November 8, 2022 | 5:00 PM
American Experience: Taken Hostage
The crisis transformed the U.S. and Iran and forever upended the focus and direction of American foreign policy.
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September 15, 2022 | 11:20 AM
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.
July 2, 2022 | 7:44 AM
A strong earthquake has killed at least 5 in southern Iran
Rescue teams were deployed near the epicenter, Sayeh Khosh village
December 7, 2020 | 3:00 PM
Smart Talk: An eviction crisis is looming
Affordable housing costs impact both renters and landlords, can both be saved?
By Merideth Bucher/WITF July 7, 2020 | 3:06 PM
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 Bill Chappell/NPR February 18, 2020 | 5:37 AM
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.
February 13, 2020 | 4:39 PM
Senate approves legislation to limit president’s war powers against Iran
The vote was 55-45 — a tally that falls far short of the two-thirds needed to override a presidential veto.
By Claudia Grisales/NPR 