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Diplomacy & Power March 23, 2026 381 stories in this edition

Trump approved Iran operation ‘after Netanyahu argued for joint killing of Khamenei’

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Trump approved Iran operation ‘after Netanyahu argued for joint killing of Khamenei’

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Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin ⁠Netanyahu spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Both ⁠Trump and Netanyahu knew from intelligence briefings earlier in the week that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his key lieutenants would soon...

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Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin ⁠Netanyahu spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American...

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