#Iran Policy

Articles (17)

• 🇬🇧 Digested week: Hegseth chides media for focusing on trivial issue of his Iran strategy — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Cheerleader-in-chief demands more enthusiasm for US-Israeli assault that is helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine</p><p>When even your mother calls you out as a cheat and a liar, then it’s prob...

  Related: #Media Criticism
• 🇺🇸 Huge Trump Iran war funding request faces stiff opposition in Congress — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #US Politics, #Military Funding
• 🇺🇸 Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: &apos;Takes money to kill bad guys&apos; — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Military Spending
• 🇺🇸 Leavitt: Trump has full confidence in Gabbard after top aide's resignation over Iran — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that President Trump has confidence in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard following the resignation of top intelligence offi...

  Related: #Political Resignation
• 🇺🇸 Why did Trump’s counterterrorism chief resign over Iran war? — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has resigned over Washington’s war on Iran, saying he cannot support the conflict.

  Related: #Resignation
• 🇺🇸 Trump's counterterrorism chief resigns, criticizing decision to attack Iran — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation citing the decision to begin a war against Iran when "Iran posed no imminent threat to...

  Related: #Resignation
• 🇺🇸 Bolton: Trump didn't make 'compelling case' on Iran nuclear, terror threat — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Former National Security adviser John Bolton on Monday said President Trump failed to make a “compelling case” to the American people about the threat Iran’s nuclear program and terrorist network pose...

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Who is Joe Kent, top counterterror official who resigned over Iran War? — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Joe Kent, one of the Trump administration’s top intelligence officials, resigned on Tuesday over the U.S. military’s ongoing operations against Iran. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing ...

  Related: #Government Resignation
• 🇬🇧 What we know about Joe Kent - the top US counterterrorism official who has resigned over Trump's Iran war — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Donald Trump's most senior counterterrorism official has resigned, saying he "cannot in good conscience" support the Iran war and claiming the country posed "no imminent threat" to the United States.

  Related: #Resignation, #Counterterrorism
• 🇺🇸 Top Trump Official Resigns Over Iran War: ‘No Imminent Threat’ — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote that he “cannot in good conscience” support the war

  Related: #Political Resignation
• 🇺🇸 Trump must attack Iran's center of gravity — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration has systematically dismantled Iran's conventional military and nuclear ambitions, but the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij remain intact, posing a direct threat to ...

  Related: #Military Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Taco on Iran will come too late for Trump — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  The US president has already done lasting damage to international trust in America

  Related: #Political Timing
• 🇺🇸 Democrats threaten more Iran war powers votes, call for Hegseth, Rubio to testify — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Democrats are vowing to interrupt normal order in the Senate unless Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio testify publicly.

  Related: #Congressional Oversight
• 🇺🇸 Sen. Tom Cotton says U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran will likely take "weeks, not days" — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  GOP Sen. Tom Cotton tells Major Garrett he thought President Trump "laid out the objectives" of the U.S.-Israeli attack against Iran "very well." He says the joint military operation will likely take ...

  Related: #Military Operations, #U.S.-Israel Relations, #Political Commentary
• 🇺🇸 Jeffries: Democrats ‘committed’ to forcing Iran war powers vote in wake of US strikes — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pledged that House Democrats will force a vote on limiting President Trump’s war powers in Iran as he criticized the president for striking the country w...

  Related: #Congressional Oversight, #War Powers, #Executive Authority vs. Congressional Authority, #Political Opposition
• 🇺🇸 Trump swats down reports that top general warned of Iran strike risks — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump swats down reports that top general warned of Iran strike risks ...

  Related: #Military-Civilian Relations, #National Security, #Political Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Trump told Netanyahu he would support strikes on Iran missiles, sources say — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December at Mar-a-Lago with Mr. Trump saying the U.S. would support strikes if no deal was made with Iran.

  Related: #US-Israel Relations, #Middle East Security