has been spent on advertising.
00:01:11On this long journey, there are many
00:01:14dangers.
00:01:17And step by step on the way back to the ancestor's alphabet,
00:01:20many Tajiks hope that the Persian script
00:01:23will replace Cyrillic.
00:01:25بگیرد
00:01:29Hello. Welcome to this week's "Reporters" program.
00:01:33Reuters news agency says Qatar has presented a new
00:01:36plan for an agreement between the US and Iran. According to
00:01:40this plan, the two sides will take steps within 7 days
00:01:43to build mutual trust. However, a
00:01:47senior Iranian official, whose name Reuters did not mention,
00:01:50has called Qatar's proposal unacceptable.
00:01:53At the same time, the Wall Street Journal has reported that
00:01:56there are signs of the US and Israeli armies preparing
00:02:00to resume attacks on Iran.
00:02:03More details in a report by Baran
00:02:06Abbasi. Hello.
00:02:10The meeting between the Iranian President and the Emir of Qatar. On the sidelines
00:02:13of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. A few days after
00:02:17a Qatari delegation's visit to Iran, from the main mediators
00:02:20between Tehran and Washington. A visit that
00:02:23Reuters news agency says was to present a draft of a
00:02:26new agreement between the two warring parties.
00:02:30Reuters, quoting an informed official, said: This plan sets a seven-day
00:02:34timeline to address the concerns of Iran and the US.
00:02:37For each of these seven
00:02:41days, specific confidence-building measures have been foreseen
00:02:44that both sides must implement. Reuters says this
00:02:48timeline could begin as early as next week,
00:02:51and several countries will act as guarantors of its implementation.
00:02:55However, in response, a senior Iranian official, whose name and
00:02:58position were not mentioned, told Reuters that what Qatar
00:03:02presented was not a plan but ideas that are not
00:03:05acceptable to Iran. This official said Tehran will show no flexibility
00:03:09on the nuclear issue.
00:03:11داد.
00:03:14The increased efforts of mediators to revive negotiations come
00:03:17as there are signs of the US and Israeli armies preparing
00:03:20to resume attacks against Iran.
00:03:24Attacks that will likely occur after the US
00:03:27midterm elections, which will be held in less than a week.
00:03:30The Wall Street Journal says the US,
00:03:34through military diplomatic channels, has informed several
00:03:38Arab Persian Gulf countries to prepare for a short
00:03:41but intense military operation. According to
00:03:45this report, the US is transferring a Patriot missile system
00:03:48from Texas to Israel. US
00:03:52forces have withdrawn from some vulnerable bases in the Middle
00:03:56East, and fighter jets and bombers are being prepared for potential
00:04:00attacks. Next month, an aircraft carrier
00:04:03strike group and a Marine unit are scheduled to
00:04:07join the forces stationed in the Middle East. The Wall Street
00:04:11Journal says potential US targets are Iran's nuclear
00:04:15infrastructure and facilities. Donald
00:04:18Trump, however, has not given a clear answer to questions about the
00:04:21effectiveness of the war.
00:04:24Anything is possible. I can't say for sure, but anything is possible.
00:04:28We are in a situation regarding Iran.
00:05:05internationally, it remains a major concern for gas suppliers and consumers. Speculation
00:05:08about the possibility of an effective war against Iran comes
00:05:11as the US Department of Defense estimates that this military
00:05:14campaign has so far cost more than $47 billion,
00:05:1825% more than initial
00:05:22estimates.
00:05:24A cost that could become significantly higher with the start
00:05:27of a new round of attacks without any guarantee
00:05:31that this time it will lead to the surrender or fall of the Islamic Republic.
00:05:35Baran Abbasi, BBC.
00:05:37سی
00:05:40On the eve of the elections. Israel's elections and the US
00:05:44Congressional midterm elections. The war with Iran has become a common
00:05:48topic in the political competitions of the two countries. But its consequences
00:05:52are not the same for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.
00:05:55The Israeli Prime Minister tries to use the war as one of his
00:05:59achievements, while the US President
00:06:02is facing dissatisfaction with the costs of the war.
00:06:05Barack Obama, former US President, in his
00:06:08election speeches, criticized the policies of the
00:06:12Trump administration, including the war with Iran. Donald Trump
00:06:16has also heavily attacked Mr. Obama and said that during his
00:06:20presidency, he gave billions of dollars to Iran
00:06:23and paved the way for that country to acquire nuclear
00:06:27weapons. More details in a report by Khashayar
00:06:30Joneidi from Washington, with the explanation that this report was
00:06:34prepared before the Israeli elections.
00:06:36شده.
00:06:39Two days remain until the Israeli elections.
00:07:12The years have been right, and the serious threat we face from Iran is also
00:07:16completely real. But usually, he mixes this threat
00:07:20with his own political
00:07:21goals.
00:07:25In the US, Donald Trump defends his
00:07:29performance in the war with
00:07:31Iran at Republican election rallies.
00:07:34But the economic consequences of the war,
00:07:38especially the increase in fuel prices, put pressure on
00:07:41their lives.
00:08:12they know about the attack on Iran, but according
00:08:15to analysts, despite Mr. Netanyahu's efforts
00:08:18to initiate the war
00:08:22before the elections, it was Mr. Trump
00:08:24who played a more prominent role in
00:08:28deciding on the continuation of hostilities.
00:08:31داشته.
00:08:36I think Netanyahu played an important role in how the war started,
00:08:39but in how it ends, if there is an end at all,
00:08:43his role is decreasing day by day. Donald Trump,
00:08:47contrary to the usual practice of former US presidents,
00:08:50has openly supported the re-election of Benjamin
00:08:53Netanyahu. But according to polls,
00:08:57it seems that Mr. Trump's support has not
00:09:01significantly changed the votes of supporters and
00:09:05opponents of the Israeli prime minister.
00:09:07When you read Trump's statement of support for Netanyahu,
00:09:11you see that its main focus is on Iran. For the Israeli
00:09:15public opinion, it almost seemed as if Netanyahu himself
00:09:18wrote the text of this statement for Trump. But if Mr. Netanyahu's
00:09:22rivals come to power, will
00:09:24Israel's policy towards Iran change?
00:09:28تغییر خواهد
00:09:29کرد.
00:09:37Israelis will still believe that among all the country's
00:09:40security challenges, Iran is an existential threat, especially
00:09:44in connection with Iran's potential acquisition of nuclear
00:09:47weapons.
00:09:56Benjamin Netanyahu wants to use the war with Iran as his
00:09:59trump card in the Israeli elections.
00:10:03But the economic consequences of this
00:10:06war have become Donald Trump's Achilles' heel.
00:10:09Republicans here are worried
00:10:13that they will pay the political price of Mr. Netanyahu's
00:10:17victory in the elections.
00:10:20Khashayar Joneidi. BBC Washington.
00:10:23British prosecutors have
00:10:27charged two men in connection with the security incident at
00:10:30Fairford Air Base with committing security offenses.
00:10:33These charges relate to a suspected plot to attack this
00:10:37air base in western England, which was also
00:10:40used by US bombers. Mohammad Abdul Karim
00:10:44has been accused of collaborating with a foreign intelligence organization,
00:10:47and Nauman Saghir was accused of entering
00:10:51a restricted area with the aim of harming Britain.
00:10:54According to counter-terrorism police, it is believed that these two
00:10:58men were cooperating with Iran. More details
00:11:01in a report by Shabnam Shabani.
00:11:03یک
00:11:07A month after the security incident at Fairford Air Base,
00:11:09two suspects were formally charged under the UK
00:11:13National Security Act. One of the charges
00:11:17against them is aiding foreign intelligence
00:11:19agencies.
00:11:55British interests. Both
00:11:58defendants are appearing in Westminster court today to face
00:12:01their charges.
00:12:04Investigations began after three suspicious vans were seen
00:12:08near Fairford Air Base in Gloucestershire on September 27th.
00:12:12Police did not find explosives in these
00:12:16vehicles, but they seized some gasoline. After
00:12:19that, a large area around the base was cordoned off for several
00:12:23days. Police say that Saghir was arrested
00:12:27at the scene that day, then released, and re-arrested on
00:12:30October 20th. In total,
00:12:33since the beginning of this case, eight men have been arrested,
00:12:37six of whom are still out on police bail.
00:12:40One of them is a 25-year-old
00:12:44British-Iranian citizen who was released without charge for allegedly
00:12:47assisting a foreign intelligence service.
00:12:50However, in connection with the previous accusation of preparing
00:12:54terrorist acts, he is still under
00:12:57bail conditions. The UK counter-terrorism police
00:13:01say that in recent months, the force has faced a series of
00:13:05incidents that police believe show the hand of the Iranian
00:13:08government. Iran, however, has previously
00:13:11denied any involvement in the Fairford incident.
00:13:14This base has been the location for
00:13:17the deployment and operations of US Air Force
00:13:20for decades.
00:13:24In recent months, B-1 and B-522 bombers have flown from this
00:13:27base towards the Middle East. After Britain agreed
00:13:31to the US request to use its base for
00:13:35attacks against Iran, labeled as defensive attacks.
00:13:39کرد.
00:13:41After last month's incident, the US withdrew its bombers from Fairford,
00:13:45citing without providing details the existence of
00:13:49threats against the base. Tensions
00:13:52between Iran and the US, compared to a few years ago, may not
00:13:56be at their peak. But the risk of a renewed war
00:13:59exists. A war whose consequences are also seen beyond
00:14:03the Middle East. Shabnam Shabani. BBC.
00:14:06The office of Prince Reza Pahlavi,
00:14:10the former Crown Prince of Iran, has announced the launch of a
00:14:13Telegram bot for direct communication with his team.
00:14:16Mr. Pahlavi wrote on his X social media account that
00:14:19not only military and government forces but also all of
00:14:23Iran.
00:14:41Prince Reza Pahlavi, the former Crown Prince of Iran, has announced the launch of a
00:14:44new Telegram bot, a tool that, according to him, is designed
00:14:48for direct communication with his team. What do we know about this bot
00:14:51and the previous campaign? Based on our
00:14:55investigations, this Telegram bot, after sending its
00:14:58start message, introduces itself as Farzan. Farzan says that he works
00:15:02under the supervision of Prince Reza Pahlavi on the National Cooperation Platform
00:15:05and is the personal contact point for the person who sent the message.
00:15:09Farzan asks the person who sent the message to talk about themselves
00:15:13and claims that due to the large number of messages, a response might
00:15:16take a few minutes. This Telegram bot, according
00:15:20to Telegram statistics, has over 130,000 monthly
00:15:24the appearance of the bot, it is not clear whether messages are
00:15:27sent automatically or if a real person is sending messages. Some
00:15:31users on X social media have talked about this bot and the appearance
00:15:35of similar bots, and it has been
00:15:39published that this bot asks questions such as age, gender,
00:15:42place of residence, occupation, place of work, and phone number
00:15:46from the person who sent the
00:16:21this is not the first time that Prince Reza Pahlavi has spoken
00:16:25about similar campaigns. Mr. Pahlavi
00:16:28last year announced the launch of a system called "We Will
00:16:32Take Back Iran." He had said that this system was
00:16:35created with goals including organizing popular forces inside Iran
00:16:39and receiving field reports. This website
00:16:42has a section through which reports can be sent
00:16:46to Reza Pahlavi's office. We also reviewed
00:16:49the forms on this website and compared them with the
00:16:52Telegram bot. It seems that in the forms of this system,
00:16:55entering information such as name and contact number is optional.
00:16:59While the Telegram bot clearly asks for the name
00:17:03and contact number of the person who sent the message.
00:17:06Now, in the current situation in Iran, the question
00:17:10that has occupied the minds of some users is how their information is stored
00:17:13in the Telegram bot and to what extent it is secure.
00:17:17Only a few days remain until the end of voting in the US
00:17:21Congressional midterm elections. Many states began early
00:17:24in-person and mail-in voting last week, and so far
00:17:28nearly 30 million people have voted. More than 120 million people
00:17:32are expected to participate
00:17:36in these elections. The two main parties and their
00:17:39supporters spent unprecedented amounts on political advertising
00:17:43and to gain a majority in the House of Representatives.
00:17:46Bahman Kolvasy has looked at the amount of money spent in these
00:17:50elections.
00:17:51شده.
00:17:56The race for the US Congress is in its final
00:17:58days, and it has already broken the record for the most
00:18:02expensive congressional election. It is estimated
00:18:05that candidates for House and Senate seats,
00:18:09plus their supporting groups, have spent a total of
00:18:12more than $4 billion on this election
00:18:16race. Yes, $4 billion
00:18:19is an astonishing figure, at least
00:18:2250% more than the previous election.
00:18:25است.
00:18:28Most of it was spent on broadcasting advertisements on television
00:18:32and social media to attack rivals. Republicans.
00:18:35Hundreds
00:19:08of millions of dollars
00:19:09have also been
00:19:15injected into these advertisements by groups supporting the two parties,
00:19:19where Republicans also have the upper hand. Based
00:19:23on polls, which of course also have errors, Republicans
00:19:26will lose their majority in the House of Representatives,
00:19:29and for this reason, their focus is on maintaining
00:19:33the Senate majority. The atmosphere is due to the dissatisfaction of over
00:19:3665%.
00:20:37The information available, which will be more complete in the coming weeks,
00:20:41shows that Mr. Musk has donated more than $400 million
00:20:45to organizations that advertise for Republicans and against
00:20:48Democrats.
00:21:00The outcome of the Texas election is one of those races that will make
00:21:04it clear whether significant financial advantage
00:21:07in advertising can compensate for widespread
00:21:10dissatisfaction with the president and his party, or if in a situation
00:21:14where the president's popularity is below 35%,
00:21:18no amount of advertising
00:21:20can save the ruling party from the negative consequences of voters' opinions.
00:21:34Bahman Kalasi, BBC, New York.
00:21:38The issue of returning to the Persian script, or the ancestors' alphabet,
00:21:42has become hot again in Tajikistan. Persian script
00:21:45and language are symbols of Tajik national identity, and many
00:21:49of them.
00:22:00For generations before 1929, this script was the script of life.
00:22:04Then the Latin script replaced the Persian script.
00:22:08In 1940, the Soviet system also
00:22:11changed it. Now in Tajikistan,
00:22:15which separated itself from the Soviet Union 35
00:22:19years ago, the Persian script, or Persian writing,
00:22:22is only taught to students in 7th
00:22:25and 8th grades for two hours a week.
00:22:29In this long journey,
00:22:32there are many dangers. Although
00:22:35difficult, students in Tajik
00:22:39schools learn to read and write Persian
00:22:42and believe that this script is a bridge of
00:22:45communication between
00:22:48them and the rich heritage of their ancestors. In the Persian text,
00:22:52there are no diacritical marks. For
00:22:55this reason, it was difficult. But the teacher
00:22:59taught us, and now
00:23:01I can
00:23:04read well. I want them to learn Persian script so that
00:23:07they can correctly and without
00:23:11errors
00:23:13understand their past works.
00:23:16This woman has 28 years of teaching experience.
00:23:20Her main specialty is language and literature.
00:23:23At the same time, for 10 years, she has been teaching the
00:23:27alphabet of their ancestors to students in 7th and 8th
00:23:30grades in one of Dushanbe's schools.
00:23:33Mostly in foreign
00:23:36letters, it is difficult. Because when
00:23:40writing words.
00:23:49become.
00:24:31Very much, along with increasing the hours of
00:24:35attention
00:24:37to quality, providing all schools with language teachers,
00:24:41and launching training
00:24:44courses for those interested
00:24:47in Persian script, they also consider it important.
00:24:51Here in Tajikistan, Tajik Persian language is the
00:24:55mother tongue of millions of people, but the
00:24:58way it is written is done with
00:25:00Cyrillic script, while a major part of the
00:25:04written and literary heritage of this
00:25:07land, from Rudaki to Hafez
00:25:10and Farsi, remains.
00:25:13The scientific conference of the World Tajiks and Iranians Association,
00:25:17perhaps with attention to the importance of culture, language, and
00:25:21Persian script in today's tense global
00:25:24atmosphere,
00:25:26the president
00:25:30emphasized at least two ways to strengthen the teaching of the
00:25:33ancestors' alphabet in the country.
00:25:35Another important development regarding Persian script
00:25:39in Tajikistan is the launch of the Persian page
00:25:42on Asia-Plus in early September.
00:25:46In addition to Russian and English languages,
00:25:50this media now also produces
00:25:52content about developments in Tajikistan and the
00:25:55region in Persian script. Following the
00:25:59US-Israel war against Iran, the effort
00:26:02to cover these developments by Tajik
00:26:05media
00:26:07was welcomed by Iranian users.
00:26:11According to this media, by publishing
00:26:14news and reports in Persian script,
00:26:17they are pursuing this goal.
00:26:46Persian in Tajikistan has not been the official script
00:26:49of the country since 1992, but after
00:26:52nearly a century, it has made a comeback.
00:26:56онزای
00:27:00The former Soviet
00:27:03script has regained its place. Signs
00:27:06that have strengthened the hopes of many in Tajikistan,
00:27:10Iran, and Afghanistan for the revival of the ancestors'
00:27:14alphabet in this land. Sohrab Zia.
00:27:18BBC Dushanbe. Every week at this time,
00:27:21you can watch the reports selected for this program.
00:27:25The "Reporters" program will be available for a week on our
00:27:28website at BBCper.com, as well as on our page.
00:30:19Headlines.
00:30:20خبرها.
00:30:26Marathon of Iran-Qatar mediator talks in Doha.
00:30:29Trump says he is satisfied with the progress of the negotiations,
00:30:32but does not trust Tehran.
00:30:35Iran's declaration of the British Air Force and Navy as terrorist
00:30:39entities. Tehran says it is a reciprocal measure in response to the country's
00:30:43military cooperation with the US and Israel.
00:30:45The daily lives of Americans
00:30:49affected by the war with Iran. A look at the consequences
00:30:53of the Middle East conflicts for the Congressional
00:30:55elections.