Good morning.

There's breaking news from Iran, where the state media report that the country's supreme leader has ordered an investigation into allegations of fraud in Friday's presidential election. The Associated Press calls the action by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a "stunning turnaround for Iran's most powerful figure, who previously welcomed the results" showing a 2-1 victory by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

NPR's Mike Shuster, who is in Tehran, just spoke with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep about what's going on there. He says that protests by supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi have "unnerved" many in Iran, including Khamenei, and that the supreme leader appears to be looking for a way to calm the nation:

We'll be following the news from Iran throughout the day and, most likely, for days to come.

As for other stories making headlines this morning, they include:

— The New Yorker — Panetta Says Cheney Is Almost 'Wishing That This Country Would Be Attacked Again': Last month, former vice president Dick Cheney said the Obama administration's policies are making the nation less safe. CIA Director Leon Panetta, "pouring a cup of coffee, responded to Cheney's speech with surprising candor. 'I think he smells some blood in the water on the national-security issue,' he told me. 'It's almost, a little bit, gallows politics. When you read behind it, it's almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point. I think that's dangerous politics.' "

— Morning Edition — 'Netanyahu Puts Restrictions On A Palestinian State': "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech in Jerusalem Sunday in which he endorsed a Palestinian state, but only if it had no army and recognized Israel as a Jewish State."

Related story by The Financial Times: 'Netanyahu Bows On Palestinian State.'

— The Wall Street Journal — 'Details Set For Remake of Financial Regulations': "President Barack Obama is expected Wednesday to propose the most sweeping reorganization of financial-market supervision since the 1930s, a revamp that would touch almost every corner of banking from how mortgages are underwritten to the way exotic financial instruments are traded."

-- Morning Edition — AMA's Clout 'Isn't What It Used To Be': President Barack Obama will be in Chicago today to talk to the American Medication Association about his health reform plans. NPR's Julie Rovner reports that the organization's political clout isn't what it used to be and the AMA may not be able to torpedo an overhaul this time.

And on a more "sporting" note:

— NBA.com — Lakers Win Their 15th Championship.

NPR's Tom Goldman also reports on the 99-86, Game 5 win over the Orlando Magic.