Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.
Israel says it has killed Iran's top security chief, Ali Larajani.
Larajani was a former nuclear negotiator and a close ally of Iran's late supreme leader,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Separately,
the Israeli military also says it has assassinated the leader of Iran's main paramilitary force.
Officials in the United Arab Emirates briefly closed their airspace today in the Persian Gulf region
as it responded to missile and drone threats from Iran.
Iran continues to block most shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump is still calling on other nations to help police the waterway.
None has publicly joined.
Trump says he's having trouble finding Iranian leaders with whom to negotiate.
They're all gone.
My biggest problem is I have no idea who we're talking to
because nobody ever heard of any of these people.
They're all dead.
But we did a job for the world.
Not a job for us, for the whole world.
Last weekend, Trump insisted Iran was ready to make a deal.
Iran's foreign minister said that never happened, nor would Iran seek negotiations.