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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman on U.S.-Israeli Strikes: “Unwarranted act of aggression”

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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Government, News, Versant Media, Weekend News, Ali Velshi, News Commentary, Versant, Politics, Ms Now

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by Associated Press reporter Jon Gambrell, MS NOW’s David Rohde, and Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We have breaking news from U.S. Central Command.

0:07.0

We now know that three U.S. troops have been killed, five wounded in the military operation

0:11.1

called Epic Fury against Iran.

0:13.9

The Central Command says that several others are recovering from minor injuries or concussions.

0:18.6

It's not clear where they were killed.

0:21.1

CENTCOM says, out of respect for the families, it will withhold additional information,

0:25.2

including the identities of the fallen service members, until 24 hours after the next of kin,

0:31.3

have been notified. Meanwhile, Iran is still reeling from the killing of its longtime Supreme

0:36.2

Leader in launching retaliatory

0:37.8

attacks across the region. Last night, Iranian state media confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Hamene,

0:43.3

who has ruled as Iran's de facto head of state for 37 years, was killed during the attacks.

0:49.5

The Islamic Republic regime has quickly convened a transitionary council comprised of its president,

0:55.8

its chief justice, and a senior cleric until a new supreme leader is chosen.

1:00.8

But the United States and Israel are hoping they don't have that chance.

1:04.6

Strikes on Iran continued today with the Israeli defense minister saying they will not stop

1:09.2

before, quote, objectives are achieved. That objective?

1:12.8

The toppling of the regime which has controlled Iran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

1:18.1

In his announcement of the strikes, a pre-recorded video released on social media in the middle

1:22.2

of the night Saturday, Donald Trump told the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to lay down their weapons and encouraged the Iranian people to retake their country from the regime.

1:32.4

As Tehran remains under fire for a second day, many residents are fleeing the city to seek safety.

1:37.8

We know some people took to the streets to mourn Khomey after the state media announced his death.

1:42.7

We also know that some celebrated, like this

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