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Factbox: The Global Hawk drone shot down by Iran
By Mike Stone, Tina Bellon & Jonathan Oatis
Opinion | Distress and Defiance in Tehran
By Salar Abdoh
Trump says Iranian shootdown of US military drone may have been a 'mistake'
By Luis Martinez
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Trump says US was 'cocked and loaded' to strike Iran before he pulled back
By Jeremy Diamond, Jamie Gangel & Barbara Starr
In NPR Interview, Iran's Ambassador To U.N. Defends Shooting Down Drone
By Steve Inskeep & Bobby Allyn
Trump says he stopped airstrike on Iran because 150 would have died
By Julian Borger & Patrick Wintour
The Drone Iran Shot Down Was a $220M Surveillance Monster
By Lily Hay Newman
U.S. Planned Strike on Iran After Downing of Drone but Called Off Mission
By Michael R. Gordon, Sune Engel Rasmussen & Siobhan Hughes
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone
By Marjorie Cohn
Why Trump Decided Not to Attack Iran
By Robbie Gramer & Lara Seligman
If the U.S. strikes Iran, what might happen next?
By Ken Dilanian
Trump says he was 'cocked & loaded' to attack Iran, but called off strikes 10 minutes before
By Alex Johnson, Kristen Welker & Ali Arouzi
What is a RQ-4A Global Hawk drone, the US military aircraft shot down by Iran?
By Bianca Britton & Rob Picheta
Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives
By Jeff Mason & Susan Heavey
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
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
US-Iran standoff: a timeline
By Jen Kirby
How Donald Trump created one hell of a mess with Iran
By Peter Bergen
Trump calls off Iran strike: Live updates
By Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha & Ivana Kottasová