Ayesha Roscoe

That was Deborah Becker, a senior correspondent at Boston Public Radio station WBUR.

You can find more of Deb's reporting on San Patrignano at WBUR.org.

Funding for this reporting was provided in part by the Pulitzer Center.

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It was edited by Jenny Schmidt.

The engineer was Robert Rodriguez.

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The rest of the Sunday Story team includes Justine Yan and Liana Simstrom.

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I'm Aisha Roscoe, and up first, we'll be back tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week.

Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

The Iran war enters its fourth week with more U.S.

troops being dispatched to the region.

I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is Up First from NPR News.

The war in Iran has disrupted the world's oil supply, a crisis that's growing by the day.

And a dry winter in the American West points toward a smoky summer.

Without a good snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, river basins are low all the way to California.

There were heavy airstrikes overnight, even as President Trump says that he's considering, in his words, winding the operations in Iran down.

President Trump and his team say the war in Iran is going very well.

In fact, they often say the military campaign is ahead of schedule.