Iranian residents tell BBC about US and Israeli bombardment
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The BBC hears from Iranian residents about life under bombardment, as the US says its military campaign is a "resounding success" - and ahead of schedule. Tehran accuses its enemies of targeting civilians. We also hear from one of the world's biggest shipping companies about how it's unwilling to risk its employees and vessels by sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. In other news, passenger trains are set to resume between China and North Korea. And why some people think it's important to distinguish between books written by humans and AI.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Wednesday, March the 11th, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.9 | People in Iran tell the BBC what it's like to live under bombardment from the |
| 0:22.5 | United States and Israel. Iran's ambassador to the UN says civilians are being deliberately targeted, |
| 0:29.7 | an accusation the Americans and the Israelis deny. Our correspondent tells us what the U.S. |
| 0:35.5 | says it's accomplished and it strikes on Iran in the last 24 hours. |
| 0:41.9 | Also in this podcast, we hear from the CEO of one of the world's biggest shipping companies about why he's not sending any of his vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:51.9 | As long as there are significant drone capabilities, no assurance of a truce, then it's |
| 0:58.0 | very hard for us to put our colleagues and our ship in harm's way. |
| 1:06.2 | Just over 24 hours since the U.S. President said his country's war with Iran was going to end very soon, |
| 1:13.9 | that war is continuing to have very real and deadly consequences for millions of people across the region. |
| 1:20.8 | And that includes people inside Iran. |
| 1:23.5 | The U.S. and Israel are continuing their assaults on targets there. |
| 1:26.9 | We'll hear more from our correspondent in the US about that in just a moment. |
| 1:31.9 | But first, communications networks with Iran are still patchy. |
| 1:36.2 | We're getting more information from people living there. |
| 1:39.4 | This report is from Patty McGuire. |
| 1:41.6 | A family that lived close by to me in London is Iranian. |
| 1:44.7 | I saw the mother the other day and asked how they are |
| 1:47.1 | and how their relatives are in Iran. |
| 1:49.6 | You know, there's an internet blackout, she said, |
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