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Chapter 1: What are the latest developments in the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran?
On the latest episode of Sources and Methods, NPR's national security podcast, the U.S. and Israel have attacked Iran. President Trump is calling for regime change, telling Iranians, quote, when we are finished, take over your government. We break down the most important questions about what happens next. I'm Mary Louise Kelly.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. Iran's state TV confirms Iran's supreme leader has died in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country. His daughter and a grandchild were also killed. NPR's Jackie Northam has more.
Ayatollah Khamenei held a tight grip on power since 1989 and was unwavering in his antipathy to the U.S. and Israel. Khamenei lacked religious credentials when he became supreme leader, but was cunning and able to outwit other senior political figures in the Islamic Republic and build up his power base to become the longest-serving leader in the Middle East.
Khamenei's close ties to the Revolutionary Guards allowed Iran's military to develop a vast commercial empire in control of many parts of the economy. Khamenei also built up Iran's defensive policies, such as developing proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas and its huge arsenal of ballistic weapons. As Supreme Leader, Khamenei also had the final word on anything to do with Iran's nuclear program.
Jackie Northam, NPR News.
And Iran's ambassador to the U.N. says the strikes killed more than 100 students at a girls' school.
MPR's Aya Batraoui has more. Iran's state news agency IRNA says 170 students were present in the school when it was hit by what the governor says was, quote, the American Zionist aggression. The state news agency posted this brief clip from the scene, showing a damaged low-rise building with smoke rising and people standing around as a woman wails.
The primary school is located in Minab, a city in southern Iran that's close to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil passes. It's also near to U.S. positions in Gulf Arab states that Iranian missiles have targeted today. The attacks began this morning with Israel striking Iran first and the U.S. announcing its involvement.
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Chapter 2: How has Iran's leadership responded to the recent attacks?
attacks came on the 10th day of Ramadan, a holy time for Muslims and when much of the region is fasting. Aya Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. wasn't involved in the strikes on Iran. Philip Marks has more.
In a statement, Starmer said Iran's government has been a destabilizing force and warned that Tehran must never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. He condemned Iran's retaliatory attacks across the region that followed US and Israeli airstrikes on a large number of sites in Iran. He also expressed support for countries affected by the strikes, particularly in the Gulf region.
British planes are in the sky today as part of coordinated regional defensive operations to protect our people, our interests and our allies.
The British leader called on Iran to halt further strikes, abandon its weapons programs, and return to negotiations to avoid wider conflict. For NPR News, I'm Billum Marks.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Iran says its waterway that's crucial to the world's oil trade is closed because of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Tehran says no ships of any kind are allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and that it plans to launch drone strikes on commercial vessels.
The narrow waterway, which is controlled by Iran, connects the biggest Gulf oil producers with the export route to outside markets. Analysts say closing the strait could lead to higher oil prices. Colorado health officials have changed their rules for obtaining a birth certificate long after a child is born.
Colorado Public Radio's Dan Boyce says the previous rules were among the country's most restrictive.
The current rules require at least one official government document from the first 10 years of a child's life to get what's called a delayed birth certificate. But if a child's parents didn't register their kids for government documents, that child would never have a way to get a birth certificate or a social security number. New rules were passed unanimously by the health board.
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