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00:00:21Dear viewers, welcome to the 13:00 news
00:00:25section. The food coupon account of 40 million
00:00:28compatriots has been established. According to the Deputy Minister of Welfare of the Ministry
00:00:32of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, families covered by support
00:00:35institutions and holders of national ID numbers ending
00:00:39in 0, 1, and 2 can begin
00:00:42their food coupon purchases. Mr. Andish said: Sellers should be informed
00:00:46that the process of settling accounts with stores connected to the
00:00:50food coupon scheme will take between 3 and 4
00:00:53weeks. From August 16th,
00:00:57households with national ID numbers ending in 3
00:01:00to 6, and from August 27th,
00:01:02households with national ID numbers ending in 7
00:01:06to 9, will begin their purchases, God willing.
00:01:10From now on, every month, there will be a
00:01:1410-day interval between each of these household groups
00:01:17to standardize the supply
00:01:20of goods and demand, as well as the payment
00:01:24process with stores. The
00:01:27Conscription Organization, FARAJA, in
00:01:30an announcement, refuted rumors in virtual space
00:01:33regarding the exemption of fugitive soldiers, stating that
00:01:36those service personnel who, for any reason,
00:01:40have not completed their military service, must clarify their military
00:01:44status through their service unit, and no new
00:01:47exemption has been considered for them.
00:01:51Based on this announcement, service personnel,
00:01:54fugitive service personnel, if they do not clarify their
00:01:58service status
00:02:01through their service unit, will face social deprivations, including the inability to receive
00:02:05bank facilities, employment, and exit from the country.
00:02:08The
00:02:12US President, in response to the release of reports about the decline
00:02:15in the country's missile stockpiles, threatened the
00:02:19whistleblowers of this information with prison. Trump, in a message
00:02:22on the social media platform Truth Social,
00:02:25rejected the published reports and claimed
00:02:29that America possesses vast ammunition stockpiles. These statements were made after
00:02:33the Washington Post reported, citing informed sources,
00:02:37that Trump had demanded an explanation from the US
00:02:40Secretary of War about the decline in missile stockpiles
00:02:43at a cabinet meeting. According to reports from
00:02:47American media, Washington has used almost all
00:02:50its surface-to-surface missiles in the war against
00:02:53Iran, and a significant portion of Patriot and THAAD
00:02:57interceptors, as well as nearly half of Tomahawk
00:03:01cruise missiles, have also
00:03:02been used.
00:03:05This week's Friday Prayer in Tehran will be
00:03:08led by Hojjat-ul-Islam Haj Ali Akbari tomorrow at Imam
00:03:11Khomeini's Musalla. The Tehran Friday Prayer Headquarters
00:03:15announced that the doors of the Musalla will open at 10 AM
00:03:19for worshippers. Also this week, service
00:03:22desks of the Judiciary, the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee,
00:03:26Tehran Municipality, the Endowments and Charity Affairs Organization, and the Service
00:03:30Foundation will be ready in the courtyard of Tehran
00:03:33Musalla to provide cultural
00:03:35and social services to the people.
00:03:39Iranians, on the 15th
00:03:42night of their nightly gatherings, declared
00:03:45that Iran's upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz
00:03:48and the steadfastness of the nation's resistance against
00:03:52Trump's excessive demands are the reasons for the repeated
00:03:56retreats and ultimate defeat of the enemy.
00:03:59The war. The same old war.
00:04:03The 15th promise of the Iranian nation
00:04:06on the wave of resistance. We had an economic war,
00:04:10we had a political war, but the people,
00:04:14considering that they were raised in the school of our martyred
00:04:17Imam, are committed to this
00:04:20system. We learned resistance from the Ahl al-Bayt, we learned
00:04:23resistance from the Quran, we learned resistance from our martyrs. We are
00:04:27a resistant nation because we follow the Wilayat.
00:04:30Because we are followers of the pure Islam of Muhammad.
00:04:34Our school is the school of Imam Husayn, and we grew up with this school
00:04:38from childhood and learned not to give in
00:04:41to oppression. We are a storm,
00:04:44a storm,
00:04:49a storm. We are all in this field until the end, and by continuing our presence in nightly
00:04:52gatherings, we emphasize unity and resistance as
00:04:56the strong fortress of victory against the enemy.
00:05:00We must be more present in the field than before. Our armed
00:05:03forces are also doing their job on the battlefield.
00:05:07We are in the streets,
00:05:08at the command of our dear leader.
00:05:35Iran has the upper hand with its people, with its resistance.
00:05:38The Strait of Hormuz is still in the hands of the Iranian nation
00:06:50and this conscious presence of the people has a clear
00:06:54message for the world that the Iranian
00:06:57nation, with unity and resistance, is the
00:07:00victor in the field. Mahboub Hadavinejad, IRIB News
00:07:14heatwave, Italy placed all 27 of its major cities
00:07:18on the highest red alert level. The Guardian reported
00:07:21that temperatures in some parts of Italy have reached close
00:07:25to 40 degrees Celsius, and four heatwave-related
00:07:29deaths have been reported so far. Officials asked people to avoid
00:07:33direct sunlight between 11 AM and 6 PM.
00:07:36This is the first time this year that all Italian cities
00:07:40are under a full heatwave warning. Europe
00:07:43has faced unprecedented heatwaves and droughts this summer.
00:07:47France and Spain have been severely affected by the heat
00:07:51in recent weeks. According to a report by the World Health
00:07:54Organization, more than 1,300 deaths were recorded
00:07:58across Europe by early July this year, which were
00:08:02linked to the severe heatwave in these countries. The heatwave
00:08:05is expected to continue
00:08:06in the coming days.
00:08:11Thank you for watching News Channel.
00:08:46Well, simultaneously with regional developments, and foremost among them,
00:08:50the continuation of talks between Iran and Oman
00:08:53to consolidate the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran
00:08:57over the Strait of Hormuz, we are still witnessing
00:09:00various analyses from the mainstream Western media
00:09:04emphasizing that the US President and the White House have
00:09:07not been able to achieve their predetermined goals regarding
00:09:11aggression against Iran. The most readable analysis
00:09:15published these days is an analysis that
00:09:18The Guardian has published, emphasizing that Trump's
00:09:21foreign policy towards Iran is a confused
00:09:24and ambiguous approach. It concludes that
00:09:27the diplomacy of the US President towards Iran
00:09:31should rather be called "kindergarten diplomacy."
00:09:34Here, in the studio of the News Channel,
00:09:38we are hosting Mr. Seyed Nezamuddin Mousavi,
00:09:41a former member of the Presidium of the
00:09:44Islamic Consultative Assembly, to discuss this issue
00:09:48and other regional developments with him.
00:09:51Mr. Seyed Nezam
00:10:03"kindergarten diplomacy," in your opinion,
00:10:06what characteristics and features does it
00:10:10have? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:10:13Well,
00:10:16you referred to an article
00:10:19that The Guardian published
00:10:22regarding the diplomacy and the wave-like model
00:10:26of Trump and his administration with the Islamic
00:10:28Republic of Iran, and used
00:10:32the term "kindergarten diplomacy." In fact,
00:10:36The Guardian is pointing
00:10:38out that after the attack
00:10:41that the US and the Zionist regime
00:10:45launched against Iran, after the so-called acceptance
00:10:48of the ceasefire, Trump is actually
00:10:52following a completely recurring
00:10:55pattern of threats and retreats.
00:10:58And
00:11:01this pattern is actually known to other analysts and is
00:11:04predictable. Everyone knows that these threats,
00:11:08these grand and impossible
00:11:11threats that Trump raises, they
00:11:15probably disappear a few hours or a few days later,
00:11:19and then he uses repetitive phrases
00:11:22like, "I didn't want to cause more
00:11:26bloodshed," or "some people
00:11:29in the region, some regional leaders, mediated,
00:11:32and we are seeking negotiations
00:11:36with Iran." Trump's rhetoric
00:11:39involves threats and humiliation
00:11:42towards Iran, and immediately after that,
00:11:46in a way,
00:11:49he emphasizes that Iranians are tough people,
00:11:53and they
00:11:55are good people. This recurring
00:11:59pattern of threats and retreats is referred to by
00:12:03The Guardian as "Trump's kindergarten diplomacy,"
00:12:06and it explicitly states
00:12:10that this war is a great defeat
00:12:13for Trump, and
00:12:15it has caused Trump,
00:12:19in addition to losing his popularity in the US,
00:12:23to also register
00:12:25a great and historic defeat for the US
00:12:28in the West Asian region. A US that
00:12:31has constantly had wars in this
00:12:35West Asian and North African region, and has
00:12:39usually been able to overthrow governments
00:12:42and force states to surrender.
00:12:46This defeat has actually led
00:12:48to the decline of US influence in the region.
00:12:52This is an analysis that is consistent
00:13:06is mentioned within the framework of this kindergarten
00:13:09diplomacy is that, for example, over the past 48
00:13:13or 72 hours, the US President has repeatedly
00:13:16claimed to be in talks with Iran. Various officials
00:13:20from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other institutions
00:13:24have emphasized that there are no talks with the Americans,
00:13:27and the only talks that are taking place are between
00:13:30Iran and Oman. On the other hand, we are witnessing
00:13:34that mediators have become active again. We are seeing various
00:13:38statements from Pakistani officials and Qatari officials, and
00:13:41it was even announced yesterday that Pakistan had requested
00:13:45a visit from our officials to travel to Islamabad.
00:13:48How do you analyze these kinds of statements
00:13:51from the US President, who has a great desire to talk
00:13:55with Iran, and the subsequent
00:14:06viewers of the program. Trump's problem is not
00:14:10that he doesn't want to, but that
00:14:13he can't. That is, the conditions that
00:14:17Trump envisioned for himself at the beginning of the war,
00:14:21and in the posts he published on social media,
00:14:29he spoke of the destruction of Iranian
00:14:33civilization and, in fact, regime change.
00:14:36After more than five months,
00:14:40it's been more than 160 days since the start
00:14:43of the war. All of
00:14:45Trump's dreams have collapsed.
00:14:49All those imaginations he had about the war against
00:14:52Iran have collapsed.
00:14:55Western media, I think it was the Washington Post,
00:14:58recently reported that Trump, in a meeting
00:15:01with his cabinet, severely criticized his
00:15:05Secretary of Defense regarding the initial portrayal of
00:15:09the war. His Secretary of War, now his Secretary
00:15:12of Defense, who they themselves said, meaning
00:15:16they admitted to the war, yes, the reason is that
00:15:18he hasn't achieved any of his goals.
00:15:22From those goals, Trump has now reached the point of whether
00:15:25the Strait of Hormuz should be open
00:15:28or not, and he constantly emphasizes that
00:15:31the Strait of Hormuz is open, but
00:15:34no ship or oil tanker can leave
00:15:38or enter without Iran's permission. On the other
00:15:41hand, Trump is facing a very severe domestic
00:15:45crisis. Just as I want to explain the reason
00:15:49for these behaviors of Trump to you,
00:15:52we actually have midterm elections
00:15:56in the US this November, less than three
00:15:59months away. As you know, midterm elections are usually
00:16:03very important, and there is also a historical
00:16:07pattern in US politics, especially in recent
00:16:10periods, actually under the title
00:16:14of "midterm penalty," meaning the punishment
00:16:17of midterm elections or the midterm election penalty.
00:16:21If the incumbent president's popularity
00:16:25or approval rating in polls is below
00:16:2845%, then he is very
00:16:32likely to lose a large portion of the
00:16:36elections, and his party will be defeated in the elections.
00:16:39As you know, it's called a midterm election, but
00:16:43almost the entire House of Representatives, 435
00:16:46representatives of the US House, are elected,
00:16:49about one-third, about 33 members
00:16:52of the Senate, about 36 or 37
00:16:56state governors are determined in
00:16:59this election. And based on the pattern
00:17:02I mentioned, the midterm penalty, if
00:17:06the president's popularity is below
00:17:0945%, he will lose a portion of this election,
00:17:12and his party will be defeated, which, except
00:17:15for a few exceptional cases in historical periods,
00:17:19has always been the case. Within the framework of the point
00:17:23you just mentioned, the latest poll says 80% of Americans are against
00:17:26continuing the war. Yes, both of them are against continuing
00:17:29the war, and Trump's popularity, which was about 48% at the
00:17:32beginning of his presidency, has now reached
00:17:3536%. So how much below 36%,
00:17:39almost 9% below 45%.
00:17:41Well, this means that Trump,
00:17:45and a large part of this unpopularity and decline
00:17:48in popularity, is explicitly stated in polls
00:17:52to be due to the defeat that Trump
00:17:56suffered in the war with Iran, his inability against
00:17:59Iran. Right now, a part
00:18:02of the so-called MAGA movement, which is
00:18:05actually Trump's political
00:18:08base, they were also in that group, just yesterday
00:18:11news came out that some of
00:18:14them, including Tucker Carlson, the famous host,
00:18:18and Joe Kent, the former head
00:18:21of counter-terrorism, have gathered and are trying to create
00:18:25a new movement. They have practically
00:18:28separated from Trump's faction. Well, all
00:18:32this indicates that Trump is dealing with a domestic
00:18:36crisis due to the war with Iran, and he is struggling.
00:18:39The price of gasoline, which had dropped to around
00:18:43$3, has again returned to around $4.
00:18:47Therefore, Trump's "kindergarten diplomacy"
00:18:50is partly because of his arrogance and pride; he doesn't
00:18:54want to admit defeat in the war and wants to say that he
00:18:58brought Iran to its knees. On the other hand, he faces
00:19:01realities on the ground. For the first time since
00:19:05World War II, the US has encountered a country
00:19:08and a nation that has no fear
00:19:12of the US. You see, after
00:19:15World War II, no country, no military government,
00:19:18dared to confront the US in
00:19:22war. The Iranian nation did this. Our
00:19:25armed forces did this. Now, he is facing
00:19:29the issue of the Strait of Hormuz,
00:19:32in addition to the closure of
00:19:35Bab al-Mandab by Ansarullah. You know
00:19:38that this is also a severe blow to the position
00:19:41of the petrodollar and the economic geography
00:19:45of the US in the region, because Saudi Arabia,
00:19:48Qatar, and the UAE are part of the economic
00:19:51geography of the US in the region, they are the petrodollar
00:19:55zone. And even though the US
00:19:59tries to bring down oil prices by using
00:20:01its reserves and other tricks, it also knows
00:20:05that if this situation of
00:20:11the closure of these two straits continues in the long term, the US, Europe, and the world
00:20:14will face an economic crisis. Therefore, Trump
00:20:17is now, in a sense, as they say,
00:20:20pushing with his hands and pulling
00:20:23with his feet. He is doing this,
00:20:26and he himself knows that he has no
00:20:30other choice but to come to terms with
00:20:33powerful Iran. Mr. Mousavi, you mentioned that the US
00:20:37can no longer continue its aggression and pursue
00:20:41its goals as it had planned against Iran,
00:20:44but it still does not want to admit
00:20:48its inability, and this is an important point.
00:20:51He has threatened seven times in the past
00:20:55five months with extensive, devastating attacks,
00:20:58to return Iran to the Stone Age, and then
00:21:02at the last minute, he retreated. Even now, while
00:21:05Iran and Oman are holding
00:21:14he doesn't have the capability, at least militarily,
00:21:17his army reports to him that it doesn't have the
00:21:21necessary capability for this, and yet he keeps uttering
00:21:24these threats? Look, I also want to
00:21:27mention this point: whether the US cannot
00:21:31attack us. We must speak realistically.
00:21:35It can finally bombard and hit somewhere.
00:21:38But, as the saying goes, its hands are tied.
00:21:42That's the point. That is, the
00:21:46issue of deterrence that Iran
00:21:49has created in this area. He says I will destroy
00:21:53Iran's infrastructure. Well, it's not
00:21:56that he can't do it, but he fears
00:21:59the consequences. Yes, he might hit a few power plants
00:22:03and bridges. Now, I'm not talking about whether
00:22:06these actions and undertaking such actions
00:22:10can bring Iran to its knees. That's another discussion.
00:22:14The resilience of the people's economy and, in fact,
00:22:17our infrastructure are designed in such a way
00:22:21that he can't say, for example, "I'll destroy all of Iran overnight."
00:22:25This is not possible for a vast, large country.
00:22:28But my point is that he might hit, but
00:22:31the second step and the next stage, the consequences that
00:22:35he will face, that's his hands being tied.
00:22:39I mentioned the petrodollar region. You see,
00:22:42Trump, at the beginning of his presidency, made
00:22:46a promise to this MAGA movement and his supporters that
00:22:51he would go to West Asia and, in fact,
00:22:54promised to bring $3 trillion from this region and invest
00:22:58it in the US. One of the first
00:23:01trips by the US was actually to this region.
00:23:05You and the viewers remember that he made this promise
00:23:09to the leaders of those countries. He knows that if
00:23:12he wants to attack Iran with the threats he is making,
00:23:16all the infrastructure of the region, all
00:23:19the oil and gas infrastructure, and the fields
00:23:23of artificial intelligence and desalination plants
00:23:26in the region and the Zionist regime are within
00:23:29the range of Iran's missiles. And for Iran, just
00:23:32as easily as he says "with a button or with
00:23:36one attack I will destroy Iran's infrastructure,"
00:23:40Iran will also destroy all this infrastructure
00:23:43with a few attacks. Therefore, Trump has
00:23:47no choice but to come to terms
00:23:50with powerful Iran. But on the one hand,
00:23:54because he has made statements and threats, he doesn't
00:23:57want to back down from them, because Trump knows
00:24:01that backing down from his words is, in any
00:24:04case, a global retreat for him, meaning the world
00:24:08will lose its international standing. You see, Trump
00:24:11will not miss a red card in the
00:24:15World Cup to assert his existence and power.
00:24:19Come back.
00:24:39to negotiate with Iran, while Iran,
00:24:43in this regard, is moving with
00:24:45a policy of patience and power. That is,
00:24:49it doesn't make a lot of noise, but at the same
00:24:52time, where necessary, you see, I can
00:24:55almost say that there is no unnecessary
00:24:59caution within the decision-making body of the Islamic
00:25:02Republic of Iran against Trump and US threats.
00:25:06Necessary caution is in its place, but when
00:25:10it decides to close the Strait of Hormuz, it closes it.
00:25:13You see, in the past, even when the discussion
00:25:17of closing the Strait of Hormuz was raised, many in
00:25:20the country said, "Is it possible? Is it feasible? It's a disaster."
00:25:24But now, in Iran, in closing the Strait of
00:25:27Hormuz, in responding to US attacks,
00:25:30meaning if the US attacks once, it gets
00:25:33hit ten times. And all
00:25:36the credible US military bases in the region
00:25:40were under Iran's missiles. They didn't admit this before.
00:25:43In Jordan, we inflicted casualties on
00:25:47the US. It was unbelievable
00:25:50for them. The US President admitted that they
00:25:53were caught off guard. The action we took
00:25:57in striking US bases in Jordan and inflicting
00:26:01casualties on the Americans was an unprecedented
00:26:05move since World War II. You see, the Americans
00:26:09might have suffered casualties in suicide
00:26:12operations or guerrilla operations, but in
00:26:15conventional, face-to-face and missile warfare,
00:26:19this exposed the military discredit of the US.
00:26:23And after that, despite the fact that in such cases
00:26:26Trump usually makes big, grand threats, he only
00:26:30expressed regret.
00:26:32Even though he had always threatened, he only
00:26:36expressed regret. This means Trump has no
00:26:39choice. His main problem right now, if
00:26:43we want to look at it in today's analysis,
00:26:46is that Iran says, "I have no negotiations
00:26:50with you. What I am doing with Oman is a
00:26:54bilateral negotiation between two coastal
00:26:57countries of the Sea of Oman. We want these arrangements
00:27:00for passage through the Strait
00:27:02of Hormuz for the future, not now." That is,
00:27:06we have explicitly declared that the Strait of Hormuz, these
00:27:10negotiations we have with Oman, do not mean opening the Strait of Hormuz.
00:27:13Mr. Mousavi, we have about two minutes. What is your
00:27:17outlook for the future of traffic in the Strait
00:27:20of Hormuz and the exercise of sovereignty by the Islamic Republic of Iran over this
00:27:24strait? You see, the whole world has
00:27:27accepted that the Strait of Hormuz will no
00:27:30longer return to its previous
00:27:32arrangements. For the first time after 200 years,
00:27:36during which we always lost territory and geographical
00:27:40positions, in this war, we have
00:27:43asserted our complete sovereignty, authority,
00:27:46and control over the Strait of Hormuz.
00:27:49And we have set new arrangements for
00:27:53the Strait of Hormuz. I believe the world
00:27:57will accept these arrangements. The world will yield.
00:28:00And the US will eventually
00:28:03be forced to accept Iran's role in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:28:07Even though, as I said, it will do
00:28:10anything it can, Iran's authority in the Strait
00:28:13of Hormuz, with the blood of our martyrs and
00:28:17the heroism of our armed forces and the steadfastness
00:28:21of our people, this authority and these
00:28:24arrangements will always be strengthened and
00:28:35Nezamuddin Mousavi, political affairs expert. Thank you
00:28:39for joining us in this discussion. The latest developments
00:28:43regarding the Strait of Hormuz
00:30:21Greetings to you. A member of the political office of
00:30:25Yemen's Ansarullah movement stated that Riyadh's obstinacy
00:30:28in continuing the unjust siege of Yemen will ultimately
00:30:32lead it to destruction. Hazam al-Assad wrote on
00:30:36social media that the brave Yemeni nation is determined
00:30:40to fully reclaim its rights, and the least costly way
00:30:43for the Saudi enemy is to positively respond
00:30:47to the legitimate demands of the Yemeni people, which means
00:30:51lifting the siege and stopping interference in Sana'a's
00:30:55internal affairs. The Yemeni government's Ministry of Foreign
00:30:59Affairs also issued a warning to Saudi Arabia, stating: The Saudi regime's forward escape to renew tension with