'A really bad mistake': U.S. strikes spark protests, patriotism in Tehran

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

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We get the view from inside Iran with former news editor Ali Safari, a resident of Tehran who unpacks how Iranians are responding to the conflict. And, Here & Now's security analyst Jim Walsh joins us to explain what the U.S.'s strikes and Iran's response mean for national security. Then, in the wake of escalating conflict in Iran, Republican senators squabble over the details of a massive policy bill to extend President Trump's deep tax cuts and slash spending to Medicaid. NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales joins us.

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken, a podcast from BU's Mayrotra Institute
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0:16.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:24.0	When... When your podcast, Boston. When your country is under attack, no matter who is in charge, no matter who is leading this country, the sense of patriotism going to emerge.
0:32.9	The view from Tehran after the U.S. joined Israel in bombing Iran.
0:42.3	It's Monday, June 23rd, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:47.5	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:50.7	Today on the show, Vice President J.D. Vance claimed yesterday the U.S. is not at war with Iran
0:56.6	after the Trump administration dropped 30,000 pound bunker busters on three Iranian nuclear
1:02.1	facilities. We do not want war with Iran. We actually want peace. But we want peace in the context of
1:08.4	them not having a nuclear weapons program. And that's exactly what the president accomplished last night.
1:14.0	What's next in the Middle East?
1:16.2	Also, Congress is inching closer to a vote on a humongous bill that would cut taxes,
1:21.9	but also environmental programs and Medicaid.
1:25.1	We'll dig into negotiations in the Senate.
1:27.3	It could really bring some detrimental decisions to American families everywhere when it comes
1:33.3	to how much they're paying for taxes, how much they're getting back each year, and what
1:38.2	they're looking at in terms of health insurance costs. But first, the view from Tehran after the U.S.
1:43.6	joined Israel's war against Iran on Saturday.
1:47.4	Israel continued its bombing campaign this afternoon, hitting what the Israeli defense minister called,
1:52.4	quote, regime targets and governmental repression bodies in the heart of Tehran, end quote.
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