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00:00:17Hello, the deputy commander of Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard said that
00:00:20Islamic Iran observes good neighborliness, but responds to the origin
00:00:24of the attack. General Fallahzadeh, among
00:00:28the armed forces personnel,
00:00:35tried to bring people to the streets, but with the presence
00:00:38of the people, Basijis, and heroic police, this goal was not achieved,
00:00:41and the plan for overthrow and internal riots failed.
00:00:45The enemy then turned to missile overthrow,
00:00:48but the missile attacks and the enemy's actions in this regard also
00:00:52failed. The deputy commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard
00:00:55thanked the resistance front for its struggles against the American-Zionist enemy.
00:00:59Hezbollah, the hero,
00:01:01six divisions
00:01:04of the enemy,
00:01:06including the Golani Brigade and the Givati
00:01:08Brigade,
00:01:11and two artillery brigades plus two engineering
00:01:14brigades, stuck for 120 days
00:01:18on the border of occupied Palestine and Lebanon.
00:01:22The Iraqi resistance carried out
00:01:25more than 113 attacks on
00:01:28enemy bases,
00:01:44and had not yet entered the main battle. If it had,
00:01:48we would have turned the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Red Sea into hell
00:01:52for you.
00:01:52The head of the IRIB
00:01:57said that we should expand the definition of journalism, and said:
00:02:01Journalism in the IRIB is very different and extensive,
00:02:04and all the people who are in the news
00:02:07are considered journalists in a way.
00:02:10The very extensive media organization called the national media
00:02:13and IRIB really needs
00:02:17us to expand the definition of a journalist a bit.
00:02:21That is, the work of a journalist is not only what is in the field
00:02:24of written or print media.
00:02:28The work of journalism in the IRIB is very vast and extensive.
00:02:32We say whether you were a journalist or not, we should say whether you worked in the news
00:02:35or not. We see that in the
00:02:38incident of the bombing of the glass building, which happened
00:02:41last year, the dear one who was martyred was a news editor.
00:02:45The news editor was Mr. Rajabpour, and Ms. Azimi also, in
00:02:49the support areas of the complex, these people
00:02:52in front of the camera, behind the camera, the journalist, the editor,
00:02:56the chief editor, the editorial
00:02:58manager. These are the ones who, in my opinion, the definition of a journalist
00:03:02in a way probably includes all of them.
00:03:04The
00:03:09global ranking of Iran in artificial intelligence increases the country's power
00:03:13in the field of governance and defense. This was stated by the scientific assistant to the President
00:03:16and emphasized. The recent war
00:03:20showed that technology has become one of the main components of power.
00:03:23What happened? Well, we focused for a year,
00:03:27prepared the infrastructure. When artificial intelligence was created,
00:03:3376 new companies
00:03:36came and worked. Suddenly,
00:03:39our rank, which was announced this year, increased by 20 ranks.
00:03:43You see, nothing special has happened.
00:03:46Only its infrastructure, its importance, and its market are very
00:03:50logical. It is logical that if you have a knowledge-based product
00:03:53but no market, it will not grow. So if we can strengthen
00:03:57the market side and prepare the infrastructure,
00:04:00you see, the infrastructure of artificial intelligence is actually
00:04:04graphical equipment, GPU, data, that we need to
00:04:07fix our data governance because one of the parameters that we will face challenges with again
00:04:11is data, and the next issue is programming languages.
00:04:14If we can strengthen these, we can quickly put ourselves
00:04:18in a unique position in the world.
00:04:20The National Library
00:04:24has the most hours of service among
00:04:27the libraries of the world. The deputy of the National Library of the National Archives and
00:04:31National Library of Iran said: This library, with 91 hours
00:04:34of weekly services, is in the first place in the world in terms of
00:04:38service provision. According to Reza Shahri, the National Library
00:04:42has the richest collection of printed books in the country with 4.3 million
00:04:45copies, and its oldest manuscript dates back to the 5th
00:04:49century AH.
00:04:50The Iranian National Computer Olympiad Team
00:04:54will participate in the 38th International Computer Olympiad
00:04:58in Uzbekistan.
00:05:25The Minister of Defense of Pakistan said that the Islamic world should unite to confront the common threat
00:05:29of Israel. Asif emphasized
00:05:32that Israel is a threat to all Islamic countries and said:
00:05:35Islamic countries should, like NATO, put aside their differences
00:05:38and move beyond commercial issues and bilateral differences
00:05:42towards unity and solidarity.
00:05:56A gathering of protesters in Beirut protested the government's agreement with the Zionist regime.
00:06:00Lebanese citizens, by chanting slogans against normalization and compromise
00:06:04with the Zionist regime, declared their opposition to the normalization of relations
00:06:07with this regime.
00:06:08China's warning to Japan
00:06:18about changing nuclear policies. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with strong
00:06:22criticism of the Japanese government's whispers about changing nuclear policies, warned Tokyo:
00:06:26Don't play with fire.
00:06:30Coinciding with Trump's continued claims
00:06:39to take over, an oil company associated with him announced
00:06:43plans to start oil drilling in the east of the island.
00:06:47The Greenland government, warning Washington,
00:06:50emphasized: Any activities related to exploration
00:06:53projects must be approved in advance by the authorities of this autonomous region.
00:06:57The storm in southwestern Japan
00:07:06caused power outages for about 56,000
00:07:10residential units in the Amami Islands, as well as Okinawa
00:07:13Prefecture. The storm Dolphin also forced about 260,000
00:07:17people to leave their homes. For more than 160
00:07:19کرد.
00:07:24nights, Tehran's squares have witnessed
00:07:27a presence that, according to those present, has kept the city's pulse alive.
00:07:31People who, during the ups and downs of difficult days, speak of steadfastness
00:07:34and continuing the path. The city is alive
00:07:38because its pulse beats.
00:07:43Say it loudly.
00:07:46Gatherings are like a pulse that
00:07:49repeats every night.
00:07:52A city that comes alive every night with the arrival
00:07:55of people. We say here it's a "chele" (40-day period). We say four
00:07:59"cheles" have passed. I came from Germany last night.
00:08:02We only came for the love of Iran, to come and that too only
00:08:06to Revolution Square. What is the root of so many people
00:08:09coming and standing for 160 nights? Patriotism, courage,
00:08:12bravery, which goes back to patriotism
00:08:16for the right to remain. Since that Ashura night, every
00:08:19heartbeat is a decision
00:08:23to continue. A decision to
00:08:26stand. Haji must rise
00:08:29for
00:08:32the revenge of our master's blood, the victory of dear Iran,
00:08:36taking revenge for the blood of the martyred leader, the truth
00:08:40of my country's progress, defending its soil. When the pulse
00:08:43beats regularly, it means there is still power to continue,
00:08:46there is still hope flowing. People did not give up,
00:08:50whether it was war or economy, Iran had the upper hand in this
00:08:54war. Surely, first it was the unity of the people, they are there for their people,
00:08:58who are not afraid of war. Our armed forces, our leadership,
00:09:01struck American bases in Bahrain. A city
00:09:05whose pulse beats regularly, its expectation
00:09:08is also alive, an expectation that looks forward to the decision and
00:10:33In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Hello. Our guest
00:10:37today is Mr. Farhangdoost, a veteran journalist
00:10:40who has spoken many times with the martyred
00:10:43leader of the Islamic Revolution. From exclusive interviews
00:10:47to cultural and art exhibitions.
00:10:51Mr. Nabaveh, you are very welcome. Can you tell us about your
00:10:55first meeting and first memory? Yes,
00:10:59in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I also extend my greetings to you
00:11:02and all dear viewers.
00:11:06These are the days of Journalists' Day. May I congratulate
00:11:09you? Please do. Well, this day is a very important day.
00:11:13Perhaps one of the most important days that is named
00:11:17after journalists, which is actually today, August 8th,
00:11:20is Media Day. This
00:11:24media, not the well-known media
00:11:27and large media that exist, but also
00:11:31anyone who, in every corner of the country, even in mountainous
00:11:34areas, publishes a one-page newspaper, today is
00:11:38also their day. The children of news agencies, the children
00:11:41of so-called virtual spaces, the children of IRIB,
00:11:45all dear ones, especially
00:11:49journalists who, during the Sacred Defense, let me mention the name
00:11:52of the martyred leader, who was truly the leader of all
00:11:55journalists at that time, and the martyred
00:11:58Mahmoud Saremi, and other children, all of them are great, and
00:12:02they sacrificed their lives in a path that may not seem very glamorous,
00:12:06but it has a very important value in informing people
00:12:10and raising public awareness. Therefore,
00:12:13I consider this day very great and congratulate all
00:12:17media professionals. I remember your question.
00:12:20Please tell us about your first memory and
00:12:23experience.
00:12:42Before me, there were friends who came at the same time as the revolution,
00:12:45and then some of them also
00:12:48came before the revolution. All of them are
00:12:51dear, each one dearer than the other.
00:13:02They were actually our teachers, that's the truth, but since we came, the issues of the revolution were very hot. I have this honor and I think this is a capital that
00:13:06should be written down, filmed, and made known
00:13:09to the people. I was the journalist
00:13:13for the first officials of the Islamic Republic,
00:13:15meaning from the late Martyr Rajai, Martyr
00:13:19Bahonar, the late Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani, His Excellency
00:13:22the Leader himself when he was in the Defense Council,
00:13:25and at that time he had not come yet,
00:13:28perhaps I was the second journalist to interview
00:13:32Martyr Chamran, and that was very important at the time.
00:13:35Before me, Mr. Noroddin Safahani was one of our good journalists,
00:13:39and I took this interview, and after that, we
00:13:42almost interviewed all officials,
00:13:46I mean almost, I interviewed all officials
00:13:50in their presence. Regarding His Excellency the Leader,
00:13:53there was a special characteristic that
00:13:56we were two journalists who
00:13:59interviewed, I was there and Mr. Ali Zarifi Khameneh, one of
00:14:03our veteran journalists, we were chosen
00:14:06to serve the Leader whenever the Leader visited
00:14:10the war zone when he was in the Defense Council, and then
00:14:14as President, and then as Leader,
00:14:17and I had the honor of being with
00:14:19the Leader
00:14:21for almost all of his interviews. In my opinion, he was a peerless
00:14:29personality. Please tell us, in general,
00:14:31بود.
00:14:34when did you officially start your work in the presidential
00:14:37office? In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:14:41With congratulations on
00:14:43the blessed Eid al-Adha
00:14:46to all dear brothers and
00:14:49sisters throughout
00:14:52the Islamic country. In response to this question,
00:14:57I must say that in a sense,
00:15:01we started our work
00:15:04a day or two ago. In this stage,
00:15:08our work
00:15:09is to study the future
00:15:12government in its general lines
00:15:16and the main threads of the work
00:15:20of the country and society. There is no difference between what I
00:15:23think and what the late Rajai thought. I don't think there is any
00:15:27difference at all. If I want to mention someone close to the Leader,
00:15:30I would say Martyr Beheshti,
00:15:34who also had very unique
00:15:37characteristics. Of course, he was not around
00:15:41for a long time and was martyred
00:15:45early, but the truth
00:15:48is that His Excellency the Leader, due to the special characteristics in
00:15:51his personality, whether in knowledge
00:15:54or cultural, artistic, and political background,
00:15:58is, in my opinion, very, very special. That is, from every
00:16:01part of the so-called comings and goings
00:16:04that existed in different places, perhaps some of
00:16:08His Excellency the Leader's interviews, for the first time,
00:16:11for example, the first mortar that was built in Iran
00:16:15by a company, Hadad factory, belonged to the IRGC. The 120
00:16:19mortar. We didn't know how to build anything, and it was
00:16:23so big. I took it with the Leader, and I remember the Leader's feeling
00:16:26there. I remember the question I asked him. I remember the statement
00:16:30he made. Or for example, other issues, or the things
00:16:33that happened in the war and the events that occurred. In my opinion,
00:16:37he was a very unique person. What was
00:16:41his view on culture, art, and media?
00:16:44It is very important. You see, I don't think
00:16:47it's a coincidence that if someone becomes great,
00:16:51the world understands his greatness. This
00:16:54has a special power in itself. I want to tell you
00:16:57my feeling. Now, what is usually the case, despite the respect
00:17:01we have for our leader, I have a special
00:17:04respect for the personality of His Excellency the Leader.
00:17:08This respect comes from the fact that, for example, as a journalist,
00:17:11I would sit next to him in a gathering,
00:17:14and he would not fail to answer any question asked of him.
00:17:17That means you feel like you're sitting next to a scientist,
00:17:21especially in places we went where there were great people, scientists,
00:17:25enlightened people, for example, from a province. Suddenly,
00:17:28someone would say something, recite a poem. The Leader would say, "Your poem
00:17:32is similar to so-and-so's poem," and that person would say, "Yes, sir, he was my father,
00:17:36may he rest in peace." From his tone,
00:17:40from his way of speaking, we understood that this poem was by a man. Well, this
00:17:43is an honor. Or, for example, the theories he
00:17:46gave, the very good advice he had regarding military
00:17:50issues, the questions he asked, and really, that military person was surprised.
00:17:53For example, the Leader asked about mathematical coordinates.
00:17:56And this gave the Leader a characteristic
00:18:00that made him unique. Regarding culture, well, you have seen
00:18:04what is being broadcast now about literature from the Leader's
00:18:08perspective. I want to say that even though his speech
00:18:11was very weighty, the easiest way to write
00:18:15news was about His Excellency the Leader, because there were absolutely
00:18:18no mistakes in his political, literary,
00:18:22and artistic dimensions. For example, the Leader's knowledge of cinema. You can see
00:18:25the Leader's interaction with directors. For example,
00:18:29the novels the Leader has read. The best
00:18:32example I remember was at the exhibitions sometimes.
00:18:35He translated it years
00:19:07ago. A mill on your river. Did you
00:19:10publish it? No, but it was Mr. Younesi's work. How are
00:19:14you? Thank you. I hope
00:19:16you succeed. Stay healthy. Enjoy these
00:19:20books. I'm here. Hello.
00:19:23Mr. Mohsen Bagherzadeh, how are you?
00:19:26You look like an old man. I didn't recognize you.
00:19:29How are you? What's new, Mr. Bagherzadeh?
00:19:32Toos.
00:19:35Let me tell you a memory, it's very good. I hope my teacher remembers.
00:20:04I was with Professor Nader Ebrahimi. He
00:20:08was our screenplay writing professor
00:20:11at Seda Cinema University. I saw him at the university, at the exhibition,
00:20:14talking. Mr. was 100 meters away, for example,
00:20:18until he reached us.
00:20:20Mr. Ebrahimi said this and that, and when the Leader got close, Mr.
00:20:24Ebrahimi told me, "Wait, the Leader will come now and say, 'Nader,
00:20:28what did you do with the books you promised me you would prepare?'" I thought
00:20:32he was bluffing, for example, saying these things.
00:20:35Then the Leader arrived and asked,
00:20:38"How are you? What are you doing here?" He said, "Mr. Ebrahimi is our professor,
00:20:42we were talking." He said, "Well, Mr. Ebrahimi, what happened to those books
00:20:45you promised last year?" Exactly what Nader Ebrahimi said, the Leader said.
00:20:50It was very strange for me. He said, "Those four books
00:20:54you promised." He also said, "Sir, they are ready. I have prepared them for you."
00:20:57I was really amazed that
00:21:01the Leader is so smart,
00:21:04so attentive to all these
00:21:07publishers, and then he would come and ask. You see, there are
00:21:10many such issues. After I did the interview,
00:21:13you said it was a very special memory. I came and spoke
00:21:16with the Leader. I told the Leader
00:21:20that I only had a couple of questions, I wouldn't bother him. The Leader said,
00:21:23"Well, we thought you had a few questions." Yes, I said, "Well, if you are ready,
00:21:27I will ask more questions." One of the questions was, "Sir, these books
00:21:31you buy, do you read
00:21:33all of them?" He answered very
00:21:36beautifully, very humbly, he said
00:21:39that there is no book... He said that some
00:21:43of them we don't buy, friends give them as gifts. Please take their money,
00:21:47and so on. Then he said, "But let me tell you. My
00:21:50family and I do not go to bed without reading a book
00:21:54that night." All members
00:21:58of our household almost,
00:22:00I mean, I would say there is no exception, they fall asleep while
00:22:04reading at night. I myself read several thick
00:22:07books in Tehran a few years ago. Of course, before the revolution,
00:22:11I was in Tehran for a few days, and I read
00:22:15a thick book, which has several thick volumes, all of them in
00:22:18one sitting.
00:22:22This is a global message. It was really that great.
00:22:26I think the essence of that whole interview was this one-sentence
00:22:29answer from the Leader. There is no book that is published
00:22:32or the Leader does not personally read, or that
00:22:36we do not present a summary of that book to the Leader. It is very
00:22:39important that you, with this scientific capacity
00:22:43of a country's leader, look at all those criminals
00:22:46whose hands are stained with blood. They can never
00:22:50insult the Leader's personality because they know
00:22:54he is incomparable, and this
00:22:57really made working for anyone sweet and enjoyable.
00:23:00In all areas, in all the trips
00:23:04you had, the interviews you had, was there a sentence
00:23:08or a word from him that stuck in your mind?
00:23:11There are many, but my encounter, my last
00:23:15trip, I mean, it wasn't my last trip,
00:23:19I really. They
00:24:12introduced him and said this and that, and then Hajj Qasem
00:24:16is buried between these two martyrs.
00:24:19I was standing here, the Leader was standing here,
00:24:22and Hajj Qasem was facing him. So it's still the same,
00:24:26and it was very moving for me. Then he was talking
00:24:29in a way that the Leader said some things to him, and he also said some things,
00:24:33meaning Hajj Qasem was talking as if he regretted not being there.
00:24:36Meaning, later when he was martyred, I really thought
00:24:40that he wanted to be here.
00:24:44And well, the Leader also looked at him with a special
00:24:47look and said, "God willing,
00:24:50may God grant it to all of us." Hajj Qasem calmed down
00:24:53a bit. These interactions with the Leader were truly
00:24:56special. The day the Leader was martyred,
00:24:59with all the pain that the whole world felt, it is indescribable,
00:25:03but truly, this was not the Leader's right.
00:25:07That is, truly, the Leader
00:25:10should have been martyred. You know his famous sentence, that for example,
00:25:14we were at the front of the line, and God from the line, these words.
00:25:17One Qassem Soleimani is enough
00:25:35for not only Kerman province
00:25:39but also the Iranian nation to be proud of him and boast about him.
00:25:43This is true, but another important point besides
00:25:46this is that
00:26:02one must rely on culture. That sincere faith,
00:26:06sacrifices, sacrifices,
00:26:09that intellectual integrity and divine guidance
00:26:13that God Almighty bestows
00:26:14upon people.
00:26:17These are cultural foundations.
00:26:20These are cultural
00:26:23foundations. These foundations are always
00:26:25there, but when the Islamic Revolution
00:26:29and the Islamic Republic The cameraman himself, Mr. Ershad
00:27:32Mohammad Ershad, who is one of our best cameramen, said, "Mr. Ershad,
00:27:36what's going on? If something happens to you,
00:27:39what will I tell your family?" That is, which
00:27:42leader in the world would, for example, say this to a worker? We are employees after all. Whatever we were,
00:27:46we were employees. His gaze was a compassionate,
00:27:50fatherly, brotherly gaze.
00:27:53And this shows, even in a program,
00:27:56he would tell me, "Did the children eat? Did the children rest?"
00:28:00Well, no one else does these things. That is, the Leader's outlook
00:28:04was a completely responsible
00:28:07outlook in all areas. I have hundreds of memories
00:28:11from different places. I traveled with the Leader,
00:28:14went to different places with him, and this is an honor for, in my opinion,
00:28:18the media community that they have a leader like His Excellency.
00:28:21If you want to talk about the martyred
00:28:25leader of the Islamic Revolution, considering that our news reports
00:28:28are very short, I say that if you want to make a movie
00:28:32about him, which part of his life
00:28:36would you examine and what would you name it?
00:28:39Ms. Ghenati, this is a very
00:28:42difficult task. You see, for example, if you ask this same question to scientists,
00:28:46for example, scientists of different fields, they will tell you
00:28:49something else. Yes, if you talk to military personnel,
00:28:53they will say something else. If you talk
00:28:56to me, I will say something else. But the one thing that
00:28:58is common in all these words
00:29:02that will be said is the leadership's management.
00:29:06You see, we don't have... I want to speak very frankly.
00:29:10We have weaknesses in many areas, for example, in our industry,
00:29:13we have weaknesses in our power and construction industry.
00:29:17Why is our defense industry so
00:29:21strong that the world can't believe
00:29:23how strong we have appeared? Because there was a focused,
00:29:27aware management that foresaw a day like this
00:29:31when America, the greatest power in the world, with its
00:29:34false or true dominance, says today
00:29:38that my missiles are gone, but the Iranians are destroying me. We have absolutely
00:29:42nothing like this in the entire history of humanity for thousands
00:29:46of years. This shows the intellectual power
00:29:49and foresight of a leader who could read today.
00:29:52Even his last sentences, what does he say? He says, "If
00:29:56this country is attacked, the people will rise up."
00:30:00He doesn't say "I myself." Very often, we don't pay attention to these words.
00:30:04The Leader doesn't talk about himself at all. Maybe he knows he is not there, his blood price
00:30:08is himself. Then he says the nation will rise up. Where in the world
00:30:11has it ever happened that for 160 days
00:30:14people, women, children, babies in their mothers' arms,
00:30:17all families are in the street? Why is this?
00:30:21So it shows that the Leader's unique characteristic, whatever its source,
00:30:25is the power of faith, his scientific power, his managerial
00:30:28power. These are values. I think
00:30:32a thousand blessings to Imam and our martyred
00:30:36leader should be said together that today a nation has been built
00:30:39that, if I want to go into my own work, Ms. Ghenati,
00:30:43there are so many amazing memories of the Leader's sensitivity,
00:30:46his interactions with people, with children, with
00:30:49adults. And I think this should be, I mean, it doesn't fit
00:30:53in this conversation. God willing, there will be more programs. God willing,
00:30:56what will you name your movie? I don't know, I think I know, but the most beautiful
00:31:00words are those of our martyred leader.
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