NPR Staff
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Iran fires more missiles at Israel and rejects Trump's talk as 'fake news' for markets
Israeli health officials said Iranian missiles struck four sites across Israel Tuesday, including central Tel Aviv, injuring at least six people. Iranian authorities also said a gas supply line in southwest Iran was struck overnight.
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Trump delays striking Iran's power plants for 5 days during 'productive conversations'
Trump said the U.S. will postpone any strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, even as Israel continued hitting Tehran and Iran warned it could retaliate across the Gulf.
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Israel launches more strikes on Tehran as Iran continues attacks on Gulf oil facilities
The latest strikes come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel would "hold off on future attacks" on Iran's energy infrastructure, following Trump's request.
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Israel and Iran attack gas facilities in a major escalation that rattles markets
President Trump said that Israel acted alone when it struck the South Pars gas field in Iran. Trump threatened Iran to halt its attacks on Qatar's facilities or face a "blow up" at South Pars.
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Iran confirms the death of its intelligence chief, 3rd top official killed in 24 hours
Israel killed Iran's intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, in an overnight strike — the third high-ranking official killed in about 24 hours.
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A Trump official quits over the Iran war, as Israel says it killed 2 Iranian commanders
Israel says it killed Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani. Iran has yet to confirm but it would be the highest-profile killings since the targeting of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Trump threatens NATO allies over Strait of Hormuz help
With the Iran war in its third week and the price of oil reaching nearly $105 a barrel on Monday, President Trump again urged NATO and China to help secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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U.S. military names six killed in plane crash as Iran war enters third week
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a third week, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while the U.S. defense department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.
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U.S. Embassy in Baghdad again urges Americans to leave Iraq as Trump touts strikes on Iran
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump claimed the U.S. had "destroyed 100% of Iran's Military capability." The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, meanwhile, urged Americans to "leave Iraq immediately."
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All 6 U.S. crew are dead after a military aircraft goes down in Iraq
The U.S. military confirmed that all six crew members on an KC-135 aircraft died after the refueling plane went down in western Iraq, raising the U.S. death toll after two weeks of war with Iran.
