Voices
Donald Trump Murdered Qassim Suleimani
The drone strike that killed the Iranian general is the legacy of two decades of secret legal opinions aimed at circumventing the U.S. assassination ban.
National Security
Targeting Iran
Trump Administration Failed to Convince Members of Congress Its Assassination of Suleimani Was Justified
Members on both sides of the aisle were unimpressed with classified briefings and disputed the Trump administration’s legal rationale for the assassination.
The Iran Cables
Secret Iranian Spy Cables Show How Qassim Suleimani Wielded His Enormous Power in Iraq
A nuanced portrait of Suleimani emerges from a leaked archive of secret Iranian spy cables obtained by The Intercept.
Targeting Iran
As Sanders and Warren Vow to Block War With Iran, Biden and Buttigieg Offer Better-Run Wars
The legacy of the Iraq war, and Donald Trump’s assassination of an Iranian official in Baghdad, has the potential to transform the Democratic primary.
Targeting Iran
With Suleimani Assassination, Trump Is Doing the Bidding of Washington’s Most Vile Cabal
There’s no justification for assassinating foreign officials, including Qassim Suleimani. This is an aggressive act of war by the United States.
Targeting Iran
The Trump Administration Just Killed Iran's Most Famous Military Commander. We're Not Ready for What's Next.
The assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani may be President Donald Trump’s most reckless foreign policy move to date.
Voices
Four Years Ago, Trump Had No Clue Who Iran's Suleimani Was. Now He May Have Kicked Off WWIII.
When Trump was told that Qassim Suleimani “runs the Quds Forces,” he responded: “I think the Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by us.”
Voices
Michael Bloomberg’s Blatant Lies About Terrorism Show That He’s a Mainstream Politician
His response to the attempted 2010 Times Square attack shows that Michael Bloomberg harbors the same illusions about terrorism as other politicians.
Year in Review 2019
Revealing the Real Threats and the Manufactured Ones: The Intercept's 2019 National Security Coverage
A look back at The Intercept’s must-read national security stories from 2019.
Merry Christmas, America! Let’s Remember the Children Who Live in Fear of Our Killer Drones.
This Christmas, let’s tell the truth about America’s killer drones and the new form of terror they bring to children around the world.