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NPR News: 03-04-2026 5PM EST

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

0:03.8

The Senate appears to have narrowly rejected a resolution that would require congressional approval before the Trump administration makes any further attacks on Iran.

0:13.2

The House is expected to vote on a similar measure tomorrow.

0:16.7

The U.S. and Israel continue to intensify the bombing campaign of Iran and its forces today.

0:21.7

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.

0:25.4

President Trump says the military is targeting Iran's nuclear program and leadership.

0:29.6

So we're in a very strong position now, and their leadership is just rapidly going.

0:36.8

Everybody that seems to want to be a leader, they end up dead.

0:41.2

The UN Refugee Agency estimates 100,000 people fled Tehran in the war's first two days.

0:47.5

Qatar says it's spoken to Iran and warned that Iranian attacks on the Gulf cannot go unanswered.

0:53.0

As NPR's Aibatrawi reports, Qatar is one of several

0:55.7

of Iran's neighbors targeted in the war as Iran retaliates against U.S. troops in the region.

1:00.6

Qatar hosts thousands of U.S. troops at a sprawling base that's been hit. Iran insists its attacks

1:06.3

are directed at U.S. interests in the region and not at other countries. But the Qatari readout of today's

1:11.4

call said Prime Minister Shih Mohamed al-Thani told Iran's foreign minister that facts on the ground

1:16.9

clearly show Iranian missiles and drones have also targeted civilian areas as well as Qatar's

1:22.4

gas production facilities. The countries halted its gas production as a result. The prime minister, according to the

1:28.3

Qatari readout, also told Iran's foreign minister, the attacks inflict harm on its neighbors

1:32.7

and dragged them into a war that is not theirs. He said Qatar prefers diplomacy, but these

1:37.7

aggressions, quote, cannot go unanswered. Until now, Gulf Arab states have not responded

1:42.1

militarily to Iran's attacks.

1:45.6

A. Abotrawi, NPR News, Dubai. The House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions

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