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Israel and the U.S.

are continuing to hit Iran on the sixth day of the war.

Iran says the United States will, quote, bitterly regret torpedoing one of its warships yesterday in the Indian Ocean.

an attack that killed at least 87 people.

NPR's Ruth Sherlock is in Turkey, close to the border with Iran, where she's been speaking with Iranians coming across the border.

And she's with us now.

Ruth, hello.

Thanks so much for joining us.

So as we said, you've been on the border with Iran.

So beyond Iran, there are also still major concerns about the Gulf region being drawn into the conflict?

Ruth, thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

And we have some information about two more US Army reservists killed in Sunday's Iranian drone strike.

54-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Robert Marzan of Sacramento, California, and 45-year-old Major Jeffrey O'Brien of Waukee, Iowa.

They are among six US service members killed in the attack in Kuwait.

In Iran, a panel of clerics is deciding who will replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike at the start of the war.

NPR international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam is with us now to tell us more about this.

Jackie, good morning to you.