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U.S. and Iran locked in multi-week escalation after sustained aerial assault

NPR | By Emily Feng,

Scott Simon

Published July 25, 2026 at 7:43 AM EDT

The U.S. has undertaken a sustained missile and drone assault on Iran over the past two weeks.

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Emily Feng

Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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