US says Iran war will not be 'endless'
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OP Koti on hyvä valinta elämäsi tilanteisiin. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Celia Hatton and it's 1600 GMT on Monday, the 2nd of March. These are our main stories. The U.S.-Israel war with Iran enters its third day. The conflict is broadening with Israel striking the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. The U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is carrying out a devastating mission with U.S. forces trying to destroy Iran's security infrastructure. Iranian officials remain defiant. The head of the country's Supreme National Security Council said Iran would fiercely defend itself and make its enemies sorry for what he called their miscalculation.
Also in this podcast, explosions have been heard in capital cities across the region, including Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City and in Doha as Iran retaliates. We do hear regularly explosions in the air as the Qataris intercept missiles and drones. There's been some damage and several injuries as a result of falling debris. And inside Iran, the Red Cross says 555 people have been killed in the attacks. We've been receiving messages from those on the ground. People feel anxious and elated all at once. With every explosion, some shout with joy from their windows. We're devoting all of this edition to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Day three now, and the conflict has been broadening, affecting a whole list of countries in the region.
And inside Iran, the aerial assaults are continuing. A short while ago, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kaine, gave a news conference at the Pentagon. Mr. Hegseth says the U.S. is carrying out what he described as a devastating mission. This is not Iraq. This is not endless. I was there for both. Our generation knows better, and so does this president. He called the last 20 years of nation-building wars dumb, and he's right. This is the opposite. This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission. Destroy the missile threat, destroy the Navy, no nukes. Israel has clear missions as well, for which we are grateful. unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force.
America, regardless of what so-called international institutions say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history, all on our terms, with maximum authorities. No stupid rules of engagement, no nation-building quagmire, no democracy-building exercise, no politically correct wars. Well, our North America correspondent is Helena Humphrey. She gave us this assessment of what Pete Hegseth and General Dan Cain had to say. this press briefing was a really key moment because this was the first time that we're hearing from the Trump administration in a live setting in over 48 hours, that chance for reporters to ask questions, including about the military strategy in all of this.
I think the tone from the Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, was one of absolute resolve, determination from the Trump administration. He had said that we are hitting Iran unapologetically and We also heard from General Kane, as you were saying there, standing shoulder to shoulder, saying that we have hit 1,000 targets.
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