Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
President Trump abruptly left a G7 summit in Canada a day ahead of schedule.
He's now back in Washington.
Trump says he returned to focus on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Yesterday, Trump posted an online warning to Iranians to evacuate their own capital.
NPR's Hadil El-Shelji reports.
On his social media platform, Truth Social,
President Trump posted yesterday, quote, everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran.
The mood in Tehran is tense.
Fuel lines are long and the roads out of the city are bumper to bumper.
NPR reached a woman named Baran in Tehran.
She asked to only use her first name because the situation in Iran is sensitive right now.
She said she and her family tried to leave Tehran yesterday, but had to turn around.
She says they were unable to fill up their tank.
People waited at gas stations for up to four hours.
On Monday, the Israeli military attacked the studio complex of Iran's state news channel.
Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
As Trump returned to Washington,
French President Emmanuel Macron had said that Trump would return to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
But Trump refuted that.