‘The Truth Social war’: the US playbook for war with Iran
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
The US-Israeli war with Iran is here, and so is the information war. We track how “major combat operations” were announced and sold on Truth Social, the echoes of the Iraq war, and what claims about “threats” and “self-defense” mean for the Iranian people. With Tehran confirming Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death and its retaliation unfolding, we examine the start of a war that could reshape the region.
In this episode:
- Imran Khan, Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent and Anchor
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Alexandra Locke, Marcos Bartolomé, Noor Wazwaz, and Sonia Bhagat, with Spencer Cline, Catherine Nouhan, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by David Enders and Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, war on Iran. |
| 0:14.0 | A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. |
| 0:24.6 | What you need to know, what we've seen before, and why anything may happen next. |
| 0:33.2 | I'm Malika Bilal and this is The Take. |
| 0:47.8 | Hey everyone. Today is the day to subscribe to The Take on your podcast app. |
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| 1:01.6 | all week. Now, here's today's episode. Israel is bombing Iran's capital for a second day. |
| 1:12.6 | Large explosions have been heard across Tehran. |
| 1:15.6 | Israel's military says it's carrying out what it's calling a broad wave of strikes in the heart of the Iranian capital. |
| 1:22.6 | This story is reshaping the region as we speak. |
| 1:28.3 | To put it all in context, we're breaking down the war and the information war. |
| 1:33.9 | I'm Imran Khan, and I'm a senior correspondent and senior anchor with Al Jazeera English. |
| 1:39.8 | Imran Khan, welcome back to the take. |
| 1:42.4 | It is Sunday morning in Doha, and you are coming off shift anchoring for Al Jazeera English, |
| 1:48.7 | which means you have been presenting to the world as the U.S. and Israel take us all into uncharted territory with their strikes on Iran. |
| 1:57.7 | And here's how you open your first broadcast. |
| 2:03.1 | U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei is dead. You later told the world live when this was confirmed |
| 2:09.8 | by Iran. Momentous moments all around. So what is on your mind at this moment? Anytime you, a huge story happens, |
| 2:22.4 | before you can explain it to anybody else, you have to understand it yourself. And, you know, |
| 2:30.4 | we've been expecting something to happen between Iran and the US, but the US was confident |
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