CNN gets rare look at Iranian missiles that hit Israel

Tonight, Iran’s offer to Americans.
One of the country’s oldest colleges,
Shiraz University, is offering
scholarships to US
college students
who have been expelled
for protesting on college campuses.
This comes as we are getting an exclusive
look at Iran’s missile program.
Our Fred Pleitgen is there.
He has gained incredible and rare access
to the exact missiles and drones
that Iran is using to attack its enemies,
including these
the missiles
that Iran used to strike Israel.
Our Fred Pleitgen is OUTFRONT
with this exclusive report from Tehran.
When Iran attacked Israel in mid-April,
they fired hundreds
of ballistic missiles,
cruise missiles and drones
developed by the elite Revolutionary
Guard Corps Aerospace Forces.
So these two were used
in the Israeli operation.
Now, the revolutionary Guard showed us
the types of weapons
they used to strike Israel,
including two ballistic missiles,
the Amad, and the other
with a range of more
than a thousand miles
able to carry about a half ton warhead.
How accurate
are these accurate?
Less than five feet, Less than five
meters of targets.
Brigadier General Ali Ben
Ali was himself once a missile
commander in the Revolutionary Guard.
He says Iranian missiles managed
to hit two targets in Israel,
including an air base
in retaliation
for the bombing
of Iran’s embassy compound in Syria.
Well, the U.S.
and Israel claim
to have shot down
nearly all of Iran’s missiles and drones.
The general says Tehran
showed the power of its aerospace forces
and was.
Today, our drones and missiles
have become an important
factor of strength
and the execution of power in the world,
he says.
He also showed us this cruise missile,
a type also used in the strikes
and arguably currently
the most infamous drone in the world.
The showerhead one, three, six.
Can you show me the warhead?
I’ve never seen the show
had warhead before.
Penetration?
Yeah.
And then it goes in there
inside of the missile,
and then it explodes. Okay.
While the Iranians acknowledge
using shitheads against Israel, the U.S.
and Ukraine accuse Tehran of also giving
hundreds of these drones
to Russia, Moscow
using them
to attack
Ukrainian cities
and energy infrastructure.
The Iranians continue
to deny those accusations.
The general tells me
the showerheads attack in swarms
often fired off
secretly from unmarked trucks
like this one, Isaac Abdul Hamid.
Everything is Preprogramed, he says.
The flight route is chosen
according to the enemy’s capabilities
and blind spots of radars
and all the elements
that can help us reach the target.
While tensions between Iran and Israel
have somewhat eased
after they traded direct military blows
for the first time,
the general warns
Iran has even more modern weapons
at its disposal.
Allowing to be the only path for them
is to have logical
and wise negotiations with us, he says.
In our defense capabilities,
we don’t depend on anyone.
We’ve had good progress in this field
and we will progress more.
There are achievements
that have not yet been talked about.
For Pleitgen, CNN, Tehran.
And OUTFRONT now, Oksana makarova,
the Ukrainian ambassador
to the United States
and Ambassador Mark Rover.
I’m glad to see you.
You know,
we just saw in Fred’s
reporting there
from Tehran, Russia,
using Iranian made drones
and they’re using them
to kill Ukrainians to destroy
critical infrastructure in your country.
Thousand and thousands of those drones
launched by Russia.
How involved is Iran right
now, Ambassador,
in helping
Russia in its war against your country?
Thank you very much for having me.
Well, in fact,
Iran is is a willful
and very active participant of this war
by providing Russia
Iranian drones,
by producing them together,
they actually have already created
the coal production facilities in Russia.
So very much involved.
And we just have to be very loud
and clear that Iran, together
with North Korea,
already form
this axis of evil, of not only attack
and killing the Ukrainians,
but also we see that these technologies
are then used against Israel
and against anyone else.
So we have to stop all of them.
Ambassador,
Republican Congresswoman
Marjorie Taylor GREENE is speaking out.
She, of course, has been getting
now very public praise
on Russian state television,
primarily because of her opposition
to Ukrainian aid.
And she continues
to speak out on this issue.
I wanted to play for you
her criticizing members of her own party
who joined Democrats to finally,
finally send that $61 billion aid package
to Ukraine.
The Union
Party is make Ukraine great again.
The Union Party is all about funding
every single foreign war.
And she was had a hat made
instead of MAGA.
It’s Mulga, not make America great.
Making Ukraine great again.
What do you say to that?
To Republicans like her
who are dead
set against the US supporting Ukraine?
Well, let me say thank you
to everyone
who supported
us, Democrats and Republicans,
in this very important fight
and just say once again that I provide
the so much needed assistance to us.
America is not funding the war.
It’s actually funding
our defense and efforts
which will lead us to peace because
it’s very clear.
Ukraine was always peaceful.
We never wanted to attack Russia.
It’s Russia that is aggressor,
terrorist states here.
And they not only challenged our border,
they challenged the rules on which,
you know, the international order is
was standing after the World War two
and they challenged the values
which are sacred, the values
for both of our countries
freedom, democracy, dignity, sovereignty.
We are defending our calls
like any American would do.

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen gets a rare look at the missiles and drones Iran used in its attack against Israel. Ukrainian ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova joins CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss, stating that Iran is a “very active participant” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. #CNN #News

35 comments

  2. Sad that CNN only goes to Iran to talk to irg is to show off the power of the things that "stacked" id say counter stacked against into Israel
    Instead of talking to irg to get some normal convo,or understanding going. Without understanding ,how TF are we to talk because if peace is to be made it won't be made with our friends it's to be made with our enemies.
    There not lunatics,weve worked with them before ,we talked and we're in direct comms while we fought isis in Iraq and Syria .

  8. THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY FUNNY THEY CLAIM IRAN HAS FIRE CRACKERS FOR MISSILES AMD NOW THEY SCRAMBLING JOURNALISTS TO GO INTO iran and get more intel 😂😂😂😂😂 why waste time on something useless unless its better than what u have oe can create.😂😂😂

  9. Why hasn't CNN antagonize USA for supplying Israel the bombs and other weaponry used in destroying Gaza???. Useless media.

  13. I’m sorry that Joe Biden tricked you into fighting a war you can’t win, killing hundreds and thousands of Ukrainian men. Entire generations being wiped out because of NATO expansionism policies and the military industrial complex. Nobody thinks for a second that Ukraine could hold back a nuclear power like Russia. My condolences for those you’ve lost. I hope you end the war and stop the killing of more of your men. Or at least start conscripting females like yourself to go fight on the front line for the sake of gender equality and democracy.

  14. Iran is going to be super power, US' mishandling of world affairs and such injustice jurisdiction towards Israel-Palestine conflicts are baving they way Iran to be needed to play its role.

  15. And this was the whole point of killing ppl in thousands in Gaza to show power …Israel and Iran are the biggest enemies of peace in the Gulf region as a whole ..starting a war with intentions of showing off weapons and capabilities so now what ?? It’s very sad that islam and christian religions are used to cover up and blackmail ppl into this Evil 💩 .

  20. It's funny how US citizens are forced to like Israelis and accept their crimes or face the consequences of being antisemitic.

  26. Is it hard to take a look at the exact missiles and drones that are killing children in Gaza! Ohhh CNN, do u really think that ur citizens are dumb?!

  30. As an Iranian I need to bring your attention to some significant facts about this video:
    1) It is the first time ever IRGC of Iran (designated as a terrorist group by the West) which is famous in Iran for being against any talk with the Great Satan (the US), has invited CNN for a report of its missiles! It is very surprising to Iranians witnessing this! How on earth this is even possible?! How much Iran has changed where we see this?! Seriously?! Inviting the CNN where in the past you used to accuse it of lying?
    2) Before this, Iran invited a normal Iranian reporter (unlike a regime designated one) to witness this same missiles and drones. It is available on YouTube with the ID: “Xj3stqNkxHU” which was also surprising and was published only 2 weeks ago in Persian.
    3) IRGC knows after attacking Israel, all its used missiles and drones` technology have become common knowledge to the West. Hence it felt brave enough to show this directly to western journalists.
    4) Of course despite the point 3 above, the Western intelligence services also see this as an opportunity. I wouldn’t be surprised if the camera man is an expert in missile and drone technology and his camera has censors which detects any trace of Uranium or other metals indicating possible manufacturing methods. That simple camera which was vigorously checked by the IRGC may also have a simple transmitter inside, aligning satellites with the coordinates of the hall and its 3D model which surely will be created afterwards. CIA usually think about this and come up with lots of crazy plans… people in CIA work on things like this and give ideas… Hence it may not be so safe for Iran to do this as we know Mossad and CIA are far better than Iran’s intelligence service which feels brave enough to do this…

  32. Why is it an "accusation" that Iran supports Russia with drones? It would be totally legit for Iran to support its ally.

    And why is Iran "involved" in the Ukraine war, if it delivering weapons to Russia, but Germany and the US claim not to be involved in the war, although they deliver weapons to Ukraine?

  35. Come on Iran, imagine if Iran attacked Israel about 10 15 years ago the US nato would 1000% attack Iran badly, BUT this is the first time Iran has attacked Israel and told nato and America to go f them selfs, what happened all the nato country’s don’t want to get involved and pressured Israel you want to go to war with Iran we not back you. Power to Iran power to china power to Russia. The westerners slowly waking up that Iran is not a weak link anymore. Next plan to take Ukraine come on puttin everything that’s going on in the world all the wars is because of Israel America and nato.

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