Iran

President Trump warns of 'heavy price' if Iran carries 'sneak attack' on US troops in Iraq

The president tweeted his remarks on Wednesday.

April 1, 2020 2:26pm EDT

Robert Levinson, retired FBI agent, presumed dead in Iranian custody over a decade after disappearance

Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent and private investigator who disappeared from an Iranian island in 2007, is believed to have died in Iranian custody, his family revealed in a statement Wednesday.

March 25, 2020 7:02pm EDT

Senate approves resolution restraining Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran

The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday limiting President Donald Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran.

February 13, 2020 2:19pm EST

Iran rocket attack on Iraqi military base injured 11 US service members, official reveals

Eleven U.S. service members were flown out of Al Assad Air Base in Iraq and treated for concussion symptoms after Iran's rocket attack targeting two Iraqi military bases earlier this month, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday night.

January 17, 2020 7:02am EST

Iran anti-government protests erupt over shooting down of Ukrainian passenger plane: ‘Death to the dictator’

Anti-government protests erupted across Iran late Saturday, where thousands of demonstrators called for a regime change with chants of “death to the dictator,” following the state’s reluctant admission that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane.

January 12, 2020 11:01am EST

Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian jetliner

Iranian state TV, citing a military statement, says the country `unintentionally' shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard.

January 10, 2020 10:51pm EST

US blames Iran for Ukrainian jetliner downing, pledges probe

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the highest-level U.S. official to directly pin the blame on Iran, after Canadian, Australian and British leaders announced similar intelligence conclusions Thursday.

January 10, 2020 8:07pm EST

Police in Florida arrest Iranian national carrying knives, machete, and pickaxe

Officers in Palm Beach, Florida have arrested an Iranian national who was found to be in possession of several knives, a machete, and a pickaxe.

January 10, 2020 5:08pm EST

US tried, failed to take out Iranian Quds leader in Yemen, officials say

U.S. officials said the U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general, Qasem Soleimani.

January 10, 2020 3:45pm EST

Trump tells Fox News' Laura Ingraham 'four embassies' were targeted in imminent threat from Iran

President Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham in an interview that the imminent threat from Iran that provoked the United States to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani involved planned attacks on four US embassies.

January 10, 2020 2:44pm EST

US announces new sanctions on Iran after missile strikes

The new sanctions will target Iranian companies and eight senior officials.

January 10, 2020 12:12pm EST

Iran denies downing plane, says US and Canada should share evidence

Western leaders said the plane appeared to have been unintentionally hit by a missile just hours after Iran launched around a dozen ballistic missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq.

January 10, 2020 11:09am EST

Iran, Democrats, and the Economy: Trump kicks off 2020 election season in Toledo

President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice” by ordering a drone strike to take out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, while jeering Democratic leaders for questioning his decision to carry out the attack without first consulting Congress.

January 9, 2020 9:06pm EST