‘Absolutely Charred’: CNN Goes Inside Iranian TV Studio Hit by Israeli Strike

HUNT All right welcome ░░░░░░░░ We are now getting ░░░░░░░░ inside look at what ░░░░░░░░ left of the Iranian ░░░░░░░░ news station that as ░░░░░░░░ just see there was ░░░░░░░░ by an Israeli air ░░░░░░░░ earlier on this week ░░░░░░░░ s Fred Pleitgen is ░░░░░░░░ first Western journalist on ░░░░░░░░ ground in Tehran He ░░░░░░░░ this report for us ░░░░░░░░ starts PLEITGEN We re ░░░░░░░░ the Iranian state broadcasting ░░░░░░░░ IRIB which was hit ░░░░░░░░ an Israeli airstrike a ░░░░░░░░ of days ago and ░░░░░░░░ can see the damage ░░░░░░░░ absolutely massive I m ░░░░░░░░ in the atrium right ░░░░░░░░ but if you look ░░░░░░░░ this whole area has ░░░░░░░░ completely destroyed all of ░░░░░░░░ offices All of the ░░░░░░░░ that they have inside ░░░░░░░░ the broadcast technology everything ░░░░░░░░ been rendered pretty much ░░░░░░░░ Alright so we re ░░░░░░░░ to go inside the ░░░░░░░░ now They have told ░░░░░░░░ that we need to ░░░░░░░░ very careful because obviously ░░░░░░░░ might still be unexploded ░░░░░░░░ of bombs in here ░░░░░░░░ something like that What ░░░░░░░░ see here is the ░░░░░░░░ studio where an Iranian ░░░░░░░░ TV anchor was sitting ░░░░░░░░ reading the news when ░░░░░░░░ strike hit You can ░░░░░░░░ here that is an ░░░░░░░░ desk right there And ░░░░░░░░ course when it happened ░░░░░░░░ anchor was reading the ░░░░░░░░ and then all of ░░░░░░░░ sudden there was a ░░░░░░░░ The studio went black ░░░░░░░░ the beginning she got ░░░░░░░░ and left but then ░░░░░░░░ apparently came back and ░░░░░░░░ the newscast and is ░░░░░░░░ being hailed as a ░░░░░░░░ of Iranian media Some ░░░░░░░░ the main bulk of ░░░░░░░░ explosion must have been ░░░░░░░░ because this place is ░░░░░░░░ charred If we look ░░░░░░░░ over there that actually ░░░░░░░░ to be the main ░░░░░░░░ of what was the ░░░░░░░░ with a lot of ░░░░░░░░ desks computers printers phones ░░░░░░░░ can see how much ░░░░░░░░ must have been emitted ░░░░░░░░ the impact and by ░░░░░░░░ explosion The phones that ░░░░░░░░ had here are molten ░░░░░░░░ also the keys molten ░░░░░░░░ screen and there s ░░░░░░░░ someone s lunch still ░░░░░░░░ their desk standing here ░░░░░░░░ probably they would have ░░░░░░░░ wanting to eat until ░░░░░░░░ had to evacuate the ░░░░░░░░ You can see there ░░░░░░░░ a spoon here that ░░░░░░░░ also been melted away ░░░░░░░░ this explosion All of ░░░░░░░░ is playing very big ░░░░░░░░ in Iran There s ░░░░░░░░ lot of public anger ░░░░░░░░ the Israelis attacked this ░░░░░░░░ and certainly the Iranians ░░░░░░░░ saying that they condemn ░░░░░░░░ and that there is ░░░░░░░░ to be revenge for ░░░░░░░░ Fred Pleitgen CNN Tehran ░░░░░░░░ ends HUNT All right ░░░░░░░░ thanks to Fred for ░░░░░░░░ remarkable reporting there.”