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Just days after Israeli forces struck military targets in Iran, the U.S. said this should

be the end of the direct military confrontation between the two.

M.B.R. Michelle Kellyn reports Iran call for an emergency security council meeting on the issue.

Iran is trying to gaslight the world and play the victim, says U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas

Greenfield.

She points out that Iran launched 180 ballistic missiles at Israel four weeks ago, and the Israeli strike

Friday was, in her words, targeted and proportional.

Israel has made clear to the world that its response is now complete and so we again call on Iran to stop

its attacks against Israel and rein in its terrorist proxies.

Iran says it reserves the right to respond to what it calls criminal acts by Israel.

Israel's ambassador says any further aggression will be met with swift and painful consequences.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

Concern over election-related political violence remains high,

but the threat has changed from what it was before the 2020 election when organized extremist groups

were much more active.

Here's NPR's Oed at Youssef.

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