Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hirst. Iran's foreign minister says it's getting military cooperation from Russia and China, and he accuses the United Arab Emirates of allowing the U.S. to launch attacks on Iran from its territory.

President Trump is calling on neighboring countries to help patrol the strait of Hermuz to keep it open.

But Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi, says it's not fully clothed.

There are many tankers and ships who are passing through the strait of Hormuz.

And I can say that the strait is not closed, but it is only closed to American, Israeli, you know, ships and tankers.

Speaking there in an exclusive interview on MS Now, Arachi also downplayed the effects of the U.S. attack on Harg Island last night, an oil export terminal for 90% of the country's oil. Trump says the U.S. did not

target the oil infrastructure on the island in Aradhi says, if it is attacked, Iran will retaliate.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas is urging Iran to stop attacking its Gulf neighbors. It's a rare

plea made by Iran's key ally, as NPR's

Kerry Khan reports. Hamas, which is backed by Iran, said it affirms Tehran's right to defend itself

against the U.S. and Israeli attacks. But in a statement, the group called on its Iranian brothers

to, quote, avoid targeting neighboring countries and urged all regional nations to cooperate

in order to, quote, preserve the bonds of brotherhood. Iran has fired missiles and drones into

multiple Gulf countries. Iran says it is targeting U.S. installations there, but many attacks

have hit civilian infrastructure. In the UAE, Iran hit the Dubai airport and near iconic tourist landmarks. Saudi Arabia said Friday it intercepted nearly a dozen drones from Iran. Hamas's strongly condemned Israel's killing of Iran's supreme leader, calling it a, quote, heinous crime. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The Justice Department has quietly restarted a program that allows some people with felony

records or accused of certain felonies to regain their federal gun rights. And Pierce

Jacqueline Diaz has more. The 22 people, the Justice Department approved to get their guns back,

lost their Second Amendment rights because of felony convictions decades ago.

The DOJ maintains that the people on this list pose no public safety risk and had committed their felony crimes many years ago.

That is, except for one, Arizona State Senator Jay Kaufman. He was indicted in an Arizona fake elector scheme from 2020. He received a pardon from Trump last year, but still faces those

charges in Arizona. A DOJ official said Hoffman poses no risk to public safety. Hoffman didn't

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