with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian. the latest that tehran and iran are saying about the strikes? . . and iran are saying about the strikes? ., ., ~ strikes? the iranian armed forces has _ strikes? the iranian armed forces has issued - strikes? the iranian armed forces has issued a - strikes? the iranian armed i forces has issued a statement and the significance of it is that they say that the israeli air force used iraqi aircraft to launch missile attacks towards iran, and the distance was roughly about 100 kilometres from the iranian border, and that is why they managed to target the three provinces, they target the processes in the southern oil—rich project prince of khuzestan. they used an american controlled area of iraq to attack iran, and they tied up iranian radar in those provinces but the damages were minimal and they managed to repair the radars. since the beginning of the attack the iranians were trying to downgrade the damage and said it was limited, we cannot confirm whether, how serious were the damage to

parham ghobadi. from the bbc.ations says it's had reports that nearly all of the male staff at a hospital have been detained by israeli forces. israeli troops have now left the kamal adwan hospital injabalia, after a raid yesterday. hundreds of patients and displaced people were sheltering there at the time. the bbc and otherforeign media organisations are prevented by israel from entering gaza to report independently, but our special correspondent fergal keane sent this report from jerusalem. and a warning. some of the scenes are distressing. this is the story of a doctor... allahu akbar. ..who became a grieving father. hossam abu saifa worked to save the lives of others... allahu akbar. ..but today, mourned his son. ibraham was killed in the hospital grounds, shot by the israeli army, his father says. since the renewed offensive onjabalia, the doctor has made repeated appeals for help. translation: we are talking about collective punishment l for the health system in the gaza strip. consequently, we urge the wor

earlier i spoke with parham ghobadi from bbc persian. he told me more about the intended targets.. it was ilam in western iran, the oil—rich province of khuzestan in the south—western part of iran, and specifically a port there. one of the casualties was from a port there. and also tehran. so the first signs we had which later on we realised was the first wave of israeli attacks, there were reports of explosions in the western part of iran. however, there were not many pictures or images coming out of it. in the second or maybe third round of attacks, a lot of video started surfacing on social media and even published by some of the iranian media inside the country. and it was from the eastern part of tehran, and it showed continuous explosions in the sky, and that was the anti—air defence system, the iranian anti—air defence system getting activated and getting involved with some projectiles in the sky. so that is what we have seen so far. our team has also managed to verify a location in the southern part of tehran that is mentioned to be a factory, so it is said to be a drone f

joining me live now is bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi. thanks for your time.yourtime. now, i know ourteams thanks foryourtime. now, i know our teams have been trying to �*s piece together what has happened based on the information we can glean, but what's the latest from your understanding of the damage on the ground? fine your understanding of the damage on the round? ., ,., ., the ground? one of the important thins is the ground? one of the important things is that _ the ground? one of the important things is that uranian _ the ground? one of the important things is that uranian armed - the ground? one of the important i things is that uranian armed forces released a statement if few hours ago, and they said that israeli fighterjets ago, and they said that israeli fighter jets actually used ago, and they said that israeli fighterjets actually used iraqi's airspace to launch attacks against iran and they used airborne missiles to attack iran and the distance was about 100 km from the uranian border and that is why they managed to target the area in the western

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian.ualties and damage. so far, we now three _ casualties and damage. so far, we now three provinces - casualties and damage. so far, we now three provinces were i we now three provinces were targeted. . ilam and two other areas. one of the casualties was from a port there. and also tehran. though the first signs we have our lecture on realising it was the first israeli attack —— wave of israeli attack —— wave of israeli attacks. they are not many pictures and images coming out of the first one. in a second or maybe third round of attacks, a lot of video started surfacing on social media and even published by some of the iranian media inside the country, and it was from the eastern part of tehran, and it showed a continuous explosions in the skies, and that was the anti—air defence system getting activated and getting involved with some projectiles in the sky. so that is what we have seen so far. our team has also managed to verify a location in the southern part of tehran thatis the south

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian. what we have had been hearing from authorities but festival details on the soldiers that were killed. the iranian army _ soldiers that were killed. tue: iranian army issued soldiers that were killed. tte: iranian army issued a soldiers that were killed. tt2 iranian army issued a statement that said two of its soldiers, officers, were killed. we know one of them was killed in the south—western port in iran, which is in khuzestan province. he was working for the anti—air defence missile system. the other one was, it apparently appears he was also working for the anti—air defence system but we don't know where exactly he was killed. what is important here is both these officers were members of these iranian army are not the revolutionary guard. iran has two paramilitary forces. the iranian revolutionary guards is the infamous man inside and outside the country because it is involved in operations in extraterritorial operations such as in iran, in lebanon and elsewhere, and inside the cou

assessment of what iran's supreme leader had to say about the israeli strikes, we heard from parham ghobadic persian. he is the commander in chief in iran, and he has been the major decision maker when it comes to the most significant decisions in iran, such as ballistic missile drone programs and also the nuclear program in iran. however, today... and the buck stops with him if, for example, there is a strike against israel. however, today he said that he delegated the decision to iranian authorities and iranian officials. he said that those are the ones who have to assess the situation and make the best course of action and the most appropriate action against israeli strike, which is quite uncharacteristic of him, because he's the kind of person and the kind of leader that in the past, over three decades that he's been ruling iran, he was involved even in appointing, for example, iranian foreign minister or iranian intelligence minister, not directly saying — he advises, but his advice should be taken extremely seriously. so what do you think is going on, then? so he's using a technique w

parham ghobadi from bbc persian has more on a statement from iran's armed forces about the strikes.ficance of that is that they say that israeli aircraft used iraqi air force to launch attacks, to launch air—launched missile attacks towards iran. and the distance was roughly about 100km from the iranian border. and that's why they managed to target the three provinces that border tehran — except tehran, they managed to target ilam, which is in western iran, and also the southern oil—rich province of khuzestan. and they said that the area they used in iraq was controlled by the american forces. so they used that to attack iran. and they said that they targeted iranian radars in those provinces, but the damages were minimal and they managed to repair the radars. since the beginning of the attack, the iranians were trying to downplay the damage. they said it was limited. we do not know, and we cannot confirm how serious were the damages to the radars. but axios said that, citing their sources, that israelis managed to take out 3 or 4 iranian russian—made iranian air defence systems, s—

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian.'m interested in your assessment of what the iranian president and supreme leader have been saying.— have been saying. iranian suweme _ have been saying. iranian supreme leader's - have been saying. iranian i supreme leader's statement today was extremely uncharacteristic of him because he is the commander—in—chief in iran. he has been the major decision—maker when it comes to the most significant decisions in iran, such as ballistic missile drone programmes, and also the nuclear programme. however today, the buck stops with him if there is a strike against israel. today he said that, he delegated decision to iranian authorities and iranian officials, he said that those are the ones who have to assess the situation and make the best course of action and most appropriate action against israeli strikes. that is quite an characteristic of him because he is the kind of person and a kind of leader that in the past three decades, he was involved even in appointing iranian foreign ministers a

with me is bbc persian senior reporter parham ghobadi.e know about these flight cancellations? iran hasjust iran has just announced that all the overnight flights have been cancelled tonight. this is not the first time this has happened in the past few days, when iran launched its missile attack on october one against israel, iran does the same thing, flights were cancelled temporarily. but this time, israel is the one that has promised revenge, so this has increased, people are thinking is the israeli attack retaliation of that imminent that iran has cancelled all the flights? that is yet to be seen. and also reports that an iranian quds force commander was in beirut strike on friday when israel carried out strikes, what more can you tell us? a massive explosion on friday morning, israel said that the target was the new hezbollah leader. they later reported in israeli media that the commander was alongside him. this is the foreign branch, the overseas branch, of iran's revolutionary guard, the top commander of that. and today there was a

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian.this attack last night compare with what we saw by iran and israel in april? ma'or differences, d iran and israel in april? ma'or differences, this i iran and israel in april? ma'or differences, this was i differences, this was definitely more significant and even the pentagon confirmed that it was wider in scope compared to the first iranian missile attack back in april. the other major difference is that back in april, iran sent different kinds of missiles, like drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles and obviously cruise missiles and drones take up to a few hours to reach israel from iran and drones took up to six hours to reach israel so israel and the western allies had enough time to prepare themselves against the attacks and down the missiles but i run this time only used ballistic missiles and almost 200 of them and ballistic missiles take ten minutes to reach israel so that is not much preparations you can do and from what we can see from the videos that appear online,

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian.alf a decade, when the iranian general and commander of the coutts force was assassinated by us drones back in 2020. that was at the direct order of us president donald trump. the time before that was backin trump. the time before that was back in 2012, so usually he delivers friday prayers when it is a time of heightened tensions. that was one of the significant. the tone he used to, he was extremely furious. he used a very strong tone in condemning and criticising both israel and the united states. he called israel a vampire regime and the united states a rabid dog in the region. really strong terms are used. obviously this is because of hassan nasrallah, one of the oldest allies and best allies in the region, who was assassinated. he talked about iran's strategy against israel, and he said that they will neither hesitate not procrastinate when it comes to retaliation. he also said that he praised the armed forces, and said the second strike against israel was the minimum punishment

bbc persian senior reporter parham ghobadi gave us more details.t announced that all the flights from tonight local time 90 m until tomorrow 6am, all flights have been cancelled. this is not the first time it has happened in the past few days —— from tonight, localtime the past few days —— from tonight, local time at 9pm. previously flights were also cancelled temporarily. this time israel is the one that has promised and vowed revenge so this has increased and people are wondering whether the israeli attack is that imminent that iran has cancelled all flights, that is yet to be seen. ~ ., flights, that is yet to be seen. ~ . ., , seen. we have heard reports about an _ seen. we have heard reports about an iranian _ seen. we have heard reports about an iranian commander| about an iranian commander reported to be in beirut on friday when there was that big strike? fin friday when there was that big strike? ., , ., strike? on friday morning there was a massive, _ strike? on friday morning there was a massive, huge _ strike? on friday morning there was

bbc persian senior reporter parham ghobadi gave us more details.tion has just announced that all the flights from tonight local time at 9pm until tomorrow 6am in the morning, all the flights have been cancelled. now, this is not the first time it is happening in the past few days. when iran launched this missile attack on october the 1st against israel, iran did the same thing then, the flights were cancelled temporarily. but this time israel is the one that has promised, vowed revenge. this has increased... people are thinking it's the israeli attack retaliation that imminent that iran has cancelled all the flights? that is yet to be seen. that is the big question. we've also had reports about an iranian quds force commander who was reported to be in beirut on friday when there was that big strike? exactly. so friday morning, as you remember, there was this massive, huge explosion and the israelis said that the target of that air strike was hashem safieddine, the successor to nasrallah, hezbollah�*s leader. now, after a few days israel reported...

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian. give us a sense of what iran did and its capabilities.tentions that you can see? this was a huge strike, presumably absolutely intended to cause serious damage. this absolutely intended to cause serious damaue. , , , absolutely intended to cause serious damae. , , , ~' damage. this is the second strike iran has carried _ damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out _ damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out in _ damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out in the - damage. this is the second strike iran has carried out in the past i damage. this is the second strike | iran has carried out in the past few months against israel. the most significant difference between this one of the previous one is that in this one iran used mostly ballistic missiles. ballistic missiles reach israel within a few minutes. iranians claim seven minutes, some western officials say 12 minutes, but it is roughly around ten minutes. this is a huge difference because last time iran used multiple missiles, cruise, ballistic and dro