State Department spokesperson on Iran war and U.S. visa revocations

NPR | By Rob Schmitz,

Daniel Ofman, Michael Levitt

Published August 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM EDT

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott about the with Iran and the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who have had their U.S. visa revoked.

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