Trump and Iran Talks, Iran Reacts to Ship Seized, Tariff Refunds

About this episode

The episode discusses the U.S. seizure of an Iranian cargo ship, Iran's response, and the implications of a Supreme Court ruling on tariff refunds.

The U.S. fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to break through the naval blockade. Iran calls it piracy and vows to retaliate with the ceasefire set to expire Wednesday. Iran is back to blocking the Strait of Hormuz as both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire and a new round of talks in Pakistan have yet to be confirmed by Tehran. And businesses can finally start applying today for refunds on $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court ruled were collected illegally, in what could be a scramble for hundreds of thousands of importers. Correction: A previous version of the story "Iran reacts to ship seized" incorrectly said the death toll in Lebanon was more than 1,000. It is more than 2,000. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Ruth Sherlock, Rafael Nam, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Lindsay Totty. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. (0:00) Introduction (01:55) Trump and Iran Talks (05:34)…

Topics covered

• Iran
• U.S. foreign policy
• tariffs
• naval blockade
• ceasefire
• international relations

Keywords

• Iran
• Trump
• tariff refunds
• naval blockade
• Strait of Hormuz
• ceasefire
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran, Supreme Court

Places: Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan, Lebanon

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