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Bolton's request worried many in the Pentagon and the State Department concerned with the hawkish approach toward Tehran.

The lawsuit has been described as seeking $10 billion damages, but Osen said he didn't know where that number came from.

A U.S. District Court judge is hearing a case over Iran supplying explosive devices that killed troops in Iraq.

U.S. military forces in Iraq are standing by to help evacuate the U.S. consulate in the southern city of Basra.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Iran against blaming the U.S. for a terror attack that killed at least 25.

Calm continues to prevail on the Persian Gulf , the commander of U.S. Central Command told reporters at the Pentagon.

“Philosophical issues are freezing us and making us unable to take steps,” said former CIA director Michael Hayden.

U.S. troops in the Middle East are prepared to keep an oil transit lane open after Iranian officials threatened to block it.

The Iranian defendants, accused of working for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, targeted more than 100,000 professors.

The Iranian people "aren't buying" the regime's act, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.