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libya is a north african country, the country has two competing governments, the tripoly based high state council and the house of representatives. libya is also at the center of a migrant crisis. this country is also one of the richest countries in africa in terms of oil reserves. amied the us israeli of genocide on gaza, libya has voice support for the measures taken by the international court of justice, icj to prevent genocide in the gaza stream. we are honored to have with us here in the studio, his excellency ali jumal obaidi, the ambassador of libya to iran. it's been a pleasure having you in our program. thank you, mercy.
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over the past seven decades or so, the relationship between iran and israel has been ebbing and flowing, running the whole gamet from being strategic allies to becoming arch foes. years of multi-layered cooperation were followed by decades of outright hostility after the victory of the islamic revolution of iran in 19. confronting israel became a permanent fixture in iran's foreign policy and for israel the regime did whatever in its power to harm the country from acts of sabotage to assassinations of iranian nuclear scientists, but what did link them together in the first place and why did they get separated overnight? what did they do during their friendship time and later when they came at logger heads with one another, these and more on this episode of iran today. from
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the illegal establishment of the israeli regime in may 1948 to imam khumaini's arrival in tehran from his french exile in february 1979. the two non-arab sides were strategic allies in the face of a predominantly arab world. tehran and telavi were engaged in multi-faceted economic, political and security cooperation for almost three decades. iran was one of the 11 members of the special united nations committees that was form. 1947
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to develop solution for palestine after the of british control of the territory ended. it was one of three to vote against the un's partition plan for palestine, arguing that it would escalate violence in the region for generations to come. but two years after israel managed to capture more territory than the un approved, following the start of the first arab israeli war in 1948, iran then under muhammad reza pahlavi became the second.
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since the very beginning, the pahlavi regime was in close touch with the zionists, when they were gathering jews from across the world to relocate them in palestine as part of their occupation. says iran became a home for them, they would bring jews to iran and from iran they would move them to palestine (resal shah pahlavi) owed his throne to the zionists because of the critical role in his ascendancy. his son muhammad shah also had a close relationship with the zionists. economic, political and military cooperation between the two flourished as tensions between israel and arab nations escalated during the 1960. and the 1970s. in 1957, the shaw established one of the most infamous and brutal intelligence agencies in the region, savok, with assistance from the israeli intelligence service, musad. tehran and tel aviv also agreed to develop advanced missile
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systems under the code of project flower. this is mohsen rafiq dost, an iranian politician and a former irgc commander. he told us about slov and its brutality out of his own person. on them, their torturing methods were also israeli style, among the interrogators, you could see non-iranian people, in short, savag was a student of musad so to speak. mr. abbas salimi namin, a prominent iranian historian
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who is also the director of the bureau of iranian history studies, told us that slov's brutality, which stemmed from the apparatus's close ties with mosad was one of the reasons the iranian nation. iran's contemporary history, they would tell you that one of the reasons behind shah's downfall is the extreme unnecessary brutality of sawak, when the palavi regime found its foundations shaky in the face of nationwide protests, it promised the nation to dissolve savak, the agencies inhuman performance had enraged the nation, the question is who did encourage savak to go for? more torture and brutality, the answer is the zionists, why? basically they don't have human approach towards other people, they think that they can impose whatever they want onto others through violence, given the extreme brutality of savac, even the americans kept their distance from it, but as
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for designists, they were in close touch with savak until the regime fell. things changed after muhammad became iran's prime minister in 195. 51 when he spearheaded the nationalization of the country's oil industry, which was monopolized by britain, musaddiq caught off ties with israel, which he saw as serving western interests in the region after the 1953 coup orchestrated by the united kingdom and the united states, the relationship between tehran and tel aviv was restored. the show let israel establish de facto embassy in tehran and the two exchange ambassadors in the 1970s. mr. rohani said that even during the premiership of dr. the ties between tehran and tel aviv were not severed completely. until the fall of the
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palavi regime. there was a close relationship between the shah and israel. mutual trade was established between and israel. even when dr. was in office as iran's prime minister, relationship was not seriously damaged, although they pretended otherwise. dr. musaddiq had just had the de facto embassy closed presumably because iran didn't have enough money to keep it open, but the relationship was in place. iran was a good market for israeli products. you could even find eggs and one-day chicken imported from israel. on the other hand, iran exported oil to the occupied territories, and the shah supplied the israeli regime with. hired energy, even during israel's war with the arabs, wounded israeli soldiers would be transferred to iran for treatment. by establishing ties with tehran, israel sought to carry out david ben guurian's perephery doctrine, finding allies outside the arab
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world, which back then was determined to destroy the regime. militant pan-arabism headed by then egyptian president jamal abdul nasir acted as a catalyst for friendship between these two non-arab sides. as ben gourian told the kinesit in october 1960, this friendship exists and is stable because it is based on the mutual advantages which both countries enjoy from this cooperation. the friendship was cemented on the one hand by israel's need for energy and on the other hand by iran's desire to expand its oil exports. this energy-based relation reached its zenath after the june 1967 six-day war when israel convinced iran to jointly establish the iliod ashkalon pipeline connecting the red sea and the mediterranean which would facilitate oil exports to both. israel and europe. at the same time the shock considered his amicable relationship with
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israel as a shortcut to improving his status in washington. told us that the iranian ruling system before the islamic revolution was totally at israel's service. after the sixth day war, a group of jews and bais sent a couple of phantom fighter jets to israel as a gift. there's a place. in lavizon called chian garden, which currently is in the possession of the islamic revolution gards core. it's a center for missile studies. back then, it was fashionable resort for israel's high-ranking officials. there was a palace there with 10, 12 suites of rooms inside for their guests. later on they built a residence there for the sav head there. to put it in a nutshell, the relationship between iran and israel was like the one between vassol and his lord. let me put it this way: iran was commissioned by the united states to serve israel, and it was iran that gave israel all
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the oil it needed. yet, during all these years, the shot didn't brag about its warm relations with the israelis. he was fully aware of anti-signist sentiments prevailing across the country. due to the sensitivities involved, it seems as though muhammad riza pahlavi treaded cautiously when it came to ties with israel and his relation with israel was rather in a secretive and a hidden nature. uh, what do you think prompted him to do so? when palestine was being occupied by the zionists and muslims and zionists were engaged in war with each other, ayatollah khasani declared war on the zionists. many forces iran received military training and volunteered to go to war with the regime, although it didn't happen back in reality. but what i mean is that the war declaration by ayatullah qashani made the iranian people
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sensitive about what was going on in palestine, it created anti-israely sentiments in this country, so when the shah recognized the regime, it created a wave of protests in iran and the shah realized that he could not establish ties with tel aviv simply and openly, and designism reached its peak in iran in 1963 and echoed e speeches, people poured into the streets shouting, the shah has converted to judaism, they strongly express disgust against israel, this popular movement under the leadership of imam khumeini disheartened the shaw and he never tried to publicize his relationship with israel. the demand for independence encapsulated in the principles of resistance and steadfastness against arregance and colonization was one of the out. comes of the islamic revolution in iran. 45 years into the blessed victory, the message of the
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revolution and it's slogans spread and reached people around the world and especially in west asia against cyanis and american dominance and hegem germany. meanwhile, the apparatus of arrogance fears it spread and has taken various measures after the revolution to confront it including military cous, direct military intervention by the us army and causing chaos to undermine the stability of west asian. countries, none these measures has achieved the desired result from revolution to resistance, this week on the mediast stream. there's plenty more to be said, but first a quick media review to give other outlets a chance to get award in. welcome to the news section. the program, we'll go over some news headlines. iranian official plays world silence over
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massacre of palestinian children. the vice president of iran for executive affairs says that the international community is silenced in the face of the tragic killing of children in gaza by the israeli regime has undermined the credibility of these countries. tehran times writes: mohsen mansuri conved that iran wholeheartedly supports the palestinian cause during an international conference. on monday, he endorsed the palestinian people's steadfastness against the zinest regimes crimes over the course of three months. general soleimani school based on palestine cause. freedom of palestine makes up the basis of martyr sulaimani school and the center of iran's foreign policy in the region. mh news rights, "defending palestine brings about dignity," responded martter suleimani in response to abu khalid, commander of the lebanese branch of hamos's military wink in 2019. from the viewpoint of the former commander of the quots force, the
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issue of supporting palestinian groups was not only in line with iran's national interests, rather it was viewed as a religious. presidents of turkey and iran reiterate support for palestinian cause. turkish president erdouan and his iranian counterpart raisi hold a joint press conference emphasizing their agreement regarding the palestinian cause and recognition of the rights of the palestinian people. according to trt, the iranian president urged the world to make efforts to establish new global order of justice, saying that tehran and ankara's cooperation in this area. with other countries will be effective. president erdon and i are in agreement regarding the palestinian cause and recognition of rights of palestinian people, raisi said. referring to the ongoing israeli war on gaza, the turkish president expressed, victory in this process will be of our palestinian brothers. iran's ambassador to
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ashrag al-ausath, ready to cooperate with saudi arabia to support palestine. iran is ready to cooperate with saudi arabia to support the palestinian people, said ambassador to riaz alizati. in an interview with ashraq, anayati said tehran supports any initiative or collective action to stop the aggression on the gaza strip, prevent the expansion of the unjust war against the defenseless palestinian people, and halt more destruction and bloodshed. iran foreign minister, war in gaza has spread. iran foreign minister hussein amir abdullahyan says that the scope of war has become wider in gaza. irna writes, amir abdullahyan made the remarks in an interview held in new york on tuesday, local time with the american tv channel, abc news. the foreign minister, who was in new york for the united nations security council meeting on the middle east situation, including that of gaza and palestine, told the american news channel
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that the danger of having a wider war in the region has gone up. instead of calling the... sides of war in gaza to exercise restraint, the us should compel the israeli regime to stop war, he added. although the united states says it is worried about the growing tension, it supports a zinist regime and widens the scope of war, and that brings us to the end of this new section. i invite you to go back to our main narrative. the relationship between iran and israel took antagonistic turn in 1979 with the fall of muhammad reza. shah and the establishment of the islamic republic of iran. soon anti-zianism became an integral part of the country's foreign policy. back in the 1960s, grant ayatullah komeini was vocal critic of the shah's relations with israel. to him, the shah had violated the principles of islam and threatened iran's independence, values and
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integrity through his relations with the illegal regime. imam khumaini considered the regime. as the illegal occupier of islamic lands, oppressor of the palestinian brothers and cancerous tumor that would adversely affect the whole region if not destroyed. after the victory of the islamic revolution, the two sides became hostile enemies and consequently iran took some measures against the israeli regime. would you please tell us some of the instances of those measures? before the victory of the island. revolution, imam khumaini issued fatwa against zinanism, he allowed his followers to give one third of their hums and zakat money to palestinian fighters, so it's clear that even before the revolution, the iranian nation was against israel as a regime that had occupied palestine. it's clear that since the early days of the islamic movement in iran, the
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palavi regime and the iranian nation had two different opposing stances toward israel, so when the table... were turned and the shah was toppled, the revolutionary people turned israel's embassy in tehran to the palestinian embassy. following the sixth day war, the imam issued fatva declaring to his followers that establishing political and economic relations with israel and consuming israeli products were considered haram or sinful according to islamic rules. shortly after the final victory of the islamic revolution in 1979, tehran cut off all ties with israel asuring in a new episode in the history of the region. citizens could no longer travel and flight routes were cancelled. just six days after the revolution's triumph was announced. yasar arafat became the first official foreign politician to visit iran. he was warmly received by thousands of iranians chanting in support of palestine. iran turned
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the israeli embassy in tehran into the palestinian embassy. dr. vaheed orai, an iranian political expert told us that iran has always given its support to the palestinian nation since 1979. what were some the measures that iran took after the islamic revolution? the islamic revolution, iran led the palestinians open an embassy in tehran, the iranian nation under the leadership of imam khumaini lent the palestinians their political support by letting them have an embassy in the country. this political support was followed by spiritual and financial support. iran has been by. palestinian nation in the regional and international arenas. it has unvavoringly supported palestinian resistance groups for more than four decades, from the early days
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after the victory of the islamic revolution up to now. the islamic republic declared every last friday of the muslim holy month of ramadan as god's day, calling on all muslims across the world to hold rallies in support the palestinian nation. توجه کنن. تمام مسلمین توجه بکنند. روز قدس روزی است که باید تمام ملت های اسلام با هم توجه بکنند. و این روز را زنده نگه دارند. اگر یک حیاهویی از تمام ملت های مسلمین بلند بشد روز جمعه آخر ماه مبارک که روز قدس است. همه ملت ها قیام بکنند. همون که
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concerned about palestine, but imam komeini managed to draw their attention to this issue. moreover, the islamic republic arm palestinian resistance groups. before the establishment of the islamic republic, they
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were fighting with the stones, but now they are equipped with powerful missiles. imam helped them engage an armed struggle with the israeli regime. the iranians never abandoned their support of the palestinian cause, even in the midst of the bloody war imposed by the iraqi dictator. saddam hussein, a war which lasted for eight years. over the years, iran became the major supporter of the resistance access, a network of political and armed groups in several countries across the region, including in lebanon, syria, iraq and yemen, who also support the palestinian cause and view the israeli regime as the arch enemy. for many years, the irgc gots force under the command of lieutenant general qasim sulaymani, helped, armed, trained and organized such groups in the most effective way. it was thanks to iran's support of groups such as hamas and the islamic jihad for palestine that the geopolitical equation
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in the region has shifted against the israeli regime. these groups have grown over decades into the main challengers of israel's expansionism. in the meanwhile, iran has hosted many international conferences and solidarity with the palestinian nation since 1979. last but not least, tehran has willingly tried to play a constructive role in resolving tensions in the region. in fact, the islamic republic of iran has always tried to find a peaceful solution to the palestinian plight. perhaps the most democratic solution ever has been proposed by the leader of the islamic revolution. the return of the palestinians to their own land, holding nationwide referendum, establishing a political system. با آرایی مردم فلسطین
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تشکیل شد تصمیم گیری خواهد کرد درباره مردمی که اونجا هستن از کشورهای دیگه آمدن ممکنه همشون رو بگه بمونید توی فلسطین ما از ابتدایکتری اسلام republic we didn't seek to confront the zionists the hard way, mean we didn't want to go to war with them, when they invaded lebnan, a considerable number of people organized inside the country to go to war with israel, but imam khumaini didn't allow them to go, he told them that it was not their duty to do so, and now the leader of the revolution, ayatollah khamenei, is following the imam's policy in this issue. he has frequently declared that the islamic republic has soft approach towards the occupation issue, and that's nothing but holding a referendum. if they hold a referendum, there's no doubt that designist regime will come to an end because the regime lacks a foothold, even among the jews, later.
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alone the non-jewish communities in the occupied territories. they do not agree, because the result is clear, if they hold a referendum, there will no longer be such a thing as this regime. since its formation, this really regime has been trying to normalize. is ties with other countries so as to put an end to his isolation in the region, but it has not been successful so far. all in all, the ruling system in iran made u-turn its relations with tel aviv after the islamic revolution in 1979. tehran terminated the relations and accepted all the ramifications in favor of supporting nation oppressed under the brutal occupation of israel. tehran
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terminated the relation. discarded all its benefits involved to become the voice of the palestinians, to become the voice of the voiceless. that's all for today, thank you for watching from the whole team. please do join us again same times next week and each week after. don't forget to send us your comments and topic requests. you can also follow us on telegram and x. till next time, take care. ivf is a process of fertilization, in situations where fertilization is a problem, it's possible to create womb-like
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environment. outside the mother's womb where sperm cells and egg cells are combined in laboratory dish. between two and six days later the combination is injected into the mother's womb. in 1973 australia succeeded in completing this complex operation for the first time. in 1988 and for the first time after the islamic revolution in iran, dr. abu talib saremi published his research on ivf. two years later, in 1990, the first ivf birth was recorded in yast and year after that, pair of ivf twins were born in tehran. by the beginning of the 1990s, iran had acquired the science for ivf, short for invitro fertilization. keeping you up to date with
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world news every half hour. on press tv: israel continues to target hospitals housing thousands of displaced people in southern gaza as deathful regimes near 27,600. israel's indiscriminate strikes on southern gaza kill another journalists, increasing number of media workers killed in the regime's onslot to 123. new york's prime minister once again calls for the withdraw of all foreign troops for iraqi territory, including the northern kurdish region.