The race to secure Iran's nuclear material
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
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Then, the United Nations said that Israeli strikes have displaced nearly 700,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Lebanon. Professor Fawaz Gerges details how violence is harming the region.
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| 0:00.0 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:07.1 | Well, I think Lebanon now is in the eye of the storm. |
| 0:13.0 | The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran intensifies. |
| 0:17.1 | Now Lebanon is in the crosshairs. |
| 0:28.2 | Yeah. Now Lebanon is in the crosshairs. It's Wednesday, March 11th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR Boston. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Shiko Théuri. |
| 0:41.4 | Today on the show, Israel launches attacks on Lebanon's capital of Beirut, after Hezbollah fired at Israel for killing Iran's supreme leader. |
| 0:47.1 | So even though Hezbollah's decision to retaliate against the American-Israeli war against Iran |
| 0:53.4 | was reckless. |
| 0:54.7 | Husbalah made it very clear in the past 13 months that Israel's continuing attacks on Lebanon |
| 1:00.3 | will not go unanswered. So here we go again. |
| 1:04.7 | And we get an update on the awe-inspiring performances at the Paralympic Games. |
| 1:10.3 | But first, the conflict between the U.S., |
| 1:13.1 | Israel, and Iran appears to be shifting to the Strait of Hormuz. That's the narrow waterway |
| 1:18.6 | that carries about a fifth of the world's oil. The U.S. military's Central Command said on |
| 1:24.0 | Wednesday that it could not protect civilians at shipping ports in the wake of recent attacks |
| 1:28.6 | by Iran. Meanwhile, the Pentagon says 140 American service members have been wounded since the war |
| 1:34.7 | began. And President Trump is considering sending troops into Iran to secure the country's hidden |
| 1:40.1 | stockpile of nuclear material that could be used to make weapons. Experts say Iran has enough |
| 1:45.8 | highly enriched uranium to create 10 nuclear warheads. The stockpile was not destroyed in |
| 1:51.8 | airstrikes last June. And Secretary of State Marker Rubio has reportedly told Congress that, quote, |
| 1:57.8 | people are going to have to go and get it. Let's get perspective from |
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