Iran
Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox’s home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.
But has Trump really thought out what comes next?
He’s Trump’s guy on Iran, and he’s remaking the State Department in the president’s image.
And is a restricted intranet next? The Reset podcast investigates.
The State Department’s inspector general recommends disciplinary action against Brian Hook.
This is yet another part of the US-Iran standoff.
“It is clear for us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack,” the leaders of the three European powers said. “There is no other explanation.”
It looked like Trump was going to bomb Iran over Saudi Arabia. Now it doesn’t.
The Bolton-Trump partnership was never built to last.
Trump should’ve known what withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal would bring.
This is one of the most dramatic moves of the “maximum pressure” campaign.
He could backtrack in only a few months’ time.
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.