NPR News: 02-28-2026 7PM EST
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| 0:23.8 | President Trump says Iran's supreme leader. |
| 0:26.9 | Ali Hamine is dead, though Iran hasn't confirmed this. |
| 0:31.2 | NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports, |
| 0:33.2 | Trump also announced that the U.S. will be bombing Iran indefinitely in a Saturday afternoon social media post. |
| 0:41.2 | In his post, Trump called Hamene, quote, one of the most evil people in history |
| 0:45.1 | and touted the U.S. intelligence and technology that had led to Hamene's death. |
| 0:50.4 | Earlier today, Trump had urged Iranians to, quote, take over your government. |
| 0:54.6 | Trump in his post said he hopes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian police will join the people in that. |
| 1:01.1 | He added that the U.S. bombing campaign, quote, will continue uninterrupted throughout the week or as long as necessary to achieve our objective of peace throughout the Middle East and, indeed, the world. |
| 1:13.1 | In an interview with Iran's state news agency today, Red Crescent has said that more than 200 people |
| 1:18.4 | have been killed and more than 700 wounded thus far in the strikes. |
| 1:23.5 | Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News. |
| 1:25.9 | Iran's been striking Gulf Arab bases hosting U.S. troops in response to deadly Israeli and U.S. attacks on the country. |
| 1:33.4 | Evirazaya Batrawi reports civilian areas in the Gulf have also been targeted, including Dubai Airport, the world's busiest for transit. |
| 1:40.4 | Dubai's billed as a safe haven, a playground for the rich. It has no bomb shelters or bunkers. |
| 1:45.5 | But on Saturday, people's phones here beeped with the sound of national emergency alerts, |
| 1:49.4 | telling them to seek shelter and, quote, secure buildings due to missile threats. In a first for |
| 1:53.8 | this emirate, fighter jets flew overhead. An interceptor shot down Iranian missiles targeting Dubai |
| 1:58.8 | throughout the day and past midnight. |
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