What Israel's strikes on Iran mean for the region Three top security chiefs were killed in Iran, including the military's chief of staff. Also hit was Iran's main nuclear enrichment facility.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Vali Nasr, professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, about his reaction to U.S. strikes in Iran and the effects this could have on the region.

"I gave Iran the opportunity to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest terms, 'Just do it.' But no matter how hard they tried, and how close they got, they just couldn't do it," Trump wrote.

By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi and Steve HollandIran’s strikes against Israel will continue, with targets set to expand to include US bases in the region in the coming days, Iran’s Fars ...

But that does not mean they support Iran. In a predominantly Sunni Muslim region, most Arab governments see Iran’s revolutionary Shiite theocracy as anathema, and many people in Yemen, Syria ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Iran bore a heavy responsibility for destabilisation of the Middle East and that it had pushed ahead with an unjustified nuclear programme, but ...

Iran was left with no choice but to retaliate against Israel’s sweeping strikes on its nuclear facilities and targeted killings of senior officials, experts of the region said.

"The president really hit the reset button and said, 'Look, let's actually produce long-term peace for the region,'" Vance said, adding that Israel helped the U.S. dismantle Iran's nuclear program ...

Iran has spent decades building multi-tiered military capabilities at home and across the region that were at least partly aimed at deterring the United States from attacking it. By entering ...

After decades of saber-rattling, Israel's aerial assault on Iranian military targets has pushed the Middle East to the brink of all-out war ...

Israel has launched waves of attacks on Iran. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 ... about what this rapid escalation between Israel and Iran could lead to and what’s at stake for the region. ...

What Israel's strikes on Iran mean for the region. James Hider; Steve Inskeep; June 13, 2025 / 1:38 am Three top security chiefs were killed in Iran, including the military ...