The situation in Iran is going very well. A lot of big hits today, a lot of big wins today.

Some of those big hits, military sites on Hark Island. I'm Ayesha Roscoe.

And I'm Scott Simon, and this is up first from NPR News.

Hark Island is important for Iran's oil industry.

In a moment, the latest in the war.

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We've got the news you need to start your weekend. It's now been two weeks of the war with Iran, a war that's widened to include several countries in the Gulf as well as Lebanon.

The death toll is rising, with the latest number out of Iran at more than

1300 people killed, according to Iranian officials. Over night, President Trump says the

U.S. struck an island critical to Iran's oil industry. Iran has vowed retaliation. And an Iraqi

security official unnamed, because he's not authorized to speak publicly, tells NPR that an airstrike hit a radar installation at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. NPR's Kerry Kahn is in Tel Aviv.

Carrie, thanks for being with us.

Thanks for having me.

And let's begin. What do we know about strikes on that Iranian island?

President Trump says the strikes on Khark Island only hit

military sites, but he said oil facilities could be next if Iran continues to interfere with ships

passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway that 20% of the world's oil supply

passes through. Hark Island is off the coast of Iran. It's in the northern Persian Gulf.

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