Middle East

Team Trump Swears It’s Not Trying to Overthrow Iran’s Mullahs

MAXIMUM PRESSURE 2.0

President Trump has two missions at the U.N. this week: pressuring Iran and pushing national sovereignty. There already are signs that those missions are clashing.

Kimberly Dozier
Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

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Kimberly Dozier

Kimberly Dozier

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Spencer Ackerman

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