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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Iran State TV confirms Iran's Supreme Leader has died in the U.S. as really strikes on the country, his daughter and a grandchild were also killed, and here's Jackie Northam has more. I had told a homony how to take grip on power since 1989 and was unwavering in his antipathy to the U.S. and Israel.
Homony lacked religious credentials when he became supreme leader, but was cunning and able to avoid other senior political figures in the Islamic Republic and build up his power base to become the longest-serving leader in the Middle East.
Homony'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. Homony also build up Iran's defensive policies such as developing proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas and its huge arsenal of ballistic weapons. As supreme leader, Homony also had the final word on anything to do with Iran's nuclear program, Jackie Northam and PR News.
“And Iran's ambassador to the U.N. says the strikes killed more than 100 students at”
a girl's school. And here's Ayah Batrawi has more. Iran's state news agency Erna says 170 students were present in the school when it was hit by what the governor says was called 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 whales. The primary school is located in Menab, a city in southern Iran that's close to the state of Hermuz, 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. Iran, a nation of 90 million, has closed schools and universities until further notice. The Israeli U.S. attacks came on the 10th day of Ramadan, a holy time from Muslims and when much of the region is fasting.
A. Abitrali, and Pyrenees, Dubai. British Prime Minister Kira Starmer says the U.K. wasn't involved in the strikes on Iran, Philamarks 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 U.S. and Israeli air strikes 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 conflicts for NPR News on Bill and Marks. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
“Iran says it's waterway that's crucial to the world's oil trade is closed because”
of the U.S. Israeli strikes on Iran. Iran 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, and will 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 Boy says the previous rules were among the country's most restrictive. The current rules require at least one official government document from the first ten 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. Applications will now allow certain more recent documents. Colorado Legal Services Attorney Casey Sherman. I cannot overstate what a massive change this will be for our finance. It essentially unlocks all the benefits to American citizenship, but that door was previously
closed to people. It's huge. The rules go into effect on March 20th. For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado Springs. And I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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