US and Israel carry out joint attacks on Iran
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This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Alex Ritson, and at 14 hours GMT on Saturday 28th February, these are our main stories. The US and Israel have launched what Donald Trump calls major combat operations against Iran, bombing Tehran and, Iran says, five other cities.
We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally obliterated. We are going to annihilate their navy. We are going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world.
The president urged Iranians to use the moment to overthrow the Ayatollah.
When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.
Plus reporting from our correspondents in the region and analysis from our team, including experts from BBC Persian. It was a little before 10 o'clock on a bright Tehran morning when the first missiles struck, arriving out of a clear blue sky. Blasts were heard in cities across Iran as the United States and Israel carried out multiple strikes. In a video message on social media, President Trump accused the Iranian regime of waging an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States.
The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally, again, obliterated. We're going to annihilate their navy. We're going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world.
He had this warning for members of the Iranian security forces.
To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, The armed forces and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity or, in the alternative, face certain death.
And he urged the people of Iran to use the opportunity to overthrow the Ayatollah and his regime.
To the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also had a message for the people of Iran. Together with the United States, we will strike the terror regime harshly. We will create the conditions that will allow the brave Iranian people to rid themselves of the burden of this murderous regime. This is your chance to establish a new and free Iran. Take your fate into your own hands. Raise your head, lift your eyes to the sky. Our forces are there, pilots of the free world. Everyone is coming to your aid. Help has arrived. Reaction from inside Iran itself has been limited as there are restrictions on communications in place. But earlier, the BBC spoke to Fawood Izadi, who's at Tehran's university.
I'm in Tehran and we are hearing Israeli bombs falling in the city. Everybody is covering it, all news channels, all television stations. You don't have to watch television. You can just hear the bombs falling off the sky.
And Hamid Reza Golamzadeh, who works for a think tank on Iranian foreign policy in northern Tehran, told us what he has heard.
I heard in the morning the sounds of the fighter jets, and after a while we had reports of some explosions in the downtown.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:12
2
What are the details of the US and Israel's military operations against Iran?
6:12–20:41
3
What messages did President Trump convey to the Iranian people?
20:41–27:38
4
How is the situation unfolding in Tehran during the attacks?
27:38–34:12
5
What is the reaction from Iranian opposition leaders to the military actions?
34:12–35:22
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