airstrikes in that area as well. let s get live on the ground now to tel aviv. that s where trey yingst joins us live. trey, what are you hearing? what are we learning? yeah. hey, trace. good evening. right now, we are following reports out of the region of airstrikes taking place in iran, iraq and syria. the israelis at this moment have not confirmed that this is the retaliation to that massive iranian drone and missile attack last weekend. but here s what we know. some outlets, citing american officials. and again, these are preliminary reports based on the information that we are gathering right now, we ve reached out to israeli defense officials and are waiting for comment. local media is reporting explosions in the iranian city of isfahan. isfahan sits about 200 miles to the south of the iranian capital of tehran. at this location, there is an iranian nuclear facility. there are also reports of activity at
an army radar. you have very deep experience in iran and in this region. how do you assess this attack i think it could be several things. laura& radar site is the perfect area to go after because that it once you get the radar site, than blinds the forces that are using them radar picture of for their activities. so weeds, a perfect site for the israelis to go after. the only thing to keep in mind is we ve been talking about are fields and won. one of the reasons that a lot of the airports have been shut down as nick was mentioning in his reporting, is because what iran does is it doubles the use of their civilian airfields as airports as also being air force business for the radiant air force. so in the case of isfahan, the airbase is co-located with the international airport in isfahan, and it s the home to iran fleet of f 14 fighters, which they had acquired during the time of the shas. so those aircraft are of course quite
a warm welcome to the programme. i m at mark labelle. breaking news this hour: state television in iran has reported big explosions near an army base and airport in the central city of isfahan, activating local air defence systems. blasts have also been reported in the country s northwest. video online shows iranian defence missiles being fired into the air. commercial flights have been diverting around iranian airspace. iranian media reports say that nuclear installations near isfahan are totally secure . explosions have also been reported in southern syria from missiles apparently targeting radar sites; and in the iraqi capital baghdad, and babil province to the south. the israeli military said it had no comment at present, but two us officials have told cbs news that an israeli missile has hit iran. the explosions came
politics, peter murrell has resigned his membership of the snp. james cook, bbc news. we are keeping an eye on capri and italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hear from italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hearfrom us italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hear from us secretary of state antony blinken shortly. they are setting up the room there. they are setting up the room there. the agenda was supposed to have moved on from the middle east, but they did bring it back onto the main topic of discussion today after there were explosions reported in iran and nearan there were explosions reported in iran and near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, which are activated at local air defence systems. we have had confirmation to our broadcast part in a cbs news that this was an attack from israel. so two us officials are confirming that. plenty of reaction coming in and week will be monitoring the news conference at the g7. time for a
waiting on is the detail, when those systems will arrive. so, this is a continuation of russia s tactic in this regard, as well as ukraine both having to defend and having to weather this kind of storm. let s get more now on our main story explosions have been heard in iran. two us officials have confirmed to our broadcast partner cbs news that it was an attack from israel. state television in iran reported explosions near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, activating local air defence systems. blasts have also been reported in the country s north west. let s speak to our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi, who s in dubai. what kind of political reaction are you hearing n the region? this was something that was anticipated for a while and even in the region they were expecting some sort of retaliation from israel. in