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News Articles: Series: Middle East crisis — explained

Israeli emergency services and security officers search for casualties in the rubble of a building hit by an Iranian missile in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

Uncertainty hangs over the status of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran

Despite separate statements from the two countries saying they agreed to a truce, reports persisted of further airstrikes and counter-strikes.

June 24, 2025
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By:
  • Alex Leff
In this screenshot from a video, missiles and air defense interceptors illuminate the night sky over Doha after Iran launched an attack on U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday.

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  • World

Iran attacks a U.S. base in Qatar

A U.S. defense official confirmed that the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar "was attacked by short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles originating from Iran" and said there were no casualties.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Iranian protesters chant slogans and one holds a poster with a vampire-like illustration of President Trump in Tehran's Revolution Square on Sunday to protest the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran.

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  • World

4 things to know about the U.S. airstrikes on Iran

The Trump administration said its strikes were intended to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Now, Iran weighs a response against what it called an "outrageous" military operation.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

Israel strikes Tehran and Fordo site, as Russia backs Iran in deepening conflict

Israel says it struck multiple sites across Tehran, including the Fordo nuclear site hit by the U.S. days earlier and a prison known for jailing regime opponents.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday.

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  • World

Iran's top officials condemn U.S. strikes and assert their right to self-defense

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo after a U.S. airstrike targeted the facility Sunday.

Tagged as: 

  • World

World reacts to U.S. strikes on Iran with alarm, caution — and some praise

As the world reacted to news of U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, international officials largely responded with alarm and calls for restraint.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
President Trump addresses the nation, alongside (from left) Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, from the White House on Saturday.

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  • World

U.S. strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran, in major regional conflict escalation

The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Megan Pratz
Omar al-Hobi, 43, from Rafah, carries a bag of food he collected at a distribution center run by private contractor the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the southern Gaza Strip, as he arrives at his tent in Khan Younis, on June 10.

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  • Middle East

Day after day, Palestinians in Gaza risk harrowing journey in desperate search for food

Israel has begun allowing food into Gaza. Most of the supplies go to GHF, which operates food distribution points. A trickle of aid goes to the U.N. and humanitarian groups. Both systems are mired in chaos.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Iran's war enters its ninth day as talks fail to reach a breakthrough

With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues.

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  • Middle East

At war with Israel, Iran urges new diplomacy in Geneva and the U.N. Security Council

Iran is engaging in diplomatic efforts on multiple fronts as its battle with Israel enters a second week.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman and
  • Alex Leff
A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11.

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  • Middle East

A cancer center in Jordan treats kids from Gaza, but only a few dozen have arrived

Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it to Jordan for long-promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients out of the war-torn enclave has slowed.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
Smokes rises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Be'er Sheva, Israel on Thursday.

Tagged as: 

  • Middle East

Trump to decide on Iran action 'within two weeks,' White House says

Meanwhile several sites across Israel sustained direct hits by Iranian missiles and Israeli leaders warned they would intensify attacks on "strategic targets" in Iran.

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Israel President Isaac Herzog is seen at his official residence in Jerusalem.

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  • Middle East

Israeli president calls on the world to help destroy Iran nuclear sites

Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke with NPR in his official residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday, as President Trump was still weighing whether to intervene.

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
An Iranian protester holds up a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an anti-Israeli gathering in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Iran warns of 'irreparable consequences' as Trump weighs U.S. role in conflict

Iran's Supreme Leader struck back at Trump's calls for Tehran's "unconditional surrender," warning that any U.S. involvement in Israel's offensive would cause "irreparable harm" to Americans.

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Palestinians are brought to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after being wounded or killed by Israeli forces while they tried to get food on Tuesday.

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  • World

As Israel turns its focus to Iran, the death toll mounts in Gaza -- and hunger deepens

Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.

June 17, 2025
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy,
  • Anas Baba,
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