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in the wee hours of friday morning in iran, we saw israel strike back, but in a very limited way in isfahan a city in central iran now that the dust is settling a little bit, what do you make of what you're hearing out of tehran from political leaders as well as irgc leaders in terms of what they may do in the coming days and weeks in response it's great to be with you, alex. >> look in any juror strategic rivalry, the most dangerous phase is when parties start rewriting the rules of the game this is precisely the phase that we're in right now. >> of course, israel across the line by targeting iran. iran is consulate in damascus on april 1st then iran across the line by targeting israel directly from its own territory and if indeed the attack that happened yesterday against iraqi militia is based in iraq was also conducted by israel. then israel's also entered into a new phase of targeting iranian allies in the region. so we might not be out of the woods yet. and there's plenty of space for miscalculation when you're in a face, like the one that we're in right now. >> and i know that he's n
in the wee hours of friday morning in iran, we saw israel strike back, but in a very limited way in isfahan a city in central iran now that the dust is settling a little bit, what do you make of what you're hearing out of tehran from political leaders as well as irgc leaders in terms of what they may do in the coming days and weeks in response it's great to be with you, alex. >> look in any juror strategic rivalry, the most dangerous phase is when parties start rewriting the rules of the...
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i think that's a significant restraint on iran in general just before the strike by israel against isfahan. thursday night our time friday morning in iran, the iranian foreign minister had told cnn that if israel were to strike, they would respond to immediately and with maximum effect that clearly has not happened so how keen do you think iran is to lower the temperature now while iran is famous for its bluster and it's harsh rhetoric, the foreign minister is not a significant actor in iran decision-making circle, and he certainly would not be a dominant voice in the discussion as to how much strategic risks russia, iran would take on. >> i think you've also seen a great success of us diplomacy, where the united states and its partners put diplomatic pressure on israel and iran to restrain themselves and to prevent this from becoming a broader conflict. >> i think iran has responding to this pressure as well. because it does want to maintain engagement with europe asia, and regional actors in terms of that decision-making circle that you just mentioned, my colleague katie bo lillis and i
i think that's a significant restraint on iran in general just before the strike by israel against isfahan. thursday night our time friday morning in iran, the iranian foreign minister had told cnn that if israel were to strike, they would respond to immediately and with maximum effect that clearly has not happened so how keen do you think iran is to lower the temperature now while iran is famous for its bluster and it's harsh rhetoric, the foreign minister is not a significant actor in iran...
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the ball is currently in iran's court following israel's strikes near the city of isfahan early friday, despite president biden and other world leaders calling on israel to exercise restraint. of course, this all began with hamas terror attack on october 7, followed by israel's october 27 counter attack on the gaza strip. as between israel and iran. the recent back-and-forth began april 1, with the suspected israeli strike on an iranian consular building in damascus in response to that, iran launched airstrikes against israel last weekend, approximately 170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles, most of which were intercepted which brings us to this most recent attack. so how does it all end joining me now is admiral james staff redis he spent more than 30 years in the navy rising become the supreme allied commander of nato he's also the co-author with elliot ackerman of a recent and terrific novel called 2054 admiral. this looks like this dictated theater. in other words, it's got to take an awful lot of planning to fire so many weapons back-and-forth without hitting
the ball is currently in iran's court following israel's strikes near the city of isfahan early friday, despite president biden and other world leaders calling on israel to exercise restraint. of course, this all began with hamas terror attack on october 7, followed by israel's october 27 counter attack on the gaza strip. as between israel and iran. the recent back-and-forth began april 1, with the suspected israeli strike on an iranian consular building in damascus in response to that, iran...
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what we have seen as an effort to downplay israel's attack on isfahan. what we have seen is a real disregarding of the attack actually by iranian officials who have described israel as using tiny drones. the damage being limited. in fact, we heard from the iranian president ebrahim raisi speaking yesterday there was no mention of israel's attack on iran though the focus was very much still on iran retaliatory attack on israel following israel's consular strikes are clearly an effort on the on the iranian sayyed to downplay it. the incident and may well, also of course, be regional considerations at hand. there had been significant concern around a potential for this provocation, two lead to broader regional war, particularly with regards to iran's regional proxies. and of course important to remember that iran has recently reestablished relations with vr, saudi arabia and the united arab sure, it's both of whom are key ally to the united states in the region. and we know that the biden administration has been very clear in trying to avert a broader escal
what we have seen as an effort to downplay israel's attack on isfahan. what we have seen is a real disregarding of the attack actually by iranian officials who have described israel as using tiny drones. the damage being limited. in fact, we heard from the iranian president ebrahim raisi speaking yesterday there was no mention of israel's attack on iran though the focus was very much still on iran retaliatory attack on israel following israel's consular strikes are clearly an effort on the on...
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to be over, at least for now ambiguity, not escalation iran's response to explosions in the sky near isfahan military base. several hundred miles south of tehran events under investigation read nothing to see here as the objects versus especially in our defense system acted swiftly thank god. >> there were no major issues. >> satellite images exclusively obtained by cnn appear to support damage on the ground was minimal. us officials informed of an unspecified israeli strike just hours before iran's air defense just went on alert in the early hours of friday iran's response anti israel rally manifesting on the streets of tehran where large crowds can only gather when sanctioned by the government. another indication for now it's anger could take to shouting no sending missile salvos as it did last weekend approximately 350 drones cruise and ballistic missiles fired at israel following a deadly strike on the iranian consulate in damascus. or most three weeks ago, mostly intercepted without major damage 20 maha node prime minister allies calls the take the win but vowed to strike back on. now a
to be over, at least for now ambiguity, not escalation iran's response to explosions in the sky near isfahan military base. several hundred miles south of tehran events under investigation read nothing to see here as the objects versus especially in our defense system acted swiftly thank god. >> there were no major issues. >> satellite images exclusively obtained by cnn appear to support damage on the ground was minimal. us officials informed of an unspecified israeli strike just...
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. >> iran's response to explosions in the sky near isfahan military base several hundred miles south of tehran. events under investigation read nothing to see here as the objects were suspicious and our defense system acted swiftly. thank god. there were no major issues satellite images exclusively obtained by cnn appear to support damage on the ground was minimal us officials informed of an unspecified israeli strike just hours before iran's air defenses went on alert in the early hours of friday, the secretary of state drawing a line, trying to move forward. united states has not been involved in any offensive operations what we're focused on what the g7 is focused on. and again, it's reflected in our statement and in our conversation is our work to de-escalate tensions iran's response anti israel rally manifesting on the streets of tehran where large crowds can only gather when sanctioned by the government. >> another indication for now it's anger contained to shouting, not sending missile salvos as it did lost weekend approximately 350 drones cruise and ballistic missiles fired a
. >> iran's response to explosions in the sky near isfahan military base several hundred miles south of tehran. events under investigation read nothing to see here as the objects were suspicious and our defense system acted swiftly. thank god. there were no major issues satellite images exclusively obtained by cnn appear to support damage on the ground was minimal us officials informed of an unspecified israeli strike just hours before iran's air defenses went on alert in the early hours...
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certainly it shows that israel can reach right to where iran s for harm in the city of isfahan has a strategic nuclear facility where it enriches uranium enriched uranium way above previously agreed international thresholds dangerously close. some people say to making a weapon. so there is a message in the strike, but the fact that neither sayyed is beginning this up, israel's quiets, the iranians are essentially saying something happened, but let's move on it doesn't take away from the fact that the tensions exist between israel and iran. it does seem to say that direct state-to-state confrontation is not in play. that is a dangerous moment because the red lines at the two countries understood twin each other. those are blurred so if we're not closer to regional escalation, certainly the cost of it became a lot clearer over the past week absolutely. >> nic robertson, force in jerusalem. thanks so much for that reporting. and i want to bring in that sandra in national security analysts, former deputy director of national intelligence, beth, we're glad you're here with us. listening t
certainly it shows that israel can reach right to where iran s for harm in the city of isfahan has a strategic nuclear facility where it enriches uranium enriched uranium way above previously agreed international thresholds dangerously close. some people say to making a weapon. so there is a message in the strike, but the fact that neither sayyed is beginning this up, israel's quiets, the iranians are essentially saying something happened, but let's move on it doesn't take away from the fact...
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i is not the same place as not tons, which is about 120 kilometers, about 70 miles away from isfahan. and that is actually really the key enrichment when facility. so both of them are key to the iranian nuclear program. the fact that the israelis did not hit either one of them indicates that they had the distance and the capability of hitting them, but they chose not to and that is a message and of itself isn't it? it is absolutely. and that fact that they didn't hit them was a message to the uranium said, we can do this, but we're not going to do it this time. we know that your air defense system sims are vulnerable to us. we know that we can in essence go anywhere within iran and destroy the things that we think we need to destroy. but the key thing is this. we can do do this at a time and place of our own choosing. and you cannot stop us. >> and so here we are now. we just heard from nic robertson who categorized it as ambiguity, not escalation and obviously the world, the us very invested in this, not spilling out to a broader conflict, not escalating in that region where do you t
i is not the same place as not tons, which is about 120 kilometers, about 70 miles away from isfahan. and that is actually really the key enrichment when facility. so both of them are key to the iranian nuclear program. the fact that the israelis did not hit either one of them indicates that they had the distance and the capability of hitting them, but they chose not to and that is a message and of itself isn't it? it is absolutely. and that fact that they didn't hit them was a message to the...
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through the trickiest of crises that we have seen in the region in years the strike happened here near isfahan, and that is a military base. us officials tell cnn the target was non-nuclear. the us was told ahead of time, but a senior official says the biden administration did not bless the strike let's get straight to cnn's jeremy diamond, who is in israel. jeremy, what are you hearing from sources inside the netanyahu government well then the netanyahu government, as well as the israeli military are completely silent on these overnight strikes. >> and that is very much intentional as we've been talking king over the course of the last week about the ways in which the israeli government might be able to thread the needle here, both ensure that that attack by iran over the weekend, the first thing and its, of its kind on israeli soil would go on, would not go unanswered, but also at the same time trying to avoid escalating this conflict between is berlin, iran, into a full-blown war? and it appears here that they have actually managed to thread that needle. and the lack of public fanfare aroun
through the trickiest of crises that we have seen in the region in years the strike happened here near isfahan, and that is a military base. us officials tell cnn the target was non-nuclear. the us was told ahead of time, but a senior official says the biden administration did not bless the strike let's get straight to cnn's jeremy diamond, who is in israel. jeremy, what are you hearing from sources inside the netanyahu government well then the netanyahu government, as well as the israeli...
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sayyed around right now satellite images, we've just obtained show no extensive damage to that iranian isfahan airbase. what do you make of that? >> yeah. look, i think it was a very restrained action which probably accomplish what they wanted to achieve. this wasn't about destroying iranian infrastructure or killing iranians. it was really about sending a message. and the message being that we can touch you, we can reach deepen de iran, and we can hit very sensitive sites because it's for khan is your reporters noted? the earlier is where there's a significant part of iran's nuclear complex. there's an airbase there that contains both the jet fighters and air defense batteries. and of course there's a missile production factor there as well. so they've pretty much told the iranians, look, we can reach out and touch you and, you know, this has been a good week from from israel's perspective at this point now because last saturday, they'd beat back a 350 or so missile drone attack against them, which showed a how extraordinary iran, israel's defenses were. but defense is not deterrence. and wha
sayyed around right now satellite images, we've just obtained show no extensive damage to that iranian isfahan airbase. what do you make of that? >> yeah. look, i think it was a very restrained action which probably accomplish what they wanted to achieve. this wasn't about destroying iranian infrastructure or killing iranians. it was really about sending a message. and the message being that we can touch you, we can reach deepen de iran, and we can hit very sensitive sites because it's...
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i mean, again, when you look at the isfahan area, there are a number of facilities actually that i think the iranians would like to safeguard there. i would also just note here if there is some broader geopolitical implications that we need to look at. this was russian air defenses that were penetrated last night. and i do want sure. whether there's a message that can be sent even to the russians and the battlefield in ukraine, that the israelis have something here, whatever it was last night that they used, that maybe bus can now deploy if we wanted to, if we even have those capabilities. but certainly i think the iranians have to be quaking a little bit here because they were unable to detect what happened. i think there's still scrambling to figure out how the israelis did this last night. and i think that is what is i think pushing everybody to maybe take a step back and pause and reassess all right, a great discussion. both you brigadier general mark kim and jonathan shands or wish we had more time really appreciate the insights this morning. thanks so much. let's discuss more now w
i mean, again, when you look at the isfahan area, there are a number of facilities actually that i think the iranians would like to safeguard there. i would also just note here if there is some broader geopolitical implications that we need to look at. this was russian air defenses that were penetrated last night. and i do want sure. whether there's a message that can be sent even to the russians and the battlefield in ukraine, that the israelis have something here, whatever it was last night...
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with iranian officials saying that at least three drones were intercepted over isfahan is fine, is, of course, very important because not only is it home to a military base, but also to a nuclear facility, although there are no indications that that nuclear facility was targeted, syrian state media has also reporting that israel targeted its air defense assets in inside of syria. >> we also know of course, that iran maintains a significant military presence inside of syria. and so where does this leave us ultimately? it leaves us with the fact that over the course of the last week, we have heard israeli officials looking for response tha wasng could thread the neee here here tt could makelear that this irani attack over t ekend, that thfirst of its kind to target israeli soil unanswered. and so ts sends a message that, that attack was not going to gunanswered, but it also avoids escalating this conflict into all out war between iran and israel. and as of now a regional intelligence source is indicating to us that iran does not intend to respond, but rather that this for tat between
with iranian officials saying that at least three drones were intercepted over isfahan is fine, is, of course, very important because not only is it home to a military base, but also to a nuclear facility, although there are no indications that that nuclear facility was targeted, syrian state media has also reporting that israel targeted its air defense assets in inside of syria. >> we also know of course, that iran maintains a significant military presence inside of syria. and so where...
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us officials confirm that israel's attack was at a military base near the city of isfahan right here is beyond a very interesting, beautiful place does have nuclear facilities nearby. >> those apparently not the targets at all. a military base we are covering this from every angle this morning, jeremy diamond isn't tel aviv. kylie out, what are the state department? kevin liptak at the white house. jeremy, first you for the latest from israel well, listen, john, still no official word or confirmation of this attack by the israeli government since or the israeli military, it is absolute silence over here as it relates to these reported explosions overnight. but what we do know from both iranian officials as well while a syrian state media is that air defense assets in syria appear to have been struck by israel. and in iran in that city of isfahan that you were saying there were reported explosions at an a military base there, the nuclear facilities in that city we're not struck. and there are reports of three drones having been downed by iranian air defense assets, but both sides here
us officials confirm that israel's attack was at a military base near the city of isfahan right here is beyond a very interesting, beautiful place does have nuclear facilities nearby. >> those apparently not the targets at all. a military base we are covering this from every angle this morning, jeremy diamond isn't tel aviv. kylie out, what are the state department? kevin liptak at the white house. jeremy, first you for the latest from israel well, listen, john, still no official word or...
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us officials confirm israel carried out an attack overnight at a military base near the city of isfahan upon iran says air defenses intercepted three drones. israel has vowed retaliation for the barrage of missiles that iran launched last weekend into israel. so what message did israel intend to send and where does the risk for wider conflict stand? at this hour, we have live team coverage in israel and washington, cnn's jeremy diamond i mean, is in tel aviv. kylie atwood, is that the state department jeremy, what are you hearing in israel right now well, look over the course of the last nearly weeks since iran carried out that attack gone, israel, we have been hearing this talk of threading the needle, of trying to find a way for israel to respond militarily to what they viewed as a crossing of a red line by iran fond by carrying out an attack from iranian soil targeting israel directly using its own forces rather than its proxy forces. >> in the region. and it appears does that this response that we saw last night done very quietly without any public comments so far from the israeli g
us officials confirm israel carried out an attack overnight at a military base near the city of isfahan upon iran says air defenses intercepted three drones. israel has vowed retaliation for the barrage of missiles that iran launched last weekend into israel. so what message did israel intend to send and where does the risk for wider conflict stand? at this hour, we have live team coverage in israel and washington, cnn's jeremy diamond i mean, is in tel aviv. kylie atwood, is that the state...
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and so by hitting isfahan in the area near nuclear facilities, you're telling me iranians don't even try it. and then of course, hitting some military infrastructure, batteries, whatnot said the ability essentially for iran to project its power, they had to do that as well. but a very limited deterrent. they did not want they go hit civilian areas. clearly, and they did not make it a massive assault, but they're making the point that what you can do, we can respond to preemptively over the weekend when the us, the uk, the french, the jordanians, the size, all came together to help the israelis defend against that aerosol from iran i mean, there were a sort of a shift in the moment in the region and also in this relationship between the israel, the israelis, and the us is it in the same place that it was last weekend? do you think because the president was saying to netanyahu, take the win, take the one maybe. yeah, i was going to take the tie here. i don't know. >> where things stand. >> yeah. >> let's see how it has to balance domestic politics. i think it was a stunner last week to
and so by hitting isfahan in the area near nuclear facilities, you're telling me iranians don't even try it. and then of course, hitting some military infrastructure, batteries, whatnot said the ability essentially for iran to project its power, they had to do that as well. but a very limited deterrent. they did not want they go hit civilian areas. clearly, and they did not make it a massive assault, but they're making the point that what you can do, we can respond to preemptively over the...
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night rania news outlets say there were three explosions near an army base and the central province of isfahan. the un's nuclear watchdog, confirming that none of iran's nuclear infrastructure was damaged in the strike is really officials telling cnn, quote, no comment when asked about the strikes, but they come lesson week after tehran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at israel in retaliation for an israeli strike on the iranian consulate in damascus. joining me now is cnn international correspondent scott mclean. he has live in istanbul for us. scott, what can you tell us what's the latest? >> hey jen yeah so it seems like the iranian, at this stage of the game are sort of downplaying this. there's no big statements, there's no big condemnation of israel. there is no threat to respond at this stage. >> you're running the iranian military saying that those three explosions where the air fence system shooting at unidentified objects in the sky, they're promising more information to come at a later date. >> it wasn't just strikes on iran. there were also things targeted in southern syri
night rania news outlets say there were three explosions near an army base and the central province of isfahan. the un's nuclear watchdog, confirming that none of iran's nuclear infrastructure was damaged in the strike is really officials telling cnn, quote, no comment when asked about the strikes, but they come lesson week after tehran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at israel in retaliation for an israeli strike on the iranian consulate in damascus. joining me now is cnn...
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iranian state media reported loud explosions near the city of isfahan. but military officials say there is no damage and the city's nucleus site is safe. the ram false news agency says an army base with fighter jets was likely the target. israel is being vowing to retaliate since iran launched a barrage of drones and missiles against israel on saturday, we begin with paula hancocks in beirut lebanon, who has more detail about what we're what we're learning here? then the messages coming from both countries will max, we'd been expecting some kind of response from israel hello, recent days, despite the fact that they had been encouraged by the us, by other countries to de-escalate, to not respond, and to try and calm the situation down. >> there are serious fears of but you have a wider conflict in the region. >> but what we know at this point, and we're learning from iranian state media is that the uranian military believes that it shot down three drones. >> it says there was no damage in the area. and tool excuse me, also saying that the nuclear faciliti
iranian state media reported loud explosions near the city of isfahan. but military officials say there is no damage and the city's nucleus site is safe. the ram false news agency says an army base with fighter jets was likely the target. israel is being vowing to retaliate since iran launched a barrage of drones and missiles against israel on saturday, we begin with paula hancocks in beirut lebanon, who has more detail about what we're what we're learning here? then the messages coming from...
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activated in response to what may have been a drone attack targeting the basis radar in the city of isfahan is believed to be the home of iran's illicit nuclear weapons program, as well as the country's biggest nuclear research facility, which operates three small chinese supplied research reactors or flight, is for hair and tirana torres have resumed after being suspended for several hours, according to a spokesperson for arise airports one yesterday. so confirms to cnn, israeli strike inside iran, adding the target was not nuclear, and israel and formed the white house on thursday at attack was just days away already, officials say air defense systems in several regions were activated and explosions heard. that is for when we're outgoing fire from those air defenses for the very latest cns parents. he gohlke standing by live in beirut, but we'll go first too soon as it robertson in jerusalem. nick, you have new reporting on iran's response to this israeli strike. what have you well iran's response from what we've seen in their major and what the state media and the local media or reportin
activated in response to what may have been a drone attack targeting the basis radar in the city of isfahan is believed to be the home of iran's illicit nuclear weapons program, as well as the country's biggest nuclear research facility, which operates three small chinese supplied research reactors or flight, is for hair and tirana torres have resumed after being suspended for several hours, according to a spokesperson for arise airports one yesterday. so confirms to cnn, israeli strike inside...
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ago at least three explosions have been reported, not far from a military airbase in the province of isfahan and central around according to iran's fars news agency defense systems on the base where activated in response to what may have been a drone attack targeting the basis radar, the city of this hand is believed to be home to around illicit nuclear weapons program as well as the country's biggest nuclear research facility, which operates three small chinese supplied research reactors or flights to its for hand tehran entrez have been, have resumed rather are doing suspended for several hours according to a spokesperson for around airports, one us official confirmed to cnn and israeli strike inside around adding the target was not nuclear and israel informed the white house on thursday and attack was just days away. ready officials say air defense systems in several regions were activated and the explosions heard& isfahan were outgoing fire from those air defenses well, for the very latest, cnn's nic robertson are standing by live in jerusalem, but we're going first to cnn's paula hancoc
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country's semi-official fars news reports, three explosion regions near an army base in the province of isfahan. & iranian cyberspace official says its air defenses successfully shot down three drones. the country has now reopened its airspace after suspending flights to and from major cities. israel has been vowing to retaliate since iran launched that barrage of drones and missiles against israel. this past weekend live now to jerusalem cnn's nic robertson, nick, we find ourselves caught in something of an escalation back and between each of the countries here and unprecedented iranian attack on israeli territory. and now and israeli attack on iranian territory indeed, and end it appears that this early stage, that it was a limited action by israel into iran overnight. >> and we don't really have the full scope of it. we haven't heard in detail from israeli officials about what they believe was comprised of in the attack. what we understand from the is that they switched on the air defenses in the early hours of the morning because they had some suspicious activity. they also shut down their
country's semi-official fars news reports, three explosion regions near an army base in the province of isfahan. & iranian cyberspace official says its air defenses successfully shot down three drones. the country has now reopened its airspace after suspending flights to and from major cities. israel has been vowing to retaliate since iran launched that barrage of drones and missiles against israel. this past weekend live now to jerusalem cnn's nic robertson, nick, we find ourselves caught...
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now, when you hear isfahan and you know anything about iran and its nuclear program, you instantly worry that perhaps the nuclear facility there was an israeli target that was not the case. as i was quickly told by a us official that the nuclear facility was not the target. we heard from iranian officials that the nuclear facility so these are secure that certainly could be targets and fall within that narrow scope of what the expectation was. i'm told that earlier today, israel did tell the united states that they intended to carry curry out in more concrete terms, an attack against iran, but didn't put a terribly fine point on it, but a range of several days of course, it came quite quickly it came tonight. we started getting indications earlier in the evening that this could happen. and then we started to see reports on social media, videos on social media. and eventually it was confirmed firms by a us official to me not too long ago. i should note michael, the biden ministration has not said a word. we have not heard anything either from the idf or from israeli officials. but here in
now, when you hear isfahan and you know anything about iran and its nuclear program, you instantly worry that perhaps the nuclear facility there was an israeli target that was not the case. as i was quickly told by a us official that the nuclear facility was not the target. we heard from iranian officials that the nuclear facility so these are secure that certainly could be targets and fall within that narrow scope of what the expectation was. i'm told that earlier today, israel did tell the...
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so in the case of isfahan, the airbase is co-located with the international airport in isfahan, and it's the home to iran fleet of f 14 fighters, which they had acquired during the time of the shas. so those aircraft are of course quite old antiquated, or they've since been upgraded in some ways using iranian capabilities and other capabilities but they probably pose a very limited threat to the israelis the only thing to keep in mind, laura, is that when it comes to the nuclear facilities in and around s5 on the one that's really important is the natano nuclear facility. and that is 120 kilometers or about 70 miles away from his behind. so if you strike the area around is fine. you are not going to be striking the city of isfahan. that is, you're not going to be striking not tons. and what you are telling them. as we've talked about how do we you are telling everybody that you could reach this area and you can in fact eliminate that threat, or at least attack that threat. if you need, need to do so. >> carnal leighton, just singly compared to the signal that he ran sand by being able to
so in the case of isfahan, the airbase is co-located with the international airport in isfahan, and it's the home to iran fleet of f 14 fighters, which they had acquired during the time of the shas. so those aircraft are of course quite old antiquated, or they've since been upgraded in some ways using iranian capabilities and other capabilities but they probably pose a very limited threat to the israelis the only thing to keep in mind, laura, is that when it comes to the nuclear facilities in...
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we also know a couple of things about isfahan. it has one prominent nuclear sayyed. it also has an army base nearby. but as nick was just telling us there, we don't have a clear picture of who might be responsible, what might be responsible for those blasts. we don't have a clear picture of what else might be going on because of how locked down iran is. but nick, i do want to ask you just generally zooming out here. a strike inside of iran. what is the significance of that well for israel, it would re-establish deterrence, which is what iran said last weekend. >> they had established in their favor the ability to strike back with the intent to deter israel from striking them. israel has relied historically in this region that is that is oftentimes very hostile to its existence iran for example, denies the existence of the israeli state. it is an existential threat to israel and deterrence is the way that israel has deemed is the d only effective way to put off a potential aggressive in the region. so if they have struck tonight, it will be an effort to reset that det
we also know a couple of things about isfahan. it has one prominent nuclear sayyed. it also has an army base nearby. but as nick was just telling us there, we don't have a clear picture of who might be responsible, what might be responsible for those blasts. we don't have a clear picture of what else might be going on because of how locked down iran is. but nick, i do want to ask you just generally zooming out here. a strike inside of iran. what is the significance of that well for israel, it...
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first time now that the iranian news agency fars, is confirming that explosions have been heard around isfahan. several hundred miles away from tehran. but this city is a city that has multiple military bases around it. and also has one of iran's principal nuclear research facilities. now, we don't know the details of precisely where these explosions are being reported, but we are seeing other details indicative tonight of what may be developing in the skies above iran. we know that we're looking at flight, radar, flight tracking, that a number of flights have diverted to their flights over the skies and away from the skies over ram. this evening, we also understand that a note and i know fly zone has been declared in the west of iran as well. there are a number of other cities where we've heard from local sources on the ground, locally reported, unconfirmed by us there have been other explosions we can also say that earlier on this evening, a number of small earthquakes were detected in iran. all of these different developments, john, we're trying to piece together to give a complete picture
first time now that the iranian news agency fars, is confirming that explosions have been heard around isfahan. several hundred miles away from tehran. but this city is a city that has multiple military bases around it. and also has one of iran's principal nuclear research facilities. now, we don't know the details of precisely where these explosions are being reported, but we are seeing other details indicative tonight of what may be developing in the skies above iran. we know that we're...