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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Iran state media has confirmed that the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is dead. President Trump announced Khamenei's death Saturday on social media. The death came during the joint military operation by the US and Israel against Iran that continues at this hour. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv.
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Daniel Estrin
A person briefed on the strike told NPR that ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989, was killed in Israeli strikes. Israeli media are reporting Khamenei's body has been pulled from the rubble. An Israeli military official told reporters that three separate gatherings of senior officials were struck simultaneously Saturday morning local time at the start of the joint U. S. Israeli attack on Iran. The official said several central government figures in Iran were killed. President Trump and Netanyahu have called on Iranians to rise up and topple the Iranian regime. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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Dale Willman
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was called following the start of the U.S. and Israeli operation in Iran. At that meeting, U.S. ambassador Mike Waltz celebrated the strikes. He said they're a matter of global security because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And he laid out the Trump administration's
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U.S. Official
objectives for the strikes to dismantle missile capabilities that threaten allies to degrade naval assets used to destabilize international waters and to disrupt the machinery that arms, proxy militias and to ensure the Iranian regime never, ever can threaten the world with a nuclear weapon.
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Dale Willman
UN Secretary of State Antonio Guterres called for an end to the hostilities and a return to talks between the US And Iran. Russia is condemning the strikes on Iran. In a statement, Russia's Foreign Ministry warned the attacks risk destabilizing the WIDER Middle East. NPR's Charles Mainz has more.
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Charles Maynes
The Foreign Ministry statement called the U. S. Israeli strikes on Iran a pre planned and unprovoked act of aggression, demanded an immediate return to diplomatic talks. The ministry also accused Washington and Tel Aviv of falsely hyping threats surrounding Iran's nuclear program to pursue regime change and warned the Middle east was in danger of plunging into a cycle of uncontrolled escalation. The Russian response was in line with its objections to recent US Military pressure against Kremlin allies in Venezuela, Cuba and elsewhere in the Middle East. Yet Moscow has thus far stepped back from taking more forceful actions, with the vast majority of its military resources devoted to the war in Ukraine. Charles Maynes, NPR News, Moscow.
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Dale Willman
Key members of Congress are demanding a quick vote on a war powers resolution that could restrain Trump's attack on Iran. Democrats and some Republicans are arguing that the president must seek approval from Congress for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign. And they say the fighting could draw the US Into a deeper Mideast conflict. You're listening to NPR News. The Supreme Court Monday will hear arguments concerning whether marijuana users can be blocked from owning guns. Gun control groups are arguing along with the Trump administration that the court should uphold a law that bars regular users of marijuana from legally owning guns. But the ACLU and the National Rifle association are both against the law. One of the world's top medical journals is taking aim at Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. To mark his first year leading the Department of Health and Human Services. The scathing editorial appears in the latest issue of the Lancet. NPR's Will Stone reports.
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Will Stone
The editorial is titled Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. One Year of Failure. The piece was authored by the Lancet's editorial board, and the front cover bears a quote from it saying the destruction that Kennedy has wrought in one year might take generations to repair, unquote. It catalogs many of his controversial actions, including the dismissal of agency employees, cuts to cutting edge scientific research and the undermining of vaccine policy. An HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment on the new editorial. But Secretary Kennedy has made no secret of his disdain for mainstream medical journals, including the Lancet. Last year he called them corrupt and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry. Will Stone, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Shane Lowry shot a bogey free round of 63 at the PGA Classic underway this weekend in Florida. That puts him in a tie with leader Austin Smotherman at 13 under par with one round to go. Saturday's goal finished early after organizers moved up the start time to avoid bad weather. Taylor Moore and Nico Echeveria are tied and and sit just one stroke off the lead. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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