How seriously should we take this saber-rattling, and what would be the end goal of U.S. military action against Iran? Questions I want to put to Sima Shine, who focused on Iran back when she ran research and analysis for the Mossad. How do we know what's happening in Iran? KELLY: So the impact of the digital blackout on the ability of the rest of the world's intelligence services to know what is happening inside Iran - do we know how great it is? KELLY: So it will require some kind of external force or change to force change inside Iran?

Source: CNN January 29, 2026 22:22 UTC