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Unlike in the past, the U.S. has just one partner in its bombing of Iran: Israel

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe

Published March 1, 2026 at 7:08 AM CST

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, about the U.S. decision to carry out military strikes on Iran without its traditional European allies.

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.