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The U.S. has a troubled history of interference in Iranian politics in pursuit of Washington's interests. The CIA-backed coup that helped reinstall the pro-Western shah in 1953 was followed by the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ultimately ousted the monarchy and put in place the current theocracy.
Right-wing Republicans have also criticized the president’s stances on Iran and Ukraine, hinting at a broader fraying of his political coalition.
Trump is counting on the threat of more attacks to pressure Tehran into a nuclear agreement, but Israel is skeptical a pact would prevent Iran from moving toward a nuclear weapon.
Larijani's remarks, even if intended as a joke, will add to speculation over possible retaliation by Iran for the U.S. attacks.
President Donald Trump said early Monday he is "not offering Iran anything" despite suggesting new nuclear talks with Tehran.
Trump met again with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that isolationists within the Trump administration "may have lost some of their footing," adding that the president himself is not an isolationist and is being more forceful toward Russian President Vladimir Putin's lack of willingness to negotiate the Ukraine war's end.
Ryan Routh, who is currently locked up in a Miami federal prison as he awaits trial on the attempted assassination of Trump on his Palm Beach, Fla., golf course last September, bemoaned that he
Former Vice President Mike Pence says he thinks isolationists “may have lost some of their footing” in President Donald Trump’s administration, as he praised Trump’s tougher talk toward Russia’s Vladimir Putin and his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.
Trump says U.S. strikes "obliterated" key Iranian nuclear sites, setting the program back decades, but sources say an early intel assessment says Iran could rebuild some of its capabilities in months.
Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes, and so peaceful. But it had enriched uranium to a near weapons-grade level, and well beyond what is needed for energy, putting it close to developing a bomb if it opted to do so.
Following the Israel-Iran conflict, Tehran has expelled more than half a million Afghans, according to the United Nations. Becky Anderson talks to UNHCR Representative in Afghanistan Arafat Jamal, who says many of those expelled from Iran are returning to a country they barely know.
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