Israel crosses Iranian 'red line' by targeting 'nuclear facility'

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00:00Let me start with the latest.

00:02Iran's army released a statement minutes ago saying that two Iranian army men died in the

00:07aftermath of the Israeli strikes last night.

00:09This was literally moments ago before I went online.

00:13This is the latest.

00:15I think this chain of events, losing two army men, makes it difficult for Iran not to respond

00:23or to restrain because there have been reports, including the one published in the New York

00:26Times, saying that if Israel carries out a limited strike, Iran would be willing to

00:32let that go and pass it off.

00:34But then again, two army men died.

00:37And despite what the IDF says, yes, there may have not been any targettings of sensitive

00:44nuclear sites that contain uranium.

00:48But the Iranian air defense system in the city of Pkhonda, which protects the heavy

00:52water reactor in Arak, was activated.

00:55And it was heavily engaged, in fact, countering drones and projectiles from Israel.

01:00So in fact, they did try to target one nuclear facility, though it's a heavy water reactor,

01:06and it does not contain anything that could contaminate the air around that area.

01:13But it is a nuclear facility that is under the IAEA investigation.

01:17So IAEA inspectors come and go frequently.

01:21So that is one of the red lines that Iran had already warned.

01:25It has been crossed, an attempt to target a sensitive nuclear facility and losing two

01:31army men.

01:32That makes it much more difficult.

01:33Yeah, that's a real interesting piece of news that could see the attack be escalated.

01:41What are we hearing from Iran?

01:43Are there any reaction?

01:45To be honest, I do not have anything official right now.

01:53Despite the rhetoric that says that this was an escalatory action, that we will respond,

01:58this was early in 6 a.m. local time, that would be 4.30 Paris time.

02:06This was early on in the morning.

02:09And the issuer of that statement was a civil defense organization and air defense organization

02:14of Tehran.

02:15So that's not much reliable.

02:18But early on, minutes after the New York Times reported that Iran is willing to let go of

02:25a limited strike, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said that the report is misleading

02:29and Iran will respond to any Israeli aggression.

02:34I can tell you that the first wave of attacks that came from 2.13 a.m. local time and lasted

02:42for 30 minutes, that could have been something that Iran would be willing to let go.

02:48But the second and third wave of attacks, especially the one on Arak heavy water, the

02:52attempt on Arak heavy water, has made things a lot more complicated.

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