Iran attacks US airbase in Qatar
Newshour
BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Explosions were heard in the US-run airbase at Al-Udeid in Qatar as short-and-medium-range ballistic missiles, originating from Iran, targetted the site. There are no reports of US casualties. Also in the programme: after Israel targeted Iran's Evin prison, which holds many political prisoners, an Iranian-American journalist who was a prisoner there tells us about the jail; and scientists learn that killer whales like massaging each other with seaweed.
(Photo: Interceptor missiles are fired after Iran's armed forces say they targeted the Al-Udeid base in a missile attack, as seen from Doha, Qatar Credit: REUTERS/Stringer)
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming live from London. |
| 0:08.2 | This is Owen Bennett Jones. |
| 0:09.9 | So what's the latest on Israel, Iran and the US? |
| 0:13.7 | Well, to go through the day earlier on, Israel continued bombing Iran. |
| 0:18.5 | The photo nuclear site was hit again. |
| 0:23.1 | And Evin Prison as well. also some military bases, government targets, and electricity feeder station. Iran caused damage |
| 0:29.3 | in Israel as well, near a strategic infrastructure facility, an Israeli official said, that |
| 0:35.3 | disrupted the power supply and part of Israel. |
| 0:38.3 | And then after all the Iranian talk of defiance and retaliation against the US, |
| 0:43.2 | Tehran took military action against a US target. |
| 0:52.6 | There were explosions in Qatar when Iran attacked a US-run airbase at Al-Udaid in Qatar. |
| 0:59.8 | It's the largest US airbase anywhere in the Middle East. |
| 1:02.9 | Colonel Imam Tajik, a spokesman for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, |
| 1:08.1 | said the attack was in response to the US attack on Iran. |
| 1:13.4 | After the military invasion by the murderous regime of the United States of America |
| 1:17.9 | towards the peaceful nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 1:21.8 | and clear violation of international law, by the order of the Supreme National Security Council, |
| 1:26.9 | the alludeade Base in |
| 1:28.0 | Qatar was targeted in a destructive and powerful missile attack. Under no circumstances, Iran |
| 1:34.0 | will leave violation of its sovereignty and national security unanswered. Well, Qatar said the Iranian |
| 1:39.8 | attack was a flagrant violation of its sovereignty. A US defense official said, I can confirm |
| 1:45.1 | the airbase was attacked by short range and medium range ballistic missiles. Also, no reports of |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 4 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.