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U.S. Military: Hit 90 Targets Along Iran's Coastline Overnight; CNN Reports From Inside Iran AS Conflict With U.S. Escalates; Sources: Mediator Countries Working To Bring Iran And U.S. Back To Negotiating Table; CNN Goes Aboard The USS Abraham Lincoln At Sea; Family Demands Answers In Fatal ICE Shooting Of Immigrant; Iran Buries Supreme Leader At Holiest Shrine In Mashhad; Family Waits To Be Reunited After Father Survives Earthquake; "Scentmaxxing" Reshapes The Perfume Business; Aired 12-1p ET
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is CNN Breaking News.
BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. You are watching the second hour of "One World."
A nation mourns as conflict intensifies, Iran's slain supreme leader is being buried today as Tehran trades fresh strikes with the U.S.
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GOLODRYGA: These are the sounds of war. Iran's state news agency says the U.S. struck several locations along its coastline, including the perimeter
of the Bushehr nuclear plant.
Now, for its part, Tehran says that it targeted American facilities in Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain and fired 10 ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in
Jordan.
The U.S. military acknowledges hitting some 90 Iranian military targets overnight. President Trump warns that it could get much worse.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We just hit them very hard. And I'd say we hit up 20:1. Every time they hit us, we're going to hit up
20.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are we returning to a full-scale military conflict, sir?
TRUMP: I don't know. I -- I don't know. But win it very quickly. It's another way of doing it. If anyways, we could win. But already won
militarily. They've got very little -- they have very little left.
And they want to make a deal so badly. They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making
a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem.
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GOLODRYGA: All of this is hundreds of thousands gathered in the city of Mashhad to say goodbye to the late leader, Ali Khamenei.
CNN's Kaitlyn -- Alayna Treene joins me now from the White House, not to confuse you with our colleague, Kaitlan Collins.
Alayna, you and I spoke the last hour. I asked you whether the president has made any additional statements following what we just heard from him,
as he was flying home from the NATO summit. Have we heard anything?
ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: We have not. And I will add, Bianna, that all of the events on his schedule today have remained, at
least for now, close to press.
So, there's no indication as of this hour. You know, this things can always change as they often do with the president as unpredictable as Donald
Trump.
But for now, we're not expected to see him today. I will say one of the most exciting things is happening right behind me actually, with some new
draping going over the construction here on the North Gate of the White House.
But I'll just say, I do want to get into what we are hearing and what I'm being told really about the latest on Iran. It is very much unclear in the
conversations I'm having, Bianna, about where the president's head is out, about how to proceed with this conflict.
And specifically, what is the state of the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran? And is that memorandum of understanding signed just a few weeks
ago, by both parties when the president was in Europe for the G7 summit, whether or not that is going to hold as well. A lot of questions here.
Now, Trump did give some different indications yesterday about his mindset, but again, kind of contradicting himself. In one breath, he was arguing
that he believed that the MOU and the ceasefire was over, that was when he was detailing and previewing the second round of the strikes that we saw be
carried out overnight.
But then he also argued that he does not want a long war, that he does not believe that this new increased hostilities between both countries is going
to lead to a return to major combat operations in all-out war again.
He also has been arguing that he believes it's really up to some of his negotiators to decide how they want to proceed.
But all of this kind of happening, as we know, simultaneously, the president really losing patience with how Iranian leaders have been
handling these talks, one, of course, on the Strait of Hormuz. He has been very frustrated, I'm told, and really angered by the fact that the Strait
has not returned to the level of transit that you saw before the war.
He wants it to be fully open. He wants to see traffic going through there. The Iranians still arguing, though, that they believe they have control and
authority over the operation of the Strait. So, that's been a big problem of contention.
Another one has been that the president has been frustrated, I'm told, kind of losing patience with what he believes is the Iranians slow-walking U.S.
negotiators when it comes to the nuclear talks. And -- and more discussions over, really, their nuclear program, which, of course, is going to be
crucial to any sort of long-term deal.
So, that leaves us in a weird impasse now, where we're seeing these strikes be carried out. Could there be more strikes? Yes. Could they try to pull
back and say, you know, you just play that clip of the president arguing that he wants -- that believes that the Iranians still want to make a deal?
Could you try to turn back to a diplomatic posture? That also is potentially a pathway, my sources tell me.
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It just very much is going to depend, they argue, on how Iran continues to respond here and whether or not they feel like they're actually making real
substantial progress toward what the end goal is, which, of course, would be a more long-term agreement between these two countries.
But as of today, around, you know, noon at least here in Washington, D.C., very much unclear what's going to happen here and what President Trump will
ultimately decide.
GOLORYGA: Yes. Another option on the table that President Trump said he still has is re-imposing that blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. We know
that they already reinstated the sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil.
Alayna Treene, a lot going on both inside that house behind you and the outside as well. Thank you.
Well, CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports now from Tehran. And we should note that CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but
maintains full editorial control over its reports.
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FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Certainly seems though, things could be escalating once again between the United States and
Iran after the past two nights really. We have had seen some airstrikes in the coastal areas of Iran by the United States and the Iranians
retaliating. So, it certainly seems as though now things really heating up once again as for the first time in quite a long time, we're actually
seeing during the day some of these strikes apparently taking place.
You just mentioned those air raid sirens in Jordan with Iran is possibly firing some missiles towards U.S. military installations there.
But you also talked about some of those strikes that were reported in Iran not too long ago today, those appear to be around the vicinity of the
Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Iranians are saying. We don't have any confirmed confirmation from the U.S. yet that they struck that area.
That's in sort of the northern part of the Persian Gulf. The Iranians also have some military bases there. We'll wait and see what exactly may have
been struck there and what exactly is behind those reports.
However, the Iranians certainly are upping the rhetoric as well. The Iranian foreign ministry coming out and saying that the U.S. military
action that we've seen over the past 42 hours in their mind constitutes a war crime as the Iranians put it.
They're especially angry at two railway bridges in the northeastern part of Iran that have been struck. Those railway bridges extremely important on
this day because, of course, today, the slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is said to be laid to rest in the eastern city of Mashhad and
those railway bridges are the railway line that connect Tehran, the capital, to Mashhad.
So, the Iranians are saying that caused a lot of disarray and they certainly are taking very badly to those strikes that took place.
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GOLODRYGA: OK. Let's bring in our Jeremy Diamond who's joining us from Jerusalem. And, Jeremy, what is the sense there from Jerusalem, Israel
there watching all of this unfold? Obviously, Israel, a partner to the United States in the launch of this war, but has no real part in these
negotiations between Iran and the United States right now during this MOU and technical ceasefire.
Anything but is happening now this past week in particular with an increase in kinetic action? We talked about those ballistic missiles being
intercepted, both in Kuwait and even closer to where you are there in Jordan.
Is there a sense that things will return to full-on war or can this still be contained?
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think Israel right now is really in wait-and-see mode to see whether this escalation of tensions
actually tumbles the region back into all-out war or whether there is another diplomatic off-ramp, as we have seen so many times in the past over
the course of the last several months, there have often been the opportunity for tensions to be de-escalated.
There's certainly a lot of negotiations, a lot of diplomacy happening in the region right now to try and avoid the United States and Iran and, of
course, Israel would also be drawn into a kind of all-out war scenario once again.
The Qataris and the Pakistanis are both carrying out rounds of negotiations, a series of phone calls with various leaders in the region.
The Qatari foreign minister today, for example, spoke with leaders from Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to try and get this
diplomacy back on track, to try and de-escalate the tensions.
There's no question as far as Israel is concerned. They've had a big distrust in the diplomatic process with Iran pretty much since the very
beginning.
The Israeli prime minister has been cautious in his wording publicly, but privately has urged President Trump not to trust these negotiations with
Iran, urged him to return to war instead.
And -- and right now, there's no question that that scenario appears closer than it has been in quite some time. And the missiles that were fired by
Iran, targeting U.S. military bases apparently in Jordan, bring this conflict closer to Israel than we have seen in quite some time.
Ten ballistic missiles apparently fired towards a U.S. military base in Jordan, the Jordanians and the Americans intercepting those missiles. We
have not yet seen any missiles being fired at Israel nor any drones we should note as well.
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The Israelis have not yet changed their kind of level of alertness, no new instructions have been issued to the public here via the Home Front Command
guidelines.
But certainly, this is a country that has been at a heightened state of alert pretty much since the beginning of this conflict and will remain at
that heightened state of alert as things continue to escalate in the region.
There's really just no telling right now whether the ceasefire is truly dead as President Trump initially suggested yesterday or whether perhaps
diplomacy will get back on track as he appeared to perhaps suggest today.
Bianna?
GOLODRYGA: Yes. Big concern about any type of miscalculation here as well as both sides are ratcheting up, but also trying to calibrate their
responses.
Jeremy Diamond, thank you.
As the U.S. and Iran exchange threats and trade strikes in a second day of attacks, U.S. fighter jets are carrying out defensive missions.
CNN's Pamela Brown got an exclusive look aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln where the jets are launched.
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PAMELA BROWN, CNN CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: We're here on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, near the Strait of Hormuz, where
flight ops are happening. And you can see behind me here there's an F-18 that's getting ready to land. It has a hook on its tail.
And as soon as it lands, it tries to capture one of these wires on the ground. If not, the pilot has to go full throttle to take off again and
come back around. So, here we go.
There you saw it, the plane just landed here. There are flight operations that are continuous throughout the day in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
This is happening as tensions are escalating between the U.S. and Iran.
And these fighter pilots here have played a crucial role since the beginning of the war. They were the first to take off to drop bombs on
Iran. They've been doing defensive missions, but, of course, the dynamic everything is that could change quickly.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Let's get some military perspective. We're joined by CNN military analyst Colonel Cedric Leighton. It's been a while, Cedric.
Welcome back to the show. Don't be a stranger.
So, let's talk about what we've seen transpire over the past week because CENTCOM says U.S. forces have hit 170 Iranian targets in 48 hours, roughly
14 times the pace that we saw during the last wave of strikes in late June.
What does that tempo tell you about this particular mission? Is it mostly about degrading Iran's anti-ship capability or do you think this actually
will go further?
CEDRIC LEIGHTON, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Well, Bianna, I agree to be back with you. There are -- there are a lot of aspects here that indicate that
this is going to go a bit further than -- than what we've seen before.
So, it's not just the maritime component, although that's still a critical component. But we're looking at the kinds of targets, even along the
Persian Gulf and you're seeing, not only naval type targets. Basically, we're talking about those fast attack boats.
But we're also talking about what you see, you know, in the Bushehr area where that nuclear power plant. Apparently, the perimeter of that was
struck. So, that's a very interesting target because, under normal circumstances, that is not considered a military target.
And what we're looking at possibly here is a warning that the United States may go after the power transmission capabilities of the Iranian power grid.
So, that might be one aspect that they're looking at.
And then you look further afield. We have that attack that is -- that Fred mentioned in his reporting that is in the northeastern part of Iran,
basically on the rail line to Mashhad. That is an indicator that they're going after what could be deemed political targets.
So, we're looking at a series of different targets that are designed to really tighten the noose on the Iranians, both militarily as well as
economically. And that -- that seems to be the game plan that they're following right now.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And CENTCOM, we should note, has not confirmed the reports that we heard from Iranian media there about what exactly was struck,
whether that rail line was actually hit. But I don't know if we're reading too much into their non-response either.
I do want to get to what the "Wall Street Journal" has been reporting and others as well that the Navy has been secretly guiding ships through the
Omani route at night, sort of circumventing the Strait of Hormuz controlled directly by the Iranians. And they've turned transponders off. We know
there have been over 125 of these transits thus far.
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How sustainable is this type of support provided by the U.S. Navy and how dangerous and risky is it as well?
LEIGHTON: Well, it's definitely dangerous because we've had at least three ships that were struck in, you know, the past 72 hours by the Iranians that
were following that southern route along the Omani coast.
And you're right, Bianna, they do turn off the transponders. This makes it harder to track exactly, you know, who's going through the Strait, you
know, if you're watching this as a third party, basically, like a lot of us in the media are.
But the -- the key thing is that the United States sees this as an alternative route. And it is certainly a route that has been used, and it
has been used fairly effectively, but not yet to the level of the transits that occurred before this war started.
Before this war started, you had around 120 to 150 ships that passed through the Strait of Hormuz. And now we're looking at, you know, depending
on the day, it could be, you know, as low as zero, of course, but, you know, on average seems to be somewhere around 40 to 45 going through every
day.
So with that, you know, in mind, you know, it's -- it's definitely a -- a situation where not as many ships are getting through, but some are getting
through, and that seems to be enough to at least keep things flowing within the Persian Gulf and through the Strait of Hormuz, but it is not something
that is sustainable over the long-term, unless we have a continued military commitment there.
And even then, there's still a risk involved, you know, with the Iranians being able to fire missiles and drones at these ships.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. Iran claims that going through this Omani route is a violation of the MOU, but, of course, we had been discussing this very
limited 14-point MOU that was very vague, perhaps intentionally so, but it's clear that -- that both sides now seem to be interpreting it in
different fashions.
Let's just talk about the capabilities that Iran still has and maintains and continues to display with its ballistic missiles in particular. Ten,
they say, were launched towards Jordan. They were all intercepted, obviously, Kuwait as well, and other U.S. bases, just the latest salvo
we've seen from Iran, and going back to the start of the war, and some of the objectives here, it was to degrade Iran's ballistic missile capability.
How much should we read into the fact that they still clearly have a decent amount of supply at the very least?
LEIGHTON: Well, I think it's very important to realize that the Iranian supply of missiles and drones was definitely not obliterated or even
decimated. It was certainly minimized to some degree, but what you're looking at is a way in which the Iranians have been able to protect a lot
of what they have.
They've been very good at having redundant systems. And the fact remains that the -- these weapon systems that they do use are a lot cheaper to, not
only produce, but also to replace, and that is basically what we're seeing.
Even though the U.S. is attacking, you know, SAM sites, surface-to-air missile sites, are there launch facilities for, you know, some of their
rockets, and of course there are drones, that is well and good, and it is definitely a logical thing to do from a targeting perspective, from a
military targeting perspective.
But if you don't get at the supplies and you can't obliterate the -- the underground caverns that they have where they store some of these -- these
weapon systems, then it becomes, you know, something to keep in mind that they do have this capability, and they are using that capability not only
in the, basically their -- their version of the near abroad, in other words, the area right near their coastline, but also going beyond that as
far afield as Jordan.
And potentially they haven't done this yet in this phase of -- of this conflict, but potentially as far afield as Israel. So, that's -- that's
something that definitely has to be kept in mind.
And, yes, there's been a diminution of their capability, but it has not been sufficient to take them out of the fight.
GOLODRYGA: Yes, among those targets in the early days of this war, and even last year by both the United States and Israel were the launchers, as well
as the storage facilities for all of these missiles that Iran once again trying to show, that they still have plenty of capability to strike their
neighbors.
Cedric Leighton, thank you as always for being with us. Appreciate it.
LEIGHTON: You bet.
GOLODRYGA: Tense days ahead.
LEIGHTON: You bet. You bet, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: Well, just ahead on "One World," our breaking news coverage continues. The commanding officer of the USS Abraham Lincoln tells us he's
ready to follow the President's orders, whatever those orders might be.
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CAPTAIN DANIEL J. KEELER, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN: There's clearly still targets that are out there that we could go after. And it's
just a matter of if he orders us to do it or not.
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More of CNN's exclusive reporting onboard the aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz, coming up.
Plus, Iranians flood the streets of Mashhad for their final goodbyes to the ayatollah, but still no sign of his son. Where is Mojtaba Khamenei?
Also ahead.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks, everybody.
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GOLODRYGA: Chorus of support for the Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. After the break, we'll have an update on
what happened in court today.
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GOLODRYGA: A Texas community is demanding answers after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man.
The family of Lorenzo Salgado says Tuesday shooting happened during a traffic stop in Houston. An eye-spokesperson claims the agent fired in
self-defense.
As journalist Anayeli Ruiz shows us, the incident is sparking new information.
The incident is sparking new protests.
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ANAYELI RUIZ, KHOU 11 NEWS (voice-over): Hundreds gathered in the greater eastern, they fill Canal Street. Marching in protest, as they were moved by
the death of a Houston man, Lorenzo Salgado who was killed by ICE. Lorenzo, a Mexican immigrant who had lived here in the area for 35 years, killed in
what ICE said was a targeted operation.
They say he rammed an ICE vehicle and attempted to run over a law enforcement officer. Ronaldo Salgado shared his father's account, saying
his father feared his tools would be stolen.
RONALDO SALGADO, SON OF LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO: My father feared for his life as unmarked cars followed my dad who only wanted to get back to work
and back to us.
RUIZ (voice-over): And the community is standing with the Salgado family today. Many neighbors say they would have done the same thing and wouldn't
have stopped.
LUCIA MORENO, NEIGHBOR: And you see an unmarked car, you see someone whose face is all covered up, you're not going to stop. And that's what I want
people to understand about our neighborhood.
RUIZ (voice-over): For many at the protest, Salgado's death feels deeply personal. Some thought back tears saying this could have been someone in
their own family.
DANI HERNANDEZ, HOUSTON RESIDENT: You know, like, this could have been my uncle, this could have been my dad. And it's just like this is where they
come around, this is where they're at.
As families came together, one message echoed through the crowd, they want transparency.
HERNANDEZ: We know that in the past ICE has not told the truth, so I think that we need to make sure that we have an independent investigation to make
sure that we understand exactly what happened.
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GOLODRYGA: And we'll be right back with more.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. Welcome back to "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga.
We return now to our top story. The U.S. and Iran trading new strikes as their fragile ceasefire unravels.
The U.S. military says that it carried out at least 170 strikes over the last two nights. Several along the coast -- coastal province of Bushehr.
Iran launched attacks at U.S. military sites across its Arab neighbors, including at least eight missiles at a U.S. base in Jordan, according to
officials there.
We want to bring you more now from our Pamela Brown, who has been given exclusive access on board the USS Abraham Lincoln. She spoke to the
aircraft carrier's commanding officer about the threats they face as a key Iranian target, and how he tunes out the political noise.
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KEELER: The things you might read in the news, specifically, don't always translate into immediate action on the ship. We're waiting for orders.
We're always ready for tasking that might come down.
And in this particular case, it's no different than last month or two months ago.
BROWN: What is the sort of mood and sentiment here when you -- when you have so many times like this where the rhetoric gets intensified and -- and
there's all these things thrown around and you've been at sea since last November. What does that do to this?
KEELER: I think the crew is just used to the political rhetoric going back and forth on both sides. And ultimately, we just kind of it's (ph)
background. It's a for lack of a better term, just a lot of noise and then we just wait for official word.
And the official word comes from the president, goes to secretary of war, and then goes to our military change command -- chain of command. And once
we have formal tasking, then we'll -- we'll execute.
BROWN: So, when the president says, either this will happen or we finish the job, what does he mean do you think by finish the job?
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KEELER: You'd have to ask him.
BROWN: OK.
KEELER: There's clearly still targets that are out there that we could go after. And it's just a matter of if he orders us to do it or not.
How far that goes, that's a -- that's a discussion for political leaders. But as a commanding officer of an aircraft carrier, I'll wait for my orders
and execute the ones that I'm giving.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. The strikes in the region come on an important day for Iran, the week-long funeral for its slain supreme leader has come to an
end.
The late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried at his country's holiest shrine in the city of Mashhad. Noticeably absent is his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who
has not been seen since the start of the war.
Joining me now is Holly Dagres. She is a senior fellow for "The Washington Institute." Holly, welcome to the show.
We'll talk about Mojtaba and his whereabouts in just a moment, but I do want to start with how we got here, because Iran fired on tankers this week
at the start of or in the middle of Ali Khamenei's funeral week after Trump said that he had given them a quote, time out period.
"Brookings," Suzanne Maloney, who has somebody I know you know well, describes this in her view as Iranian triumphalism, that she says they're
burying their dead and showing that they can still fire back.
Do you agree with that assessment? Or do you think that this is an act of desperation from Iran still trying to maintain control over the Strait?
HOLLY DAGRES, SENIOR FELLOW, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE: I think it's a bit of both. For starters, you have to remember that, you know, this is an MOU, a
memorandum of understanding. There's still negotiations underway, granted, the president had said that he doesn't trust the Iranians and called them a
bunch of names, but he said that these -- these negotiations at this juncture are ongoing.
And so we have two countries, the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, that both think they won the war. And every time we've been seeing
these tit-for-tat strikes in the aftermath of this MOU being signed, it's two countries that are playing hardball, two countries trying to force the
other to come to their terms. And that's what we're really seeing playing out at this moment, but with a lot more symbolism, because as you noted,
this was the death -- the funeral of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war on February 28th.
GOLODRYGA: And as you know, Iranian officials are calling this a violation of the MOU, the U.S. they claim, and we've been reporting as well, has been
helping navigate ships passage through closer to this -- the Omani coastline.
So, if this was always going to come down to the Strait and who controls it, was this MOU always destined to fail?
DAGRES: That's a complex question and an important one at that. I mean, just looking at the big picture, if -- if this whole thing was going to be
about the Strait of Hormuz, why even have this feudal war to begin with?
Because historically, the strait was always open. And it wasn't until this war that the Iranians deployed this tool of closing down the Strait, which
is, by the way, something that has been talked about for years in Washington during war games and whatnot.
And so what we're seeing this being utilized in the way it's been since the war began, I think we need to look more at big picture on how to move
forward with that.
GOLODRYGA: Going back to actually who was calling the shots here, if you look at the symbolism and look at the images that have been carefully
choreographed by the Iranian regime, it is Mojtaba Khamenei's face that -- that is on the funeral protesters --protest next to his father's face, but
it is the IRGC, it appears calling the shots and Ghalibaf running the negotiations.
From what you're hearing and sensing, how much internal tension is there right now, as far as leadership in the direction that these negotiations
head?
DAGRES: Well, the Islamic Republic has painstakingly pushed the narrative since the start of the war, first by this state-imposed internet shutdown
that was the longest globally, but also curating it by bringing these Instagram influencers or the West that have been doing a lot of their
propaganda to show this face of unity with these millions of Iranians that are pro-regime or have been bust out to these protest funeral or funeral
procession. And so they purposely push this narrative.
But when you look beneath the surface, there's several things going on. For starters, as you noted, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been nowhere to
be seen. There's never been an audio or even a video of him since he took over the role.
Second, three of the country's top or most recent presidents that are alive, starting with Mohammad Khatami, Hassan Rouhani, and Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad were not at the main funeral ceremony. So, they've been pushing this narrative of unity.
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But more importantly, they -- they -- what's not being discussed enough as the coverage of the funeral went on this past week is just the over
underlying problems of the country. There's been systemic mismanagement corruption and repression for 47 years. And it's driven Iranians to the
streets and anti-regime cyclical protests over the years.
Most recently, we saw this with the January uprising that resulted in the massacre of thousands of Iranians who this week marked the sixth
anniversary of those dead protesters.
So, you know, even though we're seeing this image of unity at this funeral itself or one that they are projecting, the reality is that there's a lot
of embers of anger and resentment beneath the surface and a -- a sentiment that is not being covered in the media in this moment because of the limits
of that ability.
GOLODRYGA: Of course, and it's important to note the images that we are seeing right now, or the images that the regime wants the world to see,
which is why on the one hand, yes, perhaps it is a victory for them to say that they've survived these strikes by the United States and Israel.
At the same time, one could argue the bigger challenge will be governing a country in the months and years ahead, given all of the structural
weaknesses that they are facing from the economy on down.
Holly Dagres, great to have you on. Thanks for all of your sharp and insightful points. We really appreciate it.
Well, just over two weeks from the tragic twin earthquakes that shook Venezuela, we're hearing some stories of hope and perseverance. CNN's
Carolina Peguero spoke with a woman whose father was deported from the United States back to Venezuela and narrowly avoided death.
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ALBANIS PARRA, DAUGHTER OF EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR (through translator): I found out my dad was in Venezuela on Tuesday, thanks to a woman who was
helping me find him.
On Wednesday, the earthquake happened, and I hadn't talked to him yet. I knew nothing of him since then. I didn't know if he was OK or not.
CAROLINA PEGUERO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two weeks after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, Albanis Parra still hasn't processed
the uncertainty she experienced, not knowing about her father, who had been on the last deportation flight on June 24th. Today, he's alive by a
miracle.
PARRA (through translator): My father survived by a miracle because he had a complaint filed against him by his sister from 15 years ago after an
argument, and he was taken to a separate detention facility.
PEGUERO (voice-over): Her father, Alberto Parra Villalobos, shares by FaceTime call from Venezuela and explains how this miraculous detour saved
his life, but not from the trauma he now lives with after witnessing the aftershocks and the destruction.
ALBERTO JOSE PARRA VILLALOBOS, EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR (through translator): They told us, get ready, we're leaving. On the day of the earthquake, they
took us to a courthouse, which was across the hotel where the other deportees were staying at. The ground below was roaring loudly, like the
devil was coming out of it and the seawaters were coming up through the toilets. I thought a tsunami was coming, and I felt like I was being shaken
in a hammock.
PEGUERO (voice-over): Parra Villalobos who had been living in the United States under a political asylum status, was detained on Christmas Day in
2025 for driving without a valid license.
And after more than six months being held in several ICE detention centers, he was deported under the Trump administration. He says the images he has
seen will never leave his mind.
VILLALOBOS (through translator): It was a white cloud. You could see all the dust all the way from Caracas to La Guaira. I saw staircases collapsing
and suddenly more than 1,000 vultures were flying all over the hotel. The guards were crying, and some because they found out their families had
died.
PEGUERO (voice-over): He shares that he saw many who were on the same flight also lose their lives that day.
VILLALOBOS (through translator): I feel very bad about everything and what I've lived through. I will never forget this, the children and the pregnant
woman who died.
I stay outdoors all the time because I can't go into my house. I'm afraid, and I can't live like this.
PEGUERO (voice-over): His daughter has been using her flower shop as a donation center to help families in Venezuela. She hopes that one day her
and her son will be able to reunite with her father.
PARRA (through translator): I love him very much. I'm grateful to him, even though we may argue. I love him. God gave him a second chance at life. And
I know this is very painful for all those families who have lost loved ones. All we can do is trust in God.
PEGUERO (voice-over): Carolina Peguero, CNN, Orlando.
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GOLODRYGA: All right. After a one-day break from the daily fixtures of the World Cup games, a quarterfinals kick off in a little over three hours.
Tournament favorites, France, will be up against Morocco in Boston. The Atlas Lions will be looking to avenge their defeat to Le Bleus four years
ago in the semifinals. Both sides have so far gone undefeated in this year's World Cup.
CNN's World Sports Amanda Davies joins us now. Amanda, I was speaking in the last hour. It was really tough last night not having a game to watch.
It was going through some sort of withdrawal. I'm sure for you that was the same, though. You did get a bit of time off.
What are you going to be focused on today?
AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yes. People definitely didn't know what to be doing with themselves. But I mean, when you look at this quarterfinal
lineup, you have to say it will have been worth the wait.
I mean, the top four seeded teams heading into this tournament, I think all of the eight with the exception of Switzerland who were at this stage for
the first time since 1954 would have expected, definitely hoped to have been at this stage.
But, I mean, the idea of France against Morocco to kick things off is really, really exciting. As you rightly said, a rematch of the semifinals
from four years ago in Qatar that I was privileged enough to be at.
France looking for a third straight final in this competition. And four years ago in Qatar, Morocco were the team that really were swept through to
the semifinals with the passion, the excitement, the first ever African nation to reach this stage.
They were the surprise package of the tournament, but now it's very, very different. They've continued to build from that moment from that platform.
And there is an expectation surrounding them, their co-hosts of the next edition of the World Cup in 2030.
They were the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations just a couple of months ago. And they're very much being talked about as the toughest test for
France, many people's pre-tournament favorites, of course, up to this point in the competition.
I mean, France, though, are the top scorers in the tournament, so far, with that incredible array of attacking talent the likes of Kylian Mbappe,
Ousmane Dembele, Michael Olise.
But it says so much about the weight and the -- the, you know, the honor that they give -- the respect that they give Morocco, that their coach,
Didier Deschamps, calling on his side to be even more efficient in front of goal in the game today.
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DIDIER DESCHAMPS, FRANCE COACH (through translator): Morocco, for those who are not familiar with them, already stepped up. We met them four years ago
in Doha in the semifinals. They also made it to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, so they're among the very best teams with very good players.
They are not here by accident. It's a matchup between two teams that liked to have the ball, that liked to attack, that liked to score goals. You'll
need to perform very well tomorrow because this Morocco team has very high quality.
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DAVIES: A big blow for Morocco. They'll be missing one of their star players of the tournament Ismael Saibari. He hasn't recovered in time from
the injury that saw him go off against Canada in their last encounter.
But the fans have made it in their numbers to Boston, they've been painting the town red. Boston has really had some of the highlights, haven't they?
From the fan perspective of this tournament following the footsteps of the -- the Scots and the Norwegians.
But it definitely promises to be a fantastic encounter, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: No -- no doubt that Morocco has been so impressive, so far, throughout these games. But listen, when you're up against Mbappe, yes,
it's going to be a bunch of nerves there for those Moroccan fans, no doubt, but it will be so fun for us to be watching.
Amanda Davies, thank you so much. Jam-packed, next few days.
Well, now to a new trend that is changing the business of fragrance, scentmaxxing and scent layering are the processes of combining different
perfumes together to find a unique personal scent.
CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich explores Estee Lauder's factory to see how they are aiming to attract Gen Z buyers.
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VANESSA YURKEVICH, CNN BUSINESS AND POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Against this? It's calming, but it's -- it is potent.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE)
YURKEVICH: I don't know, let's try it. Oh, my.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is your magic ingredient.
YURKEVICH: No.
I'm someone who's never bought a fragrance in my life. I feel like I'm very sensitive to smell.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it could be that maybe you just haven't found the one that's right for you yet.
YURKEVICH: OK. All right. What do we got?
We are at Estee Lauder's manufacturing facility in Melville, Long Island. Fragrance in particular right now, having a moment. And fragrance sales are
expected to boom by more than 50 percent in the next eight years alone.
You can thank Gen Z for that. They're doing something called scentmaxxing or scent layering. It's essentially where you layer different scents from
the same brand or different brands, but it's definitely a trend.
So, how do companies like Estee Lauder stay on trend and continue to innovate? Well, we're here to find out.
So, fragrance is having a moment right now. Can you guys actually feel that here in the manufacturing facility?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We definitely do, and we're -- we've been responding to that.
YURKEVICH: Estee Lauder has been around for 80 years. They own skincare like Aveda and La Mer, hair care, Bumble and Bumble, makeup, MAC, and also
a lot of fragrances. A hundred and fifty different fragrances are manufactured right here in Long Island, including Clinique Happy. This is
one of their OGs.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Clinique Happy was actually one of the fragrances that I wore when I was in high school and college. It's very nostalgic for me. I
love all of our Clinique Happy scents.
YURKEVICH: How is smell or scent attached to emotion?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's this nostalgic piece that you can recall like someone in your family wearing a scent or maybe there was something that
you really loved or food that you recall. And we're trying to deliver that to the consumer so that they can feel good when they wear these fragrances.
These are our scent booths. These are controlled environments that we're able to evaluate scents in.
We're going to look at Angel's Share, which is currently trending for its gourmand scent.
YURKEVICH: Cinnamon?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cinnamon is in there. Very good.
Gourmand is huge right now with especially the younger generation and Gen Z. You're yummy scents like vanilla and chocolate. Awesome edible sort of
scents.
YURKEVICH: We're in SoHo, New York on our way to fragrance row. It's four individual stores that Estee Lauder companies bought up to try to
capitalize on the big fragrance boom.
Do you guys know what scent layering, scentmaxxing is? Have you heard of this?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think so.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wait, no.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I can -- no, yes, I --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE :Carry multiple together.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, carry multiple together.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have a connection of perfumes, so you just build them together.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I like vanilla. I like chocolate. So --
YURKEVICH: Oh, so you're in the gourmand craze right now where the fragrance smells like food.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I like scentmaxxing because I feel like it brings out like my joy.
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DANCEY: It's a breath of bracing air of the British coast. A sea salt fresh.
YURKEVICH: I can barely smell it.
DANCEY: OK. So, it's a layer.
YURKEVICH: This is fun. We're actually creating my own individual scent.
DANCEY: Yes, this is for you.
YURKEVICH: This is blue.
DANCEY: (INAUDIBLE)
YURKEVICH: Oh, yes.
DANCEY: So we are now layering.
YURKEVICH: OK. OK. So, the good news is we found something that I like.
DANCEY: Yay.
YURKEVICH: Which is great.
DANCEY: Yes.
YURKEVICH: However --
DANCEY: Yes.
YURKEVICH: -- it did take two distinct cents to get me there.
DANCEY: Yes.
YURKEVICH: How are you thinking about pricing? Because some of these -- some of these fragrances are hundreds of dollars.
DANCEY: Yes, absolutely. So, what we have seen in the last two to three years is a growth in, like, a faster growth in small sizes. And that is
something that has been completely led by the Gen Z consumer.
YURKEVICH: One of the things that Estee Lauder has going for is the name recognition, the longevity of the brand.
DANCEY: Yes.
YURKEVICH: But in some ways, that can also work against the brand because it's considered maybe among some as an older brand.
DANCEY: Yes.
YURKEVICH: How are you meeting that Gen Z cohort that you know is looking for this, but might not know that Estee Lauder is the place to get it?
DANCEY: Yes. With the scent layer and campaign, we went social first. And so the like -- the -- the nature of the media, the messaging, the
investment was all around the social platform, to really be where the conversation was happening.
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GOLODRYGA: The U.S. Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool says that he is not guilty. David Hearn was in court
earlier facing one count of destruction of property. His lawyer says Hearn is being blamed for the Trump administration's failures.
CNN has learned that three others have also been charged with destruction of property at the Reflecting Pool.
President Donald Trump's multi-million dollar renovation of the pool has been plagued by problems, including damage to its new coating.
Well, Britain's latest political showdown is taking an unusual turn. Right- wing populist leader Nigel Farage had hoped that his special election to get back in his parliamentary seat would be a battle against what he calls
the political establishment.
Well, instead, his challenger next month will be this satirical candidate who wears a trash can on his head.
CNN's Robbie Hawken reports.
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ROBBIE HAWKEN, CNN PRODUCER (voice-over): Why is a guy wearing a garbage can on his head running for British parliament? No, this isn't a joke.
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COUNT BINFACE, PARLIAMENT CANDIDATE FOR CLACTON, COUNT BINFACE PARTY: I'm here to take out the trash on planet Earth because it's time to make Earth
great again.
HAWKEN (voice-over): He's called Count Binface. And according to him, he's an intergalactic space warrior from the planet Sigma 9, a mainstay of
British elections. He's been on the ballot before, first as Lord Buckethead, running against Prime Minister Theresa May, then as Count
Binface against Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.
His campaign promises include cutting your taxes while raising everyone else's, drafting anyone who uses speakerphone on public transport,
representing the U.K. at the Eurovision Song Contest and --
COUNT BINFACE: I pledge to build at least one affordable house.
HAWKEN (voice-over): This time, he's taking on Nigel Farage in a special election where Britain's main parties aren't running candidates.
So, who actually is Count Binface? He's the satirical creation of comedian Jonathan Harvey, carrying on Britain's long tradition of novelty election
candidates, from the monster-raving Loony Party to Elmo and even a fox for some reason.
Beneath the costume, there's one message he's genuinely trying to get across.
COUNT BINFACE: And I urge everyone, no matter who you support, do go out to vote. And most importantly, make your votes count.
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GOLODRYGA: Well, he is memorable. You have to give him that. You cannot make it up, folks.
All right. So that does it for this hour of "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks so much for watching. "Amanpour" is up next.
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