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The odds of a quick resolution to the war appear to be dwindling by the day, and the political stakes for the president are only growing.
The killing, which Iran has not yet confirmed, could embolden Iranian hard-liners, as the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign continues.
Israel’s killing of Ali Larijani, a veteran Iranian politician known for his pragmatism and long experience helming national security, leaves the Islamic Republic’s wartime leadership largely in the hands of hardliners who may be less likely to seek a diplomatic pathway out of the war.
"We started this war due to pressure from Israel," NCTC Director Joe Kent said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump.
Kent, a top counterterrorism official and close aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, cited deliberate Israeli “misinformation” and lies to President Donald Trump about a “swift path to victory.
A tanker anchored near a port in the United Arab Emirates was hit by a projectile early Tuesday, the first strike on a ship in and around the Strait of Hormuz in five days, as cou
The US president's comments come after Israel said it had killed Iran's security chief Ali Larijani in a strike.
Israel says it killed Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani. Iran has yet to confirm but it would be the highest-profile killings since the targeting of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump said that the US needs “whatever it takes” to reopen the Strait Of Hormuz. Follow Newsweek's latest updates
By Erin Banco and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - A top security official in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration resigned over the war in Iran on Tuesday, saying the country had posed no imminent threat to the United States.
The European Union is reportedly consulting with Gulf countries about possible ways Iran, Israel and the U.S. could end the war in a manner where "everybody saves face."