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A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.
A vicious group of very hard, terrible people.
The United States and Israel have attacked Iran.
Iran has hit back, striking across the Middle East.
Is this the beginning of all-out war?
This is Sources and Methods from NPR.
I'm Mary Louise Kelly.
It is Saturday.
It is shortly after 2 p.m.
Eastern.
We're dropping in with a special sources and methods episode to bring you the latest on Iran,
which is that overnight, D.C.
time, the U.S.
and Israel launched military strikes.
Those strikes targeted Iran's top leaders, Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Massoud Pasekian.