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U.S. strikes Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz. What's next for talks?

NPR | By Carrie Kahn,

Ayesha Rascoe

Published July 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM CDT

The U.S. strikes Iran again, after an attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Carrie Kahn

Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and on NPR.org.

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.