If they are injured or killed, Donald Trump will be the one person responsible — a black mark against him that time will not erase.

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance From Syria to Ukraine.

Iran has never forgiven the US President for assassinating their top general and has made previous threats to avenge his death.

Iran fears a return to Trump’s hardline approach. On January 17, 2025, President Pezeshkian stressed the importance of dialogue with the United States. In November 2024, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated that Iran has no aspiration for nuclear weapons and emphasized the need for mutual trust.

"Today, you can get in a car in Tehran and get out in the Dahia, Beirut." Five years and two months after Gen. Qasem Soleimani made this statement, the

A New Diplomatic Approach President Donald Trump has appointed his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to lead the administration’s diplomatic efforts with Iran. This decision marks a notable shift in strategy from Trump’s first term,

Baghdad: The Iraqi government has increased pressure on Iran-backed armed groups operating in the country to lay down their arms. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said efforts were being made to persuade Iran-backed fighters to lay down their arms or join the official security forces.

The administration of new US president Donald Trump is reportedly considering various options to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear weapon. These include renegotiating a second nuclear deal, pursuing a policy of “maximum pressure” against Tehran by ramping up sanctions, and conducting airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

You’d be forgiven if, during the madcap weeks leading to Donald Trump’s inauguration, you’d lost track of what was happening with the Houthi rebels in Yemen. As one of Iran’s last remaining close friends in the Middle East,

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Donald Trump made the decision to withdraw protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former envoy to Iran Brian Hook. Both were targets of planned attacks by Iran, as confirmed by "The New York Times.

Russia and Iran are poised to sign a new treaty on Friday to cement military and economic ties between two of the world's most heavily sanctioned nations, in a pact likely to worry the West. Russia says its upcoming pact with Iran and the already-signed treaty with Pyongyang are "not directed against any country".