israel attacks the iranian capital..."it's not a nuclear facility." [y transcript]

■ Host: Anchor Lee Hyun-woong, Anchor Cho Ye-jin
■ Starring: Park Won-gon, Professor of North Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University

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◇Anchor> Israel launched a retaliatory air strike against Iran. Previously, it was said that there was a possibility of an attack on nuclear or oil facilities, but what was reported was that it was only targeting military targets. How do you see this background?

◆Park Won-gon> In January, Iran hit Israel. It didn't cause much damage by firing about 200 missiles, but Iran hit it anyway, so Israel has warned of a retaliatory attack on it. It's ongoing and more detailed news will come in. I think many people will remember, but there was a workshop last April. At that time, Iran hit Iran with 170 drones and 150 missiles, and they hit Israel. At that time, Israel did not attack the nuclear facilities themselves.

As you said this time, we are still cautious that we attacked military facilities. It can be judged only when more information comes in, but it is a limited attack. It was originally talked about in Israel and it was also talked about on various shows.Ma can directly hit Iran's nuclear facilities. In April, they showed their ability to strike nuclear facilities without striking them. However, this time, there was talk that it could strike real nuclear facilities, but Israel also made a limited attack to a certain level, considering that it did not strike the nuclear facilities. So far, it is currently possible to judge.

◇Anchor> Then, does it seem that the U.S. also had influence on the background of the limited attack?

◆Park Won-gon> That's right. The Biden administration continued to publicly say that there was no escalation, and again, it notified the United States in advance. I've probably talked to the U.S. If that happens, or if Iran attacks immediately, the U.S. has to respond to it, and so does the U.S. military already have a lot of U.S. forces there. When Iran hit Israel on the 1st, U.S. forces defended it in large part. Then, of course, the Biden administration's basic position in the United States is that it does not want to escalate, so it probably persuades Israel to a large extent. But Israel wouldn't have stopped it from responding to this. If so, I think there is a high possibility that they demanded a limited response.

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: Song Eun-hye, editor of the digital news team

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