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00:00:21Greetings to you. The army spokesperson, stating that the army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:00:25is in full readiness, emphasized that the army, by modernizing damaged
00:00:29systems, introducing new equipment, and relying on domestic capabilities,
00:00:32relentlessly pursues the path of increasing operational
00:00:36readiness. Brigadier General Amir Akraminia said: The introduction of new
00:00:40equipment into the units has made it possible for the army's combat equipment
00:00:43to be updated in line with daily needs.
00:00:46From the Arba'een walk in
00:00:50Iraq to taking center stage in the streets of Iran, the goal and the path are
00:00:53one. In nighttime gatherings, slogans went beyond
00:00:57borders and... Iranians reminded that Arba'een
00:01:00is the cradle of the power of the free and the flag of fighting oppression.
00:01:04A voice that knows no
00:01:07boundaries. Some voices
00:01:11are eternal.
00:01:15Like the sound of these footsteps. The sound of shoes rubbing
00:01:19against the road and the whispering voices of these
00:01:22pilgrims during the Arba'een pilgrimage. Where was Arba'een
00:01:25this year? Karbala. Mashriyah and
00:01:29Karbala. They all arrived and saw the most
00:01:32spectacular constellation in the world.
00:01:34It was very amazing to visit
00:01:38Imam Hussein. It was excellent. It was very good. More people
00:01:41had come. They were more united. Some who couldn't join the caravan
00:01:45found another way to be with the Arba'eenis.
00:01:48My wife went and my son and I stayed to hold the ground.
00:01:51This year, the ground was much more important to us.
00:01:55It has cast a shadow on the heart of anyone who has not
00:01:59seen this glory. I think
00:02:30because of the martyrdom of Imam, it had
00:02:33a different spirit and soul. Everyone who was here
00:02:37and those who went to Karbala felt this.
00:02:40This year, we were definitely much more proud
00:02:44there. The Iraqi Shiites also accompanied us.
00:02:47They were holding our flags and waving them. Vengeance was shouted.
00:02:50we hit that will make a It was a popular uprising that had left its mark there too.
00:02:54This flag. The sound of the footsteps of the Iranian people
00:02:57has had an Arba'een melody for five months.
00:04:13Sounds that have echoed in the ears of the world and
00:04:17these sounds are the lasting voice of
00:04:21history. The Organization of National Service
00:04:24of the FARAHA
00:04:25announced
00:04:28in a statement, denying rumors in social media
00:04:32about military service exemption for runaways, that those
00:04:36conscripts who, for whatever reason, have not completed their military service
00:04:39must clarify their military status through their service
00:04:43unit, and no new exemption has been considered for them.
00:04:47According to this statement, runaway conscripts, if they do not
00:04:50clarify their service status through their service
00:04:54unit, will face social deprivations, including
00:04:58inability to receive banking facilities,
00:05:01employment, and travel abroad.
00:05:04Thank you for watching
00:05:08Khabar TV. I am with my colleague, Dr.
00:05:10Abedini, an expert and
00:05:42researcher in international affairs. We will review
00:05:46the latest news related to Iran in foreign media.
00:05:49I invite you to stay with us until the end of the program.
00:05:53Dr. Abedini, I greet you and welcome you. I also greet you and we are at your service.
00:05:57If you agree, let's start with The Guardian, which has
00:06:01pointed out that Trump, the US president's approach to Iran
00:06:05is childish. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:06:08Well, as you mentioned, The Guardian, in its latest
00:06:12article, has even titled it in this way: Let's give
00:06:15a new name to the approach that Donald Trump has taken towards Iran,
00:06:19and let's call it kindergarten diplomacy
00:06:22or childish. And it has talked about
00:06:25the contradictory approaches that Donald Trump has,
00:06:28which are like children: one day he makes very serious
00:06:32threats against Iran, the next day, while
00:06:35we are actually witnessing that
00:06:39Iran says that we have no negotiations
00:06:41underway, but Donald Trump talks about negotiations,
00:06:45and the whole set of contradictory
00:06:47statements that Donald Trump has, he compares
00:06:51to childish behaviors and says that
00:06:54this is not called diplomacy, this is not called
00:06:57political actions, and it seems more like
00:07:00he is trying to solidify his position
00:07:04as someone who is decisive, for example, these serious
00:07:08threats that he suddenly claims or the big bluffs
00:07:11that he makes, he compares
00:07:15them more to childish behaviors. And the point that The Guardian ultimately wants to make
00:07:19is that in the end, the sum of these actions by Donald Trump
00:07:22will not lead to a comprehensive
00:07:25and long-term agreement for the Americans,
00:07:29and in fact, each time it causes Iran to become
00:07:32more distrustful of the United States. The issue of trust
00:07:35was raised even before negotiations between
00:07:38Iran and Oman actually took place.
00:07:42The US president had claimed that the strait was open.
00:07:46He had repeatedly announced this issue, and again he
00:07:49said that the strait is going to be open.
00:07:53This very issue causes the credibility of not
00:07:57only the US president, but also the Americans
00:08:00themselves, to be questioned. We have a similar case
00:08:03regarding Iran's military capabilities. That is, one day
00:08:07he claims that I have destroyed all of Iran's navy and air force,
00:08:11and then we see that Iran carries out operations,
00:08:15and it becomes clear that its air force exists,
00:08:19missiles exist, and these actions are being carried out.
00:08:22That is, all of these have severely damaged the credibility
00:08:26of the Americans, and The Guardian also brings examples of this kind,
00:08:30that the statements that Donald Trump is making, in fact, later
00:08:33we will also talk about this issue, the issue of contradictory statements
00:08:37from even the US War Department, regarding the number of casualties,
00:08:41the number of wounded, and the amount of financial
00:08:45damages. That is, we are witnessing a series of contradictory approaches,
00:08:48lies, and cover-ups from the entire Donald Trump administration
00:08:51today. Now, many might believe that this is one
00:08:55of the tactics of the US president. At least we can say that even
00:08:58if it is a tactic, it has not worked.
00:09:01In fact, at the beginning of the war, many had this analysis,
00:09:05even in Iran, and it was believed that
00:09:09how could a power like the US make such thoughtless decisions?
00:09:12But as time passes, it seems that
00:09:16it is not even a tactic.
00:09:18That is, it's not a tactic that doesn't work,
00:09:22and in reality, when we see the level of criticism
00:09:25against the Donald Trump administration, meaning when we see that
00:09:29even someone like General Keane starts criticizing, or when
00:09:33he talks about the decision that Trump is making is wrong
00:09:36about reducing US weapons, when
00:09:39the criticism comes from individuals
00:09:46of this level, that even those who support
00:09:49Trump now believe that there is no stable approach
00:09:53and we are in limbo in this war and don't know
00:09:56which way to go, or for example, when we see that the Pentagon
00:10:00itself has published an email asking its military personnel
00:10:03to suggest creative solutions for what to do with this war,
00:10:07it doesn't seem like the strategy is to have
00:10:11an unclear strategy in the eyes of the enemy, so to speak.
00:10:14In reality, it seems there is no strategy. Many media outlets these days
00:10:18are talking about the importance of the Strait
00:10:21of Hormuz. The Economist, in an article,
00:10:25has also pointed out how the Strait of Hormuz
00:10:29has become a weapon in Iran's hands.
00:10:31In this article, The Economist refers to an important issue,
00:10:35namely, for how long Iran
00:10:39can use the Strait of Hormuz as an important lever.
00:10:43Well, we also see this rhetoric inside Iran. Inside Iran,
00:10:46some also talk about the Strait of Hormuz
00:10:50being a lever that we cannot use
00:10:53in the long term, and we must know how to work with this lever.
00:10:57The point that The Economist is making is that
00:11:01despite the hope that some, for example, in America
00:11:04have, that this cannot last long and Iran will be forced
00:11:08to open the Strait of Hormuz, or that
00:11:11ships will find alternative solutions. Despite this
00:11:15hope that I have, the subtitle says: Despite that hope that exists,
00:11:18it will take much longer than some
00:11:22hope. It is written
00:11:26with an anti-Iranian
00:11:29view, and the reason is that the degree of dependence on the Strait of Hormuz
00:11:33is very high. That is, different countries or even shipping
00:11:36and tanker companies think that, well,
00:11:40until the Strait of Hormuz is open, we can find alternative solutions.
00:11:43Well, one of the most important alternative solutions is Bab el-Mandeb,
00:11:47which the Yemenis have also closed against Saudi Arabia
00:11:51due to Saudi Arabia's hostile actions and threatened that if hostile actions
00:11:55against them continue, they might also block
00:11:58it against other countries. Other alternative solutions
00:12:02are also similar, meaning the alternative solutions that exist
00:12:06for the Strait of Hormuz, such as pipelines,
00:12:09for example, none of them are as accessible,
00:12:13cheap, and fast as the Strait of Hormuz, and none of them can
00:12:17really be a suitable alternative for the Strait of Hormuz,
00:12:21and it is not the preference of any country or private company
00:12:25for the Strait of Hormuz not to be among its options.
00:12:28Therefore, The Economist is using this point
00:12:32and saying that although Iran is now using the Strait of Hormuz
00:12:36as a weapon, as a lever of pressure, there is no
00:12:39hope that, for example, in the short term, this lever
00:12:43will be taken out of its hand or will no longer work,
00:12:46but it can use this lever for a long time.
00:12:50However, the discussion of the Strait of Hormuz and the US war against
00:12:54Iran has brought about economic
00:12:58consequences that are still ongoing. The Atlantic has also
00:13:01referred to this issue in an article
00:13:04and said that people should get used
00:13:07to high gas prices. It seems that although
00:13:11there are talks of negotiations between Oman and Iran
00:13:15for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, in case we actually
00:13:18move past the wartime conditions, the media still has its concerns.
00:13:22There is an important point about the energy
00:13:25discussion that we often overlook. The important point is
00:13:29that, as stated in The Atlantic's article, even if the war
00:13:33ends tomorrow, the issue is not just
00:13:36transportation through the Strait of Hormuz, but also that part of
00:13:39the energy production facilities in the Persian Gulf region
00:13:43have been damaged, meaning production has also decreased. That is,
00:13:46even if Hormuz fully returns to its state
00:13:50of six months ago, the amount of production will still
00:13:53not be as before, and this itself takes time.
00:13:57The second point is that we are facing a time
00:14:01gap, and for several months, the amount of oil that was previously
00:14:04transported from this region has not been transported. That is,
00:14:08in many countries, we are facing a shortage of fuel and a shortage
00:14:12of strategic reserves. Yesterday, we talked about
00:14:15Europe, where their strategic oil and gas reserves
00:14:18have reached their lowest level in the last 18 years. That is,
00:14:22filling these up themselves is a process until
00:14:26it reaches the so-called zero point and everything returns
00:14:30to the state of six months ago and we return to normal.
00:14:33That is, filling this six-month gap itself exists.
00:14:37That is, as one analyst said, we will always have
00:14:41a six-month time gap forever, and this six months
00:14:45will not be filled, and we will always be one step behind
00:14:48because during this time, several million barrels
00:14:52of oil have, so to speak, been lost. So this is
00:14:55one point. The next point is the damage to the facilities,
00:14:59which causes production to decrease, and finally, of course,
00:15:03there is the issue of the Strait of Hormuz returning to normal. Well, Iran
00:15:07has also announced that due to the special conditions in the Strait
00:15:10of Hormuz, even if Iran decides to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
00:15:14right now, it will still take time, and it's not like traffic
00:15:18can fully return to its normal state
00:15:21and its state of six months ago immediately. And all of these factors
00:15:25cause The Atlantic to point out that even
00:15:29if the war ends tomorrow, one cannot expect that
00:15:32prices will suddenly return to their previous state tomorrow,
00:15:36and gas prices will return to normal all over the world,
00:15:40and this will take time, and people must get used to these
00:15:43prices. The research that is actually being carried
00:15:47out on this issue is very different from
00:15:50the propaganda that the US president engages in regarding
00:15:53the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, regarding
00:15:57the change in prices, and that he is quick
00:16:00to want prices to drop, that he mentions that
00:16:04we basically do not need the Strait of Hormuz.
00:16:07Well, we witnessed that Donald Trump recently talked about
00:16:11even ordering US oil and gas companies to lower
00:16:15prices. He told the companies that distribute
00:16:19gasoline in the US that they should sell each gallon of gasoline for
00:16:22a dollar. Well, in practice, this didn't happen.
00:16:26That is, the US president's order remained unheeded,
00:16:29because it is simply not possible. That is, if it were possible
00:16:33and it could have been done to make these prices
00:16:36lower than their current level,
00:16:39it would have definitely happened with all the efforts that
00:16:43Donald Trump and his cabinet are making. And since it hasn't happened,
00:16:46it shows that it's actually impossible.
00:16:50The price of fuel was mentioned. In the next
00:16:53slide, they refer to statistics that
00:16:57Americans have spent more than
00:17:0179 billion dollars during this period
00:17:04on fuel prices for gasoline and diesel.
00:17:08Well, one of the members of the US Congress has expressed his serious
00:17:12opposition to the war that the US president
00:17:15has launched against Iran in recent months. He is one
00:17:19of the representatives of the House of Representatives
00:17:22who has participated in various plans
00:17:25against Trump and has declared his opposition
00:17:29to Trump's policies. And now he did something interesting.
00:17:33He went on X and addressed the AI of X itself,
00:17:37which belongs to Elon Musk. Elon Musk's closeness to Donald Trump,
00:17:41meaning if you consider all of these, he wants to prove
00:17:44that it has reached a point where even the Grok AI,
00:17:48which is close to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, even it admits
00:17:51this issue. He asked it: Given that in this war,
00:17:55we are witnessing rising prices, such as rising fuel prices in the US,
00:17:59how much is each American paying for these price increases?
00:18:03Well, these are considered hidden costs of war,
00:18:07and one of the criticisms against the Trump administration
00:18:10is that, for example, the Pentagon announces that the cost of this
00:18:14war has been 35 billion dollars, but the criticism is that this is the visible
00:18:18cost. The hidden cost that every American citizen
00:18:21now has to pay, on average, two dollars more per gallon
00:18:24of gasoline. These two dollars are also among the costs of this
00:18:28war. And this AI has also responded and said that
00:18:32American citizens, since the beginning of the war,
00:18:36that is, from February 28th, when the war started,
00:18:39up to this moment, Americans have paid approximately
00:18:4379 billion dollars extra. That is, the previous prices
00:18:46of gasoline and gas are nothing. They are paying 79 billion dollars
00:18:50extra due to this price increase that has occurred, which
00:18:54amounts to 600 dollars per household. That is, on average, every family
00:18:57in the US is paying 600 dollars more compared
00:19:01to this time last year, just for their fuel
00:19:05costs.
00:19:08And these are actually findings based on the latest
00:19:11research conducted by Brown University and calculations
00:19:15made by them. And its impact is not
00:19:18only on fuel prices, but it also says that it has greatly affected
00:19:22chemical fertilizers. Well, many chemical fertilizers were supplied
00:19:26from the Persian Gulf region and passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:19:30The price of these fertilizers has increased, which consequently
00:19:33affects the price of raw food materials, and all of these
00:19:37actually lead to an increase in the price of everything,
00:19:41so to speak, for American families. We mentioned
00:19:45the price increase. The next slide also talks about
00:19:48the same issue of rising gasoline prices,
00:19:52that it seems that the four dollars per gallon
00:19:55creates a very psychological atmosphere among the American
00:19:59people. This is just an average of four dollars, meaning in some states where it's more
00:20:02expensive, like Florida, this price has even gone
00:20:06up to almost five dollars.
00:20:20It has talked about how the price per
00:20:24gallon of gasoline has remained above four dollars.
00:20:27That is, despite all the statements that the Trump
00:20:31administration makes about ongoing negotiations, the Strait of Hormuz
00:20:35opening, we had this news on Sunday that the US Treasury Secretary
00:20:39had said: The Strait of Hormuz will open tomorrow, an agreement
00:20:42will be announced. And now today we see that two or three
00:20:46days have passed and this has not happened, and it says that this choice
00:20:53that Donald Trump made to launch this war, that there is a lot of talk
00:20:57about four dollars, why is there a psychological atmosphere?
00:21:01In history, it has not gone above four dollars.
00:21:05We are witnessing that whenever it goes above four dollars,
00:21:08even the American media affiliated with Republicans
00:21:11speaks out. One point about the US is that
00:21:15the price of gasoline is a price that,
00:21:18because it is displayed outside gas stations and all citizens
00:21:22see this price daily, everyone in America
00:21:26believes that the price of gasoline is one of the indicators
00:21:30that can show the political situation and stability in the country,
00:21:33and if this price constantly changes, citizens realize
00:21:37that something is happening behind the scenes that is causing
00:21:40this price to constantly change. That is, one issue is
00:21:43the price increase, another issue is the constant
00:21:47change in gasoline prices, and this is having a very
00:21:50psychological impact on American citizens,
00:21:54and there have been few events in recent years
00:21:58that could both increase prices to this extent and
00:22:01make them change so constantly. Well, one was the war in Ukraine with Russia,
00:22:05which was quickly controlled. Even during Covid, it was controlled
00:22:09faster than now, but in the Strait of Hormuz and the events
00:22:13that have occurred there, we are witnessing that
00:22:16in the last six months, prices have constantly been changing
00:22:20and also on an upward trend. John Mearsheimer,
00:22:23a professor at the University of Chicago, had an interview
00:22:26and pointed out that Iran has the upper hand
00:22:30in the war and spoke about Iran's drone
00:22:32and missile capabilities.
00:22:36The community has made it clear that,
00:22:39as a result of the 40-day war, Iran was
00:22:43left with a substantial number of missiles
00:22:46and drones, and they're continuing to replenish the
00:22:50capability when it comes to missiles and
00:22:53drones. So there's no evidence that I
00:22:57know of that Iran
00:23:00is running out of missiles and
00:23:03drones. He talks about how President
00:23:06Trump is going to up the ante, we're going to escalate, and that's going
00:23:10to provide the magic formula, but it's
00:23:13easy to say things like that. Please tell
00:23:16us what your theory of victory is. Tell us
00:23:20exactly what we're going to do when we escalate, what
00:23:24targets are we going to hit, and what effect is hitting
00:23:27those targets going to have on the Iranians? Nobody ever
00:23:31tells us that story, because in fact, there's no story
00:23:35to be told. What targets can
00:23:40difference? The answer is none. If there were those
00:23:44targets, we would hit them a long time ago.
00:23:47It's not like we've just been waiting for the right moment to hit the
00:23:51targets and bring the Iranians to their knees. This is a ludicrous
00:23:55argument. There is no set
00:23:58of targets that we can hit that will
00:24:02coerce the Iranians into surrendering. It's
00:24:06not going to happen. They are facing an existential
00:24:09threat. They are going to fight to the death, and they have lots of
00:24:12capability to do that. We are in a
00:24:16losing war. And again, this is why President Trump signed the memorandum of
00:24:20understanding on June 17th. And as I said before, nothing has
00:24:24changed since then. There's no magic formula available
00:24:27today that was not available on June
00:24:3017th.
00:24:36You are still watching the "Narrative of Power"
00:24:39program on Khabar TV. However, The Intercept
00:24:42has also reported that the Pentagon is providing
00:24:46ways to reduce human casualties.
00:24:49The Intercept's report refers to contradictory statistics
00:24:52that the US War Department is publishing regarding
00:24:56the number of wounded and killed US military personnel
00:24:59in the war that has occurred, and it states that sometimes
00:25:02we see that various officials of the War Department
00:25:06provide different statistics. In one case, the statistics
00:25:10published on their website changed after a few hours,
00:25:13and it says that it seems that the Pentagon has found
00:25:17ways to manipulate these statistics. One of
00:25:20the ways it has found is that after
00:25:24the signing of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding,
00:25:27it no longer considers it the Iran war, and the casualties
00:25:31after that, such as the three casualties in Jordan
00:25:34that the Americans themselves confirmed, and also the number
00:25:38of wounded after the memorandum of understanding,
00:25:41are no longer included in the list
00:25:44of Iran war casualties, and they are generally
00:25:48placed in the list of US casualties
00:25:50in overseas operations. And ultimately, The Intercept
00:25:54wants to say that Americans are trying to reduce the costs
00:25:58of the war they launched against Iran because of the amount of opposition
00:26:20to this war. Transparency or oversight of the War Department.
00:26:24They have formed such a thing, and several prominent Democrats
00:26:27are also present in this committee and have written a detailed
00:26:31report about the Pentagon lying
00:26:35and covering up the extent of the damage the US has suffered
00:26:38in this war. Part of it is related to the number of casualties
00:26:42and wounded. Part of it is even about the costs,
00:26:46and also the number of weapons used, the number
00:26:49of aircraft shot down. That is, in all of these, this committee
00:26:53is stating that, according to various reports that exist,
00:26:57the numbers are much, much higher than what the Americans
00:27:00are announcing.
00:27:03And they are requesting a detailed investigation
00:27:07into how much damage the US has suffered in this war
00:27:10in terms of financial, human,
00:27:13and their weapons. What has been the reaction
00:27:16of American public opinion? Has it accepted this game
00:27:19with numbers? It seems that they have not. That is,
00:27:23we see that public opinion, at least in social media,
00:27:26is still asking many questions, or the number of
00:27:30casualties. It seems that the 17 figure that the War Department
00:27:34initially announced has been established in public
00:27:37opinion. That is, even those who do not believe it is more than that,
00:27:41the number of casualties, at least, refers to those same 17.
00:27:44They say 17 people were killed, while the War Department
00:27:48tries very hard to reduce this number to 14. But we don't see anyone,
00:27:52even in mainstream media, using the number 14 when talking
00:27:55about casualties, and they generally accept the same 17.
00:27:59Very well, thank you very much, Dr. Abedini, expert
00:28:02and researcher in international affairs. Thank you for your companionship, dear
00:28:06viewers. While saying goodbye, I invite you to continue
00:28:09watching Khabar TV.
00:28:16Infiltration operation
00:28:17in the name of God.
00:28:22Allahu
00:28:22Akbar.
00:30:21Dear viewers, I greet you. It's 12 o'clock on Khabar TV.
00:30:25I am with you. The President said that Iran's enemies
00:30:29came to the scene with all their might to bring us down, but when we are with
00:30:33the people, no power can bring us down. Mr. Pezeshkian
00:30:37emphasized in a television interview that he promises the people
00:30:41that as long as we have life in our bodies and breathe,
00:30:44we will serve them with all our hearts.
00:30:46They started the war, but they were not satisfied with this.
00:30:49They besieged us, meaning they want to bring
00:30:53us down in the worst possible conditions. They can bring us down
00:30:56but when we are with the people, no power can bring us down.