Erin Burnett Says CNN Is the First to Place Journalists in Tehran with ‘Full Editorial Control’

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BURNETT: “Natasha, thank you very much with such significant reporting. I want to bring in Fred Pleitgen. He’s Out Front, live in Tehran. He and his photojournalist partner in this incredible reporting they have been doing, Claudia Otto. They’ve been the first U.S. journalists for an American network to be on the ground in Tehran. CNN is operating in Iran with the permission of the government, but with no editorial restrictions. They have full editorial control over what we report. So, Fred, you know, you are there, I understand, under full assault that you have been getting in these past hours, as you did have a conversation with a top Iranian official who talked to you about where this war is, how long it’s going to go, what can you tell us?”