Aya Bertraui

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118 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 11 May

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Up First from NPR · Iran War Week 5, Trump's Mixed Messages, TSA Back Pay · 31 Mar 2026 podcast

Iran, though, says there are no talks with the U.S., and it is controlling the strait.

Pakistan says Iran agreed to let an additional 20 Pakistani ships pass through the strait, but that's just two a day.

That's a fraction of what was passing before this war.

So key aluminum plants here were hit and there was extensive damage to the one in the UAE and then also in Bahrain.

And in recent days, authorities in Kuwait say Iran attacked a water desalination and power plant, damaging a service building there.

Now, Kuwait, like other Gulf countries, relies almost entirely on desalination to draw seawater out and then turn that into drinking water.

And that attack came after Iran says there were power outages in parts of Tehran over the past two days from U.S.

Israeli strikes.

Also, NPR has confirmed from a U.S.

official not authorized to speak publicly that more than a dozen U.S.

service members were wounded in a Friday night attack that also damaged two aircraft at Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Air Base.

Now, these aircraft were equipped with radars that are key to detecting incoming threats, and they were damaged.

Up First from NPR · Negotiations With Iran, Trump On Deal With Iran, ICE Impact On Airport Lines · 24 Mar 2026 podcast

But an Egyptian official tells NPR that messages to negotiate a ceasefire are being sent to Iran through back channels.

And immigration enforcement agents are now in about a dozen airports across the country.

Travelers in Atlanta's airport are still waiting in line for hours.

So what's ICE actually doing to solve the problem?

Stay with us.

We'll give you news you need to start your day.

The U.S.

and Israel have been bombing Iran for nearly a month, but President Trump now says there are constructive and in-depth conversations underway with the Iranians.

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