FTS 16:30 18-06: Iran continues operation 'True Promise 3'

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00:00the islamic republic of iran continues its retaliatory operation true promise

00:14three in response to the ongoing israeli aggression

00:20in palestine occupation forces have killed over 130 people in the last 24 hours during

00:26different massacres across gaza and in argentina former president christina fernandez de kirchner

00:35supporters gathered in front of residents and in mayo square to show their support as

00:42her sixth year sentence begins hello and welcome to from the south my name is belen de los santos

00:51i'm from the tercero studios in havana cuba we begin with the news

01:09we now begin with the information the islamic republic of iran continues its retaliatory operation

01:15true promise three in response to the ongoing israeli aggression on wednesday night tehran

01:21launched the 12th wave of strikes on targets across territories occupied by the sionist regime

01:29in this context the islamic revolutionary guard corpse informed of the use of two stage long

01:36range sexual missiles super heavy long range missiles that were also launched israel and iran

01:43continued to exchange fire on the sixth day of strikes following tel aviv's attack on tehran on june 13th

01:50which targeted iranian nuclear facilities and residential areas killing over 230 people and injuring more than a thousand

01:59in this context the iranian media confirmed the downing of israeli drone hermes 900 shut down in the skies

02:14over isafan this way the iranian army's air defense hit and destroyed the most advanced aircraft of the

02:22sionist regime capable of flying for 36 hours straight the radar component found on the drone

02:30establishes an online connection with the same base from which it was launched from the territory of

02:36the israeli regime the downing of the aircraft which also has the ability to carry air to ground

02:42munitions to launch attacks signifies a major achievement of operation true promise three

02:48launched by iran in response to the sionist aggression

02:56and the iranian police reportedly captured several spies of the israeli intelligence agency massad

03:02in various areas west and south of the country according to local media some mercenaries were

03:08arrested in the province of loristan where they had engaged in cyberspace activities aimed at generating

03:16civil unrest against the islamic government with further detentions being carried out in the kermansha

03:22province the country's revolutionary guard also informed of the capture of a group of spies

03:29affiliated with the sionist regime in the province of markasi in addition paul's default forces attained an

03:37individual in the city of karash north of the country who was manufacturing producing and testing explosives

03:46and iran supreme leader the ayatollah ali khamenei promised more punishment for the israeli regime

03:56in response to the massive attacks against the islamic country in the televised message the ayatollah

04:03said that he had suspected from the onset that the u.s administration was involved in the sionist

04:10offensive pointing out that al-aviv showed its weakness and helplessness when its allies in washington

04:18intervened the supreme leader described president donald trump's statements as threatening and ridiculous

04:24reiterating that the iranian nation will not surrender to his provocations

04:29the iranian nation will stand firm against this imposed war just as it has stood firm against

04:43the imposed weapons the iranian nation will not surrender to anyone's imposition i hope that

04:49intellectuals and speakers especially those with the greatest connection to world public opinion will

04:54express these concepts likewise the supreme leader of iran ali khamenei stated that the incident occurred

05:04while certain negotiations were being set with the u.s government this was a historical incident

05:14it was a very revealing incident the second issue is that this incident was a senseless and evil invasion

05:21by the israeli regime it happened while government officials were holding negotiations with the

05:28united states side there was no principled problem in iran that would indicate a military maneuver

05:36as it was a sudden and drastic action of course it is clear from the beginning that the united states

05:42regime is involved in this evil maneuver and in the sense the supreme leader of iran emphasized

05:51that the iranian nation does not fear the threats imposed by the sionist regime

05:59the iranian nation has shown that in the face of threats from those who threaten us there is no fear

06:04no fear or trepidation and the announcement of believers is a great thing the iranian nation

06:08appreciates this the threat does not affect its behavior for the iranian nation asking it to surrender

06:13is like not conducting yourself like a gentleman these are people with conscience who know iran

06:19know the iranian nation know its history and the israeli regime launched on wednesday a new series

06:27of attacks against civilian buildings in the iranian capital teram in this regard a new wave of sionist

06:33drone strikes has been reported in different areas of the persian city targeting the iranian red crescent

06:39facilities for example in addition explosions were reported near the paiam airport in karash which

06:46had been targeted previously by israeli strikes an iranian government spokesperson also confirmed cyber

06:53attacks on at least two of iran's banks with temporary internet restrictions currently in place to make sure

07:01that cyber infrastructure is not damaged

07:09precisely in this scenario u.s president donald trump continues to stoke the flames of the conflict

07:15by calling for the unconditional surrender of iran to israeli aggressions

07:20two very simple words have very simple unconditional surrender that means i've had it okay i've had

07:29it i give up i know more then we go blow up all the military you know all the nuclear stuff that's all over the place there

07:39and more from the international repercussions in a speech to legislators from his ruling party on wednesday

07:45the president of turkey recep tayyip erdogan further condemned israel's aggressions in the region and

07:51reaffirm iran's legitimate right to self-defense all of our institutions and relevant colleagues are on

08:01alert regarding the possible effects of these attacks on our country we have made and are making

08:08preparations against all kinds of negativity and all kinds of scenarios it is a perfectly natural and

08:17legitimate legal right for iran to defend itself against the state terrorism and banditry by israel

08:25now we have a short break coming up but first remember you can join us on tick tock at tell us

08:29for english where you will find news in different formats news updates and much more we'll be right back

08:34stay with us welcome back to from the south a massive demonstration by academics filled the streets

08:52of the pakistani capital islam about condemning the israeli aggression against palestine and iran

08:58participants expressed their solidarity by carrying banners rejecting israeli crimes emphasizing that

09:05the palestinian cause is a religious and humanitarian priority in this regard pakistani social leaders

09:12highlighted that the struggle will continue until the liberation of the region is achieved pakistani

09:19also called for islamic unity in the face of the western war on islam criticizing the united

09:27nations inability to protect the palestinians

09:37meanwhile iran's ambassador in geneva ali bareni rejected recent comments by u.s president donald trump

09:43as hostile and unwarranted after the head of state called for iran to surrender following israel's aggression

09:51remarks made by donald trump are completely unwarranted are very hostile we cannot ignore them we are vigilant about

10:08what donald trump is saying we will put it in our calculations in our assessments and there is a line

10:21which if crossed there should be a response on our side and that line will be defined by our relevant

10:31authorities including military forces and once the red line is crossed the response will come

10:39meanwhile u.s intelligence has contradicted the israeli science regime statements on iran as an immediate

10:52nuclear threat u.s intelligence concluded in its statement assessment that tehran is not actively pursuing

10:59the development of a nuclear weapon and that the procedure for this could take about three years in this

11:05regard one of the sources pointed out that according to reports israel may have delayed the iranian nuclear

11:11program for some months and that although significant damage has been caused to natan's facility the

11:18fordo plant another uranium enrichment center remains intact despite these reports u.s president donald trump

11:25recently dismissed his own intelligence reports as false and persisted in his campaign of this

11:31information about the iranian atomic program for his part the director general of the international

11:42atomic energy agency rafael grossi ensured that there is no evidence of a systematic effort by iran

11:49to develop nuclear weapons there is this uh uh competition about who is wrong or right about the time

11:57that would be needed certainly it was not for tomorrow um maybe not a matter of years i would there

12:04be perhaps more um serious about this and i don't think it was a matter of of years but this is speculation

12:11why i go again to the beginning of my comment these things we don't know because if there was some

12:19activity which was clandestine or hidden or away from our inspectors we couldn't know what we informed

12:26and what we reported was that we did not have as in coincidence with some of the sources you you

12:34mentioned there that we did not have any proof of a systematic effort to move into a nuclear weapon

12:46and unilaterally u.s president donald trump engaged the country in the conflict between israel and iran

12:54without consulting the congress he asserted that the nation was participating in israel's air defense

13:00system however more than 60 percent of u.s citizens reject his statements according to the survey

13:06conducted by yougov 60 of those interviewed including republicans do not share the opinion of the head of

13:14state regarding intervention in the war the threats against the supreme leader of the islamic revolution

13:19or the ultimatum on the nuclear process 65 of democrats surveyed strongly oppose it 53 of republicans

13:28also oppose it and 61 of the independent population with this opinion several legislators including republicans

13:37also do not want to see the nation involved in the confrontations between albib and serran

13:51and in palestine occupation forces have killed over 130 people in the last 24 hours

14:12in what is being described as israeli and u.s hunger traps by product of famine thousands of palestinians

14:20continue to flock to the gaza humanitarian foundations food distribution centers it is there where israeli

14:28military shoot civilians under the excuse of safeguarding food to date hundreds have been

14:35killed and even more have been injured at these u.s-backed distribution centers u.n humanitarian

14:41coordinator jonathan whittal assured that the nassar hospital is overcrowded due to the high number of

14:48wounded that are being admitted

14:58turn of the 10th emergency session of the united nations on palestine

15:02nicaragua reaffirmed its condemnation of israel's genocide against the palestinian people

15:08jaime hermida nicaragua's representatives called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire as well as

15:14access to humanitarian aid he stressed that there will be no peace in the middle east as long as the

15:21occupation of palestinian territories and the theft of their land are systematic hermida vindicated the

15:29palestinian people's resistance as it represents the struggle of peoples worldwide he reaffirmed that

15:36nicaragua will continue to defend justice peace and respect for international law

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16:14welcome back to from the south an impressive half a million crowd mobilized to buenos aires argentina

16:21to show their support to former president christina fernandez kirchner after the nation's supreme court

16:26announced the start of her six-year prison sentence political and trade union organizations gathered

16:33on wednesday in response to the court's ruling that sentenced and disqualified the former president from

16:39holding public office the march began outside the federal court gathered in comodoro b to support

16:46fernandez as she begins the conviction process and led then to mayo square social movements and

16:54retirees joined the mobilization affirming that the sentence against the former president strengthens the

17:00position of political forces and accelerates the exhaustion of the neoliberal model

17:10precisely in this context former argentinian president christina fernandez the kirchner

17:15addressed the crowds gathered in mayo square and highlighted her desire

17:20and will to have again in the country a fair income for the whole working class

17:31my will to have again a country where the boys and girls have for meals a day books and

17:36computers in their schools workers that can make ends meet and also save to buy a little house

17:43a little piece of land something that is theirs obtained with their effort and as a result of their work

17:51in line with paranism where the pensioners had remedies

17:57that country was not a utopia we lived it for two and a half years and we left it without any debt

18:05the same as the families

18:06the plenary of the colombian senate approved the 77 articles related to the labor reform proposed by

18:17president gustavo petro in support of the country's labor force during tuesday's meeting the last 12

18:24remaining articles were discussed and voted on the worker sector detailed that among the key points are the

18:31request for the payment of 100 of sundays and holidays in addition an important aspect is approved is the

18:39apprenticeship contract for students of the national apprenticeship service where they will have a labor

18:46contract with provision of services in view of this the text remains open to notifications while waiting

18:53for the conciliation in the chamber and in the senate we stay in colombia as the justice of the special

19:06jurisdiction for peace in the country an akaterina haig requested the prosecutor's office the criminal

19:13investigation of three alleged suspects involved in the forced disappearance and murder of political

19:19leaders of the arauaco people the justice was sought to clarify the likely participation of luis alberto

19:27restrepo gutierrez alfonso macias jose matos carlos matos and wilson ramirez in this cases concerning the

19:34investigation and the findings in the betania farm located in cesar the authority stressed the need for

19:42precautionary measures to access the property in this context recently the special jurisdiction for peace

19:48compared copies to determine the presumed participation of civilians in the crimes associated with the

19:55ethnic case which involved the forced disappearance torture and assassination of political leaders

20:06meanwhile the brutal repression exercised by the government of the president of panama jose raul mulino

20:12against unions trade unions students social movements and indigenous peoples has left the first fatality in

20:20bogas del toro in the northwest of the country although the vice minister of public security luis felipe y casa

20:28assured that the citizen was founded on the road demonstrators of the community denied this and showed the

20:34moment in which they were transporting him still alive the office recognized this tuesday that

20:421900 military and police can form the omega operation that represses hundreds of demonstrators that oppose

20:50the law 462 the loss of sovereignty and the deterioration of the environment in the country by air land and sea

20:59the demonstrators are besieged many of them belonging to native peoples and protected by international treaties the

21:06vice minister also assured that the victim fran averigo would have received attention from paramedics but the

21:13demonstrators deny this

21:24and in other news kenyan police shot an apparent bystander at close range tuesday during the latest protest over the

21:32killing of a blogger in custody earlier this month according to reports the victim who was a street vendor

21:39was involved in a confrontation with two officers on a sidewalk the man was being treated at kenya's

21:47largest referral government hospital along with 10 others injured in the demonstration the police for their

21:53part expressed their concern about this incident and announced the arrest of the officer involved

21:58hundreds of protesters clashed with the police in the capital while demanding the arrest of the deputy

22:04inspector general of the police eliu blanda who had filed a defamation complaint against the vlogger

22:11albert ojuang ojuang was arrested on june 6th and died in custody

22:22and like this we have come to the end of this newspaper if you can find this and many other stories

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