Iran Israel War Day 2 on the Scene Coverage; Sun. March. 1, 2026

·23 min

March 1 opens in war-report mode. Shanna Fold sets the day against the joint United States and Israel offensive on Iran, which began at 8:10 a.m. on February 28, 2026. Sirens followed across Israel. Iran later answered with missile fire, sending people into bomb shelters, Fold included. The report keeps moving because the story is still moving too, and she labels at least one major rumor as unconfirmed instead of pretending it is settled. Iran's leadership picture sounds shaky. Vahidi is described as a former interior and defense minister, a past Quds Force leader, and someone newly elevated inside Iran. Argentina has long sought his arrest over alleged involvement in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center bombing in Buenos Aires, where 85 people were killed. Tehran denies involvement. From there, Fold comes back to the present crisis, saying state affairs are being overseen by President Massoud Pesachkan and Chief Justice Mohsen Ege. Succession hangs over the report. The Assembly of Experts is described as the body trying to choose a new supreme leader, while Fold says Israelis believe Iran's former president may also have been killed. She does not confirm that. She explains why the rumor still matters: leaders are being reported killed across Iran by Israeli airstrikes. Then the story comes home. In Beit Shemesh, an Iranian ballistic missile strike killed nine people as rescue teams kept pulling bodies from rubble. The number rose while Fold was writing, which gives the episode a raw, unfinished feeling. Tel Aviv is close too. Fold says she visited the site of a missile hit only streets away and was shocked by the damage. The apartment-owner interview adds the human part: someone wronged, shaken, and still standing. The close turns practical, with Fold telling listeners to eat, rest, move, and keep hold of their minds.

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Immediate war coverage from Israel with field reporting, leadership context, and civilian impact.

It is immediate war coverage from Israel, anchored by the field report near the Tel Aviv missile-hit site. The apartment-owner interview keeps the civilian cost in view, and the segment also lays out the leadership changes in Iran while tracking a casualty picture in Israel that…

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