The U.S. and Iran may have pulled back from the brink of war but tensions remain high. Iranian American activists and writers talk about their fears and hopes for what's next.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien about tensions with Iran and the future of the U.S. presence in the Middle East.
Officials are looking into the possibility that a stray Iranian missile struck the Ukrainian commercial airliner that went down after taking off from Tehran yesterday.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly goes where male reporters in Iran can't — a beauty salon in Tehran — to understand how women in the city are feeling about the current U.S.-Iran tensions.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Mahdi Bakhtiari, political desk director at Iran's right-wing Tasnim News Agency, about the conflict between the U.S. and Iran.
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ambassador John Bass, who just left his post after two years in Afghanistan, about the state of U.S. policy there and what changes he's seen during his time.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Helima Croft, managing director and global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, about U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
Canada's prime minister announced the preliminary finding a day after the Ukrainian plane crash that killed 176 people, including 63 Canadians. Iran denied the assertion, saying it is "impossible."