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On the Current Confrontation with Iran
By Robert Jervis
House Votes to Restrain Trump’s Iran War Powers (Published 2020)
By Catie Edmondson & Charlie Savage
Why the 2002 AUMF Does Not Apply to Iran
By Steve Vladeck & Ryan Goodman
Trump’s New National Security Team Made Fast Work of Iran Strike
By Gordon Lubold, Warren P. Strobel & Michael R. Gordon
Persian Might: How Strong Is Iran's Military?
By Pete Baumgartner & Dragan Stavljanin
How Pompeo convinced Trump to kill Soleimani and fulfilled a decade-long goal
By Nicole Gaouette & Jamie Gangel
Why the Conflict Between the U.S. and Iran Isn't Over
By John Walcott & Kimberly Dozier
Donald Trump Murdered Qassim Suleimani
By James Risen
Trump claims Soleimani was planning to blow up U.S. embassy
By Caitlin Oprysko
‘We did not intend to kill,’ Iranian commander says of missile strike on U.S. targets
By Kareem Fahim & Sarah Dadouch
Its Missiles Did Little Damage, but Iran Has More Potent Weapons (Published 2020)
By Ronen Bergman & David Kirkpatrick
Trump, like Obama, tests the limits of presidential war powers
By Sarah Mackenzie Burns
Trump’s Iran Strategy: A Cease-Fire Wrapped in a Strategic Muddle (Published 2020)
By David E. Sanger
Standing down: How Trump decided that not striking back was his best option on Iran
By Zachary Cohen, Jim Acosta & Barbara Starr
Iran Offers Mixed Message After Backing Away From Conflict With U.S. (Published 2020)
By Megan Specia
Mike Lee, a G.O.P. Senator, Calls Administration’s Iran Briefing ‘Insulting’ (Published 2020)
By Catie Edmondson
Pelosi Announces Vote to Limit Trump’s War-Making Power Against Iran (Published 2020)
By Catie Edmondson
House votes to limit Trump’s military action against Iran without congressional approval
By Clare Foran & Haley Byrd Wilt
Trump claims Soleimani plotted to blow up US embassies
By Paul LeBlanc & Ryan Browne