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00:00:22The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered the claim of a diplomatic initiative in
00:00:26the letter of Trump's deputy contrary to warmongering and repeated violations
00:00:30of the White House's commitments and said that the basis for discussions
00:00:33is Iran's seven-step plan and the ball is in America's court. Mr.
00:00:37Baghaei also likened Trump's threat to attack Iran's nuclear facilities to
00:00:40a violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, warning that
00:00:44nuclear weapon states are closely monitoring America's behavior,
00:00:48and the White House, with these threats,
00:00:51is creating a pattern whose result is a threat to international security.
00:00:55The spokesperson for the foreign policy institution, in response to
00:00:58the accusation of Jewishness in Iran by some Western
00:01:02governments, also stated: Anti-Semitism is fundamentally a European
00:01:06phenomenon and has no relation to Iranian religion, customs,
00:01:09culture, and civilization.
00:01:11He said.
00:01:14The CEO of the National Housing Fund said: The fines for banks that have so far refrained from
00:01:18providing facilities for the National Housing Movement are about
00:01:21360 billion Tomans, which have
00:01:24not yet been collected. Mr. Khosro Mokhtari also
00:01:28warned hoarders:
00:01:31From this year, the law for collecting annual fees from hoarders of land will be implemented. We have a resolution that
00:01:39will be implemented from this year. About
00:01:4170% of the fees that municipalities
00:01:45collect from unbuilt
00:01:48plots will be used
00:01:52to combat land hoarding, which will be a very
00:01:55significant move from this year. Those who own property
00:01:59in cities, if they
00:02:02don't build, they must pay fees to the municipality
00:02:05each year, which is significant
00:02:09for each year, and
00:02:13if municipalities do this, it will lead to balance.
00:02:16The
00:02:19Director of Gas Supply Coordination of the National Iranian Gas Company said
00:02:22that high-consumption gas subscribers with billion-Toman bills, if they
00:02:26do not adopt optimal consumption, will also face gas restrictions.
00:02:30This year
00:02:33we have more controls. This does not mean that if someone
00:02:36truly has higher financial capability, they should also consume more.
00:02:40Definitely, considering the gas situation we currently have
00:02:44and you know that for several years we have been facing the issue of imbalance,
00:02:47we will definitely investigate. Those who do not want to pay attention
00:02:51and continue their high consumption habits,
00:02:54we will definitely deal with them this year and
00:02:58impose restrictions on them.
00:03:03The final stage of the third Technology Olympics has begun. In this
00:03:06event, participants from Iran and 11 countries around the world
00:03:10compete in six fields: programming, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity,
00:03:13drones, Internet of Things, and robot battles.
00:03:16They compete.
00:03:20In the ranking table, they enter the information,
00:03:23and the competition lasts 12 hours. Two
00:03:27to 12 hours today and tomorrow. When the time
00:03:30runs out, the top teams win.
00:03:33We had 13,800 registrations from 116
00:03:37countries, and 300 international registrations, which is
00:03:40an increase of approximately 90% compared to last year in international registrations.
00:03:44The
00:03:47Minister of Health announced the operation of the new burn hospital by
00:03:50the end of the year. Mr. Zafarghandi said that to reduce patient costs
00:03:54this year, the cost of specialized and modern dressings has
00:03:58been covered by insurance.
00:04:01Sometimes an accident in the heart
00:04:03of the market,
00:04:06sometimes a horrific crime like Mina school.
00:04:09In these fires, only suffering occurs, and from that day, the sound
00:04:13and image of a
00:04:17green room become a recurring memory.
00:04:20My eldest daughter had almost 20
00:04:23surgeries, almost 30 to 35 times, 105 times.
00:04:27When skin burns, ordinary
00:04:31dressings and ointments no longer work. Treatment
00:04:34costs also skyrocket like fire, adding another burden to the patient's
00:04:38heart. If we talk about costs,
00:04:42maybe we sold one or two houses just so I could
00:04:46survive. We don't have health insurance
00:04:49at all for cosmetic purposes, and their
00:04:51costs are very high. The people of Iran bear
00:04:55a wound that history has rarely witnessed.
00:04:59Silent burns with mustard gas. We still have
00:05:02100,000 chemical victims. And naturally, these
00:05:06besides skin, eyes, cornea, lungs, all of these
00:05:10burn. But in the field of battle,
00:05:16today, burn treatments have become more effective, and deaths
00:05:20have decreased. Our mortality rate from burns has
00:05:23decreased by a quarter compared to before. Statistics from the Ministry of Health state
00:05:27that 300,000 people in Iran suffer burns annually.
00:05:3130,000 of them are hospitalized.
00:05:34Now, insurance support has also increased.
00:05:38Dressings that were very expensive are now
00:05:41covered by insurance this year. Special clothing for burn
00:05:45patients has also been proposed. We are in communication with insurance organizations
00:05:49so that, God willing, this can also be covered by insurance
00:05:52as soon as possible. Burn patients need specialized beds
00:05:55more than anything. Global standards
00:05:59say that the capacity of burn beds in Iran should
00:06:03be doubled. Babooaja Hospital, which will be ready
00:06:06in approximately two to three months due to the need for special equipment,
00:06:09needs to be procured. Our transportation is a bit problematic
00:06:13during this time. It has been prepared. Applying balm to burnt
00:06:16bodies requires national determination
00:06:20so that new beds can come to the aid of old and new
00:06:23wounds. Hani Gelinejad, IRIB News Agency. The
00:06:25ninth
00:06:28International Conference on Media and Information Literacy was held
00:06:32at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran.
00:06:35The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance emphasized the central role of cognitive
00:06:39warfare in hybrid wars.
00:06:53If we define cognitive warfare as the most
00:06:57important battlefield right now,
00:07:01which it is,
00:07:04it is also from this perspective that it is the linking ring of hybrid
00:07:08wars. It is also because it has two
00:07:11very fast drivers and is advancing
00:07:15both cognitive sciences and
00:07:18new technologies,
00:07:21especially artificial
00:07:23intelligence.
00:07:26Mr. Ameli, a professor at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, also
00:07:30said that new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum
00:07:33processors play a negative role in manipulating
00:07:36public perception through the dissemination of false news
00:07:40and the creation of echo chambers.
00:07:45The registration process for allocating foreign exchange for providing paper
00:07:49to publishers has begun. According to the announcement of
00:07:51the Cultural Deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, publishers'
00:07:55paper will reach them after review and approval.
00:07:58The goal of this measure has been stated as creating stability
00:08:02in the paper market. The price of paper has increased
00:08:05in the past year, and some book publishing groups, such as
00:08:09children's and young adult books, have faced a decrease in the diversity of
00:08:13titles. AI
00:08:17safety is on the agenda of the Berlin Digital Summit.
00:08:20In this summit, more than a thousand guests, including ministers and digital experts
00:08:24from European countries, discuss the applications
00:08:28and safety of artificial intelligence and new developments in this field.
00:08:31This summit has been held for 20
00:08:35years under the title of the National Information Technology Summit
00:08:39and is the most important annual technology and digital conference in
00:08:42Germany, usually held in autumn each year, mostly
00:08:46in October or November.
00:08:49Stay with us.
00:09:19Surrounded by the sea but facing water
00:09:22stress. This is the story of the people of Qeshm
00:09:26Island. Currently, the people of four
00:09:30cities and 30 villages of Qeshm are facing this stress.
00:09:33Ghorzin village is one of these
00:09:36villages. Piped network water usually
00:09:39reaches this village once every 90 days.
00:09:45Four cubic meters of
00:09:49water that we get costs 2 million 500 Tomans.
00:09:53Monthly, we use approximately 4-5 tankers of water. This is from the old
00:09:56wells. The water from the old wells
00:10:00is brackish, but in the past few years, many
00:10:03projects have been implemented to use seawater,
00:10:06such as this desalination plant in Salakh village of Qeshm this year.
00:10:10We have brought a 400 cubic meter
00:10:14desalination plant into operation. With the launch of this desalination
00:10:18plant, 15,000 people from one city and
00:10:226 villages will be relieved of the concern of water supply.
00:10:39The best water. We suffered a lot. There was no water. We were really in trouble. Water shortage was very
00:10:43difficult, but now we appreciate water.
00:10:47We should not waste water. Currently, with the use of 13
00:10:51desalination plants on Qeshm Island with a capacity of 30,000 meters.
00:11:02There are 3 factories currently under construction, and
00:11:05their capacity is more than 10,000 cubic meters. With the operation of these
00:11:09desalination plants, the concern of 20,000 more people
00:11:12from Qeshm villages will be resolved. More
00:11:15than 80% of the equipment of these desalination plants is produced
00:11:19domestically. Not every country can
00:11:22acquire this technology. It is
00:11:26very important in the country's desalination systems. One of these
00:11:30indigenized equipment is high-pressure
00:11:33pumps. Two domestic companies have entered this field.
00:11:36It is one third the price of foreign samples.
00:11:40The central control station and
00:11:43the sludge treatment device are other
00:11:46indigenous equipment in these desalination plants.
00:11:49It controls the pump and the entire
00:11:52desalination unit, and
00:11:56everything is controlled by this device. Sludge treatment
00:11:59is a very important part of desalination
00:12:03that causes it to
00:12:06remove the sludge from the water in the first stage and then go to the
00:12:10membrane part. Now, indigenous knowledge has solved the water shortage problem
00:12:13of Qeshm Island and has accelerated
00:12:17water supply projects. With these 10,000 cubic meters that will enter
00:12:21operation, no village will be without water or
00:12:25face water shortage. A reassuring promise that, according to the managing
00:12:28director of Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company, will be fulfilled
00:12:32by the end of the
00:12:34year.
00:12:36Belief in indigenous knowledge and a pride that garnered
00:12:40the praise of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
00:12:43All of us witness the effects and manifestations of this progressive
00:12:47movement in real life. Electricity generation with Iranian
00:12:51turbines in power plants, knowledge-based technology in desalination
00:12:54plants of the southern islands, flight of agricultural
00:12:57drones over farms, orchards,
00:13:00and rice paddies in the north to optimize agricultural
00:13:04operations and water and soil, birth of children
00:13:07to infertile families with advanced technologies of Royan
00:13:10Institute, diagnosis and treatment of incurable
00:13:13diseases with radiopharmaceuticals, monitoring of land, water,
00:13:16and products with sensing satellites, and enhancement
00:13:19of productivity and food security with scientific
00:13:22and technological initiatives are just
00:13:26a few examples of this vast and blessed collection.
00:13:29And many other such cases, especially in defense
00:13:33and military fields, have repeatedly captivated the world's
00:13:36eyes and will continue to do so in the future.
00:13:40And this promises a bright future,
00:13:43a future built on the basis of domestic
00:13:47capabilities. Amin Hasani, IRIB News Agency,
00:13:50Qeshm
00:13:52Island.
00:13:56Producers who broke the monopoly. We
00:13:59were able to localize 100% of the vibrating table
00:14:03device, which was exclusively produced by English companies,
00:14:06in the Middle East, where no country can build it.
00:14:10Similar mining equipment is abundant in the Tehran
00:14:14exhibition. These versatile machines, from drilling to
00:14:17production line, are the work of our own engineers. In structural
00:14:21areas, such as graders, we had 100% localization.
00:14:26In the field of loaders, we had 75% and above
00:14:28localization. In the field of rollers, we had over
00:14:3190-95% localization, and
00:14:34the annual production of over 3,000 domestically manufactured
00:14:37vehicles has led to domestically produced filters driving
00:14:41this industry. The increase in domestic production, which has brought about
00:14:45industrial belief and reduced foreign exchange outflow,
00:14:48this machine cost over 300,000 dollars,
00:14:52and we were able to prevent the outflow of
00:14:56foreign currency from the country. The total annual foreign exchange outflow
00:14:59in the crushing system for those working in Iran
00:15:03can reach 20 million dollars. Localization in this
00:15:07sector has become an indispensable necessity for years,
00:15:11and of course, these days it has also taken on
00:15:14a technological dimension. Perhaps there are nearly 11,000 knowledge-based companies in the whole country,
00:15:18and perhaps about 400 to 500 knowledge-based companies work in the mining and mineral
00:15:22industries. We have tried to facilitate over 1,000 billion
00:15:26Rials of collaboration between knowledge-based companies and
00:15:29mineral industries. Previously, this product was imported from abroad,
00:15:33but with the capabilities of knowledge-based companies, it can be said
00:15:36that a contract has been signed, and this product has actually entered
00:15:40the industry. Efforts in localization have brought the country
00:15:44to this position. I believe that in some sectors, we have actually
00:15:47reached the end. For example, in gold, there was a time
00:15:51when we imported the smallest part of it in our
00:15:54chain. Now I don't think 45 of
00:15:57it is imported. This is an exception. In the
00:16:01lead and zinc sector, it's the same
00:16:03ratio.
00:16:08According to the seventh development plan, the Ministry
00:16:12of Industry, Mine and Trade is obligated to indigenize 10%
00:16:15of its strategic needs.
00:16:19Ghazal Arab Gol, IRIB News Agency. This
00:16:21piece, called the dynamo collector,
00:16:24was previously imported, and currently, with our company's
00:16:28technology, this piece has been localized at less than half
00:16:31the dollar price of its imported counterpart. The products of this factory
00:16:34are a narrative of a final assembly piece
00:16:46and are supplied to the market in the same form.
00:16:49Every piece made here is
00:16:53a step towards self-sufficiency. The
00:16:56parts we produce are all localized,
00:17:00and no parts are imported from abroad.
00:17:03And we have localized more than 70%
00:17:08of the country's needs in relation to
00:17:11dynamo parts
00:17:14and are responsive. This machine is a rotary
00:17:18machine. We are one of the companies that has the most
00:17:22vertical plastic injection machines. This attention to domestic
00:17:25manufacturing depth and the design of many auto parts domestically
00:17:29can also reduce the foreign exchange outflow of this industry.
00:17:33Mold making for some auto parts
00:17:37is now facing issues that we are trying to resolve
00:17:40to send them to the production
00:17:43line. This is a 40-ton press machine.
00:17:46It produces approximately 30,000 connector
00:17:4945 pieces per day. The result of relying on domestic
00:17:53capabilities and the technical knowledge of Iranian engineers
00:17:57is continuous production. We produce approximately 100,000
00:18:00axles annually, and we can
00:18:03prevent many imports of these assemblies.
00:18:07We have an active production line in the company.
00:18:11All of these are built domestically. Every line we
00:18:14launch prevents one million euros of foreign
00:18:18currency outflow from the country. We are at the laser
00:18:22machine, and we perform laser cutting on the
00:18:25specified part. The product we have produced creates this
00:18:29casting core. Our casters can create auto
00:18:32parts using this casting core. According to the announcement
00:18:36of the association,
00:18:43the country's production is done by domestic parts
00:18:47manufacturers. Zohr Parvaresh, IRIB News Agency. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:19:28Greetings and blessings upon Prophet Muhammad and his family.
00:19:31Greetings and respects to our dear
00:19:35viewers. I invite you to watch the program Shamat.
00:19:38The guests of the program are known to you.
00:19:41Dr. Mohammad Shams, university professor, Seyed
00:19:45Mohammad Hassan Hosseini, my colleague, Dr.
00:19:48We want to discuss one of the personalities and then move on to other
00:19:52events. One of the Lebanese personalities, Mr.
00:19:56Bechara Rai, the Maronite leader
00:20:00of Lebanon, well, he also
00:20:03joined the groups.
00:20:06Regarding the case of the seizure
00:20:09of Hezbollah's arms shipments
00:20:12in Zahle and Beirut, he said things
00:20:15and cooperated with people like Samir
00:20:18Geagea. I want to ask
00:20:22what exactly is
00:20:25this personality's
00:20:28relationship and view with movements like the Lebanese Forces
00:20:31and, on the other hand, with
00:20:34Gebran Bassil, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, and
00:20:37also his relationship with the President.
00:20:41I want to also touch upon his
00:20:44views during his tenure so far and
00:20:48his relationship with the resistance movement.
00:20:52Hello and good day. In fact, the Maronites
00:20:55of Lebanon are considered a Christian
00:20:58minority in the Middle East. They exist in Lebanon and Syria.
00:21:01They are not
00:21:04Roman or Orthodox Catholics, but they
00:21:07are affiliated with the Vatican, where they
00:21:11are Catholic. Their main goal is political
00:21:14support, meaning these Maronites of Lebanon are connected to
00:21:17the Vatican, which is Catholic. It
00:22:11must be exclusively in the hands of the government, the same American rhetoric,
00:22:15and American current parties in Lebanon
00:22:18fully support it. The Maronite Church
00:22:21of Lebanon serves as a
00:22:24religious umbrella for the Lebanese
00:22:27Phalanges, and generally, Lebanese Maronite
00:22:30Christians, not all Christians, as Roman and other
00:22:33Christian denominations and confessions
00:22:37do not accept Lebanese Maronites. You
00:22:40would normally expect that churches would not get involved in such
00:22:44political issues, and I don't know, political security challenges and these events.
00:22:48So he takes a clear stance in politics. Yes, he
00:22:52fully interferes in politics. He takes a political stance
00:22:55every Sunday in his church, a political stance regarding the various
00:22:59situations in the country. And this is a question for all Lebanese:
00:23:02"You say we should not interfere in politics,
00:23:06meaning the clergy
00:23:09should be neutral, but every week you take a stance
00:23:12against the resistance and the arms of the resistance, not only in politics but also in
00:23:15economics." This church plays an important role
00:23:19in the country's economy. They have an economic committee.
00:23:50The main Maronite positions in the government, whenever
00:23:54something might happen, the head of the church, Mr. Chara,
00:23:58interferes and says, "This is the financial position of the Lebanese Maronites. No one
00:24:01should come here and threaten it." Like the current position of the Army
00:24:05Commander, Rudolph Hikel, who, it's true, opposes the idea of conflict
00:24:09with Hezbollah, but as a position, it's a
00:24:12very important position for the Lebanese Maronites. The opposition
00:24:16wants him to be dismissed or resign. It's a very significant point.
00:24:20Let me ask one more thing before I ask Mr. Hosseini for further
00:24:24details. In the categorization and demographic distribution,
00:24:27what percentage of Lebanon's Christian population is Maronite? What percentage
00:24:31are Catholic and Protestant? All Christians in Lebanon are 30%,
00:24:34meaning Muslims are 70%. Compared to the 1950s
00:24:37and 1960s, Christians were more numerous.
00:24:41Now, Christians are much fewer. Christians in those days,
00:24:44in the 1950s, were 57%. Now they
00:24:48are 30%.
00:25:20What is the relationship between Mr. Bechara Rai
00:25:23and individuals like Gebran Bassil, the leader of the Free
00:25:27Patriotic Movement, and also his connection,
00:25:30view, and relationship with the President himself?
00:25:33Look, when we talk about
00:25:37the Maronite Christian Church of Lebanon,
00:25:40we need to consider two points. One is this church
00:25:43as an institutional structure,
00:25:46and
00:25:48second are the specific individuals who lead this church.
00:25:52They must be archbishops who, in the assembly
00:25:55of archbishops of the Vatican,
00:25:58when important issues of the world's
00:26:01Catholic Christians are discussed, including
00:26:04and especially the election of the Pope for
00:26:08the world's Catholics, this archbishop of the Maronite Christians
00:26:12of Lebanon is effectively
00:26:15the institution or structure of the Maronite
00:26:18Church. It can be said that
00:26:20in a way, it is the deep political and economic
00:26:24government of Christians in Lebanon. However,
00:26:27the individuals who lead this church,
00:26:31considering the current situation
00:26:34and existing equations, express
00:26:37the position of this church and the position of the Maronite
00:26:41Christians of Lebanon. It can almost be said that the consistent
00:26:45line of positions of the heads of this church
00:26:48over at least the past 40 years,
00:26:52their political positions
00:26:54have been alongside
00:26:57the opponents of the resistance. Sometimes, these individuals'
00:27:00cooperation and relations with Israel play
00:27:17a very special and central role.
00:27:21Alongside the American University of Lebanon, which dates back more than
00:27:25120 years, this university and this church also
00:27:28played a role in facilitating
00:27:32Jews from various countries to occupied Palestine,
00:27:36especially in the late Ottoman rule,
00:27:39bringing them secretly to occupied Palestine
00:27:42and establishing infrastructure
00:27:46for the establishment of the regime, including
00:27:49assisting in the purchase of lands
00:27:52of Palestinians in occupied Palestine, including in northern occupied
00:27:56Palestine. The Maronite Christian Church
00:27:59of Lebanon is actually a branch of Zionism
00:28:03in that larger dimension. And as Dr.
00:28:06you said, they attach
00:28:09special importance to the economy. The governor
00:28:12of the Central Bank of Lebanon must be a Maronite Christian.
00:28:16Lebanese banks have a complex
00:28:19and very deep relationship with the Maronite
00:28:22Christian Church, and they can use this
00:28:26leverage of economic pressure to advance
00:28:29goals beyond the internal
00:28:33sense of Lebanon. The relationship of the head of the Maronite Christian
00:28:37Church with the political sphere in Lebanon,
00:28:40given the changing circumstances, can be said
00:28:44to have a tactical view. This means that in the internal
00:28:47sphere, the Maronite Christians of Lebanon,
00:28:51who are part of the Christians as part of the natural
00:28:55society of Lebanon, are supporters of the resistance,
00:28:58and they are not few. It can be said that most
00:29:01Christians oppose the Zionization of Lebanon.
00:29:05Therefore, the division that exists between political
00:29:09currents within Christians, the Maronite
00:29:12Christian Church, the head of this church tries
00:29:16to encompass all positions
00:29:18and to somehow
00:29:22have an authority that everyone refers to. However,
00:29:26the consistent and deep position of this church
00:29:29and the head of this church is hostility towards the resistance
00:29:40and... Let me add that the policies of the Zionist
00:29:44regime, especially within occupied Palestine, have proven
00:29:48that Zionists do not
00:29:51attach any importance or consideration to Christians.
00:29:54They use Christianity as a tool for their own
00:29:58strategic goals. The actions that the regime has taken within occupied
00:30:01Palestine, including in Jerusalem, to confiscate the lands
00:30:05of the Christian Church and
00:30:09the pressures it exerts on Christians, are indicative
00:30:12of this very issue. In southern Lebanon,
00:30:15we must now see what the Christian Faith Church is doing. This issue of the South
00:30:19is also very important because a report has also reached
00:30:22Guterres at the United Nations regarding the regime's
00:30:26operational plan for ethnic cleansing in southern
00:30:29Lebanon, in fact, to eliminate existence.
00:30:40It was also clear during the war that the Zionists would enter
00:30:43with certain considerations in the areas of Palestine.
00:30:47Yes, yes, I haven't received an answer to
00:30:50my question about the relationship between Mr. Bechara Rai
00:30:53and the Free Patriotic Movement. Well, their
00:30:57relationship with.
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