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00:00:00Islamic
00:00:02Iran.
00:00:22In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O God, bless Muhammad and the family of
00:00:26Muhammad and hasten their relief. Greetings and good morning to you, viewers.
00:00:34The nation carried out the struggle against arrogance. The head of the Supreme Leader's representative office in
00:00:38universities said in an exclusive news interview
00:00:41that this year's November 4th
00:00:44was fundamentally different from previous years, because the Iranian
00:00:47nation was in the midst of a direct confrontation and an all-out
00:00:50war with America, and from the region, they
00:00:54marched and showed steadfastness. Hojatoleslam Val-Moslemin Rostami added that throughout
00:00:57والمسلمین رستمی افزود در
00:01:00the years after the revolution, the hegemonic system tried
00:01:03and re-dominating Iran
00:01:06through indirect tools such as economic sanctions and inciting separatist groups.
00:01:10The hegemonic system tried to achieve its dream of returning and re-dominating Iran.
00:01:13This was the case. All that happened in the past was
00:01:17a kind of attempt by America to
00:01:20return to Iran and re-dominate
00:01:23Iran using proxy tools. But during
00:01:27the past year and this year, this evil current
00:01:31directly entered the field and decided
00:01:34that it would make a miscalculation that it had made
00:01:37and, in its own imagination, achieve the goals that it had announced: the disintegration of Iran,
00:01:41the overthrow of the Iranian regime,
00:01:44regime change in Iran, the seizure of Iranian oil, what
00:01:48it had announced was the destruction of Iran's military and defensive power
00:01:51and the destruction of Iran's nuclear and scientific
00:01:54capability. They had announced these things, and with this
00:01:57goal, they entered the war. And the people
00:02:01on the 247th night, I think it was the 248th night,
00:02:05well, the people from the beginning of the 40-day
00:02:08war until today, November
00:02:124th, stood firm and are still
00:02:14standing. They showed that this steadfastness continues.
00:02:17This
00:02:21year, to explain the wickedness of arrogance, there is no need
00:02:24for long and drawn-out historical arguments.
00:02:27The recent military aggression, the martyrdom
00:02:30of a large number of people, the country's elite, and
00:02:34above all, our leader, has clearly shown the peak of malice and hatred
00:02:37of the hegemonic system towards the independence and progress of the Iranian
00:02:41nation. It has been put on display.
00:02:43The
00:02:46thirteenth of Aban (November 4th) belongs to the students and teenagers who are the driving
00:02:50force of the country's present and future. The students decided that
00:02:54every Wednesday night they would hold the rallies.
00:02:57This
00:04:00November 4th was that giving concessions not only does not deter the enemy,
00:04:03but it also makes him bolder in his wickedness.
00:04:07The more we retreat and give concessions, the bolder
00:04:11they become. America has always been like this from the beginning,
00:04:14that the more you retreat, the more it comes two steps forward. Indeed,
00:04:18history always repeats itself. The words
00:04:21of the martyred leader and our leader, Seyyed
00:04:24Mojtaba, have always
00:04:28been wise. America showed its enmity in 1953,
00:04:32that it has something to do with our oil, and this has been shown until today.
00:04:35Indeed, whatever has happened, the more we or the officials retreated,
00:04:39America stepped
00:04:42forward. The results of the US congressional elections and
00:04:46the political developments in the United States have a meaningful message.
00:04:49Iran's deterrent power, especially in the strategic
00:04:53management of regional economic tools such as the Strait
00:04:57of Hormuz, has disrupted the enemy's equation. We were able to completely
00:05:01thwart their thoughts with the weapon
00:05:04of the Strait of Hormuz. According to the command of our Imam, we will strike their mouths
00:05:07with a strong fist. The elections that happened showed that, after all, the lack
00:05:11of energy and above
00:05:42The cinema of Iranian resistance has had a significant
00:05:45burden on the shoulders
00:05:48of contemporary Iranian
00:05:52filmmakers. Since the topic
00:05:55of resistance literature
00:05:58in Iran took serious shape in the contemporary
00:06:01era, resistance subjects
00:06:05have also been transformed into cinematic
00:06:08films and other cinematic
00:06:11genres.
00:06:14He also mentioned the drafting of the call for the Fajr Film Festival and its publication in a few
00:06:18days, adding that "we are preparing for a dignified festival to be held, and in this
00:06:21regard, we need
00:06:24the help of all cinematic activists and media professionals."
00:06:28I myself remember that in the 1980s,
00:06:32our dear country went through a turbulent
00:06:35period. It was involved in the imposed
00:06:39war,
00:06:41and studios were working. Filmmakers
00:06:45were making films according to the war conditions,
00:06:48and people were waiting
00:06:52in line at cinemas for the screening of Fajr Festival
00:06:55films. With all the ups
00:06:58and downs that our society has experienced, especially in the field
00:07:01of social cinema,
00:07:05we see that, thank God,
00:07:08the festival has been able to continue
00:07:12its path as a national institution in Iranian
00:07:16cinema. More
00:07:19than 130,000 subsidized housing units will be delivered to applicants
00:07:22by the end of this year. The Minister of Roads and Urban Development
00:07:26said at the Tehran Provincial Housing Council meeting that 8,000 of these units
00:07:30are in Tehran. Good
00:07:34cooperation and synergy, especially in the field of water
00:07:37and particularly in the new cities of Parand and Pardis,
00:07:41have occurred. This knot had existed for several
00:07:44years in the new cities of Parand and Pardis regarding
00:07:48the provision of water resources.
00:07:51The
00:07:53division between water and sewage and
00:07:57the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development stipulated that
00:08:01as soon as possible, part of the contributions for
00:08:04infrastructure in new cities has been done. The National Housing Fund has provided
00:08:08about one thousand billion tomans in resources, but because
00:08:12the infrastructures must be completed simultaneously
00:08:15with the opening and the completion of construction,
00:08:18this was prioritized.
00:08:21Mrs. Farzaneh Sadegh said that the conditions
00:08:25for receiving special loans of up to 400 million tomans have also been facilitated
00:08:28for 14 primary applicants to complete the payment for
00:08:32receiving housing. With
00:08:36the special order that was given and the serious follow-ups
00:08:39that are being carried out in the province, this ten-digit loan for applicants
00:08:43who are prioritized in these 8,000
00:08:46units will be carried out with priority
00:08:50so that the injection of funds for the first
00:08:54to fourth deciles can take place.
00:08:57The US President, following the heavy defeat of his party in the country's
00:09:01midterm congressional elections, confessed that Republicans lost in these elections due to the war against
00:09:05Iran. Donald Trump
00:09:09in a speech evaluated J.D. Vance, his deputy.
00:09:13Based on that, the war with Iran was the reason for the defeat of the Republican
00:09:16candidates in the midterm elections. Trump, in response to a question
00:09:20about J.D. Vance's statement, said, "I think it's largely
00:09:24true because this war in the short term caused gasoline prices
00:09:28to rise a little." The US Vice President had previously stated that
00:09:31the real reason for our defeat is almost clear to everyone
00:09:35and considered the war against Iran to be the cause of the great defeats
00:09:39of the Republicans. Good
00:09:42morning to you, dear and honorable viewers, and goodbye.
00:10:07The book "Roosevelt Street Station" is a work written by Mohammad
00:10:10Mahboubi. The book is about the takeover of the den
00:10:14of espionage, the same event that left an unforgettable chapter
00:10:17in the history of anti-imperialist struggles in Iran and the world.
00:10:21America's name.
00:10:41From 1978 to 1988, we had three very important events in the country: the victory of the Islamic Revolution,
00:10:45the takeover of the den of espionage, and the Sacred Defense. A book written
00:10:49in a documentary style with 80 images, a book
00:10:52in the category of historical literature. And
00:10:56Mr. Mahmoudi himself, from the work he did, the documents, I would say to you that the Americans
00:11:00themselves searched, found,
00:11:04and translated. Mahboubi, in this book, started the story of the takeover of the den
00:11:07of espionage from before the revolution, when he discusses
00:11:11the years of activity after the revolution and the history
00:11:14of the embassy building, but Roosevelt
00:11:18Street Station itself is a symbol.
00:11:20Roosevelt Street Station was the center
00:11:24of interventions by the United States government
00:11:27in Iran's internal affairs before and after the revolution. A book that has tried
00:11:31to decipher documents by introducing
00:11:34agents and spies who worked in Iran.
00:11:38For the formation of the book, if I want to mention a few
00:11:41points, well, we started this book in
00:11:452021
00:11:46if I'm not mistaken, it was
00:11:50almost summer
00:11:53of 2021. The initial idea for this book
00:11:57took shape. The initial idea of the book, which in my opinion
00:12:00came to mind, and I consulted
00:12:03with some friends and experts in this field,
00:12:07this viewpoint was strengthened. In
00:12:11the issue of problem identification, why should we address
00:12:15the necessity of this work, the necessity of addressing such a
00:12:17topic? What is it?
00:12:21First, as Mr. Doctor Kenaroudi also
00:12:40in places where no narrative,
00:12:43research, or investigation has been carried out in these areas
00:12:46or topics.
00:12:49And it becomes a problem when
00:12:52narratives such as those produced by
00:13:14the Razgari group and similar cases exist, or
00:13:17narratives by foreigners, meaning, for example,
00:13:20from Britain, from America,
00:13:23from, well, the former Russia,
00:13:26and Arab countries,
00:13:29and now different regions. This
00:13:32creates a situation where, in fact,
00:13:36it's like a football field where you
00:13:40have holes in different places and you can't play
00:13:44well. There, you fall into a trap.
00:13:48The second issue that made me feel the necessity
00:13:51of this work is that the issue of the takeover of the US embassy and the
00:13:55bilateral Iran-US relations from 1978 to 1980 is a living issue.
00:13:59It's an issue that is discussed
00:14:02daily. A book that narrates
00:14:05with chronological order and an analysis based on reality,
00:14:09and based on what is mentioned as a source at the end
00:14:13of the book, the author used
00:14:1645 Persian and English books for this research
00:14:20work. After the shredded documents were reconstructed
00:14:24in the following months, it became clear that these
00:14:27documents were not merely mission reports. Well, this work took
00:14:31almost two years, and a large part
00:14:34of the work, a significant part
00:14:37that is related to the National Archives,
00:14:41was the collection of documents and access to documents.
00:14:45In terms of access to documents, we had several fundamental
00:14:49problems. The biggest problem we had was that
00:14:53at this period.
00:14:55That is,
00:14:57from '57 to '59, since many
00:15:01institutions had not been formed, and
00:15:04in a way, the
00:15:07work
00:15:09was not pursued officially and in writing,
00:15:13meaning, for example, the reports that exist, many of them
00:15:16were oral instructions. Very
00:15:19few
00:15:22documents were produced at this period, especially in the following months.
00:15:25For example, if I want to tell you, we practically
00:15:29have no written report
00:15:32of this event of February 14th. It didn't exist.
00:15:35Even the Revolutionary Guards Corps didn't have
00:15:41a report of this event. It might have existed in
00:15:45the police department, but I couldn't access the police documents.
00:15:48From here, I will turn to the second difficulty we had
00:15:52in this work, which is that
00:15:55the documents of this period are very scattered
00:15:57in different institutions.
00:16:00There is no single authority,
00:16:03and it seems
00:16:07there is an unwritten plan for not cooperating
00:16:10in obtaining these documents. This was the second
00:16:13difficulty that we struggled
00:16:17with a lot during these two years.
00:16:19And
00:16:22well, as I mentioned to you, another issue is
00:16:25the dispersion of these documents. For example, if you want to access
00:16:29the documents of the Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office,
00:16:31you have to look in at least three or four places, if you can
00:16:35find them. Some are here, a part of the file is
00:16:38there. One
00:16:42major problem we had in this work, and
00:16:46to some extent it may have made this whole
00:16:49research incomplete, was this dispersion of documents among
00:16:53different institutions. Well,
00:16:56in any case, this work was completed in the winter of 2023.
00:17:00In addition
00:17:03to these issues, such as collecting documents, research,
00:17:07and writing, we also had a difficult
00:17:11stage, which
00:17:13was the publisher's own review.
00:17:17Well, we had a number of professors
00:17:20who helped us both in the process
00:17:24and in the supervisory aspect of the work. The book, which also received
00:17:28an endorsement upon its publication, and now the handwritten
00:17:31notes of the martyred leader on this book are themselves
00:17:35a historical memento. In the name of God, this
00:17:39is a well-researched and beneficial report
00:17:43on an important incident in the history
00:17:46of the revolution, namely the takeover
00:17:50of the den of espionage in 1979. This book fills
00:17:54one of the media and propaganda
00:17:57gaps we have. We have not paid
00:18:00due attention to the war of narratives in global conflicts,
00:18:04and our enemies and ill-wishers
00:18:08have exploited our negligence and misrepresented many
00:18:11events. The author of this book
00:18:15and his valuable efforts should be appreciated
00:18:18for his intelligent action in this important
00:18:22field. The text
00:18:25of the book is fluent and clear, and its research
00:18:29and analyses are logical, honest, and convincing.
00:18:32The chosen name for the book is excellent.
00:18:36Seyyed.
00:18:45A documented narrative of the takeover of the US
00:18:48embassy in Tehran by Mohammad
00:18:51Mahboubi.
00:18:56The commendation indicates that this book is a well-argued
00:18:59narrative of a topic that the opposing side narrates in the war
00:19:03of narratives, and this is a rival narrative and a native,
00:19:06revolutionary narrative. A commendation that is both a memento and
00:19:10an emphasis on the historical importance of the takeover of the den
00:19:13of espionage and the anti-imperialist view of Iranians.
00:19:32Under the shadow of force, this is their
00:19:35work: they have built a large army to apply
00:19:39pressure wherever and whenever necessary
00:19:42to achieve their goals and interests.
00:19:46One of the common forms of colonialism
00:19:49is this military pressure that hangs over
00:19:53nations. Britain. When
00:19:56World War I began, British theoretical
00:20:00work was taken over by politicians like Churchill,
00:20:03and the battlefield was set.
00:20:07The million-strong black campaign, racist
00:20:11protests that intensified, but they were forced
00:20:14to abandon this campaign.
00:20:18Of course, no one dismissed the blacks. They just
00:20:21went from the front line to the rear
00:20:25of the front. During World War I, more than 2.5
00:20:29million Africans served as laborers or
00:20:32soldiers in the British army.
00:20:35From 1914, India
00:20:38also entered the game and alone sent 1.5 million
00:20:42people to the British fronts, bringing
00:20:4513,000 military medals to them.
00:20:49Australia,
00:20:52New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad
00:20:55and Rhodesia (or Zimbabwe)
00:20:59were also obliged to send
00:21:03troops. Labor work, transport of aid
00:21:06horses, and army services were undertaken by
00:21:09either black people or people of color. An American
00:21:13journalist counted the number of Chinese
00:21:16laborers who worked in the British army
00:21:20during World War I as more than
00:21:23150,000 people.
00:21:25When the Boer War also began,
00:21:29the story did not change. This war
00:21:32broke out between Dutch-descended immigrants and the British.
00:21:36Of course, in South Africa, the British
00:21:40stood by and sent 13 to 153
00:21:43thousand soldiers from their colonies
00:21:46to fight and die on the battlefield.
00:21:50They did so.
00:21:52The people of India, Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka,
00:21:56South Africa, and New Zealand, their ancestors
00:21:58surely knew of deaths from the Boer War. In this
00:22:02war, Canada was the standard-bearer for sending troops.
00:22:06Second place went to Australians
00:22:09who sent more than 16 to 20 thousand
00:22:13soldiers to the field. Indians also sent 9,000
00:22:17troops. Now, either for
00:22:20soldiering or labor. New Zealand
00:22:23and South Africa were next with 6,500
00:22:26and 2,400 soldiers, respectively.
00:22:29The interesting thing here was that the colonies
00:22:32voluntarily sent soldiers.
00:22:36It was as if colonialism had taken root in their flesh
00:22:39and blood. In World War II,
00:22:43India took the lead and offered 2.5 million soldiers
00:22:47to the British army.
00:22:50The result of this good service was the death of more than
00:22:5387 thousand military personnel and 3 million Indian
00:22:56civilians. India did not hold back
00:23:00any financial, industrial, or military aid.
00:23:03It can perhaps be said that after the United
00:23:07States and Britain, the third largest
00:23:10Allied group that invaded Italy
00:23:14were these very Indians.
00:23:17With such a history, it might be strange
00:23:20that the British did not like it when someone
00:23:23ignored them. Colonialism is the dominant culture
00:23:27of the British. A culture that no longer
00:23:30has many buyers in today's world.
00:23:34The
00:23:43emergency department is overcrowded and waiting times are
00:23:47long. Small hospitals are struggling with staff
00:23:50shortages and financial limitations. However, in many parts of Germany,
00:23:54the healthcare system of Europe's economic
00:23:57center would collapse without immigrants.
00:24:01I'm sure we couldn't fill these medical positions.
00:24:04Doctors like Mohammad Sharbagi, who came from Syria
00:24:08to Freiberg in the state of Saxony, Germany.
00:24:12Well, I'll put a little pressure
00:24:14here.
00:24:20Tell me again what you said. One
00:24:22in four doctors in Germany is an immigrant.
00:24:26Inavia Rukina came here from Belarus.
00:24:28She works
00:24:31at the hospital as an intensive care
00:24:34physician. But why are many German
00:24:38hospitals facing a shortage of doctors?
00:24:40He
00:25:20travels to the Freiberg region. He commutes with two other colleagues,
00:25:23who are also from Syria, in a shared car.
00:25:27Mohammad
00:25:31came to Germany 11 years ago. He quickly
00:25:35found a job at the Freiberg Hospital.
00:25:38The hospital is the largest hospital in Central
00:25:41Saxony, Germany. Mohammad is an internal
00:25:45medicine specialist.
00:26:03We have a patient here who has anemia, and we need to find out the cause.
00:26:07From
00:26:12which department?
00:26:16It's a routine check-up. Mohammad is going to do this about 6 times
00:26:20today. He has worked 6 days in a row.
00:26:23He even has a 24-hour shift that happens about
00:26:276 times a month.
00:26:29This
00:26:36is the stomach opening. Now we're going into the small intestine.
00:26:39But
00:26:44honestly, it looks completely normal.
00:26:48Most hospitals outside of Germany's major cities are exactly
00:26:52like Freiberg Hospital. Elderly
00:26:54patients are increasing day by day, and German doctors are decreasing
00:26:58day by day. Professor Christian Karagiannidis
00:27:01has been researching the German healthcare system
00:27:05for years. He says that many hospitals can only continue
00:27:09their activities with non-German doctors. If
00:27:12you look at the number of doctors relative to the population, Germany,
00:27:16along with Austria, ranks first globally. No other
00:27:20place has so many doctors relative to its population, meaning
00:27:23we actually have more than enough doctors.
00:27:26And yet, two-thirds
00:27:30of hospitals have difficulty filling vacant
00:27:33positions. In Germany, we are simultaneously facing
00:27:37three issues: medical facilities are excessive,
00:27:40we have shortages elsewhere, and these facilities are not
00:27:44properly distributed. Overall, we have a lot
00:27:47of human resources in the healthcare system, but in some rural
00:27:51areas of Germany, there are very few staff.
00:27:54Germany has the most expensive healthcare system in Europe,
00:27:57and hospitals account for the largest share of this
00:28:01cost.
00:28:07Professor Wolfgang Schütte, head of the Saxony
00:28:11Hospitals Association.
00:28:17Now the situation is such that hospitals only hope they can
00:28:21cover their costs. Many of our hospitals have severe
00:28:24budget deficits and are facing severe
00:28:28budget shortages. Economic pressure is increasing.
00:28:32Personnel and energy costs are rising, and
00:28:36many hospitals have many empty beds.
00:28:39The number of hospitals has been decreasing for years.
00:28:43One of the reasons German hospitals are interested in hiring
00:28:47immigrant medical staff is wage
00:28:49inequality. A clear example of this is Spanish
00:28:52nurses who were sent to rural areas
00:28:56and whose salaries were up to 40% less than
00:28:59their German colleagues.
00:29:08One-third of doctors
00:29:11are now non-German. Inavia Rukina came to Germany with her two daughters
00:29:15from Belarus 7 years ago.
00:29:18She worked as a doctor in Belarus, but
00:29:21only earned the equivalent of 170 Euros per
00:29:24month. She came to Quintenbergh to provide
00:29:28a better life for herself and her daughter. In
00:29:34the intensive care unit, she treats
00:29:38a patient with liver cirrhosis. Vera
00:29:40woke up, but
00:29:43Sania is still asleep. Vera
00:29:47wanted to know what we could do. I told her to take
00:29:51the clothes off the line
00:29:53and go outside.
00:29:58This man is not expected to live much longer. These
00:30:01are
00:30:51Germany is clearly struggling with a severe shortage of nurses and doctors,
00:30:55and in these circumstances, immigrant labor has become the backbone
00:30:59of the healthcare system.
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