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00:00:26Details of the Jan Fadayan Iran exercise in the cities
00:00:30of Tehran province have been announced. According to the commander of Hazrat
00:00:33Seyyed al-Shohada Corps of Tehran province, this exercise will be held
00:00:37taken over most of with the presence of various segments of people from Wednesday morning in all
00:00:41cities of Tehran province. It will be held.
00:00:43On the occasion of the birth
00:00:46of Hazrat Abdul Azim Hasani, the Seyyed
00:00:50al-Shohada Corps in the cities of Tehran
00:00:53province will hold a 110,000-person
00:00:57Jan Fadayan Iran exercise in
00:01:0114 cities and 18 districts.
00:01:04It will be held. On the 2nd of
00:01:08September, from approximately
00:01:119:10 AM, it will continue
00:01:14until the end of the night of the 25th,
00:01:17and very diverse programs
00:01:21are planned, which mainly include the display of
00:01:24the power of the combat battalions of Jan Fadayan
00:01:28with the weapons and equipment at their disposal. So their presence
00:01:31in squares and gatherings is in squares,
00:01:34and after that, it will conclude
00:01:38with vehicle convoys in the cities.
00:01:41ها
00:01:45The Alaj monitoring and information system has started its work with the aim
00:01:48of identifying and punishing
00:01:50news. Bab al-Mandeb, foreign traitors. Treason to Iran has legal
00:01:54consequences, and foreign traitors will be deprived of
00:01:57their citizenship rights.
00:02:01What a thin line between a virtual activist and
00:02:05someone who, under the guise of beautiful words, paves
00:02:09the way for the destruction of their own land. From the coup of December to the imposed war,
00:02:12a delusion was created for some that treason to Iran in the digital
00:02:16world has no legal or human consequences.
00:02:20But history will never forget these faces.
00:02:23Those who danced with the enemy's flag when bombs and missiles were raining
00:02:27down on the people and children of this land. Those who placed flowers in front of the Zionist regime's
00:02:31embassy and thanked them for the bombing of Iran.
00:02:34Those who denied the reality of the bombings,
00:02:40of Allah. Hasten begged for more sanctions and war, and under the false disguise, justified the destruction
00:02:45Hasten to of the country's infrastructure. I would like to point out a few things about the infrastructures that are
00:02:49likely to be among the targets of subsequent operations.
00:02:53The goal of these operations is not to harm the Iranian people.
00:02:56Hasten to They hit the bridges, and then we realized, "Oh, it was the biggest bridge in the Middle East."
00:02:58What is it? Very much. They are destroying
00:03:02Hasten to salvation. infrastructures that are still within the scope of the military
00:03:05operations of the Islamic Republic. We gathered this because
00:03:09Trump will continue his attacks on the Islamic
00:03:13Republic. If you encounter an American soldier on Iranian soil,
00:03:16what should you do? Keep your hands visible.
00:03:20Those who censored the truth and ridiculed the veterans of
00:03:24this land. But the reality is that every
00:03:28false data and every encouragement to attack online became
00:03:31fire in the real world. A fire that affected
00:03:35infrastructure and people's lives, without its perpetrators
00:03:38ever having to take responsibility.
00:03:40ببینن
00:03:43Home is for picking.
00:03:46This is where Alaj is born. Alaj is a popular movement
00:03:50and a monitoring and information system that has started
00:03:54its work with the aim of identifying and punishing foreign traitors.
00:03:58The main mission of Alaj is to protect national security and the interests of the Iranian
00:04:01people against anti- national movements, separatist
00:04:04terrorists, promoters of sanctions, and military attacks.
00:04:08Treason to Iran has consequences and legal repercussions.
00:04:11The punishment for this treason is carried out through
00:04:14the deprivation of citizenship rights and the termination of
00:04:18financial and media access of foreign traitors. Now,
00:04:22the era of digital responsibilities has ended. Complete confiscation
00:04:25of assets, complete suspension of consular services, and
00:04:29the issuance of Interpol Red Notices for these traitors
00:04:33has only one message: no traitor can escape
00:04:36the consequences of their actions. Alaj requests all Iranian
00:04:40people to register the identity of these traitors on the Alaj
00:04:43website or the address @AlajGroup
00:04:47in the Bale and Eita messaging apps. It also assures
00:04:50that the identity of all reporters and popular
00:04:54sources in this system is completely confidential,
00:04:57encrypted, and protected. Mohammad Javad Reza
00:05:01Soltani, IRIB News
00:05:03Agency.
00:05:07Completion of three American enemy war crime cases in
00:05:10Hormozgan. The Chief Justice of Hormozgan says: these
00:05:14investigations are related to three American enemy war
00:05:18crime cases in the attack on Shahid Mirzaei tunnel,
00:05:20Ab Anji desalination plant, and Hajjiabad environmental
00:05:24protection, which, according to the directive of the Prosecutor
00:05:27General of the country, will be sent to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's
00:05:31Office of Tehran for investigation and indictment. These
00:05:35thick files are of the war crimes of the Third Imposed
00:05:38War in Hormozgan. To compensate for the damages
00:05:42and uphold the rights of the victims
00:05:45of the Zionist-American attacks, the Hormozgan
00:05:48judiciary has opened and completed five cases. The most
00:05:52important of these cases, which was sent to Tehran for further
00:05:55investigation, is the case of the martyrdom of 168
00:05:59students, teachers, and parents
00:06:03at Tayyebah Minab Elementary School. The prosecution stage is over
00:06:06and it has gone to court for the issuance of a criminal
00:06:10sentence. The civil case was also referred to experts.
00:06:14In the Third Imposed War, the people of Hormozgan
00:06:18witnessed the martyrdom of innocent people, from the guardian of
00:06:21natural resources in Hajjiabad to the two-year-old Sina in Gheshm.
00:06:24Of course, damage to facilities and roads was
00:06:28another crime of the terrorist US army in Hormozgan.
00:06:31The case of the attack on the desalination
00:06:34plant of Bumani has been sent to Tehran.
00:06:38Recently, three cases of attack on Shahid Mirzaei tunnel,
00:06:42attack on
00:06:45Banji desalination plant, and attack
00:06:48on the environmental protection of Hajjiabad city were also completed.
00:06:52For each case, a verdict is issued from
00:06:56both criminal and civil perspectives. Of course, the Ministry
00:06:59of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the judicial system,
00:07:03is also pursuing the US crime cases in Iran in
00:07:07international bodies. Hossein Ezdehai, IRIB
00:07:10News Agency.
00:07:15The results of studies by experts show that far-right parties
00:07:19and groups in Europe are no longer a marginal
00:07:22movement. The latest example has emerged in Germany,
00:07:26where the far-right Alternative party managed to win
00:07:2944% of the votes in the state elections.
00:07:33آورد.
00:07:36Everyday economic and social problems in European countries
00:07:40increasingly provide the grounds
00:07:45for politicians and like-minded media to link the problems
00:07:49of these countries to immigrants and Muslims,
00:07:52inciting people against them and their supporters.
00:07:55بشورانند.
00:07:57The main policy of populist parties is opposition to
00:08:01immigrants. They portray immigrants as the cause
00:08:05of problems and insecurity. The slogans and positions
00:08:08of European right-wing parties are similar to
00:08:12Trump's. In the UK, over the past months, several
00:08:15waves of Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment, fueled
00:08:18by the lies of individuals and far-right groups on social
00:08:22media, led to an increase in attacks against Islamic
00:08:26sites and the homes and shops
00:08:28of Muslims and immigrants. In the latest incidents, two days
00:08:32after a demonstration against immigrants in the port of Dover,
00:08:35hundreds of black-clad men in the city of Portsmouth
00:08:39violently threatened immigrants and clashed with the police.
00:09:43Social watchdogs in England believe that
00:09:47structural racism,
00:09:49supported by a large number of English
00:09:52politicians, has led to a rapid increase in
00:09:56attacks on Muslims and other minorities in the country,
00:10:00and has created a bleaker outlook for them
00:10:04in this society. Mojtaba
00:10:06Ghasemzadeh, IRIB News Agency, London.
00:10:09Stay with us.
00:10:48They have from the port of Al-Mukha all the
00:10:51way down to the Bab al-Mandeb.
00:10:55Uh, that's 70 kilometers from the city of
00:10:59Al-Muqas, so it seems that they have
00:11:02the western Red Sea coastal line. However, the Ansar
00:11:06Allah have issued a statement yesterday stating that the
00:11:09only ships that are going to be prevented from access through Bab
00:11:12al-Mandeb are Saudi ships, and that's because of the
00:11:16blockade for blockade equation that the Ansar Allah
00:11:19has announced.
00:11:59Dear listeners,
00:12:02please pay attention.
00:12:05This is the voice of Yemen.
00:12:08We announce to you, we announce to you
00:12:12a historic
00:12:15this vital passage for global
00:12:18trade, has become free
00:12:22at the hands of the brave Yemeni armed forces.
00:13:36Early February 2026 in Minneapolis, two months of
00:13:39a long winter have passed. Protesters came to this federal detention center.
00:13:43We suspect something is happening
00:13:47because they are loading. The thing is, if we give up, if
00:13:50we retreat, they will win. That's
00:13:54why we shouldn't give up. That's why we shouldn't abandon the work. That's
00:13:58why we must stay on this path. We must stand firm and not take
00:14:02a single step back. Following major operations in Los Angeles
00:14:05and Chicago, thousands of US Immigration and Customs
00:14:09Enforcement agents launched an unprecedented mission to find
00:14:12and deport undocumented immigrants in Minnesota.
00:14:16These agents are accused of serious violations of laws
00:14:19against Minneapolis residents, including the killing of two
00:14:22protesters. Do you even
00:14:26know what you're doing? This issue has shaken the foundation
00:14:30of American democracy to its core.
00:14:33You are bad people. You are harming our society.
00:14:36زنید
00:14:39You don't know that you are making history
00:14:42unless a lot of time has passed. We are exactly at that
00:14:46moment
00:14:46now.
00:15:01Good morning.
00:15:05As I walk the streets of Minneapolis, a week has
00:15:09passed since the killing of Alex Pretty, an anti-Immigration
00:15:12and Customs Enforcement protester. Alex
00:15:15Pretty, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse,
00:15:18was targeted and killed by federal agents
00:15:21during a protest on January
00:15:2524, 2026. This was the second
00:15:28fatal shooting by ICE agents of
00:15:31a protester in the city. And now,
00:15:35but
00:16:07they live. I live here. I'm
00:16:11stuck on this bed and mattress. At first, there
00:16:14were three of us here, but one left. Now, there
00:16:18are two of us living here.
00:16:20Hanad, which is the pseudonym of this person, was born
00:16:23in Somalia. In 2024, he was
00:16:27forced to flee his country for his own safety,
00:16:31after his father and brother were both killed by al-Shabaab
00:16:34militants. I came back from 12 countries.
00:16:38There were days when people had nothing but water
00:16:42to eat and drink for more
00:16:43than 10 days.
00:16:46He came to the United States for asylum, was given
00:16:50temporary protected status, but is now at
00:16:53risk of deportation.
00:16:56Before these people started their operations, I had
00:16:59a good life. I lived in my own house and
00:17:03could pay rent, but when these people showed up, everything fell apart.
00:17:06In January, coinciding with the harsh approach of
00:17:10Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it was announced
00:17:13that temporary protected status for Somalis would be
00:17:17revoked overnight. Hanad and other Somalis
00:17:21like him were targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
00:17:24My temporary protected status was revoked on
00:17:28March 17th. I no longer had any immigration
00:17:32status in the US other than asylum.
00:17:34It's truly terrifying. 100%. I am
00:17:38definitely very anxious and very scared. Sometimes
00:17:41I have nightmares that the authorities have arrested me and deported
00:17:45me back to where I came from. The problems I had when I left
00:17:48Somalia, which forced me to undertake this arduous journey, are still
00:17:52unresolved. If I go back, something worse might happen,
00:17:55for example, I might be killed. Why do
00:17:59you think the Trump administration does this to people
00:18:01like you? I really don't understand why they targeted us,
00:18:05especially Somalis. We are hardworking people.
00:18:09We are a hardworking community. We have not committed
00:18:11any crimes. I really don't know why
00:18:14they do this.
00:18:23Minnesota has the largest Somali immigrant population in the
00:18:26United States. When Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement
00:18:30operations reached Minneapolis, this neighborhood became
00:18:33the center of conflict. The largest operation in the history
00:18:36of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with nearly 3,000
00:18:40federal agents focusing on individuals deemed a serious
00:18:44threat to this community. We have arrested and detained
00:18:47thousands of illegal criminals. In early December 2025,
00:18:51after reports of a welfare fraud scandal by a group
00:18:54of Somalis were published, the situation worsened. These two
00:18:58childcare centers receive about $3 million a year, while
00:19:02there are no children there. Trump, Republicans, and conservative
00:19:05media called this scandal a sign of widespread misuse
00:19:09of public funds by undocumented immigrants.
00:19:12Somalis defrauded this state of billions
00:19:15of dollars. The escalation
00:19:18of attacks against all Somalis residing in the US
00:19:21was intended to legitimize this harsh treatment.
00:19:25We need to deport millions of these illegal immigrants, dangerous
00:19:28foreign criminals, criminals, street gang members,
00:19:31and terrorists. It's an absolute mistake to bring more trash
00:19:35into our country. We must
00:19:38our country. The harsh crackdown by Trump's
00:19:42Immigration and Customs Enforcement has caused the established
00:19:45Somali community in Minnesota to collapse. This is Karma Mall,
00:19:48one of the first Somali shopping centers and the largest
00:19:51in the US. Okay, and
00:19:55this business is really affected by this harsh treatment of Somali
00:19:59immigrants. Yes, we used to see a lot of traffic here, right?
00:20:02But the fact that it's so empty now clearly shows how much
00:20:06businesses have suffered.
00:20:09Mohamed, a Somali activist residing in this state, says that Somali Americans have been emotionally
00:20:13traumatized by constant harassment, threats, and now
00:20:17business closures. This is the backbone of our
00:20:20community. These people came to America to build a better
00:20:24life for themselves. For some of the women who started
00:20:28businesses here, this was like a dream. While talking,
00:20:31a local shopkeeper joins
00:20:35our conversation. The real problem.
00:20:37Yes, yes, we had trouble paying
00:20:40rent. Aisha Jillani manages one of
00:20:44the oldest Somali restaurants in this center. Like
00:20:47the vast majority of this community,
00:21:01they are very scared. Do you think your business
00:21:04will survive or not? I don't think so. We can't continue
00:21:08like this. Of course, we don't support those who cause
00:21:12trouble for this country, but there must be a better way to deal
00:21:16with this phenomenon than arresting every person who walks down
00:21:20the street. For example, that woman who died a few days ago affected
00:21:24me a lot. Every mother understands how painful it is for
00:21:27a mother to leave her child at home and never
00:21:31return. Calm down, calm down. Don't
00:21:33cry.
00:21:37Don't hurt
00:21:38yourself.
00:21:43In the name of Allah. In the name
00:21:47of Allah.
00:21:50In the name of Allah, Light
00:21:53of Light. In the name of Allah,
00:21:55Light upon Light.
00:21:59In the name of Allah,
00:22:01Light
00:22:04upon Light. In the name of Allah,
00:22:07Light upon
00:22:10Light. In the name of Allah.
00:22:13Allahu Akbar,
00:22:15Allahu Akbar,
00:22:17Allahu Akbar.
00:22:25Allahu Akbar.
00:22:28I bear witness that there is no
00:22:31god but Allah.
00:22:36I bear witness that there is no
00:22:39god but Allah.
00:22:46I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
00:22:54Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad
00:22:58is the Messenger
00:23:06of Allah. I bear witness that Ali
00:23:09is the Wali
00:23:15of Allah. I bear witness that Ali
00:23:19is the Hujjah
00:23:30to prayer.
00:23:35prayer.
00:23:46salvation.
00:24:04Hasten
00:24:07to the best
00:24:09of deeds.
00:24:12Hasten to
00:24:16the best of deeds.
00:24:58Why should I answer? Why, if you're not a citizen of this country, do you have
00:25:02to have immigration documents? Why shouldn't I be a citizen of this country?
00:25:05They all have guns, pepper spray, tasers, and all kinds
00:25:09of such equipment, and they came only to bully, terrorize, and
00:25:13harass people. What do you mean by asking if you don't hear my accent?
00:25:16That's why. So now you're judging based on accent? I want to know. Well.
00:25:39You used too much. What was the necessity? And he didn't even care. Someone just got killed.
00:25:42Why? Why did you shoot that woman? Answer
00:25:45me. Today, an officer shot a woman in the head.
00:26:33I want to clearly show that they are not welcome here. And
00:26:37when I say "they," I mean the people who hold power,
00:26:41the MAGA base, the racists,
00:26:44the white supremacists. They want to make it clear
00:26:47that they hate anyone who isn't like them, a white man.
00:26:51The tension is so high that, excuse me, but this woman saw
00:26:55you here and thinks that you're also for Immigration
00:26:59Enforcement. Yes, she said they asked her for documents. We are reporters.
00:27:23It wasn't just civil resistance and the Somali community
00:27:27that were targeted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
00:27:31How are you? I'm
00:27:48her skin color is an accusation in itself.
00:27:51Melina Peña, 34 years old and a mother of three.
00:27:55She works as a nurse in a city hospital. Alright,
00:27:59guys, about 5 ICE cars
00:28:02are currently moving on 10th Street.
00:28:05Two are behind me.
00:28:08One is going that way now. I'm going
00:28:12this way. On January 15th, she had just finished a
00:28:1612-hour night shift and dropped her daughter off at school
00:28:19when she passed a convoy of Customs and Immigration officers. Another
00:28:23one was there.
00:28:27This one is also coming.
00:28:31So stop the car.
00:28:58pulled me out of my car and threw me to the ground. Because I'm small, he could easily
00:29:01pick me up from there and then slam me against the car. I told
00:29:05them I was an American citizen. I told them that I was even
00:29:09a nurse. When you told them you were an American citizen,
00:29:13what did they say? They said it didn't matter who you were.
00:29:17They said it didn't matter at all. At those
00:29:20moments, did you feel like a citizen of the United States of America? No, I felt
00:29:23like a criminal. During the arrest, Melina's phone
00:29:27fell from her hand, but a local resident started filming this scene
00:29:31as officers handcuffed Melina.
00:29:34At that time, did they justify why they were doing
00:29:37this to you or not? The officers said that I attacked them.
00:29:41They told each other, "You saw it too," and they confirmed
00:29:45and said, "Yes, we saw her attack." I said, "What are you talking about?
00:29:48I didn't touch you." I felt like this scene was unreal. How
00:29:52can someone lie so easily? This whole ordeal was like
00:29:56a kidnapping. Melina was not told where they were taking her,
00:30:00and she was eventually transferred to the Whipple
00:30:03Detention Center. They didn't even give her a chance to call a lawyer
00:30:07or anyone. I thought my whole life was falling apart. When they
00:30:11were registering my information, one of the officers said, "You're
00:30:14a nurse? Say goodbye to your nursing profession. You'll never
00:30:18nurse again." They said that I would even lose my children
00:30:22and go to federal prison. They were laughing to themselves
00:30:25and making fun of me, as if they were enjoying it.
00:30:29They treated
00:30:31me as if I wasn't human. I felt
00:30:35that they didn't want me here, as if I didn't
00:30:38belong
00:30:39here.
00:30:46After 9 hours, Melina was handed over to her family.
00:30:49What impact do you think these events had on your
00:30:52children? I feel like the children can no longer
00:30:55trust what we believe in as a country. Dear friends, finally, from friends.
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