Peter Kenyon
Peter Kenyon is NPR's international correspondent based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Prior to taking this assignment in 2010, Kenyon spent five years in Cairo covering Middle Eastern and North African countries from Syria to Morocco. He was part of NPR's team recognized with two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards for outstanding coverage of post-war Iraq.
In addition to regular stints in Iraq, he has followed stories to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Morocco and other countries in the region.
Arriving at NPR in 1995, Kenyon spent six years in Washington, D.C., working in a variety of positions including as a correspondent covering the US Senate during President Bill Clinton's second term and the beginning of the President George W. Bush's administration.
Kenyon came to NPR from the Alaska Public Radio Network. He began his public radio career in the small fishing community of Petersburg, where he met his wife Nevette, a commercial fisherwoman.
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A special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna this week let the U.S. and Iran spell out their starkly different views, and came amid continuing tensions. -
Iran is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by the 2015 nuclear deal, according to a video message from a top aide to the country's supreme leader.
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A government press agency in Iran reports that the country is now breaking a fundamental requirement of the 2015 nuclear deal — exceeding the limits set for its stockpile of enriched uranium.
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Iran shot down a U.S. drone. The U.S. launched a cyberattack and put new sanctions on Iran. Here is a look at the deepening crisis from Iran's standpoint. -
After results of the March election were annulled, in which the opposition party won, residents voted again on Sunday in what is widely being seen as a referendum on Turkey's president.
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News outlets report that the White House approved airstrikes on Iran in response to the downing of a U.S. drone, but that the strikes were called off while the aircraft were on their way to attack.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. military drone in the Persian Gulf. A U.S. official confirms to NPR that the drone was taken down but disputes the details surrounding the attack.
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Pointing to a U.S. military video, Trump maintained: "Iran did do it." Meanwhile, the president of the Japanese company operating one of the tankers says he doesn't believe a mine or torpedo was used.
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In Turkey, residents of Istanbul are angry after their mayoral election results were voided in what appeared to be a power play by the ruling party. They plan to come out in big numbers for the redo.
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Iran is one of the only countries where women and girls must wear the traditional garment by law. These activists are breaking the rules in protest.
