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American Experience: Taken Hostage

The crisis transformed the U.S. and Iran and forever upended the focus and direction of American foreign policy.

By Christina Zeiders

Last Call on WITF Passport: The Queen and the Coup

Planned by MI6 and executed by the C.I.A., the coup that followed destroyed relations between Iran and the West.

By Christina Zeiders

Updated: 2022-09-14 21:15:00

3 Iranian citizens charged in hacking attack that targeted a Pa. domestic violence shelter and others

The victims included a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania, which the indictment says was extorted out of $13,000 to recover its hacked data; electric utilities in Indiana and Mississippi; and a county government in Wyoming.
By The Associated Press

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Salman Rushdie remains in critical condition, his son says

The novelist was taken off a ventilator and able to speak “a few words,” according to his son.

By NPR

A strong earthquake has killed at least 5 in southern Iran

Rescue teams were deployed near the epicenter, Sayeh Khosh village

By The Associated Press

Biden, Europeans take up Iran nuclear program in Rome talks

Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

By Craig Rhodes/WITF and The Associated Press

Smart Talk: An eviction crisis is looming

Affordable housing costs impact both renters and landlords, can both be saved?
By Merideth Bucher/WITF

U.S. blames Iran for threatening election emails, says Russia may interfere too

The senders posed as members of the white supremacist Proud Boys and claimed they had voter data that revealed for whom their targets voted — but that was a false flag.

By NPR

U.S. killing of Iran’s Gen. Soleimani ‘was unlawful,’ U.N. expert says

The U.S. killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in January “was unlawful and arbitrary under international law,” a U.N. human rights investigator says, calling the drone strike in Baghdad a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty.

By NPR

In ‘The Other Apartment,’ a parallel world opens between the U.S. and Iran

Visitors to the exhibit in Pittsburgh walk through the recreated brick facade of the building and through the home's five rooms.
By Kathleen Davis/WESA
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