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00:00:22At 5 AM on Saturday, the President said in
00:00:25a televised interview that Iran is not seeking war or
00:00:29expansionism. It only protects its defensive capabilities and its security.
00:00:32Mr. Pezeshkian added that if pressure and threats against Iran
00:00:36stop, there will be no reason for continued tension.
00:00:40We don't want anyone to exert force on us.
00:00:46We won't tolerate
00:00:49oppression. If we're not going to tolerate oppression,
00:00:53then the best way is for them to leave us alone, and we'll leave them
00:00:56alone. But they're not leaving us alone. It's
00:01:00not that we want to fight them; they don't want to
00:01:03humiliate us. That's why this process has continued.
00:01:07Otherwise, in these discussions, they
00:01:09wanted to totally disarm us.
00:01:13Well,
00:01:15if they disarm us, they'll have to come and plow our
00:01:19entire land and water, and we won't be able
00:01:22to do anything, right? Should we
00:01:24do this? Should we accept that they come and take
00:01:28all our military powers and defense from us, and we bow
00:01:32before them? We won't do that. We
00:01:35don't attack other countries. We are not looking for land,
00:01:39I don't know, for taking land
00:01:42and expansion, unlike Zionist Israel, which is in fact
00:01:46seeking a greater Israel. We are not seeking a greater Iran.
00:01:49We consider all these countries our brothers.
00:01:52The Secretary General of the Sayyid al-Shuhada
00:01:57Battalions of Iraq emphasized
00:02:01that retaliation for American and Saudi aggression is still on the agenda
00:02:04of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq.
00:02:07Abu Alaa al-Walaii said that
00:02:10the decision to postpone this response was made at the request
00:02:14of the members of the Iraqi Coordination Framework, especially Hadi
00:02:17al-Ameri and a number of independent politicians.
00:02:21He emphasized that the timing and
00:02:24type of response are not yet clear, but the principle of response as
00:02:28a critical and national duty remains.
00:02:32Al-Walaii also called for using the existing opportunity
00:02:35to claim Iraq's rights in proportion to the damages inflicted
00:02:39on the country. The heads of the governments
00:02:41شد.
00:02:44of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a defense
00:02:48pact in Mecca, whose aim is to create a structure for
00:02:52collective security. The signing of this pact
00:02:56is considered a sign of decreasing trust in America's role
00:03:00among its allies. The Mecca
00:03:04meeting was a meeting to form
00:03:07a new alliance in the West Asia region with the presence of
00:03:10Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. But what is happening behind
00:03:14the scenes of this gathering is not a tactical change, but
00:03:18a narrative of disillusionment. Disillusionment with a model that has been
00:03:22tried many times and has failed every time. Relying on America as
00:03:25the guarantor of regional security. The signs indicate
00:03:29that the key players present in Mecca have now
00:03:33come to believe that American promises, rather than being helpful,
00:03:36have been costly. From retreating at critical moments to
00:03:40prioritizing their strategic interests, therefore,
00:03:43the search for a new framework, free from America's security
00:03:47umbrella, has been on the agenda of the Mecca meeting. But the question
00:03:51is, can an alliance that, according to many, is formed to support
00:03:55American policies, have an independent and
00:03:58effective existence? The answer to this question must be sought in previous
00:04:02examples of such alliances. These images are from last
00:04:06summer and the signing of the Riyadh-Islamabad alliance.
00:04:09An alliance that, in the face of recent developments in the region,
00:04:13not only did not play a deterrent role, but also could not
00:04:16provide the slightest guarantee to prevent Yemeni attacks
00:04:19against Saudi Arabia, and played no role in the conflicts between Pakistan
00:04:23and the Taliban. The second example was the alliance
00:04:27of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and several other countries
00:04:30against Yemen in 2015. This alliance, formed with the aim
00:04:34of intervening in Yemen, despite spending huge amounts of money,
00:04:38neither achieved its military goals nor was able to impose
00:04:42its desired order. But beyond past failures, there are deep
00:04:45structural obstacles that make any new alliance in Mecca face
00:04:49skepticism. Historical divisions between Ankara and
00:04:52Riyadh that have not yet been resolved. Pakistan's
00:04:55limitations, due to simultaneous tensions with India and Afghanistan,
00:04:59leave no capacity for entering into minor regional
00:05:03conflicts. And the differences in the security priorities of the members, from
00:05:07concerns about the Persian Gulf to crises in the Eastern Mediterranean,
00:05:10have caused each alliance member to have
00:05:13a different definition of threat. So, what will be formed in Mecca,
00:05:16if it is merely a repetition of the failed pattern of alliances
00:05:20dependent on America, its fate is not difficult to predict. But
00:05:23if countries that seek to form alliances, instead of relying on supra-regional
00:05:27powers, reach an understanding with regional powers,
00:05:30the security of West Asia will move towards a real and sustainable
00:05:34security. Otherwise, it will join the list of failed
00:05:38alliances in the region's history. Mohammad Sadeghzadeh,
00:05:41IRIB News
00:05:43Agency.
00:05:46The leader of the US Senate Democrats called for Trump's removal.
00:05:49Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic minority
00:05:53in the US Senate, criticizing Donald Trump's policies,
00:05:56called for the removal of the US President. Schumer
00:05:59said the jobs report shows that the US lost
00:06:0323,000 jobs last month due to Trump's policies
00:06:07and war. He emphasized that Trump,
00:06:10with costly wars, chaotic economic policies, and corruption,
00:06:14has thrown the US economy into chaos,
00:06:17but it is American workers who are paying
00:06:21the price for his policies.
00:06:22Argentine protesters burned
00:06:27the American flag in protest of Javier Milei's economic
00:06:30policies. Thousands of opponents
00:06:34of the controversial bill on private
00:06:37property responsibility of Javier Milei's government,
00:06:41gathered in front of the Congress building
00:06:44in Buenos Aires, demanded the repeal of the plan. During
00:06:48these protests, a number of demonstrators pulled down and burned the American flag,
00:06:52which they considered a symbol of the Milei government's closeness
00:06:55to Washington and the Zionist regime.
00:07:23The gathering turned into a clash with the intervention of security
00:07:26forces, and the police used tear gas and rubber
00:07:30bullets to disperse the protesters.
00:07:33In these clashes, at least two police officers and one
00:07:37protester were injured, and 10 people were arrested. The private
00:07:41property responsibility bill, which the Milei
00:07:44government has presented as a tool to attract
00:07:47investment and reform property laws, has faced
00:07:50strong opposition from opposition and environmental
00:07:54groups. A special piece by Mohammad
00:09:37part is the 6
00:09:38o'clock news.
00:10:15He was born into the world. His inner purity and
00:10:18sincerity in behavior distinguished him
00:10:21among his acquaintances. His moral qualities
00:10:34were counted among his virtues. After
00:10:37completing his studies in electronics
00:10:41engineering, he joined the aerospace
00:10:44force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
00:10:47and began his activities in the path
00:10:50of serving his homeland and the ideals of the Islamic Revolution.
00:10:54His love and devotion to Imam Hussein
00:10:58(peace be upon him) was
00:11:01well-known. In this path,
00:11:04by setting up a mawkib on the path
00:11:07of pilgrims, he proudly served
00:11:11the lovers of Sayyid al-Shuhada and considered
00:11:14this service a great success for himself.
00:11:18With the start of the 12-day
00:11:21war, he lost his peace and quiet and immediately
00:11:25entered the field. On June 19th, he
00:11:28was injured in the clashes and achieved the status
00:11:32of a veteran. However, even in
00:11:35the Ramadan War, despite having the option
00:11:39of not participating in operational areas, he
00:11:42wholeheartedly went to the field and finally,
00:11:45on March 14th, 2025,
00:11:49in defense of his
00:11:52homeland and ideals,
00:11:55he achieved the high status of martyrdom. Thank you
00:11:59very much for accepting
00:12:05our presence, and we would
00:12:08like you, as the mother of the noble martyr, Haj Sajjad
00:12:12Bahrami, to tell us about
00:12:15dear Sajjad. Please,
00:12:18you're very kind. I am the
00:12:22mother of the martyr Sajjad Bahrami.
00:12:25He was born on
00:12:28July 21, 1987.
00:12:31He is the second child of the family.
00:12:34Since
00:12:36childhood, he was a
00:12:40calm, patient, and truly
00:12:43intelligent child.
00:12:46He was very polite and respectful to his elders,
00:12:50father, mother, grandfathers, and grandmothers. Everyone
00:12:53دوستش داشتن و همه
00:12:57خیر براش داشتن در درس و مدرسه و اینام همیشه نمونه بود همیشه جزو
00:13:01شاگرد اولای مدرسه بود
00:13:03شغل آقا سجاد چی بود پاسدار کدام ارگان
00:13:07He was an Aerospace
00:13:11Revolutionary Guard, and
00:13:12he was very passionate
00:13:15about his job, and until the last day, he worked with
00:13:18dedication and commitment
00:13:21until the moment of his martyrdom.
00:13:25Well, let's go to March 13, 2025,
00:13:28the Ramadan War, and the moment
00:13:32they told you the news of dear Sajjad's martyrdom.
00:13:35Tell us about that feeling and state of mind.
00:13:38Well, before
00:13:40that, he used to visit us sometimes.
00:13:43We would ask, "How are things?
00:13:46Be careful." He always said, "My position is safe,
00:13:50don't worry. Just pray for us." We didn't even know where
00:13:53he was. I mean, the night his
00:13:57base was hit, we didn't even think he would be
00:14:00there. The next day,
00:14:03we were informed that he
00:14:06was injured that night and taken to the hospital.
00:14:08He had shrapnel in his head.
00:14:12They performed surgery, but since his consciousness was low,
00:14:15then we were informed,
00:14:19and we went to see him, but he was in a coma.
00:14:22Ah, so his base was hit
00:14:26by the regime, and he was injured.
00:14:29He went to the hospital, and the hospital... Yes, the next day,
00:14:32he was martyred on March 14th.
00:14:35Well, Sajjad's wish was certainly
00:14:39martyrdom. Did he tell you anything about
00:14:43this wish? Well, he always
00:14:45prayed after his prayers, when he recited the
00:14:49Ziyarat Ashura, he always
00:14:51had the supplication: "O God,
00:14:55grant us martyrdom in Your path." He always had this,
00:14:58and he wished for it. He always
00:15:01told us to pray for him when we
00:15:04went to religious ceremonies.
00:15:07He said, "Pray for my martyrdom too."
00:15:09All martyrs, before their martyrdom,
00:15:13had a heartfelt connection with God or one
00:15:17of the great aunts. Has anything reached you that Sajjad
00:15:21had a special prayer or a special event happened to him at that moment?
00:15:27Well, he was very devoted to Imam Hussein. He was
00:15:30also a servant of Imam Hussein.
00:15:34He was a servant in the mawkib
00:15:38he had. His connection
00:15:40with Imam Hussein was very strong. He went to Karbala
00:15:44every year for pilgrimage. At the time of his martyrdom,
00:15:47he was with
00:15:50four other colleagues. One of the colleagues
00:15:52was injured. He said,
00:15:56"At the last moment, I saw
00:16:00a majestic lady,
00:16:02who was wearing a long chador. She was tall."
00:16:06Then I gathered myself and
00:16:10reached out my hand
00:16:13so that she would
00:16:16also look at me. With
00:16:19kindness, she waved her finger and said,
00:16:22"Not you, you are close." Then she
00:16:26was from Khorramabad. She said,
00:16:29"I want to take Sajjad,
00:16:32Sadegh, and Rasoul with me." He swore and said,
00:16:36"Lady Fatimah came to welcome the martyrs.
00:16:40She herself came and took these
00:16:42martyrs." Yes, we have heard
00:16:46a lot from the veterans of the Sacred Defense
00:16:49that in those last moments,
00:16:53the mother of Imam Zaman and the grandmother of Imam Zaman
00:16:56were mothering the martyrs. May their souls rest in peace.
00:16:59I want to ask about this dusty uniform
00:17:03that you have here, which adorns your house.
00:17:10Well, Haj Sajjad was injured
00:17:14in the 12-day war. He was a veteran.
00:17:17He was a veteran from the 12-day war.
00:17:20Yes, when their base was hit, he
00:17:24was injured and became a veteran.
00:17:27This uniform was hanging there,
00:17:30buried under the rubble. They took it out from
00:17:33under the rubble. We didn't have the heart
00:17:37to wash it or change it in any way.
00:17:41We wanted it to remain a souvenir from him. When I see this uniform,
00:17:44it reminds me of the dusty uniform of dear General Hajizadeh.
00:17:48Yes, well, we saw in the pictures
00:17:51that dear Haj Sajjad had a special affection
00:17:55for General Hajizadeh, right? Yes, yes,
00:17:59he had a lot of respect for him and loved him very much. He always
00:18:02laughed and said, when
00:18:05General Hajizadeh's uniform was posted on social media,
00:18:09"Look, our uniforms are all dusty, just like the General's,
00:18:13my uniform is also like that." He
00:18:16really wanted to visit his grave. About a month before
00:18:20his martyrdom, he had the opportunity
00:18:23to visit Qom, and from there, he went with his family
00:18:26to visit the grave of Martyr Hajizadeh. How
00:18:30happy he was! May his soul rest in peace,
00:18:34and may his path be green. And we
00:18:37hope that with the blood of these
00:18:40dear martyrs, this revolution, which has been watered by the blood of your children,
00:18:44we can deliver this flag to its rightful owner, Imam Mahdi,
00:18:47Inshallah. Thank you.
00:18:50Hello, Karbala.
00:18:52We are currently at the Mawkib of the Lovers of Karbala.
00:18:56This mawkib is located on the return
00:18:59route of pilgrims, on the eastern bypass of Kermanshah.
00:19:03Let me tell you that this mawkib
00:19:06has the honor of serving the pilgrims of Imam Hussein.
00:19:09We distribute about 4,000 servings
00:19:13of breakfast, about 3,000
00:19:17servings of lunch, and about 4,000 servings of dinner. Let me tell
00:19:21you that we also have snacks,
00:19:24drinks, juices, cakes, and biscuits for dear pilgrims.
00:19:27We also host dear pilgrims
00:19:31at night. We have accommodation
00:19:34for about 800 people here. We provide blankets
00:19:38to the pilgrims. Here, in the dormitories for sisters and
00:19:41brothers, we are serving dear pilgrims.
00:19:45Hello Karbala. We are with the noble
00:19:48father of the martyr, dear Haj Sajjad Bahrami.
00:19:51Haj Qasem said that
00:19:55the condition for becoming a martyr is to live
00:19:58like a martyr. How did your son Sajjad
00:20:01live that he was granted this great
00:20:05path and this great martyrdom?
00:20:08In the name of God, the Most Gracious,
00:20:10the Most Merciful. Our Haj Sajjad
00:20:14had a strong passion
00:20:18for the IRGC. He
00:20:20worked for about 18
00:20:23years of honest service
00:20:27in the IRGC's Aerospace Force. Yes.
00:20:30During
00:20:34this time, he had
00:20:37an extraordinary passion for his work and
00:20:41life. Sir, what was
00:20:44the prominent and distinguishing characteristic of your martyr
00:20:48during this time?
00:20:51He had an extraordinary love for
00:20:55his respected family.
00:20:58He respected his parents.
00:21:01His colleagues. Now, in these three
00:21:05months since his martyrdom, his colleagues who come
00:21:08to visit his grave,
00:21:11all speak of his good name
00:21:14and character. And
00:21:17for us, in...
00:22:14Tell us more about
00:22:16the brotherhood you had together, about
00:22:20those sweet moments of your childhood. Well, considering
00:22:24the small age difference between me
00:22:28and Haj Sajjad, which was almost
00:22:312 years, we had those sweet and
00:22:35enjoyable memories from childhood.
00:22:38From childhood, when we went to school,
00:22:42we participated in the local mosque, we were
00:22:45at the local mosque's Basij base.
00:22:48And
00:22:50among friends, in cultural centers, during
00:22:54leisure time, we truly had a very
00:22:57strong emotional connection with Sajjad.
00:23:01Very unfortunately,
00:23:03at the moment
00:23:05when Mrs. Bahrami said they took
00:23:08Haj Sajjad to the hospital, you were also at the hospital,
00:23:11right? Yes, yes. When
00:23:15they informed us that he was
00:23:18injured and in the hospital, we were very upset.
00:23:22I went to the hospital to see him. It was truly upsetting.
00:23:25They allowed us. He was in a coma, of course, but
00:23:29they allowed us to visit him.
00:23:32Truly, all the memories of childhood
00:23:36flashed before my eyes in an instant. It's
00:23:40indescribable for a brother to
00:23:44see his younger brother on a hospital bed in that
00:23:47condition. It's very painful and truly
00:23:50upsetting. Well, in the early
00:23:54days after Sajjad's martyrdom, when we passed
00:23:57your street, we saw a banner that was very interesting,
00:24:01written by the neighbors: "Martyr Haj Sajjad Bahrami,
00:24:05the honor of our neighborhood." Yes, yes.
00:24:08Well, how was Sajjad's interaction with the local people?
00:24:11He truly helped people a lot. Not just neighbors,
00:24:15not just colleagues, as my father mentioned, not just
00:24:18relatives. But throughout the city,
00:24:22given that he was a very charitable person,
00:24:25he founded a very
00:24:28small charity organization.
00:24:31And he helped
00:24:34the poor, the needy, those who truly
00:24:38needed it, the truly needy. He
00:24:41was truly a charitable person, charitable in the true
00:24:44sense, and anonymous. Anonymous, meaning
00:24:48without anyone knowing him.
00:25:08If it's within my power and God accepts it, I will definitely continue his path,
00:25:12and all of us young people can continue the path of martyrdom.
00:25:15As a Revolutionary Guard,
00:25:16you were certainly aware of the dangers of this job. How did you
00:26:24tell dear Sajjad? Yes,
00:26:27you said that we got married
00:26:30in a very traditional way. Since
00:26:34my father himself was a military person, I was familiar
00:26:38with military work and the dangers involved. He was in
00:26:41the aerospace force, and the dangers of his job
00:26:44were even greater. But well, as they say, we chose a path ourselves beforehand
00:26:48and we are committed to our path, and I accepted
00:26:51it wholeheartedly because
00:26:54he was excellent in terms of morals,
00:26:57faith, and family. In general,
00:27:00there was
00:27:03no reason for me to say no.
00:27:06I accepted it wholeheartedly.
00:27:09Yes, in the first two or three
00:27:13months of our marriage, I had completely
00:27:16realized that he had a dangerous job
00:27:20and faced many dangers on his path. Honestly,
00:27:24since I was
00:27:26young, I was very upset to myself, thinking
00:27:29that this would happen. I was waiting.
00:27:33I truly sought refuge in the Quran and asked
00:27:35the Quran for help. The meaning of the verse that came,
00:27:39the very first line of the first page, said that those
00:27:43who strive in the way of God will be martyred. From then on, I was
00:27:47sure that Mr. Sajjad would be martyred, and it was his right,
00:27:50and he deserved it. Well, may God grant
00:27:54you good health. How many children did you and
00:27:57Martyr Sajjad have? Two
00:28:00daughters, Reyhaneh and Fatemeh. How was
00:28:08dear Mr. Sajjad's relationship with his daughters?
00:28:11Very close, very friendly,
00:28:15as they say. The whole family always used to say
00:28:18that Mr. Sajjad's children were all daddy's girls.
00:28:22They were very close. He worried a lot about his children.
00:28:25He was always thinking about which class
00:28:28to enroll the children in, and whether the children
00:28:32were in this or that class. They had a very close relationship.
00:28:36Tell us about the moment you arrived at the hospital,
00:28:39about the state of dear Sajjad
00:28:42whom you saw lying on the bed,
00:28:46who had gone to defend our Islamic Iran.
00:28:49It was a very difficult
00:28:51moment, but since Mr. Sajjad had
00:28:55been injured in the 12-day war before,
00:28:58I had some experience with bad news. However,
00:29:32even though he was in a coma, one
00:29:36of his colleagues, who is also
00:29:38a relative, came and said,
00:29:42"The night before, I went to Sajjad and begged
00:29:46him, 'Sajjad, I beg you by Imam Hussein,
00:29:50for the sake of your children, come back. Your children
00:29:53are small. Come back for their sake.' " He swore and said,
00:29:56"After I finished speaking,
00:30:00tears flowed from the corner
00:30:03of Sajjad's eyes." So, even in his last
00:30:06moments, he was thinking about his children.
00:30:10Yes, despite being a lover of martyrdom,
00:30:13he still
00:30:15missed his children. Your conversation while he was in a coma
00:30:19reminded me of this old poem: "He who knows
00:30:22you, what will he do with his life? What will he do with
00:30:25his children, family, and home?" Well, thank you very
00:30:29much. May God grant you patience, and
00:30:33may your two precious children grow up like Sajjad
00:30:36to pave the way for the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, Inshallah.