Who Is Running Iran, and How Doctors Cashed In on a Consumer Protection Law
4/23/202611 min
Plus, the Labubus linked to forced labor.
Here’s what we’re covering:
A New Era and New Leadership: The Generals Who Are Running Iran, by Farnaz Fassihi
A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War, by Robert Jimison
A $440,000 Breast Reduction: How Doctors Cashed In on a Consumer Protection Law, by Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz
Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline, by Ellen Barry
Some Labubu Dolls Contain Cotton Banned by Forced Labor Law, Testing Shows, by Ana Swanson, Sapna Maheshwari and Meaghan Tobin
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
K-pop demon hunters Saja boys breakfast meal and Huntrix meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Roomie?
Speaker 10:09
It's not a battle. So glad the Saja boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day. It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is a larger honor. No, really, stop.
Speaker 00:21
You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side. Ba da ba ba ba.
Speaker 10:28
At participating McDonald's while supplies last.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[news music] From the New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Thursday, April twenty-third. Here's what we're covering. One of the key questions swirling as the US attempts to negotiate an end to the war in Iran is, "Who is really running Iran?" The new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was wounded in airstrikes at the start of the war, which killed his father, the previous supreme leader, and he's been in hiding while he recovers. He still has not been seen in public since he took over, and that has fed into uncertainty about the country's leadership. To try and trace Iran's new power structure, The Times spoke with senior Iranian officials, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and others familiar with the country's inner workings. Several officials told The Times that Khamenei's injuries are severe. He's had surgery on his hand and legs, and his face