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00:00:22Headlines I can say that we have now reached
00:00:24a two-day plan. Tehran declares readiness
00:00:27for opening the Strait of Hormuz in 48
00:00:31hours, coinciding with increased
00:00:34tensions with the US. China supported Iran. Russia said
00:00:38it was concerned.
00:00:41Criticism of the attack on a Qatari gas tanker in the
00:00:44Persian Gulf. The Revolutionary Guards claimed to have targeted
00:00:4711 vessels in the past 9 days.
00:00:50شد.
00:00:56Controversy in Michigan one day before
00:00:59the election. In that period in America, a Democratic
00:01:02representative supported the Republican candidate
00:01:05against the Arab-descended nominee of her
00:01:08party. And around the world in
00:01:1128 years, a British man returned home
00:01:15after walking 50,000 kilometers.
00:01:36Hello, good evening, and welcome to another news segment from BBC
00:01:40Persian. I am Majid Afshar. Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign
00:01:44Minister, says that as a result of ongoing talks with Qatari
00:01:48mediators, Iran's proposed seven-day plan has now been reduced
00:01:52to two days, such that if the US meets Iran's conditions on the first
00:01:56day, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened on the second day.
00:02:00These statements by Mr. Araghchi have coincided with the targeting
00:02:04of several other commercial ships in the Persian
00:02:07Gulf. One of these vessels was carrying Qatari
00:02:10gas, and the attack on it has been met with widespread condemnation.
00:02:13At the same time, Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's former
00:02:16Foreign Minister, has also warned that a new conflict with the US
00:02:20would extend the scope of the war to Europe. Kiana Naji reports.
00:02:24میدیم
00:02:28In Mahabad, in western Iran, today we witnessed a military
00:02:32parade of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),
00:02:35the heroic army, a ceremony
00:02:38to mobilize more forces on the eve of what
00:02:42could be a new round of a major war with the US
00:02:45and Israel, after indirect talks with the US
00:02:49in Doha in recent days apparently
00:02:52led nowhere. At the same time, speaking of threats and diplomacy,
00:02:56you say what were the results of the Doha consultations? The talks
00:03:00are ongoing, and in any case, the issue is a complex one, or rather,
00:03:03the issues are very complex, and
00:03:07the passage of time,
00:03:10given America's actions, has added to the complexities.
00:03:13You cannot talk about the Strait of Hormuz and be concerned
00:03:17about insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz, but still continue
00:03:21the economic siege of Iran,
00:03:24and disregard all the things that you accepted
00:03:28in the framework of the Islamabad agreement, and expect
00:03:32Iran to unilaterally accept
00:03:35commitments. In
00:03:38America, these are the latest statements from US President
00:03:41Donald Trump. The only reason we are not ending
00:03:44the work immediately is because I want to do them a favor. I want to try
00:03:48to save many lives. My opponent is sitting there doing nothing.
00:03:51Eventually, at some point, we have to deal with them with a
00:03:54hammer. Iranian newspapers today are busy
00:03:58preparing public opinion. Inside Iran, it is said that in
00:04:02case of renewed war, not only will targets in the region
00:04:05be attacked, but also countries
00:04:09in the region,
00:04:12unfortunately, I must say some of them
00:04:15even encouraged the Americans to attack
00:04:18Iran. I hope that they
00:04:22have also learned their lessons. The best way is for
00:04:25their friends to convince America not to start
00:04:29a new war. Because we are forced
00:04:32to defend ourselves. China, with its close relations with
00:04:36Iran, is concerned about the consequences of such a war
00:04:39for the region and the world. This was
00:04:42today's meeting between the Chinese Foreign Minister and the Deputy Secretary
00:04:45of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in Beijing. China is expected
00:04:49to send a special envoy of the President to Iran and the region
00:04:52soon. China wants the Strait of
00:04:56Hormuz to return to its pre-war arrangements. Kian Nazib.
00:05:00BBC. Nafiseh Konood, our senior correspondent for Middle
00:05:03Eastern affairs, is with us. Nafiseh, we know
00:05:07that the Iranian delegation has returned from Doha to Tehran,
00:05:10but how different was this round of talks
00:05:14rounds?
00:05:17Majid, what I'm hearing from various sources,
00:05:21diplomatic sources and officials who are following
00:05:24these developments here in the region, it seems there is a difference
00:05:27between Qatar's
00:05:30mediation and what Pakistan
00:05:33was trying to do. On one
00:05:36hand, it seems that the Americans consider Qatar's influence
00:05:40to be more significant. After all,
00:05:42it has played a role in many negotiations, including even negotiations
00:05:46between the US and the Taliban in Afghanistan, and
00:05:50many other important regional
00:05:53negotiations. In addition, it seems
00:05:57that every sentence in these indirect negotiations
00:06:01is being conducted in writing, unlike in the past,
00:06:05especially during Pakistan's mediation.
00:06:08It's not just words, it's writing.
00:06:11That is, it was interesting for me to understand
00:06:15that a large part of the exchange of messages through Pakistan
00:06:19was actually in the form of sentences
00:06:22spoken over the phone, but apparently here,
00:06:26everything is being exchanged in writing through
00:06:29Qatar, and Qatar is recording them as a document
00:06:33and proof, which would make it
00:06:37difficult for both sides to deny many issues.
00:06:40And both sides can
00:06:44threaten each other that they can publish the details
00:06:48of this negotiation. In addition
00:06:51to this, however, despite all these factors combining
00:06:54to create a kind of hope that perhaps
00:06:58Qatar's influence will be
00:07:01effective, the level of pessimism
00:07:04in the region
00:07:08continues, Majid. I wanted to ask
00:07:11you about the current situation. Given that
00:07:14the situation is very sensitive, one day before
00:07:18the US midterm elections, what is the regional perspective on this
00:07:21situation? Look,
00:07:24if we look at the reactions of foreign
00:07:27embassies, all of them are, in
00:07:30turn, making their preparations for
00:07:34any sudden departure, although
00:07:37no such departure has occurred yet, because
00:07:40after all, in these past few
00:07:51years, these preparations in various embassies are increasing,
00:07:54and it is viewed that there is a high
00:07:58probability that these negotiations will not lead anywhere. On the other hand,
00:08:02we see that Israeli channels, including Israeli
00:08:05Channel 14, have now announced that
00:08:08Israeli army forces are on
00:08:12high alert on the eve
00:08:15of the US midterm elections,
00:08:19which also shows that they are also
00:08:23preparing for such a movement, and when
00:08:26military movements are also looked at in the region,
00:08:30and the statements that are being made by various
00:08:33countries in the region, from Jordan to Iraq
00:08:37and Turkey, all indicate
00:08:40that war is
00:08:44at the door,
00:08:46and in such circumstances,
00:08:50some attention is naturally drawn
00:08:53to groups supported by Iran in the region, such as
00:08:56Hezbollah in Lebanon. Is this time different
00:09:00for them if they want to get
00:09:02involved?
00:09:07Majid, whether Hezbollah will get involved or not has now
00:09:10become a question known as the million-dollar
00:09:14question, because it's mostly speculation,
00:09:17and as it seems and I'm hearing
00:09:20from our own sources, the communication
00:09:23of the new military branch of Hezbollah
00:09:27with others, including apparently even some
00:09:30members of Hezbollah's parliament, is so limited
00:09:34that achieving
00:09:37a precise understanding of what Hezbollah
00:09:40will do or if it has made any promises,
00:09:44is unclear. However, when I spoke with Western sources
00:09:48who have direct or indirect channels with Hezbollah in some
00:09:51way, they say that Hezbollah officials
00:09:54have not made any promises or given any assurances
00:09:58that they will enter
00:10:01this battle or not. But the situation we
00:10:05are seeing here and the trend that Israel is pursuing in southern Lebanon,
00:10:08and the destruction and the pattern
00:10:12of all the situations that are changing in southern Lebanon, indicate
00:10:16that Israel is effectively preparing for further
00:10:19advancement, and if we look at Israeli
00:10:23media, many
00:10:26senior Israeli officials,
00:10:29including the Israeli Defense Minister, have said that they are
00:10:32preparing to launch a large-scale attack
00:10:36against Hezbollah, and the general perception is that even if Hezbollah
00:10:39hypothetically does not enter this battle, ultimately
00:10:42Israel, on the pretext
00:10:46that the Lebanese army and the Lebanese government have not been able
00:10:49to take weapons from Hezbollah, will most likely do so, and the trend
00:10:53that is advancing indicates that there is a plan to advance
00:10:57towards Nabatiyeh and Tyre, very important
00:11:01cities in southern Lebanon, and Israeli
00:11:04officials explicitly say that we have Israeli
00:11:08flights over Beirut every day, which shows
00:11:12that this event
00:11:14will probably happen in the entire region. Considering
00:11:18one last thing, considering what Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei
00:11:22said about the unity of the fronts, the general understanding now
00:11:26is that it is practically expected that all groups allied
00:11:30with Iran will enter this battle, perhaps
00:11:33step by step or perhaps together, even if they are
00:11:37forced to. Although so far none of them have
00:11:41made any direct statements, neither from Iraq nor here. Thank you, Nafiseh
00:11:44Konood, our senior correspondent for Middle East affairs.
00:11:48Let's continue the program with two short news items. In the United Arab
00:11:51Emirates, the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
00:11:59warned that global crude oil reserves have sharply declined. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said that since the disruption in oil
00:12:03tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, nearly one billion barrels of crude oil have been
00:12:07withdrawn from global reserves. According to the Emirati
00:12:10official, the cost of cash and logistics, which was more
00:12:13than 5% of the price per barrel, has now reached over 30%.
00:12:17He called for an increase in strategic reserves
00:12:21capacity.
00:12:23The Ansar Allah group in Yemen, known as the Houthis, say that
00:12:27seven people were injured in Saudi airstrikes on Ras Isa port
00:12:31on the Red Sea coast and an oil facility
00:12:33in Hodeidah province. The Houthi Health
00:12:37Ministry spokesperson called these attacks a clear violation of international
00:12:40humanitarian law. The Saudi-led coalition says
00:12:44the aim of these operations was to disable the resources that the Houthis
00:12:47use. According to the United
00:12:51Nations, more than 1,600 people have been killed
00:12:54in the Yemen conflict this
00:12:55year.
00:12:59One of the most sensitive and controversial US election
00:13:03races is the battle for the Senate seat from Michigan.
00:13:06Polls show the two rivals, the Democrat and the Republican,
00:13:09neck and neck. On one side of this
00:13:13race is an Arab Muslim who is nominated by the Democratic
00:13:17Party, and from the US President to her
00:13:20fellow party members, have leveled very harsh
00:13:24criticisms against him.
00:14:37are either Arab or Muslim. Muslims
00:14:41in Dearborn are concerned about the increase in anti-Islamic
00:14:44views. Even someone like Mike Hashem who was
00:14:48involved in Mr. Trump's election campaign just two
00:14:52years ago. I am here.
00:15:29Many Arabs and Muslims who voted for Mr. Trump in the previous
00:15:33round because they thought he would keep his promise
00:15:36to end the war in Gaza and Lebanon are now
00:15:40unhappy and want to make up for their vote
00:15:44from two years ago.
00:15:47President Trump made a promise and did the exact opposite. He dragged
00:15:51us into another endless war. This time with Iran.
00:15:54He can no longer run for office. But I will no longer vote for him
00:15:58or anyone he recommends.
00:16:01Like anywhere else in America, economic issues have also caused
00:16:04many Dearborn Arabs to become
00:16:28many Muslims and Arabs here are excited and want to vote
00:16:32even earlier than election day, within the early
00:16:36voting period. We will see
00:17:20if a Muslim can win votes from the entire
00:17:24state in a state that is neither very liberal
00:17:28nor very conservative. Sam
00:17:31Farzaneh, BBC, in Dearborn, Michigan.
00:17:34میشیگان.
00:17:37Sam is with us right now from Dearborn, where it seems
00:17:41the rollercoaster of electoral developments has no
00:17:45end. Yesterday, one of Michigan's Democratic
00:17:48representatives in the House of Representatives supported
00:17:51Mr. Sayed's Republican opponent in the Senate
00:17:54election. It's very strange that a Democratic
00:17:57representative would come out and support
00:18:00the Republican candidate due to opposition
00:18:03to this person. Why is this so important? It's
00:18:13become like those TV series where suddenly strange
00:18:17things happen. Someone you thought was dead comes
00:18:21back to life, and the living one seems dead. It's like strange things are all happening
00:18:25here at once. This person, this
00:18:29lady, her name is Haley Stevens. This lady is currently
00:18:32a member of the House of Representatives until
00:18:35the end of this current
00:18:38year. This lady was one of those who volunteered
00:18:42to become the Democratic nominee,
00:18:45and she lost in that primary stage.
00:18:48She lost the competition to Mr. Sayed. After that
00:18:52stage, they came and said, "No, we are all united.
00:18:55The point is for a Democrat to win, and it's
00:18:59good that we are united." And she supported
00:19:02Mr. Sayed. But it gradually became clear that her
00:19:06support was not
00:19:09real or comprehensive. She started raising
00:19:12different objections, including saying that
00:19:15Mr. Sayed should say that
00:19:18a certain advertisement someone did for him
00:19:22is anti-Semitic, or say that, for example, that
00:19:26action was wrong, that person is, for example, someone
00:19:29who is very left-wing and speaks very
00:19:32anti-Jewishly. Say I have no relation to him.
00:19:36These demands seemed to increase until
00:19:40the day before yesterday, Saturday,
00:19:43Mr. Sayed says, "Well, I don't want this lady to be in my campaign
00:19:47anymore," because they were supposed to go to church together on Sunday, for example, and pray.
00:19:51He says, "She doesn't need to come to me, and
00:19:55I don't need her to come to me."
00:19:58On Sunday morning,
00:20:01televisions show Ms. Stevens going to
00:20:04church with Mr. Rogers, who is a Republican. And after
00:20:08that, she announces her support for Mr. Rogers,
00:20:12and says that this is due to the hatred in Mr. Sayed's
00:20:15election campaign, and she says several
00:20:19times, "They told me they don't want me to come, they told
00:20:22me I won't come, I shouldn't come," and it seems
00:20:25that the issue was very personal for her,
00:20:28that this turning away from her caused
00:20:32her to make such a decision. Ms. Stevens is someone who has
00:20:36gained votes among African Americans in America. She is not African American herself, but she has been able to gain votes among them.
00:20:39There was a perception that she could
00:20:43add the votes of Jews and African Americans
00:20:46to Mr. Sayed's election campaign.
00:20:50The fact that she is now withdrawing her support
00:20:53in this situation, in these remaining days, after many
00:20:57people have voted early, it's not clear
00:21:00how much impact it will have. But some
00:21:04believe it can have an impact. If someone trusts
00:21:07her and is not very sure that they want to vote
00:21:10for Sayed, now is a good opportunity
00:21:14for them to separate and vote for the Republicans.
00:21:17Why is this Senate seat so important
00:21:20right now?
00:21:24Look, Majid, the Senate has 100 seats,
00:21:28and if the two parties are tied at 50-50, the Vice President
00:21:32casts the 101st vote, and then something
00:21:35can be approved there. Well,
00:21:39most of these seats in each election,
00:21:43for example, one-third of them are up
00:21:46for election. This year, because two people left and went to the government,
00:21:50Mr. Marco Rubio and Mr. Vance, we have 35
00:21:53elections. Well, among these 35,
00:21:57a significant number are from states
00:22:00where the majority is Republican or the majority
00:22:04is Democratic. Therefore, it's not very likely that an opponent
00:22:07can win votes there, and it's already
00:22:11known that the Democrat from this state
00:22:15can win votes and be elected.
00:22:18Therefore, the election
00:22:55So the competition is a sensitive one. It's a competition
00:22:58that is quite unique. There are only 7 of them
00:23:02in the entire US, and these seven or eight are the ones
00:23:06who decide. For Republicans who might lose seats elsewhere,
00:23:10winning this one is very important. Therefore,
00:23:13they have put a lot of energy into it, and Mr.
00:23:16Trump has gone to places to win this seat.
00:23:20As was also mentioned in the report, many say
00:23:24this is Islamophobia. The things they say, the way they
00:23:27talk about Mr. Sayed and try to portray
00:23:30him as a Jihadi, this has caused
00:23:33many to pay more attention to this campaign
00:23:37and yesterday's event involving Ms. Stevens.
00:23:40Thank you, Sam Farzaneh. We will
00:23:44be with you in the coming days.
00:23:47Let's continue the program with two short
00:23:50news items. Ukrainian and Russian officials reported cyber
00:23:54attacks on emergency alert centers in both
00:23:57countries. On Sunday night, Ukrainian citizens received
00:24:01fake messages on their mobile phones about the risk
00:24:05of radioactive materials, chemical attacks, and the possibility
00:24:08of street clashes in Kyiv. Ukraine blamed Russia
00:24:12for hacking and sending these messages. The BBC cannot independently
00:24:15verify these details. A few hours later, Russia also claimed that its
00:24:25The governor of Hebron says Israeli forces withdrew
00:24:29from the center of this province in the southern occupied West
00:24:32Bank after a 10-day siege. According to him,
00:24:36Palestinian security forces took control of the area.
00:24:40The mayor of Hebron also said that families who were forced to leave
00:24:44their homes can now return. Students
00:24:47also went to schools and universities for the first
00:24:51time in the past 10 days. The Israeli army had
00:24:54besieged the city about 10 days ago following a deadly
00:24:58shooting of its soldiers.
00:25:02The man who set out 28 years ago to walk around the world
00:25:05returns to his home in Britain today. Karl Bushby
00:25:08is the first person to complete a 50,000
00:25:12kilometer walk around
00:25:14the world.
00:25:19The last stage.
00:25:50In 1998, he left his home in Hull and flew
00:25:53to South America to begin his walk. According to
00:25:57a rule he set for himself, he was not allowed to use
00:26:01any vehicle for this
00:27:32challenge. We thought we would receive a warmer welcome. We were wrong. In
00:27:36the end, from the day we arrived on the Russian coast until
00:27:40we entered Mongolia, I think it took more than 10 years.
00:27:43Just this part of going across the entire American continent took 6
00:27:47years.
00:27:54Last month, he swam across the English Channel and reached
00:27:58the Kent coast. The mayor of Hull will officially welcome
00:28:01him. He will meet his 36-year-old son, and then
00:28:05walk the last few miles to the home he left 28 years
00:28:09ago, where his mother Angela says she will be
00:28:12waiting for him.
00:28:17This news segment has come to an end. Thank you for being with us.
00:29:37The water and sufferings of Iranians. When the
00:29:41Tehran subway destroys the Qanat-e Mehri
00:29:45in Toopkhaneh, we disrupt
00:29:48the physical environment.
00:29:52There are other fishermen like us. They are also
00:29:55unemployed. The same fate has befallen
00:29:58Hamoun as has befallen our other Talibs. It's brackish water because.