Inside Tehran: 'My daughter is under the rubble'
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Data examined by the BBC shows the devastating impact of the attacks on Iran's capital, Tehran, since the start of the US-Israel war. According to the findings, Israel has dropped 3,600 munitions on the city in the last four weeks. Almost 40 police stations and bases for the paramilitary Basij force have been hit, many in residential areas. BBC Eye has gathered eyewitness testimony, filmed the aftermath of strikes and analysed footage from social media and satellite imagery. In other news, scientists have managed to film a group of sperm whales supporting a female from their pod giving birth. A former rapper is sworn in as the prime minister of Nepal. And a mother tells us of her struggle to limit the screen time of her young son.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Celia Hatton, and at 16 hours GMT on Friday, the 27th of March, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.7 | With the war in Iran continuing, a BBC investigation |
| 0:23.2 | tracks the effects of airstrikes on Tehran. We'll hear from our Jerusalem correspondent |
| 0:28.6 | on Israel's military strategy, and Ukraine signs a deal to share expertise with Saudi Arabia |
| 0:35.6 | on combating drones and missiles gained over four years of war with Russia. |
| 0:43.5 | Also in this podcast, a moment rarely witnessed. |
| 0:47.8 | The whales were thrashing about, and then there was a gush of blood that came up in the middle. |
| 0:52.4 | But amongst these 11 female whales, each about 40 feet. |
| 0:56.9 | The small whale emerges. |
| 0:59.1 | Sperm whales helping one of their pod give birth. |
| 1:06.3 | We start with the BBC investigation into how the war is being waged inside Iran |
| 1:11.8 | and who is being hit in those attacks. |
| 1:14.7 | For the last month, Iran's capital, Tehran, has been under assault. |
| 1:19.0 | Data examined by the BBC shows that Israel has dropped 3,600 munitions on the city in the last four weeks |
| 1:26.4 | and has hit 38 police stations and bases of |
| 1:29.6 | the Bazid, which is a large voluntary militia connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. |
| 1:36.1 | Many of those strikes have hit into the heart of residential areas. The U.S. is involved in this |
| 1:41.8 | war too, and it says it's carried out more than 9,000 attacks across Iran. |
| 1:47.1 | Both the United States and Israel say they do not deliberately target civilians. |
| 1:52.3 | With rare access inside Tehran and using satellite imagery, social media content, and interviews, |
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