Iranians in the U.S. fear for family back home

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

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More than 10 years ago, journalists Yeganeh Rezaian and her husband, Jason Rezaian, were wrongfully imprisoned in Iran. She was released after more than two months; he was held for 544 days. Yeganeh Rezaian shares how she views the U.S. war with Iran.

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson talks about Secretary Kristi Noem testifying before Congress, the Iran war and the partial government shutdown.

Then, Democrats aim to flip a dozen Republican-held House seats in red districts around the country. The person leading the charge, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairperson Suzan DelBene, explains how they plan to make that happen.

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0:00.0	Support for Here and Now Anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
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0:17.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:30.2	While there, it will take time and energy and planning for everyone to come to one clear senses about what the plan B is, the Iranian people on the ground are paying the price
0:36.9	with their blood.
0:39.7	The political outcomes of war in the Middle East are uncertain, but civilians are already suffering. It's Wednesday, March 4th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.
1:03.2	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:07.2	Today on the show, a former Homeland Security Secretary worries about terrorist blowback from the U.S. Israeli attack on Iran.
1:16.5	Also, the midterm election season has begun with primary results in for several races, including U.S. Senate in Texas.
1:25.2	We are not going to go quietly. And we are not going to let you by the seat.
1:32.2	The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says she likes her odds for
1:37.0	flipping the house, coming up at about 15 minutes.
1:41.8	But first.
1:44.0	Today, defense secretary Pete Hegsaf said the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran,
1:49.4	now in its fifth day, is just beginning.
1:52.2	And as President Trump said, more and larger waves are coming. We are just getting started.
1:58.3	We are accelerating, not decelerating.
2:01.3	Hegesath also said an American submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in the Indian
2:07.3	ocean in international waters off Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities said there were 180 people
2:14.1	on board. 32 of them were rescued and 87 bodies were recovered so far,
2:20.3	adding to a death toll of more than a thousand people in the war, most of them in Iran,
2:26.0	according to the Red Crescent and authorities in the region.
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