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Warning very kaflly, one thing it said, airmen should be very careful while going through there because planes could be misidentified. that's always a threat. where you have a loft commercial air activity. that's one of the main sort of air highways if you will for flights going from the u.s., europe, all the way to the middle east. always a lot of air traffic there. because there's so much military traffic going on there now. >> fred, we appreciate the reporting given that tensions seem to be ratcheting down. fred, thank you. a political scandal is triggering snap elections in austria. >> t...

Carriers risk being misidentify by iran even though the country isn't likely to target civil aircraft. let's bring in cnn international correspondent fred pleitgeen. the world from the supreme leader is no war in the region. what's the mood among people now now they're getting this clear and direct message amid these rising tensions? >> reporter: george, people are a lot more calm than they were at the beginning of last week. i think the tensions escalated to their highest point probably around wednesday of this past. you're right, ever since the supreme leader came out and said unequivocally ...

It's in the cards. at the same time, george, the iranians themselves also seem pretty keen not to further fan the flames. one thing we heard late friday our own barbara starr had some reporting from the pentagons some iranians boats carrying missiles, returned to port and those missiles were unloaded. at friday prayers here in tie ran we thought those were going to be pretty fiery, with the aircraft deployments and those b-52s, but it subdued. at the same time, first of all, no negotiations and second of all, if there's an escalation of a situation they would be ready, george. >> fred to that ...