Aya Bertraui

And parent international correspondent Aya Bertraui is here to give us the latest information.

She's in Dubai.

Good morning, Aya.

Good morning, Michelle.

So, Aya, Iran is pushing back on Trump's comment.

Iran says there is no dialogue with Washington.

So what do we know about what's actually happening?

And tell us what NPR has learned about these back-channel efforts from countries in the region.

Could you lay out some of the reasons why or why not these efforts might be successful?

That is NPR's Aya Bertralli in Dubai.

Aya, thank you.

As we have heard, Iran's regime responded through state media and denied that there were any direct talks between the U.S.

and Iran.

Iran also accused Trump of trying to buy time to take more military action.

Now to a major domestic issue, what's going on at the nation's airports.

ICE agents have been deployed to about a dozen airports across the country.

Sophie Gradas with Georgia Public Broadcasting saw wait times of up to five hours on Monday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

She's with us now.

Sophie, good morning.

So what else did you see?