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your headlines on press tv, iran strongly condemns israel's attack its diplomatic premises in syria, saying the regime seeks... escalate conflict in the region while evading accountability. president raisi says the terrorist attack on iran's embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound desperation and last struggle of falling regime. and the un agency for the palestinian refugees says 176 of the staff have been killed since the start of the israeli on slot on gaza.
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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 of 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 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 to international peace. and
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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 its obligations, zahradi said israel is defying security council resolutions and shows disregard for its international obligations. syria'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 responsible. the syrian official added that the israeli regime would not have dard to attack other nations diplomatic premises if it went for washington's blind support. the russian ambassador whose country has called for the meeting slammed the israeli air strike calling it a flagraant violation of serious sovereignty. moscow said israel's actions are designed to further fuel the... ongoing
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regional conflicts and must immediately stop of regarding earlier we were joined by a political analyst sayyad mohammed marandi from tehwan to discuss the israeli strike on the consulat 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 listen. "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 massacres in gaza, in the west bank, and now we have a genocide, so when the west allows the israeli regime to conduct its this way,
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there's really no surprise when it carries out attack on sovereign countries, the iranian embassy is a part of iran 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, 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. the us is definitely complicit, it's more than complicit. the united states is the senior partner in the in holocaust in gaza. everything that the israeli regime does can only be done with direct us support. meanwhile the leader of
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iran's islamic revolution has vowed tehran will make the occupying zanis regime regrett is deadly air strikes on the iranian embassy in the syrian capital damascus. sayid ali khamenei may. the remark in message of condolence on the martidom of a group of iranian military advisors in monday's israeli aerial raid on syria. the leader described israel as hated occupying regime. he vowed that the evil regime will be punished. khamenei also saluted the marters of the attack including two senior irgc commanders, major general mohammad reza zahidi and general muhammad hadi haj rahimi. iran's president says the terrorist and criminal act on the iranian embassy in syria is a sign of israel's profound desperation and helplessness. ibrahim raisi was speaking in a phone conversation with the syrian counterpart bishar al-assad. he added that
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the passivity, the passivity and weak position of some arab countries has prevented the islamic world from adopting a united stance against israel and made the regime more braizen in committing crimes raising. described israel's insane actions as the last struggles of this falling regime which does not respect any humanitarian and international principles. he had he also slammed the us and its 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. an israeli attack has struck the consular section of iran's embassy in the syrian capital, damascus, resulting in the martidom of brigadier general muhammad riza zahidi and six other iranian military
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advisers, is a profile of the general. brigadier general muhammad zahedi, a senior commander of the islamic. revolution guards s 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.
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in the 2000s, zahidi served in more senior positions, including commanding the irgc's air force and also grand force. during his tenor, as irgc's 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. zahari joined the qutz 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. operations. he rejoined the irgc's gots force in 2019 and served the force until his martterdom. syrian prime minister muhammad hussein r news has denounced israel's recent attack on the consul section of the iranian embassy in
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damascus. 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. the attack until now, what happened is unacceptable to common sense, as you notice as journalists, this is a crowded highway, but this enemy knows nothing except violating laws. our news made the comments while visiting the site of the incident earlier syria's foreign minister faisal makdad 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 palestinian resistance movement hamas also offered this condolences on the martym of iranian general sahi and his fellow advisors in syria. in a statement, the algasson brigades denounced, quote, the cowardly assassination of the iranian advisors who died for the cause of alcots in
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the treasures is really bombing. iranians in several cities across the country, including the capital tehran 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. faughter. reports. 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. and we came here for the sake
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of our martyrs, our muslim brothers and sisters, palestinians, syrians, are all a part of our own nation, and there's no difference between us. two of our generals were murted, so we have gathered here to show our readiness for retaliation, we are asking the islamic republic of iran to take serious action against these. atrocities and the disrespect towards our nation and also the innocent palestinians. on monday, iran's ambassador to damascus hussein akbari confirmed that brigadier, general mohammad reza zahidi and his deputy mohammad hadi haji rahim 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. atrocities with the recent incident of the attack on the iranian council. we have gathered here at this hour
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to show that the innocent marters in syria were killed amid 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. 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. syria, a large number of people have gathered here in palestine square to strongly condemn the
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recent israeli attack on the iranian consular in the capital of syria damascus. masumi, reporting for press tv, tehran. despite all the sanctions and limitations, published statistics revealed that the
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islamic republic of iran mine action center boasts the highest number of discovered mines in 2019. welcome back, 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 onslaught on the warridden territory, several in the line of duty. 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
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us-based charity. the wck team was travelling a deconflicted zone in two armored cards 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 balah warehouse where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to gaza on the maritime route. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has admitted the attack was carried out by the regime forces but claimed that the raid was unintentional. the head of the world central kitchen however has called the incident a targeted attack saying the strike indeed targeted humanitarian organizations showing up in the direst of
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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 staunchest ally, expressing deep concern over the strike. australia has also slammed the attack as completely unacceptable. the uk meanwile has ageged israel to provide an expl explanation. our correspondent moti abu musah joined us earlier from the central gaza city of daraa balah to give us an update on the situation in the war ravage strip. he says israel has continued the strikes against residential buildings across the besieged territory. let's take a listen. the israeli forces committed at least seven opponing massacers claiming the lives of 71 palestinian civilians in addition to injuring roughly 130 others. these numbers actually uh
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talk the whole number of the palestinian uh civilians who have been killed since the beginning of this onslot on gaza strip to roughly. 32,920 palestinian civilians over the last couple of hours the israeli war planes destroyed a residental building in the eastern part of their balah city, particularly in abul ajin town which is located in the eastern part of their balah city, while when it comes to khanuni city, the western parts of khanyuni city, particularly the vicinity and the surrounding areas of the nasar medical complex witnessed more destruction as more residental buildings were blown up by the israeli occupation forces in that area, while the eastern b of kanunis witnessed also another israeli strikes and attacks against the residental buildings there. uh, when it comes to wafa city, the number of the palestinan civilians who uh were uh killed over the last attack that toks and during the last night amounted to 10 palestinian civilians, including five,
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five balanch children after they were attacked while they were slaving in. inside their house, the israel incubation forces destroy their house over their heads. 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... gdp of the west bank and gaza in 2022. the report covers only the first four months the israeli genocide in gaza and embodies some aspects of the besies strip's humanitarian crisis as well. it has found out that more than half of the territories population is on the brink of famon. the report also said over 70% of the palestinians in gaza have been displaced due to the
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ongoing israeli air strikes and bombing. "the islamic resistance in iraq has carried out fresh attacks on israeli positions in response of the regime's ongoing genocide in gaza. the umbrella resistance group says the attack or attacks reaffirm is determination to continue striking israely strongholds. our correspondent muslim salim reports from baghdad. the islamic resistance in iraq has been stand." in solidarity with palestinians in gaza by carrying out retaliatory operations in the region. resistance forces in iraq has 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
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as haifa, ilat and elsewhere. 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 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 massacres 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
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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 vowed that their operations will intensify even more as as long as the genocidal war on gaza continues. muslim salim press tv, baghdad. the syrian capital, damascus has hosted a political symposium to commemorate the international quds day. the event revolved around the significance of al-axa 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. from damascus under the title flood of the free and as part of the activities scheduled to commemorate al-quds
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international day, the permanent committee of al-quds international day organized a political forum this tuesday at al-asad library in damascus. the iranian ambassador said that defending palestinians is the duty 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 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 al-afload. they condemn the israeli criminal aggression against the iran. "we offer our condolences to the islamic republic of iran on the martter them of brigadier general muhammad and his comrades who were
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martered in the zionist attack on the iranian embassy building in damascus. we afirm serious 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's 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 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. alaxaf flood operation, overthrew and buried all the sectarian projects sown by western colonialism and the zionist entity. what makes al-quds international day this year special is the steadfastness of the resistance and the people of gaza who thoughted the goals of the israeli enemy. the symposium concluded that
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al-quds international day has consolidated the concept of resistance while alad operation proved that with strong faith the oppressed palestinian people can achieve victory over designest occupation. ibrahim washi prestiv damascus and with that we come to the end of this book. thank you for listening, take care and bye-bye. ابو طاهر ايراقي القصه يعني لكل عراقي في ايام صدام حسين له قصه كامله يمكن يعملون منها
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مجلدات an iraqi businessman who recounts saddam hussein's oppression of himself and others كل ما عندي امر لل
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the rivers of mesopotamia are going through their most critical times. with the deaths of
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the tigris and the euphretes, what will the future hold for the people of iraq and syria? will the aras river end up the way the tigris and the euphretes did? the future for millions of people is tied to the freedom of a... cold water.
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yeah. خلي بتاع البلاجه اوعى اوعى وجهك اوعى ظهركتك
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bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
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