Aya Batraoui
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1,547 appearances
186 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3d ago
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Well, Internet is cut across Iran, and many people are fearful of sharing what they're seeing, even in messages, due to fear of retaliation from the government.
But, you know, based on the information that is coming out from official statements and activist groups, we know that already more than 1,200 people have been killed across Iran.
The Iranian Red Crescent Rescue Service also published a video overnight showing a residential area struck in the capital Tehran.
standing over the rubble of a building there.
And people who've left Tehran through the Turkish border have been telling NPR they're fleeing because the sky is red from bombings.
And they have also reported multi-story residential buildings being flattened in Tehran.
Now, in addition to homes, we've also seen damage emerging from centuries-old landmarks and palaces in Tehran and cities...
south like Ishfahan, 300 miles south of Tehran.
But, you know, the Pentagon and Israeli military are only confirming hits on military targets.
And a new video from the U.S.
military shows strikes on Iranian vessels yesterday, including 16 Iranian mine-laying ships near the Strait of Hormuz.
You know, that's that narrow waterway that much of the world's oil was passing through.
Yeah, so those prices are going up in the U.S.
because those ships are stuck, unable to get through the Strait of Hormuz, but also because Iran has been attacking energy sites across the Gulf in response to this war.
And the biggest oil refinery in the Gulf was actually just hit yesterday here in the UAE.
Now, before that hit, it was capable of refining nearly a million barrels of crude oil a day.
Now, that is an addition now to production cuts and suspensions we're already seeing in countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and other Gulf Arab states.
And, you know, the cost of gas is not only rising in the U.S., as you mentioned, but also in places with fragile economies like Egypt and parts of Nigeria where fuel has gone up as much as 40% in some cities, sparking panic buying and long fuel lines there.
In Thailand, people are also being asked now to take the stairs to save on energy costs.
And so countries are now discussing releasing some of those emergency strategic oil reserves that they have in order to bring prices down.
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