00:00Iran has crossed a dangerous line in the war,
00:02deploying a banned cluster bomb in its latest strike on Tel Aviv.
00:06U.S. officials and weapons inspectors confirm the warhead used in this week's attack
00:11was a cluster munition, banned by more than 100 countries under the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
00:18Cluster bombs scattered dozens of small explosives across a wide area,
00:22killing and maiming civilians long after the strike ends.
00:26The move marks a sharp escalation.
00:29Iran's earlier strikes used conventional ballistic missiles, not banned weapons.
00:33Defense analysts warn this could shift the entire calculus of the war.
00:38If Iran is willing to use banned munitions on civilian targets,
00:42the door opens to even more dangerous weapons, possibly including chemical agents.
00:47For the United States, this raises the stakes for Project Freedom and any potential ceasefire deal.
00:54Washington and its allies are now reviewing intelligence
00:57to determine whether Iran's weapons stockpile contains additional banned munitions.
01:02The red line just got crossed.
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