As the US-Israeli war with Iran expands, secondary instability in the region is also rising. Countries across the Middle East are dealing with increasing violence within their own borders as community loyalties and political systems are tested.
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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with author and journalist Kim Ghattas about the impacts the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran will have on the broader region. ADRIAN MA, HOST: As we just heard from Carrie Kahn, the U.S.
As the US-Israeli war with Iran expands with retaliatory Iranian strikes across the Middle East, secondary instability in the region is also rising. Countries across the Middle East are dealing with increasing violence within their own borders as community loyalties and political systems are tested.
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Skip next section New explosions reported across Tehran March 7, 2026 New explosions reported across Tehran Explosions have been heard in several areas of Tehran, Iranian news agency ISNA has reported. Earlier, Iranian state media said air attacks caused heavy damage nationwide, including at two hospitals in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
The European Union (EU), key powers of the bloc and the United Kingdom (UK), have called for international law to be followed, and condemned Iran's regime.
US President Donald Trump was forthright when he said it would be "wonderful" if Iranian Kurdish forces based across the border in Iraq launched attacks against the Islamic clerical regime in Tehran. "I think it's wonderful that they want to do that, I'd be all for it," Trump told the Reuters news agency on Thursday.
Since the United States and Israel began launching airstrikes against Iran on February 28, social media has been flooded with content that claims to show scenes from Tehran and other Iranian cities. Though some footage is real — especially images published by reputable, professional media organizations — some is misleading, recycled, taken out of context or artificially generated and simply fake.
The US-Israeli war with Iran is affecting the tourism industry on the Arabian Peninsula, which until recently had set new records. After years of rapid growth, the sector is now facing a sudden downturn.
The massive airstrikes by the US and Israel on Iran and the bitter resistance of the Iranian regime have plunged the Middle East into a state of emergency. According to the latest ARD Deutschlandtrend survey, three-quarters of Germans feel threatened by the global situation and are very concerned.
Iranians attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of the Imam Khomeini Grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 6, 2026.