Opinion | How a CNN reporter covered war from inside Iran

On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched a major joint assault on Iran. Getting information from Iran initially was extremely difficult because there were no Western journalists in the country.

But that changed with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen.

Literally moments after the attacks began, Pleitgen began working on a plan to get into the country to cover the war. He had been going to Iran for nearly a dozen years with producer and photojournalist Claudia Otto. They have been there more than 40 times.

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