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00:00:00form of joint Arab action. It fought Arab
00:00:03nationalism and it was movement for liberation and independence,
00:00:07particularly during the era of Kamal Abd Nasir. Later it
00:00:11monopolized the ability to mobilize the Arab masses for armed
00:00:15struggle, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq or more recently in
00:00:19Syria. This policy implemented over
00:00:23of decades has led to the elimination of every rival, including those who
00:00:27could have posed the threat to
00:00:28of the regime's existence. As
00:00:30a result of this policy we can say that one
00:00:32of the factors contributing to the regime's stability is that there
00:00:35is currently no arb power
00:00:39capable of
00:00:40of challenging it or
00:00:41in attempting to overthrow it. Moreover, no
00:00:44of power is willing to overthrow it. Added to this and more
00:00:48importantly, is the fact that this regime has always enjoyed the
00:00:52protection of western powers. For example, when Britain was the
00:00:56dominant western power, King Abdul
00:00:58in Aziz before ascending to the...
00:01:02of
00:01:08later the US influence grew, the famous meeting between
00:01:11king and US
00:01:16of president
00:01:16took place aboard a ship in 1945. this meeting known as the
00:01:20quiny agreement or the quiny treaty included a
00:01:24commitment by the united states to protect the saudi
00:01:27regime. consequently, this regime elim its domestic
00:01:31rivals, contributed to the elimination of its rivals across the arab
00:01:34world, enjoys foreign protection and created
00:01:38or adopted
00:01:39a religious doctrine that prevents its overthrow,
00:01:43doctrine to maintain its power and doctrine to maintain its
00:01:47in power and religious sites within its territory, religious sites within
00:01:51its territory to consolidate its rule, it has
00:01:55always possessed enormous wealth which it uses to strengthen
00:01:59its whole on power, allocating a small portion to domestic
00:02:03spending and a substantial share to foreign countries,
00:02:06particularly western nations to secure their
00:02:10of protection. this means generating revenue from the territories it
00:02:13controls, particularly from oil as well as from other
00:02:17sources, a large portion of which has been and
00:02:21of continues to be transferred to the west. it also invests
00:02:25money in purchasing influence and media coverage, both in the
00:02:28west and in our. own countries while seeking to acquire economic
00:02:32leverage in Arab and Islamic nations and in countries
00:02:36close to the Arab and Islamic world. All of
00:02:39of this makes the overthrow
00:02:40of the
00:02:40in Saudi regime extremely
00:02:43of difficult. Nevertheless, despite all these factors, I raise a question in this
00:02:47episode: will Muhammad bin Salman fall,
00:02:50or will Muhammad bin Salman overthrow the Saudi
00:02:54of regime, or will the Saudi regime be the one to overthrow Muhammad bin Salman as
00:02:58a consequence of it.
00:03:15in
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00:03:302026 when Saudi war planes attacked an Iranian
00:03:34aircraft carrying a Yemeni delegation that had attended a funeral
00:03:37of Ayatullah Sad Ali Khamenei in Iran. The
00:03:41aircraft was heading to Sana international airport and Saudi
00:03:44warplanes intercepted, bomb the airport and prevented it from
00:03:48landing. The aircraft was forced to divert to Hudeda
00:03:51airport where it landed safely. For years, the
00:03:55Yemani political forces in Sanha and Yemen's legitimate government, the
00:03:59anser.
00:04:00of movement have been demanding that the Saudi regime lift the blockade on
00:04:04Yemen's northern provinces. The most notable
00:04:07of feature of this blockade is the prohibition on civilian
00:04:11aircraft operating freely at
00:04:13of SAS International Airport, both for departurs and
00:04:16arrivals. This situation is abnormal, if the
00:04:20Saudi
00:04:20of regime continues to deny the existence of this bloccade through
00:04:24its media outlets, despite the fact that it is
00:04:27undeniable. The blockade is... not limited to air
00:04:31transport, it also includes restrictions by land, sea and
00:04:35air as well as financial and economic
00:04:38blockade. As we
00:04:39of have of already mentioned,
00:04:41of Yemen has repeatedly demanded
00:04:42a that the Saudi regime lift the blockade. By 2026,
00:04:46warnings had been issued that the bloccade would be met with a blockade of its
00:04:50own, and that the Yemani people in the SanA government would not remain
00:04:54silent in the face of this crime, the blockade, but would confront
00:04:58it. In one of his speech.
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00:05:13in 2026, the Saudi led air strikes against
00:05:16airport became the spark that subsequently prompted the yemini armed
00:05:20forces to begin preparing and implementing a blockade for
00:05:24blockade strategy. in september 2026,
00:05:28the yemmeny armed forces loyal to the legitimate government in sana
00:05:31launched a military operation against forces
00:05:35backed by the saudi regime along Yemen's western coast and
00:05:39entire province. this operation was:
00:05:42seated by dozens of threats from Saudi backed forces in Yemen
00:05:46against the SanA government. These forces explicitly
00:05:49stated their intention to launch an offensive they call the complete
00:05:53liberation of Yemeni territory, including Sana, and
00:05:57to eliminate the Ansorula movement and the Sana
00:06:01government. For this reason, the Sana government considers
00:06:04the operation launched in September 2026 to have
00:06:08been in part a preemptive strike. Indeed, its forces. managed
00:06:12to liberate a significant stretch the western coastline, reaching
00:06:16bable mandeb, while also making substantial
00:06:20advances ties province. In doing so, they came
00:06:24close to driving all Saudi-backed forces and their allies out
00:06:28these areas. During this period, Saudi Arabia's
00:06:32direct military aggression against Yemen intensified. We
00:06:36began witnessing air strikes targeting the Sana region, Sana's airport
00:06:40and civilian targets in several. northern yemen
00:06:43provinces. Saudi Arabia even announced that approximately
00:06:47100 fighter jets were participating in support of ground
00:06:50along Yemen's western coast, along Yemen's
00:06:54western coast under the pretext of liberating all
00:06:57territory controlled by yemeny forces loyal to the
00:07:01san government. Rashad al-ali, head of Yemen's
00:07:05presidential leadership council, or in practice, the president
00:07:09appointed by the Saudi regime, announced the launch of a battle. to
00:07:12liberate all Yemeni territory. Amit these
00:07:16operations, a significant development took place in late
00:07:192025. Saudi Arabia launched a major military
00:07:23operation in southern Yemen to expell the United Arab
00:07:26Emirates. The Saudi regime succeeded in driving Emirati forces
00:07:30out of Yemen, despite the fact that the UAE had been an ally the
00:07:34Saudi regime there. This development weaken the forces Muhammad bin
00:07:38Salman relies on in his wars in Yemen, including the current
00:07:42war that. began in September 2026. In short, some
00:07:46forces, allied with or affiliated with the
00:07:49UAE, are either not fighting at all, or are
00:07:52fighting a war that is not theirs. Of course, some them are
00:07:56fighting alongside the Saudi regime. Under these
00:08:00circumstances, particularly as the Saudi regime's aggression against
00:08:03Yemen escalated, forces loyal to the Sana
00:08:06government, the legitimate government, began conducting operations
00:08:10against Saudi oil facility. and military installations
00:08:14inside the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, alongside their
00:08:18ground advances along the western coast
00:08:21and entire province, these forces began launching attacks and
00:08:24conducting operations inside Saudi Arabia, even reaching the capital
00:08:28Rad, these operations focus on two
00:08:31targets, the first is Saudi Arabia's military
00:08:34capabilities, if there is a Saudi military airport from
00:08:38which air strikes against Yemen are launched, it's only...
00:09:16"Why have I linked the Yemen forces attacks a Ramco to the possibility the
00:09:20Saudi regimes collapse quite simply because Aramco
00:09:24is the crown jewel the regime.
00:09:27Aramko is the world's largest oil company and as we
00:09:31know Saudi Arabia is one the world's largest oil
00:09:34producers.
00:09:36Amco is the only company that produces and sells oil within
00:09:40Saudi Arabia. in terms of market value and
00:09:44production volume, oramco surpasses total of
00:09:48France, Chevron and exon the United States, BP
00:09:52the United Kingdom, Shell, and Russia's
00:09:55rosneft, all major global oil
00:09:58companies. The main source of revenue for the Saudi public
00:10:02treasury is Ramco's oil production, with the proceeds
00:10:05flowing to the Saudi regime. Without Ramco,
00:10:09Saudi Arabia would lose more than 54.
00:10:12total Looking at the period from
00:10:142009 to
00:10:182025, 71% the budget
00:10:21saudi government's revenue came from oil.
00:10:25revenues, meaning Aramco. Although the Saudi regime has announced
00:10:28plans to reduce its oil revenues and I am not referring to
00:10:322025 or 2026, but rather to its vision
00:10:362030 plan to reduce dependence on oil,
00:10:40the figure remains at 55%, according to official
00:10:44Saudi statements. This represents
00:10:4755% the general budget revenue, meaning the money the
00:10:51Saudi regime collects to fund all aspects the country, including
00:10:55weapons and so on. 55% of this funding comes from
00:10:59oil, specifically oramco. this is an enormous
00:11:03proportion, and few countries in the world depend on oil revenues to this
00:11:06extent. therefore, the attacks carried out by the yemeny
00:11:10armed forces against Saudi oil facilities put Aramco at
00:11:13risk. however, the Yemenes are not pursuing an all-out attack
00:11:17strategy that would simultaneously disrupt all
00:11:21Saudi oil operations, even though they have the capability.
00:11:25to do so evidence of this can be seen in their actions since the
00:11:29war began in 2026, particularly in September and October of
00:11:33that year. Their attacks on Saudi Airports and their
00:11:36ability to significantly disrupt their operations
00:11:40demonstrate that they could launch even more extensive attacks
00:11:44against oil facilities. The Yemani armed forces are employing a
00:11:48strategy of gradual attacks because the sana government seeks to end
00:11:52the aggression, lift the blockade and pave the way toward it. ultimate
00:11:55goal, Yemen's independence and liberation from Saudi occupation and
00:11:59control. However, Muhammad bin Salman appears to be
00:12:03responding to this Yemani policy with further escalation, a course of
00:12:07action that baffles many. Why is Muhammad bin Salman
00:12:11escalating the war in Yemen, when he could have reached an agreement with the
00:12:14Yemeni government in Sana? The first signs of this possibility
00:12:18emerged years ago, specifically with the truth declared in
00:12:222022. It was in fact a comprehensive. Trues and the
00:12:25Saudi ambassador to Yemen began making regular visits to Sana to
00:12:29meet with Ansorula leaders as well as Yemeni government leaders and
00:12:33officials. During one these visits, the Saudi ambassador held a
00:12:37meeting
00:12:38with them to discuss various issues. The meeting was cordial, and later
00:12:41we saw delegation from Northern Yemen participate in the Haj
00:12:45pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia under the Saudi regime's
00:12:48official auspices. What I'm explaining here is that there
00:12:52was a genuine opportunity to... a significant
00:12:56understanding that could have prevented the current war, although
00:13:00the Saudi regime was among those that opened their airspace to intercept
00:13:03missiles and drones launched from Yemen towards Israeli occupation
00:13:07bases in occupied Palestine after October 7th,
00:13:102023, there was still an opportunity to reach major
00:13:14understanding between the Saudi regime and the Yemeni government
00:13:18in Sana that could have averted this war. However,
00:13:22Muhammad bin Salmon chose the opposite course, and as
00:13:412026, the spokes person for the coalition forces, that is the
00:13:45saudi led coalition forces, which refer to
00:13:47themselves as the coalition forces in Yemen
00:13:51threatened an oil facility in Yemen. was
00:13:55a highly surprising escalation, subsequently, Saudi
00:13:59aircraft launched air strikes against this facility, located
00:14:03near the capital, Santa, destroying it. This escalation was
00:14:07fully unjustified and incomprehensible, prompting me to ask,
00:14:11why is Muhammad bin Salman escalating the war in Yemen to this
00:14:14extent? Someone like bin Salman does not seem to realize that
00:14:18this escalation will endanger his own regime, as he is simply putting a
00:14:22Ramco at risk. The key issue here is the concentration of
00:14:26Saudi oil production and export infrastructure, for example, before the straight
00:14:30of hormos crisis and the US Israeli war against Iran,
00:14:33approximately 60% or more of Saudi oil exports pass
00:14:37through the port of Ras Tanura in the Persian Gulf.
00:14:41The port has an export capacity of around
00:14:446.5 million barrels per day, representing
00:14:48approximately 6% of global oil demand, according to
00:14:512021 figures. Another example of
00:14:55This concentration is the OP cake facility. I'm not sure
00:14:59how this name is pronounced in Saudi Arabia, but it is well-known that the
00:15:02facility was bombed several years ago, damaging part of its
00:15:06infrastructure. This facility processes nearly
00:15:1070% of a Ramco's production, meaning that approximately
00:15:1470% of Saudi oil production passes through a single
00:15:17facility, a truly alarming figure. At present,
00:15:21following the suspension of exports through the straight of hormos.
00:15:25Most Saudi oil exports are transported through the east-west
00:15:29pipeline, bypassing the straight of hormones and shipping oil from the
00:15:32red sea. In short, there are very few facilities in
00:15:36Saudi Arabia.
00:15:50to destroy these facilities in such a way that restoring them to
00:15:54operation would be extremely difficult and could take
00:15:57years. this threatens the very foundations of what is
00:16:01known as the saudi oil industry. many people around the world have
00:16:05commented on muhammad bin Salman's decision.
00:16:16Many have also compared these decisions to someone living a glass house
00:16:20who threatens his enemy with stones, even though his enemy has plenty of
00:16:24stones and his own house is made of glass. If your house is made of
00:16:27glass, why threaten others with stones? The reality of
00:16:31Saudi Arabia, which I discussed at the beginning of this episode,
00:16:35demonstrates
00:16:36that the Saudi regime. rests on solid foundations, or
00:16:40it has built such foundations for itself. It's not a
00:16:44fragile regime. However, this apparent solidity
00:16:47conceals a significant vulnerability, particularly in the
00:16:51oil sector. What I mentioned earlier suggests that this
00:16:55sector, its oil facilities and Aramco's installations, appears to
00:16:59have been built on the assumption that Saudi Arabia would never go to
00:17:03war. It's true that Saudi Arabia has defense system and the
00:17:07Saudi. regime has spent hundreds of billions of dollars over several
00:17:10decades, purchasing defense systems, military equipment, weapons, aircraft
00:17:14and missiles, primarily from the west. however, the reality of
00:17:18war has shown that the regime's ability to counter yemini attacks
00:17:22is not particularly strong. in other words, it possesses
00:17:26vast arsenal, but the regime's own choices have significantly limited
00:17:30its ability to respond to yemeni attacks. the
00:17:33situation persists despite the fact that as we have already mentioned,
00:17:37"the Yemani armed forces have yet to deploy their full forces have
00:17:41yet to deploy their full capabilities or launch a large-scale
00:17:45simultaneous attack against Saudi oil facilities, recorded. The
00:17:49destruction of Saudi oil facilities, should it occur, would have
00:17:53extremely serious consequences. Whether we like it or
00:17:56not, whether we approve or disapprove, the Yemenes are threatening to
00:18:00continue fighting as long as the aggression persists, and they are
00:18:04threatening escalate their operations for as long. long as it
00:18:08continues. This means they will continue attacking oil
00:18:11facilities as long as Saudi aggression against their country
00:18:14continues. At any moment, this could lead to the near
00:18:18total destruction of Saudi oil facilities. Let me
00:18:22reiterate that there are very few facilities whose
00:18:25destruction could completely disrupt Saudi Arabia's oil production and
00:18:29export capacity. These facilities account for more than
00:18:3255%, or approximately 55% of
00:18:36Saudi Arabia's. This revenue has funded everything Saudi
00:18:40Arabia has spent for over a century to buy influence, secure
00:18:44loyalties and consolidate its powers in other countries. This
00:18:47includes financing the spread of wahabism, media
00:18:51outlets, politicians and security personnel as well as
00:18:54building an army, national guard, security apparatus and so
00:18:58on. All of this has been financed by oil, so why is
00:19:02Muhammad bin Salman gambling with all of this? Or to put the
00:19:06question more objective.
00:19:37popular reactions or attach any importance to public opinion or the responses of
00:19:41his opponents, whether domestic or foreign. We're talking
00:19:45about a truly absolute ruler, and few leaders around the
00:19:49world possess this degree of power or can genuinely be
00:19:52described as absolute rulers. In such
00:19:55circumstances, miscalculations and policy errors can certainly
00:19:59become wide spread, leading to the adoption and implementation of reckless
00:20:03decisions. Such actions could bring down any regime or lead to
00:20:07them. cannot be
00:20:09ignored.
00:20:14Of course, the Muhammad bin
00:20:15personal Salman factor is
00:20:19impulsive and displays recklessness that could be described as
00:20:22extreme enough to explain his decision to order the murder of
00:20:25Jamalji in 2018, in stating that he made
00:20:29the decision to assassinate, we are relying on information
00:20:33released by US intelligence at the time, which indicated that the order.
00:20:50former Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, abducted.
00:20:53Hariri was detained in Saudi Arabia in 2017 in what
00:20:57became notorious incident. He is also
00:21:01reckless enough to have believed that he could declare war on Yemen
00:21:05in 2015 and bet on achieving victory there. In
00:21:09short, this recklessness could be decisive factor not only in
00:21:12its own right, but also in shaping Muhammad bin Salman's decisions. The same
00:21:16recklessness may also have contributed to his decision. to attack the
00:21:20United Arab Emirates in Yemen in 2015. While it
00:21:24is normal for one country to exert influence in another, it
00:21:28is also normal for a third country to attempt to gain influence and then be
00:21:32driven out. However, when preparing for a battle against powerful
00:21:35enemy, such as Yemen's legitimate government in Tana, one should
00:21:39not increase the number of one's enemies. On the
00:21:43contrary, one should strengthen one's allies and reduce the number of
00:21:46one's adversaries. Based on this one. might conclude that
00:21:50recklessness, stupidity or poor judgment may have contributed
00:21:54significantly to Muhammad bin Salman's decisions, but these factors alone
00:21:58are not enough to explain them. Muhammad bin Salman
00:22:02may be convinced that the United States and Israel are determined to
00:22:06overthrow the political system in Iran. His actions in Yemen could
00:22:10therefore be linked to this belief, or he may possess
00:22:13information suggesting that this is the case. The main
00:22:17argument I'm putting forward is that the U.S. are preparing
00:22:21to overthrow the political system in Iran and will wage an
00:22:24uncompromising war to achieve that goal, according to
00:22:27Muhammad bin Salman, the system will either collapse or be
00:22:31significantly weakened after this war. Consequently, he
00:22:35believes that this outcome will weaken his enemies in Yemen, making
00:22:39him willing to pay a high price to continue the war because
00:22:43he expects the outcome to favor him once the
00:22:46Iranian system has once the Iranian system.
00:23:29politically this is a plausible gamble, however upon closer examination,
00:23:33it appears that events are not moving in that direction, it's important to
00:23:37consider that Israel has already launched extensive air strikes against
00:23:41Yemen, yet these attacks did not bring about the collapse the
00:23:44Yemani armed forces in the north, further more, the US launched
00:23:48a large scale area. campaign
00:23:50the US Navy and Air Force waged to war against Yemen in 2025 from
00:23:54March 15th to May 6th. This means that the US
00:23:58military under Donald Trump deployed its full capabilities and
00:24:02resources, including fire power and intelligence a broad
00:24:06and comprehensive war against Yemen, it failed to weaken the Yemenese
00:24:09armed forces and consequently failed to defeat them. After his
00:24:13attempt fail, the US was forced to halt the war. Donald
00:24:17Trump then declared, I stopped the war at the Yemen.
00:24:20In addition to all this, the current campaign, which began in
00:24:24September 2026, has benefited from crucial
00:24:27intelligence support provided to the Saudi regime by the US
00:24:31and Israel, as well as logistical support from the United States and
00:24:35several European countries, including France, Italy and the United
00:24:38Kingdom. The effects of this assistance became evident during the
00:24:42Saudi regime's air campaign against the Yemeni Armed forces in its
00:24:46attempt to retake Babel. We are referring.
00:24:50to the events the first week of October 2026, when Saudi backed
00:24:53forces in Yemen attempted to regain control of Babel
00:24:56Mandep. All air traffic monitoring applications
00:25:00showed European aerial refueling aircraft supporting Saudi
00:25:04Aircraft. My point is that the Americans have experienced
00:25:07fighting in Yemen and are also providing
00:25:11intelligence and logistical support. This assistance is
00:25:14crucial to the Saudi regime. Previously, in 2015 when the
00:25:18Saudi regime launched its aggression under the name operation
00:25:22decisive storm, muhammad bin Salman recruited Sudanese
00:25:25forces and forces from other countries. This
00:25:29operation involved most the Saudi regime's allies in the
00:25:32region and around the world, even some countries that later became
00:25:36adversaries such as the Qatari regime, participated in the
00:25:39war, at least initially. There were also countries with no connection
00:25:43to Yemen, no interests there, and no threats originating from Yemen,
00:25:47such as the Maroccan regime that joined Muhammad.
00:26:02wrong, but they could fail, and the likelihood of failure is
00:26:06very high. Given this reality, we return to a fundamental
00:26:10question: why is Muhammad bin Salman taking such enormous risks in
00:26:14Yemen? Or to put it more objectively, why is Muhammad bin Salman
00:26:18embarking on such a dangerous adventure in Yemen? The truth is that
00:26:22there is other answer beyond the possibilities we have already
00:26:26discussed, and when there is no clear answer, the door
00:26:29opens even greater dangers. greatest danger
00:26:33lies in Aramco. If Aramco's facilities are destroyed, I
00:26:37will have to reconsider what I said at the beginning of this episode about the
00:26:40resilience, strength and stability the Saudi regime. The
00:26:44collapse of Aramco would been the collapse the Saudi regime's
00:26:48most sacret institution. In that case, it
00:26:52would be difficult for the regime to survive, or at the very
00:26:55least, for it to continue under Muhammad bin Salman's
00:26:59leadership. See you soon a new episode.
00:27:03والتقانا بحلقه جديده قريبا ان شاء
00:27:06الله
00:27:21when bombs stop falling, casualty figures are tallied, names are added
00:27:25to list, but numbers cannot measure the lives that unravel
00:27:29after the explosions, wars count those killed by
00:27:32missiles, they rarely count those who survived them and may
00:27:36later die of grief. yes, you heard that right,
00:27:40grief. 31 year old sayid
00:27:43Alham Sadiqi became one of those. in the early hours of March
00:27:4626th, a US is really strike reduced her family home
00:27:50a neighborhood to rubble. her husband,
00:27:53local football coach Hussein Maliki and their two young
00:27:57sons, age five and three were killed. around them,
00:28:01nine homes were destroyed. and 24 people died from the US Israely
00:28:05attack. Alham survived for seven hours, rescuers
00:28:08searched through concrete and twisted steel before pulling
00:28:12her from beneath the depre. The fallen sofa had shielded her
00:28:16head from the collapsing building, but her injuries were
00:28:20severe. Her greatest wounds, however, were invisible.
00:28:23weeks later, a video of at home standing on the ruins of her
00:28:27home spread across Iran. In her hands was a handritten note
00:28:31rescued from the... trouble when her young son
00:28:35had written before the attack. as she read it, her voice
00:28:38faltered. around her lay the remains the life she
00:28:42had built. her father says that after losing her
00:28:46husband, her children and her home, she was never the
00:28:50same. she withdrew from the world, spoke
00:28:53consently of her family and struggled to bear even
00:28:56ordinary sounds after more than two months of
00:29:00overwhelming grief after losing her. family in US-Israely
00:29:03attack, she suffered fatal stroke and died. Her
00:29:07story speaks to a quieter, taller war of survivors
00:29:11who carry the destruction with them long after the
00:29:15dost settles. It also reflects a wider pattern of
00:29:18US-Israeli aggression across the region that has left behind
00:29:22a deeper toll not only a single moment of impact, but
00:29:26in the lasting human consequences that
00:29:29follow.
00:29:54Press TV headlines, the IRGC says two oil tankers trying to cross the hormo
00:29:58straight through an illegal route have exploded and caught fire after.
00:30:02striking naval minds. International
00:30:06Financial Institution Goldman Sachs has raised its oil price
00:30:10forecast, warning that Brent Crude could search
00:30:13$140 a barrel in 2027 if the straight of
00:30:16hormos remains closed. And with the US mid-term
00:30:20elections just today away, candidates from both parties are making
00:30:24their final push to win over
00:30:26voters.
00:30:42Hello and welcome everybody, it's half past noon here in the Iranian capital, Tehran, you're
00:30:46watching Press TV's world news. Our top story for this half hour, the
00:30:50Islamic Revolution guards course says, two oil tankers are trying to
00:30:54cross...
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