on october 7th, hamas launch operation of flood, the group's biggest military action against the israeli regime. it was natural response to years of brutal oppression against gaza strip and the deliberate the secretion of alax among other things. the recent escalation between hamas and the israeli regime has now stoked fears that the conflict might spill over into the whole region, dragging major players such as the islamic republic into the war. a few days after the ons of the escalation, iran's foreign minister hossain amir abdullahyan warned israel that west asia could spiral out of control if it did not stop strikes in gaza. this warning was widely interpreted as declaration of intent for tehran to enter the conflict if not directly via its close allies such as lebanon's hezbollah and. syria, such

interpretations have already raised the spectrum of major escalation, but should the region brace itself for dumesday scenario, will israel attack iran after years of warnings and what's iran's position? these and more on this episode of iran today. since the very beginning, iran has taken a clear cut position towards the developments in the gaza strip. the islamic republic has lotted the success of the october 7th operation by hamas and at the same time has condemned israel's bombardment of the god.

strip in which more than 8,000 people have been killed. at the same time has repeatedly declared that it houses the conflicts expansion to other parts of west asia while also deny involved in the october 7th attacks. this all has been clearly reflected in the words of the leader of the islamic revolution of iran. just three days after the operation alaqsaf ayatullah ali khamenei, not only commended military action but also asserted that those who doubted this being the work of... the palestinians do not know the palestinian nation and are miscalculating. emphasized that while the entire islamic world stands a solemn obligation to support the palestinians and will do so with divine consent. this is the work of palestinians themselves. this is mr. mehdi عزیزی the director of negohen center for media studies. as for operation, tehran has asserted that it was totally palestinian move. basically it was formulated and

orchestrated by palestinian think tanks and had nothing to do with tehran. needless to say, it doesn't mean that tehran is indifferent to the issue. we asserted even back in 2006 that the islamic group of iran would support the islamic resistance movement in lebanon, palestine and wherever it might be. so again, it doesn't mean that iran has abandoned the palestinian cause or has stopped supporting the resistance movement. no, not at all, but again the movie is totally palestinian. west. and israeli leaders have all said there was no evidence iran was involved in the operation, means some mainly in the west say it remains unclear how far iran would be willing to go in case of a wider escalation. to no more we talk to dr. noor institute for strategic studies. he is also professor of political science university. dr. zar said iran and the israeli regime have been at loger heads with each other for more than four decades. for

instance have assassinated some of our nuclear scientists, so this is a real war. the two sides are also involved in cyber war against each other, iran has been seed fast in its support of the palestinian nation against the atrocities of the israeli regime. in the case of operation alaxa, tehran shown his complete support, so when a palestinian cause, the islamic republic has never been on. currently iran's foreign ministers is perhaps the only foreign minister among the muslim countries that has traveled across the region to rally support for palestine and the people in the gaza street. since the victory of the islamic revolution in 1979, iran has opposed the israeli regime in favor of the palestinian cause, and now iran's potential entry into the gaza war will open new chapter in hostilities between the two enemies. but what are the odds that tehran takes this direction? on october 15th, iran's foreign

minister hossain mir abdullahyan said, we have conveyed our message to israel through its allies that if they do not see their atrocities in gaza, iran cannot simply remain an observer. two days later on october 17th, the leader of the islamic revolution issued a sterner warning to israel, stating if the crimes of the zionist regime continue, muslims and present forces become impient and no one can stop them, but does it mean direct a full scale war? to dr. zari, all options are on the table. you think a direct military war would happen between iran and israel? this is a real all-out war, but let's be more specific: into the conflict with its own jet fighters and missiles, if we feel that the situation will not be resolved without our direct military involvement, don't doubt that the islamic republic would do that, but in case it is not necessary, it's quite natural that we will not get involved in the conflict, as we don't seek to find the flamed

war, we will do our best to stop the war and prevent it from speeling over into the region, at the same time we will do ups to save the palinian people from israeli bombardment. iran has made it clear time and again that it is only likely to engage in direct conflict if israel attacks iranian territory or iran strategic interest in other countries. during recent military deals in central iran, defense minister muhammad act against eran will provoke a strong reaction. this is not our strategy, the islamic republic. iran has never started war since its establishment, we have never started attention in the region, never, so the main principle is to avoid war, tension and instability in the region, but this policy should not be unilateral, i mean it's naive to see for example the israeli regime is distributing peace in the region and do nothing to stop it.

despite its constant warnings, the israeli regime appears to be relectant to take direct military action against iran. tel aviv does not have. have death wish, the israelis are fully aware that open confrontation with iran could be very costly. israel's embarrassing failure on october 7 against the resistance group is telltail sign that the regime's claimed invincibility is no more than a myth.

as major country in the region with great military powers and deterrents, iran is no easy target for a country in the world, let alone a regime that cannot even fend itself against the palestinian group. despite uh the... displaying animosity towards iran, the israeli regime seems to be unwilling to attack iran directly, why do you think that is? it's not feasible for the israeli regime, in lebanon and palestine, the resistance groups have become more powerful. the iron dome and the united states military aid have proved ineffective, as a western expert put it that away. the israeli regime cannot even survive for three days without foreign aid and support, they regime has received since 2006 and the situation it is trap in show that israel is not prepared for a long full-scale war. moreover, israel has no common border with islamic republic. the geographical distance between haifa and the iranian border city of mehran is over 1800

kms and the regime would have great difficulty if possible at all to dispatch its forces to the iranian borders. the regime may conduct air strikes, it manages to pass over the skies of countries says. syria and iraq which close ties with their and if it manages to pass through iran's defense system. this is mr. mehsan and iranian expert international relations. he thinks the israeli regime will root a day if it takes military action against it. how probable do you think that iran and israel will have a direct confrontation? با یک گروه look at the way they are dealing with hamas and lowely group no significant support. for example boast about its iron t on the other hand, hamas is a group with limited military power, it's a group under blocade which does not a technical know how and it comes to military things, and yet you see the regime cannot handle a situation and instead is killing women and children in blind rage, this can

eliminate what the situation would look like for the regime in case it goes to war with iran, right now israel engaged with hamas, but there are other resistance groups, hezbollah, just won the regime and has not yet had serious entry into the war theater, it seems that hamas, the islamic jihad movement and form a coalition can wipe the regime after. that said the geographical conditions of israel make a regime prone to iran's retaliatory attacks. despite israel's claims about its military system, experiences highly vulnerable, especially against a country like iran. the lebanese journalist and political analyst mr. hakam agreed that geography plays a crucial role in this regard. the region's geography is of paramount importance. in terms of geopolitic, geoeconomics and geomilitary, the region is located in the middle between the east and

the west, almost 20% of the world economy is concentrated in this region, so can you imagine what happen to the world if something happens to this region? it means a huge loss, not just the region, but for the whole world. right now, countries such as the us, russia, iran and china each have counted on this region for their own purposes. what happens in this region to be? very critical, the next world war might start from this region, in case of war with iran, the israele regime has to fight on different fronts as iran's allies in the region would not remain near bystanders, and above all war with iran would spill over the region withintended consequences for the whole world. we asked dr. zarry about what the west calls iran's proxy war in the region. he said such war is against the islamic republic core principles. uh, in your opinion, do you think that iran would engage in a proxy war against israel,

that is if decided to attack is that be iran's proxy and to what extent comply with iran's interests and commands? we don't consider proxy war as legitimate defendable project, we don't believe that a group should bear the bron for another group. the group is not subordinate to iran and is not supposed to follow iran's orders. as a resistance group, it has sides with iran. it is iran's alive is independent of the islamic republic. reason why ha exists is to defend not iran. it is not acting proxy for iran. the same is true about hamas. hamas does not act as proxy for iran and palestine. the same is true about resistance groups in iraq. none of these groups act as proxy for the islamic republic. the israeli enemy ground invasion

has so far been unsuccessful. this is what the gaza and resistance faction hamas announced on the 28th of october after it held back invading is occupation troops who overnight launched large scale ground operations into the coastal encave under the cover of intense air rates. heavy losses were incurred enemies ranks as palestinian resistance repelled the ground incursion, yet happys continued in several points of the... northern gaza strip, the enemy ground defend was launched under the cover of violent campaign of airs by the entities air force which decimated northern gaza strip with hundreds of bombs, including internationally banned white phosphorus and cluster munitions. gaza's ring of fire this week on the mid-eastream. there's plenty more right after a quick glance at some news exerbs. welcome to the news section of the

program where we take a look at some news exerps from different news websites. us says not interested in expanding israel, what iran's foreign minister says. iranian foreign minister amir abdullah hiyan said monday that the us sent his country two messages saying it's not interested in expanding the scope of the israel hamas war. us strikes iran link in syria amid fears israel hamas war would escalate. according to the guardan newspaper, the us military has launched terrist tracks are two locations in eastern syria linked to iran's revolutionary hars core signaling new willingness in washington to engage its forces directly in a crisis in the middle east and israel's actions in gaza may force everyone to act once iranian president ibrahim raisi times of israels from the iranian president raisi primes of regime have crossed the red lines, and this may force everyone to take action, ibrahim wrote an x.

washington asks us not to do anything, but they keep giving one spread support to israel. now iran warns, no one can stop resistance if israel keeps sponning gaza. quoting from the leader of the islamic revolution sayid france 24 writes, if the crimes of the zist regime continue, muslims and resistance forces will become impatient and no one can stop. said, the world will see this as biden's war. wow, while the israely militaries carrying out this attack, much of the world views israel's assault on gaza as a by the united states. now this brings us to the end of this program, please stay tuned as we go back to our main item. israel knows that crossing, engaging open confrontation with the islamic republic pos existential threat to the regime. that is why tel aviv has con pulled from the brink of war and opted for lowen city that do not jeepardize its survival. israel's position on iran has

been inflexible, it has pursued the so-called surgical strikes and iranian nuclear facilities and has been implicated in the assassination of iranian nuclear scientists as well as sporatic acts of sabotage. we ask mr. if the israeli regime would use its nuclear war against iran in case any attack probable do you think that this will lead to nuclear war? i think the regime would not use its nuclear war heads because of iran's deterrance power that the country will use when the occasion arises. over, it would be too naive to assume that united states will give the regime the green light to use its nuclear war heads against iran. at the same time, since israel going to direct conflict, iran as a regional heavy weight, the regime has always tried to drag the united states and its european allies into war with the islamic republic, and right now tel aviv is

desperately seeking to expand the conflict big enough for the entry of other countries. in short, the united states against tehran has been the biggest dream the regime has been chasing over the past few decades. after all, in 2002, former prime minister of israel, arial sharon flew to washington to urge then us president george bush to invade iran instead of iraq. the americans didn't, because they knew any attack on iran would be faced with national resistance. it is said that uh, the israeli regime is trying to convince the us to go into a full scale battle with iran uh. regime has always sough to pit the islamic republic as its regional rivals and international enemies in a war of attration, but i believe that the americans are using a common sense, at least in this regard and steer clear of a direct contact

with iran, and they won't listen to the israeli regime in this regard. going to war with the islamic republica. iran is easier said than done, but in case of any serious attack, israel's first attack might the regime's last attack. since the victory of the islamic revolution, enmity towards the israeli regime in support of the palestinian nation, has been an important part of iran's foreign policy, but whether the country will enter the palestinian israeli war or not is a question that history has answered. how probable do you think that there would be a direct war between iran and israel? every side of the resistance movement knows what to do and does not wait for iran to tell him what to do or not to do operation alapsa flaud has been undertaken by the palestinian group alone. iran's leader said that the country has nothing to do with the operation. this means that the resistance groups are in control and know what they're doing. we are in volatile situation, but to my opinion, war

between iran and israel, but between iran and the us is improbable. iran has always cherished the palestinian cause and proposed peaceful solutions to end the prolonged conflict between the arabs and israel. at the same time, despite israel's provocative behavior, the islamic republic has always exercised restraint for the sake of stable peace in region. israel should know it's playing with fire if it's going to act the villain of the peace. to mr. azizi, tehran enjoys both military deterrance and political prudence in his overarching strategic vision. in minutes, basically israel's strategic death is accessible by the very resistance group in palestine, there is no question concerning iran's military strength, it's ondeniable. i need to add that iran at the same time that possesses military deterrance

has exercised strategic prudence over the past four decades. in other words, prudence, military power and... so far without facing iran in the war, it seems that the regime has already lost the war on at least two fronts, it has lost its reputation as a regime with powerful army and intelligence services and it has almost lost its hope of a durable normalization with arab states. that's all for today, thank you for watching from the whole team, we hope you enjoyed this edition of iran today, please do to in same time. time next week and each week after, don't forget to send us your comments and topic requests, till next time, take care. is the only plater which has unified all parties

here, there is no support on this island for, yet it is being romed through westminster with object disregard for the people that will affect and it deprives the most vulnerable people in our society of access to just of access to the court. who do they think they are they? can inte themselves in cases where by they committed crime, they would are the intended defend on and civil persons for example, what what society are we living that it is permissible that defend to raised their own liability and stop those pridings because they know what they did. in white hall they have big white wall with the main map what they did, they know where their liability lies. despite israel's war crimes and fall before our very eyes in the uk, united states and europe have continued to

offer moral and practical support to design entity. he is in his his uniform, at the same time, he's still presenting himself on his ex or formerly twitter account being a social media influencer who's a civilian, mean these are lies, and of course it's a strategic lie which the israelis try and tell all the time, which that people who are being killed in the comfoot civilians, this is truly one of the most agregous, if not the most agregous offenses the israelis have committed in this entire conflict uh flood began on october, how do you how do you bomb hospital away with that, how do you kill 500 people, you extinguish the lives of 500 people in swoop and and get away with it, this is bewildering.

tops here on press tv as 200 are killed. israelly a refugee camp as regime continues its atrocities in the gaza strip for a 25th street day. gaza's interior ministery says residential camps been completely destroyed

by israeli bombardments with over a thousand still under rubble. chief of the un agency for palestine refuges warns limited lamborini stress system in place to allow aid into gaza is geared to fail.