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Jul 23, 2018

Slavin Joins VOA to Discuss Trump’s Threat to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 23, 2018

Trump’s Angry Iran Tweet

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump, in a late-night, all-caps tweet on July 22, threatened Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have suffered before” if Iranian leaders continued to threaten the United States with war. Trump’s tweet was an apparent response to a comment by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Iranian diplomats […]

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Jul 23, 2018

Slavin Quoted in NYT on Prospects of War Between US and Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 23, 2018

Slavin Quoted in the New York Times on Trump’s Iran Policy

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 23, 2018

Trump’s Angry Iran Tweet

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump, in a late-night, all-caps tweet on July 22, threatened Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have suffered before” if Iranian leaders continued to threaten the United States with war.

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Jul 23, 2018

Slavin Quoted in Think Progress on Trump’s Threat to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 23, 2018

Kroenig Quoted in Vox on Trump’s Threat to Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

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Jul 23, 2018

Slavin Quoted in The Hill on Trump’s Threat to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 23, 2018

US Policies Undercut ‘Support’ for ‘Iranian Voices’

By Barbara Slavin

Among the oddest features of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s address at the Reagan Library on July 22 — billed as “Supporting Iranian Voices” – was the absence of any actual Iranian on the dias. Pompeo was introduced by Fred Ryan, chairman of the board of the Reagan Foundation, and by Sen. Tom Cotton, a […]

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Jul 22, 2018

Dagres Joins BBC to Discuss Trump’s Iran Tweet and Pompeo’s Iran Speech

By Holly Dagres

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