03/01/2026: Iran, Under Siege, Breaking the Cycle
60 Minutes
CBS News
3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
After a surprise joint attack by U.S. and Israeli military forces on Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, correspondent Scott Pelley interviews Reza Pahlavi, a leader of the Iranian opposition to the Islamic Republic and the son of the late deposed shah of Iran. Pelley reports on this pivotal moment for Iran's leadership, whether regime change is coming, who leads a future transition, and what happens to Iran’s nuclear weapons.
Federal judges are under threat as never before. A 60 MINUTES investigation found that judges who have ruled against the Trump administration have become top targets. 60 MINUTES spoke with 26 federal judges – 9 Democratic appointees and 17 Republican, both sitting and retired. As Bill Whitaker reports, the sitting judges tell 60 MINUTES they feel under siege – and fear for their safety and for the future of the country.
For the past two weeks, the father of an accused mass shooter has been on trial in Barrow County, Georgia. Prosecutors there say he ignored glaring red flags before his teenage son shot up Apalachee High - a tragedy that left 4 dead. This is not the first time the parent has been put on trial. Sharyn Alfonsi reports on an earlier, precedent-setting case from Oxford, Michigan where both the school shooter and his parents now sit behind bars, raising the question: Will holding parents accountable help break the cycle of school shootings in America?
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, as U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue, the most prominent leader of the Iranian |
| 0:15.8 | opposition tells us he believes the regime in Tehran is collapsing, and he wants to lead the transition. |
| 0:24.4 | You have been out of the country for nearly 50 years. Why would the people want you? |
| 0:33.0 | When Judge John Kuhnauer blocked President Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, |
| 0:38.9 | he wasn't prepared for what happened next. |
| 0:41.9 | Death threats? |
| 0:42.9 | Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Dozens of them. |
| 0:45.4 | Dozens, if not hundreds. |
| 0:47.1 | He's one of 400 federal judges who were targets of serious threats last year, a 78% jump since 2021. |
| 0:55.9 | If we're not careful, we're going to get a judge killed. |
| 1:01.9 | Four years ago, a gunman opened fire at Oxford High School, about 40 miles north of Detroit. |
| 1:09.1 | My son's texting me and saying they're shooting. |
| 1:12.2 | He was sentenced to life in prison. |
| 1:14.9 | But prosecutors argued he wasn't the only one to blame. |
| 1:18.8 | Do you think his parents failed him? |
| 1:21.3 | Yes. |
| 1:22.2 | This kid was asking for help at every level, |
| 1:25.2 | and he didn't get it, and he did something horrible. |
| 1:31.7 | I'm Leslie Stahl. |
| 1:33.5 | I'm Scott Pelley. |
| 1:34.8 | I'm Bill Whitaker. |
| 1:36.3 | I'm Anderson Cooper. |
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