The main challenge, according to two senior GOP congressional aides and a former Trump administration official familiar with the discussions, is that Republicans fear Trump will dig in his heels if they confront him too aggressively with their concern about the officials — especially since Trump has feuded publicly with two of them.

If President Donald Trump’s personnel moves are any tell, he may come out of the gate toward Iran with a tone that is more diplomatic than combative.

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

President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook.

Two senior Republican senators urged President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to strip personal security from some former Trump administration officials, one of whom was the target of an alleged Iranian plot.

Trump already stripped security details from his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook. Both men face ongoing threats from Iran after Trump ordered the killing of Iranian general Qassim Soleimani, who led the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, during his first term.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday revoked the security detail and security clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, according to Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot, an unprecedented move against the former top US general who became a frequent target of President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump stressed again on Thursday that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Trump made the comments in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News. Hannity asked Trump about the ...

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US President Donald Trump’s approach to Iran will seemingly focus on diplomacy over military conflict to address its nuclear program and broader regional issues, Dr. Shay Har-Zvi told Maariv on ...

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.