Greg Myre

Hey there.

It's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Myles Parks.

I cover voting.

And I'm Greg Myrie.

I cover national security.

And today on the pod, trying to decipher if the United States is about to go to war with Iran.

The two countries have been meeting in Switzerland to hammer out some kind of deal related to Iran's nuclear program.

Frank, let's just start with the basics here.

What does the United States want from a deal?

Okay.

And then looking at Iran, Greg, what are they hoping to get out of these talks?

I guess I'm trying to figure out where this is headed if the two sides are not able to come to an agreement.

There has been a pretty massive buildup of U.S.

military power in the Middle East.

Do you have any thoughts on that, Greg?

Yeah, and I will note that Vice President J.D.

Vance said in an interview with The Washington Post that the sort of option three there, the more full-scale military intervention, it doesn't seem like there's appetite for that from the administration at this point.

Is that fair to say, Franco?

Greg, I want to ask about Israel, which is not a country we've mentioned yet.