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Airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US military drone
By Jon Gambrell
Opinion | Distress and Defiance in Tehran
By Salar Abdoh
Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives
By Susan Heavey & Jeff Mason
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Obama, others warned Trump that pulling out of Iran nuke deal could lead to war
By Owen Hayes & Dan De Luce
Factbox: The Global Hawk drone shot down by Iran
By Mike Stone, Tina Bellon & Jonathan Oatis
The Drone Iran Shot Down Was a $220M Surveillance Monster
By Lily Hay Newman
Trump says he stopped airstrike on Iran because 150 would have died
By Julian Borger & Patrick Wintour
What is a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone, the US military aircraft shot down by Iran?
By Rob Picheta & Bianca Britton
Why Trump Decided Not to Attack Iran
By Robbie Gramer & Lara Seligman
U.S. Planned Strike on Iran After Downing of Drone but Called Off Mission
By Michael R. Gordon, Siobhan Hughes & Sune Engel Rasmussen
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone
By Marjorie Cohn
Trump says US was 'cocked and loaded' to strike Iran before he pulled back
By Jeremy Diamond, Barbara Starr & Jamie Gangel
If the U.S. strikes Iran, what might happen next?
By Dan De Luce, Ken Dilanian & Courtney Kube
Trump says he was 'cocked & loaded' to attack Iran, but called off strikes 10 minutes before
By Kristen Welker, Alex Johnson & Ali Arouzi
Trump says he stopped Iran strike with just 10 minutes to spare because he was concerned about casualties
By Katherine Faulders, John Santucci & Josh Margolin
Iran drone shoot down prompts Donald Trump to order, but then halt attack on Iranian air defenses today - Live updates
By Fin Gomez, Camilo Montoya-Galvez & David Martin
Urged to Launch an Attack, Trump Listened to the Skeptics Who Said It Would Be a Costly Mistake (Published 2019)
By Maggie Haberman, Peter Baker & Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Iranian Force Exults in Downing of U.S. Drone With a Feast and a Prayer (Published 2019)
By Farnaz Fassihi & David D. Kirkpatrick
Trump Says He Was 'Cocked and Loaded' to Strike Iran, but Pulled Back (Published 2019)
By Michael D. Shear, Eric P. Schmitt & Helene Cooper
'I stopped it': Inside Trump's last-minute reversal on striking Iran
By Josh Dawsey, Karoun Demirjian & Toluse Olorunnipa
'We were cocked & loaded': Trump's account of Iran attack plan facing scrutiny
By Missy Ryan, John Hudson & Erin Cunningham
Donald Trump 'cancelled Iran strikes with planes in the air'
By Patrick Wintour
How Donald Trump created one hell of a mess with Iran
By Peter Bergen