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What recent actions has the U.S. taken against Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump says the U.S. will be hitting Iran, quote, very hard tonight. He wrote online last hour, the U.S. has fired on Iran for two nights in a row already. Iran has attacked nearby U.S. allies. The Pentagon also says U.S. forces have disabled three oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
The Indian government says three Indian sailors died after U.S. forces fired on the vessel they were aboard in the Gulf of Oman. And Piers Dia Hadid has more.
In the most serious incident, U.S. Central Command said it had disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The Palau flag set a bellow. It said the vessel was attempting to transport oil from Iran in violation of an American blockade. It was unclear if US forces made any attempt to rescue the distressed sailors or seek help for them.
The Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Omani rescue crews saved 21 sailors from the vessel. Another three sailors died. The Indian Foreign Ministry also summoned the American diplomat Jason Meeks to lodge a protest over the targeting of the ship. Millions of Indian nationals work in the Gulf, while thousands work as commercial sailors in the Gulf area.
At least 12 Indian nationals have died or gone missing in the latest Mideast war. Dia Hadid, NPR News.
Analysts have been reviewing the latest report on consumer inflation. It rose a little more than 4% in May compared to the same time a year ago. Most of the increases were in gas and energy costs linked to the war in Iran. Economist Claudia Somm was formerly with the Federal Reserve. She says that consumers are feeling real pain.
When we go to the store, we pay prices. We don't pay inflation. right? And so it doesn't, you know, oh, it's been a whole bunch of one-off events. Well, yes, that's true. And I think that for policymakers, that's important in how they respond. But the reality of where you are at the other end of this, the price level's quite a bit higher than what we would have expected five years ago.
And wages haven't kept up with that.
She spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. NPR has obtained a letter from ICE to members of Congress It provides insight into the agency's data collection practices on protesters.
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