A Trump administration official melted down on social media after watching a live CNN report from Iran that he labeled “propaganda.”Frederik Pleitgen, CNN’s senior international correspondent, is reporting from the Middle Eastern country targeted in President Donald Trump’s latest war. He filed an update on Thursday while on a coffee stop as he and his producer were driving to Tehran. CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen posts from Iran. screen grabCNN is the first U.S. network allowed into Iran since Trump surprised the country with military strikes on Feb. 28. “Iran is hoping that we cannot sustain this, which is a really bad miscalculation,” Hegseth said on Thursday.

Source: CNN March 07, 2026 14:19 UTC