U.S. strikes across Iran intensify as residential buildings are not spared

NPR | By Aya Batrawy,

Steve Inskeep

Published March 11, 2026 at 3:21 AM CDT

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would bring the most intense strikes across Iran. And residential buildings are not being spared in Tehran.

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Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.

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