CNN‘s senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen and his team crossed the border into Iran on Thursday and are now headed to Tehran. CNN said it was the first U.S. network to enter the country since the start of the war. Pleitgen appeared on CNN riding in a vehicle, telling viewers that the Iranian government had granted a visa and to report from there. We also don’t know what the situation on the road to Tehran is going to look like, how many checkpoints there’s going to be. The United States and Israel are continuing their huge aerial campaign against targets inside of Iran.

Source: CNN March 05, 2026 15:13 UTC