Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

President Trump is repeating his call for members of the Iranian regime to lay down their arms in exchange for immunity.

He did so yesterday during an event at the White House.

NPR's Tom Bowman says as U.S. and Israeli forces continue attacking Iran,

Pentagon officials remain concerned about Iranian drones.

They're very hard to detect. They're small. They're fast. They can evade radar.

So that's a continued threat that people are really worried about.

And Ukraine is now reaching out to the U.S. and say, you know, we can help you with those Shahed drones

because we've been fighting them for the past four years.

Speaking earlier yesterday, Trump said he would be involved in deciding who Iran's next leader will be.

The Treasury Department is issuing a temporary waiver to allow refineries in India to purchase oil from Russia. NPR's Julia Simon reports

on what energy experts are saying about that move. In a statement on X, Treasury Secretary Scott

Besant wrote the 30-day waiver for India to buy Russian crude will, quote, not provide significant

financial benefit to the Russian government as it only

authorizes transactions involving oil already stranded at sea. This is a significant turnaround

after months of the Trump administration leaning on India to stop accepting Russian oil. Experts tell

NPR it's a move to try to avoid higher oil prices in the U.S. and around the world.

India is vulnerable to the current shortage of oil from the Persian Gulf because of the war with Iran.

Around 40% of Indian crude imports come through the Strait of Hormuz, which is effectively blocked.

Julia Simon, NPR News.

Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran in January of last year, but Moscow

says Tehran has not asked for Russia's help to defend the country from U.S. and Israeli attacks.

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