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NPR News: 03-21-2026 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 21 March 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

0:04.7

Iran's state news agency says Israel and the U.S. struck a uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.

0:11.2

Israel's military says it's not aware of any such strikes.

0:14.0

As NPR's Emily Fang reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week

0:18.7

that Israeli strikes had ensured Iran no longer has the ability to enrich uranium.

0:25.6

On Friday, Netanyahu said this.

0:27.9

Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles.

0:34.7

Iran's state news agencies said joint U.S. and Israeli strikes began hitting the

0:38.3

Netan's uranium enrichment facility the next day, early Saturday morning. Israel's military denied

0:44.0

such strikes, telling NPR in a statement it was not aware of them. The Natanz facility was already

0:49.0

struck by Israel on March 2nd. The United Nations nuclear watchdog said it had detected no increase in off-site

0:55.1

radiation levels today after Iran's report of a second strike. Emily Fang and Pier News, Van Turkey.

1:02.3

Former FBI director and special counsel in the Trump-Russia election interference probe,

1:08.3

Robert Mueller, has died. He was 81 years old. His family says he was

1:12.8

diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2021. Mueller led the FBI for 12 years, starting right

1:19.6

before the 9-11 attacks. His investigation into the relationship between the Trump campaign and

1:25.1

Russia produced mixed results, uncovering secret

1:28.3

high-level contacts between the campaign and the Kremlin, despite denials from both sides.

1:33.3

But Mueller didn't establish the Trump campaign conspired with Russia and decided not to recommend

1:38.3

charging Trump with obstruction. Here's Mueller and AP archived tape from Capitol Hill

1:43.4

testimony in 2019.

1:45.3

Based on Justice Department policy and principles of fairness, we decided we would not make a determination as to whether the president committed a crime.

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