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FADEL: In Iran, Bahran also cut her conversation short. The government, she said, was going to impose an internet blackout. BAHRAN: So I think I won't be available for a while and say anything more.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with journalist Kim Ghattas in Beirut about how far the Israel-Iran war could spread and whether other Middle East powers are bracing for a wider conflict.

FADEL: In Iran, Bahran also cut her conversation short. The government, she said, was going to impose an internet blackout. BAHRAN: So I think I won't be available for a while and say anything more.

FADEL: Kurush (ph) is from Tehran. Again, we're only using his first name out of concern for government retribution for speaking. He has this to say about the future. KURUSH: (Through interpreter) My ...