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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Israel has launched a new wave of airstrikes on Tehran the second straight day of attacks on the Iranian capital. Israel says the goal is to establish air control over Iran. NPR's Greg Myrie reports on what that means and how quickly this campaign has dismantled Iran's ability to fight back.
Israel's military says it launched this new wave of large-scale attacks. And we've heard these explosions ringing out in Tehran. Israel says the goal is to establish air superiority. And really one of the most striking elements in this U.S.-Israel bombing campaign, both last June and again this time, has been how quickly they've crippled Iran's air defenses.
That's NPR's Greg Myhre reporting. Israel says its strikes have killed 40 top Iranian military officials. Israel did not provide evidence, and neither Iran nor the United States immediately commented on that claim. In Iran, mourners are gathering today to pay their respects to the country's supreme leader who was killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. NPR's Jaina Raff reports.
In Tehran and in other cities, mourners packed public squares to commemorate the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The country declared 40 days of mourning for the 86-year-old leader, now considered a martyr. Iran said Khamenei died in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on his office on Saturday. Anti-government protests which rocked the country in December have been sidelined since the attacks. Iran said military leaders killed in the strikes included the armed forces chief of staff and a senior intelligence commander. The Iranian government said it had already hit 27 U.S. military bases in the region, along with other targets. It vowed the biggest wave of attacks yet in retaliation for Khamenei's death. Jane Araf, NPR News, Amman.
Protesters tried to overrun the U.S. consulate in Karachi. NPR's Dia Hadid reports at least nine people were killed.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was revered by many Shiites as a supreme leader of a Shiite-majority nation and as a spiritual leader in his own right. So as news of his assassination spread, Pakistani media reports that protesters converged outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi, a city with a sizable Shiite population. Reuters reported the protesters breached the outer wall of the highly secure complex. Multiple videos shared on social media of the protest, filmed at different angles and at different times, show some of the protesters using metal rods to smash one structure. Dia Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai. It's NPR.
The federal housing agency HUD wants new restrictions on rental aid. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports a proposal could impose full-time work requirements and a time limit of just two years.
The proposed rule is not a mandate. It would allow local housing authorities and private landlords to impose the requirements if they choose. Elderly and disabled tenants would be exempt. It's part of a push by HUD Secretary Scott Turner to promote what he calls self-sufficiency. Supporters also say there are such long waiting lists for rental aid, it's more fair to spread it around. Critics of the proposed rule say most people who can work already do, they just don't make enough to pay market rate rents. A few places have experimented with time limits but dropped them because as the cutoffs approached, they worried they'd be pushing people into homelessness. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case Monday that pits marijuana users against federal gun laws. Gun control groups are siding with the Trump administration in defending a law that bars drug users from legally owning firearms. On the other side, the ACLU and the National Rifle Association are pushing back against the law. The case comes after the Supreme Court's ruling in 2022 that expanded gun rights. The justices ruled that any firearm restrictions must be firmly rooted in the nation's history and tradition. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
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