CNN Tours Damage at Iranian State News Agency Hit by Israeli Strike

BERMAN All right the ░░░░░░░░ news this morning will ░░░░░░░░ strike Iran or not ░░░░░░░░ source tells CNN that ░░░░░░░░ Trump has reviewed attack ░░░░░░░░ for Iran but he ░░░░░░░░ holding off for now ░░░░░░░░ see if Tehran steps ░░░░░░░░ from its nuclear program ░░░░░░░░ he weighs this decision ░░░░░░░░ is what happened overnight ░░░░░░░░ large explosion from an ░░░░░░░░ strike on a major ░░░░░░░░ in southern Israel Officials ░░░░░░░░ say it has caused ░░░░░░░░ damage You can see ░░░░░░░░ of it for yourself ░░░░░░░░ the facility patients and ░░░░░░░░ they scrambled for safety ░░░░░░░░ says Iran launched dozens ░░░░░░░░ ballistic missiles in the ░░░░░░░░ wave several hitting civilian ░░░░░░░░ and injuring at least ░░░░░░░░ people Also this morning ░░░░░░░░ has a team of ░░░░░░░░ first Western journalists inside ░░░░░░░░ since the conflict this ░░░░░░░░ round of the conflict ░░░░░░░░ Israel began and we ░░░░░░░░ getting a first look ░░░░░░░░ the damage left behind ░░░░░░░░ a deadly Israeli strike ░░░░░░░░ a state run news ░░░░░░░░ in Tehran in the ░░░░░░░░ of a live broadcast ░░░░░░░░ happened on Monday Video ░░░░░░░░ a Reporter broadcasting out ░░░░░░░░ shortly after it was ░░░░░░░░ This morning CNN s ░░░░░░░░ Pleitgen was there PLEITGEN ░░░░░░░░ re inside the Iranian ░░░░░░░░ broadcasting company IRIB which ░░░░░░░░ hit by an Israeli ░░░░░░░░ a couple of days ░░░░░░░░ and you can see ░░░░░░░░ damage is absolutely massive ░░░░░░░░ m standing in the ░░░░░░░░ right now but if ░░░░░░░░ look around this whole ░░░░░░░░ has been completely destroyed ░░░░░░░░ of the offices all ░░░░░░░░ the technology that they ░░░░░░░░ inside here the broadcast ░░░░░░░░ everything has been rendered ░░░░░░░░ much useless All right ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ inside the building now ░░░░░░░░ have told us that ░░░░░░░░ need to be very ░░░░░░░░ because obviously there might ░░░░░░░░ be unexploded parts of ░░░░░░░░ in here or something ░░░░░░░░ that What we see ░░░░░░░░ is the actual studio ░░░░░░░░ an Iranian state TV ░░░░░░░░ was sitting and reading ░░░░░░░░ news when the strike ░░░░░░░░ You can see here ░░░░░░░░ is an anchor desk ░░░░░░░░ there And of course ░░░░░░░░ it happened the anchor ░░░░░░░░ reading the news and ░░░░░░░░ all of a sudden ░░░░░░░░ was a thud The ░░░░░░░░ went black At the ░░░░░░░░ she got up and ░░░░░░░░ but then later apparently ░░░░░░░░ back and finished the ░░░░░░░░ and is now being ░░░░░░░░ as a champion of ░░░░░░░░ media Some of the ░░░░░░░░ bulk of the explosion ░░░░░░░░ have been here because ░░░░░░░░ place is absolutely charred ░░░░░░░░ we look back over ░░░░░░░░ that s actually seems ░░░░░░░░ be the main part ░░░░░░░░ what was the newsroom ░░░░░░░░ a lot of the ░░░░░░░░ computers printers phones You ░░░░░░░░ see how much heat ░░░░░░░░ have been admitted by ░░░░░░░░ impact and by the ░░░░░░░░ The phones that they ░░░░░░░░ here are molten Here ░░░░░░░░ the keys molten This ░░░░░░░░ and there s actually ░░░░░░░░ s lunch still at ░░░░░░░░ desk standing here which ░░░░░░░░ they would have been ░░░░░░░░ to eat until they ░░░░░░░░ to evacuate the building ░░░░░░░░ can see there s ░░░░░░░░ spoon here that s ░░░░░░░░ been melted away by ░░░░░░░░ explosion All of this ░░░░░░░░ playing very big here ░░░░░░░░ Iran There s a ░░░░░░░░ of public anger that ░░░░░░░░ Israelis attacked this site ░░░░░░░░ certainly the Iranians are ░░░░░░░░ that they condemn this ░░░░░░░░ that there is going ░░░░░░░░ be revenge for this ░░░░░░░░ Pleitgen CNN Tehran BERMAN ░░░░░░░░ thanks to Fred Pleitgen ░░░░░░░░ his team for being ░░░░░░░░ Remarkable reporting.”