Life from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
Large crowds of Iranians took to the streets in Tehran and other cities across Iran
“overnight celebrating news that the countries Supreme Leader have been killed during”
a day of coordinated U.S. and Israeli air strikes. His daughter and grandchild were also killed. NPR's Jackie Northam reports the Ayatollah's death represents a historic shift for Iran's regime. Ayatollah Hamini held a take grip on power since 1989 and was unwavering in his
antipathy to the U.S. and Israel. Hamini 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 based to become the longest-serving leader in the Middle East.
Hamini'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.
“Hamini 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 Hamini also had the final word on anything to do with Iran's nuclear program. Jackie Northam in PR News. The United Nations, who's condemning the attacks on Iran and calling for an immediate
return to negotiations. Following an emergency session at the U.N. on Saturday, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said the strikes were a matter of global security because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
To disrupt the machinery that arms proxy militias and to ensure the Iranian regime never
ever can threaten the world with a nuclear weapon. The U.N. Secretary General says the world must be pulled back from the brink, warning
“that everything must be done to prevent further escalation of the fighting.”
Hundreds of protesters tried to overrun the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, and PR's D.A. Hadid reports, at least six people, were killed in the clashes. Ayutullah al-ehramani 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. Roya does reported the protesters breach the out of wall of the highly secure complex. "I'm ready to go inside and go out for the radio." Multiple video channels 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.
Do you have a date in P.A. News? Mumbai. You're listening to N.P.R. News from Washington. The federal housing agency had once new restrictions on rental aid, and PR's Jennifer Leiden reports a proposal couldn't pose 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 drop them, because as the cutoff
approached, they worried they'd be pushing people into homelessness. Jennifer Leiden and P.R. 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 regular
marijuana 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 Justice's rule that any firearm restrictions must be firmly rooted in the nation's
history and tradition. I'm Mr. Johnston and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
