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00:00:00a human rights criminal. Thank you very much,
00:00:04Ms. Zohreh Elahian, political analyst. Thank you for
00:00:08joining us in this interview. Please watch the news section. After
00:00:11that, we will continue with the World
00:00:14Today program. Thank you.
00:00:29The US attempt to prevent Iran's membership in the General Committee
00:00:33of the IAEA conference
00:00:37failed. During the election process, the American delegation tried to prevent
00:00:40Iran's election by deviating from consensual procedures,
00:00:44but it failed.
00:00:46The conference today dedicated part
00:00:50of its session
00:00:54to determining the
00:00:57conference's deputies. Also,
00:01:00the members of the General Committee.
00:01:03Regarding the members of the General Committee of the conference,
00:01:06Iran was nominated by the NZA group, which is a geographical group,
00:01:10to be a member of this group. When it was
00:01:13presented at the conference and approved by the conference, the US
00:01:17objected to Iran's membership in the General Committee and requested
00:01:21a vote. The Islamic
00:01:23Republic of Iran, along with several other countries, requested that this vote be taken
00:01:27secretly so that the US could not pressure countries. This decision
00:01:31was made, and a secret vote
00:01:35was held. The result of the secret vote was that Iran was elected
00:01:38as a member of the committee, and this is
00:01:41actually a political defeat for the US at this
00:01:44conference. We hope that this defeat will be a prelude
00:01:48to its next
00:01:49defeats.
00:01:5248 Iranian citizens imprisoned in Iraq
00:01:55have been returned to the country through the Mehran border,
00:01:59within the framework of the agreement on the transfer of convicted prisoners
00:02:03between the two countries. The Director General of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announcing this news, added
00:02:06that according to this agreement, these individuals will serve
00:02:09the rest of their sentences in Iran. Mr. Shasti
00:02:12Karimi said that with the coordination of the judiciary and the two
00:02:16ministries of foreign affairs and justice, next
00:02:19Sunday, 159 Iranian
00:02:22prisoners in Iraq will also be returned to the country
00:02:26through the Shalamcheh border to serve the rest of their sentences.
00:02:32The head of the Yemeni negotiating delegation emphasized that Saudi
00:02:36attacks on Yemen will not achieve any of Riyadh's
00:02:39goals and will only complicate
00:02:43the situation. Mohammed Abdulsalam said that Saudi Arabia
00:02:46continues its air attacks against Yemen, and
00:02:49the number of these attacks in recent days has exceeded
00:02:53350. He announced that these attacks
00:02:57targeted public and private property and led to the martyrdom and
00:03:00injury of civilians. He warned about the consequences
00:03:04of violating Yemen's sovereignty and targeting its people and
00:03:08their property. Abdulsalam stated that Saudi
00:03:11Arabia has previously experienced military options and has achieved nothing but
00:03:15defeat. He said that returning to a failed
00:03:19option indicates an aggressive
00:03:21mentality that does not believe
00:03:24in dialogue
00:03:26and peace. Media
00:03:33in this country report that according to statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Health,
00:03:35the number of people aged 100 and above
00:03:39has exceeded
00:03:4110,000 for the first time, reaching 17,677
00:03:43people.
00:03:46Also, the number of Japanese citizens has decreased
00:03:49by 917,000 compared to last year, reaching approximately
00:03:53119.7
00:03:55million people. Last year, Japan had about 670,000
00:03:59births.
00:04:03The increase in the elderly population has also imposed heavy costs
00:04:07on the Japanese government, such that the cost of long-term
00:04:11care for the elderly has more than tripled in the past two decades,
00:04:15reaching more than 11 trillion yen.
00:04:18The decline in the active population and labor shortage, along with
00:04:22the increase in pension and healthcare costs, are among the most important
00:04:25consequences of Japan's demographic crisis. The news at 24:
00:04:3100.
00:04:48You are still watching the World Today program,
00:04:51but let me open the second file
00:04:55with the topic of Yemen and developments
00:04:58related to the widespread advances of the Yemeni
00:05:01army. The Yemeni armed forces
00:05:05announced in a statement that 52
00:05:09attacks have been carried out on various Yemeni points from Saudi bases
00:05:12in Khamis Mushait and Taif, and
00:05:16that these attacks will not go unanswered.
00:05:19The news that has been published in the recent
00:05:23minutes regarding the targeting of Aramco facilities
00:05:26in Saudi Arabia by the Yemeni army once again proves
00:05:30that the policy of an eye for an eye and escalating
00:05:34tension in response to escalating tension still holds true,
00:05:38and the Yemenis will by no means back down from the path
00:05:41they started to break
00:05:44the siege. However, an interview
00:05:47by Abdul Qader Mortada, head of the National
00:05:51Committee for Prisoners' Affairs of Yemen, has been published, which clarifies
00:05:55the policy and strategy of the Yemeni
00:05:59army and Ansar Allah during the recent tensions
00:06:03and conflicts with Saudi Arabia. I invite you
00:06:06to watch this interview, and after that, we will be at your service
00:06:10with a discussion with the program expert.
00:06:16Any party that tries to stop the aggression of the Saudi regime and end
00:06:20its occupation against our country, as well as stop the siege
00:06:23of Yemen, Sana'a welcomes any initiative from any party,
00:06:27especially if these parties are from Arab countries.
00:06:30Regarding any intervention by Arab countries
00:06:33to stop the aggression, oppression, and injustice of the Saudi regime,
00:06:37we never have any negative stance. We have been attacked and
00:06:40aggressed against. It is impossible for us not to accept peace.
00:06:44The Saudi regime must also seek peace and respond positively to calls
00:06:48for peace. They are aggressors and have
00:06:52aggressed against our country. We are in our own country and on our own land, and we have
00:06:55not attacked the Saudi regime. Even when the Saudi regime launched its attack
00:06:59against Yemen in 2015, the Yemeni borders with Saudi Arabia
00:07:02did not respond to the Saudi regime's attacks for more than 40 days, and this shows
00:07:06that Sana'a had no intention or goal of attacking the Saudi regime or infiltrating
00:07:10Saudi borders and does not. But when the Saudi regime attacked
00:07:13our country and destroyed it, it destroyed everything in our country
00:07:17and continued to destroy and devastate our country, and this
00:07:21destruction was systematic and it occupied Yemen
00:07:24with dozens of armed groups and violated the sovereignty of this country.
00:07:28Certainly, this issue fundamentally and extensively
00:07:31changed, and it became very seriously necessary
00:07:35for us to confront these attacks and aggressions and fight
00:07:38this aggressor until the last day. But we reject any attempt to
00:08:12Mr. Hossein Hajilou, an expert on West Asian issues, has been connected
00:08:16to discuss the developments in Yemen further with him.
00:08:20Mr. Hajilou, I would like to greet you and wish you
00:08:23a good evening. Well, one of the analytical lines
00:08:27that is being expressed these days and is being
00:08:30emphasized is Saudi Arabia's isolation in recent
00:08:33developments, that the US president has officially announced that he has no intention
00:08:37of interfering in the tensions that have
00:08:41arisen between the Yemeni army and Saudi Arabia. Also,
00:08:44the defense alliance between
00:08:47Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia has practically yielded
00:08:51no results for Al Saud. We even
00:08:54witnessed the recent visit of Mohammed bin
00:08:57Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, to Egypt, where it was emphasized that during this trip,
00:09:01he is seeking help to somehow
00:09:04prevent the advances of the Yemeni army into his own
00:09:07territory and the recapture of occupied areas. Please tell us about
00:09:11this isolation, which some call
00:09:15strategic isolation and some call tactical isolation.
00:09:18Please tell us about this and what happened, what series
00:09:22of events occurred that brought the Saudis
00:09:24to this point. First of all, I wish you
00:09:28greetings and a good evening, dear viewers. Let me tell you
00:09:31that what is currently
00:09:35happening in the developments is that
00:09:39field developments require field capabilities,
00:09:42meaning beyond these numerous conferences that Saudi Arabia
00:09:46holds, these treaties it holds. Today we witnessed
00:09:49France requesting a Security
00:09:53Council meeting for the next few hours.
00:09:57We had Mohammed bin Salman's visit
00:10:00to Egypt. On the other hand, we had
00:10:04the European Union's statement in support of Saudi Arabia.
00:10:07That means the support is mostly political,
00:10:11but we need to see what developments
00:10:14happen on the ground, and it seems
00:10:17that reactions, even consensus building, and even the participation
00:10:21of other countries, where Saudi Arabia usually
00:10:25enters these spaces and recruits in these political spaces,
00:10:28when there is an inability to control the field,
00:10:32it generally cannot bring
00:10:36achievement for Saudi Arabia, especially since
00:10:39Saudi Arabia had tested this process
00:10:43for nearly five years from 2015
00:10:46to 2020. It had practically
00:10:49shown the poor
00:10:52quality of its own forces in confrontation
00:10:55and its so-called mercenary forces in Yemen.
00:10:59And now it seems that other countries,
00:11:01especially in the last few days, these advances
00:11:05that took place in the provinces of Lahj,
00:11:08Shabwah, and Marib
00:11:11showed that Saudi Arabia's
00:11:14biggest problem in this regard is that it does not
00:11:18want to adapt itself to the realities
00:11:20of the Yemeni field.
00:11:23And that it is trying
00:11:27to impose by force, and it has currently shown
00:11:30that it does not have the necessary military
00:11:34quality to impose this force. It wants to advance this issue, but
00:11:38what is currently determining the situation on the scene
00:11:41is that the forces
00:11:45of the Yemeni national army have been able
00:11:48to consolidate their positions in various
00:11:51regions, make advances, and
00:11:55although the conflicts are still many, as announced by
00:11:58the Yemeni forces,
00:12:02Yemen has endured nearly 350
00:12:05attacks, and in return, we have witnessed many operations
00:12:09against Saudi interests. Yemen's demand
00:12:12from the Saudis is very clear:
00:12:16the lifting of the siege that has been unjustly
00:12:19imposed on this country, and it seems
00:12:22that Saudi Arabia, as you
00:12:25said, the issue
00:12:29of strategic isolation, more than
00:12:32suffering from strategic isolation, Saudi Arabia suffers
00:12:35from weakness in military field management
00:12:38and is overly reliant on allies
00:12:42who have proven not to be reliable allies,
00:12:45including the United States of America. And today, the news that
00:12:48has emerged from various
00:12:52sources shows that the Saudis
00:12:55have established contacts with the Zionists to obtain military intelligence,
00:12:59and this shows that Saudi Arabia is facing serious
00:13:03challenges in the field and its
00:13:06allies in the political arena of Yemen,
00:13:09they also seem to have more
00:13:12capabilities in participating in
00:13:16political circles in
00:13:19Saudi Arabia and in a way receiving
00:13:23funds from Saudi Arabia without having
00:13:27the necessary military quality. And
00:13:31what truly shapes this issue is that
00:13:34the belief and conviction of the Yemeni forces
00:13:38to defend themselves remain strong and stable,
00:13:42and they have been able to protect them from
00:13:45the Saudis' excessive demands. Mr. Haj
00:13:48Al-Rou, we have witnessed devastating blows
00:13:51to Al Saud's energy sector in recent
00:13:55days, so much so that it was announced that Saudi
00:13:58oil export shipments
00:14:01along the Red Sea coast are ending, and
00:14:05even today, news was published regarding the fact
00:14:08that Saudi Arabia is unable
00:14:11to fulfill its commitments regarding
00:14:15energy carrier exports to European countries,
00:14:17and has somewhat shirked its responsibilities.
00:14:21Given your assessment and the observations
00:14:25you have from the field, does Al Saud
00:14:27have a solution to overcome the energy crisis it is currently
00:14:31grappling with?
00:14:35Well, regarding whether there is a solution
00:14:39or not, of course, the most important solution is to
00:14:42lift the naval blockade because it has shown
00:14:46that it faces challenges in military balance. This is the solution,
00:14:50but unfortunately, it is offering another solution in
00:14:54confronting the system. The issue that
00:14:57the Yemeni national army had been pursuing
00:15:01in recent years never entered
00:15:04into economic warfare processes. It had a national
00:15:07territorial war, but this round of development,
00:15:11especially since Saudi Arabia, by targeting
00:15:14and targeting the Iranian plane,
00:15:18meaning preventing it from landing,
00:15:21in a way, acted to economically
00:15:26and socially besiege
00:15:28Yemen. I think in response to that, in
00:15:32response to this, the Yemeni national army has taken
00:15:35action to besiege Saudi Arabia.
00:15:38As you rightly said, Saudi Arabia has canceled
00:15:42its oil deliveries in September and October.
00:15:46That is, this is news that we witnessed.
00:15:49Oil prices increased by nearly 5% today.
00:15:53For that matter, as you can see, we are at the beginning
00:15:57of the cold season, and Saudi Arabia is one of the largest oil producers and exporters,
00:16:00and these lines are really facing problems,
00:16:04and the price reflects the realities.
00:16:08It does not reflect the slogans and desires of some
00:16:11parties, and here, Yemen's
00:16:14action is in two directions: one is targeting
00:16:18shipments in the Red Sea, which is
00:16:20an alternative route
00:16:23for oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz is facing
00:16:27serious challenges and disruptions, and Bab al-Mandab has also
00:16:30been disrupted in the area of oil exports. At the same
00:16:34time, the Yemeni army has been able to
00:16:37successfully target
00:16:40the oil corridors
00:16:43in the Saudi region, especially
00:16:46from the eastern region towards the Red Sea
00:16:50and in Yanbu. And this has created
00:16:54serious disruptions in the oil sector for Saudi Arabia, and part of
00:16:57Saudi Arabia's actions in this direction, and part of the political support for
00:17:01Saudi Arabia, is to control this matter. Mr.
00:17:05Ajlou, you mentioned the holding
00:17:08of the Security Council meeting at France's proposal,
00:17:11and certainly the goals that the Americans are pursuing
00:17:15within this framework for more pressure
00:17:18against Yemen. What do we predict
00:17:21about the outcome and result that this
00:17:24meeting will have, and what will be the output of this meeting? Can we
00:17:28expect support from Russia and China, and that they
00:17:31will veto the proposed Western resolution?
00:17:33Look, regarding whether this will lead to
00:17:37a resolution or not,
00:17:41this meeting is mostly a discussion for now. It might
00:17:44not result in a statement or a resolution, and might be more of a discussion,
00:17:48and finally, a statement might come out of it, because
00:17:51it's the beginning of reviewing an issue. But regarding
00:17:54what we should expect from this matter,
00:17:58well, the world really witnessed that the first
00:18:02country that, in the new era, in these recent times,
00:18:05openly...
00:18:30however, what is still decisive, as
00:18:34the issue itself, this wrong standard,
00:18:37is having the field capability and defense
00:18:41of countries, and international law, in my opinion,
00:18:44has now unfortunately become a tool of great powers.
00:18:47Thank you very much, Mr. Hossein Ajorlou, expert
00:18:51on West Asian issues. Thank you for joining us in this conversation.
00:18:53Well,
00:18:57we start the third file, a file
00:19:01that is related to developments in the
00:19:05occupied territories. According to the latest poll
00:19:08from the occupied territories that has been reported
00:19:12and published, the party
00:19:15of Ben-Gvir, the internal security minister
00:19:19of the Zionist regime, has lost one-third
00:19:22of its electoral power in the past two months
00:19:26and has experienced a significant decline. This issue is important because
00:19:30Ben-Gvir and his party are
00:19:33among Netanyahu's main allies, and the Likud
00:19:36party, which is seeking to gain votes in
00:19:39the November parliamentary elections
00:19:43of the Zionist regime, to be able to keep power within its
00:19:46own party. We are now connected with Mr.
00:19:50Sajjad Gheytasi, an expert on West Asian issues,
00:19:53to discuss the latest situation in the occupied
00:19:57territories, the political situation of Netanyahu and his
00:20:00cabinet with him. Mr., I greet
00:20:04you and wish you a good evening. What we see
00:20:07and what your evidence shows from inside the occupied
00:20:11territories on the eve of the Zionist regime's
00:20:14Knesset elections, what is it, and do Netanyahu and his allies
00:20:18once again have a chance to be re-elected
00:20:21and form a cabinet?
00:20:24Well,
00:20:26in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Greetings and respects
00:20:30to you and
00:20:33dear viewers, as well as esteemed colleagues. Look,
00:20:36the election that is going to be held in November
00:20:40requires that the parties that win get
00:20:4361
00:20:46seats, that is, half plus one. Well,
00:20:49given the recent polls
00:20:52conducted by the internal sources of the Zionist regime,
00:20:56Channel 12,
00:20:5813, and Ma'ariv newspaper, none
00:21:01of these parties have succeeded in gaining
00:21:05that majority. Well, according
00:21:08to the polls, the ruling
00:21:12government's coalition or Netanyahu's coalition is now
00:21:14at its lowest level. In the previous
00:21:18period, they only had seats for the Likud party,
00:21:22which has almost
00:21:24fallen to 23 seats in this
00:21:28poll. Well, the ruling coalition collectively
00:21:31has 51 seats. The opposition also
00:21:35has 57%. Well, again, none
00:21:39of them can form a government
00:21:43alone. They need coalitions
00:21:45with Arab parties,
00:21:49which they later rejected. Given this
00:21:53situation as we move towards the future,
00:21:56that is, towards the next election, Netanyahu's
00:21:59entire effort is
00:22:03to prevent the opposition from forming a coalition
00:22:06and succeeding. Mr. Gheytasi, well, you mentioned
00:22:09the political situation inside
00:22:13the occupied territories, but I want to ask
00:22:16you this question specifically. Well, we witnessed movements
00:22:22in the region, such as what happened in Tal Ali Taher in
00:22:26southern Lebanon, and other similar actions
00:22:30that the Zionists take to have a positive impact
00:22:34on the elections, but we still see that
00:22:37their trend in the polls is downward.
00:22:40Please explain this to us as well. How much have Netanyahu's actions in
00:22:44recent weeks affected his popularity
00:22:48in the occupied territories?
00:23:16Given the current situation in the occupied
00:23:20territories and the differences between the parties,
00:23:23look, the Likud party itself,
00:23:26Mr. Ofer Winter, if I'm not mistaken, formed
00:23:29the Israel's Hope party. They also had a
00:23:32decline of approximately four seats in the Likud party.
00:23:36Well, they are forced to form a coalition. In my opinion,
00:23:39the formation of the Israeli government
00:23:42will be postponed until after the elections
00:23:45and the consultations that take place in parliament
00:23:49after that. So, we certainly cannot
00:23:53determine the result of this election now because
00:23:56it's a poll, it fluctuates a lot, and in the time that's left,
00:24:00things might happen and
00:24:03affect these
00:24:06votes and the number of seats. Mr.
00:24:09Gheytasi, in one minute, if Netanyahu and his
00:24:13allies lose the Knesset elections, can we
00:24:16expect specific changes in the foreign policy of the Zionist regime?
00:24:27Mr. Gheytasi, can you
00:24:29hear me?
00:24:32Well, it seems that our connection with Mr.
00:24:35Gheytasi, an expert on West Asian
00:24:38issues, has been cut or encountered a problem. However, we had
00:24:41a conversation with him about the latest developments related
00:24:45to the occupied territories, including the situation of Netanyahu and other
00:24:49allies of the Likud party and other parties
00:24:52that had formed a coalition and were managing and running
00:24:55the cabinet inside the occupied territories,
00:24:59and how this poll has cast a shadow
00:25:02over the upcoming parliamentary elections of the
00:25:05Zionist regime in early November,
00:25:08and that the actions
00:25:10that Netanyahu and the Zionist regime's cabinet are taking
00:25:14in recent weeks are directly focused on this
00:25:17election and that they are trying
00:25:20to somehow compensate for this unfavorable and
00:25:23inappropriate situation in the polls. Thank you
00:25:27for watching tonight's
00:25:30World Today program. Good night. Goodbye.
00:25:34There are
00:27:03other cases where they face problems with troop morale. It is not clear to the US Army
00:27:06what their goal is, because it is apparent that to defeat Iran, we must
00:27:10occupy that country. Since this is impossible and would result in excessive
00:27:14casualties, such a thing will not happen.
00:27:17We are now witnessing a war of attrition, where the economy of which side
00:27:21will be more damaged. Iran has endured all sorts of economic
00:27:25blows for 40 years. Therefore, its citizens seem to be much
00:27:28more resilient. On the other hand, we face the problem of continuously
00:27:32rising oil prices and the problem of strategic reserves. Another issue
00:27:36we should mention is the impatience and discomfort of US allies in
00:27:40the Persian Gulf region. All oil exporters whose
00:27:43shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz face major problems.
00:27:47Now that the Yemenis have started their campaign against Saudi Arabia,
00:27:50the Red Sea is no longer safe.
00:27:54Therefore, in my opinion, the final renewal of the conflict, meaning the occurrence
00:27:57of some kind of open war or ground war, cannot
00:28:01happen. Americans can say, "We won,
00:28:05we sank five oil tankers." This seems impactful from a media
00:28:08perspective and may even be interesting to the American public,
00:28:12but from a strategic, military, and ultimately
00:28:15political perspective, it yields no results. In my opinion, nations
00:28:19and cultures like Iran, meaning such civilizations,
00:28:22do not consider quality of life and economy as their core value,
00:28:26as we see in the Western world. It doesn't matter much to them whether they have
00:28:30an iPhone 17, 13, or 15. But it is more important
00:28:33to them that the martyrdom of their leader will be avenged.
00:28:37It is important whether revenge will be taken for the killing of children in schools
00:28:41and people who died at weddings. This is something we must
00:28:44consider. Therefore, I am not sure if sanctions are the right
00:28:47way to deal with Iran. Yes, in a certain period of time, sanctions will become
00:28:51a very destructive weapon, and Iran will suffer
00:28:55immense damage. But I doubt they can destabilize the political
00:28:58system of that country, while the goal of sanctions is precisely that.
00:29:03In my opinion, at least concerning the United States and the government of Donald
00:29:07Trump, they use all these economic measures more for political
00:29:10purposes. In these actions, there is more inclination to achieve
00:29:14some kind of political result. But I don't really see any specific political result achieved.
00:30:25The most important news in 24
00:30:27tonight.
00:30:31The president. By making maximum use of the unutilized
00:30:35capacities of the country's coasts and seas, let's move towards
00:30:38making the country sea-oriented.
00:30:40The First Vice President:
00:30:44Women should lead in the economic war.
00:30:48The performance of women in managerial and social
00:30:51spheres has been extraordinary.
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