Iran War, Political Violence in US, New Action on Housing Affordability

The situation in Iran is going very well. A lot of, big hits today. A lot of big wins today. Some of those big hits, military sites on Harke Island. I'm Ayesha Rasco. And I'm Scott Simon, and this is up first from NPR News. Haark Island is important for Iran's oil industry. In a moment, the latest in the war. Also, three separate incidents of political violence in the last eight days against protesters in New York, a synagogue in Michigan, and out of Virginia University. Are there any links between them? And president Trump's latest executive orders geared toward making homeownership affordable. We have details. So please stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your weekend. It's now been two weeks of the war with Iran, a war that's widened to include several countries in The Gulf as well as Lebanon. The death toll is rising with the latest number out of Iran at more than 1,300 people killed according to Iranian officials. Overnight, president Trump says The US struck an island critical to Iran's oil industry. Iran has vowed retaliation. And an Iraqi security official, unnamed, because he's not authorized to speak publicly, tells NPR that an airstrike hit a radar installation at the US embassy in Baghdad. NPR's Carrie Khan is in Tel Aviv. Carrie, thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. And let's begin. What do we know about, strikes on that Iranian island? President Trump says the strikes on Khark Island only hit military sites, but he said oil facilities could be next if Iran continues to interfere with ships passing through the Strait Of Hormuz, the vital waterway that 20% of the world's oil supply passes through. Haargh Island is off the coast of Iran. It's in the Northern Persian Gulf. 90% of Iran's crude exports are handled there. Iran's military quickly threatened retaliation and said it would turn oil and energy firms working with The US and the region into, quote, a pile of ashes. And while a weekend Iran is still launching missiles and drones at several Gulf nations, already today, Dubai and Bahrain are reporting aerial infiltrations. Yesterday, Saudi Arabia's defense minister says it intercepted nearly a dozen drones. The, the intensity of the war and the rhetoric remain heightened in the region. Is there any sign that Iranian leadership seems to be, softening after a couple of weeks of bombing? Well, I'll tell you that yesterday, Iran's leaders were out in public. The government brought out thousands to an annual pro Palestinian rally in a huge square in Tehran. Even the president and the head of the regime's feared security forces were there. The head of the the forces, he's actually listed on this new bounty The US put out offering up to $10,000,000 for information on top Iranian officials. Here's a bit of that rally from state TV, and you're gonna hear an airstrike hit very close to the crowd. And the …