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U.S. forces struck Iranian boats and missile launch sites in southern
\nIran on Monday, in what U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins has called “self-defense strikes … to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran says it shot down three U.S. drones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the violence, neither Iran nor the United States appear to be pulling back on diplomatic efforts to reach an interim deal to end the almost three-month long war.\u00a0But what does that look like?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0\u00a0sign up for C\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Alejandra Marquez Janse and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane.<\/p>\n

It was edited by James Hider, Rebekah Metzler and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.<\/p>\n

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U.S. forces struck Iranian boats and missile launch sites in southern
\nIran on Monday, in what U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins has called “self-defense strikes … to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran says it shot down three U.S. drones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite the violence, neither Iran nor the United States appear to be pulling back on diplomatic efforts to reach an interim deal to end the almost three-month long war.\u00a0But what does that look like?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0Consider This,<\/em>\u00a0sign up for Consider This+<\/em>\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Alejandra Marquez Janse and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane.<\/p>\n

It was edited by James Hider, Rebekah Metzler and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nAmid fresh strikes, what does diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran entail? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=674\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amid fresh strikes, what does diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran entail? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. forces struck Iranian boats and missile launch sites in southern Iran on Monday, in what U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. 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