And so for an on-the-ground perspective, we turn to Reza Seya.

He's the NewsHour's special correspondent in Tehran.

Reza, thank you so much again for talking with us.

When U.S. officials are talking about these strikes, they keep stressing that they are hitting

military targets in Iran, not civilian targets.

Is that your understanding? Well, I can tell you first hand

that that's not the case. Indeed, they are hitting military targets, but they're also increasingly

hitting non-military targets. Yesterday, air strikes knocked out power in parts of Tehran that happened again today, and also

in the island of Esh, along Iran's southern coast.

The power is back on, but that's two days in a row where we've seen power outages, and

that has many here worried because of President Trump's threat to hit Iran's power grid.

This morning, state media reported an airstrike hitting one of Iran's leading pharmaceutical,

manufacturing companies.

And this adds to the list of strikes on non-military sites.

We've seen air strikes on universities, fuel storage depots, sports facilities, cement and steel factories, and historical

and cultural sites.

Reza, what is your understanding of the diplomatic talks that are underway?

We've heard conflicting reports from the president and from the Iranian government.

What are your sources telling you about the status of those talks?

Well, I think any reasonable person would say that many of Mr. Trump's statements about talks

are often inconsistent. One day he's saying negotiations are happening and he's winning the war.

The next day he's deploying troops troops making threats. So Tehran

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