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The relationship between the U.S. and Iran, including the possibility of military action.
The $1.7 billion cash transfer in January–February 2016 was formally a settlement of a decades‑old Iran‑U.S. claims tribunal case and was timed alongside the release of detained Americans, a linkage t...
A rapid, decisive “defeat” of Iran—meaning the immediate toppling of the Islamic Republic or its complete military incapacitation—is not realistically attainable in the near term given the regime’s re...
and officials publicly stated that had halted or canceled the execution of roughly 800 people, a claim repeated across and international outlets . Independent reporting and rights‑group accounts, howe...
A string of high-profile releases in recent years—most notably the U.S.-brokered return of Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity in May 2025—has changed the public conversation about American hostages, ...