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of your headlines on press tv: iran strongly condemns israel's attack its diplomatic premises in syria. saying the regime seeks escalate the conflict in the region while evading accountability. president raise says the terrorist attack on iran's embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound desperation and last struggle of falling regie. and the world bank says israel's enslot on gaza has inflicted about $18.5 billion dollars in damages to the palestinian territory's critical infrastructure.
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hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehran, thank you for joining us. the united nations security council has held emergency meeting on the latest israeli attack on the consulat section of the iranian embassy in. syria addressing the event iran's deputy representative to the un call on the world body to vehemently denounce israel's violation of the international regulations. regretably, the absence of accountability and the council's in action has only encouraged and even emboldened this regime to continue its violation unchecked. it is high time for the security council to shoulder its responsibility and address the real threat.
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to international peace and security, the security council must promptly promptly fulfill its duty in response to israel's reckless defiance, urgent and enforceable measures must be taken to compell this regime to uphold ice obligations said israel is defying security council resolutions and shows disregard for its international obligations, service's ambassador to the un also called the attack a grave violation of international laws and norms. he said the arab country holds israel and the us fully accountable. the syrian official added the israeli regime would not have deared to attack other nations diplomatic premises if it went for washington's blind support. the russian ambassador whose country has called a meeting slammed the air strike as a flagram violation of serious sovereignty. he said israel seeks to fair the fuel the regional conflicts. china's envoy, also condemned the
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israel's attack as a grave violation of the un charter and international law and a breach of the sovereignty of both syria and iran. earlier we were joined by a political analyst sayid muhammad marandi from tehran to discuss the israely strike on the consular section of iran's embassy in syria. he says israel continues with this atrocities in the region because of the us political and military support. the sicklist. israeli regime is allowed to carry out any atrocity because of western support. we've seen for decades how they've imposed apartide, how they've carried out ethnic cleansing, how they regularly carry out massacers in gaza, in the west bank, and now we have a genocide, so when
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"the west allows the israeli regime to conduct itself this way, there's uh really no a surprise when it carries out attack on sovereign countries, the iranian embassy is a part of iran's sovereignty and the murder of iranian officials in that building is is attack on the iranian people." and the iranian state. what i find extraordinary though is that even now western regimes do not condemn the regime even in in a way in which makes it look as if they're serious. us is definitely complicit. it's more than complicit. the united states is the senior partner in the holocaust in gaza. everything that the israeli regime does can only be done with direct us support. the leader of iran's
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islamic revolution has vowed tehran will make the occupying zanas regime regret its deadly air strike on the iranian embassy in the syrian. capital damas damascus. said ali khamenei made the remark in a message of condolence on the martidom of a group of iranian military advisors in monday's aerial or israeli aerial raid on syria. the leader described israel as hated occupying regime. he voud that the evil regime will be punished. khamenei also saluted the marters the attack including two senior irgc commanders major general mohammad riza zahidi and general muhammad hadi haj rahimi. iran's president says the terrorist and criminal attack on the iranian embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound desperation and helplessness. ibrahim raisy was speaking in a phone conversation with the syrian counterpart bashar al-assad. he added that
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the passivity and weak position of some arab countries has prevented hisdarmic world from adopting a united stands against israel and made the regime more braizen in committing crime. times racy described israel's insane actions as the last struggles of this falling regime which does not respect any humanitarian and international principles. he also slammed the us and his western allies for providing financial, weaponry and media support to israel. assad for his part condemned israel's attack as violation of international laws and a sign of moral degeneration of the regime. he also expressed his condolences to the government and nation of. iran and the families of those killed in the israeli attack. the israeli attack which struck the consul section of iran's embassy in the syrian capital damascus resulted in the martydum of brigadier general muhammad riza zahid and six other iranian military
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advisers. here is a profile of the general. brigadier general muhammad zahedi, a senior commander of the islamic revolution guards. cores gots force was killed in an unprecedented israeli attack targeting the five-story consular building of the iranian embassy in damascus. born in 1960 in the central iranian city of esvahan, zahidi joined the irgc in 1980 and fought in various battles during the iran-iraq war. zahidi quickly rose through the ranks and from 1983 to 1986 took command of an important brigade of irgc ground forces that was used to break enemy lines in multiple major operations. later he was promoted to commander of the irgc's 14th imam hussein division. a position he held until 1991, several years after the war had ended. in the 2000s, zahidi served in
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more senior positions, including commanding the irgc's air force and also grand force. during his tenor, as the irgc ground force commander, he also spent year at the helm of the thara law headquarters, which is responsible for protecting security in the capital, tehran. zahi joined the quotz force in 2008, there he led operations in syria and lebanon, and played a key role in iran's advisory support for syria's war on terror. from 2016 to 2019, the brigadier general returned to tehran to serve as the irgc's deputy for operation. he rejoined the irgc's gots force in 2019 and served the force until his martterdom. syrian prime minister muhammad hussein rn news has denounced israel's recent attack on the consulat section of the iranian embassy in damascus.
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this is an unlawful attack. we are doing everything we can to retrieve the bodies from under this building. we have been working not stop since the moment of the attack. until now, what happened is unacceptable to common sense, as you notice as journalists, this is crowded highway, but this enemy knows nothing except violating laws. our news made the comments while visiting the site of the incident earlier serious foreign minister faisal meqdad condemned the terrorist attack in the strongest terms adding that israel will not be able to undermine the relations between iran and syria, the military wing of the... iranian resistance movement hamas also offered this condolences on the martydum of iranian general sahi and his fellow advisors in syria. in a statement, the algasan brigades denounced quote, the cowardly assassination of the iranian advisors who died for the cause of alqs in the treasurous
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israel. iranians in several cities across the country, including the capital tehan have held anti-israely and anti-us protests after... several iranian generals and officers were killed in an israeli attack in syria. the protesters demanded decisive response and revenge for the deadly strike on iran's embassy in damascus. fatima massumi has this. report: iranians took to the streets of the capital, tehran and gathered iconic palestine square at midnight after the deadly israeli attack on iran's embassy in syria. they chanted death to the israeli regime and death to america as they waved palestine flags. the protesters expressed their support for palestinian people in gaza as israel's genocide.
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respect towards our nation and also the innocent palestinians. on monday, iran's ambassador to damascus, hussein akbari confirmed that brigadier, general mohammad reza zahedi and his deputy mohammad hadi haji rahimi were killed in the israeli attack. it is our duty to come out because we felt that even though the resistance movement is showing patience towards the israeli regime, we are still witnessing that the regime is pressing ahead with its atrocities with. we have gathered here at this hour to show that
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the innocent marters in syria were killed injustice and impunity by the bloody hands of the zionist regime. the regime has been killing innocent people, especially children, for many years. the attack came as almost six months into the gaza hostilities, the regime has failed to achieve its objectives of destroying hamas. despite killing tens of thousands of palestinians, mostly women and children. the two slain iranian generals had been comrads of top iranian anti-terror commander, general qasem sulaymani, who was also assassinated in attack in january 3rd, 2020. general suleimani played a key role in fighting and decimating the daesh takhfiri terrorist group in the region, particularly in iraq and syria. a large number of people have gathered here in palestine square to
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strongly condemn the recent israri attack on the iranian consular in the capital of syria damascus. reporting for press tv, tehwan. hawa به عنوان. for us humans, air is the most important natural element along with water, food, light and warmth. air pollution can have short term and long-term effects on human health. honestly, if fossil fuels are used properly,
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i think most polluted cities would become pollution free. welcome back, a joint report by the world bank and the united nations shows the israeli war on gaza has caused damages of around 18.5 billion. dollars to gaza's critical infrastructure. the report says the structural damage caused by the israeli carpet bombing of gaza has affected every sector of the palestinian territory's economy. the damages are equivalent to 97% of the combined gdp of the west bank and gaza in 2022. the report covers only the first four months of the israeli genocide in gaza and embodies some aspects of the beseed strips humanitarian crisis as well. it has found out that more than half of the territories. ation is on the brink of famon. the report also said over 70% of the palestinians in gaza
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have been displaced due to the ongoing israeli air strikes and bombing. israel deliberately terrorizing aid workers and disrupting humanitarian activities in gaza. the un agency for palestinian refugees (anrua) says nearly 180 of his staff have been killed in israeli onslot on the war ridden territory, several in the line of du. the un body added that the war on gaza has witnessed the highest number of aidworker deaths ever recorded in any conflict emphasizing that humanitarian personnel must be protected at all times. the statement comes as an israeli air strike in the central city of dairal balah has claimed the lives of seven international aid workers associated with a us-based charity. the wck team was travelling in a deconflicted zone in two
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armored cars branded with the wck logo and soft skin vehicle. despite coordinating movements. with the idf, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the dairal balarehouse where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to gaza on the maritime route. the israely prime minister benjamin netanyahu has admitted that the attack was carried out by the regime forces, but claimed that the raid was unintentional. the head of the world central kitchen however, as called the incident a targeted attack, saying the strike indeed targeted humanitarian organizations showing up in a dis of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. meantime, international condemnations have been pouring in following the attack with the us, which is the regime's daunchest ally, expressing deep concern over the strike. australia has also slammed the attack as completely unacceptable. the uk meanwhile has urged
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israel to provide an explanation. "the islamic resistance in iraq says it has carried out new anti-israely strike targeting the regime's haifa airport in support of the palestinians in the gaza strip. the iraqi resistance said the operation was carried out using drones. it added that the attack was in response to the massacres committed by israel against palestinian civilians, including women, children, and the elderly. the group said it will continue with this operations against israely strongholds. in recent months, the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out series of..." attacks against israeli positions, it has also hit us military bases in iraq and neighboring syria in retaliation for washington support for the israeli genocide in gaza. the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out fresh attacks on israely positions in response to the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. the umbrella resistance group says the attacks
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reafirm is determination to continue striking israely strongholds. our correspondent muslim salim reported. from baghdad. the islamic resistance in iraq has been standing in solidarity with palestinians in gaza by carrying out retaliatory operations in the region. resistance forces in iraq have started their operations by striking number of us military bases in iraq and syria in response to washington's support for israel. the operations have now entered new phase as israeli positions have been directly targeted in various. locations such as haifa, ilat and elsewhere. we have always been firm in our stance to support the people of palestine. the palestinian cause is central to the access of resistance that has supported the people of gaza by striking israeli positions. the regime's positions, whether it's force in the mediterranean or elsewhere, are targeted
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using ballistic missiles, drones and all other weapons by our brothers in yemen, lebanon, and here in iraq. the operations are clear evidence that the axis of resistance works in harmony and has the strategic potential and the means to pressure israel and those states that support the systematic killing of innocent civilians. the intensification of the attacks on israeli positions shows that the massacers being committed by the regime in gaza will not remain unanswered. the second phase of the operations, which directly targeted israeli positions. proves that regional resistance groups are able to inflict serious damage to israel's maritime and airspace interests. resistance groups in iraq and across the region have approved their ability to respond to the israeli crimes against innocent civilians. they vow that their operations will intensify even more as long as the genocidal war on gaza continues. muslim salim
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press tv, baghdad. the syrian capital damascus has hosted a political symposium to come. commemorate the international quds day, the event revolved around the significance of the flood operation and its repercussions in the region. iran's ambassador said at the meeting that the country will make proportional response to israel's attack on iran's embassy in damascus, a correspondent ibrahim wadi reports from damascus. under the title flood of the free and as part of the activities scheduled to commemorate al quds international day, the permanent. the iranian ambassador said that defending palestinians is the duty of the free world. "we will continue to defend palestine because it is a fundamental principle, not a time-bound interest. all free people in the world must support the palestinian people as today we
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witnessed the zionist entity committing various crimes from killing innocent people to the recent attack on the embassy building. the response of islamic republic of iran will be proportional to the zionist assassination crime. during the ceremony, syrian and palestinian researchers and specialists focused on the need to preserve the achievements made. in operation, they condemned the israeli criminal aggression against the iranian embassy. we offer our condolences to the islamic republic of iran on the marter them of brigadier general mohammed raza zahidi and his comrades who are martered in the zionist attack on the iranian embassy building in damascus. we afirm syria solidarity with iran, which is facing these attacks due to the hysteria of the defeated entity in its war against the palestinian people in gaza. the researchers considered that al-quds international day should be an opportunity to increase public pressure on the international community to force the israeli regime to stop its war on gaza. the
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zionist enemy is trying to send message that resistance comes a high cost through the destruction of gaza, killing and genocide, unaware that our peoples cannot be intimidated. alaxsaf flood operation overthrew and buried all the sectare. projects sewn by western colonialism and the zionist entity. what makes al-quds international day this year special is the stedfastness of the resistance and the people of gaza who thoughted the goals of the israeli enemy. the symposium concluded that al-quds international day has consolidated the concept of resistance while operation proved that with strong faith the oppressed palestinian people can achieve victory over designist occupation. ibrahim wahti pressv damascus. pakistan has insisted that it will complete the iran pakistan gas pipeline project any cost. islam abad says it's within
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its rights to import natural gas from tehran despite objections raised by the united states. our correspondent nasa kasmi brings us more details in this report. pakistan has made it clear to the us that it will not compromise on importing much needed. from iran islamabad asserts its entitlement to import natural gas from iran despite objections raised by washington. talking to reporters in islamabad, pakistan's defense minister asif emphasized that the us should acknowledge pakistan's challenges in obtaining energy at inflated prices in the international markets. if the us imposes sanctions on the iran pakistan gas pipeline project, they should provide. an alternative solution to the problem, we aim to procure gas from our immediate neighbor iran to address our energy needs, however the us seems inclined to impose sanctions on this
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steal, in that case the americans should offer a resolution to this issue. we cannot afford to buy expensive gas from the international market. the us should understand the economic challenges facing our country. the remarks follow us assistant secretary of state donald lou's recent statements during a congressional hearing. where he mentioned the us government's effort to obstruct the iran pakistan gas pipeline project. analyst argue that pakistan must adopt a decisive stance regarding the import of affordable gas from neighboring iran, considering the nation's urgent energy requirements. ye pipeline mansuba importing gas from iran is crucial for a country like pakistan which is grappling with swear energy shortages. the united states should remember that pakistan is sovereign state. and cannot compromise its sovereinity and independence in making decisions that benefit its people. importing iranian gas would alleviate pakistan's energy deficit, leading to
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positive impacts on the country's economic conditions. according to the gas sales and purchase agreement inked between the countries back in 2009, iran committed to supplying pakistan with 750 million to 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. the iran pakistan gas pipeline project faces significant hurdles due to opposition from the us. experts say that islamabad must proceed with the much needed energy project if it genuinely aims to address the country's energy requirements. nasik azmi, press tv, islamabad. there you have, those were the top stories on press tv. thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye.
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2014, a small african nation began to rip itself apart, the greay pall of death and destruction descended over the muslim community. most muslims fled their homeland where their life.
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we're ready to marsh, let's start slowly, but strongly and solidarity with palestine and lebanon. israel is one of the worst things that has happened, or zionism is one of the worst things that has happened to the jewish people. the my experience, it really, really wasn't until the 80s that i was able to open my heart enough to see truly what israelism had done and was doing and continued to do. i did not grow up as an anti-zionist, which is what i am today. i grew up. as a zionist in a
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very zionist family that identified judaism with zionism, they're available.
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assalamualaikum. peace be upon you and welcome to eye on islam, the show where we look at current affairs through an islamic lens. one of the biggest responsibilities that muslims have been endowed with, has been to propagate islam and spread awareness about the causes that are most important to the muslims. it's also amplified by the fact that
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the world is under the spell of the zionist owned and controlled media empire which is uniquely hostile to muslims and islam. evidence by their shameful coverage of the genocide in gazah and other issues related to islam. in this week's episode we will. explore what the responsibilities of muslims are in propagating the religion, defending the muslims and islam with the tongue, and clarifying the falsehoods of the global media. first we take a look at what the religion of islam says about these matters in the holy texts of the religion. the religion of islam is and has been from its conception fast growing religion. one of the reasons for that has been the focus on propagating the religion or performing dower, literally calling others to the straight. path, it is also a religion that calls its followers to correct misconceptions and falsehoods, as well as enjoying the good and forbidding the evil. first we can go to the holy quran to learn what islam says about propagating the religion to others.