"Live from NPR News in Washington, 9/4 of a Coleman, Iran has its new Supreme...
the country's religious leaders picked much to buy, how many?
“The son of the late Ayatollah Ali, how many?”
The late Ayatollah died in an air strike on the first day of the war.
Israel's defense minister has warned any new Iranian leader would also be a target for assassination. Israel and the U.S. meanwhile continued to strike targets in Iran, but now, in PR's General Estrin reports, Israel is starting to hit Iranian oil deposed too." Israel said that Iran was using that oil to fuel Iranian missiles launched at Israel, but this is also civilian infrastructure we're talking about.
I heard from a person briefed on the matter, not authorized to speak publicly that the U.S. was not pleased with the extent of that damage. Even Senator Lindsey Graham, who's close to Prime Minister Netanyahu, tweeted publicly, "Israel, be cautious about your targets because Iran's oil economy will be needed when Iran's regime collapses."
NPR's General Estrin reporting from Tel Aviv, a leading investigative group says new video shows a U.S. missile hit an area around an Iranian school at the start of the war over Iran.
“Iranian authorities say the strike killed 175 people, most of them school girls.”
The U.S. has denied hitting the school, NPR's Jane Arraf has details. Bellingcat, based in the Netherlands, says newly available video shows a U.S. tomahawk
missile hitting a compound of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, where the elementary
school was located. The investigative organization said it geolocated the footage released by an Iranian news agency of a strike in Minab and Southern Iran on February 28th. The finding appears to contradict President Donald Trump's claim that Iran itself hit the school.
Bellingcat noted the U.S. is the only country attacking Iran that is known to use tomahawk missiles. Israel is not believed to have the weapon. Jane Arraf and Pair News, Sulemania in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The war in Iran has pushed global crude oil prices past $100 per barrel for the first time
in four years. Brent Crude, the global benchmark, is now about $102 per barrel, and Pair's Kimilla Damanoski has more.
“The straight of her moves, a key waterway for the oil trade, remains effectively closed.”
The U.S. government has offered ship owners insurance and naval escorts for the passage, but the money available would only cover a fraction of the need, and companies are wary of risking ships and the lives of their crew. The tax against infrastructure also continue, including Israel's attacks on oil facilities and Iran over the weekend.
An analyst with the Apgas Buddy says the average price of gasoline in the U.S. is likely to hit $4 this week. It was under $3 before the war began. Camilla Damanoski and Pair News. On Wall Street in pre-market trading, stock futures are lower.
It's NPR. The U.S. military says it is conducted another boat strike in the eastern Caribbean. U.S. sudden command says it hit an alleged drug boat and killed six alleged terrorist yesterday. There have been dozens of similar deadly U.S. strikes on boats since last September.
President Trump says he is refusing to sign any legislation into law until he gets a bill on voting. It's called the Save America Act. The measure requires people to prove that they are American citizens before they can vote.
This declaration suggests that if Congress reaches a compromise and first passes a spending
bill for the Department of Homeland Security, Trump might not sign it immediately. The Department remains partially shut down. Sunday was International Women's Day. Hundreds of people gathered at Lake Merit in Oakland, California to commemorate the days' radical roots.
From member station KQED, Sarah Hocini, has more. During the working women's march, people held signs protesting against war abroad and an immigration crackdown at home. The organizer of Mesa Murar says women have the power to challenge such policies. What we uphold is more of our radical legacy and really the anti-imperialist lens that we fight
through. What really brings me to the march is to keep fighting for the rights of women. Anaiiro has says that includes safety and belonging for immigrant women. MPR News and Sarah Hocini in Oakland. Again on Wall Street, Dow Futures are down about 500 points, so it's more than 1%.
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