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Questions about degree of US coordination with Iran emerge after news conference
We've just heard from our US correspondent James Matthews, who explained that the American strikes on Iran "came down to a deception plan".
He explained that B-2 bombers were seen flying towards Guam in the Pacific, which "raised many questions", but now we know it was a decoy as other bombers were sneaking their way towards Iran.
There was "much hype" from Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon news conference in the last hour, Matthews adds.
Hegseth was "keen to stress" the "limited scope" of the strike, but it was "textbook stuff" from the defence secretary and Trump ally, Matthews says.
An Operation Midnight Hammer poster
An Operation Midnight Hammer poster
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There are reports circulating that the US contacted Iran through diplomatic channels ahead of the strikes to "assert its intentions".
Matthews explained that that would be reminiscent of a previous strike in 2020 when the US took out a senior Iranian military commander.
He said: "That certainly asks the question about the degree of coordination with the Iranians.
"It raises the prospect of guardrails implemented by the United States - an arrangement whereby the US could look tough, as tough as Pete Hegseth has characterised this as, but also give due warning to Iran, and allow it to manage its response in a way that is contained."