NPR News: 07-11-2026 4PM EDT

Dan Ronan· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. There could be further peace talks between the United States and Iran. This despite the Iranian Health Ministry's claim that American airstrikes this week killed seventeen people and injured more than a hundred others. As Willem Marx reports, the status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain central to any potential negotiations.

Willem Marx0:23

Iran's foreign minister arrived in the Omani capital of Muscat on Saturday with the possibility of further talks involving US officials not yet publicly confirmed by either side. The Iranian state-backed Fars News Agency said Iran will not enter into talks with American negotiators until the United States reverses its positions, as Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi criticized the Trump administration for failing to uphold its side of a previous agreement. Earlier this week, Iranian forces fired on several commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, precipitating retaliatory US airstrikes across Iran. On Truth Social Friday, President Trump promised to decimate and destroy all areas of Iran should they attempt to follow through on reported threats to assassinate him. For NPR News, I'm Willem Marx.

Dan Ronan· Host1:05

A widespread dangerous heat wave is building across the US. Triple-digit temperatures are expected next week across the Southwest and the Great Plains before moving to the Midwest and East Coast. Joe Wegman is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.

Joe Wegman· Soundbite1:25

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