Iran
Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox’s home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump called the claim “just more lies and propaganda.”
“Beware of what you’re walking into, because nothing good happens in the Strait of Hormuz,” said a retired three-star admiral.
Expect the Trump administration not to be too happy with this announcement.
The majority of Republicans, however, voted against checking the president’s war powers.
It was a stunning moment.
“Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force,” Trump tweeted.
Trump then greatly threatened Iran in response.
Trump’s new sanctions on Iran cap off intense four days.
Iran promises to “firmly confront any aggression” as Trump promises a peaceful resolution to increasing tensions: “I’m going to be their best friend.”
An expert explains Iran’s recent actions.
It seems the US and Iran could have come close to war.
Will the US and Iran go to war?
He said he did so only 10 minutes before it was supposed to happen.
Senate Republicans are split on the issue.
Trump’s “mistake” comment wasn’t what you thought it meant.
One Pentagon official told me “all variables point to war.”
The “Iran did it” claim may not be bogus after all.
Neither side is stopping the tit-for-tat escalation.
Iran says it won’t abide by part of the 2015 nuclear deal within 10 days.
The case is legally dubious and factually challenged.
That’s a bad look for Iran.
This could spell trouble for US-Iran relations.
Marine Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie says Iran recently took a “step back” from supposed plans to kill US troops, diplomats, and citizens.
It goes to show that Iran can mess with American politics too.
“Talented people are going to the Middle East now and ... we’ll see what happens,” the president said Friday.
It would let the Trump administration circumvent Congress’s authority to approve or reject weapons sales.
The question now is if President Donald Trump will accept it.
The Trump administration created an Iran crisis. Now it’s signaling that it wants out.
The effort could cause a massive partisan fight over Iran.
“I’ve read the intel too. And let me be clear: That’s not what the intel says,” said one Democratic senator.
He’s reusing his North Korea playbook for Iran.
The Trump administration says there’s a serious threat against personnel in Iraq.
The administration’s hardline stances and tough rhetoric have brought us to a tense standoff.
Why? Partly to spite Trump.
The Trump administration worries about Iranian attacks on Americans.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he believes Trump has no interest in war — but that’s not the case for some in his administration or other foreign allies.
It’s a response to America’s similar designation of Iranian troops the day before.
The US-Iran standoff was just turned up to 11.
Witness the Trump administration’s spectacular failure in Poland.
Trump’s State of the Union statement about Iran isn’t entirely true.