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00:30Donald Trump is demanding that Iran give up its ballistic missile program.
00:35Or face a U.S. attack, according to the New York Times.
00:39Those missiles.
00:40Missiles, analysts say, are Iran's last line of deterrence against renewing.
00:45Now Trump wants them gone.
00:50And time is running out.
00:52For Tehran, ballistic missiles.
00:55They are not a bargaining chip.
00:56They are a core pillar of national defense.
01:00With its Air Force outdated and sanctions limiting conventional upgrades.
01:05Iran views missiles as its primary deterrent against Israel and U.S.
01:10forces in the region.
01:11Giving them up would fundamentally weaken Iran's ability.
01:15To respond to an attack.
01:17Something its leadership has long said is non-
01:20negotiable.
01:21Iran's response has been immediate and fierce.
01:25Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that Iran's armed forces are ready.
01:30to respond immediately and powerfully, saying troops are standing with their
01:35fingers on the trigger.
01:36Senior advisor Ali Shamkini went further.
01:40warning that any U.S. strike would mark the start of war and trigger...
01:45An unprecedented all-out response.
01:48The warnings came just...
01:50...hours after Trump publicly escalated the pressure in a Truth Social post...
01:55...Trump urged Iran to negotiate a nuclear deal while threatening...
02:00...the devastating consequences if it refuses.
02:02The annexed attack will be far...
02:05...or worse, he wrote.
02:06Confirming that a U.S. armada is heading toward Iran.
02:10And warning that time is truly of the essence.
02:13Behind the scenes...
02:15Reuters reports Trump is weighing targeted strikes on Iranian security...
02:20...forces and leadership.
02:21The goal, according to sources, would be to inspire...
02:25...protests and possibly weaken the regime from within.
02:29But Israeli...
02:30...and Arab officials have privately cautioned Washington...
02:33...that air power alone...
02:35...would not topple Iranian clerical leadership...
02:38...raising doubts about...
02:40...and escalation strategies.
02:41The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and three destroyers...
02:45...are now operating in the Indian Ocean...
02:48...adding nearly 5,000...
02:50...700 U.S. personnel to the region.
02:53F-15E Strike Eagle...
02:55...are active across the Middle East.
02:57British Typhoon jets are deployed to...
03:00...in Qatar.
03:01U.S. Patriot and TH-AD missile defenses remain on...
03:05...and high alert.
03:06This escalation comes as Iran faces its deepest...
03:10...internal unrest in decades.
03:12Protests fueled by economic collapse...
03:15...and anger at clerical rule...
03:17...have swept the country.
03:19Activists say...
03:20...more than 5,000 people have been killed...
03:23...and over 27,000...
03:25...contained in a sweeping crackdown.
03:27Iran's leaders insist that neither...
03:30...foreign threats nor domestic pressure...
03:32...will force retreat.
03:34Iran's...
03:35Iran's leaders say...
03:36...missiles are non-negotiable.
03:37Trump says...
03:38...surrender them...
03:39...or face...
03:40...and attack...
03:41...with warships closing in...
03:43...threats hardening...
03:44...and neither side...
03:45...backing down...
03:46...the margin for error is shrinking fast.
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