In Iran, Trump is both escalating and deescalating

在伊朗,特朗普既在升级又在缓和局势。

The NPR Politics Podcast

2026-03-26

15 分钟
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President Trump began the week with an announcement that administration officials were having “very good and productive conversations” with Iranian officials about ending the war there, then sent more troops to the region. We discuss the state of negotiations to end the war and the conflicting messages the president is sending with his words and actions. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national security correspondent Greg Myre. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • I'm Miles Parks.

  • I cover voting.

  • I'm Frank Ordonez.

  • I cover the White House.

  • And I'm Greg Myrie.

  • I cover national security.

  • And we are recording this at 1.13 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 25th.

  • And today on the show, we're nearing the one-month mark of the war in Iran.

  • Franco, President Trump started the week with a post on social media that said,

  • quote, very good and productive conversations were going on with Iran,

  • alluding to the fact that negotiations seem to be ongoing.

  • To move towards an end of the conflict.