Breaking: America and Israel at War with Iran
Pod Save the World
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4.8 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Tommy and Ben discuss the breaking news that Israel and America launched hundreds of joint strikes against Iran, throwing the region into chaos. They talk about reports that the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is dead, Iran’s retaliation against Israel, US bases in the region and civilian targets in Gulf nations, how Democrats should respond, the international reaction, and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, we're recording a bonus pot Save the World episode because, as I'm sure, |
| 0:13.9 | listeners and viewers have seen, the United States and Israel are once again at war with Iran, |
| 0:18.3 | so we're going to update you on everything we know as of Saturday afternoon. |
| 0:21.8 | So this started at Saturday at 1.15 a.m. Eastern time, which is 9 a.m. Tehran time. |
| 0:27.2 | The U.S. and Israel launched air strikes on Iran. |
| 0:29.8 | The U.S. military is calling this Operation Epic Fury. |
| 0:33.5 | It's so totally epic Ben that Trump launched the war from his country club in Florida. |
| 0:38.0 | Targets so far include the Supreme Leader of Iran, his compound. |
| 0:41.9 | The Israeli say the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is dead and that Netanyahu was shown footage of his body. |
| 0:47.9 | That's in news reports. |
| 0:48.8 | Iran says that's false. |
| 0:50.3 | We'll find out, I guess. |
| 0:51.7 | But as we've noted, the Supreme Leader is 86. |
| 0:53.8 | So he was about to regime |
| 0:55.0 | change himself, but his death would be a massive seismic event in Iranian history, given the role he plays in their system. |
| 1:02.4 | It sounds like he was specifically targeted by the Israelis and not by U.S. forces and that they also |
| 1:07.6 | targeted the Supreme Leader's son, but he may have survived. |
| 1:14.0 | President Peschkian was reportedly targeted as well. |
| 1:16.6 | Again, the Iranians say he's alive, but we'll find out. |
| 1:22.2 | The timing of the strikes were reportedly based on intelligence about when senior regime officials would all be meeting. |
| 1:24.2 | Israel said they had about three gatherings of Iranian officials simultaneously. Israel |
| 1:28.8 | said 200 jets bomb 500 targets. They did it during the daylight because they thought that would be a |
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