In Hormuz deadlock, U.S. and Iran refuse to back down

NPR | By Tom Bowman,

Aya Batrawy

Published May 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM EDT

The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked in the Strait of Hormuz, with no clear way forward.

Tom Bowman

Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon.

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Aya Batrawy

Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.

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