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Chris Hayes Allows Dem. Senator to Spread Fake News on Iran

Iran Tensions: Democrats Durbin and Garamendi Invoke ‘Gulf of Tonkin’

Citing the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident in the run-up to the Vietnam War, Democratic critics are accusing the Trump administration of exaggerating the Iran threat, in a drive to go to war.

Iran Tensions: Schumer Wants Shanahan, Dunford to Appear in Open Session by Week’s End

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called on acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford to appear in an open Senate...

'Is This the Gulf of Tonkin?' MSNBC Fears Trump Could go to War with Iran

Trump: NYT Report That He’s Sending Troops to Middle East ‘Fake News’

President Donald Trump is disputing a New York Times report that said the president is planning to send 120,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East in response to Iran.

Pompeo on John Kerry and Iran: Past Secretaries of State Should ‘Get Off the Stage’

Former secretaries of state should “get off the stage” and leave foreign policy to their successors, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday, when asked about John Kerry’s interactions with the...

Wray: We Should Also Be Worried About China, Iran, N. Korea

FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress Tuesday that besides Russia, the U.S. should also be worried about China, Iran, and North Korea.  

NBC’s Engel Accuses U.S. of Trying to ‘Provoke’ War With Iran

Appearing on MSNBC Monday morning, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel repeatedly accused the Trump administration of trying to “provoke” Iran into some sort of conflict by sending an...

UN 'Gender Equality' Body Hands Iran a Symbolic Leadership Role

The United Nations’ body dedicated to “gender equality and the advancement of women” this week handed the Iranian regime a seat on a committee with a key role in evaluating “injustice and discriminatory...

CBS Touts ‘Festive Atmosphere’ as Iran Marks Anniversary of Revolution

On Monday, CBS This Morning took time to mark the 40th anniversary of Iran’s brutal Islamic regime seizing power. Rather than point out four decades of human rights abuses, including the taking of American...

Security Expert: Iran-Backed Parties in Iraq ‘Are Now in Charge, and They’re Asking For the Immediate Exit of Americans’

Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Pregent noted recently that Iran-backed parties are “in charge” in Iraq following elections last year, “and they’re asking for the immediate exit of Americans.”...

Joe Scarborough Says Trump Wants War With Iran

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is not a foreign policy genius, but he attempts to play one on TV.  Less than one week after saying that Trump was turning over Syria to the Russians and the Iranians, the Morning...

CIA Chief: Iranians ‘Are Making Some Preparations That Would Increase Their Ability’ to Resume Nuclear Activities

Asked a “yes or no” question on whether Iran was abiding by the nuclear deal, CIA Director Gina Haspel this week gave a senator a more considered response, saying among other things that the regime...

Joe Lieberman: Asking Pentagon For Strike Options Against Iran ‘Very Reasonable and Rational Thing’ to Do

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to comment Sunday on claims that the White House National Security Council asked the Pentagon last fall for options for a military strike against Iran, but former...

John Bolton Says Any Country in Doubt of US Support for Israel’s Self-Defense ‘Better Think About it Again’

National Security Advisor John Bolton, speaking in Jerusalem Sunday about Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, assured Israel of the administration’s unequivocal support for its right...