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00:00:09Your headlines on press TV, Iran says it remains determined to defend
00:00:13this national interests and prevent the US from exploiting the straight of
00:00:17removes to threaten the country.
00:00:21Iraq's Katari of Hesbullah urges Iraqies to support Iran
00:00:24economically and counter the US
00:00:27a sie calling for increased trade and purchases. Iranian goods
00:00:31and the Israeli regime
00:00:35of continues of to press ahead
00:00:36of with its deadly attacks on the wall ravige Gaza strip sheading more
00:00:39Palestinian
00:00:40blood.
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00:00:59Hello. everyone, you're watching Press TV live from the
00:01:02a studios in Tehran. Thank you for joining
00:01:05us. In today's top story, Iran's
00:01:08foreign minister meets with his Russian counterpart on the side
00:01:12of lines
00:01:12of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where the two
00:01:16sides exchange views on various topics. Abosochi
00:01:20praised Moscow's responsible stance in opposing US
00:01:24unilateralism and
00:01:25of Washington's
00:01:26of use of international organizations to pressure independent.
00:01:30countries, he described the current insecurity in the strategic straight of
00:01:34Urmus as a direct result of US breaches of his
00:01:37commitments and his crimes against Iran. Arakchi
00:01:41stressed that despite
00:01:43of Iran's commitment to diplomacy, the Islamic Republic remains determined
00:01:47to defend this national interests and prevent the US from
00:01:51exploiting the straight
00:01:52of of
00:01:52of Hurbus to threaten Iran. Russian foreign minister
00:01:56Sergey Lavroff for his part stressed the need for all countries.
00:02:00to abide by international law and the principles
00:02:07of of the UN charter. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Arakchi says
00:02:10Tavan has put forward a clear seven-day plan to restore
00:02:14maritime navigation through the straight of moves
00:02:17of placing the next move in Washington's
00:02:20of
00:02:23of hands. Iran has conved to the United
00:02:26of States
00:02:26a through Qatar a concrete seven day.
00:02:31planan if the necessary conditions are met, the straight
00:02:35can be reopened a normal maritime passage
00:02:38restored within seven days. The choice
00:02:42now rests with the United
00:02:44States.
00:02:49Iranian foreign minister Abbas Arakchi says Washington already
00:02:52has
00:02:53a clear path to restoring normal maritime navigation through the straight
00:02:57of Urmus. He says the proposed US actions. are already
00:03:00covered by memorandum of understanding, including
00:03:04a lifting the maritime blockade, unfreezing Iranian
00:03:07in assets, easing sanctions and ending military operations against
00:03:11Iran. Terran says these steps could be completed
00:03:15of within of four to five days, allowing this rate to reopen
00:03:18of by day 6. On day 7, Iran proposes talks
00:03:22with Washington on
00:03:24of mutually agreed issues, including Iran's nuclear program and
00:03:27final agreement.
00:03:32of The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Gas
00:03:36Course says Iran will deploy new weapons if the enemies
00:03:40impose another war on the country. Brigadier general Hussein
00:03:44in Muhibi said Iran would also considered new defense
00:03:47strategies including changing the geography
00:03:50of the war and selecting different targets. He said during
00:03:54the recent war Iran's enemies were surprised by the country's military
00:03:58capabilities including the... destructive power,
00:04:01precision and range of weapons, where be said the US
00:04:05failed to restore the straight of warmus
00:04:07of to the conditions is sought describing the failure as a major
00:04:11victory for Iran. He said American forces had to move
00:04:15400 kmters away from the straight of formus for
00:04:20of safety. That's why military and
00:04:23political analyst Ali Hamiah says Ivan has already won the
00:04:27war against the US leaving Washington. struggling to find an
00:04:31exit strategy without Taiwan declaring victory. Let's see,
00:04:35listen.
00:04:39The problem with the west is because Iran is
00:04:43progressing so fast and accelerating into industry and new
00:04:47technology and reverse engineering so
00:04:50fast that nobody
00:04:52can uh
00:04:56come have any competition against Iran in in such matter.
00:05:00We saw that dive the l about couple weeks ago being captured by
00:05:04the Iranian and maybe they
00:05:07will make
00:05:11manufacture new one. but maybe will be armed
00:05:14this time as we saw that M or RQ170
00:05:18on 2011 captured by the Iranian and
00:05:22also they invented so many
00:05:25drones much have more capabilities
00:05:29than the RQ uh 170 the
00:05:32American one so I believe that now
00:05:36now and what's going on we are at the turning
00:05:40point the problem is the American trying to step back
00:05:43to see any exit, decent exit of such
00:05:47war, but not to let the Iranian declare their victory,
00:05:51and this is will not happen, the Iranian by
00:05:55stand fasten against the American,
00:05:59they won the war already, they are winning the
00:06:03strategic one, the military one, even though they
00:06:06grapping their hands on straight of hormos, they are winning also the
00:06:10economic war against United. state, they are losing,
00:06:14they are losing their public
00:06:16opinion.
00:06:20Iranian president mason says the United States has
00:06:24betrayed diplomacy three times during his presidency,
00:06:28condemning the US and Israeli terrorism and war crimes against
00:06:31Iran. Pesition made the remarks during a meeting with the UN
00:06:35secretary general Antonio Gutierres on the side lines the
00:06:39UN generals announce the US actions as coers announced US
00:06:42actions as coersive measures against the Iranian nation, he
00:06:46stated that Iran seeks to create security in the Persian
00:06:50Gulf and the West Asia region through cooperation with regional
00:06:54countries, adding that much the problem can be solved once the
00:06:58US leaves these territories. Gutieresh for his part
00:07:02said the UN has no tools but dialogue and will support
00:07:05efforts to faster peace and security in the region. He
00:07:09emphasized that Iran's voice has been one of peace and
00:07:12moder moderation and confirm that evaluations
00:07:16show Iran does not seek nuclear
00:07:19weapons.
00:07:24The children's Medical Center Interfone has marked its
00:07:271000th pediatric stem cell transplant,
00:07:31major milestone for a program treating children with serious and
00:07:35life-threatening diseases. Doctors say two decades of
00:07:39experience in stem cell transplantation are now
00:07:42paving the way for further advances in cell and gene
00:07:46therapies. Gisu Misha Ahmadi has the
00:07:48details.
00:07:57They came here first as patients, some were very young
00:08:01and some were fighting diseases that threatened their
00:08:05lives. Now years later, they are returning under
00:08:08very different circumstances. As survivors.
00:08:42We had to come to Tairon from my hometown so I could receive treatment for my
00:08:46illness. It was very difficult time, but thankfully I'm doing
00:08:50well now. I received
00:08:54my stem cell transplant eight years ago. I was a very difficult
00:08:57condition at the time, but the treatment worked. Now I'm completely
00:09:01healthy
00:09:02and doing very well. The children's medical center in
00:09:05Tehran has now performed its 100th pediatric
00:09:09stem cell transplant. Behind this number. are
00:09:13years of treatment, research and highly coordinated
00:09:16care and 10 individual transplant
00:09:19journeys. it
00:09:23has been a long and difficult journey. when we started 20 years
00:09:27ago, very few people believ this treatment could
00:09:30succeed, but after several years and a growing number of
00:09:34successful cases, things began to change. today we have an
00:09:38entirely new generation of doctors specializing in this
00:09:41field.
00:10:12doctors and nurses to see what years of treatment and follow
00:10:16up can ultimately mean. 10 is
00:10:20an important medical milestone, but inside pediatric
00:10:23hospital numbers tell very different story: each
00:10:27transplant represents a child, family and donor that
00:10:30along with a large medical team have worked towards the same
00:10:34objective, giving that child the best possible chance
00:10:38of survival. Gisum Shah madiv,
00:10:42Tehran. Iraq's resistance
00:10:45group kataib hezbollah has called on the Iraqis to support
00:10:49Iran economically and counter the US sie on Tehran
00:10:53urging increased trade. and purchase of Iranian
00:10:56goods. In a statement, the group called for expanding economic
00:11:00ties with Iran and avoiding action that could increase
00:11:03pressure on the Iranian people. It also called on the Irakis to
00:11:07support Iranian goods, expand trade and avoid any
00:11:11action that increases pressure on Iran, describing this as
00:11:15religious duty. The group accused the Iraqi government and
00:11:18other institutions of aligning with American policies
00:11:22saying this intensifies pressure on the... Iranian people, it
00:11:26also issued religious inquiry to clerics and
00:11:30authorities demanding a ruling on the Islamic legal status
00:11:33of any cooperation with the siege on
00:11:36Iran. In
00:11:40Yemen, answer law forces have repelled major offensive by Saudi
00:11:44backed formations in the southern province of Tires. Dozens of
00:11:48hostile groups or troops were killed or wounded during the
00:11:51clashes. Reports say Saudi back military. formations
00:11:55during the operations. The Yemani armed forces spokesperson,
00:11:59Brigadier General Yahya Sari said, over the past
00:12:0324 hours, Saudi war planes and missile strikes carried
00:12:07out 14 attacks targeting the Yemani provinces of
00:12:10Thaies, Amran, Marib and
00:12:12Saada.
00:12:17The head the Yemen's Supreme Political Council has renewed his
00:12:20commitment to confronting Saudi aggression and supporting
00:12:24Palestine. as Yemen marks the 64th anniversary of a
00:12:27September 26th
00:12:29revolution.
00:12:34How much this night resembles yesterday? The same
00:12:38forces, foremost among them the Saudi regime, that yesterday stood against the
00:12:42will the Yemani people and sought to abort their liberation project, are today once
00:12:46again trying to deprive our dear people their legitimate right to sovereignty,
00:12:50independence, development and dignified life.
00:12:53They are fighting the Yemen. will once more for the same goal, to return Yemen to the
00:12:57square of guardianship and dependency, but they will
00:13:01never achieve that. The Saudi regime has for 64
00:13:05years directly interfered in Yemen's internal and external affairs, and
00:13:09through a network of corrupt individuals and traits linked to it, it has extended its
00:13:13influence over the state's institutions and decisions. This
00:13:16approach did not stem from developmental or renaissance project serving the
00:13:20region and its peoples. Rather, it came in the
00:13:24context of this aggressive Saudi regime's association with the American
00:13:27Zionist project in the region, which aims to weaken the Arab and Islamic
00:13:31nation and keep its states a state of dependency and
00:13:34fragmentation. We also renew our affirmation of our
00:13:38principaled, faith-based position in supporting the oppressed Palestinian people
00:13:41and their just cause, which is the cause the entire
00:13:44nation. We condemn the criminal Netanyahu and
00:13:48the Zionists for storming and desecrating Alaksa mosk and for threatening to
00:13:52destroy it from the tunnels they have dug beneath it.
00:13:59Yemen has faced a Saudi American siege for 12 years
00:14:02and that Riyard has interfered in Yemen's
00:14:06affairs for 64 years preventing the country from
00:14:10building a strong army and exploiting its resources. He
00:14:14accused Saudi Arabia for fabricating the claim that Yemen threatened
00:14:18Mecca calling it a desperate lie and reaffirmed Yemen's
00:14:21respect for Islamic holy sights. He stress. that international
00:14:25navigation remains safe and the Yemen's operations target
00:14:29only Saudi military
00:14:31mobilizations.
00:14:37Israeli occupation forces say the regime will enter new
00:14:41phase of fighting in southern Lebanon in the coming days and it
00:14:44continued attacks against the Arab country. Israely media
00:14:48reported the IOF will escalate operations while war
00:14:51planes flew over Beirout Debeca and several regions
00:14:55across Lebanon, artillery shelling, air strikes and machine
00:14:59gun fire hit multiple villages across the south, coinciding
00:15:03with fresh movements of Israeli military vehicles in several
00:15:06areas. Explosions and air strikes were also reported in the
00:15:10eastern sector with fires and damage to civilian
00:15:14property. Meanwhile, almost 9,00 Lebanese have been
00:15:17killed and over 30,600 injured since
00:15:21the US backed aggression began on 8th of October.
00:15:252023, according to Lebanon's Health
00:15:28Ministry.
00:15:32We were earlier joined by our south Lebanon correspondent
00:15:35Hussain Amad. He. gave us the latest update from Israel's
00:15:39valley very moment we we've heard just few moments
00:15:42ago several shelling and explosives going up
00:15:46just beyond the hill sounding all across the re all across the
00:15:50nabatia region however the most prominent
00:15:54action that the Israel military has been conducting since hours of
00:15:58early morning today on september 26th beyond
00:16:02the shelling and the drone strikes is is seemingly renewed
00:16:05campaign of heavy surveillance. across the entire
00:16:08area, across all of south Lebanon, everyone since
00:16:12the hours the early down have been hearing the sounds of
00:16:16surveillance drones flying below over their heads in
00:16:20whether it's in the tier province, whether it's in the Navatia province, we heard
00:16:24them since the very early hours, accompanied
00:16:28by low flying Israeli war planes that
00:16:32traveled all throughout the south reaching Beirot and doing a
00:16:36loop and then going back back to the south
00:16:40southern territories after which after this
00:16:43currently this renewed campaign of surveillance, the Israeli news
00:16:47channel, channel 12 released a statement by
00:16:51occupation forces that contained that they are
00:16:54preparing for new round of heavy combat and and
00:16:58resistance infrastructure clearing within this in the
00:17:02zone the yellow line so the zone that that they
00:17:06are currently occupying, which constitutes about
00:17:105% of Lebanese
00:17:11territory. Israely
00:17:15regime continues to press ahead with the deadly attacks on the war
00:17:19ravige Gaza strip shedding more Palestinian blood, an Israeli
00:17:22drone strike killed one Palestinian and left several others injured in
00:17:26the almawasi area of khan Unis south the strip.
00:17:30The Nuseira refugee camp in Central Gaza was also targeted by
00:17:34Israeli air strikes, leaving several Palestinian. is injured,
00:17:38meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelling hit the eastern areas of khan
00:17:42unis as well as the outscares the alburrage refugee camp
00:17:46in central Gaza. This comes as a UN body as
00:17:50sounded the alarm that Gaza is facing the world's most severe
00:17:54economic crisis on record. The report said that
00:17:5792% the strip's economic establishments have been
00:18:01damaged or destroyed and more than 90% the working age
00:18:05population was unemployed.
00:18:13This is the third consecutive UN General Assembly since the Israeli regime
00:18:17launched its genocidal war on Gaza. Amits the successive speeches of
00:18:20world leaders in New York, the Palestinian people continue to endure
00:18:24devastating Israeli attacks and catastrophic humanitarian
00:18:28conditions. As more Palestinians are expected to lose their
00:18:32lives, the UNGA speakers once again stick to
00:18:35issuing statements devoid. of any practical measures. Press
00:18:39TV's motiabul has report from
00:18:42Gaza. Seven years
00:18:46ago, my country
00:18:47was still emerging. For the third consecutive year, since the
00:18:51commencement the genocidal war on Gaza, world leaders
00:18:55have convined in New York to address the annual United Nations
00:18:58General Assembly. However, these gatherings have had no
00:19:02impact on the Israeli crimes against Palestinians with the war
00:19:06ravaged Gaza.
00:19:15The UN general assembly has undoubtedly lost its significance since
00:19:19it failed to hold the Israeli regime fully accountable for the ongoing
00:19:23genocide in Gaza. In light of this unprecedented
00:19:26brutality and the relentless killing by the Israeli regime, those
00:19:30statements alone have become meaningless and a mere waste of time.
00:19:34We urgently need those statements to be translated.
00:20:02It's becoming increasingly evident that the international community and the United
00:20:06Nations. failed to protect international law and
00:20:09regulations, regrettably, the Israeli regime continues to
00:20:13receive protection from the US administration and numerous other countries.
00:20:17this is the moment to change this apathetic international stance and
00:20:21take decisive action to compel the Israely regime to comply
00:20:25with international resolutions. thousands more
00:20:28palestinians have been killed since the last united nations general
00:20:32assembly address and more are expected to die as world
00:20:36leaders continue to issue unfulfilled statements without taking any
00:20:40meaningful action to end Israeli
00:20:42brutalities since
00:20:461948 the UN general assembly has made hollow
00:20:50statements about the Palestinian people crimes against us, they would
00:20:54take immediate action. Unfortunately, we are still suffering from
00:20:57three years of violence and starvation, and they are watching us
00:21:01helplessly. They are completely complicit in the Israeli
00:21:04atrocities. For
00:21:07many, those apathetic leaders are complicit in the Israeli
00:21:11crimes as they realize that their condemminations alone will
00:21:14never protect the Palestinians from the Israeli killing machine, while
00:21:18their relations with the... regime remain intact,
00:21:22despite the conspicuous criticism the Israeli
00:21:25atroceries in Gaza, by word leaders during their address
00:21:29to the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli
00:21:33regime continues its vicious attacks. This serves
00:21:37as yet another stark reminder the Israeli
00:21:40brutality and the hypocrisy of those leaders
00:21:44who, despite their condemnation continue to maintain their
00:21:47diplomatic and economic ties with. Israeli
00:21:50occupation, the central
00:21:54area of gaza
00:21:55step, they have
00:21:59those with the top stories on press tv, thank you for being with us, take
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00:22:24"When you are born on Iranian soil, something is born with
00:22:28you, the belief
00:22:29that a homeland is not merely a place to live, but sometimes a place you
00:22:33must be willing to die for. The roots of this belief can be found
00:22:37even in the legends of Iran, and perhaps no legend expresses it
00:22:41more powerfully than the story of Arash. After the war between
00:22:45Iran and Turan, it is decided that Iran's new frontier will
00:22:49be determined by the..." flight of a single arrow, arash stands a
00:22:52top mount damavant, he puts all his strength, all his
00:22:56life into the arrow and releases it, arash dies, but the
00:23:00arrow flies on, where did it land? to find the answer,
00:23:04we must leave legend behind and enter history. 330
00:23:08BC, Alexander had crushed nearly every major power in his
00:23:11path and was advancing toward Precep. At the Persian
00:23:15gate, Ario Barzanis stood with around 700 warriors
00:23:19against an army of more than 10,000. They knew that if they
00:23:23resisted, they would die, but they chose an honorable death over
00:23:27life under domination. They stopped Alexander's first assault
00:23:31and forced him to retreat, and for the generations that followed, they
00:23:34left behind a legacy. Resistance means knowing that you may
00:23:38lose your life, yet refusing to let an enemy cross your land without
00:23:42paying a price. Two centuries later, this time Rome came
00:23:46from the west. In 53 BC, Crasses invaded.
00:23:50harthian territory with vast army, facing him stood young
00:23:54commander, sirena, with his mounted archers and a thousand
00:23:57camels carrying an endless supply of arrows, syrena filled the
00:24:01skies with a storm of arrows. the Roman army suffered one the
00:24:05most devastating defeats in its history, but for Iranians,
00:24:09land is not the only frontier. the sea is a frontier
00:24:13too. at the beginning the 16th century, the Portuguese
00:24:16seized Hormus, a small island at the entrance to the Persian.
00:24:20gulf, whose control meant command over one the most important trade
00:24:24roots between east and west. They built fortresses, they
00:24:27brought cannons and they remained for more than a century. In
00:24:311622, Iranian forces under the command of Imam
00:24:35Koli Khan, reached Hormus. After a hard fought siege,
00:24:39Portuguese power in Hormus was broken and the island was
00:24:42retaken. But the Persian Gulf never
00:24:46disappeared from the ambitions of colonial powers in 19.
00:24:5015, British forces occupied Boucher against an
00:24:53army backed by warships, artillery and the power of one the
00:24:57world's greatest empires, the people of southern Iran stood with
00:25:01simple rifles. Their resistance was led by a man named
00:25:05Rais Ali Delvari. During the months of occupation, he
00:25:08organized the resistance the people of Tangistan. For Rais
00:25:12Ali, the question was never how many soldiers stood on either
00:25:16side. The principle was simple: Iranian soil is... not
00:25:20negotiable, even if defending it costs your life. Rais
00:25:23Ali was eventually martered in that struggle. September 3rd,
00:25:27the anniversary of his martterdom is commemorated in Iran as the
00:25:31national day of struggle against British colonialism, but the
00:25:35resistance did not end with his death. Years later, British
00:25:38forces finally left Bucher, yet the ambitions of foreign
00:25:42powers toward Iran did not end
00:25:44there, because Iran also had
00:25:48oil. For decades. Much of Iran's oil industry remained
00:25:52under the influence of a British company, until
00:25:541951, Mohammed Mosadeg stood against
00:25:58threats, political pressure, and economic pressure, and
00:26:01declared. Iran's oil must belong to Iran. The
00:26:05oil industry was nationalized. Two years later, a coup
00:26:08backed directly by the United States and Britain overthrough his
00:26:12government. Mosadeg was removed from power and spent the remaining
00:26:16years of his life in imprisonment and house arrest, but one demand
00:26:20could no longer be erased. Iran's wealth must remain in
00:26:23Iranian hands: land, water,
00:26:27oil. But now, the issue is no longer only land,
00:26:31water, or oil. It is something greater than all them,
00:26:35independence. The question of who has the right to decide Iran's
00:26:39future. In June, 2025, the United States and
00:26:42Israel. For months, military and economic pressure has
00:26:46continued, but Iran has never been willing to trade its independence
00:26:50for temporary peace. Bows, arrows and horses have given
00:26:53way to launchers, missiles,
00:26:56tanks, drones and fighter
00:27:00jets. "the blood of Arash still runs
00:27:04through Iranian veins, and now let us return to the same
00:27:08question: where did arash's arrow land? the arrow flew more
00:27:12than a thous kilometers all the way to the banks the oxos
00:27:15river. Arash lost his life, but he did
00:27:19not allow the enemy to decide Iran's
00:27:22fate, and that legacy passed from one
00:27:25generation to the next. An Iranian may give his
00:27:29life for his homeland and independence, but he will..." never surrender their
00:27:33fate to foreign
00:27:34power.
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