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‘There’s a significant lack of knowledge’: Iranian American legislator on countries’ tangled history amid conflict

ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington

Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona representative, explains how her background shapes her perspective on US foreign policyArizona congresswoman Yassamin Ansari brings an unusually personal perspective to the US’s fraught relationship with Iran. The daughter o…

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US Senate votes down resolution to restrict Trump from escalating Iran war

ByDara Kerr

Democratic effort fails in mostly partisan vote, hours after US president says he would consider more bombingSenate Democrats failed on Friday to get a war-powers resolution passed to limit Donald Trump’s ability to single-handedly escalate the war wit…

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US Senate votes down resolution to restrict Trump from escalating Iran war

ByDara Kerr

Democratic effort fails in mostly partisan vote, hours after US president says he would consider more bombingSenate Democrats failed on Friday to get a war-powers resolution passed to limit Donald Trump’s ability to single-handedly escalate the war wit…

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Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of success in strikes on Iran

ByGuardian staff and agencies

Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director say Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, amid reports of White House efforts to limit sharing of classified information with CongressDonald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks…

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Voice of America aired Trump’s message to Iranian people during US bombings

ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington

US-run news outlet had earlier been branded ‘propaganda’ and ‘leftist’ by the White House as it sought to close itVoice of America (VOA) may have been used to broadcast Donald Trump’s message to Iranians in Farsi during weekend military strikes, the pr…

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr

ByRafael Behr

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crisesIt was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it…

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr

ByRafael Behr

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crisesIt was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it…

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Tech in the Iran-Israel conflict: internet blackout, crypto burning and home camera spying

ByBlake Montgomery

Iran, clearly fearful of an online Israeli incursion, imposed a near-total internet blackout early last weekThe war between Israel and Iran, though largely a fight of fighter planes, drones and bombs, is erupting in the digital realm as well. Both coun…

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Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program

ByJames Risen

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIAWhen Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence official…

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Trump news at a glance: Supreme court hands Trump immigration victory as president declares Iran-Israel ceasefire

ByGuardian staff

Court ruling will allow administration to continue deporting migrants to war-torn countries not their own. Key US politics stories from Monday 23 June at a glanceThe US supreme court on Monday paved the way for the Trump administration to resume deport…