Ankur Desai

Me aloitamme Yhdysvalloissa, jossa puheenjohtaja Pete Hegseth sanoi, että tänään Iran näkee viimeisimmät vahvistukset vuoden alussa. Yhdysvalloissa, jossa puheenjohtaja Pete Hegseth sanoi, että tänään Iran näkee viimeisimmät vahvistukset vuoden alussa. Yhdysvalloissa, jossa puheenjohtaja Pete Hegseth sanoi, että tänään Iran näkee viimeisimmät vahvistukset vuonna.

Mr. Hegseth characterized Iran as weakening, saying it was desperate and scrambling, and said it had made a huge mistake by targeting its neighbors. The ongoing issue of oil prices was also addressed with the threat that if Iran stopped the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz, it would be hit harder than ever. I've got more details on this from our North America correspondent Helena Humphrey.

Jos katsotaan tuon, niin seuraavaksi puheenjohtaja sanoi, että Yhdysvallat ovat vahvistuneita. Hän sanoi, että tänään olisi suurin piirtein tärkein päivä Iranin sääntöjen kanssa. Kysymys, jota kaikki ovat kysyneet, on, kuinka kauan tämä kestää.

The Secretary of Defense wouldn't be drawn on that. He wouldn't give a concrete timeline on how long it will go on for. What he said repeatedly is this is not 2003. He was insisting it will not be an endless war. Of course that is something that President Trump campaigned against in the first place. The Defense Secretary pointed that out. He was also asked about what comes next after a war. I thought this was a really interesting point. He said the aftermath is going to be in our interest without saying exactly what that looked like.

But it was that similar kind of mixed messaging that we'd heard from President Trump yesterday, saying on one hand, OK, this war in Iran could be wrapped up pretty quickly, but also saying the goal for the U.S. is ultimate victory. But I think, you know, from the U.S. perspective, this was an attempt to try and reassure the public, because they will have seen the scenes of another U.S. service member, army sergeant,

Benjamin Pennington, joka tuli kotiin viikonloppuun viikonloppuun. Hän on 7. Yhdysvaltojen osa. Meillä on myös öljy- ja gasprosentteja viikonloppuun viikonloppuun. Ja niiden prosesseja alkaa mennä hieman tänään.

Helena, oliko sinulla jokaisen selvittämistä siitä, mikä tuli kouluun viimeisenä päivänä? Hän ei antanut lisää tietoja kouluun Minardin alueella, mutta Pete Hegseth sanoi, että Yhdysvallat ei tarkoita yksilöitä, ja tietenkin se on jotain, mitä me teemme.

I've heard a number of times from the Trump administration. But what we saw yesterday was a letter from Democratic senators who were calling for an investigation into that strike. And they said that they want those results presented in front of Congress. And there was a line in that letter criticizing what they have called a cavalier approach from the Secretary of Defense. I think something that he would push back on.

Helena Humphrey reporting. And we have more on this on our YouTube channel. Search for BBC News on YouTube and you'll find Global News Podcast in the podcast section. There's a new story available every weekday.

As the US and Israel intensified their attacks on Iran, parts of Tehran and nearby Karaj were rocked by heavy strikes overnight. Residents said the capital was in complete darkness for some time after the electricity supply was interrupted. Iranian state TV reported military leaders dismissing Donald Trump's assertion that the war is almost over.

The deputy of IRGC's public relations said, the Zionist American enemy's munitions are running out and they are seeking a face-saving exit from the war, but Iran will determine the end of the war. Baran Abbasi from the BBC Persian Service told us more about the situation there.

The airstrikes have continued and what we're hearing from the people, of course there is a total internet blackout at the moment in Iran, almost total, and not that many people can connect to the outside world and some phone lines don't work either. But we are hearing that people are traumatized and very afraid. So the initial euphoria that we saw in the beginning of the war when former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed,

Kiitos kun katsoit videon.

Ja siksi, että internetin tukkuu, on hyvin vaikeaa, että ihmiset löytävät, mitä tapahtuu. Ja state-tv ei anna heille tarkkaan tietoa, joten he ovat yllättäneet ja pysyneet taaksepäin. Uusi suurin puolue on nyt valmisteltu. Onko siellä mitään huomioita, kun me voimme kuulla jotain hänen kanssaan?

So the state TV said that he was injured in the strikes that killed his father and also his mother, one of his three children and also some other family members of him. We don't know the extent of his injuries and we know nothing about his health. And he was an enigmatic figure even before.

He was named as the supreme leader. Most Iranians have never heard him speak. He's never given an interview or made a public speech. We know that he's close to the IRGC and he was a favorite of the military forces to take over the role of the supreme leader, but he has not made any public

...public statements since then and what we are seeing are AI videos of him showing him taking over the military coordination of the war and like greeting his supporters, but they're all old photos, AI videos. We haven't seen anything other than that.

Just briefly before you go, the IOGC, they remained defiant after President Trump suggested the war was almost over. What can we sense from their mood and what could happen next? They are trying to project confidence and continuity of course. They seem confident that they've managed to cause the price of oil to spike and they believe that that is helpful because the Trump administration would soon pull the plug of the war.

Parana Barsi from the BBC Persian Service. So that's what we know of the reality for those still in Iran. But what of those who are choosing to leave? Emily Wither has been speaking to Iranians on the Iran-Turkey border. Iranians crossing the snow-covered border into eastern Turkey are increasingly arriving with stories of how the conflict is spilling into their homes.

Kun aloitin palkkoniin, se oli niin vahva, että se tuli minulle takaisin. Teranin isä sanoo, että hänen nuorinsa on kylmänä kylmänä. Hän sanoo, että kylmät ovat nyt vahvoja ja se on haastavaa.