Tag: Iran

"Commanders now don't, aren't constantly calling back to higher headquarters asking for permission, but they're free to act," Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend said. (AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan)

Iran aims to incite chaos with ramped up disinformation campaign, US officials say

Russ Read · January 7, 2020 9:10 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

‘I like to obey the law’: Trump backtracks on bombing Iranian cultural sites

Tim Pearce · January 7, 2020 9:10 pm

National Security

‘No longer a monster, he’s dead’: Trump says Soleimani death good for other countries

Zach Halaschak · January 7, 2020 9:04 pm

In this image from video, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper talks to the press on Iran and Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at the Pentagon in Washington.

‘Policy has not changed’: Mark Esper denies Iraqi claim that signed withdrawal letter was sent

Zach Halaschak · January 7, 2020 8:22 pm

‘We have to take revenge’: Iranian diplomat in New York threatens retaliation for hit on Soleimani

Joel Gehrke · January 7, 2020 8:17 pm

‘Deeply regret the violence’: Michael Moore ripped for apologizing to Iranian leader on behalf of US

Madison Dibble · January 7, 2020 7:59 pm

Vice President Joe Biden waves during funeral services for his son, Beau Biden, Saturday, June 6, 2015, at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. (Yuri Gripas/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden says he got into politics because of Vietnam War

Joseph Simonson · January 7, 2020 7:54 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Newton, Iowa.

Biden confuses Iraq and Iran in foreign policy speech

Emily Brooks, John Gage · January 7, 2020 7:43 pm

Protesters demonstrate over the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 4, 2020. Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.

Beltway Confidential

Everyday Iranians know Qassem Soleimani for the terrorist he was

Raman Ghavami · January 7, 2020 7:26 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questions as Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.

AOC likes tweet from Russian propagandist defending Iran

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 7, 2020 7:25 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Kellogg Arena, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich.

Fox News host: Trump ‘doesn’t deserve’ to be reelected if US goes to war with Iran

Mike Brest · January 7, 2020 7:24 pm

FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2016 photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran. A U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport on Friday Jan. 3, 2020 killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force. Soleimani was considered the architect of Iran's policy in Syria. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

In growing Iran conflict, we don’t know yet if we’re screwed

Eddie Scarry · January 7, 2020 7:19 pm