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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Major combat operations continued in Iran through the weekend while in Congress, key lawmakers are casting different visions for what comes next. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
Republican chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Tom Cotton, celebrated the operation on CNN and called it necessary to deter Iran from long-range missile development.
What are the latest developments in the Iran conflict?
It's much easier... to kill the archer on the ground than it is to shoot his arrow out of the sky. Cotton said the stage is set for regime change. But ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, a Democrat, called the operation a, quote, war of choice. He said he's seen no intelligence that Iran posed a direct threat to the U.S. before the attack. Warner told CNN regime change is unlikely.
We have had... very little visibility into what happens next after the Supreme Leader is eliminated.
Both Warner and Cotton expect continued fighting in the coming days. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
The Pentagon today briefed the bipartisan staffs of several national security committees in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. A White House spokesman says the meetings about military actions in Iran lasted more than 90 minutes. The full membership of both chambers of Congress will hear from top cabinet officials on Tuesday of this week. Iran's state-run news agency says the death toll from an attack on a girls' elementary school has reached 153. NPR's Aya Batraoui has the latest.
The school in the southwestern city of Manab was struck early Saturday as students across Iran were just starting the school week. killing more than half the students there and wounding nearly 100 others who were rushed to hospital. Erna, Iran's state news agency, quoted a spokesman for the education ministry, saying Israel had bombed the school three times. He says there were more than 260 students in the school at the time. Earlier official reports had indicated 170 students in the school. The report made no mention of teachers or adults possibly killed and wounded. Israel says it's unaware of Israeli military strikes in the area, The U.S. says it's looking into it. It is the single deadliest strike of the war that began early Saturday with Israeli and later U.S.
strikes on Iran that killed the country's supreme leader and other top officials. Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
Leaders in the region are calling on the United States, Israel and Iran to stand down. Jerry Baskaran has details from neighboring Istanbul.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with his counterparts in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as the countries pushed the U.S., Israel and Iran to find a diplomatic solution. Erdogan said the conflict risks dragging the region into a ring of fire. The leader of Turkey's main opposition party also spoke out against the war, saying that only the Iranian people should decide the future of their country. A religious solidarity group organized protests in Istanbul, calling for an end to U.S. imperialism. For NPR News, I'm Dori Buscarin, Istanbul.
This is NPR. One month ago, Arizona law enforcement learned that Nancy Guthrie was likely taken from her home against her will. LM Boyd has the latest on how the investigation has unfolded. One family reported that the mother of today's show, Savannah Guthrie, was missing.
Pima County investigators say Nancy Guthrie left behind her keys, wallet, and phone, and that traces of her blood were found at her Tucson area home. For much of February, reporters and online content creators crowded the neighborhood, but since county officials imposed a temporary street parking ban near the home, neighbors say it has grown quieter. Authorities continue to ask residents for surveillance video and tips. The most significant development has been the recovery of security footage that shows an unidentified masked and armed person approaching Guthrie's doorstep the morning she disappeared. Savannah Guthrie says the family is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to her recovery.
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