Israel continues to strike Iran after Ayatollah's death
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Israel is launching strikes on Iran for a second day after initial joint attacks with the US killed the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran says it has a duty to retaliate. Also in this special podcast, we hear how the Iranian people view the strikes on their country. We have a report from Israel, where there's been a barrage of Iranian missiles. We look at how the attack on Iran could turn into a wider regional conflict. And we ask how President Trump's decision to attack Tehran has been received at home — and whether it was legal under international law.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Alex Ritson and at 14 hours GMT on Sunday the 1st of March, |
| 0:15.7 | we're looking at the continuing fallout from. and Israeli strikes on Iran. |
| 0:25.3 | The country has come under attack for a second day following the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. |
| 0:28.5 | Many Iranians have been celebrating the demise of the man they blame for thousands of deaths |
| 0:33.8 | despite an official declaration of mourning. |
| 0:37.2 | In this edition, we'll hear the latest from the strikes in Iran, |
| 0:41.2 | and Tehran strikes on Israel and across the Middle East. |
| 0:44.7 | We'll ask what legal basis President Trump had to launch these attacks |
| 0:48.6 | and how it's being seen by his supporters and rivals. |
| 0:52.5 | And we'll find out what happens next in Tehran now that the regime |
| 0:56.7 | is without its supreme leader. In the last edition of the Global News podcast, we reported that Iran's |
| 1:06.5 | supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khaminai had been killed in his office in the first wave of U.S. |
| 1:12.9 | Israeli strikes on Saturday. In the hour since then, loud explosions have again been heard |
| 1:18.1 | across Tehran as Israel maintains its operations against the Iranian capital. Many Iranians |
| 1:24.1 | inside and outside the country celebrated the news that the man who held absolute power for 40 years was dead. |
| 1:31.3 | But others mourned his death, including these people on the streets of the Iranian capital. |
| 1:41.2 | Several high-ranking officials were also killed in Saturday's attacks. |
| 1:47.4 | The Israeli military named seven senior Iranian defence officials among the dead. |
| 1:52.8 | The Iranian president, Massoud Peschchian, said the killing of the Ayatollah was a declaration of war against Muslims |
| 2:00.1 | and said it was Iran's legitimate duty to avenge him. |
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