both nbc and cnn have reported unnamed officials saying that israel gave washington advance warning but that washington did not endorse the action. with me is majid afshar, senior reporter with the bbc world service. thank you forjoining us. tell us what are we hearing from iran about what are we hearing from iran about what happened with these explosions. so far, the iranian side, especially through the official channels, they are not saying much. what they are saying is that around 4am local time, there were explosions heard in the city of isfahan, and we know that isfahan is the centre where three of iran s a minor nuclear facilities are based. later on, videos that you already showed came out showing the defence system, missile defence system, was activated. iranian officials say the
that mr biden essentially said to mr netanyahu, look, you are winning here. you are looking strong, iran is looking weak, take that win and the escalate tensions in the name of a reasonable security. so i think the americans were expecting some kind of response by israel but they were hoping it would be sufficiently small scale in order to avoid any escalation. and it appears, if the situation that we are seeing at the moment stays the way it is, essentially, it seems that that response has been quite small scale, doesn t it? so perhaps the pressure that was put on israel by the americans, by britain and other allies, to limit or even abandon its response, perhaps that pressure has reaped a result, because it would appear, wouldn t it? that this retaliation is not as large scale as some had feared. retaliation is not as large- scale as some had feared. retaliation is not as large- scale as some had feared. thank you so much for that as some had feared. thank you so much for tha