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We are interrupting regular programming with the latest developments

on the situation in the Middle East.

Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.

For days the United States in Israel have been bombarding Iran, hitting thousands of targets,

including a strike, they killed the regime's longtime leader and other top officials.

Again, Iran's state-run media is now confirming that the Ayatollah has been killed. The big Iranian missile slammed into central Tel Aviv.

The conflict is now spreading across the Middle East.

...oran, retaliating tonight by striking the U.S. Embassy and Rahan Saudi Arabia.

...Iranian official state the country has closed the strait of Hormuz following joint strikes.

Today, a conversation with two journalists and filmmakers who have done extensive reporting on this long conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States.

You are not aiming at innocent people.

But civilians are dying.

James, you are right.

James Jacoby is the director of Frontline's 2025 film Remaking the Middle East,

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