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NPR News: 03-24-2026 4PM EDT

24 Mar 2026

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What are the latest updates on U.S.-Iran relations?

1.347 - 23.773 Lakshmi Singh

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump maintains Iran wants to make a deal, even though the Iranian government has said that any claim of peace talks is, quote, fake news. Today, Trump said Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are in dialogue with Iranian leadership. He says ongoing talks are why he's held off bombing Iranian power plants.

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23.913 - 40.669 Donald Trump

We're roaming free. We can do whatever we want. And as you know, today we're going to have the privilege of shooting down a very big electric generation plant, one of the biggest in the world, and one shot to the right location ends the plant, it collapses.

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41.206 - 47.774 Lakshmi Singh

Trump spoke at length about the Iran war at Mark Wayne Mullen's swearing-in ceremony as the new Secretary of Homeland Security.

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47.974 - 48.956 Mark Wayne Mullen

I do solemnly swear.

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49.156 - 50.037 Nell Greenfield Boyce

Mark Wayne Mullen.

50.057 - 50.618 Mark Wayne Mullen

Mark Wayne Mullen.

51.379 - 55.464 Nell Greenfield Boyce

That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

55.644 - 58.327 Mark Wayne Mullen

I'll support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

58.408 - 58.488 Nell Greenfield Boyce

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