Anxieties from inside Iran as strikes escalate

An Iranian civilian told NBC News they’re fearful of a prolonged conflict as the stakes get higher for Trump.

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Fresh waves of attacks — including Iran’s strikes on U.S. personnel and bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait — are rattling the Gulf region. But as President Donald Trump threatens more U.S. military might, a civilian inside Iran tells me citizens there are well aware of the political risks the war poses to his presidency. Plus, U.S. inflation is up — way up. Let’s get into it.

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As the U.S. and Iran exchange strikes in a stark escalation of the three-month war, Iranians worry more than ever that the conflict is nowhere near its end, a person inside the country told me today.

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