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Updated 30 Aug 2026
Iran
Seventy years of the USA acting on Iran, from the 1953 coup to the Tomahawk that killed 120 children in a school in Minab. The full record behind the headlines.
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Everything we have published on the U.S. war on Iran. Page 1 of 5.
Trump Said It Again: "Let Them Hit San Diego. Let Them Hit Los Angeles."
Two days after the first time, he went back to the line in San Antonio: "Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles."
"Let Them Take Out Los Angeles, San Diego," Says the U.S. President
At a Nebraska rally, the president weighed two American cities against the price of a tank of fuel.