Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The war in Iran is now in its 10th week.

There's a ceasefire in effect, but both sides continue to block the Strait of Pormuz.

Iran has been reviewing a U.S. proposed agreement for days.

Mearsad Boud-Rugherty is with Missouri University of Science and Technology. He doesn't see an agreement anytime soon.

The law of unintended consequences has taken hold. The war has basically produced a more

radical and increasingly confident leadership in Iran that believes it can outlast U.S.

political will while sustaining domestic repression to suppress internal resistance.

He was interviewed on NPR's weekend edition.

Russia is commemorating the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.

The celebrations on Red Square were scaled back amid concerns over Ukrainian drone strikes.

NPR's Charles Maines reports.

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Victory Day Parade on Red Square featured no tanks, missiles, or nuclear launchers,

reflection of Kremlin fears of Ukrainian drone strikes that proved unnecessary.

Both Moscow and Kiev agreed to a three-day ceasefire following a last-minute appeal from

President Trump, and there were no disruptions to the Red Square ceremony.

Yet in a combative speech before troops, President Vladimir Putin made clear Russia intended

to continue military operations. Invoking the Soviet

victory, Putin insisted Russians were united in a just cause against an aggressive Ukraine

backed by NATO, that despite polls that show growing public fatigue with a conflict now in its fifth

year. Charles Mainz, NPR News. A cruise ship hit by the Hanta virus is to arrive at Spain's Canary Islands tomorrow.

Three people have died.

There are 17 Americans on the ship who will be sent to the University of Nebraska to be monitored.

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