To discuss how Iran’s civilians are reacting to the latest developments in the Middle East conflict, Amna Nawaz spoke with special correspondent Reza Sayah in Tehran.

Iran earned $5bn in oil exports in past month while it shut the strait for most other ships. That revenue is at risk.

Mohammad Marandi, a US-born professor at the University of Tehran, who has been speaking with foreign media during the war and participated in negotiations with the U.S. last weekend, tells Judge Napolitano's podcast that life has effectively carried on as normal in Tehran throughout the war.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks.

Pakistan mediates US-Iran talks as truce holds, Tehran issues maritime threats, and Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon intensify.

For the latest updates from on the ground in Tehran, William Brangham spoke with special correspondent Reza Sayah in Iran.

The US and Iran are looking to arrange a second round of peace talks in the coming days, with Tehran mulling a pause in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to help ease the path toward an agreement on time and place.

Fifteen residents of Tehran said in telephone interviews and text messages that the capital was weathering heavy bombardment.

Fierce U.S.-Israeli bombardment of Iran’s capital, Tehran, now at the end of its second week, has left residents in a state of shock. From central historic quarters to upscale northern areas, bombs are shaking the city day and night, with no sirens or warning systems to alert the public.

Two remotely operated, improvised explosive devices detonated in Tehran early today, Iran’s state media reports. A Revolutionary Guard security source says the explosions slightly injured three people including a member of the paramilitary Basij, an all-volunteer force loyal to the Islamic Republic, the Islamic Republic News Agency says.