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5 min readThe latest NPR News Now update opens with a sharp escalation in rhetoric between the U.S. and Iran, as President Trump issued a profanity-laced threat on social media ordering Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face further destruction of its infrastructure. The threat comes amid the ongoing U.S. military engagement in Iran, which continues to draw domestic political criticism.
U.S.-Iran Tensions Spike Over Strait of Hormuz
President Trump posted an expletive-filled message on social media demanding Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vowing to destroy more of Iran's bridges and power plants if it does not comply by Monday night. Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations responded sharply, accusing Trump of seeking to “drag the region into an endless war.” The mission added that his threat to target civilian infrastructure demonstrated an intent to commit a war crime and called for immediate international intervention. Mehdi Tabatabaei, Deputy for Communications and Information in Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s office, posted on X that Trump had “resorted to obscenities and nonsense out of sheer desperation and anger,” using similarly insulting language in his reply. Trump announced he would hold a news conference early Monday afternoon in the Oval Office, which he described as being “with the military.”
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- 1 (00:03) **Iran-U.S. Social Media War Escalates** - President Trump posts expletive-laden threat to destroy more Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened; Iran's UN mission calls it a "war crime" and urges international intervention.
- 2 (01:19) **Missing U.S. Airman Rescued in Iran** - Trump announces the rescue of a second airman shot down last week; the pilot was found quickly, but the second airman was missing for nearly two days.
- 3 (01:34) **Criticism of Trump's Iran War Mounts** - A speaker on "All Things Considered" condemns the conflict as "a war of his choosing with no notion of why he went in" and "no plan to leave."
- 4 (02:01) **Voter Registration Deadlines Loom in May Primaries** - NPR's Hanzi Lo Wong reports that Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and West Virginia have upcoming primaries; mail-in voters should beware of USPS delays affecting postmark deadlines.
- 5 (02:58) **Artemis Crew to Begin Lunar Flyby** - Astronauts will fly around the dark side of the moon, taking photos unseen by satellites and losing contact with Earth for about an hour.
- 6 (03:16) **Hollywood Writers Reach Tentative Deal with Studios** - The Writers Guild announces a tentative agreement after weeks of negotiations, expected to include health benefit protections and AI rules; the union itself faces an internal strike over unfair labor practices.
- 7 (04:05) **Meatpacking Strike Suspended in Colorado** - Thousands of workers at a JBS USA plant end a three-week strike after the company agrees to resume contract talks.
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