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00:21:59Water and the suffering of Iranians
00:22:03when the Tehran
00:22:05metro in Topkhaneh is destroyed, we
00:22:09disrupted the physical environment.
00:22:10We
00:22:13have other cries like us. They are also
00:22:17unemployed. Hamouns have suffered the same fate
00:22:20as other Talibs. It's salty water now, because
00:22:24of the water shortage. The salty water and
00:22:27the salt marsh no longer exist.
00:22:31The lake was fine. Karun was not
00:22:34like this. Karun, a mother
00:22:38who has suffered and grieved, has benefited Iran, but Iran
00:22:42has forgotten her. It's a shame that such beauty
00:22:45is disappearing.
00:22:52Water season with Kaveh Madani on Aparat.
00:23:11In recent times, there has been a lot of talk in Iran about Starlink. Some people are talking about
00:23:15the possibility of mobile phones connecting to Starlink satellite internet, especially
00:23:18in the southern regions of Iran. Government officials have also
00:23:21made contradictory statements about cutting off Starlink
00:23:25for users in Iran. So what's going on? Some
00:23:29Iranian users have written on social media that some people in
00:23:32the southern and southeastern regions of Iran have seen the option to connect to satellite
00:23:36internet on their phones. Some media outlets have even
00:23:40reported this. According to local sources, in some
00:23:43parts of Iran, especially border cities, the Starlink
00:23:47satellite internet option has been activated
00:23:50on mobile phones, although the connection
00:23:53is not established. But is this really new news? We said before
00:23:57here in Click that although this technology of direct communication
00:24:00with satellites is very exciting, especially for those whose internet
00:24:04is constantly being cut off, we are still at the beginning
00:24:07of this technology and it has many limitations. The number
00:24:10of users that it can cover at the moment might be
00:24:14very, very limited. It is possible that a very
00:24:17limited number of people might gain access to this technology. But
00:24:21again, the key point is that we should not have the idea that from
00:24:25tomorrow, everyone in Iran will be directly connected to the
00:24:28internet through their phones. If this technology comes, another important point
00:24:32is that people should not fall victim to these scams.
00:24:35That is, suddenly messages will appear in these Telegram groups saying
00:24:39that if you install such and such an application on your phone, you can immediately connect directly to satellite
00:24:43internet and also have very good bandwidth. Unfortunately, many
00:24:46people might fall for such messages.
00:24:50They will install the application, and then either their wallet will be
00:24:53emptied, or their bank accounts will be
00:24:56misused and they will suffer harm. And this is a very important point that our dear
00:25:00compatriots should pay attention to. Now, these are
00:25:03rumors, or perhaps it's better to say for now, dreams about
00:25:06phone connection to satellite internet in Iran. But what do government officials
00:25:10say? The Deputy Minister of Communications said in a meeting
00:25:13that with Starlink, the government's hand in governing cyberspace,
00:25:17including filtering and outages, is gone.
00:25:27Those who care say that this phenomenon is the last nail
00:25:31in the coffin of the Islamic Republic's governance. There will be nothing
00:25:34left after that. Then, the Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace replied
00:25:38that no, we were able to disable Starlink terminals in Iran. Iran
00:25:42practically Iran was practically the first
00:25:45country that was able to manage
00:25:48all Starlink terminals.
00:25:52Those times when we did one of the
00:25:55things... But what really happened? It is estimated that at
00:25:59least 50,000 Starlink terminals are in Iran.
00:26:03There is no evidence that the Iranian government has been able to disable a significant
00:26:06number of these, but there are reports of surveillance of owners of these
00:26:10devices and the arrest of some of these individuals. But regarding them,
00:26:13experts said that they probably did not observe security points well.
00:26:17The government has also made a lot of efforts to actually cut this off,
00:26:21but it has not been successful.
00:26:24Now, they have tried to do this by disrupting GPS signals and similar
00:26:28actions. To some extent, they have been able to create
00:26:31disruptions, but they have never successfully been able to prevent
00:26:35these Starlink terminals from working due to their special
00:26:38technology, which can provide a bandwidth of around 100 to
00:26:42over 100 megabits per second to users inside
00:26:45Iran. And those who have access to this technology must
00:26:49consider security points so that, God forbid, no problem arises
00:26:52for them. For example, to ensure the concealment of identity
00:26:56and address when using Starlink, since this device is smuggled
00:26:59and illegal, it is important to obtain it from reliable
00:27:03sources. Turn off the Starlink terminal when you don't need it.
00:27:06Absolutely do not use Starlink internet to enter apps and websites
00:27:10inside Iran, because they can detect that you have Starlink internet
00:27:14and track you. Do not use the Wi-Fi of the Starlink
00:27:17device itself. Connect a regular router to Starlink with a cable
00:27:21and get your Wi-Fi from that. But beyond these police
00:27:24crackdowns, the Iranian government has been pursuing
00:27:27Starlink satellite internet in Iran in international
00:27:31forums ever since it started expanding three years ago,
00:27:34including by complaining to the International Telecommunication
00:27:38Union. Following that, the board of directors of this intergovernmental
00:27:42body asked Starlink to disable unauthorized terminals in Iran.
00:27:45Recently, the Iranian government also protested to Norway about
00:27:48why this request has not been implemented. Now, why Norway? Because
00:27:52Starlink has officially registered part of its telecommunications
00:27:55infrastructure through Norway, and the rest through the United States,
00:27:59which recently had a 40-day war with Iran, and currently tensions between Iran
00:28:03and the US are high. Of course, civil groups and activists for freedom of
00:28:06internet access have protested this decision by the International
00:28:10Telecommunication Union, saying that governments alone should not
00:28:13have the right to comment on this. It seems the story of Iranians with Starlink will continue for a long time.
00:30:28Hello, welcome to this short news segment from BBC Persian Television.
00:30:31I am Baran Abbasi. In the victory
00:30:34of Democrats in the US Congressional elections, leaders of
00:30:38this party say: ending the war with Iran will be one of the main
00:30:41priorities of the next term of the House of Representatives and Senate.
00:30:45Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries promised that Congress
00:30:48will no longer be completely subservient to Donald Trump.
00:30:52Yesterday, J.D. Vance, the US Vice President, said: the reason
00:30:55for the Republicans' defeat in the midterm elections was the war with Iran.
00:30:59On the other hand, in Iran, some officials from the election results.