Welcome to the News Hour on this day four of the American-Israeli war with Iran.

And while U.S. and Israeli jets continue their punishing attacks inside Iran,

the Islamic Republic has widened its targets throughout the Arab states of the Gulf and against Israel.

American diplomatic targets in the Gulf were hit overnight, and almost all the civilian

airspace throughout the region remains closed. The U.S. State Department, after telling hundreds

of thousands of Americans to leave of their own accord and on their own, reversed course today

and said the U.S. is working to provide military and charter flights to evacuate Americans wishing to leave.

All the while, the death toll from the American-Israelian bombardment mounted inside Iran.

Nick Schifrin again begins our coverage.

In Tehran, the iconic Freedom Square engulfed in war.

Rescue workers responded to an apparent Israeli airstrike that left cars, charred, and

pedestrians stunned.

And jets targeted what remains of Iran's leadership.

This building, housing a regime advisory council, was flattened.

Just to the south in KOMM, an Israeli official confirms it targeted a meeting of senior

clerics choosing the next Supreme Leader.

Iranian state media claimed those clerics are all safe.

But tonight, Israel says it also struck what it called a, quote, secret nuclear headquarters,

where Israel says Iran had shifted its nuclear infrastructure after it had been struck

by the United States last summer.

Across the capital, explosions sparked defiance.

The Americans think they can force us to surrender with missiles and so on, but they can't do

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